Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
"OkeyDoke"
March 8…
1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., jurist and associate justice of the Supreme Court
1859, Kenneth Grahame, English author
1894: The first dog license law is enacted by the state of New York.
1917: The first revolt of the Russian Revolution (called the February Revolution) begins.
1948: The Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the Constitution.
Missing in Action
1967 CRAIN CARROLL O. MEMPHIS TN RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 GALVIN RONALD E. RIVER FOREST IL
1967 PAWLISH GEORGE F. LAS ANIMAS CO RADIO CONTACT LOST
1971 ANSHUS RICHARD C. MINNEAPOLIS MN 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
1971 GRANTHAM ROBERT E. LOS ANGELES CA
1971 HALE JOHN D. BRANDENBURG KY
1971 PRATHER PHILLIP D. ARMARILLO TX 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG DECEASED 11/20/97
March 9…
1454, Vespucci, Amerigo, Italian navigator, for whom the continents of North and South America are named. He was born in Florence. In 1495 he took over the business of a merchant in Seville, Spain, who had furnished supplies to ships voyaging to the West Indies. Vespucci later set out for the New World himself and left accounts and maps of four voyages.
1867: The United States agrees to purchase the 1,524,640 sq km/586,400 sq mi Alaska Territory from Russia for $7,200,000.
1796, the future emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais. The couple divorced in 1809.
1933, Congress, called into special session by President Roosevelt, began its "100 days" of enacting New Deal legislation.
1943, Bobby Fischer, chess player (1943)
1954, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's anti-Communism campaign on an episode of "See It Now."
1975, work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline.
1981, Dan Rather made his debut as principal anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."
Missing in Action
1966 COLLINS WILLARD M. QUINCY IL KIA AT CRASH SITE 3 RECOV
1966 FOSTER ROBERT E. LOCKPORT NY KIA AT CRASH SITE 3 RECOV
1966 PETERSON DELBERT R. MAPLE PLAIN MN NO TRACE SUBJ 3 RECOV
1967 GRAENING BRUCE A. KENMORE OH 03/18/67 ESCAPED
1967 PUTNAM CHARLES L. KEY WEST FL POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED NOV 3 1988
1967 PRENDERGAST FRANCIS S. "CAPTURED, ESCAPED, RESCUED" NOT ON ANY LIST DECEASED 1998
1969 REX ROBERT F. ODEBOLT IA
1969 TINSLEY COY R. CLEVELAND TN 11/05/69 RELEASED
1969 WALTERS TIM L. SOUTH BEND IN REMAINS IDENTIFIED 08/11/99
1970 COTTEN LARRY W. NASHVILLE TN
1970 PARCELS REX L. JR. BERKELEY CA
1970 ROBINSON EDWARD KANSAS CITY MO
1970 SCHOEPPNER LEONARD J. CANTON OH
1970 TERLA LOTHAR G. SCRANTON PA
The Belfast Telegraph
Chechen rebel leader 'killed by bodyguard accidentally'
By Andrew Osborn in Moscow
09 March 2005
Russia's secret service claimed last night that Aslan Maskhadov, the rebel president of Chechnya, and one of Russia's two most wanted men, had been shot dead.
Ramzan Kadyrov, vice-president in Chechnya's Moscow-backed government, claimed the separatist leader, who has been on the run for five years, had been accidentally shot by his own bodyguard.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=618176
IRA offered to shoot killers of McCartney
By David McKittrick
09 March 2005
The saga of the killing of the Belfast man Robert McCartney has taken another extraordinary turn with an IRA announcement that it was prepared to shoot those involved.
The terrorist organisation said it had made an offer to Mr McCartney's relatives to shoot up to four people, but the family had made it clear it did not want "physical action".
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=618173
Bush lunch date snub for Sinn Fein
By Sean O'Driscoll in New York
08 March 2005
Sinn Fein is to be excluded from an annual St Patrick's Day luncheon at the US House of Representatives because President George Bush is expected to attend.
Gerry Adams normally attends the House of Representatives Speaker's Luncheon, but is excluded this year following a White House request.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=617919
Irvine turns on his former pupil to help Lords challenge Blair's terror Bill
By Ben Russell and Nigel Morris
08 March 2005
Lord Irvine of Lairg, the former advisor, confidant and mentor of the Prime Minister, delivered a stinging blow to his friend yesterday as he opted to vote against the Government's anti-terror Bill.
Lord Irvine joined a coalition of opposition peers to inflict a humiliating defeat on the proposed anti-terror legislation by more than two to one.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=617897
Viewpoint: Sinn Fein fails to regain credibility
Ard Fheis: Party must go further if an inclusive way forward is to be found
07 March 2005
Anyone who was hoping that Sinn Fein would use the Ard Fheis to signal a major change of heart will have been disappointed. Instead, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness served up little more than a further helping of self-serving rhetoric.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/story.jsp?story=617735
Cynical manipulation puts Sinn Fein ahead
Malachi O'Doherty
07 March 2005
I first heard the question raised by Niall O'Dowd on Good Morning Ulster on Friday. He said that when the McCartney sisters came to the US this week many people would be asking who was manipulating them.
The same question was raised by Gerry Adams. He suggested that political forces opposed to Sinn Fein had been exploiting the murder of Robert McCartney and the campaign of his sisters for the prosecution and conviction of the killers.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/story.jsp?story=617733
Viewpoint: Murders review is a welcome move
Looking back: Anything that helps relatives of victims is worth pursuing
08 March 2005
Behind the cold statistics of deaths in the troubles lie thousands of cases of heartbreak, so the government's £30m contribution to reviewing unsolved killings is a welcome and compassionate gesture. Without it, the promise of a review would have been meaningless, since extra resources and manpower will be necessary.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/story.jsp?story=617987
The Scotsman
Government forced into climbdown over terror bill
JAMES KIRKUP
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Key points
• More Terror Bill troubles for Tony
• House of Lords put up resistance to plan
• Government may be forced to give ground
Key quote
"The Prime Minister should face reality and appreciate there are serious concerns across the parties about this bill which threatens our civil liberties." - David Davis, Tory shadow home secretary
Story in full
MINISTERS will today be forced into an embarrassing climbdown in the parliamentary struggle over the Terrorism Bill, allowing judges to oversee the issuing of control orders on terror suspects.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=257102005
We don't want vengeance from the IRA
FRASER NELSON
POLITICAL EDITOR
Key points
• PIRA reveals details of murder by its members and offer their deaths in return
• Family of victim refuse offer and want those responsible in court
• Sinn Fein concerned over repercussions of killing
Key quote
"The family made it clear that they did not want physical action taken against those involved," it said. "They stated that they wanted those individuals to give a full account of their actions in court." - IRA statement
Story in full
THE IRA said yesterday it had offered to shoot the men who killed Robert McCartney, in an extraordinary statement which blew another hole in the faltering peace process.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=257692005
How oil and gas could be the new dot-com bubble
John Bowker
MARKET enthusiasm for any one sector is a dangerous thing. If shares in any industry rocket, it’s time to jump ship. City bulls are never in it for the long term.
The most famous example is technology, or dot-com. The late 1990s internet bubble is the most notorious since its South Sea ancestor, costing investors kazillions in misplaced investments. Now the sector is derelict - regarded with suspicion.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=257002005&20050309093838
Texas forecast and oil hike put Wall Street on defensive
US STOCKS slipped yesterday after chip-maker Texas Instruments provided a disappointing profit and sales forecast and oil neared $55 a barrel, dampening Wall Street’s mood.
McDonald’s was down 2.6 per cent, or 88 cents, at $33.33 after it said same-store sales rose 4.6 per cent in the United States, its largest market, but fell 3.4 per cent in Europe, the company’s second-largest market.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=258272005
The Times London
Police chief says IRA offer was to kill
By Times Online, and David Sharrock of The Times
The IRA meant to kill when it offered to shoot Provisionals who murdered the Belfast man Robert McCartney, the Northern Ireland chief constable said today.
Hugh Orde also confirmed that his detectives know the identities of the gang members suspected of stabbing the father of two to death, but their investigation is being thwarted by witnesses refusing to give evidence.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1517738,00.html
Putin gets upper hand as Chechen rebel leader is trapped and killed
By Jeremy Page
But shooting may ruin any prospect of a negotiated peace
ASLAN MASKHADOV, the former Chechen President who led a separatist insurgency for almost a decade and was one of Russia’s two most wanted men, has been killed by special forces.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1517077,00.html
The Moscow Times
Maskhadov Declared Dead in FSB Sweep
By Catherine Belton and Valeria Korchagina
Staff Writers
NTV / AP
A television screen grab of the body that authorities identified Tuesday as Maskhadov, who had a $10 million bounty on his head.
FSB special forces officers killed Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov in a special operation in the Chechen village Tolstoy-Yurt, Federal Security Service director Nikolai Patrushev told President Vladimir Putin in televised remarks Tuesday night.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/001.html
Exiled Moguls Surface in Israeli Probe
By Valeria Korchagina
Staff Writer
Self-exiled media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky
Self-exiled media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky and Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin may be questioned in an investigation of what is shaping up to be the biggest money-laundering scandal in Israel's history, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/002.html>
Rosneft Threatening $3.8Bln Suit: Yukos
Combined Reports
Rosneft, which bought a confiscated unit of Yukos in December, may sue Yukos for $3.8 billion to collect debts owed to the unit, according to U.S. court papers.
Yukos says that most of the money the company owes Yuganskneftegaz, the unit that was seized and sold to collect back taxes, was paid to the government to meet tax obligations. Rosneft, a state-owned company, is asking for the money again, Yukos said in documents filed Friday to a Houston court.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/041.html
Military Says Women's Day Attack Thwarted
The Associated Press
Authorities have seized three Chechen rebels who were planning a large attack on a regional administration building, the military said Tuesday.
The rebels, who were seized Monday, told their captors that the assault on an administration building in Tolstoy-Yurt had been planned for Tuesday, which is the Women's Day holiday, the federal forces North Caucasus command center said in a statement. That village is in a sector of Chechnya that has been under control of federal forces in recent years and such an assault would have indicated that rebel fighters could infiltrate well beyond the usual areas of fighting.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/014.html
The Decisive Day After Women's Day
By Nadezhda Azhgik
Russians geared up for March 8 by buying candies and champagne, luxuriant bouquets and modest snowdrops. In upscale offices and universities, in factories and market pavilions, in kindergartens and temporary holding cells, men congratulated their female colleagues and gave flowers to grandmas, wives, girlfriends, bosses and random acquaintances. In short, they demonstrated all the infamous generosity and mystery of the Russian soul, only to forget the chivalry March 9 and return to the daily grind that would come to a standstill if it weren't for women.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/006.html
Hezbollah Responds to Anti-Syrian Sentiment
By Tanalee Smith
The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Tens of thousands of pro-Syrian protesters gathered in a central Beirut square Tuesday, answering a nationwide call by the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group to demonstrate against foreign intervention and counter weeks of massive anti-Syrian rallies.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/09/252.html
The Daily Star
Opposition, U.S. demand deadline on Syrian pullout
By Nada Raad, Hanan Nasser and Nafez Qawas
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
BEIRUT: Syria's announcement that it would shift its troops to eastern Lebanon this month has been dismissed by both the country's political opposition and the U.S. for failing to set a deadline for a full withdrawal. Following Monday's meeting of the Higher Lebanese Syrian Council in Damascus, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Syrian President Bashar Assad signed a first-step agreement stipulating the redeployment of Syrian troops from Northern and central Lebanon to the east by the end of March.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=13251
Will Syria's pullout herald in a new era of relations between neighbors?
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Editorial
The announcement of Syria's plans to begin a pullout from Lebanon marks a historic turning point in the region - one that Syrian President Bashar Assad has taken. The move, while it falls short of the rapid and full withdrawal demanded by the international community, is a good first step toward establishing Lebanese sovereignty and independence. More importantly, the move will help repair any damaged ties between the Syrian and the Lebanese people and will foster a positive and balanced diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&article_id=13231&categ_id=17
Nasrallah warns U.S. to stop interfering in Lebanon
By Adnan El-Ghoul
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands filled the streets of Beirut to hear the leader of the Lebanese resistance group Hizbullah warn the United States to stop interfering in Lebanon and denounce a UN resolution demanding the withdrawal of Syria's army and the disarming of militant groups. In what was widely labelled a "pro-Syrian" demonstration, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah thanked Syria for its sacrifices in Lebanon, and firmly rejected UN Resolution 1559, which he said was Israeli-inspired.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=13267
Haaretz
Ya'alon: Syrian pullback could spur anti-Israel violence
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, Reuters and Haaretz Service
Israeli security officials are concerned that a Syrian pullback of forces in Lebanon to the Bekaa could spur Hezbollah to renew violence on the Israeli-Lebanese border, outgoing Israel Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon said Tuesday.
The Syrians may want to "bring about an increase in the terror threat" on their way out of Lebanon, Ya'alon told reporters in Tel Aviv. He said Israel must keep careful watch "and see that our interests are not harmed."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/549514.html
Mofaz to Cairo for disengagement talks with Mubarak
By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz will make a one-day trip to Cairo on Thursday to hold talks on the disengagement plan with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
The two will discuss a variety of diplomatic issues connected to the plan for an Israeli pullout from the entire Gaza Strip, which borders Egypt, and parts of the northern West Bank.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/549582.html
Sasson: Some outposts built on private Palestinian land
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
Some of the illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank were both planned and funded by the Housing Ministry, including a number of those built on private Palestinian land, the author of a report on the outposts told reporters Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/549577.html
IDF troops to guard homes of settlers who evacuate early
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Israel Defense Forces troops will guard the houses of settlers who leave the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank ahead of the implementation of the disengagement plan, out of concern that the remaining settlers will take over the empty houses, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's bureau decided Tuesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/549563.html
The Sydney Morning Herald
Evacuations underway as Ingrid creeps closer
March 9, 2005 - 2:02PM
Holidaymakers in upmarket resorts are among those being evacuated as far north Queensland battens down ahead of what could be one of Australia's most destructive cyclones in 30 years.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Evacuations-under-way-as-Ingrid-creeps-closer/2005/03/09/1110316044524.html
Man-eating giant croc caught
March 9, 2005 - 1:10PM
A Ugandan Wildlife Authority official steps over the giant croc, believed to have eaten more than 80 people over two decades.
Photo: Reuters
A five-metre-long crocodile said to have eaten more than 80 people has been caught alive in Uganda and transferred to a sanctuary, say officials.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Caught-croc-that-ate-80-people/2005/03/09/1110316068922.html
Super bridge to link Hong Kong and mainland China
March 9, 2005
Beijing has given final approval to build a 29km-long super bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, state media reported yesterday.
A feasibility report has been completed for the project, estimated to cost $US3.8 billion ($4.8 billion), the China Daily reported. No date was given for when construction would begin.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Super-bridge-to-link-Hong-Kong-and-mainland-China/2005/03/08/1110160833767.html
Iraqi official slain during day of attacks
March 9, 2005
A senior Iraqi official was gunned down in Baghdad yesterday after a day of attacks waged by insurgents against the country's security services that left at least 27 people dead.
An interior ministry source said Iraq's deputy director for passports and identification was shot dead by armed men in Baghdad yesterday, without giving further details.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Iraqi-official-slain-during-day-of-attacks/2005/03/08/1110160833056.html
Three killed in NZ mountaineering accident
March 9, 2005
Three people died in a mountaineering accident today in New Zealand's Southern Alps.
The trio, who died in Ball Pass, were part of a guided tour of six climbers and two guides, said police.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Three-killed-in-NZ-mountaineering-accident/2005/03/09/1110316071250.html
The Jerusalem Post
Rajoub: PA factions have agreed to full truce
By JPOST STAFF AND ARIEH O'SULLIVAN
All of the Palestinian factions have agreed to uphold a cease-fire and refrain from attacks against Israel, including in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, to ensure the advance of negotiations between the two nations, PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub said Wednesday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110165542522
PA to cut incitement out of sermons
By KHALED ABU TO
The Palestinian Authority has decided to impose restrictions on preachers who deliver Friday sermons in West Bank and Gaza Strip mosques, a senior PA security official told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110252011030
Ovadia calls PM 'evil' for pullout
By JPOST.COM STAFF
In a sharp and unprecedented censure of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, used the terms "cruel" and "evil" to describe Sharon , who he referred to as the "initiator of the disengagement plan."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110338400890
Mar. 8, 2005 23:30 Updated Mar. 9, 2005 0:04
Rice: Dismantle illegal outposts
By HERB KEINON
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will bring to the cabinet for discussion Sunday the conclusions of the Sasson report on unauthorized settlement outposts he received Tuesday that spelled out government complicity in the expansion of the illegal outposts.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110252010398
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