The Boston Globe
Iraqi Air Force aircraft crashes in eastern Iraq
May 30, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi Air Force aircraft crashed northeast of Baghdad close to the Iranian border on Monday with four U.S. military personnel and an Iraqi on board, the U.S. military said in a statement.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/30/iraqi_air_force_aircraft_crashes_in_eastern_iraq/
A Cuban conundrum
May 30, 2005
THE CASE of Luis Posada Carriles, the anti-Castro Cuban terrorist who was on the CIA payroll, has become a dramatic test of President Bush's credibility as leader of a war on terrorism. If he allows Posada to avoid answering in a court of law for his terrorist acts -- acts about which Posada has boasted openly -- Bush will not only discredit his own public stance against terrorism; he will make US efforts to enlist others in antiterrorist actions appear selective and hypocritical.
,,, Posada has been implicated by CIA and FBI documents in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. He took credit in an interview with The New York Times for a fatal bomb attack at tourist sites in Havana in 1997. These were crimes equal in cruelty, if not scale, to the crimes of Al Qaeda.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/05/30/a_terror_conundrum/
A foreign STD sets off worry in Hub
May signal return of risky sex habits
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff May 30, 2005
A sexually transmitted disease rarely seen in recent decades in the United States has reemerged in Boston and other American cities in the past six months, fostering fears that it could herald a new wave of infections of an even more dangerous disease, AIDS.
The return of lymphogranuloma venereum, known as LGV, to North America also illustrates the increasing globalization of infectious diseases in an era of rapid air transit and frequent travel for work and pleasure, disease specialists said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/30/a_foreign_std_sets_off_worry_in_hub/
Body pulled from Blackstone River
May 30, 2005
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Kayakers discovered a dead body floating in the Blackstone River behind Woonsocket's wastewater treatment facility on Monday, police said.
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The body is that of a white man, and was found tangled in logs and sticks, said Woonsocket police Capt. Luke Gallant. Police said his identity and the cause of death would be announced Tuesday.
Police and the Cumberland fire personnel pulled the body from the river at 5 p.m. It was taken to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2005/05/30/body_pulled_from_blackstone_river/
Two teens walk out of woods
May 30, 2005
LOW AND BURBANK'S GRANT, N.H. -- Two 17-year-old boys disoriented by a rainstorm atop Mount Madison were helped out of the White Mountain National Forest after spending the night in the wilderness.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/30/two_teens_walk_out_of_woods/
Push on to clarify rights for detainees
Specter wants hearing to establish legal order
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff May 31, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A key Republican senator plans to push Congress to take on the issue of rights and treatment of enemy combatants captured and held indefinitely in the war on terrorism, a step that could bring greater legal order to scores of challenges and accusations surrounding the inmates at the Guantanamo Bay military prison and beyond.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/31/push_on_to_clarify_rights_for_detainees/
Uzbek opposition activists detained in new crackdown
By Aziz Nuritov, Associated Press Writer May 30, 2005
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Uzbek police are rounding up activists in a new crackdown on dissent, opposition leaders said Monday, and three Republican U.S. senators, including John Sununu of New Hampshire, repeated demands for an inquiry into this month's violent uprising.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/30/uzbek_opposition_activists_detained_in_new_crackdown/
Paris Hilton engaged to Paris - People
May 30, 2005
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ubiquitous socialite Paris Hilton is engaged to marry her boyfriend of five months, Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, People magazine reported on its Web site on Monday.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/31/paris_hilton_engaged_to_paris___people/
Canada troubled U.S. sent suspect to Syria
By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press Writer May 30, 2005
TORONTO -- Defense Minister Bill Graham testified Monday he was upset Washington did not consult Canada's leaders before deporting a Canadian citizen to Syria for questioning on suspicious of terrorism.
Mahar Arar, who was arrested by U.S. authorities and deported to Syria, takes part in an inquiryl related to his arrest in Ottawa on Monday May 30, 2005. Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham testified Monday that he was upset that Washington did not consult Ottawa before deporting Arar, Canadian citizen to Syria for questioning on suspicious of terrorism. Arar maintains that, once imprisoned in Damascus, he was tortured into making false confessions of terrorist activity. (AP Photo/CP, Fred Chartrand)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/05/30/canada_troubled_us_sent_suspect_to_syria/
Canadian ceremony honors U.S. 1812 dead
May 30, 2005
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The lives of nearly 200 American soldiers who died while prisoners of the British during the War of 1812 were remembered Monday at the site where many of them lie in shallow, unmarked graves.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/05/30/canadian_ceremony_honors_us_1812_dead/
Japan pulls diplomats from Philippines
By Oliver Teves, Associated Press Writer May 30, 2005
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines -- Japanese diplomats left the southern Philippines on Monday after four days of unsuccessfully trying to verify reports that two former soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army had survived in the mountains since World War II.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/30/japan_pulls_diplomats_from_philippines/
Civilian casualties of Iraq war noted
Musicians mark Memorial Day
By Associated Press May 31, 2005
On a day when Americans honor the sacrifices made by soldiers, dozens of musicians gathered on Boston's City Hall Plaza for a Memorial Day tribute to civilians killed in Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/31/civilian_casualties_of_iraq_war_noted/
New spin on rugby
Quadriplegic athletes take sport to the extreme with wheelchair version
By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff May 31, 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- James DuBose, 33, became a quadriplegic in 1992 when a deer cut in front of his pickup truck and he was thrown from the vehicle. But that hasn't stopped him from being an athlete.
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2005/05/31/new_spin_on_rugby/
Romney's focus on China fuels political guessing
By Scott S. Greenberger, Globe Staff May 31, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney recently told a congressional panel that China's economic growth is ''one of the great developments of our time." He warned a crowd of Michigan Republicans in March that ''our government has to get serious about the Chinese." And he tapped the governor of Utah, who speaks Mandarin Chinese, to write a report on China for him.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/31/romneys_focus_on_china_fuels_political_guessing/
Apology in L.A. shooting rare from police
By Jeremiah Marquez, Associated Press Writer May 31, 2005
COMPTON, Calif. -- Residents in this community were still fixing shattered windows and bullet-pocked walls when a lawyer issued an apology from sheriff's deputies who fired 120 rounds at an unarmed driver in a Compton neighborhood.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/31/apology_in_la_shooting_rare_from_police/
Alcoholism
State Increases Funding For Gambling Problems
(Albany, NY) AP 05/30/05 -- State efforts to help problem gamblers have been consolidated this year in the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services with an increased budget.
Previously shared with state office of Mental Health, program funding rose from $2.3 million last year to $3.3 million for the 2005-2006 fiscal year that began in April.
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=B8C2A00E-C82A-4F60-A40D-DD4CD1F41C75
Stone Arrested on Drunk Driving and Drugs Charges
By WENN
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Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone has been arrested for drunk driving and possession of drugs in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The Oscar-winning director was stopped at a police checkpoint on Sunset Boulevard on Friday night, where cops allegedly found unspecified illegal substances during a search of his Mercedes car.
Stone, 58, was released on $15,000 bail on Saturday morning.
The legendary director, whose movies include Platoon, J.F.K. and Natural Born Killers, underwent a rehabilitation program in 1999 after admitting similar offences.
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/article/2440960
Milwaukee girl killed by suspected drunk driver
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE - A suspected drunken driver struck and killed a 5-year-old girl as she waited for a bus with her aunt, police said.
Ameria Sandidge was killed at 4 p.m. Sunday about a block from her home, police said. The car drove into oncoming traffic, hit a pole and then struck the girl.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/11772090.htm
Elderly Sisters Victims of Drunk Driving Crash
Meredith Ter Haar
Created: 5/30/2005 12:53:23 PM
Updated: 5/30/2005 5:13:42 PM
Lake County- Two elderly Baldwin sisters are dead after an accident in Lake County.
Police say three Grand Rapids nineteen-year-olds face charges in connection with the accident that involved alcohol.
It happened yesterday morning on M-37 and 72nd Street just south of Baldwin.
Police say the victim's car was rear-ended... pushing it into the Pere Marquette River.
Seventy-year-old Bernice Huzel died on the scene, her 82-year-old sister Virginia Mc Caughey later died from her injuries.
The women were headed to Kentwood for their great-nephew's graduation party.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=40411
Drunk Driving Blamed For Collision
LTVNEWS Staff
LTVNews.com
Monday, May 30 2005, 7:07AM
65-year old Laurier Pelletier (male) of 4161 Second Line West was arrested on May 29th and charged with one count of impaired driving and one count of fail to provide a breath sample in relation to a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Wellington St. West at Patrick Street.
It is alleged that on May 29th around 8 pm the accused was behind the wheel of a car parked on Wellington Street West at Patrick Street. A car operated by Colleen Poll of 105 Hood Street pulled up behind the Pelletier vehicle. It is alleged that Mr. Pelletier than began to reverse, striking the Poll vehicle and left the
http://www.ltvnews.com/viewarticle.php?id=1574
Police Stepping Up Patrols
Burlington, Vermont - May 29, 2005
A tip for drivers this Memorial Day.
Law enforcement officials in Vermont say they will be out in full force. They will be cracking down on speeding, and checking for drunk drivers and people not wearing seat belts.
Meanwhile, in observance of Memorial Day many federal, state and local government offices will be closed.
There will be no postal service today either.
Also, CCTA buses will not be running.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3407798&nav=4QcSaRf9
The New Zealand Herald
French saboteurs appeal to stop TV showing trial video
31.05.05
By Derek Cheng
The two French agents jailed over the Rainbow Warrior bombing 20 years ago have appealed against a High Court decision to allow TVNZ to show footage of their trial.
The ruling last week allowed the network to screen court footage never before seen of Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, who were convicted of wilful damage and the manslaughter of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira in 1985.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128352
Winter arrives right on cue with snowstorms
31.05.05
By Anne Beston
The weather took a vicious turn yesterday, with snow, thunderstorms and plummeting temperatures gripping parts of the country a day before winter's official kick-off.
But forecasters were offering Queen's Birthday holidaymakers a ray of hope that conditions would ease by Sunday in the North Island at least.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128346
Warriors hooker contrite after nightclub arrest
Lance Hohaia
31.05.05
Warriors hooker Lance Hohaia was arrested for disorderly behaviour outside an Auckland nightclub in the early hours of yesterday.
The rugby league club would not reveal details of the incident that led to the arrest.
Warriors chief executive Mick Watson said Hohaia, 22, would be fined $5000 and miss the team's next match, against St George Illawarra on Saturday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128353
NZ team abandon Everest attempt
31.05.05
By Anne Beston
In one of the worst seasons in recent times, a New Zealand expedition has abandoned its attempt on Mt Everest but yesterday other teams had pushed on to the top.
Around three dozen climbers successfully made it to Everest's 8848m summit from the south (Nepal) side yesterday morning NZT. Other climbers were leaving or were preparing to do so, frustrated by vicious winds that have hampered attempts during a season that officially ends today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128342
Bali nine investigation almost finished
01.06.05
DENPASAR, Bali - Indonesian police plan to make nine Australians accused of smuggling heroin re-enact the final hours before their arrest in Bali last month.
The suspects will be taken from their jail cells and made to retrace the steps they took in in the final hours before their arrests on April 17.
Bali police said the re-enactment was a final part of their investigation.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328430
$44.7m profit for EDS
01.06.05 6.40am
EDS, New Zealand's biggest IT services provider, has posted a profit of $44.7 million, up from a loss of $79.2 million a year earlier.
Revenue on the year increased 25.6 per cent to $411.7 million, as money started to flow in from a seven-year outsourcing deal signed with Fonterra.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10328436
Heads roll after blow to Chirac
01.06.05
By John Lichfield
French President Jacques Chirac named loyalist Dominique de Villepin as his new Prime Minister last night in a shake-up of the Government after his crushing defeat over the European Union's constitution.
Villepin replaces Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who was made a scapegoat for Sunday's referendum defeat.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328379
Dashing new PM led fight against Iraq war
01.06.05
The silver-haired and elegant Dominique de Villepin, the new Prime Minister of France, was the face of French opposition to the Iraq war.
The career diplomat, intellectual, poet and author, was last night named to the post by French President Jacques Chirac in a shake-up of the Government after the crushing defeat over the EU constitution.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328411
Schapelle 'bearing up well' in prison
01.06.05
DENPASAR, Bali - Schapelle Corby is "bearing up really well" as she starts her 20-year jail term for drug smuggling, according to Australian officials who visited her today.
At her request, Corby's family and legal team stayed away from Bali's Kerobokan prison today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328375
Ban on grazing 'killing' The Man from Snowy River
01.06.05
By Nick Squires
They are the inheritors of a 170-year-old tradition that has been celebrated in poetry and film, but the cattlemen of the Snowy Mountains fear their distinctive way of life is heading for extinction.
Renowned for their horsemanship, the cattlemen have grazed their herds in the rugged hills and valleys of Victoria's high country since it was settled by British convicts and colonists in the 1830s.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328367
Indonesia to vaccinate 6.4m children for polio
01.06.05
JAKARTA - Mothers carrying babies and dragging toddlers by the hand flocked to clinics yesterday as Indonesia launched a massive polio vaccination drive to halt an outbreak of the disease that has crippled 16 children.
Officials want to immunise 6.4 million children across the provinces of West Java and Banten, as well as Jakarta, during the free but compulsory campaign for children under 5.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328370
Sudan arrests aid agency head for report on rapes
31.05.05 2.05pm
By Opheera McDoom
KHARTOUM - Sudan has arrested the local head of an international aid agency over a report into hundreds of rapes in Darfur.
It is the first such action against a top relief worker since a rebellion in the area began in 2003.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10228363
Indonesia dampens hopes of prison transfer for Corby
31.05.05 3.10pm
CANBERRA - A prisoner transfer agreement between Australia and Indonesia is far from a certainty, a senior Indonesian official says.
Australia will send a team of negotiators to Indonesia next week to thrash out a deal which could allow Schapelle Corby to serve part of her sentence on home soil.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10228366
Drought help for Australian farmers
31.05.05
CANBERRA - Australia’s farmers, battling the worst drought in a century, received an extra A$250 million ($269.71 million) in government support on Monday as residents in the nation’s biggest city braced for tougher water restrictions.
After three years of low rainfall in some of the nation’s farming districts, Prime Minister John Howard announced increased interest-rate subsidies and extra income support to stop farmers walking away from their properties.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10128331
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