The Europe-Africa Satellite, April 25, 2005. THE CARBON SINKS. South America and Africa. Also noted is the movement of a heat transfer system to the Arctic Circle over the Middle East. There are also peripheral reaches of the Antarctica Vortex carrying heat into the ice continent from the Carbon Sinks where the heat congregates under a denser layer of Carbon Dioxide. We remain vigilant. 

The Western Hemisphere, April 25, 2005 gmt. This is also a different pattern of heat. It is actually a triangle of distribution over three continents. South America, Africa and Antarctica. The heat here is due to the densely biotic areas of both South America and Africa. It is 'normal' as these are high concentrations of carbon dioxide being soaked up by the flora.  

The heat is actually buiding west of Sumatra. it's an unusual pattern. It is still primarily cooler than usual. This is the Indian Ocean on April 25, 2005 gmt. 

This is the visual picture of Australia. Noted the building heat over Sumatra. The Antarctic Vortex is noted at the lower globe. The thing to remember is that clouds that don't carry heat to the poles act to dissipate the heat while providing 'shade' to Earth and reflecting the solar radiation out to space again before it enters the troposphere to increase the 'heat index' under the Greenhouse Gases. Clouds can be but aren't always beneficial. This is still an improved picture. No guarantees it will stay that way but it is hopeful. The heat over Sumatra is known to be a worrisome event. 

This is the April 25, 2005 satellite of the West Pacific Ocean. Noted the increased heat in the western margin of the satellite. However, ther overall picture is still much better than before. The heat decending into the ice continent is less intense and it completely relieved north of Australia at the equator. That has not been the case for over a year. This area is normally very active and this is an improved picture. The cyclone is noted north of Indonesia and will probably move into the North Pacific Vortex. 

This is the Pacific Global Satellite today. The heat in the Northern Hemisphere is picking up and hence the cyclone in the South Pacific that spawned the North Pacific Vortex seen easily here near Alaska. The Southern Hemisphere is still cooler than before although there is still some heat delivary to the ice continent. The equator is still intact but showing some activity north of the equator mid-Pacific leading over Mexico. 

The heat delivary can be seen in the West Pacific Satellite on April 24, 2005. It had a 'anchor' with the cyclone in the South Pacific. Although the satellite is not complete with a picture of Alaska you can extrapolate the place of the vortex just outside the satellite picture. 

The Western Hemisphere on April 24, 2005. What is easily noted is the cloud mass over Ohio and Michigan. It came down from the Arctic Circle. What is not easily visualized from this satellite is the heat delivered to Alaska.  

April 24, 2005 at 1:30 pm in Toledo, Ohio. Earlier in the week the weather was in the 80's. When this picture was taken it had been snowing for over 20 hours. 

Compliments of "My Smug Mug Photo Galleries." Thank you, kindly. Invaluable work you have done for us all.

A four day old baby caribou. Remember who voted for the oil drilling at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Global Warming in full swing. April 24, 2004. Heat Transfer Clouds delivering heat to the Chugach Range in Alaska.  

This is the 'Heat Transfer System' that displaced the Arctic Air to the lower forty-eight states. This is the Chugach Range in Alaska. The snow is there but sparce. The cloud is not superimposed in this picture. The photographer can attest to that. I'll list his home photo shop as well. The clouds are Global Warming clouds. They are carrying hot air over the northern icefields to cool Earth. The clouds are very low to accomplish exactly that. They are also dangerous clouds that can spawn tornadoes as mild as 'Snow Devils' and greater. I sincerely doubt a tornado of this nature will become greater than a Category 2. The purpose of these systems are to distribute heat and whatever end that happens it happens with low pressure systems that can become very intense. That is an incredible picture. I'll post the other one as well. Thank you so very, very much. 

Morning Papers - It's Origins

Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-When-Due"

"Oak-He-Doe-$he"

History...

1859, Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt; it opens in 1869.

1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain.

1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of the war.

1945, Delegates from 50 nations meet in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses.

1950, Basketball player Chuck Cooper becomes the first African American in the NBA when he is drafted by the Boston Celtics.

1956, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" hits number one on the music charts.

1967: Governor John Love of Colorado signs the first law legalizing abortion in the United States.

1983, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov invited Samantha Smith to visit his country after receiving a letter in which the Manchester, Maine, schoolgirl expressed fears about nuclear war.

1983, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way.

1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery.

1874, Guglielmo Marconi, electrical engineer.

1908, Edward R. Murrow, radio and television executive and commentator

1917, born Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

Missing in Action

1967 STACKHOUSE CHARLES D. SHEBOYGAN WI "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (NORWOOD, OH)" ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 WESKAMP ROBERT LARRY ARVADA CO 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1968 CROSSMAN GREGORY J. STURGIS MI
1968 GUILLORY HUBIA J. NEW ORLEANS LA "KIA IN AMBUSH, REMAINS LEFT BEHIND"
1968 KELLEY DANIEL M. DORCHESTER MA "KIA IN AMBUSH, REMAINS LEFT BEHIND"
1968 MITCHELL ALBERT C. NEW YORK NY
1968 SCOTT DAVID L. CARLOCK IL "KIA IN AMBUSH, REMAINS LEFT BEHIND"
1971 LEMON JEFFREY C. FLOSSMOOR IL
1971 ODOM CHESTER R. II "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - ""ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON" "BLACK AMERICAN WORKING WITH THE VC-ODOM, CHESTER"""
1971 SIGAFOOS WALTER H. III RICHBORO PA
1972 BROWNLEE ROBERT W. CHICAGO IL EVADED ACROSS RIVER
1975 WALSH BRIAN LED AWAY AT GUNPOINT
1975 YIM JOHN SUNG POSSIBLY BEHEADED BY KC

April 24 …

1966 COOPER WILLIAM E. ALBANY GA
1966 DRISCOLL JERRY D. CHICAGO IL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 CHRISTIAN MICHAEL D. HUNTSVILLE AL 03/05/73 RELEASED BY DRV " DIED IN FIRE, SEPT 1983, VIRGINIA"
1967 KNAPP HERMAN L. ROSEMONT NJ
1967 TUCKER EDWIN B. BALDWINVILLE MA GOOD CHUTE REMAINS RETURNED 11/25/87 ID 02/88
1967 WILLIAMS LEWIS I. JACKSONVILLE FL 03/05/73 RELEASED BY DRV " ""IRV"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1968 HELLE ROBERT R. TOLEDO OH 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 JOHNSON BUFORD GERALD WINTER GARDEN FL 09/68 REMAINS RECOVERED
1968 KAVANAUGH ABEL L. DENVER CO 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG DECEASED TG8 SUICIDE
1968 PARKER WOODROW W. ST PETERSBURG FL DEAD REMAINS RETURNED/IDENTIFIED 10/01/98
1968 SPARKS JOHN G. CHATTANOOGA TN 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 VINSON BOBBY G. NEDERLAND TX DEAD REMAINS RETURNED /IDENTIFIED 10/01/98
1969 SHRIVER JERRY M. SACRAMENTO CA
1970 CROSS JAMES E. WARREN OH
1970 REESE GOMER D. III SCARSDALE NY
1971 CHAMPION JAMES A. HOUSTON TX
1971 MALO ISSAKO F. SAN FRANCISCO CA 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE 99
1972 CARTER GEORGE W. APOPKA FL KIA ON ISLE
1972 ELLEN WADE L. NORFOLK VA KIA ON ISLE GLADIATOR 17
1972 HUNSICKER JAMES E. DENVER PA KIA ON ISLE GLADIATOR
1972 JONES JOHNNY M. AUBURN AL KIA ON ISLE GLADIATOR
1972 YONAN KENNETH J. CHICAGO IL "LAST SEEN ON WATER TOWER, REMAINS RET. 04/88" ID 11/88
1972 ZOLLICOFFER FRANKLIN KOSCIUSKO MS KIA ON ISLE

April 23…

1966 DYCZKOWSKI ROBERT R. BUFFALO NY
1966 GOSS BERNARD JOSEPH SYRACUSE NY 08/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI
1970 EADS DENNIS K. PROPHETSTOWN IL
1970 GOMEZ ROBERT A. JACKSONVILLE FL
1970 LUCKI AUBIN E. SALT LAKE CITY UT
1970 LITTLE DANNY L. ABILENE TX
1970 MURPHY LARRON D. DALTON GA
NEW !! POW-MIA Search Engine (Search by Name, DOB, Loss-Date, or Country-State )

April 22…

1961 BALLENGER ORVILLE ROGER COLUMBUS OH 08/17/62 RELEASED
1961 BIBER GERALD MACK BENKELMAN NE PROB KIA IN AMBUSH AFT OVRUN SFG CO B 7TH SFG (ABN) 1SF
1961 BISCHOFF JOHN MALCOM MOUNTAIN REST SC PROB KIA IN AMBUSH AFT OVRUN
1961 MOON WALTER H. RUDY AR 07/22/61 KIA IN ESCAPE
1966 BOYD CHARLES G. ROCKWELL CITY IA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1966 BRUNSTROM ALAN L. MIAMI FL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 NICKERSON WILLIAM B. STAMFORD CT
1966 WEIMORTS ROBERT F. EIGHT MILE AL
1968 COOLEY DAVID L. WARWICK VA RADIO CONTACT LOST
1968 CHOMYK WILLIAM HICKSVILLE NY
1968 PALMGREN EDWIN D. WINSTON-SALEM NC
1968 RIGGINS ROBERT P. CHAMPAIGN IL
1969 SCOTT VINCENT CALVIN JR RICHMOND VA
1969 VAN CLEAVE WALTER SHELBY DALLAS TX
1970 ADACHI THOMAS Y. LOS ANGELES CA GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95
1970 BROOKS WILLIAM L. TOLAR TX GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95
1970 DAVIS CHARLIE B. DAYSBORO KY REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95
1970 FISHER DONALD G. HAZLETON PA GROUP BURIAL 11/08/95
1970 GOLZ JOHN B. ROCK ISLAND IL
1970 HARRIS STEPHEN W. SPRINGFIELD MO REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL
1970 HENSLEY RONNIE L. RICHWOOD WV REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL
1970 IRELAND ROBERT N. SAN BERNARDINO CA REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL
1970 LINT DONALD M. DES MOINES IA REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL
1970 ROWLEY CHARLES S. RIVERTON CT REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95 GROUP BURIAL ID DISPUTED
1970 TOWLE JOHN C. HARRISBURG IL REMAINS RETURNED AND IDENTIFIED 09/95

The Korea Herald

Korea-U.S. add spur to reviving nuclear talks
By Lee Joo-hee
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon warned North Korea yesterday that the communist country will face further isolation if it goes ahead with nuclear tests.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/26/200504260002.asp

Inter-Korean talks to resume after long hiatus dating to July
The two Koreas agreed at the weekend to resume their dialogue, suspended since last July, and also to trade views on the stalled six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.
In other developments relating to the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula:

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250041.asp

Eased rules on overseas homebuying considered
In a significant policy change, the government is considering relaxing its laws on overseas homebuying for investment purposes, it said yesterday.
The Ministry of Finance and Economy said it recently formed a team of professionals to evaluate the current regulations on overseas investment and implement any necessary changes.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/26/200504260001.asp

Foreign CEOs question Korea's policy
Many foreign chief executive officers agree with a description of Korea as being "hypocritical" and "schizophrenic" toward outsiders, a research institute found.
The survey by Seoul-based Institute of Global Management also found that most CEOs do not believe government policies support the goal of turning Korea into a financial and logistics hub for Northeast Asia.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250040.asp

Starbucks pressured to move biggest branch
A double tall order on its leasing fee is pushing Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. off the most expensive real estate in the country.
The company said yesterday that the 100 percent increase on its high-profile site in Seoul's Myeong-dong neighborhood will force it to close on May 1. The operation, however, will reopen on May 10 elsewhere in the shopping hub.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250039.asp

The Indy Star

Military base closings
A murky fate for Crane, towns
Hoosiers who depend on base await decision
LOOGOOTEE, Ind. -- The stillness is almost surreal.
On a warm weekday afternoon, downtown streets and sidewalks are almost empty in this city of about 2,700 except for a few children riding skateboards. A handful of mom-and-pop businesses are open, scattered among vacant storefronts.
Residents offer a matter-of-fact explanation: Loogootee -- where aging mobile homes and small houses stand side by side -- is a poor city in a poor county.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250387

It's about time to vote on DST
Lawmakers could be voting by Tuesday on plan to put Indiana in sync with other states.
State lawmakers may vote as early as Tuesday on the controversial proposal to link Indiana with most of America in observing daylight-saving time.
Any change would affect Hoosiers in many ways, from when the best TV shows are on to how crowded the Monon Trail becomes. From farmers to pediatricians, folks are sizing up the prospects for change from several perspectives.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS02/504250403

4 receive organs of girl hit by van
7-year-old's heart, lungs, liver and kidneys go to adults in Indiana and Ohio.
By Kevin O'Neal
kevin.oneal@indystar.com

Four people in two states have received organs from a 7-year-old girl who died after she was struck by a van earlier this month.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250404

Dogs, owners brave cold for fundraiser
As mercury drops, hundreds make trek around Speedway to help Humane Society.
By Michael Dabneyand Kevin O'Neal

A cold, blustery Sunday did not stop many Indianapolis residents from getting outside to enjoy what they hoped to be the season's last wintry blast.
Hundreds braved the wind and the chill to walk their pets around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Humane Society of Indianapolis' second annual Mutt Strut.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250405

Today's Editorial
Send in some relief for property taxes

Our position is: Lawmakers must do everything possible to slow property tax increases.
Before they finish work this week, state legislators should take time to recall the summer of 2003. That's when tax bills started going out to property owners after reassessment. The resulting screams of pain were loud and long in parts of the state.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/OPINION/504250305/1002

Young professionals

The notion that an 18-year-old high school graduate who lands a multimillion-dollar sneaker endorsement and an NBA rookie salary is a victim of exploitation doesn't fly. Especially considering the alternatives for adolescents who emerge from high school with the ability to dunk but limited academic skills.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/OPINION/504250304/1002

Indy Children's Museum hosting world conference
Workshops, talks will be held at Westin Downtown so exhibits can remain open.
By David Mannweiler
david.mannweiler@indystar.com

If you had nearly a billion dollars to spend to make a child smile and learn at the same time, what would you buy?
Representatives of children's museums from around the world will shop for answers to that question in Indianapolis this week at the annual international InterActivity conference of the Association of Children's Museums.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250378/1002/OPINION

Journalism at Risk

Iran rejects call for jailed reporter’s release
(Reuters)
24 April 2005
TEHERAN - Iran’s judiciary has rejected calls for an imprisoned journalist to be released on health grounds, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Paris-based rights group Reporters Without Borders said last week that Akbar Ganji, who has been in Tehran’s Evin prison for five years, was seriously ill and should be released immediately and unconditionally.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/April/middleeast_April641.xml&section=middleeast

Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Named Ottaway Professor
By Jennifer Moses, Features Editor
Warm yellow sunbeams streamed onto the cool mint-green walls of the Honors Center Tuesday as John Darnton addressed a crowd of about 30 students and faculty.
Darnton, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his daring reporting from Poland, has been named the fifth James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism here at New Paltz. He is also an accomplished New York Times reporter and senior editor and best-selling author.

http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/article.cfm?id=1832

Free speech groups appeal on behalf of jailed journalist on hunger strike
State urged to act to save Hamadi Jebali's life. On behalf of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group.

Hamadi Jebali.
An international group of free expression organisations has urged Tunisian authorities to take immediate action to save the life of imprisoned journalist Hamadi Jebali. Jebali has been on hunger strike since 9 April in protest at lack of medical care and the inhumane and degrading treatment he has endured for nearly fifteen years.
"We urge President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to help end the tragic plight of this man and hundreds of others like him who never used or advocated the use of violence, but simply exercised their basic right to freedom of association and expression," said Steve Buckley of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC),
"Many Tunisian political prisoners died during the past fifteen years under torture or of lack of medical attention often following lengthy hunger strikes," said Buckley, speaking on behalf of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), thirteen national, regional and international freedom of expression organisations, including Index on Censorship.

http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/2/tunisia-free-expression-groups-appeal-on-beh.shtml

Venezuelan Media

Venezuela's Communications and Information Minister Andres Izarra, dismissed accusations made in The Washington Post newspaper, about the persecution of journalists and censorship of the press by the Venezuelan government.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=7718

Press freedom under attack in North Africa
Sun April 24, 2005 4:57 PM GMT+02:00
By Paul de Bendern
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Press freedom is under renewed attack in North Africa after criminal courts in Algeria and Morocco sentenced journalists to jail or banned them from practicing their trade for defamation, rights groups said.
Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders, among others, are calling on governments to respect the freedom of expression after a difficult month for the region's media.

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8274018

Islamists win sweeping victory in first Saudi elections in years
NEW MUNICIPAL LEADERS HIGHLY ORGANIZED, ENDORSED BY CLERICS; IMPACT OF VICTORY DEBATED
By Steve Coll
Washington Post
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's limited 10-week experiment with electoral democracy ended Saturday in a sweeping victory for slates of Islamist activists marketed as the ``Golden List,'' who used grass-roots organizing, digital technology and endorsements from popular religious leaders to defeat their liberal and tribal rivals, even in Jidda, for decades the country's most diverse and business-driven city.
The staggered contests for seats on half of the kingdom's 178 municipal councils, the first governmental elections in more than three decades, offered a rare measure of public opinion and political strength across Saudi Arabia -- or at least the opinions of men, as women were barred from voting or running as candidates, as were active soldiers and police officers.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/11476833.htm

United States Urges Due Process for Jailed Uzbek Journalist
Sabirjon Yakubov arrested on charges of anti-constitutional activity
19 April 2005
The United States is aware of the arrest on April 11 of Uzbek journalist Sabirjon Yakubov on charges of anti-constitutional activity. The U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan is “in contact with the Uzbek authorities and has urged observance of due process and fair and humane treatment,” according to a statement issued in response to a question taken at the State Department daily press briefing April 19.

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-9545-PHPSESSID-43c24c2bcd6765e588b92e123bb93d87.html

MPs Okumu, Ocula Jailed Over Murder
The Monitor (Kampala)
April 21, 2005
Posted to the web April 20, 2005
Lominda Afedraru, Peter Nyanzi, Emmanuel Gyezaho & Lydia Mukisa
Court
Two Members of Parliament were yesterday charged with murder and sent on remand at Luzira Prisons.
Mr Reagan Okumu (Aswa County), also the deputy executive co-ordinator of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Mr Micheal Nyeko Ocula (Kilak County) are accused of murdering Alfred Bongomin on February 12, 2002 at Pabbo in Gulu district.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200504200881.html

UZBEKISTAN: Activists call for release of journalist
20 Apr 2005 15:06:17 GMT
Source: IRIN
ANKARA, 20 April (IRIN) - A campaign calling for the release of Uzbek journalist Sabirjon Yakubov is gaining momentum following what activists refer to as trumped up charges against him earlier this month. "We are calling for his immediate release and due process of law," Pascale Bonnamour, head of the Europe desk for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) told IRIN from Paris on Wednesday, noting their organisation's concern for the young journalist's safety while in jail.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a4fc328d322eb6d7cc78561a03c5a68d.htm

continued...

April 24, 2005, a Wellington, Ohio Forsythia Bush headed for severe cold damage. 

There go the Maple Tree buds in Wellington, Ohio on April 24, 2005. That looks like very dense ice and not just snow. It's glacial ice in the wrong place. That is what broke the tree below. The weight of the ice. 

Will there be any lilacs and tulips in Wellington, Ohio? 

April 24, 2005. Wellington, Ohio. There go the flower beds !! 

April 24, 2005. Wellington, Ohio snow storm looking through an oval beveled window. 

April 24, 2005. Wintersville, Ohio snow storm. 

April 24, 2005. Hail storm in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

April 24, 2005, Northeastern Tennesee Snow Storm. Is Senator Frist paying attention? Global Warming, Senator !!! 

April 25, 2005, severe snow storm in Shaker Heights, Michigan. Damage was obviously done to this tree, but, also Spring has begun and the cold has probably done damage to newly blooming plants and grass. 

Reported to be 'Snowpack" holding despite warmer temperatures in the Central Mountains of Colorado. That could change quickly but I am very happy it hasn't. 

Morning Papers - continued...

The Boston Globe

Partisan showdown looms on filibusters
Frist calls GOP justified in changing Senate rules
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff April 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Bill Frist said yesterday that Republicans are justified in trying to prevent Democrats from using filibusters against judicial nominees, and his vote-counting ally said the GOP has enough votes to end the filibuster tactic.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/04/25/partisan_showdown_looms_on_filibusters/
Outcry of 'stuck kids' goes to court
Suit challenges mental care rules
By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff April 25, 2005
BROCKTON -- She has always been a fighter, the Brockton store clerk and single mother says. But when it comes to getting her handsome 12-year-old son the right help for his bipolar disorder, she is frustrated to tears: The state system will provide a psychiatric hospital bed when he falls into crisis, but not the at-home treatment that could keep him from needing hospitalization.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/25/outcry_of_stuck_kids_goes_to_court/

Mentally ill sent to Mental health courts
By Samira Jafari, Associated Press Writer April 25, 2005
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- At 16, Kimberly Hudson was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but medication was not prescribed because of her age. The next few years were a nightmare of mood swings that she tempered with marijuana and cocaine, until drug and theft charges landed her in court.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/25/mentally_ill_sent_to_mental_health_courts/

U.S. prison population soars in 2003, '04
By Siobhan McDonough, Associated Press Writer April 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- While the U.S. crime rate has fallen over the past decade, the number of people in prison and jail is outpacing the number of inmates released, the government reports.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/25/us_prison_population_soars_in_2003_04/

THIS IS A HUGE JOKE. The Repuglicans have absolutely no respect for the USA Constitution. They rather burn it rather than abide by it.

GOP stressing Constitution in judge battle
By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent April 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Buffeted by poor poll numbers, Senate Republicans are stressing the Constitution rather than religion or retribution against activist judges as the reason to deny Democrats the right to block votes on President Bush's court nominees.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/04/25/gop_stressing_constitution_in_judge_battle/

Last Syria Units Pack to Leave Lebanon After 29 Yrs
By Lin Noueihed April 25, 2005
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The last Syrian forces packed to leave Lebanon on Monday, effectively ending its 29-year military and intelligence domination of its tiny neighbor.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/25/last_syria_units_pack_to_leave_lebanon_after_29_yrs_1114420315/

Shortchanged colleges
April 25, 2005
THE STATE'S public colleges and universities are educating 262,000 students, but the schools lack the capacity to fully accomplish their missions.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/04/25/shortchanged_colleges/

Backsliding in Haiti
April 25, 2005
FOURTEEN MONTHS ago, armed rebels overthrew the elected Haitian government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former slum priest who had a checkered record of governance but the support of much of the country's desperately poor population. Since then, neither an interim appointed government nor a force of 7,500 United Nations peacekeeping soldiers and police officers has been able to create the stability needed for economic growth and the development of strong public and private institutions. Elections this fall could produce a government with more credibility, but Haiti will need the peacekeepers and other international assistance long after the elections.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/04/25/backsliding_in_haiti/

A vaccine Catch-22
April 25, 2005
THE PANIC over the flu vaccine shortage last fall showed a fault line in the nation's system for supplying the best weapons against infectious diseases. Last Sunday The Washington Post revealed that there is also a deep flaw in the government's program for ensuring a stockpile of childhood vaccines.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/04/25/a_vaccine_catch_22/

The China Daily

Officials react angrily to US moves on yuan
By Xu Binglan (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-25 06:10
BOAO: China's top financial officials reacted to re-emerging calls from across the Pacific to force China to revalue its currency by saying it was China's own business and others should mind their own.
The remarks won wide support from international financial officials at the Boao Forum for Asia.
China sees its domestic development as the most important aspect in deciding its foreign exchange policy and does not "pay attention solely to the trade deficit of certain countries," Wen Benhua, deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said yesterday in a panel discussion at the forum.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437097.htm

China, Japan mend fences, pitfalls ahead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-25 08:53
The leaders of China and Japan pulled their relations back from the brink at a weekend meeting, but analysts said bitter memories of Japan's wartime history and rivalry for influence will keep ties fragile.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appear to have papered over their countries' worst row in three decades during talks in Jakarta Saturday, a day after Koizumi made an unusually public apology for Japan's past atrocities in Asia, Reuters reported

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437160.htm

China initiates five proposals on ties with Japan(Xinhua)Updated: 2005-04-24 08:47
Chinese President Hu Jintao said Japan should seriously reflect over its wartime history and properly handle the current difficult situation in the Sino-Japanese relations.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/24/content_436920.htm

Chen 'okays' opposition leader's visit
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-04-25 09:17
Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian has given his "blessing" to this week's landmark mainland visit by the island's major opposition leader, reversing earlier criticism of the trip, a senior Taiwan official said.
Chen had repeatedly accused Kuomintang (KMT) leader Lien Chan of being the mainland’s promotional tool.
Another opposition leader James Soong, chairman of the People First Party, has also accepted Beijing's invitation to visit the Chinese mainland. A group of officials from Soong's party flew to Beijing Sunday to discuss the arrangements for the trip.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437188.htm

Taiwan parties prepare for mainland visit
By Xing Zhigang, Cao Desheng (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-25 06:06
Official talks between Taiwan's opposition People First Party (PFP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the schedule of PFP Chairman James Soong's planned visit to the mainland began yesterday in Beijing.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437082.htm

EU ups textile pressure on China
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-25 14:59
EU trade chief Peter Mandelson stepped up pressure on China to curb a "ruinous" surge in textile exports, urging it to take action or face possible EU steps to protect Europe's clothing industry.
Mandelson made the call as he gave details of the surge in Chinese imports since the end of a quota system in January, and confirmed plans to investigate specific areas where the European Union (EU) might impose import ceilings.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437292.htm

China to be biggest US trading partner
(People's Daily Online)
Updated: 2005-04-25 14:02
It is probable that China will take over Canada this year to be the largest trading partner of the United States, said former US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky at a trade negotiation recently.
Continued investment from the US in factories in China over the recent years led to an explosive expansion of Sino-US trade.
In 2003, China surpassed Mexico to be the second exporter to the US.
Last year, the US imported from Canada US$256 billion of goods, mostly automobile, mineral ore and fuel, while its US$197-billion imports from China were mainly computer, sports goods and clothes.
China is now the third-largest trader in the world, after the US and Germany.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437278.htm

Official: Iran to resume nuke enrichment
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-25 08:25
Iran will resume uranium enrichment regardless of the outcome of its negotiations with three European powers over its nuclear program, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday.
Speaking to reporters five days before Iran is to resume nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany, Hamid Reza Asefi said the Europeans appeared to be serious in seeking an agreement with Iran. But he added that any settlement had to respect Iran's right, as a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, to enrich uranium.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/25/content_437124.htm

The Marietta Times

Awareness growing about global warming
By Connie Cartmell, ccartmell@mariettatimes.com
Paul Garrison had his fling with gas guzzling "dream" cars. Five years ago he opted for a "sensible" car of tomorrow and that's made all the difference.
"Almost every day someone asks me about my car," said Garrison, 69. "I was the first hybrid in Washington County. Now I'm seeing more every day."

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0423202005_new01warm.asp

More blasting planned on Ohio 7 hillside
By Justin McIntosh, jmcintosh@mariettatimes.com
The Ohio 7 hillside stabilization project south of Marietta is getting ready to move forward with more blasting and the potential for more impact to nearby homes.
The $12 million project will move forward after the Ohio Department of Transportation finishes a utility relocation and after three homeowners in the Bramblewood Heights Road area finish moving.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0423202005_new02blast.asp

Vehicle break-ins continue in county
By Jessica Burchard, jburchard@mariettatimes.com
The number of reports of items being stolen from unlocked vehicles continues to increase around Washington County with the report of nearly 10 such thefts this week in New Matamoras.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office began an investigation into the New Matamoras thefts Thursday. They occurred at three different residences on Ohio 260. The sheriff believes the current string of thefts is related to those they've investigated over the last few months, but are uncertain if the same suspects are involved.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0423202005_new03breaki.asp

Treasurer touts new way to save
By Justin McIntosh, jmcintosh@mariettatimes.com
Jennette Bradley, Ohio's 45th treasurer, made a brief visit in Marietta Friday touting a new bond program recently made available to all state residents.
The Buckeye Savers Bond Program was previously only available to large institutional investors like insurance companies and mutual funds.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0423202005_new04treas.asp

Funds being raised to repair bridge
By Kate York, kyork@mariettatimes.com
Area volunteers are raising money for repairs to the Harmar Railroad Bridge, even as one-time ideas for renovating the bridge are discarded.
Members of the Historic Harmar Bridge Co., which owns the bridge linking downtown Marietta to the Harmar village, said ideas discussed last year to add side rails, decking and other features to the bridge are unlikely to ever happen.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/0423202005_new05bridg.asp

The Moscow Times

Armenia Remembers Victims of Genocide
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Hundreds of thousands of people clutching tulips, carnations and daffodils climbed a hill in Armenia's capital on Sunday to lay wreaths and remember the 1.5 million they say were killed 90 years ago in Ottoman Turkey.
From the top, the crowds could see the heights of Mount Ararat, now in eastern Turkey, the region where Armenia says its people were slaughtered in a deliberate genocide during the chaos surrounding the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/25/251.html

Putin Allays TNK-BP Worries
President Vladimir Putin offered a show of support for the country's top oil exporter, TNK-BP, during a Kremlin meeting Friday with BP's chief executive, Lord Browne.
In a sign of possible upcoming relief for the oil major, which is grappling with a back tax claim of nearly $1 billion, Putin said he hoped the 50-50 joint venture between BP and Tyumen Oil would continue to grow at the same rapid rate it has since its creation in February 2003.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/25/001.html

Investors Weary of Presidential Promises
By Alex Fak
Staff Writer
While some investors hope that President Vladimir Putin will reiterate recent promises to business during his televised state of the nation address Monday, others say they will not be tuning in at all.
The reason is that the main changes investors want -- less state interference in business; property rights guarantees; banking reform; less red tape for small and medium-sized enterprises; and a diversified economy -- have all been promised by Putin in his previous five addresses.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/25/002.html

Tokyo Ready to Support WTO Bid
Japan's foreign minister said Friday that Tokyo was ready to formally endorse Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization by the end of this year, after the two sides signed a memorandum to boost trade.
Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura had met with Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko to discuss steps to increase two-way investment and trade, ahead of a vote on adding Russia to the WTO, the body that sets rules for global commerce.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/25/041.html

Unhedged Optimism
It's official: High oil prices are here to stay. Any doubts on this point were laid to rest when the government decided on April 7 to raise the cutoff oil price above which surplus revenues are channeled into the stabilization fund from $20 to $27 per barrel. In raising the cutoff price, the government is betting that average oil prices are going to remain well above long-term historical levels more or less indefinitely.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/25/006.html

The Cheney Observer

KAPLAN: Hearts, Minds, And Dollars
Apr 23, 2005
By David E. Kaplan
As war games go, this one was unique: the first-ever exercise on "strategic communications," its sponsors said. It was July 2003, and the government's leading players in winning the "war of ideas" against terrorism had gathered at National Defense University, in Washington, D.C. There were crisis managers from the White House, diplomats from the State Department, Pentagon specialists in psyops--psychological operations. Washington's quick victory over Saddam Hussein's Army that spring had done little to quell surging anti-Americanism overseas. Across the Muslim world--including U.S. allies like Indonesia and Jordan--polls showed Osama bin Laden a more trusted figure than George W. Bush.

http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=102483&list=/home.php

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia with US to fight global terrorism: Cheney
WASHINGTON, April 23 : US Vice President, Richard Cheney acknowledged Friday that "Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are working closely with the United States and our allies to fight global terrorism."
He said the United States "will continue" working with other governments to track down the terrorists, and to stop the proliferation of the world's most dangerous weapons.
Dick Cheney remarked this in his address to the Republican National Lawyers Association, held at the National Press Club. He said President Bush and "and I will never lose sight of our primary responsibility every day we serve in public office: We will do all that is necessary to protect the liberty and the lives of the American people. We will keep at the effort to defend the homeland and improve our intelligence capabilities."

http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Apr05/23/05.htm

Is work in Iraq worth the risk?
Halliburton reconsidering its $1.2 billion oil field contract
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co. is reconsidering whether its contract to rebuild southern Iraq's oil industry is worth all the risks involved.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3149155

HALLIBURTON MAY EXIT DEAL
Bloomberg News
Halliburton Co., the largest U.S. contractor in Iraq, said Friday that it may withdraw from an agreement to help restore the war-torn nation's oil fields because of increasing attacks by insurgents. "We are evaluating the scope and all of our options on this contract," Chief Operating Officer Andrew Lane told analysts and investors Friday. Less work can be done because of the attacks, leading to "an unattractive risk-and-reward profile," he said.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/11471002.htm

Cheney joins fight in Senate on judges
He says he'd break tie to change rule on using filibusters
David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Washington -- Vice President Dick Cheney plunged the White House into the judicial confirmation battle Friday by saying he supported changing the Senate rules to stop the Democrats from using filibusters to block judicial nominees and would, if needed, provide the tie-breaking vote. In addition, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the majority whip, asserted that Republicans would have the votes needed to execute that change.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/23/MNGBQCDVPP1.DTL

Cheney comes to Bolton's defense
Douglas Jehl, New York Times
April 23, 2005 BOLT0423
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed Friday to allocate two more weeks for its examination of John Bolton, Vice President Dick Cheney called for solidarity with the embattled nominee, who is seeking Senate confirmation as ambassador to the United Nations.
"If being occasionally tough and aggressive and abrasive were a problem, there are a lot of members of the United States Senate who wouldn't qualify," Cheney said in a speech to Republican lawyers.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5364919.html

Cheney to vote to end filibusters
Published: Saturday, Apr. 23, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday he would vote in the Senate to stop filibusters of judicial nominees if given the chance.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., wants to change Senate rules by banning judicial filibusters – a tactic in which opponents can prevent a vote on a nomination with just 41 votes in the 100-member body. Democrats have used the tactic to block confirmation votes on 10 of Bush’s nominees.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050423/NEWS03/50423010/-1/news

Putin delights in pouring oil on BP's troubled waters
THREADNEEDLE
BP BOSS Lord Browne has been seeking reassurances about the business climate in Russia at a meeting with president Vladimir Putin. But while he heard soothing noises from the Russian leader, he is too shrewd to mistake words for actions; and by his actions, Putin is saying Russia is still a risky place to put investors’ money.

http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=435092005

Iranians included in Rover interest
NICK BEVENS
FIRMS in the Middle East, India and Russia have expressed an interest in buying parts of stricken car company MG Rover.
Administrators called in to run the Longbridge-based car maker this month are evaluating the potential bids.
Joint administrator Tony Lomas said yesterday: "Interest has been expressed by potential buyers from Asia, the Middle East, India, Russia and China as well as from the UK. We have had over 200 expressions of interest."

http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=438652005&20050425095924

Start-ups show rise in 'love money' funding
JENNIFER HILL
INFORMAL investment in new business in Scotland has recovered faster than early-stage investment, after a post-11 September crash, according to a report to be unveiled tomorrow.
Hundreds of millions of pounds of informal investors’ money have flowed into new businesses north of the Border, the majority being "love money", the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde University found.
Its Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study revealed the annual amount of investment by individuals in new businesses owned by others was an estimated £390 million.

http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=438932005

Annan Remark on Oil Sales Draws Nods of Agreement
By WARREN HOGE
Published: April 24, 2005

UNITED NATIONS, April 22 - When Secretary General Kofi Annan declared in an unguarded moment last week that Saddam Hussein made most of his money "on the American and British watch" rather than from the United Nations oil-for-food program, he was expressing a view that is widely held but seldom uttered at the organization as it tries to avoid clashing with Washington.
Speaking to former United Nations communications officials and thinking his comments were confidential, Mr. Annan said Mr. Hussein pocketed far more from sanctions-skirting oil sales to Jordan and Turkey, which were being monitored by the United States and Britain, than from the scandal-tainted relief program run by the Security Council. "They were the ones who had interdiction," he said. "Possibly they were also the ones who knew exactly what was going on, and the countries themselves decided to close their eyes to smuggling to Turkey and Jordan because they were allies."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/international/middleeast/24nations.html

Report: ExxonMobil Spends Millions Funding Global Warming Skeptics
A new investigation by Mother Jones magazine has revealed that ExxonMobil has spent at least $8 million dollars funding a network of groups to challenge the existence of global warming. We speak with the author of the report, a member of one the organizations that receives money from Exxon and a journalist covering environmental and climate change issues. [includes rush transcript]
Today is the 35th anniversary of Earth Day. To commemorate the occasion we take a look at the debate over global warming.
A new investigation by Mother Jones magazine has revealed that ExxonMobil has spent at least $8 million dollars funding a network of groups to challenge the existence of global warming.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/22/1338256

Mobilize Against the “Poster Child for War Profiteering”
Halliburton Shareholders Meeting Protest In House
More and more revelations about contract abuse by Halliburton come out regularly. Just last week Rep. Henry Waxman issued a report that found Halliburton overcharging in Iraq now totaled more than $200 million, see: http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/ . Activists in Houston are working with national groups, including Democracy Rising, to highlight corporate contract abuse by Halliburton when they hold their shareholders meeting this May 18. In the interview below with DemocracyRising’s Kevin Zeese, Scott Parkin, a Community Organizer for Houston Global Awareness describes their plans and how it fits into the overall goals of the organization.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=7687

Big Dig Called Safe for Cars, but Not So for Pocketbooks
By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: April 24, 2005

BOSTON, April 23 - While officials say that the leak-prone Big Dig tunnel project is safe for motorists, they can give no assurance that taxpayers will not be soaked more to pay for repairs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/national/24dig.html>

OAS Official Says Attacks on Journalists in the Americas Rising
Inter-American Commission cites 11 murders of media workers in 2004
20 April 2005
By Eric Green
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington -- Journalists in the Americas increasingly are being harassed and threatened and remain subject to assassinations, according to a human rights official of the Organization of American States (OAS). In an April 19 statement, the OAS official, Eduardo Bertoni, said 11 journalists were murdered in the Americas during 2004; in 2003,seven journalists were killed.

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-9587.html

continued...

Morning Papers - concluding

New York Times

After the Tsunami, Rebuilding Paradise

By SETH MYDANS
Published: April 24, 2005

EVERY morning as the sky brightens over the Andaman Sea, workers in Phuket, Thailand, set out perfect lines of white plastic lounge chairs along the soft sand, punctuated by furled umbrellas ready to be opened as the sun begins to burn. Vendors arrive with their ice-cold water, coconuts and soft drinks. Masseuses spread their straw mats under the palm trees. Jet Ski operators gather by their polished machines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/travel/24phuket.html?hp&ex=1114401600&en=554123043b7659ef&ei=5094&partner=homepage

21 Iraqis Killed in Attacks in Tikrit and Baghdad
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: April 24, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 24 - Twin car bombs killed six Iraqi police officers and injured at least 30 at a police academy in Tikrit today. In Baghdad, 15 people were killed and at least 57 were hurt in two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque, as insurgents continued their campaign of violence against Iraqis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/international/middleeast/24cnd-iraq.html

Rice and Cheney Are Said to Push Iraqi Politicians on Stalemate
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JOEL BRINKLEY
Published: April 25, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 24 - Worried about a political deadlock in Iraq and a spike in mayhem from an emboldened insurgency, the Bush administration has pressed Iraqi leaders in recent days to end their stalemate over forming a new government, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney personally exhorting top Kurdish and Shiite politicians to come together.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/international/middleeast/25iraq.html?hp&ex=1114488000&en=68c00d8fb3221381&ei=5094&partner=homepage

A Tax Benefit for Big Donors Often Bypasses Idea of Charity
By STEPHANIE STROM

George B. Kaiser, a publicity-shy oilman who built a fortune estimated at $4 billion by snapping up busted petroleum businesses in Oklahoma, set aside roughly $1 billion for charitable endeavors from 2000 to the end of last year.
In exchange, he can now deflect taxes on much of his own income over the next several years.
But it turns out that only $3.4 million of the money he set aside has gone to charities. The rest is sitting in an obscure philanthropic entity called a supporting organization, so named because it is created to support a specific charity or charities.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/business/25taxes.html?ei=5094&en=d42ec720d18aa73c&hp=&ex=1114488000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=

Soyuz Capsule Lands
By REUTERS
Published: April 25, 2005

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25 (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule bumped down on the Kazakh steppe early on Monday, bringing a Russian, an American and an Italian astronaut safely back to Earth from the International Space Station.
The landing, under a nearly full moon two hours before daybreak, was complicated by flooding on the steppe that covers much of this Central Asian state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/science/25russia.html

The Cheney Observer Revisited

Inside Tom DeLay's pep rally for Senate Republicans
By Jim Shea
The Hartford Courant
Last week, House Majority Leader Tom ''The Hammer'' DeLay met with Senate Republicans to whip up support for his ethical lapses.

Because the meeting was closed to the public, we're not exactly sure how he did this, but we assume it took the form of a pep rally.

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2681774

The Japan Times

Scientists, academics urge major nuclear powers to dispose of weapons
A seven-member group of Japanese scientists and academics has urged the world's five major nuclear powers to stick to a global treaty on nuclear nonproliferation and work toward the complete abolition of nuclear arms.
The Committee of Seven for World Peace Appeal, which includes Nobel physics prize laureate Masatoshi Koshiba, also urged the Japanese government to again examine the situation regarding nuclear weapons and appeal for peace as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050422f2.htm

Factories contain 1.7 million toxic time bombs
About 1.7 million electric devices containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyl are being kept at factories nationwide, according to officials of the environment and industry ministries.
Production of the substance has been banned since 1972.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050422f1.htm

37 killed, more than 230 injured in Hyogo train accident
KOBE (Kyodo) At least 37 people were killed and nearly 240 others were injured when four cars of a seven-car express train derailed and two of them slammed into an apartment building Monday morning in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, police and firefighters said.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425h1.htm

Machimura blasts China's textbooks as 'extreme'
The Associated Press
Chinese textbooks are "extreme" in their interpretation of history, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Sunday, a day after China's president demanded Tokyo do more to improve relations damaged by new Japanese textbooks that allegedly whitewash wartime atrocities.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425a2.htm

Koizumi gets boost with by-election wins
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki, one of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's few political allies, secured a comeback to the House of Representatives in a by-election Sunday.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425a1.htm

The Vermillion Plain Talk

USD assistant women's BB Coach Becky Flynn-Jensen inducted into Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame
South Dakota women's basketball assistant coach Becky Flynn-Jensen was one of three Creighton's all-time greats inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 12 in Omaha, NE.
Keith DeFini and Scott Stahoviak were inducted with Flynn-Jensen in a banquet held at the Downtown Doubletree. With their induction, the Creighton Hall of Fame includes 51 members, including the 1968 induction of Major League Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Gibson.

http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/spo_0422050061.html

Statewide tornado drill planned April 27
April 25-29 is Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota
Gov. Mike Rounds has declared April 25-29 Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota so that all citizens are aware of safety precautions they can take during the severe weather they often encounter in the state.

http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/sta_0422050038.html

Renaudin will perform in Europe
By Amber Skjonsberg
Throughout the years at Wakonda School there have been foreign exchange students, some from China, Mexico, Germany, and even Kazakhstan. Now, this summer, WHS sophomore Jeanne Renaudin will be traveling to Europe but she won't be going as an exchange student. She will be traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to represent the Wakonda High School Band by participating in a tri-state band.

http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/wak_0422050123.html

We're obligated to take care of our own Editorial
by the Plain Talk
Last January, Gov. Mike Rounds took time to meet with media representatives in Vermillion.
He held a lengthy, detailed discussion covering a variety of topics he hoped the state Legislature would address in the upcoming 2005 session.

http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/opi_0422050032.html

Vermillion is CAPITAL for a day
By David Lias
Plain Talk
As everyone who resides in South Dakota knows, Pierre seems to be a long ways from nearly everywhere.
So Vermillion citizens made sure to take full advantage of all that was offered locally Wednesday afternoon when the city was dubbed Capital for a Day.

http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/loc_0422050001.html

The World According to Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart ex-exec target of U.S. probe
Grand jury looks at allegations of anti-union activity
By Becky Yerak and Stephen Franklin
Tribune staff reporters
Published April 23, 2005
Additional material published April 24, 2005:
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS.
A story on Page 1 of the Saturday Business section incorrectly said that Wal-Mart confirmed it is the subject of a grand jury investigation. It is former Vice Chairman Tom Coughlin and his activities at Wal-Mart that are the subject of the grand jury investigation.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has been on a mission to rehabilitate its public image, suffered a setback Friday when it confirmed it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504230093apr23,1,2361284.story?coll=chi-business-hed

Striking Shenzhen Workers at Japanese-owned Wal-Mart Supplier Firm Demand Right to Unionize

[In recent weeks, a number of protests directed against Japan have erupted throughout China. The most widely reported have been sparked by anger at new Japanese school textbooks that elide discussion of World War II atrocities, by territorial conflicts over the Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands, and by the Japanese bid for a permanent Security Council seat. Participants in those protests appear to have been overwhelmingly from the ranks of students and intellectuals. The strike at the Japanese-owned Uniden factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong carries the protest movement to a new level. It is significant as one of the first actions by workers in opposition to Japanese labor practices, as well as being an action that could simultaneously impact on the American giant firm Wal-Mart that has thus far resisted Chinese government pressures to permit a union.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=7713

Bowen: Recuse Wal-Mart chiefs
BY CHRISTOPHER LEONARD
Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005
Email this story Printer-friendly version
When Jared Bowen asks the Wal-Mart board of directors to rehire him next week, he will ask Wal-Mart’s senior officers to stay out of the decision making, according to Bowen’s attorney, Steve Kardell.
Kardell said he will ask the board of directors to form an independent committee to consider Bowen’s case, excluding such members as Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott and retired executive Jack Shewmaker.

http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Business&storyid=114304

County considers anti-Wal-Mart resolution
BY KRISTEN CATES
THE SOUTHERN
MURPHYSBORO - While plans for a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter moving to the Illinois 13 and Country Club Road neighborhood haven't moved forward, the argument over who supports the megastore and who is opposed rages on.
Friends for Fair Growth, a growing grassroots organization aimed at putting the brakes on Wal-Mart's plans to move to a heavily wooded, rural family neighborhood, has circulated petitions and has now received more than 1,000 signatures of support.

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/04/23/top/102347.txt

Reports blast 'double-dipping' by Wal-Mart

Retailer, which has gotten $50M in subsidies, has Florida's highest number of Medicaid-eligible workers.

By Susan Lundine and Christine Selvaggi Baumann
Orlando Business Journal
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET April 17, 2005

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has reaped millions of dollars in government subsidies to expand its operations in Florida, is potentially the state's biggest user of the Medicaid system.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7541854/

Wal-Mart is changing its style
By Anne D'Innocenzio
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Teresa McDowell shops at Wal-Mart, she sticks to buying basic household products and groceries, never crossing the aisle to pick up furniture or clothing.
"I'm pretty much an Abercrombie, Gap, J. Crew, Banana Republic person," the Atlanta resident said.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2002242737_walmartfashions18.html

Moye wins Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division Tournament

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/BFL_oconee_05.html

Robbery, Biting At Wal-Mart

A case of robbery and biting at the Wal-mart Supercenter on Broadway in Tyler. Police say 20-year-old Bennie Earl Black was suspected of shoplifting a pellet gun and was confronted by an employee. Black is then accused of biting the employee on the hand. He's also charged with attempting to flee from police while officers interviewed witnesses and possession of marijuana.

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3227167&nav=1TjDYoL0

Traffic light mayslow Wal-Mart plans in Raynham
By Kevin Tocci, ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
RAYNHAM — The Planning Board wants Wal-Mart to make Center Street a priority before it approves plans for a super-center on Route 138.
Wal-Mart has offered Raynham $100,000 for a new fire truck and $400,000 that would assist the North Raynham Water District in building a new well on King Philip Street. The super-center is proposed for 160 Broadway where the former Par 3 golf course occupied 25.6 acres.

http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/news/news03.txt

Haaretz

Amending past wrongs
By Haaretz Editorial
At the ceremony Thursday in the sculpture garden of the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Russian President Vladimir Putin will unveil a sculpture by the artist Zurab Tseritely. The sculpture, which represents the destruction of the Jewish people, is a gift from the Russian president, who wishes in this manner to express solidarity with the Holocaust of the Jewish people.
This is no small matter. The Soviet Union lost more than 25 million people in World War II and for decades refused to look upon the Holocaust as something unique in human history. By his gift, Putin wants to say he is sensitive to one of the founding events in the Jewish people's revival in the modern era. The Russian president's gesture is particularly important in view of the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Russia.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=568533&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0

PM: Ezer Weizman was symbol of Israeli sabra
By Ran Reznick, David Ratner and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies
Former president Ezer Weizman, in many ways a larger-than-life figure who played a key role in establishing the Israel Air Force and in forging peace with Egypt, died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea, at the age of 80.
His successor, President Moshe Katsav said Monday that along with all of Israel, he was "in pain and in shock" over Weizman's passing.
"Ezer was a symbol and example of the Israeli sabra," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on learning that Weizman, who had been in declining health in recent months, had passed away. "Every station in his life was a cornerstone in the building of this country," Sharon said in a statement.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568496.html

PA to Israel: Coordinate pullout with us or face problems
By Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents
The Palestinian Authority is demanding that Israel coordinate with it the line to which it will withdraw under the Gaza Strip disengagement plan, and not make a unilateral decision on the matter. The demand was raised by PA Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan in meetings with senior Israeli officials before the Passover holiday.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568541.html

Hamas official to leaders abroad: Move to Gaza after pullout
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
The head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Monday called on leaders of the militant Islamic group who live abroad to return to Palestinian territory after Israel withdraws from Gaza, Israel Radio reported.
Mahmoud a-Zahar also said he would not agree to give up arms, the radio said.
Hamas leaders living abroad, mostly in Syria, include Khaled Meshal, head of Hamas' political department and one of the group's most influential leaders abroad.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568735.html

Lebanon pro-Syria security chief resigns ahead of Syrian exit
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Lebanon's powerful pro-Syrian security chief submitted his resignation on Monday, hours before the last Syrian military and intelligence forces were due to leave the country.
"Security chiefs are usually appointed with politics and change when it changes," Jamil al-Sayyed, head of the General Security, said in his resignation letter.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568774.html

Michael Moore Today

THE MICHAEL MOORE FREEDOM OF SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP
AT CAL STATE SAN MARCOS
On September 13th, 2004 Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes announced her decision to rescind a speaking invitation Michael Moore had received from the student body on the grounds that the speaker was too "political." The student government responded to Ms. Haynes' decision by raising money themselves and organizing the 10,000 person rally at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on October 12, 2004, as part of Moore's 63-city "Slacker Uprising Tour." In honor of those courageous students, "The Michael Moore Freedom of Speech Scholarship at Cal State San Marcos" is established.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/takeaction/sanmarcos.php

http://www.michaelmoore.com/

Students Move
To Ban Military Recruiters
"It's a real conflict of interest for the feeling of the whole school...which is to allow every kind of knowledge to grow...and to have people be themselves." --Leah Rathy, Walnut Hills junior
April 22nd, 2005 3:34 am
Students Move To Ban Military Recruiters
By Bill Price / WPCO Cincinnati
A Cincinnati public high school is considering banning military recruiters from campus.
The Student Congress at Walnut Hills High voted last week to ban recruiters because they feel the military discriminates against gays.
The vote wasn't causing controversy among Walnut Hills students when 9News visited Thursday. In fact, we found many students here didn't even know their student government had taken a stand on the issue.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2332

Red Lake School Lost Aid Due to Signature
By Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A missing signature disqualified a grant proposal for mental health and conflict resolution aid for the Minnesota school district where a student last month killed seven people, federal officials confirmed Thursday.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2338

Rice Accused of Suppressing Terror Info
By Barry Schweid / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A senior House Democrat who has been sharply critical of State Department reporting on terrorism is accusing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of denying Congress and the public important information about the number of incidents.
"There appears to be a pattern in the administration's approach to terrorism data: favorable facts are revealed while unfavorable facts are suppressed," Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California said in a letter to the department's acting inspector general, Cameron R. Hume.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2345

Senate GOP Sets Up Filibuster Showdown
Two Bush Nominees, Both Women, Sent to Floor for Test Between Republicans and Democrats
By Charles Babington and Dan Balz / Washington Post
Moving the Senate closer to a historic confrontation, the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee yesterday endorsed two of President Bush's most controversial nominees to federal appellate court, and Democrats vowed once again to use the filibuster to block their confirmation.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2339

Cheney Weighs in on Judicial Filibusters
By Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney warned Democrats Friday that he will cast the tie-breaking vote to ban filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees if the Senate deadlocks on the question.
Republicans are moving the Senate toward a final confrontation with Democrats over judicial nominations. Internal GOP polling shows that most Americans don't support Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's plan to ban judicial filibusters — a tactic in which opponents can prevent a vote on a nomination with just 41 votes in the 100-member Senate.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2344

Bush Hopes Saudis Will Help;
"Gasoline prices are high, we haven't yet entered the summer driving season, and what is the president going to do about it?"

Bush Encounters Hurdles on Energy Agenda
By Tom Raum / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Running for president five years ago, George W. Bush pledged to jawbone energy-exporting nations to keep oil prices low and to win passage of legislation to spur more domestic energy production. Delivering on either count has proved difficult for the Texas oilman.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2347


"...it is wrong that the leader of the United States must ask favors from a foreign prince."

Democrats Hit Bush on Gas Prices, Energy Plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush should not be forced to ask for favors from Saudi Arabia to help lower near-record prices at American gas pumps, a senior Democratic congressman said on Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts blamed the Bush administration's "failed energy policy" for the high cost of oil and called for a plan that focused on renewable technologies, energy efficiency and conservation rather than an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the United States.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2349

Bush Bill Would Raise Gas Prices

Dems: Energy Bill Would Raise Gas Prices
By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The energy bill that passed the House on Thursday will raise gasoline prices and subsidize oil companies but fail to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Saturday.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2350

AP Cameraman Killed by Gunfire in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A television cameraman working for The Associated Press was killed Saturday when gunfire broke out after an explosion in the northern city of Mosul. An AP photographer was wounded in the same incident.
AP identified the victims as Associated Press Television News cameraman Saleh Ibrahim and photographer Mohamed Ibrahim, no relation to the deceased. Saleh Ibrahim was in his early 30s and was a father of five.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2355

http://www.michaelmoore.com/


Videos Show Downing of Helicopter, Killing in Iraq
Footage on the Internet and TV shows crash and the slaying of crewman who survived it.
By Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times
BAGHDAD — Video recordings showing the downing of a commercial helicopter in central Iraq and the execution of the sole surviving crew member emerged Friday on the Internet and an Arab satellite news channel.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2356

Four Car Bombings in Iraq Leave 21 Dead
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents exploded two car bombs in a Baghdad market and two more in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Sunday, killing a total of 21 Iraqis and wounding 73 in one of the bloodiest days since Iraq's historic elections.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2365

April 24th, 2005 1:27 pm
5 Killed in Border Clashes in Afghanistan
By Stephen Graham / Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan soldiers backed by warplanes and artillery battled suspected insurgents in clashes near the border with Pakistan, and four fighters and one Afghan soldier were killed, the U.S. military said Sunday.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2358

Afghanistan woman stoned to death
BBC
A woman has been stoned to death in Afghanistan, reportedly for committing adultery.
The killing is said to have taken place in the Urgu district of north-eastern Badakhshan province.
A local Afghan government official confirmed the death, and said the government would investigate the case.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2363

April 24th, 2005 2:54 pm
US police handcuff five-year-old
BBC
A lawyer has threatened to sue police officers who handcuffed an allegedly uncontrollable five-year-old after she acted up at a Florida kindergarten.
The officers were called by the school after a teacher and assistant principal failed to calm down the little girl.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2362

Hundreds mourn, celebrate human rights activist
Sean Penn: Ruzicka was his hero
LAKEPORT, California (AP) -- An American activist who was killed by a car bomb in Iraq earlier this month was remembered Saturday for her dedication to humanitarian causes and her personal mission of counting civilian casualties of war.
Many of the more than 600 mourners, including friends, family, colleagues and journalists who traveled from around the world for her funeral, shared memories of Marla Ruzicka's boundless energy that helped her accomplish much in her 28 years.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2364

The Chicago Tribune

BULLS 103, WIZARDS 94
GAME 2: AT UNITED CENTER, 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY
New-timers' day
By K.C. Johnson
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 24, 2005, 11:24 PM CDT
The chant started in the far reaches of the 300 level, those United Center sections that have been barren during the wasteland of the past six seasons.
The chant cascaded downward, bathing the Bulls—and one in particular—in love as they put the finishing touches on Sunday's 103-94 victory over Washington in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-050424bullsgamer,1,1019853.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Schools would prefer `keep your children in class' day
Annual children's visit to workplace Thursday is opposed by districts nationwide that call it `a lost instruction day'
By James Kimberly
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 24, 2005
One Naperville school district is warning parents that kids who participate in "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day next year will be charged an unexcused absence.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-0504240270apr24,1,2966384.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Schwarzenegger loses aura of invincibility
Governor regroups as approval tumbles
By Vincent J. Schodolski
Tribune national correspondent
Published April 24, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- He never used to lose. They could throw anything at him, even a mechanically or electronically superior female cyborg and he would triumph. But Arnold Schwarzenegger is discovering that he is in California, not in "California: The Movie."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504240267apr24,1,5984425.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Holding on, letting go
IN VIETNAM: WAR HAPPENED, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
IN AMERICA: CONFLICT STILL PROVOKES ANGER, AMBIGUITY
By Michael A. Lev, Tribune foreign correspondent, Michael Tackett, senior correspondent, and Tim Jones, national correspondent
Published April 24, 2005
The Vietnam War was a searing conflict that cost 58,000 American lives. Thirty years later, for many Americans the war still echoes in college classrooms, within families and in the nation's political campaigns. But for most Vietnamese, the "American War" that killed an estimated 1 million people or more is their parents' war, only one chapter in the country's long history of armed struggle. The conflict with the U.S. is no longer an issue; the Vietnamese have largely moved on.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504240313apr24,1,2642081.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Global Warming/Climate Change - Some are a little dated but important

Climate Change Is Melting Antarctic Glaciers

Posted April 24, 2005 12:00AM
An in-depth study using aerial photographs spanning the past half century of all 244 marine glaciers on the west side of the Antarctic finger-like peninsula pointing up to South America found that 87 percent of them were in retreat -- and the speed was rising.

Most of the glaciers on the Antarctic peninsula are in headlong retreat because of climate change, according to a leading scientist.
An in-depth study using aerial photographs spanning the past half century of all 244 marine glaciers on the west side of the finger-like peninsula pointing up to South America found that 87 percent of them were in retreat -- and the speed was rising.

http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=120006Q6NWM0

Plea to farmers on climate change
Farmers in the UK are being urged to consider how they will cope with the effects of climate change.
The government says changing weather patterns could have severe implications for crops and livestock.
Government scientists have been looking at possible consequences of global warming as far ahead as 2080, but say the effects could be seen far sooner.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4252419.stm

Climate change leading to severe erosion in parks
Last updated Feb 10 2005 04:52 PM AST
CBC News
CHARLOTTETOWN – It's been an especially bad year for erosion at Prince Edward Island National Park because of severe winter storms.
Park officials spoke about coastal erosion before a special committee on climate change on Thursday in Charlottetown.
A storm surge on Boxing Day eroded as much as 10 metres of shoreline in some areas of the park. It tore away dunes, and took large chunks from the bottoms of cliffs.

http://pei.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=pei-coastal-erosion-20050210

EU sets out global climate change mitigation agenda

New business and community resilience measures will be necessary.
The European Commission has set out a road-map for reducing the increase in global warming and for mitigating its impacts.
Climate change is a real threat that calls for a long-term, global response states the EC. The Kyoto Protocol, which comes into force on 16th February 2005 and legally obliges industrialised countries to meet targets with regard to their emissions of greenhouse gases is just a first step in its mitigation.

http://continuitycentral.com/news01742.htm

Global climate change dispute heats up prior to Kyoto treaty
Environmental group says Earth's temperature could rise by 2026
By Sam Hodgson, Senior Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, February 10, 2005

Leading international scientists gathered at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Exeter, U.K., Feb. 1-3, to further scientific understanding and encourage international debate about global climate change.
At the conference, the World Wildlife Fund proposed that by the year 2026, the Earth could become an average 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit higher than pre-industrial levels, according to The Associated Press.

http://www.thedailyaztec.com/news/2005/02/10/City/Global.Climate.Change.Dispute.Heats.Up.Prior.To.Kyoto.Treaty-858372.shtml


Climate change impacting Nebraska, says Hagel
By Robert Pore
robert.pore@theindependent.com

While global climate change is impacting Nebraska, it will also provide opportunities for the state's economy, said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Wednesday.

One of the opportunities Nebraska has in meeting the challenge of reducing greenhouse emissions, which are a contributing factor to global climate change, is the development of the state's energy potential through environmentally friendly renewable fuels, such as ethanol, biodiesel and wind power.

http://www.theindependent.com/stories/021005/new_climate10.shtml

The New Zealand Herald

'It was at Gallipoli that our young nations came of age'

Turkish honour guards are silhouetted behind a fluttering New Zealand flag during an international service at a Turkish memorial in Gallipoli. Picture / Reuters

25.04.05 2.15pm UPDATE

HELLES, Turkey - New Zealanders and Australians have poured into Anzac Cove for the 90th anniversary of one of World War One’s most vicious battles.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122229

Solo sailor recovers after dramatic rescue

25.04.05 1.00pm

A French solo sailor was today recovering after being rescued from high seas off Cape Reinga overnight.
His crippled sloop Teno Zaranza was towed into the safety of Spirits Bay in the Far North late this morning by the container ship Pacific Explorer which responded to a mayday call.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122234

Wintry weather grips the country

25.04.05 11.00am UPDATE

Desert Road is now open after ice and snow closed the road earlier today as the first blast of wintry weather for the year continued to grip much of the country on the Anzac holiday weekend.
Snow, hail and high winds have affected many regions.
The Rimutaka Hill road, north of Wellington, is open but motorists have been advised to take extreme care as a light dusting of snow and slushy conditions create driving hazards.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122214

The weather in Antarctica is (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Scott Base

Cloudy

-27.0°

Updated Monday 25 Apr 8:59PM

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

37 °F / 3 °C
Clear

Humidity:
81%

Dew Point:
32 °F / 0 °C

Wind:
Calm

Pressure:
30.13 in / 1020 hPa

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16

Clouds (AGL):
Clear -

end