Indonesia to ask for U.S. help to fight against illegal fishing
JAKARTA (Antara): The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will ask the United States to help Indonesia fight illegal fishing practices by foreign vessels in its water zones, an official said on Thursday.
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Attempted attack on Japanese tanker was in Indonesian waters: Singapore
SINGAPORE (AFP): An attempted pirate attack this week on a Japanese-owned crude oil tanker on the Singapore Strait took place in Indonesian waters, the city-state's ministry of defence said Thursday.
The ministry said in a statement the Maritime and Port Authority had alerted the Singapore navy and police coast guard immediately after receiving a report of the incident from the master of the oil tanker, Yohteisan.
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Australia says it will not intervene in Bali drug smuggling case
JAKARTA (AFP): Australia's justice minister said on Thursday that Canberra would not intervene in the high-profile trial of an Australian woman accused of smuggling a large bag of marijuana onto Indonesia's Bali island.
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10,854 policemen to safeguard Asian-African Summit
JAKARTA (Antara): The Jakarta Police Headquarters will deploy 10,854 personnel to help safeguard the Asian-African Summit and Senior Official's Meeting to be held here and in Bandung from April 22 to April 24, a high-ranking official said on Thursday.
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New Zealand seismologists brief Indonesian president on threats from tsunamis, earthquakes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): Seismologists in earthquake-prone New Zealand briefed Indonesia's president Thursday on quake and tsunami risks in the region and the need for monitoring systems.
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Working together to promote human rights
Benny YP Siahaan, Jakarta
The testimony of Suciwati, widow of human rights activist Munir, before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) at its 61st session in Geneva recently has certainly sparked public attention. In Geneva, Suciwati was accompanied by NGO compatriots such as Raffendi Jamin and others.
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The Chicago Sun Time
The Weather in Chicago is "Tempermental"
Disability claims up 20% at Chicago VA office
April 7, 2005
BY CHERYL L. REED Staff Reporter
Disability claims at the Chicago office of Veterans Affairs have increased 20 percent this year, forcing the VA to send nearly a quarter of its claims to be decided elsewhere, VA officials admit.
Disability claims by wounded veterans have risen 8 percent nationwide since the beginning of the year. VA officials attribute Chicago's sudden increase to the Chicago Sun-Times' "Wounded Warriors" articles, which revealed that Illinois veterans have been receiving among the lowest disability payments in the nation for seven decades.
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Hale gets max: 40 years in prison
April 7, 2005
BY NATASHA KORECKI AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters
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Michael Moore Today
Counsel to Florida Senator Mel
Martinez (2nd from left) Admits to
Authoring Schiavo Memo
"As far as I'm concerned, it is an invention of the press.";
Sen. Robert F. Bennett, Utah Republican, said the issue 'stinks' of a news fabrication similar to the one that engulfed CBS anchorman Dan Rather during the 2004 presidential campaign…
Rush Limbaugh
The Memo;
Schiavo 'is a great political issue'
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ARE WE SURPRISED, Mike. No, we are not surprised !! People are being USED by the Neocons of the Repuglican Party to manipulate the priorities of a nation and to distract from the real issues. Can you imagine 'shaking' A Bush's hand 'IN THAT WAY' knowing that pandering will win you rewards. YUKA !!
Author Of Schiavo Memo Steps Forward; Sen. Martinez's Counsel Cited Upside for GOP
By Mike Allen / Washington Post
The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.
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Was the Schiavo memo a fake?
By Brian DeBoseand Stephen Dinan / Washington Times
All 55 Republican senators say they have never seen the Terri Schiavo political talking-points memo that Democrats say was circulated among Republicans during the floor debate over whether the federal government should intervene to prolong her life.
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The Schaivo Act
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Americans not satisfied with country’s track
NBC/WSJ poll shows concern with Schiavo case, Social Security
By Mark Murray / MSNBC
Over the past several weeks, the American public has watched Washington tie itself in knots over whether or not to get involved in the case over Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, over the role of the judiciary in such situations and over Social Security’s future. And according to the newest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the public doesn’t necessarily like this whole picture: Only a third believes the country is headed on the right track, an overwhelming majority says Congress should not intervene in cases like Schiavo’s and overall support for President Bush’s proposal to overhaul Social Security is declining.
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GOP Is Fracturing Over Power of Judiciary; Democrats Say Conservatives Are Targeting Filibuster Rules on Court Nominees
By Charles Babington / Washington Post
The Terri Schiavo case has reinvigorated a drive by congressional conservatives to discipline and curtail the power of federal judges, just as Senate Republicans are trying to repel Democratic claims that the GOP is extremist and overreaching in its bid to shape the federal judiciary.
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THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DEBATE A MEDICATION !!! That is not their role or PLACE to make decisions about medication that is why there is a director to the FDA. It is not upto them to LEGISLATE their form of morality by looking for 'priests and priestesses' to RULE the FDA. The most qualified individual is supposed to be leading the FDA and making decisions on safety. The people obstructing the law based on personal religious beliefs are committing treason.
Contraception Debate Delays Nomination of FDA Chief
By Marc Kaufman / Washington Post
The nomination of Lester M. Crawford to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration was put on indefinite hold yesterday by two Democratic senators to protest the administration's long delay in deciding whether to allow non-prescription sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B.
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"Support our concerns"
From: "Veterans"
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:35 PM
To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com
Subject: Support our concerns
March 18, 2005
To Michael Moore:
We are veterans participating in the Work Therapy Program (WTP) at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The WTP is a psychosocial program designed to meet the needs of veterans whose goal is to return to competitive employment within the community. Our military involvement reflects participation in the Vietnam War, through the Persian Gulf War years.
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