The Mail and Guardian
Iran to resume nuclear work
Iran said on Thursday it will resume sensitive uranium-conversion work within one or two days, defying warnings from the international community over its nuclear programme.
Hossein Moussavian, spokesperson for the nuclear negotiating team, told state television that activities will begin when inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrive at the conversion plant of Isfahan.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=247246&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/
Iraqi leaders work to break Constitution deadlock
Iraqi leaders prepared on Thursday for a conference to try to break the deadlock on a draft Constitution amid unabated violence that left at least 20 people dead, a day after 15 United States marines were killed by rebels.
US President George Bush insisted his troops will remain in Iraq until their mission is accomplished, despite the military losses, even as Wednesday's attack on marines marked one of the deadliest against US forces since the war.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=247249
Opposition decries SA's loan to Zimbabwe
Opposition parties have strongly rejected the idea of any South African loan to Zimbabwe without any conditions attached.
"Now that Cabinet has given an in principle 'thumbs up' for South African taxpayer's money to be given to Zimbabwe, it is up to the government to outline the specific conditions attached to the loan," Democratic Alliance foreign affairs spokesperson Douglas Gibson said on Thursday.
This should be done without delay. Zimbabwe was deep in the red with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), owing it close on $300-million.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=247211
Wake-up call: UN appeals for $75m for Niger
The United Nations increased its appeal to over $75-million to help 2,5-million people in desperate need of food in Niger and said more money will be needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the west African nation.
The UN World Food Programme more than tripled the amount of emergency aid it is seeking for southern Niger -- the epicentre of the crisis -- from $16-million six months ago to $57,6-million.
"With the situation deteriorating over recent weeks, our main objective is to save lives," James Morris, executive director of the Rome-based agency said in a statement.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=247194
Cheney observer
ANTHRAX CASE: Justice Department Attempts To Silence Wife Of Bioweaponeer
Submitted by: Anonymous "
by Jerzy Pollack
July 2, 2005
Exclusive to SiaNews
Justice Department attempts to quash testimony by wife of bioweaponeer William Patrick III in STEVEN J. HATFILL, M.D. v. ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (et al).
Headed by former federal prosecutor Tom Connelly, pro bono attorney's for Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, the former "person of interest" in the anthrax letters case, have been quietly doing battle behind the scenes with attorney's for the US Justice Department, in the United States District Court for The District of Columbia.
http://www.friendsofliberty.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2531
Iran Says It Will Break U.N. Seals Placed at a Nuclear Plant
By NAZILA FATHI
Published: August 2, 2005
TEHRAN, Aug. 1 - Defying the warning of European leaders, Iran said Monday that it was removing the seals placed by the United Nations nuclear agency at one of its nuclear sites to restart activities there.
European diplomats said that if Iran did go ahead and resume the nuclear activities, then they would have little choice but to ask for the agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to place the issue before the United Nations Security Council for possible political and economic sanctions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/international/middleeast/02iran.html
Iran warns of nuclear activity as EU breaks deal deadline
MICHAEL THEODOULOU
EUROPE'S hopes of striking a vital deal to end the nuclear stand-off with Iran receded sharply yesterday when Tehran said it would definitely resume some sensitive nuclear fuel activities today. The move follows the European Union's failure to meet a deadline to submit proposals to break a diplomatic impasse.
"As we did not receive the EU proposal, naturally we will definitely resume work at the Isfahan plant tomorrow," a senior Iranian official said.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1710002005
Crude Oil Rises After Iran Threat to Resume Uranium Processing
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose for a sixth day in seven in New York after Iran brought forward its deadline for European Union proposals to end a dispute over the country's nuclear power program.
Iran, the second-largest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, will restart some of its uranium- ore conversion activities in Isfahan if the EU didn't respond to the new deadline, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday, citing Iran's negotiator Ali Agha Mohammadi.
``It's another risk to the stability in the region,'' said Mark Waggoner, President of Excel Futures Inc. in Huntington Beach, California.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=ap6YGgNSUm0g&refer=home
Iran: US failure behind bid to stain prez-elect
TEHRAN: Iran said US accusations that its president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had helped take dozens of US diplomats hostage after the 1979 Islamic revolution were due to its failure to influence Iran and its polls.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1186877.cms
Iran will not accept full uranium enrichment suspension: Speaker
TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel said here on Sunday Iran will not accept full suspension of uranium enrichment.
Hadad Adel made the remark addressing the open session of the Majlis.
"If the three European states (Germany, Britain and France) consider ‘objective guarantee’ as full suspension of uranium enrichment, the Islamic Republic of Iran would not accept it as it runs counter to the Paris agreement and the (International Atomic Energy) Agency's articles of association," he said.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/1/2005&Cat=2&Num=002
Floods kill 16 in northeast Iran
31 Jul 2005 16:29:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, July 31 (Reuters) - Floods caused by heavy rain killed 16 people in northeastern Iran on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency said.
It quoted a local governor as saying the people were killed in the village of Galidagh in Golestan province which borders Turkmenistan on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
The floods also damaged houses and bridges and cut electricity to some 30 villages in the area.
Floods in a nearby region killed at least 170 people in 2001.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31204682.htm
The Daily Show: August 2, 2005
Posted Aug 3, 2005, 12:55 AM ET by Annie W.
Welcome back to another week (uh... three days) of The Daily Show! There's nothing better than a four day weekend, Stewart says. Well, a five day weekend is pretty awesome -- or a whole week off -- actually, how about just being unemployed? Yeah. That sounds about right.
Moving on to the news of the new UN Ambassador, John Bolton (simply conjure up an image of an aging Yosemite Sam). In New York City, he was booed by people from the sidewalks outside of the United States Mission. Yeah, that NYC is a tough town. The hot dog vendors were probably in on it too. Bolton has been known to be vindictive and a loose cannon. Seems as though he isn't very fitting for this new job (appointed by Bush, of course) but perhaps better for a position as a villainous dogcatcher. Hmm...
http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/08/03/the-daily-show-august-2-2005/
Oil firms near record as supply fears persist
Wed Aug 3, 2005 2:05 AM IST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices firmed on Tuesday to within striking distance of the record as fears over the stability of world supplies persisted following the death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd.
A spate of refinery problems in the United States and expectations a U.S. government report Wednesday would show a fifth consecutive weekly draw in crude oil supplies also supported the market, dealers said.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-08-03T012437Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-211370-1.xml
National Oil Firms Take Bigger Role
Governments Hold Most of World's Reserves
By Justin Blum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 3, 2005; Page D01
As the world's thirst for oil increases, government-controlled national oil companies are challenging international firms such as Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Chevron Corp. in the global competition for oil reserves.
National oil companies are increasingly venturing beyond their home country's borders in search of reserves. The governments' motives are varied, but in cases such as China and India, they are seeking more secure oil supplies to meet the needs of their fast-growing economies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/02/AR2005080201978.html
RPT - Oil futures near 62 usd, end at another record
08.02.2005, 08:54 PM
(Repeating for technical reasons)
SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) - Crude futures neared 62 usd a barrel Tuesday to close at another record, as investors weighed the potential for instability in Saudi Arabia following the death of its king against expectations for a fifth-weekly fall in US crude inventories.
At the same time, natural gas futures climbed almost 3 pct to end the session at their highest level since November of last year.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/08/02/afx2168960.html
Oil futures remain near record level
UNCERTAINTIES: Fears of a potential future secession spat within the Saudi royal family, along with instability in Iran and fires at refineries in the US, kept prices high
AP , SINGAPORE
Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005,Page 12
Benchmark crude oil futures fell slightly yesterday, but still hovered near their record overnight closing price, as traders worried about future oil production from Saudi Arabia after the death of King Fahd.
More threats from Iran to resume its nuclear processing and refinery fires in the US also supported prices.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/08/03/2003266262
Dick Cheney's Plan To Nuke Iran
Stand athwart the apocalypse, and shout: "No!"
by Justin Raimondo
"The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=RAI20050802&articleId=790
Don't mess with the Bushes
In her new book, Kitty Kelley shows how the first family intimidates those who've tried to expose the clan's dark secrets of drugs, drinking, womanizing and nepotism. Now, she tells Salon, they're coming after her.
Sept. 14, 2004 After weeks of bracing by the Bush White House, the Category 5 storm has hit: Hurricane Kitty. Bestselling author Kitty Kelley's withering portrait of the Bush dynasty, "The Family," is landing in bookstores on Tuesday -- more than 720,000 copies of it. And the White House is already on high alert. "This book is fiction and deserves to be treated as such," snarled Republican spokeswoman Christine Iverson, as the RNC fired off an anti-Kelley talking-points memo to friendly media assets. The media blowback against Kelley, author of controversial biographies of Nancy Reagan and Frank Sinatra, has already begun. On the Monday morning "Today Show," host Matt Lauer showed how tough an interviewer he can be when not questioning presidents and other potentates, pressing Kelley on who she's going to vote for in November ("Who're you voting for?" Kelley shot back) and the timing of the book's publication, weeks before the November election ("Why not? It's relevant," countered the author, who's been working on the book for four years).
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/14/kelley/
Just a Minute, Mr. Postman
Cairo’s American expat community mirrors a global determination to make the overseas vote count
By
Hadia Mostafa
IN THE 2000 US presidential election, Al Gore received 202 more votes in Florida than George W. Bush. It was only after the overseas ballots were counted (12,000 from Israel alone) that Bush was able to secure the White House by a margin of 537 votes. The absentee ballots, not Florida voters, were what put him in office.
That narrow victory was a wake-up call to millions of Americans living abroad, a group that in the past was largely passive when it came to elections, that their votes do indeed make a difference.
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2840
Karl Rove Scandal and the Big Picture
by Stephen Crockett
http://www.opednews.com
Karl Rove Scandal and the Big Picture
George W. Bush seems to be placing personal loyalties and political loyalties over his Presidential obligations and image. Bush promised the American people publicly repeatedly that he would fire anyone responsible at the White House who was involved in revealing the identity of the CIA operative married to former Ambassador Wilson.
This illegal outing of a secret agent is extremely serious. It demonstrates that some White House operatives found it acceptable to break the law and endanger American national security for political advantage.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_stephen__050804_karl_rove_scandal_an.htm
Rove assistant appears before grand jury
RICHARD B. SCHMITT
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON - A top assistant to White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove appeared last week before the federal grand jury investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by the Bush administration in the exposing of a CIA operative, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/12290074.htm
Anonymous Lies From Anonymous Sources
So now we know for sure. Those "highly placed Bush Administration sources" anonymously quoted over and over again in front-page and cover stories are, in fact, the likes of Karl Rove and Lewis Libby. The Valerie Plame affair has not only outed the chronic propaganda leakers in the Bush Administration; it has also exposed for the public to see the corrupt relationship between the White House and leading members of the national press corps.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050815&s=whittelsey
Halliburton announces 284 percent increase in war profits
by Haliburton Watch.Org
August 4, 2005
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WASHINGTON, July 25 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- Halliburton announced on Friday that its KBR division, responsible for carrying out Pentagon contracts, experienced a 284 percent increase in operating profits during the second quarter of this year.
The increase in profits was primarily due to the Pentagon's payment of "award fees" for what military officials call "good" or "very good" work done by KBR in the Middle East for America's taxpayers and the troops.
Despite the scandals that plague KBR's military contracts, the Pentagon awarded $70 million in "award" fees to the company, along with four ratings of "excellent" and two ratings of "very good" for the troop logistics work under the Army's LOGCAP contract.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=HAL20050804&articleId=801
Perks Of A One-Party Town
David Corn
August 04, 2005
David Corn writes The Loyal Opposition twice a month for TomPaine.com. Corn is also the Washington editor of The Nation
and is the author of
The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception (Crown Publishers).
Ahhh, the benefits of a one-party town. For the party in charge, that is—not the citizens.
Over on the House side, somebody—I wonder who—inserted a provision into the energy bill that would set up a fund (of up to $1.5 billion) that energy firms, such as Halliburton, could tap into for money for exploration activities. According to Representative Henry Waxman, this measure was slipped into the bill after the legislation was officially settled, and most of this fund is expected to be managed by a big-energy consortium based in Sugar Land, Texas—which just happens to be in the congressional district of a fellow named Tom DeLay.
Doesn't this just cry out for an investigation? Not necessarily because it was criminal—though who knows?—but because it was wrong. (This may be the best recent proof of the axiom that not all wrongdoing in Washington, not even most of it, is illegal.) But don't expect any House GOPer to express indignation over such a flagrant abuse of power and brazen expropriation of taxpayer money. (At $60 a barrel, energy companies need incentives to find new sources of oil? Where's Milton Friedman when you need him?)
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050804/perks_of_a_oneparty_town.php
W.C. & A.N. Miller Appoints Retired Bechtel Executive to New Board Position
Larry Ruhland Is First Outside Board Member of 94-Year-Old Company
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/04/2005 -- As a sign of the times and its continued effort to keep key business focuses in its advisory ranks, W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies today announced that Larry E. Ruhland will become the first non-Miller family member or Associate to serve on its Board of Directors. Ruhland, who will also serve on the 94-year-old real estate services company's Advisory Committee, is retired from the Bechtel Corporation, where he held various executive level national and international management positions.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=92424
DOE fines Bechtel Jacobs for nuclear safety violations
Oak Ridge (WVLT) - The Department of Energy is fining Bechtel Jacobs more than $247,000 for violating the department's nuclear safety requirements.
The violation cites two events that happened in 2004.
On May 14th last year, leakage from a radioactive waste shipment caused contamination to spread to public roadways.
http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3683778
DOE fines Bechtel Jacobs for radioactive spills
August 4, 2005
OAK RIDGE (WATE) -- The Department of Energy is fining Bechtel Jacobs $247,500 for its responsibility in dangerous chemical spills in Oak Ridge.
In May 2004 , radioactive material leaked from a truck during an environmental cleanup mission. That leak spread to public roads and forced the officials to close the road until the material could be cleaned up.
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=3683995
Govt ignored capital gains tax dues of DPC
Mamata Singh / New Delhi August 5, 2005
While settling claims, the government and Indian lenders to the Dabhol power project overlooked the capital gains tax which had to be paid by GE, Bechtel and foreign lenders.
Tax dues run into a few hundred crore rupees. This means that tax officials and the Indian lenders, which have taken over the assets of the erstwhile Dabhol Power Company (DPC) and transferred them to New Age Power Company, have spent the last few days working out the liability.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=196481&leftnm=lmnu2&lselect=0&leftindx=2
Electricity Production in Iraq Remains Below Pre-War Levels
by Dahr Jamail (bio)
Contrary to Bush Administration reports, Iraqi officials say the country's electricity problems remain endemic, and fear that despite Coalition promises, Iraq's plants will remain inadequate for the foreseeable future.
Baghdad, May 14, 2004 - Contrary to US President George Bush’s recent statement that electricity in Iraq "is now more widely available than before the war," Iraqi officials say the power supply in their country has not yet been repaired to pre-war levels. Bush made the claim in his May 1, 2004 speech commemorating the one-year anniversary of the "mission accomplished" address he delivered from aboard the USS Lincoln.
http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=345
Settlement with Bechtel over DPC complete
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
[ THURSDAY, AUGUST 04, 2005 12:34:22 AM]
Surf 'N' Earn -Sign in
now
THE IDBI-led Indian lenders to Dabhol Power Company (DPC) have cleared the final hurdle towards settling the 4-year old impasse over the power plant, reports Our Mumbai Bureau.
On July 12, Indian lenders signed the settlement with US-based Bechtel for $160m, as reported by ET in a series of articles over the past two weeks. Sources said Bechtel has agreed to pay tax on this amount, which was one of the contentious issues.
While the lenders had concluded deals with GE, offshore lenders and OPIC, the settlement with Bechtel was hanging fire due to a few issues regarding tax payment and further third-party claims. It isn’t clear what consensus has been reached over future third party claims.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1190416.cms
Cheney's Deadly 'Last Throes'
John Nichols Wed Aug 3, 4:11 PM ET
The Nation -- Vice President
Dick Cheney, who predicted on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, that Americans would be "greeted as liberators," has in recent weeks been peddling a new line of spin.
Any attempt to address Cheney's rhetorical excesses brings to mind the words of a young veteran from another misguided and unnecessary war.
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam?" young
John Kerry asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
Cheney has come up with a contemporary answer for that question.How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Iraq? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?
For Cheney, that's simple: Just keep telling the young men and women who are marching to their deaths that they will be greeted as liberators and that the enemy is so weak that it is in its "last throes."
In other words, just keep spinning a slurry of fantasy and lies into U.S. policy.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20050803/cm_thenation/19968
Preempting Cheney
Ray McGovern
August 03, 2005
Ray McGovern works for Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. During his 27-year career as a CIA analyst, he chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared/briefed the President's Daily Brief. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Whatever plans Dick Cheney and his neo-conservatives may have had to conjure up a nuclear threat from Iran as "justification" for military action have been sharply undercut by some timely leaks to the Washington Post. In a redux of President George W. Bush's spin on the "grave and growing" danger from Iraq, Cheney protégé and newly appointed U.N. Ambassador John Bolton is on record warning that Iranian "deception" must not be allowed to continue much longer: "It will be too late. Iran will have nuclear weapons."
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050803/preempting_cheney.php
Top Rove Aide Reportedly Testified in Leak Case
By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — A top assistant to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove appeared last week before the federal grand jury investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by the Bush administration in the exposing of a CIA operative, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday.
The interest in Susan Ralston, Rove's longtime executive assistant, was unclear. But it comes as special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been focusing on differences in witness statements made to federal agents and the grand jury investigating who revealed the identity of Valerie Plame.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove3aug03,1,6456237.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true
Bush changes his story on the Rove leak
When President Bush was elected in 2000 he said he would raise the ethical and moral standards at the White House. Since our national security has been jeopardized by the leak of a CIA covert agent's name I have to say his administration has considerably lowered these standards.
No one in his administration is willing to admit to this serious breach in security.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/editorial/letters/12290714.htm
Hold Rove accountable for leak of CIA operative
August 3, 2005
It appears now it was Karl Rove who caused a CIA operative to be publicly identified, a violation of law and a serious breach of national security.
That he might not have "used her name" is a moot, silly excuse.
Does Joseph Wilson have another wife? Why would Rove tell six reporters about Wilson's wife, apparently, if he did not intend to have her identity revealed and lives endangered? It is not believable that he would not know she was a secret agent.
http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050803/OPINION/508030311/1050
Natural Disasters
Tornado leaves Edgbaston wicket looking a soft touch
Soft pitch will require a shrewd, flexible approach says Ashley Giles
Thursday August 4, 2005
The Guardian
At Warwickshire, we have always had a healthy disregard for Steve Rouse's weather forecasts. If as much rain fell during the summer as he predicted then we would never get a game in. When he predicts the ground will be awash, there might be a quick shower during the tea interval.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/ashes2005/story/0,15993,1542107,00.html
Published: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Post gets tornado picture
By Sarah Lagan
The Birmingham Post claims to be the only newspaper to have captured a photograph of the devastating tornado that hit the city last week.
Photographer Neil Pugh was on his day off and driving home when he saw a "black and green mass of clouds"
above the trees. He pulled over and grabbed his camera from the boot of his car. The Post devoted its front page to Pugh's picture and filled nine pages with reports and eyewitness accounts
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/040805/post_gets_tornado
Tornado confirmed in Lewis County
Updated: 8/3/2005 12:00 PM
By: News 10 Now Staff
The cleanup is underway after a tornado touched down in western Lewis County. It split some trees in half and ripped others right out of the ground.
A neighbor says it started raining pretty hard right after four Monday afternoon. His rain gauge measured almost nine inches during a one hour period.
The tornado caused homes on the south side of Mad River, where it crosses Salmon River Road, to lose power.
http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=46607
Tornado GM plans to visit sponsors
Five local companies had signed up but hadn't paid
By Joey Berlin
The Capital-Journal
Officially, Nikki Waterbury's work in the All American Professional Basketball League is done.
Unofficially, she's not yet ready to close the book on a bizarre, disappointing turn in her career.
Waterbury was, until Monday, the general manager of the Tornado, which it increasingly appears will never play a regular season game. Now, Waterbury has sponsors who aren't out of any money, but she feels they need to hear from her.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/080305/tor_tornado.shtml
Cricket: Rouse's pitch hit by tornado
Aug 3 2005
Western Mail
ENGLAND are squaring up to face Australia in the second Ashes Test this week on an Edgbaston pitch several days behind in its preparation following last week's tornado in Birmingham.
Merthyr-born Steve Rouse, the head groundsman at Edgbaston, believes he is four days behind where he would like to be in his preparation following the tornado which swept through and devastated surrounding areas of Birmingham last Thursday.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/0300cricket/tm_objectid=15811221&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=rouse-s-pitch-hit-by-tornado-name_page.html
The Washington Post
Afghanistan Agrees To Accept Detainees
U.S. Negotiating Guantanamo Transfers
By Josh White and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page A01
The Bush administration is negotiating the transfer of nearly 70 percent of the detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to three countries as part of a plan, officials said, to share the burden of keeping suspected terrorists behind bars.
U.S. officials announced yesterday that they have reached an agreement with the government of Afghanistan to transfer most of its nationals to Kabul's "exclusive" control and custody. There are 110 Afghan detainees at Guantanamo and 350 more at the Bagram airfield near Kabul. Their transfers could begin in the next six months.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080402125.html
U.K. to Institute New Deportation Measures
The Associated Press
Friday, August 5, 2005; 6:18 AM
An armed police officer on duty in central London as a bus passes by, Thursday Aug. 4, 2005. Thousands of police officers patrolled London's streets and sprawling subway system Thursday, four weeks after four suicide bombers killed 52 people on three subway trains and a bus.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (Kirsty Wigglesworth - AP)
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday announced new deportation measures against those who foster hatred and advocate violence, as his government tries to counter Islamic extremists in Britain.
Blair said the government would draw up a list of extremist Web sites, book shops and organizations and said that involvement with them could be a trigger to deport foreign nationals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/05/AR2005080500204.html
In Tense Sudan, Divisions Resurface
Arabs Flee Violence In Southern City
By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page A06
JUBA, Sudan, Aug. 4 -- The mood of this rattled country, after the sudden death Sunday of the former rebel leader John Garang, is etched on the fearful faces of northern Arab merchants, surrounded by suitcases and nylon sacks, as they wait in the airport to flee further attacks by southerners.
The once-lively central market of this southern city is a deserted maze of smoldering fires and burned metal roofs after three days of rioting. Goats and children pick through the rubble of charred soda bottles, detergent boxes and plastic roses.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401968.html
U.S. Indicts 2 in Case Of Divulged Secrets
Both Worked for Pro-Israel Lobby
By Dan Eggen and Jamie Stockwell
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page A01
Two former employees of an influential pro-Israel lobbying group were indicted yesterday on charges that they illegally received and passed on classified information to foreign officials and reporters over a period of five years, part of a case that has complicated relations between the United States and one of its closest allies.
Although no foreign government is named in the indictment, U.S. government sources have identified Israel as the country at the center of the probe. The Israeli Embassy in Washington also confirmed yesterday that it has been "approached" by investigators in the case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401129.html
Russian Mini-Submarine Stuck on Sea Floor
By YEVGENY KULKOV
The Associated Press
Friday, August 5, 2005; 5:01 AM
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- A Russian mini-submarine with seven sailors aboard snagged on a fishing net and was stuck on the sea floor off Russia's Pacific Coast, navy officials said Friday.
It wasn't clear how long the oxygen aboard the vessel would last, and Navy authorities scrambled to try to figure out how to raise the sub from a depth of some 625 feet.
Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Alexander Kosolapov said there had been contact with the sailors, who were not hurt, and that authorities were preparing to send down a similar vessel to assess the situation.
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CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set
By DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press
Friday, August 5, 2005; 12:42 AM
NEW YORK -- CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville.
The live exchange during CNN's "Inside Politics" came during a discussion of Florida's Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was over that he had been about to ask Novak about his role in the investigation of the leak of a CIA officer's identity.
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CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set
By DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press
Friday, August 5, 2005; 12:42 AM
NEW YORK -- CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville.
The live exchange during CNN's "Inside Politics" came during a discussion of Florida's Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was over that he had been about to ask Novak about his role in the investigation of the leak of a CIA officer's identity.
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Thousands in Cookie Money Stolen From Va. Scout Troop
Girls Forced to Cancel Trip, but Council Doesn't Press Charges
By Leef Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page B05
It took long weekends camped outside their local grocery stores and hours tromping door-to-door, but the Girl Scouts in Springfield Troop 1868 eventually sold enough Thin Mints and Tagalongs to help fund a camping trip to Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa.
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Indians Continue Wait for Accounts' Resolution
Nine-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Interior Department on Trust Funds Appears Far From Settlement
By Evelyn Nieves
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 5, 2005; Page A13
BROWNING, Mont. -- Nine years have ticked away since Elouise Cobell sued the government on behalf of as many as 500,000 Native Americans whose land the United States was supposed to manage. But the end of what has become the longest, largest class action lawsuit against the federal government remains nowhere in sight.
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