Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
Morning Papers
1846, Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist
1880, Helen Keller, author and lecturer
1872, Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet
1930, Ross Perot, businessman and politician
1787, In Lausanne, Switzerland, Edward Gibbon completes the sixth and final volume of his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, one of the great works of history in the English language.
1857, The Scientific American warns that whale oil, used for lighting, may soon run out due to overhunting.
1900, a commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against yellow fever.
1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.
1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
1950, after the UN Security Council votes to repel the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, President Harry Truman orders U.S. forces into battle for South Korea.
1957, Smoking 'causes lung cancer'
The link between smoking and lung cancer is one of 'direct cause and effect', a special report by the Medical Research Council has found.
The report, published today, studied the dramatic increase in deaths from lung cancer over the past 25 years and concluded the main cause was smoking.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_2956000/2956618.stm
1959, President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1963: Warm welcome for JFK in Ireland
The US President John F Kennedy has received a rapturous welcome on an emotional visit to his ancestral homeland in County Wexford, Ireland.
On the second day of his four-day trip to Ireland, the president travelled by helicopter this morning to County Wexford.
Hundreds of wellwishers cheered and waved flags on his arrival at Wexford town and a choir of 300 boys greeted him singing "The Boys of Wexford", a ballad about an insurrection in 1798.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_4461000/4461115.stm
1968, Chief U.S. Justice Earl Warren announced his intention to resign.
1977, 42 people were killed when a fire sent toxic smoke pouring through the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tenn.
1986, US guilty of backing Contras
The United States has been found guilty of violating international law by supporting armed Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
The International Court of Justice ruled that the US should compensate the country, although it has not yet fixed an amount.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_2520000/2520169.stm
1991, Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia
Yugoslav tanks, troops and aircraft have swept into the small republic of Slovenia, 48 hours after it declared independence.
Federal forces moved to seize control of border crossing points with Italy, Austria and Hungary and launched an assault on the airport near the province's capital, Ljubijana.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_2520000/2520273.stm
2003, Strom Thurmond, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died in Edgefield, S.C., at age 100.
Missing in Action
1965 JACKSON CARL E. NATCHITOCHES LA EXPLODE MID AIR NE SAIGON
1965 ROTH BILLIE L. LACON IL EXPLODE MID AIR NE SIAGON
1966 SMITH GENE A. SALT LAKE CITY UT REMAINS RETURNED 03/23/89
1968 GIAMMERINO VINCENT F. NEW YORK NY
1969 JABLONSKI MICHAEL J. CHICAGO IL DROWNED IN RIVER
1972 BAKER DAVID E. HUNTINGTON NY 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1972 CERAK JOHN P. CLAYTON NJ 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 DINGEE DAVID B. OLD GREENWICH CT 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1972 FRANCIS RICHARD L. BARTLESVILLE OK 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 98
1972 HANTON THOMAS J. SANTA MONICA CA 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 MC DOW RICHARD H. COLUMBIANA AL 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 SULLIVAN FARRELL J. CADDO MILLS TX "POSS DEAD, HANOI PRESS REMAINS RETURNED 06/03/83"
The Chicago Tribune
Court Splits on Ten Commandments Displays
By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer
Published June 27, 2005, 11:21 AM CDT
WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of displaying the Ten Commandments on government land, but drew the line on displays inside courthouses, saying they violated the doctrine of separation of church and state.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-scotus-ten-commandments,1,5947100.story?coll=chi-news-hed
I AM VERY HAPPY, Chief Justice Rehnquist feels well enough to continue his place on the Judiciary. I was very concerned if he resigned it would indicate he had failing health. I am happy for him. The cancer he had was very nasty but he beat it, I know he did. Good for him. Thank you, Justice Rehnquist. For those who find 'gaming' around The Chief Justice's resignation I find it completely offensive. TRY THIS ONE ON: Let's assume it would be in Justice Rehnquist's best personal interest to resign (which I doubt, as he lives and breaths this country's Constitution) he probably has a great deal of reservation over Bush's ability to find a good replacement and so therefore, he just won't. That observation was Justice Steven years ago. God bless them all. They sincerely love us. For everyone who finds 'gaming' around the Chief Justice battle with cancer appropriate. YOU ALL OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED. Walk a mile as a man with a potentially fatal disease. KARL ROVE IS TOXIC TO the morals of this country's dignity
No Retirement Announcements at High Court
By Associated Press
Published June 27, 2005, 10:04 AM CDT
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with no retirement announcements from any justices. A retirement could come later, however, in a letter to the president or press release.
In court, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist struggled to talk and thanked court employees for their work over the past year before he adjourned the term.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-scotus-rehnquist,1,1812616.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The Jakarta Post
Mubarak hails efforts to improve ties between Egypt and Indonesia
CAIRO (Antara): Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak welcomes diplomatic efforts aimed at improving relations between Indonesia and Egypt, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda said on Monday.
"President Mubarak warmly welcomes our visit and he hails efforts to improve ties between the two countries," he told a media conference in Cairo after a 30-minute meeting with Mubarak.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050627190650&irec=0
Indonesia to intensify avian flu fight: Minister
JAKARTA (Dow Jones): Indonesia will tighten measures to control the spread of H5N1 avian influenza by widening the slaughter of poultry in outbreak zones, Minister for Agriculture Anton Apriyanto told Dow Jones Newswires.
The plan marks a departure from Indonesia's controversial strategy for tackling outbreaks of H5N1 which involved killing only visibly ill birds and vaccinating the remainder.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050627163111&irec=1
Haze from Indonesian fires spreads to Malaysian mainland
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A thick haze shrouding Malaysia's tourist island of Penang and caused by fires in neighboring Indonesia has spread to the mainland, meteorological officials said on Monday.
Air quality levels in several towns on mainland Malaysia, across from Penang and extending into northern Perak state, were officially unhealthy, a meteorological official in the Kuala Lumpur bureau told AFP.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050627114421&irec=6
One policy on Papua needed
Neles Tebay, Urbaniana, Rome
Last week, Vice President Jusuf Kalla visited West Irian Jaya. where he acknowledged the province continues to lack a strong legal base. During the visit, the vice president, who is also the head of the Golkar party, was accompanied by Golkar's candidate for the governor of the province.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20050627.E02&irec=1
Chicago Sun Times
The weather in Chicago is (Crystal Wilting Chime) is:
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Court cracks down on file sharing
June 27, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON-- Internet file-sharing services will be held responsible if they intend for their customers to use software primarily to swap songs and movies illegally, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, rejecting warnings that the lawsuits will stunt growth of cool tech gadgets such as the next iPod.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/court27.html
Some inmates get out of jail free
June 27, 2005
BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter
In early March, Joshua J. Robinson walked out of Cook County Jail with an electronic monitoring bracelet attached to his ankle and orders to stay at home.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-release27.html
More tests mean more swim bans
June 27, 2005
BY LORI RACKL Health Reporter
The number of swim bans in Illinois has shot up dramatically in the last decade, and so have doubts about the way decisions are made to keep people from taking a dip in the water. "We really don't know what kind of water people are swimming in. We only know what kind of water they were swimming in yesterday," said Richard Whitman, whose main area of research is beach closures for the U.S. Geological Survey. "And by the time we know, it's a little late to tell them."
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-swim27.html
Property ruling casts chill over underdogs' security
June 27, 2005
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It's possible the decision isn't as bad as it seems. It's possible the property seizures the U.S. Supreme Court empowered local municipalities to make in the name of public use, even when they benefit private developers, will be limited by the strictest definitions of that principle. It's possible state laws restricting the application of eminent domain will protect home and business owners from the long arm of economic development in "distressed" areas.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits27.html
Boston Globe
Cops can't be sued for restraining orders
By Gina Holland, Associated Press Writer June 27, 2005
WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police cannot be sued for how they enforce restraining orders, ending a lawsuit by a Colorado woman who claimed police did not do enough to prevent her estranged husband from killing her three young daughters.
Jessica Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of the court order against her husband, the court said in a 7-2 opinion.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/27/cops_cant_be_sued_for_restraining_orders/
U.S. high court in recess, no retirement announced
June 27, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief Justice William Rehnquist announced from the bench Monday that the Supreme Court would be in recess until Oct. 3, and he made no mention of any possible retirement.
There has been intense speculation that Rehnquist, 80, who has thyroid cancer, might announce his departure from the bench on the last day of the term, which ended Monday.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/27/us_high_court_in_recess_no_retirement_announced/
Supreme Court won't hear CIA leak case
In this artist's rendering, Matthew Staver, President and General Counsel of the Liberty Legal Counsel, presents an oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in the Kentucky Ten Commandments case, known as McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, IN this March 2, 2005 file photo. The Court is expected to rule Monday, June 27, 2005, on the constitutionality of the display of the Ten Commandments on government property. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)
By Gina Holland, Associated Press Writer June 27, 2005
WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court rejected appeals Monday from two journalists who have refused to testify before a grand jury about the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/27/supreme_court_wont_hear_cia_leak_case/
Ex-Klansman's request for new trial denied
By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Writer June 27, 2005
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. --A judge on Monday denied a new trial for one time Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen, convicted last week of manslaughter for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.
James McIntyre, one of Killen's attorneys, told Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon that the defense had not expected prosecutors to ask that jurors in the murder trial be given the option of a manslaughter conviction.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/06/27/ex_klansmans_request_for_new_trial_denied/
Blair admits G8 climate deal 'very difficult'
By Mike Peacock June 27, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Tony Blair vowed on Monday to press for agreement among world powers to tackle the causes of climate change but admitted he was a long way from achieving it.
The prime minister will host a summit of leaders from the Group of Eight nations in Gleneagles, Scotland, next week. African poverty and global warming top his agenda.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/27/blair_admits_g8_climate_deal_very_difficult_1119886442/
Blair wants UN Security Council to debate Zimbabwe
By Mike Peacock June 27, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain called on Monday for the United Nations Security Council to debate a housing crackdown in Zimbabwe and what it says are wider human rights abuses, after a visiting senior U.N. official reports back.
Zimbabwe vowed on Monday to step up a new housing program after a clampdown on shanty towns that has left an estimated 300,000 people homeless, prompting an assessment visit by Anna Tibaijuka, a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/27/blair_wants_un_security_council_to_debate_zimbabwe/
THIS SHOULD TELL everyone something. Like the fact these behaviors are not profoundly seen as criminal in the Muslim countries while they are seen as very illegal in Christian nations. Are you paying attention? These SEVENTEEN men are innocent by Pakistani law.
Pakistan frees 17 Guantanamo detainees
By Asif Shahzad, Associated Press Writer June 27, 2005
LAHORE, Pakistan --A group of 17 men who were arrested upon their return home to Pakistan after being released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were freed Monday after nine months in detention here, an official said.
"These are people who have been declared innocent by America. Our (intelligence) agencies have thoroughly interrogated them," said Tahir Ashrafi, a religious affairs adviser for the government in eastern Punjab province.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/27/pakistan_frees_17_guantanamo_detainees/
Michael Moore Today
Newsview: Bush Losing Support for Iraq War
Associated Press
President Bush is casting about for ways to turn the tide of public opinion on Iraq. He is running into a growing level of skepticism, new strains in Republican unity and more frequent comparisons to the Vietnam conflict of almost four decades ago.
A new stepped-up public relations effort has yet to show results. The next event is a prime-time speech on Tuesday at Fort Bragg, N.C., with U.S. troops as his backdrop.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3127
US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo and Iraq, Afghanistan: UN source
GENEVA (AFP) - Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said.
The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the ten-person panel, speaking on on condition of anonymity.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3125
Safer Vehicles for Soldiers: A Tale of Delays and Glitches
By Michael Moss / New York Times
When Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Iraq last year to tour the Abu Ghraib prison camp, military officials did not rely on a government-issued Humvee to transport him safely on the ground. Instead, they turned to Halliburton, the oil services contractor, which lent the Pentagon a rolling fortress of steel called the Rhino Runner.
State Department officials traveling in Iraq use armored vehicles that are built with V-shaped hulls to better deflect bullets and bombs. Members of Congress favor another model, called the M1117, which can endure 12-pound explosives and .50-caliber armor-piercing rounds.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3126
After combat, sailor redraws battle lines
By Kate Wiltrout / Virginian-Pilot
VIRGINIA BEACH — Against the marbled greens of Charlie Anderson’s camouflage shirt rest a handful of brightly colored ribbons .
They represent nine years as a Navy hospital corpsman: individual commendation, good conduct, combat action, service in national defense, the war on terror, deployment at sea. Another set of colorful rectangles – bumper stickers – plastered to the gate of Anderson’s pickup exhibit a far different sentiment.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3135
Republicans Voice Their Doubts
GOP senators tell Rumsfeld they fear the public is turning against the war in Iraq. 'People are beginning to question,' one says.
By Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — One senator described the public's perception of the war in Iraq as "more and more like Vietnam." A second worried that "our very presence there inspires more insurgents." A third said the strain on the armed forces "is getting worse, not better."
Military brass had heard such comments before when they trooped up Capitol Hill to answer questions from Congress. But this time there was a difference: The comments were coming from Republicans.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3114
The Mail and Guardian
'We're retrenched every day by the capitalists'
Johannesburg
27 June 2005 06:23
Thousands of workers protested against unemployment and poverty around South Africa on Monday in a nationwide strike that business says was poorly attended and unnecessary.
From Cape Town to Johannesburg to Ulundi, workers marched against retrenchments and the strong rand, which has been cutting the exporter earnings and causing job losses.
"We strike because we are tired. We are retrenched every day by the capitalists. They put profits before us," Congress of SA Trade Unions president Willie Madisha said to loud applause at a march in Johannesburg.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=243914&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/
Kofi Annan's envoy jets into Zim
Harare
27 June 2005 08:37
An envoy for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Zimbabwe on Sunday to investigate a so-called urban renewal campaign that has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans.
Hours before the arrival of Anna Tibaijuka, head of UN Habitat, a state-run newspaper reported that the government was winding up the campaign dubbed Operation Murambatsvina, or Drive Out Trash.
The Sunday Mail report was dismissed by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Party spokesperson Paul Themba Nyathi said the destruction of shanty towns continued unabated over the weekend in the southern border town of Beitbridge.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=243875&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
'Human rights crisis' in Zimbabwe
Stuart Graham Johannesburg, South Africa
27 June 2005 12:36
No-one can afford to be indifferent to the human rights crisis taking place in Zimbabwe, Britain's High Commissioner to South Africa said on Monday.
"This is a human rights crisis and it has to be a matter of concern to us all. We are working alongside our partners on the continent for a resolution to this tragic situation," Paul Boateng said in Johannesburg.
"No one can afford to be indifferent to the human rights crisis taking place in Zimbabwe."
Zimbabwean police have been carrying out a government endorsed demolition campaign dubbed "Operation Restore Order" and "Operation Murambatsvina", meaning "drive out the rubbish".
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=243899&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Mugabe fears 'spies' from UK
27 June 2005 07:17
Robert Mugabe's government suspects that asylum seekers being sent back by Britain are spies, Zimbabwe's main opposition claimed on Sunday.
The claim came as the row over the UK government's policy of returning many refugees continued, with immigration detainees saying that they fear death or torture if deported.
Under pressure the home secretary, Charles Clarke, is staging a review of the policy this week, but has refused to end the deportations.
The government's claim that no one returned to Zimbabwe had been harmed was dismissed by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. An MDC spokesman, Paul Themba Nyathi, said: "This is a paranoid state that views those deported from London as spies trained by the Blair government to carry out espionage.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=243870&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Mugabe's friends fail Zimbabwe
26 June 2005 10:21
Guardian editorial: Zimbabwe's brutal clearances of thousands of slum dwellers from the country's capital, Harare, might not top the league of human-rights abuses in Africa (as defendants of Robert Mugabe's corrupt regime are quick to point out). But the almost casual cruelty of the 'Drive Out the Rubbish' campaign, whose victims now include two children crushed to death by bulldozers, marks an alarming increase in that nonchalant violence we associate with tyrants.
And they add, too, to a growing list of abuses that include one of the highest torture rates in the world, deliberate killings, physical assaults and torture of political opponents which together put in serious question Zimbabwe's claim to be a democracy.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=243854&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
The National Post
Same-sex bill on way to adoption
Despite Tory rear-guard action
Jim Brown
Canadian Press
Monday, June 27, 2005
Conservative house leader Jay Hill. (CP Photo/Jonathan Hayward)
OTTAWA -- One way or another, it appears that same-sex marriage will soon be the law of the land - the whole land, with no exceptions. The only question, as federal politicians head into an unusual summer sitting of the House of Commons, is whether it will take a couple of days or a couple of weeks to pass the legislation sponsored by the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=121dd64c-f914-4933-a2e1-3ca00282c5c4
Wild Desert loves the heat
'Showed his stuff': Catches Gold Strike down the stretch at Queen's Plate
Joe O'Connor
National Post
Monday, June 27, 2005
CREDIT: Brent Foster, National Post
Riding Wild Desert Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, far right, passed Gold Strike, left, on the stretch and held off a surging King of Jazz to win the 146th running of the Queen's Plate yesterday at Woodbine.
TORONTO - Imagine Hell.
Now imagine Hell on a hot day, with a swirling breeze.
It was that sort of heat which was beating down on Woodbine Racetrack late yesterday afternoon, as the starting gate snapped open for the 146th running of the Queen's Plate.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/sports/story.html?id=d7815048-3ad3-452b-9bcc-a2000cb9da85
U.S. military helicopter crashes north of Baghdad, killing two pilots
Bushra Juhi
Canadian Press
Monday, June 27, 2005
Iraqi police and civilians look over the damage to a small restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq after a mortar struck injuring seven people Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
BAGHDAD (AP) - A U.S. Apache attack helicopter crashed Monday north of Baghdad killing both pilots, a day after a series of suicide attacks left nearly three dozen people dead in northern Iraq. The AH-64 crashed in Mishahda, about 30 kilometres north of the capital. In Baghdad, two people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol at Antar Square in the northern Azamiyah neighbourhood, police 1st Lt. Mohammed al-Hayali said.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=85166f10-0abf-43ed-99cc-cced8496221d
Paul Martin's 5% solution
Peter Singer
National Post
June 27, 2005
As the July 6 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, approaches, Prime Minister Paul Martin is under increasing pressure to adopt the widely embraced target of devoting 0.7% of GDP to foreign aid. Last week, Live 8 concert promoter Bob Geldof told Martin not to bother coming to Gleneagles if he didn't adopt the 0.7% target. So far, Martin has played defence, arguing that it would not be fiscally responsible for Canada, the only G8 country with a surplus, to commit the incremental $42-billion needed over 10 years. However, the Prime Minister should switch to offence, encouraging the other G8 leaders to adopt his own target of devoting 5% of research and development spending to technologies for the developing world.
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=e9cfbd4e-1d6e-40bb-a4e1-ab9c882dffb7
The Vietnam News
PM’s first US visit deemed successful
(27-06-2005)
BOSTON — Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s historic visit to the US is a success, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told a Viet Nam News Agency correspondent, at the end of the US visit on Saturday.
Khoan said that the PM’s visit was historic because it was the first made by a Vietnamese government leader 30 years after the end of the American war and it coincides with 10 years of normalisation of Viet Nam-US relations, and five years since the signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01POL270605
PM Khai touches down in Ottawa to begin Canada visit
(27-06-2005)
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is welcomed at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa on Saturday, beginning his official visit to Canada.
HA NOI — Prime Minister Phan Van Khai arrived in Ottawa on Saturday, beginning his week-long official visit to Canada at the invitation of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02POL270605
Dealers to become targets in drug fight
(27-06-2005)
Students from Ha Noi Industry College participate in a rally to highlight the dangers of drugs in the capital yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Truong
HA NOI — Local authorities and agencies must intensify the battle against drug-related crime and track down dealers of ecstasy and amphetamines, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ha Noi yesterday.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC270605
Authors, publisher sign new copyright contracts
(27-06-2005)
Kim Dong Publishing House, a publisher of children’s books, has recently signed non-monopoly copyright contracts with six Vietnamese writers and poets.
The writers include To Hoai, Tran Dang Khoa, and Ha An, the authors of children’s favourites De Men Phieu Luu Ky (Cricket’s Diary), Goc San Va Khoang Troi (Courtyard Corner and Little Sky), and Trang Nuoc Chuong Duong (Chuong Duong’s Moon and Water), respectively. They have also signed contracts with popular writers Pham Ho, Vo Quang and late Nguyen Huy Tuong’s son.
According to the publishing house’s director, Pham Quang Vinh: "Many generations of Vietnamese children have been fascinated by these writers’ books. Their works have been republished many times, proving they are among the favourites of children."
Under the terms of the five-year non-monopoly contracts, the writers will be able to publish their works with other publishing houses, as long as they gain approval from the Kim Dong Publishing House first.
The publisher also plans to sign contracts with well-known children’s author Nguyen Nhat Anh and late Doan Gioi’s son in the near future. — VNS
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01BOO270605
Arab News
‘Iran in No Need of US Ties’
Ahmadinejad spells out his policies at the Tehran news conference. (Reuters)
TEHRAN, 27 June 2005 — President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday Iran would press ahead with its nuclear program and that the country had no real need for ties with archfoe, the United States.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=65979&d=27&m=6&y=2005
Musharraf Keeping Kashmir Issue at Forefront: Shujaat
Abdul Maqsood Mirza, Arab News
JEDDAH, 27 June 2005 — Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has succeeded in keeping the contentious Kashmir issue in focus and is confident of resolving it “as soon as possible,” according to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and Muslim League Chairman Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.
“We’re of the view that Kashmiris should be made a party to the dispute between Pakistan and India, and should be allowed to exercise the right of self-determination. The Indian government has also adopted a positive attitude toward finding a final settlement of the Kashmir problem,” Shujaat Hussain said here yesterday.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=66006&d=27&m=6&y=2005
Manipulating Language in the War Against Palestinians
Preston Taran, Arab News
Words are definitely more powerful than the sword in many situations. All that needs to be mentioned is “terrorist” or “terrorism,” and the programmed response will come — if the groundwork for brainwashing and indoctrinating public opinion has been well prepared; the opposition is now on the offensive with the audience’s ears closed to any appeal to reason.
A perfect example of this is the careful preparations the Israelis have made long before Sept. 11 of chanting “terrorist,” referring to any and all that are not with them. Similar to President Bush’s “with us or against us” mantra.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=65972&d=27&m=6&y=2005
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