Michael Moore Today
What Really Happened At Gitmo?
Associated Press
One Guantanamo prisoner told a military panel that American troops beat him so badly he wets his pants now. Another detainee claimed U.S. troops stripped prisoners in Afghanistan and intimidated them with dogs so they would admit to militant activity.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2837
Back from Iraq, finding work can be difficult
By Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Nearly every day he was in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Steven Cummings heard mortar rounds so loud that even now he drops to the ground at the crackle of lightning.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2835
MISSIONS ACCOMPLISHED
Iraqi governor killed in U.S.-insurgent gunbattle
Kidnapped official had been shuttled group to group
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The kidnapped governor of volatile Anbar province was found dead after a fierce battle between U.S. forces and foreign fighters, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7897149
Top U.S. general defends treatment of Guantanamo prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's top general on Sunday defended the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. Navy prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and said the U.S. believes al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is wounded, though it's not known how badly.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-29-myers-gitmo_x.htm?POE=click-refer
AP: Gitmo Prisoners Told Panel About Abuse
By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer Mon May 30, 6:14 PM ET
LONDON - One Guantanamo prisoner told a military panel that American troops beat him so badly he wets his pants now. Another detainee claimed U.S. troops stripped prisoners in
Afghanistan and intimidated them with dogs so they would admit to militant activity.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050530/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_inside_the_tribunals;_ylt=AlOtsAzet2T6YvHQzsHqs0ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2MTQ3MTFjBHNlYwN0cw
Long Jailings Anger Iraqis
A large proportion of inmates at Abu Ghraib and another facility are held months without charges. Critics urge a transfer to Iraqi custody.
By Doug Smith and Raheem Salman, Times Staff Writers
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq — A year after the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal erupted, Iraqi anger has flared anew over the growing numbers of detainees held without charge at the notorious detention center and another prison in the south.
In the battle against the insurgency, U.S. military sweeps net many guerrillas, but also thousands of people whose offenses are nonexistent, minor or impossible to prove. They are often held for months, only to be released without explanation.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-detain29may29,0,4067036.story?coll=la-headlines-world
Bush Says Finishing Mission Is Best Memorial to Fallen
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: May 30, 2005
ARLINGTON, Va., May 30 - President Bush paid a Memorial Day tribute today to generations of Americans who have given their lives for the nation, saying that while the United States has always been a "reluctant warrior," its soldiers have been willing to give their all to rid the world of oppressors and spread the ideals of freedom.
At this point, the 'honesty and truth' of the situation isn't important to Bush so much as his legal status to the World Courts. The 'exemption' post 9/11 has expired.
. . . As he often does, Mr. Bush lumped together the military campaign in Afghanistan, begun in 2001 to root out Al Qaeda and the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks, with the war in Iraq, launched in March 2003, characterizing them as components of a struggle to protect the nation from the threat of terrorism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/30/politics/30cnd-bush.html?hp
President Commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia
President's Remarks
11:27 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Mr. Secretary, thank you. Secretary Nicholson, General Myers, members of Congress, members of the United States military, veterans, honored guests, fellow Americans, especially those loved ones of the fallen: Every year on this day, we pause to remember Americans fallen by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. I'm honored to do that this morning on behalf of the American people. The names of the men buried there are known only to God, but their courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten by our nation.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050530.html>
The Lure of Opium Wealth Is a Potent Force in Afghanistan
Western officials warn of a nascent narco state as drug traffickers act with impunity, some allegedly with the support of top officials
By Paul Watson, Times Staff Writer
Kunduz, Afghanistan
Like a frustrated hunter, the head of the local anti-drug squad keeps snapshots of the ones who got away.
One photo shows a prisoner wearing a flat, round pakol hat, standing in front of 10 pounds of opium packaged in plastic bags laid out on a table. Lt. Nyamatullah Nyamat took the picture on the February day he arrested the suspect. Hours later, the man was freed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-drugs29may29,0,3324290.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Holding Bush Accountable
http://www.johnconyers.campaignoffice.com/
Depleted Uranium Education Project
http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/du.htm
Athlete takes on racial hurdles
PROFILING: Facing weapon and alcohol charges, a college athlete is off the team and campaigning against what he says is police prejudice.
07:17 AM PDT on Tuesday, May 31, 2005
By DOUGLAS QUAN / The Press-Enterprise
Not long ago, everything seemed to be going Jason Williams' way.
Williams, a graduate of Riverside's Notre Dame High, was a star athlete on the Cal State San Marcos track team. A 2002 San Diego newspaper article spoke glowingly of his potential to get a national title in the 400-meter hurdles, maybe even make it to the Olympics.
But ever since a midnight encounter with campus police in October, the 23-year-old communication major's priorities have changed. He's off the team, fighting to stay out of jail, and he's become an outspoken critic of the police department and its officers, whom he says targeted him because of his race, a claim the department denies.
William Wilson Lewis III / The Press-Enterprise
Jason Williams, 23, a senior at Cal State San Marcos, received a Freedom of Speech scholarship from filmmaker Michael Moore.
Because of his advocacy, Williams, who is black, got the attention of filmmaker Michael Moore, who announced this month he was awarding Williams and five other San Marcos students $2,500 "Freedom of Speech" scholarships.
"My mom taught me to pick your battles. I knew this wasn't going to be a battle. I knew this was going to be a war," said Williams, a budding hip-hop artist, from his Riverside home.
Around midnight on Oct. 20, campus police pulled Williams over for going through a stop sign, according to a police report.
An officer saw a half-full Malibu Caribbean Rum bottle on the floor behind the passenger seat and got permission from Williams to search the car, the report said.
During that search, a fixed-blade knife was found in a driver's-side door compartment. According to the report, Williams told the officers, "I keep the knife for self-protection because I'm from Riverside."
He was subsequently arrested and charged with possessing a knife with a fixed blade longer than 2 ½ inches on a university campus and driving with an open alcohol container, both misdemeanors. His case is still pending in court.
Williams denies the charges and disputes the police version of events. He says he stopped at the intersection. He says he never gave police permission to search his car.
He says he had attended his grandmother's birthday party that night and was just taking the knife -- a regular kitchen knife -- back to his dorm. He says he doesn't know how the liquor bottle got there.
"The officer pulled me over because I was black, and I went to jail," he said.
Following his arrest, Williams spoke out at rallies and forums, galvanizing the student body behind his cause.
Cal State San Marcos President Karen S. Haynes asked a private investigator and a faculty member to investigate Williams' complaint. Their report, released in February, concluded that officers "acted within the policies and procedures" established for the campus department.
But it also made a number of recommendations, including training for all officers in cultural sensitivity and racial profiling. The department was advised to adopt a community policing model that encourages officers to interact more with the students and staff.
"It is troubling to see that the Hispanic arrest rate is nearly that of the white arrest rate and nearly double the percentage of Hispanic students on campus," their report said.
A larger task force examining campus policing released its own report this month and echoed many of the recommendations.
Campus police Lt. Douglass Miller said the department is reviewing the report.
Of the 7,365 students enrolled at the school in the fall of 2004, 207 -- about 3 percent -- were black.
According to police department statistics, eight out of 121 people arrested on campus last year -- about 7 percent -- were black.
"What I set out to do as an African-American man was forcibly shifted into the stereotypical role of an African-American male we witness today within the media," Williams wrote in his application for the Michael Moore scholarship.
In the aftermath of the incident, Williams said his coaches concluded he was guilty and forced him to quit the team.
But Steve Nichols, the school's athletic director, said Williams left willingly. Williams told the coaches there was too much going on in his life and he quit, Nichols said.
"My preference would have been for him to pull it together and run for us," he said.
Sources of Support
Williams did find support among his professors.
"As a young black man, he's observed and been party to inequities in his short life. To have it happen to him in a direct way ... is very frightening," said Dreama Moon, an associate professor of communication.
Williams' parents said they're proud of their son for speaking out.
"Standing up for what he believes he's right -- I applaud him," said Beverly Williams, a middle school teacher. "I don't know if I could have done that."
Williams says there aren't enough black role models these days, and he wants to change that.
The 2002 newspaper story describing Williams' athletic potential is framed on a wall in his living room. Williams walks up to it and stares at the accompanying photo. It shows Williams' lean, muscular frame charging over a hurdle. His eyes are on fire. "NO HURDLES," the headline reads.
The irony of the headline dawns on him.
"We all go through hurdles," he said. "What separates the weak and strong is how we react to those hurdles."
Reach Douglas Quan at (951) 368-9479 or dquan@pe.com
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The Boston Globe
Floods, landslides kill at least 23 in south China
June 1, 2005
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain, floods and mudslides killed at least 23 people on Wednesday in south China, a part of the country which has been hit hard by drought.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/01/floods_landslides_kill_at_least_23_in_south_china/
Oslo offers $310,000 to find Munch's 'The Scream'
By Alister Doyle June 1, 2005
OSLO (Reuters) - Oslo offered a $310,000 reward on Wednesday to help recover Edvard Munch's masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," stolen from a museum in the Norwegian capital last year.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/01/oslo_offers_310000_to_find_munchs_the_scream/
3 charged with rape in Milton sex case
Prosecutions called an uncommon step
By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
Statutory rape charges were filed yesterday against three former Milton Academy ice hockey players who allegedly requested and received oral sex from a 15-year-old sophomore girl in a boys' locker room.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/01/3_charged_with_rape_in_milton_sex_case/
They love that not-so-dirty water
Charles River shows a gain in cutting pollution
By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
Ten years after setting an ambitious goal to make the polluted Charles River clean enough for swimming this spring, environmental activists and government regulators applauded their progress yesterday, while acknowledging that they have fallen short.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/01/they_love_that_not_so_dirty_water/
'Deep Throat' ends 3-decade mystery
Ex-FBI official W. Mark Felt was Watergate source
By Mark Jurkowitz, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
In a revelation that solves America's most enduring mystery of politics and journalism, W. Mark Felt, a former second-in-command of the FBI, was identified yesterday as ''Deep Throat," the government source who fed the Washington Post's historic coverage of the Watergate scandal.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/01/deep_throat_ends_3_decade_mystery/
Key events of Watergate
June 1, 2005
June 17, 1972: Five men are arrested in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington.
June 20, 1972: President Richard M. Nixon and aide H.R. Haldeman discuss Watergate. Later, prosecutors find an 18-minute gap in tape of that conversation.
Sept. 15, 1972: Seven men, including two former White House aides, are indicted in Watergate break-in.
Jan. 11-30, 1973: Five of the men plead guilty to conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping. Two stand trial and are convicted.
April 30, 1973: Haldeman and Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman resign. White House aide John Dean is fired.
July 16, 1973: Testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee reveals that all of Nixon's White House conversations were taped.
July 24, 1973: The Supreme Court rules that Nixon must provide the tapes and documents subpoenaed by special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Oct. 20, 1973: Cox refuses to compromise on the tapes, and Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refuses and resigns in protest. Acting Attorney General Robert Bork fires Cox. This becomes known as the ''Saturday Night Massacre."
July 24, 1974: The Supreme Court rules Nixon must hand over the tapes.
July 27-30, 1974: House Judiciary Committee approves three articles of impeachment: obstruction of justice, misuse of powers and violation of his oath of office, and failure to comply with House subpoenas.
Aug. 9, 1974: Nixon resigns.
Sept. 8, 1974: President Gerald Ford pardons Nixon.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/01/key_events_of_watergate/
Boston Scientific recalls device after FDA warning
By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
Hundreds of patients may need surgery to remove an implanted drug-injection device made by Boston Scientific Corp., the company said yesterday after federal regulators cited it for quality-control problems.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/06/01/boston_scientific_recalls_device_after_fda_warning/
Stem cell bill override turns talk to research support
Legislative leaders hope to lure industry
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
Democratic leaders in the state House and Senate, fresh off a robust override of Governor Mitt Romney's veto of a bill encouraging human embryonic stem cell research, said yesterday that they will take up a proposal within months to spend taxpayer dollars to foster such science.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/01/stem_cell_bill_override_turns_talk_to_research_support/
After high, low, Silicon Valley takes a pragmatic path
New ventures look beyond tech realm
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff June 1, 2005
WOODSIDE, Calif. -- Silicon Valley is reinventing itself again.
ADVERTISEMENT
Five years after the dot-com implosion, entrepreneurs and technology companies across this high-tech peninsula are dusting themselves off and moving into new businesses and markets.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/06/01/after_high_low_silicon_valleytakes_a_pragmatic_path/
Govt says N.H. paper mill endangers workers
June 1, 2005
CONCORD, N.H. -- A paper company in Winchester has been endangering its workers, the government alleges, so it's proposing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/06/01/govt_says_nh_paper_mill_endangers_workers/
Former high school hoops star sentenced for killing Worcester man
June 1, 2005
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A former high school basketball star was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison after he admitted to taking part in the slaying of a Worcester man.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/01/former_high_school_hoops_star_sentenced_for_killing_worcester_man_1117626745/
Warwick teen dies in drag-racing accident, police say
June 1, 2005
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A Warwick teenager died after he was thrown from a car that state police said was racing another vehicle on Route 295.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2005/06/01/warwick_teen_dies_in_drag_racing_accident_police_say/
Conn. man arraigned in attack on coach
June 1, 2005
MERIDEN, Conn. -- A man accused of beating his daughter's softball coach with an aluminum bat has been ordered to stay away from the coach and her high school.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/01/conn_man_arraigned_in_attack_on_coach/
Judge reduces bail conditions in 9/11 case
By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer June 1, 2005
NEW YORK -- A judge refused to toss out perjury charges against a man accused of lying about his associations with two Sept. 11 hijackers, but relaxed his bail conditions, saying he was not a threat to flee.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/01/judge_reduces_bail_conditions_in_911_case/
Court overturns 'Dr. Chaos' conviction
By Juliet Williams, Associated Press Writer June 1, 2005
MILWAUKEE -- A federal appeals court threw out the arson conviction of a man who calls himself "Dr. Chaos," saying he should have been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea before being sentenced to 21 years in prison.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/01/court_overturns_dr_chaos_conviction/
Paradise lost: tsunami crushes age-old Indian tribe
By Simon Denyer June 1, 2005
CAR NICOBAR, India (Reuters) - For thousands of years India's gentle Nicobarese tended their coconut plantations and reared pigs on the sandy shores of their island paradise.
Today, the tribespeople have turned their backs on the sea, and may be turning their backs on their ancient way of life.
The tsunami that struck their shores five months ago not only killed thousands of Nicobarese, it cracked the very foundations of their economy and their society.
"People have not come out of their shock and trauma," said Samuel Stephen, a 35-year-old a government worker from the flattened village of Mus on the northern tip of Car Nicobar.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/01/paradise_lost_tsunami_crushes_age_old_indian_tribe/
Bring back Robin Hood, says Sheriff of Nottingham
By Matt Falloon June 1, 2005
SHERWOOD FOREST, England (Reuters) - Nottingham advertising gurus have finally achieved what the evil Sheriff could never quite manage -- they've done away with Robin Hood.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/01/bring_back_robin_hood_says_sheriff_of_nottingham/
Casualties from Iraq insurgency up in May
June 1, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Almost 200 more Iraqis were killed in May than in April because of a spike in militant attacks, government statistics showed Wednesday.
Overall figures show that at least 670 Iraqis were killed in May; 485 were killed in April.
Among them were 434 civilians, up from 299 killed in April, according to Health Ministry figures. Some 775 civilians were also wounded last month, compared with 598 in April.
Police were also severely targeted, with 151 killed in May compared with 86 in April. At least 325 policemen were also wounded, compared with 131 in April, the Interior Ministry said.
Some 297 insurgents were also killed in May, an almost 400 percent increase on the 60 militants killed in April, according to statistics obtained by The Associated Press from the interior, defense and health ministries.
The government did not provide year-on-year figures for comparison or for the months before April.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/06/01/casualties_from_iraq_insurgency_up_in_may/
Volunteer Opportunities
May 31, 2005
The Sudbury Angels Network is looking for volunteers. Together we can deliver meals, run errands, drive patients to and from medical appointments, drive children to scheduled activities, help children with homework, and more. All you need is an e-mail address and the willingness to help. Please contact Charlotte Conley at Charlotte_Conley@NEMoves.com or Susan Grayson-Johnson at sudburyangels@comcast.net.
The Cambridge Arts Council seeks volunteers for our 26th Cambridge River Festival on June 18. Volunteers are needed in three-hour shifts from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Volunteers receive a T-shirt, food, and an invitation to a thank-you party. E-mail crfvolunteers@yahoo.com or call 617-349-4392.
The Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline seeks volunteers for phone service to people affected by alcoholism and substance abuse. The Helpline offers training, supervision, and flexible scheduling, and is T accessible. Must have computer experience. Being in recovery from addiction is helpful but not necessary. For more information call 617-536-0501 ext. 201 or visit www.helpline-online.com.
The Cape Cod Nudist and Naturist Coalition is holding its ninth annual Beach Cleanup, and volunteers are needed. The cleanup takes place at Race Point Beach on the Cape Cod National Seashore in Provincetown on June 11 at 9 a.m. To register, please send an e-mail message to George Winlock at Cleancape@aol.com.
North Shore Elder Services assists elders, including those who are chronically ill or disabled. NSES seeks volunteers able to converse in Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Italian, and/or French. Please contact Joanne Hogan at 978-750-4540 or email jhogan@nselder.org.
The AG Elder Hotline provides a central place within the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office where senior citizens and their families receive information, referrals, and mediation services. Applicants should have interest in and familiarity with issues of concern to seniors and their families. Ability to communicate effectively and to keep clear records is also required. Contact Rachel Weiner at 617-727-2200, ext. 2442.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/05/31/volunteer_opportunities/
The New Zealand Herald
May's rain 'phenomenal', says NIWA
01.06.05 4.05pm
"Phenomenal" rainfall and flooding in the north of New Zealand contrasted with more sun in the South Island during May, according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research's climate summary for the month.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10328546
Clark to talk whaling, trade and tensions with Japan's leaders
01.06.05 1.00pm
By Ian Llewellyn
TOKYO - Whaling, trade and tensions around North Asia will feature in Prime Minister Helen Clark's talks with Japanese leaders over the next two days.
Miss Clark arrived in Tokyo overnight (New Zealand time) for her first trip to New Zealand's third biggest trading partner since 2001.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10328525
China censors Clark interview on CNN
Helen Clark
01.06.05
BEIJING - Helen Clark became a victim of China's censorship regime when she did an interview on international broadcaster CNN yesterday.
She was doing an interview summarising her talks with China's political leaders when the CNN interviewer asked her about human rights in the region.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328487
Anti-social elephant costs zoo $100,000, delays plan
01.06.05
by Anne Beston and NZPA
Refusing an anti-social elephant has cost Auckland Zoo $100,000 and delayed its breeding programme by years, director Glen Holland says.
The zoo has attracted strong criticism of its proposed elephant breeding programme after a captive elephant being quarantined in Thailand for transfer to Auckland became violent and had to be sent back to its owner.
Tukta was one of nine elephants destined for Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney's Taronga zoos which want to breed elephants for zoos.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10328485
SAS to be redeployed in Afghanistan
01.06.05 1.00pm
The Government today announced the redeployment of about 50 New Zealand Special Air Service personnel to Afghanistan.
The deployment, for up to 180 days, will be the third rotation of New Zealand's SAS soldiers to Afghanistan.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10328524
Young Kiwis smoke less after txt
01.06.05 1.00pm
A University of Auckland study has shown that text messages can help young smokers quit cigarettes.
Quit rates at six weeks of young smokers receiving active text support on Stomp, or the Stop Smoking with Mobile Phones Trial, were double those in a control group, the international journal Tobacco Control reported.
The trial was developed and run by the Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) at the University of Auckland, to target young smokers who have the highest smoking rates but are least likely to enrol in existing programmes.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10328523
'Lawyer' under British scrutiny
01.06.05
by Jason Bennetto
A globe-trotting Italian and convicted fraudster who was chased from New Zealand in 1990 is facing the prospect of further fraud charges in Britain.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is examining the findings of an inquiry by the City of London Police's fraud squad into high-profile controversial "legal adviser" Giovanni Di Stefano.
He acts for several infamous offenders, including multiple murderer Jeremy Bamber, and claims to be Saddam Hussein's legal counsel.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10328483
Global Warming/Climate Change
Bills dealing with Mexican deportation, global warming pass test
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
(05-31) 18:25 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) --
Dozens of bills, including measures to ease global warming and compensate Californians who were illegally deported to Mexico during the Depression, cleared a key hurdle Tuesday as lawmakers waded through hundreds of bills.
Friday is the deadline for most bills to pass their first house, and both the Senate and the Assembly held long sessions Tuesday and plan longer ones later in the week. Among the measures passing Tuesday:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/31/state/n182534D79.DTL
Japan dresses down to tackle
heat, global warming
TOKYO: Japan’s bureaucratic rank-and-file employees march in dark jackets and ties to government offices everyday, sweating their way through the country’s sticky, sweltering summers.
Starting Wednesday, they’ll be sweating a little less.
In a nationwide campaign to save energy by cutting down on air conditioning, the government has urged public workers to leave their ties and jackets home for the summer.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jun/01/yehey/opinion/20050601opi5.html
World's big-city mayors gather to draft global-warming pact
S.F. conclave will seek accord on urban-living guidelines.
By TERENCE CHEA
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO – Mayors from some of the world's biggest cities are gathering here this week to forge a set of international guidelines for sustainable urban living - billed as a municipal version of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming that the United States never ratified.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/05/31/sections/news/focus_science_environment/article_540337.php
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