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History…
Born,
1889, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
1894, Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader
1917, I. M. Pei, architect
1900, Charles Richter, seismologist
1607, A group of English colonists, including Captain John Smith, land at Cape Henry, Virginia, where they will establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
1785, American naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti.
1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va., and killed.
1937, planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War.
1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1968, the United States exploded a one-megaton nuclear device called "Boxcar beneath the Nevada desert."
1970, the Broadway musical "Company" opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York.
1980, following an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to rescue the U.S. Embassy hostages in Iran, the Tehran government announced the captives were being scattered to thwart any future rescue effort.
1983, The Dow Jones Industrial average breaks the 1,200 mark for the first time.
In 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire killed at least 31 people and sent radioactivity into the atmosphere.
This is Chornobyl.
http://www.cochems.com/chornobyl/
In 1994, voting began in South Africa's first all-race elections.
In 1994, a Taiwanese jetliner crashed in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people.
The Los Angeles Times
Doctor's Marathon Shifts in Question
King/Drew radiologist claimed pay for working around the clock for weeks at a time.
By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center paid more than $1.3 million over the last year for the services of a radiologist who said he worked an average of 20 hours a day, seven days a week, during one recent six-month stretch, records show.
Los Angeles County health officials said Monday that they have launched an investigation into the marathon work hours of Dr. Harold A. Tate, who was employed under a contract at the hospital. The county has paid Reliable Health Care Services Inc., a temporary agency that supplies healthcare workers to hospitals, up to $225 per hour for Tate's services.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew26apr26,0,7640170.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Faith 'War' Rages in U.S., Judge Says
A Bush nominee central to the Senate's judicial controversy criticizes secular humanists.
By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Just days after a bitterly divided Senate committee voted along party lines to approve her nomination as a federal appellate court judge, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown told an audience Sunday that people of faith were embroiled in a "war" against secular humanists who threatened to divorce America from its religious roots, according to a newspaper account of the speech.
Brown's remarks come as a partisan battle over judges has evolved into a national debate over the proper mix of God and government and as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) ponders changing the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from using procedural moves to block confirmation of conservative jurists such as Brown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-brown26apr26,0,6225135.story?coll=la-home-headlines
THIS GI should be put to death. But. The perpetrators of the deaths at Abu Gharib walk away with a slap on the wrist. It would seem as though a GI's life with worth more than an Iraqi's life. Keeping ORDER and OBEDIENCE in the ranks is paramount to victory of the occupation, evidently !
Soldiers Detail Trauma of GI's Attack on Base
Officers tell of physical and emotional pain left after Sgt. Hasan Akbar killed two comrades.
By Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writer
FT. BRAGG, N.C. — Military prosecutors argued Monday that the Army sergeant convicted last week of murdering two of his officers in Kuwait should be put to death. They bolstered their argument with the testimony of 15 officers who described the loss of the two men and the attack's lingering physical and emotional wounds.
Testifying in the penalty phase of the trial of Sgt. Hasan Akbar, the officers said they feared loud noises, could not sleep, and compulsively locked and unlocked doors. Some who had planned Army careers said they were seeking to leave the military. Several cried on the witness stand.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-akbar26apr26,1,1031589.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Justices to Decide if Social Security Can Be Seized
A Washington state man with $80,000 in unpaid student loans seeks to shield his benefits.
By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In the latest installment of the baby boomers-reach-retirement-age saga, the Supreme Court said Monday that it would decide whether the government could seize Social Security benefits from individuals who failed to repay decades-old student loans.
At issue is $3.6 billion in student loans that have gone unpaid for more than 10 years.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-debts26apr26,1,2796477.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Fugitive Money Manager Is Arrested in Arizona
The Los Angeles man is accused of defrauding investors in Korean community of millions.
By E. Scott Reckard, Times Staff Writer
Fugitive Los Angeles money manager Won Charlie Yi, accused of bilking millions of dollars from fellow Korean Americans, was in federal custody Monday after his car was stopped for speeding on an Arizona highway, authorities said.
Yi, a passenger in the silver BMW 745, was armed and carrying passports in other people's names at the time of his April 10 arrest, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ponzi26apr26,0,294305.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Huffington to Launch Celebrity 'Blog'
The commentator has invited 300 friends and associates to post their opinions on a website.
By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Author, newspaper columnist, radio commentator, television fixture and onetime California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington has never shrunk from new platforms for her opinions.
Now she's on the verge of upping her exposure with another venture — and inviting 300 of her big-name friends and associates along for the party.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arianna26apr26,0,3539241.story?coll=la-home-nation
Al Jazeera
U.S. clears soldiers who murdered Italian agent in Iraq
4/26/2005 11:00:00 AM GMT
U.S. investigators have cleared American soldiers who shot dead an Italian agent while trying to secure the release of the abducted Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, saying they did nothing wrong and thus won’t be disciplined, an Army official said on Monday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7985
Syria completes troop withdrawal from Lebanon
4/26/2005 9:50:00 AM GMT
Syrian troops held farewell ceremony to mark the completion of their withdrawal from Lebanon.
About two hundred Syrian troops gathered at a Lebanese army airbase in the eastern town of Rayaq for the farewell parade, shouting slogans in support of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
The last Syrian soldiers will leave the country after the ceremony.
The completion of the Syrian withdrawal comes as the UN chief Kofi Annan prepares to deliver his report on Damascus’ compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1559 which demands the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8157
Putin starts first Middle East tour
4/26/2005 9:30:00 AM GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a four day tour to the Middle East on Tuesday, becoming the first Russian leader to visit the region in 40 years.
Putin is due to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday evening, where he is expected to discuss the Middle East peace process with President Hosni Mubarak.
Both leaders are also expected to discuss Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, as well proposals to reform the United Nations Security Council, the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported.
Mubarak has twice visited Russia in recent years, including in May last year.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8158
Sudanese opposition threaten constitution boycott
4/25/2005 6:00:00 PM GMT
Sudan’s largest opposition party led a move yesterday to boycott the constitution-drafting process due to seal a peace deal between Khartoum and the SPLA.
The Umma party of former Prime Minister Saddiq al-Mahdi and 10 other opposition groups issued a joint statement charging that the makeup of a committee tasked with drafting the interim constitution was not representative of the country’s political landscape.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7981
Another Guantanamo prison on Australian island
4/26/2005 8:00:00 AM GMT
There are growing concerns that Australia is planning to build a Guantanamo-like prison on Christmas Island, Australian news sources reported today.
The source said that the island, located in the Indian Ocean 2600 km north-west of Perth, Western Australia, is expected to be another “Guantanamo Bay” if a change in Australian Commonwealth immigration policy takes place.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8007
Gaza city facing environmental disaster
4/25/2005 12:50:00 PM GMT
The Palestinian union of local boards has warned of an environmental catastrophe in Gaza with the continuing dumping of large amounts of waste materials in the city as a result of the continuing Israeli occupation policy of closing all roads leading from the city to the main garbage dump.
The union issued a report which detailed how the Gaza municipality lost $6 million due to Israeli troops not allowing the municipality's vehicles from dumping the waste materials in the allocated site to the east of the city.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7978
The New York Times
I THOUGHT we were supposed to be moving AWAY from dependence on foreign oil? Not that Prince Abdullah could be anything but a friend, but, Bush made promises. It would seem as though for his lack of commitment to finding alternative fuels in his and Cheney's Energy Policy, "Promise Keeping" seems to elude this administration.
Bush and Saudi Prince Discuss High Oil Prices in Ranch Meeting
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: April 26, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., April 25 - President Bush discussed the surge in oil prices with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Monday, but focused on a plan by the Saudis to increase their oil-pumping capacity over the next decade rather than on any short-term efforts to bring prices down.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/middleeast/26prexy.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=707584f1f0905a2e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security
By ROBIN TONER and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
Published: April 26, 2005
ASHINGTON, April 25 - After months of political maneuvering, presidential campaigning, advertising and ultimatums, the 20-member Senate Finance Committee plans to start grappling this week with overhauling the Social Security system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/politics/26finance.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=518fcc309012292d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Syria Ends Military Presence in Lebanon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 26, 2005
Filed at 7:01 a.m. ET
MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) -- Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended Tuesday when Syrian soldiers flashing victory signs crossed back over the border, completing a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and massive Lebanese street protests.
At a farewell ceremony near their shared border, a Syrian commander told Lebanese troops: ''Brothers in arms, so long.'' The soldiers responded, ''So long.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Lebanon-Syria.html?hp
Protest in a Urals Region Seeks the Ouster of a Putin Ally
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: April 26, 2005
UFA, Russia - Here on the southwestern edge of the Urals, a popular uprising against a regional government is posing one of the most significant challenges yet to President Vladimir V. Putin's political control, raising the possibility that civic protest may be spreading into Russia from its periphery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/europe/26russia.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=12b6e6ecd28e2f1e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The Jerusalem Post
Ceremony ends 29 years of Syrian presence in Lebanon
RAYAK, Lebanon
Surrendering to international and Lebanese popular demands, Syria ended its 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor on Tuesday with a farewell ceremony near their shared border.
The ceremony opened with Lebanese and Syrian military commanders placing a wreath of flowers at a cornerstone they laid for a monument to commemorate the Syrian military presence in Lebanon. As military honors were read out, troops punctuated the ceremony with chants supportive of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963037
Lebanon's PM-designate forms a cabinet
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati announced Tuesday he had formed a Cabinet, ending more than six weeks of delay in trying to set up a government for Lebanon.
"This is a no-grudge government and the beginning of making the future," Mikati told reporters after talks with President Emile Lahoud and parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113877271500
Soldier killed was Tsiki Eyal, 23
The reservist killed late Monday night when a Palestinian taxi crashed through a checkpoint located on the trans-Judean highway on the Halhoul Bridge north of Hebron was Staff Sergeant (Res.) Tsiki Eyal, 23, of Masgeret Batya in the Rehovot area, the IDF released on Tuesday.
Eyal's family were informed of his death on Tuesday. In the past Eyal served the Armored Corps. Details of his funeral have yet to be released.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114395824893
Settlers say they're not being bribed
David Montenegro, one of the leaders of the settlement of Kadim in the northern West Bank, which is slated for evacuation during the disengagement, denied a Ma'ariv report on Tuesday morning that Kadim and Ganim residents would receive $30,000 to leave before disengagement begins.
"It is based on total lies. There is not a shred of truth to this story. There are not even negotiations with the prime minister's office to leave early," he told The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963032
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