February 2, 2002. Hail on the lawn of Gosford, Australia.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
February 2, 2005. Gleenwood, Sydney. Americans should take notice that their skies are not very different than a huge climate event at the end of summer in Australia. It was the event that changed policies in Australia. It was a devastating reality of Global Climate Change for Australia followed by a sustained drought. This is the final picture of the expose'.
Morning Papers - continued. . .
People's Daily
CHINA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.
Landslides, floods kill 567 across China
The death toll from this year's floods has continued to rise with 567 people now confirmed dead and a further 165 missing.
In total, more than 2.45 million people have been evacuated to safety from floods, landslides and mudslides, the result of torrential rains, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.
Direct damage caused by the calamities was estimated at up to 22.9 billion yuan (US$2.7 billion).
"So far this year, the loss is worse than average, but still below the figures in 1991 and 1998" when devastating floods wreaked havoc across eastern and central China, a source with the ministry, said.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192312.html
Improper commercials come one after another, why?
American fast food giant McDonald's may have not anticipated anger and criticism over one of its recent commercials.
The ad describes a Chinese man kneeling before a vendor and begging him to accept his expired discount coupon, but is refused. The advertisement goes on to say people don't have to worry about McDonald's coupons expiring, since their validity lasts for a whole year.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192252.html
50,000 illegal Chinese immigrants miserable in Paris
According to a report titled Chinese Immigrants Victims of Labour Exploitation in Paris released by International Labour Organisation (ILO) on June 21, tens of thousands of Chinese illegal immigrants hide themselves in Paris, capital of France, where many live and work in conditions of utter poverty and isolation. These illegal immigrants were smuggled into France by criminal gangs, and they must work for years to pay off the cost of their illegal journey.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192189.html
HK Chief Executive takes oath of office to Chinese Premier
HK Chief Executive takes oath to Chinese Premier
Donald Tsang, took an oath of office as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoat 9:00 a.m. Friday in Beijing.
The oath-taking ceremony was presided over by Hua Jianmin, state councilor and secretary-general of the State Council, at the Hong Kong hall of the Great Hall of the People amid the Chinese national anthem. Hua read out State Council's No. 437 Decree, which appointed Donald Tsang as the Chief Executive of HKSAR.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192118.html
China in strong opposition to EU's restriction to import Chinese shoes
China strongly opposes to the launch of anti-dumping investigation by the European Union to imported Chinese shoes, which lacks practical and legal basis, Chong Quan, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said in Beijing on June 24.
"China also prompts the EU to make prudent decisions so as to avoid from trade friction," Chong said.
The delegation of the European Commission has recently reported to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that the EU plans to a launch a probe into certain kinds of imported shoes from China at the end of June. Chong said. The Chinese government is highly concerned with it.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192251.html
US accusations over birth policy baseless
While the United Nations Population Fund and the Chinese authorities do all they can to help the country's young men and women make informed choices regarding family planning, the US administration of George W. Bush has repeated its opinion about what is going on in this country.
Kelly Ryan, an official with the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, indicated on Wednesday that her government would not resume funding for the UN agency known as UNFPA until it "stops giving the seal of approval" to aid programmes in China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192126.html
Female pilot returns to blue sky after overcoming cancer
At 7:10 p.m. June 23, 2005, Liu Wenli, a battalion commander of an air transport aviation division of the PLA Air Force and a Class-A pilot, returned base with her aircraft safely upon the completion of scheduled subject. Awaiting her at the airport are applause and flowers from the division leaders and soldiers, congratulating her return to the blue sky after struggling with cancer for eleven months.
In July 2004, Liu Wenli underwent a surgery for breast cancer. She combated the disease with strong will power and optimistic attitudes. During the healing period Liu persisted in physical exercises and wasted no time in reviewing aviation theories and knowledge. In this February Liu returned to the troop and took up the post as a flight commander.
As a member of the first group of China's female pilots possessing bachelor degree, Liu has safely flown for 1,864 hours and succeeded in executing missions including emergency air transport during the fight with flood in 1998, large-scale military drill and artificial rainfall operation in northwest China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192186.html
Really? Why would Condi Rice take such an interest?
Rice offers herself as ambassador for New York's Olympic bid
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is offering herself as a personal ambassador for New York's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, according to reports Friday.
"New York is an internationally recognized symbol of unity, hope and opportunity and Secretary Rice believes it is the perfect place for the Olympics," Rice senior adviser Jim Wilkinson was quoted by the AP as saying.
Rice will appear with New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a rally on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday. It is a send-off rally for New York's emissaries to the International Olympic Committee, which is to choose a host city July 6 at a meeting in Singapore.
The committee working on New York's bid had asked Rice to make a personal pitch for New York at the Singapore meeting, and at one point Rice had agreed. When she was forced to cancel for scheduling reasons, she agreed to Tuesday's appearance.
"She was extremely disappointed not to go to Singapore to do the bid herself," Wilkinson said.
New York is competing against Paris, London, Madrid and Moscow to host the games. French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will travel to Singapore for the meeting, the AP said.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192336.html
The Boston Globe
WHAT WERE our troops doing in FALLUJAH again? The attack wasn't just on women. This occurred because the USA is taking up a presence again in Fallujah. In my opinion this was a deliberate act by Bush to keep the war going. Bush is once again trying to estrange the Sunnis from the central government. The leadership in Iraq either feels helpless to see that or has no will to resist making matters worse. The USA does not belong in Iraq.
Women troops hit in Iraq bombing
As many as 4 believed dead
Members of the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, detained and blindfolded a man near Fallujah yesterday. When Marines conduct raids of Iraqi homes, women must be part of the force because they are needed to conduct searches of females. (Getty Images Photo / Chris Hondros)
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A bomb-laden vehicle ambushed a US Marine convoy near the Iraqi city of Fallujah, killing five Marines and a sailor, military officials said yesterday. Up to four women, including a female Marine from Rhode Island, were among the dead.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/25/women_troops_hit_in_iraq_bombing/
This is a Muslim Cleric. This is NOT going away.
Italy judge seeks arrest of alleged CIA agents
13 charged with kidnap of cleric
By Farah Stockman and Sofia Celeste, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent June 25, 2005
ROME -- An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 alleged American CIA operatives on charges of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and secretly flying him to Egypt without permission from Italian authorities, prosecutors in Milan said yesterday.
The arrest warrants, issued by Judge Chiara Nobile, came nearly 2 1/2 years after the disappearance of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, who was forced into a white van on Feb. 17, 2003, while walking down a Milan street near the Islamic center where he preached, according to a statement released by prosecutors.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/25/italy_judge_seeks_arrest_of_alleged_cia_agents/
50 Sun Block
The beaches beckon
Sandy spots may appear different after year's storms
Rick Fedor (left) and Paul Frerichs caught some rays on a wall at Wollaston Beach in Quincy yesterday. Beach officials have been busy repairing walls, redesigning parking spaces, cleaning the sand, and erecting a playground. (Globe Staff Photo / Michele McDonald)
By Megan Tench, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
Stocking up on sunblock and beach chairs, residents are preparing for this weekend's scorcher -- with temperatures today possibly hitting triple digits in Boston -- and state and town officials are awaiting a crush of sun worshipers on the region's beaches during the weekend.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/25/the_beaches_beckon/
The Massachusetts Legislature will no longer support civil arrangements as there is a Marriage Option available that equates to Heterosexual rights. If Gays were to have rights of Civil Union then the same would have to be extended to the Heterosexual Community as well.
Legislator shifts on same-sex unions
Drops support for civil compromise
By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA -- The meeting with state Representative Bradford Hill in this solidly Republican town Thursday was tense. Local supporters of same-sex marriage had turned out to pounce on Hill for voting last year in favor of a constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage but allows civil unions.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/25/legislator_shifts_on_same_sex_unions/
Romney and the Electorate that will place him over the top.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/
There needs to be better compensation for the displaced. Fair market value is not the entire inconvenience. When one is displaced from homes it could mean a major transition of children to new schools or towns. The options of living in a home rather than an apartment may change. The fair market value of cheap property is still that and may not equate to the ability to purchase a home elsewhere. When government declares Eminent Domain it should be with the understanding compensation will cover more than fair market value when the residents are faced with hardship.
Property grab
June 25, 2005
WITH THIS week's eminent domain victory in the US Supreme Court, city officials in New London, Conn., prepare to demolish a modest riverfront neighborhood to make way for a hotel and office complex. New London stands to gain property tax revenue, but also a reputation as a city that cares more for commerce than for its residents.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/06/25/property_grab/
WHERE IS THE TASK FORCE? There is this proposal, there is that proposal and there is the President waiting for someone who has the real answer. This is no way to change a major entitlement of this country !!
Social Security scam
June 25, 2005
REPUBLICANS IN Congress are getting desperate as their plans to privatize Social Security unravel from a dearth of public support. Their latest proposal would set up limited private accounts that would not generate much income for future retirees but would increase the budget deficit and threaten the solvency of the Social Security system.
The plans, unveiled by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and a group of GOP House members, would divert surpluses in the Social Security trust fund to private accounts. The trust fund last year got about $145 billion more in tax revenue than it paid out in benefits, but those surpluses will vanish in 12 years with an onslaught of baby boomer retirements. Then the trust fund will go into deficit. The surpluses are now invested in government bonds that can help pay for future retiree benefits.
DeMint's plan would prevent the surpluses from being used to buy the bonds necessary to pay all the guaranteed Social Security benefits. He wants the government to borrow the money anyway, but that would swell the national debt.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/06/25/social_security_scam/
The return of '1984'
By H.D.S. Greenway June 24, 2005
IF YOU TAKE something to read at the beach this summer make sure it is not one of George Orwell's books. The comparison with current events will ruin your day.
In what was then the futuristic, nightmare world of ''1984," written in 1949, Orwell introduced the concepts of ''newspeak," ''doublethink," and ''the mutability of the past," all concepts that seem to be alive and well in 2005, half a century after Orwell's death. In the ever-changing rationale of why we went to war in Iraq, we can imagine ourselves working in Orwell's ''Ministry of Truth," in which ''reality control" is used to ensure that ''the lie passed into history and became the truth."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/24/the_return_of_1984/
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
ResigNation Building;
"There have been a series of gross errors and mistakes. Those were on your watch. Isn't it time for you to resign?" -- Sen. Edward Kennedy
Rumsfeld defends war in tense hearing
By Stephen J. Hedges / Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld denied Thursday that the American-led occupation in Iraq has become a quagmire. But a top Army general seated next to him at a Senate hearing said that the Iraqi insurgency is not weakening and that U.S. soldiers have begun to question the American public's support for the war.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3118
GOP Senators:
The Public is Turning Against the War
Republicans Voice Their Doubts
GOP senators tell Rumsfeld they fear the public is turning against the war in Iraq. 'People are beginning to question,' one says.
By Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — One senator described the public's perception of the war in Iraq as "more and more like Vietnam." A second worried that "our very presence there inspires more insurgents." A third said the strain on the armed forces "is getting worse, not better."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3114
THIS type of data collection is a LONG term commitment to War. This is a Pre-Meditated OFFENSIVE against the American People and their children. It is also Pre-Meditated outcome to Global Relationships. When parents believed all that they needed to prepare their children for were the impacts of Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs and STD's in preparation of adulthood NOW the very government who is supposed to be protecting them as well as turned into a Market Strategy for military proliferation. It's outrageous. Parents don't feel they can hopes for their children's futures. This DEFINITELY has the OVERBEARING appearance of fascism. For those that need a reminder: fascism is a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
Military Tanks at peaceful, organized demonstrations.
Tentative Property Rights.
Jailing Journalists
Media that is carried away with Propaganda of the Religious Right
No cooperation of the majority party with the Democrats.
Pentagon Says It Wants Accurate Student Data
By Jonathan Krim / Washington Post
The Pentagon yesterday released additional details about a program to compile a database of personal information on U.S. students to help bolster recruitment, saying that 12 million names currently are on file and that collection efforts have been going on for some time.
David S. C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said the Pentagon's contract with a private marketing firm was simply an attempt to obtain the most accurate list possible of contact information for high school students ages 16 to 18 as well as all college students.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3121
Op-Out
http://www.militaryfreezone.org/
Cheney: Iraq will be 'enormous success story'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended his recent comment that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes," insisting that progress being made in setting up a new Iraqi government and establishing democracy there will indeed end the violence -- eventually.
However, in an exclusive interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Cheney said he thinks there still will be "a lot of bloodshed" in the coming months, as the insurgents try to stop the move toward democracy in Iraq.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3116
BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN
China's move to buy Unocal for $18 billion meets resistance--but the Bush folks haven't truly weighed in yet:
"In Washington, CNOOC is already laying the groundwork. It has hired Public Strategies, a public relations firm whose vice chairman, Mark McKinnon, led President Bush's media campaign in the 2004 election."
Huff & Puff
The congressman behind the proposed amendment to outlaw burning of the American flag shows poor judgment in questionable real estate deal with defense contractor.
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
An Italian judge orders the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA after they plucked an Egyptian terrorism suspect off the streets of Milan.
Iranians head to the polls amid mystery and intrigue. (The Center for Cooperative Research has put together a timeline of America's history with Iran.)
In Fallujah a suicide bomber injures 13 Marines, kills two Marines and leaves three Marines and a sailor unaccounted for.
With its health care costs growing faster than expected, the Veterans Administration comes up $1 billion short thanks to all the injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Unocal Deal: A Lot More Than Money Is at Issue
By LESLIE WAYNE and DAVID BARBOZA
Published: June 24, 2005
The battle for Unocal, the large independent American oil company, is shaping into as much a test of Chinese-American strategic and economic relations as it is a boardroom showdown.
Bloomberg News
A Unocal employee works on a drilling platform. CNOOC says most American workers would keep their jobs if its Unocal bid is accepted.
A Company More Asian Than American
Most takeover battles can be settled by price - the highest bidder wins. But judging by the sharp reaction yesterday in Washington, that may not be the case with Unocal.
Just a day after the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, one of China's largest state-controlled oil companies, made an unsolicited bid of $18.5 billion for Unocal, senators and representatives, as well as lawyers, bankers and lobbyists, are taking jabs at what may become one of the thorniest strategic business challenges facing the administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/business/worldbusiness/24china.html?hp&ex=1119672000&en=47904fac77c52d73&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Cunningham says sale 'showed poor judgment'
By Marcus Stern
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
June 24, 2005
After 11 days of near silence in the face of mounting controversy, Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham released a three-page statement yesterday acknowledging that he "showed poor judgment" in selling his Del Mar house to "a friend who does business with the government."
The Rancho Santa Fe Republican added that he welcomed "all appropriate investigations" and expressed confidence that they would show he "acted honorably and honestly."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050624-9999-1n24duke.html
ANYTIME an Amendment is added to the U.S.A. Constitution it is about protecting Civil Rights and not protecting OBJECTS. The U.S.A. Constitution was never about limiting behavior. It was about preserving the rights of people with 'served' interest of their government 'as a collective benevolent body' to the individual. The STATE, either Federal or not was never the SOLE benefactor at the expense of it's citizens. The tyranny of the government now witnessed under Bush was abandoned when the settlers left England. Unless, an amendment serves to PROTECT and/or EXAND Civil Rights then it is bad law and bad policy.
Sydney Morning Herald
Corby's appeal a 'shambles', says mother
June 25, 2005 - 5:39PM
Schapelle Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose, says her daughter's appeal is a bloody shambles and she was forced to fire her entire Indonesian legal team.
Corby has sacked her Indonesian team following allegations they planned to bribe judges hearing her appeal against a 20-year jail sentence for drug smuggling.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/corbys-appeal-a-shambles-says-mother/2005/06/25/1119321938528.html
How a little boy stirs up big trouble with the neighbours
By Louise Williams
June 25, 2005
Australians have good reason to regard Indonesia with suspicion, and it's not because of Schapelle Corby or even the Bali bombings. The truth is we didn't much like Indonesia anyway.
A survey has found that almost one in three Australians regards Indonesia as a threat. And the antagonism is not new. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute survey notes Australians began to consistently single out Indonesia from the 1970s and that it has since displaced China as the nation Australians most fear.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/how-a-little-boy-stirs-up-big-trouble-with-the-neighbours/2005/06/24/1119321905362.html
Corby lawyer to lodge complaint
June 24, 2005 - 12:24PM
Schapelle Corby's new Indonesian lawyer plans to lodge a formal complaint in Australia against one of her Perth barristers who has accused her Bali defence team of wanting to bribe the judges deciding her appeal.
Jakarta-based Hotman Paris Hutapea called on Mark Trowell QC to quit the Corby case, saying the allegation was unethical.
"Mark Trowell should have some respect for confidentiality. I am asking the law society of Australia to give their opinion on whether this information (released) by a senior Australian QC, part of Corby's team, is against confidentiality and professional ethics," Hutapea said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Corby-lawyer-to-lodge-complaint/2005/06/24/1119321888231.html
THERE IS SOME SPECULATION Schapelle Corby will never survive 20 years in a Indonesian prison. Could 20 years be a death sentence for her?
Lawyer fears Corby case in ruins
By Matthew Moore Herald Correspondent in Jakarta
June 24, 2005
Schapelle Corby … serious risk.
Photo: Jason South
The Jakarta lawyer helping with Schapelle Corby's appeal has called for a Perth QC to be sacked for comments he believes will ruin Corby's chances.
Hotman Paris Hutapea said he warned Mark Trowell - who had recommended him as defence lawyer for Corby's appeal - against making any public comments alleging Corby's case co-ordinator, Vasu Rasiah, had suggested bribing appeal judges.
Mr Hutapea said Mr Trowell's remarks were a "disaster", with three judges from Bali's High Court now considering her appeal against a 20-year sentence for smuggling 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into Indonesia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/lawyer-fears-corby-case-in-ruins/2005/06/23/1119321851516.html
Hardliner wins Iran election in landslide
June 25, 2005 - 2:46PM
Top job ... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on polling day.
Photo: Reuters
Ultra-conservative Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept to a landslide win in presidential elections today, spelling a possible end to Iran's fragile social reforms and tentative rapprochement with the West.
Ahmadinejad, 48, won the backing of the religious poor to defeat veteran political heavyweight Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was supported by pro-reform parties and wealthy Iranians fearful of a hardline monopoly on power in the Islamic state.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hardliner-wins-iran-election-in-landslide/2005/06/25/1119321932781.html
'Robin Hood' wins hearts of Iran's poor
June 25, 2005 - 2:08PM
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the hardliner who will become Iran's president in August, is hailed by the devout poor as a Robin Hood figure who will give them a slice of the Islamic Republic's abundant oil wealth.
In a campaign where most candidates made glossy Western-style appeals to the young and discussed issues such as restoring ties with the United States, Ahmadinejad fought a campaign stressing the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"We did not have a revolution to have a democracy," he said.
Tehran mayor since 2003, Ahmadinejad is a former member of the hardline Revolutionary Guard and an ex-instructor of the Basij religious vigilantes, sparking fears he will draw on old military comrades as cabinet colleagues.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/robin-hood-wins-hearts-of-irans-poor/2005/06/25/1119321935175.html
'Anti-US sentiment behind victory'
June 25, 2005 - 5:03PM
Indonesian radical Islamists cheered news today that a hardliner won Iran's presidential election while a Muslim scholar suggested the landslide victory was driven by anti-US sentiment in the Middle East.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative mayor of Tehran, today beat his relatively moderate rival Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani to be declared Iran's next president.
His triumph extends the conservatives' control in Iran and could lead to a return to social restrictions that were commonplace after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/antius-sentiment-behind-victory/2005/06/25/1119321937664.html
Tsunami aid agencies ask for patience
June 24, 2005 - 11:35AM
Six months after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami, most of the $325 million donated by Australians to non-profit aid organisations is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank interest a month while agencies decide how to spend the money.
But the organisations say the delays are justified, as spending the donations too quickly could be counter-productive for the sustainable recovery of parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar and the Maldives hit by the killer waves.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Tsunami-aid-agencies-ask-for-patience/2005/06/24/1119321886171.html
Coal-fired plant could be delayed
By Anne Davies State Political Editor
June 25, 2005
The Carr Government is considering delaying its planned coal-fired power station, but is yet to determine whether such a move would jeopardise the state's energy supply.
The Herald understands the State Government has before it competing modelling which shows large discrepancies on when new base load, as opposed to peak load, capacity will be needed. The industry says a new base load plant is needed by 2012-13, but the Department of Energy puts the date as far away as 2018, and Green groups say it can be put off until 2027 with demand management strategies.
Rumours that the Premier, Bob Carr, would announce the moratorium on new coal-fired power stations at the ALP state conference two weeks ago caused a flurry of activity among senior ALP officials to stave off a public brawl with the union movement.
Instead, Mr Carr announced plans for two gas-fired peak load power stations as well as tough new greenhouse gas targets. He did not say how NSW would meet its base load energy needs.
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In recent weeks he has said the energy white paper, due in late July or August, would be considerably greener than the draft paper. The early draft allowed a coal-fired power station to be built provided the operator undertook offsets such as planting trees and investing in renewable energy.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/coalfired-plant-could-be-delayed/2005/06/24/1119321909452.html
Taiwan to get US early warning radar
June 24, 2005 - 10:26AM
The US Defence Department has said it would supply Taiwan with key elements of a missile and air defence capability, a move aimed at defusing the threat from China.
Raytheon Co won a US Air Force contract worth up to $US752 million ($A977 million) to supply the Early Warning Surveillance Radar by September 2009, the Pentagon said.
In a move bound to anger Beijing, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, the system will let Taiwan's air force detect and track long- and short-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, enemy aircraft and surface ships with "no doubt" reliability, said Raytheon, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Taiwan-to-get-US-early-warning-radar/2005/06/24/1119321883043.html
Thousands flee as China floods kill 90
June 24, 2005 - 6:19AM
Heavy floods have slammed into towns across southern China, killing almost 90 people, leaving dozens missing and forcing 700,000 to run for their lives, state media and residents say.
There may be worse to come, with torrential rains forecast to pound the region at least until the end of the week, with damage so far estimated to be worth 4.6 billion yuan ($A707.5 million), the Xinhua news agency said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Thousands-flee-as-China-floods-kill-90/2005/06/24/1119321875620.html
VW recalls 44,000 Touran vans worldwide
June 24, 2005 - 6:39AM
Volkswagen is recalling 44,000 of its Touran vans worldwide to fix a clutch problem.
The six-speed gearbox on two-litre TDI models of the multipurpose vehicle can develop excessive wear, leading to noise, damage and eventual failure, the German carmaker said in a statement.
It didn't indicate how much the recall, which affects vans manufactured in 2004 and 2005, would cost the company.
The company is counting on new models such as the Touran, the Touareg sports-utility vehicle and a new version of its Golf compact to offset fierce price competition in the United States.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/VW-recalls-44000-Touran-vans-worldwide/2005/06/24/1119321876710.html
Troops deny need for extra Iraq security
June 24, 2005 - 12:19PM
Australian troops in southern Iraq say there is no need for extra security despite a bomb attack on the Japanese forces they have been sent to protect.
Australian troops are searching for more bombs after Thursday's roadside attack on a convoy of Japanese military vehicles in Al Muthanna province.
The explosion damaged two vehicles but caused no injuries.
Australian troops found and defused a second bomb nearby.
Australian soldiers also sealed off the area, near the provincial capital of Samawah, to enable the Japanese force to return to base.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Troops-deny-need-for-extra-Iraq-security/2005/06/24/1119321888000.html
Best of both worlds for hummingbirds
June 24, 2005
A hummingbird flies over a Mexico City garden in March this year.
Photo: AFP
Related
Tracking the flight of the hummingbird
Washington: Hummingbirds hover by flapping their wings a bit like insects and a bit like other birds, and now a super-fast camera has made an image of the technique.
US researchers found that hummingbirds manage to hover for long periods by supporting 75 per cent of their weight during their wings' down stroke and 25 per cent on the up stroke.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/best-of-both-worlds-for-hummingbirds/2005/06/23/1119321851556.html
Correction
June 24, 2005
Yesterday's article "Denied on whales, Japan seeks to add seals to its catch" should have said that Japan had held open the possibility of killing crabeater seals, instead of saying it wanted to kill them.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/correction/correction/2005/06/23/1119321853485.html
Pirated music becomes global epidemic
By Kirsty Needham Consumer Reporter
June 25, 2005
A third of all music discs sold worldwide are pirated copies says a report that estimates 1.2 billion fake discs changed hands in 2004.
In 31 countries, sales of pirated music outstripped legal copies, with Greece, India, Chile, the Czech Republic and Turkey coming onto this list for the first time.
But growth in piracy slowed to 2 per cent, its lowest level in five years, as seizures of commercial CD burners doubled to 28,350.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/pirated-music-becomes-global-epidemic/2005/06/24/1119321905311.html
Yahoo! closes child sex chat rooms
By Duncan Martell in San Francisco
June 25, 2005
Yahoo! Inc., one of the biggest internet companies, has closed all of its user-created internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults are using the sites to try to have sex with minors.
The company closed down those chat rooms and the ability to create new ones "in the past week", a Yahoo! spokeswoman, Mary Osako, said on Thursday.
Chat rooms created and sponsored by Yahoo! itself remained open, Ms Osako said. The number of user-created chat rooms is variable at any given time, and Yahoo! did not track that figure, she said.
The user-created chat rooms in question, in which internet users converse in real time, had names including "Girls 13 and under for older guys" and "Girls 13 and up for much older men" and were all listed under "education chat rooms", a Houston television station, KPRC, reported.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/yahoo-closes-child-sex-chat-rooms/2005/06/24/1119321905353.html
continued . . .
CHINA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.
Landslides, floods kill 567 across China
The death toll from this year's floods has continued to rise with 567 people now confirmed dead and a further 165 missing.
In total, more than 2.45 million people have been evacuated to safety from floods, landslides and mudslides, the result of torrential rains, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.
Direct damage caused by the calamities was estimated at up to 22.9 billion yuan (US$2.7 billion).
"So far this year, the loss is worse than average, but still below the figures in 1991 and 1998" when devastating floods wreaked havoc across eastern and central China, a source with the ministry, said.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192312.html
Improper commercials come one after another, why?
American fast food giant McDonald's may have not anticipated anger and criticism over one of its recent commercials.
The ad describes a Chinese man kneeling before a vendor and begging him to accept his expired discount coupon, but is refused. The advertisement goes on to say people don't have to worry about McDonald's coupons expiring, since their validity lasts for a whole year.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192252.html
50,000 illegal Chinese immigrants miserable in Paris
According to a report titled Chinese Immigrants Victims of Labour Exploitation in Paris released by International Labour Organisation (ILO) on June 21, tens of thousands of Chinese illegal immigrants hide themselves in Paris, capital of France, where many live and work in conditions of utter poverty and isolation. These illegal immigrants were smuggled into France by criminal gangs, and they must work for years to pay off the cost of their illegal journey.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192189.html
HK Chief Executive takes oath of office to Chinese Premier
HK Chief Executive takes oath to Chinese Premier
Donald Tsang, took an oath of office as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoat 9:00 a.m. Friday in Beijing.
The oath-taking ceremony was presided over by Hua Jianmin, state councilor and secretary-general of the State Council, at the Hong Kong hall of the Great Hall of the People amid the Chinese national anthem. Hua read out State Council's No. 437 Decree, which appointed Donald Tsang as the Chief Executive of HKSAR.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192118.html
China in strong opposition to EU's restriction to import Chinese shoes
China strongly opposes to the launch of anti-dumping investigation by the European Union to imported Chinese shoes, which lacks practical and legal basis, Chong Quan, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said in Beijing on June 24.
"China also prompts the EU to make prudent decisions so as to avoid from trade friction," Chong said.
The delegation of the European Commission has recently reported to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce that the EU plans to a launch a probe into certain kinds of imported shoes from China at the end of June. Chong said. The Chinese government is highly concerned with it.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192251.html
US accusations over birth policy baseless
While the United Nations Population Fund and the Chinese authorities do all they can to help the country's young men and women make informed choices regarding family planning, the US administration of George W. Bush has repeated its opinion about what is going on in this country.
Kelly Ryan, an official with the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, indicated on Wednesday that her government would not resume funding for the UN agency known as UNFPA until it "stops giving the seal of approval" to aid programmes in China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192126.html
Female pilot returns to blue sky after overcoming cancer
At 7:10 p.m. June 23, 2005, Liu Wenli, a battalion commander of an air transport aviation division of the PLA Air Force and a Class-A pilot, returned base with her aircraft safely upon the completion of scheduled subject. Awaiting her at the airport are applause and flowers from the division leaders and soldiers, congratulating her return to the blue sky after struggling with cancer for eleven months.
In July 2004, Liu Wenli underwent a surgery for breast cancer. She combated the disease with strong will power and optimistic attitudes. During the healing period Liu persisted in physical exercises and wasted no time in reviewing aviation theories and knowledge. In this February Liu returned to the troop and took up the post as a flight commander.
As a member of the first group of China's female pilots possessing bachelor degree, Liu has safely flown for 1,864 hours and succeeded in executing missions including emergency air transport during the fight with flood in 1998, large-scale military drill and artificial rainfall operation in northwest China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/24/eng20050624_192186.html
Really? Why would Condi Rice take such an interest?
Rice offers herself as ambassador for New York's Olympic bid
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is offering herself as a personal ambassador for New York's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, according to reports Friday.
"New York is an internationally recognized symbol of unity, hope and opportunity and Secretary Rice believes it is the perfect place for the Olympics," Rice senior adviser Jim Wilkinson was quoted by the AP as saying.
Rice will appear with New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a rally on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday. It is a send-off rally for New York's emissaries to the International Olympic Committee, which is to choose a host city July 6 at a meeting in Singapore.
The committee working on New York's bid had asked Rice to make a personal pitch for New York at the Singapore meeting, and at one point Rice had agreed. When she was forced to cancel for scheduling reasons, she agreed to Tuesday's appearance.
"She was extremely disappointed not to go to Singapore to do the bid herself," Wilkinson said.
New York is competing against Paris, London, Madrid and Moscow to host the games. French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will travel to Singapore for the meeting, the AP said.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200506/25/eng20050625_192336.html
The Boston Globe
WHAT WERE our troops doing in FALLUJAH again? The attack wasn't just on women. This occurred because the USA is taking up a presence again in Fallujah. In my opinion this was a deliberate act by Bush to keep the war going. Bush is once again trying to estrange the Sunnis from the central government. The leadership in Iraq either feels helpless to see that or has no will to resist making matters worse. The USA does not belong in Iraq.
Women troops hit in Iraq bombing
As many as 4 believed dead
Members of the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, detained and blindfolded a man near Fallujah yesterday. When Marines conduct raids of Iraqi homes, women must be part of the force because they are needed to conduct searches of females. (Getty Images Photo / Chris Hondros)
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A bomb-laden vehicle ambushed a US Marine convoy near the Iraqi city of Fallujah, killing five Marines and a sailor, military officials said yesterday. Up to four women, including a female Marine from Rhode Island, were among the dead.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/25/women_troops_hit_in_iraq_bombing/
This is a Muslim Cleric. This is NOT going away.
Italy judge seeks arrest of alleged CIA agents
13 charged with kidnap of cleric
By Farah Stockman and Sofia Celeste, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent June 25, 2005
ROME -- An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 alleged American CIA operatives on charges of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and secretly flying him to Egypt without permission from Italian authorities, prosecutors in Milan said yesterday.
The arrest warrants, issued by Judge Chiara Nobile, came nearly 2 1/2 years after the disappearance of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, who was forced into a white van on Feb. 17, 2003, while walking down a Milan street near the Islamic center where he preached, according to a statement released by prosecutors.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/25/italy_judge_seeks_arrest_of_alleged_cia_agents/
50 Sun Block
The beaches beckon
Sandy spots may appear different after year's storms
Rick Fedor (left) and Paul Frerichs caught some rays on a wall at Wollaston Beach in Quincy yesterday. Beach officials have been busy repairing walls, redesigning parking spaces, cleaning the sand, and erecting a playground. (Globe Staff Photo / Michele McDonald)
By Megan Tench, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
Stocking up on sunblock and beach chairs, residents are preparing for this weekend's scorcher -- with temperatures today possibly hitting triple digits in Boston -- and state and town officials are awaiting a crush of sun worshipers on the region's beaches during the weekend.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/25/the_beaches_beckon/
The Massachusetts Legislature will no longer support civil arrangements as there is a Marriage Option available that equates to Heterosexual rights. If Gays were to have rights of Civil Union then the same would have to be extended to the Heterosexual Community as well.
Legislator shifts on same-sex unions
Drops support for civil compromise
By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff June 25, 2005
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA -- The meeting with state Representative Bradford Hill in this solidly Republican town Thursday was tense. Local supporters of same-sex marriage had turned out to pounce on Hill for voting last year in favor of a constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage but allows civil unions.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/25/legislator_shifts_on_same_sex_unions/
Romney and the Electorate that will place him over the top.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/
There needs to be better compensation for the displaced. Fair market value is not the entire inconvenience. When one is displaced from homes it could mean a major transition of children to new schools or towns. The options of living in a home rather than an apartment may change. The fair market value of cheap property is still that and may not equate to the ability to purchase a home elsewhere. When government declares Eminent Domain it should be with the understanding compensation will cover more than fair market value when the residents are faced with hardship.
Property grab
June 25, 2005
WITH THIS week's eminent domain victory in the US Supreme Court, city officials in New London, Conn., prepare to demolish a modest riverfront neighborhood to make way for a hotel and office complex. New London stands to gain property tax revenue, but also a reputation as a city that cares more for commerce than for its residents.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/06/25/property_grab/
WHERE IS THE TASK FORCE? There is this proposal, there is that proposal and there is the President waiting for someone who has the real answer. This is no way to change a major entitlement of this country !!
Social Security scam
June 25, 2005
REPUBLICANS IN Congress are getting desperate as their plans to privatize Social Security unravel from a dearth of public support. Their latest proposal would set up limited private accounts that would not generate much income for future retirees but would increase the budget deficit and threaten the solvency of the Social Security system.
The plans, unveiled by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and a group of GOP House members, would divert surpluses in the Social Security trust fund to private accounts. The trust fund last year got about $145 billion more in tax revenue than it paid out in benefits, but those surpluses will vanish in 12 years with an onslaught of baby boomer retirements. Then the trust fund will go into deficit. The surpluses are now invested in government bonds that can help pay for future retiree benefits.
DeMint's plan would prevent the surpluses from being used to buy the bonds necessary to pay all the guaranteed Social Security benefits. He wants the government to borrow the money anyway, but that would swell the national debt.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/06/25/social_security_scam/
The return of '1984'
By H.D.S. Greenway June 24, 2005
IF YOU TAKE something to read at the beach this summer make sure it is not one of George Orwell's books. The comparison with current events will ruin your day.
In what was then the futuristic, nightmare world of ''1984," written in 1949, Orwell introduced the concepts of ''newspeak," ''doublethink," and ''the mutability of the past," all concepts that seem to be alive and well in 2005, half a century after Orwell's death. In the ever-changing rationale of why we went to war in Iraq, we can imagine ourselves working in Orwell's ''Ministry of Truth," in which ''reality control" is used to ensure that ''the lie passed into history and became the truth."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/24/the_return_of_1984/
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
ResigNation Building;
"There have been a series of gross errors and mistakes. Those were on your watch. Isn't it time for you to resign?" -- Sen. Edward Kennedy
Rumsfeld defends war in tense hearing
By Stephen J. Hedges / Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld denied Thursday that the American-led occupation in Iraq has become a quagmire. But a top Army general seated next to him at a Senate hearing said that the Iraqi insurgency is not weakening and that U.S. soldiers have begun to question the American public's support for the war.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3118
GOP Senators:
The Public is Turning Against the War
Republicans Voice Their Doubts
GOP senators tell Rumsfeld they fear the public is turning against the war in Iraq. 'People are beginning to question,' one says.
By Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — One senator described the public's perception of the war in Iraq as "more and more like Vietnam." A second worried that "our very presence there inspires more insurgents." A third said the strain on the armed forces "is getting worse, not better."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3114
THIS type of data collection is a LONG term commitment to War. This is a Pre-Meditated OFFENSIVE against the American People and their children. It is also Pre-Meditated outcome to Global Relationships. When parents believed all that they needed to prepare their children for were the impacts of Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs and STD's in preparation of adulthood NOW the very government who is supposed to be protecting them as well as turned into a Market Strategy for military proliferation. It's outrageous. Parents don't feel they can hopes for their children's futures. This DEFINITELY has the OVERBEARING appearance of fascism. For those that need a reminder: fascism is a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
Military Tanks at peaceful, organized demonstrations.
Tentative Property Rights.
Jailing Journalists
Media that is carried away with Propaganda of the Religious Right
No cooperation of the majority party with the Democrats.
Pentagon Says It Wants Accurate Student Data
By Jonathan Krim / Washington Post
The Pentagon yesterday released additional details about a program to compile a database of personal information on U.S. students to help bolster recruitment, saying that 12 million names currently are on file and that collection efforts have been going on for some time.
David S. C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said the Pentagon's contract with a private marketing firm was simply an attempt to obtain the most accurate list possible of contact information for high school students ages 16 to 18 as well as all college students.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3121
Op-Out
http://www.militaryfreezone.org/
Cheney: Iraq will be 'enormous success story'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended his recent comment that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes," insisting that progress being made in setting up a new Iraqi government and establishing democracy there will indeed end the violence -- eventually.
However, in an exclusive interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Cheney said he thinks there still will be "a lot of bloodshed" in the coming months, as the insurgents try to stop the move toward democracy in Iraq.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3116
BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN
China's move to buy Unocal for $18 billion meets resistance--but the Bush folks haven't truly weighed in yet:
"In Washington, CNOOC is already laying the groundwork. It has hired Public Strategies, a public relations firm whose vice chairman, Mark McKinnon, led President Bush's media campaign in the 2004 election."
Huff & Puff
The congressman behind the proposed amendment to outlaw burning of the American flag shows poor judgment in questionable real estate deal with defense contractor.
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
An Italian judge orders the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA after they plucked an Egyptian terrorism suspect off the streets of Milan.
Iranians head to the polls amid mystery and intrigue. (The Center for Cooperative Research has put together a timeline of America's history with Iran.)
In Fallujah a suicide bomber injures 13 Marines, kills two Marines and leaves three Marines and a sailor unaccounted for.
With its health care costs growing faster than expected, the Veterans Administration comes up $1 billion short thanks to all the injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Unocal Deal: A Lot More Than Money Is at Issue
By LESLIE WAYNE and DAVID BARBOZA
Published: June 24, 2005
The battle for Unocal, the large independent American oil company, is shaping into as much a test of Chinese-American strategic and economic relations as it is a boardroom showdown.
Bloomberg News
A Unocal employee works on a drilling platform. CNOOC says most American workers would keep their jobs if its Unocal bid is accepted.
A Company More Asian Than American
Most takeover battles can be settled by price - the highest bidder wins. But judging by the sharp reaction yesterday in Washington, that may not be the case with Unocal.
Just a day after the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, one of China's largest state-controlled oil companies, made an unsolicited bid of $18.5 billion for Unocal, senators and representatives, as well as lawyers, bankers and lobbyists, are taking jabs at what may become one of the thorniest strategic business challenges facing the administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/business/worldbusiness/24china.html?hp&ex=1119672000&en=47904fac77c52d73&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Cunningham says sale 'showed poor judgment'
By Marcus Stern
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
June 24, 2005
After 11 days of near silence in the face of mounting controversy, Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham released a three-page statement yesterday acknowledging that he "showed poor judgment" in selling his Del Mar house to "a friend who does business with the government."
The Rancho Santa Fe Republican added that he welcomed "all appropriate investigations" and expressed confidence that they would show he "acted honorably and honestly."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050624-9999-1n24duke.html
ANYTIME an Amendment is added to the U.S.A. Constitution it is about protecting Civil Rights and not protecting OBJECTS. The U.S.A. Constitution was never about limiting behavior. It was about preserving the rights of people with 'served' interest of their government 'as a collective benevolent body' to the individual. The STATE, either Federal or not was never the SOLE benefactor at the expense of it's citizens. The tyranny of the government now witnessed under Bush was abandoned when the settlers left England. Unless, an amendment serves to PROTECT and/or EXAND Civil Rights then it is bad law and bad policy.
Sydney Morning Herald
Corby's appeal a 'shambles', says mother
June 25, 2005 - 5:39PM
Schapelle Corby's mother, Rosleigh Rose, says her daughter's appeal is a bloody shambles and she was forced to fire her entire Indonesian legal team.
Corby has sacked her Indonesian team following allegations they planned to bribe judges hearing her appeal against a 20-year jail sentence for drug smuggling.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/corbys-appeal-a-shambles-says-mother/2005/06/25/1119321938528.html
How a little boy stirs up big trouble with the neighbours
By Louise Williams
June 25, 2005
Australians have good reason to regard Indonesia with suspicion, and it's not because of Schapelle Corby or even the Bali bombings. The truth is we didn't much like Indonesia anyway.
A survey has found that almost one in three Australians regards Indonesia as a threat. And the antagonism is not new. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute survey notes Australians began to consistently single out Indonesia from the 1970s and that it has since displaced China as the nation Australians most fear.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/how-a-little-boy-stirs-up-big-trouble-with-the-neighbours/2005/06/24/1119321905362.html
Corby lawyer to lodge complaint
June 24, 2005 - 12:24PM
Schapelle Corby's new Indonesian lawyer plans to lodge a formal complaint in Australia against one of her Perth barristers who has accused her Bali defence team of wanting to bribe the judges deciding her appeal.
Jakarta-based Hotman Paris Hutapea called on Mark Trowell QC to quit the Corby case, saying the allegation was unethical.
"Mark Trowell should have some respect for confidentiality. I am asking the law society of Australia to give their opinion on whether this information (released) by a senior Australian QC, part of Corby's team, is against confidentiality and professional ethics," Hutapea said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Corby-lawyer-to-lodge-complaint/2005/06/24/1119321888231.html
THERE IS SOME SPECULATION Schapelle Corby will never survive 20 years in a Indonesian prison. Could 20 years be a death sentence for her?
Lawyer fears Corby case in ruins
By Matthew Moore Herald Correspondent in Jakarta
June 24, 2005
Schapelle Corby … serious risk.
Photo: Jason South
The Jakarta lawyer helping with Schapelle Corby's appeal has called for a Perth QC to be sacked for comments he believes will ruin Corby's chances.
Hotman Paris Hutapea said he warned Mark Trowell - who had recommended him as defence lawyer for Corby's appeal - against making any public comments alleging Corby's case co-ordinator, Vasu Rasiah, had suggested bribing appeal judges.
Mr Hutapea said Mr Trowell's remarks were a "disaster", with three judges from Bali's High Court now considering her appeal against a 20-year sentence for smuggling 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into Indonesia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/lawyer-fears-corby-case-in-ruins/2005/06/23/1119321851516.html
Hardliner wins Iran election in landslide
June 25, 2005 - 2:46PM
Top job ... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on polling day.
Photo: Reuters
Ultra-conservative Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept to a landslide win in presidential elections today, spelling a possible end to Iran's fragile social reforms and tentative rapprochement with the West.
Ahmadinejad, 48, won the backing of the religious poor to defeat veteran political heavyweight Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was supported by pro-reform parties and wealthy Iranians fearful of a hardline monopoly on power in the Islamic state.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hardliner-wins-iran-election-in-landslide/2005/06/25/1119321932781.html
'Robin Hood' wins hearts of Iran's poor
June 25, 2005 - 2:08PM
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the hardliner who will become Iran's president in August, is hailed by the devout poor as a Robin Hood figure who will give them a slice of the Islamic Republic's abundant oil wealth.
In a campaign where most candidates made glossy Western-style appeals to the young and discussed issues such as restoring ties with the United States, Ahmadinejad fought a campaign stressing the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"We did not have a revolution to have a democracy," he said.
Tehran mayor since 2003, Ahmadinejad is a former member of the hardline Revolutionary Guard and an ex-instructor of the Basij religious vigilantes, sparking fears he will draw on old military comrades as cabinet colleagues.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/robin-hood-wins-hearts-of-irans-poor/2005/06/25/1119321935175.html
'Anti-US sentiment behind victory'
June 25, 2005 - 5:03PM
Indonesian radical Islamists cheered news today that a hardliner won Iran's presidential election while a Muslim scholar suggested the landslide victory was driven by anti-US sentiment in the Middle East.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative mayor of Tehran, today beat his relatively moderate rival Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani to be declared Iran's next president.
His triumph extends the conservatives' control in Iran and could lead to a return to social restrictions that were commonplace after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/antius-sentiment-behind-victory/2005/06/25/1119321937664.html
Tsunami aid agencies ask for patience
June 24, 2005 - 11:35AM
Six months after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami, most of the $325 million donated by Australians to non-profit aid organisations is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank interest a month while agencies decide how to spend the money.
But the organisations say the delays are justified, as spending the donations too quickly could be counter-productive for the sustainable recovery of parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar and the Maldives hit by the killer waves.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Tsunami-aid-agencies-ask-for-patience/2005/06/24/1119321886171.html
Coal-fired plant could be delayed
By Anne Davies State Political Editor
June 25, 2005
The Carr Government is considering delaying its planned coal-fired power station, but is yet to determine whether such a move would jeopardise the state's energy supply.
The Herald understands the State Government has before it competing modelling which shows large discrepancies on when new base load, as opposed to peak load, capacity will be needed. The industry says a new base load plant is needed by 2012-13, but the Department of Energy puts the date as far away as 2018, and Green groups say it can be put off until 2027 with demand management strategies.
Rumours that the Premier, Bob Carr, would announce the moratorium on new coal-fired power stations at the ALP state conference two weeks ago caused a flurry of activity among senior ALP officials to stave off a public brawl with the union movement.
Instead, Mr Carr announced plans for two gas-fired peak load power stations as well as tough new greenhouse gas targets. He did not say how NSW would meet its base load energy needs.
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In recent weeks he has said the energy white paper, due in late July or August, would be considerably greener than the draft paper. The early draft allowed a coal-fired power station to be built provided the operator undertook offsets such as planting trees and investing in renewable energy.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/coalfired-plant-could-be-delayed/2005/06/24/1119321909452.html
Taiwan to get US early warning radar
June 24, 2005 - 10:26AM
The US Defence Department has said it would supply Taiwan with key elements of a missile and air defence capability, a move aimed at defusing the threat from China.
Raytheon Co won a US Air Force contract worth up to $US752 million ($A977 million) to supply the Early Warning Surveillance Radar by September 2009, the Pentagon said.
In a move bound to anger Beijing, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, the system will let Taiwan's air force detect and track long- and short-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, enemy aircraft and surface ships with "no doubt" reliability, said Raytheon, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Taiwan-to-get-US-early-warning-radar/2005/06/24/1119321883043.html
Thousands flee as China floods kill 90
June 24, 2005 - 6:19AM
Heavy floods have slammed into towns across southern China, killing almost 90 people, leaving dozens missing and forcing 700,000 to run for their lives, state media and residents say.
There may be worse to come, with torrential rains forecast to pound the region at least until the end of the week, with damage so far estimated to be worth 4.6 billion yuan ($A707.5 million), the Xinhua news agency said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Thousands-flee-as-China-floods-kill-90/2005/06/24/1119321875620.html
VW recalls 44,000 Touran vans worldwide
June 24, 2005 - 6:39AM
Volkswagen is recalling 44,000 of its Touran vans worldwide to fix a clutch problem.
The six-speed gearbox on two-litre TDI models of the multipurpose vehicle can develop excessive wear, leading to noise, damage and eventual failure, the German carmaker said in a statement.
It didn't indicate how much the recall, which affects vans manufactured in 2004 and 2005, would cost the company.
The company is counting on new models such as the Touran, the Touareg sports-utility vehicle and a new version of its Golf compact to offset fierce price competition in the United States.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/VW-recalls-44000-Touran-vans-worldwide/2005/06/24/1119321876710.html
Troops deny need for extra Iraq security
June 24, 2005 - 12:19PM
Australian troops in southern Iraq say there is no need for extra security despite a bomb attack on the Japanese forces they have been sent to protect.
Australian troops are searching for more bombs after Thursday's roadside attack on a convoy of Japanese military vehicles in Al Muthanna province.
The explosion damaged two vehicles but caused no injuries.
Australian troops found and defused a second bomb nearby.
Australian soldiers also sealed off the area, near the provincial capital of Samawah, to enable the Japanese force to return to base.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Troops-deny-need-for-extra-Iraq-security/2005/06/24/1119321888000.html
Best of both worlds for hummingbirds
June 24, 2005
A hummingbird flies over a Mexico City garden in March this year.
Photo: AFP
Related
Tracking the flight of the hummingbird
Washington: Hummingbirds hover by flapping their wings a bit like insects and a bit like other birds, and now a super-fast camera has made an image of the technique.
US researchers found that hummingbirds manage to hover for long periods by supporting 75 per cent of their weight during their wings' down stroke and 25 per cent on the up stroke.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/best-of-both-worlds-for-hummingbirds/2005/06/23/1119321851556.html
Correction
June 24, 2005
Yesterday's article "Denied on whales, Japan seeks to add seals to its catch" should have said that Japan had held open the possibility of killing crabeater seals, instead of saying it wanted to kill them.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/correction/correction/2005/06/23/1119321853485.html
Pirated music becomes global epidemic
By Kirsty Needham Consumer Reporter
June 25, 2005
A third of all music discs sold worldwide are pirated copies says a report that estimates 1.2 billion fake discs changed hands in 2004.
In 31 countries, sales of pirated music outstripped legal copies, with Greece, India, Chile, the Czech Republic and Turkey coming onto this list for the first time.
But growth in piracy slowed to 2 per cent, its lowest level in five years, as seizures of commercial CD burners doubled to 28,350.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/pirated-music-becomes-global-epidemic/2005/06/24/1119321905311.html
Yahoo! closes child sex chat rooms
By Duncan Martell in San Francisco
June 25, 2005
Yahoo! Inc., one of the biggest internet companies, has closed all of its user-created internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults are using the sites to try to have sex with minors.
The company closed down those chat rooms and the ability to create new ones "in the past week", a Yahoo! spokeswoman, Mary Osako, said on Thursday.
Chat rooms created and sponsored by Yahoo! itself remained open, Ms Osako said. The number of user-created chat rooms is variable at any given time, and Yahoo! did not track that figure, she said.
The user-created chat rooms in question, in which internet users converse in real time, had names including "Girls 13 and under for older guys" and "Girls 13 and up for much older men" and were all listed under "education chat rooms", a Houston television station, KPRC, reported.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/yahoo-closes-child-sex-chat-rooms/2005/06/24/1119321905353.html
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Morning Papers - concluding
Denver Post
Lawyers in Air Force sex-assault case call for delay
Defense attorneys argue that First Lt. Joseph Harding cannot get a fair trial until a therapist's records are turned over.
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Staff Writer
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas - Lawyers for an Air Force Academy graduate facing court-martial for two alleged sex-related crimes asked a judge Wednesday to postpone the proceedings until a Colorado Springs therapist turns over records of her conversations with an alleged victim.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818126
Military rape trial will proceed
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Staff Writer
1st. Lt. Joseph Harding arrives at his trial at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio today, June 22nd, 2005. (AP / Joe Mitchell)
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas - An Air Force judge today denied a motion to dismiss sex-related charges against an Air Force Academy graduate, ruling that lawyers for 1st Lt. Joseph Harding failed to prove that an Air Force general was unduly influenced before bringing the case against Harding.
Harding is accused of "indecent assault" against one female cadet in September 1999 and raping a second female cadet in August 2000.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2817367
Be glad the Air Force doesn't fly like it prosecutes
By Diane Carman
Denver Post Staff Columnist
Don't blame the defense attorneys. They're supposed to work every angle to keep their client out of jail.
And as proceedings continued Wednesday in Texas in Air Force Academy graduate Joseph Harding's court-martial on charges of indecent assault and rape, it was obvious that his attorneys will do just about anything to keep this case from going to trial.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2820224
Two boys drown in Springs storm
By Erin Emery
Denver Post Staff Writer
Colorado Springs - A mother found the body of her 14-year-old son in a drainage culvert Wednesday, prompting rescuers to launch a search for the boy's friend, who was found dead hours later.
The names of the boys will not be released until autopsies are completed today. Colorado Springs police Lt. Rafael Cintron said the boys accidentally drowned when a thunderstorm pounded the area Tuesday, dumping 2.56 inches of rain and a foot of hail on some parts of the city. More than 30 people were treated for hypothermia or other injuries.
http://denverpost.com/news/ci_2818324
Apparent murder-suicide in Denver
By DenverPost.com
Denver - Denver police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in the parking lot of a recreation center.
The shooting happened around noon near Federal and Harvard, at the College View Recreation Center.
A 37-year-old man shot a 32-year-old woman and then himself, according to police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The man died
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2819983
More troops heading to Fort Carson
The 4th Infantry Division will swap homes with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, bringing 12,000 more GIs.
By Erin Emery
Denver Post Staff Writer
Fort Carson will grow by as many as 12,000 soldiers under a plan announced Wednesday by Army Secretary Francis Harvey to move the 4th Infantry Division to the mountain post and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment to Fort Hood, Texas.
Even though many of these new soldiers were already expected, the announcement will mean that several thousand more are coming to Fort Carson.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818339
Activist's passion lives on
By Elizabeth Aguilera and Bianca Prieto
Denver Post Staff Writers
Talking around a lunchroom table at Escuela Tlatelolco are, from left, Lauren Montanez, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Candice Ramos. The school, founded by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales in 1970, continues to teach mostly Latino kids about social justice, equality and cultural history. (Post / John Prieto)
The sound of his marching footsteps on the streets of Denver is but an echo, his voice now silenced by death.
Despite the loss of famed Chicano rights activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, the school he founded continues to teach mostly Latino kids social justice, equality and cultural history.
For 35 years, the northwest Denver school has been a center for Latino activism; a cultural and academic home for Latino students; and a tribute to Gonzales' passion for education.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818322
2nd mad cow case confirmed in U.S.
Denver Post Staff and Wire Reports
Feedlot cattle in a January 2004 file image. (AP / Jeff McIntosh)
Washington - Exhaustive tests have confirmed mad cow disease in an animal apparently born in the United States, officials said Friday.
It is the second case of the disease confirmed in this country, but Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns stressed there is no threat to public health.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2822595
Hard-liner elected president of Iran in landslide victory
Tehran mayor's shocking upset shakes up social reformers
By Kathy Gannon
The Associated Press
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Tehran for a press conference. (AP / Vahid)
Tehran - The hard-line Tehran mayor steamrolled over one of Iran's best known statesman to win the presidency today in a landslide election victory that cements conservative control over the nation's political leadership.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_2823079
Rights group joins jail lawsuit
By Jim Kirksey
Denver Post Staff Writer
A national civil-rights organization is joining the legal team of a Mexican citizen suing the Park County sheriff over losing a lung and part of a leg due to conditions he developed while in the county jail in 2003.
Moises Carranza-Reyes claims that he developed a streptococcus infection while incarcerated at the Park County jail for a week in March 2003, said Adele Kimmel of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818251
Aurorans question mall's security
By Elizabeth Aguilera, Annette Espinoza and Jim Hughes
Denver Post Staff Writers
"Every time something like this happens, it is really frustrating for us," said Norma Nuñez, owner of La Cueva Mexican restaurant on East Colfax Avenue. She wants business owners to discuss crime deterrence. (Post / Craig F. Walker)
Aurora - A day after a fatal shooting at Aurora Mall, some residents were still shaken by the tragedy, while others worried about the city's image.
Mayor Ed Tauer said the shooting was an isolated incident and that the mall "is a terrific place, and it's getting better with the new renovation."
Still, the cautious reaction of the
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818241
Missed evaluations of sex predators assailed
By Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post Staff Writer
Members of two Colorado agencies took turns explaining how the other agency was to blame for not evaluating sex offenders as possible sexually violent predators at a legislative hearing Wednesday.
A court administration official said some of the evaluations could have been done after sex offenders went to prison. Then a Department of Corrections official said prison therapists believed that sexual predator evaluations would be done before sentencing.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818257
The Arab News
‘No Timetable for Iraq Pullout’
Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, 25 June 2005 — President George W. Bush assured Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari yesterday “there are not going to be any timetables” for withdrawal of American forces.
“This is not the time to fall back,” Jaafari concurred at a joint news conference at the White House.
Fielding questions hours after the latest attack on a US military convoy left at least six American soldiers dead, Bush conceded that it bothers Americans to see scenes of carnage on television.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=65906&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Radio, TV Lined Up for Privatization
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 25 June 2005 — Saudi radio and television will be privatized gradually, Culture and Information Minister Iyad Madani said. The ministry will first change the rules and regulations governing them before embarking on the privatization program, he added.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the radio transmission facilities in Makkah on Thursday, he said the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) would be transformed into a public corporation.
Madani said the Cabinet has already endorsed a Shoura Council recommendation to transform state radio and television, as well as SPA, into public corporations.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65896&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Doctors Aided Gitmo Interrogators
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 25 June 2005 — Military doctors at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba have helped interrogators put maximum pressure on detainees, according to an article in the New York Times. The report, published yesterday, claims military doctors have consistently advised interrogators on methods to increase the psychological suffering of detainees and force them to cooperate with American military authorities.
The Times article alleges that doctors used the medical histories of individual prisoners to come up with ways to cause them maximum fear and distress to help them obtain intelligence information from the detainees.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=65907&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Editorial: Gitmo: America’s Shame
25 June 2005
Last week, former US President Clinton joined the swelling chorus within the US demanding the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Either that or clean the place up, he said. The constant abuse stories coming out of it has to stop.
Hardly are the words out of his mouth then, fast on the heels of the Qur’an desecration stories, come new shocking allegations about Guantanamo.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=65879&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Muhammad Ali Re-Elected IDB President
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali
JEDDAH, 25 June 2005 — Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali has been re-elected president of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for another five years, the Saudi Press Agency said.
The bank’s board of governors, who concluded their meeting in the Malaysian city of Putrajaya yesterday, took the decision.
Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf said Saudi Arabia had recommended that Ali’s term be renewed. “We have presented a proposal officially to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, current chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to renew Dr. Ali’s term for another five years,” he told reporters.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=65898&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
Raid Qusti & Saad Al-Matrafi, Arab News
Abdullah Al-Rashoud
RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men on a Saudi list of 26 terrorists, had been killed in US airstrikes on the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65856&d=24&m=6&y=2005
Pervez Musharraf Arriving Tomorrow
Abdul Maqsood Mirza, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is arriving in Riyadh tomorrow.
“Bilateral and regional issues will dominate the discussions between Crown Prince Abdullah and Musharraf,” Pakistani Ambassador Abdul Aziz Mirza told Arab News yesterday.
The discussions are expected to focus on the ongoing fight on terror and measures that will make Pakistani economy more strong.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65862&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Princess Sara Details Efforts to Fight Poverty in Kingdom
Abdul Maqsood Mirza, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — The wife of Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed and president of the Higher Female Committee for Human and Social Services, Princess Sara, praised Crown Prince Abdullah’s initiative to fight poverty and establish homes for the poor.
Princess Sara said that Prince Abdullah’s order to allot SR2 billion from the national budget to establish homes for the poor and fulfill their
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65843&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
The Women of Saudi Arabia are making the world a more peaceful place to live. I am impressed.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65841&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Tourism Course for Saudi Women
Maha Akeel & Razan Baker, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — For the first time a course for women on planning tourism projects is being held in Saudi cities at the chambers of commerce and industry.
The course is being sponsored by the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), which started this course in Riyadh last week and in Jeddah this week. The course will also be held in Dammam.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65844&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Miami Herald
Oil, politics and Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez lashes out at oil companies, causing alarm bells to ring among foreign investors
BY PABLO BACHELET
pbachelet@herald.com
WASHINGTON - Until a few months ago, Big Oil was nice to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Its top executives would visit him in the presidential palace and declare themselves ''enthusiastic'' over the country. One even urged the U.S. Congress to go easy on him.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11972077.htm
200 Haitians working illegally deported despite president's stance
Dominican immigration authorities rounded up 200 Haitians begging or working in the country illegally despite promises a day earlier from the president that he would work for a better policy.
BY RAMON ALMANZAR
Associated Press
SANTO DOMINGO - Authorities deported 200 Haitians who had been begging or working illegally in a northern city, even as the Dominican president criticized mass repatriations as a human rights violation.
Immigration authorities rounded up the Haitians in the city of Santiago over two days and deported them Thursday, said Juan Isidro Pérez, deputy director of immigration for the northern region.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11983737.htm
Four plead guilty to stealing bags of nickels
Four men Friday pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving stolen property -- at least 676 bags of nickels stolen from a Federal Reserve Bank shipment.
Diosdado Cabrera, Javier Gonzalez and Juan Brito admitted to having received, stored and exchanged the nickels for cash, while Jose Antonio Portales admitted to helping load, store and bury them.
Sentencing for the four was set for Sept. 15 by U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro Benages, who accepted the pleas. All of the defendants face a maximum 10 years in prison.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11983630.htm
'Preacher Man' killed after cellphone dispute
The fatal attack against a Dillard High football player originated with a dispute over a cellphone, investigators said. The teen victim's family says he was also protecting his younger brother.
BY DAVIS WARD
dward@herald.com
His football teammates used to call Eddy Power IV ''Preacher Man'' because he would lead them in prayer before games.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11971358.htm
Police: Driver shot with Taser after trying to run down officer
Miami police said that a motorist tried to run down an officer Friday morning, then took off in a chase in Northwest Miami-Dade that ended with the man being Tasered.
Police said that the incident began following a routine traffic stop on Northwest 55th Street and 21st Avenue. The suspect, whose name has not been released, tried to run down officers, then fled.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11978507.htm
Italy judge orders arrest of 13 CIA agents
AIDAN LEWIS
Associated Press
ROME - An Italian judge ordered the arrests of 13 people in the purported CIA abduction of an imam, who then was sent to Egypt, the Milan prosecutor's office said Friday. An Italian official said earlier the 13 were CIA officers involved in U.S. anti-terrorism efforts.
The 13 are suspected of seizing Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, on the streets of Milan on Feb. 17, 2003, and sending him to Egypt, where he reportedly was tortured, Milan prosecutor Manlio Claudio Minale said in a statement.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11976237.htm
The New Zealand Herald
Mbeki's toughest decision
Jacob Zuma refused to resign, saying that he had not been found guilty of any crime. Picture / Reuters
25.06.05
By Ray Hartley
Sunday June 12 was a crisp winter's day on the South African high veld. By the afternoon, President Thabo Mbeki had finally made his decision.
His deputy, Jacob Zuma, a man he had counted among his most trusted friends for 30 years, would have to be fired. The Durban High Court Judge Hillary Squires had convicted Zuma's financial adviser Schabir Shaik of paying more than $256,000 to Zuma for favours to advance his business interests. Zuma and Shaik, he said, had had a "generally corrupt relationship".
...He told a breakfast with South African businessmen in Lusaka, Zambia: "My conscience is clear because I know that I have not committed any crime, nor was I charged with any criminal offence. I was therefore not in court to answer to any of the allegations made."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332594
Mixed media: Whale stakes
24.06.05
Save the whales
Ex-pat in Japan: Despite whaling industry claims, today there is little demand for the bone, blubber, meat and oil that whales once supplied. But the demand for and profitability of whale watching has increased. The benefits of eco-tourism activities such as whale watching are spread over a larger portion of the population than whale hunting. In addition to whale-watching operations, those operating stores, hotels and restaurants can enjoy increased employment and revenue opportunities. The Japanese whaling industry employs only a few hundred people. - Tim Scott writing in the Japan Times
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332542
5.1 billion could save 6 million children says study
A four-year-old boy is immunised in Nigerian, one of the simple measures that could save millions of children. Picture / Reuters
24.06.05 4.00pm
LONDON - Six million children who die each year from preventable diseases could be saved if richer nations gave another $7.19 ($5.1) billion a year, researchers said.
That's the amount they calculate would cover the costs of providing drugs, vitamins and vaccines to treat sick babies in 42 countries that account for 90 per cent of child deaths.
"This cost represents $1.23 per head in these countries," said researcher Dr Jennifer Bryce, lead author of the report published in The Lancet medical journal.
In a study in 2003, Bryce and World Health Organisation colleagues identified 23 simple measures that could save millions of children in the world's poorest countries -- mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332515
Cocaine smuggler convicted
Ten grams of cocaine which was inside one of the 200-plus letters posted from Canada. Herald picture / Brett Phibbs
24.06.05
An Australian man has been convicted of being involved in importing $3.5 million of cocaine which was sent in 259 letters to post office boxes around Auckland.
The jury at the High Court in Auckland found Lei Cai, 25 guilty of importing 2.6kg of the drug and having it for supply, after deliberating overnight.
At the start of the trial last week another Australian, Abdalla Ali, 21, admitted the same charges.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10332513
Japan nuclear data leak raises security concerns
24.06.05 1.00pm
TOKYO - Japanese officials scrambled to contain the public relations fallout from reports that confidential information about Japan's nuclear plants had leaked onto the internet through a virus on a personal computer.
Japan's top government spokesman pledged to take steps to protect information after data on several nuclear plants appeared online, including photographs of their interiors, details of regular inspections and repair work and names of workers.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332503
Corby sacks Indonesian legal team
25.06.05
Schapelle Corby has fired her Indonesian legal team, her sister Mercedes has announced.
Mercedes Corby broke the news in a brief mobile phone text message to AAP.
Separately, Vasu Rasiah, an adviser to the defence team, confirmed the change.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332590
Second case of mad cow disease in US confirmed
25.06.05 1.00pm
WASHINGTON - A second case of mad cow disease in the United States has been confirmed after tests, the US Agriculture Department said.
USDA said it was investigating where the animal with the brain-wasting disease originally came from. It also said meat from the infected cow was not sold to consumers or as animal feed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332656
Suicide bomb attack kills six US troops in Iraq
25.06.05 1.00pm
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb attack on a US Marine vehicle in the city of Falluja killed six American troops in one of the deadliest single assaults on US ground forces in Iraq, the US military said.
In Washington, US President George W Bush vowed insurgents in Iraq would be defeated.
"The way ahead is not going to be easy," Bush told a White House news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332658
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UPDATE:
IF RAPE IS OKAY TO ENFORCE SOCIAL ORDER, FOR PAKISTAN, WELL BY GOLLY IT'S OKAY FOR THE U.S.A. Air Force Academy
Academy rape trial on holdJudge's action follows refusal of therapist to turn over notes
By Howard Pankratz Denver Post Staff Writer
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas - A military judge on Friday decided to indefinitely postpone an Air Force Academy sexual assault court-martial, after a civilian rape counselor refused to turn over her notes of conversations with the alleged victim.
Lawyers in Air Force sex-assault case call for delay
Defense attorneys argue that First Lt. Joseph Harding cannot get a fair trial until a therapist's records are turned over.
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Staff Writer
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas - Lawyers for an Air Force Academy graduate facing court-martial for two alleged sex-related crimes asked a judge Wednesday to postpone the proceedings until a Colorado Springs therapist turns over records of her conversations with an alleged victim.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818126
Military rape trial will proceed
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Staff Writer
1st. Lt. Joseph Harding arrives at his trial at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio today, June 22nd, 2005. (AP / Joe Mitchell)
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas - An Air Force judge today denied a motion to dismiss sex-related charges against an Air Force Academy graduate, ruling that lawyers for 1st Lt. Joseph Harding failed to prove that an Air Force general was unduly influenced before bringing the case against Harding.
Harding is accused of "indecent assault" against one female cadet in September 1999 and raping a second female cadet in August 2000.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2817367
Be glad the Air Force doesn't fly like it prosecutes
By Diane Carman
Denver Post Staff Columnist
Don't blame the defense attorneys. They're supposed to work every angle to keep their client out of jail.
And as proceedings continued Wednesday in Texas in Air Force Academy graduate Joseph Harding's court-martial on charges of indecent assault and rape, it was obvious that his attorneys will do just about anything to keep this case from going to trial.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2820224
Two boys drown in Springs storm
By Erin Emery
Denver Post Staff Writer
Colorado Springs - A mother found the body of her 14-year-old son in a drainage culvert Wednesday, prompting rescuers to launch a search for the boy's friend, who was found dead hours later.
The names of the boys will not be released until autopsies are completed today. Colorado Springs police Lt. Rafael Cintron said the boys accidentally drowned when a thunderstorm pounded the area Tuesday, dumping 2.56 inches of rain and a foot of hail on some parts of the city. More than 30 people were treated for hypothermia or other injuries.
http://denverpost.com/news/ci_2818324
Apparent murder-suicide in Denver
By DenverPost.com
Denver - Denver police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in the parking lot of a recreation center.
The shooting happened around noon near Federal and Harvard, at the College View Recreation Center.
A 37-year-old man shot a 32-year-old woman and then himself, according to police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The man died
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2819983
More troops heading to Fort Carson
The 4th Infantry Division will swap homes with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, bringing 12,000 more GIs.
By Erin Emery
Denver Post Staff Writer
Fort Carson will grow by as many as 12,000 soldiers under a plan announced Wednesday by Army Secretary Francis Harvey to move the 4th Infantry Division to the mountain post and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment to Fort Hood, Texas.
Even though many of these new soldiers were already expected, the announcement will mean that several thousand more are coming to Fort Carson.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818339
Activist's passion lives on
By Elizabeth Aguilera and Bianca Prieto
Denver Post Staff Writers
Talking around a lunchroom table at Escuela Tlatelolco are, from left, Lauren Montanez, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Candice Ramos. The school, founded by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales in 1970, continues to teach mostly Latino kids about social justice, equality and cultural history. (Post / John Prieto)
The sound of his marching footsteps on the streets of Denver is but an echo, his voice now silenced by death.
Despite the loss of famed Chicano rights activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, the school he founded continues to teach mostly Latino kids social justice, equality and cultural history.
For 35 years, the northwest Denver school has been a center for Latino activism; a cultural and academic home for Latino students; and a tribute to Gonzales' passion for education.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818322
2nd mad cow case confirmed in U.S.
Denver Post Staff and Wire Reports
Feedlot cattle in a January 2004 file image. (AP / Jeff McIntosh)
Washington - Exhaustive tests have confirmed mad cow disease in an animal apparently born in the United States, officials said Friday.
It is the second case of the disease confirmed in this country, but Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns stressed there is no threat to public health.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2822595
Hard-liner elected president of Iran in landslide victory
Tehran mayor's shocking upset shakes up social reformers
By Kathy Gannon
The Associated Press
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Tehran for a press conference. (AP / Vahid)
Tehran - The hard-line Tehran mayor steamrolled over one of Iran's best known statesman to win the presidency today in a landslide election victory that cements conservative control over the nation's political leadership.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_2823079
Rights group joins jail lawsuit
By Jim Kirksey
Denver Post Staff Writer
A national civil-rights organization is joining the legal team of a Mexican citizen suing the Park County sheriff over losing a lung and part of a leg due to conditions he developed while in the county jail in 2003.
Moises Carranza-Reyes claims that he developed a streptococcus infection while incarcerated at the Park County jail for a week in March 2003, said Adele Kimmel of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818251
Aurorans question mall's security
By Elizabeth Aguilera, Annette Espinoza and Jim Hughes
Denver Post Staff Writers
"Every time something like this happens, it is really frustrating for us," said Norma Nuñez, owner of La Cueva Mexican restaurant on East Colfax Avenue. She wants business owners to discuss crime deterrence. (Post / Craig F. Walker)
Aurora - A day after a fatal shooting at Aurora Mall, some residents were still shaken by the tragedy, while others worried about the city's image.
Mayor Ed Tauer said the shooting was an isolated incident and that the mall "is a terrific place, and it's getting better with the new renovation."
Still, the cautious reaction of the
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818241
Missed evaluations of sex predators assailed
By Kirk Mitchell
Denver Post Staff Writer
Members of two Colorado agencies took turns explaining how the other agency was to blame for not evaluating sex offenders as possible sexually violent predators at a legislative hearing Wednesday.
A court administration official said some of the evaluations could have been done after sex offenders went to prison. Then a Department of Corrections official said prison therapists believed that sexual predator evaluations would be done before sentencing.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2818257
The Arab News
‘No Timetable for Iraq Pullout’
Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, 25 June 2005 — President George W. Bush assured Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari yesterday “there are not going to be any timetables” for withdrawal of American forces.
“This is not the time to fall back,” Jaafari concurred at a joint news conference at the White House.
Fielding questions hours after the latest attack on a US military convoy left at least six American soldiers dead, Bush conceded that it bothers Americans to see scenes of carnage on television.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=65906&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Radio, TV Lined Up for Privatization
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 25 June 2005 — Saudi radio and television will be privatized gradually, Culture and Information Minister Iyad Madani said. The ministry will first change the rules and regulations governing them before embarking on the privatization program, he added.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the radio transmission facilities in Makkah on Thursday, he said the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) would be transformed into a public corporation.
Madani said the Cabinet has already endorsed a Shoura Council recommendation to transform state radio and television, as well as SPA, into public corporations.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65896&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Doctors Aided Gitmo Interrogators
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 25 June 2005 — Military doctors at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba have helped interrogators put maximum pressure on detainees, according to an article in the New York Times. The report, published yesterday, claims military doctors have consistently advised interrogators on methods to increase the psychological suffering of detainees and force them to cooperate with American military authorities.
The Times article alleges that doctors used the medical histories of individual prisoners to come up with ways to cause them maximum fear and distress to help them obtain intelligence information from the detainees.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=65907&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Editorial: Gitmo: America’s Shame
25 June 2005
Last week, former US President Clinton joined the swelling chorus within the US demanding the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Either that or clean the place up, he said. The constant abuse stories coming out of it has to stop.
Hardly are the words out of his mouth then, fast on the heels of the Qur’an desecration stories, come new shocking allegations about Guantanamo.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=65879&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Muhammad Ali Re-Elected IDB President
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali
JEDDAH, 25 June 2005 — Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Ali has been re-elected president of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for another five years, the Saudi Press Agency said.
The bank’s board of governors, who concluded their meeting in the Malaysian city of Putrajaya yesterday, took the decision.
Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf said Saudi Arabia had recommended that Ali’s term be renewed. “We have presented a proposal officially to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, current chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to renew Dr. Ali’s term for another five years,” he told reporters.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=65898&d=25&m=6&y=2005
Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
Raid Qusti & Saad Al-Matrafi, Arab News
Abdullah Al-Rashoud
RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men on a Saudi list of 26 terrorists, had been killed in US airstrikes on the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65856&d=24&m=6&y=2005
Pervez Musharraf Arriving Tomorrow
Abdul Maqsood Mirza, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is arriving in Riyadh tomorrow.
“Bilateral and regional issues will dominate the discussions between Crown Prince Abdullah and Musharraf,” Pakistani Ambassador Abdul Aziz Mirza told Arab News yesterday.
The discussions are expected to focus on the ongoing fight on terror and measures that will make Pakistani economy more strong.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65862&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Princess Sara Details Efforts to Fight Poverty in Kingdom
Abdul Maqsood Mirza, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — The wife of Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed and president of the Higher Female Committee for Human and Social Services, Princess Sara, praised Crown Prince Abdullah’s initiative to fight poverty and establish homes for the poor.
Princess Sara said that Prince Abdullah’s order to allot SR2 billion from the national budget to establish homes for the poor and fulfill their
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65843&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
The Women of Saudi Arabia are making the world a more peaceful place to live. I am impressed.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65841&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Tourism Course for Saudi Women
Maha Akeel & Razan Baker, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — For the first time a course for women on planning tourism projects is being held in Saudi cities at the chambers of commerce and industry.
The course is being sponsored by the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), which started this course in Riyadh last week and in Jeddah this week. The course will also be held in Dammam.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=65844&d=24&m=6&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Miami Herald
Oil, politics and Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez lashes out at oil companies, causing alarm bells to ring among foreign investors
BY PABLO BACHELET
pbachelet@herald.com
WASHINGTON - Until a few months ago, Big Oil was nice to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Its top executives would visit him in the presidential palace and declare themselves ''enthusiastic'' over the country. One even urged the U.S. Congress to go easy on him.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11972077.htm
200 Haitians working illegally deported despite president's stance
Dominican immigration authorities rounded up 200 Haitians begging or working in the country illegally despite promises a day earlier from the president that he would work for a better policy.
BY RAMON ALMANZAR
Associated Press
SANTO DOMINGO - Authorities deported 200 Haitians who had been begging or working illegally in a northern city, even as the Dominican president criticized mass repatriations as a human rights violation.
Immigration authorities rounded up the Haitians in the city of Santiago over two days and deported them Thursday, said Juan Isidro Pérez, deputy director of immigration for the northern region.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11983737.htm
Four plead guilty to stealing bags of nickels
Four men Friday pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving stolen property -- at least 676 bags of nickels stolen from a Federal Reserve Bank shipment.
Diosdado Cabrera, Javier Gonzalez and Juan Brito admitted to having received, stored and exchanged the nickels for cash, while Jose Antonio Portales admitted to helping load, store and bury them.
Sentencing for the four was set for Sept. 15 by U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro Benages, who accepted the pleas. All of the defendants face a maximum 10 years in prison.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11983630.htm
'Preacher Man' killed after cellphone dispute
The fatal attack against a Dillard High football player originated with a dispute over a cellphone, investigators said. The teen victim's family says he was also protecting his younger brother.
BY DAVIS WARD
dward@herald.com
His football teammates used to call Eddy Power IV ''Preacher Man'' because he would lead them in prayer before games.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11971358.htm
Police: Driver shot with Taser after trying to run down officer
Miami police said that a motorist tried to run down an officer Friday morning, then took off in a chase in Northwest Miami-Dade that ended with the man being Tasered.
Police said that the incident began following a routine traffic stop on Northwest 55th Street and 21st Avenue. The suspect, whose name has not been released, tried to run down officers, then fled.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11978507.htm
Italy judge orders arrest of 13 CIA agents
AIDAN LEWIS
Associated Press
ROME - An Italian judge ordered the arrests of 13 people in the purported CIA abduction of an imam, who then was sent to Egypt, the Milan prosecutor's office said Friday. An Italian official said earlier the 13 were CIA officers involved in U.S. anti-terrorism efforts.
The 13 are suspected of seizing Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, on the streets of Milan on Feb. 17, 2003, and sending him to Egypt, where he reportedly was tortured, Milan prosecutor Manlio Claudio Minale said in a statement.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11976237.htm
The New Zealand Herald
Mbeki's toughest decision
Jacob Zuma refused to resign, saying that he had not been found guilty of any crime. Picture / Reuters
25.06.05
By Ray Hartley
Sunday June 12 was a crisp winter's day on the South African high veld. By the afternoon, President Thabo Mbeki had finally made his decision.
His deputy, Jacob Zuma, a man he had counted among his most trusted friends for 30 years, would have to be fired. The Durban High Court Judge Hillary Squires had convicted Zuma's financial adviser Schabir Shaik of paying more than $256,000 to Zuma for favours to advance his business interests. Zuma and Shaik, he said, had had a "generally corrupt relationship".
...He told a breakfast with South African businessmen in Lusaka, Zambia: "My conscience is clear because I know that I have not committed any crime, nor was I charged with any criminal offence. I was therefore not in court to answer to any of the allegations made."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332594
Mixed media: Whale stakes
24.06.05
Save the whales
Ex-pat in Japan: Despite whaling industry claims, today there is little demand for the bone, blubber, meat and oil that whales once supplied. But the demand for and profitability of whale watching has increased. The benefits of eco-tourism activities such as whale watching are spread over a larger portion of the population than whale hunting. In addition to whale-watching operations, those operating stores, hotels and restaurants can enjoy increased employment and revenue opportunities. The Japanese whaling industry employs only a few hundred people. - Tim Scott writing in the Japan Times
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332542
5.1 billion could save 6 million children says study
A four-year-old boy is immunised in Nigerian, one of the simple measures that could save millions of children. Picture / Reuters
24.06.05 4.00pm
LONDON - Six million children who die each year from preventable diseases could be saved if richer nations gave another $7.19 ($5.1) billion a year, researchers said.
That's the amount they calculate would cover the costs of providing drugs, vitamins and vaccines to treat sick babies in 42 countries that account for 90 per cent of child deaths.
"This cost represents $1.23 per head in these countries," said researcher Dr Jennifer Bryce, lead author of the report published in The Lancet medical journal.
In a study in 2003, Bryce and World Health Organisation colleagues identified 23 simple measures that could save millions of children in the world's poorest countries -- mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332515
Cocaine smuggler convicted
Ten grams of cocaine which was inside one of the 200-plus letters posted from Canada. Herald picture / Brett Phibbs
24.06.05
An Australian man has been convicted of being involved in importing $3.5 million of cocaine which was sent in 259 letters to post office boxes around Auckland.
The jury at the High Court in Auckland found Lei Cai, 25 guilty of importing 2.6kg of the drug and having it for supply, after deliberating overnight.
At the start of the trial last week another Australian, Abdalla Ali, 21, admitted the same charges.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10332513
Japan nuclear data leak raises security concerns
24.06.05 1.00pm
TOKYO - Japanese officials scrambled to contain the public relations fallout from reports that confidential information about Japan's nuclear plants had leaked onto the internet through a virus on a personal computer.
Japan's top government spokesman pledged to take steps to protect information after data on several nuclear plants appeared online, including photographs of their interiors, details of regular inspections and repair work and names of workers.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332503
Corby sacks Indonesian legal team
25.06.05
Schapelle Corby has fired her Indonesian legal team, her sister Mercedes has announced.
Mercedes Corby broke the news in a brief mobile phone text message to AAP.
Separately, Vasu Rasiah, an adviser to the defence team, confirmed the change.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332590
Second case of mad cow disease in US confirmed
25.06.05 1.00pm
WASHINGTON - A second case of mad cow disease in the United States has been confirmed after tests, the US Agriculture Department said.
USDA said it was investigating where the animal with the brain-wasting disease originally came from. It also said meat from the infected cow was not sold to consumers or as animal feed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332656
Suicide bomb attack kills six US troops in Iraq
25.06.05 1.00pm
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb attack on a US Marine vehicle in the city of Falluja killed six American troops in one of the deadliest single assaults on US ground forces in Iraq, the US military said.
In Washington, US President George W Bush vowed insurgents in Iraq would be defeated.
"The way ahead is not going to be easy," Bush told a White House news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10332658
continued. . .
Morning Papers - concluded
50 °F / 10 °C
Clear
Humidity:
82%
Dew Point:
45 °F / 7 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
30.01 in / 1016 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
Clear
Humidity:
82%
Dew Point:
45 °F / 7 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
30.01 in / 1016 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
June 25, 2005. The temperature at Scott Base is not available and just as well. The reporting stations are regional because it is winter in Antarctica. The current temperature of the stations able to report in are heartening. There is currently no station on this satellite reporting over 0 degree C. Not even on the peninsula. Good news.
Friday, June 24, 2005
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