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1804 Victor Schoelcher Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter founded Reuters news service
1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune 1st US woman architect
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1920 Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
1921 Billy Taylor Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show)
1943 Edward Herrmann Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds)
1945 Alton Maddox NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case)
1947 Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker (Peace Train, Father & Son)
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1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's
League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman
Missing in action
July 13
1963 SAM TRINH A VIETNAM COMMANDO RELEASED 03/27/83 ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965
1965 TAYLOR FRED CASTLEWOOD VA ARVN AIR GND SEARCH NEG
1968 HURST JOHN CLARK LUFKIN TX
July 14
1962 BLEWETT ALAN L. NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1962 PARKS RAYMOND F. DENNISON OH NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1966 KIPINA MARSHALL F. CALUMET MI
1966 NOPP ROBERT SALEM OR
1967 FULLER ROBERT B. JACKSONVILLE FL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 BUTLER DEWEY R. WASHINGTON DC
July 15
1966 CONNELL JAMES JOSEPH WILMINGTON DE 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 DENNIS MARK V. OH NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST. LOST IN DONG HA AREA
1967 CASSELL ROBIN B. FORT HUACHUCA AZ
1968 BIRD LEONARD ADRIAN WILMINGTON DE
1968 JAMES GOBEL D. FAIRLAND OK 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MARTIN LARRY E. WAKEFIELD KS "REMAINS RETURNED 7/31/89, ID 11/08/89"
1969 POLSTER HARMON CLEVELAND OH
1969 WALKER MICHAEL S. COLUMBIA LA
1971 TAYLOR TED J. LANCASTER SC
July 16
1968 NECO-QUINONES FELIX V. RIO PIEDRAS PR 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG
1969 DAWSON JAMES V. ASHLAND KY
July 17
1965 COPELAND H C PLAINVIEW TX 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 CROSS ARIEL L. DES MOINES IA
1968 CASSELL HARLEY M. DANVILLE VA 12/20/68 RELEASED REFNO 1228
1968 CHEVALIER JOHN R. JERSEY CITY NJ 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 CROWE WINFRED D. BUFORD GA 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1968 GRIGSBY DONALD E. SPRINGFIELD OH 12/20/68 RELEASED
1968 HENRY LEE D. SICILY ISLAND LA 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 KRAMER TERRY L. STUEBEN WI 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 MC CULLOUGH RALPH COLUMBUS GA 12/19/68 RELEASED DECEASED
1968 PARRA LIONEL JR. SACRAMENTO CA
1968 PRICE DONALD E. COLUMBUS OH 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 SIMMS HAROLD D. 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 WILMOTH FLOYD A. BOONEVILLE NC 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE 98
1968 ZUPP KLAUS H. WHITE PLAINS NY 12/19/68 RELEASED
1972 BROWN WAYNE G. II TACOMA WA
1972 HAAS LEON F. NEWTON NJ
July 18
1965 AVORE MALCOLM A. HALLWELL ME AFT SANK AFTER LAUNCH FROM CVA 34
1965 DENTON JEREMIAH A. MOBILE AL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965 TSCHUDY WILLIAM M. HIGHLAND IL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 HARTMAN RICHARD D. CLARK NY 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1968 SEABLOM EARL F. ISHPEMING MI
1971 ASTON JAY S. ROCKY RIVER OH
July 19
1966 DIAMOND STEPHEN WHITMAN ROSLYN HEIGHTS NY 03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM
1966 DENNISON TERRY A. COSMOPOLIS WA 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 WINTERS DARRYL G. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1967 FRYE DONALD P. LOS ANGELES CA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 JACKSON WILLIAM B. STOCKDALE TX REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 MC GRANE DONALD P. WAVERLY IA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 PETERSON DENNIS W. HUNTINGTON PARK CA "CRASH, NO SURV OBS"
1969 MARTIN AUBREY GRADY BEEVILLE TX 07/74 REMAINS RECOVERED
1969 SIKKINK ROY DEAN TULSA OK 07/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
July 20
1966 BARBAY LAWRENCE BATON ROUGE LA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 DILLON DAVID A. SPRING VALLEY CA
1966 HUBBARD EDWARD L. SHAWNEE MISSION KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 LEWIS MERRILL R. INDIANOLA IA POSS EJECT NO PARA BEEP REMAINS RETURNED 08/29/89
1966 MC DANIEL NORMAN A. FAYETTEVILLE NC 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 MEANS WILLIAM H. TOPEKA KS 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1966 NELSON WILLIAM HUMPHREY FILION MI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 NOBERT CRAIG R. AVON CT POSS DIC
1966 PERKINS GLENDON W. ORLANDO FL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 SMILEY STANLEY K. SIDNEY NE
July 21
1966 TIFFIN RAINFORD SANTA CRUZ CA
1967 FLORA CARROLL E. BRUNSWICK MO 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED
1968 FLANAGAN SHERMAN E. JR. WESTMINSTER MD
1968 WILLING EDWARD A. WILMINGTON DE
1970 SCHULTZ RONALD J. HILLSBORO KS
July 22
1966 WELLS ROBERT J. PHILADELPHIA PA
1972 PAIGE GORDON C. LOS ALTOS CA 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
July 23
1962 MATAGULAY ROQUE S. RICHMOND CA 12/24/62 RELEASED RIP 12/29/99
1966 NEWSOM BENJAMIN BYRD MADISON VI 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 PEMBERTON GENE THOMAS CAMERON MO 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 SMITH WILLIAM W. SEARCY AR
1968 GOSEN LAWRENCE D. BINGHAM LAKE MN
1972 SHANK GARY LESLIE PRAIRIE VILLAGE KS DEAD REM RET 07/01/84
July 24
1965 FOBAIR ROSCOE H. OXNARD CA TOLD DEAD BY VIETNAMESE
1965 KEIRN RICHARD P. LORAIN OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV RIP 05/25/00
1968 BUSH JOHN R. FORT WALTON BEACH FL
1968 GREILING DAVID S. HILLSDALE MI
1968 HACKETT HARLEY B. FLORENCE SC
1970 BLOODWORTH DONALD B. SAN DIEGO CA REMAINS RETURNED ID 02/04/98
1970 REED JAMES W. CAMBRIDGE OH
1971 ANTUNANO GREGORY A. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1971 DALTON RANDALL D. COLLINSVILLE IL
International Herald Tribune
Broiling summer brings droughts
PARIS All through a long hot summer, the temperatures in Europe have soared to unusual levels.
In central France, three firemen died on Sunday trying to control a fire in a barn. In Spain on Monday, the police discovered the bodies of 11 firemen who died after being trapped by a giant forest fire in the central part of the country.
In Switzerland, Alpine rescuers recovered the body of a climber yielded up by a melting glacier more than 20 years after he plunged to his death in the Alps.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/19/news/spain.php
Suspect linked to Al Qaeda goes free
BERLIN In a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court refused Monday to turn over an Al Qaeda suspect to Spain, arguing that a recent Europe-wide agreement to streamline extradition procedures across Europe violated the rights of German citizens.
The case involved Mamoun Darkazanli, a 46-year-old German of Syrian origin suspected in Spain and by many independent experts on terrorism of having provided logistical and financial support to Al Qaeda
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/18/news/germany.php
Chinese general sees U.S. as nuclear target
BEIJING China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the American military intervenes in any conflict over Taiwan, a senior Chinese military official has said.
"If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," the official, Major General Zhu Chenghu, said at an official briefing Thursday
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/15/news/china.php
North Korea seeks treaty
SEOUL North Korea said Friday that the crisis over its nuclear weapons programs would not be completely resolved until the United States signed a peace treaty and normalized relations; in effect, it demanded that the two countries formally end the war they fought a half-century ago
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/news/korea.php
Zimbabwe's future: Made in China
JOHANNESBURG His new 25-bedroom palace is covered with midnight-blue Chinese roof tiles. His air force trains on Chinese jets. His subjects wear Chinese shoes, ride Chinese buses and, lately, zip around the country in Chinese propjets. He has even urged his countrymen to learn Mandarin and nurture a taste for Chinese cuisine.
http://www.iht.chttp://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/zimbabwe.php
It is hard to realize Oxford is having these troubles. Clinton should attend a couple of fund raisers. He's a graduate.
Elite U.K. universities are seeking tutorials on selling their brand
OXFORD, England With the prospect of dwindling state funds, the eggheads of Oxford and Cambridge face a question many living beneath this city's dreaming spires may consider beneath their dignity: How do you market universities that are eight to nine centuries old?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/marketing25.php
Success in tsunami's wake
After the Asian tsunami, public health experts worried about a second wave of deaths from waterborne diseases affecting huge, concentrated populations with no clean water or sanitation. Throughout the history of this sort of emergency, waterborne disease has been the major killer, more deadly than bullets are to civilians caught in armed conflicts. The World Health Organization warned that disease could kill more people than the tsunami itself.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/opinion/edtsunami.php
Two judicial approaches to terror's global face
Two court decisions, in Britain and in Germany, recently provided striking evidence of how far established legal systems have to go in adjusting to the new era of international terrorism.
In London, a court broke new legal ground when it sent a former Afghan warlord to prison for 20 years for torture and hostage-taking, even though he committed the crimes outside Britain, and neither he nor his victims were British citizens.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/opinion/edcourts.php
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Democrats spotlight CIA leak in radio address
WASHINGTON - Democrats slammed President Bush's response to a top aide's role in outing a covert CIA operative on Saturday, turning their radio address over to an ex-agent critical of his actions.
Larry Johnson, a former CIA agent and registered Republican, accused Bush of flip-flopping on his promise to fire anyone at the White House implicated in the leak.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3429
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Video
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html#a4106
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Audio
Larry Johnson testifies before a joint session of Congressional Democrats
I've talked to Larry several times recently and he has not been happy with the way the RNC and the talking heads ( John Gibson ) have smeared Valerie Plame. He told me that unlike her husband, she is not able to defend herself against these malicious attacks. Johnson has taken on that roll. Keep in mind that he, and all his friends that are speaking out are republicans. James Marcinkowski who also testified, was actually a Young Republican. ( OYE doesn't apply ) Will the talking heads do their jobs and listen to actual CIA for guidance, or will they stick to allowing Ken Mehlman's ridiculous "chewbacca defense" to go on unchallenged?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html
CIA Leak Investigation Turns to Possible Perjury, Obstruction
By Douglas Frantz, Sonni Efron and Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation has shifted his focus from determining whether White House officials violated a law against exposing undercover agents to determining whether evidence exists to bring perjury or obstruction of justice charges, according to people briefed in recent days on the inquiry's status.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3431
Testimony By Rove And Libby Examined
Leak Prosecutor Seeks Discrepancies
By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei / Washington Post
Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been reviewing over the past several months discrepancies and gaps in witness testimony in his investigation of the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame, according to lawyers in the case and witness statements.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3430
'He looked like a cornered fox'
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eyewitnesses to Friday's shooting at a London Underground station described seeing a man being chased onto a train and then shot several times at close range.
Police confirmed to CNN that armed officers had shot a man dead at Stockwell station in south London.
One witness, Mark Whitby, told BBC news the man appeared not to be carrying anything but was wearing a thick coat that looked padded.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3432
WELL, What do you all think the new police policy in the USA is? What do you think this 'barrage of bullets' issue is all about? Guilty until innocent interprets into kill before people can act. "Kill at Will." If a suspect is guilty they need to be taken down.
UK Police: Man Killed Unrelated to Probe
By Jill Lawless / Associated Press
LONDON - The man shot and killed on a subway car by London police in front of horrified commuters had nothing to do with this month's bombings on the city's transit system, police said Saturday in expressing their regrets.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3433
This is the American SS. Now. Find the people you hate the most and kill them with a barrage of bullets. There was a police action in LA I think it was that shot something like 121 bullets at an unarmed motorist injuring another officer in crossfire. It's outrageous. What bothers me further is that the Jewish population in this country is about 1%. I don't know, one percent missing from the population by oppression, intimidation or otherwise is hardly noticeable.
So this sounds paranoid. What does it take to start a genocide? How does genocide begin? How does it become evident? Why am I suspicious?
A gneocide starts with hatred and a desire to eliminate a society of an ethnic group or social class that is somewhat troubling to the leadership. That is all it takes. The Racism of the South in the USA is still very much alive. Recent history has found a Black American dragged to death. It isn't as though the crime went unpunished but the point is the hatred is still there along with a self-righteousness based in religion; ie: Eric Rundolph. The extremes are not parlayed by this administration so much as those just inside that notch of small percentage under the 'curve' of possiblity. In the Election of 2000, the red carpet was rolled out for Bush/Cheney at Bob Jones University, a white supremist religious establishment. So, the basis of the hatred toward fellow Americans is already there and alive and well by talks on shows live Larry King where Bob Jones professed there was only one true god. His. The nature of the Evangelical movement is intolerance.
But, yet through all that how can some thing as horrible as an ethnic cleansing or genocide take place? Especially in the USA?
Hatred and intolerance is a very powerful motivator and when one considers Bush/Cheney caters to the extremes of the Evangelical Movement while carrying out their administration void of ethics; what is to say one day; the enemy within this country belongs to a specific race. The intolerance of poverty by this administration reminds me of the Warsaw Ghetto. They have repeated removed program after social program to provide tax breaks while at war and to begin other programs like 'Faith Based Funding.' The trend of intolerance is there. It is not marginally there, it is everywhere in this administration.
So how would such things happen until it is too late?
Who going to stop them? There are already programs in place and funded by Bush such as Jews for Jesus to convert Jews to Christianity. Now from my perspective that is racism and bigotry and the ONLY thing Jews for Jesus should be interested in is recruiting Jews to teach the Christians about their roots. In other words, if Jews who are completely familiar with the beginnings of the monotheistic faith wanted to enhance the Christian experience for those that care to, they could teach them about what Christians coin, "The Old Testament." But, that isn't what Jews for Jesus is about. It is a racist attempt to estrange Jews from their faith by proving to them from a bully pulpit their beliefs are wrong and Jesus was the only savior any of them should care about. They are very aggressive and frequently it makes me fell as though someday someone will say, 'We gave you a chance and you wouldn't see it our way.' I am not going to get into the particulars of it, but, it is grossly wrong and they shouldn't be playing with people's hearts that way.
So we are back again to being paranoid. Right? Wrong. What if there was an underground movement that involved eliminating an ethnicity and the authorities so busy with hunting down terrorists just looke the other way. It's how the Klan worked. ie: Edgar Ray Killen. Who would know to begin with and then what would anyone do about it? An attack on the USA would result in nuclear war. Would a country as powerful as Russia or China risk that for 2 or 3 million Jews? I don't think so.
MDS is a nuclear weapon that could cause a military to not only strike out at any other country relentlessly without retribution but is also a means to entrap the people under the shield any chance of protection from maniacal authority. It is wrong as wrong could be to back such a weapon, both as a responsible and helpless citizen and as a humanitarian. This world has to disarm itself from nuclear weapons but what has to go with it is MDS. Can't do one without the other.
The most troubling aspect that I see about this adminsitration is that in the face of obvious breeches of ethics at the highest levels of govenernment it does not matter. Bush is measuring his ability to maintain control in the face of all this scandal and wrong doing by minimizing the facts and calling on the law knowing the Republicans would have to turn on him ONLY if he committed 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' which would be allowing people who did to continue to have access to their positions such as Mr. Libby and Mr. Hadley and Mr. Rove who all helped craft the plan to take to the UN Security Council. That is a clear indication to me, George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney are desperate men willing to hang on to power regardless the cost to the country. He and Dick Cheney know their aids are guilty of outing Plame. They don't care and the USA credibility globally in the arena of intelligence is gone. Gone. If there is one thing the Senate panel made completely clear was that 'credibility' is all intelligence has in other countries they don't have a foreign governmenets laws behind them. Quite the contrary.
There is a lot wrong here and it doesn't get better. It keeps getting worse by the hour. Desperate men do desperate things and the more this adminsitration gets aways with the more confident they will feel they can continue to do more including carrying out any racist and bigoted agenda eventually.
Where integrity of government doesn't come first there can be no trust.
Now. How paranoid do I sound now?
Congress Report: TSA Broke Privacy Laws
By Leslie Miller / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration violated privacy protections by secretly collecting personal information on at least 250,000 people, congressional investigators said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office sent a letter to Congress saying the collection violated the Privacy Act, which prohibits the government from compiling information on people without their knowledge.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3435
White House Aims to Block Legislation on Detainees
By Josh White and R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post
The Bush administration in recent days has been lobbying to block legislation supported by Republican senators that would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees, from hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and from using interrogation methods not authorized by a new Army field manual.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3438
BBC
Strong quake hits Nicobar Islands
A strong earthquake has hit the Nicobar Islands in India but there are no reports of damage or casualties.
With memories of December's tsunami still fresh, Thai authorities briefly issued a tidal wave alert, but within two hours had withdrawn the warning.
The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 1542 (GMT) about 135km (85 miles) west of Misha, Nicobar Islands, and 440km (275 miles) from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4713011.stm
S Africa 'might pay Harare debt'
Mbeki said he did not want to see Zimbabwe collapse
South African President Thabo Mbeki has indicated South Africa might repay some of Zimbabwe's foreign debts.
Speaking in Pretoria, Mr Mbeki said his country could help pay off Zimbabwe's near $300m (£172m) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said it was in South Africa's own economic interests to assist.
South Africa is Zimbabwe's closest ally and has resisted international calls to pressure Harare to end many of its controversial policies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712633.stm
Nigeria bus crash kills 56 people
A packed bus has fallen from a bridge into a river in northern Nigeria killing 56 passengers, officials say.
The crash took place at Tanburwa bridge about 20km (12.5 miles) south of the city of Kano.
Five survivors are being treated in hospital, said Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim, from the federal road safety authority.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712657.stm
Aid funds finally flow for Niger
Images of starving children in Niger have shocked the world
The UN says donations of food and funding to help the 2.5 million people facing a food crisis in Niger are finally beginning to arrive.
The UN relief chief says graphic images of starving children have shocked the international community into response.
He said more funds had been received for Niger in the last ten days than over the last ten months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4710549.stm
China mystery illness kills nine
Health officials in western China are urgently investigating an unidentified illness which has killed nine farmers and put 11 more in hospital.
The farmers were taken ill with symptoms including high fever and vomiting during June and July.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4711741.stm
Cell death mark liver cancer clue
The researchers hope their lab work will lead to new drugs
Scientists say they have discovered how a protein causes liver cancer - it tags cancer preventing cell machinery for destruction.
The Japanese and UK team first linked gankyrin to liver or hepatocellular cancer, which affects some 250 million people worldwide, five years ago.
Then they discovered that it appeared to encourage DNA synthesis so cells grew unchecked and became cancerous.
Now they say, in Cancer Cell, gankyrin promotes cancer by another pathway too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4707917.stm
Protests disrupt Latvia gay march
Gay parades are often festive events
Latvian police have arrested protesters after they shouted insults and threw eggs at people taking part in the Baltic state's first gay pride march.
The few dozen marchers were outnumbered by hundreds of protesters who blocked the narrow streets of the capital.
Police were forced to alter the march route and to form a chain around the parade participants to protect them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4711261.stm
Dozens dead in Yemen fuel riots
The riots broke out across the country on Wednesday
At least 36 people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between protesters and police across Yemen, police and witnesses say.
Tanks have been deployed on the streets of the capital, Saana.
Deaths were also reported in a string of other towns. The unrest began after fuel subsidies were lifted on Tuesday, leading to dramatic price rises.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4707145.stm
India tea strike 'breakthrough'
Tea estates in West Bengal have stood idle after the strikes
There has been a breakthrough in negotiations to find a settlement on the wage rate for tea labourers in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But officials say a final decision is yet to be made on the issue.
The acting mediator between the planter's unions and the tea labourers unions, told the BBC both sides have agreed to a wage rate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4712829.stm
Cheney Observer
Saudi Arabia's Longtime Ambassador to the U.S. Is Resigning
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: July 21, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 20 - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who in 22 years as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States operated as an insider's insider and wielded enormous influence in Washington over successive administrations, is resigning for "private reasons," Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/international/middleeast/21bandar.html?ex=1122523200&en=faba017ffdbc3b33&ei=5070
Bush grenade suspect charged with killing
TBILISI, Georgia, July 23 (UPI) -- A man suspected of throwing a grenade during President Bush's historic visit to Georgia has been charged with killing a police officer.
Vladimir Arutyunyan also faces charges of weapons possession and resisting arrest, RIA Novosti reported.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the suspect has refused to make any statements or get a lawyer. A young public defender has been assigned to represent him and told reporters she "will prove his innocence if he wants it."
While Bush was in Tbilisi in May, someone through a grenade at the podium where Bush, President Mikhail Saakashvili and their wives were standing.
Arutyunyan faces a life sentence if he is convicted.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050723-21081300-bc-georgia-grenade.xml
Envoy: Expulsion part
of U.S.-Israeli policy
Ambassador Ayalon says pullout compact with Bush administration, not Palestinians
Posted: July 23, 2005
5:07 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon, in an interview with a U.S. Jewish magazine, dispelled any notion the current forced removal of Jews from Gaza is part of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority tied to ending terrorism, saying the pullout is solely a U.S.-Israeli policy matter.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45419
Iraq Govt praises Aust trainers
By Alison Middleton
Defence Minister Robert Hill says Iraqi troops trained by Australian soldiers are taking greater responsibility for security in the southern province of Al Muthanna.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi Government has praised the Australian Army training team for its work with security forces in the province.
The team has provided counter-terrorism training in weapons, tactics and leadership.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi troops have started large-scale counter insurgency operations, including regular patrols, searches and vehicle checkpoints.
The Australians will train a second Iraqi Army battalion next month.
Senator Hill says the Government has deployed the training team to the province for 12 months and he hopes Iraq will be able to assume responsibility for security there during that time.
He says the Australian Government will review the Iraqi army's progress later this year.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421158.htm
Truck bomb kills 11 at Baghdad police station
A truck bomb targeting a Baghdad police station has killed at least 11 people and wounded 30, a police source said.
The blast in the Mashtal area of eastern Baghdad killed and wounded both policemen and civilians, the police source said.
Militants have stepped up suicide bombings in the last 10 days as part of a campaign to topple the US-backed Iraqi Government.
Police had no immediate comment on whether the Mashtal blast was carried out by a suicide bomber.
The attack followed a wave of suicide bombings over the past week that have challenged government promises of stability.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421201.htm
Halliburton profits as KBR, energy services improve
By August Cole
Last Updated: 7/21/2005 6:04:54 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Halliburton said late Thursday that it earned a profit in the second quarter as the oilfield services company and government contractor put some distance between last year's losses.
Houston's Halliburton reported that second-quarter net earnings reached $392 million, or 76 cents a share, after $667 million, or $1.52 a share, in red ink a year ago driven by a huge asbestos settlement and its Barracuda-Caratinga offshore project. See full story.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=29810907
Iran pipeline a risky proposal: India
NEW DELHI, July 23: India’s oil minister said on Saturday a proposed gas pipeline from Iran across Pakistan was a risky venture that would be difficult to finance, but added talks on the $7 billion project should continue.
“The pipeline proposal is, as the prime minister stated, fraught with terrible risks,” Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar told a news conference.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concerns about the project during his visit to the United States this week, when President George Bush recognized India as a responsible nuclear state and promised cooperation with its civilian atomic power programme.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/24/top6.htm
Halliburton could reap $5 billion for Iraq work
By Lisa Sanders
Last Updated: 7/8/2005 4:03:44 PM
DALLAS (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Army has issued a new order for work in Iraq that could mean around $5 billion in revenue for Halliburton.
The Army issued a new "task order" Friday to Halliburton's (HAL) KBR unit under the existing logistics and support contract -- LOGCAP III -- awarded to KBR in December 2001, according to Cathy Mann, a company spokeswoman.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=28912171
Bush political adviser reportedly a Fed candidate
Reuters News Service
WASHINGTON - Economist and author Todd Buchholz, an adviser to President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, is being considered by the White House for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, sources close to the administration said.
Buchholz, who also served as a White House adviser under Bush's father, is under consideration for one of the two Fed seats the president will need to fill.
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HOW TEXANS VOTED
Copyright 2005 Roll Call Report Syndicate
WASHINGTON - How the Texas congressional delegation voted on selected issues last week:
Senate
1. Russian nuclear weapons: Voted, 78-19, to streamline the Nunn-Lugar law, which pays Russia to destroy stockpiles of Soviet-era nuclear warheads and chemical and biological arms to keep the weaponry from terrorists. The amendment was added to a defense bill (S 1042, still in debate) that authorizes $415 million for Nunn-Lugar projects in fiscal 2006. The amendment targeted bureaucratic rules imposed by members of Congress leery of sending funds to Russia without strict controls. A yes vote backed the amendment.
2. FDA commissioner, Crawford: Confirmed, 78-16, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, 67, to head the Food and Drug Administration. His confirmation had been blocked, in part, by senators upset over FDA delay in deciding whether to allow over-the-counter sales of Plan B, a morning-after contraceptive pill. The agency says it will issue a Plan B decision by Sept. 1. A yes vote was to confirm Crawford.
3. Chinese nuclear power: Refused, 37-62, to bar Export-Import Bank financing of a bid by Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four nuclear reactors in China. The bank, which is backed by U.S. taxpayers, tentatively has provided Westinghouse, a property of the British government, with $5 billion in credit backing in its competition against French and Russian firms for the work. The bill was sent to conference with a House version that prohibits the Ex-Im Bank financing. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. TV to Cuba: Refused, 33-66, to terminate TV Marti to Cuba by removing its $21 million budget from HR 3057 (above) and shifting the funds to the Peace Corps. The U.S. government produces 16-year-old TV Marti to undermine the Fidel Castro regime. A yes vote was to end TV Marti.
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Cornyn(R)San Antonio
N
Y
N
N
Hutchison(R)Dallas
Y
Y
N
N
House
1. Permanent Patriot Act: Passed, 257-171, a bill (HR 3199) to renew the USA Patriot Act and convert most of its key antiterrorism provisions to permanent status. Like the original law, the renewal expands the power of police and intelligence agencies to keep watch on, probe and detain individuals suspected of terrorism and possibly related activities, with less judicial review than existed before Sept. 11, 2001. The only key provisions not made permanent by the renewal are ones authorizing roving wiretaps and secret searches of library and bookstore records, both of which would expire after 10 years. The bill awaits Senate action. A yes vote was to pass the bill.
2. Temporary Patriot Act: Defeated, 209-218, a Democratic bid to extend the USA Patriot Act temporarily, subject to congressional renewal after four years. The House then passed HR 3199 (above). A yes vote backed temporary status for the Patriot Act.
3. Library searches: Voted, 402-26, to require the FBI director to personally approve library and bookstore searches under HR 3199 (above). The bill renews authority for law enforcement agents, bearing secret warrants, to obtain customer records from libraries, bookstores and other entities. The Senate has not yet taken a stand. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. National security letters: Adopted, 394-32, an amendment to HR 3199 (above) giving recipients of a "national security letter" access to counsel, standing to challenge the letter in court and freedom to publicly discuss it. These letters are subpoenas the FBI can issue to obtain information without prior court review. A yes vote backed the amendment.
5. Iraq benchmarks: Rejected, 203-227, a Democratic request that President Bush set public benchmarks for measuring U.S. progress in Iraq in areas such as defeating the insurgency, establishing democratic institutions and bringing U.S. troops home. This occurred during debate on a bill (HR 2601, later passed) authorizing State Department activities and other foreign operations in fiscal 2006. A yes vote backed the Democratic motion.
6. Iraq commitment: Approved, 291-137, a GOP-sponsored amendment to HR 2601 (above) declaring that the United States should withdraw its force from Iraq only when it is clear "national security and foreign policy goals relating to a free and stable Iraq have been or are about to be achieved." A yes vote backed the GOP amendment.
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Gohmert(R)Tyler
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Poe(R)Humble
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Johnson(R)Plano
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Hall(R)Rockwall
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Hensarling(R)Dallas
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Barton(R)Ennis
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Culberson(R)Houston
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Brady(R)The Woodlands
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Al Green(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
McCaul(R)Austin
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Conaway(R)Midland
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Granger(R)Fort Worth
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Thornberry(R)Clarendon
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Paul(R)Surfside
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Hinojosa(D)Mercedes
A
A
A
A
A
A
Reyes(D)El Paso
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Edwards(D)Waco
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Jackson-Lee(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Neugebauer(R)Lubbock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Gonzalez(D)San Antonio
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Smith(R)San Antonio
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
DeLay(R)Sugar Land
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Bonilla(R)San Antonio
Y
N
N
Y
N
Y
Marchant(R)Coppell
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Doggett(D)Austin
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Burgess(R)Highland Village
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Ortiz(D)Corpus Christi
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Cuellar(D)Laredo
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Gene Green(D)Houston
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Johnson(D)Dallas
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Carter(R)Round Rock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Sessions(R)Dallas
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Key: N=No; Y=Yes; P=Present;
A=Absent or did not vote.
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Cheney seeks to block law concerning U.S. detainees
By ERIC SCHMITT
New York Times
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is working to block legislation offered by Republican senators that would regulate the detention, treatment and trials of detainees held by the U.S. military.
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In a private meeting on Thursday night, Cheney warned three senior Republican members of the Armed Services Committee that their proposed legislation would interfere with the president's authority and his ability to protect Americans against terrorist attacks.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279421
Endangered Species Act embroiled in court battles
The law is facing more challenges than ever before
By FELICITY BARRINGER
New York Times
RESOURCES
THE PROTECTED CREATURES
• At risk: Currently 1,264 species are considered threatened or endangered.
WASHINGTON - More than three decades after the Endangered Species Act gave the federal government tools and a mandate to protect animals, insects and plants threatened with extinction, the landmark law is facing the most intense efforts ever by White House officials, members of Congress, landowners and industry to limit its reach.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278789
Lawrence Welk Show accordion player dies
Los Angeles Times
Mitchell Daily Republic file
Myron Floren played in Lawrence Welk's band from 1950 to 1982 and later at music festivals around the country. He died Saturday of cancer.
LOS ANGELES - Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, has died. He was 85.
Floren, who continued performing until the last few months, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Rolling Hills Estates, according to Margaret Heron, syndication manager for the Welk show.
Dubbed "The Happy Norwegian" for his perpetual grin, Floren joined Welk's orchestra on the road in 1950.
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Iran Students: Restart Uranium Program
Sunday July 24, 2005 2:46 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - More than 13,000 Iranian students and academics signed petitions urging Iranian president Mohammad Khatami to resume the country's suspended uranium enrichment efforts, state-run radio reported Saturday.
The petition said prolonging the suspension - done at the behest of international negotiators - was only pleasing those who ``cannot tolerate Iran's scientific triumphs.''
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5162440,00.html
'Iran oil production to reach 4.2m barrels a day'
Sunday, July 24, 2005 - ©2005 IranMania.com
LONDON, July 24 (IranMania) - Iran announced that its oil production will officially rise to 4 mln and 200 thousand barrels per day in the next few days once production begins in three new oil fields.
"With the official entry of the Darkhovein field (in southwestern Iran) and the two other offshore oil fields of Soroush and Norouz, located in the Persian Gulf, the production level of Iran will reach 4.2 mln barrels per day in the next two to three days," Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanghaneh told reporters at the site.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33600&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Roberts talk proves Jeb was no bystander in 2000
By Randy Schultz
Palm Beach Post Editor of the Editorial Page
Sunday, July 24, 2005
The news is not that John Roberts gave Gov. Bush advice during the 2000 presidential recount. The news, sort of, is that Gov. Bush listened to him.
Among the several million lawyers who descended on Florida after the election was Mr. Roberts, who had served in the Reagan and Bush 41 administrations and was a million-dollar-a-year partner at one of Washington's largest and best law firms. Through a spokesman, Gov. Bush said last week that he "appreciated" the Supreme Court nominee's "willingness to serve, and valued his counsel."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/07/24/a1e_schultzcol_0724.html
ROBERTS INFLUENCES BUSH IMAGE FOR FUTURE
By J. Grant Swank, Jr.
MichNews.com
Jul 22, 2005
It's not only what the public eventually will think of Judge John Roberts; it's what Roberts' position will mean to US President George W. Bush.
If Mr. Bush has been wise in choosing a person who will endorse the expectations of the morally based Red States, fine for Mr. Bush's future. If not, then Mr. Bush is in trouble with his own kind.
There is much being said this week about Roberts' enigma persona. After all, at age 50, who is the handsome fellow and what does he really represent by way of moral positions?
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8826.shtml
Nervous markets push oil prices up
AP , VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Sunday, Jul 24, 2005,Page 10
Oil prices climbed by more than US$1 a barrel on Friday, one day after China's decision to abandon its currency peg to the US dollar, making oil prices cheaper for China, the world's second-largest consumer of crude.
The renewed terror attacks on London's public transit system led to some nervousness on the markets. But Thursday's attacks were much less serious than the initial assault two weeks ago and analysts said their effects had dissipated by Friday. A new incident on Friday, with police killing a suspect on a London subway train, also did not brake prices.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/07/24/2003264870
Oil moves by China, India challenge U.S.
Energy-hungry powers making deals with nations that are often hostile to America
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria — nations shunned by America as nuclear threats, insurgent havens or human rights violators are increasingly being wooed by China and India in a race for oil and influence that is challenging Washington on the energy and security fronts.
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New global chain forged, ONGC, Mittal float 2 oil cos
NEW DELHI: It was the coming together of the titans. India’s largest oil producing company, the $14bn ONGC group on Saturday joined hands with the world’s largest steel giant, the $22bn Mittal Steel to float two Cyprus-based companies for acquisition of overseas oil and gas assets and energy related businesses.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of ONGC, and Mittal Investment SARL, the investment arm of Mittal Steel, inked an MoU to form a JV — ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd— which will concentrate on acquisition of oil and gas assets. The other MoU was inked between ONGC and Mittal Investment Sarl to form the second JV co — ONGC-Mittal Energy Services —to take up energy related businesses like trading and shipping.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1180851.cms
Justice Dept. Rebuffs Press Request for More Bush Guard Records
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, August 27, 2004; 11:53 AM
The Justice Department has told the Associated Press that the government does not possess any records that would shed further light on the mysteries of President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, beyond those that have already been made public, a lawyer for the news agency said yesterday.
… On the CBS Evening News, John Roberts, traveling with Bush in New Mexico, pointed out the particularly dire statistics for Hispanics. "Mr. Bush carefully avoided any mention of the census report," Roberts said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38452-2004Aug27.html
AT LEAST SOMEONE is dealing with MTBE. Thank you, Mrs. Clinton.
Clinton opposes MTBE proposal
Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday strongly criticized proposed language to be included in the Senate Energy Bill that would exempt gasoline additive MTBE manufacturers from liability for cleaning up MTBE contaminated groundwater.
“Any plan that shifts MTBE cleanup costs from polluters to New York’s taxpayers is unacceptable,” Clinton said. “The proposal unveiled today is an insult to New York. It provides liability relief for MTBE producers in exchange for a cleanup trust fund that is inadequate and depends heavily on taxpayer dollars.”
The issue is of concern to hundreds of Hudson Valley residents whose private wells have been contaminated by MTBE in the Fort Montgomery and Hyde Park areas among others.
Clinton Friday joined her colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee in writing a letter to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Domenici and Ranking Member Bingaman expressing her concerns about potential MTBE provisions the Senate Energy Bill, as well as several other issues of concern.
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/MTBE_Clinton-23Jul05.htm
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