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Page 1 0A Wednesday, August 29, 2007 The Des Moines Register Final NATIONAL WORLD NEWS Twister leaves a mess in North Dakota town South Dakota senator makes 2 fa 1st appearance since falling ill speech showed the effects of the trauma, but he used his sense of humor to assure sup ance since falling ill, the 60-year-old Democrat spoke for about 15 minutes to a cheering crowd at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. As the state's senior senator was brought out in a wheelchair, he waved his left arm to the crowd, then rose to his feet. Johnson's face and his By CARSON WALKER ASSOCIATED PRFSS Sioux Falls, S.D. Sen. Tim Johnson, speaking slowly and slurring some words more than eight months after experiencing a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, announced Tuesday to state residents: "I am back." In his first public appear porters he will be back in the Senate soon.

Aides said he is expected to return Sept. 5. "Of course, I believe I have an unfair edge Johnson over most of my colleagues right now. My mind works faster than my mouth does. Washington would prob ably be a better place if more people took a moment to think before they spoke, he said The senator has not officially said whether he is running for re-election in 2008.

He told ABC News reporter (C4nQhUQ 1 your local entertainment source, just got even better. Bob Woodruff that he would, according to an interview transcript quoting him as saying, "I expect to run and to win." Still, Johnson spokeswoman Julianne Fisher said no official decision has been made. Johnson has been undergoing speech and physical therapy and is expected to use a scooter to travel longer distances in the Capitol. Johnson was stricken a month after November elections that gave the Democrats a one-seat majority in the Senate. I 4 JOHN STENNESASSCIATEO PRESS A single-engine plane remains wedged under a hangar that collapsed on it at the airport in Northwood, N.D., on Monday after a tornado ripped through the town Sunday night.

The twister that killed a man and devastated this community of about 1,400 has FAMILY been rated an EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, one level below the worst possible tornado. An EF-4 tornado has winds that reach 166 to 200 mph. datebook bf Brs JHoiiiM Srtiutrr Devout Muslim wins Turldsh presidency, praises secularism ASSOCIATED PRESS manrlor in nVinf rrri 1 arW't Tdo nour nrocilant uiac poco. mander in chief. Local media The iPORTSMAN' new president was care WATERFOWL WEEKEND DOCK DOG COMPETITION FRI.

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2 Istanbul, Turkey A devout Muslim won Turkey's presi WAREHOUSE dency Tuesday after months of confrontation ,9201 SE ORALABOR RD ANKENY 1515-963-3500 with the secular jtramii establishment promising to be I impartial and COME SEE OUR IT CPP ETC i LA interpreted their absence as a protest against the 56-year-old Gul, the former foreign minister in Turkey's Islamic-oriented government. Gul, who has tried to engineer Turkey's entry into the European Union with sweeping reforms, received a majority of 339 votes in a parliamentary ballot in the capital, Ankara. The secular opposition had thwarted Gul's earlier bid for the presidency, but his triumph this time was assured by a ruling party that won a second term in general elections last month. ful to reach out to the many Turks who suspect he has a secret Islamic agenda. "In democracy, which is a system of rights and liberties, secularism, one of the core principles of our republic, is as much a model that underpins freedom for different lifestyles as it is a rule of social harmony," Gul said.

He also praised the military as a necessary deterrent and a symbol of independence, a day after the military chief, Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, warned that "centers of evil" were plotting to corrode secular principles. praising the idea that Islam and the state should be separate. Gill Still, in a sign that tension could lie ahead, top generals did not attend the swearing-in ceremony in parliament of Abdullah Gul, their new president and com m.iS.lS.ss.mrs.AsM.aij 1-35 Exit 515,289,4949 goq Se HablitEsaaM 515,371,9523 YOU TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING WEALTH. YOU CAN TRUST OUR EXPERTISE TO HELP OPTIMIZE IT.

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