The Boston Globe
Life after politics busy for Whitman
By Donna De La Cruz, Associated Press Writer February 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- It's been nearly two years since Christie Whitman left President Bush's Cabinet, and her role in politics has been strictly behind the scenes.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/19/life_after_politics_busy_for_whitman/
California storm triggers flooding
February 19, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- A Pacific storm delivered drenching rain Friday to already waterlogged California, causing scattered flooding, caving in the roof of a music store and raising the threat of mudslides.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/19/calif_storm_triggers_mudslide_threats/
Bush: U.S. not planning to attack Iran
By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Writer February 19, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush says speculation that the United States might attack Iraq to end its nuclear program is "just not the truth," although he refuses to rule out the possibility entirely.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/19/bush_stresses_diplomacy_with_iran/
Australia Warns of Possible Attacks in Indonesia
February 19, 2005
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia warned on Saturday that Islamic extremists could be planning attacks against foreigners working on tsunami relief efforts in northern Sumatra but the Indonesia army said it knew of no credible new threats.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/19/australia_warns_of_possible_attacks_in_indonesia/
The New York Times
Strong Quake Causes Panic in Indonesia's East
By REUTERS
Published: February 18, 2005
Filed at 9:21 p.m. ET
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesia's Sulawesi region on Saturday morning, sparking panic in seaside communities as residents fearing a tsunami fled their homes for higher ground.
The Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency in Jakarta said the quake was large enough to cause casualties, damage and a tsunami, although there were no immediate reports of any deaths or big waves
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-indonesia-quake.html
Time Warner Stops Granting Stock Options to Most of Staff
By ERIC DASH
Published: February 19, 2005
Time Warner said yesterday that it would no longer grant stock options to most employees, citing new accounting rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/business/media/19options.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1108804206-q7WrST3IIrGrvrrcGRymUg
Intelligence Nominee Comes Under Renewed Scrutiny on Human Rights
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 - Human rights advocates repeated longstanding criticisms on Friday of John D. Negroponte, President Bush's nominee as director of national intelligence. They said accusations that he covered up abuses as ambassador to Honduras in the 1980's had a new importance after recent cases of American abuse of detainees.
In Honduras, Mr. Negroponte
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/politics/19intel.html
U.S. Opens Safety Inquiry on Lexus S.U.V.
By DANNY HAKIM
Published: February 16, 2005
ETROIT, Feb. 15 - Federal regulators have opened a safety investigation into 2004 models of the best-selling vehicle from Toyota Motor's Lexus division, the RX330 sport utility vehicle, after receiving complaints about failures in its power brakes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/business/16lexus.html
The Sun Sentinel
Canada's cheaper drugs come under increasing pressure
S. Floridians hit as supply from the north slows.
By Nancy McVicar and Bob LaMendola
Health Writers
Posted February 19 2005
With the supply of low-priced drugs from Canada under pressure on several fronts, some buyers from South Florida are being forced to wait longer, pay more and accept drugs from overseas.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-rxcanada19feb19,0,6819549.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
USS Jimmy Carter to Be Commissioned
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
Posted February 19 2005, 3:53 AM EST
GROTON, Conn. -- The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy's fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built, and as the last of the Seawolf class of attack subs that the Pentagon ordered during the Cold War's final years.
The $3.2 billion Jimmy Carter will be commissioned Saturday, signaling the end of an era in submarining and more uncertain times for the multibillion-dollar industry.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap_top13feb19,0,1918072.story?coll=sns-newsnation-headlines
Hotel built on site of Hitler's retreat
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Posted February 18 2005
BERLIN, GERMANY -- A luxury hotel will open next month on the site of Adolf Hitler's Alpine retreat, which served as a part-time seat of government where he and other Nazi leaders often met to plan Germany's assault on Europe and the Holocaust.
The new hotel, the Intercontinental Resort Berchtesgaden, will open on the Obersalzberg mountaintop to guests on March 1, the Bavarian Finance Ministry said Thursday.
The decision to build a hotel on the site angered many Jewish groups.
Officials have tried to address their concerns with a documentation center opened in 1999 to detail the area's Nazi past.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/chi-0502180232feb18,0,6312124.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe
The Los Angeles Times
Slow Storm Spurs Warnings
Powerful system to pound the region through the weekend and early next week. Up to 15 inches of rain could fall on mountain slopes, forecasters say.
By Eric Malnic and Claudia Zequeira, Times Staff Writers
Warnings of more mudslides and flooding in the valleys were issued Friday, as damage began to mount from a slow but powerful storm that appeared likely to keep pounding Southern California through the weekend and into early next week.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rain19feb19,0,4354048.story?coll=la-home-local
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? BURN THEM? Have any of the Neocons asked Chris Whitman what she really thinks? I didn't think so. I guess as a woman she just doesn't know her place.
Opponents of 'Clear Skies' Bill Examined
The GOP sponsor of legislation championed by Bush asks two groups to turn over financial records. One official calls it intimidation.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-clear19feb19,0,5649063.story?coll=la-home-headlines
A Desperate Injection Of Stem Cells And Hope
Tom had been reading about stem cells for months. He was convinced they could replace the deteriorating nerve cells in his body. Could this be his chance to be reborn?
From the week he was diagnosed, he had told everybody that he would survive. He had fought so hard.
This was a cure whose power nobody could deny.
Perhaps the first stem cell injection just needed a boost. He still believed in BioMark, but there was nothing he could do on his own. Valerie could barely listen to him anymore.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-stemcells20feb20,0,4711867.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Rehnquist to Keep Working at Home
The chief justice, being treated for cancer, will not be present when the high court reconvenes.
By James Gerstenzang, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, will not be on the bench when the Supreme Court returns next week for the second half of its current term, the court announced Friday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rehnquist19feb19,0,827037.story?coll=la-home-nation
1942-Style Bigotry Targets Muslims in the U.S. Today
By Lillian Nakano, Lillian Nakano is a third-generation Japanese American from Hawaii and was active in the redress campaign as a member of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress. She lives in Torrance.
Feb. 19, 1942, was a day that changed the lives of Japanese Americans forever. I was a teenager growing up in Hawaii when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which set into motion the removal and incarceration of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry in inland concentration camps.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-vo-nakano19feb19,0,5062741.story
Assessing Women Thinkers
Re "Feminist Fatale," Opinion, Feb. 13: Charlotte Allen's inability to name important female intellectuals whose work speaks to a wide audience of educated people reveals little else than politically motivated ignorance. Rather than obsessing over those feminists who so infuriate her, I suggest that Allen spend the next several months reading more widely.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-le-fem19feb19,0,2875812.story
9/11 Panel Let Facts Be Hidden
Two things seem disturbing about the Feb. 15 commentary, "What We Don't Know About 9/11 Hurts Us." The first is how the intelligence about Al Qaeda's intent to use airplanes for terrorist purposes was available to the Federal Aviation Administration but not more widely distributed within the government. The criminal act is not the FAA's ineptitude, but the Bush administration's failure to follow through on critical intelligence.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-le-scheer19feb19,0,3302453.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
Michael Moore Today
Peace Out
Do you feel that war is wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable carrying a weapon or training for combat? Was there one particular experience that changed the way you look at war? Do these beliefs come from religious conviction or a more personal, philosophical position?
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Q&A: Ahmad Chalabi on Official Iraq Role
By Maggie Michael / Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Ahmad Chalabi is confident that he is on the brink of being anointed by the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance as the country's first democratically elected prime minister.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1472
Army Destroyed Mock Execution Pictures
By Larry Neumeister / Associated Press
NEW YORK - Pictures of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with hooded and bound detainees during mock executions were destroyed after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq to avoid another public outrage, Army documents released Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union show.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1473
Haaretz
HERE WE GO AGAIN !
Hamas: No truce if all Palestinian prisoners aren't released
By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents, and The Associated Press
Sa'id Siam, a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, said at a Friday protest that if all Palestinian prisoners aren't released from Israeli jails, a cease-fire will not be considered.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/541802.html
Opposition in Lebanon demands 'independence uprising'
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and AP
Opposition figures urged the Lebanese to join an "independence uprising" against Syria's grip on their country on Friday, escalating a war of words following former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri's assassination.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/542126.html
Bush says U.S. not planning attack of Iran
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush said the United States does not intend to attack Iran to crush its suspected nuclear weapons project but added that "you never want a president to say never." He expressed hopes that a European diplomatic initiative would persuade Tehran to abandon any such program.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/542142.html
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