The Boston Globe
2 bodies found in Hingham bunker
Identities said unknown; police seek public's help
By Donovan Slack and Maria Cramer, Globe Staff May 10, 2005
Authorities are investigating the suspicious deaths of two men whose bodies were discovered in Hingham yesterday at a disused military bunker, where items found near the men suggest they had been living or camping there, according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/10/2_bodies_found_in_hingham_bunker/
I THOUGHT the Senators were forming a committee to find a way to satisfy minority opinion to be upheld as per the speech Bush made in Latvia while voting rather than filibustering the judges already once defeated. I have a solution. Bush should submit a new slate of judges not already decided from previous administrations and find out what the minority Democratic Senators think of them. THAT is democracy at work and not the undermining of minority Constitutional clout. Sound like a reasonable idea? I think so.
Filibuster ban gets White House nudge
Bush, Gonzales call for Senate to vote on all judicial nominees
By Rick Klein, Globe Staff May 10, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Turning up the pressure on Republican leaders, President Bush and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yesterday called on the Senate to allow yes-or-no votes on all judicial nominees, a request that could help force a move to outlaw filibusters of judges.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/10/filibuster_ban_gets_white_house_nudge/
Free speech at Faneuil Hall
May 10, 2005
GOOD SPEECH overpowered bad Sunday in Boston when hundreds of demonstrators verbally outmaneuvered a group of about 20 white supremacists seeking to mar a Faneuil Hall service marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust.
It was a good day for the First Amendment. The band of haters connected to White Revolution, an Arkansas-based neo-Nazi group, marched down Congress Street unobstructed -- even though they had no parade permit --while displaying anti-Semitic signs denying the Holocaust. Later, at their demonstration site, one waved slabs of ham. The neo-Nazis were denied the victory that censorship might have provided them. They also failed to intrude upon Faneuil Hall, where 900 people, including Holocaust survivors, honored the 6 million Jews who died in the Nazi death camps.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/05/10/free_speech_at_faneuil_hall/
The Daily Star
OPEC president insists oil market oversupplied
Prices, demand growth to be considered
KUWAIT: OPEC's president said Monday the oil market is oversupplied and that any increase in output at the cartel's meeting next month must take into consideration prices and growth in demand. "The OPEC-10 real production now in the market based on our latest information from OPEC and other sources is 29.7 million barrels per day (bpd)," Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah told reporters.
"We believe there is two million bpd of overproduction in the market ... In the third quarter the required demand from OPEC-10 will be 28.5 million bpd," he added.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=14927
South Americans and Arabs seek global voice
Leaders attend historic summit in bid to counter U.S. dominance
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
In a bid to counter the United States' global dominance, ministers from 34 South American and Arab League states are meeting in Brazil for the first-ever summit of leaders from the two regions.
Ministers meeting Monday focused on how to boost economic ties. But the summit, which brings together leaders from countries resentful of America's hand in everything from regime changes to rampant globalization, is also expected to be a platform for forging new political alliances.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=14955
Egyptian judges reject Bush's call for international monitoring of elections
Judiciary wants local authorities to monitor poll
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Hundreds of Egyptian judges have rejected U.S. President George W. Bush's weekend call for international monitoring of Egypt's September presidential elections, saying they will do the job themselves, a senior court official said Monday.
Separately, 90 percent of Egypt's 2,000 judges charged with running the elections want local, not foreign, authorities to monitor the poll, according to a recent vote taken by the Justice Ministry.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=14954
IS ANY TIME ever right or ripe for a USA pullout from Iraq?
Iraqi president says time not ripe for U.S. pullout
Talabani repeats pledge that he will not sign Saddam's death warrant
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
AMMAN: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in remarks published Monday that it was not yet possible to set a date for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from his country. He also reiterated that he would not sign a death warrant for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who is in U.S. custody awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=14937
Between Baghdad and Islamabad, North Korea chooses
By David Ignatius
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Here's a chilling scenario from the CIA's former top Asia hand: Within a year, North Korea is likely to test a nuclear weapon, probably in a cave or mineshaft somewhere in the barren northeast of the country.
A small amount of radioactive fallout will leak from the test site and drift toward Japan. Financial markets in Tokyo and Seoul will be rocked by the news. Foreign companies in South Korea will weigh whether to pull out dependents or reduce their operations. And Washington will debate whether to impose a blockade or other tough measures to contain the North Korean nuclear breakout.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=14934
The DeLay Times
DeLay's worst: a dirty drama of bondage
May 10, 2005
Nothing has had the sex appeal of the St. Andrews junket.
News of a lobbyist-paid junket to the fabled Scottish golf resort finally made Tom DeLay a household name synonymous with scandal. The story that DeLay, his wife and a retinue of aides were treated to a 10-day, $120,000 trip to London and the fabled St. Andrews course in Scotland - with many expenses charged to lobbyists' credit cards - turned an insiders' furor over congressional ethics into a media frenzy.
There's nothing so devastating to smarmy politicians as a story that appeals to the great American instinct for resentment. If we can't get someone to pay our way to posh hotels and picturesque links, then why should he?
Yes, the St. Andrews caper is what finally inspired the public to follow DeLay's tribulations. It forced the House Republican leadership to switch the rules for ethics investigations back to what they'd been before DeLay ordered outlandish changes to protect himself.
...But the question arises: Is the pond hop to historic links the worst thing the Texas Republican has ever done? Hardly. There are many qualified candidates, but one stands out for its squalor. That's DeLay's personal campaign to ensure that garment industry sweatshop workers and sex slaves in the Northern Mariana Islands - a U.S. territory - were exploited in a system that resembled indentured servitude.
The story dates to the 1990s, when the Clinton administration tried to crack down on the importation of cheap Chinese labor to the islands and to ameliorate conditions under which the guest workers - mostly women - toiled. Brokers - traffickers, really, in human beings - brought thousands to work in sweatshops for as many as 70 hours per week. They lived in crowded barracks; some were locked behind guarded fences. And because the territory is a U.S. possession, garments bore this seal of approval: "Made in the U.S.A."
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-opcoc104252506may10,0,3716040.column?coll=ny-news-columnists
I THOUGHT the nation was looking at base closings and not openings?
Ellington's usefulness stressed by DeLay
He suggests a homeland security office for the base
By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Congressman Tom DeLay toured Ellington Field on Monday, promising to do everything he can to secure a military presence there, including recommending the field for a regional homeland security office.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3174333
Records Show Lobbyist Abramoff's Influence
Monday May 9, 2005 7:46 PM
By SHARON THEIMER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - For lobbyist Jack Abramoff, no politician was too big to pursue and no detail too small to charge his clients for. Working to keep the Northern Marianas Islands free of new U.S. regulations, Abramoff sought help from Tom DeLay, other congressional leaders and high-level Bush administration officials.
At the same time, he charged the islands for such mundane tasks as securing tee times at the right golf courses for Washington visitors and obtaining an autographed copy of a book by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4993563,00.html
What happens next with Tom DeLay and the ethics committee?
The House ethics committee was able to open for business in the past few days after lawmakers resolved a dispute over its rules. Here are questions and answers about the committee's next steps regarding Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other ethics matters.
Q: Questions have been raised about whether a lobbyist _ Jack Abramoff _ or his firm paid for travel expenses of DeLay and his aides. What happens now?
http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14484267&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=547111&rfi=6
Feeling Heat, DeLay Speaks of Humility
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: May 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 5 - Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, whose travel and ties to lobbyists have been under scrutiny, delivered a talk on the importance of humility on Thursday at the annual National Day of Prayer service, telling worshipers that God makes all things possible - "even greatness from lowly sinners like you and me - especially me."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/politics/06ethics.html
The Los Angeles Times
I really think this could be anyone of us. More outrageous law enforcement.
2 Hurt in Deputies' Crossfire
At least five Compton homes are left with bullet holes as officers fire 120 rounds at SUV.
By Tonya Alanez and Monte Morin, Times Staff Writers
Ten Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies opened fire early Monday on an SUV they were chasing, discharging 120 rounds in a frenzied crossfire that injured a deputy and the unarmed suspect while sending bullets into nearby homes.
The shooting on a narrow residential street in Compton sent residents diving for cover as bullets zipped over their heads and through their windows. In the aftermath, bullet holes pocked the walls of at least five homes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chase10may10,0,2324774.story?coll=la-home-headlines
For 3 GOP Senators, Vote Isn't Just About U.N. Pick
WASHINGTON — For the three Republican senators who have expressed reservations about John R. Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the committee vote set for Thursday is about much more than whether he is the best man for the job.
When they gather with their colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for their final consideration of Bolton, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and George V. Voinovich of Ohio will carry vastly different political calculations and ambitions that may factor as much in their decisions as anything revealed about the nominee by dozens of witnesses and hundreds of documents.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bolton10may10,0,2563178.story?coll=la-home-headlines
More public endangerment by this administration. Of children with complete disregard for their vulnerability. Children have no clout. They don't vote. Few have substantial money. Bush/Cheney forget children will be future voters.
EPA Puts Mandated Lead-Paint Rules on Hold
The agency is looking at voluntary standards to limit exposure instead. The revelation angers public health advocates and some lawmakers.
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly delayed work on completing required rules to protect children and construction workers from exposure to lead-based paint, exploring instead the possibility of using voluntary standards to govern building renovations and remodeling.
The EPA move, first disclosed in documents provided by an agency whistle-blower, has prompted angry questions from Democrats in Congress, the attorneys general of New York and Illinois, and public health advocates around the country.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-paint10may10,1,956868.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
THE REASON Bush wants International monitors in Egypt for elections. Also known as 'Is there an International Solution Bush can use for regime change rather than sending in the USA military?'
He May Lack Votes, but Not Ambition
Egypt's Ayman Nour has little chance to unseat Hosni Mubarak -- he might not even be allowed to run -- but he's laying a foundation.
CAIRO — The bespectacled lawmaker marched into his plush office and settled before the television cameras. He grimaced shyly, almost whispering as he tested the microphones. And then, without a pause, Ayman Nour ripped into Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party.
The night before, one of Nour's supporters had been killed and about a dozen more wounded when an armed mob ambushed their buses in the Nile Delta countryside, he said. According to Nour, ruling party officials paid thugs $10 each to block his party from opening a new office there.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nour10may10,0,1013244.story?coll=la-home-world
Let me get this right. This is Osama's Omar? This is the one eyed wonder? This is the Mullah of all Mullahs? This is the guy with a $25 million price tag on his head? We have Trade Towers fallen to the ground because of Omar and Osama. We launched a war retaliating against al Qaeda for this guy? Now, we are affording him amnesty so he can go right back to do what he has always done? I don't think so. See, Omar is Norsani. I knew he would be in Afghanistan. It is where his tribe is. Where the heck is Osama? He and Omar were joined at the hip.
Olive Branch Extended to Taliban Leader
A veteran Afghan official said Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar might be ready to make peace and that the government should welcome him.
Sibghatullah Mojaddidi, the head of a peace commission, said he would negotiate with any Afghans ready to lay down their arms and recognize the new government. Mojaddidi said Omar and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, both wanted as terrorists by the U.S., should be eligible for reconciliation.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-briefs10.1may10,0,3459898.story?coll=la-home-world
The Sydney Morning Herald
Microsoft hops off the fence to back gay rights legislation
May 10, 2005
New York: Microsoft has said it will support efforts to pass gay rights legislation in Washington State after changing its mind for the second time in two weeks.
Chief executive Steve Ballmer said the company would also support efforts to pass nationwide legislation after earlier being criticised for taking a neutral stance.
Supporters of the state legislation, which include other local corporations Nike, Boeing and brewer Molson Coors, were outraged last month when it became known that Microsoft had switched from being supportive to neutral.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Microsoft-hops-off-the-fence-to-back-gay-rights-legislation/2005/05/09/1115584909579.html
Global Warming/Climate Change
"The issue of climate change respects no border. Its effects cannot be reined in by an army or advanced by any ideology. Climate change, with its potential to impact every corner of the world, is an issue that must be addressed by the world." - President George W Bush, June 11, 2001.
A Cloudy Forecast For Clear Skies
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President George W. Bush's Clear Skies initiative faces a big test in the Senate today. The outlook? Cloudy.
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works could even deadlock nine-to-nine on whether to recommend the bill and its possible amendments to the full Senate. A vote on the Clear Skies Act, or a healthy debate that welcomes a compromise would "breathe life into the establishment of a comprehensive air emissions policy," notes Robert LaCount of Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/02/16/cz_ms_0216beltway.html?partner=commentary_newsletter
Australians More Concerned With Global Warming Than Terrorism
By Drog (Canada), Section Australia
Posted on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 09:27:43 AM PST
According to Wikinews, a report released by Allan Gyngell of the Lowy Institute on Monday, has revealed that Australians view US foreign policy to be as dangerous as Islamic fundamentalism. It also found that only 58 percent of the population had a positive view of the United States.
http://www.theworldforum.org/story/2005/3/29/92746/1199
Al Jazeera
Former UN chief arms inspector proposes compromise on Iranian enrichment
Hans Blix, the former UN chief arms inspector called on Iran and Israel to support a ban on nuclear enrichment across the Middle East as a possible compromise on curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the meeting of the 188 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Blix, now chairman of the Stockholm-based Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, said that having the Middle East as an enrichment-free zone is in the interests of both Iran and Israel.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8508
The New Zealand Herald
Iran to resume uranium enrichment work 'within days'
10.05.05 1.00pm
TEHRAN - Iran said on Monday it would resume uranium enrichment-related activities within days, a move the United States and the European Union have warned would see its nuclear case escalated to the UN Security Council.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124752
Brothers face Belgian trial over Rwandan genocide
10.05.05 1.00pm
BRUSSELS - Belgium has begun prosecuting two Rwandan half-brothers charged under a controversial war crimes law with helping Hutu militias kill some 50,000 people in 1994 and rewarding them with beer after the slaughter.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124744
Cuba calls United States the 'Fourth Reich'
10.05.05 1.00pm
HAVANA - As world leaders celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow’s Red Square on Monday, Communist Cuba held its own parade and accused the United States of using "fascist" policies to dominate the world.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124742
Race for top WTO job enters last lap
Contender for the top job at the WTO, Pascal Lamy.
10.05.05 1.00pm
GENEVA - The race for the world's top trade job entered its last lap today, with former European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy's backers confident he can hold his lead over Uruguayan challenger Carlos Perez del Castillo.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124732
Blair ally takes over thankless Northern Ireland task
10.05.05
By Paul Majendie
LONDON - The man handed the most thankless task in British politics flew to Belfast on Monday with the goal of bringing a lasting peace to Northern Ireland seemingly further from reach than ever before.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124692
Heart team to operate in Samoa
10.05.05
by Angela Gregory
A New Zealand medical team is gearing up to perform the first heart operations in Samoa.
The historic surgery is planned for July if a visit next month assures the medical staff they can safely carry out the procedures in the public hospital in Apia, the capital.
Pasted from <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124666>
The weather in Antarctica with Winter approaching (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Overcast
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Updated Tuesday 10 May 8:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
43 °F / 6 °C
Clear
Humidity:
61%
Dew Point:
30 °F / -1 °C
Wind:
Calm
Pressure:
29.88 in / 1012 hPa
Visibility:
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