The New York Times
Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/04pulitzers-arts.html
Third World Represents a New Factor in Pope's Succession
By LYDIA POLGREEN and LARRY ROHTER
Published: April 5, 2005
IN AFRICA Parishioners attending Sunday Mass at Christ the King Church in Kampala, Uganda, mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, whose message reached many in Africa.
IN LATIN AMERICA Members of Asunción parish in Mexico City in a procession after a Mass for the pope.
LAGOS, Nigeria, April 3 - In the modest sanctuary of the Church of the Assumption here, there is no glint of stained glass, just cheap frosted louvers to let the breeze in. The Stations of the Cross are not painted by the hand of a Renaissance master. They are rendered in simple wood carvings hung on the wall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/worldspecial2/05outpost.html?hp&ex=1112760000&en=66e42faf6efa7ae6&ei=5094&partner=homepage
U.S. Drones Crowding the Skies to Fight Insurgents in Iraq
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., March 30 - In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft - increasingly crucial tools in tracking insurgents, foiling roadside bombings, protecting convoys and launching missile attacks - has shot up to more than 700 now from just a handful four years ago, military officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/international/middleeast/05predator.html
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions
STOCKTON, Calif. - Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1112699474-P+nX++Nl9hmzvGLui/wr/w
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Battles
By REUTERS
Published: April 5, 2005
Filed at 5:16 a.m. ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-battle.html
Michael Moore Today
NYU Antiwar Protesters Keep CIA at Bay;
CIA recruitment event canceled due to planned protest
Student Press Release:
"We're here to say that torture and terror
are not career opportunities..."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
NYU antiwar protesters keep CIA at bay
By Amy Odell / Washington Square News
A CIA recruitment event scheduled to occur Thursday at NYU was canceled after organizers learned of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network against the CIA's presence on campus, university officials said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2095
Student Protest Prevents CIA Recruiting Event at New York University; Antiwar Students Hope to Halt Unique CIA College Marketing Effort at NYU
Press release issed by students at NYU:
A planned CIA recruiting event at New York University (NYU) was cancelled after the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) called a protest demanding the CIA abandon its recruiting program at NYU. 20 hours before the recruiting event was scheduled to begin, its organizers sent an email to all those who had registered, headlined, "The CIA Speaker Event scheduled for Thursday, March 31 @6PM has been CANCELLED due to the possibility of a protest by the Campus Antiwar Network."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2086
DON'T LET CONGRESS SQUANDER YOUR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
Curveball:
Curveball's information was used to justify the war even though it was clear Curveball was a goofball. As the commission report notes, a Defense Department employee at the C.I.A. met with him and "was concerned by Curveball's apparent 'hangover' during their meeting" and suspicious that Curveball spoke excellent English, even though the Foreign Service had told U.S. intelligence officials that Curveball did not speak English.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php
Rumfeld's War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/
The New Zealand Herald
World leaders to attend papal funeral
Baseball players observe a moment's silence for Pope John Paul ll in St Petersburg, US. Picture / Reuters
05.04.05 4.00pm
VATICAN CITY - Around 200 kings, queens and heads of state and government will attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II at 10am this Friday (8pm NZT) in what is expected to be the biggest gathering at the Vatican in its history.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118853
Judge slams British Labour Party over vote fraud
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Nigel Morris
BIRMINGHAM - A judge has delivered a devastating indictment of the British postal voting system championed by Ministers and found six Labour councillors guilty of electoral fraud.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118830
Israel to dump rubbish near Palestinian water source
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Donald Macintyre
Israel is planning to dump up to 10,000 tonnes a month of its refuse in a quarry in the occupied West Bank in the region of the Palestinian city of Nablus.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118804
TV watching linked to bullying, say researchers
05.04.05
CHICAGO - The more television 4-year-old children watch the more likely they are to become bullies later on in school, a US study said on Monday.
At the same time, children whose parents read to them, take them on outings and just generally pay attention to them are less likely to become bullies, said the report from the University of Washington.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118796
Set aside funds now for bird flu, expert says
05.04.05 1.00pm
by Maggie Fox
WASHINGTON - The world's governments should set aside 5 per cent of their spending on influenza vaccines to help get ready for the next big flu epidemic, a World Health Organisation expert proposed today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118779
Temporary tsunami alert system goes live
05.04.05
A temporary tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean came into operation yesterday.
So far only six countries in the region are in a position to receive the information from the new system. The six have not been named, but are believed to include Singapore and Sri Lanka. The plan is to extend the system to 25 countries, including Australia, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118701
Woman breastfeeds tiger cubs
05.04.05
A woman in Myanmar is breastfeeding two tiger cubs at a zoo in Yangon after they were removed from their aggressive mother.
Hla Htay, 40, who has three children, the youngest seven months old, offered her services after the Bengal tiger cubs' mother, Noah Noah, killed the third member of her litter.
The two others, a male and a female, were taken from her and now receive bottle feeds as well as Hla Htay's milk four times a day.
"I felt sorry for them so I decided to feed them before their teeth grow," she told the Myanmar Times, an English-language paper in the capital.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10118699
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Updated Tuesday 05 Apr 8:59PM
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