The Biggest Offender
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
"Oak He Doe $he"
History
1919: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record its music, makes its debut in London, England; its song “Tiger Rag” becomes popular.
1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
1940: Educator Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.
1948: The World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations dedicated to improving health worldwide, comes into existence.
1949: Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play South Pacific, opens on Broadway; it wins a Pulitzer Prize the following year.
1966, the United States recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain.
1969, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. In the months that followed, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu intellectuals were slaughtered.
Missing in Action
1965 BAKER ARTHUR D. SAN ANTONIO TX LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS
1965 LEWIS JAMES W. MARSHALL TX LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS
1965 ROARK WILLIAM MARSHALL BELLEVUE NE REMAINS NOT RETURNED AS REPORTED 03/77 BODY RECOVERED?? USG REPORTS REMAINS ID 3/77
1966 BARNETT ROBERT RUSSELL GLADEWATER TX
1966 WALKER THOMAS TAYLOR TOLEDO OR
1968 MC MURRAY FRED H. JR. CHARLESTON SC
1972 CARLSON ALBERT E. SAN LORENZO CA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1972 LULL HOWARD B. JR. DALLAS TX EVADED TO XT7297 WHERE KILLED
1972 POTTS LARRY F. SMYRNA DE "CAPTURED, DIED IN QUANG BIHN"
1972 SMITH MARK A. LIMA OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SCHOTT RICHARD S. ST CROIX VI KILLED IN BUNKER AT XU731081
1972 WALKER BRUCE C. PUEBLO CO "EVADED 11 DAYS, NVA APPROACHING" 1972 WALLINGFORD KENNETH HOUSTON TX 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
The Australian
New plan for global warming
Amanda Hodge
April 08, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12789413%255E601,00.html
AUSTRALIA hopes to play a key role in bringing non-Kyoto nations into a new-generation greenhouse reduction plan by helping to broker deals with some of the world's most fossil fuel-hungry nations.
The push to draw the US and the world's fastest-growing economies - including China and India - into a new greenhouse reduction scheme is understood to be a crucial element of an alternative to the Kyoto protocol being developed by some influential industry players and policymakers.
Australia has consistently resisted pressure to ratify the protocol, which came into force last January, because of the threat posed to the economy by large developing nations, which are not required to meet emissions reduction targets in the first phase.
Australian and New Zealand ministers and industry chiefs will meet in Sydney today to discuss ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and encourage developing nations to do the same outside the contentious Kyoto framework.
The forum is part of a series of broader discussions convened by the influential US-based Pew Centre on Global Climate Change, which will lead this September to a new manifesto for fighting global warming in a post-Kyoto world.
Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell said the forum between New Zealand, a Kyoto signatory, and Australia, a non-signatory nation, demonstrated a wide acceptance that the world needed to plan for policies beyond the first stage of the protocol, which ends in 2012.
"This dialogue is one of the most optimistic forums we have got on the planet," Senator Campbell said.
"It's saying let's recognise the fact that Kyoto was a start. I think this is a really big policy challenge."
Australian Greenhouse Office chief Howard Bamsey, who is also a member of the global Pew Centre dialogue on post-Kyoto measures, said yesterday Australia was vulnerable to the effect of climate change from an economic and environmental perspective. "That's the reason the Government is vigorously engaged across the spectrum of action directed at finding an effective global response to climate change in the longer term," he said.
"The work going on in this dialogue is a good basis for evaluating the sorts of solutions which might meet Australia's interests."
The Pew Centre research talks of a move away from the binding greenhouse gas reduction targets for developed nations set through the UN-led Kyoto protocol towards voluntary emissions reduction actions for industry.
It also supports a more flexible approach that accommodates different commitments from different countries and a "no-loss" policy for developing countries that encourages them to embrace low-emissions technologies and set voluntary targets. Alcoa and Rio Tinto are among the companies participating in today's forum and the Pew Centre's broader research project, which brings together stakeholders from 15 countries.
Alcoa Australia general manager corporate affairs Meg McDonald said the aluminium industry had felt alienated by the Kyoto negotiations but was encouraged by the post-Kyoto discussions.
"One of the things that will be important is flexibility to develop a framework that incorporates actions to engage more countries and more players and therefore achieve more reductions than a simple target-based approach," she said.
"Countries like India and China will need that flexibility. They are keen to adopt greenhouse technologies and companies like ours going into that market are keen to help make that happen."
Pew Centre president Eileen Claussen agreed the next generation framework would need to be more inclusive and engage those who currently fall outside of the climate circle - including energy intensive industries, developing nations and the US.
A spokesman for Senator Campbell refused to be drawn on the department's plans.
Chechnya fighting leaves eight dead
From correspondents in Valdikavkaz
April 08, 2005
FIGHTING between pro-Moscow forces and separatists in war-torn Chechnya has left five people dead and 16 injured on the Russian side in the past 24 hours.
Three rebels were also killed in a clash with pro-Moscow Chechen policemen, leaving one of them dead and two others injured, in the Chechen capital Grozny, ane official in Chechnya's pro-Moscow administration said on condition of anonymity.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12790813%255E1702,00.html
The Maimi Herald
THE MASTERS
All eyes on Big Four
The Big Four -- Woods, Singh, Mickelson and Els -- have dominated the Masters since 2000, and now they're peaking just in time for golf's greatest showdown this season
BY JEFF SHAIN
jshain@herald.com
Before they came together this year as the Big Four, golf's prime quartet already had made the Masters their dominion.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11328737.htm
Ethnic tensions in Kirkuk dangerously high
By TOM LASSETER
Knight Ridder Newspapers
KIRKUK, Iraq - (KRT) - U.S. military officials are concerned that ethnic tensions could turn into widespread violence and, perhaps, civil war in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, setting a dangerous pattern for rest of the country.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11327240.htm
Italian police start turning back mourners
VICTOR L. SIMPSON
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY - After electronic highway signs and cell phone text messages failed to staunch the flow of pilgrims, police stepped in Wednesday to turn back mourners hoping to join the 24-hour line to view the body of Pope John Paul II, on a day that brought almost 1 million people to the Vatican.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11318718.htm
Teen injured in freak track & field accident in Lauderdale Lakes
BY JOSEPH GOODMAN AND HANNAH SAMPSON
hsampson@herald.com
Mona Hassan, already a veteran of track and field injuries at 17, lay on a stretcher in the emergency room Wednesday, fulfilling her mother's anxious prophecies.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11330106.htm
Three injured, one critically, in I-75 Weston crash
By KEVIN DEUTSCH
kdeutsch@herald.com
A child and two adults were injured, one of them critically, in a crash on Interstate 75 in Weston that shut down a portion of the highway on Saturday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329263.htm
Couple found dead in Plantation home; neighbors suspect murder-suicide
By Diana Moskovitz
dmoskovitz@herald.com
An elderly husband and wife were found dead early this morning in their Plantation home.
Both died from gunshot wounds, and several neighbors said they think the incident was a murder-suicide. Police said that was one possibility, but they are still investigating.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11326112.htm
Northwest Seventh Avenue closed while police investigate shooting
By ROBERT STEINBACK
rsteinback@herald.com
At least one man is dead following a confrontation Wednesday afternoon with Miami-Dade Police in a heavily traveled section of Northwest Seventh Avenue.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11327257.htm
Teen killed after bailing out of stolen truck, authorities say
BY IDY FERNANDEZ
imfernandez@herald.com
An unidentified teenager died early Wednesday morning after he bailed from a still- moving stolen truck in Northwest Miami, police said.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11325682.htm
Abortion clinics may face tough limits
Abortion clinics in Florida could face new state regulations that clinic operators say could force some to shut down.
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS
meklas@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Abortion clinics in Florida would have to buy new equipment, add trained staff and submit to new reporting and medical requirements under legislation moving steadily through the state Legislature.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11320541.htm
Sweeping election changes are on track
Lawmakers have been moving swiftly on a number of proposals to incorporate power over Florida election laws in the hands of state government.
BY GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Despite ongoing grumbling from some counties' election officials, Florida lawmakers are moving ahead with dramatic proposals to place more control over elections into the hands of state officials.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329873.htm
SOUTH FLORIDA, U.S.A. BY NICHOLAS SPANGLER
FORCED OUT
WORKING-CLASS TENANTS' DAYS IN APARTMENTS NUMBERED: A CONDO IS COMING.
The letters appeared one morning in mid-March, slipped into mailboxes at Bayfront Manor, a modest but well-kept apartment complex on Biscayne Bay and 31st Street.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329853.htm
State casts teens adrift
OUR OPINION: RESTORE ASSISTANCE FOR ALL OLDER FOSTER KIDS
Florida teenagers forced to leave the state's foster-care system at age 18 face terribly long odds to make it to a healthy, productive adulthood, according to a panel appointed by Miami-Dade Juvenile Judge Cindy Lederman. One reason is the foster-care system, which has an uneven record of serving children the state must oversee for one reason or another. Compounding these teenagers' woes is that a state law requires that many of these foster teens be cast adrift abruptly at age 18.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/11332020.htm
The Globe and Mail
Stark warning to the world
The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1 360 scientists from 95 countries — some of them world leaders in their fields — this week warned that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being degraded by human pressure.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200986&area=/insight/monitor/>
Ivorian leader 'could not have hoped for better'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo has expressed satisfaction after the West African nation's warring sides agreed to end a ruinous civil conflict, as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged all factions to honour their pledges.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201023&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Live and Work in the U.S.A.
Usafis Green Card Lottery Application Service
What is the U.S. Green Card Lottery?
Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program makes 50,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery. If you receive a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program you and your family will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States.
http://www.usafis.org/
Reports deepen doubt over Zim election
Harare, Zimbabwe
Two reports issued on Wednesday reinforced concern that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party won last week's parliamentary election through fraud.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change gave evidence of what it said was "serious and unaccountable gaps" with more than 200 000 votes unaccounted for in the announcement of official results before and after counting ballots last week.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201005&area=/zim_elections/zim_news/
Thousands apply for grant fraud amnesty
The number of fraudsters who have applied for amnesty regarding social grant embezzlement has swelled to 300 000, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health said the numbers were growing as the department received more data from the various districts.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201004&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
'Rapid measures' to fight virus in Angola
Luanda, Angola
Angola's Parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the government of President Eduardo dos Santos for rapid measures to combat the outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus, which has now killed 159 people.
The resolution was passed by the country's 220-seat National Assembly, the first parliamentary move in this poor Southern African country to fight the untreatable haemorrhagic fever, as the government said it transferred more funds to fight the outbreak.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201001&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Nasa to launch shuttle Discovery before July
Pascal Barollier Houston, Texas
Despite the inherent risks, Nasa said it will resume its space shuttle programme by launching the Discovery before July, more than two years after the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry.
Everybody at the United States space agency, including the astronauts, understands that there are no risk-free shuttle missions, but nonetheless firmly believe that the only way to improve its performance is to send it back up into orbit.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201026&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/
continued...
"Oak He Doe $he"
History
1919: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record its music, makes its debut in London, England; its song “Tiger Rag” becomes popular.
1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
1940: Educator Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.
1948: The World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations dedicated to improving health worldwide, comes into existence.
1949: Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play South Pacific, opens on Broadway; it wins a Pulitzer Prize the following year.
1966, the United States recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain.
1969, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. In the months that followed, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu intellectuals were slaughtered.
Missing in Action
1965 BAKER ARTHUR D. SAN ANTONIO TX LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS
1965 LEWIS JAMES W. MARSHALL TX LAST SEEN ON DIVE THRU THIN CLOUDS
1965 ROARK WILLIAM MARSHALL BELLEVUE NE REMAINS NOT RETURNED AS REPORTED 03/77 BODY RECOVERED?? USG REPORTS REMAINS ID 3/77
1966 BARNETT ROBERT RUSSELL GLADEWATER TX
1966 WALKER THOMAS TAYLOR TOLEDO OR
1968 MC MURRAY FRED H. JR. CHARLESTON SC
1972 CARLSON ALBERT E. SAN LORENZO CA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1972 LULL HOWARD B. JR. DALLAS TX EVADED TO XT7297 WHERE KILLED
1972 POTTS LARRY F. SMYRNA DE "CAPTURED, DIED IN QUANG BIHN"
1972 SMITH MARK A. LIMA OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SCHOTT RICHARD S. ST CROIX VI KILLED IN BUNKER AT XU731081
1972 WALKER BRUCE C. PUEBLO CO "EVADED 11 DAYS, NVA APPROACHING" 1972 WALLINGFORD KENNETH HOUSTON TX 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
The Australian
New plan for global warming
Amanda Hodge
April 08, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12789413%255E601,00.html
AUSTRALIA hopes to play a key role in bringing non-Kyoto nations into a new-generation greenhouse reduction plan by helping to broker deals with some of the world's most fossil fuel-hungry nations.
The push to draw the US and the world's fastest-growing economies - including China and India - into a new greenhouse reduction scheme is understood to be a crucial element of an alternative to the Kyoto protocol being developed by some influential industry players and policymakers.
Australia has consistently resisted pressure to ratify the protocol, which came into force last January, because of the threat posed to the economy by large developing nations, which are not required to meet emissions reduction targets in the first phase.
Australian and New Zealand ministers and industry chiefs will meet in Sydney today to discuss ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and encourage developing nations to do the same outside the contentious Kyoto framework.
The forum is part of a series of broader discussions convened by the influential US-based Pew Centre on Global Climate Change, which will lead this September to a new manifesto for fighting global warming in a post-Kyoto world.
Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell said the forum between New Zealand, a Kyoto signatory, and Australia, a non-signatory nation, demonstrated a wide acceptance that the world needed to plan for policies beyond the first stage of the protocol, which ends in 2012.
"This dialogue is one of the most optimistic forums we have got on the planet," Senator Campbell said.
"It's saying let's recognise the fact that Kyoto was a start. I think this is a really big policy challenge."
Australian Greenhouse Office chief Howard Bamsey, who is also a member of the global Pew Centre dialogue on post-Kyoto measures, said yesterday Australia was vulnerable to the effect of climate change from an economic and environmental perspective. "That's the reason the Government is vigorously engaged across the spectrum of action directed at finding an effective global response to climate change in the longer term," he said.
"The work going on in this dialogue is a good basis for evaluating the sorts of solutions which might meet Australia's interests."
The Pew Centre research talks of a move away from the binding greenhouse gas reduction targets for developed nations set through the UN-led Kyoto protocol towards voluntary emissions reduction actions for industry.
It also supports a more flexible approach that accommodates different commitments from different countries and a "no-loss" policy for developing countries that encourages them to embrace low-emissions technologies and set voluntary targets. Alcoa and Rio Tinto are among the companies participating in today's forum and the Pew Centre's broader research project, which brings together stakeholders from 15 countries.
Alcoa Australia general manager corporate affairs Meg McDonald said the aluminium industry had felt alienated by the Kyoto negotiations but was encouraged by the post-Kyoto discussions.
"One of the things that will be important is flexibility to develop a framework that incorporates actions to engage more countries and more players and therefore achieve more reductions than a simple target-based approach," she said.
"Countries like India and China will need that flexibility. They are keen to adopt greenhouse technologies and companies like ours going into that market are keen to help make that happen."
Pew Centre president Eileen Claussen agreed the next generation framework would need to be more inclusive and engage those who currently fall outside of the climate circle - including energy intensive industries, developing nations and the US.
A spokesman for Senator Campbell refused to be drawn on the department's plans.
Chechnya fighting leaves eight dead
From correspondents in Valdikavkaz
April 08, 2005
FIGHTING between pro-Moscow forces and separatists in war-torn Chechnya has left five people dead and 16 injured on the Russian side in the past 24 hours.
Three rebels were also killed in a clash with pro-Moscow Chechen policemen, leaving one of them dead and two others injured, in the Chechen capital Grozny, ane official in Chechnya's pro-Moscow administration said on condition of anonymity.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12790813%255E1702,00.html
The Maimi Herald
THE MASTERS
All eyes on Big Four
The Big Four -- Woods, Singh, Mickelson and Els -- have dominated the Masters since 2000, and now they're peaking just in time for golf's greatest showdown this season
BY JEFF SHAIN
jshain@herald.com
Before they came together this year as the Big Four, golf's prime quartet already had made the Masters their dominion.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11328737.htm
Ethnic tensions in Kirkuk dangerously high
By TOM LASSETER
Knight Ridder Newspapers
KIRKUK, Iraq - (KRT) - U.S. military officials are concerned that ethnic tensions could turn into widespread violence and, perhaps, civil war in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, setting a dangerous pattern for rest of the country.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11327240.htm
Italian police start turning back mourners
VICTOR L. SIMPSON
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY - After electronic highway signs and cell phone text messages failed to staunch the flow of pilgrims, police stepped in Wednesday to turn back mourners hoping to join the 24-hour line to view the body of Pope John Paul II, on a day that brought almost 1 million people to the Vatican.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11318718.htm
Teen injured in freak track & field accident in Lauderdale Lakes
BY JOSEPH GOODMAN AND HANNAH SAMPSON
hsampson@herald.com
Mona Hassan, already a veteran of track and field injuries at 17, lay on a stretcher in the emergency room Wednesday, fulfilling her mother's anxious prophecies.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11330106.htm
Three injured, one critically, in I-75 Weston crash
By KEVIN DEUTSCH
kdeutsch@herald.com
A child and two adults were injured, one of them critically, in a crash on Interstate 75 in Weston that shut down a portion of the highway on Saturday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329263.htm
Couple found dead in Plantation home; neighbors suspect murder-suicide
By Diana Moskovitz
dmoskovitz@herald.com
An elderly husband and wife were found dead early this morning in their Plantation home.
Both died from gunshot wounds, and several neighbors said they think the incident was a murder-suicide. Police said that was one possibility, but they are still investigating.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11326112.htm
Northwest Seventh Avenue closed while police investigate shooting
By ROBERT STEINBACK
rsteinback@herald.com
At least one man is dead following a confrontation Wednesday afternoon with Miami-Dade Police in a heavily traveled section of Northwest Seventh Avenue.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11327257.htm
Teen killed after bailing out of stolen truck, authorities say
BY IDY FERNANDEZ
imfernandez@herald.com
An unidentified teenager died early Wednesday morning after he bailed from a still- moving stolen truck in Northwest Miami, police said.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11325682.htm
Abortion clinics may face tough limits
Abortion clinics in Florida could face new state regulations that clinic operators say could force some to shut down.
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS
meklas@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Abortion clinics in Florida would have to buy new equipment, add trained staff and submit to new reporting and medical requirements under legislation moving steadily through the state Legislature.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11320541.htm
Sweeping election changes are on track
Lawmakers have been moving swiftly on a number of proposals to incorporate power over Florida election laws in the hands of state government.
BY GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Despite ongoing grumbling from some counties' election officials, Florida lawmakers are moving ahead with dramatic proposals to place more control over elections into the hands of state officials.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329873.htm
SOUTH FLORIDA, U.S.A. BY NICHOLAS SPANGLER
FORCED OUT
WORKING-CLASS TENANTS' DAYS IN APARTMENTS NUMBERED: A CONDO IS COMING.
The letters appeared one morning in mid-March, slipped into mailboxes at Bayfront Manor, a modest but well-kept apartment complex on Biscayne Bay and 31st Street.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11329853.htm
State casts teens adrift
OUR OPINION: RESTORE ASSISTANCE FOR ALL OLDER FOSTER KIDS
Florida teenagers forced to leave the state's foster-care system at age 18 face terribly long odds to make it to a healthy, productive adulthood, according to a panel appointed by Miami-Dade Juvenile Judge Cindy Lederman. One reason is the foster-care system, which has an uneven record of serving children the state must oversee for one reason or another. Compounding these teenagers' woes is that a state law requires that many of these foster teens be cast adrift abruptly at age 18.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/11332020.htm
The Globe and Mail
Stark warning to the world
The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1 360 scientists from 95 countries — some of them world leaders in their fields — this week warned that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being degraded by human pressure.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200986&area=/insight/monitor/>
Ivorian leader 'could not have hoped for better'
Johannesburg, South Africa
Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo has expressed satisfaction after the West African nation's warring sides agreed to end a ruinous civil conflict, as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged all factions to honour their pledges.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201023&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Live and Work in the U.S.A.
Usafis Green Card Lottery Application Service
What is the U.S. Green Card Lottery?
Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program makes 50,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery. If you receive a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program you and your family will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States.
http://www.usafis.org/
Reports deepen doubt over Zim election
Harare, Zimbabwe
Two reports issued on Wednesday reinforced concern that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party won last week's parliamentary election through fraud.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change gave evidence of what it said was "serious and unaccountable gaps" with more than 200 000 votes unaccounted for in the announcement of official results before and after counting ballots last week.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201005&area=/zim_elections/zim_news/
Thousands apply for grant fraud amnesty
The number of fraudsters who have applied for amnesty regarding social grant embezzlement has swelled to 300 000, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health said the numbers were growing as the department received more data from the various districts.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201004&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
'Rapid measures' to fight virus in Angola
Luanda, Angola
Angola's Parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution asking the government of President Eduardo dos Santos for rapid measures to combat the outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus, which has now killed 159 people.
The resolution was passed by the country's 220-seat National Assembly, the first parliamentary move in this poor Southern African country to fight the untreatable haemorrhagic fever, as the government said it transferred more funds to fight the outbreak.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201001&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Nasa to launch shuttle Discovery before July
Pascal Barollier Houston, Texas
Despite the inherent risks, Nasa said it will resume its space shuttle programme by launching the Discovery before July, more than two years after the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry.
Everybody at the United States space agency, including the astronauts, understands that there are no risk-free shuttle missions, but nonetheless firmly believe that the only way to improve its performance is to send it back up into orbit.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=201026&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/
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Morning Papers - continued
The Boston Globe
Pike halts work above I-93 tunnels
Action follows rain of debris from crew site
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority halted yesterday the construction work above the Big Dig's Interstate 93 tunnels by Modern Continental Construction Co., one day after rocks and other debris rained down on southbound motorists from a ventilation shaft connected to a building the firm is demolishing.
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2005/04/07/pike_halts_work_above_i_93_tunnels/
Mourning brings Law into public eye
By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
ROME -- Adorned with miter and crimson vestments, Cardinal Bernard F. Law led a special Mass and prayer vigil for Pope John Paul II at St. Mary Major basilica for his congregation of Italian churchgoers and a handful of American tourists and pilgrims from other countries.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/07/mourning_brings_law_into_public_eye/
A political currency in embracing of pope
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, two former presidents, and dozens of prominent members of Congress, including both Massachusetts senators, are descending on Rome this week unified behind a single message: Pope John Paul II was a great man.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/07/a_political_currency_in_embracing_of_pope/
Rise and shine -- and find that clock
Rolling alarm gets snoozers up and into a hunt to hit the off switch
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
Like most other 25-year-old graduate students, Gauri Nanda sometimes burns the midnight oil -- and pays for it in the morning.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/04/07/rise_and_shine____and_find_that_clock/
Fla. surfers return after shark sightings
By Jill Barton, Associated Press Writer April 6, 2005
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Surfers and beachgoers returned to the waves and sunny shores on Wednesday after sharks migrating along the coast closed some South Florida beaches for days.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/06/fla_surfers_return_after_shark_sightings/
Study: Drug-resistant staph cases rising
By Stephanie Nano, Associated Press Writer April 6, 2005
Dangerous drug-resistant staph infections are showing up at an alarming rate outside hospitals and nursing homes in the United States. New research found that in one part of the country, as many as one in five infections were picked up out in the community.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2005/04/06/study_drug_resistant_staph_cases_rising/
Google feature incorporates satellite maps
By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer April 6, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/04/06/google_feature_incorporates_satellite_maps/
It's completely benign and very interesting. Link it with Google's "Keyhole" 3-D and your are on an interesting tour.
http://maps.google.com/
You can 'try' "Keyhole" for 7 days free and then it's a $29.95 charge to purchase OR for the professional a $599.00 charge if that serves one's purpose.
http://www.keyhole.com/gm
Purchase Info.
http://www.keyhole.com/keyhole.php
It's all really incredible stuff. I tried Keyhole and you can go anywhere in the world with a good deal of accuracy. Even the mean streets of L.A. and Baghdad. Google is great stuff.
Undertaker is sued in loss of baby's body
By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
After an exhaustive search of caskets, trash bins, and even the bottom of an elevator shaft, workers at a Kenmore Square funeral home told a Boston couple that they had lost the remains of their stillborn baby and may have cremated the child's remains with another body, according to court filings.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/07/undertaker_is_sued_in_loss_of_babys_body/
7 hurt as gas blast rips NU dorm; utility probed
By Megan Tench and John Ellement, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
Seven people, including three students, were injured when a natural-gas explosion ripped through a Northeastern University dormitory yesterday, and authorities are investigating whether a KeySpan Energy crew replacing gas lines near the building triggered the detonation, officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/07/7_hurt_as_gas_blast_rips_nu_dorm_utility_probed/
Police catch armed robbery suspect on the run for more than a year
April 6, 2005
SUTTON, Mass. -- One of the state's most wanted fugitives was arrested Wednesday, more than a year after he fled from armed robbery charges.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/06/police_catch_armed_robbery_suspect_on_the_run_for_more_than_a_year/
Mother, daughter killed
April 6, 2005
MOULTONBORO, N.H. -- A mother and daughter were killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 25, police said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/06/mother_daughter_killed/
Feds to move 12M ton pile of nuclear waste
By Travis Reed, Associated Press Writer April 7, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Department of Energy wants to move 12-million ton pile of radioactive waste away from the banks of the Colorado River, a major source of drinking water for about 25 million people in the Southwest.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/07/feds_to_move_12m_ton_pile_of_nuclear_waste/
Students surfing Net for textbook deals
By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Writer April 7, 2005
University of Nevada at Las Vegas graduate student Lindsay Hendricks treks to the campus bookstore each semester armed with her course list, but if she doesn't find what she wants, her next stop is the Internet.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/07/students_surfing_net_for_textbook_deals/
Sassy UK Tabloids Show No Mercy with Royal Wedding
By Jeffrey Goldfarb and Adam Pasick April 7, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Romance is in the air this week as Prince Charles prepares to marry his long-time paramour Camilla Parker Bowles, but there is no love lost between the royal family and Britain's irreverent tabloids.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/07/sassy_uk_tabloids_show_no_mercy_with_royal_wedding/
This is a chance for Chen to 'run across' his allies the USA and three presidents no less.
Taiwan's Chen Heads for Pope's Funeral as China Fumes
By Alice Hung and Lindsay Beck April 7, 2005
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian left on Thursday for an unprecedented visit to the Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul, undermining chances of the Holy See switching ties from Taipei to Beijing.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/04/07/taiwans_chen_heads_for_popes_funeral_as_china_fumes/
continued...
Pike halts work above I-93 tunnels
Action follows rain of debris from crew site
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority halted yesterday the construction work above the Big Dig's Interstate 93 tunnels by Modern Continental Construction Co., one day after rocks and other debris rained down on southbound motorists from a ventilation shaft connected to a building the firm is demolishing.
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2005/04/07/pike_halts_work_above_i_93_tunnels/
Mourning brings Law into public eye
By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
ROME -- Adorned with miter and crimson vestments, Cardinal Bernard F. Law led a special Mass and prayer vigil for Pope John Paul II at St. Mary Major basilica for his congregation of Italian churchgoers and a handful of American tourists and pilgrims from other countries.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/07/mourning_brings_law_into_public_eye/
A political currency in embracing of pope
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, two former presidents, and dozens of prominent members of Congress, including both Massachusetts senators, are descending on Rome this week unified behind a single message: Pope John Paul II was a great man.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/07/a_political_currency_in_embracing_of_pope/
Rise and shine -- and find that clock
Rolling alarm gets snoozers up and into a hunt to hit the off switch
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
Like most other 25-year-old graduate students, Gauri Nanda sometimes burns the midnight oil -- and pays for it in the morning.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/04/07/rise_and_shine____and_find_that_clock/
Fla. surfers return after shark sightings
By Jill Barton, Associated Press Writer April 6, 2005
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Surfers and beachgoers returned to the waves and sunny shores on Wednesday after sharks migrating along the coast closed some South Florida beaches for days.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/06/fla_surfers_return_after_shark_sightings/
Study: Drug-resistant staph cases rising
By Stephanie Nano, Associated Press Writer April 6, 2005
Dangerous drug-resistant staph infections are showing up at an alarming rate outside hospitals and nursing homes in the United States. New research found that in one part of the country, as many as one in five infections were picked up out in the community.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2005/04/06/study_drug_resistant_staph_cases_rising/
Google feature incorporates satellite maps
By Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer April 6, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/04/06/google_feature_incorporates_satellite_maps/
It's completely benign and very interesting. Link it with Google's "Keyhole" 3-D and your are on an interesting tour.
http://maps.google.com/
You can 'try' "Keyhole" for 7 days free and then it's a $29.95 charge to purchase OR for the professional a $599.00 charge if that serves one's purpose.
http://www.keyhole.com/gm
Purchase Info.
http://www.keyhole.com/keyhole.php
It's all really incredible stuff. I tried Keyhole and you can go anywhere in the world with a good deal of accuracy. Even the mean streets of L.A. and Baghdad. Google is great stuff.
Undertaker is sued in loss of baby's body
By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
After an exhaustive search of caskets, trash bins, and even the bottom of an elevator shaft, workers at a Kenmore Square funeral home told a Boston couple that they had lost the remains of their stillborn baby and may have cremated the child's remains with another body, according to court filings.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/07/undertaker_is_sued_in_loss_of_babys_body/
7 hurt as gas blast rips NU dorm; utility probed
By Megan Tench and John Ellement, Globe Staff April 7, 2005
Seven people, including three students, were injured when a natural-gas explosion ripped through a Northeastern University dormitory yesterday, and authorities are investigating whether a KeySpan Energy crew replacing gas lines near the building triggered the detonation, officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/07/7_hurt_as_gas_blast_rips_nu_dorm_utility_probed/
Police catch armed robbery suspect on the run for more than a year
April 6, 2005
SUTTON, Mass. -- One of the state's most wanted fugitives was arrested Wednesday, more than a year after he fled from armed robbery charges.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/06/police_catch_armed_robbery_suspect_on_the_run_for_more_than_a_year/
Mother, daughter killed
April 6, 2005
MOULTONBORO, N.H. -- A mother and daughter were killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 25, police said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/06/mother_daughter_killed/
Feds to move 12M ton pile of nuclear waste
By Travis Reed, Associated Press Writer April 7, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Department of Energy wants to move 12-million ton pile of radioactive waste away from the banks of the Colorado River, a major source of drinking water for about 25 million people in the Southwest.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/07/feds_to_move_12m_ton_pile_of_nuclear_waste/
Students surfing Net for textbook deals
By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Writer April 7, 2005
University of Nevada at Las Vegas graduate student Lindsay Hendricks treks to the campus bookstore each semester armed with her course list, but if she doesn't find what she wants, her next stop is the Internet.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/07/students_surfing_net_for_textbook_deals/
Sassy UK Tabloids Show No Mercy with Royal Wedding
By Jeffrey Goldfarb and Adam Pasick April 7, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Romance is in the air this week as Prince Charles prepares to marry his long-time paramour Camilla Parker Bowles, but there is no love lost between the royal family and Britain's irreverent tabloids.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/07/sassy_uk_tabloids_show_no_mercy_with_royal_wedding/
This is a chance for Chen to 'run across' his allies the USA and three presidents no less.
Taiwan's Chen Heads for Pope's Funeral as China Fumes
By Alice Hung and Lindsay Beck April 7, 2005
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian left on Thursday for an unprecedented visit to the Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul, undermining chances of the Holy See switching ties from Taipei to Beijing.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/04/07/taiwans_chen_heads_for_popes_funeral_as_china_fumes/
continued...
This undated file aerial photo provided by Grant County, Utah shows the former Atlas Tailings pile, lower right, next to the Colorado River near Moab Utah. The Department of Energy announced Wednesday, April 6, 2005, it will move this pile of radioactive uranium processing waste, the remnants of years of mining, off the banks of the Colorado River. (AP Photo/Grant County, Utah, Tom Till, File)
Morning Papers - continued
The Jakarta Post
Indonesia to ask for U.S. help to fight against illegal fishing
JAKARTA (Antara): The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will ask the United States to help Indonesia fight illegal fishing practices by foreign vessels in its water zones, an official said on Thursday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407201225&irec=0
Attempted attack on Japanese tanker was in Indonesian waters: Singapore
SINGAPORE (AFP): An attempted pirate attack this week on a Japanese-owned crude oil tanker on the Singapore Strait took place in Indonesian waters, the city-state's ministry of defence said Thursday.
The ministry said in a statement the Maritime and Port Authority had alerted the Singapore navy and police coast guard immediately after receiving a report of the incident from the master of the oil tanker, Yohteisan.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407182247&irec=4
Australia says it will not intervene in Bali drug smuggling case
JAKARTA (AFP): Australia's justice minister said on Thursday that Canberra would not intervene in the high-profile trial of an Australian woman accused of smuggling a large bag of marijuana onto Indonesia's Bali island.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407185029&irec=2
10,854 policemen to safeguard Asian-African Summit
JAKARTA (Antara): The Jakarta Police Headquarters will deploy 10,854 personnel to help safeguard the Asian-African Summit and Senior Official's Meeting to be held here and in Bandung from April 22 to April 24, a high-ranking official said on Thursday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407171434&irec=6
New Zealand seismologists brief Indonesian president on threats from tsunamis, earthquakes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): Seismologists in earthquake-prone New Zealand briefed Indonesia's president Thursday on quake and tsunami risks in the region and the need for monitoring systems.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407104705&irec=9
Working together to promote human rights
Benny YP Siahaan, Jakarta
The testimony of Suciwati, widow of human rights activist Munir, before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) at its 61st session in Geneva recently has certainly sparked public attention. In Geneva, Suciwati was accompanied by NGO compatriots such as Raffendi Jamin and others.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050407.F03&irec=2
Indonesia to ask for U.S. help to fight against illegal fishing
JAKARTA (Antara): The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will ask the United States to help Indonesia fight illegal fishing practices by foreign vessels in its water zones, an official said on Thursday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407201225&irec=0
Attempted attack on Japanese tanker was in Indonesian waters: Singapore
SINGAPORE (AFP): An attempted pirate attack this week on a Japanese-owned crude oil tanker on the Singapore Strait took place in Indonesian waters, the city-state's ministry of defence said Thursday.
The ministry said in a statement the Maritime and Port Authority had alerted the Singapore navy and police coast guard immediately after receiving a report of the incident from the master of the oil tanker, Yohteisan.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407182247&irec=4
Australia says it will not intervene in Bali drug smuggling case
JAKARTA (AFP): Australia's justice minister said on Thursday that Canberra would not intervene in the high-profile trial of an Australian woman accused of smuggling a large bag of marijuana onto Indonesia's Bali island.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407185029&irec=2
10,854 policemen to safeguard Asian-African Summit
JAKARTA (Antara): The Jakarta Police Headquarters will deploy 10,854 personnel to help safeguard the Asian-African Summit and Senior Official's Meeting to be held here and in Bandung from April 22 to April 24, a high-ranking official said on Thursday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407171434&irec=6
New Zealand seismologists brief Indonesian president on threats from tsunamis, earthquakes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): Seismologists in earthquake-prone New Zealand briefed Indonesia's president Thursday on quake and tsunami risks in the region and the need for monitoring systems.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050407104705&irec=9
Working together to promote human rights
Benny YP Siahaan, Jakarta
The testimony of Suciwati, widow of human rights activist Munir, before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) at its 61st session in Geneva recently has certainly sparked public attention. In Geneva, Suciwati was accompanied by NGO compatriots such as Raffendi Jamin and others.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050407.F03&irec=2
The Chicago Sun Time
The Weather in Chicago is "Tempermental"
Disability claims up 20% at Chicago VA office
April 7, 2005
BY CHERYL L. REED Staff Reporter
Disability claims at the Chicago office of Veterans Affairs have increased 20 percent this year, forcing the VA to send nearly a quarter of its claims to be decided elsewhere, VA officials admit.
Disability claims by wounded veterans have risen 8 percent nationwide since the beginning of the year. VA officials attribute Chicago's sudden increase to the Chicago Sun-Times' "Wounded Warriors" articles, which revealed that Illinois veterans have been receiving among the lowest disability payments in the nation for seven decades.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vets07.html
Hale gets max: 40 years in prison
April 7, 2005
BY NATASHA KORECKI AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-hale07.html
Michael Moore Today
Counsel to Florida Senator Mel
Martinez (2nd from left) Admits to
Authoring Schiavo Memo
"As far as I'm concerned, it is an invention of the press.";
Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Utah Republican, said the issue 'stinks' of a news fabrication similar to the one that engulfed CBS anchorman Dan Rather during the 2004 presidential campaign…
Rush Limbaugh
The Memo;
Schiavo 'is a great political issue'
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
ARE WE SURPRISED, Mike. No, we are not surprised !! People are being USED by the Neocons of the Repuglican Party to manipulate the priorities of a nation and to distract from the real issues. Can you imagine 'shaking' A Bush's hand 'IN THAT WAY' knowing that pandering will win you rewards. YUKA !!
Author Of Schiavo Memo Steps Forward; Sen. Martinez's Counsel Cited Upside for GOP
By Mike Allen / Washington Post
The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2127
Was the Schiavo memo a fake?
By Brian DeBoseand Stephen Dinan / Washington Times
All 55 Republican senators say they have never seen the Terri Schiavo political talking-points memo that Democrats say was circulated among Republicans during the floor debate over whether the federal government should intervene to prolong her life.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2129
The Schaivo Act
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/talkingpoints.htm
Americans not satisfied with country’s track
NBC/WSJ poll shows concern with Schiavo case, Social Security
By Mark Murray / MSNBC
Over the past several weeks, the American public has watched Washington tie itself in knots over whether or not to get involved in the case over Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, over the role of the judiciary in such situations and over Social Security’s future. And according to the newest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the public doesn’t necessarily like this whole picture: Only a third believes the country is headed on the right track, an overwhelming majority says Congress should not intervene in cases like Schiavo’s and overall support for President Bush’s proposal to overhaul Social Security is declining.
Pasted from <http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2134>
GOP Is Fracturing Over Power of Judiciary; Democrats Say Conservatives Are Targeting Filibuster Rules on Court Nominees
By Charles Babington / Washington Post
The Terri Schiavo case has reinvigorated a drive by congressional conservatives to discipline and curtail the power of federal judges, just as Senate Republicans are trying to repel Democratic claims that the GOP is extremist and overreaching in its bid to shape the federal judiciary.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2132
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DEBATE A MEDICATION !!! That is not their role or PLACE to make decisions about medication that is why there is a director to the FDA. It is not upto them to LEGISLATE their form of morality by looking for 'priests and priestesses' to RULE the FDA. The most qualified individual is supposed to be leading the FDA and making decisions on safety. The people obstructing the law based on personal religious beliefs are committing treason.
Contraception Debate Delays Nomination of FDA Chief
By Marc Kaufman / Washington Post
The nomination of Lester M. Crawford to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration was put on indefinite hold yesterday by two Democratic senators to protest the administration's long delay in deciding whether to allow non-prescription sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2133
"Support our concerns"
From: "Veterans"
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:35 PM
To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com
Subject: Support our concerns
March 18, 2005
To Michael Moore:
We are veterans participating in the Work Therapy Program (WTP) at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The WTP is a psychosocial program designed to meet the needs of veterans whose goal is to return to competitive employment within the community. Our military involvement reflects participation in the Vietnam War, through the Persian Gulf War years.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/willtheyevertrustusagain/index.php?id=27
Morning Papers - continued...
Haaretz
Rome rabbi one of 2 living people mentioned in pope's will
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
VATICAN CITY - Rome's former chief rabbi is one of only two living people mentioned in Pope John Paul II's will.
The document mentions "the rabbi of Rome" - a reference to the former Emeritus Chief Rabbi of Rome, Elio Toaff, who hosted John Paul during the pontiff's historic visit to Rome's central synagogue in 1986. It was the first time a pope had ever visited a synagogue. Toaff paid his respects at John Paul's body on Monday, raising his arm in a gesture of tribute.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/562448.html
High alert amid warnings of Temple Mount attack
By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents
The Shin Bet security service has raised the level of alert in Jerusalem amid indications that extremist Jews are planning to carry out an attack on the mosques of the Temple Mount, and on the basis of new intelligence has beefed up police and security around the site in the heart of the Old City.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Movement's northern branch, which has made protection of the Al-Aqsa mosque the centerpiece of its activities, has called on Israeli Arab Muslims to flock to the Old City site to protect it from Jewish extremists.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=561975&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Qassam hits Sderot; Mofaz: Attack won't be ignored
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a cemetery in the Negev town of Sderot on Thursday evening, causing no damage and no injuries.
According to Israel Radio, the missile was probably fired from the Beit Hanun area of the northern Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562460.html
Cairo explosion in tourist center kills at least two, wounds at least 14
By The Associated Press
CAIRO - An explosion went off at a bazaar popular with tourists near Cairo's al-Azhar mosque Thursday, killing at least two people, one Frenchman and an unidentified woman, and wounding at least 14 others, police said.
Police sources said a man on a motorcycle threw the bomb at about 5 p.m. local time in the busy tourist area of the Egyptian capital.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562463.html
Orthodox Arab leaders demand patriarch's resignation
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Atala Hanna, who until recently served as the spokesman of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, on Thursday called the church's leader in Israel, Patriarch Irineos I, an "Israeli agent who must be fired and stand trial."
Hanna, the most senior of the priests who attended a Nazareth conference of the Arab Orthodox community, is known for his opposition to Irineos and called on all clergymen to disobey the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy's leadership.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562464.html
PM: Most Gaza settlers will agree to go under disengagement
By Relly Sa'ar, Nir Hasson, Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told activists from his Likud Party on Thursday that he was sure most Gaza Strip settlers would agree to leave under his plan to evacuate the 21 settlements in Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562313.html
The New York Times
In His Will, John Paul II Reflected on His Life
By JASON HOROWITZ
Published: April 7, 2005
ATICAN CITY, April 7 - The Vatican released today the last will and testament of Pope John Paul II, a 15-page document written in Polish that includes ruminations over his life's mission, the possibility of resignation and poignant recollections of his family and friends.
Pasted from <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/international/worldspecial2/07cnd-will.html?hp&ex=1112932800&en=a37c77b6a7dc5324&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
A Grand Elm Lasts No Longer
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: April 7, 2005
PRINCETON, N.J., April 6 - She was called the mother elm, a sturdy centuries-old survivor in a corner of Princeton Cemetery that managed to escape the dreaded Dutch elm disease when tens of millions of other elms around the country fell victim to its ravages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/nyregion/07elm.html?hp
Bush Nominee for U.N. Post Faces Hurdles
By DOUGLAS JEHL and STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: April 7, 2005
WASHINGTON, April 6 - A former chief of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research is expected to testify in opposition to John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearings on Mr. Bolton next week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/politics/07bolton.html?hp&ex=1112932800&en=b99380577649850d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Another Sign of Spring: The Bees Are Back to Work
By TINA KELLEY
Published: April 7, 2005
WYCKOFF, N.J., April 5 - For John Nazarian, there is a spiritual aspect to beekeeping and a farmer's joy in feeling the heft of the hive after a difficult winter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/nyregion/07bees.html?ex=1113537600&en=754a14893dfa8979&ei=5070
continued...
Rome rabbi one of 2 living people mentioned in pope's will
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
VATICAN CITY - Rome's former chief rabbi is one of only two living people mentioned in Pope John Paul II's will.
The document mentions "the rabbi of Rome" - a reference to the former Emeritus Chief Rabbi of Rome, Elio Toaff, who hosted John Paul during the pontiff's historic visit to Rome's central synagogue in 1986. It was the first time a pope had ever visited a synagogue. Toaff paid his respects at John Paul's body on Monday, raising his arm in a gesture of tribute.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/562448.html
High alert amid warnings of Temple Mount attack
By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents
The Shin Bet security service has raised the level of alert in Jerusalem amid indications that extremist Jews are planning to carry out an attack on the mosques of the Temple Mount, and on the basis of new intelligence has beefed up police and security around the site in the heart of the Old City.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Movement's northern branch, which has made protection of the Al-Aqsa mosque the centerpiece of its activities, has called on Israeli Arab Muslims to flock to the Old City site to protect it from Jewish extremists.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=561975&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Qassam hits Sderot; Mofaz: Attack won't be ignored
By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a cemetery in the Negev town of Sderot on Thursday evening, causing no damage and no injuries.
According to Israel Radio, the missile was probably fired from the Beit Hanun area of the northern Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562460.html
Cairo explosion in tourist center kills at least two, wounds at least 14
By The Associated Press
CAIRO - An explosion went off at a bazaar popular with tourists near Cairo's al-Azhar mosque Thursday, killing at least two people, one Frenchman and an unidentified woman, and wounding at least 14 others, police said.
Police sources said a man on a motorcycle threw the bomb at about 5 p.m. local time in the busy tourist area of the Egyptian capital.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562463.html
Orthodox Arab leaders demand patriarch's resignation
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Atala Hanna, who until recently served as the spokesman of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, on Thursday called the church's leader in Israel, Patriarch Irineos I, an "Israeli agent who must be fired and stand trial."
Hanna, the most senior of the priests who attended a Nazareth conference of the Arab Orthodox community, is known for his opposition to Irineos and called on all clergymen to disobey the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy's leadership.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562464.html
PM: Most Gaza settlers will agree to go under disengagement
By Relly Sa'ar, Nir Hasson, Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told activists from his Likud Party on Thursday that he was sure most Gaza Strip settlers would agree to leave under his plan to evacuate the 21 settlements in Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562313.html
The New York Times
In His Will, John Paul II Reflected on His Life
By JASON HOROWITZ
Published: April 7, 2005
ATICAN CITY, April 7 - The Vatican released today the last will and testament of Pope John Paul II, a 15-page document written in Polish that includes ruminations over his life's mission, the possibility of resignation and poignant recollections of his family and friends.
Pasted from <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/international/worldspecial2/07cnd-will.html?hp&ex=1112932800&en=a37c77b6a7dc5324&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
A Grand Elm Lasts No Longer
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: April 7, 2005
PRINCETON, N.J., April 6 - She was called the mother elm, a sturdy centuries-old survivor in a corner of Princeton Cemetery that managed to escape the dreaded Dutch elm disease when tens of millions of other elms around the country fell victim to its ravages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/nyregion/07elm.html?hp
Bush Nominee for U.N. Post Faces Hurdles
By DOUGLAS JEHL and STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: April 7, 2005
WASHINGTON, April 6 - A former chief of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research is expected to testify in opposition to John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearings on Mr. Bolton next week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/politics/07bolton.html?hp&ex=1112932800&en=b99380577649850d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Another Sign of Spring: The Bees Are Back to Work
By TINA KELLEY
Published: April 7, 2005
WYCKOFF, N.J., April 5 - For John Nazarian, there is a spiritual aspect to beekeeping and a farmer's joy in feeling the heft of the hive after a difficult winter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/nyregion/07bees.html?ex=1113537600&en=754a14893dfa8979&ei=5070
continued...
“Requiescant in Pace”- there are message boards
Pope John Paul II passed away at 2137 local time (1937 GMT) on Saturday, aged 84. He was watched by his closest aides. All through Saturday thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square praying and paying tribute to the third-longest serving Pope in history.
Weather
Sunny in Rome
Temperature 15 degrees C
Weather
Sunny in Rome
Temperature 15 degrees C
Weather in England under vortex.
The Sutton Guardian - London
‘Just leave us alone’ - Residents plagued by antisocial gangs beg for help from police
By Nina Jacobs
A group of Sutton residents who claim their lives are being blighted by gangs of teenage louts are calling on police bosses to help end the campaign of vandalism and antisocial behaviour.
The neighbours, who have been targeted at their homes in Glenthorne Gardens for more than a year, say a regular lack of visible police presence has meant some residents have been forced to take the situation into their own hands.
Weather
Thunderstorms
Hi temp - 13 degrees C
Low Temp - 3 degrees C
‘Just leave us alone’ - Residents plagued by antisocial gangs beg for help from police
By Nina Jacobs
A group of Sutton residents who claim their lives are being blighted by gangs of teenage louts are calling on police bosses to help end the campaign of vandalism and antisocial behaviour.
The neighbours, who have been targeted at their homes in Glenthorne Gardens for more than a year, say a regular lack of visible police presence has meant some residents have been forced to take the situation into their own hands.
Weather
Thunderstorms
Hi temp - 13 degrees C
Low Temp - 3 degrees C
Africa-Europe Satellite 4.7.05. Noted the peripheral heat flows into Antarctica. Sustained but not hugely dramatic. Noted heat conduit between Africa and Northern South America just north of the Amazon Delta. it is following traditional paths of what would be the path of hurricans traveling from Africa toward South America. Noted 'hot spots' over central Africa but not with intensity as before. Noted clouds over Middle East 'cooler' than a week or so ago and not 'strongly' connected to the heat conduit. Optimistic view. We remain concerned. All is still not as it should be.
KEEPING IN MIND THE direct solar radiation plays a huge role in the location of activity of Climate Change and Global Warming. This is a comparison of two months ago when the Southern Summer Equinox has passed by 45 (originally I stated in error 75 days) days or so. The imbalance is grossly different with absolutely NO BALANCE at the equator as there is today. The intensity of imbalance is OVERTLY noted and was forcing dramatic Climate Change such as snow storms in Australia. This is not to say we are 'out of the woods' with Global Warming BUT ONLY to say we might very well be heading in the right direction with further movement still drastically needed. The continued efforts of Kyoto Protocol are definately needed although stumbling along. This is a 'first' for all of us. We will stumble and then run and stumble again and then run but we will win.
It is always difficult to say whether or not Earth has reached a point whereby it is stable and potentially reversing. At this point we are just past the Spring Soltice and it seems 'hopeful' that the heat index in the troposphere might be stabilizing. The concern is as always the continued heat transfer to Antarctica as seen in the southern centeral of this photo and also noted over New Zealand. I will compare this with others to show the change in heat concentration in the southern hemisphere. This does not mean anything EXCEPT a concern that the southern oceans which are 'larger surface area' may be holding and exhibiting 'latent heat' radiation back to the trophosphere. With any luck it may mean there is some balancing of the troposphere but that may be nothing more than my chronic view that things have to be getting better.
Morning Papers - concluding
Sydney Morning Herald
Crack found in space shuttle pre-launch
The United States space shuttle Discovery began its crawl to a launch pad in Miami today, after a crack in insulation briefly delayed a significant step in NASA's two-year quest to return the shuttle fleet to flight.
The roll-out, taking place at barely 1kmh and expected to last six hours, was delayed by more than an hour after a hairline crack was spotted in the foam on the shuttle's external fuel tank.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Crack-found-in-space-shuttle-prelaunch/2005/04/07/1112815660257.html
Get more women on board or be closed, Norway tells companies
April 7, 2005
Oslo: Norway will force companies to close if they refuse to recruit women to at least 40 per cent of board positions by 2007, a cabinet minister has announced.
"Companies have been dragging their feet. They really have to recruit more women," the Family Affairs Minister, Laila Daavoey, said. "In the very worst case, they will face closure."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Get-more-women-on-board-or-be-closed-Norway-tells-companies/2005/04/06/1112489561991.html
Child loses foot as schoolkids detonate ammunition
April 7, 2005
Seven schoolchildren were injured in Turkey after accidentally setting off military devices they picked up at a military yard close to their school.
The children found 14 devices in a sack half-buried in the ground at a military yard, where used and apparently unexploded ammunition were dumped, the premier's office and police said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Child-loses-foot-as-schoolkids-detonate-ammunition/2005/04/06/1112489565499.html
Auditor-general pulls veil on Sydney's dirty air
By Anne Davies, State Political Editor
April 7, 2005
Air quality is under threat because the NSW Government is failing to shift people out of their cars and onto public transport, the Auditor-General has warned.
In his report on Action for Air, the 25-year pollution plan the Government introduced in 1998, Bob Sendt found that NSW would not meet two out of six national air quality goals by the 2008 deadline. And he thought it had little chance of achieving them in the future.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/The-airs-dirty-and-heres-the-smoking-gun/2005/04/06/1112489565809.html
Child loses foot as schoolkids detonate ammunition
April 7, 2005
Seven schoolchildren were injured in Turkey after accidentally setting off military devices they picked up at a military yard close to their school.
The children found 14 devices in a sack half-buried in the ground at a military yard, where used and apparently unexploded ammunition were dumped, the premier's office and police said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Child-loses-foot-as-schoolkids-detonate-ammunition/2005/04/06/1112489565499.html
Auditor-general pulls veil on Sydney's dirty air
By Anne Davies, State Political Editor
April 7, 2005
Air quality is under threat because the NSW Government is failing to shift people out of their cars and onto public transport, the Auditor-General has warned.
In his report on Action for Air, the 25-year pollution plan the Government introduced in 1998, Bob Sendt found that NSW would not meet two out of six national air quality goals by the 2008 deadline. And he thought it had little chance of achieving them in the future.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/The-airs-dirty-and-heres-the-smoking-gun/2005/04/06/1112489565809.html
The New Zealand Herald
Offence of 'sexual grooming' to bring seven years' jail
07.04.05 4.00pm
Paedophiles who groom children for sexual activity will face up to seven years' jail, Justice Minister Phil Goff said today.
A new offence of sexual grooming would be added to the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2) when Parliament debated details of the bill in the next couple of weeks, he said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119214
Pacific Forum concerned at nuclear waste ship
07.04.05 4.00pm
The Pacific Island Forum today joined New Zealand in protesting the passage of a ship carrying nuclear waste through the region this month.
According to calculations by the environmental group Greenpeace, the British-operated Pacific Sandpiper should be off New Caledonia today after going through the Tasman Sea this week.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119240
Police sergeant told to pay $1250 to assault victim
Police Senior Sergeant Anthony Solomona. Herald file picture
07.04.05 1.00pm
A senior south Auckland policeman has been convicted of assaulting a teenager and told to pay the youngster $1250 for the emotional harm he caused.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119229
'We were pinned down by fire in the heart of Kashmir'
An Indian security force officer runs for cover after an attack in Srinagar where a bus was due to take a historic trip across divided Kashmir. Picture / Reuters
07.04.05 1.00pm
by Justin Huggler
SRINAGAR - When the gunfire suddenly sprayed across the street in front of us, we dived for the ground, scrabbling desperately to get behind a parked car. Up ahead, a woman had been hit and we saw her fall to the ground, the blood soaking her shirt. The Independent's photographer, Olivia, was trapped in a mêlée of fleeing people. A bullet whistled past her head, missing her by inches.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119223
Buses set to cross Kashmir divide despite attack
An Indian soldier walks in front of a burning government building after an attack in Srinagar yesterday. Picture / Reuters
07.04.05 1.20pm
SRINAGAR, India - India and Pakistan open a historic bus link across divided Kashmir on Thursday, protected by heavy security following a suicide attack by separatist rebels on the Indian end of the route.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119225
Journalist shot on US-Mexico border
07.04.05 5.20pm
MEXICO CITY - A radio reporter in Nuevo Laredo on Mexico's border with Texas was in serious condition after being shot several times by an unknown gunman, the latest journalist to be attacked along the border in recent months.
Guadalupe Garcia Escamilla, 39, was hit by nine bullets as she arrived at Radio Stereo 91 to do her regular show on crime and public safety, according to the prosecutor's office in the Tamaulipas border state.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119176
Up to 40 feared dead in Congo ferry accident
07.04.05 12.20pm
KINSHASA - Up to 40 people are missing and feared dead after two overloaded ferries capsized while crossing the swollen Congo river, United Nations and government officials said.
Boat disasters are relatively common in the Democratic Republic of Congo where years of war and neglect have destroyed infrastructure and the mighty Congo river is often the only method of travel through the vast African country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119217
Harvard economics professor charged with manure theft
07.04.05 3.20pm
BOSTON - A Harvard professor who specialises in environmental economics was arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a load of manure from a Massachusetts farm, a police officer said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119230
Veterans' battlefield tour was cover for $33m cocaine run
07.04.05 2.20pm
by Jason Bennetto
A coach party of Second World War veterans was used by drug traffickers as cover to smuggle $33 million worth of cocaine into Britain. Dozens of packages of drugs were hidden on the 49-seat coach as the group of former soldiers toured historical battle sites in France, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119205
Jailed Fiji minister resigns
07.04.05 4.20pm
A Fijian cabinet member jailed this week over his involvement in the 2000 coup attempt has resigned, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said today.
He said Lands and Mineral Resources Minister Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu's resignation was effective from last Monday, the day he was convicted and sentenced on the Fijian island of Vanua Levu.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119241
The weather at Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Overcast
-21.0°
Updated Thursday 07 Apr 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
27 °F / -3 °C
Clear
Humidity:
80%
Dew Point:
21 °F / -6 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
29.68 in / 1005 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
end
Crack found in space shuttle pre-launch
The United States space shuttle Discovery began its crawl to a launch pad in Miami today, after a crack in insulation briefly delayed a significant step in NASA's two-year quest to return the shuttle fleet to flight.
The roll-out, taking place at barely 1kmh and expected to last six hours, was delayed by more than an hour after a hairline crack was spotted in the foam on the shuttle's external fuel tank.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Crack-found-in-space-shuttle-prelaunch/2005/04/07/1112815660257.html
Get more women on board or be closed, Norway tells companies
April 7, 2005
Oslo: Norway will force companies to close if they refuse to recruit women to at least 40 per cent of board positions by 2007, a cabinet minister has announced.
"Companies have been dragging their feet. They really have to recruit more women," the Family Affairs Minister, Laila Daavoey, said. "In the very worst case, they will face closure."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Get-more-women-on-board-or-be-closed-Norway-tells-companies/2005/04/06/1112489561991.html
Child loses foot as schoolkids detonate ammunition
April 7, 2005
Seven schoolchildren were injured in Turkey after accidentally setting off military devices they picked up at a military yard close to their school.
The children found 14 devices in a sack half-buried in the ground at a military yard, where used and apparently unexploded ammunition were dumped, the premier's office and police said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Child-loses-foot-as-schoolkids-detonate-ammunition/2005/04/06/1112489565499.html
Auditor-general pulls veil on Sydney's dirty air
By Anne Davies, State Political Editor
April 7, 2005
Air quality is under threat because the NSW Government is failing to shift people out of their cars and onto public transport, the Auditor-General has warned.
In his report on Action for Air, the 25-year pollution plan the Government introduced in 1998, Bob Sendt found that NSW would not meet two out of six national air quality goals by the 2008 deadline. And he thought it had little chance of achieving them in the future.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/The-airs-dirty-and-heres-the-smoking-gun/2005/04/06/1112489565809.html
Child loses foot as schoolkids detonate ammunition
April 7, 2005
Seven schoolchildren were injured in Turkey after accidentally setting off military devices they picked up at a military yard close to their school.
The children found 14 devices in a sack half-buried in the ground at a military yard, where used and apparently unexploded ammunition were dumped, the premier's office and police said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Child-loses-foot-as-schoolkids-detonate-ammunition/2005/04/06/1112489565499.html
Auditor-general pulls veil on Sydney's dirty air
By Anne Davies, State Political Editor
April 7, 2005
Air quality is under threat because the NSW Government is failing to shift people out of their cars and onto public transport, the Auditor-General has warned.
In his report on Action for Air, the 25-year pollution plan the Government introduced in 1998, Bob Sendt found that NSW would not meet two out of six national air quality goals by the 2008 deadline. And he thought it had little chance of achieving them in the future.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/The-airs-dirty-and-heres-the-smoking-gun/2005/04/06/1112489565809.html
The New Zealand Herald
Offence of 'sexual grooming' to bring seven years' jail
07.04.05 4.00pm
Paedophiles who groom children for sexual activity will face up to seven years' jail, Justice Minister Phil Goff said today.
A new offence of sexual grooming would be added to the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2) when Parliament debated details of the bill in the next couple of weeks, he said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119214
Pacific Forum concerned at nuclear waste ship
07.04.05 4.00pm
The Pacific Island Forum today joined New Zealand in protesting the passage of a ship carrying nuclear waste through the region this month.
According to calculations by the environmental group Greenpeace, the British-operated Pacific Sandpiper should be off New Caledonia today after going through the Tasman Sea this week.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119240
Police sergeant told to pay $1250 to assault victim
Police Senior Sergeant Anthony Solomona. Herald file picture
07.04.05 1.00pm
A senior south Auckland policeman has been convicted of assaulting a teenager and told to pay the youngster $1250 for the emotional harm he caused.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10119229
'We were pinned down by fire in the heart of Kashmir'
An Indian security force officer runs for cover after an attack in Srinagar where a bus was due to take a historic trip across divided Kashmir. Picture / Reuters
07.04.05 1.00pm
by Justin Huggler
SRINAGAR - When the gunfire suddenly sprayed across the street in front of us, we dived for the ground, scrabbling desperately to get behind a parked car. Up ahead, a woman had been hit and we saw her fall to the ground, the blood soaking her shirt. The Independent's photographer, Olivia, was trapped in a mêlée of fleeing people. A bullet whistled past her head, missing her by inches.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119223
Buses set to cross Kashmir divide despite attack
An Indian soldier walks in front of a burning government building after an attack in Srinagar yesterday. Picture / Reuters
07.04.05 1.20pm
SRINAGAR, India - India and Pakistan open a historic bus link across divided Kashmir on Thursday, protected by heavy security following a suicide attack by separatist rebels on the Indian end of the route.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119225
Journalist shot on US-Mexico border
07.04.05 5.20pm
MEXICO CITY - A radio reporter in Nuevo Laredo on Mexico's border with Texas was in serious condition after being shot several times by an unknown gunman, the latest journalist to be attacked along the border in recent months.
Guadalupe Garcia Escamilla, 39, was hit by nine bullets as she arrived at Radio Stereo 91 to do her regular show on crime and public safety, according to the prosecutor's office in the Tamaulipas border state.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119176
Up to 40 feared dead in Congo ferry accident
07.04.05 12.20pm
KINSHASA - Up to 40 people are missing and feared dead after two overloaded ferries capsized while crossing the swollen Congo river, United Nations and government officials said.
Boat disasters are relatively common in the Democratic Republic of Congo where years of war and neglect have destroyed infrastructure and the mighty Congo river is often the only method of travel through the vast African country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119217
Harvard economics professor charged with manure theft
07.04.05 3.20pm
BOSTON - A Harvard professor who specialises in environmental economics was arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a load of manure from a Massachusetts farm, a police officer said.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119230
Veterans' battlefield tour was cover for $33m cocaine run
07.04.05 2.20pm
by Jason Bennetto
A coach party of Second World War veterans was used by drug traffickers as cover to smuggle $33 million worth of cocaine into Britain. Dozens of packages of drugs were hidden on the 49-seat coach as the group of former soldiers toured historical battle sites in France, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119205
Jailed Fiji minister resigns
07.04.05 4.20pm
A Fijian cabinet member jailed this week over his involvement in the 2000 coup attempt has resigned, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said today.
He said Lands and Mineral Resources Minister Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu's resignation was effective from last Monday, the day he was convicted and sentenced on the Fijian island of Vanua Levu.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10119241
The weather at Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Overcast
-21.0°
Updated Thursday 07 Apr 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
27 °F / -3 °C
Clear
Humidity:
80%
Dew Point:
21 °F / -6 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
29.68 in / 1005 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
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