The Jerusalem Post
IDF kills three Gaza youths; 27 mortar shells hit Gush Katif
Three Palestinian youths were shot dead by IDF troops near an army base in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday.
In response to the shooting, the Palestinians fired 27 mortar shells at Gush Katif settlements and IDF positions in the area. One house in the region sustained damage.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113025482014
Police brace for Temple Mount violence
Bracing for possible violence, Jerusalem police will be on the highest state of alert Sunday on the Temple Mount, barring both a group of Jewish ultra-nationalists and Arab men from entering the
bitterly contested holy site due to fear that an altercation between the two sides at the compound will send the country spiraling into violence.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112926804212
Arson suspected in Carmel fires
Firefighters believe that a huge blaze that swept the Mount Carmel national park on Friday and destroyed at least 2,000 dunams of mainly natural brush and trees may have been started deliberately.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112926804606
Distant relations
Here in the sun-baked fields of western Ethiopia, miles from the closest road and in a place where daily life has changed little from the way things were a thousand years ago, lies what could be Israel's next big immigration dilemma.
… Pretty much everyone around these parts agrees on what that means. Beta Israel are blacksmiths or potters or weavers, descendants of those who by their caste could not own land because they were Falasha - people from a foreign land. The Beta Israel are from the "seed of Israel," the people explain, the faraway place described in the Bible.
But in this the Beta Israel are not unique; many Ethiopian natives believe they, too, are descendants of the kingdom of Israel. The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled from 1930 to 1974, claimed he was a direct descendant of King Solomon and was called the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112840335728
The Chicago Tribune
FRONT-RUNNERS
Parents seek a competitive edge for their athletic preteens by hiring personal trainers
By Carolyn Starks
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
The athlete--a three-sport starter--was hungry for a competitive edge, that intangible thing that could make him a first-round draft choice.
Summer camps and playing catch wouldn't do it. The 6th grader needed a personal trainer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504100386apr10,1,3231679.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
St. Charles cop dies while chasing teens
By Jennifer Lebovich, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Grace Aduroja wrote this report and freelance reporter Gary Gibula contributed
Published April 10, 2005
A 27-year veteran of the St. Charles Police Department died early Saturday of an apparent heart attack while chasing several teenagers who allegedly tried to steal a golf cart from St. Charles East High School.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504100179apr10,1,2903999.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true
2010 school reform off to wobbly start
Power struggle, lack of cash stall progress
By Stephanie Banchero
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
Nine months after its launch, Chicago's radical experiment to remake its city schools is struggling to get off the ground.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-0504100427apr10,1,738154.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
`Bunker buster' nuclear arms face hurdles
White House pushes new tack for funding
By Michael Kilian
Washington Bureau
Published April 10, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is renewing a push to research and develop a new family of lower-yield nuclear weapons, including the controversial "bunker buster," or Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, that could be used against the underground weapons labs and leadership redoubts of the nation's enemies.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504100374apr10,1,2052254.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Workforce needs polish, U.S. businesses declare
`Soft skills' such as punctuality lacking, employers, unions say
By Leon Lazaroff
Tribune national correspondent
Published April 10, 2005
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- As lawmakers and educators struggle to improve high schools in the U.S., businesses and labor unions say they are alarmed that even job seekers with a diploma can't function in the workplace.
It's a problem, they say, that threatens to cripple American productivity at home and competition abroad.
Discouraged by the work habits of many new employees, a handful of states, led by New York, are working to create a nationally recognized "work readiness" credential. Proponents say the credential would certify that a prospective employee understands the importance of "soft skills" such as punctuality, a willingness to accept supervision and an ability to work in a group.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504100376apr10,1,1181632.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Falling for Iceland
A shoulder-season visit to the land of fire and ice—and so much more
By Phil Marty
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
SEYDISFJORDUR, Iceland -- It wasn't love at first sight.
But here, midway through a nine-day drive around this island country, this was the clincher.
To my right, a 25-foot-high waterfall thundered, dumping its icy waters into a stream that frothed from rock to rock on its way to the fiord below.
To my left, at the bottom of a switchbacky two-lane asphalt road, this tiny village rested in the mist at the end of the fiord that runs 10 miles east to the North Atlantic.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-gc91r9i9h.13apr10,1,5316286.story?coll=chi-travel-hed
The Arab News
Death of Top Terrorists in Al-Rass Gunbattle Confirmed
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 10 April 2005 — The Interior Ministry yesterday confirmed the death of Saud Al-Otaibi, the leader of Al-Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia, and Moroccan Abdul Kareem Al-Majati, the No. 4 on the list of 26 most wanted terrorists, in last week’s gunbattle in Al-Rass.
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Iraqis Call for Total US Pullout
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News
Tens of thousands of Iraqis gather during a rally in Firdaus Square in central Baghdad, Saturday. (AFP)
BAGHDAD, 10 April 2005 — Tens of thousands of Iraqis marched here yesterday to call for the total pullout of US troops from Iraq and demand a speedy trial of Saddam Hussein on the second anniversary of his overthrow.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61859&d=10&m=4&y=2005
Cartoon
http://www.arabnews.com/cartoon/
Israelis Kill Three Palestinian Teens
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
RAMALLAH, 10 April 2005 — Israeli troops fired at a group of Palestinian youths playing soccer in a refugee camp yesterday, killing three teenagers in the deadliest incident in the Gaza Strip since Israel and the Palestinians declared a cease-fire two months ago.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61860&d=10&m=4&y=2005
Lebanon Truck With Hidden Bomb Seized
Reuters
BEIRUT, 10 April 2005 — A truck loaded with 40 kilograms of explosives was seized overnight while on its way toward the Syrian border, outgoing state minister Albert Mansur said yesterday. “The truck loaded with explosives was heading to Syria, according to sources of the investigation,” Mansur said on LBCI television. Police said security forces had seized a Hyundai truck in the northeastern district of Hermel, a few kilometers from Syria. They said the explosives were hidden under carts of vegetables. The driver, identified as Muwafaq Ibrahim, from the village of Hawsh Hala near the main eastern city of Zahleh, was arrested, they said.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61876&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Taleban Insurgents Kill Senior Afghan Official
Agencies
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, 10 April 2005 — Ousted Taleban remnants have killed a senior Afghan provincial official several days after kidnapping him, a Taleban spokesman said yesterday. Sarajuddin, chief of Zabul’s power and water department, was killed after a group of Taleban seized him two days ago outside the town of Qalat, Zabul’s provincial capital, the spokesman said. The murder was confirmed by a local police official.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61877&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Kashmir Will Top Agenda: Musharraf
Huma Aamir Malik, Arab News
ISLAMABAD, 10 April 2005 — Pakistan’s President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that talks on the lingering Kashmir dispute, and not cricket, would top the agenda of his visit to India next week.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61890&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
2 Die, 5 Taken Ill After Eating Crabs in S. Philippines
Al Jacinto, Arab News
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 10 April 2005 — Two persons died and five more were hospitalized after eating crabs in the southern province of Surigao del Sur, the military said yesterday.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61857&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
IDF kills three Gaza youths; 27 mortar shells hit Gush Katif
Three Palestinian youths were shot dead by IDF troops near an army base in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday.
In response to the shooting, the Palestinians fired 27 mortar shells at Gush Katif settlements and IDF positions in the area. One house in the region sustained damage.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113025482014
Police brace for Temple Mount violence
Bracing for possible violence, Jerusalem police will be on the highest state of alert Sunday on the Temple Mount, barring both a group of Jewish ultra-nationalists and Arab men from entering the
bitterly contested holy site due to fear that an altercation between the two sides at the compound will send the country spiraling into violence.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112926804212
Arson suspected in Carmel fires
Firefighters believe that a huge blaze that swept the Mount Carmel national park on Friday and destroyed at least 2,000 dunams of mainly natural brush and trees may have been started deliberately.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112926804606
Distant relations
Here in the sun-baked fields of western Ethiopia, miles from the closest road and in a place where daily life has changed little from the way things were a thousand years ago, lies what could be Israel's next big immigration dilemma.
… Pretty much everyone around these parts agrees on what that means. Beta Israel are blacksmiths or potters or weavers, descendants of those who by their caste could not own land because they were Falasha - people from a foreign land. The Beta Israel are from the "seed of Israel," the people explain, the faraway place described in the Bible.
But in this the Beta Israel are not unique; many Ethiopian natives believe they, too, are descendants of the kingdom of Israel. The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled from 1930 to 1974, claimed he was a direct descendant of King Solomon and was called the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112840335728
The Chicago Tribune
FRONT-RUNNERS
Parents seek a competitive edge for their athletic preteens by hiring personal trainers
By Carolyn Starks
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
The athlete--a three-sport starter--was hungry for a competitive edge, that intangible thing that could make him a first-round draft choice.
Summer camps and playing catch wouldn't do it. The 6th grader needed a personal trainer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504100386apr10,1,3231679.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
St. Charles cop dies while chasing teens
By Jennifer Lebovich, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Grace Aduroja wrote this report and freelance reporter Gary Gibula contributed
Published April 10, 2005
A 27-year veteran of the St. Charles Police Department died early Saturday of an apparent heart attack while chasing several teenagers who allegedly tried to steal a golf cart from St. Charles East High School.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504100179apr10,1,2903999.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true
2010 school reform off to wobbly start
Power struggle, lack of cash stall progress
By Stephanie Banchero
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
Nine months after its launch, Chicago's radical experiment to remake its city schools is struggling to get off the ground.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-0504100427apr10,1,738154.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
`Bunker buster' nuclear arms face hurdles
White House pushes new tack for funding
By Michael Kilian
Washington Bureau
Published April 10, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is renewing a push to research and develop a new family of lower-yield nuclear weapons, including the controversial "bunker buster," or Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, that could be used against the underground weapons labs and leadership redoubts of the nation's enemies.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504100374apr10,1,2052254.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Workforce needs polish, U.S. businesses declare
`Soft skills' such as punctuality lacking, employers, unions say
By Leon Lazaroff
Tribune national correspondent
Published April 10, 2005
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- As lawmakers and educators struggle to improve high schools in the U.S., businesses and labor unions say they are alarmed that even job seekers with a diploma can't function in the workplace.
It's a problem, they say, that threatens to cripple American productivity at home and competition abroad.
Discouraged by the work habits of many new employees, a handful of states, led by New York, are working to create a nationally recognized "work readiness" credential. Proponents say the credential would certify that a prospective employee understands the importance of "soft skills" such as punctuality, a willingness to accept supervision and an ability to work in a group.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504100376apr10,1,1181632.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Falling for Iceland
A shoulder-season visit to the land of fire and ice—and so much more
By Phil Marty
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 10, 2005
SEYDISFJORDUR, Iceland -- It wasn't love at first sight.
But here, midway through a nine-day drive around this island country, this was the clincher.
To my right, a 25-foot-high waterfall thundered, dumping its icy waters into a stream that frothed from rock to rock on its way to the fiord below.
To my left, at the bottom of a switchbacky two-lane asphalt road, this tiny village rested in the mist at the end of the fiord that runs 10 miles east to the North Atlantic.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-gc91r9i9h.13apr10,1,5316286.story?coll=chi-travel-hed
The Arab News
Death of Top Terrorists in Al-Rass Gunbattle Confirmed
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 10 April 2005 — The Interior Ministry yesterday confirmed the death of Saud Al-Otaibi, the leader of Al-Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia, and Moroccan Abdul Kareem Al-Majati, the No. 4 on the list of 26 most wanted terrorists, in last week’s gunbattle in Al-Rass.
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Iraqis Call for Total US Pullout
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News
Tens of thousands of Iraqis gather during a rally in Firdaus Square in central Baghdad, Saturday. (AFP)
BAGHDAD, 10 April 2005 — Tens of thousands of Iraqis marched here yesterday to call for the total pullout of US troops from Iraq and demand a speedy trial of Saddam Hussein on the second anniversary of his overthrow.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61859&d=10&m=4&y=2005
Cartoon
http://www.arabnews.com/cartoon/
Israelis Kill Three Palestinian Teens
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
RAMALLAH, 10 April 2005 — Israeli troops fired at a group of Palestinian youths playing soccer in a refugee camp yesterday, killing three teenagers in the deadliest incident in the Gaza Strip since Israel and the Palestinians declared a cease-fire two months ago.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61860&d=10&m=4&y=2005
Lebanon Truck With Hidden Bomb Seized
Reuters
BEIRUT, 10 April 2005 — A truck loaded with 40 kilograms of explosives was seized overnight while on its way toward the Syrian border, outgoing state minister Albert Mansur said yesterday. “The truck loaded with explosives was heading to Syria, according to sources of the investigation,” Mansur said on LBCI television. Police said security forces had seized a Hyundai truck in the northeastern district of Hermel, a few kilometers from Syria. They said the explosives were hidden under carts of vegetables. The driver, identified as Muwafaq Ibrahim, from the village of Hawsh Hala near the main eastern city of Zahleh, was arrested, they said.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61876&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Taleban Insurgents Kill Senior Afghan Official
Agencies
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, 10 April 2005 — Ousted Taleban remnants have killed a senior Afghan provincial official several days after kidnapping him, a Taleban spokesman said yesterday. Sarajuddin, chief of Zabul’s power and water department, was killed after a group of Taleban seized him two days ago outside the town of Qalat, Zabul’s provincial capital, the spokesman said. The murder was confirmed by a local police official.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61877&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Kashmir Will Top Agenda: Musharraf
Huma Aamir Malik, Arab News
ISLAMABAD, 10 April 2005 — Pakistan’s President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that talks on the lingering Kashmir dispute, and not cricket, would top the agenda of his visit to India next week.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61890&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
2 Die, 5 Taken Ill After Eating Crabs in S. Philippines
Al Jacinto, Arab News
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 10 April 2005 — Two persons died and five more were hospitalized after eating crabs in the southern province of Surigao del Sur, the military said yesterday.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61857&d=10&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
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