Candles for the Pope in Croatia.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Balkans: The Former Yugoslavia And The Pope
It was only natural that the first Slavic pope attracted particular attention in a country whose name translates as "Land of the South Slavs." He was warmly greeted by Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Slovenes, and Albanians on his visits to the region, but he never fully overcame deeply rooted mistrust by the Orthodox toward him as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
News of the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April brought a stream of condolences and laudatory messages the following day from across former Yugoslavia. Croatian President Stipe Mesic said in Zagreb that the pope was "a proven friend of Croatia and the Croatian people, and an advocate of our right to freedom and independence and our integration with the European family of peoples," RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported. "We will cherish forever his visits to Croatia. The messages he left during those visits as a religious leader and statesman have been and will remain a permanent landmark on our path of development," Mesic added.
News of the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April brought a stream of condolences and laudatory messages the following day from across former Yugoslavia. Croatian President Stipe Mesic said in Zagreb that the pope was "a proven friend of Croatia and the Croatian people, and an advocate of our right to freedom and independence and our integration with the European family of peoples," RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported. "We will cherish forever his visits to Croatia. The messages he left during those visits as a religious leader and statesman have been and will remain a permanent landmark on our path of development," Mesic added.
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History
1614, Pocahontas, daughter of Native American chief Powahatan, marries American colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia; the union contributes to peace between the Native Americans and English.
1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England.
1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887, British historian Lord Acton wrote, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
1895, playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices.
1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
1984: Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the all-time highest scorer in the NBA when he scores a record-breaking basket using his signature "sky hook."
1992, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died in Little Rock, Ark., at age 74.
Born…
1725 Giacomo Casanova Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
1839 Robert Smalls Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Representative-SC)
1856, Booker T. Washington, educator
1901 Chester Bowles Massachusetts, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)
1900 Spencer Tracy Milwaukee WI, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
1908 Bette Davis Lowell MA, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)
1908 Mary Hemingway writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography)
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli New York NY, film producer (James Bond)
1916, Gregory Peck, actor
1949, Judith A. Resnick, astronaut and electrical engineer
Missing in Action
1966 BROWN JAMES WILLIAM MAUD TX
1967 PARKER THOMAS A. OXFORD IN
1968 MATOCHA DONALD JOHN SMITHVILLE TX
1970 CROPPER CURTIS H. PASO ROBLES CA
1970 CARON GILLES FRANCE
1970 HANNOTEAUX GUY FRANCE
1970 VISOT MICHEL FRANCE
1972 SPENGLER HENRY M. II ALEXANDRIA VA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
1972 WINDELER CHARLES C. JR. SAVANNAH GA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan - Theme "Nature's Wisdom"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/
"Environmental Issues"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/eco/index.html
The Japan Times
Aichi's futuristic expo to spotlight the past with 10,000-year-old mammoth
By KENJI HALL
The Associated Press
Shuttle buses without drivers, trains floating on magnetic fields and other visions of the future will be on display at the Aichi world fair next year. But Expo 2005's centerpiece will be rooted deep in the past -- the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041020f2.htm
New Zeppelin test-flown over expo site
KOBE (Kyodo) The Zeppelin NT, the world's largest airship, conducted a test flight here Friday to publicize the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050115a3.htm
Visa ban lifted to boost Aichi expo crowds
Staff report
The government may temporarily lift regional restrictions for issuing visas to Chinese tour groups, allowing visitors from any part of China to enter Japan during the 2005 World Expo in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25, transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Monday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050118a9.htm
Maglev trains make debut moving people to Aichi expo
NAGOYA (Kyodo) A magnetically levitated railway system kicked off business operations Sunday to provide one of the major means of transportation to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050307a2.htm
Toyota cues robots, unveils Aichi World Expo pavilion
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. and 15 group companies unveiled their pavilion Thursday for the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens March 25, with 300 people celebrating the facility's completion.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050311a7.htm
Expo diplomacy in full swing
In a bid to gain a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, the government plans to actively engage in "expo diplomacy" by taking advantage of the World Exposition that opens in Aichi Prefecture on March 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050319a8.htm
Aichi Expo to open Friday with attendance very much in doubt
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- The past, present and future will be on display at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens to the public Friday with exhibits ranging from an 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth fossil to experimental energy sources predicted to be in common worldwide usage within the next century.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050321f1.htm
Is expo living up to environmental theme?
Major conservation groups charge disregard for nature and pull out
By ERIKO ARITA
Staff writer
The World Exposition 2005 in Aichi Prefecture spotlights "nature's wisdom" to tackle global environmental problems and emphasizes participation of citizens, but some activists say the expo organizer's words don't match its deeds.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050323f1.htm
China to display stone epitaph of scholar at Expo
China will display at the Aichi World Exposition a stone epitaph of a Japanese scholar who was dispatched to Tang China in the eighth century and died there, sources at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050325a9.htm
Cold snap thins Expo's first crowd; robot, mammoth exhibits popular
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- Strong winds, chilly temperatures and snow flurries could not dim the enthusiasm of thousands of visitors who lined up early Friday morning for the first day of the Aichi Expo.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050326a4.htm
New energy technologies showcased in Aichi Expo
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- An 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth and robots that do everything except brush your teeth drew lots of squeals from excited visitors during a preview of the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050322f1.htm
So much food that we don't know what to do with it
By PHILIP BRASOR
The media didn't quite know what to make of that bizarre story last month about the elderly Sapporo man who allegedly killed his wife following a dinnertime spat. One might expect a husband to become angry over not getting enough food, TV commentators implied, but in this case the situation was the opposite. He killed her because she gave him too much.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20050403pb.htm
Aichi Expo crowds starting to grow
By JUSTINE BORNSTEIN
Regional correspondent
NAGOYA -- Doubts about low turnout at the Aichi Expo are gradually being dispelled.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405e1.htm
Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f1.htm
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDERS REMEMBERED
N.Y.'s Nippon Club turns 100
By SHIRO YONEYAMA
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Yoshiko Takahashi is a 69-year-old volunteer who greets visitors from as far away as Kansas to an exhibition on the history of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a renowned chemist and industrialist who founded the Nippon Club in New York 100 years ago.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f2.htm
Kohler backs Koizumi's reform efforts
Staff report
Visiting German President Horst Kohler said Monday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform efforts would boost Japan's competitiveness in the global arena.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050405a8.htm
LDP's new Constitution will widen SDF's role
By TETSUSHI KAJIMOTO
Staff writer
The Liberal Democratic Party on Monday unveiled a rough outline of its planned constitutional amendment, which says the Self-Defense Forces should be defined as a military tasked with defending Japan and joining international peacekeeping efforts.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405a2.htm
The Chicago Tribune
NORTH CAROLINA 75, ILLINOIS 70
Arch sadness
Illini fall just short; none finer than Carolina's May
By Skip Myslenski
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 5, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
ST. LOUIS -- Its magical ride captured the fancy and gripped the imagination.
It was mesmerizing, captivating, as unexpected as it was impressive as a testament to teamwork, courage, unselfishness and work ethic.
Now, in the NCAA tournament final against North Carolina, Illinois was asked to manifest those virtues once again. The Illini trailed by 13 at halftime, and they had roared back with one of their signature flurries. They pulled even with the Tar Heels with 5 minutes 34 seconds remaining. And with just more than a minute left, they were down two with the ball.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-050404illinigamer,1,2059428.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Tribune wins Pulitzer for feature writing
By Don Babwin
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 5:23 PM CDT
The Chicago Tribune's Julia Keller, who took readers into the path of a deadly tornado, onto the pile of rubble during a desperate search for survivors and into the lives of townspeople as they put their lives back together, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing Monday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050404pulitzer,1,7294058.story?coll=chi-news-hed
On banks, a family keeps watch
Diving teams search Chicago River for man who fell in
By Tom Rybarczyk
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 4, 2005
Reyna Brown stood stoically looking at the murky green waters of the Chicago River on Sunday afternoon with only one hope: that police and firefighters find her brother.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040093apr04,1,2969536.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Meth battle intensifies
By Kathryn Masterson
RedEye
Published April 4, 2005
The message about the dangers of crystal meth seems to be reaching Chicago's gay community.
Drug treatment centers say they're getting more calls about the drug, more people have requested treatment for crystal meth, and Crystal Meth Anonymous has more than doubled the number of weekly meetings, from three to seven a week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/redeye/chi-050404meth,1,3528681.story?coll=chi-news-hed
$449,000 worth of meth found in car, police say
Published April 4, 2005
SOUTHWEST SIDE -- An Arizona man was arrested for allegedly having more than $449,000 worth of crystal meth in his truck, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040098apr04,1,4935621.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Two Illinoisans among the 9 killed in military crash in Albania
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 1:14 PM CDT
TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- The U.S. European Command on Monday released the identities of nine Americans, including two from Illinois, who were killed when a military aircraft crashed in mountainous southern Albania during a joint exercise last week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050404albania,1,5263720.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Witness Says Jackson Molested Him in 1990
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
Published April 4, 2005, 7:04 PM CDT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- In a halting, emotion-choked voice, the son of Michael Jackson's former housekeeper testified Monday that the pop star molested him during a tickling game in 1990.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-michael-jackson,1,2754160.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The Moscow News
Privatization remains Putin Assures Business
By Tina Grizodubova The Moscow News
On Thursday, March 24, President Vladimir Putin held one of his rare meetings with the captains of the Russian industry. Speaking to the businessmen Putin stated he would acknowledge controversial privatization deals of the 1990s. The stock market reacted with pronounced growth
The move on the part of the President is seen by all analysts as a major concession to the businessmen who have been thoroughly shaken by the stateled breakup of Yukos, Russia's most successful private oil company. Putin's promise would also put in the clear the two dozen Russian "oligarchs" who acquired their vast wealth in the chaotic years which followed the break-up of the Soviet Union.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-23
Kyrgyzstan: Two Parliaments, No President
By Anna Arutunyan The Moscow News
Weeks of unrest in the former Soviet Kyrgyzstan erupted into a full-blown revolution last Thursday as hordes in the capital of Bishkek supporting the opposition that had revolted against the results of the recent parliamentary elections were successful in taking control of the major government buildings. As many revolutions do, the Kyrgyz uprising left the nation with a looted capital, two parliaments and no president.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-3
Putin Pays Two-Day Visit to Armenia
By Anna Arutunyan and Oleg Liakhovich
Russian president Vladimir Putin made a two-day working visit to Armenia on Sunday for negotiations with Armenian president Robert Kocharyan on trade, economic and investment cooperation and the CIS situation. Putin's meeting with Kocharian was dominated by economic issues and in particular the future of Russia's already extensive involvement in the Armenian energy sector. The two leaders discussed Russia's apparent desire to purchase Armenia's power distribution network and effectively control a future pipeline that will pump Iranian natural gas to Armenia.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-11
Earthquake Hits Indonesia, Hundreds Dead
By Oleg Liakhovich The Moscow News
Up to 2,000 people are feared dead on Indonesia's Nias island off the west coast of Sumatra following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck over-night, Reuters reports. The shock came just before midnight on Monday, destroying most of the buildings on the island.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-4
Bobby Fischer's Endgame
By Camden Pierce The Moscow News
Fischer, 62, who smashed Soviet domination of the World Championship when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972, has been a man on the run since 1992 when he violated U.S. sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia and played an exhibition re-match against his Soviet nemesis.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-17
continued...
"Okeydoke"
History
1614, Pocahontas, daughter of Native American chief Powahatan, marries American colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia; the union contributes to peace between the Native Americans and English.
1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England.
1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887, British historian Lord Acton wrote, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
1895, playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices.
1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
1984: Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the all-time highest scorer in the NBA when he scores a record-breaking basket using his signature "sky hook."
1992, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died in Little Rock, Ark., at age 74.
Born…
1725 Giacomo Casanova Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
1839 Robert Smalls Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Representative-SC)
1856, Booker T. Washington, educator
1901 Chester Bowles Massachusetts, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)
1900 Spencer Tracy Milwaukee WI, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
1908 Bette Davis Lowell MA, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)
1908 Mary Hemingway writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography)
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli New York NY, film producer (James Bond)
1916, Gregory Peck, actor
1949, Judith A. Resnick, astronaut and electrical engineer
Missing in Action
1966 BROWN JAMES WILLIAM MAUD TX
1967 PARKER THOMAS A. OXFORD IN
1968 MATOCHA DONALD JOHN SMITHVILLE TX
1970 CROPPER CURTIS H. PASO ROBLES CA
1970 CARON GILLES FRANCE
1970 HANNOTEAUX GUY FRANCE
1970 VISOT MICHEL FRANCE
1972 SPENGLER HENRY M. II ALEXANDRIA VA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
1972 WINDELER CHARLES C. JR. SAVANNAH GA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan - Theme "Nature's Wisdom"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/
"Environmental Issues"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/eco/index.html
The Japan Times
Aichi's futuristic expo to spotlight the past with 10,000-year-old mammoth
By KENJI HALL
The Associated Press
Shuttle buses without drivers, trains floating on magnetic fields and other visions of the future will be on display at the Aichi world fair next year. But Expo 2005's centerpiece will be rooted deep in the past -- the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041020f2.htm
New Zeppelin test-flown over expo site
KOBE (Kyodo) The Zeppelin NT, the world's largest airship, conducted a test flight here Friday to publicize the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050115a3.htm
Visa ban lifted to boost Aichi expo crowds
Staff report
The government may temporarily lift regional restrictions for issuing visas to Chinese tour groups, allowing visitors from any part of China to enter Japan during the 2005 World Expo in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25, transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Monday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050118a9.htm
Maglev trains make debut moving people to Aichi expo
NAGOYA (Kyodo) A magnetically levitated railway system kicked off business operations Sunday to provide one of the major means of transportation to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050307a2.htm
Toyota cues robots, unveils Aichi World Expo pavilion
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. and 15 group companies unveiled their pavilion Thursday for the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens March 25, with 300 people celebrating the facility's completion.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050311a7.htm
Expo diplomacy in full swing
In a bid to gain a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, the government plans to actively engage in "expo diplomacy" by taking advantage of the World Exposition that opens in Aichi Prefecture on March 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050319a8.htm
Aichi Expo to open Friday with attendance very much in doubt
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- The past, present and future will be on display at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens to the public Friday with exhibits ranging from an 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth fossil to experimental energy sources predicted to be in common worldwide usage within the next century.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050321f1.htm
Is expo living up to environmental theme?
Major conservation groups charge disregard for nature and pull out
By ERIKO ARITA
Staff writer
The World Exposition 2005 in Aichi Prefecture spotlights "nature's wisdom" to tackle global environmental problems and emphasizes participation of citizens, but some activists say the expo organizer's words don't match its deeds.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050323f1.htm
China to display stone epitaph of scholar at Expo
China will display at the Aichi World Exposition a stone epitaph of a Japanese scholar who was dispatched to Tang China in the eighth century and died there, sources at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050325a9.htm
Cold snap thins Expo's first crowd; robot, mammoth exhibits popular
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- Strong winds, chilly temperatures and snow flurries could not dim the enthusiasm of thousands of visitors who lined up early Friday morning for the first day of the Aichi Expo.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050326a4.htm
New energy technologies showcased in Aichi Expo
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- An 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth and robots that do everything except brush your teeth drew lots of squeals from excited visitors during a preview of the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050322f1.htm
So much food that we don't know what to do with it
By PHILIP BRASOR
The media didn't quite know what to make of that bizarre story last month about the elderly Sapporo man who allegedly killed his wife following a dinnertime spat. One might expect a husband to become angry over not getting enough food, TV commentators implied, but in this case the situation was the opposite. He killed her because she gave him too much.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20050403pb.htm
Aichi Expo crowds starting to grow
By JUSTINE BORNSTEIN
Regional correspondent
NAGOYA -- Doubts about low turnout at the Aichi Expo are gradually being dispelled.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405e1.htm
Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f1.htm
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDERS REMEMBERED
N.Y.'s Nippon Club turns 100
By SHIRO YONEYAMA
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Yoshiko Takahashi is a 69-year-old volunteer who greets visitors from as far away as Kansas to an exhibition on the history of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a renowned chemist and industrialist who founded the Nippon Club in New York 100 years ago.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f2.htm
Kohler backs Koizumi's reform efforts
Staff report
Visiting German President Horst Kohler said Monday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform efforts would boost Japan's competitiveness in the global arena.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050405a8.htm
LDP's new Constitution will widen SDF's role
By TETSUSHI KAJIMOTO
Staff writer
The Liberal Democratic Party on Monday unveiled a rough outline of its planned constitutional amendment, which says the Self-Defense Forces should be defined as a military tasked with defending Japan and joining international peacekeeping efforts.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405a2.htm
The Chicago Tribune
NORTH CAROLINA 75, ILLINOIS 70
Arch sadness
Illini fall just short; none finer than Carolina's May
By Skip Myslenski
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 5, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
ST. LOUIS -- Its magical ride captured the fancy and gripped the imagination.
It was mesmerizing, captivating, as unexpected as it was impressive as a testament to teamwork, courage, unselfishness and work ethic.
Now, in the NCAA tournament final against North Carolina, Illinois was asked to manifest those virtues once again. The Illini trailed by 13 at halftime, and they had roared back with one of their signature flurries. They pulled even with the Tar Heels with 5 minutes 34 seconds remaining. And with just more than a minute left, they were down two with the ball.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-050404illinigamer,1,2059428.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Tribune wins Pulitzer for feature writing
By Don Babwin
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 5:23 PM CDT
The Chicago Tribune's Julia Keller, who took readers into the path of a deadly tornado, onto the pile of rubble during a desperate search for survivors and into the lives of townspeople as they put their lives back together, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing Monday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050404pulitzer,1,7294058.story?coll=chi-news-hed
On banks, a family keeps watch
Diving teams search Chicago River for man who fell in
By Tom Rybarczyk
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 4, 2005
Reyna Brown stood stoically looking at the murky green waters of the Chicago River on Sunday afternoon with only one hope: that police and firefighters find her brother.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040093apr04,1,2969536.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Meth battle intensifies
By Kathryn Masterson
RedEye
Published April 4, 2005
The message about the dangers of crystal meth seems to be reaching Chicago's gay community.
Drug treatment centers say they're getting more calls about the drug, more people have requested treatment for crystal meth, and Crystal Meth Anonymous has more than doubled the number of weekly meetings, from three to seven a week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/redeye/chi-050404meth,1,3528681.story?coll=chi-news-hed
$449,000 worth of meth found in car, police say
Published April 4, 2005
SOUTHWEST SIDE -- An Arizona man was arrested for allegedly having more than $449,000 worth of crystal meth in his truck, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040098apr04,1,4935621.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Two Illinoisans among the 9 killed in military crash in Albania
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 1:14 PM CDT
TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- The U.S. European Command on Monday released the identities of nine Americans, including two from Illinois, who were killed when a military aircraft crashed in mountainous southern Albania during a joint exercise last week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050404albania,1,5263720.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Witness Says Jackson Molested Him in 1990
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
Published April 4, 2005, 7:04 PM CDT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- In a halting, emotion-choked voice, the son of Michael Jackson's former housekeeper testified Monday that the pop star molested him during a tickling game in 1990.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-michael-jackson,1,2754160.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The Moscow News
Privatization remains Putin Assures Business
By Tina Grizodubova The Moscow News
On Thursday, March 24, President Vladimir Putin held one of his rare meetings with the captains of the Russian industry. Speaking to the businessmen Putin stated he would acknowledge controversial privatization deals of the 1990s. The stock market reacted with pronounced growth
The move on the part of the President is seen by all analysts as a major concession to the businessmen who have been thoroughly shaken by the stateled breakup of Yukos, Russia's most successful private oil company. Putin's promise would also put in the clear the two dozen Russian "oligarchs" who acquired their vast wealth in the chaotic years which followed the break-up of the Soviet Union.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-23
Kyrgyzstan: Two Parliaments, No President
By Anna Arutunyan The Moscow News
Weeks of unrest in the former Soviet Kyrgyzstan erupted into a full-blown revolution last Thursday as hordes in the capital of Bishkek supporting the opposition that had revolted against the results of the recent parliamentary elections were successful in taking control of the major government buildings. As many revolutions do, the Kyrgyz uprising left the nation with a looted capital, two parliaments and no president.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-3
Putin Pays Two-Day Visit to Armenia
By Anna Arutunyan and Oleg Liakhovich
Russian president Vladimir Putin made a two-day working visit to Armenia on Sunday for negotiations with Armenian president Robert Kocharyan on trade, economic and investment cooperation and the CIS situation. Putin's meeting with Kocharian was dominated by economic issues and in particular the future of Russia's already extensive involvement in the Armenian energy sector. The two leaders discussed Russia's apparent desire to purchase Armenia's power distribution network and effectively control a future pipeline that will pump Iranian natural gas to Armenia.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-11
Earthquake Hits Indonesia, Hundreds Dead
By Oleg Liakhovich The Moscow News
Up to 2,000 people are feared dead on Indonesia's Nias island off the west coast of Sumatra following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck over-night, Reuters reports. The shock came just before midnight on Monday, destroying most of the buildings on the island.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-4
Bobby Fischer's Endgame
By Camden Pierce The Moscow News
Fischer, 62, who smashed Soviet domination of the World Championship when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972, has been a man on the run since 1992 when he violated U.S. sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia and played an exhibition re-match against his Soviet nemesis.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-17
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Morning Papers - continued...
The Boston Globe
Big Dig tunnels sound, US says
Method of leak repair still subject of debate
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Big Dig's tunnels are structurally sound despite hundreds of roof leaks and dozens of wall defects, according to a Federal Highway Administration report released yesterday, but the state must develop an aggressive tunnel inspection program to ensure the roadway's future safety.
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2005/04/05/big_dig_tunnels_sound_us_says/
Aide to pay $20,000 for missed days
By Sean P. Murphy and Connie Paige, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney yesterday ordered Angelo R. Buonopane, the director of the state Department of Labor, to pay $20,000 in restitution to the state for unauthorized time off taken by Buonopane since January 2004, in response to a Globe report Sunday that showed Buonopane worked less than three hours a day.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/aide_to_pay_20000_for_missed_days/
As pope lies in state, throngs bid farewell
Leaders to attend funeral on Friday
By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
VATICAN CITY -- The body of Pope John Paul II traveled on the shoulders of 12 pallbearers in a solemn procession from the Apostolic Palace through a packed St. Peter's Square yesterday to lie in state inside the basilica where hundreds of thousands of people flocked to say a last goodbye.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/as_pope_lies_in_state_throngs_bid_farewell/
Boston Catholics get complex view of pope
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
BOSTON -- Living at the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis has given Boston Roman Catholics a complicated view on Pope John Paul II's tenure. For many, however, the pope doesn't bear the brunt of their anger and disappointment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/boston_catholics_get_complex_view_of_pope/
John Paul II held unique place in Mideast
By Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Sheik Salah Keftaro has a picture on his office wall of John Paul II standing next to his father, like his son a prominent Muslim cleric.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/john_paul_ii_held_unique_place_in_mideast/
Church leaders rarely mention sexual abuse
By Rachel Zoll, AP Religion Writer April 5, 2005
ROME -- Three years ago Pope John Paul II summoned America's cardinals to the Vatican for an emergency meeting on the clergy sex abuse crisis. Now that those cardinals have returned to elect his successor, abuse victims fear the lessons from their suffering may be forgotten amid the ceremonies and papal politicking.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/church_leaders_rarely_mention_sexual_abuse/
Sea lab vessel to be named after Harvard scientist
April 4, 2005
MOBILE, Ala. -- Dauphin Island Sea Lab has named its new research vessel after Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson, a Mobile native and Pulitzer Prize-winning entomologist.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/04/sea_lab_vessel_to_be_named_after_harvard_scientist/
Harvard to sell its stake in firm tied to Sudan
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
Under mounting pressure from student activists, Harvard University announced yesterday that it will sell an estimated $4.4 million stake in PetroChina, whose parent company is closely tied to the Sudanese government, accused by the United States of waging a genocidal campaign to suppress rebels in Darfur.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/04/05/harvard_to_sell_its_stake_in_firm_tied_to_sudan/
Globe reporter Cook wins Pulitzer
Honored for work on stem cell issues
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism yesterday for his coverage of the scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2005/04/05/globe_reporter_cook_wins/
Report said to find 9/11 evacuation slow
By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have concluded that new thinking is needed on how to evacuate people from endangered skyscrapers and how to get rescuers into them more quickly, according to two individuals familiar with a federal report on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/report_said_to_find_911_evacuation_slow/
Ukrainian president visits Chicago
By Michael Tarm, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
CHICAGO -- Fresh off a friendly visit with President Bush in Washington, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko arrived here to a crowd of adoring Ukrainian-Americans, with one calling him the "culmination of our dreams."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/ukrainian_president_visits_chicago/
UK's Blair to Call Election as Poll Lead Shrinks
By Mike Peacock April 5, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair will call Britain's election for May 5 on Tuesday as polls showed his opponents catching up and dissent flared within his party.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/uks_blair_to_call_election_candidate_defects/
US Troops Battle Insurgents East of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_troops_battle_insurgents_east_of_baghdad/
U.S. Marine Killed in Action West of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine was killed in action on Monday in Iraq's volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the military said only that the Marine was killed by "an explosion which occurred during combat operations."
The killing raised to 1,168 the number of U.S. military and Pentagon personnel killed in action in Iraq. Including non-combat deaths, the toll is 1,536.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_marine_killed_in_action_west_of_baghdad/
Iran Insists It Will Retain Nuclear Programme
April 5, 2005
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran will not abandon nuclear activities, despite its negotiations with the EU about ensuring its nuclear program cannot be used for weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said in an interview published on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/iran_insists_it_will_retain_nuclear_programme/
Drenching rain floods Delaware River
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
EASTON, Pa. -- After the remnants of Hurricane Ivan filled their little ranch house with several feet of water, Dale and Charlotte Barr spent $40,000 to get it back in shape.
They were just about to tackle the last room -- the kitchen -- when the Delaware River overflowed its banks again this weekend.
"We're tired," said Dale Barr on Monday. "I'm 65 years old. I can't continue to do this every six months."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/drenching_rain_floods_delaware_river/
Backing seen weakening for Abbas
By Charles A. Radin and Sa'id Ghazali, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is being hailed internationally for his peacemaking efforts with Israel, is failing on virtually every important domestic front and is rapidly losing support in the territory he governs, Palestinian and Israeli officials, activists, and analysts say.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/backing_seen_weakening_for_abbas/
The China Daily
Japan approves textbook glossing wartime atrocities
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 16:46
Risking new rows with its neighbors, Japan authorized for school use a nationalist-written history textbook which China and South Korea accuse of glossing over Japan's wartime atrocities.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431488.htm
China: US move on textile quota 'unfair'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 08:55
China on Tuesday criticized a U.S. plan to try to re-impose textile quotas in order to protect American manufacturers, calling it unfair and a violation of free trade.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431147.htm
Basic Law guarantees prosperity, stability
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR was promulgated 15 years ago and has been implemented for almost eight years since July 1, 1997. The 15 years' history of the SAR's mini constitution has been a convincing proof that it is indeed a ground-breaking masterpiece and a piece of legislation that has far-reaching historical and international implications.
Since its creation and implementation, the Basic Law has brought about the successful return of the SAR to its motherland, and proven itself to be the "guardian angel" of Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431250.htm
Three Gorges reservoir gets quake alarm
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
CHONGQING: A tremour monito-ring and early warning network for the Three Gorges reservoir area has been set up in Chongqing, Southwest China's biggest municipality, the local government said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431067.htm
Haywire weather sounds alarm
By Liang Chao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:16
The drastic and fast changing differences in temperatures and weather conditions have prompted a warning for authorities to be prepared for possible spring disasters.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431110.htm
400,000 to be relocated for water project
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 14:52
China announced Tuesday that nearly 400,000 people would be relocated to make way for a gigantic project to divert water from the country's river-abounding south to the thirsty northern regions.
Zhang Jiyao, office director of the South-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee under the State Council, China's cabinet, made this announcement in Beijing Tuesday morning at a meeting on land requisition and residents relocation for the hefty billion-dollar project.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431415.htm
Price to pay for a cleaner Beijing
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
It is a welcome sign that Beijing now puts environmental concern before industrial development.
Pei Chenghu, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, recently indicated that the capital will put a check on the use of vehicles to protect the city's air quality.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431249.htm
Bewildering American stance
admchengho Updated: 2005-03-22 11:25
Upon arrival in China, Condi restate Washington's recognition of 'One China' and expresses their wish for peace in this region and they will be part in the effort to resolve the conflicts.
One China. Peace. Be part of.
These are the words that strikes many with petulance. Not when Washington show conflicting attitude with its state level policy.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427153.htm
Calm waters agitated all of a sudden
Sammy bbs.chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2005-03-22 08:20
I believe the North Korean issue was going well during the late Clinton administration. There were some discussions and progress in the unification talk of the two Koreas (which it should be only one).
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427004.htm
Iran president wants U.S. to change mind
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:34
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami appealed Monday to the United States to drop its opposition to his country's nuclear activities — programs Washington says are directed at making weapons.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431215.htm
No TB epidemic in Chinese university: official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:50
The Beijing Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Tuesday refuted rumors that tuberculosis (TB) is spreading widely in Beijing-based China Agricultural University, saying that there is no epidemic and people have no reason to worry.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431254.htm
26m still in poverty despite progress
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
Six hundred yuan (US$72.3) is not a big sum, but it means the world to 39-year-old He Yufang, a poor villager from Zhoubai Township in Southwest China's Chongqing.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431123.htm
Pets are mourned on Tomb Sweeping Day, too
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:09
There is melancholy in the air today as the country observes the annual Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival, but not just for dead ancestors. Plenty of people's best friends are being remembered, too.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431175.htm
Beckham tops rich list
(soccer365.com)
Updated: 2005-04-05 10:07
England football captain David Beckham has enhanced his position as Great Britain's richest young sportsman despite his low productivity with Real Madrid.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431264.htm
Taiwan fishing boat on fire, rescued
By Liang Qiwen (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
GUANGZHOU: A coastguard helicopter and two rescue ships from the Chinese mainland yesterday went to the aid of a Taiwan fishing boat which caught fire off China's south coast.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431122.htm
1/3 Chinese youth condone premarital sex
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-16 15:00
One-third of urban Chinese youth believe extra-marital affairs and sex before marriage should be tolerated, while viewing pre-marital sex as "good" for married life, state press said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425551.htm
Taiwan, China
KMT President accepts mainland visit invitation
TAIPEI-- Lien Chan, president of the Kuomintang (KMT), Friday said he is pleased to accept the official invitation for him to visit the mainland by the mainland side, according to reports by local media.
Lien said this at a news conference in Tokyo, which was held for Japan-based reporters from Taiwan.
Lien is now in Japan to visit the 2005 Aichi Expo.
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76521.html
Wedding feasts bloom in May despite Rooster
Spring fever and a weeklong holiday combine to make May a busy month for wedding banquets - and this year is no exception even though it's considered an inauspicious time to tie the knot.In fact, the crowds of couples lining up to schedule wedding feasts are so large that Shanghai is facing a shortage of masters of ceremonies.
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Yasukuni visit sparks criticism in Taiwan
Su Chin-chiang, chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), a hardline pro-independence Taiwan opposition party and occasional strategic partner of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, paid homage at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday along with several other party "legislators".
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76938.html
Successful Taiwan-based KMT mainland tour sets a precedent
The mainland visiting delegation led by Chiang Ping-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, has hurriedly completed a series of worshipping activities during days of the Chingming Festival (lunar April 5), initial results have been achieved as agreement was reached on 12 projects in its working talks with relevant mainland department concerning the strengthening of cross-Strait economic and trade exchanges.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A77063.html
Taiwan fishing boat ablaze in Beibu Gulf, rescue under way
BEIHAI-- A Taiwan fishing boat caught fire on Monday morning in Beibu Gulf seawaters, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76568.html
The People's Daily
Chinese premier leaves Beijing for South Asia visit
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday on an official visit to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India with the aim of increasing trust, friendship and cooperation with China's southern neighbors.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179568.html
'Ocean No 1' lets China's global research mission dream fly away
China's ocean research ship Da Yang No. 1 leaves Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province April 2, 2005. The ship will carry out a round-the-globe ocean scientific research trip, the first for China, in 300 days.
With sounding a siren, the scientific mission ship of the Dayang Yihao (Ocean No 1) said good-bye to the crowd seen off. From the morning of April 2 the research ship would visit the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean after setting off from Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province, which is the first ever round-the-world ocean research mission for China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179522.html
China's largest natural rubber base to be set up in Hainan
The largest natural rubber base, covering an area of five million mu (one mu equivalent to 6.667 acres), has been set up in the former barren hill and wild mountain ridge in south China's Hainan Island. The yield in Hainan natural rubber garden has now taken up half of the nation's total.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179573.html
China to launch "people's war" on drugs
A Chinese senior official Monday vowed to launch a "people's war" against drugs, aiming at checking the sources of drugs, curbing the harmful influence of drug crimes and keeping the number of drug addicts from growing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179445.html
China not to keep silence on limited access to EU textile market
An official with the research academy of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in an interview with the International Finance News yesterday that if EU made a unfavorable evaluation on Chinese textiles in its review on its new Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on April 6, China would likely act quickly to support its textile exporters to take the case to the World Trade Organization.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179521.html
Construction of large-scale coastal defense infrastructure gears up
National Frontier Defense Commission recently proved the establishment of a "national coastal defense infrastructure construction expert warehouse", and now the first construction of a large-scale coastal defense infrastructure since the founding of the People's Republic of China is in full swing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179574.html
Nias quake toll climbs to 2,500
Indonesian authorities say more than 2,500 people were killed in last week's earthquake on the Indonesian island of Nias.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered, while a further two thousand people are missing and now presumed dead.
The assessment was made after a village-by-village survey by the Indonesian armed forces.
Heavy lifting equipment is still being brought to the island to lift rubble and debris from the scene of collapsed buildings.
Source: CRI news
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179515.html
Chinese workers set foot on global market
Chinese workers have so far set foot in more than 180 countries and regions across the globe. Earlier this year, the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) issued its 2004 Report of Overseas Chinese Labour.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/02/eng20050402_179208.html
Root-seeking journey "breaks ice" for cross-Straits relations
Sweeping tombs of 72 martyrs who laid down their lives in an uprising against imperial rule, and paying homage to the mausoleum of KMT founding father Dr. Sun Yat-sen..., the first ever Kuomintang (KMT) delegation from Taiwan has toured the mainland after a span of 56 years since 1949, and their journey has more or less looked like a root-tracing action.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/01/eng20050401_179013.html
National treasure imperial tablet unearthed in Beijing
After dozens of years' hard search, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage has finally unearthed a stone tablet inscribed with Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy in a food factory in Xiannongtan, Beijing on April 3. The existence of the imperial tablet is not recorded in history books but legend about it has been heard among people.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179579.html
Beijing to impose restrictions on mining
Beijing will impose restrictions on the exploitation of mineral resources except for geothermal heat, stop issuing mining license and gradually reduce the exploitation of solid minerals.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179577.html
Doha Asiad set to top Sydney Olympics opening, closing ceremonies
The Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) on Monday announced the appointment of the David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) of Australia as the Produce and Artistic Director of the 2006 Asiad opening and closing ceremonies.
http://english.people.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179465.html
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Big Dig tunnels sound, US says
Method of leak repair still subject of debate
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Big Dig's tunnels are structurally sound despite hundreds of roof leaks and dozens of wall defects, according to a Federal Highway Administration report released yesterday, but the state must develop an aggressive tunnel inspection program to ensure the roadway's future safety.
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2005/04/05/big_dig_tunnels_sound_us_says/
Aide to pay $20,000 for missed days
By Sean P. Murphy and Connie Paige, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney yesterday ordered Angelo R. Buonopane, the director of the state Department of Labor, to pay $20,000 in restitution to the state for unauthorized time off taken by Buonopane since January 2004, in response to a Globe report Sunday that showed Buonopane worked less than three hours a day.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/aide_to_pay_20000_for_missed_days/
As pope lies in state, throngs bid farewell
Leaders to attend funeral on Friday
By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
VATICAN CITY -- The body of Pope John Paul II traveled on the shoulders of 12 pallbearers in a solemn procession from the Apostolic Palace through a packed St. Peter's Square yesterday to lie in state inside the basilica where hundreds of thousands of people flocked to say a last goodbye.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/as_pope_lies_in_state_throngs_bid_farewell/
Boston Catholics get complex view of pope
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
BOSTON -- Living at the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis has given Boston Roman Catholics a complicated view on Pope John Paul II's tenure. For many, however, the pope doesn't bear the brunt of their anger and disappointment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/boston_catholics_get_complex_view_of_pope/
John Paul II held unique place in Mideast
By Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Sheik Salah Keftaro has a picture on his office wall of John Paul II standing next to his father, like his son a prominent Muslim cleric.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/john_paul_ii_held_unique_place_in_mideast/
Church leaders rarely mention sexual abuse
By Rachel Zoll, AP Religion Writer April 5, 2005
ROME -- Three years ago Pope John Paul II summoned America's cardinals to the Vatican for an emergency meeting on the clergy sex abuse crisis. Now that those cardinals have returned to elect his successor, abuse victims fear the lessons from their suffering may be forgotten amid the ceremonies and papal politicking.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/church_leaders_rarely_mention_sexual_abuse/
Sea lab vessel to be named after Harvard scientist
April 4, 2005
MOBILE, Ala. -- Dauphin Island Sea Lab has named its new research vessel after Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson, a Mobile native and Pulitzer Prize-winning entomologist.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/04/sea_lab_vessel_to_be_named_after_harvard_scientist/
Harvard to sell its stake in firm tied to Sudan
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
Under mounting pressure from student activists, Harvard University announced yesterday that it will sell an estimated $4.4 million stake in PetroChina, whose parent company is closely tied to the Sudanese government, accused by the United States of waging a genocidal campaign to suppress rebels in Darfur.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/04/05/harvard_to_sell_its_stake_in_firm_tied_to_sudan/
Globe reporter Cook wins Pulitzer
Honored for work on stem cell issues
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism yesterday for his coverage of the scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2005/04/05/globe_reporter_cook_wins/
Report said to find 9/11 evacuation slow
By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have concluded that new thinking is needed on how to evacuate people from endangered skyscrapers and how to get rescuers into them more quickly, according to two individuals familiar with a federal report on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/report_said_to_find_911_evacuation_slow/
Ukrainian president visits Chicago
By Michael Tarm, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
CHICAGO -- Fresh off a friendly visit with President Bush in Washington, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko arrived here to a crowd of adoring Ukrainian-Americans, with one calling him the "culmination of our dreams."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/ukrainian_president_visits_chicago/
UK's Blair to Call Election as Poll Lead Shrinks
By Mike Peacock April 5, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair will call Britain's election for May 5 on Tuesday as polls showed his opponents catching up and dissent flared within his party.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/uks_blair_to_call_election_candidate_defects/
US Troops Battle Insurgents East of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_troops_battle_insurgents_east_of_baghdad/
U.S. Marine Killed in Action West of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine was killed in action on Monday in Iraq's volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the military said only that the Marine was killed by "an explosion which occurred during combat operations."
The killing raised to 1,168 the number of U.S. military and Pentagon personnel killed in action in Iraq. Including non-combat deaths, the toll is 1,536.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_marine_killed_in_action_west_of_baghdad/
Iran Insists It Will Retain Nuclear Programme
April 5, 2005
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran will not abandon nuclear activities, despite its negotiations with the EU about ensuring its nuclear program cannot be used for weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said in an interview published on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/iran_insists_it_will_retain_nuclear_programme/
Drenching rain floods Delaware River
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
EASTON, Pa. -- After the remnants of Hurricane Ivan filled their little ranch house with several feet of water, Dale and Charlotte Barr spent $40,000 to get it back in shape.
They were just about to tackle the last room -- the kitchen -- when the Delaware River overflowed its banks again this weekend.
"We're tired," said Dale Barr on Monday. "I'm 65 years old. I can't continue to do this every six months."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/drenching_rain_floods_delaware_river/
Backing seen weakening for Abbas
By Charles A. Radin and Sa'id Ghazali, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is being hailed internationally for his peacemaking efforts with Israel, is failing on virtually every important domestic front and is rapidly losing support in the territory he governs, Palestinian and Israeli officials, activists, and analysts say.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/backing_seen_weakening_for_abbas/
The China Daily
Japan approves textbook glossing wartime atrocities
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 16:46
Risking new rows with its neighbors, Japan authorized for school use a nationalist-written history textbook which China and South Korea accuse of glossing over Japan's wartime atrocities.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431488.htm
China: US move on textile quota 'unfair'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 08:55
China on Tuesday criticized a U.S. plan to try to re-impose textile quotas in order to protect American manufacturers, calling it unfair and a violation of free trade.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431147.htm
Basic Law guarantees prosperity, stability
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR was promulgated 15 years ago and has been implemented for almost eight years since July 1, 1997. The 15 years' history of the SAR's mini constitution has been a convincing proof that it is indeed a ground-breaking masterpiece and a piece of legislation that has far-reaching historical and international implications.
Since its creation and implementation, the Basic Law has brought about the successful return of the SAR to its motherland, and proven itself to be the "guardian angel" of Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431250.htm
Three Gorges reservoir gets quake alarm
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
CHONGQING: A tremour monito-ring and early warning network for the Three Gorges reservoir area has been set up in Chongqing, Southwest China's biggest municipality, the local government said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431067.htm
Haywire weather sounds alarm
By Liang Chao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:16
The drastic and fast changing differences in temperatures and weather conditions have prompted a warning for authorities to be prepared for possible spring disasters.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431110.htm
400,000 to be relocated for water project
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 14:52
China announced Tuesday that nearly 400,000 people would be relocated to make way for a gigantic project to divert water from the country's river-abounding south to the thirsty northern regions.
Zhang Jiyao, office director of the South-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee under the State Council, China's cabinet, made this announcement in Beijing Tuesday morning at a meeting on land requisition and residents relocation for the hefty billion-dollar project.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431415.htm
Price to pay for a cleaner Beijing
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
It is a welcome sign that Beijing now puts environmental concern before industrial development.
Pei Chenghu, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, recently indicated that the capital will put a check on the use of vehicles to protect the city's air quality.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431249.htm
Bewildering American stance
admchengho Updated: 2005-03-22 11:25
Upon arrival in China, Condi restate Washington's recognition of 'One China' and expresses their wish for peace in this region and they will be part in the effort to resolve the conflicts.
One China. Peace. Be part of.
These are the words that strikes many with petulance. Not when Washington show conflicting attitude with its state level policy.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427153.htm
Calm waters agitated all of a sudden
Sammy bbs.chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2005-03-22 08:20
I believe the North Korean issue was going well during the late Clinton administration. There were some discussions and progress in the unification talk of the two Koreas (which it should be only one).
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427004.htm
Iran president wants U.S. to change mind
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:34
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami appealed Monday to the United States to drop its opposition to his country's nuclear activities — programs Washington says are directed at making weapons.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431215.htm
No TB epidemic in Chinese university: official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:50
The Beijing Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Tuesday refuted rumors that tuberculosis (TB) is spreading widely in Beijing-based China Agricultural University, saying that there is no epidemic and people have no reason to worry.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431254.htm
26m still in poverty despite progress
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
Six hundred yuan (US$72.3) is not a big sum, but it means the world to 39-year-old He Yufang, a poor villager from Zhoubai Township in Southwest China's Chongqing.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431123.htm
Pets are mourned on Tomb Sweeping Day, too
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:09
There is melancholy in the air today as the country observes the annual Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival, but not just for dead ancestors. Plenty of people's best friends are being remembered, too.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431175.htm
Beckham tops rich list
(soccer365.com)
Updated: 2005-04-05 10:07
England football captain David Beckham has enhanced his position as Great Britain's richest young sportsman despite his low productivity with Real Madrid.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431264.htm
Taiwan fishing boat on fire, rescued
By Liang Qiwen (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
GUANGZHOU: A coastguard helicopter and two rescue ships from the Chinese mainland yesterday went to the aid of a Taiwan fishing boat which caught fire off China's south coast.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431122.htm
1/3 Chinese youth condone premarital sex
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-16 15:00
One-third of urban Chinese youth believe extra-marital affairs and sex before marriage should be tolerated, while viewing pre-marital sex as "good" for married life, state press said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425551.htm
Taiwan, China
KMT President accepts mainland visit invitation
TAIPEI-- Lien Chan, president of the Kuomintang (KMT), Friday said he is pleased to accept the official invitation for him to visit the mainland by the mainland side, according to reports by local media.
Lien said this at a news conference in Tokyo, which was held for Japan-based reporters from Taiwan.
Lien is now in Japan to visit the 2005 Aichi Expo.
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76521.html
Wedding feasts bloom in May despite Rooster
Spring fever and a weeklong holiday combine to make May a busy month for wedding banquets - and this year is no exception even though it's considered an inauspicious time to tie the knot.In fact, the crowds of couples lining up to schedule wedding feasts are so large that Shanghai is facing a shortage of masters of ceremonies.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W5023951/A76959.html>
Yasukuni visit sparks criticism in Taiwan
Su Chin-chiang, chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), a hardline pro-independence Taiwan opposition party and occasional strategic partner of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, paid homage at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday along with several other party "legislators".
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76938.html
Successful Taiwan-based KMT mainland tour sets a precedent
The mainland visiting delegation led by Chiang Ping-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, has hurriedly completed a series of worshipping activities during days of the Chingming Festival (lunar April 5), initial results have been achieved as agreement was reached on 12 projects in its working talks with relevant mainland department concerning the strengthening of cross-Strait economic and trade exchanges.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A77063.html
Taiwan fishing boat ablaze in Beibu Gulf, rescue under way
BEIHAI-- A Taiwan fishing boat caught fire on Monday morning in Beibu Gulf seawaters, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76568.html
The People's Daily
Chinese premier leaves Beijing for South Asia visit
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday on an official visit to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India with the aim of increasing trust, friendship and cooperation with China's southern neighbors.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179568.html
'Ocean No 1' lets China's global research mission dream fly away
China's ocean research ship Da Yang No. 1 leaves Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province April 2, 2005. The ship will carry out a round-the-globe ocean scientific research trip, the first for China, in 300 days.
With sounding a siren, the scientific mission ship of the Dayang Yihao (Ocean No 1) said good-bye to the crowd seen off. From the morning of April 2 the research ship would visit the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean after setting off from Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province, which is the first ever round-the-world ocean research mission for China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179522.html
China's largest natural rubber base to be set up in Hainan
The largest natural rubber base, covering an area of five million mu (one mu equivalent to 6.667 acres), has been set up in the former barren hill and wild mountain ridge in south China's Hainan Island. The yield in Hainan natural rubber garden has now taken up half of the nation's total.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179573.html
China to launch "people's war" on drugs
A Chinese senior official Monday vowed to launch a "people's war" against drugs, aiming at checking the sources of drugs, curbing the harmful influence of drug crimes and keeping the number of drug addicts from growing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179445.html
China not to keep silence on limited access to EU textile market
An official with the research academy of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in an interview with the International Finance News yesterday that if EU made a unfavorable evaluation on Chinese textiles in its review on its new Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on April 6, China would likely act quickly to support its textile exporters to take the case to the World Trade Organization.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179521.html
Construction of large-scale coastal defense infrastructure gears up
National Frontier Defense Commission recently proved the establishment of a "national coastal defense infrastructure construction expert warehouse", and now the first construction of a large-scale coastal defense infrastructure since the founding of the People's Republic of China is in full swing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179574.html
Nias quake toll climbs to 2,500
Indonesian authorities say more than 2,500 people were killed in last week's earthquake on the Indonesian island of Nias.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered, while a further two thousand people are missing and now presumed dead.
The assessment was made after a village-by-village survey by the Indonesian armed forces.
Heavy lifting equipment is still being brought to the island to lift rubble and debris from the scene of collapsed buildings.
Source: CRI news
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179515.html
Chinese workers set foot on global market
Chinese workers have so far set foot in more than 180 countries and regions across the globe. Earlier this year, the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) issued its 2004 Report of Overseas Chinese Labour.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/02/eng20050402_179208.html
Root-seeking journey "breaks ice" for cross-Straits relations
Sweeping tombs of 72 martyrs who laid down their lives in an uprising against imperial rule, and paying homage to the mausoleum of KMT founding father Dr. Sun Yat-sen..., the first ever Kuomintang (KMT) delegation from Taiwan has toured the mainland after a span of 56 years since 1949, and their journey has more or less looked like a root-tracing action.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/01/eng20050401_179013.html
National treasure imperial tablet unearthed in Beijing
After dozens of years' hard search, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage has finally unearthed a stone tablet inscribed with Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy in a food factory in Xiannongtan, Beijing on April 3. The existence of the imperial tablet is not recorded in history books but legend about it has been heard among people.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179579.html
Beijing to impose restrictions on mining
Beijing will impose restrictions on the exploitation of mineral resources except for geothermal heat, stop issuing mining license and gradually reduce the exploitation of solid minerals.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179577.html
Doha Asiad set to top Sydney Olympics opening, closing ceremonies
The Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) on Monday announced the appointment of the David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) of Australia as the Produce and Artistic Director of the 2006 Asiad opening and closing ceremonies.
http://english.people.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179465.html
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Pope John Paul II in Islam. This is the Omayyad Mosque. The mosque was built over consecrated Christian land. That is not an insult. Not at all, when one considers the Iman Ali Mosque is built over the Iman's grave. This visit was more than a visit to Islam. It was the Pope visiting Christian Holy Land as well. Needless to say, all went well.
Morning Papers-continued...
The Los Angeles Times
Border Watchers Capture Their Prey -- the Media
By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer
PALOMINAS, Ariz. — Jim Gilchrist bounced into the Trading Post diner here Monday, ordered coffee and toast and began smoking vigorously.
His cellphone occasionally rang, his two-way radio squawked and a coterie of followers hung on his every word.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-minuteman5apr05,0,4428094.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Windfall to State May Be Fleeting
SACRAMENTO — Corporations scurrying to meet a tax amnesty deadline deposited at least $2.3 billion into the state treasury over the weekend — enough to erase a substantial portion of California's budget shortfall.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amnesty5apr05,0,3974724.story?coll=la-home-headlines
300 Evacuate in Another Derailment
A Union Pacific freight train carrying chlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals derailed between a mobile home park and a housing tract in San Bernardino late Monday night, sparking the evacuation of more than 300 residents, authorities said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-derail5apr05,0,7422844.story?coll=la-home-headlines
U.S. to Probe Imports of Chinese Goods
New limits could be imposed if a panel finds that a surge in textiles and apparel has disrupted the market.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-textiles5apr05,0,2545584.story?coll=la-home-business
No ordinary Jane
Fonda has always been a woman of action — and of controversy.
By Susan Salter Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
Writing books is probably not what Jane Fonda will be remembered for. As for the movies, there were 41 of them, from "Tall Story" in 1960 to "Monster-In-Law" in 2005. Depending on your age, they may have meant something strong to you or not. But Hanoi Jane, now there's a woman you'll remember. Is she an American icon or isn't she? Is she a feminist or isn't she? The answer lies somewhere between "Barbarella" and "On Golden Pond"; between Ted Turner and Tom Hayden; between the mega-million-dollar business of the Jane Fonda "Workout" and living with a mattress on the floor in Venice Beach. Oh woman, you've got to choose. Or do you?
http://www.calendarlive.com/books/reviews/cl-et-fonda5apr05,0,3904576.story
At what cost?
To keep health coverage, more workers are cutting back on food, heat and other necessities. Still, many of them eventually will lose the battle.
By Daniel Costello, Times Staff Writer
Terri MATTHEWS, a teacher's aide in East Palo Alto, spends $613 a month for her family's health insurance — 24% of her take-home pay. Rather than go without coverage, she skimps on other needs; her heat has been turned off twice in the last year and she recently had to drop her car insurance.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-insure4apr04,0,5132674.story?coll=la-home-health
Sydney Morning Herald
BBC shows footage of 'executions' in N Korea
April 5, 2005 - 1:25PM
The BBC has broadcast harrowing footage purportedly showing North Koreans being publicly executed by firing squad for trying to flee the totalitarian regime.
The pictures, filmed in secret just over a month ago in towns near the North Korean border with China, were obtained by the British broadcaster and shown on television.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/BBC-shows-footage-of-executions-in-N-Korea/2005/04/05/1112489466134.html
Magnetic attraction in a meeting of opposite Poles worlds apart
April 5, 2005
John Paul II meets another kind of local wildlife during his 1986 visit.
Photo: Rick Stevens
Michael Gawenda was struck by the strangeness of fate when he met the Pope in Australia.
The irony was not lost on my colleagues. As far as I know, I was the only Jewish journalist covering the Pope's visit to Australia.
For reasons still unclear, I was chosen by the tour's organisers to travel on the Pope's plane as he toured the country in 1986. I was the only journalist on those flights, the pool reporter for the Australian media.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Magnetic-attraction-in-a-meeting-of-opposite-Poles-worlds-apart/2005/04/04/1112489414154.html
Poland calls for beloved son's heart to come home
April 5, 2005
The death of Poland's most adored son plunged the country into a week of mourning, with leading Catholics calling for the Pope's heart to be returned to Cracow, the spiritual capital, as the campaign to elevate him to the sainthood gathered pace.
Close childhood friends of the Pope paid tributes and backed the calls to beatify the man they knew simply as "Lolek".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Poland-calls-for-beloved-sons-heart-to-come-home/2005/04/04/1112489414305.html
Stasi moles in Vatican spread lies to help Bulgarians
April 5, 2005
East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, had about a dozen agents in the Vatican during the 1980s spreading misinformation about the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.
Helping their comrades in the Bulgarian secret service, who were under suspicion of arranging the attempt for the Russians, the Stasi spread misinformation directing attention towards the CIA.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Stasi-moles-in-Vatican-spread-lies-to-help-Bulgarians/2005/04/04/1112489414290.html
BBC
N Korea rights 'getting worse'
Mr Rammell said the situation had deteriorated since last year
The UK government has said human rights in the secretive nation of North Korea appear to be getting worse.
Junior Foreign Minister Bill Rammell made the comments at a briefing to highlight the suffering of two former North Korean political prisoners.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4409697.stm
East Timor mourns 'catalyst' Pope
By Jonathan Head
BBC News
East Timor has declared a three-day mourning period
In few other countries did the Roman Catholic Church play such a prominent role in the struggle for nationhood as in East Timor.
The government has declared three days of national mourning to mark the death of Pope John Paul II.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4410917.stm
Aceh looks for new political future
By Rachel Harvey
BBC News, Aceh
By the end of this month, the Indonesian government is expected to have made public its plans for the reconstruction of Aceh.
It will herald the start of a new phase in the province's slow recovery, after the devastation wrought by last December's earthquake and tsunami.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4368275.stm
Losses mount at 3 mobile company
Actress Anna Friel promoted 3's UK mobile phone service
Mobile phone operator 3 Group suffered heavy losses in 2004 as it sought to sign up customers for its 3G services.
Pre-tax, pre-exceptional losses totalled 37.5bn Hong Kong dollars ($4.8bn; £2.5bn), as 3 spent more than US$1bn on winning new customers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4400657.stm
Iraq general kidnapped in Baghdad
Saleh heads one of Iraq's first armoured units to re-form
An Iraqi general who commands a special armoured unit has been kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
Brig Gen Mohammad Jalal Saleh was pulled from his car along with his bodyguards in the west of the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411335.stm
Saudi battle goes into third day
Saudi security forces have been cracking down on alleged militants
At least nine militants are reported to have died in clashes with the Saudi security forces.
The shoot-out has now entered its third day and is one of the largest battles Saudi forces have ever fought against Islamic militants, Saudi officials say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411765.stm
Sunnis urged to join Iraqi police
Iraqi police are regularly targeted by insurgents
Senior Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq have urged their followers to join the country's security forces.
Sunnis form the bulk of the anti-US insurgency, which frequently attacks the police and army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4403337.stm
Pope touches hearts among Muslims
By Jon Leyne
BBC News, Amman
The Omayyad Mosque was built over an early Christian church
Pope John Paul is also being mourned in the Muslim world.
Amongst those offering condolences are President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, a country that is 99% Muslim, and one of the senior imams in Lebanon, Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4406397.stm
Israel to leave Gaza homes intact
Heavily armed settlers have vowed to resist any expulsion attempt
Israel will not demolish homes vacated by Jewish settlers when it withdraws from the Gaza Strip this summer, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said.
The statement appears to reflect a signficant change of policy on Mr Sharon's part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4401921.stm
Israeli envoy dies of head wound
Doron Grossman was days away from a new job in South Africa
Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia has died in hospital days after shooting himself in an apparent act of suicide after news he had terminal cancer.
Doron Grossman, 48, was brought back to Israel after being found with a head wound at his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4393643.stm
Hague takes on Darfur war crimes
Fleeing civilians have sought protection in camps
A sealed list of 51 suspects accused of war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan is to be handed to the International Criminal Court.
A United Nations investigation into killings, torture and rape identified a number of government and army officials, militia and rebel leaders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4411497.stm
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Border Watchers Capture Their Prey -- the Media
By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer
PALOMINAS, Ariz. — Jim Gilchrist bounced into the Trading Post diner here Monday, ordered coffee and toast and began smoking vigorously.
His cellphone occasionally rang, his two-way radio squawked and a coterie of followers hung on his every word.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-minuteman5apr05,0,4428094.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Windfall to State May Be Fleeting
SACRAMENTO — Corporations scurrying to meet a tax amnesty deadline deposited at least $2.3 billion into the state treasury over the weekend — enough to erase a substantial portion of California's budget shortfall.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amnesty5apr05,0,3974724.story?coll=la-home-headlines
300 Evacuate in Another Derailment
A Union Pacific freight train carrying chlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals derailed between a mobile home park and a housing tract in San Bernardino late Monday night, sparking the evacuation of more than 300 residents, authorities said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-derail5apr05,0,7422844.story?coll=la-home-headlines
U.S. to Probe Imports of Chinese Goods
New limits could be imposed if a panel finds that a surge in textiles and apparel has disrupted the market.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-textiles5apr05,0,2545584.story?coll=la-home-business
No ordinary Jane
Fonda has always been a woman of action — and of controversy.
By Susan Salter Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
Writing books is probably not what Jane Fonda will be remembered for. As for the movies, there were 41 of them, from "Tall Story" in 1960 to "Monster-In-Law" in 2005. Depending on your age, they may have meant something strong to you or not. But Hanoi Jane, now there's a woman you'll remember. Is she an American icon or isn't she? Is she a feminist or isn't she? The answer lies somewhere between "Barbarella" and "On Golden Pond"; between Ted Turner and Tom Hayden; between the mega-million-dollar business of the Jane Fonda "Workout" and living with a mattress on the floor in Venice Beach. Oh woman, you've got to choose. Or do you?
http://www.calendarlive.com/books/reviews/cl-et-fonda5apr05,0,3904576.story
At what cost?
To keep health coverage, more workers are cutting back on food, heat and other necessities. Still, many of them eventually will lose the battle.
By Daniel Costello, Times Staff Writer
Terri MATTHEWS, a teacher's aide in East Palo Alto, spends $613 a month for her family's health insurance — 24% of her take-home pay. Rather than go without coverage, she skimps on other needs; her heat has been turned off twice in the last year and she recently had to drop her car insurance.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-insure4apr04,0,5132674.story?coll=la-home-health
Sydney Morning Herald
BBC shows footage of 'executions' in N Korea
April 5, 2005 - 1:25PM
The BBC has broadcast harrowing footage purportedly showing North Koreans being publicly executed by firing squad for trying to flee the totalitarian regime.
The pictures, filmed in secret just over a month ago in towns near the North Korean border with China, were obtained by the British broadcaster and shown on television.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/BBC-shows-footage-of-executions-in-N-Korea/2005/04/05/1112489466134.html
Magnetic attraction in a meeting of opposite Poles worlds apart
April 5, 2005
John Paul II meets another kind of local wildlife during his 1986 visit.
Photo: Rick Stevens
Michael Gawenda was struck by the strangeness of fate when he met the Pope in Australia.
The irony was not lost on my colleagues. As far as I know, I was the only Jewish journalist covering the Pope's visit to Australia.
For reasons still unclear, I was chosen by the tour's organisers to travel on the Pope's plane as he toured the country in 1986. I was the only journalist on those flights, the pool reporter for the Australian media.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Magnetic-attraction-in-a-meeting-of-opposite-Poles-worlds-apart/2005/04/04/1112489414154.html
Poland calls for beloved son's heart to come home
April 5, 2005
The death of Poland's most adored son plunged the country into a week of mourning, with leading Catholics calling for the Pope's heart to be returned to Cracow, the spiritual capital, as the campaign to elevate him to the sainthood gathered pace.
Close childhood friends of the Pope paid tributes and backed the calls to beatify the man they knew simply as "Lolek".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Poland-calls-for-beloved-sons-heart-to-come-home/2005/04/04/1112489414305.html
Stasi moles in Vatican spread lies to help Bulgarians
April 5, 2005
East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, had about a dozen agents in the Vatican during the 1980s spreading misinformation about the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.
Helping their comrades in the Bulgarian secret service, who were under suspicion of arranging the attempt for the Russians, the Stasi spread misinformation directing attention towards the CIA.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Stasi-moles-in-Vatican-spread-lies-to-help-Bulgarians/2005/04/04/1112489414290.html
BBC
N Korea rights 'getting worse'
Mr Rammell said the situation had deteriorated since last year
The UK government has said human rights in the secretive nation of North Korea appear to be getting worse.
Junior Foreign Minister Bill Rammell made the comments at a briefing to highlight the suffering of two former North Korean political prisoners.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4409697.stm
East Timor mourns 'catalyst' Pope
By Jonathan Head
BBC News
East Timor has declared a three-day mourning period
In few other countries did the Roman Catholic Church play such a prominent role in the struggle for nationhood as in East Timor.
The government has declared three days of national mourning to mark the death of Pope John Paul II.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4410917.stm
Aceh looks for new political future
By Rachel Harvey
BBC News, Aceh
By the end of this month, the Indonesian government is expected to have made public its plans for the reconstruction of Aceh.
It will herald the start of a new phase in the province's slow recovery, after the devastation wrought by last December's earthquake and tsunami.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4368275.stm
Losses mount at 3 mobile company
Actress Anna Friel promoted 3's UK mobile phone service
Mobile phone operator 3 Group suffered heavy losses in 2004 as it sought to sign up customers for its 3G services.
Pre-tax, pre-exceptional losses totalled 37.5bn Hong Kong dollars ($4.8bn; £2.5bn), as 3 spent more than US$1bn on winning new customers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4400657.stm
Iraq general kidnapped in Baghdad
Saleh heads one of Iraq's first armoured units to re-form
An Iraqi general who commands a special armoured unit has been kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
Brig Gen Mohammad Jalal Saleh was pulled from his car along with his bodyguards in the west of the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411335.stm
Saudi battle goes into third day
Saudi security forces have been cracking down on alleged militants
At least nine militants are reported to have died in clashes with the Saudi security forces.
The shoot-out has now entered its third day and is one of the largest battles Saudi forces have ever fought against Islamic militants, Saudi officials say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411765.stm
Sunnis urged to join Iraqi police
Iraqi police are regularly targeted by insurgents
Senior Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq have urged their followers to join the country's security forces.
Sunnis form the bulk of the anti-US insurgency, which frequently attacks the police and army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4403337.stm
Pope touches hearts among Muslims
By Jon Leyne
BBC News, Amman
The Omayyad Mosque was built over an early Christian church
Pope John Paul is also being mourned in the Muslim world.
Amongst those offering condolences are President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, a country that is 99% Muslim, and one of the senior imams in Lebanon, Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4406397.stm
Israel to leave Gaza homes intact
Heavily armed settlers have vowed to resist any expulsion attempt
Israel will not demolish homes vacated by Jewish settlers when it withdraws from the Gaza Strip this summer, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said.
The statement appears to reflect a signficant change of policy on Mr Sharon's part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4401921.stm
Israeli envoy dies of head wound
Doron Grossman was days away from a new job in South Africa
Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia has died in hospital days after shooting himself in an apparent act of suicide after news he had terminal cancer.
Doron Grossman, 48, was brought back to Israel after being found with a head wound at his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4393643.stm
Hague takes on Darfur war crimes
Fleeing civilians have sought protection in camps
A sealed list of 51 suspects accused of war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan is to be handed to the International Criminal Court.
A United Nations investigation into killings, torture and rape identified a number of government and army officials, militia and rebel leaders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4411497.stm
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Morning Papers - continued...
The New York Times
Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/04pulitzers-arts.html
Third World Represents a New Factor in Pope's Succession
By LYDIA POLGREEN and LARRY ROHTER
Published: April 5, 2005
IN AFRICA Parishioners attending Sunday Mass at Christ the King Church in Kampala, Uganda, mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, whose message reached many in Africa.
IN LATIN AMERICA Members of Asunción parish in Mexico City in a procession after a Mass for the pope.
LAGOS, Nigeria, April 3 - In the modest sanctuary of the Church of the Assumption here, there is no glint of stained glass, just cheap frosted louvers to let the breeze in. The Stations of the Cross are not painted by the hand of a Renaissance master. They are rendered in simple wood carvings hung on the wall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/worldspecial2/05outpost.html?hp&ex=1112760000&en=66e42faf6efa7ae6&ei=5094&partner=homepage
U.S. Drones Crowding the Skies to Fight Insurgents in Iraq
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., March 30 - In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft - increasingly crucial tools in tracking insurgents, foiling roadside bombings, protecting convoys and launching missile attacks - has shot up to more than 700 now from just a handful four years ago, military officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/middleeast/05predator.html
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions
STOCKTON, Calif. - Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1112699474-P+nX++Nl9hmzvGLui/wr/w
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Battles
By REUTERS
Published: April 5, 2005
Filed at 5:16 a.m. ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-battle.html
Michael Moore Today
NYU Antiwar Protesters Keep CIA at Bay;
CIA recruitment event canceled due to planned protest
Student Press Release:
"We're here to say that torture and terror
are not career opportunities..."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
NYU antiwar protesters keep CIA at bay
By Amy Odell / Washington Square News
A CIA recruitment event scheduled to occur Thursday at NYU was canceled after organizers learned of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network against the CIA's presence on campus, university officials said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2095
Student Protest Prevents CIA Recruiting Event at New York University; Antiwar Students Hope to Halt Unique CIA College Marketing Effort at NYU
Press release issed by students at NYU:
A planned CIA recruiting event at New York University (NYU) was cancelled after the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) called a protest demanding the CIA abandon its recruiting program at NYU. 20 hours before the recruiting event was scheduled to begin, its organizers sent an email to all those who had registered, headlined, "The CIA Speaker Event scheduled for Thursday, March 31 @6PM has been CANCELLED due to the possibility of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2086
DON'T LET CONGRESS SQUANDER YOUR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
Curveball:
Curveball's information was used to justify the war even though it was clear Curveball was a goofball. As the commission report notes, a Defense Department employee at the C.I.A. met with him and "was concerned by Curveball's apparent 'hangover' during their meeting" and suspicious that Curveball spoke excellent English, even though the Foreign Service had told U.S. intelligence officials that Curveball did not speak English.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Rumfeld's War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/
The New Zealand Herald
World leaders to attend papal funeral
Baseball players observe a moment's silence for Pope John Paul ll in St Petersburg, US. Picture / Reuters
05.04.05 4.00pm
VATICAN CITY - Around 200 kings, queens and heads of state and government will attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II at 10am this Friday (8pm NZT) in what is expected to be the biggest gathering at the Vatican in its history.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118853
Judge slams British Labour Party over vote fraud
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Nigel Morris
BIRMINGHAM - A judge has delivered a devastating indictment of the British postal voting system championed by Ministers and found six Labour councillors guilty of electoral fraud.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118830
Israel to dump rubbish near Palestinian water source
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Donald Macintyre
Israel is planning to dump up to 10,000 tonnes a month of its refuse in a quarry in the occupied West Bank in the region of the Palestinian city of Nablus.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118804
TV watching linked to bullying, say researchers
05.04.05
CHICAGO - The more television 4-year-old children watch the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a US study said on Monday.
At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118796
Set aside funds now for bird flu, expert says
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON - The world's governments should set aside 5 per cent of their spending on influenza vaccines to help get ready for the next big flu epidemic, a World Health Organisation expert proposed today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118779
Temporary tsunami alert system goes live
05.04.05
A temporary tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean came into operation yesterday.
So far only six countries in the region are in a position to receive the information from the new system. The six have not been named, but are believed to include Singapore and Sri Lanka. The plan is to extend the system to 25 countries, including Australia, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118701
Woman breastfeeds tiger cubs
05.04.05
A woman in Myanmar is breastfeeding two tiger cubs at a zoo in Yangon after they were removed from their aggressive mother.
Hla Htay, 40, who has three children, the youngest seven months old, offered her services after the Bengal tiger cubs' mother, Noah Noah, killed the third member of her litter.
The two others, a male and a female, were taken from her and now receive bottle feeds as well as Hla Htay's milk four times a day.
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times, an English-language paper in the capital.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118699
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-13.0°
Updated Tuesday 05 Apr 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
46 °F / 8 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
42 °F / 6 °C
Humidity:
46%
Dew Point:
27 °F / -3 °C
Wind:
9 mph / 15 km/h from the ESE
Wind Gust:
17 mph / 28 km/h
Pressure:
29.67 in / 1005 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5997 ft / 1828 m
end
Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/04pulitzers-arts.html
Third World Represents a New Factor in Pope's Succession
By LYDIA POLGREEN and LARRY ROHTER
Published: April 5, 2005
IN AFRICA Parishioners attending Sunday Mass at Christ the King Church in Kampala, Uganda, mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, whose message reached many in Africa.
IN LATIN AMERICA Members of Asunción parish in Mexico City in a procession after a Mass for the pope.
LAGOS, Nigeria, April 3 - In the modest sanctuary of the Church of the Assumption here, there is no glint of stained glass, just cheap frosted louvers to let the breeze in. The Stations of the Cross are not painted by the hand of a Renaissance master. They are rendered in simple wood carvings hung on the wall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/worldspecial2/05outpost.html?hp&ex=1112760000&en=66e42faf6efa7ae6&ei=5094&partner=homepage
U.S. Drones Crowding the Skies to Fight Insurgents in Iraq
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., March 30 - In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft - increasingly crucial tools in tracking insurgents, foiling roadside bombings, protecting convoys and launching missile attacks - has shot up to more than 700 now from just a handful four years ago, military officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/middleeast/05predator.html
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions
STOCKTON, Calif. - Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1112699474-P+nX++Nl9hmzvGLui/wr/w
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Battles
By REUTERS
Published: April 5, 2005
Filed at 5:16 a.m. ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-battle.html
Michael Moore Today
NYU Antiwar Protesters Keep CIA at Bay;
CIA recruitment event canceled due to planned protest
Student Press Release:
"We're here to say that torture and terror
are not career opportunities..."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
NYU antiwar protesters keep CIA at bay
By Amy Odell / Washington Square News
A CIA recruitment event scheduled to occur Thursday at NYU was canceled after organizers learned of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network against the CIA's presence on campus, university officials said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2095
Student Protest Prevents CIA Recruiting Event at New York University; Antiwar Students Hope to Halt Unique CIA College Marketing Effort at NYU
Press release issed by students at NYU:
A planned CIA recruiting event at New York University (NYU) was cancelled after the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) called a protest demanding the CIA abandon its recruiting program at NYU. 20 hours before the recruiting event was scheduled to begin, its organizers sent an email to all those who had registered, headlined, "The CIA Speaker Event scheduled for Thursday, March 31 @6PM has been CANCELLED due to the possibility of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2086
DON'T LET CONGRESS SQUANDER YOUR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
Curveball:
Curveball's information was used to justify the war even though it was clear Curveball was a goofball. As the commission report notes, a Defense Department employee at the C.I.A. met with him and "was concerned by Curveball's apparent 'hangover' during their meeting" and suspicious that Curveball spoke excellent English, even though the Foreign Service had told U.S. intelligence officials that Curveball did not speak English.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Rumfeld's War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/
The New Zealand Herald
World leaders to attend papal funeral
Baseball players observe a moment's silence for Pope John Paul ll in St Petersburg, US. Picture / Reuters
05.04.05 4.00pm
VATICAN CITY - Around 200 kings, queens and heads of state and government will attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II at 10am this Friday (8pm NZT) in what is expected to be the biggest gathering at the Vatican in its history.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118853
Judge slams British Labour Party over vote fraud
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Nigel Morris
BIRMINGHAM - A judge has delivered a devastating indictment of the British postal voting system championed by Ministers and found six Labour councillors guilty of electoral fraud.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118830
Israel to dump rubbish near Palestinian water source
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Donald Macintyre
Israel is planning to dump up to 10,000 tonnes a month of its refuse in a quarry in the occupied West Bank in the region of the Palestinian city of Nablus.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118804
TV watching linked to bullying, say researchers
05.04.05
CHICAGO - The more television 4-year-old children watch the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a US study said on Monday.
At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118796
Set aside funds now for bird flu, expert says
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON - The world's governments should set aside 5 per cent of their spending on influenza vaccines to help get ready for the next big flu epidemic, a World Health Organisation expert proposed today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118779
Temporary tsunami alert system goes live
05.04.05
A temporary tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean came into operation yesterday.
So far only six countries in the region are in a position to receive the information from the new system. The six have not been named, but are believed to include Singapore and Sri Lanka. The plan is to extend the system to 25 countries, including Australia, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118701
Woman breastfeeds tiger cubs
05.04.05
A woman in Myanmar is breastfeeding two tiger cubs at a zoo in Yangon after they were removed from their aggressive mother.
Hla Htay, 40, who has three children, the youngest seven months old, offered her services after the Bengal tiger cubs' mother, Noah Noah, killed the third member of her litter.
The two others, a male and a female, were taken from her and now receive bottle feeds as well as Hla Htay's milk four times a day.
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times, an English-language paper in the capital.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118699
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-13.0°
Updated Tuesday 05 Apr 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
46 °F / 8 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
42 °F / 6 °C
Humidity:
46%
Dew Point:
27 °F / -3 °C
Wind:
9 mph / 15 km/h from the ESE
Wind Gust:
17 mph / 28 km/h
Pressure:
29.67 in / 1005 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5997 ft / 1828 m
end
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