Michael Moore Today
Massive Baghdad Protest Says No to Terrorism, U.S. Occupation
(photos)
Two Years Earlier, Same Location
(ABC News report)
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Shiites Mark Anniversary of Baghdad's Fall
1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Middle East - AP
By ANTONIO CASTANEDA, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Tens of thousands of Shiites marked the anniversary of the fall of Baghdad with a protest against the American military presence at the square where Iraqis and U.S. troops toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20050409/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&sid=84439559
Army Stage-Managed Fall of Hussein Statue
By David Zucchino / Los Angeles Times
The Army's internal study of the war in Iraq criticizes some efforts by its own psychological operations units, but one spur-of-the-moment effort last year produced the most memorable image of the invasion.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2156
Even in president's hometown, recruiters can't reach goals
Emily Baker / Midland Reporter-Telegram
U.S. Army recruiter Sgt. Tomas Barrios flashed his debonair smile at hundreds of Lee High School students during a lunch hour last week. He greeted each student who walked by with a gentle salutation and a promotional key ring.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2155
Tucson's largest school district places restrictions on military recruiters
Associated Press
New restrictions have been placed on military recruiters by Tucson's largest school district.
Recently, the Tucson Unified School District adopted new rules that restrict visits by military recruiters to once a month per school.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2148
In pictures: Iraqi lives two years after Saddam
Lack of security issue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_iraqi_lives_two_years_after_saddam/html/1.stm
The Australian
Bushfire control goes on
April 09, 2005
NEARLY 200 firefighters are consolidating control lines around the Wilsons Promontory National Park - fearing the weather could worsen tomorrow.
The fire has already burnt more than 7,000 hectares of bush.
The fire on Victoria's south eastern coast - lit as a Department of Sustainability and Environment fuel reduction a week ago - was whipped out of control by high winds.
Hundreds of campers evacuated from the camping ground at Tidal River Bay and took refuge from the flames on the beach at Norman Bay for 12 hours until it was safe to drive out of the park.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12803908%255E1702,00.html
Vicar files objection to royal wedding
From correspondents in Windsor
April 09, 2005
AN Anglican cleric filed a last-minute objection today to Britain's royal wedding, maintaining that Prince Charles, divorced from the late Princess Diana, could not remarry while heir to the British throne.
Father Paul Williamson, 56, a Church of England vicar at St George's Church in west London, was the first person to arrive at civic offices in Windsor which opened specifically to register protests against the marriage.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12807291%255E1702,00.html
Navy ships collide in dispute
From correspondents in Jakarta
April 09, 2005
AN Indonesian navy ship has collided with a Malaysian vessel in an oil-rich maritime area claimed by both Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, a report said Saturday.
The incident off the coast off Borneo island happened Friday morning and involved Malaysia's navy ship KD Rencong and Indonesia's KRI Tedung Naga, the Sinar Harapan evening daily said, quoting an anonymous Indonesian navy officer.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12805864%255E1702,00.html
Chopper crash bodies recovered
April 09, 2005
THE remains of 18 people killed in the worst American military helicopter crash in Afghanistan have been recovered and the cause of the accident is being investigated, the US military said.
Three of those killed in Wednesday's crash were American civilians while the remaining were US service members, said Lieutenant Cindy Moore, spokeswoman for the 18,000-strong US-led coalition here.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12803671%255E1702,00.html
US aviation security chief resigns
By Maxim Kniazkov
April 09, 2005
THE head of a United States agency charged with providing post-September 11 security for commercial airlines has abruptly resigned in the wake of charges that despite a massive overhaul of security procedures, US carriers remained vulnerable to terrorist attack.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12802250%255E1702,00.html
Anti-US protests in Baghdad
April 09, 2005
TENS of thousands of Shiites converged on the centre of Baghdad for an anti-US protest to mark two years since the city fell to coalition troops.
Police cars blocked off main roads in central Baghdad and two major bridges across the Tigris River that cuts the capital in half as thousands marched through the street, chanting: “No, no USA, no, no America, no, no to the occupation.”
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12802657%255E1702,00.html
Iraqi PM wants clean government
April 09, 2005
IRAQ'S newly appointed premier has begun the process of building a cabinet he said must include efficient technocrats and nationalists with a “clean history,” while a mass demonstration against the US-led troop presence was called for.
Despite the weeks of delay and bickering in nominating Ibrahim al-Jaafari as premier, Washington expressed hope Iraq's political calendar providing for a permanent constitution and definitive elections by the end of 2005 would be respected.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12800883%255E1702,00.html
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
After 27 years, mystery solved
Bones in Florida identified as missing Yakima teen
By LEWIS KAMB
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Rocky Berry has finally been found.
It's been almost 27 years since a Yakima teen with shaggy brown hair and a degenerative muscular condition left his family, hitchhiked across country -- and was never heard from again.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/219496_identified09.html
Uncounted ballots -- and election jokes -- keep coming
By GREGORY ROBERTS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
It's the election that will not die.
There were the recounts, the felonious voters, the lawsuit, the unreconciled votes and the problematic provisionals, all before last week's embarrassing discovery of 93 absentee ballots still uncounted in their envelopes.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/219489_elections09.html
UW urged to cancel biolab plan
Group representing 20 neighborhoods sends letter to Emmert
By JAKE ELLISON
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
University of Washington's neighbors have united to fight a proposal to build a high-security, regional biomedical lab on the Seattle campus.
Citing concerns about safety and government secrecy, a group representing more than 20 neighborhood organizations sent a letter to UW President Mark Emmert yesterday opposing the anti-terrorism research facility.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/219480_biolab09.html
EPA cancels controversial pesticide study
By JOHN HEILPRIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday canceled a controversial study using children to measure the effect of pesticides after Democrats said they would block Senate confirmation of the agency's new head.
Stephen Johnson, as EPA's acting administrator, ordered an end to the planned study, a reversal from the agency's position just a day earlier when it said it would await the advice of outside scientific experts.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Senate%20EPA%20Nominee
Defrocked priest will get new trial
By SARAH BRUMFIELD
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Defrocked priest Maurice Blackwell arrives at Baltimore City Circuit Court, in Baltimore, in this, Feb. 11, 2005, file photo. A judge granted a new trial, Friday, April 8, 2005, to Blackwell on child sexual abuse charges, less than two months after he was convicted of molesting a former parishioner who later shot the clergyman. Investigators' references to other alleged victims during the child sexual abuse trial made it impossible for Blackwell to get a fair trial, his attorney argued Friday. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, file)
BALTIMORE -- Less than two months after he was convicted of molesting a boy who later shot him, defrocked priest Maurice Blackwell was granted a new trial by a judge who said testimony about other alleged victims was inappropriate.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Priest%20Shot%20Trial
Myanmar's junta not deterred by pressure
By DENIS D. GRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
YANGON, Myanmar -- Every year, Myanmar's ruling generals throw a grand party in verdant People's Park, marching their troops around in celebration of what they claim are their many achievements. But it's an in-house affair.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Myanmar%20Yangon%20Gloom
U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes after warning
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN'A, Yemen -- The United States and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen for security reasons Saturday after warning against travel to the country.
U.S. Embassy spokesman John Balian did not elaborate on the security concern or say how long the embassy would remained closed.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Yemen%20US
U.S. military detains cameraman in Iraq
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A cameraman carrying CBS press credentials was detained in Iraq earlier this week on suspicion of insurgent activity, the U.S. military said Friday, while the network issued a statement saying it was investigating the incident.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Reporter%20Detained
Consultants sound off on papal politics
By DONNA CASSATA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- If American political consultants were running a campaign for pope, they would advise any hopeful to quietly build coalitions, enlist the help of eminent figures and, above all, don't look too hungry for the job.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apelection_story.asp?category=1130&slug=Papal%20Politics
Mich. urges locals to eat invasive plants
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Area residents are being encouraged to chow down on an invasive plant.
Garlic mustard is commonly tossed into landfills, killed with herbicides or burned. But now it's being donated to food banks to use in a variety of recipes provided by the Michigan Nature Association.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1501&slug=Invasive%20Eats
Mexico City mayor awaits arrest
By MARK STEVENSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Mexico City Interior Secretary Alejandro Encinas sits to the left of an empty chair left open for absent Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, during a press conference in Mexico City, Friday April 8,l 2005. Encinas temporarily took charge after Congress voted to strip the mayor of his immunity, and said the capital was "perfectly calm and in order." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
MEXICO CITY -- President Vicente Fox on Friday defended a vote to lodge criminal charges against Mexico City's leftist mayor, a political rival who declared his candidacy in the 2006 presidential race.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Mexico%20Mayor%27s%20Fate
Castro: Bush at pope funeral 'hypocrisy'
By VANESSA ARRINGTON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
US President George Bush looks on as French President Jacques Chirac kisses the hand of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former US President Bill Clinton looks the other way, second from top right, after the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. Sitting looking at Chirac kissing Rice's hand is First Lady Laura Bush. At bottom left, is King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia with black hat; at top left, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In background behind President Bush, Palestinian Qureia, widely known as Abu Ala (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
HAVANA -- Cuban President Fidel Castro criticized President Bush's attendance at Pope John Paul II's funeral Friday as "hypocrisy" because of the pontiff's opposition to the war in Iraq, and he downplayed the pope's role in toppling communism in the former Soviet bloc.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Cuba%20Pope
Massacre in Rio getting little attention
By MICHAEL ASTOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NOVA IGUACU, Brazil -- Violence is a part of life in this slum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Shootings are common and death squads of former and off-duty police officers, funded by local businessmen, are known to knock off undesirables.
But even by the brutal standards of Nova Iguacu, last week's massacre of 30 people apparently by a band of rogue policemen was shocking, starting with the severed head thrown over the gate of a police station.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Brazil%20Rio%20Massacre
Handler punished for donning camel costume
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SYDNEY, Australia -- Qantas Airways Ltd. on Friday suspended a baggage handler who was caught on video opening a passenger's bag which contained a camel costume, donning the head and wandering around the airport tarmac.
The costume's owner, David Cox, said he was waiting inside the terminal at Sydney Airport earlier this week when he glanced outside and saw the baggage handler wearing his camel head.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apaa_story.asp?category=1106&slug=Australia%20Camel%20Head
Rain washes out ash from Pacific volcano
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- Overnight rain washed away a dusting of ash from Anatahan Volcano, which continued to erupt on an uninhabited island just north of this tiny U.S. territory in the Pacific, authorities said Friday.
"We had a pretty good rain last night," which dissolved the ash that had settled on the capital island of Saipan, said Benjamin Cepeda, a public information officer with the commonwealth's Emergency Management Office.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apaa_story.asp?category=1106&slug=Marianas%20Volcano
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