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1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1789 Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept)
1836 Adelaide, South Australia founded
1837 US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC
1844 Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC
1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene
1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dancing Men" (BG)
1905 J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa
1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora
1909 Orville Wright tests airplane, flying 1h12m
1919 Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)
1920 Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
1933 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar
1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia
1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
1953 Armistice signed ending Korean War
1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget
1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
1962 Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia
1968 Race Riot in Gary Indiana
1969 Pioneer 10 launched
1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel
1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
1988 Radio Shack announces the Tandy 1000 SL computer
1991 TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition
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The Jerusalem Post
Sharon hopes for boost in France-Israel ties
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JPOST STAFF
PARIS
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Wednesday with French President Jacques Chirac, expressing hopes for a "reinforcement" of the countries' frayed ties and praising France's role in the Mideast peace process.
Sharon, who stirred fury here last year by encouraging French Jews to emigrate because of French anti-Semitism, has drawn recent praise in France for leading Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122448674301
A papal omission
Condemning terrorism ought to be a simple matter for the leader of the Catholic church.
Yet on Sunday, when Pope Benedictus XVI condemned recent terrorist atrocities in Britain, Egypt, Iraq and Turkey, conspicuously absent from the papal list was the renewed terrorism in Israel.
Even if near-daily shelling of civilians in southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire doesn't count for him, then surely the suicide bombing which took five lives in Netanya earlier this month was no less reprehensible than what happened in the countries the pope did see fit to mention.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122344277447
Knesset approves last-minute laws
By NINA GILBERT
The Knesset engaged in summer cleaning Wednesday, approving a series of laws important to the Likud government immediately before MKs left for their late-summer recess.
The passage of so many key Likud bills offered a practical reinforcement of the strength of the Likud government, as it enters, divided and shaky, into the upcoming disengagement.
The bills – one extending a Palestinian family reunification ban, and another limiting suits against the state for damage caused by the IDF – signified a return to the Likud's hawkish image.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122448676170
2 IDF soldiers wounded in Jenin raid
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH
Two soldiers were lightly wounded on Wednesday afternoon during a gun battle which erupted between IDF troops and Palestinians in Jenin.
The troops were operating in the West Bank city in order to arrest fugitives.
Shooting started as soldiers surrounded a house in which an Islamic Jihad fugitive was hiding.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122448675300
Disarming Hizbullah
By GARY C. GAMBILL
Fresh off its victory in galvanizing international pressure on Damascus to quit Lebanon, the White House is struggling to contend with the Syrian occupation's most troubling loose end. Under the protection of Damascus, the radical Lebanese Shi'ite Hizbullah movement has developed by far the best-trained and equipped guerrilla combat force in the world, stockpiled roughly 12,000 rockets capable of hitting Israeli population centers and assumed a direct role in training and equipping Palestinian terrorist cells.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122344276526
The PM in Paris
For years French President Jacques Chirac enthusiastically championed whatever anti-Israeli international coalition happened to manifest itself at almost any given opportunity. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's depictions of him yesterday as "a friend of Israel" and "one of the world's great leaders" weren't what Israeli ears naturally expect.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122448676160&p=1006953079865
Philadlephia Inquirer
Hot. Hot. Not.
The oppressive heat is slowing people's pace. But relieve is in sight.
By Sandy Bauers
Inquirer Staff Writer
You thought yesterday was hot? Ha! Just you wait: Today could be worse, by at least two degrees and a hunk of humidity.
The first hint of relief doesn't come until after an expected cold front moves through tonight, probably bringing thunderstorms. Tomorrow, the high is expected to be a blissful 80 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/12230456.htm
'97 remarks by Roberts hint limits on courts
Asked about a ruling on assisted suicide, he spoke of the public will, not morality or his views.
By Stephen Henderson
Inquirer Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - John G. Roberts Jr. had no reason to be guarded in 1997 when he was asked on a TV news show about a recent Supreme Court decision in an assisted-suicide case.
But he didn't talk about moral absolutes or the sanctity of life. He didn't even hint at his personal views on the subject. Roberts, then a lawyer in private practice, framed the issue in terms of limits on judicial power and deference to the public will as expressed by legislators. For him, it was a simple question of who gets to decide.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/12230457.htm
Sweeping energy bill nears final OK
Plan, stymied for four years, has billions in industry tax breaks.
By Carl Hulse and Michael Janofsky
New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON - After coming up short for years, Congress is preparing to enact a broad energy plan that would provide generous federal subsidies to the oil and gas industries, encourage construction of nuclear power plants, and try to whet the nation's appetite for renewable fuels such as ethanol and wind power.
The mammoth bill, whose final details were being negotiated yesterday, also would give the government new power to override local objections to facilities for handling growing imports of liquefied natural gas.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/12230459.htm
Gun Immunity Bill
Editorial Protect victims, not gun-makers
Where was the moment of silence for 14-year-old Anthony Oliver - and other young victims of illegal handguns - as key senators yesterday turned to do the bidding of the National Rifle Association?
The Philadelphia teen was slain last summer with a cheap Saturday-night special. Another youth had armed himself easily for just $50 - buying one of the hundreds of illicit guns that flood the city's streets.
But the focus of Majority Leader Bill Frist (R., Tenn.) and other Senate leaders wasn't on gun victims yesterday. Instead, they made yet another outrageous attempt to shield gun-makers and dealers from negligence lawsuits.
What's needed are real steps that keep illegal guns off the streets. Too many manufacturers are lax in policing the networks that market guns to dealers. Too many dealers sell to buyers they should suspect are reselling guns illegally.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/12230479.htm
Kicking the oil addiction: Leaders must end the fix
By Froma Harrop
It is oil's fault. The London bombings are almost surely al-Qaeda's work, which means oil paid for them. Oil keeps the Mideast backward. It funds the madrassas that fill heads with anti-West poison. And it pays the terrorists who plant bombs on European trains and drive airplanes into American buildings. It is time we did something about oil.
The United States accounts for 25 percent of the world's oil consumption. We could crush oil's power to hurt us with a serious campaign to kick our fossil-fuel habit. But we don't, because we have an administration and Congress that care more about the oil industry than about us.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/12230484.htm
Haaretz
MKs limit citizenship rights of Palestinians married to Israelis
By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent
The Knesset voted 59-12 Wednesday to grant citizenship to Palestinians married to Israeli citizens only if the Palestinian men are 35 and older and if the women are 25 and older.
The decision relates to an emergency measure that was due to expire July 31. According to that measure, Palestinians were banned altogether from becoming Israeli citizens under family unification policies.
Wednesday's decision, a vote on an amendment to the Citizenship Law, relaxes the emergency regulations by allowing some Palestinians to become citizens, but writes into law limitations on family unification that had previously been considered temporary.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/604523.html
IDF troops kill unarmed teen in Jenin arrest raid
By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents, and The Associated Press
Israel Defense Forces troops killed an unarmed Palestinian teenager and wounded seven Palestinians, one seriously, during a gun battle in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday, Palestinian sources said. The troops entered the city to arrest a senior Islamic Jihad official.
Most of the Palestinian casualties were armed wanted suspects, the IDF said. The dead Palestinian was identified as Yusuf El-Hasif, 17, according to Palestinian sources. He was among several youths throwing stones at soldiers, The Associated Press reported.
Two IDF soldiers were lightly hurt during the gun battle, which erupted after security forces surrounded the house in which the Jihad official, Hamza Kakur, was located. They were taken to Haemek Hospital in Afula for treatment.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/605514.html
Mofaz: IDF plans to leave key Gaza route in October
By Amos Harel
Defense Ministry officials hope final details of deal with Egypt regarding the route will be completed soon.
The Israel Defense Forces is planning to withdraw from the Philadelphi route along the Gaza-Egypt border in October, according to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.
Mofaz told Channel 1 yesterday that Israel has already decided to leave the area.
The head of the Defense Ministry political-security department, Amos Gilad, is set to hold another round of talks in Egypt on Sunday. The ministry is hoping that the meeting between Gilad and Egyptian defense officials will lead to agreement on the final details of an Egyptian-Israeli deal, whereby 750 Egyptian police officers will be deployed on the western side of the Philadelphi route. The final agreement has been delayed for several months.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=605432&contrassID=23&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1
Shin Bet: Hamas, Jihad have no cause to stop attacks
By Gideon Alon
There's a 50-50 chance that the disengagement from Gush Katif and the northern West Bank will not be a quiet affair and that the terror organizations will open fire on the settlers and security forces, Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin assessed yesterday.
Addressing the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Diskin said the Palestinian Authority was eager to see the pullout pass by peacefully but that it was weak and suffering from a governmental vacuum. According to the Shin Bet chief, the PA's ability to impose law and order is negligible, while terror groups such as Islamic Jihad see no reason to stop attacks on Israel during the course of the disengagement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=605447&contrassID=23&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1
Verging on Holocaust denial
By Hanna Yablonka
The Jewish settlers in the territories who wrote their identity numbers on their arms, and the reasons they gave for doing this, testify to the necessity for the public to deal anew with the phenomenon of everyday use of the Holocaust.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtDisengagement.jhtml?itemNo=603605&contrassID=23&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0
The Los Angeles Times
The Big Question
Bynum will be under the microscope, even if Lakers have low expectations
By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Lee Andrew Bynum has now worn a Laker uniform for two weeks, and when he wasn't surrounded by microphones, TV cameras and autograph-seeking kids, he managed to give the Lakers and their fans a glimpse into the future.
It looked like a mixed bag.
Playing eight games in Long Beach's Summer Pro League, which concluded last week, the Lakers' 6-foot-11, 270-pound top draft choice showed flashes of glorious potential … and all but disappeared during other spans.
"It's not any different from what I expected," Bynum said of his first taste of professional basketball. "I expected it to be tough and it's definitely tough."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-bynum27jul27,0,6128530.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Study: Echinacea Leaves Cold-Sufferers Sniffling
By Karen Kaplan, Times Staff Writer
Echinacea, the popular herbal remedy for fighting the common cold, does not ward off runny noses, sore throats or headaches, nor does it help patients recover from cold symptoms more quickly, according to the results of a broad clinical trial to be reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Taken with other recent studies that showed no benefit from echinacea, the new findings shift the burden of proof to proponents of herbal products to demonstrate that the plant has medicinal value, researchers said.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-072705echinacea_lat,0,2637824.story?coll=la-tot-promo
O.J. Simpson Is Ordered to Pay DirecTV in Signal-Theft Case
By Sallie Hofmeister, Times Staff Writer
DirecTV said "the evidence was overwhelming" against O.J. Simpson.
But the ex-football star's lawyer said he did nothing wrong.
The satellite TV giant on Tuesday was referring to its civil court victory in which a Florida judge ordered Simpson to pay $25,000 for allegedly stealing its signals.
The case stems from the recovery in 2001 of two "bootloaders" in Simpson's home that allowed viewers to tap into DirecTV signals without paying for them.
"This ruling serves as a reminder that there are consequences to signal theft, whether you're O.J. Simpson or John Q. Public," said Dan Fawcett, the company's executive vice president of legal and business affairs.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-simpson27jul27,0,4984178.story?coll=la-tot-promo
Bill Shielding Gun Makers From Suits Gains Support
Proponents say the Senate could pass the NRA-backed legislation this week. Opponents contend that it would set a disturbing precedent.
By Mary Curtius, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In a sign of the changing politics of gun control, the Senate appears poised to pass a top priority of the National Rifle Assn. this week, legislation that would shield the gun industry from lawsuits arising from the misuse of its weapons.
Gun manufacturers have pressed for years for such a law. They argue that it is needed to protect them from lawsuits filed by municipalities or individuals that the industry contends could bankrupt some gun makers. Dozens of such lawsuits are pending across the country.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guns27jul27,0,7654262.story?coll=la-home-nation
Al-Qaida Says It Killed Algerian Diplomats
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's most feared terror group said Wednesday it killed two kidnapped Algerian diplomats because of Algeria's ties to the United States and its crackdown on Islamic extremists.
As the bloodshed continued, the Bush administration sought to keep up political momentum by pressuring Iraq to complete its constitutional draft ahead of an Aug. 15 deadline. "It's time for a compromise," visiting Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the Iraqis.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top14jul27,0,1885940.story
Iraq Wants Quick Pullout of U.S. Troops
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister said Wednesday he wants U.S. troops "on their way out" as soon as his government can protect its new democracy. The top American general in the country said he hopes to begin significant withdrawal by next spring.
At the same time, in an unannounced visit, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Iraqi security forces should take on more tasks now performed by U.S. troops.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top10jul27,0,313072.story
Operation Coverup
Scandals metastasize. That is the pattern since Watergate. What starts out looking like a small, isolated incident gradually reveals itself to be part of a larger abuse of power. Meanwhile, an unraveling coverup adds new elements. Is that happening now with the scandal over White House leaks of the identity of a CIA agent?
Some folks say that as we learn more, the scandal is getting smaller, not larger. Valerie Plame was a CIA functionary commuting openly to agency headquarters, not a spy working behind enemy lines. The law against revealing the identities of intelligence agents is complicated and probably wasn't broken in this case. And the story line gets muddier: Journalists may have revealed Plame's identity to White House honchos.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-rove27jul27,0,1072707.story?coll=la-home-oped
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