"Okeydoke"
The Weekend Edition
March 12…
1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies
1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony
1868: The south African chief Moshoeshoe I is granted British protection from the Boers, making Basutoland (modern Lesotho) a British protectorate.
1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
1912 Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid
1938 The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus
1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers
1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945 USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
1954 1st performance of Arnold Schönberg's "Moses und Aaron"
1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance
1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Streisand win
1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1938: The Anschluss (annexation) of Austria takes place when German troops invade and occupy the country, and a Nazi government is formed.
Missing in Action
1967 ADRIAN JOSEPH D. RIVER EDGE NJ
1967 CLARK JOHN W. COLUMBIA MO 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 GOODRICH EDWIN R. OLEAN NY POSS KIA DURING CAPTURE REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1968 GRIFFITH JOHN GARY KANSAS CITY MO
1968 KOLLMANN GLENN E. DALY CITY CA
1968 ROGERS EDWARD F. ROSLINDALE MA
1969 ROBINSON FLOYD H. BURLINGTON KS
1970 SCULL GARY B. CEDAR RAPIDS IA
1971 JEFFS CLIVE G. SALT LAKE CITY UT
1975 MITCHELL BETTY J. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 PHILLIPS LILLIAN M. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFNO 1996
1975 PHILLIPS RICHARD L. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI REFO 1996
1975 SCARBOROUGH JAY 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 DOLAN EDWARD V. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER GEORGE C. AIR VIETNAM CRASH
1975 MILLER CAROLYN P. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER JOHN D. 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 MILLER LUANNE 10/75 RELEASED FROM HANOI
1975 SEIDL ROBERT AIR VIETNAM CRASH
March 13…
1781: German-born English astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins.
Johnson is the first United States president to be impeached.
Johnson was sworn in as president by the chief justice of the United States Salmon P. Chase, on April 15, 1865, a few hours after Lincoln died. The new president immediately announced that he would retain Lincoln’s Cabinet. Johnson faced many difficult issues upon becoming president. Although most of them concerned reuniting the country torn apart by war, several international situations also required attention.
The Radicals in Congress set up a Joint Committee on Reconstruction. In February 1866, Congress passed a bill to enlarge the scope of the Freedmen’s Bureau, which Congress had established in March 1865 to help the freed slaves. Johnson vetoed the bill. However, in July 1866 a second bill was enacted over his veto. In April 1866 the first Civil Rights Act, which was designed to nullify the Black Codes by guaranteeing equal civil rights to blacks, was also passed over Johnson’s veto.
The 14th Amendment
The conflict between the executive and legislative branches continued over the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The provisions of the amendment were similar to those of the Civil Rights Act, which Johnson had vetoed on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional invasion of states’ rights. When the president submitted the amendment to the states for ratification, he reiterated his opposition and advised the states to reject it. All the Southern states except Tennessee refused to ratify the amendment. The Radicals used the rejection to discredit Johnson’s Reconstruction program, claiming that the South could not be trusted with self-government.
On February 24, 1868, a resolution of impeachment was passed by the House of Representatives, and a committee was appointed to “report articles of impeachment” against the president. The committee consisted of seven Radicals, including Thaddeus Stevens, all of whom had voted for the impeachment resolution. By March 4 the committee had prepared 11 articles of impeachment, and on March 5, Chief Justice Chase began presiding over the impeachment trial of President Johnson before the Senate.
Of the 11 articles of impeachment, 10 were related to Johnson’s violation of the Tenure of Office Act and the “command of the army” provisions of the Army Appropriations Act. The only other charge was a general accusation that Johnson had attempted to undermine Congress. An outrageous charge that Johnson had been involved in Lincoln’s assassination was withdrawn at the last minute.
The final count of 35 to 19 was one vote short of the two-thirds that were needed for conviction. Johnson had been acquitted.
1881: Alexander II, emperor of Russia, is assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage by a member of a revolutionary group, the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will)
1884, Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1925, a law went into effect in Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1961, The Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, age 79, marries Jacqueline Roque, age 37.
1964, 38 residents of a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood ignored the cries of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, 28, as she was being stabbed to death.
1980, a jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. not guilty of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto.
1995, two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; both were freed the following July.
2000, A quarter century after the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Hanoi to push the pace of reconciliation.
2004, Iran froze inspections of its nuclear facilities after the U.N. atomic agency censured Tehran for hiding suspect activities. (Tehran relented two days later.)
Missing in Action
1966 DAVIS GENE E. EVANSVILLE IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 DUVALL DEAN A. MONTICELLO IN NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 HENNINGER HOWARD W. HANFORD CA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 MORGAN EDWIN E. SALISBURY NC NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 OLSON GERALD E. WINTER HAVEN FL NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PASEKOFF ROBERT E. PITTSBURGH PA NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PAULEY MARSHALL I. MILTON WV NO RADIO CONTACT SEARCH NEG
1966 PARKER UDON PHENIX CITY AL
1967 HARRIS PAUL WINIFORD CHILLICOTHE OH
1967 TERWILLIGER VIRGIL BYRON MC CLURE OH
1968 BYRNE JOSEPH HENRY EVANSTON IL
1968 COLLINS GUY FLETCHER MIAMI FL
1968 EVANS CLEVELAND JR. HOT SPRINGS AR
1968 HEITMAN STEVEN W. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1968 WATSON JIMMY L. LUCAMO NC
1968 WESTBROOK DONALD E. SHERMAN TX
1971 CREED BARTON S. PEEKSKILL NY MAY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
The New York Times
THIS IS AMAZING. The Navy crashes a nuclear submarine because no one paid attention to the warning buzzer. They kill Endangered Bottlenose Dolphins for the sake of doing it to impress the Cuban/Hispanic South Florida Community. THEN the government publishes it's own propaganda.
Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged Television News
By DAVID BARSTOW and ROBIN STEIN
FICTITIOUS REPORTER: A public relations person using a false name reported on airport security.
It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets.
"Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad. A second report told of "another success" in the Bush administration's "drive to strengthen aviation security"; the reporter called it "one of the most remarkable campaigns in aviation history." A third segment, broadcast in January, described the administration's determination to open markets for American farmers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/politics/13covert.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=c0b6bad84e5bf46a&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Pope Set to Leave Hospital
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME (AP) -- Pope John Paul II greeted pilgrims in a raspy voice Sunday, his first live address to the faithful since he underwent throat surgery last month to ease his breathing, and the Vatican announced he would leave the hospital later in the day.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pope.html?hp
Israel Reportedly to Dismantle 24 Settlements
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 13, 2005
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Cabinet on Sunday adopted a report on the state's complicity in setting up 105 illegal West Bank settlement outposts and decided to dismantle 24 of them, Israeli Radio reported.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=60ac5df35df6ee6a&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Hezbollah Leader's New Fray: Lebanese Politics
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: March 13, 2005
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addressing a rally last week in Beirut.
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, was featured in portraits being sold Saturday in the town of Nabatiya in southern Lebanon.
Crowds in Beirut protested Tuesday against the withdrawal of Syrian troops and United Nations Resolution 1559, which seeks the pullout.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 12 - When Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah organization, addressed the hundreds of thousands of party faithful who gathered in the largest rally in Lebanon's modern history on Tuesday, his usual theme of liberating Jerusalem went unmentioned.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/international/13hezbollah.html?hp&ex=1110776400&en=5218dff1fba52e18&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Two Queens Men Are Killed After Fight Spills Out of Club
By PATRICK O'GILFOIL HEALY
Published: March 13, 2005
Two men from Queens were killed early yesterday after a fight between two groups of friends spilled out of a social club and onto the street, the police said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/nyregion/13shot.html
Nuclear Sub Missed Warning Signs Before Crash, Navy Says
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: March 13, 2005
Navy investigators have found that the officers on a nuclear submarine failed to take into account a variety of danger signs before the vessel smashed into an undersea mountain in January, Navy officials said in interviews last week.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/national/13submarine.html
Belfast Telegraph
Pressure on banks for faster clearance
By Paul Dykes
bustel@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
11 March 2005
Pressure is mounting on the big UK banks to move to a faster cheque and payment clearing system - or face the consequences.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/business/story.jsp?story=618992
What Ulster thinks now
From the Northern Bank raid to the murder of Robert McCartney, the political process in Northern Ireland has been rocked by a series of crises. An exclusive Belfast Telegraph/BBC Newsnight poll reveals what people here really think
Almost half of Sinn Fein supporters today told the IRA: 'disband now'. Is it a message Sinn Fein can ignore? Political Correspondent Noel McAdam reports.
A startling 44% of Sinn Fein voters believe the time has come for the IRA to disband, according to today's Belfast Telegraph/BBC Newsnight poll.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=618621
Disown the Provos, Ford tells Sinn Fein
By Noel McAdam, Political Correspondent
nmcadam@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
12 March 2005
The IRA must disband - or Sinn Fein totally disown it, Alliance leader David Ford insisted today.
Yet republicans had reason to think they could get away with continued criminality - because of Government failure to ensure 'acts of completion', he warned.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=619404
Freed to kill
Sharon Moore was killed by her mentally ill boyfriend in March 2003. The Moore family talk to Jonathan McCambridge about their battle for justice and answers
By Jonathan McCambridge, Crime Correspondent
jmccambridge@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
12 March 2005
FOR Stephen Moore it is the moment that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=619275
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gunshots kill one, injure two others along highway in Auburn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUBURN, Wash. -- A gunman pulled alongside a sport-utility vehicle and opened fire early Saturday, killing the SUV's driver and wounding two passengers as they drove down State Route 167.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Highway%20Shooting
Ga. suspect could appear in court Monday
By RUSS BYNUM
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Murder suspect Brian Nichols is led to a waiting vehicle by an unidentified police officer at the FBI office in Atlanta, Saturday, March 12, 2005. Nichols, accused of killing a judge and two other people at a courthouse Friday, was captured at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex hours after an federal immigration agent was discovered shot to death miles away. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
DULUTH, GA. -- A suspect in the deadly courthouse shootings of a judge and two other people surrendered without a struggle as law enforcement officials surrounded him, just hours after he led authorities on a massive manhunt in the Atlanta area.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Courthouse%20Shooting
For U.S. soldier injured by friendly fire, the wounds run deep
Rick White's life today is one of pain, surgeries and pills
By MIKE BARBER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
SNOHOMISH -- Though he was wounded in Iraq last fall, Sgt. 1st Class Rick White gets no Purple Heart.
White, 43, a 26-year career soldier and member of the Washington Army National Guard's 81st Brigade Combat Team, nearly lost his right leg Oct. 19. The shooter was not the enemy, but another U.S. soldier mishandling a machine gun.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215699_soldier12.html
Senate OKs $350 million bill for health research
By JAKE ELLISON
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Despite concerns about human cloning and the state's budget squeeze, a proposed $350 million fund to boost health-related research is drawing strong bipartisan support in Olympia.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215724_lifescience12.html
Critics say water rules are too weak
By DEBORAH BACH
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Water-quality rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency this week are being criticized in Seattle and other cities for failing to require testing for lead in drinking water at schools and day cares.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/215697_lead12.html
Bright streaking light seen in Western sky
By WILLIAM MCCALL
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dozens of residents in the Pacific Northwest reported seeing a bright streak of light as it flashed across the sky, startling witnesses from southern Oregon to the Seattle area, according to officials.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Flaming%20Object
Afghan ambush wounds two U.S. Marines
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Militants armed with rockets and machine-guns ambushed Marines patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, wounding two of the American troops, the military said Sunday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Afghan%20US%20Fighting
Chinese president completes power transfer
By STEPHAN GRAUWELS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, shakes hands with Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa after the closing ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday,March 12, 2005. China's top leaders on Saturday approved the resignation of unpopular Hong Kong leader Tung, following his appointment to a government advisory panel that provided a face-saving departure after eight tumultuous years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng)
BEIJING -- President Hu Jintao on Sunday was named chairman of a figurehead government military body, symbolically completing a transfer of power to a younger generation of communist leaders.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=China%20Legislature
Thousands seek to air grievances in China
By AUDRA ANG
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
BEIJING -- They flock to the capital by the thousands during the annual meeting of China's legislature - farmers, laid-off workers and evicted families who travel for days from the destitute hinterlands hoping to have their grievances heard by the central government.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=China%20The%20Petitioners
Indonesian bomb squad searches 'WTC' mall
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An armed Indonesian police officer stands guards as a security guard searches a car for explosives outside World Trade Center Mangga Dua shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 12, 2005. On Friday, the U.S. Embassy warned its citizens to stay away from the mall in the north of the Indonesian capital because of a "possible bomb threat" over the next three days. The Australian government released a similar warning Saturday. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Bomb squad officers searched Saturday for explosives in a Jakarta shopping mall known as the World Trade Center complex - the focus of a U.S. terror alert - but found no suspected bombs, so shops resumed business as usual.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Indonesia%20Attack%20Warning
Analysis: Bush shifts from Social Security
By TOM RAUM
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
President Bush waves from behind the door of his limousine as he leaves morning services at St. John's Church Sunday, March 13, 2005, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON -- Running into heavy resistance to his Social Security overhaul, President Bush has started emphasizing other parts of his domestic agenda and is promoting his foreign policy goals of defeating terrorism and spreading democracy.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Repositioning%20Bush
Report: Firm, tribe paid for DeLay junket
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay traveled to Britain with his wife, several aides and lobbyists on a $70,000 junket mostly paid for with money from an Indian tribe and a gambling services company, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1153&slug=DeLay%20Ethics
Two U.S. contractors killed in Iraq
By TODD PITMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Iraqi soldiers watch over a rally by security officers, at the Ministry of Health in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday March 13, 2005, protesting against proposed salary cuts. The troops were called to control the demonstration when the protesters attempted to enter the ministry building. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two American security contractors were killed and a third wounded in a roadside bomb attack south of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq
Strong earthquake hits southeastern Iran
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tehran, Iran -- A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Iran Sunday. Iranian television said some houses were damaged but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iran%20Earthquake
Sinn Fein leader heads to U.S. for support
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams, center, wearing glasses, is welcomed as he arrives, Saturday, March 12, 2005, in Cincinnati. Adams went to the United States on Saturday in search of foreign support, but back home in Northern Ireland a controversy over the IRA's killing of a Catholic man refused to go away. (AP Photo/David Kohl)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams went to the United States on Saturday in search of foreign support, but back home in Northern Ireland a controversy over the IRA's killing of a Catholic man refused to go away.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=NIreland%20Sinn%20Fein
Rwanda launches phase of genocide trials
By EDWARD RWEMA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
A Rwandan genocide suspect stands trial before a community court, also known as a gacaca in Zivu, southern Rwanda, Thursday, March 10, 2005. Rwandan genocide suspects will stand trial before their neighbors in community courts formed to speed up prosecution for tens of thousands of people accused of taking part in the government-orchestrated slaughter in 1994. Rwanda set up the community courts in an effort to speed up trials for 63,000 people currently in detention on charges of taking part in the slaughter of more than 500,000 minority Tutsis and political moderates from the Hutu majority.(AP Photo/Str)
KIGALI, Rwanda -- A nine-judge community court handed down its first conviction Thursday of a Rwandan accused of killings in the 1994 genocide, as authorities set in motion a system of trials designed to speed the task of deciding the guilt or innocence of the 63,000 people accused of taking part in the government-orchestrated slaughter.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=Rwanda%20Genocide%20Justice
Malawi's president flees haunted mansion
By RAPHAEL TENTHANI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
LILONGWE, Malawi -- Malawi's president has temporarily moved out of his 300-bedroom state mansion, claiming it is haunted by ghosts, a senior aide said Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=Malawi%20State%20Mansion
High levels of mercury found in Vt. birds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Scientists have found high levels of mercury in songbirds on Vermont mountaintops. Researchers at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science announced this week that mercury was found in the blood and feathers of the rarely seen Bicknell's thrush on Mount Mansfield and Stratton Mountain.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1501&slug=Mercury%20Birds
Four gay Israeli couples to wed in Canada
By BETH DUFF-BROWN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TORONTO -- To the cheers of mazel tov and the flutter of rose petals, four gay Israeli couples took their wedding vows in Canada on Friday, saying they hoped to break down marriage barriers in their orthodox nation and open doors for others to have their unions recognized.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101&slug=Canada%20Gay%20Weddings
Four slain Canadian Mounties honored
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headress-bearers march with the Stetsons of the fallen officers as they march to the memorial for the four officers killed last week in the line of duty, Thursday March 10, 2005 in Edmonton, Canada. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld)
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Thousands of North American law enforcement officers, dignitaries and schoolchildren streamed into this prairie city Thursday to honor four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers slain last week during a raid on a marijuana farm.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apcanada_story.asp?category=1101&slug=Canada%20Mounties%20Killed
Angry crowd kills police officer in Mexico
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY -- Vigilantes killed a state police officer in southern Mexico, setting him on fire in revenge for the shooting of a taxi driver in a barroom brawl, authorities said Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Mexico%20Vigilante%20Killing
Mexico's Slim among world's 5 richest men
By MARK STEVENSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
This is a file photo of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu speaks at an event in Panama City, Panama on March 2, 2005. Slim Helu has not only become the first Latin American to break into the group of the world's richest men, he may be headed for the status of richest man in the world.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, file)
MEXICO CITY -- A buying spree and the stellar performance of Mexico's stock exchange helped make telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu one of the world's five richest billionaires, the first Latin American to earn that distinction.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Mexico%20Rising%20Magnate
The Arab News
Syria Vows to Pull Out All Troops
Dahi Hassan, Arab News
Thousands of Lebanese opposition protesters make a human flag on Martyrs’ Square in Beirut on Saturday. (AFP)
ALEPPO, Syria, 13 March 2005 — Syria will honor its commitment to withdraw all its troops in Lebanon as demanded by a UN Security Council resolution and a detailed timetable will be submitted within a week for the two-phase pullout, a presidential statement said here yesterday.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=60367&d=13&m=3&y=2005
New Identity Cards: Saudi Women Find Their Feet — and Face Too
Raid Qusti & Somayya Jabarti, Arab News
RIYADH, 13 March 2005 — Saudi women will no longer be faceless identities. As of mid-2006, it will be compulsory for every Saudi woman to have her own ID card with her face on it, terminating the age of women depending on the current family card that only carries their names.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=60371&d=13&m=3&y=2005
Hamas to Contest July Elections
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
RAMALLAH, 13 March 2005 — The Islamic Hamas movement has decided to join the coming legislative elections in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip that will take place next July.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=60369&d=13&m=3&y=2005
Saudi Champ Rallying for Drive for Development
Raid Qusti, Arab News
Marwa Al-Eifa behind the wheel of a race car.
RIYADH, 13 March 2005 — The first Saudi female rally driver, who won the Dubai International Rally for Women a few weeks ago, said that she did not intend to upset Saudi women by the remarks she made in an interview with a Saudi daily.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=60372&d=13&m=3&y=2005
