The New York Times
In South Africa, Yachting Erases a Racial Barrier
By MICHAEL WINES
Published: February 1, 2005
CAPE TOWN - Long before Marcello Burricks was born, South Africa's apartheid police swept his mother and her family from their home in Simon's Town, a period-piece village on the Cape of Good Hope, and dispatched them to an impoverished ghetto called Slangkop, or Snakehead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/international/africa/01yachtsman.html?oref=login&hp
Vote Over, Iraq Faces Task of Forming a Government
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: February 1, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 31 - The ballots are still being counted, but the hard bargaining to form a new Iraqi government has begun.
Less than a day after millions of Iraqis flocked to the polls, the leaders of the major political parties said they were reaching out to potential allies in what is almost certain to be a coalition government. Between rivals, candidates signaled that the battle lines had been drawn.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/international/middleeast/01challenges.html?hp&ex=1107320400&en=50efc69dd3d9c8f9&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Ban on Federal Scientists' Consulting Nears
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: February 1, 2005
The National Institutes of Health and the Office of Government Ethics are expected to announce a ban today on private consulting arrangements between scientists at the institutes and pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
The ban comes in the wake of damaging revelations that some government scientists leveraged their positions at the institutes to gain lucrative consulting contracts with such companies, arrangements that sometimes overlapped with their government work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01ethics.html
As Clinton Shifts Themes, Debate Arises on Her Motives
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: February 1, 2005
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 - Conservatives have long caricatured Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York's junior senator, as the sort of Democrat whose positions on social issues are out of step with Americans deeply concerned about religious and moral values.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/politics/01hillary.html
Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: February 1, 2005
Dr. John Frandsen, a retired zoologist, was at a dinner for teachers in Birmingham, Ala., recently when he met a young woman who had just begun work as a biology teacher in a small school district in the state. Their conversation turned to evolution.
"She confided that she simply ignored evolution because she knew she'd get in trouble with the principal if word got about that she was teaching it," he recalled. "She told me other teachers were doing the same thing."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01evo.html
Michael Moore Today
Guantanamo Bay Tribunals Ruled Unconstitutional
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
IRAQ: Some Just Voted for Food
By Dahr Jamail / Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan 31 - Voting in Baghdad was linked with receipt of food rations, several voters said after the Sunday poll.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1228
US invited to engage in dialogue with Iran on nuclear issues
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The chief UN nuclear inspector urged the United States to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program as he implicitly rebuked US leaders for discussing military options against the Islamic republic, saying such talk was "very unhelpful."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1218
Bush to Refrain from Iraq Exit Timetable
By Steve Holland / Reuters
WASHINGTON - President Bush, pressed by Democrats for an exit strategy from Iraq, will not give a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal but stress in his State of the Union speech the need to train Iraqi forces to take over security, the White House said on Monday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1232
Shiite leader wants modern Islam, but execution for Saddam
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Shiite powerbroker Ibrahim Jaafari might get into trouble with his wife if he called for an Iraq where women could not drive, but he has no hesitation about supporting the death penalty for Saddam Hussein.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1235
Mother angry over son's death in Iraq
ABC News
The mother of an Australian man killed in a military plane crash in Iraq says she feels her son's life was wasted.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1233
First Amendment no big deal, students say
Study shows American teenagers indifferent to freedoms
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The way many high school students see it, government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly protected free speech.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1226
The Gulf News
Iraqis defy terror to cast votes
Agencies
Baghdad: Voters turned out in surprisingly high numbers yesterday for Iraq's first free election in half a century, defying insurgents who unleashed suicide bombers and mortar attacks that killed at least 37 people.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=149951
How to create a public opinion on democracy
By Adel Safty, Special to Gulf News
In a democracy, the media is supposed to shed light on how elected officials discharge their responsibilities and thus help keep them accountable.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/OpinionNF.asp?ArticleID=149956
Al Jazeera to be privatised
By Duraid Al Baik, UAE Editor and Barbara Bibbo, Correspondent
Dubai/Qatar/Washington: The Qatari Government is selling Al Jazeera, but not because of pressure from the United States, a spokesman for the channel told Gulf News yesterday.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=149966
8 million turn up to vote, says poll panel
Reuters
Baghdad: Iraq's independent electoral commission said yesterday it estimated that about eight million people took part in landmark election - or roughly 60 per cent of registered voters.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=149977
US and Gulf states review ways to press Iran over nuclear threat
Agencies
Manama/Washington/Tehran: The United States and Gulf Arab states are discussing ways of pressuring Iran over a perceived threat from Tehran's nuclear and missile programme, the top US diplomat in charge of disarmament said yesterday.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=149972>
Commandos clash with terrorists in Kuwait
By Nirmala Janssen, Correspondent
Kuwait City: An hour-long gun battle between security forces and a three-member terror cell holed up in an apartment in Salmiya left three dead - one policeman, a militant and a Bahraini bystander
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UN calls on UAE to further expand transportation infrastructure
Staff Report
Abu Dhabi: The United Nations has called on the UAE to continue improving and expanding its transportation infrastructure.
Leading representatives of the United Nations yesterday praised the country for being environment-friendly, but also warned it must not become complacent.
They were speaking during the opening of the Environment 2005 conference focusing on sustainable transportation in developing countries. The gathering also observed a minute's silence in memory of Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/NationNF.asp?ArticleID=149940
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Jimi Hendrix house on shaky ground
Home that rock legend once lived in at center of dispute
By KATHY MULADY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
The Seattle house where legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix once lived needs a new home. Again. And soon.
But members of a foundation that owns the home say they have nowhere to move it. They are worried that the city will demolish it.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/210174_hendrix01.html
Public-access TV porn under fire
Seattle network set to consider whether to end 'Mike Hunt TV'
By KERY MURAKAMI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Flip the channels after midnight, past Nick at Nite and the infomercials. If you stumble upon the Seattle area's public-access channel, you might see a man and a woman having sex in a hot tub, followed by another man and woman doing it in a kitchen.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/210158_porn01.html
Low Sunni turnout in Iraq causes concern
CAIRO, Egypt -- Middle Eastern governments say they hope to establish good relations with whatever leadership emerges from Iraq's landmark election but expressed concern over the low Sunni Muslim turnout and the rise in Shiite Muslim influence.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Mideast
Militants say they are holding Iraq troops
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A branch of the group led by Iraq's most feared terrorist has announced in a video obtained Tuesday that it is holding four Iraqi National Guardsmen and that they will be punished.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Militants
Despite U.S. law, the spam flows on
Up to 80 percent of all e-mail might be junk; offshore firms targeted
By TOM ZELLER JR.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A year after a sweeping federal anti-spam law went into effect, there is more junk e-mail on the Internet than ever, and Levon Gillespie, according to Microsoft Corp., is one of the reasons why.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/210161_spam01.html
A two-pronged approach
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
It was a mixed weekend for the region's homeless.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/210088_tented.html
Yellow raincoat freedom
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
Questions of yellow raincoats scattered the state's Supreme Court justices last week. In a 5-4 decision that included a dissent and two concurrences, the high court came down where it should -- on the side of protecting commercial free speech.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/210089_yellowed.html
Gay rights group challenging marriage ban
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALEM, Ore. -- A gay rights group is challenging an amendment to Oregon's Constitution banning same-sex marriage, arguing it revises rather than amends the document.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Gay%20Marriage
Execution of Conn. serial killer on hold
By PAT EATON-ROBB
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Prosecutors first ran into legal roadblocks and then out of time in their attempt to conduct New England's first execution in 45 years.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Connecticut%20Execution
Sri Lankan judge to decide on tsunami baby
By DILIP GANGULY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- More than five weeks after the tsunami ripped him out of her arms, Baby 81 may soon have a mother again. The question is which one.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Tsunami%20Baby%2081
UN: Tsunami worst-ever tourism catastrophe
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The top U.N. tourism official called Asia's tsunami the worst-ever catastrophe for the world's tourism industry, and Indonesia announced Tuesday that it found the bodies of 1,000 additional victims - more than five weeks after the disaster.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Tsunami
Report: North Korea to continue dynasty
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will likely carry the communist world's first and only dynasty into the next generation of his family, media reports said.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=NKorea%20Successor
Timeline of events in Nepal
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Key events sence King Gyanendra took power:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Nepal%20Chronology
Nepal's king dismisses government
KATMANDU, Nepal -- King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government and declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, saying leaders had failed to restore peace or hold elections. It was the second time he has taken direct control of the Himalayan kingdom in three years.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Nepal%20Government%20Dismissed
Judge backs Guantanamo detainee challenges
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration must let foreign terror suspects challenge their confinement in U.S. courts, a judge said Monday in a ruling that found unconstitutional the hearing system set up by the Pentagon.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Guantanamo%20Detainees%20Lawsuit
Chertoff denies advising CIA on torture
WASHINGTON -- As he prepares for his upcoming confirmation hearing, Homeland Security Secretary designee Michael Chertoff has denied advising the CIA on using specific torture techniques on terror suspects when he headed the Justice Department's criminal division.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Chertoff%20Hearing>
U.S. lauds planned release of dissidents
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration welcomed on Monday Vietnam's announcement of an amnesty for 8,325 prisoners, including some prominent dissidents.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=US%20Vietnam
The World According to Wal-Mart
Newest battle against Wal-Mart stirs up idyllic corner of Cobb
By YOLANDA RODRÍGUEZ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/31/05
As she drives through her neighborhood in northwest Cobb County, Teresa Stendahl points to a home with chickens scraping about in the back and another where the new owners decided to keep the four sheep and the dog that came with the property.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/0105/31walmart.html
Our soldiers will be caught between Sunni rebels and Shia rulers
Matthew Parris
I WILL never forget my short ride through the Baghdad streets in March in an American Humvee. Captain Magnulet, the US officer who arranged the trip, called it a security patrol but it was nothing of the sort. The only security that mattered was that of his own men, for we were running the gauntlet through hostile territory to show – if possible – that we could.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-1356072,00.html
Mourners bid farewell to slain Wal-Mart clerk
1/30/2005 10:51 AM
By: Associated Press
TYLER, Texas -- More than 1,000 mourners gathered Saturday in Tyler at a funeral service for a Wal-Mart clerk whose chilling abduction was captured on surveillance videotape.
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=130194
Wal-Mart to source 1.2 billion dlrs worth products from India:
[Business India]: New Delhi, Jan 30 : Global retail giant Wal-Mart is expected to source 1.2 billion dollars worth of goods from factories and suppliers in India during 2005.
http://news.newkerala.com/business-news-india/?action=fullnews&id=66862
Wal-Mart works on image, tends to its growth
By Andrew Leckey
Tribune Media Services columnist
Published January 30, 2005
Q. I own shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., but the stock's performance has been lackluster since I invested in it five years ago. What is the outlook for the company?
V.C., via the Internet
A. This is the year the empire struck back. Fending off allegations of unfair labor practices, the world's largest retailer took ads in more than 100 newspapers nationwide in which Chief Executive Lee Scott defended its labor management.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/investing/personalfinance/chi-0501300102jan30,1,4516178.story?coll=chi-businessyourmoney-hed
Good night Ol' Wal-Mart
Copyright © 2005 Blethen Maine Newspapers
As much as I try to be a "Now" person, I sometimes miss the old. I am a creature of habit. If I like something, I buy a lot of it and often, only to find, one day, it has been "new and improved."
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/1334843.shtml
What's Behind the Procter Deal? Wal-Mart
By CONSTANCE L. HAYS
Published: January 29, 2005
Did Wal-Mart's power and the proliferation of store brands have anything to do with Procter & Gamble's decision to buy Gillette?
"Not at all," says Alan G. Lafley, Procter's chief executive.
But many consumer products and retail experts say that is hardly the case. For 15 years, giant chains - Wal-Mart chief among them - have increasingly dominated their relationships with manufacturers, flexing their market muscle and seizing pricing power by showing a willingness to sell their private label products.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/29/business/29walmart.html
Wal-Mart workers may hold union vote
By Chelsea Bellows, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:27 PM ET Jan. 28, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The National Labor Relations Board ruled that employees at a Colorado Wal-Mart tire department may hold a union election, according to a published report Friday.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B840A2CC4-7548-4C51-B375-DA9A731EF889%7D&siteid=google&dist=google
Small Explosion at Wal-Mart Store in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A small homemade bomb exploded at a Mexico City supermarket owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc early on Friday morning, but it caused no injuries or damage.
The tiny device was detonated in the parking lot of the Bodega Aurrera store owned by Wal-Mart's Mexico unit. Television images showed no damage was done.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7468114
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