The New York Times
G.O.P. Asks Conservative Allies to Cool Rhetoric Over the Court
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and CARL HULSE
Published: July 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 5 - The White House and the Senate Republican leadership are pushing back against pressure from some of their conservative allies about the coming Supreme Court nomination, urging them to stop attacking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as a potential nominee and to tone down their talk of a culture war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/politics/politicsspecial1/06scotus.html?ei=5094&en=a948e894edf57715&hp=&ex=1120708800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1120658523-2VwuB3lAzPq4HNbI0SQ+9A
Florida's Zeal Against Castro Is Losing Heat
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Published: July 6, 2005
MIAMI, July 5 - Fidel Castro is not dead, but he has haunted Miami for nearly 50 years. This is a city where newscasters still scrutinize Mr. Castro's health and workers conduct emergency drills to prepare for the chaos expected upon his demise. Spy shops still flourish here, and a store on Calle Ocho does brisk business in reprints of the Havana phone book from 1959, the year he seized power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/national/06miami.html?hp&ex=1120708800&en=7bab7bdb68acca33&ei=5094&partner=homepage
From Filmmaker in Los Angeles to Iraq Detainee
By TIM GOLDEN
Published: July 6, 2005
LOS ANGELES, July 5 - Like a lot of aspiring filmmakers in Los Angeles, Cyrus Kar was obsessed with his project, a documentary about an ancient Persian king who championed tolerance and human rights even as he built an empire that stretched across the Near East.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/international/middleeast/06detain.html?hp&ex=1120708800&en=7a4cca591b3c6756&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Israelis in Gaza: Departure Is Certain, Details Are Not
David Silverman/Getty Images
At Ganim settlement on the West Bank, Anna Ashash, center rear, consoled the Harels, who moved out on Tuesday. From the left, Silvie; her husband, Yehonatan, and their daughter Maya. The departures next month from settlements in Gaza and the West Bank still carry many questions.
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: July 6, 2005
JERUSALEM, July 5 - After her trip here last month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced to much fanfare on June 19 that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed to demolish the 1,600 or so houses of Israel's settlements in Gaza, with the Palestinians to be paid to clear away the rubble.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/international/middleeast/06mideast.html?hp&ex=1120708800&en=74a7b84e552d2831&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Africa Tackles Graft, With Billions in Aid in Play
George Osodi/Associated Press
A scavenger at a dump in Lagos, with the Mobil offices in the background. Nigeria is seeking to reduce waste by use of competitive bidding.
By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Published: July 6, 2005
LAGOS, Nigeria - One of Dora Nkem Akunyili's lowest moments as a corruption fighter came about two years ago when her son told her not to visit his boarding school. Obumneme Akunyili, age 13, did not want anyone to know that she was his mother.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/international/africa/06lagos.html?
Prosecutor in Leak Case Calls for Reporters' Jailing
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: July 6, 2005
Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times should be jailed for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the disclosure of the identity of a covert C.I.A. operative, the special prosecutor in the case said in court papers filed yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/politics/06leak.html
THIS AS THERE IS NO SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS forthcoming from the Bush/Cheney Justice Department, while journalists are jailed when DC already knows the source.
Democrats to Use Newspaper Ads to Accuse 6 Republican Congressmen on Ethics Issues
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: July 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 5 - House Democrats said Tuesday that they would run newspaper advertisements this week criticizing the ethics of six House Republicans, including Representative Randy Cunningham of California, who is under investigation by a grand jury looking into his ties with a military contractor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/politics/06cunningham.html
The Australian
London awarded Olympic Games
Agencies
July 06, 2005
LONDON erupted with joy tonight after it was named the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, beating arch rival Paris and three other cities in a nail-biting contest.
A crowd of four thousand people whooped and cheered as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Singapore, broadcast its announcement on two giant television screens erected in Trafalgar Square.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15846845%255E601,00.html
Holidays at risk: ACTU
Brad Norington and Michael Bachelard
July 06, 2005
THE Howard Government has endorsed employees cashing out half of their annual leave each year, sparking claims it wants to reduce the holiday entitlements of workers to the US standard of just two weeks.
Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said yesterday four weeks' leave would remain the "minimum statutory requirement" under the Coalition's planned overhaul of industrial relations laws.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15837524%255E601,00.html
China uncovers Japan's secret 'germ warfare site'
July 06, 2005
BEIJING: China claims to have found the site of a vast germ warfare camp used by Japan for human experiments in advance of a planned invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
The camp is said to be in northeastern China, close to the borders with Russia and Mongolia, in a region once occupied by imperial Japanese forces.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15834218%255E2703,00.html
Anglican poll winner to face major disputes
Andrew West
July 06, 2005
AUSTRALIA'S four million Anglicans will have a new leader this weekend, with archbishops Peter Jensen from Sydney, Phillip Aspinall from Brisbane and the new archbishop of Perth Roger Herft the likely contenders.
Whoever takes over the position from Peter Carnley will have to wrestle immediately with the church's enduring disputes over women bishops and, even more controversially, the ordination of practising homosexuals.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15837570%255E2702,00.html
Britain 'to withdraw Iraq forces'
July 06, 2005
LONDON: Britain's Defence Ministry has drafted plans for a significant troop withdrawal from Iraq over the next 18 months and a big deployment to Afghanistan, according to The Financial Times.
Without citing sources, the newspaper said the plans represented the biggest operational shake-up involving Britain's armed forces since the Iraq war.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15834882%255E2703,00.html
Kabul calls our troops
July 06, 2005
JOHN Howard meets George W. Bush in 10 days' time in the US and before he leaves Howard must decide whether Australia should make a new troop deployment to Afghanistan.
Public comments in recent days by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer signal he favours a renewed Afghanistan commitment. Expectations have been created that Australia will take a positive decision.
Political logic suggests that Howard would want to announce any such decision before he sees Bush, not afterwards, to limit the inevitable ill-informed criticism that he was mugged in the White House.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15835201%255E601,00.html
Alcoholism
Alcoholism and high prices alarm Russians most
MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Out of all the events and processes underway in the country today, the growing level of alcoholism, high prices and the crisis in the housing and utilities complex are the greatest concerns for the Russians. This is the result of a poll conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM).
According to the poll, two thirds of the Russian population fear the growing alcohol and drug addiction. Every second respondent takes to heart the growth of prices on commodities and services. Forty four percent are alarmed by the state of the housing and utilities system and the growth of tariffs.
http://en.rian.ru/society/20050531/40450519.html
Don’t drive drunk, ‘steering cop’ is smelling
May 30, 2005
A man, whose teenage son was brain-damaged after driving drunk has invented a device that will stop a car from starting if the driver is over the legal alcohol limit.
The $600 sensor can be installed in a steering wheel or in gloves and will test a driver’s skin to determine alcohol consumption.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1383499,008700010015.htm
Milwaukee girl killed by suspected drunk driver
MILWAUKEE - A suspected drunken driver struck and killed a 5-year-old girl as she waited for a bus with her aunt, police said.
Ameria Sandidge was killed at 4 p.m. Sunday about a block from her home, police said. The car drove into oncoming traffic, hit a pole and then struck the girl.
http://www.gazetteextra.com/drunkdrivingfatal053105.asp
Drunk Drivers Cause Tragedy for Those Who Follow the Rules Says Livonia, Michigan Attorney Terry Cochran
Livonia, MI 48154
May 31, 2005
Drunk Drivers Cause Tragedy for Those Who Follow the Rules "Innocent Victims Should Not Hesitate from Filing a Lawsuit" Says Livonia, Michigan Attorney Terry Cochran
Livonia, MI -- One of the greatest injustices created by drunk drivers is that innocent people are most often the victims. And usually the perpetrators are drivers age 18-25 who don't have the slightest intention of hurting anyone.
"The innocents get injured for life or killed when a drunk driver runs a red light, goes the wrong way on a freeway, or runs down a bicyclist on the shoulder of the roadway," says attorney Terry Cochran, senior partner of Cochran, Foley & Associates, PC, of Livonia, Michigan.
http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=9158
Drunk L.I. dad strangled by son - cops
BY NANCY DILLON and KATHLEEN LUCADAMO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
A Suffolk County teen choked his drunken dad to death at a family barbecue - the second Long Island child to strangle a parent over the holiday weekend, police said yesterday.
One minute, Efrain Rivera, 38, was prancing along North 25th St. in Wyandanch on Sunday night inviting everyone to his barbecue bash and fireworks launching, neighbors recalled.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/314632p-268998c.html
Drunk driver's wife fights to get car back
Karyn Maughan
May 31 2005 at 05:40PM
The wife of a serial drunk driver is fighting to get back the family car, confiscated after her husband was sentenced to six years in jail for his ninth drink-driving conviction.
Rita Lewis of George says the Cape High Court order seizing her Opel Kadett 140i punishes her "for the behaviour of my husband, over whom I do not have any control".
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050531144557814C383625
Veteran the victim of alleged drunk driver
FAIRFIELD - A 54-year-old veteran heading to a Memorial Day weekend event in Washington, D.C., was killed early Sunday morning in front of his Freedom Township home outside Fairfield by a driver who police say was drunk.
Joseph Dean Duman Jr. was leaving his home on his motorcycle at 6:45 a.m., Liberty Township police said.
As Duman waved to his wife, who was sitting on the front porch of their home at 1670 Bull Frog Road, he was hit head-on by a 2003 Nissan Sentra that had veered into his lane, police said.
http://www.therecordherald.com/articles/2005/05/31/local_news/news03.txt
Repeat drunk driver arrested
Citizen Staff
The 30-year-old Beaver Dam woman who was cited for drunken driving after striking the brick pillar and gate in front of Stooges Tavern on April 16 was arrested a week later for operating a motor vehicle after revocation.
According to the criminal complaint, an officer spotted the vehicle Kellie Fox, 1122 N. Spring St., was traveling in because it had a loud muffler. After pulling over the van, he noticed Fox was the driver. Fox told the officer that she had no license.
Fox was cited for her first offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle after revocation, failure to yield right away and a seat belt violation for her accident a week earlier.
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/index.php?ntid=41881&ntpid=4
Councilman arrested for drunk driving
By COLLEEN MAIR — Staff Writer
MICHIGAN CITY — Michigan City Council President Chuck Lungren was arrested for drunk driving for the second time in 11 years early this morning, less than a half block from his house.
Lungren, 54, of 505 E. 9th St., said he was on his way home from Matey’s Bar when he was pulled over in his Lincoln Town Car at 9th and Lafayette streets at 1:03 a.m. today.
He was arrested for drunk driving in 1994.
http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=6290
Royal News Suspected Drunk Driver Rams Gates Of Holyrood House
May 31, 2005, 2:47:44
Royal News: A suspected drink driver sparked security fears yesterday (30.05.05) after ploughing his car into the gates of the Edinburgh home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_family/55552004.htm
Event targets alcohol abuse
Sunday, June 12, 2005
By Ron Cammel
The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS - With a burning bundle of sage, Frankie Sprague made his rounds in the small crowd. Participants of the 10th annual Native American Sobriety Walk would wave the smoke toward their faces to cleanse their spirits of negativity.
Before the walk began at Sixth Street Park on Saturday, Sprague, a former alcoholic, said he was trying to "walk the red road," a way of recovery, health and sacred manner.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-23/1118571513229730.xml
AA helps alcoholics find the strength to stay sober
Gabe Carpenter
06-12-2005
For 70 years now, the Alcoholics Anonymous program has served as a support system for recovering alcoholics.
AA is not a how-to program to recovery. It’s simply a place where people trying to stay sober can share their stories with others with the same goal.
"In AA, we don’t sober people up, but we teach them how to live sober," said John at the central AA office in Anniston.
http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-localnews-0612-gcarpenter-5f11o5738.htm
SIUC police step up effort to crack down on drunk driving
SIUC police step up effort to crack down on drunk driving
CARBONDALE - The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Public Safety is conducting another expanded traffic enforcement to crack down on drunken driving.
The concentrated enforcement period began today (June 20) and runs through Sunday, July 3.
The increased enforcement is the result of a $15,892 grant the University received for a third consecutive year from the Illinois Department of Transportation's Mini-Alcohol Enforcement Program. The grant allows SIUC to hire off-duty officers for traffic enforcement activity for a specific number of hours over a two-week period. The grant pays for 336 hours of additional patrol time during eight enforcement periods through Sept. 30, 2005.
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/06/20/afternoon_evening/doc42b73fcca0573202725124.txt
SDSU Recognized for Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent Alcohol Abuse, Drunk Driving
By Amanda Padilla
SDSU’s comprehensive strategy aimed at preventing alcohol abuse and drunk driving has been recognized by the American Automobile Association and the Center for College Health and Safety.
The Alcohol and Other Drug Initiatives (AOD) program will receive a $1,000 award later this year at the U.S. Department of Education’s 19th Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education.
http://www.sdsuniverse.info/story.asp?id=31582
Cops, parents take steps to keep teens from driving drunk
By JENNIFER HUBERDEAU
BENNINGTON --A blonde, blue-eyed teen wearing a brown leather jacket leans against the hood of a car with a wrecked front end. The boy's name is Steve. The words below his picture tell a blunt but supposedly effective message: "This six-pack cost $6,000."
This "All-American" teen, dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and high-top sneakers warned teens about the adverse effects of alcohol and drinking for over a decade.
Today more effective measures are being taken across the country by Students Against Destructive Decisions and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. States are also taking a more proactive role in the campaign to eliminate underage drinking and driving.
In Vermont, a state with one of the lowest levels of alcohol-related fatalities for drivers age 15 to 20, harsh penalties are in store for anyone under the age of 21 who decides to consume alcohol and drive.
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8676~2929717,00.html
DARE" Officer Charged With Drunk Driving In Injury Crash
A Kentucky State Police dispatcher who also happens to be a "DARE" officer was arrested for driving drunk then crashing into a car Saturday night
Stephen Wheeler's been a KSP dispatcher for a 25 years, and spends his free time as a "DARE" officer in Adair County, teaching fifth graders the dangers of drugs and alcohol. "DARE" stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=3497730&nav=EQlpbF1Q
Navajo Takes MADD Message to Other Tribes
Monday June 20, 2005 8:31 AM
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By ANNA MACIAS AGUAYO
Associated Press Writer
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation first lady Vikki Shirley speaks from experience when she shares the pain of losing a daughter killed by a drunken driver, and the audience is riveted. The 40-year-old matriarch of the nation's largest Indian tribe frequently tours villages on the sprawling reservation that spans portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, cautioning crowds about driving intoxicated and underage drinking.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5085842,00.html
Antisocial Disorders More Common Among Addicted
6/23/2005
A new government study concludes that people with alcohol and other drug addictions are more likely to have antisocial personality disorders, conduct disorders, and adult antisocial behavior disorders.
Previous studies have shown that nearly half of all addicted individuals have some sort of antisocial disorder; the latest research found an association between nearly all drugs of abuse and antisocial disorders, according to researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) who conducted an epidemiological survey of 43,000 adults.
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C577554%2C00.html
Police: Woman Killed By Beer Truck Legally Drunk
POSTED: 11:10 am CDT June 7, 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Investigators said a North Texas woman killed in a bizarre accident in January was legally drunk at the time.
Mary Cay de Vlaming was crushed between two vehicles involved in an accident on University Drive in Fort Worth.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4579313/detail.html
Moxley Apologizes For Drunk Driving Arrest
Jun 7, 2005 8:15 am US/Eastern
Catonsville, MD. (AP) Baltimore County Councilman S.G. Samuel Moxley is apologizing for his drunken driving arrest after a crash Saturday morning on the Baltimore Beltway near Woodlawn.
In a statement yesterday, he said he accepts responsibility for his actions and says he's thankful no one was hurt.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_158081518.html
Drunk bikie awarded $950,000
By Michael Pelly Legal Reporter
June 8, 2005
Peter MacKenzie admits getting drunk, and letting his drunk mate ride his unregistered Harley-Davidson.
However, a court ruled yesterday that he was entitled to compensation of almost $1 million - because he didn't know what he was doing.
The Gilgandra man was left a quadriplegic when the motorcycle ran off the Newell Highway with him as a pillion passenger in December 2000. He sued the Nominal Defendant - a division of the Motor Accidents Authority which handles claims when a vehicle is unregistered - and they agreed his claim was worth $4.75 million.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Drunk-bikie-awarded-950000/2005/06/07/1118123841720.html
Drunk Gurgaon businessman held at airport for misbehaving
Express News Service
New Delhi, June 7: The IGI Airport police arrested a drunk businessman who misbehaved with police personnel and Malaysian Airlines staff on Monday night.
According to senior police officers, the accused, Vivek Sarin is a resident of Gurgaon and deals in auto parts.
Sarin returned to Delhi on a Malaysian Airlines flight and quarrelled with immigration staff and CISF personnel at the airport. The airport police took him to Safdarjung Hospital and he was arrested on Tuesday under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=132972
Nolte admits to taking anti-aging therapy
Tuesday July 5 2005 00:00 IST
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NEW YORK: Oscar-nominated actor Nick Nolte has in an interview candidly admitted to taking human growth hormone and testosterone as a form of anti-aging therapy.
In the interview Nolte said he injects the hormone into his stomach and the testosterone into his butt.
When told that medical research had linked increased testosterone levels to prostate cancer in men in their 60s he replied: "That's a farce, That's fake. I've talked to Italy, I've talked to Sweden, I've talked to Germany, almost all the European countries and some Asian countries as well. Do you know there are places in the world where there is no prostate cancer? Here they just want to rip 'em out as fast as possible."
While talking about alcoholism Nolte said, "Even elephants gets drunk", reports Pagesix.com.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE420050704074048&Page=4&Title=Features+-+People+%26+Lifestyle&Topic=0
McGREGOR: 'I WAS A MISERABLE DRUNK'
Scottish screen star EWAN McGREGOR battled alcoholism during his rise to fame, and he quickly plunged into a drink-fuelled depression.
But the STAR WARS hunk still can't understand why none of the directors he worked with pulled him up on his spiralling problem, and as a result he looks back at his early career with deep embarrassment.
He tells PLAYBOY magazine, "I was just ashamed of myself, really.
"None of my directors ever said, 'You know, I'd rather you didn't drink at work.' None of them. And they must have known. I was reeking of (alcohol).
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mcgregor%20i%20was%20a%20miserable%20drunk
The New Zealand Herald
Police look for belongings after body found on beach
06.07.05 11.00am
Police are looking for the clothes, cellphone and wallet of a man whose naked body was found on a North Shore beach in Auckland on Monday.
The man, who was found at Castor Bay, had been identified but the clothes he was last seen wearing had not been found, police said.
A spokesman said police were waiting for the results of the post mortem before they could say what caused the man's death but it was not thought to be suspicious.
He was thought to be in his 40s.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10334463
Police call off harbour search for body seen in net
07.07.05 6.30pm
The case of a woman's body spotted by fishermen in a net in Auckland's Manukau Harbour on Sunday could remain an unsolved mystery, police said today.
Police divers have failed to locate the body in the murky waters off Waikowhai Bay and Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Gutry said the search was being called off.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10334502
Rape verdicts may encourage other victims
L-R: Warren Graham Hales, Peter Mana McNamara, and two other men who have name suppression were yesterday found guilty of rape. Picture / Fotopress
06.07.05 11.45am
Victims of past rapes may be encouraged to come forward following the conviction yesterday of four men for the gang-rape of a 20-year-old woman at Mt Maunganui 16 years ago, a sexual abuse expert says.
Auckland Sexual Abuse Health Foundation spokeswoman Caroline Day said today other victims of historical sexual abuse may have memories brought up by the case that played out for two weeks at the High Court in Wellington.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10334464
Russia blocks plan to stop African states buying arms
06.07.05 1.00pm
By Andrew Grice
LONDON - Britain's proposal for a global arms trade treaty to stop African nations spending billions of dollars on weapons has been blocked by Russia.
Tony Blair is unlikely to even raise the issue at Gleneagles after Russia made clear it would block a firm commitment to such an international agreement being included in the summit declaration on Friday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334480
Africa prepares G8 message on aid, debt, trade
06.07.05
SIRTE, Libya - African leaders, admonished by Libya for "begging" from the West, met behind closed doors on Tuesday to agree a message to rich nations that is expected to call for more aid, freer trade and debt relief.
Heads of state of many of the African Union's (AU) 53 member governments were holding a private meeting in the Libyan town of Sirte on the second and final day of the pan-continental organisation's half-yearly gathering of leaders.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334433
ANOTHER POLITICAL MOVE. BUSH IS ABLE TO REINVENT HIS GRANDMOTHER. Don’t' sneeze the 'W'rong way you might be a terrorist.
US redefines terrorism, incidents skyrocket
06.07.05 1.45pm
WASHINGTON - The US government has dramatically raised its official 2004 estimate of international terror attacks to 3192 from about 650 after adopting a broader definition of terrorism.
The National Counterterrorism Centre, or NCTC, set up last December to integrate and analyse US intelligence on terrorism, said terror attacks left 6060 people dead, 16,091 wounded and 6282 taken hostage worldwide last year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334485
Three jailed in UK over Chohan family murders
06.07.05
LONDON - A drug dealer and two of his henchmen have been jailed for life for the "uniquely terrible" murder of an Indian-born millionaire businessman Amarjit Chohan and three generations of his family.
The victims included the mother of New Zealand man Onkar Verma, and also his sister - Amarjit Chohan's wife.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334423
Snubfin dolphin in a class of its own
An Australian snubfin dolphin - not a variety of Irrawaddy dolphin but a separate species, named for its stubby dorsal fin.
06.07.05
By Nick Squires
SYDNEY - A new species of dolphin has been found living in the warm tropical waters of northern Australia.
Scientists had always thought the dolphins were a local variation of the Irrawaddy dolphin, a species which ranges into Southeast Asia.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10334405
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