The Cheney Observer
Cheney, celebrities in town for quail hunt
February 11, 2005
Albany- Vice President Cheney often comes to South Georgia to hunt.
This time he may be shooting beside other well-known Americans. The 19th Annual Quail Unlimited Celebrity Hunt is the biggest fundraiser the group has ever had.
The Vice President landed in Albany on
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Cheney's Fertilizer Nay Unnerves Inter-Korean Exchange Proponents
Dick Cheney(L) and Ban Ki-moon
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Concern is growing here that inter-Korean exchange may be put on hold after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly asked South Korea to suspend its fertilizer aid to North Korea.
According to the New York Times, Cheney called upon South Korea to stop its fertilizer aid to North Korea during his meeting in Washington with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.
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Independent Media TV
Under Reported
February 12, 2005
Halliburton Contracts Illegal - Bush & Cheney Say So What
After millions of tax dollars were spent investigating how Halliburton ended up being awarded billions of dollar worth of no-bid contracts in Iraq, the Government Accounting Office determined that the company should never have been awarded the contracts in the first place.
In response to those findings, Cheney and Bush both, as much as thumbed their noses at tax payers as if to say "so what, what are you going to do about it?" Well, it's beginning to look like they were right, there is nothing we can do about it.
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THIS IS RACIAL PROFILING. This is harassment of the New Iraqi Authority. Who requested this? Allawi? He nor Bush have any right to unseat the new Shi'ite leadership.
Shiites Win (Americans grill top Shia Leaders)
By Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) With a Shiite coalition set to take power in Iraq, American officials have begun grilling top Iraqi Shiite politicians to try to gauge the extent of their relationship with neighboring Iran, a predominantly Shiite nation ruled by its clergy.
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The New Zealand Herald
Tsunami may have revealed lost city
14.02.05 12.00pm
By Jan McGirk
The mighty Boxing Day tsunami has revealed what archaeologists believe to be the lost ruins of an ancient city off the coast of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
The 30-metre waves, which reshaped the Bay of Bengal and swept more than 16,000 Indians to their death, shifted thousands of tonnes of sand to unearth a pair of elaborately carved stone lions and a stallion near the famous 7th century Dravidian temple on the coast at Mahabalipuram, south of Madras.
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Two powerful cyclones born near Samoa
14.02.05 10.30am
Two powerful tropical cyclones were born near Samoa early today, with weather authorities warning people to prepare for damaging storms.
The Tropical Cyclone Centre in Fiji said Cyclone Olaf had formed north-east of Samoa and was developing strongly. Early today it was 426 nautical miles east of the capital Apia.
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Israel to release 500 Palestinian prisoners
14.02.05 12.00pm
By Eric Silver
JERUSALEM - Israel approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners yesterday in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and build mutual trust.
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Cloud over Dresden's 60-year reflection
Dresden residents march to honour more than 35,000 who died, while also making a statement against far right attempts to hijack the 60th anniversary of the bombings. Picture / Reuters
14.02.05
DRESDEN - Sixty years after the Dresden bombings, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pledged to stop far-right groups exploiting the anniversary and portraying Germany as a war victim while ignoring Nazi atrocities.
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Former Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee details abuse
14.02.05 11.15am
CANBERRA - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has spoken during his first Australian interview of a systematic regime of physical and mental abuse suffered in detention.
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Iran tells US not to 'play with fire'
14.02.05
Iran warned the United States on Sunday not to attack its nuclear facilities and said talks with European nations might produce a deal to defuse the dispute.
"They know our capabilities. We have clearly told the Europeans to tell Americans not to play with fire," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news briefinG.
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Sub captain blamed for undersea accident
14.02.05
The United States Navy has relieved from command the captain of a nuclear-powered submarine that rammed into an undersea mountain in the Pacific last month, killing one crew member and injuring 98 others.
Commander Kevin Mooney was removed for failing to follow crucial navigational procedures before the USS San Francisco crashed into the mountain.
The Navy said investigators found "several critical navigational and voyage planning procedures were not being implemented" aboard the submarine.
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Missionary killed in Amazon state
14.02.05
An American missionary has been shot to death in the Amazon state of Para, less then a week after she accused loggers and ranchers of threatening to kill rural workers, authorities said.
Dorothy Stang, 74, was accompanying a group of peasants to a meeting with other local workers when they were attacked near the jungle town of Anapu, about 2100km north of Sao Paulo.
Police said she was shot three times in the face. Two suspects had been taken into custody.
Stang had lived in Brazil since the early 1960s. She was an outspoken critic of efforts by loggers and large landowners to expropriate lands and clear the Amazon rainforest.
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Michael Richardson: Oil-seeking China steps on US toes
The United States has long regarded Central and South America as part of its backyard; and Canada as an extension of its front porch.
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Maramena Roderick: True Maori power lies behind men seated in the front row
So, women are a slighted gender in the Maori world, are we?
The hoopla over the unfairness of women being seated behind men on a marae brought home yet again the chasm that exists between Maori and Pakeha.
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Editorial: Nuclear risk must not be ignored
14.02.05
John Kerry, during his unsuccessful challenge for the United States presidency, voiced the view that nuclear proliferation was the greatest threat facing the world. Few queried his opinion but, with events in Iraq occupying Americans, few awarded it much attention. Now, however, confirmation of Mr Kerry's fears has arrived with North Korea's admission that it has nuclear weapons.
Those in the know were not surprised by the disclosure. US policy towards the communist state has for some time assumed nuclear arms - and the likelihood that a million or more may die if an all-out war were to break out on the Korean peninsula. But Pyongyang's admission provides a timely warning that proliferation is no longer an issue that can remain on the international backburner.
… Equally, however, the Korean admission represents the first time a rogue state has possessed nuclear weapons - and threatened global nuclear stability. The international community must react effectively. President George W. Bush has placed his faith in the six-nation talks, rather than embarking on bilateral negotiations or calling on the United Nations. His hope is that North Korea's neighbours - China in particular - can bring a strong influence to bear. But most immediately, that sway is having to be used just to get the Koreans back to the negotiating table.
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Diesel spill almost cleared
14.02.05 1.00pm
A cleanup effort following a spill of up to 10,000 litres of diesel into Christchurch's Heathcote River was today almost complete as investigators prepared to speak to those responsible.
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The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-2.0°
Updated Monday 14 Feb 9:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
28 °F / -2 °C
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE EVENING.
Humidity:
69%
Dew Point:
19 °F / -7 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
30.15 in / 1021 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 12
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 3800 ft / 1158 m
EAST WINDS TO 15 MPH.
