Bush's New Alliance.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Morining Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
"Oh-Key-Doe-$he"
History…
… 1478, born, Sir Thomas More lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
… 1764, born, Ann Radcliffe London, Gothic novelist (Mysteries of Udolpho)
… 1804, born, John Deere, inventor
… 1812, born, Charles Dickens, English novelist.
English novelist Charles Dickens was born on this day in 1812. This privately maintained Web page has a biography, a bibliography, electronic texts of selected novels and short stories, and other resources.
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html
… 1812, 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO; this is the last of Midwest quakes
… 1817, born, Frederick Douglass, antislavery leader, Maryland, 1st high ranking black in US government
… 1817, Leroy Pope Walker US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)
… 1818, 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (New York NY)
… 1867, born Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer, famous for a series of historical novels for children known collectively as the Little House books. Laura Ingalls was born near Pepin, Wisconsin. She trained to be a teacher and taught for several years before marrying farmer Almanzo Wilder in 1885. After enduring a series of hardships, they moved to Missouri in 1894 and settled on Rocky Ridge Farm near Mansfield.
… 1870, born, Alfred Adler Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
… 1885, born, Sinclair Lewis, novelist
… 1932, born, Alfred M Worden Jackson MI, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
… 1947, Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
… 1964, The British rock group the Beatles arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to begin their first United States tour.
Introduction; Early Years; Global Fame; Later Years and Breakup
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761558541
… 1958, Michele Drake La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
… 1965, US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam
… 1971, women in Switzerland won the right to vote.
… 1974, Grenada becomes independent of the British Commonwealth.
… 1974, Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
… 1976, Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir Miss Iceland-Universe (1996)
… 1978, Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
… 1979, Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)
… 1986, Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule.
… 1988, Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
… 1889, Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco
… 1990, Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
… 1990, USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
… 1991, Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
… 1992, Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
… 1993, Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
… 1993, Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
… 1994, 21st American Music Award Whitney Houston wins
… 1994. Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
… 1994, Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
… 1997, US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
… 1998, 18th Winter Olympics games open at Nagano Japan
… 1999, Jordan's King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
Missing in Action
1965 DICKSON EDWARD A. WYOMING PA EJECTED N/PARA-SEAT
1966 CRAYTON RENDER LA GRANGE GA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 BRANDE HARVEY G. LONG BEACH CA 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 HANNA KENNETH SCRANTON SC OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 HOLT JAMES W. HOT SPRINGS AR OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 LINDEWALD CHARLES W. JR. LA PORTE IN OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 MC MURRY WILLIAM G. SCOTTSDALE AZ 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 MORELAND JAMES L. ANAHEIM CA OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 PHILLIPS DANIEL R. PHILDELPHIA PA OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 SMITH MAYNARD LEE TROY KS 08/74 REMAINS RECOVERED
1968 THOMPSON DENNIS L. PORTLAND OR 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1969 DELEIDI RICHARD A. EL CAJON CA
All Africa
Tree Thieves Invade Forests
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Oscar King'ori And Simon Siele
Nairobi
The few remaining forests in semi-arid Isiolo District have been invaded by people who are felling rare trees.
Illegal loggers are cutting down valuable
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040040.html
The Los Angeles Times
Breaking Ranks to Shun War
An Army sergeant who refuses to return to Iraq seeks a discharge as a conscientious objector. He may instead face a court-martial.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-objector7feb07,1,1465137.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Bush's Deficit Plan Is All in the Math
The budget strategy to halve the shortfall by 2009 relies on how and what things are counted.
At least technically it will.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-budget7feb07,0,5106433.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Ronald Brownstein:
Washington Outlook
Bush's Social Security Equation Comes Up Short on Money, Trust
Is it already time for the White House to unveil Plan B on Social Security?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outlook7feb07,1,5454791.column?coll=la-headlines-nation
Ronald Brownstein:
Washington Outlook
Bush Forges Weak Links to Legacies of Democratic Predecessors
Probably the last Democratic president who held views roughly similar to President Bush's was Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century. Cleveland embodied the resistance to activist government that dominated the Democratic Party through its first century and fuels the GOP today.
But the unlamented Cleveland isn't one of the predecessors Bush and his allies are enlisting to sell his initiatives at home and abroad. Instead, they are trying to link Bush's agenda with Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
In each case, to put it mildly, the connection is a stretch. In fact, in each instance, the Bush team is citing the Democrats to sell policies that reverse the strategies those presidents pursued. It's as if General Motors were using a testimonial from Ralph Nader to sell an updated Corvair.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outlook31jan31,1,4741916.column?coll=la-headlines-nation
Former GI Claims Role in Goering's Death
By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
It was one of the most baffling mysteries of the World War II era.
How did convicted war criminal Hermann Goering manage to poison himself as U.S. soldiers prepared to hang him?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goering7feb07,0,7916046.story?coll=la-home-local
400 Jobs to Be Cut at UCLA Healthcare
Ailing medical system anticipates layoffs to reduce costs. Officials blame financial woes on a spike in the care of indigent patients.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla7feb07,0,3158294.story?coll=la-home-local
DISPATCH FROM ROCKY FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, COLO.
An Idyllic Scene Polluted With Controversy
A 6,000-acre refuge set to open in two years faces protest from critics who say nuclear weapons production has left the site contaminated.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-refuge7feb07,0,1890571.story?coll=la-home-nation
Homecoming Is Sweet Despite Smell of Sulfur
Residents returning to a Japanese island off-limits since a volcanic eruption in 2000 wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-homecoming7feb07,0,762650.story?coll=la-home-world
EXACTLY and this is not new. The USA has been talking about 'Mini-Nukes' since the illegal and immoral invasion into Iraq. Does anyone in the State Department actually think "Do as I say and not as I do will get them anywhere?" NO !! If anything it only reignite The Cold War and escalation into "Never, Neverland."
In his State of the Union speech, President Bush declared that he will contain the budget deficit and pursue peaceful diplomacy to end the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea. But Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's insistence on reviving a wasteful and dangerous nuclear program undermines both goals.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nuclear7feb07,0,6943448.story
I am looking forward to the Shi'ite Majority Government now taking shape in Iraq. It is my estimation one of the first majority legislations will be to extricate themselves from the USA invasion which nearly destroyed Najaf and the Cleric al Sadr to return to Iraqis finding their place in their own security. Allah knows, al Sadr didn't do such a bad job of securing Najaf and the Mosque. He just didn't have tanks to fight back with. It was an incredible task those foot soldiers did against the USA War Machine, holding their ground until 'Sistani' returned. Magnificent men and small arms. Incredible. Pure will. The new legislature should be setting their agenda and making plans. It all seems very clear to us even without purple fingers.
Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 30 People
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents struck at Iraqi police forces with a suicide bomb, a car bomb and mortars in the cities of Mosul and Baqouba on Monday, killing at least 30 people as they pressed their campaign to undermine the nation's fledgling security forces.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top13feb07,0,1759436.story
Haaretz
Rice: U.S. to appoint 'security coordinator,' will take active role
By Haaretz Staff and Agencies
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday vowed active U.S. involvement in Middle East peace-making, saying Washington would dispatch a high-level "security coordinator" to the region and send more than $40 million in immediate aid to the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536784.html
IDF arrest female suicide bomber in West Bank
By Haaretz Service
Israeli Defense Forces troops arrested near the West Bank town of Jenin on Monday a woman, Aysha Samchat, member of the Islamic Jihad, suspected of intending to carry out a suicide bombing against Israeli target.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/537199.html
Ultra-Orthodox leader instructs MKs to back referendum bill
By Haaretz Service
A key ultra-Orthodox sage has instructed Degel Hatorah MKs to back a bill specifying a referendum on the disengagement plan, thus dealing a new blow to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's fragile coalition, Israel Radio reported Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/537221.html
CIA agrees in principle to disclose Nazi records
By Reuters
WASHINGTON - The CIA, under pressure from Congress, has agreed in principle to release new documents detailing its ties to former Nazis who aided U.S. Cold War espionage against the Soviet Union, officials said yesterday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536787.html
Unrest again in the Likud
By Yossi Verter
The Netanyahu-Shalom-Livnat axis has exchanged feelers on coordinating their views as the votes on the evacuation and budget grow near, and members of the Likud Central Committee are working to convene a meeting for a vote on a referendum.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536838.html
Michael Moore Today
CBC Exposes Fox's O'Reilly and Coulter
for the Liars They Are!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
These ARE the Neocons. What do they value? Economies before Human Life at any cost !! It is a lot more than just dirty politics. FOX is the Anti-American Station. FOX is counter culture to decency.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/oreilly5th.mov
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/Coulter.mov
Iraqis Protest Said Voting Irregularities
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of Iraqis shouted slogans and waved Iraqi flags Sunday outside Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone to protest alleged irregularities they say prevented tens of thousands of people in Mosul from voting in last weekend's landmark elections.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1316
Egyptians abducted as Iraqi communities stake rival claims
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen abducted four Egyptian telecoms engineers in Baghdad, heightening the fears of foreigners, as Iraq's divided communities staked out their demands in the aftermath of the country's historic election.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1318
The Boston Globe
TRIPLE CROWN
http://www.boston.com/
Celtics find .500 a satisfying number
Perseverance pays off as Pierce sets the pace
By Peter May, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS -- It was impossible not to notice the vast emotional gulf between teams with exactly the same records. The 24-24 Boston Celtics left the Target Center feeling confident, proud, and together. The 24-24 Minnesota Timberwolves left the same building with a hangdog look, wondering what is happening to what was supposed to be another special season.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/02/07/celtics_find_500_a_satisfying_number/
Packers fan wears jersey for 408 days
February 6, 2005
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- David Witthoft is making very good use of his Christmas present.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/02/06/packers_fan_wears_jersey_for_408_days/
Rice: Sharon, Abbas Accept Invite to White House
February 7, 2005
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would visit the White House for talks in the spring.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/07/rice_sharon_abbas_accept_invite_to_white_house_1107778863/
A story of rescue and honor
Exhibit will mark brothers' effort
By Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press February 7, 2005
CINCINNATI -- As the Nazis took power in Germany and the world turned its back on Jewish refugees, four brothers who ran a cigar factory in the Philippines worked quietly to help 1,200 Jews flee to Manila.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/07/a_story_of_rescue_and_honor/
NATO troops find human remains amid plane wreckage
By Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer February 7, 2005
KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO troops scouring the wreckage of an Afghan airliner atop a snowy mountain peak on Monday found human remains amid the debris but no sign that any of the 104 people on board survived the disaster, a spokesman said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/07/nato_troops_find_human_remains_amid_plane_wreckage/
Kennedy sticks to war criticism
Says withdrawal is needed to show Iraqis they 'own the country'
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy went before a national television audience yesterday to defend his call for the Bush administration to set a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/07/kennedy_sticks_to_war_criticism/
Why would the Northeast States ever expect a dime from DC when they stand their ground politically against the regime that is there. I would think The Blue States would have learned their lesson from New Hampshire years ago and prepared for it. The oddest aspect is to realize how The Red States are fighting things like Outlying Landing Fields while The Blue States are gutted.
Navy to cut orders; job losses seen
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Navy has dramatically scaled back plans for new warships and submarines in a move expected to lead to major job losses in one of New England's largest manufacturing sectors, according to senior Pentagon officials and naval specialists.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/07/navy_to_cut_orders_job_losses_seen/
How ridiculous is this?
Woman demoted for Iraq mud-wrestling party
By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Writer February 7, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Military officials have demoted a female member of a National Guard military police unit for indecent exposure after a mud-wrestling party at the Camp Bucca detention center in Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/07/woman_demoted_for_iraq_mud_wrestling_party/
The lure of Bay State technology
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
When overseas buyers go shopping for acquisitions in Massachusetts, they often set their sights on the state's innovative high-tech and life sciences start-ups.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/07/the_lure_of_bay_state_technology/
The Gulf News
Clerics reform extremists through online dialogue
AP
Riyadh: Saudi clerics have succeeded in reforming the ideas of over 250 extremists through a dialogue on the Internet.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150870
New anti-terror strategy launched
By Nirmala Janssen, Correspondent
Kuwait City: Kuwait announced yesterday a new anti-terror strategy and launched a fresh attempt to counter extremist ideology.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150871
Plan to use ice-cream truck bombs uncovered
AP
Kuwait City: An Interior Ministry official confirmed a report that militant suspects captured in recent police raids confessed to planning to use ice-cream trucks packed with explosives to attack US military convoys travelling to Iraq.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150885
ALL IN THE FAMILY !
Barghouti's son among hundreds of prisoners to be freed
AP
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has agreed to free the son of prominent Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti as part of an upcoming prisoner release, Israeli security officials said yesterday.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150889>
Qatar and Iran to boost economic and cultural ties
By Barbara Bibbo', Correspondent
Doha: Qatar and Iran are setting up a joint technical committee between their news agencies and tourism authorities, the Qatari News Agency said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150876
Promoting true image of Islamic world
By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief
Muscat: Oman's endeavours have been to correct the misperceptions regarding the Islamic world and at the same time promote the Sultanate as a tourist destination in the Middle East, according to a top government official.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150877
Arabic a hurdle in fighting terrorism
Agencies
Riyadh: Information that could help catch terrorists risks falling between the cracks because only about ten countries are able to handle messages submitted by Middle Eastern states in Arabic, the head of Interpol said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150882
Go to the root cause of terrorism
It is imperative that we look beyond and comprehend it totally
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150895
Power politics is the way of life in Iraq
By M.J. Akbar
One of the more interesting facts about democracy in its current, refined manifestation is that elections have turned from a comparative sprint to a laboured marathon. And the reasons differ.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150899
continued...
"Oh-Key-Doe-$he"
History…
… 1478, born, Sir Thomas More lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
… 1764, born, Ann Radcliffe London, Gothic novelist (Mysteries of Udolpho)
… 1804, born, John Deere, inventor
… 1812, born, Charles Dickens, English novelist.
English novelist Charles Dickens was born on this day in 1812. This privately maintained Web page has a biography, a bibliography, electronic texts of selected novels and short stories, and other resources.
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html
… 1812, 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO; this is the last of Midwest quakes
… 1817, born, Frederick Douglass, antislavery leader, Maryland, 1st high ranking black in US government
… 1817, Leroy Pope Walker US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)
… 1818, 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (New York NY)
… 1867, born Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer, famous for a series of historical novels for children known collectively as the Little House books. Laura Ingalls was born near Pepin, Wisconsin. She trained to be a teacher and taught for several years before marrying farmer Almanzo Wilder in 1885. After enduring a series of hardships, they moved to Missouri in 1894 and settled on Rocky Ridge Farm near Mansfield.
… 1870, born, Alfred Adler Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
… 1885, born, Sinclair Lewis, novelist
… 1932, born, Alfred M Worden Jackson MI, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
… 1947, Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
… 1964, The British rock group the Beatles arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to begin their first United States tour.
Introduction; Early Years; Global Fame; Later Years and Breakup
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761558541
… 1958, Michele Drake La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
… 1965, US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam
… 1971, women in Switzerland won the right to vote.
… 1974, Grenada becomes independent of the British Commonwealth.
… 1974, Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
… 1976, Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir Miss Iceland-Universe (1996)
… 1978, Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
… 1979, Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years)
… 1986, Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule.
… 1988, Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
… 1889, Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco
… 1990, Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
… 1990, USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
… 1991, Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
… 1992, Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
… 1993, Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
… 1993, Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
… 1994, 21st American Music Award Whitney Houston wins
… 1994. Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
… 1994, Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
… 1997, US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
… 1998, 18th Winter Olympics games open at Nagano Japan
… 1999, Jordan's King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.
Missing in Action
1965 DICKSON EDWARD A. WYOMING PA EJECTED N/PARA-SEAT
1966 CRAYTON RENDER LA GRANGE GA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 BRANDE HARVEY G. LONG BEACH CA 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 HANNA KENNETH SCRANTON SC OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 HOLT JAMES W. HOT SPRINGS AR OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 LINDEWALD CHARLES W. JR. LA PORTE IN OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 MC MURRY WILLIAM G. SCOTTSDALE AZ 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 MORELAND JAMES L. ANAHEIM CA OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 PHILLIPS DANIEL R. PHILDELPHIA PA OVERUN AT SF CAMP
1968 SMITH MAYNARD LEE TROY KS 08/74 REMAINS RECOVERED
1968 THOMPSON DENNIS L. PORTLAND OR 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1969 DELEIDI RICHARD A. EL CAJON CA
All Africa
Tree Thieves Invade Forests
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Oscar King'ori And Simon Siele
Nairobi
The few remaining forests in semi-arid Isiolo District have been invaded by people who are felling rare trees.
Illegal loggers are cutting down valuable
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040040.html
The Los Angeles Times
Breaking Ranks to Shun War
An Army sergeant who refuses to return to Iraq seeks a discharge as a conscientious objector. He may instead face a court-martial.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-objector7feb07,1,1465137.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Bush's Deficit Plan Is All in the Math
The budget strategy to halve the shortfall by 2009 relies on how and what things are counted.
At least technically it will.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-budget7feb07,0,5106433.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Ronald Brownstein:
Washington Outlook
Bush's Social Security Equation Comes Up Short on Money, Trust
Is it already time for the White House to unveil Plan B on Social Security?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outlook7feb07,1,5454791.column?coll=la-headlines-nation
Ronald Brownstein:
Washington Outlook
Bush Forges Weak Links to Legacies of Democratic Predecessors
Probably the last Democratic president who held views roughly similar to President Bush's was Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century. Cleveland embodied the resistance to activist government that dominated the Democratic Party through its first century and fuels the GOP today.
But the unlamented Cleveland isn't one of the predecessors Bush and his allies are enlisting to sell his initiatives at home and abroad. Instead, they are trying to link Bush's agenda with Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
In each case, to put it mildly, the connection is a stretch. In fact, in each instance, the Bush team is citing the Democrats to sell policies that reverse the strategies those presidents pursued. It's as if General Motors were using a testimonial from Ralph Nader to sell an updated Corvair.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-outlook31jan31,1,4741916.column?coll=la-headlines-nation
Former GI Claims Role in Goering's Death
By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
It was one of the most baffling mysteries of the World War II era.
How did convicted war criminal Hermann Goering manage to poison himself as U.S. soldiers prepared to hang him?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goering7feb07,0,7916046.story?coll=la-home-local
400 Jobs to Be Cut at UCLA Healthcare
Ailing medical system anticipates layoffs to reduce costs. Officials blame financial woes on a spike in the care of indigent patients.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla7feb07,0,3158294.story?coll=la-home-local
DISPATCH FROM ROCKY FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, COLO.
An Idyllic Scene Polluted With Controversy
A 6,000-acre refuge set to open in two years faces protest from critics who say nuclear weapons production has left the site contaminated.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-refuge7feb07,0,1890571.story?coll=la-home-nation
Homecoming Is Sweet Despite Smell of Sulfur
Residents returning to a Japanese island off-limits since a volcanic eruption in 2000 wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-homecoming7feb07,0,762650.story?coll=la-home-world
EXACTLY and this is not new. The USA has been talking about 'Mini-Nukes' since the illegal and immoral invasion into Iraq. Does anyone in the State Department actually think "Do as I say and not as I do will get them anywhere?" NO !! If anything it only reignite The Cold War and escalation into "Never, Neverland."
In his State of the Union speech, President Bush declared that he will contain the budget deficit and pursue peaceful diplomacy to end the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea. But Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's insistence on reviving a wasteful and dangerous nuclear program undermines both goals.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nuclear7feb07,0,6943448.story
I am looking forward to the Shi'ite Majority Government now taking shape in Iraq. It is my estimation one of the first majority legislations will be to extricate themselves from the USA invasion which nearly destroyed Najaf and the Cleric al Sadr to return to Iraqis finding their place in their own security. Allah knows, al Sadr didn't do such a bad job of securing Najaf and the Mosque. He just didn't have tanks to fight back with. It was an incredible task those foot soldiers did against the USA War Machine, holding their ground until 'Sistani' returned. Magnificent men and small arms. Incredible. Pure will. The new legislature should be setting their agenda and making plans. It all seems very clear to us even without purple fingers.
Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 30 People
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents struck at Iraqi police forces with a suicide bomb, a car bomb and mortars in the cities of Mosul and Baqouba on Monday, killing at least 30 people as they pressed their campaign to undermine the nation's fledgling security forces.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top13feb07,0,1759436.story
Haaretz
Rice: U.S. to appoint 'security coordinator,' will take active role
By Haaretz Staff and Agencies
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday vowed active U.S. involvement in Middle East peace-making, saying Washington would dispatch a high-level "security coordinator" to the region and send more than $40 million in immediate aid to the Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536784.html
IDF arrest female suicide bomber in West Bank
By Haaretz Service
Israeli Defense Forces troops arrested near the West Bank town of Jenin on Monday a woman, Aysha Samchat, member of the Islamic Jihad, suspected of intending to carry out a suicide bombing against Israeli target.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/537199.html
Ultra-Orthodox leader instructs MKs to back referendum bill
By Haaretz Service
A key ultra-Orthodox sage has instructed Degel Hatorah MKs to back a bill specifying a referendum on the disengagement plan, thus dealing a new blow to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's fragile coalition, Israel Radio reported Monday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/537221.html
CIA agrees in principle to disclose Nazi records
By Reuters
WASHINGTON - The CIA, under pressure from Congress, has agreed in principle to release new documents detailing its ties to former Nazis who aided U.S. Cold War espionage against the Soviet Union, officials said yesterday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536787.html
Unrest again in the Likud
By Yossi Verter
The Netanyahu-Shalom-Livnat axis has exchanged feelers on coordinating their views as the votes on the evacuation and budget grow near, and members of the Likud Central Committee are working to convene a meeting for a vote on a referendum.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/536838.html
Michael Moore Today
CBC Exposes Fox's O'Reilly and Coulter
for the Liars They Are!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
These ARE the Neocons. What do they value? Economies before Human Life at any cost !! It is a lot more than just dirty politics. FOX is the Anti-American Station. FOX is counter culture to decency.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/oreilly5th.mov
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/Coulter.mov
Iraqis Protest Said Voting Irregularities
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of Iraqis shouted slogans and waved Iraqi flags Sunday outside Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone to protest alleged irregularities they say prevented tens of thousands of people in Mosul from voting in last weekend's landmark elections.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1316
Egyptians abducted as Iraqi communities stake rival claims
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen abducted four Egyptian telecoms engineers in Baghdad, heightening the fears of foreigners, as Iraq's divided communities staked out their demands in the aftermath of the country's historic election.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1318
The Boston Globe
TRIPLE CROWN
http://www.boston.com/
Celtics find .500 a satisfying number
Perseverance pays off as Pierce sets the pace
By Peter May, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS -- It was impossible not to notice the vast emotional gulf between teams with exactly the same records. The 24-24 Boston Celtics left the Target Center feeling confident, proud, and together. The 24-24 Minnesota Timberwolves left the same building with a hangdog look, wondering what is happening to what was supposed to be another special season.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/02/07/celtics_find_500_a_satisfying_number/
Packers fan wears jersey for 408 days
February 6, 2005
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- David Witthoft is making very good use of his Christmas present.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/02/06/packers_fan_wears_jersey_for_408_days/
Rice: Sharon, Abbas Accept Invite to White House
February 7, 2005
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would visit the White House for talks in the spring.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/07/rice_sharon_abbas_accept_invite_to_white_house_1107778863/
A story of rescue and honor
Exhibit will mark brothers' effort
By Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press February 7, 2005
CINCINNATI -- As the Nazis took power in Germany and the world turned its back on Jewish refugees, four brothers who ran a cigar factory in the Philippines worked quietly to help 1,200 Jews flee to Manila.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/07/a_story_of_rescue_and_honor/
NATO troops find human remains amid plane wreckage
By Stephen Graham, Associated Press Writer February 7, 2005
KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO troops scouring the wreckage of an Afghan airliner atop a snowy mountain peak on Monday found human remains amid the debris but no sign that any of the 104 people on board survived the disaster, a spokesman said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/07/nato_troops_find_human_remains_amid_plane_wreckage/
Kennedy sticks to war criticism
Says withdrawal is needed to show Iraqis they 'own the country'
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy went before a national television audience yesterday to defend his call for the Bush administration to set a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/07/kennedy_sticks_to_war_criticism/
Why would the Northeast States ever expect a dime from DC when they stand their ground politically against the regime that is there. I would think The Blue States would have learned their lesson from New Hampshire years ago and prepared for it. The oddest aspect is to realize how The Red States are fighting things like Outlying Landing Fields while The Blue States are gutted.
Navy to cut orders; job losses seen
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Navy has dramatically scaled back plans for new warships and submarines in a move expected to lead to major job losses in one of New England's largest manufacturing sectors, according to senior Pentagon officials and naval specialists.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/07/navy_to_cut_orders_job_losses_seen/
How ridiculous is this?
Woman demoted for Iraq mud-wrestling party
By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Writer February 7, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Military officials have demoted a female member of a National Guard military police unit for indecent exposure after a mud-wrestling party at the Camp Bucca detention center in Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/07/woman_demoted_for_iraq_mud_wrestling_party/
The lure of Bay State technology
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff February 7, 2005
When overseas buyers go shopping for acquisitions in Massachusetts, they often set their sights on the state's innovative high-tech and life sciences start-ups.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/07/the_lure_of_bay_state_technology/
The Gulf News
Clerics reform extremists through online dialogue
AP
Riyadh: Saudi clerics have succeeded in reforming the ideas of over 250 extremists through a dialogue on the Internet.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150870
New anti-terror strategy launched
By Nirmala Janssen, Correspondent
Kuwait City: Kuwait announced yesterday a new anti-terror strategy and launched a fresh attempt to counter extremist ideology.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150871
Plan to use ice-cream truck bombs uncovered
AP
Kuwait City: An Interior Ministry official confirmed a report that militant suspects captured in recent police raids confessed to planning to use ice-cream trucks packed with explosives to attack US military convoys travelling to Iraq.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150885
ALL IN THE FAMILY !
Barghouti's son among hundreds of prisoners to be freed
AP
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has agreed to free the son of prominent Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti as part of an upcoming prisoner release, Israeli security officials said yesterday.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150889>
Qatar and Iran to boost economic and cultural ties
By Barbara Bibbo', Correspondent
Doha: Qatar and Iran are setting up a joint technical committee between their news agencies and tourism authorities, the Qatari News Agency said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150876
Promoting true image of Islamic world
By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief
Muscat: Oman's endeavours have been to correct the misperceptions regarding the Islamic world and at the same time promote the Sultanate as a tourist destination in the Middle East, according to a top government official.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150877
Arabic a hurdle in fighting terrorism
Agencies
Riyadh: Information that could help catch terrorists risks falling between the cracks because only about ten countries are able to handle messages submitted by Middle Eastern states in Arabic, the head of Interpol said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150882
Go to the root cause of terrorism
It is imperative that we look beyond and comprehend it totally
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150895
Power politics is the way of life in Iraq
By M.J. Akbar
One of the more interesting facts about democracy in its current, refined manifestation is that elections have turned from a comparative sprint to a laboured marathon. And the reasons differ.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150899
continued...
One more wildly incredible picture from Hubble. An incredible spiral nebula with a huge and dangerous outer boundary. This is the Sombrero Nebula settling down into The Sombrero Galaxy. This image of spiral galaxy Messier 104 is also known as the Sombrero nebula (the Mexican hat), because of its particular shape. The Sombrero is located in the constellation Virgo at a distance of about 50 million light years.
This galaxy is notable for its dominant nuclear bulge, composed primarily of mature stars, and its thin disc composed of stars, gas and dust. To observe the nebula you should point a strong telescope west of the bright star Spica.
Messier 104 is the 104th object in the famous catalogue of nebulae by French astronomer Charles Messier.
Morning Papers - continued...
All Africa
Genocide Has Been Occurring in Darfur, U.S. Government Reaffirms
United States Department of State (Washington, DC)
February 1, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Charles W. Corey
Washington, DC
United States welcomes U.N. commission on Darfur but differs on conclusion
Even though the U.S. government welcomes the work that has been completed by a United Nations commission of inquiry on Darfur, the United States still stands by its own conclusion reached September 2004 that genocide has been occurring in Darfur, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said February 1.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020016.html
Lake Nakuru Under Threat of Drying Up
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Simon Siele
Nairobi
Lake Nakuru could dry up owing to destruction of the environment around it.
Environmentalists say the water levels are declining rapidly, blaming the situation on the destruction of the Mau Forest complex, Dundori and Eburu hills.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070143.html
Central Africa: Leaders Sign New Treaty to Protect Rainforest
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Brazzaville
Leaders of the 10 countries that make up the Congo Basin on Saturday concluded a treaty aimed at protecting the world's second largest rainforest.
The treaty, signed at the end of a two-day summit in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo (ROC), provides for the creation of a new forestry commission and a subregional fund to finance the protection of the rainforest, as well as the harmonisation of national laws on logging.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070243.html
Congo: Ex-Rebel Leader Launches Arms Recovery Drive
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Brazzaville
In an effort to reign in his militia and improve national security, former rebel leader Frédéric Bitsangou launched a drive on Monday to recover all guns in his fiefdom: the Pool Department of the Republic of Congo.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020422.html
Oil Ministry Regulates Procedures for Waste Management
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
February 5, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Luanda
A decree signed by the Minister of Petroleum, Desiderio Costa and promulgated in the state gazette this year approves the regulation of the procedures for the management, removal and storage of wastes.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070189.html
Angola: Facing a Season of Preventable Malaria Deaths
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Luanda
Although Angola applied for funding to fight malaria, the money will arrive too late to switch to more effective combination drugs and avoid another grim season of preventable deaths.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040300.html
Food Shortages Reach Critical Levels
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Gift Phiri
FOOD shortages are approaching critical levels in parts of Zimbabwe, raising the spectre of some voters starving to death before the parliamentary poll in March, although authorities are still locked in denial.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040021.html
Cholera Hits Congolese in Hoima
New Vision (Kampala)
February 5, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Anne Mugisa
Kampala
Over 5,000 Congolese refugees who illegally camped at Lake Albert's Nkondo landing site in Hoima recently, have been hit by cholera.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070178.html
Zambezi Continues to Fall
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Maputo
The level of the Zambezi river in central Mozambique continued to fall over the weekend, but the National Water Board (DNA) has warned that people living in the lower Zambezi valley should remain on the alert, and stay away from flood-prone areas.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070129.html
Level of Zambezi Now Falling
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Maputo
Flooding on the lower Zambezi in central Mozambique has begun to subside over the last 24 hours, thanks to a lessening of rainfall in the Zambezi basin, reports the National Water Board (DNA).
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040367.html
Batswana Should Embrace Water Conservation
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
EDITORIAL
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Botswana is a semi-arid country but none of its people have applied their minds to come up with the best practices to save and conserve water. It seems that the responsibility to conserve the scarce product has either been conveniently forgotten by Batswana or left to government and institutions such as the Water Utilities Corporation.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040562.html
Mixed Feelings Over Lagos Rain
This Day (Lagos)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Theophilus Oyekanmi
Lagos
Lagosians yesterday witnessed a heavy downpour with mixed feelings. THISDAY revealed that the populace was saddened that most roads remain impassable while many were rendered homeless.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070122.html
Batswana Should Embrace Water Conservation
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
EDITORIAL
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Botswana is a semi-arid country but none of its people have applied their minds to come up with the best practices to save and conserve water. It seems that the responsibility to conserve the scarce product has either been conveniently forgotten by Batswana or left to government and institutions such as the Water Utilities Corporation.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040562.html
Museveni Declares New Kony Ceasefire
The Monitor (Kampala)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Frank Nyakairu & Hudson Apunyo
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni has declared another 18-day ceasefire for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to facilitate peace talks to end the northern rebellion.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040001.html
Implement Our Election Promises, Guebuza Demands
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Maputo
Members of the new Mozambican government must show in their activities that they believe the promises made by the ruling Frelimo party to the electorate last year "can be carried out", President Armando Guebuza demanded on Friday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040366.html
Burundi: Rebel Group Says Yes to Negotiations But Rejects Zuma As Mediator
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 3, 2005
Posted to the web February 3, 2005
Bujumbura
Burundi's remaining active rebel group, the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), said on Thursday it was ready for talks with the transitional government, on condition that South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma does not act as mediator.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502030155.html>
Strong Rand Knocks Production And It May Get Worse Still
Business Day (Johannesburg)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Nasreen Seria
Johannesburg
Domestic demand too small to take up slack
MANUFACTURING production shrunk last month for the first time in 15 months, says the latest Investec purchasing managers index, with the strong rand and weak global demand pulling the plug on the sector's recovery.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020118.html
Rand Puts DRDGOLD's SA Mines At Risk'
Business Day (Johannesburg)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
John Fraser
Johannesburg
DRDGOLD may have to close its South African operations unless it can cut costs, Merrill Lynch warned yesterday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020096.html
AS LONG AS there is no corruption, who is the USA to define efficiency !! This is just Bush back peddling.
Kenya Could Lose Billions for Aids War
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 1, 2005
Mugo Njeru And Mugumo Munene
Nairobi
The US yesterday warned that Kenya could lose billions of shillings for the fight against Aids.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502010938.html
UN Seat: AU Sets Up Committee On African Position
This Day (Lagos)
February 1, 2005
Posted to the web February 1, 2005
Iyefu Adoba And Kingsley Nwezeh
Abuja
African Union Chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Abuja announced at the end of the two-day 4th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union that a 15-man committee has been set up to fashion out a common stand for Africa on reforms in the United Nations.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502010006.html
The Chicago Tribune
Swiss Can't Find Assailants in Consulate
By ONNA CORAY
Associated Press Writer
Published February 7, 2005, 9:15 AM CST
BERN, Switzerland -- Swiss special forces stormed the Spanish consulate Monday to end a hostage standoff nearly seven hours after three masked assailants broke into the building, but the suspected robbers managed to elude police, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-switzerland-spain-consulate-seized,1,5605505.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Police lineups' flaws spur new approach
Standing suspects in a row has come under fire; Illinois is testing an identification method that may help avoid falsely imprisoning people
By Gina Kim Tribune staff reporter
Published February 7, 2005
TWO RIVERS, Wis. -- For 18 years, the photographs that lined Steve Avery's prison cells linked him to the outside world. They helped him see his children grow up. They made him feel as if he hadn't completely missed those birthdays and Thanksgivings.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0502070235feb07,1,6250917.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Backlog in DNA testing reduced
`Dramatic' drop omits some rapes
By Carlos Sadovi
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 7, 2005
A backlog of nearly 1,000 old criminal cases has undergone DNA testing by the Illinois State Police, bringing the number of untested cases to 158--the lowest in five years, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0502070152feb07,1,3184726.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The final frontier: Cancellation
Published February 7, 2005
Like a blast from a phaser set on stun, fans of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" series absorbed the news last week that the series had been canceled.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0502070193feb07,1,593069.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed
The Japan Times
Bet on the sustainable option
By TAKAMITSU SAWA
In the 20th century, science and technology was aimed at contributing to economic development and growth. In the 21st century, though, it must seek to promote sustainable development.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207ts.htm
Government may change Futenma move
The government is considering looking for a new site to relocate Okinawa Prefecture's U.S. Futenma Air Station in hopes of breaking the logjam over the current plan to place it in the Nago area, government and ruling coalition sources said Sunday.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050207a1.htm
Fukui governor gives approval to retool controversial Monju
FUKUI (Kyodo) Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa said Sunday he has approved a plan to retool the troubled Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor -- a necessary step if operations are to be resumed following a 1995 sodium leak accident.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050207a2.htm
GEE, she doesn't look Japanese.
National Children's Centers cater to body, spirit
By ANGELA JEFFS
In July 2000, after 15 years heading the International Section of the Children's Castle, Teri Suzanne left the play and educational center in Aoyama, Tokyo, and became a freelance bilingual specialist. Two years later she was employed as program adviser to the 14 National Children's Centers of Japan's Independent Administrative Institution.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20050205a1.htm
Forging an alternative to U.S. hegemony
By GLYN FORD
Special to The Japan Times
BRUSSELS -- At a series of meetings around the left-leaning World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) held late last month in Porto Alegre, Brazil, there was a strong case made for the necessity of building a new economic and political partnership between the European Union and South America.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207a1.htm
THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Sanctions against Cuba only assist Castro
By CONSTANTINE PLESHAKOV
MOSCOW -- To go or not to go? To trade or not to trade? To invest or not to invest? These are the questions asked nowadays by many Western governments following a recent EU decision to lift sanctions against Havana.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207cp.htm
Taiwan Strait suddenly looks narrower
By FRANK CHING
HONG KONG -- The political atmosphere in the Taiwan Strait has improved considerably in recent days following the inauguration of nonstop charter flights between the two sides during the Chinese New Year holidays.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050206fc.htm
A new world in post-feudal times
… Isao Yukisada's "Kita no Zero-nen (Year One in the North)" is such an epic, intended first and last for a domestic audience. It's not that its story of settlers in early Meiji Era Hokkaido is too culture-specific; in some ways, the film is a Japanese counterpart to all those Hollywood westerns about pioneers heading west.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ff20050202a2.htm
The Miami Herald
Testimony ends in case of bogus Christmas pageant
BY LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@herald.com
Testimony ended Monday morning in the Miami federal trial of a show producer accused of selling tickets to students to attend a bogus Christmas pageant at the Coconut Grove Expo Center last year.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10839163.htm
Radiator causes house fire
BY LISETT FERNANDEZ
lfernandez@herald.com
An early morning house fire in North Miami caused by a faulty radiator hospitalized two people, one with severe injuries.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10839005.htm
Dead soldiers get citizenship
The immigration service conferred posthumous U.S. citizenship on 56 green-card soldiers, including two from South Florida.
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@herald.com
Nicaraguan-born Terry Holmes Ordóñez tried to become a U.S. citizen as soon as he was eligible -- but fate delayed his wish.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10834695.htm
Field of nine candidates to be pared down
Dania Beach voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to narrow the list of City Commission candidates.
BY DARRAN SIMON
dsimon@herald.com
Slot machines at Dania Jai-Alai, the expansion of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and redeveloping downtown are the main issues of concern to Dania Beach's City Commission candidates.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10834694.htm
PBS commemorates historic presidential bid
BY JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN
Associated Press
• Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed. 11 tonight, WPBT-PBS 2
After months of boisterous campaigning, Shirley Chisholm sits quietly in a Miami hotel room watching Walter Cronkite report from the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10830789.htm
Hurricane leftovers turned fanciful art
BY PATTI ROTH
roth94@aol.com
Debra Cortese had survived her first hurricane season in South Florida.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10830792.htm
Genocide anywhere is heinous, inexcusable
OUR OPINION: TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP MASS MURDER IN DARFUR, SUDAN
Whatever one calls the systematic extermination of people in the Darfur region of Sudan, it is mass murder and must be stopped. The United Nations has already wasted too much time in the two years that Sudan's government and militias have killed more than 70,000 Darfurians and driven two million others from their villages. The U.N. Security Council needs to stop dithering and take decisive action immediately to stop the ethnic cleansing.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835361.htm
All it takes is one mistake to wind up kidnapped or beheaded
BY JORGE E. LINARES
jelinares@bellsouth.net
When a British company hired me to go to Iraq to work in the reconstruction of high-voltage transmission lines and substations, the job appealed to me. It was a technical challenge and an opportunity to contribute to building a better world. I hoped that interaction with the Iraqi people would be a rewarding and enriching experience. And I bet that, in terms of security, the situation would be better than what the media portrayed.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835370.htm
Time to lift Cuba embargo
In the Feb. 2 Other Views column, New moves could end investment slump, Phil Peters writes about China's investment in the nickel and oil sectors in Cuba. Despite our current trade deficit, we are allowing the Chinese to dominate the market as we continue to implement a failed policy toward Cuba. Free trade with Cuba could generate $50 billion and 900,000 jobs for the United States, according to an economic study by Tim Lynch, director of Florida State University's Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835365.htm
The Moscow Times
Ukraine Goes After Missile Dealers
By Aleksandar Vasovic
The Associated Press
KIEV -- A Ukrainian government probe into lucrative illicit weapons sales by officials loyal to former President Leonid Kuchma has led to secret indictments or arrests of at least six arms dealers accused of selling nuclear-capable missiles destined for Russia to Iran and China, a high-ranking intelligence official said Friday.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/002.html
Tymoshenko Appointed, Names Reformist Cabinet
KIEV -- Parliament confirmed Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new prime minister Friday and gave the firebrand of the Orange Revolution the go-ahead to set the country on a new, westward course.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/012.html
European human rights commissioner coming to Russia Monday
Interfax. Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, 8:08 PM Moscow Time
MOSCOW. Feb 7 (Interfax) - The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles will arrive in Russia on Monday, the Council of Europe's press service said in a release circulated on Monday.
Gil-Robles will first travel to Bryansk to attend a two-day seminar on the development of regional institutions of human rights commissioners in Russia's central regions, the press release said.
On February 9, Gil-Robles will return to Moscow for talks with Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/HotNews.html
Free Speech Does Not Fit the Script
It was a rather unexpected phone call for these days. The producer of a talk show at one of the major television channels called to invite me as an expert on an upcoming program. "Are you sure? Did you run my name by your boss?" I asked. I know where I live, and I'm aware that there are lists of those who are allowed on national television and those who are not.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/007.html
Movers and Shakers
An adaptation of Andrei Platonov's "Dzhan" uses dance to convey the writer's subtle prose, while a new version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" goes for physical comedy.
Two new shows at the Pushkin Theater couldn't possibly be more different. A mainstage production of "A Madsummer Night's Dream" -- a one-act version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- is a mix of spectacle and kitsch from director Nina Chusova. Meanwhile, over on the small stage of the theater's affiliate, Roman Kozak has mounted a dramatization of Andrei Platonov's novella "Dzhan," one of this exquisite writer's starkest and most powerful works.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/04/106.html
Global Eye
Criminal World
By Chris Floyd
Published: February 4, 2005
Another day, another accomplice in the construction of the Bush Regime's torture chambers revealed. Nothing new there; the perp walk of top Bushists colluding in torture could stretch a mile. But the remarkable thing about the latest case is that it exposes an even greater depth of official criminality than hitherto suspected -- no mean feat, given the rap sheet of this crew.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/04/120.html
The Detroit Free Press
YOU WON'T think this would be an issue in Bush's Crony Economy.
DaimlerChrysler to postpone U.S. launch of Mercedes-Benz sport wagon, citing weak dollar
Monday, February 7, 2005
BY MELISSA EDDY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFURT, Germany - DaimlerChrysler AG is delaying the U.S. launch of its Mercedes-Benz B-Class sport wagon over concerns that the weak dollar would eat too deeply into profits, the automaker said Monday.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2708_20050207.htm
Ford, Dodge recalling thousands of vehicles, government says
Monday, February 7, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 358,857 Focus cars because their rear passenger doors may not latch properly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a Ford spokeswoman said Monday.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2704_20050207.htm
Boy, 4, drives mom's car to video store and back
Monday, February 7, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAND LAKE -- At least he wasn't speeding.
A 4-year-old boy drove his mother's car to a video store a quarter-mile from their apartment in this town about 15 miles north of Grand Rapids.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2706_20050207.htm
Changes sought for Merit Awards
2 years of college needed for grant
February 7, 2005
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
Gov. Jennifer Granholm will propose Tuesday that Michigan students who finish two years of college would receive up to $4,000 from the state to help them complete a bachelor's degree or pay off community college costs.
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/granholm7e_20050207.htm
ENERGY POLICY: Important sticking points remain in Bush priorities
February 7, 2005
President George W. Bush made it clear last week that he expects action on his energy plan, which he failed to get through Congress in his first term.
But there were good reasons behind that failure, and they haven't changed. The plan is skewed in the wrong direction, with too much emphasis on oil and not enough on alternatives to it.
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eenergy7e_20050207.htm
Homicide in Detroit: Echoes of violence
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/homicide2004.htm
The Guardian
Clarke loses bail breach case
Staff and agencies
Monday February 7, 2005
The home secretary, Charles Clarke, today lost his bid to have an Algerian terror suspect returned to prison for allegedly breaching the conditions of his house arrest.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1407735,00.html
Bush budget seeks social spending cuts
The US president, George Bush, sent a $2,500bn (£1,346bn) budget to Congress today that seeks cuts in social spending while boosting funding for the military and homeland security.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1407798,00.html
Animal testing laws 'not enforced'
Secret documents reveal that laws intended to protect laboratory animals are not being properly enforced, anti-vivisection lawyers told the high court today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1407808,00.html
On thin ice
Canada's efforts to honour the Kyoto accord on global warming are looking increasingly inadequate, writes Anne McIlroy
Anne McIlroy in Ottawa
Monday February 7, 2005
The Kyoto accord on global warming takes effect next week, and the heat is on Prime Minister Paul Martin and his Liberal government to produce a plan for meeting Canada's international obligations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1407773,00.html
Exodus: British Rastas flock to land of messiah
Ethiopia, whose Emperor Haile Selassie gave new focus to a black Christian movement, plays host to the annual Bob Marley anniversary
Andrew Heavens in Addis Ababa and Sandra Laville
Monday February 7, 2005
Jules Benji, a massed choir singing No Woman No Cry over his shoulder from a huge stage in Meskel Square, Addis Ababa, declared: "We're doing His Majesty's work here. This is a historic day for Ethiopia."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1407285,00.html
The Jerusalem Post
Gen. William Ward to be new US 'security coordinator'
The United States pledges to give the Palestinian Authority $40 million over the coming 90 days as part of a quick-action program to aid and ease the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced at a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Monday afternoon.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107575181612
Gov't moves to find Holocaust-era heirs
The government has submitted legislation that would establish a holding corporation to seek out heirs for unclaimed Holocaust-era assets, but not guarantee the 4-percent rate of interest that was recommended by the Knesset commission of inquiry into the property.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107659937502
US pays lip service only, for now, to democracy in Iran
US President George W. Bush and senior American officials have once again turned up their rhetorical support for Iranians seeking freedom from the clerics who rule their country. But it remains unclear whether the US plans to commit material assistance to democracy-seekers in Teheran, and the State Department is making plain that regime change is not on the agenda.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107575181600
The New York Times
I LOVE THE 'EXCUSE' - "Worried that the nation's aging arsenal…" Worried. Worried? We don't know? I doubt sincerely there is a darn thing wrong with any of those weapons and if there is then it is high time we dismantle them !! WORRIED. What next?
U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: February 7, 2005
Worried that the nation's aging nuclear arsenal is increasingly fragile, American scientists have begun designing a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be sturdier and more reliable and to have longer lives, federal officials and private experts say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/science/07bomb.html?hp&ex=1107838800&en=99ccd003d8dd07db&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Wolf's Future in Wyoming, as Predator or Fragile Species, Is in Court's Hands
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 4 - Gray wolves have thrived in the West since their reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park 10 years ago last month. No one disputes that. There is also broad agreement among federal wildlife officials, ranchers and conservationists that the time is ripe to remove the protections of the Endangered Species Act under which the wolves made their comeback.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/national/05wolves.html?oref=login>
Ernst Mayr, Pioneer in Tracing Geography's Role in the Origin of Species, Dies at 100
By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: February 5, 2005
Dr. Ernst Mayr, the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Bedford, Mass. He was 100.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/science/05mayr.html
Design for Living
By MICHAEL J. BEHE
Published: February 7, 2005
Bethlehem, Pa. — IN the wake of the recent lawsuits over the teaching of Darwinian evolution, there has been a rush to debate the merits of the rival theory of intelligent design. As one of the scientists who have proposed design as an explanation for biological systems, I have found widespread confusion about what intelligent design is and what it is not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/opinion/07behe.html
Gay Marriage Ruling a Test of the Mayor's Political Mettle
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: February 7, 2005
With rising poll numbers, positive economic data and a preliminary election-year budget that avoided major cuts or tax hikes, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's opponents seemed to have a limited arsenal of weapons to use against him - until late last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/nyregion/07marriage.html
Pakistanis Go Fly a Kite as a Boisterous Rite of Spring
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/international/asia/07lahore.html?hp
concluding...
Genocide Has Been Occurring in Darfur, U.S. Government Reaffirms
United States Department of State (Washington, DC)
February 1, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Charles W. Corey
Washington, DC
United States welcomes U.N. commission on Darfur but differs on conclusion
Even though the U.S. government welcomes the work that has been completed by a United Nations commission of inquiry on Darfur, the United States still stands by its own conclusion reached September 2004 that genocide has been occurring in Darfur, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said February 1.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020016.html
Lake Nakuru Under Threat of Drying Up
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Simon Siele
Nairobi
Lake Nakuru could dry up owing to destruction of the environment around it.
Environmentalists say the water levels are declining rapidly, blaming the situation on the destruction of the Mau Forest complex, Dundori and Eburu hills.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070143.html
Central Africa: Leaders Sign New Treaty to Protect Rainforest
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Brazzaville
Leaders of the 10 countries that make up the Congo Basin on Saturday concluded a treaty aimed at protecting the world's second largest rainforest.
The treaty, signed at the end of a two-day summit in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo (ROC), provides for the creation of a new forestry commission and a subregional fund to finance the protection of the rainforest, as well as the harmonisation of national laws on logging.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070243.html
Congo: Ex-Rebel Leader Launches Arms Recovery Drive
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Brazzaville
In an effort to reign in his militia and improve national security, former rebel leader Frédéric Bitsangou launched a drive on Monday to recover all guns in his fiefdom: the Pool Department of the Republic of Congo.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020422.html
Oil Ministry Regulates Procedures for Waste Management
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
February 5, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Luanda
A decree signed by the Minister of Petroleum, Desiderio Costa and promulgated in the state gazette this year approves the regulation of the procedures for the management, removal and storage of wastes.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070189.html
Angola: Facing a Season of Preventable Malaria Deaths
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Luanda
Although Angola applied for funding to fight malaria, the money will arrive too late to switch to more effective combination drugs and avoid another grim season of preventable deaths.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040300.html
Food Shortages Reach Critical Levels
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Gift Phiri
FOOD shortages are approaching critical levels in parts of Zimbabwe, raising the spectre of some voters starving to death before the parliamentary poll in March, although authorities are still locked in denial.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040021.html
Cholera Hits Congolese in Hoima
New Vision (Kampala)
February 5, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Anne Mugisa
Kampala
Over 5,000 Congolese refugees who illegally camped at Lake Albert's Nkondo landing site in Hoima recently, have been hit by cholera.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070178.html
Zambezi Continues to Fall
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Maputo
The level of the Zambezi river in central Mozambique continued to fall over the weekend, but the National Water Board (DNA) has warned that people living in the lower Zambezi valley should remain on the alert, and stay away from flood-prone areas.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070129.html
Level of Zambezi Now Falling
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Maputo
Flooding on the lower Zambezi in central Mozambique has begun to subside over the last 24 hours, thanks to a lessening of rainfall in the Zambezi basin, reports the National Water Board (DNA).
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040367.html
Batswana Should Embrace Water Conservation
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
EDITORIAL
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Botswana is a semi-arid country but none of its people have applied their minds to come up with the best practices to save and conserve water. It seems that the responsibility to conserve the scarce product has either been conveniently forgotten by Batswana or left to government and institutions such as the Water Utilities Corporation.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040562.html
Mixed Feelings Over Lagos Rain
This Day (Lagos)
February 7, 2005
Posted to the web February 7, 2005
Theophilus Oyekanmi
Lagos
Lagosians yesterday witnessed a heavy downpour with mixed feelings. THISDAY revealed that the populace was saddened that most roads remain impassable while many were rendered homeless.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070122.html
Batswana Should Embrace Water Conservation
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
EDITORIAL
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Botswana is a semi-arid country but none of its people have applied their minds to come up with the best practices to save and conserve water. It seems that the responsibility to conserve the scarce product has either been conveniently forgotten by Batswana or left to government and institutions such as the Water Utilities Corporation.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040562.html
Museveni Declares New Kony Ceasefire
The Monitor (Kampala)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Frank Nyakairu & Hudson Apunyo
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni has declared another 18-day ceasefire for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to facilitate peace talks to end the northern rebellion.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040001.html
Implement Our Election Promises, Guebuza Demands
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
February 4, 2005
Posted to the web February 4, 2005
Maputo
Members of the new Mozambican government must show in their activities that they believe the promises made by the ruling Frelimo party to the electorate last year "can be carried out", President Armando Guebuza demanded on Friday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040366.html
Burundi: Rebel Group Says Yes to Negotiations But Rejects Zuma As Mediator
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
February 3, 2005
Posted to the web February 3, 2005
Bujumbura
Burundi's remaining active rebel group, the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), said on Thursday it was ready for talks with the transitional government, on condition that South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma does not act as mediator.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502030155.html>
Strong Rand Knocks Production And It May Get Worse Still
Business Day (Johannesburg)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
Nasreen Seria
Johannesburg
Domestic demand too small to take up slack
MANUFACTURING production shrunk last month for the first time in 15 months, says the latest Investec purchasing managers index, with the strong rand and weak global demand pulling the plug on the sector's recovery.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020118.html
Rand Puts DRDGOLD's SA Mines At Risk'
Business Day (Johannesburg)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 2, 2005
John Fraser
Johannesburg
DRDGOLD may have to close its South African operations unless it can cut costs, Merrill Lynch warned yesterday.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502020096.html
AS LONG AS there is no corruption, who is the USA to define efficiency !! This is just Bush back peddling.
Kenya Could Lose Billions for Aids War
The Nation (Nairobi)
February 2, 2005
Posted to the web February 1, 2005
Mugo Njeru And Mugumo Munene
Nairobi
The US yesterday warned that Kenya could lose billions of shillings for the fight against Aids.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502010938.html
UN Seat: AU Sets Up Committee On African Position
This Day (Lagos)
February 1, 2005
Posted to the web February 1, 2005
Iyefu Adoba And Kingsley Nwezeh
Abuja
African Union Chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Abuja announced at the end of the two-day 4th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union that a 15-man committee has been set up to fashion out a common stand for Africa on reforms in the United Nations.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502010006.html
The Chicago Tribune
Swiss Can't Find Assailants in Consulate
By ONNA CORAY
Associated Press Writer
Published February 7, 2005, 9:15 AM CST
BERN, Switzerland -- Swiss special forces stormed the Spanish consulate Monday to end a hostage standoff nearly seven hours after three masked assailants broke into the building, but the suspected robbers managed to elude police, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-switzerland-spain-consulate-seized,1,5605505.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Police lineups' flaws spur new approach
Standing suspects in a row has come under fire; Illinois is testing an identification method that may help avoid falsely imprisoning people
By Gina Kim Tribune staff reporter
Published February 7, 2005
TWO RIVERS, Wis. -- For 18 years, the photographs that lined Steve Avery's prison cells linked him to the outside world. They helped him see his children grow up. They made him feel as if he hadn't completely missed those birthdays and Thanksgivings.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0502070235feb07,1,6250917.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Backlog in DNA testing reduced
`Dramatic' drop omits some rapes
By Carlos Sadovi
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 7, 2005
A backlog of nearly 1,000 old criminal cases has undergone DNA testing by the Illinois State Police, bringing the number of untested cases to 158--the lowest in five years, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0502070152feb07,1,3184726.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The final frontier: Cancellation
Published February 7, 2005
Like a blast from a phaser set on stun, fans of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" series absorbed the news last week that the series had been canceled.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0502070193feb07,1,593069.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed
The Japan Times
Bet on the sustainable option
By TAKAMITSU SAWA
In the 20th century, science and technology was aimed at contributing to economic development and growth. In the 21st century, though, it must seek to promote sustainable development.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207ts.htm
Government may change Futenma move
The government is considering looking for a new site to relocate Okinawa Prefecture's U.S. Futenma Air Station in hopes of breaking the logjam over the current plan to place it in the Nago area, government and ruling coalition sources said Sunday.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050207a1.htm
Fukui governor gives approval to retool controversial Monju
FUKUI (Kyodo) Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa said Sunday he has approved a plan to retool the troubled Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor -- a necessary step if operations are to be resumed following a 1995 sodium leak accident.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050207a2.htm
GEE, she doesn't look Japanese.
National Children's Centers cater to body, spirit
By ANGELA JEFFS
In July 2000, after 15 years heading the International Section of the Children's Castle, Teri Suzanne left the play and educational center in Aoyama, Tokyo, and became a freelance bilingual specialist. Two years later she was employed as program adviser to the 14 National Children's Centers of Japan's Independent Administrative Institution.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20050205a1.htm
Forging an alternative to U.S. hegemony
By GLYN FORD
Special to The Japan Times
BRUSSELS -- At a series of meetings around the left-leaning World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) held late last month in Porto Alegre, Brazil, there was a strong case made for the necessity of building a new economic and political partnership between the European Union and South America.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207a1.htm
THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Sanctions against Cuba only assist Castro
By CONSTANTINE PLESHAKOV
MOSCOW -- To go or not to go? To trade or not to trade? To invest or not to invest? These are the questions asked nowadays by many Western governments following a recent EU decision to lift sanctions against Havana.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050207cp.htm
Taiwan Strait suddenly looks narrower
By FRANK CHING
HONG KONG -- The political atmosphere in the Taiwan Strait has improved considerably in recent days following the inauguration of nonstop charter flights between the two sides during the Chinese New Year holidays.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050206fc.htm
A new world in post-feudal times
… Isao Yukisada's "Kita no Zero-nen (Year One in the North)" is such an epic, intended first and last for a domestic audience. It's not that its story of settlers in early Meiji Era Hokkaido is too culture-specific; in some ways, the film is a Japanese counterpart to all those Hollywood westerns about pioneers heading west.
http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ff20050202a2.htm
The Miami Herald
Testimony ends in case of bogus Christmas pageant
BY LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@herald.com
Testimony ended Monday morning in the Miami federal trial of a show producer accused of selling tickets to students to attend a bogus Christmas pageant at the Coconut Grove Expo Center last year.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10839163.htm
Radiator causes house fire
BY LISETT FERNANDEZ
lfernandez@herald.com
An early morning house fire in North Miami caused by a faulty radiator hospitalized two people, one with severe injuries.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10839005.htm
Dead soldiers get citizenship
The immigration service conferred posthumous U.S. citizenship on 56 green-card soldiers, including two from South Florida.
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@herald.com
Nicaraguan-born Terry Holmes Ordóñez tried to become a U.S. citizen as soon as he was eligible -- but fate delayed his wish.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10834695.htm
Field of nine candidates to be pared down
Dania Beach voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to narrow the list of City Commission candidates.
BY DARRAN SIMON
dsimon@herald.com
Slot machines at Dania Jai-Alai, the expansion of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and redeveloping downtown are the main issues of concern to Dania Beach's City Commission candidates.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10834694.htm
PBS commemorates historic presidential bid
BY JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN
Associated Press
• Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed. 11 tonight, WPBT-PBS 2
After months of boisterous campaigning, Shirley Chisholm sits quietly in a Miami hotel room watching Walter Cronkite report from the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10830789.htm
Hurricane leftovers turned fanciful art
BY PATTI ROTH
roth94@aol.com
Debra Cortese had survived her first hurricane season in South Florida.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10830792.htm
Genocide anywhere is heinous, inexcusable
OUR OPINION: TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP MASS MURDER IN DARFUR, SUDAN
Whatever one calls the systematic extermination of people in the Darfur region of Sudan, it is mass murder and must be stopped. The United Nations has already wasted too much time in the two years that Sudan's government and militias have killed more than 70,000 Darfurians and driven two million others from their villages. The U.N. Security Council needs to stop dithering and take decisive action immediately to stop the ethnic cleansing.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835361.htm
All it takes is one mistake to wind up kidnapped or beheaded
BY JORGE E. LINARES
jelinares@bellsouth.net
When a British company hired me to go to Iraq to work in the reconstruction of high-voltage transmission lines and substations, the job appealed to me. It was a technical challenge and an opportunity to contribute to building a better world. I hoped that interaction with the Iraqi people would be a rewarding and enriching experience. And I bet that, in terms of security, the situation would be better than what the media portrayed.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835370.htm
Time to lift Cuba embargo
In the Feb. 2 Other Views column, New moves could end investment slump, Phil Peters writes about China's investment in the nickel and oil sectors in Cuba. Despite our current trade deficit, we are allowing the Chinese to dominate the market as we continue to implement a failed policy toward Cuba. Free trade with Cuba could generate $50 billion and 900,000 jobs for the United States, according to an economic study by Tim Lynch, director of Florida State University's Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10835365.htm
The Moscow Times
Ukraine Goes After Missile Dealers
By Aleksandar Vasovic
The Associated Press
KIEV -- A Ukrainian government probe into lucrative illicit weapons sales by officials loyal to former President Leonid Kuchma has led to secret indictments or arrests of at least six arms dealers accused of selling nuclear-capable missiles destined for Russia to Iran and China, a high-ranking intelligence official said Friday.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/002.html
Tymoshenko Appointed, Names Reformist Cabinet
KIEV -- Parliament confirmed Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new prime minister Friday and gave the firebrand of the Orange Revolution the go-ahead to set the country on a new, westward course.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/012.html
European human rights commissioner coming to Russia Monday
Interfax. Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, 8:08 PM Moscow Time
MOSCOW. Feb 7 (Interfax) - The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles will arrive in Russia on Monday, the Council of Europe's press service said in a release circulated on Monday.
Gil-Robles will first travel to Bryansk to attend a two-day seminar on the development of regional institutions of human rights commissioners in Russia's central regions, the press release said.
On February 9, Gil-Robles will return to Moscow for talks with Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/HotNews.html
Free Speech Does Not Fit the Script
It was a rather unexpected phone call for these days. The producer of a talk show at one of the major television channels called to invite me as an expert on an upcoming program. "Are you sure? Did you run my name by your boss?" I asked. I know where I live, and I'm aware that there are lists of those who are allowed on national television and those who are not.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/07/007.html
Movers and Shakers
An adaptation of Andrei Platonov's "Dzhan" uses dance to convey the writer's subtle prose, while a new version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" goes for physical comedy.
Two new shows at the Pushkin Theater couldn't possibly be more different. A mainstage production of "A Madsummer Night's Dream" -- a one-act version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- is a mix of spectacle and kitsch from director Nina Chusova. Meanwhile, over on the small stage of the theater's affiliate, Roman Kozak has mounted a dramatization of Andrei Platonov's novella "Dzhan," one of this exquisite writer's starkest and most powerful works.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/04/106.html
Global Eye
Criminal World
By Chris Floyd
Published: February 4, 2005
Another day, another accomplice in the construction of the Bush Regime's torture chambers revealed. Nothing new there; the perp walk of top Bushists colluding in torture could stretch a mile. But the remarkable thing about the latest case is that it exposes an even greater depth of official criminality than hitherto suspected -- no mean feat, given the rap sheet of this crew.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/04/120.html
The Detroit Free Press
YOU WON'T think this would be an issue in Bush's Crony Economy.
DaimlerChrysler to postpone U.S. launch of Mercedes-Benz sport wagon, citing weak dollar
Monday, February 7, 2005
BY MELISSA EDDY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFURT, Germany - DaimlerChrysler AG is delaying the U.S. launch of its Mercedes-Benz B-Class sport wagon over concerns that the weak dollar would eat too deeply into profits, the automaker said Monday.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2708_20050207.htm
Ford, Dodge recalling thousands of vehicles, government says
Monday, February 7, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 358,857 Focus cars because their rear passenger doors may not latch properly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a Ford spokeswoman said Monday.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2704_20050207.htm
Boy, 4, drives mom's car to video store and back
Monday, February 7, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAND LAKE -- At least he wasn't speeding.
A 4-year-old boy drove his mother's car to a video store a quarter-mile from their apartment in this town about 15 miles north of Grand Rapids.
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm2706_20050207.htm
Changes sought for Merit Awards
2 years of college needed for grant
February 7, 2005
BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
Gov. Jennifer Granholm will propose Tuesday that Michigan students who finish two years of college would receive up to $4,000 from the state to help them complete a bachelor's degree or pay off community college costs.
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/granholm7e_20050207.htm
ENERGY POLICY: Important sticking points remain in Bush priorities
February 7, 2005
President George W. Bush made it clear last week that he expects action on his energy plan, which he failed to get through Congress in his first term.
But there were good reasons behind that failure, and they haven't changed. The plan is skewed in the wrong direction, with too much emphasis on oil and not enough on alternatives to it.
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eenergy7e_20050207.htm
Homicide in Detroit: Echoes of violence
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/homicide2004.htm
The Guardian
Clarke loses bail breach case
Staff and agencies
Monday February 7, 2005
The home secretary, Charles Clarke, today lost his bid to have an Algerian terror suspect returned to prison for allegedly breaching the conditions of his house arrest.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1407735,00.html
Bush budget seeks social spending cuts
The US president, George Bush, sent a $2,500bn (£1,346bn) budget to Congress today that seeks cuts in social spending while boosting funding for the military and homeland security.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1407798,00.html
Animal testing laws 'not enforced'
Secret documents reveal that laws intended to protect laboratory animals are not being properly enforced, anti-vivisection lawyers told the high court today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1407808,00.html
On thin ice
Canada's efforts to honour the Kyoto accord on global warming are looking increasingly inadequate, writes Anne McIlroy
Anne McIlroy in Ottawa
Monday February 7, 2005
The Kyoto accord on global warming takes effect next week, and the heat is on Prime Minister Paul Martin and his Liberal government to produce a plan for meeting Canada's international obligations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1407773,00.html
Exodus: British Rastas flock to land of messiah
Ethiopia, whose Emperor Haile Selassie gave new focus to a black Christian movement, plays host to the annual Bob Marley anniversary
Andrew Heavens in Addis Ababa and Sandra Laville
Monday February 7, 2005
Jules Benji, a massed choir singing No Woman No Cry over his shoulder from a huge stage in Meskel Square, Addis Ababa, declared: "We're doing His Majesty's work here. This is a historic day for Ethiopia."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1407285,00.html
The Jerusalem Post
Gen. William Ward to be new US 'security coordinator'
The United States pledges to give the Palestinian Authority $40 million over the coming 90 days as part of a quick-action program to aid and ease the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced at a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Monday afternoon.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107575181612
Gov't moves to find Holocaust-era heirs
The government has submitted legislation that would establish a holding corporation to seek out heirs for unclaimed Holocaust-era assets, but not guarantee the 4-percent rate of interest that was recommended by the Knesset commission of inquiry into the property.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107659937502
US pays lip service only, for now, to democracy in Iran
US President George W. Bush and senior American officials have once again turned up their rhetorical support for Iranians seeking freedom from the clerics who rule their country. But it remains unclear whether the US plans to commit material assistance to democracy-seekers in Teheran, and the State Department is making plain that regime change is not on the agenda.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1107575181600
The New York Times
I LOVE THE 'EXCUSE' - "Worried that the nation's aging arsenal…" Worried. Worried? We don't know? I doubt sincerely there is a darn thing wrong with any of those weapons and if there is then it is high time we dismantle them !! WORRIED. What next?
U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: February 7, 2005
Worried that the nation's aging nuclear arsenal is increasingly fragile, American scientists have begun designing a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be sturdier and more reliable and to have longer lives, federal officials and private experts say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/science/07bomb.html?hp&ex=1107838800&en=99ccd003d8dd07db&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Wolf's Future in Wyoming, as Predator or Fragile Species, Is in Court's Hands
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 4 - Gray wolves have thrived in the West since their reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park 10 years ago last month. No one disputes that. There is also broad agreement among federal wildlife officials, ranchers and conservationists that the time is ripe to remove the protections of the Endangered Species Act under which the wolves made their comeback.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/national/05wolves.html?oref=login>
Ernst Mayr, Pioneer in Tracing Geography's Role in the Origin of Species, Dies at 100
By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: February 5, 2005
Dr. Ernst Mayr, the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Bedford, Mass. He was 100.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/science/05mayr.html
Design for Living
By MICHAEL J. BEHE
Published: February 7, 2005
Bethlehem, Pa. — IN the wake of the recent lawsuits over the teaching of Darwinian evolution, there has been a rush to debate the merits of the rival theory of intelligent design. As one of the scientists who have proposed design as an explanation for biological systems, I have found widespread confusion about what intelligent design is and what it is not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/opinion/07behe.html
Gay Marriage Ruling a Test of the Mayor's Political Mettle
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: February 7, 2005
With rising poll numbers, positive economic data and a preliminary election-year budget that avoided major cuts or tax hikes, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's opponents seemed to have a limited arsenal of weapons to use against him - until late last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/nyregion/07marriage.html
Pakistanis Go Fly a Kite as a Boisterous Rite of Spring
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/international/asia/07lahore.html?hp
concluding...
Morning Papers - concluding
Israeli 'spies' drop passport fraud appeals
08.02.05
By KEVIN TAYLOR
Two suspected Israeli spies found guilty of passport fraud in New Zealand are dropping their appeal against the convictions, raising Government hopes it may yet receive the apology it has sought from Israel.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009982
Dunedin flooded in 20min downpour
08.02.05 7.35am
Flash flooding which ripped through Dunedin last evening left retailers and emergency services mopping up through the night.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009984
Cooling boost for wildlife as heat blankets country
08.02.05
By ANNE GIBSON
A water-cooling system has been cranked up for the sharks at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World - and the giraffes at Auckland Zoo have been given carrot iceblocks to nibble as hot, humid weather blankets the country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009964
KINDLY note the growing season in New Zealand and Australia is ruined. Not to mention South Africa and Israel. Any place getting flooding conditions have no crops to sustain them this year.
Bay farmers offered more flood help
Farmers affected by the floods in December are also able to access the Agricultural Recovery Package. Picture / Alan Gibson
08.02.05
Bay of Plenty farmers hit by floods last July and December will be able to get help, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton announced yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009943
Southern seas' Stonehenge
08.02.05
Nobel laureate Professor Alan MacDiarmid, 77, will officially open New Zealand's version of Stonehenge - or at least a full-size replica - on Saturday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009972
Renaissance dancing on back of iPod
08.02.05
IT company Renaissance has reported a 72 per cent increase in net profit last year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009936
Philippa Stevenson: Wetland wars well worth fighting
08.02.05
Waitangi may have been largely free of protest on Sunday, but Waikato was not.
It was an orderly sort of gathering and the voices pleading the case for indigenous rights were measured, possibly a tad weary, and almost drowned out by the traffic whizzing by on State Highway 1.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10009894
Editorial: Political taint poisons tree replacement
08.02.05
It is more than 10 years since an angry young man stole up the slopes of One Tree Hill with a chainsaw and did the ultimately fatal damage to an Auckland landmark. Until that morning the elegant solitary pine that had featured on so many depictions of the city had been free of any political associations. But from the moment it was vandalised in the name of Maori protest its fate, and eventually the matter of its replacement, acquired an unfortunate and quite unnecessary political taint. So it did again this weekend when it was discovered that some individual or group had gone quietly up the hill and planted a pohutukawa sapling at the summit.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10009906
The weather in New Zealand (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
Major Centres
Auckland
A few showers
23.0°
18.0°
Wellington
Some cloud
24.0°
15.0°
Christchurch
Some cloud
24.0°
15.0°
Hamilton
A few showers
24.0°
16.0°
Dunedin
Some cloud
21.0°
14.0°
Updated Friday 11 Feb 12:00AM
National Summary
Updated Tuesday 08 Feb 7:59AM
From Northland to Taranaki, also for Taupo:
A few showers but fine breaks developing during the day.
For Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay:
Occasional rain but just a few showers about the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty after midday.
From Taihape and Wanganui to Wellington, and from Napier south to the Wairarapa:
Clearing to mostly fine this morning. However, isolated afternoon or evening showers about the ranges.
For Marlborough and Canterbury:
Mainly fine but scattered showers developing in the afternoon, with thunderstorms possible in Marlborough.
For Nelson, Buller, Westland and Fiordland:
Cloudy at times, with a few showers.
For Otago and Southland:
Fine, apart from some cloud, and isolated showers developing this afternoon.
For Chatham Islands:
Fine weather.
National Long Range Forecast
Updated Monday 07 Feb 1:59PM
Wednesday
North Island, fine or becoming fine in most places, but some heavy afternoon showers are likely about the ranges of Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay. South Island, widespread rain developing in Fiordland and drizzle in South Westland and Stewart Island, but mainly fine elsewhere.
Thursday
North Island, fine, just some cloud in the north and west, especially Taranaki to Wellington. South Island, rain in the west with some heavy falls and scattered rain in Otago and Southland. Increasing high cloud elsewhere.
Friday
North Island, rain spreading to most places, but remaining fine and warm in Gisborne and Hawkes Bay. South Island, rain in the north and west followed by showers. Showers elsewhere.
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-8.0°
Updated Tuesday 08 Feb 9:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT....
TODAY...
RAIN AND SNOW.
NOT AS COLD.
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONUP TO 1 INCH.
HIGHS AROUND 37.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
27 °F / -3 °C
Overcast
with
Windchill:
19 °F / -7 °C
Humidity:
93%
Dew Point:
25 °F / -4 °C
Wind:
7 mph / 11 km/h from the NNW
Pressure:
29.95 in / 1014 hPa
Visibility:
1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 12
Clouds (AGL):
Scattered Clouds 100 ft / 30 m
Overcast 997 ft / 304 m
end
08.02.05
By KEVIN TAYLOR
Two suspected Israeli spies found guilty of passport fraud in New Zealand are dropping their appeal against the convictions, raising Government hopes it may yet receive the apology it has sought from Israel.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009982
Dunedin flooded in 20min downpour
08.02.05 7.35am
Flash flooding which ripped through Dunedin last evening left retailers and emergency services mopping up through the night.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009984
Cooling boost for wildlife as heat blankets country
08.02.05
By ANNE GIBSON
A water-cooling system has been cranked up for the sharks at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World - and the giraffes at Auckland Zoo have been given carrot iceblocks to nibble as hot, humid weather blankets the country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009964
KINDLY note the growing season in New Zealand and Australia is ruined. Not to mention South Africa and Israel. Any place getting flooding conditions have no crops to sustain them this year.
Bay farmers offered more flood help
Farmers affected by the floods in December are also able to access the Agricultural Recovery Package. Picture / Alan Gibson
08.02.05
Bay of Plenty farmers hit by floods last July and December will be able to get help, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton announced yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009943
Southern seas' Stonehenge
08.02.05
Nobel laureate Professor Alan MacDiarmid, 77, will officially open New Zealand's version of Stonehenge - or at least a full-size replica - on Saturday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009972
Renaissance dancing on back of iPod
08.02.05
IT company Renaissance has reported a 72 per cent increase in net profit last year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009936
Philippa Stevenson: Wetland wars well worth fighting
08.02.05
Waitangi may have been largely free of protest on Sunday, but Waikato was not.
It was an orderly sort of gathering and the voices pleading the case for indigenous rights were measured, possibly a tad weary, and almost drowned out by the traffic whizzing by on State Highway 1.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10009894
Editorial: Political taint poisons tree replacement
08.02.05
It is more than 10 years since an angry young man stole up the slopes of One Tree Hill with a chainsaw and did the ultimately fatal damage to an Auckland landmark. Until that morning the elegant solitary pine that had featured on so many depictions of the city had been free of any political associations. But from the moment it was vandalised in the name of Maori protest its fate, and eventually the matter of its replacement, acquired an unfortunate and quite unnecessary political taint. So it did again this weekend when it was discovered that some individual or group had gone quietly up the hill and planted a pohutukawa sapling at the summit.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10009906
The weather in New Zealand (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
Major Centres
Auckland
A few showers
23.0°
18.0°
Wellington
Some cloud
24.0°
15.0°
Christchurch
Some cloud
24.0°
15.0°
Hamilton
A few showers
24.0°
16.0°
Dunedin
Some cloud
21.0°
14.0°
Updated Friday 11 Feb 12:00AM
National Summary
Updated Tuesday 08 Feb 7:59AM
From Northland to Taranaki, also for Taupo:
A few showers but fine breaks developing during the day.
For Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay:
Occasional rain but just a few showers about the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty after midday.
From Taihape and Wanganui to Wellington, and from Napier south to the Wairarapa:
Clearing to mostly fine this morning. However, isolated afternoon or evening showers about the ranges.
For Marlborough and Canterbury:
Mainly fine but scattered showers developing in the afternoon, with thunderstorms possible in Marlborough.
For Nelson, Buller, Westland and Fiordland:
Cloudy at times, with a few showers.
For Otago and Southland:
Fine, apart from some cloud, and isolated showers developing this afternoon.
For Chatham Islands:
Fine weather.
National Long Range Forecast
Updated Monday 07 Feb 1:59PM
Wednesday
North Island, fine or becoming fine in most places, but some heavy afternoon showers are likely about the ranges of Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay. South Island, widespread rain developing in Fiordland and drizzle in South Westland and Stewart Island, but mainly fine elsewhere.
Thursday
North Island, fine, just some cloud in the north and west, especially Taranaki to Wellington. South Island, rain in the west with some heavy falls and scattered rain in Otago and Southland. Increasing high cloud elsewhere.
Friday
North Island, rain spreading to most places, but remaining fine and warm in Gisborne and Hawkes Bay. South Island, rain in the north and west followed by showers. Showers elsewhere.
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-8.0°
Updated Tuesday 08 Feb 9:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT....
TODAY...
RAIN AND SNOW.
NOT AS COLD.
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONUP TO 1 INCH.
HIGHS AROUND 37.
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
27 °F / -3 °C
Overcast
with
Windchill:
19 °F / -7 °C
Humidity:
93%
Dew Point:
25 °F / -4 °C
Wind:
7 mph / 11 km/h from the NNW
Pressure:
29.95 in / 1014 hPa
Visibility:
1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 12
Clouds (AGL):
Scattered Clouds 100 ft / 30 m
Overcast 997 ft / 304 m
end
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