ALTON BAY: Authorities are on the scene of a massive Easter fire that has damaged dozens of buildings on the grounds of a Christian center in New Hampshire.Firefighters tell a television station in Manchester that 52 buildings burned at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center, 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Concord. The buildings are cottage-type seasonal homes. There are no reports of civilian injuries. One firefighter has been hurt. The cause of the fire hasn't been determined. The center's Web site says its purpose is to change lives by “encouraging commitment to Jesus Christ and offering opportunities to mature in one's Christian life style.'' It says it tries to accomplish this through evangelism, encouragement of believers and equipping Christians to be effective leaders. The center was founded in 1863. It sits along New Hampshire's biggest lake.
BAGHDAD: Nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives started shifting to southern Afghanistan."We are probably going to be the beginning of the influx you are going to see to Afghanistan," Lt. Col. Kevin Landers, commander of the Fort Carson, Colo.-based 4th Engineer Battalion, said as crews packed crates and cleaned vehicles for the flight to Kandahar.Obama has ordered 17,000 more U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan to bolster the 38,000 American troops already battling the resurgent Taliban."We are going to take this footprint out of Iraq," said Landers, whose battalion received word of its reassignment last month just after taking command of clearing roads in Baghdad of bombs and debris.
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