New York Times
After the Tsunami, Rebuilding Paradise
By SETH MYDANS
Published: April 24, 2005
EVERY morning as the sky brightens over the Andaman Sea, workers in Phuket, Thailand, set out perfect lines of white plastic lounge chairs along the soft sand, punctuated by furled umbrellas ready to be opened as the sun begins to burn. Vendors arrive with their ice-cold water, coconuts and soft drinks. Masseuses spread their straw mats under the palm trees. Jet Ski operators gather by their polished machines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/travel/24phuket.html?hp&ex=1114401600&en=554123043b7659ef&ei=5094&partner=homepage
21 Iraqis Killed in Attacks in Tikrit and Baghdad
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: April 24, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 24 - Twin car bombs killed six Iraqi police officers and injured at least 30 at a police academy in Tikrit today. In Baghdad, 15 people were killed and at least 57 were hurt in two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque, as insurgents continued their campaign of violence against Iraqis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/international/middleeast/24cnd-iraq.html
Rice and Cheney Are Said to Push Iraqi Politicians on Stalemate
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JOEL BRINKLEY
Published: April 25, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 24 - Worried about a political deadlock in Iraq and a spike in mayhem from an emboldened insurgency, the Bush administration has pressed Iraqi leaders in recent days to end their stalemate over forming a new government, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney personally exhorting top Kurdish and Shiite politicians to come together.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/international/middleeast/25iraq.html?hp&ex=1114488000&en=68c00d8fb3221381&ei=5094&partner=homepage
A Tax Benefit for Big Donors Often Bypasses Idea of Charity
By STEPHANIE STROM
George B. Kaiser, a publicity-shy oilman who built a fortune estimated at $4 billion by snapping up busted petroleum businesses in Oklahoma, set aside roughly $1 billion for charitable endeavors from 2000 to the end of last year.
In exchange, he can now deflect taxes on much of his own income over the next several years.
But it turns out that only $3.4 million of the money he set aside has gone to charities. The rest is sitting in an obscure philanthropic entity called a supporting organization, so named because it is created to support a specific charity or charities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/business/25taxes.html?ei=5094&en=d42ec720d18aa73c&hp=&ex=1114488000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=
Soyuz Capsule Lands
By REUTERS
Published: April 25, 2005
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 25 (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule bumped down on the Kazakh steppe early on Monday, bringing a Russian, an American and an Italian astronaut safely back to Earth from the International Space Station.
The landing, under a nearly full moon two hours before daybreak, was complicated by flooding on the steppe that covers much of this Central Asian state.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/science/25russia.html
The Cheney Observer Revisited
Inside Tom DeLay's pep rally for Senate Republicans
By Jim Shea
The Hartford Courant
Last week, House Majority Leader Tom ''The Hammer'' DeLay met with Senate Republicans to whip up support for his ethical lapses.
Because the meeting was closed to the public, we're not exactly sure how he did this, but we assume it took the form of a pep rally.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2681774
The Japan Times
Scientists, academics urge major nuclear powers to dispose of weapons
A seven-member group of Japanese scientists and academics has urged the world's five major nuclear powers to stick to a global treaty on nuclear nonproliferation and work toward the complete abolition of nuclear arms.
The Committee of Seven for World Peace Appeal, which includes Nobel physics prize laureate Masatoshi Koshiba, also urged the Japanese government to again examine the situation regarding nuclear weapons and appeal for peace as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050422f2.htm
Factories contain 1.7 million toxic time bombs
About 1.7 million electric devices containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyl are being kept at factories nationwide, according to officials of the environment and industry ministries.
Production of the substance has been banned since 1972.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050422f1.htm
37 killed, more than 230 injured in Hyogo train accident
KOBE (Kyodo) At least 37 people were killed and nearly 240 others were injured when four cars of a seven-car express train derailed and two of them slammed into an apartment building Monday morning in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, police and firefighters said.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425h1.htm
Machimura blasts China's textbooks as 'extreme'
The Associated Press
Chinese textbooks are "extreme" in their interpretation of history, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Sunday, a day after China's president demanded Tokyo do more to improve relations damaged by new Japanese textbooks that allegedly whitewash wartime atrocities.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425a2.htm
Koizumi gets boost with by-election wins
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki, one of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's few political allies, secured a comeback to the House of Representatives in a by-election Sunday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050425a1.htm
The Vermillion Plain Talk
USD assistant women's BB Coach Becky Flynn-Jensen inducted into Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame
South Dakota women's basketball assistant coach Becky Flynn-Jensen was one of three Creighton's all-time greats inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 12 in Omaha, NE.
Keith DeFini and Scott Stahoviak were inducted with Flynn-Jensen in a banquet held at the Downtown Doubletree. With their induction, the Creighton Hall of Fame includes 51 members, including the 1968 induction of Major League Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Gibson.
http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/spo_0422050061.html
Statewide tornado drill planned April 27
April 25-29 is Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota
Gov. Mike Rounds has declared April 25-29 Severe Weather Preparedness Week in South Dakota so that all citizens are aware of safety precautions they can take during the severe weather they often encounter in the state.
http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/sta_0422050038.html
Renaudin will perform in Europe
By Amber Skjonsberg
Throughout the years at Wakonda School there have been foreign exchange students, some from China, Mexico, Germany, and even Kazakhstan. Now, this summer, WHS sophomore Jeanne Renaudin will be traveling to Europe but she won't be going as an exchange student. She will be traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to represent the Wakonda High School Band by participating in a tri-state band.
http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/wak_0422050123.html
We're obligated to take care of our own Editorial
by the Plain Talk
Last January, Gov. Mike Rounds took time to meet with media representatives in Vermillion.
He held a lengthy, detailed discussion covering a variety of topics he hoped the state Legislature would address in the upcoming 2005 session.
http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/opi_0422050032.html
Vermillion is CAPITAL for a day
By David Lias
Plain Talk
As everyone who resides in South Dakota knows, Pierre seems to be a long ways from nearly everywhere.
So Vermillion citizens made sure to take full advantage of all that was offered locally Wednesday afternoon when the city was dubbed Capital for a Day.
http://www.plaintalk.net/stories/042205/loc_0422050001.html
The World According to Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart ex-exec target of U.S. probe
Grand jury looks at allegations of anti-union activity
By Becky Yerak and Stephen Franklin
Tribune staff reporters
Published April 23, 2005
Additional material published April 24, 2005:
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS.
A story on Page 1 of the Saturday Business section incorrectly said that Wal-Mart confirmed it is the subject of a grand jury investigation. It is former Vice Chairman Tom Coughlin and his activities at Wal-Mart that are the subject of the grand jury investigation.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has been on a mission to rehabilitate its public image, suffered a setback Friday when it confirmed it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504230093apr23,1,2361284.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Striking Shenzhen Workers at Japanese-owned Wal-Mart Supplier Firm Demand Right to Unionize
[In recent weeks, a number of protests directed against Japan have erupted throughout China. The most widely reported have been sparked by anger at new Japanese school textbooks that elide discussion of World War II atrocities, by territorial conflicts over the Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands, and by the Japanese bid for a permanent Security Council seat. Participants in those protests appear to have been overwhelmingly from the ranks of students and intellectuals. The strike at the Japanese-owned Uniden factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong carries the protest movement to a new level. It is significant as one of the first actions by workers in opposition to Japanese labor practices, as well as being an action that could simultaneously impact on the American giant firm Wal-Mart that has thus far resisted Chinese government pressures to permit a union.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=7713
Bowen: Recuse Wal-Mart chiefs
BY CHRISTOPHER LEONARD
Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005
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When Jared Bowen asks the Wal-Mart board of directors to rehire him next week, he will ask Wal-Mart’s senior officers to stay out of the decision making, according to Bowen’s attorney, Steve Kardell.
Kardell said he will ask the board of directors to form an independent committee to consider Bowen’s case, excluding such members as Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott and retired executive Jack Shewmaker.
http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Business&storyid=114304
County considers anti-Wal-Mart resolution
BY KRISTEN CATES
THE SOUTHERN
MURPHYSBORO - While plans for a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter moving to the Illinois 13 and Country Club Road neighborhood haven't moved forward, the argument over who supports the megastore and who is opposed rages on.
Friends for Fair Growth, a growing grassroots organization aimed at putting the brakes on Wal-Mart's plans to move to a heavily wooded, rural family neighborhood, has circulated petitions and has now received more than 1,000 signatures of support.
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/04/23/top/102347.txt
Reports blast 'double-dipping' by Wal-Mart
Retailer, which has gotten $50M in subsidies, has Florida's highest number of Medicaid-eligible workers.
By Susan Lundine and Christine Selvaggi Baumann
Orlando Business Journal
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET April 17, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has reaped millions of dollars in government subsidies to expand its operations in Florida, is potentially the state's biggest user of the Medicaid system.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7541854/
Wal-Mart is changing its style
By Anne D'Innocenzio
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Teresa McDowell shops at Wal-Mart, she sticks to buying basic household products and groceries, never crossing the aisle to pick up furniture or clothing.
"I'm pretty much an Abercrombie, Gap, J. Crew, Banana Republic person," the Atlanta resident said.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2002242737_walmartfashions18.html
Moye wins Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Bulldog Division Tournament
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/BFL_oconee_05.html
Robbery, Biting At Wal-Mart
A case of robbery and biting at the Wal-mart Supercenter on Broadway in Tyler. Police say 20-year-old Bennie Earl Black was suspected of shoplifting a pellet gun and was confronted by an employee. Black is then accused of biting the employee on the hand. He's also charged with attempting to flee from police while officers interviewed witnesses and possession of marijuana.
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3227167&nav=1TjDYoL0
Traffic light mayslow Wal-Mart plans in Raynham
By Kevin Tocci, ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT
RAYNHAM — The Planning Board wants Wal-Mart to make Center Street a priority before it approves plans for a super-center on Route 138.
Wal-Mart has offered Raynham $100,000 for a new fire truck and $400,000 that would assist the North Raynham Water District in building a new well on King Philip Street. The super-center is proposed for 160 Broadway where the former Par 3 golf course occupied 25.6 acres.
http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/news/news03.txt
Haaretz
Amending past wrongs
By Haaretz Editorial
At the ceremony Thursday in the sculpture garden of the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Russian President Vladimir Putin will unveil a sculpture by the artist Zurab Tseritely. The sculpture, which represents the destruction of the Jewish people, is a gift from the Russian president, who wishes in this manner to express solidarity with the Holocaust of the Jewish people.
This is no small matter. The Soviet Union lost more than 25 million people in World War II and for decades refused to look upon the Holocaust as something unique in human history. By his gift, Putin wants to say he is sensitive to one of the founding events in the Jewish people's revival in the modern era. The Russian president's gesture is particularly important in view of the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Russia.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=568533&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0
PM: Ezer Weizman was symbol of Israeli sabra
By Ran Reznick, David Ratner and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies
Former president Ezer Weizman, in many ways a larger-than-life figure who played a key role in establishing the Israel Air Force and in forging peace with Egypt, died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea, at the age of 80.
His successor, President Moshe Katsav said Monday that along with all of Israel, he was "in pain and in shock" over Weizman's passing.
"Ezer was a symbol and example of the Israeli sabra," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on learning that Weizman, who had been in declining health in recent months, had passed away. "Every station in his life was a cornerstone in the building of this country," Sharon said in a statement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568496.html
PA to Israel: Coordinate pullout with us or face problems
By Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents
The Palestinian Authority is demanding that Israel coordinate with it the line to which it will withdraw under the Gaza Strip disengagement plan, and not make a unilateral decision on the matter. The demand was raised by PA Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan in meetings with senior Israeli officials before the Passover holiday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568541.html
Hamas official to leaders abroad: Move to Gaza after pullout
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
The head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Monday called on leaders of the militant Islamic group who live abroad to return to Palestinian territory after Israel withdraws from Gaza, Israel Radio reported.
Mahmoud a-Zahar also said he would not agree to give up arms, the radio said.
Hamas leaders living abroad, mostly in Syria, include Khaled Meshal, head of Hamas' political department and one of the group's most influential leaders abroad.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568735.html
Lebanon pro-Syria security chief resigns ahead of Syrian exit
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Lebanon's powerful pro-Syrian security chief submitted his resignation on Monday, hours before the last Syrian military and intelligence forces were due to leave the country.
"Security chiefs are usually appointed with politics and change when it changes," Jamil al-Sayyed, head of the General Security, said in his resignation letter.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568774.html
Michael Moore Today
THE MICHAEL MOORE FREEDOM OF SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP
AT CAL STATE SAN MARCOS
On September 13th, 2004 Cal State San Marcos President Karen Haynes announced her decision to rescind a speaking invitation Michael Moore had received from the student body on the grounds that the speaker was too "political." The student government responded to Ms. Haynes' decision by raising money themselves and organizing the 10,000 person rally at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on October 12, 2004, as part of Moore's 63-city "Slacker Uprising Tour." In honor of those courageous students, "The Michael Moore Freedom of Speech Scholarship at Cal State San Marcos" is established.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/takeaction/sanmarcos.php
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Students Move
To Ban Military Recruiters
"It's a real conflict of interest for the feeling of the whole school...which is to allow every kind of knowledge to grow...and to have people be themselves." --Leah Rathy, Walnut Hills junior
April 22nd, 2005 3:34 am
Students Move To Ban Military Recruiters
By Bill Price / WPCO Cincinnati
A Cincinnati public high school is considering banning military recruiters from campus.
The Student Congress at Walnut Hills High voted last week to ban recruiters because they feel the military discriminates against gays.
The vote wasn't causing controversy among Walnut Hills students when 9News visited Thursday. In fact, we found many students here didn't even know their student government had taken a stand on the issue.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2332
Red Lake School Lost Aid Due to Signature
By Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A missing signature disqualified a grant proposal for mental health and conflict resolution aid for the Minnesota school district where a student last month killed seven people, federal officials confirmed Thursday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2338
Rice Accused of Suppressing Terror Info
By Barry Schweid / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A senior House Democrat who has been sharply critical of State Department reporting on terrorism is accusing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of denying Congress and the public important information about the number of incidents.
"There appears to be a pattern in the administration's approach to terrorism data: favorable facts are revealed while unfavorable facts are suppressed," Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California said in a letter to the department's acting inspector general, Cameron R. Hume.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2345
Senate GOP Sets Up Filibuster Showdown
Two Bush Nominees, Both Women, Sent to Floor for Test Between Republicans and Democrats
By Charles Babington and Dan Balz / Washington Post
Moving the Senate closer to a historic confrontation, the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee yesterday endorsed two of President Bush's most controversial nominees to federal appellate court, and Democrats vowed once again to use the filibuster to block their confirmation.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2339
Cheney Weighs in on Judicial Filibusters
By Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney warned Democrats Friday that he will cast the tie-breaking vote to ban filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees if the Senate deadlocks on the question.
Republicans are moving the Senate toward a final confrontation with Democrats over judicial nominations. Internal GOP polling shows that most Americans don't support Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's plan to ban judicial filibusters — a tactic in which opponents can prevent a vote on a nomination with just 41 votes in the 100-member Senate.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2344
Bush Hopes Saudis Will Help;
"Gasoline prices are high, we haven't yet entered the summer driving season, and what is the president going to do about it?"
Bush Encounters Hurdles on Energy Agenda
By Tom Raum / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Running for president five years ago, George W. Bush pledged to jawbone energy-exporting nations to keep oil prices low and to win passage of legislation to spur more domestic energy production. Delivering on either count has proved difficult for the Texas oilman.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2347
"...it is wrong that the leader of the United States must ask favors from a foreign prince."
Democrats Hit Bush on Gas Prices, Energy Plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush should not be forced to ask for favors from Saudi Arabia to help lower near-record prices at American gas pumps, a senior Democratic congressman said on Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts blamed the Bush administration's "failed energy policy" for the high cost of oil and called for a plan that focused on renewable technologies, energy efficiency and conservation rather than an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the United States.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2349
Bush Bill Would Raise Gas Prices
Dems: Energy Bill Would Raise Gas Prices
By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The energy bill that passed the House on Thursday will raise gasoline prices and subsidize oil companies but fail to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Saturday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2350
AP Cameraman Killed by Gunfire in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A television cameraman working for The Associated Press was killed Saturday when gunfire broke out after an explosion in the northern city of Mosul. An AP photographer was wounded in the same incident.
AP identified the victims as Associated Press Television News cameraman Saleh Ibrahim and photographer Mohamed Ibrahim, no relation to the deceased. Saleh Ibrahim was in his early 30s and was a father of five.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2355
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Videos Show Downing of Helicopter, Killing in Iraq
Footage on the Internet and TV shows crash and the slaying of crewman who survived it.
By Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times
BAGHDAD — Video recordings showing the downing of a commercial helicopter in central Iraq and the execution of the sole surviving crew member emerged Friday on the Internet and an Arab satellite news channel.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2356
Four Car Bombings in Iraq Leave 21 Dead
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents exploded two car bombs in a Baghdad market and two more in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Sunday, killing a total of 21 Iraqis and wounding 73 in one of the bloodiest days since Iraq's historic elections.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2365
April 24th, 2005 1:27 pm
5 Killed in Border Clashes in Afghanistan
By Stephen Graham / Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan soldiers backed by warplanes and artillery battled suspected insurgents in clashes near the border with Pakistan, and four fighters and one Afghan soldier were killed, the U.S. military said Sunday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2358
Afghanistan woman stoned to death
BBC
A woman has been stoned to death in Afghanistan, reportedly for committing adultery.
The killing is said to have taken place in the Urgu district of north-eastern Badakhshan province.
A local Afghan government official confirmed the death, and said the government would investigate the case.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2363
April 24th, 2005 2:54 pm
US police handcuff five-year-old
BBC
A lawyer has threatened to sue police officers who handcuffed an allegedly uncontrollable five-year-old after she acted up at a Florida kindergarten.
The officers were called by the school after a teacher and assistant principal failed to calm down the little girl.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2362
Hundreds mourn, celebrate human rights activist
Sean Penn: Ruzicka was his hero
LAKEPORT, California (AP) -- An American activist who was killed by a car bomb in Iraq earlier this month was remembered Saturday for her dedication to humanitarian causes and her personal mission of counting civilian casualties of war.
Many of the more than 600 mourners, including friends, family, colleagues and journalists who traveled from around the world for her funeral, shared memories of Marla Ruzicka's boundless energy that helped her accomplish much in her 28 years.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2364
The Chicago Tribune
BULLS 103, WIZARDS 94
GAME 2: AT UNITED CENTER, 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY
New-timers' day
By K.C. Johnson
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 24, 2005, 11:24 PM CDT
The chant started in the far reaches of the 300 level, those United Center sections that have been barren during the wasteland of the past six seasons.
The chant cascaded downward, bathing the Bulls—and one in particular—in love as they put the finishing touches on Sunday's 103-94 victory over Washington in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-050424bullsgamer,1,1019853.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Schools would prefer `keep your children in class' day
Annual children's visit to workplace Thursday is opposed by districts nationwide that call it `a lost instruction day'
By James Kimberly
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 24, 2005
One Naperville school district is warning parents that kids who participate in "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" day next year will be charged an unexcused absence.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-0504240270apr24,1,2966384.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Schwarzenegger loses aura of invincibility
Governor regroups as approval tumbles
By Vincent J. Schodolski
Tribune national correspondent
Published April 24, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- He never used to lose. They could throw anything at him, even a mechanically or electronically superior female cyborg and he would triumph. But Arnold Schwarzenegger is discovering that he is in California, not in "California: The Movie."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504240267apr24,1,5984425.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Holding on, letting go
IN VIETNAM: WAR HAPPENED, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
IN AMERICA: CONFLICT STILL PROVOKES ANGER, AMBIGUITY
By Michael A. Lev, Tribune foreign correspondent, Michael Tackett, senior correspondent, and Tim Jones, national correspondent
Published April 24, 2005
The Vietnam War was a searing conflict that cost 58,000 American lives. Thirty years later, for many Americans the war still echoes in college classrooms, within families and in the nation's political campaigns. But for most Vietnamese, the "American War" that killed an estimated 1 million people or more is their parents' war, only one chapter in the country's long history of armed struggle. The conflict with the U.S. is no longer an issue; the Vietnamese have largely moved on.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504240313apr24,1,2642081.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Global Warming/Climate Change - Some are a little dated but important
Climate Change Is Melting Antarctic Glaciers
Posted April 24, 2005 12:00AM
An in-depth study using aerial photographs spanning the past half century of all 244 marine glaciers on the west side of the Antarctic finger-like peninsula pointing up to South America found that 87 percent of them were in retreat -- and the speed was rising.
Most of the glaciers on the Antarctic peninsula are in headlong retreat because of climate change, according to a leading scientist.
An in-depth study using aerial photographs spanning the past half century of all 244 marine glaciers on the west side of the finger-like peninsula pointing up to South America found that 87 percent of them were in retreat -- and the speed was rising.
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=120006Q6NWM0
Plea to farmers on climate change
Farmers in the UK are being urged to consider how they will cope with the effects of climate change.
The government says changing weather patterns could have severe implications for crops and livestock.
Government scientists have been looking at possible consequences of global warming as far ahead as 2080, but say the effects could be seen far sooner.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4252419.stm
Climate change leading to severe erosion in parks
Last updated Feb 10 2005 04:52 PM AST
CBC News
CHARLOTTETOWN – It's been an especially bad year for erosion at Prince Edward Island National Park because of severe winter storms.
Park officials spoke about coastal erosion before a special committee on climate change on Thursday in Charlottetown.
A storm surge on Boxing Day eroded as much as 10 metres of shoreline in some areas of the park. It tore away dunes, and took large chunks from the bottoms of cliffs.
http://pei.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=pei-coastal-erosion-20050210
EU sets out global climate change mitigation agenda
New business and community resilience measures will be necessary.
The European Commission has set out a road-map for reducing the increase in global warming and for mitigating its impacts.
Climate change is a real threat that calls for a long-term, global response states the EC. The Kyoto Protocol, which comes into force on 16th February 2005 and legally obliges industrialised countries to meet targets with regard to their emissions of greenhouse gases is just a first step in its mitigation.
http://continuitycentral.com/news01742.htm
Global climate change dispute heats up prior to Kyoto treaty
Environmental group says Earth's temperature could rise by 2026
By Sam Hodgson, Senior Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, February 10, 2005
Leading international scientists gathered at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Exeter, U.K., Feb. 1-3, to further scientific understanding and encourage international debate about global climate change.
At the conference, the World Wildlife Fund proposed that by the year 2026, the Earth could become an average 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit higher than pre-industrial levels, according to The Associated Press.
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/news/2005/02/10/City/Global.Climate.Change.Dispute.Heats.Up.Prior.To.Kyoto.Treaty-858372.shtml
Climate change impacting Nebraska, says Hagel
By Robert Pore
robert.pore@theindependent.com
While global climate change is impacting Nebraska, it will also provide opportunities for the state's economy, said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Wednesday.
One of the opportunities Nebraska has in meeting the challenge of reducing greenhouse emissions, which are a contributing factor to global climate change, is the development of the state's energy potential through environmentally friendly renewable fuels, such as ethanol, biodiesel and wind power.
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/021005/new_climate10.shtml
The New Zealand Herald
'It was at Gallipoli that our young nations came of age'
Turkish honour guards are silhouetted behind a fluttering New Zealand flag during an international service at a Turkish memorial in Gallipoli. Picture / Reuters
25.04.05 2.15pm UPDATE
HELLES, Turkey - New Zealanders and Australians have poured into Anzac Cove for the 90th anniversary of one of World War One’s most vicious battles.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122229
Solo sailor recovers after dramatic rescue
25.04.05 1.00pm
A French solo sailor was today recovering after being rescued from high seas off Cape Reinga overnight.
His crippled sloop Teno Zaranza was towed into the safety of Spirits Bay in the Far North late this morning by the container ship Pacific Explorer which responded to a mayday call.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122234
Wintry weather grips the country
25.04.05 11.00am UPDATE
Desert Road is now open after ice and snow closed the road earlier today as the first blast of wintry weather for the year continued to grip much of the country on the Anzac holiday weekend.
Snow, hail and high winds have affected many regions.
The Rimutaka Hill road, north of Wellington, is open but motorists have been advised to take extreme care as a light dusting of snow and slushy conditions create driving hazards.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122214
The weather in Antarctica is (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-27.0°
Updated Monday 25 Apr 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
37 °F / 3 °C
Clear
Humidity:
81%
Dew Point:
32 °F / 0 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
30.13 in / 1020 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Clear -
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