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The Mirror
THE 100 MOST SUCCESSFUL STARS OF ALL TIME.. EVER
ELVIS PRESLEY IS THE KING OF BRITISH MUSIC CHARTS
By Cameron Robertson
ELVIS yesterday won the crown as the most successful music star of all time in Britain.
The King, who died in 1977, has had a total of 2,463 weeks in our single and album charts - easily beating home-grown heart-throb Cliff Richard, who came second with 1,972 weeks.
Following Elvis and Cliff were the Beatles on 1,749, then Queen at 1,725 and Madonna fifth on 1,653 weeks.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/showbiz/tm_objectid=15532912%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=the%2d100%2dmost%2dsuccessful%2dstars%2dof%2dall%2dtime%2d%2d%2dever-name_page.html
The Buenos Aires Herald
IMF grants rollover
Multilateral lender agrees to delay 22 instalments of loans maturing over the next year. Lavagna: “We are moving ahead brick by brick.”
"The IMF unanimously approved the request to defer upcoming instalments," Economy Ministry spokesman Armando Torres told reporters.
"This is just another step in the negotiation," Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna said, "we are moving ahead brick by brick."
Argentina is currently negotiating a new standby agreement with the IMF after it postponed talks...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/business/note.jsp?idContent=165528&hideIntro=true
Tax breaks for energy sector
President Néstor Kirchner and Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido made the announcement flanked by most of the Cabinet, businessmen and trade union leaders in Government House yesterday.
Kirchner encouraged businessmen to follow the "extreme efforts" that the government is undertaking to facilitate tax breaks to investments in the energy...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=165538&hideIntro=true
Los Angeles elects latino
Los Angeles Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa joins hands with his wife Corina and their son after upseating Mayor James Hahn to become the city’s first Hispanic mayor since 1872. See World...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/the_world/note.jsp?idContent=165543&hideIntro=true
Vietnam News
Hard issues not resolved on Bush EU trip
Choosing Europe as the first overseas trip of US President George W Bush’s second term reflects the fact that mending badly damaged relations with the US’ long-time allies is important if the Bush administration wants to achieve its ambition of restructuring the world order to fit its goals and images. However, Bush didn’t get much from this trip.
President Bush received favourable press accounts, but no basic concessions. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder were firm in defending their positions on Iran, China and Iraq, but, like Bush, they were also courteous.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01COM280205
Economy will benefit from planned restructuring, regional co-operation
(05-01-2005)
Viet Nam still needs to improve in the area of socio-economic development planning and management, an official of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
Interviewed by the Viet-nam News Agency, Ramesh Adhikari, Head of Country Programmes and Economics of the bank’s Resident Mission, said that a ‘system approach’ to socio-economic development planning, taking into consideration policies, institutions, investment needs and resources (ODA, FDI, SME and Government) would be more useful than the traditional approach.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02OPI050105
‘Words must be matched by deeds’: General Secretary evokes Uncle Ho
(19-05-2005)
President Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Ha Noi — The crucial value of Ho Chi Minh Thought was enshrined in the daily saying, "Words must be matched by deeds," Viet Nam Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said yesterday.
The General Secretary was speaking at a grand gathering held in Ha Noi to celebrate the birth of President Ho Chi Minh 115 years ago.
It was attended by President Tran Duc Luong, National Assembly Chairman Nguîen Van An and numerous senior Party and government officials.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=05SOC190505
Viet Nam commits to assist Bangladesh
(19-05-2005)
President Tran Duc Luong and Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia at their talks yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sang
Prime Ministers Phan Van Khai and Khaleda Zia review an honour guard of the Viet Nam People’s Army. — VNA/VNS Photo The Thuan
HA NOI — Viet Nam will share its experience with Bangladesh in developing agriculture production and reducing poverty, President Tran Duc Luong affirmed yesterday in talks with visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
Zia arrived in Ha Noi on Wednesday for a three-day visit, the first to Viet Nam by a Bangladesh leader.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04POL190505
Ministry adopts 2010 dairy plan
(19-05-2005)
HA NOI — The Ministry of Industry has recently approved a plan to spend more than VND2,195 billion (US$139.8 million) on the development of Viet Nam’s milk industry by 2010.
Under the plan, there will be synchronous development of facilities and equipment for all stages of the milk production process, anticipating increases in domestic demand for milk - expected to reach an annual average of 10 kilos per person by 2010 - and export orders.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=11ECO190505
Deputy PM calls for devising plans for managing disasters
(19-05-2005)
Crews build up an embankment in the central coast province of Binh Thuan. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Truong
HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan yesterday called on scientists and experts of Asian countries to share experiences on and devise policies and measures to prevent and mitigate damages caused by natural disasters.
Speaking at the opening of a regional conference on disaster management and at a ceremony for the Day for Flood and Storm Control and Disaster Mitigation, Khoan said natural disasters have increased all over the world due to global climate fluctuations.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02MIS190505
Exhibits offer personal glimpse of Uncle Ho
(18-05-2005)
Life and times: Museum goers view rare items relating to the late President Ho, on display at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ha Noi. — VNS Photo Doan Tung
Nearly 200 rare items relating to much-loved late President Ho Chi Minh are being displayed at an exhibition titled President Ho Chi Minh and the Cause of National Prosperity in Ha Noi.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ART180505
The Athens News
A curse of riches in Jerusalem
JOHN PSAROPOULOS
Few patriarchs can have carried their cross of office as wearily as Jerusalem's beleaguered Eirinaios. He took possession of a patriarchate deeply at odds with its flock after an unusually bitter election in 2001. It took him two years to secure Israeli recognition, only to uncover an assassination plot against him by one of his former opponents. Earlier this year, a Greek media wildfire over corrupt land deals in the church and judiciary leaped across the Mediterranean into Eirinaios' back yard. Revelations of a secret lease of church land in east Jerusalem enraged Palestinian Christians.
...The patriarchate owns vast tracts of land, including the land on which the Knesset (parliament) and Great Synagogue are built. It is deemed to own about a quarter of the Old City, which Palestinians want as a future capital and Israel also claims as its own. This means that land deals made now could play a role in how the final status of Jerusalem - the prickliest issue between Israelis and Palestinians - is negotiated.
Palestinians argue that Orthodox holdings are formerly Arab holdings, and should not be treated as the private property of the church but as land held in trust for the Palestinian people. They are afraid of collusion between the patriarch and the Israeli government to create Israeli settlements in advance of talks on Jerusalem.
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=01&m=A99&aa=9
Power deregulation at snail's pace
As the government finally unveiled its long-stalled electricity market'codes', the state utility's chairman dismisses criticism from private powerplant licence-holders that the PPC has safeguarded its monopoly privileges foryears to come
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=03&m=A21&aa=1
A pact with Pakistan
Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis visits Islamabad to discussillegal immigration and law enforcement cooperation with Pakistani governmentofficials
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=11&m=A13&aa=1
The Chicago Tribune
She's fast first, female 2nd
As a girl in Roscoe, Ill., Danica Patrick dreamed of racing in the Indy 500. This week, she missed pole position by a split second
By Ed Hinton
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 19, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS -- This was Danica Patrick at 12.
"I went to pass her," recalls Sam Hornish Jr., who was 15 then. "She tried to block me, but I was already there."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0505190307may19,1,2343084.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Red Cross told U.S. of Koran incidents
By Cam Simpson and Mark Silva
Washington Bureau
Published May 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The International Committee of the Red Cross documented what it called credible information about U.S. personnel disrespecting or mishandling Korans at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and pointed it out to the Pentagon in confidential reports during 2002 and early 2003, an ICRC spokesman said Wednesday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190306may19,1,278199.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
Muslims Skeptical of Newsweek Retraction
By PAKINAM AMER
Associated Press Writer
Published May 19, 2005, 8:47 AM CDT
CAIRO, Egypt -- The now-retracted report that American interrogators flushed a Quran down a toilet did not spark violent protests in the Middle East as it did in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- but it added another layer of bitterness among many Arabs who see the United States as anti-Muslim.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-mideast-quran-desecration,1,206367.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Chemical spill shuts school, sends 3 to hospital
Tribune staff reports
Published May 19, 2005, 12:44 PM CDT
A chemical spill in a south suburban elementary school this morning closed the building and sent three adults to a local hospital, CLTV reported.
The incident happened about 8 a.m. at Burbank School, 8235 Linder Ave. in Burbank, officials said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050519chemical,1,5074970.story?coll=chi-news-hed
NASA science uncovers texts of Trojan Wars, early gospel
By Tom Hundley
Tribune foreign correspondent
Published May 19, 2005
OXFORD, England -- The scholars at Oxford University are not sure how it works or why; all they know is that it does.
A relatively new technology called multispectral imaging is turning a pile of ancient garbage into a gold mine of classical knowledge, bringing to light the lost texts of Sophocles and Euripides as well as some early Christian gospels that do not appear in the New Testament.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190301may19,1,6312107.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The New York Times
New Monkey Species Is Found in Tanzania
By REUTERS
Published: May 19, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Two separate teams of researchers working hundreds of miles apart have discovered a new species of monkey in Tanzania.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/science/19cnd-monkey.html?hp
The New Zealand Herald
Toyota 4WDs recalled over faulty ball joints
20.05.05 8.00am
Toyota New Zealand is recalling hundreds of four-wheel-drive vehicles discovered to have been fitted with faulty ball-joints.
General manager Paul Carroll said 678 Landcruiser Prado vehicles made between May 2001 and December 2003 and bought new in New Zealand were fitted with lower front suspension ball-joints that were prone to premature wearing.
He said the problem also affected an unknown number of used Prados and Hilux Surfs which were imported second-hand.
Anyone with queries should phone 0800 TOYOTA.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126501
Noose case inflames race tensions in Queensland
20.05.05
BRISBANE - One law for whites, another for blacks.
Aboriginal leaders are convinced that’s the state of play with the justice system in Queensland.
Small fines handed out this week to a white man and his son who assaulted an indigenous teenager and dragged him with a noose around his neck have inflamed already tense race relations on the Queensland-NSW border.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126492
Rwandan minister apologises for genocide
20.05.05
KIGALI - Rwanda's defence minister has apologised for serving the Hutu government responsible for the country's 1994 genocide but he said on Thursday that did not mean he took part in the mass slaughter.
Major-General Marcel Gatsinzi said he made the apology before a crowd of genocide survivors attending a village "gacaca" court in the southwest town of Butare on Wednesday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126520
Israel vows to get tough with militants
20.05.05
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the army to use "all necessary means" to strike at Gaza militants firing mortars and rockets, as a shaky, three-month-old truce threatened to unravel.
But security sources said any response to Palestinian attacks would be measured to avoid a serious escalation in the Gaza Strip that could complicate a planned Israeli withdrawal from the occupied coastal territory in mid-August.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126508
Police charge man over Northern Ireland Omagh bombing
20.05.05
CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A man has been charged with murder over the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in Northern Ireland’s bloodiest attack in 30 years of sectarian violence, his lawyer said.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, who is currently in jail facing other matters, is the first person to face murder charges over the incident.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126497
Police charge man over Northern Ireland Omagh bombing
20.05.05
CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A man has been charged with murder over the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in Northern Ireland’s bloodiest attack in 30 years of sectarian violence, his lawyer said.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, who is currently in jail facing other matters, is the first person to face murder charges over the incident.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126497
Marburg fever death toll tops 300 in Angola
20.05.05
Marburg fever has killed more than 300 people in Angola, mainly through exposure to the deadly virus at home and at funerals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126452
Tsunami help reaches $4b
19.05.05
Sri Lanka says international donors have now pledged US$3 billion ($4.29 billion) in aid and debt relief to help the Indian Ocean island rebuild after December’s tsunami - twice what the Government says it needs.
Wrapping up a two-day donor conference which focused heavily on tsunami aid, Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama said fresh aid commitments from Japan and China had helped boost the previous tally of US$2.2 billion in aid and US$300 million in Paris Club debt relief
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126244
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Overcast
-18.0°
Updated Friday 20 May 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
48 °F / 9 °C
Overcast
Humidity:
87%
Dew Point:
45 °F / 7 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
29.66 in / 1004 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Few 4300 ft / 1310 m
Mostly Cloudy 5000 ft / 1524 m
Overcast 6000 ft / 1828 m
end
THE 100 MOST SUCCESSFUL STARS OF ALL TIME.. EVER
ELVIS PRESLEY IS THE KING OF BRITISH MUSIC CHARTS
By Cameron Robertson
ELVIS yesterday won the crown as the most successful music star of all time in Britain.
The King, who died in 1977, has had a total of 2,463 weeks in our single and album charts - easily beating home-grown heart-throb Cliff Richard, who came second with 1,972 weeks.
Following Elvis and Cliff were the Beatles on 1,749, then Queen at 1,725 and Madonna fifth on 1,653 weeks.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/showbiz/tm_objectid=15532912%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=the%2d100%2dmost%2dsuccessful%2dstars%2dof%2dall%2dtime%2d%2d%2dever-name_page.html
The Buenos Aires Herald
IMF grants rollover
Multilateral lender agrees to delay 22 instalments of loans maturing over the next year. Lavagna: “We are moving ahead brick by brick.”
"The IMF unanimously approved the request to defer upcoming instalments," Economy Ministry spokesman Armando Torres told reporters.
"This is just another step in the negotiation," Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna said, "we are moving ahead brick by brick."
Argentina is currently negotiating a new standby agreement with the IMF after it postponed talks...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/business/note.jsp?idContent=165528&hideIntro=true
Tax breaks for energy sector
President Néstor Kirchner and Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido made the announcement flanked by most of the Cabinet, businessmen and trade union leaders in Government House yesterday.
Kirchner encouraged businessmen to follow the "extreme efforts" that the government is undertaking to facilitate tax breaks to investments in the energy...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=165538&hideIntro=true
Los Angeles elects latino
Los Angeles Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa joins hands with his wife Corina and their son after upseating Mayor James Hahn to become the city’s first Hispanic mayor since 1872. See World...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/the_world/note.jsp?idContent=165543&hideIntro=true
Vietnam News
Hard issues not resolved on Bush EU trip
Choosing Europe as the first overseas trip of US President George W Bush’s second term reflects the fact that mending badly damaged relations with the US’ long-time allies is important if the Bush administration wants to achieve its ambition of restructuring the world order to fit its goals and images. However, Bush didn’t get much from this trip.
President Bush received favourable press accounts, but no basic concessions. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder were firm in defending their positions on Iran, China and Iraq, but, like Bush, they were also courteous.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01COM280205
Economy will benefit from planned restructuring, regional co-operation
(05-01-2005)
Viet Nam still needs to improve in the area of socio-economic development planning and management, an official of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
Interviewed by the Viet-nam News Agency, Ramesh Adhikari, Head of Country Programmes and Economics of the bank’s Resident Mission, said that a ‘system approach’ to socio-economic development planning, taking into consideration policies, institutions, investment needs and resources (ODA, FDI, SME and Government) would be more useful than the traditional approach.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02OPI050105
‘Words must be matched by deeds’: General Secretary evokes Uncle Ho
(19-05-2005)
President Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Ha Noi — The crucial value of Ho Chi Minh Thought was enshrined in the daily saying, "Words must be matched by deeds," Viet Nam Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said yesterday.
The General Secretary was speaking at a grand gathering held in Ha Noi to celebrate the birth of President Ho Chi Minh 115 years ago.
It was attended by President Tran Duc Luong, National Assembly Chairman Nguîen Van An and numerous senior Party and government officials.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=05SOC190505
Viet Nam commits to assist Bangladesh
(19-05-2005)
President Tran Duc Luong and Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia at their talks yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sang
Prime Ministers Phan Van Khai and Khaleda Zia review an honour guard of the Viet Nam People’s Army. — VNA/VNS Photo The Thuan
HA NOI — Viet Nam will share its experience with Bangladesh in developing agriculture production and reducing poverty, President Tran Duc Luong affirmed yesterday in talks with visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
Zia arrived in Ha Noi on Wednesday for a three-day visit, the first to Viet Nam by a Bangladesh leader.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04POL190505
Ministry adopts 2010 dairy plan
(19-05-2005)
HA NOI — The Ministry of Industry has recently approved a plan to spend more than VND2,195 billion (US$139.8 million) on the development of Viet Nam’s milk industry by 2010.
Under the plan, there will be synchronous development of facilities and equipment for all stages of the milk production process, anticipating increases in domestic demand for milk - expected to reach an annual average of 10 kilos per person by 2010 - and export orders.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=11ECO190505
Deputy PM calls for devising plans for managing disasters
(19-05-2005)
Crews build up an embankment in the central coast province of Binh Thuan. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Truong
HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan yesterday called on scientists and experts of Asian countries to share experiences on and devise policies and measures to prevent and mitigate damages caused by natural disasters.
Speaking at the opening of a regional conference on disaster management and at a ceremony for the Day for Flood and Storm Control and Disaster Mitigation, Khoan said natural disasters have increased all over the world due to global climate fluctuations.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02MIS190505
Exhibits offer personal glimpse of Uncle Ho
(18-05-2005)
Life and times: Museum goers view rare items relating to the late President Ho, on display at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ha Noi. — VNS Photo Doan Tung
Nearly 200 rare items relating to much-loved late President Ho Chi Minh are being displayed at an exhibition titled President Ho Chi Minh and the Cause of National Prosperity in Ha Noi.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01ART180505
The Athens News
A curse of riches in Jerusalem
JOHN PSAROPOULOS
Few patriarchs can have carried their cross of office as wearily as Jerusalem's beleaguered Eirinaios. He took possession of a patriarchate deeply at odds with its flock after an unusually bitter election in 2001. It took him two years to secure Israeli recognition, only to uncover an assassination plot against him by one of his former opponents. Earlier this year, a Greek media wildfire over corrupt land deals in the church and judiciary leaped across the Mediterranean into Eirinaios' back yard. Revelations of a secret lease of church land in east Jerusalem enraged Palestinian Christians.
...The patriarchate owns vast tracts of land, including the land on which the Knesset (parliament) and Great Synagogue are built. It is deemed to own about a quarter of the Old City, which Palestinians want as a future capital and Israel also claims as its own. This means that land deals made now could play a role in how the final status of Jerusalem - the prickliest issue between Israelis and Palestinians - is negotiated.
Palestinians argue that Orthodox holdings are formerly Arab holdings, and should not be treated as the private property of the church but as land held in trust for the Palestinian people. They are afraid of collusion between the patriarch and the Israeli government to create Israeli settlements in advance of talks on Jerusalem.
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=01&m=A99&aa=9
Power deregulation at snail's pace
As the government finally unveiled its long-stalled electricity market'codes', the state utility's chairman dismisses criticism from private powerplant licence-holders that the PPC has safeguarded its monopoly privileges foryears to come
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=03&m=A21&aa=1
A pact with Pakistan
Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis visits Islamabad to discussillegal immigration and law enforcement cooperation with Pakistani governmentofficials
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13130&t=11&m=A13&aa=1
The Chicago Tribune
She's fast first, female 2nd
As a girl in Roscoe, Ill., Danica Patrick dreamed of racing in the Indy 500. This week, she missed pole position by a split second
By Ed Hinton
Tribune staff reporter
Published May 19, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS -- This was Danica Patrick at 12.
"I went to pass her," recalls Sam Hornish Jr., who was 15 then. "She tried to block me, but I was already there."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0505190307may19,1,2343084.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Red Cross told U.S. of Koran incidents
By Cam Simpson and Mark Silva
Washington Bureau
Published May 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The International Committee of the Red Cross documented what it called credible information about U.S. personnel disrespecting or mishandling Korans at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and pointed it out to the Pentagon in confidential reports during 2002 and early 2003, an ICRC spokesman said Wednesday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190306may19,1,278199.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
Muslims Skeptical of Newsweek Retraction
By PAKINAM AMER
Associated Press Writer
Published May 19, 2005, 8:47 AM CDT
CAIRO, Egypt -- The now-retracted report that American interrogators flushed a Quran down a toilet did not spark violent protests in the Middle East as it did in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- but it added another layer of bitterness among many Arabs who see the United States as anti-Muslim.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-mideast-quran-desecration,1,206367.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Chemical spill shuts school, sends 3 to hospital
Tribune staff reports
Published May 19, 2005, 12:44 PM CDT
A chemical spill in a south suburban elementary school this morning closed the building and sent three adults to a local hospital, CLTV reported.
The incident happened about 8 a.m. at Burbank School, 8235 Linder Ave. in Burbank, officials said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050519chemical,1,5074970.story?coll=chi-news-hed
NASA science uncovers texts of Trojan Wars, early gospel
By Tom Hundley
Tribune foreign correspondent
Published May 19, 2005
OXFORD, England -- The scholars at Oxford University are not sure how it works or why; all they know is that it does.
A relatively new technology called multispectral imaging is turning a pile of ancient garbage into a gold mine of classical knowledge, bringing to light the lost texts of Sophocles and Euripides as well as some early Christian gospels that do not appear in the New Testament.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190301may19,1,6312107.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The New York Times
New Monkey Species Is Found in Tanzania
By REUTERS
Published: May 19, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Two separate teams of researchers working hundreds of miles apart have discovered a new species of monkey in Tanzania.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/science/19cnd-monkey.html?hp
The New Zealand Herald
Toyota 4WDs recalled over faulty ball joints
20.05.05 8.00am
Toyota New Zealand is recalling hundreds of four-wheel-drive vehicles discovered to have been fitted with faulty ball-joints.
General manager Paul Carroll said 678 Landcruiser Prado vehicles made between May 2001 and December 2003 and bought new in New Zealand were fitted with lower front suspension ball-joints that were prone to premature wearing.
He said the problem also affected an unknown number of used Prados and Hilux Surfs which were imported second-hand.
Anyone with queries should phone 0800 TOYOTA.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126501
Noose case inflames race tensions in Queensland
20.05.05
BRISBANE - One law for whites, another for blacks.
Aboriginal leaders are convinced that’s the state of play with the justice system in Queensland.
Small fines handed out this week to a white man and his son who assaulted an indigenous teenager and dragged him with a noose around his neck have inflamed already tense race relations on the Queensland-NSW border.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126492
Rwandan minister apologises for genocide
20.05.05
KIGALI - Rwanda's defence minister has apologised for serving the Hutu government responsible for the country's 1994 genocide but he said on Thursday that did not mean he took part in the mass slaughter.
Major-General Marcel Gatsinzi said he made the apology before a crowd of genocide survivors attending a village "gacaca" court in the southwest town of Butare on Wednesday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126520
Israel vows to get tough with militants
20.05.05
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the army to use "all necessary means" to strike at Gaza militants firing mortars and rockets, as a shaky, three-month-old truce threatened to unravel.
But security sources said any response to Palestinian attacks would be measured to avoid a serious escalation in the Gaza Strip that could complicate a planned Israeli withdrawal from the occupied coastal territory in mid-August.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126508
Police charge man over Northern Ireland Omagh bombing
20.05.05
CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A man has been charged with murder over the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in Northern Ireland’s bloodiest attack in 30 years of sectarian violence, his lawyer said.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, who is currently in jail facing other matters, is the first person to face murder charges over the incident.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126497
Police charge man over Northern Ireland Omagh bombing
20.05.05
CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A man has been charged with murder over the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people in Northern Ireland’s bloodiest attack in 30 years of sectarian violence, his lawyer said.
Electrician Sean Hoey, 35, who is currently in jail facing other matters, is the first person to face murder charges over the incident.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126497
Marburg fever death toll tops 300 in Angola
20.05.05
Marburg fever has killed more than 300 people in Angola, mainly through exposure to the deadly virus at home and at funerals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126452
Tsunami help reaches $4b
19.05.05
Sri Lanka says international donors have now pledged US$3 billion ($4.29 billion) in aid and debt relief to help the Indian Ocean island rebuild after December’s tsunami - twice what the Government says it needs.
Wrapping up a two-day donor conference which focused heavily on tsunami aid, Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama said fresh aid commitments from Japan and China had helped boost the previous tally of US$2.2 billion in aid and US$300 million in Paris Club debt relief
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126244
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Overcast
-18.0°
Updated Friday 20 May 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
48 °F / 9 °C
Overcast
Humidity:
87%
Dew Point:
45 °F / 7 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
29.66 in / 1004 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Few 4300 ft / 1310 m
Mostly Cloudy 5000 ft / 1524 m
Overcast 6000 ft / 1828 m
end
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Global Warming is now recognized.
This is a rough draft of a message board at the New York Times. I'll download the satellites when I get a chance.
There is at least a victory there. Kyoto Protocol was the pinnacle of the realization 'Houston, We Have A Problem.
Climate Change is in full swing, ladies and genlemen. We need someone to champion the cause. If Jeffrey Immelt wants to be our champion then we follow his lead.
WE CAN DO THIS !!
I know we can.
Today on Earth:
There are two vortices dominating Earth's tropsphere and lower stratisphere. They are highly ionic and powerful systems powered by HEAT. That heat is directly from the sun but no one can pull the blinds. What we can do is reduce grossly the carbon dioxide in the tropsphere and watch these monsters slow to a stop.
Now these satellites need imagination to understand and see what I am saying BUT the UNISYS satellites to not.
This is the Europe - Africa Satellite. There is a clear dividing line at the equator with circulating peripher circulation off the Arctic Ocean to the Equator. There will be no hurricanes from Africa to North America this year.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/europeafricaglobalsatellite_large.html
There will be hurricanes but on the West Coast of Central America and out of The Gulf, possibly one that hits Southern California but that would be a strong storm and surprise.
HERE IS CASE IN POINT:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/05/18/tropical.storm.ap.ap/index.html
This is the Pacific Global Satellite. There is clearly far diminished volitility since February 4th when there was a maximum 'heat dump' into Antarctica off the Equator via the mechanism that is chronic now coming off the equator. The capacity is diminished right now because the solar radiation has gone north. THAT IS HOW I KNOW THIS IS ALL HEAT DRIVEN AND NOT due to Solar Flairs. Solar flair activity has escalated but these vortices have not in the face of that escalation.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/pacificglobalsatellite_large.html
There is a rare satellite and only at CNN that shows any aspect of China and Russia. I don't know if they object to that but if they do they need to get over it and let those of us who care to put together a complete puzzle rather than a partial one.
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Asia/sat.anim.html
See, that vortex isn't seen on the other satellites.
and
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Australia/sat.anim.html
The final GLOBAL satellite is the North and South American Satellite.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/westernhemisphereglobalsatellite_large.html
I'LL BE FRANK. The reason the Atlantic Ocean is seeing all this ACTION is because the USA is the biggest Carbon Dioxide polluter on the planet and it saturates in this location. Europe is second. Britain. Come to understand this now?
I KNOW IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE. No one has to hit me over the head with this fact. Earth speaks all too loud and clear. I have even witnessed 'heat shadows' with the shape of the EASTERN USA move off into the Atlantic. Where do you think that heat goes? It goes directly to the Arctic Ocean by the vortices in this region of the globe. The Arctic Ocean is the 'ICE CUBE' to the oceans of this entire planet. That followed by WAIS and Greenland. Greenland has been taking a very, very heavy hit because it is at lower latitudes.
The icefields are disasters and the snow lines are moving up at incredible rates. The overall surface areas of the snow capped mountains are grossly diminished and shrinking quickly. In order to reclaim them you'd have to add AT LEAST 10,000 feet in height to Mr. Everest.
UNISYS, watch the spin.
Partial Northern Hemispheric View. I prefer water vapor for overall view and the 'infrared or enhanced infrared' for the HEAT CONCENTRATION view.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop-12.html
It is easily seen there is a 'heat injection' from the equator to the Arctic Ocean through the middle of North America in the satellite above.
The GOES WEST view shows very, very clearly the hemispheric vortex that dominates the Northern Hemisphere.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_west_loop-12.html
The current 'enhanced infrared' satellite shows the heat concentration and explains the current turbulence and storms in Ohio and near the Great Lakes.
The GOES EAST Satellite shows the continuation of the Arctic Ocean Vortex and the much higher turbulent Atlantic Ocean. There is higher degree of 'mingling' of 'heat budgets' between the equator and the Arctic Ocean Vortex here because of the increased density of carbon dioxide and the equilibrium between the 'atmospheric environments' of the equator and that trapped under the carbon dioxide of the Atlantic Ocean. Remember the wind blows ALL the carbon dioxide from the west coast of the USA to the east coast and then out to sea.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_east_loop-12.html
The 'enhanced infrared' shows the much large concentration of carbon dioxide in the Atlantic Ocean that KEEPS THE HEAT under it.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_enh_east_loop-12.html
WE ARE IN TROUBLE. We cannot afford to lose the Arctic Ocean. I promise you that. Earth loves us, but, we don't love it back as we should. We need to be better stewards. NOW.
Welcome, Mr. Jeffery Immelt.
Please, by all means, go on....
......................
The New York Times editorial.
May 19, 2005
Climate Signals
Hardly a week goes by without somebody telling President Bush that his passive approach to global warming is hopelessly behind the times, that asking industry for voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions won't work and that what's needed is a regulatory regime that asks sacrifices of everyone. He's heard this from his political allies here and abroad - from Tony Blair, George Pataki and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to name three - and now he is hearing it from the heaviest hitters in the business world, including, most recently, Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric.
Mr. Immelt runs the biggest company in America, and for that reason some environmental groups hailed his speech last week on climate change as a tipping point in the global warming debate. Mr. Immelt chose his words carefully and did not directly criticize Mr. Bush. But he left no doubt that he believes mandatory controls on emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, are necessary and inevitable. And he said he would double investments by G.E. in energy and environmental technologies to prepare it for what he sees as a huge global market for products that help other companies - and countries like China and India - reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Mr. Immelt's speech is not the only sign of impatience among Mr. Bush's business allies. In New York, two dozen leading institutional investors managing more than $3 trillion in assets recently urged American companies to address the risks of climate change and to invest more heavily in strategies to reduce those risks. They met under the auspices of the United Nations Foundation and Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental interests.
Perversely, the administration insists that all this voluntary activity will eliminate the need for a national strategy. Yet these gestures represent only a small slice of the economy; industry as a whole will not spend money to reduce emissions as long as the rules (or, more precisely, the absence of rules) confer a competitive advantage on the businesses that do nothing. Indeed, it is precisely to achieve a level playing field that more and more big utilities - the very companies Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney thought they were letting off the hook - are now calling on Congress to consider mandatory controls.
Absent a response from the administration, which still maintains, incredibly, that there is insufficient scientific understanding to justify mandatory limits, the country's best hope for meaningful action at the national level rests with the Senate, which will shortly take up an energy bill.
The bill by itself would not impose limits on emissions, although there is some talk that Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman may offer a bill imposing industrywide caps as an amendment on the Senate floor. But a properly drawn energy bill has the potential to do much good, especially if it avoids rewarding the old polluting industries, as the House version does, and focuses instead on putting serious money behind cleaner fuels, cleaner power plants and cleaner cars. That these measures would also ease the country's dependency on overseas oil is, of course, a persuasive side benefit.
There is at least a victory there. Kyoto Protocol was the pinnacle of the realization 'Houston, We Have A Problem.
Climate Change is in full swing, ladies and genlemen. We need someone to champion the cause. If Jeffrey Immelt wants to be our champion then we follow his lead.
WE CAN DO THIS !!
I know we can.
Today on Earth:
There are two vortices dominating Earth's tropsphere and lower stratisphere. They are highly ionic and powerful systems powered by HEAT. That heat is directly from the sun but no one can pull the blinds. What we can do is reduce grossly the carbon dioxide in the tropsphere and watch these monsters slow to a stop.
Now these satellites need imagination to understand and see what I am saying BUT the UNISYS satellites to not.
This is the Europe - Africa Satellite. There is a clear dividing line at the equator with circulating peripher circulation off the Arctic Ocean to the Equator. There will be no hurricanes from Africa to North America this year.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/europeafricaglobalsatellite_large.html
There will be hurricanes but on the West Coast of Central America and out of The Gulf, possibly one that hits Southern California but that would be a strong storm and surprise.
HERE IS CASE IN POINT:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/05/18/tropical.storm.ap.ap/index.html
This is the Pacific Global Satellite. There is clearly far diminished volitility since February 4th when there was a maximum 'heat dump' into Antarctica off the Equator via the mechanism that is chronic now coming off the equator. The capacity is diminished right now because the solar radiation has gone north. THAT IS HOW I KNOW THIS IS ALL HEAT DRIVEN AND NOT due to Solar Flairs. Solar flair activity has escalated but these vortices have not in the face of that escalation.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/pacificglobalsatellite_large.html
There is a rare satellite and only at CNN that shows any aspect of China and Russia. I don't know if they object to that but if they do they need to get over it and let those of us who care to put together a complete puzzle rather than a partial one.
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Asia/sat.anim.html
See, that vortex isn't seen on the other satellites.
and
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Australia/sat.anim.html
The final GLOBAL satellite is the North and South American Satellite.
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/westernhemisphereglobalsatellite_large.html
I'LL BE FRANK. The reason the Atlantic Ocean is seeing all this ACTION is because the USA is the biggest Carbon Dioxide polluter on the planet and it saturates in this location. Europe is second. Britain. Come to understand this now?
I KNOW IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE. No one has to hit me over the head with this fact. Earth speaks all too loud and clear. I have even witnessed 'heat shadows' with the shape of the EASTERN USA move off into the Atlantic. Where do you think that heat goes? It goes directly to the Arctic Ocean by the vortices in this region of the globe. The Arctic Ocean is the 'ICE CUBE' to the oceans of this entire planet. That followed by WAIS and Greenland. Greenland has been taking a very, very heavy hit because it is at lower latitudes.
The icefields are disasters and the snow lines are moving up at incredible rates. The overall surface areas of the snow capped mountains are grossly diminished and shrinking quickly. In order to reclaim them you'd have to add AT LEAST 10,000 feet in height to Mr. Everest.
UNISYS, watch the spin.
Partial Northern Hemispheric View. I prefer water vapor for overall view and the 'infrared or enhanced infrared' for the HEAT CONCENTRATION view.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop-12.html
It is easily seen there is a 'heat injection' from the equator to the Arctic Ocean through the middle of North America in the satellite above.
The GOES WEST view shows very, very clearly the hemispheric vortex that dominates the Northern Hemisphere.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_west_loop-12.html
The current 'enhanced infrared' satellite shows the heat concentration and explains the current turbulence and storms in Ohio and near the Great Lakes.
The GOES EAST Satellite shows the continuation of the Arctic Ocean Vortex and the much higher turbulent Atlantic Ocean. There is higher degree of 'mingling' of 'heat budgets' between the equator and the Arctic Ocean Vortex here because of the increased density of carbon dioxide and the equilibrium between the 'atmospheric environments' of the equator and that trapped under the carbon dioxide of the Atlantic Ocean. Remember the wind blows ALL the carbon dioxide from the west coast of the USA to the east coast and then out to sea.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_east_loop-12.html
The 'enhanced infrared' shows the much large concentration of carbon dioxide in the Atlantic Ocean that KEEPS THE HEAT under it.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_enh_east_loop-12.html
WE ARE IN TROUBLE. We cannot afford to lose the Arctic Ocean. I promise you that. Earth loves us, but, we don't love it back as we should. We need to be better stewards. NOW.
Welcome, Mr. Jeffery Immelt.
Please, by all means, go on....
......................
The New York Times editorial.
May 19, 2005
Climate Signals
Hardly a week goes by without somebody telling President Bush that his passive approach to global warming is hopelessly behind the times, that asking industry for voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions won't work and that what's needed is a regulatory regime that asks sacrifices of everyone. He's heard this from his political allies here and abroad - from Tony Blair, George Pataki and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to name three - and now he is hearing it from the heaviest hitters in the business world, including, most recently, Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric.
Mr. Immelt runs the biggest company in America, and for that reason some environmental groups hailed his speech last week on climate change as a tipping point in the global warming debate. Mr. Immelt chose his words carefully and did not directly criticize Mr. Bush. But he left no doubt that he believes mandatory controls on emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, are necessary and inevitable. And he said he would double investments by G.E. in energy and environmental technologies to prepare it for what he sees as a huge global market for products that help other companies - and countries like China and India - reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Mr. Immelt's speech is not the only sign of impatience among Mr. Bush's business allies. In New York, two dozen leading institutional investors managing more than $3 trillion in assets recently urged American companies to address the risks of climate change and to invest more heavily in strategies to reduce those risks. They met under the auspices of the United Nations Foundation and Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental interests.
Perversely, the administration insists that all this voluntary activity will eliminate the need for a national strategy. Yet these gestures represent only a small slice of the economy; industry as a whole will not spend money to reduce emissions as long as the rules (or, more precisely, the absence of rules) confer a competitive advantage on the businesses that do nothing. Indeed, it is precisely to achieve a level playing field that more and more big utilities - the very companies Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney thought they were letting off the hook - are now calling on Congress to consider mandatory controls.
Absent a response from the administration, which still maintains, incredibly, that there is insufficient scientific understanding to justify mandatory limits, the country's best hope for meaningful action at the national level rests with the Senate, which will shortly take up an energy bill.
The bill by itself would not impose limits on emissions, although there is some talk that Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman may offer a bill imposing industrywide caps as an amendment on the Senate floor. But a properly drawn energy bill has the potential to do much good, especially if it avoids rewarding the old polluting industries, as the House version does, and focuses instead on putting serious money behind cleaner fuels, cleaner power plants and cleaner cars. That these measures would also ease the country's dependency on overseas oil is, of course, a persuasive side benefit.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-When-Due"
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History…
1868 Nicholas II, emperor of Russia
1872 Bertrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician
1897, Frank Capra, American motion-picture director and producer, noted for his idealistic comedies.
Frank Capra was born in Palermo, Italy. His family immigrated to the United States when Capra was six, settling in Los Angeles, California. His first important job in Hollywood was as a writer for the Mack Sennett studios. He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and director for comedian Harry Langdon, directing Langdon's three best films, notably Strong Man (1926).
1920, Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland.
1946, Reggie Jackson, baseball player
1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1291 Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1642 Montréal Canada founded
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor of France by the Senate and Tribunate
1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
1860 Abraham Lincoln, a former Illinois state legislator, receives the Republican presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1896, the Supreme Court endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation with its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, a ruling that was overturned 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near panic; it appears every 76 years.
1917 US passes Selective Service act
1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200
1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.
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980 Mount Saint Helens volcano in Washington state erupts, causing an outbreak of fires, mudslides, and floods; 57 people die in the largest eruption in U.S. history.
Today in 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted and spewed gas and ash as far as 12 miles into the air, killing 57 and damaging life for miles. Volcano World presents maps, images, and news about Mount Saint Helens.
1980, in the South Korean city of Kwangju, townspeople and students began a nine-day uprising that was finally put down by troops.
Missing in Action
1965 HRDLICKA DAVID L. LITTLETON CO 07/66 PUBLISHED PHOTO
1965 TAVARES JOHN R. LAST SEEN IN BAR AT DA NANG
1966 GUILLET ANDRE R. WATERBURY CT
1966 HARLEY LEE D. DANVILLE VA
1966 MOORE WILLIAM J. MONMOUTH IL
1966 WALL JERRY M. NACOGDOCHES TX
1967 CAMERON KENNETH R. BERKLEY CA 03/74 DRV RETURNED REMAINS DIC 10/04/70
1967 DELONG JOE L. MC MINNVILLE TN
1967 NAUGHTON ROBERT J. CEDAR RAPIDS IA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 GIST TOMMY EMERSON DURANT OK
1968 JAMES CHARLIE N. GLENDALE CA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MONROE VINCENT D. OAKLYN NJ 08/23/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI
1968 PADILLA DAVID E. BORGER TX
1968 UYEYAMA TERRY J. LEONIA NJ 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1969 CUDLIKE CHARLES J. DETROIT MI
1971 ENTRICAN DANNY D. BROOKHAVEN MS
1972 BEDNAREK JOHNATHAN B. GREENLAWN NY PROB DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 05/89
1972 RATZEL WESLEY D. SCRANTON PA NO SHOW PW CAMP SYSTEM REMAINS RETURNED 05/89
Bangor Daily News
Oops. So much for Homeland Security !! Does this happen all the time and the only time we hear about it on the televised news is on a slow news day or when it involves France?
Plane with 'no-fly' passenger diverted to Bangor
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
BANGOR - For the second time in less than a week, an international flight to Boston was diverted to Bangor International Airport after U.S. officials discovered a passenger's name matched one on a federal no-fly list.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113676
Navy active sonar harming ocean life
Thursday, May 12, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
Although whales continue washing ashore injured, dead or dying, following naval exercises, the Bush administration is opposing international efforts to regulate use of the high-intensity active sonars which are causing this death and destruction. In recent months, four international bodies have raised the issue of these sonars and their impacts on whales, dolphins and other marine life.
A report released last July by the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission stated, “The weight of accumulated evidence now associates mid-frequency, military sonar with atypical beaked whale mass strandings. This evidence is very convincing and appears overwhelming.”
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113474&z=35
Abuse of Power - Save Phil A. Buster - Starring in "One Party Rule-bot!"
http://www.savephil.com/main.cfm
How to Pressure a Senator
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
The votes of Maine's Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins can be decisive in the current flurry of issues on which the Bush administration is desperately seeking victory: the John Bolton nomination for United Nations ambassador, controversial judicial nominations, an administration attack on the filibuster rule and partial privatization of Social Security.
We may not know for a long time what sort of behind-the-scenes horse trading may be taking place this time, but a look at history can be instructive. Forty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson, an expert on what buttons to push to whip reluctant members of Congress into line, needed a few more votes to break a long Southern filibuster and win enactment of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. Cloture in those days required a two-thirds vote. His target was Carl Hayden, an Arizona Democrat. Mr. Johnson saw that a Hayden switch could bring along several other Southerners and win the battle.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113641&z=34
Not-so-secret history of filibusters
Monday, May 16, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
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Everyone recalls “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” but too few remember the real-life Mrs. Smith. So, as the Senate nears a vote on a proposal to unilaterally change Senate rules for confirming federal judges, I am reminded of the words spoken 55 years ago by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine in her famous “Declaration of Conscience” against the tactics of Sen. Joe McCarthy, a member of her own party.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113593&z=35
State seeks $50M in Medicaid paybacks
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
SBy Meg Haskell, Of the NEWS Staff
Medicaid providers will begin reimbursing the state this week for as much as $50 million in excess payments they've received since January, when a new computerized payment system failed to perform as anticipated and spawned an intractable bookkeeping mess in Augusta.
State officials maintain that unless they recapture their misallocated money in short order, there may not be enough cash on hand in the program to pay for services through the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113695
Senate OKs bill to allow same-sex health clubs
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
By Mal Leary, CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE
AUGUSTA - Same-sex gyms and health clubs, outlawed as discriminatory in the 1970s, would once again be allowed in Maine under a measure that got initial support in the state Senate on Tuesday.
The Legislature's Judiciary Committee had recommended 10-3 against the legislation, but the Senate gave initial approval to the bill on a vote of 18-16.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113697
Maine soldiers deployed abroad in small groups
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
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They have been leaving Maine in small groups, usually unnoticed.
Some are called to support the global war on terror, and some are volunteers, but all are heroes in the eyes of those they leave behind to wait and worry.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113696
State predicts $465M loss from closings
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
By Glenn Adams , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA - Economic losses from the proposed closing and realignment of Maine military facilities could add up to nearly $500 million, Gov. John Baldacci said Tuesday as he vowed to make a strenuous case in the months ahead to keep the facilities open.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113694
The Jerusalem Post
Settlers given a week to join Nitzanim relocation plan
A day after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited Nitzanim and urged contractors to speed up operations to prepare for the absorption of evacuees of this summer's withdrawal plan, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday gave settlers a week to sign up for the Nitzanim relocation plan.
Livni said the government couldn't wait until the last minute since, so far, 426 families from Gush Katif, representing roughly one third of the population there, have singed up for the program. A minimum of another 24 families need to sign up, she said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1116383131723
New Herzl museum brings father of Zionism back to life
"We're trying to bring Herzl out of the past and into the future," says Dr. David Breakstone summarizing the new Herzl Museum which opens this week at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl. Breakstone, head of the Department for Zionist Activities at the World Zionist Organization, adds that Herzl was not only concerned with a providing a refuge for Jews, "he was also extremely concerned with creating a model society."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1116296305737
Life vs nightlife
Time was, not too long ago, when Israelis were by and large known for shying away from the bottle – by choice. They weren't teetotalers or preachy prohibitionists, but they certainly weren't big drinkers.
However, at the risk of sounding prudish, we must admit that times are changing and not necessarily for the better.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1116296306303&p=1006953079865
The Boston Globe
Afghans in contact with kidnappers of aid worker
By Sayed Salahuddin May 18, 2005
KABUL (Reuters) - An Italian aid worker kidnapped from her car in the Afghan capital Kabul is well and Afghan authorities are in contact with her kidnappers, officials said on Wednesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/18/italian_aid_worker_kidnapped_in_afghanistan_well/
Man wanted across the country is being held in Manchester
May 18, 2005
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police are holding a Norton, Mass., man who police say is a dangerous sexual predator wanted across the country on more than 200 charges.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/18/man_wanted_across_the_country_is_being_held_in_manchester/
Combat support ban weighed for women
Pentagon opposes GOP proposal
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee plans to introduce today a proposal to bar women from mixed-gender military support units operating in Iraq, expressing concern that female soldiers are engaging in direct combat despite US laws keeping them from serving on the front lines.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/18/combat_support_ban_weighed_for_women/
Relatives barred from Uzbek hospital
By Burt Herman, Associated Press Writer May 18, 2005
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan -- Pressing their faces against the barred gates of the regional emergency hospital, Uzbeks on Wednesday cried out the names of relatives injured in the worst outbreak of violence since this country gained independence in 1991. But they weren't allowed inside the heavily guarded facility.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/18/relatives_barred_from_uzbek_hospital/
Anvar (only name available) digs graves in a cemetery on the outskirts of Andijan, Uzbekistan on Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Nigara Khidoyatova, head of the Free Peasants Party, said Tuesday her party had compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops in Uzbekistan, the highest estimate so far, and that many were shot in the back of the head. But authorities contradicted the claim, saying the toll was far lower. She said the toll was expected to rise, with bodies still being buried in mass graves. Last week's unrest in the Central Asian nation was the worst since the former Soviet republic won independence in 1991. The crackdown occurred after protesters stormed a prison in the eastern city of Andijan on Friday, freed inmates and then seized local government offices. (AP Photo / Misha Japaridze)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/18/relatives_barred_from_uzbek_hospital/
Afghan drug force seizes huge haul of heroin
By Reuters May 18, 2005
KABUL -- Afghan police seized more than 240 kg (530 lb) of heroin and destroyed several drug-making laboratories in a series of raids, the government said on Wednesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/18/afghan_drug_force_seizes_huge_haul_of_heroin/
Taliban militants kill five Afghans
By Noor Khan, Associated Press Writer May 18, 2005
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday ambushed and shot to death five Afghans working on a U.S.-funded project to help end opium farming in the south of the country, officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/18/taliban_militants_kill_five_afghans_1116434084/
Afghan widows line up to receive food rations at a CARE International food distribution center in Kabul where Clementina Cantoni worked Wednesday May 18, 2005. Cantoni, who managed CARE International programs in Afghanistan which helped some 9,500 widows, was abducted in Kabul on Monday evening, the first kidnapping of a foreigner in Afghanistan since three U.N. election workers were seized last October and held for nearly a month. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/18/taliban_militants_kill_five_afghans_1116434084/
Slain Florida girl suffered years of abuse
May 18, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. -- A 13-year-old girl who was killed and dumped in a pond last month suffered years of abuse that included reports of beatings and witnessing violent fights between her parents, records show.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/18/slain_florida_girl_suffered_years_of_abuse/
The Jordan Times
Vote for women expected to stimulate reforms
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — The Kuwaiti parliament's surprise decision to grant women the vote is likely to speed up political and economic reforms in the oil-rich Gulf Arab state, analysts and MPs said Tuesday.
Kuwaiti women, disenfranchised for more than four decades, however, will still have to wait two years to exercise their right to cast their ballots and run for public office following Monday's vote by parliament. Next month's municipal polls will remain an all-male affair.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news7.htm
Abbas arrives in China, says Hamas welcome in future government
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Hamas is welcome in a future Palestinian government, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday in China.
“If they would like to participate in political life, and if they win enough seats in the legislative elections, they're welcome to participate, even in the future government,” Abbas told reporters in Beijing.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news4.htm
Shiite, Sunni clerics killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — US troops backed by attack helicopters clashed with militants in a Mosul neighbourhood Tuesday, the military said. In Baghdad, gunmen killed a Shiite Muslim cleric, and two missing Sunni clerics were found shot dead, police said.
The killings of the clerics threatened to increase sectarian tensions in Iraq a day after the government vowed to crack down on anyone targeting Shiites and Sunnis. The defence minister said Iraqi troops no longer would be allowed to enter houses of worship or universities.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news2.htm
Iran, Iraq seek new start
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq hailed Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi's landmark visit Tuesday as a new start in their tumultuous relations, while Tehran offered its full support to the new Iraqi government.
Kharrazi also vowed not to drag Iraq into its bitter row with Washington.
"I have no doubt this visit will open up significant new horizons for cooperation between the two countries," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said at a joint news conference.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news1.htm
Conference to showcase latest e-business technology
AMMAN (JT) — The Princess Sumaya University for Technology is to hold its first international conference on e-business and e-learning this month.
The conference, to be held from May 23-24, will showcase the latest applicable technology while investigating possibilities for its use in the Kingdom's business and education sectors.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/homenews/homenews3.htm
22 stone heads of ancient gods unearthed in Petra
By Rana Dino
AMMAN — Archaeologists discovered the ruins of an ancient Nabataean monument during an excavation at the Petra Archaeological Park last week.
Patricia Bikai, who headed the excavation team that made the discovery, said they initially thought the building was either a shrine or a royal residence.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/homenews/homenews4.htm
Playing Don Quijote politics while setting Iraq ablaze
By Ramzy Baroud
Cast aside the nonsensical rhetoric about President George W. Bush's ostensibly successful efforts to bolster democratic tendencies “sweeping” the Middle East, and you'll discover that the facts are not so rosy, with Iraq remaining the most horrific reminder.
Bush seems to reside over an entirely different world reality when he adamantly presents himself as a visionary world leader whose uppermost concerns are freedom and democracy all over the world, with due emphasis on the Middle East.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/opinion/opinion3.htm
Chicago Sun Times
Till investigation could end without charges
May 18, 2005
BY DEBRA PICKETT Staff Reporter
The FBI investigation into the 1955 killing of Emmett Till is nearly done, but additional criminal charges might not be filed in the death of the black teenager from Chicago, killed while visiting family in Mississippi.
"We believe we're about 80 percent complete," said Robert J. Garrity, the special agent in charge of the bureau's Jackson, Miss. office.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-till18.html
Teachers suspicious about firings
May 18, 2005
BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter
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Donald Trump had nothing on Chicago Public Schools principals last week.
"You're fired," they told 1,096 nontenured teachers who have found themselves suddenly jobless under a new policy allowing principals to dump nontenured teachers -- without hearings.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-fired18.html
Lefkow to Senate: Condemn 'harsh rhetoric'
May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON-- U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow -- whose husband and mother were murdered in her Chicago home -- asked the Senate on Wednesday to condemn harsh remarks about the judiciary by commentators such as evangelist Pat Robertson and members of Congress, saying their words could spark more violence.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/lefkow18.html
Here's how Hyde can cement legacy
As local business, community and humanitarian leaders on behalf of the U.S. International Affairs Budget, we took special notice when U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) announced plans to retire. Throughout his 30 years in the Congress, Hyde has played a vital role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, most recently as chairman of the House International Relations Committee. While he recently was quoted as saying he does not believe he departs Congress with a legacy, he now has an extraordinary opportunity to make a truly lasting difference in the life of every American and untold numbers around the world: This legacy can be secured by speaking out now on behalf of the U.S. International Affairs Budget.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox18a.html
Media's credibility goes down the toilet
May 18, 2005
Anti-American passion is a heap of dry tinder in the Islamic world, and any spark can set it off. Thus it is not surprising that wild outrage would follow a Newsweek article claiming that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had flushed pages from the Quran down the toilet in an attempt to rattle prisoners. Sometimes these outbursts are based on the merest rumors, so purported fact in an international news magazine acts like a blowtorch.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits18.html
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
(Michael Moore and George Lucas at last year's Cannes Film Festival)
Final Star Wars Bears Message for America
Final Star Wars bears message for America
Lucas wins festival trophy - and hopes his epic will awaken US to democracy in peril
By Charlotte Higgins / Guardian
The republic is crumbling under attack from alien forces. Democracy is threatened as the leader plays on the people's paranoia. Amid the confusion it is suddenly unclear whether the state is in more danger from insurgents, or from the leader himself.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2666
Congratulations to George Lucas!
...and thanks to Skywalker Sound for the incredible work they did on 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
Protesters Subjected To 'Pretext Interviews'
FBI Memo Shows No Specific Threats
By Dan Eggen / Washington Post
New FBI documents to be released today show that anti-terrorism agents who questioned antiwar protesters last summer in Denver were conducting "pretext interviews" that did not lead to any information about criminal activity.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2677
A Tale of Two Stories
Commentary - By Jim Lobe / IPS
WASHINGTON, May 17 - Here's a question for international news hounds. Who is the ''son of a bitch'' referred to in this comment by a U.S. Defence Department spokesman?
''People are dead because of what this son of a bitch said. How could he be credible now?''
Is he an unnamed Defence Department source who told Newsweek magazine that he had read a government document detailing an incident where U.S. military personnel at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, allegedly flushed a Koran down a toilet?
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2674
Galloway rises to Senate challenge
By Matthew Davis / BBC
George Galloway had vowed to give US senators "both barrels" and after sitting - coiled - through an hour-and-half of testimony against him, he unloaded all his ammunition.
Far from displaying the forelock-tugging deference to which senators are accustomed, Mr Galloway went on the attack.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2676
US 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'
Report claims blind eye was turned to sanctions busting by American firms
By Julian Borger and Jamie Wilson / Guardian
The United States administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions-busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2668
continued...
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History…
1868 Nicholas II, emperor of Russia
1872 Bertrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician
1897, Frank Capra, American motion-picture director and producer, noted for his idealistic comedies.
Frank Capra was born in Palermo, Italy. His family immigrated to the United States when Capra was six, settling in Los Angeles, California. His first important job in Hollywood was as a writer for the Mack Sennett studios. He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and director for comedian Harry Langdon, directing Langdon's three best films, notably Strong Man (1926).
1920, Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland.
1946, Reggie Jackson, baseball player
1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1291 Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1642 Montréal Canada founded
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor of France by the Senate and Tribunate
1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
1860 Abraham Lincoln, a former Illinois state legislator, receives the Republican presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1896, the Supreme Court endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation with its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, a ruling that was overturned 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near panic; it appears every 76 years.
1917 US passes Selective Service act
1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200
1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.
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980 Mount Saint Helens volcano in Washington state erupts, causing an outbreak of fires, mudslides, and floods; 57 people die in the largest eruption in U.S. history.
Today in 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted and spewed gas and ash as far as 12 miles into the air, killing 57 and damaging life for miles. Volcano World presents maps, images, and news about Mount Saint Helens.
1980, in the South Korean city of Kwangju, townspeople and students began a nine-day uprising that was finally put down by troops.
Missing in Action
1965 HRDLICKA DAVID L. LITTLETON CO 07/66 PUBLISHED PHOTO
1965 TAVARES JOHN R. LAST SEEN IN BAR AT DA NANG
1966 GUILLET ANDRE R. WATERBURY CT
1966 HARLEY LEE D. DANVILLE VA
1966 MOORE WILLIAM J. MONMOUTH IL
1966 WALL JERRY M. NACOGDOCHES TX
1967 CAMERON KENNETH R. BERKLEY CA 03/74 DRV RETURNED REMAINS DIC 10/04/70
1967 DELONG JOE L. MC MINNVILLE TN
1967 NAUGHTON ROBERT J. CEDAR RAPIDS IA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 GIST TOMMY EMERSON DURANT OK
1968 JAMES CHARLIE N. GLENDALE CA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MONROE VINCENT D. OAKLYN NJ 08/23/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI
1968 PADILLA DAVID E. BORGER TX
1968 UYEYAMA TERRY J. LEONIA NJ 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1969 CUDLIKE CHARLES J. DETROIT MI
1971 ENTRICAN DANNY D. BROOKHAVEN MS
1972 BEDNAREK JOHNATHAN B. GREENLAWN NY PROB DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 05/89
1972 RATZEL WESLEY D. SCRANTON PA NO SHOW PW CAMP SYSTEM REMAINS RETURNED 05/89
Bangor Daily News
Oops. So much for Homeland Security !! Does this happen all the time and the only time we hear about it on the televised news is on a slow news day or when it involves France?
Plane with 'no-fly' passenger diverted to Bangor
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
BANGOR - For the second time in less than a week, an international flight to Boston was diverted to Bangor International Airport after U.S. officials discovered a passenger's name matched one on a federal no-fly list.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113676
Navy active sonar harming ocean life
Thursday, May 12, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
Although whales continue washing ashore injured, dead or dying, following naval exercises, the Bush administration is opposing international efforts to regulate use of the high-intensity active sonars which are causing this death and destruction. In recent months, four international bodies have raised the issue of these sonars and their impacts on whales, dolphins and other marine life.
A report released last July by the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission stated, “The weight of accumulated evidence now associates mid-frequency, military sonar with atypical beaked whale mass strandings. This evidence is very convincing and appears overwhelming.”
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113474&z=35
Abuse of Power - Save Phil A. Buster - Starring in "One Party Rule-bot!"
http://www.savephil.com/main.cfm
How to Pressure a Senator
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
The votes of Maine's Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins can be decisive in the current flurry of issues on which the Bush administration is desperately seeking victory: the John Bolton nomination for United Nations ambassador, controversial judicial nominations, an administration attack on the filibuster rule and partial privatization of Social Security.
We may not know for a long time what sort of behind-the-scenes horse trading may be taking place this time, but a look at history can be instructive. Forty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson, an expert on what buttons to push to whip reluctant members of Congress into line, needed a few more votes to break a long Southern filibuster and win enactment of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. Cloture in those days required a two-thirds vote. His target was Carl Hayden, an Arizona Democrat. Mr. Johnson saw that a Hayden switch could bring along several other Southerners and win the battle.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113641&z=34
Not-so-secret history of filibusters
Monday, May 16, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
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Everyone recalls “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” but too few remember the real-life Mrs. Smith. So, as the Senate nears a vote on a proposal to unilaterally change Senate rules for confirming federal judges, I am reminded of the words spoken 55 years ago by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine in her famous “Declaration of Conscience” against the tactics of Sen. Joe McCarthy, a member of her own party.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113593&z=35
State seeks $50M in Medicaid paybacks
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
SBy Meg Haskell, Of the NEWS Staff
Medicaid providers will begin reimbursing the state this week for as much as $50 million in excess payments they've received since January, when a new computerized payment system failed to perform as anticipated and spawned an intractable bookkeeping mess in Augusta.
State officials maintain that unless they recapture their misallocated money in short order, there may not be enough cash on hand in the program to pay for services through the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113695
Senate OKs bill to allow same-sex health clubs
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
By Mal Leary, CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE
AUGUSTA - Same-sex gyms and health clubs, outlawed as discriminatory in the 1970s, would once again be allowed in Maine under a measure that got initial support in the state Senate on Tuesday.
The Legislature's Judiciary Committee had recommended 10-3 against the legislation, but the Senate gave initial approval to the bill on a vote of 18-16.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113697
Maine soldiers deployed abroad in small groups
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
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They have been leaving Maine in small groups, usually unnoticed.
Some are called to support the global war on terror, and some are volunteers, but all are heroes in the eyes of those they leave behind to wait and worry.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113696
State predicts $465M loss from closings
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Bangor Daily News
By Glenn Adams , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA - Economic losses from the proposed closing and realignment of Maine military facilities could add up to nearly $500 million, Gov. John Baldacci said Tuesday as he vowed to make a strenuous case in the months ahead to keep the facilities open.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=113694
The Jerusalem Post
Settlers given a week to join Nitzanim relocation plan
A day after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited Nitzanim and urged contractors to speed up operations to prepare for the absorption of evacuees of this summer's withdrawal plan, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday gave settlers a week to sign up for the Nitzanim relocation plan.
Livni said the government couldn't wait until the last minute since, so far, 426 families from Gush Katif, representing roughly one third of the population there, have singed up for the program. A minimum of another 24 families need to sign up, she said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1116383131723
New Herzl museum brings father of Zionism back to life
"We're trying to bring Herzl out of the past and into the future," says Dr. David Breakstone summarizing the new Herzl Museum which opens this week at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl. Breakstone, head of the Department for Zionist Activities at the World Zionist Organization, adds that Herzl was not only concerned with a providing a refuge for Jews, "he was also extremely concerned with creating a model society."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1116296305737
Life vs nightlife
Time was, not too long ago, when Israelis were by and large known for shying away from the bottle – by choice. They weren't teetotalers or preachy prohibitionists, but they certainly weren't big drinkers.
However, at the risk of sounding prudish, we must admit that times are changing and not necessarily for the better.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;amp;cid=1116296306303&p=1006953079865
The Boston Globe
Afghans in contact with kidnappers of aid worker
By Sayed Salahuddin May 18, 2005
KABUL (Reuters) - An Italian aid worker kidnapped from her car in the Afghan capital Kabul is well and Afghan authorities are in contact with her kidnappers, officials said on Wednesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/18/italian_aid_worker_kidnapped_in_afghanistan_well/
Man wanted across the country is being held in Manchester
May 18, 2005
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police are holding a Norton, Mass., man who police say is a dangerous sexual predator wanted across the country on more than 200 charges.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/18/man_wanted_across_the_country_is_being_held_in_manchester/
Combat support ban weighed for women
Pentagon opposes GOP proposal
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee plans to introduce today a proposal to bar women from mixed-gender military support units operating in Iraq, expressing concern that female soldiers are engaging in direct combat despite US laws keeping them from serving on the front lines.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/18/combat_support_ban_weighed_for_women/
Relatives barred from Uzbek hospital
By Burt Herman, Associated Press Writer May 18, 2005
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan -- Pressing their faces against the barred gates of the regional emergency hospital, Uzbeks on Wednesday cried out the names of relatives injured in the worst outbreak of violence since this country gained independence in 1991. But they weren't allowed inside the heavily guarded facility.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/18/relatives_barred_from_uzbek_hospital/
Anvar (only name available) digs graves in a cemetery on the outskirts of Andijan, Uzbekistan on Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Nigara Khidoyatova, head of the Free Peasants Party, said Tuesday her party had compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops in Uzbekistan, the highest estimate so far, and that many were shot in the back of the head. But authorities contradicted the claim, saying the toll was far lower. She said the toll was expected to rise, with bodies still being buried in mass graves. Last week's unrest in the Central Asian nation was the worst since the former Soviet republic won independence in 1991. The crackdown occurred after protesters stormed a prison in the eastern city of Andijan on Friday, freed inmates and then seized local government offices. (AP Photo / Misha Japaridze)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/18/relatives_barred_from_uzbek_hospital/
Afghan drug force seizes huge haul of heroin
By Reuters May 18, 2005
KABUL -- Afghan police seized more than 240 kg (530 lb) of heroin and destroyed several drug-making laboratories in a series of raids, the government said on Wednesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/18/afghan_drug_force_seizes_huge_haul_of_heroin/
Taliban militants kill five Afghans
By Noor Khan, Associated Press Writer May 18, 2005
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday ambushed and shot to death five Afghans working on a U.S.-funded project to help end opium farming in the south of the country, officials said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/18/taliban_militants_kill_five_afghans_1116434084/
Afghan widows line up to receive food rations at a CARE International food distribution center in Kabul where Clementina Cantoni worked Wednesday May 18, 2005. Cantoni, who managed CARE International programs in Afghanistan which helped some 9,500 widows, was abducted in Kabul on Monday evening, the first kidnapping of a foreigner in Afghanistan since three U.N. election workers were seized last October and held for nearly a month. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/18/taliban_militants_kill_five_afghans_1116434084/
Slain Florida girl suffered years of abuse
May 18, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. -- A 13-year-old girl who was killed and dumped in a pond last month suffered years of abuse that included reports of beatings and witnessing violent fights between her parents, records show.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/18/slain_florida_girl_suffered_years_of_abuse/
The Jordan Times
Vote for women expected to stimulate reforms
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — The Kuwaiti parliament's surprise decision to grant women the vote is likely to speed up political and economic reforms in the oil-rich Gulf Arab state, analysts and MPs said Tuesday.
Kuwaiti women, disenfranchised for more than four decades, however, will still have to wait two years to exercise their right to cast their ballots and run for public office following Monday's vote by parliament. Next month's municipal polls will remain an all-male affair.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news7.htm
Abbas arrives in China, says Hamas welcome in future government
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Hamas is welcome in a future Palestinian government, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday in China.
“If they would like to participate in political life, and if they win enough seats in the legislative elections, they're welcome to participate, even in the future government,” Abbas told reporters in Beijing.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news4.htm
Shiite, Sunni clerics killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — US troops backed by attack helicopters clashed with militants in a Mosul neighbourhood Tuesday, the military said. In Baghdad, gunmen killed a Shiite Muslim cleric, and two missing Sunni clerics were found shot dead, police said.
The killings of the clerics threatened to increase sectarian tensions in Iraq a day after the government vowed to crack down on anyone targeting Shiites and Sunnis. The defence minister said Iraqi troops no longer would be allowed to enter houses of worship or universities.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news2.htm
Iran, Iraq seek new start
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq hailed Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi's landmark visit Tuesday as a new start in their tumultuous relations, while Tehran offered its full support to the new Iraqi government.
Kharrazi also vowed not to drag Iraq into its bitter row with Washington.
"I have no doubt this visit will open up significant new horizons for cooperation between the two countries," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said at a joint news conference.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news1.htm
Conference to showcase latest e-business technology
AMMAN (JT) — The Princess Sumaya University for Technology is to hold its first international conference on e-business and e-learning this month.
The conference, to be held from May 23-24, will showcase the latest applicable technology while investigating possibilities for its use in the Kingdom's business and education sectors.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/homenews/homenews3.htm
22 stone heads of ancient gods unearthed in Petra
By Rana Dino
AMMAN — Archaeologists discovered the ruins of an ancient Nabataean monument during an excavation at the Petra Archaeological Park last week.
Patricia Bikai, who headed the excavation team that made the discovery, said they initially thought the building was either a shrine or a royal residence.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/homenews/homenews4.htm
Playing Don Quijote politics while setting Iraq ablaze
By Ramzy Baroud
Cast aside the nonsensical rhetoric about President George W. Bush's ostensibly successful efforts to bolster democratic tendencies “sweeping” the Middle East, and you'll discover that the facts are not so rosy, with Iraq remaining the most horrific reminder.
Bush seems to reside over an entirely different world reality when he adamantly presents himself as a visionary world leader whose uppermost concerns are freedom and democracy all over the world, with due emphasis on the Middle East.
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/opinion/opinion3.htm
Chicago Sun Times
Till investigation could end without charges
May 18, 2005
BY DEBRA PICKETT Staff Reporter
The FBI investigation into the 1955 killing of Emmett Till is nearly done, but additional criminal charges might not be filed in the death of the black teenager from Chicago, killed while visiting family in Mississippi.
"We believe we're about 80 percent complete," said Robert J. Garrity, the special agent in charge of the bureau's Jackson, Miss. office.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-till18.html
Teachers suspicious about firings
May 18, 2005
BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Staff Reporter
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Donald Trump had nothing on Chicago Public Schools principals last week.
"You're fired," they told 1,096 nontenured teachers who have found themselves suddenly jobless under a new policy allowing principals to dump nontenured teachers -- without hearings.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-fired18.html
Lefkow to Senate: Condemn 'harsh rhetoric'
May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON-- U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow -- whose husband and mother were murdered in her Chicago home -- asked the Senate on Wednesday to condemn harsh remarks about the judiciary by commentators such as evangelist Pat Robertson and members of Congress, saying their words could spark more violence.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/lefkow18.html
Here's how Hyde can cement legacy
As local business, community and humanitarian leaders on behalf of the U.S. International Affairs Budget, we took special notice when U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) announced plans to retire. Throughout his 30 years in the Congress, Hyde has played a vital role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, most recently as chairman of the House International Relations Committee. While he recently was quoted as saying he does not believe he departs Congress with a legacy, he now has an extraordinary opportunity to make a truly lasting difference in the life of every American and untold numbers around the world: This legacy can be secured by speaking out now on behalf of the U.S. International Affairs Budget.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox18a.html
Media's credibility goes down the toilet
May 18, 2005
Anti-American passion is a heap of dry tinder in the Islamic world, and any spark can set it off. Thus it is not surprising that wild outrage would follow a Newsweek article claiming that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had flushed pages from the Quran down the toilet in an attempt to rattle prisoners. Sometimes these outbursts are based on the merest rumors, so purported fact in an international news magazine acts like a blowtorch.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits18.html
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
(Michael Moore and George Lucas at last year's Cannes Film Festival)
Final Star Wars Bears Message for America
Final Star Wars bears message for America
Lucas wins festival trophy - and hopes his epic will awaken US to democracy in peril
By Charlotte Higgins / Guardian
The republic is crumbling under attack from alien forces. Democracy is threatened as the leader plays on the people's paranoia. Amid the confusion it is suddenly unclear whether the state is in more danger from insurgents, or from the leader himself.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2666
Congratulations to George Lucas!
...and thanks to Skywalker Sound for the incredible work they did on 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
Protesters Subjected To 'Pretext Interviews'
FBI Memo Shows No Specific Threats
By Dan Eggen / Washington Post
New FBI documents to be released today show that anti-terrorism agents who questioned antiwar protesters last summer in Denver were conducting "pretext interviews" that did not lead to any information about criminal activity.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2677
A Tale of Two Stories
Commentary - By Jim Lobe / IPS
WASHINGTON, May 17 - Here's a question for international news hounds. Who is the ''son of a bitch'' referred to in this comment by a U.S. Defence Department spokesman?
''People are dead because of what this son of a bitch said. How could he be credible now?''
Is he an unnamed Defence Department source who told Newsweek magazine that he had read a government document detailing an incident where U.S. military personnel at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, allegedly flushed a Koran down a toilet?
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2674
Galloway rises to Senate challenge
By Matthew Davis / BBC
George Galloway had vowed to give US senators "both barrels" and after sitting - coiled - through an hour-and-half of testimony against him, he unloaded all his ammunition.
Far from displaying the forelock-tugging deference to which senators are accustomed, Mr Galloway went on the attack.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2676
US 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'
Report claims blind eye was turned to sanctions busting by American firms
By Julian Borger and Jamie Wilson / Guardian
The United States administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions-busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2668
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May 8, 2005. Sag Harbor, New York. There are 'Waterway Beautificaton Projects' in many coastal and river cities. In Wilmington we add a few waterways each year to our beautification project which originally was funded by the state. It enhances property while making the waterways a pleasure to navigate. It stops erosion and encourages econo-systems. There is currently a project we are waiting for legislation to pass permitting Wilmington Waterways to host native oysters in caged beds suspended under boat docks. This is to allow native osyters to breed in home waters and spread their young to the open waters while the breeding sets stay together under the docks for year after year. There is little maintenance except to be sure they have free flowing water through their nesting cage.
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