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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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Morning Papers - Its' Origins
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History...
1792, A group of brokers meeting at a coffee house in New York City organize the New York Stock Exchange. The first transactions are made under a tree on Wall Street.
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1875, The first Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs, Kentucky; racehorse Aristides is the winner.
1938, Congress passed the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean Navy.
1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1948, the Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
1954, The U.S. Supreme Court reverses an 1896 ruling that education should be "separate but equal," ruling that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school segregation was a violation of constitutional rights. The National Park Service offers information on the designated historical site and links to further information about the ruling.
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
1973, The U.S. Senate committee investigating Watergate begins its televised proceedings; allegations of wrongdoing in the affair lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million
1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men & women
1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
1998 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship
Born...
1900, Ayatollah Khomeini, religious and political leader of Iran. This man is 105 years old? That doesn't seem realistic. I don't want to wish him any harm, but, he has been seen viewing missile launches and looking more fit than 105 years old. I am rather surprised.
1912, born Archibald Cox, attorney, educator, and special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974). Nixon dismissed Cox as special prosecutor in 1973 because Cox had requested access to secret White House tapes as part of his investigation. The firing provoked public outrage and led to the introduction of impeachment proceedings against Nixon in the United States Congress.
1956, Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer
Missing in Action
1966 DEERE DONALD T. SNYDER TX
1967 DODGE RONALD WAYNE SAN DIEGO CA PHOTO SEEN IN PARIS PAPER REMAINS RETURNED 07/08/81
1967 LEWIS CHARLIE G. FAYETTEVILLE NC
1968 YOUNG CHARLES L. NEW YORK NY
1969 STEWART VIRGIL G. BATON ROUGE LA
1970 WESTWOOD NORMAN P. JR. WEST HARTFORD CT
1971 PEARCE DALE A. MENTOR OH
1971 SOYLAND DAVID P. RAPID CITY SD
May 15…
1961 MC MORROW JOHN P. 08/17/62 RELEASED
1961 SHORE EDWARD R. JR. 08/15/62 RELEASED AIR AMERICA PILOT
1961 WOLFKILL GRANT 08/17/62 RELEASED AIR AMERICA NBC REPORTER? ALIVE 98 H34 PASSENGER ONLY
1966 BALCOM RALPH C. SEATTLE WA NEGATIVE SAR CONTACT
1966 JENSEN GEORGE W. SEATTLE WA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 MADISON WILLIAM L. LEXINGTON KY NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 MC KENNEY KENNETH D. AUBURN MA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 PRESTON JAMES A. BOWDEN GA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED - DISPUTED 12/13/99
1966 REILLY LAVERN G. ST PAUL MN NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 TAPP MARSHALL L. LOS ANGELES CA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 THOMPSON GEORGE W. BECKLEY WV NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1966 WILLIAMS JAMES E. OXFORD MS NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
1967 HEILIGER DONALD L. MADISON WI 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 HILL CHARLES DALE ROLLA MO
1967 POLLARD BEN M. SHELBYVILLE KY 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1975 BENEDETT DANIEL A. AUBURN KING WA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 BLESSING LYNN LANCASTER PA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID 05/08/00
1975 BOYD WALTER NORFOLK VA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 COPENHAVER GREGORY S. PORT DEPOSIT MD 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 GAUSE BERNARD JR. BIRMINGHAM AL 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS 06/22/00
1975 GARCIA ANDRES CARLSBAD NM 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 HALL GARY L. COVINGTON KY 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 HARGROVE JOSEPH N. MT OLIVE NC 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 JACQUES JAMES J. DENVER CO 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 LONEY ASHTON N. ALBANY NY 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 MARSHALL DANNY G. WAVERLY WV 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 MANNING RONALD J. TORONTO OH 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/22/00
1975 MAXWELL JAMES R. CENTER RIDGE AR 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 RIVENBURGH RICHARD W. SAN DIEGO CA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 RUMBAUGH ELWOOD E. SPANGLER PA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 SANDOVAL ANTONIO R. SAN ANTONIO TX 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
1975 TURNER KELTON R. LOS ANGELES CA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID'D 05/17/00
1975 VAN DE GEER RICHARD COLUMBUS OH 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REAMINS IDENTIFIED 06/22/00
1979 RAPP JEFF 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH EMMETT Q. 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH KAREN 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
May 14…
1966 KING DONALD L. MUSKEGON MI NO ADDIDIONAL INTEL INFO
1966 RALSTON FRANK D. III DENVER CO
1967 ROLLINS DAVID J. OAKLAND CA "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (PIOCHE, NEVADA)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 SOUTHWICK CHARLES E. FAIRBANKS AK "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (SEATTLE, WA)" " ""EV"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1968 COTA ERNEST K. SAN DIEGO CA
1968 KARGER BARRY E. PRATHER CA REMAINS RETURNED 01/94
Journalism at Risk
Journalists protest colleague's trial
UPI - Monday, May 16, 2005
Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:45:22 AM EST
SANAA, Yemen, May 16 (UPI) -- Yemen's Journalists Union called for a sit-in protest Monday outside a court where a fellow journalist is on trial for possessing alcohol in his car.
"The trial is actually a political one and has nothing to do with the fact that Abdel Rahim Mohsen had a bottle of alcohol in his car when he was arrested. ... The charge is only a pretext," said a statement by the union.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqOGAWeidEwvTzw4TAM91CM5HBgLZDhm
SAUDI ARABIA: REFORMISTS JAILED FOR CRITICISING REGIME
Riyadh, 16 May (AKI) - Three academics in Saudi Arabia have been given jail sentences ranging between six and nine years for encouraging dissent in the Kingdom and disobeying the ruler. The Riyadh Higher Court delivered the verdict at the end of a nine year trial, mostly conducted in private. The three men - Ali al-Dumaini, who got a nine year sentence, Abdullah al-Hamed, who got seven, and Matruk al-Faleh, who got six years - have already been in prison for more than a year.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.167154613&par=0
The Arab News
FINALLY. A Dayton Directive.
Iraqi Sunnis Propose a Way Out
Mehdi Lebouachera, Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD, 17 May 2005 — Sunni Arab leaders called yesterday for an independent group — rather than Parliament — to write Iraq’s new constitution, a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said minorities should play a greater role in drafting the basic law.
“We propose forming a committee outside Parliament with representatives from across Iraq,” Nasser Al-Ani, a spokesman for the Sunni Arab Iraq Islamic Party, said. “We want our Shiite partners to give us an expanded role in this process.”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63909&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Sadr Urges Restraint, Sectarian Harmony
Agence France Presse
NAJAF, Iraq, 17 May 2005 — Iraq’s firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr made a rare public appearance in Najaf yesterday to call for restraint amid sectarian tension between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
“Any action targeting unarmed civilians is forbidden under any circumstances,” Sadr said during a news conference, the first held by the young cleric since the fierce fighting that pitted his militia against US troops last year in Najaf.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63897&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Red Cross Chief Visits Kingdom
Judy Al-Bakr, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Dr. Saleh Al-Towaijry, acting head of the Red Crescent Society, met on Sunday with Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Riyadh.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63917&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Al-Libbi’s Arrest Broke Al-Qaeda Back: Musharraf
Huma Aamir Malik, Arab News
KARACHI, 17 May 2005 — The recent capture of alleged Al-Qaeda No.3 Abu Faraj Al-Libbi has helped “break the back” of the group, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview to the Financial Times yesterday.
The paper yesterday published extracts from an online-interview with Musharraf in which he claimed that the arrest of Abu Faraj Al-Libbi had severed the links between the central command and members on the ground.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63875&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Pakistan Demands Probe Into Qur’an Desecration
Agence France Presse
ISLAMABAD, 17 May 2005 — Pakistan renewed its demand yesterday that the United States conduct a thorough probe and share its findings into reported desecration of the Holy Qur’an, despite a clarification issued by Newsweek that its story may be wrong.
“We have noted the clarification issued by the Newsweek that the story may be based on certain wrong assumptions,” Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told a weekly press briefing.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63876&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Why the Guantanamo Incident Created So Much Commotion
Adrienne McPhail, worthington90@cybernet.it
“Newsweek” published in its May 9 issue an article (since retracted) that included two sentences causing riots and demonstrations in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries in which 16 people have been killed and another 100 injured. Citing investigators probing alleged abuses at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the article stated that US interrogators had flushed a copy of the Qur’an down a toilet. The response from the Muslim world was one of outrage and destruction. Protesters in Afghanistan smashed windows, burned pictures of President Bush and United Nations vehicles and attacked government offices and international agencies. Approximately 1,500 activists from the Hamas staged an anti-US demonstration in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63921&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Newsweek Retracts Report
Agencies
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2005 — Newsweek magazine yesterday issued a retraction of an article alleging abuse of the Qur’an at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility which sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63907&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Al-Jazeera Reporter Insists on Innocence
Agence France Presse
MADRID, 17 May 2005 — Television reporter Tayssir Alluni yesterday recounted how he interviewed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States and told a Spanish court he was innocent of charges linking him with the terrorist group.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63881&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Lebanon Ex-Foes Form Poll Alliances
Hala Boncompagni, Agence France Presse
BEIRUT, 17 May 2005 — Campaigning kicked off yesterday for parliamentary elections in Lebanon as former civil war foes formed unlikely political alliances.
The influential head of the Maronite Church, meanwhile, reiterated calls for efforts to ensure the polls are representative of Lebanon’s different sects.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63910&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Somali PM Sacks Minister as Govt. Split Grows
Reuters
NAIROBI, 17 May 2005 — Somalia’s interim prime minister sacked his information minister, an aide said yesterday, underlining a growing split threatening the fledgling transitional government.
The administration, tasked with ending 14 years of chaos in Somalia, is facing an acrimonious division over where it should be based after relocating from neighboring Kenya where it was formed at peace talks last year.
“It’s true that Mohamud Abdullahi Jama has been replaced as the information minister, I can confirm that,” said Yusuf Ismail Baribari, a senior figure in the interim government, speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. Jama said he had not been informed of his demotion.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63895&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Italian Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Agencies
KABUL, 17 May 2005 — An Italian aid worker was abducted yesterday by a gang of armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul, Italian Embassy and police officials said.
Afghan police had earlier identified the woman as Canadian. “Yes, we can confirm that an Italian woman was abducted today in Kabul,” an embassy spokesman told AFP.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63899&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Suspect Arrested After Huge Drug Haul in Riyadh
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi police have detained a suspected drug trafficker after recovering 440,000 tablets of the banned stimulant fenethylline (commonly known under the trade name Captagon) with an estimated street value of SR23 million.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63916&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Editorial: North Korean Gamble
17 May 2005
The North Korean dictatorship may have learned nothing about feeding its own people let alone creating an economy even a fraction as successful as that of South Korea, but the regime has proved itself the absolute master of international blackmail, which is the closest this isolated and paranoid state comes to diplomacy.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63893&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Jerusalem needs to be an international city. This issue is far too upsetting for everyone around the world.
Work on Israel’s Wall Starts in June
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
GAZA CITY, 17 May 2005 — Israel will begin work on a wall that will create a corridor linking the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank to Jerusalem next month, weeks before it starts withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The construction will in effect expand Jerusalem’s boundaries and cut off Palestinians from the city they seek as a future capital.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63908&d=17&m=5&y=2005
There is a problem in Uzbekistan with terrorist networks. There were many Uzbeks at the Beslan School killings. In addition, there are Uzbek warlords in Afghanistan conducting drug crops of poppies for profit. I believe there is a great deal in Uzbeckistan that is questionable at this point. This doesn't even come close to The Ukraine. There is reason to believe this uprising is an attempt to create sympathy, inappropriate sympathy for terrorists. I understand the analogy with the Taliban in Afghanistan but at the same time they are terrible oppressors and the sympathy shown here mostly irreverant to human rights.
No Democracy for Uzbekistan?
Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
Uzbek soldiers shot dead up to 500 civilians in the town of Andjian, according to a host of eyewitness reports, but instead of condemning such excesses, a White House spokesman dismisses the dead as “Islamic terrorists” and suggests Uzbeks should seek democracy “through peaceful means...”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63919&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Saudi Arabia to Allow Foreign Investors to Own 60% of Banks
Khalil Hanware, Arab News
JEDDAH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi Arabia will allow foreign investors to own 60 percent of the local banks’ capital instead of 49 percent before the end of this year.
Al-Eqtisadiah business daily quoted informed sources as saying that Saudi Arabia would take this step according to the requirements needed to become a member of the World Trade Organization.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=63923&d=17&m=5&y=2005
The Boston Globe
Frozen dinners are healthier than you think
By Lawrence Lindner May 17, 2005
Consumers who contribute to the $6 billion in annual supermarket sales of frozen meals can throw off some guilt for taking a shortcut to dinner.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/fitness/articles/2005/05/17/frozen_dinners_are_healthier_than_you_think/
Father, daughter shot to death; two arrested
May 17, 2005
LYNN, Mass. -- Two men were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a father and his teenage daughter in a Lynn apartment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/17/father_daughter_shot_to_death_two_arrested/
McCain says deal on Bush nominees uncertain
By Thomas Ferraro May 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of a high-stakes showdown, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday it was unclear if a group of bipartisan U.S. senators could strike a deal on President Bush's contested judicial nominees.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/17/mccain_says_deal_on_bush_nominees_uncertain/
Atlanta killings suspect pleads not guilty
By Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writer May 17, 2005
ATLANTA -- A rape defendant accused of killing a judge and three others during and after his escape from the downtown courthouse pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges that could bring the death penalty.
At the brief hearing, Brian Nichols, 33, was polite and soft-spoken, answering routine questions from Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller.
His lawyer entered a not guilty plea for him in the 54-count indictment issued earlier this month. Nichols is charged with murder, kidnapping, escape and other counts.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/atlanta_killings_suspect_pleads_not_guilty/
Developer eyes 'Parthenon' atop skyscraper
May 17, 2005
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A developer who is the descendant of Greek immigrants proposed building one of the capital's tallest skyscrapers with a scale replica of the Parthenon on top.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/17/developer_eyes_parthenon_atop_skyscraper/
Summers sets $50m women's initiative
Harvard panels recommend steps
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers yesterday pledged to spend $50 million over the next decade to improve the climate for women on campus as two task forces unveiled recommendations designed to boost the training, recruitment, and advancement of women, from undergraduates to senior faculty.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/17/summers_sets_50m_womens_initiative/
ACLU suit sees religious content in abstinence plan
By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston yesterday challenging the US government's funding of a faith-based abstinence program called the Silver Ring Thing, arguing that the public contribution of more than $1 million violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/05/17/aclu_suit_sees_religious_content_in_abstinence_plan/
Democrats accuse GOP of withholding documents in phone jamming
May 17, 2005
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Lawyers for Democrats and Republicans clashed in court over whether documents were withheld related to a scheme to jam Democratic phone lines during the 2002 general election.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/17/democrats_accuse_gop_of_withholding_documents_in_phone_jamming/
I love this article. This as if humans aren't polluters more than a volcano is. None of this can be environmentally mitigated. Kilauea will always contribute to pollution and especially health issue on the Big Island of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaii.com/
The idea we can pollute because volcano's do is bizarre as well. This volcano has been adding to global emissions a long time but never at the expense of Global Warming and Climate Change which human's are responsible. Kilauea is not meerly a volcano, it is a caldera. There is no drastic steps to take to stop this either. The magma plumb that feeds Kilauea is 60 kilometers deep.
The problem is that Kilauea has been spewing sulfur dioxide nearly a generation now and people's health is suffering including children born during that time. The property values on the Big Island are significant and last time I heard anything about ownership, it wasn't possible due to a policy by the State Government that allows only leasing. That may have changed. The biggest part of the island is Mauna Loa where there is vast and sensitive environmental testing laboratories. I believe the 'habitable' status of Hawaii's Biggest Island is in question. People are important and their health status vital. It's time to give up this entire area to research stations and nothing else until Kilauea settles back down for a nap which may not happen until the island has completely moved off the 'Hot Spot' decades from now.
This is a helpful citation by the USGS. The 'click on' menu is to the left telling all about Kilauea and Mauna Loa:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano a big polluter
By Peter Serafin May 17, 2005
VOLCANO, Hawaii -- Kilauea volcano, one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions, is also by far the state's worst air polluter. Researchers now are trying to determine if that also makes it one of the state's biggest health risks.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/hawaiis_kilauea_volcano_a_big_polluter/
Michael Moore Today
Michael Moore Triples Scholarships; Six CSU San Marcos students receive $2,500 for being 'hell raisers'
By Barbi Smith / Daily Aztec
The "Michael Moore Freedom of Speech Scholarship" at CSU San Marcos proves it's the orders people don't follow that makes them famous.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2656
Rice points finger at Syria on Iraq violence
SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice revived U.S. allegations on Monday that Syria had allowed foreign fighters to cross into Iraq and fuel the Iraqi insurgency. Rice otherwise gave a relatively upbeat assessment as she returned from a brief visit to Iraq, saying she was confident the Iraqis would write a constitution by August 15 and include more Sunni Muslims in drafting it.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2658
Report Critical of Rumsfeld Is Pulled After DOD Protest
By Mike Allen / Washington Post
A government commission studying overseas military bases sent Congress a report that included criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's strategy, then removed the document from the commission Web site after the Pentagon complained that it divulged classified information.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2659
Games children play in North Korea
North Korean children play a shooting game with a toy gun aiming at a portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush at Namjun kindergarten in Shinwiju, Pyongan-Budo, North Korea. The photo was released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2005. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050509/photos_pl/mdf555006
suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
From: steve kucera
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:36 AM
To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com
Subject: suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
Mike,
The war in Iraq has hit home harder for me and others in Western NY than any of us wanted. Jacob Pfister was killed by a suicide bomber last Tuesday in Iraq. This was Jake's second tour. We need to get out of this war or more young men and women are going to lose their lives. I miss my friend.
Keep his family and unborn daughter in your prayers.
Steve
www.nyeta.org
http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/willtheyevertrustusagain/index.php?id=30
Not In Our Name
Military Voices Against Endless War
Los Angeles - May 28, 2005
San Francisco - May 29, 2005
To remind people, it has been over two years now and before this there were few returning veterans to speak out except for those that were returned maimed or worse. No different than Vietnam; the returning military are speaking out against a war without end.
http://www.notinourname.net/index.html
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History...
1792, A group of brokers meeting at a coffee house in New York City organize the New York Stock Exchange. The first transactions are made under a tree on Wall Street.
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1875, The first Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs, Kentucky; racehorse Aristides is the winner.
1938, Congress passed the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean Navy.
1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1948, the Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
1954, The U.S. Supreme Court reverses an 1896 ruling that education should be "separate but equal," ruling that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school segregation was a violation of constitutional rights. The National Park Service offers information on the designated historical site and links to further information about the ruling.
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
1973, The U.S. Senate committee investigating Watergate begins its televised proceedings; allegations of wrongdoing in the affair lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million
1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men & women
1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
1998 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship
Born...
1900, Ayatollah Khomeini, religious and political leader of Iran. This man is 105 years old? That doesn't seem realistic. I don't want to wish him any harm, but, he has been seen viewing missile launches and looking more fit than 105 years old. I am rather surprised.
1912, born Archibald Cox, attorney, educator, and special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974). Nixon dismissed Cox as special prosecutor in 1973 because Cox had requested access to secret White House tapes as part of his investigation. The firing provoked public outrage and led to the introduction of impeachment proceedings against Nixon in the United States Congress.
1956, Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer
Missing in Action
1966 DEERE DONALD T. SNYDER TX
1967 DODGE RONALD WAYNE SAN DIEGO CA PHOTO SEEN IN PARIS PAPER REMAINS RETURNED 07/08/81
1967 LEWIS CHARLIE G. FAYETTEVILLE NC
1968 YOUNG CHARLES L. NEW YORK NY
1969 STEWART VIRGIL G. BATON ROUGE LA
1970 WESTWOOD NORMAN P. JR. WEST HARTFORD CT
1971 PEARCE DALE A. MENTOR OH
1971 SOYLAND DAVID P. RAPID CITY SD
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1966 BALCOM RALPH C. SEATTLE WA NEGATIVE SAR CONTACT
1966 JENSEN GEORGE W. SEATTLE WA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
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1967 HILL CHARLES DALE ROLLA MO
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1979 RAPP JEFF 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
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1967 ROLLINS DAVID J. OAKLAND CA "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (PIOCHE, NEVADA)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 SOUTHWICK CHARLES E. FAIRBANKS AK "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (SEATTLE, WA)" " ""EV"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1968 COTA ERNEST K. SAN DIEGO CA
1968 KARGER BARRY E. PRATHER CA REMAINS RETURNED 01/94
Journalism at Risk
Journalists protest colleague's trial
UPI - Monday, May 16, 2005
Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:45:22 AM EST
SANAA, Yemen, May 16 (UPI) -- Yemen's Journalists Union called for a sit-in protest Monday outside a court where a fellow journalist is on trial for possessing alcohol in his car.
"The trial is actually a political one and has nothing to do with the fact that Abdel Rahim Mohsen had a bottle of alcohol in his car when he was arrested. ... The charge is only a pretext," said a statement by the union.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqOGAWeidEwvTzw4TAM91CM5HBgLZDhm
SAUDI ARABIA: REFORMISTS JAILED FOR CRITICISING REGIME
Riyadh, 16 May (AKI) - Three academics in Saudi Arabia have been given jail sentences ranging between six and nine years for encouraging dissent in the Kingdom and disobeying the ruler. The Riyadh Higher Court delivered the verdict at the end of a nine year trial, mostly conducted in private. The three men - Ali al-Dumaini, who got a nine year sentence, Abdullah al-Hamed, who got seven, and Matruk al-Faleh, who got six years - have already been in prison for more than a year.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.167154613&par=0
The Arab News
FINALLY. A Dayton Directive.
Iraqi Sunnis Propose a Way Out
Mehdi Lebouachera, Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD, 17 May 2005 — Sunni Arab leaders called yesterday for an independent group — rather than Parliament — to write Iraq’s new constitution, a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said minorities should play a greater role in drafting the basic law.
“We propose forming a committee outside Parliament with representatives from across Iraq,” Nasser Al-Ani, a spokesman for the Sunni Arab Iraq Islamic Party, said. “We want our Shiite partners to give us an expanded role in this process.”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63909&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Sadr Urges Restraint, Sectarian Harmony
Agence France Presse
NAJAF, Iraq, 17 May 2005 — Iraq’s firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr made a rare public appearance in Najaf yesterday to call for restraint amid sectarian tension between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
“Any action targeting unarmed civilians is forbidden under any circumstances,” Sadr said during a news conference, the first held by the young cleric since the fierce fighting that pitted his militia against US troops last year in Najaf.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63897&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Red Cross Chief Visits Kingdom
Judy Al-Bakr, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Dr. Saleh Al-Towaijry, acting head of the Red Crescent Society, met on Sunday with Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Riyadh.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63917&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Al-Libbi’s Arrest Broke Al-Qaeda Back: Musharraf
Huma Aamir Malik, Arab News
KARACHI, 17 May 2005 — The recent capture of alleged Al-Qaeda No.3 Abu Faraj Al-Libbi has helped “break the back” of the group, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview to the Financial Times yesterday.
The paper yesterday published extracts from an online-interview with Musharraf in which he claimed that the arrest of Abu Faraj Al-Libbi had severed the links between the central command and members on the ground.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63875&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Pakistan Demands Probe Into Qur’an Desecration
Agence France Presse
ISLAMABAD, 17 May 2005 — Pakistan renewed its demand yesterday that the United States conduct a thorough probe and share its findings into reported desecration of the Holy Qur’an, despite a clarification issued by Newsweek that its story may be wrong.
“We have noted the clarification issued by the Newsweek that the story may be based on certain wrong assumptions,” Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told a weekly press briefing.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63876&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Why the Guantanamo Incident Created So Much Commotion
Adrienne McPhail, worthington90@cybernet.it
“Newsweek” published in its May 9 issue an article (since retracted) that included two sentences causing riots and demonstrations in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries in which 16 people have been killed and another 100 injured. Citing investigators probing alleged abuses at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the article stated that US interrogators had flushed a copy of the Qur’an down a toilet. The response from the Muslim world was one of outrage and destruction. Protesters in Afghanistan smashed windows, burned pictures of President Bush and United Nations vehicles and attacked government offices and international agencies. Approximately 1,500 activists from the Hamas staged an anti-US demonstration in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63921&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Newsweek Retracts Report
Agencies
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2005 — Newsweek magazine yesterday issued a retraction of an article alleging abuse of the Qur’an at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility which sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63907&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Al-Jazeera Reporter Insists on Innocence
Agence France Presse
MADRID, 17 May 2005 — Television reporter Tayssir Alluni yesterday recounted how he interviewed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States and told a Spanish court he was innocent of charges linking him with the terrorist group.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63881&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Lebanon Ex-Foes Form Poll Alliances
Hala Boncompagni, Agence France Presse
BEIRUT, 17 May 2005 — Campaigning kicked off yesterday for parliamentary elections in Lebanon as former civil war foes formed unlikely political alliances.
The influential head of the Maronite Church, meanwhile, reiterated calls for efforts to ensure the polls are representative of Lebanon’s different sects.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63910&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Somali PM Sacks Minister as Govt. Split Grows
Reuters
NAIROBI, 17 May 2005 — Somalia’s interim prime minister sacked his information minister, an aide said yesterday, underlining a growing split threatening the fledgling transitional government.
The administration, tasked with ending 14 years of chaos in Somalia, is facing an acrimonious division over where it should be based after relocating from neighboring Kenya where it was formed at peace talks last year.
“It’s true that Mohamud Abdullahi Jama has been replaced as the information minister, I can confirm that,” said Yusuf Ismail Baribari, a senior figure in the interim government, speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. Jama said he had not been informed of his demotion.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63895&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Italian Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Agencies
KABUL, 17 May 2005 — An Italian aid worker was abducted yesterday by a gang of armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul, Italian Embassy and police officials said.
Afghan police had earlier identified the woman as Canadian. “Yes, we can confirm that an Italian woman was abducted today in Kabul,” an embassy spokesman told AFP.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63899&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Suspect Arrested After Huge Drug Haul in Riyadh
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi police have detained a suspected drug trafficker after recovering 440,000 tablets of the banned stimulant fenethylline (commonly known under the trade name Captagon) with an estimated street value of SR23 million.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63916&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Editorial: North Korean Gamble
17 May 2005
The North Korean dictatorship may have learned nothing about feeding its own people let alone creating an economy even a fraction as successful as that of South Korea, but the regime has proved itself the absolute master of international blackmail, which is the closest this isolated and paranoid state comes to diplomacy.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63893&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Jerusalem needs to be an international city. This issue is far too upsetting for everyone around the world.
Work on Israel’s Wall Starts in June
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
GAZA CITY, 17 May 2005 — Israel will begin work on a wall that will create a corridor linking the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank to Jerusalem next month, weeks before it starts withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The construction will in effect expand Jerusalem’s boundaries and cut off Palestinians from the city they seek as a future capital.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63908&d=17&m=5&y=2005
There is a problem in Uzbekistan with terrorist networks. There were many Uzbeks at the Beslan School killings. In addition, there are Uzbek warlords in Afghanistan conducting drug crops of poppies for profit. I believe there is a great deal in Uzbeckistan that is questionable at this point. This doesn't even come close to The Ukraine. There is reason to believe this uprising is an attempt to create sympathy, inappropriate sympathy for terrorists. I understand the analogy with the Taliban in Afghanistan but at the same time they are terrible oppressors and the sympathy shown here mostly irreverant to human rights.
No Democracy for Uzbekistan?
Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
Uzbek soldiers shot dead up to 500 civilians in the town of Andjian, according to a host of eyewitness reports, but instead of condemning such excesses, a White House spokesman dismisses the dead as “Islamic terrorists” and suggests Uzbeks should seek democracy “through peaceful means...”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63919&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Saudi Arabia to Allow Foreign Investors to Own 60% of Banks
Khalil Hanware, Arab News
JEDDAH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi Arabia will allow foreign investors to own 60 percent of the local banks’ capital instead of 49 percent before the end of this year.
Al-Eqtisadiah business daily quoted informed sources as saying that Saudi Arabia would take this step according to the requirements needed to become a member of the World Trade Organization.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=63923&d=17&m=5&y=2005
The Boston Globe
Frozen dinners are healthier than you think
By Lawrence Lindner May 17, 2005
Consumers who contribute to the $6 billion in annual supermarket sales of frozen meals can throw off some guilt for taking a shortcut to dinner.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/fitness/articles/2005/05/17/frozen_dinners_are_healthier_than_you_think/
Father, daughter shot to death; two arrested
May 17, 2005
LYNN, Mass. -- Two men were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a father and his teenage daughter in a Lynn apartment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/17/father_daughter_shot_to_death_two_arrested/
McCain says deal on Bush nominees uncertain
By Thomas Ferraro May 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of a high-stakes showdown, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday it was unclear if a group of bipartisan U.S. senators could strike a deal on President Bush's contested judicial nominees.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/17/mccain_says_deal_on_bush_nominees_uncertain/
Atlanta killings suspect pleads not guilty
By Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writer May 17, 2005
ATLANTA -- A rape defendant accused of killing a judge and three others during and after his escape from the downtown courthouse pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges that could bring the death penalty.
At the brief hearing, Brian Nichols, 33, was polite and soft-spoken, answering routine questions from Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller.
His lawyer entered a not guilty plea for him in the 54-count indictment issued earlier this month. Nichols is charged with murder, kidnapping, escape and other counts.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/atlanta_killings_suspect_pleads_not_guilty/
Developer eyes 'Parthenon' atop skyscraper
May 17, 2005
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A developer who is the descendant of Greek immigrants proposed building one of the capital's tallest skyscrapers with a scale replica of the Parthenon on top.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/17/developer_eyes_parthenon_atop_skyscraper/
Summers sets $50m women's initiative
Harvard panels recommend steps
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers yesterday pledged to spend $50 million over the next decade to improve the climate for women on campus as two task forces unveiled recommendations designed to boost the training, recruitment, and advancement of women, from undergraduates to senior faculty.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/17/summers_sets_50m_womens_initiative/
ACLU suit sees religious content in abstinence plan
By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston yesterday challenging the US government's funding of a faith-based abstinence program called the Silver Ring Thing, arguing that the public contribution of more than $1 million violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/05/17/aclu_suit_sees_religious_content_in_abstinence_plan/
Democrats accuse GOP of withholding documents in phone jamming
May 17, 2005
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Lawyers for Democrats and Republicans clashed in court over whether documents were withheld related to a scheme to jam Democratic phone lines during the 2002 general election.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/17/democrats_accuse_gop_of_withholding_documents_in_phone_jamming/
I love this article. This as if humans aren't polluters more than a volcano is. None of this can be environmentally mitigated. Kilauea will always contribute to pollution and especially health issue on the Big Island of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaii.com/
The idea we can pollute because volcano's do is bizarre as well. This volcano has been adding to global emissions a long time but never at the expense of Global Warming and Climate Change which human's are responsible. Kilauea is not meerly a volcano, it is a caldera. There is no drastic steps to take to stop this either. The magma plumb that feeds Kilauea is 60 kilometers deep.
The problem is that Kilauea has been spewing sulfur dioxide nearly a generation now and people's health is suffering including children born during that time. The property values on the Big Island are significant and last time I heard anything about ownership, it wasn't possible due to a policy by the State Government that allows only leasing. That may have changed. The biggest part of the island is Mauna Loa where there is vast and sensitive environmental testing laboratories. I believe the 'habitable' status of Hawaii's Biggest Island is in question. People are important and their health status vital. It's time to give up this entire area to research stations and nothing else until Kilauea settles back down for a nap which may not happen until the island has completely moved off the 'Hot Spot' decades from now.
This is a helpful citation by the USGS. The 'click on' menu is to the left telling all about Kilauea and Mauna Loa:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano a big polluter
By Peter Serafin May 17, 2005
VOLCANO, Hawaii -- Kilauea volcano, one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions, is also by far the state's worst air polluter. Researchers now are trying to determine if that also makes it one of the state's biggest health risks.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/hawaiis_kilauea_volcano_a_big_polluter/
Michael Moore Today
Michael Moore Triples Scholarships; Six CSU San Marcos students receive $2,500 for being 'hell raisers'
By Barbi Smith / Daily Aztec
The "Michael Moore Freedom of Speech Scholarship" at CSU San Marcos proves it's the orders people don't follow that makes them famous.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2656
Rice points finger at Syria on Iraq violence
SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice revived U.S. allegations on Monday that Syria had allowed foreign fighters to cross into Iraq and fuel the Iraqi insurgency. Rice otherwise gave a relatively upbeat assessment as she returned from a brief visit to Iraq, saying she was confident the Iraqis would write a constitution by August 15 and include more Sunni Muslims in drafting it.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2658
Report Critical of Rumsfeld Is Pulled After DOD Protest
By Mike Allen / Washington Post
A government commission studying overseas military bases sent Congress a report that included criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's strategy, then removed the document from the commission Web site after the Pentagon complained that it divulged classified information.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2659
Games children play in North Korea
North Korean children play a shooting game with a toy gun aiming at a portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush at Namjun kindergarten in Shinwiju, Pyongan-Budo, North Korea. The photo was released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2005. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050509/photos_pl/mdf555006
suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
From: steve kucera
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:36 AM
To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com
Subject: suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
Mike,
The war in Iraq has hit home harder for me and others in Western NY than any of us wanted. Jacob Pfister was killed by a suicide bomber last Tuesday in Iraq. This was Jake's second tour. We need to get out of this war or more young men and women are going to lose their lives. I miss my friend.
Keep his family and unborn daughter in your prayers.
Steve
www.nyeta.org
http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/willtheyevertrustusagain/index.php?id=30
Not In Our Name
Military Voices Against Endless War
Los Angeles - May 28, 2005
San Francisco - May 29, 2005
To remind people, it has been over two years now and before this there were few returning veterans to speak out except for those that were returned maimed or worse. No different than Vietnam; the returning military are speaking out against a war without end.
http://www.notinourname.net/index.html
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Activists
Slain activist 'left his mark'
Mourners recall John Beresford's zest for life
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff May 16, 2005
They came, one by one, carrying stones.
They came from Dorchester and from as far away as Florida.
Artists. Actors. Social workers. The mayor.
Some had played as children with John Beresford, 40, the community activist who was fatally stabbed last week while trying to stop a purse snatching at Ronan Park in Dorchester. Others had met him through the theater. Or simply because he had said hello on the street.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/16/slain_activist_left_his_mark/
Slain activist praised for work in Iraq
Mother: 'I'll remember the love she spread around the world'
Monday, April 18, 2005 Posted: 8:40 AM EDT (1240 GMT)
Humanitarian Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A woman who led an effort to help those ravaged by violence in Iraq fell victim to the war herself when a car bomb killed her and two other people, officials said Sunday.
Marla Ruzicka, founder of Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, died Saturday in the blast, which also killed an Iraqi and another foreigner, officials said. She had been in Iraq conducting door-to-door surveys trying to determine the number of civilian casualties in the country.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/activist.killed.ap/index.html
Activist recalled for her devotion to Iraqis
Sunday, May 15, 2005 Posted: 8:57 AM EDT (1257 GMT)
Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
Image:
Marla Ruzicka remembered for her devotion to Iraqi people.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Marla Ruzicka, an American activist killed in an Iraqi car bombing last month, was remembered Saturday for her "tenaciousness" when she counted civilian war casualties at a special memorial service in Washington.
"Only by doing so can we note the true cost of war and we can properly dignify and honor each person killed or wounded as an individual -- as a father, a son, a daughter, a mother -- not just as collateral damage," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, said. "That's Marla's legacy."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/ruzicka.memorial/index.html
Computer glitches
New anti-computer virus technology developed
Beijing Jiangmin New Science & Technology Company Ltd., China's leading anti-computer virus company, announced on March 8th that it has developed a new technology to block Trojan Horse viruses.
According to computer virus specialists, the technology is a significant breakthrough for the protection of computer users from Trojan Horses viruses. In addition, the technology can monitor most common viruses and provide the user with advance warning.
http://english.people.com.cn/200503/11/eng20050311_176450.html
Whistleblowers
The Insider
A year ago, Richard Clarke blew the whistle on the Bush administration's failure to take Al Qaeda seriously. He's still whistling -- but how long will the public listen?
By Patrick Radden Keefe May 15, 2005
IT HAS BEEN more than two years now since Richard A. Clarke left the federal government he served for three decades, and more than a year since his testimony before the 9/11 Commission, when he turned to the families of the Sept. 11 dead, and said, ''Your government failed you, and I failed you." Yet over a recent lunch at a Manhattan restaurant, where the Dorchester-born former White House counterterrorism director was joined by his longtime deputy, Roger Cressey, Clarke seemed as much an insider -- and a celebrity -- as ever.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/the_insider/
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/whistleblowers/
Blogger News
CBS Distorts Starr On Filibuster To Keep The Radical Abortion Litmus Test
Editorial by Tom Grey
The Democratic Party and their Leftist biased MSM allies at CBS are dishonestly trying to twist a Republican's words into opposing the filibuster rules change. When asked about refusing to support a President's nominee because of a difference in judicial philosophy, instead of competence, Ken Starr was very sharp in disagreement. Yet a transcript of the Schieffer / Gloria Borger broadcast demonstrates deliberate misleading editing by CBS:
Borger: Many conservatives consider the fight over judges their political Armageddon. But conservative icon and former federal Judge Ken Starr says it's gotten out of control.
http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/UP0000238.txt
The World According to Wal-Mart
A New York Moment for Arkansas
Published: May 15, 2005
For years, bookworms looking up for a break in the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street could gaze upon the ravishing escapism of "Kindred Spirits" - the classic Hudson River School landscape depicting the poet William Cullen Bryant and his artist friend Thomas Cole at a glorious perch in the Catskills. Suddenly, the 1849 painting by Asher Durand, which portrays such a definitive link in the history of New York's artists and writers, is bound elsewhere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/opinion/15sun3.html
Wal-Mart To Apologize For Ad in Newspaper
By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 14, 2005; Page E01
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday that it made a "terrible" mistake in approving a recent newspaper advertisement that equated a proposed Arizona zoning ordinance with Nazi book-burning.
The full-page advertisement included a 1933 photo of people throwing books on a pyre at Berlin's Opernplatz. It was run as part of a campaign against a Flagstaff ballot proposal that would restrict Wal-Mart from expanding a local store to include a grocery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051301423.html
Stocks: Wal-Mart earnings put damper on Big Board
NEW YORK Share prices declined Thursday as disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart overshadowed a report showing U.S. retail sales rose twice as much as economists expected.
"Wal-Mart is about 20 percent of publicly traded retail sales, so that is not a good sign," said Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. in Boston. "The good news is that there are two consumers out there: those that shop at Wal-Mart and the rest of the retail sales
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/12/yourmoney/mart.php
Lawmakers ask Wal-Mart for worker data
Part of effort to see if retailer pays female employees less than men; company denies charges.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Congressional Democrats are asking Wal-Mart for employee data in order to determine if claims of wage discrimination against female workers are true.
In a letter drafted by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and signed by 50 of her colleagues, the company was asked to provide its wage statistics, along with any related information that Wal-Mart has already given to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/13/news/fortune500/walmart_data/?cnn=yes
WAL-MART PROBE: Retailer disputes former exec's claims
Associated Press
Published April 30, 2005
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says a former executive who claims he deserves to be protected as a whistleblower was instead part of a scheme to defraud the firm and deserves no such protection.
Former Wal-Mart vice president Jared Bowen claims he refused to approve certain expenses submitted by former Wal-Mart vice chairman Tom Coughlin, whose departure from the board in March came as Wal-Mart announced it was giving to prosecutors evidence of up to $500,000 in misspent money. A federal grand jury is investigating.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504300086apr30,1,1771458.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Dismiss Wal-Mart complaint, labor board officer says
DENVER — A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has recommended the dismissal of a complaint that Wal-Mart influenced a vote against forming a union in one of its Colorado stores.
The report, dated Wednesday and made available Friday, goes to the NLRB's national office for a final decision. No timetable was given.
Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union said workers at Wal-Mart's Tire & Lube Express in Loveland were intimidated into rejecting unionization in a 17-1 vote on Feb. 25.
Hearing officer Daniel Michalski recommended that the vote be certified. Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall said the union was considering its options.
The company on Friday also announced the closing of a unionized store in Quebec, Canada, whose employees formed a union last year but were never able to negotiate their first contract.
Wal-Mart said it closed the store about 155 miles north of Quebec City because it had been losing money.
— The Associated Press
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11527754.htm
ARNOLDUSSEN LEADS WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE TOUR EVENT ON LAKE ERIE
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (April 29, 2005) – Former Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour champion Dean Arnoldussen of Appleton, Wis., caught five walleyes weighing 30 pounds Friday to boost his tournament-leading total to 10 walleyes weighing 55 pounds 15 ounces. He will now lead the top 10 pros and co-anglers into the final round of competition in the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour stop on Lake Erie presented by Yamaha. Pro finalists are fishing for a top cash award of as much as $87,000, and co-anglers are fishing for as much as $16,700.
http://www.walleyecentral.com/articles/?a=921
Showdown over Wal-Mart reaches judge
AmCan United asks Guadagni to bar construction of Superstore
Friday, April 29, 2005
By DAVID RYAN
Register Staff Writer
A Napa judge is expected to decide within a week whether developers of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon can start construction while they battle an environmental lawsuit.
At a court hearing Thursday morning, lawyers representing a citizen's group opposed to Wal-Mart asked Napa Superior Court Judge Raymond Guadagni to stop developer Lake Street Ventures from starting work on the Superstore slated for Highway 29 near Napa Junction Road.
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=5E335BD6-8C73-4523-BB0E-E334B40E469C
Wal-Mart Supercenters offers low prices -at what cost
By Mary Jo Feldstein
Of the Post-Dispatch
04/30/2005
Cashier Kishelle Smith bags Jackie Osborne’s order last month at the Wal-Mart in Ferguson. Wal-Mart has received approval to build Supercenters in Collinsville, Wood River and Lake Saint Louis.
(Kevin Manning/P-D)
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has grown into the nation's biggest grocer, St. Louis is one place where its Supercenters have been curiously scarce. Now, Wal-Mart says the area needs more of its grocery megastores.
"We really like St. Louis," said spokesman Ryan Horn. "We're looking very closely at a number of places in the St. Louis area, and that's not going to change."
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/31E58CE28206E37386256FF3005DC0B5?OpenDocument
Police shoot burglary suspect dead in Wal-Mart
Associated Press
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
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Ellis County deputies had contacted the Cedar Hill Police Department about tracking down and arresting the suspect, who was wanted in that county on a burglary warrant, Dallas County Sheriff's Sgt. Don Peritz said.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3178034
Wal-Mart to visit India on cusp of retail shake-up
REUTERS
Posted online: Friday, May 06, 2005 at 0354 hours IST
BOMBAY : The international president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is scheduled to visit India next week amid signs the government may soon lift a ban on foreign investment in the retail industry.
http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=90121
Wal-Mart ordered to pay legal bills of ex-worker who sued over injury
JIM SUHR
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food, calling the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs "egregious and outrageous."
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11572655.htm
Unionists to greet Wal-Mart shoppers
Last Updated May 6 2005 12:42 PM CDT
CBC News
REGINA – There'll be some new people greeting shoppers at Saskatchewan Wal-Marts this weekend – union activists.
The North Battleford Wal-Mart
Demonstrations organized by the Canadian Labour Congress will be held Saturday at the Preston Crossing store in Saskatoon and the Rochdale Boulevard store in Regina.
CLC says local trade union members and other supporters will be held at 43 stores across Canada to protest how the retail giant treats its employees.
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=wal-mart-protest050506
Escondido council OKs Wal-Mart store
By Craig Gustafson
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 6, 2005
ESCONDIDO – Calling it a major tool in the revitalization of East Valley Parkway, the City Council has unanimously approved a plan to bring the world's largest retailer to Escondido.
Wal-Mart plans to build a 140,000-square-foot store and an 18,400-square-foot outdoor garden on 11½ acres next to Home Depot. Construction is expected to begin in the next few months.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050506-9999-1mi6walmart.html
Wal-Mart set to enter India
M Rajshekhar May 06, 2005 15:10 IST
The world's largest company, Wal-Mart, is leaving no stones unturned to lobby for its entry into India, says Businessworld.
Last month, David Mulford, United States Ambassador to India, met the Indian prime minister, finance minister and commerce minister purportedly at the behest of the US retailer.
In the second week of May, John B Menzer, Wal-Mart's president and CEO, will fly in to meet government officials.
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/may/06walmart.htm?q=mh&file=.htm
Wal-Mart compelled to pay legal fees
ST. LOUIS — A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food.
The court called the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs “egregious and outrageous.”
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11575149.htm
Teaching Wal-Mart New Tricks
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 8, 2005
Bentonville, Ark.
WAL-MART'S chief financial officer, Thomas Schoewe, had just returned from a trip to Wall Street, and was still shaking his head about a question analysts there had directed at him. "They kept asking me if Lee Scott didn't know what Tom Coughlin was up to," he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/business/yourmoney/08walm.html?ex=1116388800&en=8efe0de789b70e3d&ei=5070&oref=login
Shaw and Fahadi Win Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Event In Port Aransas
Western Division
by Dave Washburn, communications / FLW Outdoors
Page(s): 1 2
(May. 07, 2005 - PORT ARANSAS, Texas)... Kevin Fahadi and Kevin Shaw, both of Corpus Christi, caught a two-day total of four redfish weighing 32 pounds, 7 ounces to win $37,500 in the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Division event presented by Yamaha in Port Aransas. The team earned $25,000 plus an additional $12,500 for the Powered by Yamaha bonus award. Shaw and Fahadi were competing against a field of 117 teams.
http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000014815
Extra 'greeters' at Wal-Mart
By Chen Chekki - The Chronicle-Journal
May 08, 2005
Shoppers at a Thunder Bay Wal-Mart received more of a greeting than they expected on Saturday by a picket who protested how the retail giant allegedly deals with its workers.
The peaceful protest organized by the Canadian Labour Congress held rallies at 43 Wal-Marts in 37 Canadian cities, alleging that the retailer holds a no-union policy.
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/story.shtml?id=27061
Wal-Mart sizing up Manistee
Local reaction is mixed
By PATRICK SULLIVAN
Record-Eagle staff writer
MANISTEE - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will go ahead with plans to locate a store in Manistee, even after the company backed off a move to rezone part of Filer Township for a supercenter parking lot last week.
"I can tell you that, at this point, we are obviously doing more than evaluating the market," said Roderick Scott, a Wal-Mart community affairs manager.
http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/may/08wally.htm
Suit: Wal-Mart fired woman who reported harassment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman who claims she was fired from her job at Wal-Mart after complaining about a co-worker's description of piercings on his penis is suing the retailer in federal court.
April Brown said a co-worker subjected her to "sexually offensive comments on a regular, daily basis" and touched her inappropriately during her overnight shift as a stocker at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to papers filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and Brown's attorney, David Arendall.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8430248
Sooner or later, Wal-Mart, a union's going to come
By JIM STANFORD
Monday, May 9, 2005, Page A15
For a company that's so successful, Wal-Mart sure generates negative headlines these days. Last weekend, thousands of unofficial "greeters" met customers at Wal-Mart's Canadian stores, informing them about the company's anti-union tactics -- like closing its Jonquière store (its first Canadian closure ever) after the workers formed a union. At U.S. stores, meanwhile, protesters handed out "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart" leaflets for Mother's Day, protesting Wal-Mart's gender discrimination.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050509%2FCOSTAN09%2FTPComment%2FTopStories&ord=1116290385745&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login
Wal-mart CEO keen on India investments
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on his first visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea.
2005-05-12 12:52
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on a two-day visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea. This is the CEO’s first visit to India.
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with John Menzer, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Internationals.
On how much Wal-Mart expects to invest in India.
We certainly would like to make a significant investment in India. We think quite a bit of growing economies like India, where the GDP is growing at 6-7%. There is a large working population: people have good jobs and expendable income and we understand that credit cards are really exploding in this market.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/backends/News/frontend/news_detail.php?autono=167530
Miramar rejection of Wal-Mart just the start of zoning battle
By Rebecca Plevin
Staff Writer
Posted May 12 2005
Although Miramar's Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend the Cit Commission reject a Super Wal-Mart at Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road, both sides say the fight isn't over yet.
The board denied the superstore's petitions to rezone the area from rural to community business and to build a liquor store and tire and lube station on the premises.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-swalmart12may12,0,3043773.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
Quebec labour commission says unionized Wal-Mart store can't reopen
MONTREAL (CP) - A unionized Wal-Mart store in Quebec will remain closed after a labour relations commission rejected a union bid to have it reopened.
The giant retailer closed the store in Saguenay on April 29, saying the outlet had been unprofitable for a long time and no longer had enough supplies on its shelves. Wal-Mart had previously said the store, about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City, would close May 6.
The union sought the reopening because on April 29 it was in the middle of asking the labour commission to rule that Wal-Mart could not close any of its Quebec stores.
Pierre Flageole, vice-president of the Commission des relations du travail du Quebec, rejected the union motion Wednesday, referring to a Supreme Court decision that "recognizes that an employer maintains the right to close down its business, whatever the reasons."
Jurisprudence also prohibits the commission from ordering Wal-Mart to reopen the store on a temporary basis "unless it appears the closure is not real or definitive," he said.
Flageole said no evidence was given to make him believe the store would remain open in the long term.
Workers at the Saguenay store received their union accreditation last year but never obtained a first contract.
Unionized workers at another Wal-Mart store in St-Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, are in the same position.
© The Canadian Press 2005
http://www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=13741916-348d-47f9-a662-62e4a5d92634
Wal-Mart Lags but Target Hits Its Sales Goal
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 13, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores, with its less affluent, more rural customer base, came up short yesterday when it and Target both released results for the first quarter. Target - with customers a little richer and more chic - posted a better-than-expected profit, while Wal-Mart reported its lowest sales growth in more than two years.
Deborah Weinswig, an analyst for Smith Barney, termed yesterday's results "the tale of two consumers."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/business/13shops.html
Wal-Mart seeks entry into India’s retail business
New Delhi, dhns/ians:
The Wal-Mart official said their entry into India will not mean the end of small Indian retailers.
Wal-Mart Stores, the $288 billion global retail chain, has urged India to open up its retail trade sector to foreign direct investment and said it is keen on setting up a chain of such stores in the country.
The wish list of the Arkansas-based retail chain giant was conveyed at a meeting here on Thursday between the group’s international president John B Menzer and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “We had a very good meeting,” Menzer, who carries a leather wallet sourced from India, told reporters after his 20-minute meeting with the prime minister.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/business1654422005512.asp
As American as apple pie, but now Wal-Mart is eating humble pie
The retail giant with homely values but a huge appetite for growth is having to take stock as sales stagnate, its employment practices are savaged and local communities resist its advance. Katherine Griffiths writes from New York
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=638469
Coming Week: Wal-Mart of Worry
By Mike Marino
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
5/14/2005 12:00 PM EDT
Investors will be checking out the consumer again this week as retailers -- big and small, upscale and downscale -- take their turn in the earnings parade.
Along with the busy earnings slate, expect some important economic data. Topping the list will be April's housing starts number, due Tuesday morning, and the consumer and producer price index reports later in the week. Those figures should help Wall Street get a better read on the strength of the economy and the Fed's rate-hike plans.
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/markets/marketfeatures/10223469.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
As Wal-Mart expands in Mexico, opposition grows
By Lorraine Orlandi
REUTERS
5:00 a.m. March 22, 2005
PATZCUARO, Mexico – A Purepecha Indian center known for its mountain lake and mystical Day of the Dead ceremonies each November has become the newest battleground over Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Mexico.
The world's largest retailer's proposed store in Patzcuaro is the second in six months to trigger opposition cast in nationalistic terms, pitting ancient traditions against U.S.-style capitalism.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050322-0500-mexico-walmart.html
Wal-Mart fight gets personal
Union drive targets Gatineau store
By ANNE HOWLAND, Ottawa Sun
A WAL-MART in Gatineau will be the next target for a union trying to organize workers at stores run by the retail giant. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada said yesterday it has applied to certify workers at the Wal-Mart on Du Plateau Blvd.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Business/2005/03/22/968457-sun.html
Outsmarting Wal-Mart
Price isn't everything. A new report names 5 retail Davids thriving against the Goliath.
March 28, 2005: 9:22 AM EST
By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - How do you outsmart Wal-Mart? By not trying to.
It sounds counterintuitive. But a new report says the secret to retailers' survival in a Wal-Mart world isn't about attempting to outrun the 800-pound retail gorilla but about the ability to maneuver around it, according to a recent study entitled "Outsmarting Wal-Mart" from the global retail practice unit of New York-based consulting firm Bain & Company.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/news/fortune500/winners_walmart/
Protesters Hold 'Wal-Mart Not Welcome' Rally
Opponents Fear Supercenter Would Kill Small Businesses
POSTED: 3:44 pm EST March 22, 2005
Some Washtenaw County residents held a "Wal-Mart Not Welcome" rally on Tuesday afternoon to protest the proposed opening of a store in the area.
The rally is the second against the proposed 166,000-square-foot supercenter at the corner of State Street and Campus Parkway.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/4308220/detail.html
Wal-Mart to move its Asian headquarters to Shenzhen
http://www.chinaview.cn/ 2005-03-21 22:51:31
SHENZHEN, March 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to move its Asian headquarters from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, a city in south China's Guangdong Province, in 2006.
The construction of the new headquarters building in Shenzhen is underway, according to the Shenzhen International Investment Commercial Property Co. Ltd, Wal-Mart's partner in China.
The new building will be put into use by August 2006, said DingLiye, general manager of the company.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/21/content_2726158.htm
Woman: Wal-Mart worker took picture under my skirt
Matt Mauro
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
Monday, March 21, 2005
Sarah Hays and her family were about to leave the Wal-Mart at Kellogg at Greenwich when she says she couldn't believe what happened.
“He brushed me and that's it,” Sarah says. “I think I saw a flash.”
“I was like, hold on, what just happened,” says John Hays, Sarah’s husband. “And the first thing that popped into my mind was, it's a camera phone.”
http://www.kbsd6.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=KBSD/MGArticle/BSD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781713988
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Slain activist 'left his mark'
Mourners recall John Beresford's zest for life
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff May 16, 2005
They came, one by one, carrying stones.
They came from Dorchester and from as far away as Florida.
Artists. Actors. Social workers. The mayor.
Some had played as children with John Beresford, 40, the community activist who was fatally stabbed last week while trying to stop a purse snatching at Ronan Park in Dorchester. Others had met him through the theater. Or simply because he had said hello on the street.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/16/slain_activist_left_his_mark/
Slain activist praised for work in Iraq
Mother: 'I'll remember the love she spread around the world'
Monday, April 18, 2005 Posted: 8:40 AM EDT (1240 GMT)
Humanitarian Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A woman who led an effort to help those ravaged by violence in Iraq fell victim to the war herself when a car bomb killed her and two other people, officials said Sunday.
Marla Ruzicka, founder of Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, died Saturday in the blast, which also killed an Iraqi and another foreigner, officials said. She had been in Iraq conducting door-to-door surveys trying to determine the number of civilian casualties in the country.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/activist.killed.ap/index.html
Activist recalled for her devotion to Iraqis
Sunday, May 15, 2005 Posted: 8:57 AM EDT (1257 GMT)
Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
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Marla Ruzicka remembered for her devotion to Iraqi people.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Marla Ruzicka, an American activist killed in an Iraqi car bombing last month, was remembered Saturday for her "tenaciousness" when she counted civilian war casualties at a special memorial service in Washington.
"Only by doing so can we note the true cost of war and we can properly dignify and honor each person killed or wounded as an individual -- as a father, a son, a daughter, a mother -- not just as collateral damage," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, said. "That's Marla's legacy."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/ruzicka.memorial/index.html
Computer glitches
New anti-computer virus technology developed
Beijing Jiangmin New Science & Technology Company Ltd., China's leading anti-computer virus company, announced on March 8th that it has developed a new technology to block Trojan Horse viruses.
According to computer virus specialists, the technology is a significant breakthrough for the protection of computer users from Trojan Horses viruses. In addition, the technology can monitor most common viruses and provide the user with advance warning.
http://english.people.com.cn/200503/11/eng20050311_176450.html
Whistleblowers
The Insider
A year ago, Richard Clarke blew the whistle on the Bush administration's failure to take Al Qaeda seriously. He's still whistling -- but how long will the public listen?
By Patrick Radden Keefe May 15, 2005
IT HAS BEEN more than two years now since Richard A. Clarke left the federal government he served for three decades, and more than a year since his testimony before the 9/11 Commission, when he turned to the families of the Sept. 11 dead, and said, ''Your government failed you, and I failed you." Yet over a recent lunch at a Manhattan restaurant, where the Dorchester-born former White House counterterrorism director was joined by his longtime deputy, Roger Cressey, Clarke seemed as much an insider -- and a celebrity -- as ever.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/the_insider/
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/whistleblowers/
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CBS Distorts Starr On Filibuster To Keep The Radical Abortion Litmus Test
Editorial by Tom Grey
The Democratic Party and their Leftist biased MSM allies at CBS are dishonestly trying to twist a Republican's words into opposing the filibuster rules change. When asked about refusing to support a President's nominee because of a difference in judicial philosophy, instead of competence, Ken Starr was very sharp in disagreement. Yet a transcript of the Schieffer / Gloria Borger broadcast demonstrates deliberate misleading editing by CBS:
Borger: Many conservatives consider the fight over judges their political Armageddon. But conservative icon and former federal Judge Ken Starr says it's gotten out of control.
http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/UP0000238.txt
The World According to Wal-Mart
A New York Moment for Arkansas
Published: May 15, 2005
For years, bookworms looking up for a break in the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street could gaze upon the ravishing escapism of "Kindred Spirits" - the classic Hudson River School landscape depicting the poet William Cullen Bryant and his artist friend Thomas Cole at a glorious perch in the Catskills. Suddenly, the 1849 painting by Asher Durand, which portrays such a definitive link in the history of New York's artists and writers, is bound elsewhere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/opinion/15sun3.html
Wal-Mart To Apologize For Ad in Newspaper
By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 14, 2005; Page E01
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday that it made a "terrible" mistake in approving a recent newspaper advertisement that equated a proposed Arizona zoning ordinance with Nazi book-burning.
The full-page advertisement included a 1933 photo of people throwing books on a pyre at Berlin's Opernplatz. It was run as part of a campaign against a Flagstaff ballot proposal that would restrict Wal-Mart from expanding a local store to include a grocery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051301423.html
Stocks: Wal-Mart earnings put damper on Big Board
NEW YORK Share prices declined Thursday as disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart overshadowed a report showing U.S. retail sales rose twice as much as economists expected.
"Wal-Mart is about 20 percent of publicly traded retail sales, so that is not a good sign," said Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. in Boston. "The good news is that there are two consumers out there: those that shop at Wal-Mart and the rest of the retail sales
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/12/yourmoney/mart.php
Lawmakers ask Wal-Mart for worker data
Part of effort to see if retailer pays female employees less than men; company denies charges.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Congressional Democrats are asking Wal-Mart for employee data in order to determine if claims of wage discrimination against female workers are true.
In a letter drafted by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and signed by 50 of her colleagues, the company was asked to provide its wage statistics, along with any related information that Wal-Mart has already given to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/13/news/fortune500/walmart_data/?cnn=yes
WAL-MART PROBE: Retailer disputes former exec's claims
Associated Press
Published April 30, 2005
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says a former executive who claims he deserves to be protected as a whistleblower was instead part of a scheme to defraud the firm and deserves no such protection.
Former Wal-Mart vice president Jared Bowen claims he refused to approve certain expenses submitted by former Wal-Mart vice chairman Tom Coughlin, whose departure from the board in March came as Wal-Mart announced it was giving to prosecutors evidence of up to $500,000 in misspent money. A federal grand jury is investigating.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504300086apr30,1,1771458.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Dismiss Wal-Mart complaint, labor board officer says
DENVER — A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has recommended the dismissal of a complaint that Wal-Mart influenced a vote against forming a union in one of its Colorado stores.
The report, dated Wednesday and made available Friday, goes to the NLRB's national office for a final decision. No timetable was given.
Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union said workers at Wal-Mart's Tire & Lube Express in Loveland were intimidated into rejecting unionization in a 17-1 vote on Feb. 25.
Hearing officer Daniel Michalski recommended that the vote be certified. Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall said the union was considering its options.
The company on Friday also announced the closing of a unionized store in Quebec, Canada, whose employees formed a union last year but were never able to negotiate their first contract.
Wal-Mart said it closed the store about 155 miles north of Quebec City because it had been losing money.
— The Associated Press
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11527754.htm
ARNOLDUSSEN LEADS WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE TOUR EVENT ON LAKE ERIE
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (April 29, 2005) – Former Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour champion Dean Arnoldussen of Appleton, Wis., caught five walleyes weighing 30 pounds Friday to boost his tournament-leading total to 10 walleyes weighing 55 pounds 15 ounces. He will now lead the top 10 pros and co-anglers into the final round of competition in the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour stop on Lake Erie presented by Yamaha. Pro finalists are fishing for a top cash award of as much as $87,000, and co-anglers are fishing for as much as $16,700.
http://www.walleyecentral.com/articles/?a=921
Showdown over Wal-Mart reaches judge
AmCan United asks Guadagni to bar construction of Superstore
Friday, April 29, 2005
By DAVID RYAN
Register Staff Writer
A Napa judge is expected to decide within a week whether developers of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon can start construction while they battle an environmental lawsuit.
At a court hearing Thursday morning, lawyers representing a citizen's group opposed to Wal-Mart asked Napa Superior Court Judge Raymond Guadagni to stop developer Lake Street Ventures from starting work on the Superstore slated for Highway 29 near Napa Junction Road.
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=5E335BD6-8C73-4523-BB0E-E334B40E469C
Wal-Mart Supercenters offers low prices -at what cost
By Mary Jo Feldstein
Of the Post-Dispatch
04/30/2005
Cashier Kishelle Smith bags Jackie Osborne’s order last month at the Wal-Mart in Ferguson. Wal-Mart has received approval to build Supercenters in Collinsville, Wood River and Lake Saint Louis.
(Kevin Manning/P-D)
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has grown into the nation's biggest grocer, St. Louis is one place where its Supercenters have been curiously scarce. Now, Wal-Mart says the area needs more of its grocery megastores.
"We really like St. Louis," said spokesman Ryan Horn. "We're looking very closely at a number of places in the St. Louis area, and that's not going to change."
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/31E58CE28206E37386256FF3005DC0B5?OpenDocument
Police shoot burglary suspect dead in Wal-Mart
Associated Press
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
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Ellis County deputies had contacted the Cedar Hill Police Department about tracking down and arresting the suspect, who was wanted in that county on a burglary warrant, Dallas County Sheriff's Sgt. Don Peritz said.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3178034
Wal-Mart to visit India on cusp of retail shake-up
REUTERS
Posted online: Friday, May 06, 2005 at 0354 hours IST
BOMBAY : The international president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is scheduled to visit India next week amid signs the government may soon lift a ban on foreign investment in the retail industry.
http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=90121
Wal-Mart ordered to pay legal bills of ex-worker who sued over injury
JIM SUHR
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food, calling the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs "egregious and outrageous."
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11572655.htm
Unionists to greet Wal-Mart shoppers
Last Updated May 6 2005 12:42 PM CDT
CBC News
REGINA – There'll be some new people greeting shoppers at Saskatchewan Wal-Marts this weekend – union activists.
The North Battleford Wal-Mart
Demonstrations organized by the Canadian Labour Congress will be held Saturday at the Preston Crossing store in Saskatoon and the Rochdale Boulevard store in Regina.
CLC says local trade union members and other supporters will be held at 43 stores across Canada to protest how the retail giant treats its employees.
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=wal-mart-protest050506
Escondido council OKs Wal-Mart store
By Craig Gustafson
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 6, 2005
ESCONDIDO – Calling it a major tool in the revitalization of East Valley Parkway, the City Council has unanimously approved a plan to bring the world's largest retailer to Escondido.
Wal-Mart plans to build a 140,000-square-foot store and an 18,400-square-foot outdoor garden on 11½ acres next to Home Depot. Construction is expected to begin in the next few months.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050506-9999-1mi6walmart.html
Wal-Mart set to enter India
M Rajshekhar May 06, 2005 15:10 IST
The world's largest company, Wal-Mart, is leaving no stones unturned to lobby for its entry into India, says Businessworld.
Last month, David Mulford, United States Ambassador to India, met the Indian prime minister, finance minister and commerce minister purportedly at the behest of the US retailer.
In the second week of May, John B Menzer, Wal-Mart's president and CEO, will fly in to meet government officials.
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/may/06walmart.htm?q=mh&file=.htm
Wal-Mart compelled to pay legal fees
ST. LOUIS — A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food.
The court called the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs “egregious and outrageous.”
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11575149.htm
Teaching Wal-Mart New Tricks
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 8, 2005
Bentonville, Ark.
WAL-MART'S chief financial officer, Thomas Schoewe, had just returned from a trip to Wall Street, and was still shaking his head about a question analysts there had directed at him. "They kept asking me if Lee Scott didn't know what Tom Coughlin was up to," he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/business/yourmoney/08walm.html?ex=1116388800&en=8efe0de789b70e3d&ei=5070&oref=login
Shaw and Fahadi Win Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Event In Port Aransas
Western Division
by Dave Washburn, communications / FLW Outdoors
Page(s): 1 2
(May. 07, 2005 - PORT ARANSAS, Texas)... Kevin Fahadi and Kevin Shaw, both of Corpus Christi, caught a two-day total of four redfish weighing 32 pounds, 7 ounces to win $37,500 in the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Division event presented by Yamaha in Port Aransas. The team earned $25,000 plus an additional $12,500 for the Powered by Yamaha bonus award. Shaw and Fahadi were competing against a field of 117 teams.
http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000014815
Extra 'greeters' at Wal-Mart
By Chen Chekki - The Chronicle-Journal
May 08, 2005
Shoppers at a Thunder Bay Wal-Mart received more of a greeting than they expected on Saturday by a picket who protested how the retail giant allegedly deals with its workers.
The peaceful protest organized by the Canadian Labour Congress held rallies at 43 Wal-Marts in 37 Canadian cities, alleging that the retailer holds a no-union policy.
http://www.chroniclejournal.com/story.shtml?id=27061
Wal-Mart sizing up Manistee
Local reaction is mixed
By PATRICK SULLIVAN
Record-Eagle staff writer
MANISTEE - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will go ahead with plans to locate a store in Manistee, even after the company backed off a move to rezone part of Filer Township for a supercenter parking lot last week.
"I can tell you that, at this point, we are obviously doing more than evaluating the market," said Roderick Scott, a Wal-Mart community affairs manager.
http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/may/08wally.htm
Suit: Wal-Mart fired woman who reported harassment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman who claims she was fired from her job at Wal-Mart after complaining about a co-worker's description of piercings on his penis is suing the retailer in federal court.
April Brown said a co-worker subjected her to "sexually offensive comments on a regular, daily basis" and touched her inappropriately during her overnight shift as a stocker at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to papers filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and Brown's attorney, David Arendall.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8430248
Sooner or later, Wal-Mart, a union's going to come
By JIM STANFORD
Monday, May 9, 2005, Page A15
For a company that's so successful, Wal-Mart sure generates negative headlines these days. Last weekend, thousands of unofficial "greeters" met customers at Wal-Mart's Canadian stores, informing them about the company's anti-union tactics -- like closing its Jonquière store (its first Canadian closure ever) after the workers formed a union. At U.S. stores, meanwhile, protesters handed out "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart" leaflets for Mother's Day, protesting Wal-Mart's gender discrimination.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050509%2FCOSTAN09%2FTPComment%2FTopStories&ord=1116290385745&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login
Wal-mart CEO keen on India investments
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on his first visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea.
2005-05-12 12:52
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on a two-day visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea. This is the CEO’s first visit to India.
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with John Menzer, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Internationals.
On how much Wal-Mart expects to invest in India.
We certainly would like to make a significant investment in India. We think quite a bit of growing economies like India, where the GDP is growing at 6-7%. There is a large working population: people have good jobs and expendable income and we understand that credit cards are really exploding in this market.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/backends/News/frontend/news_detail.php?autono=167530
Miramar rejection of Wal-Mart just the start of zoning battle
By Rebecca Plevin
Staff Writer
Posted May 12 2005
Although Miramar's Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend the Cit Commission reject a Super Wal-Mart at Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road, both sides say the fight isn't over yet.
The board denied the superstore's petitions to rezone the area from rural to community business and to build a liquor store and tire and lube station on the premises.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-swalmart12may12,0,3043773.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
Quebec labour commission says unionized Wal-Mart store can't reopen
MONTREAL (CP) - A unionized Wal-Mart store in Quebec will remain closed after a labour relations commission rejected a union bid to have it reopened.
The giant retailer closed the store in Saguenay on April 29, saying the outlet had been unprofitable for a long time and no longer had enough supplies on its shelves. Wal-Mart had previously said the store, about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City, would close May 6.
The union sought the reopening because on April 29 it was in the middle of asking the labour commission to rule that Wal-Mart could not close any of its Quebec stores.
Pierre Flageole, vice-president of the Commission des relations du travail du Quebec, rejected the union motion Wednesday, referring to a Supreme Court decision that "recognizes that an employer maintains the right to close down its business, whatever the reasons."
Jurisprudence also prohibits the commission from ordering Wal-Mart to reopen the store on a temporary basis "unless it appears the closure is not real or definitive," he said.
Flageole said no evidence was given to make him believe the store would remain open in the long term.
Workers at the Saguenay store received their union accreditation last year but never obtained a first contract.
Unionized workers at another Wal-Mart store in St-Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, are in the same position.
© The Canadian Press 2005
http://www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=13741916-348d-47f9-a662-62e4a5d92634
Wal-Mart Lags but Target Hits Its Sales Goal
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 13, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores, with its less affluent, more rural customer base, came up short yesterday when it and Target both released results for the first quarter. Target - with customers a little richer and more chic - posted a better-than-expected profit, while Wal-Mart reported its lowest sales growth in more than two years.
Deborah Weinswig, an analyst for Smith Barney, termed yesterday's results "the tale of two consumers."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/business/13shops.html
Wal-Mart seeks entry into India’s retail business
New Delhi, dhns/ians:
The Wal-Mart official said their entry into India will not mean the end of small Indian retailers.
Wal-Mart Stores, the $288 billion global retail chain, has urged India to open up its retail trade sector to foreign direct investment and said it is keen on setting up a chain of such stores in the country.
The wish list of the Arkansas-based retail chain giant was conveyed at a meeting here on Thursday between the group’s international president John B Menzer and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “We had a very good meeting,” Menzer, who carries a leather wallet sourced from India, told reporters after his 20-minute meeting with the prime minister.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/business1654422005512.asp
As American as apple pie, but now Wal-Mart is eating humble pie
The retail giant with homely values but a huge appetite for growth is having to take stock as sales stagnate, its employment practices are savaged and local communities resist its advance. Katherine Griffiths writes from New York
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=638469
Coming Week: Wal-Mart of Worry
By Mike Marino
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
5/14/2005 12:00 PM EDT
Investors will be checking out the consumer again this week as retailers -- big and small, upscale and downscale -- take their turn in the earnings parade.
Along with the busy earnings slate, expect some important economic data. Topping the list will be April's housing starts number, due Tuesday morning, and the consumer and producer price index reports later in the week. Those figures should help Wall Street get a better read on the strength of the economy and the Fed's rate-hike plans.
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/markets/marketfeatures/10223469.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
As Wal-Mart expands in Mexico, opposition grows
By Lorraine Orlandi
REUTERS
5:00 a.m. March 22, 2005
PATZCUARO, Mexico – A Purepecha Indian center known for its mountain lake and mystical Day of the Dead ceremonies each November has become the newest battleground over Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Mexico.
The world's largest retailer's proposed store in Patzcuaro is the second in six months to trigger opposition cast in nationalistic terms, pitting ancient traditions against U.S.-style capitalism.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050322-0500-mexico-walmart.html
Wal-Mart fight gets personal
Union drive targets Gatineau store
By ANNE HOWLAND, Ottawa Sun
A WAL-MART in Gatineau will be the next target for a union trying to organize workers at stores run by the retail giant. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada said yesterday it has applied to certify workers at the Wal-Mart on Du Plateau Blvd.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Business/2005/03/22/968457-sun.html
Outsmarting Wal-Mart
Price isn't everything. A new report names 5 retail Davids thriving against the Goliath.
March 28, 2005: 9:22 AM EST
By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - How do you outsmart Wal-Mart? By not trying to.
It sounds counterintuitive. But a new report says the secret to retailers' survival in a Wal-Mart world isn't about attempting to outrun the 800-pound retail gorilla but about the ability to maneuver around it, according to a recent study entitled "Outsmarting Wal-Mart" from the global retail practice unit of New York-based consulting firm Bain & Company.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/news/fortune500/winners_walmart/
Protesters Hold 'Wal-Mart Not Welcome' Rally
Opponents Fear Supercenter Would Kill Small Businesses
POSTED: 3:44 pm EST March 22, 2005
Some Washtenaw County residents held a "Wal-Mart Not Welcome" rally on Tuesday afternoon to protest the proposed opening of a store in the area.
The rally is the second against the proposed 166,000-square-foot supercenter at the corner of State Street and Campus Parkway.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/4308220/detail.html
Wal-Mart to move its Asian headquarters to Shenzhen
http://www.chinaview.cn/ 2005-03-21 22:51:31
SHENZHEN, March 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to move its Asian headquarters from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, a city in south China's Guangdong Province, in 2006.
The construction of the new headquarters building in Shenzhen is underway, according to the Shenzhen International Investment Commercial Property Co. Ltd, Wal-Mart's partner in China.
The new building will be put into use by August 2006, said DingLiye, general manager of the company.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/21/content_2726158.htm
Woman: Wal-Mart worker took picture under my skirt
Matt Mauro
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
Monday, March 21, 2005
Sarah Hays and her family were about to leave the Wal-Mart at Kellogg at Greenwich when she says she couldn't believe what happened.
“He brushed me and that's it,” Sarah says. “I think I saw a flash.”
“I was like, hold on, what just happened,” says John Hays, Sarah’s husband. “And the first thing that popped into my mind was, it's a camera phone.”
http://www.kbsd6.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=KBSD/MGArticle/BSD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781713988
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Family Transportation along the waterways of the USA.
May 2, 2005. Stellacoom, Washington State. This is on a water ferry that transports people and their vehicles along the waterways of Washington State and Alaska. Depending on the destination the trip can last 5 days. On the horizon is Ketron Island, Washington.
Sedementary Rock with Original Horizontality
May 9, 2005. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. The reason this rock hold up well as does the rock in the Grand Canyon is because of the dry climate that does not encourage erosion. If I may point out, the Grand Canyon, is deep because of the erosion of a river. Sedementary rock unless it is a Sandstone, when it is deposited as shales such as seen here in the foreground is highly erodible when exposed to water. Valley and Ridge structures exist because the valleys erode while the ridges don't. Shale vs. Sandstone. The very top of the foreground is highly erodible sedimentary rock. The layer just beneath that which is marginally thick could be although not completely certain, but, it could be a sandstone and less erodible. The point here is that allowing Climate Change is a very bad idea.
Morning Papers - continued. . .
The People Daily
Why does FORTUNE Global Forum choose China for three times?
The ninth Fortune Global Forum opened in Beijing on May 16. This is the third time that the forum is being held in China after it was held in Shanghai in 1999 and Hong Kong in 2001. The forum will bring world's best-known CEOs and senior executives back to China, this time to Beijing, which has aroused great attention from various circles of the society. Is there any special consideration for the Fortune Global Forum to choose China as its holding site for the third time?
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185442.html
Full text of Hu Jintao's speech at 2005 Fortune Global Forum
Following is the full text of the speech Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Fortune Global Forum on Monday:
Address by President Hu Jintao of China at the Opening Ceremony of the 2005 FORTUNE Global Forum
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185302.html
Civil friendship vital to developing Sino-Japan relations
The Sino-Japan friendly cooperative relations has achieved remarkable development despite frequent frustrations since the normalization of diplomatic relations more than 30 years ago. However, the Sino-Japan relations still faces serious tests in view of the intricate problems these years.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185478.html
China becoming growth engine for world: President Hu
Chinese President Hu Jintao said Monday that with surging economic globalization, China and Asia are quickly becoming a new growth engine for the world while the global boom is also generating more important opportunities for China and Asia.
Hu made the remark in an address delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Fortune Global Forum held in China's capital of Beijing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/16/eng20050516_185296.html
China never yields to outside pressure on RMB exchange rate: Premier
Reform of RMB exchange rate system is matter of China's sovereignty and any pressure and speculative exploitation of the issue or any attempt to turn the economic issue into a political one will not be conducive to resolving it, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said during his meeting with guests from the US Chamber of Commerce Monday.
Wen said as long as conditions are ripe, the Chinese government "will take the initiative to advance the reform of the exchange rate system without any pressure from outside the country."
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/16/eng20050516_185298.html
China not in favor of artificial time frame for UN reform
China is not in favor of setting an artificial time limit for the reform of the United Nations or forcing through the reform proposal by vote, as there remain major differences on the reform proposals owing to the lack of broad consensus.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing made these remarks during his talks with Ali Alatas, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy Tuesday in Beiging.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185512.html
US expresses "great regret" over beating of Chinese citizen
US State Department on Thursday expressed regret over the beating of Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection.
"We regret the apparent mistreatment of a Chinese national by a US customs officer in the Niagara Falls. We have communicated to the Chinese Government that the US customs officer was arrested by the Customs and Border Patrol Police and his case referred for criminal prosecution," the State Department said in a statement.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/30/eng20040730_151343.html
Chinese woman beaten by US officers vows to seek justice
Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan, who was beaten up by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection last week, has vowed to bring the assailants to justice by legal means.
"I will never give up in the lawsuit until the perpetrators are brought to justice and punished," Zhao said in an interview on Wednesday with a group of Chinese reporters at the office of her attorney Stanley Legan in Queens borough, New York, sobbing, with tears running down her cheeks and her shoulders shivering.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/29/eng20040729_151192.html
The Los Angeles Times
Losing ground?
Development in Eastern Sierra threatens the mule deer herd, biologists say.
By Martin Griffith, Special to The Times
Mike Dobel is worried. A biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, Dobel charts mule deer populations in California and Nevada, and he doesn't like what he sees.
Development running along the backside of the Sierra Nevada, a 300-mile section of U.S. 395 running between Bishop and Susanville, appears to have compromised the deer's habitat and may threaten the future of the herd. The problem is especially acute in and around Reno, where about 13,000 deer live.
http://www.latimes.com/features/outdoors/la-os-deaddeer17may17,0,6369937.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Wine Sale Curbs Lifted
The Supreme Court strikes down laws that bar direct shipping to out-of-state consumers. It's a victory for California vintners.
By David G. Savage and Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the way Monday for vintners to sell their wines directly to consumers across the nation, a major victory for California's $15 billion-a-year wine industry.
The 5-4 decision struck down laws in New York and Michigan on the grounds that they discriminated against out-of-state wineries by prohibiting them from selling directly to consumers while letting local vintners do so.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus17may17,0,3143833.story?coll=la-home-headlines
The Merlot Split
What got into Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas? Eternally joined at the hip, these deeply conservative justices parted ways Monday over fine wine.
Scalia joined the 5-4 majority in deciding that state governments may not treat out-of-state wineries differently by banning Internet and other direct sales to individuals and retailers, if they allow such sales by in-state wineries. The decision was ominously close — simple logic would seem to dictate overturning the ban, though the majority also had the mighty "commerce clause" of the Constitution on its side.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-wine17may17,0,4273960.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
Gov. Readies Special Election to Attack Legislature, Unions
One proposed initiative could halt political fundraising by labor through paycheck dues.
By Robert Salladay, Times Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO — After five months of failing to sway Democrats to his "year of reform," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has directed his political staff to prepare for a special election campaign that would attack the California Legislature and its union benefactors.
Escalating the governor's fight, chief political consultant Mike Murphy said Monday that Schwarzenegger would almost certainly call a special election that would include his package of reform initiatives, and possibly another measure that could disable the money-raising machine of public employee unions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold17may17,0,3337697.story?coll=la-home-headlines
More Backlash Than Bliss 1 Year After Marriage Law
Massachusetts gays can celebrate, but their gain has energized foes of same-sex unions.
By Elizabeth Mehren, Times Staff Writer
BOSTON — In the year since Massachusetts became the only state to permit gays and lesbians to wed, more than 6,000 same-sex couples have traded marriage vows.
To commemorate today's anniversary, many of those couples plan to waltz at a gala party at Boston's swank Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel and pose for a group photograph outside the statehouse. Among other festivities around the state, the Boston suburb of Belmont plans an ice cream social.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anniversary17may17,0,413176.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Low-Fat Diet Found to Reduce Recurrence of a Breast Cancer
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writer
A low-fat diet can decrease the risk of breast cancer recurrence by more than 40% in patients with a form of the cancer that is not sensitive to levels of the hormone estrogen, researchers said Monday.
Those patients account for a third of all breast cancer cases. The other two-thirds — those whose tumor growth is stimulated by estrogen — showed little benefit from a reduction in fat intake, Dr. Rowan T. Chlebowski of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center told a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Fla.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cancer17may17,0,4015010.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Iraq's Cracks Widen
The installation of a new government in Iraq has done nothing to end the fighting between adherents of the rival branches of Islam, Sunnis and Shiites. Sunni insurgents have killed more than 400 people since the new regime was announced last month. Now Shiites appear to be taking revenge on Sunnis, a nightmare threatening to fracture the nation.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Iraq Sunday was an important reminder of the large U.S. stake in having the country ruled by a government that reflects Sunni and Shiite Arabs and the Kurds, who are Sunni but not Arab. Nearly 140,000 U.S. troops remain in the nation more than two years after the invasion, and it still isn't clear whether the legacy of American occupation will be a functioning constitutional democracy or outright civil war.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq17may17,0,6703387.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
U.S. Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq
So far this month, more than 450 Iraqis and dozens of U.S. troops have been killed by an Iraqi insurgency that, even after two years, shows signs of intensifying. Yet the Bush administration, which originally expected U.S. troops to be greeted as liberators and then promised that elections would fatally undermine the rebel cause, remains clueless as to the composition of this virulent enemy.
"The Mystery of the Insurgency" was the headline on a Sunday New York Times article reporting on the consensus of U.S. guerrilla warfare experts that the insurgents' motives and actions are simply baffling. However, "it clearly makes sense to the people who are doing it," said defense analyst Loren B. Thompson. "And that more than anything else tells us how little we understand the region."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-scheer17may17,0,3297877.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
Right-Wing Protests Jam Highways Across Israel
Thousands denounce Gaza pullout. In West Bank, work is to begin on enclosing settlement.
By Laura King, Times Staff Writer
JERUSALEM — In the biggest and most disruptive protests yet against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to relinquish the Gaza Strip, thousands of right-wing demonstrators snarled evening rush-hour traffic across the country Monday, using burning tires and their own bodies to block highways and urban thoroughfares.
Police detained about 300 protesters, some of them barely in their teens.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel17may17,1,1017818.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
The New Zealand Herald
Wind power back on the agenda
17.05.05 1.00pm
Wind power is again being considered as a solution to electricity demand.
Northpower and Mighty River Power are seriously exploring setting up wind farms at Kaipara in Northland after Energy Minister Trevor Mallard predicted that up to 35 per cent of New Zealand's power needs could be provided by wind in the future.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125924
Daughter of Australian hostage makes heartfelt plea
17.05.05 4.00pm
CANBERRA - The daughter of Australian hostage Douglas Wood has made a heartfelt plea to kidnappers to free her father.
Mr Wood's daughter Christina told her father's captors via a letter on the internet that her thoughts and prayers were always with the Iraqi people.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125959
Breakthrough on genetic disorder
17.05.05 4.00pm
Researchers hope a breakthrough in understanding a severe genetic disorder that has plagued at least five generations of a New Zealand family may eventually lead to a treatment for the disorder and have application to other disorders.
University of Otago researchers today announced an alteration in a particular gene had been identified in members of the family.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125960
10 feared dead in Chile plane crash
17.05.05
A small plane crashed in bad weather yesterday in a remote southern area near the Chile-Argentina border and authorities say all 10 people on board are feared dead.
The crew of a police helicopter who spotted the crashed Beechcraft aircraft reported that "there were no signs of survivors".
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126085
Jump into cold river killed man - coroner
17.05.05 1.00pm
The shock of hitting cold water caused a young man who jumped into a river to die of a heart attack, the Nelson Coroner has ruled.
Christopher Elliot, 20, died on November 28 last year after jumping from an 18m cliff into the Roding River in the Aniseed Valley.
He landed awkwardly in the water at the popular recreational spot Busch Reserve, 24km southwest of Nelson.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125921
Kuwait grants women right to vote
17.05.05 10.40am
KUWAIT - Kuwait's parliament has passed a law granting women the right to vote and run in elections for the first time, after pressure from the pro-Western Gulf Arab state's reformist government.
"We made it. This is history," prominent activist Roula al-Dashti told reporters. "Our target is the parliamentary polls in 2007. I'm starting my campaign from today."
Outside parliament, people danced and cheered, passing drivers hooted their horns in support and fireworks lit the sky.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125913
I didn't see anything in this article about mortality rates.
Stomach-trimming surgery most effective in study
17.05.05 5.20pm
CHICAGO - A comparison of four types of obesity surgeries, all risky procedures, concluded that vertical gastrectomy, in which most of the stomach is removed, was both the quickest and resulted in the most weight loss, researchers said on Monday.
While all types of obesity-related surgery are seen as risky and a last option for most obese people, particularly older patients, vertical gastrectomy was preferred over three other methods evaluated in a yearlong study of 166 patients over the age of 50.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125941
The weather in Antarctica is still not known.
Scott Base
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Updated Tuesday 17 May 8:59PM
concluding...
Why does FORTUNE Global Forum choose China for three times?
The ninth Fortune Global Forum opened in Beijing on May 16. This is the third time that the forum is being held in China after it was held in Shanghai in 1999 and Hong Kong in 2001. The forum will bring world's best-known CEOs and senior executives back to China, this time to Beijing, which has aroused great attention from various circles of the society. Is there any special consideration for the Fortune Global Forum to choose China as its holding site for the third time?
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185442.html
Full text of Hu Jintao's speech at 2005 Fortune Global Forum
Following is the full text of the speech Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Fortune Global Forum on Monday:
Address by President Hu Jintao of China at the Opening Ceremony of the 2005 FORTUNE Global Forum
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185302.html
Civil friendship vital to developing Sino-Japan relations
The Sino-Japan friendly cooperative relations has achieved remarkable development despite frequent frustrations since the normalization of diplomatic relations more than 30 years ago. However, the Sino-Japan relations still faces serious tests in view of the intricate problems these years.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185478.html
China becoming growth engine for world: President Hu
Chinese President Hu Jintao said Monday that with surging economic globalization, China and Asia are quickly becoming a new growth engine for the world while the global boom is also generating more important opportunities for China and Asia.
Hu made the remark in an address delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Fortune Global Forum held in China's capital of Beijing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/16/eng20050516_185296.html
China never yields to outside pressure on RMB exchange rate: Premier
Reform of RMB exchange rate system is matter of China's sovereignty and any pressure and speculative exploitation of the issue or any attempt to turn the economic issue into a political one will not be conducive to resolving it, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said during his meeting with guests from the US Chamber of Commerce Monday.
Wen said as long as conditions are ripe, the Chinese government "will take the initiative to advance the reform of the exchange rate system without any pressure from outside the country."
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/16/eng20050516_185298.html
China not in favor of artificial time frame for UN reform
China is not in favor of setting an artificial time limit for the reform of the United Nations or forcing through the reform proposal by vote, as there remain major differences on the reform proposals owing to the lack of broad consensus.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing made these remarks during his talks with Ali Alatas, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy Tuesday in Beiging.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200505/17/eng20050517_185512.html
US expresses "great regret" over beating of Chinese citizen
US State Department on Thursday expressed regret over the beating of Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection.
"We regret the apparent mistreatment of a Chinese national by a US customs officer in the Niagara Falls. We have communicated to the Chinese Government that the US customs officer was arrested by the Customs and Border Patrol Police and his case referred for criminal prosecution," the State Department said in a statement.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/30/eng20040730_151343.html
Chinese woman beaten by US officers vows to seek justice
Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan, who was beaten up by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection last week, has vowed to bring the assailants to justice by legal means.
"I will never give up in the lawsuit until the perpetrators are brought to justice and punished," Zhao said in an interview on Wednesday with a group of Chinese reporters at the office of her attorney Stanley Legan in Queens borough, New York, sobbing, with tears running down her cheeks and her shoulders shivering.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200407/29/eng20040729_151192.html
The Los Angeles Times
Losing ground?
Development in Eastern Sierra threatens the mule deer herd, biologists say.
By Martin Griffith, Special to The Times
Mike Dobel is worried. A biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, Dobel charts mule deer populations in California and Nevada, and he doesn't like what he sees.
Development running along the backside of the Sierra Nevada, a 300-mile section of U.S. 395 running between Bishop and Susanville, appears to have compromised the deer's habitat and may threaten the future of the herd. The problem is especially acute in and around Reno, where about 13,000 deer live.
http://www.latimes.com/features/outdoors/la-os-deaddeer17may17,0,6369937.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Wine Sale Curbs Lifted
The Supreme Court strikes down laws that bar direct shipping to out-of-state consumers. It's a victory for California vintners.
By David G. Savage and Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the way Monday for vintners to sell their wines directly to consumers across the nation, a major victory for California's $15 billion-a-year wine industry.
The 5-4 decision struck down laws in New York and Michigan on the grounds that they discriminated against out-of-state wineries by prohibiting them from selling directly to consumers while letting local vintners do so.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus17may17,0,3143833.story?coll=la-home-headlines
The Merlot Split
What got into Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas? Eternally joined at the hip, these deeply conservative justices parted ways Monday over fine wine.
Scalia joined the 5-4 majority in deciding that state governments may not treat out-of-state wineries differently by banning Internet and other direct sales to individuals and retailers, if they allow such sales by in-state wineries. The decision was ominously close — simple logic would seem to dictate overturning the ban, though the majority also had the mighty "commerce clause" of the Constitution on its side.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-wine17may17,0,4273960.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
Gov. Readies Special Election to Attack Legislature, Unions
One proposed initiative could halt political fundraising by labor through paycheck dues.
By Robert Salladay, Times Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO — After five months of failing to sway Democrats to his "year of reform," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has directed his political staff to prepare for a special election campaign that would attack the California Legislature and its union benefactors.
Escalating the governor's fight, chief political consultant Mike Murphy said Monday that Schwarzenegger would almost certainly call a special election that would include his package of reform initiatives, and possibly another measure that could disable the money-raising machine of public employee unions.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold17may17,0,3337697.story?coll=la-home-headlines
More Backlash Than Bliss 1 Year After Marriage Law
Massachusetts gays can celebrate, but their gain has energized foes of same-sex unions.
By Elizabeth Mehren, Times Staff Writer
BOSTON — In the year since Massachusetts became the only state to permit gays and lesbians to wed, more than 6,000 same-sex couples have traded marriage vows.
To commemorate today's anniversary, many of those couples plan to waltz at a gala party at Boston's swank Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel and pose for a group photograph outside the statehouse. Among other festivities around the state, the Boston suburb of Belmont plans an ice cream social.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anniversary17may17,0,413176.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Low-Fat Diet Found to Reduce Recurrence of a Breast Cancer
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writer
A low-fat diet can decrease the risk of breast cancer recurrence by more than 40% in patients with a form of the cancer that is not sensitive to levels of the hormone estrogen, researchers said Monday.
Those patients account for a third of all breast cancer cases. The other two-thirds — those whose tumor growth is stimulated by estrogen — showed little benefit from a reduction in fat intake, Dr. Rowan T. Chlebowski of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center told a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Fla.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cancer17may17,0,4015010.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Iraq's Cracks Widen
The installation of a new government in Iraq has done nothing to end the fighting between adherents of the rival branches of Islam, Sunnis and Shiites. Sunni insurgents have killed more than 400 people since the new regime was announced last month. Now Shiites appear to be taking revenge on Sunnis, a nightmare threatening to fracture the nation.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Iraq Sunday was an important reminder of the large U.S. stake in having the country ruled by a government that reflects Sunni and Shiite Arabs and the Kurds, who are Sunni but not Arab. Nearly 140,000 U.S. troops remain in the nation more than two years after the invasion, and it still isn't clear whether the legacy of American occupation will be a functioning constitutional democracy or outright civil war.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq17may17,0,6703387.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
U.S. Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq
So far this month, more than 450 Iraqis and dozens of U.S. troops have been killed by an Iraqi insurgency that, even after two years, shows signs of intensifying. Yet the Bush administration, which originally expected U.S. troops to be greeted as liberators and then promised that elections would fatally undermine the rebel cause, remains clueless as to the composition of this virulent enemy.
"The Mystery of the Insurgency" was the headline on a Sunday New York Times article reporting on the consensus of U.S. guerrilla warfare experts that the insurgents' motives and actions are simply baffling. However, "it clearly makes sense to the people who are doing it," said defense analyst Loren B. Thompson. "And that more than anything else tells us how little we understand the region."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-scheer17may17,0,3297877.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
Right-Wing Protests Jam Highways Across Israel
Thousands denounce Gaza pullout. In West Bank, work is to begin on enclosing settlement.
By Laura King, Times Staff Writer
JERUSALEM — In the biggest and most disruptive protests yet against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to relinquish the Gaza Strip, thousands of right-wing demonstrators snarled evening rush-hour traffic across the country Monday, using burning tires and their own bodies to block highways and urban thoroughfares.
Police detained about 300 protesters, some of them barely in their teens.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel17may17,1,1017818.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
The New Zealand Herald
Wind power back on the agenda
17.05.05 1.00pm
Wind power is again being considered as a solution to electricity demand.
Northpower and Mighty River Power are seriously exploring setting up wind farms at Kaipara in Northland after Energy Minister Trevor Mallard predicted that up to 35 per cent of New Zealand's power needs could be provided by wind in the future.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125924
Daughter of Australian hostage makes heartfelt plea
17.05.05 4.00pm
CANBERRA - The daughter of Australian hostage Douglas Wood has made a heartfelt plea to kidnappers to free her father.
Mr Wood's daughter Christina told her father's captors via a letter on the internet that her thoughts and prayers were always with the Iraqi people.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125959
Breakthrough on genetic disorder
17.05.05 4.00pm
Researchers hope a breakthrough in understanding a severe genetic disorder that has plagued at least five generations of a New Zealand family may eventually lead to a treatment for the disorder and have application to other disorders.
University of Otago researchers today announced an alteration in a particular gene had been identified in members of the family.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125960
10 feared dead in Chile plane crash
17.05.05
A small plane crashed in bad weather yesterday in a remote southern area near the Chile-Argentina border and authorities say all 10 people on board are feared dead.
The crew of a police helicopter who spotted the crashed Beechcraft aircraft reported that "there were no signs of survivors".
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126085
Jump into cold river killed man - coroner
17.05.05 1.00pm
The shock of hitting cold water caused a young man who jumped into a river to die of a heart attack, the Nelson Coroner has ruled.
Christopher Elliot, 20, died on November 28 last year after jumping from an 18m cliff into the Roding River in the Aniseed Valley.
He landed awkwardly in the water at the popular recreational spot Busch Reserve, 24km southwest of Nelson.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10125921
Kuwait grants women right to vote
17.05.05 10.40am
KUWAIT - Kuwait's parliament has passed a law granting women the right to vote and run in elections for the first time, after pressure from the pro-Western Gulf Arab state's reformist government.
"We made it. This is history," prominent activist Roula al-Dashti told reporters. "Our target is the parliamentary polls in 2007. I'm starting my campaign from today."
Outside parliament, people danced and cheered, passing drivers hooted their horns in support and fireworks lit the sky.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125913
I didn't see anything in this article about mortality rates.
Stomach-trimming surgery most effective in study
17.05.05 5.20pm
CHICAGO - A comparison of four types of obesity surgeries, all risky procedures, concluded that vertical gastrectomy, in which most of the stomach is removed, was both the quickest and resulted in the most weight loss, researchers said on Monday.
While all types of obesity-related surgery are seen as risky and a last option for most obese people, particularly older patients, vertical gastrectomy was preferred over three other methods evaluated in a yearlong study of 166 patients over the age of 50.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125941
The weather in Antarctica is still not known.
Scott Base
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Updated Tuesday 17 May 8:59PM
concluding...
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