The Los Angeles Times
Border Watchers Capture Their Prey -- the Media
By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer
PALOMINAS, Ariz. — Jim Gilchrist bounced into the Trading Post diner here Monday, ordered coffee and toast and began smoking vigorously.
His cellphone occasionally rang, his two-way radio squawked and a coterie of followers hung on his every word.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-minuteman5apr05,0,4428094.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Windfall to State May Be Fleeting
SACRAMENTO — Corporations scurrying to meet a tax amnesty deadline deposited at least $2.3 billion into the state treasury over the weekend — enough to erase a substantial portion of California's budget shortfall.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amnesty5apr05,0,3974724.story?coll=la-home-headlines
300 Evacuate in Another Derailment
A Union Pacific freight train carrying chlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals derailed between a mobile home park and a housing tract in San Bernardino late Monday night, sparking the evacuation of more than 300 residents, authorities said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-derail5apr05,0,7422844.story?coll=la-home-headlines
U.S. to Probe Imports of Chinese Goods
New limits could be imposed if a panel finds that a surge in textiles and apparel has disrupted the market.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-textiles5apr05,0,2545584.story?coll=la-home-business
No ordinary Jane
Fonda has always been a woman of action — and of controversy.
By Susan Salter Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
Writing books is probably not what Jane Fonda will be remembered for. As for the movies, there were 41 of them, from "Tall Story" in 1960 to "Monster-In-Law" in 2005. Depending on your age, they may have meant something strong to you or not. But Hanoi Jane, now there's a woman you'll remember. Is she an American icon or isn't she? Is she a feminist or isn't she? The answer lies somewhere between "Barbarella" and "On Golden Pond"; between Ted Turner and Tom Hayden; between the mega-million-dollar business of the Jane Fonda "Workout" and living with a mattress on the floor in Venice Beach. Oh woman, you've got to choose. Or do you?
http://www.calendarlive.com/books/reviews/cl-et-fonda5apr05,0,3904576.story
At what cost?
To keep health coverage, more workers are cutting back on food, heat and other necessities. Still, many of them eventually will lose the battle.
By Daniel Costello, Times Staff Writer
Terri MATTHEWS, a teacher's aide in East Palo Alto, spends $613 a month for her family's health insurance — 24% of her take-home pay. Rather than go without coverage, she skimps on other needs; her heat has been turned off twice in the last year and she recently had to drop her car insurance.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-insure4apr04,0,5132674.story?coll=la-home-health
Sydney Morning Herald
BBC shows footage of 'executions' in N Korea
April 5, 2005 - 1:25PM
The BBC has broadcast harrowing footage purportedly showing North Koreans being publicly executed by firing squad for trying to flee the totalitarian regime.
The pictures, filmed in secret just over a month ago in towns near the North Korean border with China, were obtained by the British broadcaster and shown on television.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/BBC-shows-footage-of-executions-in-N-Korea/2005/04/05/1112489466134.html
Magnetic attraction in a meeting of opposite Poles worlds apart
April 5, 2005
John Paul II meets another kind of local wildlife during his 1986 visit.
Photo: Rick Stevens
Michael Gawenda was struck by the strangeness of fate when he met the Pope in Australia.
The irony was not lost on my colleagues. As far as I know, I was the only Jewish journalist covering the Pope's visit to Australia.
For reasons still unclear, I was chosen by the tour's organisers to travel on the Pope's plane as he toured the country in 1986. I was the only journalist on those flights, the pool reporter for the Australian media.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Magnetic-attraction-in-a-meeting-of-opposite-Poles-worlds-apart/2005/04/04/1112489414154.html
Poland calls for beloved son's heart to come home
April 5, 2005
The death of Poland's most adored son plunged the country into a week of mourning, with leading Catholics calling for the Pope's heart to be returned to Cracow, the spiritual capital, as the campaign to elevate him to the sainthood gathered pace.
Close childhood friends of the Pope paid tributes and backed the calls to beatify the man they knew simply as "Lolek".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Poland-calls-for-beloved-sons-heart-to-come-home/2005/04/04/1112489414305.html
Stasi moles in Vatican spread lies to help Bulgarians
April 5, 2005
East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, had about a dozen agents in the Vatican during the 1980s spreading misinformation about the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.
Helping their comrades in the Bulgarian secret service, who were under suspicion of arranging the attempt for the Russians, the Stasi spread misinformation directing attention towards the CIA.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Stasi-moles-in-Vatican-spread-lies-to-help-Bulgarians/2005/04/04/1112489414290.html
BBC
N Korea rights 'getting worse'
Mr Rammell said the situation had deteriorated since last year
The UK government has said human rights in the secretive nation of North Korea appear to be getting worse.
Junior Foreign Minister Bill Rammell made the comments at a briefing to highlight the suffering of two former North Korean political prisoners.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4409697.stm
East Timor mourns 'catalyst' Pope
By Jonathan Head
BBC News
East Timor has declared a three-day mourning period
In few other countries did the Roman Catholic Church play such a prominent role in the struggle for nationhood as in East Timor.
The government has declared three days of national mourning to mark the death of Pope John Paul II.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4410917.stm
Aceh looks for new political future
By Rachel Harvey
BBC News, Aceh
By the end of this month, the Indonesian government is expected to have made public its plans for the reconstruction of Aceh.
It will herald the start of a new phase in the province's slow recovery, after the devastation wrought by last December's earthquake and tsunami.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4368275.stm
Losses mount at 3 mobile company
Actress Anna Friel promoted 3's UK mobile phone service
Mobile phone operator 3 Group suffered heavy losses in 2004 as it sought to sign up customers for its 3G services.
Pre-tax, pre-exceptional losses totalled 37.5bn Hong Kong dollars ($4.8bn; £2.5bn), as 3 spent more than US$1bn on winning new customers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4400657.stm
Iraq general kidnapped in Baghdad
Saleh heads one of Iraq's first armoured units to re-form
An Iraqi general who commands a special armoured unit has been kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
Brig Gen Mohammad Jalal Saleh was pulled from his car along with his bodyguards in the west of the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411335.stm
Saudi battle goes into third day
Saudi security forces have been cracking down on alleged militants
At least nine militants are reported to have died in clashes with the Saudi security forces.
The shoot-out has now entered its third day and is one of the largest battles Saudi forces have ever fought against Islamic militants, Saudi officials say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4411765.stm
Sunnis urged to join Iraqi police
Iraqi police are regularly targeted by insurgents
Senior Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq have urged their followers to join the country's security forces.
Sunnis form the bulk of the anti-US insurgency, which frequently attacks the police and army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4403337.stm
Pope touches hearts among Muslims
By Jon Leyne
BBC News, Amman
The Omayyad Mosque was built over an early Christian church
Pope John Paul is also being mourned in the Muslim world.
Amongst those offering condolences are President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, a country that is 99% Muslim, and one of the senior imams in Lebanon, Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4406397.stm
Israel to leave Gaza homes intact
Heavily armed settlers have vowed to resist any expulsion attempt
Israel will not demolish homes vacated by Jewish settlers when it withdraws from the Gaza Strip this summer, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said.
The statement appears to reflect a signficant change of policy on Mr Sharon's part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4401921.stm
Israeli envoy dies of head wound
Doron Grossman was days away from a new job in South Africa
Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia has died in hospital days after shooting himself in an apparent act of suicide after news he had terminal cancer.
Doron Grossman, 48, was brought back to Israel after being found with a head wound at his home in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4393643.stm
Hague takes on Darfur war crimes
Fleeing civilians have sought protection in camps
A sealed list of 51 suspects accused of war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan is to be handed to the International Criminal Court.
A United Nations investigation into killings, torture and rape identified a number of government and army officials, militia and rebel leaders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4411497.stm
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