Sunday, March 13, 2005
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Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
"Okeydoke"
The Weekend Edition
March 12…
1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
1868: The south African chief Moshoeshoe I is granted British protection from the Boers, making Basutoland (modern Lesotho) a British protectorate.
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1912 Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid
1938 The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers
1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945 USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1954 1st performance of Arnold Schönberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Streisand win
1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1938: The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
Missing in Action
1967 ADRIAN JOSEPH D. RIVER EDGE NJ
1967 CLARK JOHN W. COLUMBIA MO 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 GOODRICH EDWIN R. OLEAN NY POSS KIA DURING CAPTURE REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1968 GRIFFITH JOHN GARY KANSAS CITY MO
1968 KOLLMANN GLENN E. DALY CITY CA
1968 ROGERS EDWARD F. ROSLINDALE MA
1969 ROBINSON FLOYD H. BURLINGTON KS
1970 SCULL GARY B. CEDAR RAPIDS IA
1971 JEFFS CLIVE G. SALT LAKE CITY UT
1975 MITCHELL BETTY J. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 PHILLIPS LILLIAN M. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFNO 1996
1975 PHILLIPS RICHARD L. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFO 1996
1975 SCARBOROUGH JAY 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 DOLAN EDWARD V. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER GEORGE C. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER CAROLYN P. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER JOHN D. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER LUANNE 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 SEIDL ROBERT AIR VIETNAM CRASH
March 13…
1781: German-born English astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins.
Johnson is the first United States president to be impeached.
Johnson was sworn in as president by the chief justice of the United States Salmon P. Chase, on April 15, 1865, a few hours after Lincoln died. The new president immediately announced that he would retain Lincoln’s Cabinet. Johnson faced many difficult issues upon becoming president. Although most of them concerned reuniting the country torn apart by war, several international situations also required attention.
The Radicals in Congress set up a Joint Committee on Reconstruction. In February 1866, Congress passed a bill to enlarge the scope of the Freedmen’s Bureau, which Congress had established in March 1865 to help the freed slaves. Johnson vetoed the bill. However, in July 1866 a second bill was enacted over his veto. In April 1866 the first Civil Rights Act, which was designed to nullify the Black Codes by guaranteeing equal civil rights to blacks, was also passed over Johnson’s veto.
The 14th Amendment
The conflict between the executive and legislative branches continued over the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The provisions of the amendment were similar to those of the Civil Rights Act, which Johnson had vetoed on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional invasion of states’ rights. When the president submitted the amendment to the states for ratification, he reiterated his opposition and advised the states to reject it. All the Southern states except Tennessee refused to ratify the amendment. The Radicals used the rejection to discredit Johnson’s Reconstruction program, claiming that the South could not be trusted with self-government.
On February 24, 1868, a resolution of impeachment was passed by the House of Representatives, and a committee was appointed to “report articles of impeachment” against the president. The committee consisted of seven Radicals, including Thaddeus Stevens, all of whom had voted for the impeachment resolution. By March 4 the committee had prepared 11 articles of impeachment, and on March 5, Chief Justice Chase began presiding over the impeachment trial of President Johnson before the Senate.
Of the 11 articles of impeachment, 10 were related to Johnson’s violation of the Tenure of Office Act and the “command of the army” provisions of the Army Appropriations Act. The only other charge was a general accusation that Johnson had attempted to undermine Congress. An outrageous charge that Johnson had been involved in Lincoln’s assassination was withdrawn at the last minute.
The final count of 35 to 19 was one vote short of the two-thirds that were needed for conviction. Johnson had been acquitted.
1881: Alexander II, emperor of Russia, is assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage by a member of a revolutionary group, the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will)
1884, Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1925, a law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1961, The Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, age 79, marries Jacqueline Roque, age 37.
1964, 38 residents of a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood ignored the cries of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, 28, as she was being stabbed to death.
1980, a jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. not guilty of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto.
1995, two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; both were freed the following July.
2000, A quarter century after the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Hanoi to push the pace of reconciliation.
2004, Iran froze inspections of its nuclear facilities after the U.N. atomic agency censured Tehran for hiding suspect activities. (Tehran relented two days later.)
Missing in Action
1966 DAVIS GENE E. EVANSVILLE IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 DUVALL DEAN A. MONTICELLO IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 HENNINGER HOWARD W. HANFORD CA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 MORGAN EDWIN E. SALISBURY NC NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 OLSON GERALD E. WINTER HAVEN FL NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PASEKOFF ROBERT E. PITTSBURGH PA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PAULEY MARSHALL I. MILTON WV NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PARKER UDON PHENIX CITY AL
1967 HARRIS PAUL WINIFORD CHILLICOTHE OH
1967 TERWILLIGER VIRGIL BYRON MC CLURE OH
1968 BYRNE JOSEPH HENRY EVANSTON IL
1968 COLLINS GUY FLETCHER MIAMI FL
1968 EVANS CLEVELAND JR. HOT SPRINGS AR
1968 HEITMAN STEVEN W. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1968 WATSON JIMMY L. LUCAMO NC
1968 WESTBROOK DONALD E. SHERMAN TX
1971 CREED BARTON S. PEEKSKILL NY MAY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
The New York Times
"Okeydoke"
The Weekend Edition
March 12…
1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
1868: The south African chief Moshoeshoe I is granted British protection from the Boers, making Basutoland (modern Lesotho) a British protectorate.
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1912 Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid
1938 The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers
1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945 USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1954 1st performance of Arnold Schönberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Streisand win
1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1938: The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
Missing in Action
1967 ADRIAN JOSEPH D. RIVER EDGE NJ
1967 CLARK JOHN W. COLUMBIA MO 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 GOODRICH EDWIN R. OLEAN NY POSS KIA DURING CAPTURE REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1968 GRIFFITH JOHN GARY KANSAS CITY MO
1968 KOLLMANN GLENN E. DALY CITY CA
1968 ROGERS EDWARD F. ROSLINDALE MA
1969 ROBINSON FLOYD H. BURLINGTON KS
1970 SCULL GARY B. CEDAR RAPIDS IA
1971 JEFFS CLIVE G. SALT LAKE CITY UT
1975 MITCHELL BETTY J. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 PHILLIPS LILLIAN M. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFNO 1996
1975 PHILLIPS RICHARD L. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFO 1996
1975 SCARBOROUGH JAY 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 DOLAN EDWARD V. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER GEORGE C. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER CAROLYN P. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER JOHN D. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER LUANNE 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 SEIDL ROBERT AIR VIETNAM CRASH
March 13…
1781: German-born English astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins.
Johnson is the first United States president to be impeached.
Johnson was sworn in as president by the chief justice of the United States Salmon P. Chase, on April 15, 1865, a few hours after Lincoln died. The new president immediately announced that he would retain Lincoln’s Cabinet. Johnson faced many difficult issues upon becoming president. Although most of them concerned reuniting the country torn apart by war, several international situations also required attention.
The Radicals in Congress set up a Joint Committee on Reconstruction. In February 1866, Congress passed a bill to enlarge the scope of the Freedmen’s Bureau, which Congress had established in March 1865 to help the freed slaves. Johnson vetoed the bill. However, in July 1866 a second bill was enacted over his veto. In April 1866 the first Civil Rights Act, which was designed to nullify the Black Codes by guaranteeing equal civil rights to blacks, was also passed over Johnson’s veto.
The 14th Amendment
The conflict between the executive and legislative branches continued over the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The provisions of the amendment were similar to those of the Civil Rights Act, which Johnson had vetoed on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional invasion of states’ rights. When the president submitted the amendment to the states for ratification, he reiterated his opposition and advised the states to reject it. All the Southern states except Tennessee refused to ratify the amendment. The Radicals used the rejection to discredit Johnson’s Reconstruction program, claiming that the South could not be trusted with self-government.
On February 24, 1868, a resolution of impeachment was passed by the House of Representatives, and a committee was appointed to “report articles of impeachment” against the president. The committee consisted of seven Radicals, including Thaddeus Stevens, all of whom had voted for the impeachment resolution. By March 4 the committee had prepared 11 articles of impeachment, and on March 5, Chief Justice Chase began presiding over the impeachment trial of President Johnson before the Senate.
Of the 11 articles of impeachment, 10 were related to Johnson’s violation of the Tenure of Office Act and the “command of the army” provisions of the Army Appropriations Act. The only other charge was a general accusation that Johnson had attempted to undermine Congress. An outrageous charge that Johnson had been involved in Lincoln’s assassination was withdrawn at the last minute.
The final count of 35 to 19 was one vote short of the two-thirds that were needed for conviction. Johnson had been acquitted.
1881: Alexander II, emperor of Russia, is assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage by a member of a revolutionary group, the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will)
1884, Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1925, a law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1961, The Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, age 79, marries Jacqueline Roque, age 37.
1964, 38 residents of a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood ignored the cries of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, 28, as she was being stabbed to death.
1980, a jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. not guilty of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto.
1995, two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; both were freed the following July.
2000, A quarter century after the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Hanoi to push the pace of reconciliation.
2004, Iran froze inspections of its nuclear facilities after the U.N. atomic agency censured Tehran for hiding suspect activities. (Tehran relented two days later.)
Missing in Action
1966 DAVIS GENE E. EVANSVILLE IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 DUVALL DEAN A. MONTICELLO IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 HENNINGER HOWARD W. HANFORD CA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 MORGAN EDWIN E. SALISBURY NC NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 OLSON GERALD E. WINTER HAVEN FL NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PASEKOFF ROBERT E. PITTSBURGH PA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PAULEY MARSHALL I. MILTON WV NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PARKER UDON PHENIX CITY AL
1967 HARRIS PAUL WINIFORD CHILLICOTHE OH
1967 TERWILLIGER VIRGIL BYRON MC CLURE OH
1968 BYRNE JOSEPH HENRY EVANSTON IL
1968 COLLINS GUY FLETCHER MIAMI FL
1968 EVANS CLEVELAND JR. HOT SPRINGS AR
1968 HEITMAN STEVEN W. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1968 WATSON JIMMY L. LUCAMO NC
1968 WESTBROOK DONALD E. SHERMAN TX
1971 CREED BARTON S. PEEKSKILL NY MAY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
The New York Times
THIS IS AMAZING. The Navy crashes a nuclear submarine because no one paid attention to the warning buzzer. They kill Endangered Bottlenose Dolphins for the sake of doing it to impress the Cuban/Hispanic South Florida Community. THEN the government publishes it's own propaganda.
Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged Television News
By DAVID BARSTOW and ROBIN STEIN
FICTITIOUS REPORTER: A public relations person using a false name reported on airport security.
It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets.
"Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. A second report told of "another success" in the Bush administration's "drive to strengthen aviation security"; the reporter called it "one of the most remarkable campaigns in aviation history." A third segment, broadcast in January, described the administration's determination to open markets for American farmers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13covert.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=c0b6bad84e5bf46a&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Pope Set to Leave Hospital
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME (AP) -- Pope John Paul II greeted pilgrims in a raspy voice Sunday, his first live address to the faithful since he underwent throat surgery last month to ease his breathing, and the Vatican announced he would leave the hospital later in the day.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pope.html?hp
Israel Reportedly to Dismantle 24 Settlements
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 13, 2005
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Cabinet on Sunday adopted a report on the state's complicity in setting up 105 illegal West Bank settlement outposts and decided to dismantle 24 of them, Israeli Radio reported.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=60ac5df35df6ee6a&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Hezbollah Leader's New Fray: Lebanese Politics
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: March 13, 2005
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addressing a rally last week in Beirut.
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, was featured in portraits being sold Saturday in the town of Nabatiya in southern Lebanon.
Crowds in Beirut protested Tuesday against the withdrawal of Syrian troops and United Nations Resolution 1559, which seeks the pullout.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 12 - When Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah organization, addressed the hundreds of thousands of party faithful who gathered in the largest rally in Lebanon's modern history on Tuesday, his usual theme of liberating Jerusalem went unmentioned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/international/13hezbollah.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=5218dff1fba52e18&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Two Queens Men Are Killed After Fight Spills Out of Club
By PATRICK O'GILFOIL HEALY
Published: March 13, 2005
Two men from Queens were killed early yesterday after a fight between two groups of friends spilled out of a social club and onto the street, the police said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/nyregion/13shot.html
Nuclear Sub Missed Warning Signs Before Crash, Navy Says
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: March 13, 2005
Navy investigators have found that the officers on a nuclear submarine failed to take into account a variety of danger signs before the vessel smashed into an undersea mountain in January, Navy officials said in interviews last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/national/13submarine.html
Belfast Telegraph
Pressure on banks for faster clearance
By Paul Dykes
bustel@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
11 March 2005
Pressure is mounting on the big UK banks to move to a faster cheque and payment clearing system - or face the consequences.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/business/story.jsp?story=618992
What Ulster thinks now
From the Northern Bank raid to the murder of Robert McCartney, the political process in Northern Ireland has been rocked by a series of crises. An exclusive Belfast Telegraph/BBC Newsnight poll reveals what people here really think
Almost half of Sinn Fein supporters today told the IRA: 'disband now'. Is it a message Sinn Fein can ignore? Political Correspondent Noel McAdam reports.
A startling 44% of Sinn Fein voters believe the time has come for the IRA to disband, according to today's Belfast Telegraph/BBC Newsnight poll.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=618621
Disown the Provos, Ford tells Sinn Fein
By Noel McAdam, Political Correspondent
nmcadam@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
12 March 2005
The IRA must disband - or Sinn Fein totally disown it, Alliance leader David Ford insisted today.
Yet republicans had reason to think they could get away with continued criminality - because of Government failure to ensure 'acts of completion', he warned.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=619404
Freed to kill
Sharon Moore was killed by her mentally ill boyfriend in March 2003. The Moore family talk to Jonathan McCambridge about their battle for justice and answers
By Jonathan McCambridge, Crime Correspondent
jmccambridge@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
12 March 2005
FOR Stephen Moore it is the moment that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=619275
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gunshots kill one, injure two others along highway in Auburn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUBURN, Wash. -- A gunman pulled alongside a sport-utility vehicle and opened fire early Saturday, killing the SUV's driver and wounding two passengers as they drove down State Route 167.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Highway%20Shooting
Ga. suspect could appear in court Monday
By RUSS BYNUM
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Murder suspect Brian Nichols is led to a waiting vehicle by an unidentified police officer at the FBI office in Atlanta, Saturday, March 12, 2005. Nichols, accused of killing a judge and two other people at a courthouse Friday, was captured at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex hours after an federal immigration agent was discovered shot to death miles away. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
DULUTH, GA. -- A suspect in the deadly courthouse shootings of a judge and two other people surrendered without a struggle as law enforcement officials surrounded him, just hours after he led authorities on a massive manhunt in the Atlanta area.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Courthouse%20Shooting
For U.S. soldier injured by friendly fire, the wounds run deep
Rick White's life today is one of pain, surgeries and pills
By MIKE BARBER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
SNOHOMISH -- Though he was wounded in Iraq last fall, Sgt. 1st Class Rick White gets no Purple Heart.
White, 43, a 26-year career soldier and member of the Washington Army National Guard's 81st Brigade Combat Team, nearly lost his right leg Oct. 19. The shooter was not the enemy, but another U.S. soldier mishandling a machine gun.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215699_soldier12.html
Senate OKs $350 million bill for health research
By JAKE ELLISON
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Despite concerns about human cloning and the state's budget squeeze, a proposed $350 million fund to boost health-related research is drawing strong bipartisan support in Olympia.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215724_lifescience12.html
Critics say water rules are too weak
By DEBORAH BACH
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Water-quality rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency this week are being criticized in Seattle and other cities for failing to require testing for lead in drinking water at schools and day cares.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215697_lead12.html
Bright streaking light seen in Western sky
By WILLIAM MCCALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dozens of residents in the Pacific Northwest reported seeing a bright streak of light as it flashed across the sky, startling witnesses from southern Oregon to the Seattle area, according to officials.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Flaming%20Object
Afghan ambush wounds two U.S. Marines
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Militants armed with rockets and machine-guns ambushed Marines patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, wounding two of the American troops, the military said Sunday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Afghan%20US%20Fighting
Chinese president completes power transfer
By STEPHAN GRAUWELS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, shakes hands with Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa after the closing ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday,March 12, 2005. China's top leaders on Saturday approved the resignation of unpopular Hong Kong leader Tung, following his appointment to a government advisory panel that provided a face-saving departure after eight tumultuous years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng)
BEIJING -- President Hu Jintao on Sunday was named chairman of a figurehead government military body, symbolically completing a transfer of power to a younger generation of communist leaders.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=China%20Legislature
Thousands seek to air grievances in China
By AUDRA ANG
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
BEIJING -- They flock to the capital by the thousands during the annual meeting of China's legislature - farmers, laid-off workers and evicted families who travel for days from the destitute hinterlands hoping to have their grievances heard by the central government.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=China%20The%20Petitioners
Indonesian bomb squad searches 'WTC' mall
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An armed Indonesian police officer stands guards as a security guard searches a car for explosives outside World Trade Center Mangga Dua shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 12, 2005. On Friday, the U.S. Embassy warned its citizens to stay away from the mall in the north of the Indonesian capital because of a "possible bomb threat" over the next three days. The Australian government released a similar warning Saturday. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Bomb squad officers searched Saturday for explosives in a Jakarta shopping mall known as the World Trade Center complex - the focus of a U.S. terror alert - but found no suspected bombs, so shops resumed business as usual.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Indonesia%20Attack%20Warning
Analysis: Bush shifts from Social Security
By TOM RAUM
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
President Bush waves from behind the door of his limousine as he leaves morning services at St. John's Church Sunday, March 13, 2005, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON -- Running into heavy resistance to his Social Security overhaul, President Bush has started emphasizing other parts of his domestic agenda and is promoting his foreign policy goals of defeating terrorism and spreading democracy.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Repositioning%20Bush
Report: Firm, tribe paid for DeLay junket
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay traveled to Britain with his wife, several aides and lobbyists on a $70,000 junket mostly paid for with money from an Indian tribe and a gambling services company, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1153&slug=DeLay%20Ethics
Two U.S. contractors killed in Iraq
By TODD PITMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Iraqi soldiers watch over a rally by security officers, at the Ministry of Health in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday March 13, 2005, protesting against proposed salary cuts. The troops were called to control the demonstration when the protesters attempted to enter the ministry building. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two American security contractors were killed and a third wounded in a roadside bomb attack south of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq
Strong earthquake hits southeastern Iran
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tehran, Iran -- A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Iran Sunday. Iranian television said some houses were damaged but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iran%20Earthquake
Sinn Fein leader heads to U.S. for support
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams, center, wearing glasses, is welcomed as he arrives, Saturday, March 12, 2005, in Cincinnati. Adams went to the United States on Saturday in search of foreign support, but back home in Northern Ireland a controversy over the IRA's killing of a Catholic man refused to go away. (AP Photo/David Kohl)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams went to the United States on Saturday in search of foreign support, but back home in Northern Ireland a controversy over the IRA's killing of a Catholic man refused to go away.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=NIreland%20Sinn%20Fein
Rwanda launches phase of genocide trials
By EDWARD RWEMA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
A Rwandan genocide suspect stands trial before a community court, also known as a gacaca in Zivu, southern Rwanda, Thursday, March 10, 2005. Rwandan genocide suspects will stand trial before their neighbors in community courts formed to speed up prosecution for tens of thousands of people accused of taking part in the government-orchestrated slaughter in 1994. Rwanda set up the community courts in an effort to speed up trials for 63,000 people currently in detention on charges of taking part in the slaughter of more than 500,000 minority Tutsis and political moderates from the Hutu majority.(AP Photo/Str)
KIGALI, Rwanda -- A nine-judge community court handed down its first conviction Thursday of a Rwandan accused of killings in the 1994 genocide, as authorities set in motion a system of trials designed to speed the task of deciding the guilt or innocence of the 63,000 people accused of taking part in the government-orchestrated slaughter.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=Rwanda%20Genocide%20Justice
Malawi's president flees haunted mansion
By RAPHAEL TENTHANI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LILONGWE, Malawi -- Malawi's president has temporarily moved out of his 300-bedroom state mansion, claiming it is haunted by ghosts, a senior aide said Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=Malawi%20State%20Mansion
High levels of mercury found in Vt. birds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Scientists have found high levels of mercury in songbirds on Vermont mountaintops. Researchers at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science announced this week that mercury was found in the blood and feathers of the rarely seen Bicknell's thrush on Mount Mansfield and Stratton Mountain.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1501&slug=Mercury%20Birds
Four gay Israeli couples to wed in Canada
By BETH DUFF-BROWN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TORONTO -- To the cheers of mazel tov and the flutter of rose petals, four gay Israeli couples took their wedding vows in Canada on Friday, saying they hoped to break down marriage barriers in their orthodox nation and open doors for others to have their unions recognized.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101&slug=Canada%20Gay%20Weddings
Four slain Canadian Mounties honored
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headress-bearers march with the Stetsons of the fallen officers as they march to the memorial for the four officers killed last week in the line of duty, Thursday March 10, 2005 in Edmonton, Canada. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Thousands of North American law enforcement officers, dignitaries and schoolchildren streamed into this prairie city Thursday to honor four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers slain last week during a raid on a marijuana farm.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101&slug=Canada%20Mounties%20Killed
Angry crowd kills police officer in Mexico
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY -- Vigilantes killed a state police officer in southern Mexico, setting him on fire in revenge for the shooting of a taxi driver in a barroom brawl, authorities said Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Mexico%20Vigilante%20Killing
Mexico's Slim among world's 5 richest men
By MARK STEVENSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
This is a file photo of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu speaks at an event in Panama City, Panama on March 2, 2005. Slim Helu has not only become the first Latin American to break into the group of the world's richest men, he may be headed for the status of richest man in the world.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, file)
MEXICO CITY -- A buying spree and the stellar performance of Mexico's stock exchange helped make telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu one of the world's five richest billionaires, the first Latin American to earn that distinction.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Mexico%20Rising%20Magnate
The Arab News
Syria Vows to Pull Out All Troops
Dahi Hassan, Arab News
Thousands of Lebanese opposition protesters make a human flag on Martyrs’ Square in Beirut on Saturday. (AFP)
ALEPPO, Syria, 13 March 2005 — Syria will honor its commitment to withdraw all its troops in Lebanon as demanded by a UN Security Council resolution and a detailed timetable will be submitted within a week for the two-phase pullout, a presidential statement said here yesterday.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=60367&d=13&m=3&y=2005
New Identity Cards: Saudi Women Find Their Feet — and Face Too
Raid Qusti & Somayya Jabarti, Arab News
RIYADH, 13 March 2005 — Saudi women will no longer be faceless identities. As of mid-2006, it will be compulsory for every Saudi woman to have her own ID card with her face on it, terminating the age of women depending on the current family card that only carries their names.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=60371&d=13&m=3&y=2005
Hamas to Contest July Elections
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
RAMALLAH, 13 March 2005 — The Islamic Hamas movement has decided to join the coming legislative elections in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip that will take place next July.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=60369&d=13&m=3&y=2005
Saudi Champ Rallying for Drive for Development
Raid Qusti, Arab News
Marwa Al-Eifa behind the wheel of a race car.
RIYADH, 13 March 2005 — The first Saudi female rally driver, who won the Dubai International Rally for Women a few weeks ago, said that she did not intend to upset Saudi women by the remarks she made in an interview with a Saudi daily.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=60372&d=13&m=3&y=2005
Omayya Joha
Arab Caricaturist from Palestine
The caricature is the work of Omayya Joha, a Palestinian Caricaturist from Gaza, who works for Al-Quds newspaper. She is the first woman caricaturist in the Arab World. Her works illustrate the daily suffering of the Palestinians, their dreams, hopes and aspirations, and their unyielding will to resist the Israeli occupation. These pictures below are published with the permission of the owner. The full exhibition of Omayya Joha's work can be viewed at
http://www.omayya.com
Arab Caricaturist from Palestine
The caricature is the work of Omayya Joha, a Palestinian Caricaturist from Gaza, who works for Al-Quds newspaper. She is the first woman caricaturist in the Arab World. Her works illustrate the daily suffering of the Palestinians, their dreams, hopes and aspirations, and their unyielding will to resist the Israeli occupation. These pictures below are published with the permission of the owner. The full exhibition of Omayya Joha's work can be viewed at
http://www.omayya.com
Morning Papers - continued...
Michael Moore Today
Osama Sitting Pretty?
CIA Director Porter Goss is Shocked as George Claims
"We spend everyday gathering information to locate Osama bin Laden..." (Daily Show Video)
George: "...I just don't spend that much time on him..." (F9/11 Video)
FBI's bin Laden Page: Updated November 2001...
Still No Mention of September 11th
Nope, Not Here Either
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
FBI TEN MOSTED WANTED
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/laden.htm
MOST WANTED TERRORISTS
MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH
USAMA BIN LADEN
Aliases:
Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director
DESCRIPTION
Date of Birth Used:
1957
Hair:
Brown
Place of Birth:
Saudi Arabia
Eyes:
Brown
Height:
6'4" to 6'6"
Sex:
Male
Weight:
Approximately 160 pounds
Complexion:
Olive
Build:
Thin
Citizenship:
Saudi Arabian
Language:
Arabic (probably Pashtu)
Scars and Marks:
None known
Remarks:
Bin Laden is believed to be in Afghanistan. He is left-handed and walks with a cane.
CAUTION
Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.
REWARD
The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden. An additional $2 million is being offered through a program developed and funded by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.
[ New York Field Office ] [ Most Wanted Terrorists ]
[ FBI Home Page ] [ FBI Field Offices ]
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terubl.htm
Oh.
Pols' purity XXX'd out
BY Kenneth R. Bazinet / Daily News
WASHINGTON - Some lawmakers who slam porn as a scourge to society got big bucks from corporations that profit from adult videos and phone sex, a watchdog group said yesterday.
Among the biggest recipients of such campaign contributions were some of the best-known champions of moral values, including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas), according to Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1779
International group of doctors blast official toll of Iraqi civil dead
PARIS (AFP) - A group of top public-health physicians has branded the official toll of civilian dead from the Iraqi war as a serious underestimate and demanded an independent probe to establish the full casualty figures.
Their statement is published this Saturday in the weekly British Medical Journal (BMJ) as the second anniversary of the war looms on March 20.
It marks a fresh attempt by medical campaigners to establish the number of Iraqi civilian casualties after a rough estimate of 100,000 dead, made by epidemiologists last October, was brushed aside by the British government.
"Monitoring casualties is a humanitarian imperative," the statement said.
"Understanding the causes of death is a core public-health responsibility, nationally and internationally.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1788
Social Security Events Belie U.S. Feeling
By Deb Riechmann / Associated Press
SHREVEPORT, La. — In state after state along President Bush's Social Security road campaign, hand-picked audiences cheer him, leaving the impression that the nation wholeheartedly backs his ideas for reform.
The reality is different.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1787
Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners
By Josh White / Washington Post
Top military intelligence officials at the Abu Ghraib prison came to an agreement with the CIA to hide certain detainees at the facility without officially registering them, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. Keeping such "ghost" detainees is a violation of international law.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1786
General says weather has hampered Marine Corps' recruiting
By Sandra Jontz / Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — While neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night keeps the postman away, bad weather apparently kept Marine Corps recruiters from their appointments and routes, said a Marine general Thursday.
The Corps has missed recruiting goals two months running. “It’s easy to say it’s the war in Iraq, but I’m not so sure,” Lt. Gen. Jan. C. Huly, deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations, told a gathering of defense writers.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1784
Guantánamo Inmates Face Threat of Even Worse Abuse;
Guantánamo jail switch planned
US inmates face threat of worse abuse under scheme to send them to prisons in their own countries
By Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian
The Pentagon is planning to transfer half the inmates at Guantánamo Bay to prisons in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen, despite fears that they would face even worse human rights abuses than at the US camp.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1794
Democrats Block Ethics Panel Over Rules Tailor-Made for Folks Like Tom DeLay
Democrats Block Ethics Panel Over Rewritten Rules
By Mary Curtius / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Just as new controversy has erupted over trips taken by congressional Democrats and Republicans — including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) — the workings of the chamber's ethics committee have been brought to a halt.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1793
The Boston Globe
STOLEN BEAUTY: THE GARDNER MUSEUM HEIST -- 15 YEARS LATER
Secrets behind the largest art theft in history
By Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff March 13, 2005
As they struggled to remove a heavy-framed Rembrandt from the silk-draped wall of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the two thieves abruptly stopped as a high-pitched alarm beeped from the baseboard.
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/gardner_heist/heist/
Syria gives timetable on leaving Lebanon
By Charles A. Radin, Globe Staff March 13, 2005
BEIRUT -- Syria's president gave a United Nations Middle East envoy a timetable yesterday for the full withdrawal of his military and intelligence agencies from Lebanese territory, and prodemocracy campaigners applauded the recent major pullback of Syrian troops from northern and central Lebanon.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/13/syria_gives_timetable_on_leaving_lebanon/
19 officers earned over $200,000 in '04
By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff March 12, 2005
Nineteen Boston police officers made more than $200,000 in 2004, earning amounts far beyond their base salaries by working overtime or private-detail shifts, according to city payroll records and city officials.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/19_officers_earned_over_200000_in_04/
The $200,000 club
March 12, 2005
19 officers earned over $200,000 in '04 (Today's Globe)
Nineteen Boston police employees earned over $200,000 in 2004. All supplemented their base pay with overtime and other extras. By contrast, Mayor Thomas M. Menino earned $152,885 last year.
Name
Job
Rank Base Rate
2004 Total Pay
Armstrong, Francis W.
Police Captain
$90,561.64
$234,726
Evans, William B.
Police Captain
90,561.64
$224,123
Hosein, Haseeb
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
$220,231
Kervin, John Edward
Police Captain
86,557.64
$219,513
Kervin, Timothy M.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
$218,764
Keeler, Daniel M.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
$218,558
Kraft, Martin B.
Police Sergeant
63,748.36
210,225
Flaherty, Robert M.
Police Captain
90,561.64
209,289
Russell, Paul J.
Police Captain
90,561.64
207,967
Frangie, Ghassoub P.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
206,913
Conley, Frederick J.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
205,588
Broderick, Michael B.
Police Captain
90,561.64
203,776
Michalosky, Christine M.
Police Captain
90,561.64
202,956
Robertson, J.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
201,824
Feeney, William J.
Police Sergeant(Det)
67,590.64
201,263
King, Peter
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
201,125
Simmons, Edward D.
Police Lieutenant(Det.)
78,149.76
201,087
Orourke, Bernard P.
Police Captain/DDC
90,561.64
200,955
Vickers, Mark W.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
200,610
SOURCE: City of Boston payroll records
GLOBE STAFF GRAPHIC
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/the_200000_club/
This was the weather as noted on March 12, 2005
WINTER STORM WARNING: Rain will change to snow today and become heavy at times, with accumulations of 4-6 inches in the Boston area. A winter storm warning is in effect until 5 p.m., and a coastal flood warning is in effect from noon-5 p.m.
Rain
36° F
At Logan Airport
As of 12:25 PM
RealFeel temp: 22° F
Remembering the Blizzard of 2005
TODAY'S FORECAST SPONSORED BY CREST WHITE STRIPS
http://weather.boston.com/
The fight for open government extends even to small cities and 'regular guys'
March 12, 2005
EDITOR'S NOTE -- The week of March 13 has been declared Sunshine Week by media organizations and other groups pressing for government access, contending information is being withheld more often by officials who cite post-Sept. 11 security concerns. This is the first of a two-part series examining the use of the Freedom of Information Act by U.S. citizens, and the government's willingness to make its records available.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/the_fight_for_open_government_extends_even_to_small_cities_and_regular_guys/
Surgeon who tried to save JFK dies at 75
March 12, 2005
DALLAS -- Dr. Charles R. Baxter, one of the surgeons who tried to save President John F. Kennedy after he was shot, has died, a colleague said. He was 75.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/surgeon_who_tried_to_save_jfk_dies_at_75/
Racerack blasts AG's preliminary report on license revocation
March 12, 2005
BELMONT, N.H. -- The owners of the Lakes Region Greyhound Park blasted Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for recommending their racing license be revoked before she has finished her investigation.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/12/racerack_blasts_ags_preliminary_report_on_license_revocation/
Racerack blasts AG's preliminary report on license revocation
March 12, 2005
BELMONT, N.H. -- The owners of the Lakes Region Greyhound Park blasted Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for recommending their racing license be revoked before she has finished her investigation.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/12/racerack_blasts_ags_preliminary_report_on_license_revocation/
A look at victims of courthouse shooting
By The Associated Press March 12, 2005
Brief profiles at the three people shot and killed Friday at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/a_look_at_victims_of_courthouse_shooting/
Across U.S., citizens fight for records
By Robert Tanner, AP National Writer March 12, 2005
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Ed Lambert, Al Lima and Mike Miozza never thought of themselves as activists, just regular guys. Then an energy company announced plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in this small community on the Taunton River. The men -- the mayor, a city planner and an engineer -- had nightmare visions of gas igniting into a huge fireball on the river, and asked for government-held reports that studied the threat to the town if the plant or a tanker were attacked.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/across_us_citizens_fight_for_records/
This is not being a friend to the environment.
OPEC May Allow Pumping Above Limits
By Haitham Haddadin March 12, 2005
KUWAIT (Reuters) - OPEC may agree at its meeting next week to allow members informally to pump above official oil output limits to cool scorching prices, the cartel's president said on Saturday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/opec_may_allow_pumping_above_limits/
Hamas to Run Against Moderates in Palestinian Poll
By Atef Sa'ad March 12, 2005
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - A militant Palestinian group sworn to Israel's destruction announced on Saturday that it would compete in Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July, ending a decade-old boycott.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/hamas_to_run_against_moderates_in_palestinian_poll_1110640331/
Bulgaria Says U.S. Admits Fault in Soldier's Death in Iraq
March 12, 2005
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria said on Saturday U.S. forces had admitted they broke their rules of engagement last week when a unit fired on a Bulgarian patrol in Iraq, killing a soldier.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/12/bulgaria_says_us_admits_fault_in_soldiers_death_in_iraq/
Express train derails in central Vietnam
March 12, 2005
HANOI, Vietnam -- An express passenger train derailed Saturday in central Vietnam, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, hospital and railway officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/12/express_train_derails_in_central_vietnam/
Islamic militants scoff at Madrid talks
By Maamoun Youssef, Associated Press Writer March 12, 2005
CAIRO, Egypt -- A militant group calling itself Al-Qaida in Iraq ridiculed an international terrorism conference in Spain held to mark the first anniversary of deadly train bombings in Madrid, telling the nations who participated they "would never be victorious."
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/islamic_militants_scoff_at_madrid_talks/
Egypt Opposition Leader Nour Freed on Bail
By Edmund Blair March 12, 2005
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday released on bail Ayman Nour, an opposition leader detained since the end of January and whose jailing aroused Washington's concern.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/egypt_opposition_leader_nour_released_on_bail/
Report: Medicaid paid $1 million in medical bills for dead people
March 12, 2005
QUINCY, Mass. -- Medicaid erroneously paid $1 million in medical bills in the last three years to Massachusetts residents who were already dead, according to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/report_medicaid_paid_1_million_in_medical_bills_for_dead_people/
The Cheney Observer
Oil sales lead to deaths in Sudan
Posted by: Kevin on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 09:55 AM PST
Foreign oil companies in Sudan have been complicit in major human rights violations committed by the Sudanese government against the indigenous peoples of the oil-drilling regions in the country's south,
That's according to a massive report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday.
The 750-page document, 'Sudan, Oil and Human Rights', is the most comprehensive effort to date to detail the history of one of Africa's most ruinous civil wars, particularly the role played in it by oil companies, which began pumping crude for export from Sudan in 1999.
Much of the government's earnings from selling the oil have been used to buy advanced military weaponry with which to prosecute its war against a 21-year-old insurgency, called the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA), according to the report.
http://www.everyvoice.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=726
Warming Up The Oil Company Boardrooms
Old Man Winter has come to town just a tad early. And is he pissed!
Wind gusting to nearly 100 mph swept across Colorado on Monday, forcing skiers off the slopes, closing highways and peeling the roof of a high school gym while a basketball team practiced inside. Gusts reached 90 mph in Breckenridge and forced the ski resort to shut down a chair lift.
The National Weather Service issued a high-wind warning along the heavily populated Front Range after 95 mph winds were reported in Superior. Gusts reached 98 mph at Carter Lake near Berthoud and ranged from 79 mph to 85 mph in Louisville, Boulder and Golden. The winds eased as a cold front began to arrive. Temperatures were expected to drop to about 30 degrees by Tuesday.
Remember that 'cheap' oil we have been having? Me neither!
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003388.php
I first heard about the military using depleted uranium for bullets from the Native Americans for a Clean Environment (NACE) in Gore, Oklahoma. Kerr Magee was operating a factory there, and in a liquid waste spill a young man, about twenty-one years old, was sprayed with the mixture and died. Many members of the public were also exposed, and were taken to the University in Oklahoma City for medical examination and feces analysis. It seems that the liquid waste contained primarily uranium and other heavy metals.
Local people had found this factory to be very polluting. When I visited the town to see what was happening and to decide whether or not I could help, they showed me rust marks scattered over the surface of their automobiles where the toxic corrosive spray released from the factory routinely had impacted on the paint. People complained of burning throats and eyes, some with even more serious complaints, but little systematic information which would show that the factory was the source of their problem.
http://www.ccnr.org/bertell_book.html
About this Photo
This photo was taken April 23, 1992, outside the no fly zone established by the FAA. Operated by LL&E, the #3-36 Big Horn se-se 36-39n-91w Fremont County, Wyoming, blew-out at 7:00 A.M. on 4-22-92 at a depth of 23,331’.This test was projected to the Madison at a depth of 25,000’. It’s reported the company took a kick from the Frontier formation at a depth near 20,000' and couldn’t bring it under control. The well started blowing out sweet gas for an hour before igniting itself. No one at the drill site was injured and the Parker Drilling Rig #202 was destroyed. Estimated cost for the drilling of this well prior to the blowout was 20 million dollars. Located within Madden Deep Field, this huge anticline produces the deepest commercial gas from the Mississippian Madison within the Rocky Mountain Region.
The Real Story
From the Horses Mouth-Clarification About Madden Deep Blowout-11 Years Later
Editors note:
We have recently received a letter from Connie Hawkins, who at the time of the blowout was employed by LL&E, and was the company geologist Madden Field. He has set us straight about the events leading up to the blowout and well as some personal, (and humorous) observations regarding what it takes to put out a fire of this size.
We wish to thank Connie for taking the time and effort to clarify this event, which at the time, had industry abuzz about the cause of the Madden Deep blowout.
http://www.rmoj.com/
Haaretz
PM: Evacuation of outposts part of road map obligations
By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
The evacuation of illegal settlements is part of Israel's obligations according to the road map peace plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the cabinet on Sunday morning.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551394.html
Hamas and Fatah student supporters brawl in Hebron
By The Associated Press
Hundreds of student supporters of the Hamas group clashed with supporters of Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah party, throwing punches, sticks and stones during a Hamas campaign rally for student council elections in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551463.html
Israel needs to be at a negotiation table with Iran. Iran has weapons that can launch against any ground invasion. Don't let Bush do this to Israel. Bush needs to deploy from Iraq and stop the proliferation of war in the area. Does everyone think Iran will actually launch a nuclear weapon without detection on Israel for no reason, but, just pure hatred? Sincerely. Everyone believes Iran will annihilate Israel with a nuclear weapon just for the sake of it all. I find that hard to believe. I think Iran have a great deal of concern over internal stability with the incredible instability in Iraq. I know there can be the 'hand shake of death' but is that what the world is looking at with Iran? Sincerely. This fear of nuclear launch. If that is the case than I am clearly in disbelief a sovereign country like Iran with burgeoning generations of democracy hopefuls would be that stupid. Israel has nuclear weapons. They also have Patriot Shield Weapons. What would make Iran believe they would be successful before a return strike could be launched and land successfully on them? I think there needs to be sincere diplomatic channels open here to clear the air and find SOLID inroad of trust. It can't possibly be this late. A nuclear strike into Israel includes Palestine. Israel has a built in 'Arab/Islamic Shield.' I trust Prime Minister Sharon, I just hope he is taking everything into consideration and has spoken to all allies including Arabs and Europeans. Would Iran have the Palestinian Nation demised with one nuclear strike on the Eve of it's awakening? Perhaps, but, then Mr. Abbas needs to be open with all parties and loyal to his moral obligations. Russia would see this happen? It would allow an Anti-Semitic Nuclear Weapon explode in Israel affecting every nation in the area including Palestine for the joy of killing? I find that hard to believe. I couldn't be more sincere. Israel is that hated? Israel is that much trouble? We should all die? Won't they die with us? Isn't the world much smaller now? I stand with Prime Minister Sharon. I hope he is cautious and correct without harassment from the USA.
Report: Security cabinet authorizes plan for strike on Iran
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's security cabinet reportedly gave "initial authorization" last month to a plan for an air and ground attack on Iran if diplomatic efforts do not halt the Islamic republic's nuclear program, according to a report in London's Sunday Times.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551408.html
The Washington Post
Syria Vows Phased Lebanon Exit
Some Personnel to Depart by March 31; U.S. Wants Prompt Final Pullout
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
In talks with a top U.N. envoy, Syria promised yesterday to withdraw one-third of its 15,000 troops and 5,000 intelligence agents in Lebanon by the end of March, as the first stage of an operation that would end its 29-year military presence in that country, according to U.S. and U.N. sources.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29389-2005Mar12.html
Rail Deal Could Double Development Near Tysons
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
The plan to build a Metrorail line from West Falls Church through Tysons Corner is advanced as a means of easing Northern Virginia's traffic woes. But the rail project is in many ways a monumental real estate deal that some critics say will further develop an already crowded crossroads.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30277-2005Mar12.html
Europeans Investigate CIA Role in Abductions
Suspects Possibly Taken To Nations That Torture
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
MILAN -- A radical Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar was walking to a Milan mosque for noon prayers in February 2003 when he was grabbed on the sidewalk by two men, sprayed in the face with chemicals and stuffed into a van. He hasn't been seen since.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30275-2005Mar12.html
Casino Bid Prompted High-Stakes Lobbying
Probe Scrutinizes Efforts Against Tribe
By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
When a ragtag band of Louisiana Indians won their governor's support for a casino three years ago, they never could have fathomed the powerful cast of characters who would collaborate to flatten them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30274-2005Mar12.html
'Mildly Pro-Choice' Rice Won't Rule Out Presidential Bid
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A05
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described herself Friday as "mildly pro-choice" and "kind of libertarian" on abortion, and left the door open for a presidential race in 2008.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30282-2005Mar12.html
On Asia Trip, Rice to Nudge Allies on N. Korea
Secretary Seeks to Knit Common Message
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A23
With the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs looming in the background, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week will dash across Asia, seeking to nudge East Asian allies into a coordinated strategy for confronting the reclusive communist nation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30288-2005Mar12.html
concluding...
Osama Sitting Pretty?
CIA Director Porter Goss is Shocked as George Claims
"We spend everyday gathering information to locate Osama bin Laden..." (Daily Show Video)
George: "...I just don't spend that much time on him..." (F9/11 Video)
FBI's bin Laden Page: Updated November 2001...
Still No Mention of September 11th
Nope, Not Here Either
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
FBI TEN MOSTED WANTED
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/laden.htm
MOST WANTED TERRORISTS
MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH
USAMA BIN LADEN
Aliases:
Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director
DESCRIPTION
Date of Birth Used:
1957
Hair:
Brown
Place of Birth:
Saudi Arabia
Eyes:
Brown
Height:
6'4" to 6'6"
Sex:
Male
Weight:
Approximately 160 pounds
Complexion:
Olive
Build:
Thin
Citizenship:
Saudi Arabian
Language:
Arabic (probably Pashtu)
Scars and Marks:
None known
Remarks:
Bin Laden is believed to be in Afghanistan. He is left-handed and walks with a cane.
CAUTION
Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world.
REWARD
The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden. An additional $2 million is being offered through a program developed and funded by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.
[ New York Field Office ] [ Most Wanted Terrorists ]
[ FBI Home Page ] [ FBI Field Offices ]
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/terubl.htm
Oh.
Pols' purity XXX'd out
BY Kenneth R. Bazinet / Daily News
WASHINGTON - Some lawmakers who slam porn as a scourge to society got big bucks from corporations that profit from adult videos and phone sex, a watchdog group said yesterday.
Among the biggest recipients of such campaign contributions were some of the best-known champions of moral values, including Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas), according to Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1779
International group of doctors blast official toll of Iraqi civil dead
PARIS (AFP) - A group of top public-health physicians has branded the official toll of civilian dead from the Iraqi war as a serious underestimate and demanded an independent probe to establish the full casualty figures.
Their statement is published this Saturday in the weekly British Medical Journal (BMJ) as the second anniversary of the war looms on March 20.
It marks a fresh attempt by medical campaigners to establish the number of Iraqi civilian casualties after a rough estimate of 100,000 dead, made by epidemiologists last October, was brushed aside by the British government.
"Monitoring casualties is a humanitarian imperative," the statement said.
"Understanding the causes of death is a core public-health responsibility, nationally and internationally.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1788
Social Security Events Belie U.S. Feeling
By Deb Riechmann / Associated Press
SHREVEPORT, La. — In state after state along President Bush's Social Security road campaign, hand-picked audiences cheer him, leaving the impression that the nation wholeheartedly backs his ideas for reform.
The reality is different.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1787
Army, CIA Agreed on 'Ghost' Prisoners
By Josh White / Washington Post
Top military intelligence officials at the Abu Ghraib prison came to an agreement with the CIA to hide certain detainees at the facility without officially registering them, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. Keeping such "ghost" detainees is a violation of international law.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1786
General says weather has hampered Marine Corps' recruiting
By Sandra Jontz / Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — While neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night keeps the postman away, bad weather apparently kept Marine Corps recruiters from their appointments and routes, said a Marine general Thursday.
The Corps has missed recruiting goals two months running. “It’s easy to say it’s the war in Iraq, but I’m not so sure,” Lt. Gen. Jan. C. Huly, deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations, told a gathering of defense writers.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1784
Guantánamo Inmates Face Threat of Even Worse Abuse;
Guantánamo jail switch planned
US inmates face threat of worse abuse under scheme to send them to prisons in their own countries
By Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian
The Pentagon is planning to transfer half the inmates at Guantánamo Bay to prisons in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen, despite fears that they would face even worse human rights abuses than at the US camp.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1794
Democrats Block Ethics Panel Over Rules Tailor-Made for Folks Like Tom DeLay
Democrats Block Ethics Panel Over Rewritten Rules
By Mary Curtius / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Just as new controversy has erupted over trips taken by congressional Democrats and Republicans — including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) — the workings of the chamber's ethics committee have been brought to a halt.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1793
The Boston Globe
STOLEN BEAUTY: THE GARDNER MUSEUM HEIST -- 15 YEARS LATER
Secrets behind the largest art theft in history
By Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff March 13, 2005
As they struggled to remove a heavy-framed Rembrandt from the silk-draped wall of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the two thieves abruptly stopped as a high-pitched alarm beeped from the baseboard.
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/gardner_heist/heist/
Syria gives timetable on leaving Lebanon
By Charles A. Radin, Globe Staff March 13, 2005
BEIRUT -- Syria's president gave a United Nations Middle East envoy a timetable yesterday for the full withdrawal of his military and intelligence agencies from Lebanese territory, and prodemocracy campaigners applauded the recent major pullback of Syrian troops from northern and central Lebanon.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/13/syria_gives_timetable_on_leaving_lebanon/
19 officers earned over $200,000 in '04
By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff March 12, 2005
Nineteen Boston police officers made more than $200,000 in 2004, earning amounts far beyond their base salaries by working overtime or private-detail shifts, according to city payroll records and city officials.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/19_officers_earned_over_200000_in_04/
The $200,000 club
March 12, 2005
19 officers earned over $200,000 in '04 (Today's Globe)
Nineteen Boston police employees earned over $200,000 in 2004. All supplemented their base pay with overtime and other extras. By contrast, Mayor Thomas M. Menino earned $152,885 last year.
Name
Job
Rank Base Rate
2004 Total Pay
Armstrong, Francis W.
Police Captain
$90,561.64
$234,726
Evans, William B.
Police Captain
90,561.64
$224,123
Hosein, Haseeb
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
$220,231
Kervin, John Edward
Police Captain
86,557.64
$219,513
Kervin, Timothy M.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
$218,764
Keeler, Daniel M.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
$218,558
Kraft, Martin B.
Police Sergeant
63,748.36
210,225
Flaherty, Robert M.
Police Captain
90,561.64
209,289
Russell, Paul J.
Police Captain
90,561.64
207,967
Frangie, Ghassoub P.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
206,913
Conley, Frederick J.
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
205,588
Broderick, Michael B.
Police Captain
90,561.64
203,776
Michalosky, Christine M.
Police Captain
90,561.64
202,956
Robertson, J.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
201,824
Feeney, William J.
Police Sergeant(Det)
67,590.64
201,263
King, Peter
Police Lieutenant
74,297.64
201,125
Simmons, Edward D.
Police Lieutenant(Det.)
78,149.76
201,087
Orourke, Bernard P.
Police Captain/DDC
90,561.64
200,955
Vickers, Mark W.
Police Sergeant (Det.)
67,590.64
200,610
SOURCE: City of Boston payroll records
GLOBE STAFF GRAPHIC
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/the_200000_club/
This was the weather as noted on March 12, 2005
WINTER STORM WARNING: Rain will change to snow today and become heavy at times, with accumulations of 4-6 inches in the Boston area. A winter storm warning is in effect until 5 p.m., and a coastal flood warning is in effect from noon-5 p.m.
Rain
36° F
At Logan Airport
As of 12:25 PM
RealFeel temp: 22° F
Remembering the Blizzard of 2005
TODAY'S FORECAST SPONSORED BY CREST WHITE STRIPS
http://weather.boston.com/
The fight for open government extends even to small cities and 'regular guys'
March 12, 2005
EDITOR'S NOTE -- The week of March 13 has been declared Sunshine Week by media organizations and other groups pressing for government access, contending information is being withheld more often by officials who cite post-Sept. 11 security concerns. This is the first of a two-part series examining the use of the Freedom of Information Act by U.S. citizens, and the government's willingness to make its records available.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/the_fight_for_open_government_extends_even_to_small_cities_and_regular_guys/
Surgeon who tried to save JFK dies at 75
March 12, 2005
DALLAS -- Dr. Charles R. Baxter, one of the surgeons who tried to save President John F. Kennedy after he was shot, has died, a colleague said. He was 75.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/surgeon_who_tried_to_save_jfk_dies_at_75/
Racerack blasts AG's preliminary report on license revocation
March 12, 2005
BELMONT, N.H. -- The owners of the Lakes Region Greyhound Park blasted Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for recommending their racing license be revoked before she has finished her investigation.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/12/racerack_blasts_ags_preliminary_report_on_license_revocation/
Racerack blasts AG's preliminary report on license revocation
March 12, 2005
BELMONT, N.H. -- The owners of the Lakes Region Greyhound Park blasted Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for recommending their racing license be revoked before she has finished her investigation.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/12/racerack_blasts_ags_preliminary_report_on_license_revocation/
A look at victims of courthouse shooting
By The Associated Press March 12, 2005
Brief profiles at the three people shot and killed Friday at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/a_look_at_victims_of_courthouse_shooting/
Across U.S., citizens fight for records
By Robert Tanner, AP National Writer March 12, 2005
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Ed Lambert, Al Lima and Mike Miozza never thought of themselves as activists, just regular guys. Then an energy company announced plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in this small community on the Taunton River. The men -- the mayor, a city planner and an engineer -- had nightmare visions of gas igniting into a huge fireball on the river, and asked for government-held reports that studied the threat to the town if the plant or a tanker were attacked.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/12/across_us_citizens_fight_for_records/
This is not being a friend to the environment.
OPEC May Allow Pumping Above Limits
By Haitham Haddadin March 12, 2005
KUWAIT (Reuters) - OPEC may agree at its meeting next week to allow members informally to pump above official oil output limits to cool scorching prices, the cartel's president said on Saturday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/opec_may_allow_pumping_above_limits/
Hamas to Run Against Moderates in Palestinian Poll
By Atef Sa'ad March 12, 2005
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - A militant Palestinian group sworn to Israel's destruction announced on Saturday that it would compete in Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July, ending a decade-old boycott.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/hamas_to_run_against_moderates_in_palestinian_poll_1110640331/
Bulgaria Says U.S. Admits Fault in Soldier's Death in Iraq
March 12, 2005
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria said on Saturday U.S. forces had admitted they broke their rules of engagement last week when a unit fired on a Bulgarian patrol in Iraq, killing a soldier.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/12/bulgaria_says_us_admits_fault_in_soldiers_death_in_iraq/
Express train derails in central Vietnam
March 12, 2005
HANOI, Vietnam -- An express passenger train derailed Saturday in central Vietnam, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, hospital and railway officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/03/12/express_train_derails_in_central_vietnam/
Islamic militants scoff at Madrid talks
By Maamoun Youssef, Associated Press Writer March 12, 2005
CAIRO, Egypt -- A militant group calling itself Al-Qaida in Iraq ridiculed an international terrorism conference in Spain held to mark the first anniversary of deadly train bombings in Madrid, telling the nations who participated they "would never be victorious."
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/islamic_militants_scoff_at_madrid_talks/
Egypt Opposition Leader Nour Freed on Bail
By Edmund Blair March 12, 2005
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday released on bail Ayman Nour, an opposition leader detained since the end of January and whose jailing aroused Washington's concern.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/12/egypt_opposition_leader_nour_released_on_bail/
Report: Medicaid paid $1 million in medical bills for dead people
March 12, 2005
QUINCY, Mass. -- Medicaid erroneously paid $1 million in medical bills in the last three years to Massachusetts residents who were already dead, according to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/12/report_medicaid_paid_1_million_in_medical_bills_for_dead_people/
The Cheney Observer
Oil sales lead to deaths in Sudan
Posted by: Kevin on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 09:55 AM PST
Foreign oil companies in Sudan have been complicit in major human rights violations committed by the Sudanese government against the indigenous peoples of the oil-drilling regions in the country's south,
That's according to a massive report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday.
The 750-page document, 'Sudan, Oil and Human Rights', is the most comprehensive effort to date to detail the history of one of Africa's most ruinous civil wars, particularly the role played in it by oil companies, which began pumping crude for export from Sudan in 1999.
Much of the government's earnings from selling the oil have been used to buy advanced military weaponry with which to prosecute its war against a 21-year-old insurgency, called the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA), according to the report.
http://www.everyvoice.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=726
Warming Up The Oil Company Boardrooms
Old Man Winter has come to town just a tad early. And is he pissed!
Wind gusting to nearly 100 mph swept across Colorado on Monday, forcing skiers off the slopes, closing highways and peeling the roof of a high school gym while a basketball team practiced inside. Gusts reached 90 mph in Breckenridge and forced the ski resort to shut down a chair lift.
The National Weather Service issued a high-wind warning along the heavily populated Front Range after 95 mph winds were reported in Superior. Gusts reached 98 mph at Carter Lake near Berthoud and ranged from 79 mph to 85 mph in Louisville, Boulder and Golden. The winds eased as a cold front began to arrive. Temperatures were expected to drop to about 30 degrees by Tuesday.
Remember that 'cheap' oil we have been having? Me neither!
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003388.php
I first heard about the military using depleted uranium for bullets from the Native Americans for a Clean Environment (NACE) in Gore, Oklahoma. Kerr Magee was operating a factory there, and in a liquid waste spill a young man, about twenty-one years old, was sprayed with the mixture and died. Many members of the public were also exposed, and were taken to the University in Oklahoma City for medical examination and feces analysis. It seems that the liquid waste contained primarily uranium and other heavy metals.
Local people had found this factory to be very polluting. When I visited the town to see what was happening and to decide whether or not I could help, they showed me rust marks scattered over the surface of their automobiles where the toxic corrosive spray released from the factory routinely had impacted on the paint. People complained of burning throats and eyes, some with even more serious complaints, but little systematic information which would show that the factory was the source of their problem.
http://www.ccnr.org/bertell_book.html
About this Photo
This photo was taken April 23, 1992, outside the no fly zone established by the FAA. Operated by LL&E, the #3-36 Big Horn se-se 36-39n-91w Fremont County, Wyoming, blew-out at 7:00 A.M. on 4-22-92 at a depth of 23,331’.This test was projected to the Madison at a depth of 25,000’. It’s reported the company took a kick from the Frontier formation at a depth near 20,000' and couldn’t bring it under control. The well started blowing out sweet gas for an hour before igniting itself. No one at the drill site was injured and the Parker Drilling Rig #202 was destroyed. Estimated cost for the drilling of this well prior to the blowout was 20 million dollars. Located within Madden Deep Field, this huge anticline produces the deepest commercial gas from the Mississippian Madison within the Rocky Mountain Region.
The Real Story
From the Horses Mouth-Clarification About Madden Deep Blowout-11 Years Later
Editors note:
We have recently received a letter from Connie Hawkins, who at the time of the blowout was employed by LL&E, and was the company geologist Madden Field. He has set us straight about the events leading up to the blowout and well as some personal, (and humorous) observations regarding what it takes to put out a fire of this size.
We wish to thank Connie for taking the time and effort to clarify this event, which at the time, had industry abuzz about the cause of the Madden Deep blowout.
http://www.rmoj.com/
Haaretz
PM: Evacuation of outposts part of road map obligations
By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
The evacuation of illegal settlements is part of Israel's obligations according to the road map peace plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the cabinet on Sunday morning.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551394.html
Hamas and Fatah student supporters brawl in Hebron
By The Associated Press
Hundreds of student supporters of the Hamas group clashed with supporters of Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah party, throwing punches, sticks and stones during a Hamas campaign rally for student council elections in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551463.html
Israel needs to be at a negotiation table with Iran. Iran has weapons that can launch against any ground invasion. Don't let Bush do this to Israel. Bush needs to deploy from Iraq and stop the proliferation of war in the area. Does everyone think Iran will actually launch a nuclear weapon without detection on Israel for no reason, but, just pure hatred? Sincerely. Everyone believes Iran will annihilate Israel with a nuclear weapon just for the sake of it all. I find that hard to believe. I think Iran have a great deal of concern over internal stability with the incredible instability in Iraq. I know there can be the 'hand shake of death' but is that what the world is looking at with Iran? Sincerely. This fear of nuclear launch. If that is the case than I am clearly in disbelief a sovereign country like Iran with burgeoning generations of democracy hopefuls would be that stupid. Israel has nuclear weapons. They also have Patriot Shield Weapons. What would make Iran believe they would be successful before a return strike could be launched and land successfully on them? I think there needs to be sincere diplomatic channels open here to clear the air and find SOLID inroad of trust. It can't possibly be this late. A nuclear strike into Israel includes Palestine. Israel has a built in 'Arab/Islamic Shield.' I trust Prime Minister Sharon, I just hope he is taking everything into consideration and has spoken to all allies including Arabs and Europeans. Would Iran have the Palestinian Nation demised with one nuclear strike on the Eve of it's awakening? Perhaps, but, then Mr. Abbas needs to be open with all parties and loyal to his moral obligations. Russia would see this happen? It would allow an Anti-Semitic Nuclear Weapon explode in Israel affecting every nation in the area including Palestine for the joy of killing? I find that hard to believe. I couldn't be more sincere. Israel is that hated? Israel is that much trouble? We should all die? Won't they die with us? Isn't the world much smaller now? I stand with Prime Minister Sharon. I hope he is cautious and correct without harassment from the USA.
Report: Security cabinet authorizes plan for strike on Iran
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's security cabinet reportedly gave "initial authorization" last month to a plan for an air and ground attack on Iran if diplomatic efforts do not halt the Islamic republic's nuclear program, according to a report in London's Sunday Times.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/551408.html
The Washington Post
Syria Vows Phased Lebanon Exit
Some Personnel to Depart by March 31; U.S. Wants Prompt Final Pullout
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
In talks with a top U.N. envoy, Syria promised yesterday to withdraw one-third of its 15,000 troops and 5,000 intelligence agents in Lebanon by the end of March, as the first stage of an operation that would end its 29-year military presence in that country, according to U.S. and U.N. sources.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29389-2005Mar12.html
Rail Deal Could Double Development Near Tysons
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
The plan to build a Metrorail line from West Falls Church through Tysons Corner is advanced as a means of easing Northern Virginia's traffic woes. But the rail project is in many ways a monumental real estate deal that some critics say will further develop an already crowded crossroads.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30277-2005Mar12.html
Europeans Investigate CIA Role in Abductions
Suspects Possibly Taken To Nations That Torture
By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
MILAN -- A radical Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar was walking to a Milan mosque for noon prayers in February 2003 when he was grabbed on the sidewalk by two men, sprayed in the face with chemicals and stuffed into a van. He hasn't been seen since.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30275-2005Mar12.html
Casino Bid Prompted High-Stakes Lobbying
Probe Scrutinizes Efforts Against Tribe
By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A01
When a ragtag band of Louisiana Indians won their governor's support for a casino three years ago, they never could have fathomed the powerful cast of characters who would collaborate to flatten them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30274-2005Mar12.html
'Mildly Pro-Choice' Rice Won't Rule Out Presidential Bid
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A05
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described herself Friday as "mildly pro-choice" and "kind of libertarian" on abortion, and left the door open for a presidential race in 2008.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30282-2005Mar12.html
On Asia Trip, Rice to Nudge Allies on N. Korea
Secretary Seeks to Knit Common Message
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A23
With the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs looming in the background, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week will dash across Asia, seeking to nudge East Asian allies into a coordinated strategy for confronting the reclusive communist nation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30288-2005Mar12.html
concluding...
OPINION - The World FINALLY gets to confront the man behind the madness !
The Hawk of all Hawks
John Bolton is THE WORST the USA has to offer in the way of diplomacy and IS the current Neocon/Repuglican Attitude of BUSH/Cheney. "Whatever you say, John, I never wanted to be exposed to the opinion of the world anyway. Only descend on the world with opinion !"
The Mentor of the Neocons
The Rhetoric King of Nuclear Proliferation
The ONE the ONLY John Bolton
John Bolton is THE WORST the USA has to offer in the way of diplomacy and IS the current Neocon/Repuglican Attitude of BUSH/Cheney. "Whatever you say, John, I never wanted to be exposed to the opinion of the world anyway. Only descend on the world with opinion !"
Bolton's high handed gaming has resulted in at least one propaganda piece today, one in the NY Times and I haven't looked further yet today. The information is irrelivant and obviously his best work. The article sighted was well done clearly illustrating the incompetence by this administration for ever carrying out an invasion in the first place. The United Nations since 1991 had done an incredible job at securing the weapons in Iraq and through the Oil for Food Program completely water downed Iraq's ability to carry out but the most meager of defense programs.
The Disrespect for World Order and only abiding by their own ideologies, regardless of the knowledge the United Nations held in relation to the custody of weapons in Iraq, this administration continued with an invasion that unseated world order and security setting up the USA for isolation and ridicule.
The level of disrespect Bolton brings to the United Nations is beyond imagination. I am quite confident he is the best to represent Bush with no doubt the isolation of the USA will continue or risk another RUSH TO WAR. Perhaps Goss will continue his truth telling rather than the former propaganda to proliferate understanding leading to peace rather than lies to cover up crony initiatives for war and human righats abuses.
Bush's live grenade
Bush's choice for the US face at the UN is a 'hawk's hawk' who keeps a toy grenade in his office
New York correspondent David Nason
March 12, 2005
JOHN Bolton, the man US President George W. Bush has picked to represent him at the UN, is an outspoken right-wing ideologue who, for reasons never explained, keeps a toy hand grenade on a table in his office.
...It was a reaction that did not surprise former Malcolm Fraser adviser Owen Harries, who got to know Bolton while working as editor of The National Interest in Washington from 1985 to 2001.
"John's temperament is the antithesis of the conventional diplomat," Harries says. "He is a man of extraordinarily strong views and he believes the essence of the [foreign policy] game is to get what you want without compromise. He also believes that the existing world order has one superpower, which is the US, and that the UN is used by other countries wanting to restrain the US dominance. That largely explains why John has been such a great critic of the UN in the past."
In fact, Bolton's antipathy towards the UN is the stuff of legend. Not only has he urged the US to withdraw its UN funding and taunted supporters of the UN-backed international court of justice as "fuzzy-minded romantics", he has never wasted an opportunity to make the damning claim that much of the UN's recent history in places such as Bosnia and Rwanda, in the oil-for-food program in Iraq and in Sudan and the Congo, has been about finding accommodation with terrorists and murderers.
...Harries, who describes Bolton as "intense and driven" and "not someone you go to for small talk", agrees that in sending Bolton to the UN, Bush has made an emphatic point.
"This is an appointment that clearly says American policy in Bush's second term is going to be no different in practice to his aggressive rhetoric about promoting democracy and freedom and American values to the rest of the world as a way of combating terrorism," Harries says.
If that also means a willingness to set up security mechanisms outside UN authority, Bolton will be perfectly placed to set the wheels in motion. He's the architect of the Proliferation Security Initiative, in which 15 European and Asian nations - including Australia - signed up to curb the international trade in weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related materials using measures such as the interception of suspect shipping on the high seas.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12513927%255E28737,00.html
Morning Papers - concluding
Sydney Morning Herald
Darwin placed on high cyclone alert
March 12, 2005 - 8:37PM
Residents of Darwin, which was battered 30 years ago by Cyclone Tracy, are bracing for an even more powerful storm - being placed tonight on the highest "Cyclone Warning" alert.
The category five Ingrid, which passed over Northern Territory coastal communities earlier today, when it was rated a category four, was now heading for the NT capital and nearby communities, including the Tiwi Islands.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Darwin-placed-on-high-cyclone-alert/2005/03/12/1110567733503.html
Darwin on alert as Ingrid batters coast
March 13, 2005 - 7:24PM
Darwin was on high alert Sunday night as Cyclone Ingrid continued its fierce march across Australia's top end after devastating the tiny community of Croker Island.
Darwin, which only months ago marked the 30th anniversary of the death and destruction Cyclone Tracy delivered, was Sunday night braced for the arrival of a storm of equal power.
Category four Ingrid threw her fury at the community of Croker Island overnight, and was Sunday evening heading straight for the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Darwin-on-alert-as-Ingrid-batters-coast/2005/03/13/1110649053122.html
Prepare for worst, Darwin residents told
March 13, 2005 - 4:36PM
Darwin police today urged residents to prepare for the worst, but not to panic, as category-four Cyclone Ingrid continued to track towards the city.
The destructive storm, with winds gusting up to 235 kmh, was this afternoon 160 kilometres northeast of Darwin, and was tracking along the north coast of the Northern Territory.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Prepare-for-worst-Darwin-residents-told/2005/03/13/1110649040186.html?oneclick=true
Distraught family still waiting for body of son killed in Iraq
By Eamonn Duff and Annabel Crabb
March 13, 2005
The Sun-Herald
The shattered father of the first serving Australian killed in Iraq revealed last night he still has no idea when his son's body will be returned home to rest in peace.
RAF Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel died alongside nine British servicemen on January 30 when their RAF C-130 Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Family-still-waiting-for-body-of-son-killed-in-Iraq/2005/03/12/1110567751166.html
Growing pains
March 12, 2005
The buzzword is early intervention, and with scant scientific back-up anxious parents are seizing on treatments to keep their children in the race to achieve. Julie Robotham reports.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Growing-pains/2005/03/11/1110417688338.html
Australia's top 100 public intellectuals
Sport and showbiz elites hog the limelight while our great minds struggle for recognition. In a Herald survey, Michael Visontay seeks out the nation's guard of leading thinkers.
Intellectual is an uncomfortable word in Australia, and we live in an age when euphemisms are found for uncomfortable words. These days people tend to be categorised as smart, clever, bright rather than intellectual - the response of a culture driven by speed and solutions rather than inquiry and confrontation; a society that glosses over awkwardness.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Australias-top-100-public-intellectuals/2005/03/11/1110417674077.html
Mystic separates the fad from the divine
Some religious teachers might welcome the media profile that celebrity recruitment brings, but not Rabbi David Cooper, a Kabbalah teacher from the US.
Thanks to Madonna's red thread, Rabbi Cooper concedes Kabbalah, a kind of Jewish mysticism, is going through a faddish and commercial phase.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Mystic-separates-the-fad-from-the-divine/2005/03/11/1110417690878.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
The New Zealand Herald
Ingrid lashes the coast and heads for Darwin
13.03.05 2.20pm
BRISBANE - Coastal communities in the top end of the Northern Territory were being lashed by winds of up to 290km/h today as Cyclone Ingrid continued its destructive path across Croker Island in the Arafura Sea and toward Darwin.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115043
UN report blasts foreshore ruling
13.03.05
A damning report from the United Nations has condemned the Foreshore and Seabed legislation as discriminatory against Maori.
The report, which was released this weekend by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, states that the legislation discriminates against Maori by extinguishing the possibility of establishing Maori customary title over the foreshore and seabed, and by its failure to provide a guaranteed right of redress.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115033
Burglary of tornado victim disgusts Greymouth mayor
13.03.05 6.00pm
Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn wants to "hang" the person who burgled a tornado victim on the night the twister struck .
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115051
Flu vaccine flaws boost epidemic fears
12.03.05
By REBECCA WALSH
New Zealand's supply of flu vaccine for the coming winter has been delayed after the French manufacturer discovered potential problems with its effectiveness.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10114933
Terror suspect transition as chaotic as Commons marathon
A television monitor shows events inside the House of Commons as anti-terrorism legislation is debated in London. Picture / Reuters
13.03.05 2.00pm
By Sophie goodchild, Andy McSmith, Raymond Whitaker and Steve Bloomfield
LONDON - The transition of Britain's eight foreign terror suspects from prison or secure mental hospital to a new life under "control orders" is proving every bit as chaotic as last week's scenes in Westminster, when Parliament wrangled over what to do with them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115042
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-20.0°
Updated Sunday 13 Mar 9:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
43 °F / 6 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
41 °F / 5 °C
Humidity:
87%
Dew Point:
39 °F / 4 °C
Wind:
4 mph / 6 km/h from the SW
Pressure:
30.75 in / 1041 hPa
Visibility:
4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 197 ft / 60 m
end
Darwin placed on high cyclone alert
March 12, 2005 - 8:37PM
Residents of Darwin, which was battered 30 years ago by Cyclone Tracy, are bracing for an even more powerful storm - being placed tonight on the highest "Cyclone Warning" alert.
The category five Ingrid, which passed over Northern Territory coastal communities earlier today, when it was rated a category four, was now heading for the NT capital and nearby communities, including the Tiwi Islands.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Darwin-placed-on-high-cyclone-alert/2005/03/12/1110567733503.html
Darwin on alert as Ingrid batters coast
March 13, 2005 - 7:24PM
Darwin was on high alert Sunday night as Cyclone Ingrid continued its fierce march across Australia's top end after devastating the tiny community of Croker Island.
Darwin, which only months ago marked the 30th anniversary of the death and destruction Cyclone Tracy delivered, was Sunday night braced for the arrival of a storm of equal power.
Category four Ingrid threw her fury at the community of Croker Island overnight, and was Sunday evening heading straight for the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Darwin-on-alert-as-Ingrid-batters-coast/2005/03/13/1110649053122.html
Prepare for worst, Darwin residents told
March 13, 2005 - 4:36PM
Darwin police today urged residents to prepare for the worst, but not to panic, as category-four Cyclone Ingrid continued to track towards the city.
The destructive storm, with winds gusting up to 235 kmh, was this afternoon 160 kilometres northeast of Darwin, and was tracking along the north coast of the Northern Territory.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Prepare-for-worst-Darwin-residents-told/2005/03/13/1110649040186.html?oneclick=true
Distraught family still waiting for body of son killed in Iraq
By Eamonn Duff and Annabel Crabb
March 13, 2005
The Sun-Herald
The shattered father of the first serving Australian killed in Iraq revealed last night he still has no idea when his son's body will be returned home to rest in peace.
RAF Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel died alongside nine British servicemen on January 30 when their RAF C-130 Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Family-still-waiting-for-body-of-son-killed-in-Iraq/2005/03/12/1110567751166.html
Growing pains
March 12, 2005
The buzzword is early intervention, and with scant scientific back-up anxious parents are seizing on treatments to keep their children in the race to achieve. Julie Robotham reports.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Growing-pains/2005/03/11/1110417688338.html
Australia's top 100 public intellectuals
Sport and showbiz elites hog the limelight while our great minds struggle for recognition. In a Herald survey, Michael Visontay seeks out the nation's guard of leading thinkers.
Intellectual is an uncomfortable word in Australia, and we live in an age when euphemisms are found for uncomfortable words. These days people tend to be categorised as smart, clever, bright rather than intellectual - the response of a culture driven by speed and solutions rather than inquiry and confrontation; a society that glosses over awkwardness.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Australias-top-100-public-intellectuals/2005/03/11/1110417674077.html
Mystic separates the fad from the divine
Some religious teachers might welcome the media profile that celebrity recruitment brings, but not Rabbi David Cooper, a Kabbalah teacher from the US.
Thanks to Madonna's red thread, Rabbi Cooper concedes Kabbalah, a kind of Jewish mysticism, is going through a faddish and commercial phase.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Mystic-separates-the-fad-from-the-divine/2005/03/11/1110417690878.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
The New Zealand Herald
Ingrid lashes the coast and heads for Darwin
13.03.05 2.20pm
BRISBANE - Coastal communities in the top end of the Northern Territory were being lashed by winds of up to 290km/h today as Cyclone Ingrid continued its destructive path across Croker Island in the Arafura Sea and toward Darwin.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115043
UN report blasts foreshore ruling
13.03.05
A damning report from the United Nations has condemned the Foreshore and Seabed legislation as discriminatory against Maori.
The report, which was released this weekend by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, states that the legislation discriminates against Maori by extinguishing the possibility of establishing Maori customary title over the foreshore and seabed, and by its failure to provide a guaranteed right of redress.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115033
Burglary of tornado victim disgusts Greymouth mayor
13.03.05 6.00pm
Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn wants to "hang" the person who burgled a tornado victim on the night the twister struck .
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115051
Flu vaccine flaws boost epidemic fears
12.03.05
By REBECCA WALSH
New Zealand's supply of flu vaccine for the coming winter has been delayed after the French manufacturer discovered potential problems with its effectiveness.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10114933
Terror suspect transition as chaotic as Commons marathon
A television monitor shows events inside the House of Commons as anti-terrorism legislation is debated in London. Picture / Reuters
13.03.05 2.00pm
By Sophie goodchild, Andy McSmith, Raymond Whitaker and Steve Bloomfield
LONDON - The transition of Britain's eight foreign terror suspects from prison or secure mental hospital to a new life under "control orders" is proving every bit as chaotic as last week's scenes in Westminster, when Parliament wrangled over what to do with them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115042
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-20.0°
Updated Sunday 13 Mar 9:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
43 °F / 6 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
41 °F / 5 °C
Humidity:
87%
Dew Point:
39 °F / 4 °C
Wind:
4 mph / 6 km/h from the SW
Pressure:
30.75 in / 1041 hPa
Visibility:
4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 197 ft / 60 m
end
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