Preserving the Rights of the Dead - Forensic Teams in Thialand wearing Personal Protective Equipment working with bodies in Dry Ice
The Bangkok Post
Mining lakes last hope for victim's kin
KULTIDA SAMABUDDHI
Phangnga _ The search operation for tsunami victims has ended in many wave-struck areas in Takua Pa district in this ravaged province, but not at Ban Nam Khem, where hundreds of corpses are believed to still lie at the bottom of two old mining lakes.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/08Jan2005_news05.php
Tax cuts okayed for donations to private entities
YUWADEE TUNYASIRI ACHATTHAYA CHUENNIRUN
The Revenue Department has been told to approve tax reductions for donations made through private channels to tsunami victims.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/08Jan2005_news01.php
The games young people play
What teenagers really think of their growing reputation for bad behaviour
Story by PANITA SRIYABHAND
Sex. Drugs. Rock and roll. Cigarettes. Alcohol. Online game addiction. Pornographic Web sites. Violence. Crime. Extravagance.
Thai teenagers are said to have embraced all of these vices, and the problem seems to be getting worse, according to the mass of research, studies and polls undertaken on teen culture and behaviour over the past few years.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Outlook/08Jan2005_out01.php
A really cool mountain trip
The peak of Doi Pha Hom Pok overlooks valleys and the Burma border.
Doi Pha Hom Pok in the northern district of Fang is easy to reach, pleasant to visit
Story by THANIN WEERADET Photos by SEKSAN SUKHUM
Among popular mountains in the North, Doi Pha Hom Pok in Fang of Chiang Mai is one one of the easiest to reach, with a camping ground over 1,500 metres above sea level accessible by four-wheel drive vehicle or pickup.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/060105_Horizons/06Jan2005_hori10.php
FISHERMEN FEEL CUT ADRIFT
Rawai villagers say they've been overlooked in favour of big-ticket tourism concerns
Story by POST REPORTERS
Walk around Phuket these days, and one is confronted by any number of incongruous sights, signals of an unusual calm after the storm. The empty beer bars of Patong beach. Abandoned motorcycles and cars left roadside. The ominously high signs of mud on a restaurant or hotel wall, signs of the sheer depth that the waters reached on that Sunday morning.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/08Jan2005_biz57.php
Phuket cruise service operator sees need for diversification
BUSRIN TREERAPONGPICHIT
Phuket _ On any normal day, Rassada Harbour would be crowded with tourists awaiting to hop a boat for a day jaunt to the Maya or Phi Phi islands.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/08Jan2005_biz58.php
Construction materials prices capped
PHUSADEE ARUNMAS
Prices of construction materials sold in the six southern tsunami-stricken provinces will be frozen for at least six months and some will even be cut by 5% to 15% to help ease the burden on the victims of the disaster, according to the Internal Trade Department.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/08Jan2005_biz59.php
Orphans just want a hug
Ask for nothing other than parents' return
ACHADTAYA CHUENNIRAN
Phuket _ While many children plead with parents for toys or sweets as Children's Day gifts, tsunami orphans beg for the embrace of their loved ones.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/08Jan2005_news06.php
US shrimp duties may be reviewed
Tsunami impact on Thailand, India cited
PHUSADEE ARUNMAS and AGENCIES
The United States has hinted that it might review shrimp anti-dumping penalties for Thailand and India, citing concerns about the possible impact of the tsunami on the shrimping industries of Thailand and India.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/08Jan2005_biz56.php
The Washington Post
Reservists May Face Longer Tours of Duty
By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
Army leaders are considering seeking a change in Pentagon policy that would allow for longer and more frequent call-ups of some reservists to meet the demands of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior Army official said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54604-2005Jan6.html?sub=AR
Nine U.S. Troops Are Killed in Iraq
Martial Law Extended Through Election
By Karl Vick
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Jan. 7 -- Seven U.S. soldiers were killed when a massive roadside bomb exploded under an armored vehicle in Baghdad and two Marines were killed in Anbar province on Thursday, the military said. It was the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Iraq since a suicide bomber struck a mess hall Dec. 21.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54035-2005Jan6.html
Gonzales Defends His White House Record
Nominee Questioned On Detainee Policies
By Dan Eggen and R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
Attorney general nominee Alberto R. Gonzales strongly defended his tenure as White House counsel yesterday, including his conclusion that the protections of the Geneva Conventions do not apply to alleged terrorists, and he suggested that the United States should consider renegotiating the international treaties to better wage its war on terrorism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54607-2005Jan6.html
Abu Ghraib Abuse Figure Faces Trial Today in Texas
By T.A. Badger
Associated Press
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A12
FORT HOOD, Tex., Jan. 6 -- Barring a last-minute plea bargain, an Army reservist pictured in some of the photographs of Iraqi inmates being sexually humiliated at the Abu Ghraib prison on Friday will become the first soldier tried in the scandal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54507-2005Jan6.html
As Hybrid Cars Multiply, So Do Carpooling Gripes
By Steven Ginsberg and Carol Morello
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
A surge in the number of hybrid vehicles has left carpool lanes nearly as congested as the regular lanes they are intended to relieve, a Virginia transportation task force said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54561-2005Jan6.html
'Mississippi Burning' Case Reopened; 1 Man Arrested
By Manuel Roig-Franzia
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
Mississippi delved into its troubled past late yesterday as sheriff's deputies arrested an 80-year-old reputed Ku Klux Klan member on charges of killing three young voting rights workers in 1964 in one of the most notorious crimes of the civil rights era.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54572-2005Jan6.html?sub=AR
Reputed Klansman pleads innocent to murder charges in 1964 slaying of civil rights workers
By Shelia Byrd, Associated Press, 1/7/2005 13:37
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) Reputed Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen responded loudly with ''not guilty'' three times Friday as he was arraigned on murder charges in the slayings of three civil rights workers more than 40 years ago. The prosecutor said he was the only person indicted in the case.
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/007/nation/Reputed_Klansman_pleads_innoce:.shtml
Coats, Skis and Winter Colds Banished by a Warm Spell
By Daniel de Vise and Nikita Stewart
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page B01
Ski resort operators in Virginia and Maryland are watching their snow melt. Bags of salt and sand are sitting on hardware store shelves. Firewood, at the moment, is serving a purely decorative purpose.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54578-2005Jan6.html
In Sri Lanka, a New Wave Of Pain
Doctor Tries to Ease Mental Devastation
By Neely Tucker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A01
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka -- Ganesan is a rare man in Sri Lanka.
He is a father, husband, and the only psychiatrist for 1.3 million of the world's most traumatized people. His roving practice along this island nation's eastern shore stretches over 150 miles, all of it devastated by last week's tsunami.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54603-2005Jan6.html
Damage Is Tied to Ocean Floor
Tsunami Hit Hardest in Areas East, West of Quake Epicenter
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A14
Along the shores of Sri Lanka, the tsunami that has killed more than 140,000 people first appeared as a rapidly rising tide -- a phenomenon more akin to a quickly filling bathtub than a bona fide wave.
To the east, on the Thai islands of Phuket and Phi Phi, the same tsunami made landfall as a train of intense, cresting waves that washed ashore with brutal impact.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54530-2005Jan6.html
The Daily (Sri Lanka)
http://www.dailynews.lk/
GOOD. I am proud of my country. Wonderful !!
US committed to rebuild Sri Lanka
by Manjula Fernando
The visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday joint efforts on the relief front could be elevated to a political effort to achieve lasting peace.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new01.html
Annan, Wolfensohn to tour tsunami-hit areas
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Colombo yesterday evening for a tour of areas battered by the December 26 tsunamis.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new02.html
Canadian Prime Minister to visit Lanka
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will visit areas stricken by the tsunami disaster in Thailand and Sri Lanka later this month, an official said.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new03.html
Irish FM to visit Sri Lanka
Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said Friday he would visit Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to assess humanitarian aid needs and priorities following the tsunami disaster.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new19.html
President's Office special bank account
Those wishing to donate funds towards the rehabilitation of tsunami victims and the restoration of property can forward their contributions to the special President's Fund for Disaster Relief current account at the People's Bank Headquarters, the Presidential Secretariat announced yesterday.
The account number is 204 100 190 136245.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new11.html
Camp management streamlined
The management of the camps established to temporarily house the Internally Displaced Persons has now been streamlined.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/new12.html
Government as a caring entity
Amid deepening public concern over the safety and well being of the child victims of the current devastation, it is encouraging to learn that the Government is losing no time in putting in place all essential measures to contain to the maximum the dangers they may confront.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/08/editorial.html
The Boston Globe
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A Presidential Candidate by the name of Gerry Brown said the same thing. ONLY. He didn't see anyone contributing more or less than anyone else above a certain income tax bracket. Gerry Brown ran on the promise to standardize the Tax Code by removing ALL loopholes to replace it with a 14% flat tax.
President Bush pushing for overhaul of U.S. tax code
By Jennifer Loven, Associated Press, 1/7/2005 12:17
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush on Friday called streamlining and reforming the U.S. tax code an ''essential task for our country,'' but offered few hints of how he intends to get it done.
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/007/wash/President_Bush_pushing_for_ove:.shtml
The Japan Times
Japan to do all it can to help, says Koizumi
JAKARTA (Kyodo) Japan will do all it can to help the survivors of last week's tsunami disaster in Southern Asia, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday, offering a debt moratorium for the affected countries and grants of up to $500 million.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050107a1.htm>
Japan needs to train Iraqi officials to be self-reliant, diplomat says
By KANAKO TAKAHARA
Staff writer
Japan should help to train Iraqi engineers and local administrative officials who will play key roles in rebuilding the nation, according to a Foreign Ministry official who heads Japan's diplomatic office in the southern Iraq city of Samawah.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050106f1.htm
Musharraf's penchant to stay in charge
By FARHAN BOKHARI
ISLAMABAD -- The prospect that Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf -- who seized power in a bloodless coup five years ago -- will remain head of the military looms as a major setback in the political outlook for South Asia's second-largest nuclear-armed country.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050107fb.htm
Also troublesome is Pakistan's deep involvement in the rebuilding of an entire city in the area of devastation of the Indian Ocean, in particular Sri Lanka. I find especially troubling the reality that Pakistan has so much wrong within it's own society. However, it is admirable to see a Muslim Nation step forward to clearly desire to help in a compassionate way. I am afraid Mr. Musharraf's past will serve to be a nemesis for him but one he earned in his rise to power. I find this admirable but at the same time worrisome to realize al Qaeda might find a deadly haven with the innocent civilians of Sri Lanka.
Pakistan eager to reconstruct township
The Government of Pakistan has decided to reconstruct a whole township or a village in Sri Lanka destroyed by the recent tsunami, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said. He met Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pro; W.A. Wiswa Warnapala at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/06/new15.html
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Dead voted in governor's race
King County investigating 'ghost voter' cases
By PHUONG CAT LE AND MICHELLE NICOLOSI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS
At least eight people who died well before the November general election were credited with voting in King County, raising new questions about the integrity of the vote total in the narrow governor's race, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer review has found.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/206969_dead07.html
Ever wonder what kind of impact Climate Change has on YOUR neighborhood? Wonder no more.
In Greenwood, there's a sinking feeling
Neighborhood built on a bog descends -- literally -- as water is drained away
By KERY MURAKAMI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
The Greenwood neighborhood is sinking.
Seriously.
The phenomenon is causing sidewalks to crack, streets to buckle and thousands of dollars of damage to homes along the way.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/206911_greenwood07.html
Wal-Mart worker fired over semi-nude photo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUSCATINE, Iowa -- A Wal-Mart greeter was sacked for apparently showing too much of his friendly side to customers.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Wal%20Mart%20Greeter
Sept. 11 Web site has personal photos
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- Personal photos found in the ruins of the World Trade Center could be making their way back to victims' families, thanks to a Web site being launched this month.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Attacks%20Photo%20Archive
Sept. 11 survivors tormented by tsunami
By SARA KUGLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW YORK -- In their new nightmares, swirls of water sweep them away - like the tsunami, but also like the grief and shock that engulfed them after they lost loved ones on Sept. 11.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Tsunami%20All%20Over%20Again
Banda Aceh mosque hosts Friday prayers
By CHRIS BRUMMITT
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Acehnese man shield themselves from the tropical sun with their prayer rug after performing prayers at Baiturrahman mosque for the first time since the Dec. 26 tsunami struck, in the center of Banda Aceh, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 7, 2005. The death toll of the quake-triggered tidal wave is feared to be up to 100,000 people in Indonesia alone. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The main mosque in this devastated Sumatran city reopened for Friday prayers after being used as a makeshift morgue for tsunami victims, and the preacher said the disaster may have been punishment from Allah for "forgetting him and his teachings."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Tsunami%20Friday%20Prayers
U.S. finds no sign of missing reporter
By NATHALIE SCHUCK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PARIS -- U.S. forces in Iraq said Friday they are not holding a missing French reporter last seen leaving her Baghdad hotel two days ago, raising concern that she was kidnapped. France's president suggested it was irresponsible to dispatch journalists to Iraq.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Reporter%20Missing
Education Department paid journalist
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration paid a prominent black journalist to promote President Bush's education law and give Education Secretary Rod Paige media time, records show.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Bush%20Journalist
Dem lays out case against Bush's Ohio win
By MALIA RULON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Harvey Wasserman, senior editor of freepress.org, speaks to the media about the lawsuit against President Bush on the presidential election results from the state of Ohio, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in Washington. Wasserman, along with 50 other people from Ohio have come to Washington to constitutionally challenge the election results of Ohio. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
WASHINGTON -- The senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee protested President Bush's re-election Wednesday with a new report claiming serious election irregularities and "significant disenfranchisement" of voters in Ohio.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apelection_story.asp?category=1131&slug=Electoral%20College%20Ohio
Warm weather causes rare winter allergies
By DANIEL YEE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA -- A warm spell in the Southeast that has brought people out in shorts and T-shirts in January has also given rise to a fair-weather phenomenon: allergy attacks.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1500&slug=Early%20Allergies
Australian claims torture in Egypt
By MERAIAH FOLEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian terror suspect detained in Pakistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks alleges he was transferred by U.S. authorities to Egypt, where he says he was tortured with beatings, electric shocks and nearly drowned while being interrogated.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apaa_story.asp?category=1106&slug=Australian%20Torture
Canada sets up vote for Iraqi expatriates
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TORONTO -- Canadian officials are preparing polling stations for Iraqi expatriates in Canada to vote in their homeland's elections scheduled for later this month.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101&slug=Canada%20Iraq%20Vote
New Strait Times
http://www.nst.com.my/
I think the Sri Lankan government needs to 'evaluate' and 'test' the fish brought in for consumption on a daily basis to 'prove' is is safe. In other words, a mini-USDA designation that indicates fish for sale is safe. There is a lot of disease in the oceans with so many decomposing bodies in the oceans as well as RUN-OFF from the contaminated beaches. It is better to be safe than sorry. Not every fish has to be tested but certainly a 'sample' from each catch.
Most Sri Lankans say 'no' to eating fish
Koh Lay Chin reporting from Sri Lanka
Jan 6:
GALLE, Thurs. - Imagine not eating fish for a year.
Many Sri Lankans say they will not touch fish for a long time despite the Government's assertion that fish is safe for consumption.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/NST32201413.txt/Article/indexb_html
We need a new color wristband for the victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
Yellow, pink and blue wristbands take over the American schoolyards
Philip pulls up the sleeve of his oversized sweatshirt to show his forearm, covered with a dozen rubber wristbands, yellow, pink, light blue or green that he sells in the schoolyard of his high school in a suburb of Washington.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/AfpNews/200501080442231105130543.76/indexb_html
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