Roadside Bombs Kills 6 Marines in Iraq
By Louise Roug, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD -- Six Marines were killed by roadside bombs during heavy fighting west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said today.
The bombings came as Iraq's draft constitution was being distributed throughout the country and US and Iraqi forces intensified their raids and operations to root out insurgents. But residents in Western hot-spots say the military offenses are politically motivated and will create insurgents rather than kill them.
"The confrontations that occurred were so brutal" that residents "are now seeing members of their families being killed in front of their own eyes by the American bombardment," said Sheik Iusamah Judaan, a tribal leader from Karabilah in Qaim. "Obviously, they'll seek revenge and this is what's happening."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-100705iraq_lat,0,2546979.story?coll=la-home-headlines
100 Very Busy Days for Mayor
Villaraigosa's energetic start raises hopes, but some grow impatient for action on tough issues.
By Patrick McGreevy, Richard Fausset and Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writers
His day began with a speech in Koreatown. Next he was off to MacArthur Park to raise money for victims of a fire, followed by a prostate cancer awareness event in Boyle Heights, a downtown health fair, a South L.A. police roll call, a Watts gospel concert and, finally, a Northridge celebration of India's independence.
So went one day in August for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — a Saturday, in fact. Before sundown, he also found time to have brunch with state Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg (D-Los Angeles) and get some work done at the office.
Villaraigosa pledged that he would bring more energy to the mayoralty than his predecessor, James K. Hahn. And as he approaches his 100th day in office Saturday, he has worked to fulfill that campaign promise with an indefatigable, barnstorming style.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayor7oct07,0,5445252.story?coll=la-home-headlines
New York's Penn Station Reopened After Apparent Hoax
By Josh Getlin and Michael Muskal, Times Staff Writers
NEW YORK -- A day after security was beefed up because of a threat to the subway system, parts of Penn Station were briefly closed this morning as officials investigated an apparent hoax involving a mysterious substance.
Television footage showed several officers wearing yellow hazardous material suits swarming through the station as officers with dogs patrolled the transportation hub used by passengers on Amtrak, various commuter trains and the city's subways.
No delays to Amtrak, which operates trains from New York to other cities, were reported. The closure did not affect the parts of the station used by the commuter rail system.
The station reopened more than an hour later.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-100705nyc_lat,0,571695.story?coll=la-tot-promo&track=morenews
Cronyism as a core value
Even conservatives can see that Bush, in choosing Miers, is no fan of meritocracy.
OF ALL THE despondent conservative reactions to Harriet E. Miers' Supreme Court nomination, my favorite came from National Review editor Rich Lowry, who quoted a source he described as a "very pro-Bush legal type." The source complained that Miers is "not even second rate, but third rate," and proceeded to despair that "a crony at FEMA is one thing, but on the high court it's something else entirely."
The Supreme Court, you see, is important. What bad could come of having a crony at FEMA? Oh, right.
The conservative schism over the Miers nomination has opened an interesting intellectual fault line on the right. Conservatives have long found cultural populism to be one of the most effective weapons in their arsenal. When you're stuck defending the interests of the super-rich, it's quite useful to position yourself against the educated snobs and phonies.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chait7oct07,0,4054408.column
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
George W. Bush and his Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers, in Crawford, TX on August 6th, 2001 from 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the USA" - It clearly indicates the leadership of al Qaeda was focusing on airports. There was no doubt. Just negligence. There was even mention of US Citizens. It didn't fit into Bush/Cheney/Halliburton/Carlyle agenda. It's just that simple. The people of this country are disposable, especially those of New York City.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_images/splash/august6thmemo.pdf
New York subway 'may be target of terrorist attack'
By Charisse Jones and Mimi Hall / USA Today
Police bolstered security on New York City's subways Thursday after receiving a threat that the mass transit system could be the target of a terrorist attack in coming days.
"We have never had before a specific threat to our subway system," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference. "It was more specific as to target. It was more specific as to timing."
Russ Knocke, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, cast doubt on the threat. He said the agency "received intelligence information regarding a specific but non-credible threat to the New York subway system in recent days. The intelligence community found it to be of doubtful credibility."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4434
Bush: U.S. Foiled at Least 10 Terror Plots
By Tom Raum / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday the United States and its allies had foiled at least 10 serious plots by the al-Qaida terror network in the last four years, including plans for Sept. 11-like attacks on both U.S. coasts.
In a speech designed to revive flagging public support for the war in Iraq, the president also said the U.S. and its partners have stopped at least five more efforts by al-Qaida to case targets or infiltrate operatives in the United States.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4435
Poll: Bush Ratings Hit New Low
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2005
The President's approval ratings are at their lowest point ever.
(CBS)
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President George W. Bush's overall job approval rating has reached the lowest ever measured in this poll, and evaluations of his handling of Iraq, the economy and even his signature issue, terrorism, are also at all-time lows.
(CBS) This CBS News Poll finds an American public increasingly pessimistic about the economy, the war in Iraq, the overall direction of the country, and the president. Americans' outlook for the economy is the worst it has been in four years. Most expect the price of gas to rise even further in the next few months.
A growing number of Americans want U.S. troops to leave Iraq as soon as possible, rather than stay the course, and the highest percentage ever thinks the United States should have stayed out of Iraq. When given a set of options for paying for rebuilding the hurricane-racked Gulf Coast, only one — taking money from the Iraq War — gets majority support.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/06/opinion/polls/main924485.shtml
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 29, 2003
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
12:18 P.M. EDT
MR. McCLELLAN: Good afternoon. This afternoon the President will welcome and congratulate the 2003 Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils to the White House. Later this afternoon, the President looks forward to meeting with congregational rabbis. This is the Jewish high holy days, and it is a time for prayer and reflection in the Jewish community. Today's meeting is part of the President's ongoing commitment to reaching out to faith-based leaders who make our nation stronger. So the President looks forward to that meeting.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030929-7.html
Senate Supports Interrogation Limits
90-9 Vote on the Treatment of Detainees Is a Bipartisan Rebuff of the White House
By Charles Babington and Shailagh Murray / Washington Post
The Senate defied the White House yesterday and voted to set new limits on interrogating detainees in Iraq and elsewhere, underscoring Congress's growing concerns about reports of abuse of suspected terrorists and others in military custody.
Forty-six Republicans joined 43 Democrats and one independent in voting to define and limit interrogation techniques that U.S. troops may use against terrorism suspects, the latest sign that alarm over treatment of prisoners in the Middle East and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is widespread in both parties. The White House had fought to prevent the restrictions, with Vice President Cheney visiting key Republicans in July and a spokesman yesterday repeating President Bush's threat to veto the larger bill that the language is now attached to -- a $440 billion military spending measure.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4424
Indictments in Plame Case Could Come Any Time
By E&P Staff / Editor & Publisher
NEW YORK -- Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? Whatever way you look at it, it seems clear to many in Washington right now that indictments in the Valerie Plame affair will likely be announced soon, possibly on Thursday.
Note to editors and reporters: As the aspens turn, don't stray too far from your desks, cells or Blackberries.
Rumors surged all day Wednesday, though reports of 22 indictments did seem a bit farfetched. But late Wednesday, Reuters suggested that indeed the end--or beginning--was near, "within days," and added one major clue: Karl Rove's lawyer, who has always stated that his client was not a target in the probe, now refused to comment on that one way or the other.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4425
Iraq Attacks Continue, 9 Days Before Vote
By Thomas Wagner / Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents using suicide and roadside bombs killed at least 21 people, including a U.S. soldier, on Thursday in the latest of a series of attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's constitutional referendum next week.
The attacks came as Iraqis began picking up copies of the draft constitution that they will vote on Oct. 15 after the country's Shiite-led parliament ended a bitter dispute with Sunni Arabs about how the referendum will be conducted.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4433
TELL CONGRESS TO BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW (USE THIS FORM TO TAKE ACTION)
In the biggest Washington protest since the Iraq War and Occupation started, hundreds of thousands of people last Saturday showed that the movement against the war is growing in strength across the US. Virginia Rodino, who was one of the United for Peace and Justice mobilising co-ordinators for the protest, said, "This was representative of the mood in the US. The protest was calling for the US troops to be brought home." Our military generals on the ground admit the resistance consists almost entirely of native Iraqis who just want us to LEAVE, and with no end to the increasing violence in sight.
We need to build on the momentum of the the recent demonstrations by having each member of Congress hear personally from you, their direct constituents, to demand that Congress pass legislation to end the war now, refuse any additional funding for the war, prohibit the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq, and investigate the claims of the Bush administration that were used to justify the war.
http://www.trotn.com/troopshome.htm
Conservatives Confront Bush Aides
Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings
By Peter Baker and Dan Balz / Washington Post
The conservative uprising against President Bush escalated yesterday as Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted the president's envoys during a pair of tense closed-door meetings.
A day after Bush publicly beseeched skeptical supporters to trust his judgment on Miers, a succession of prominent conservative leaders told his representatives that they did not. Over the course of several hours of sometimes testy exchanges, the dissenters complained that Miers was an unknown quantity with a thin résumé and that her selection -- Bush called her "the best person I could find" -- was a betrayal of years of struggle to move the court to the right.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4426
Photo Tour of the Gulf Coast
From Jason
I have been touring the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the past few days and I simply cannot believe what I have seen.
The entire coast of Mississippi is flattened. I know that everyone has heard this on the news but until you see it for yourself it doesn't really make sense. Hopefully the pictures I took will give you some idea but let me tell you the no picture does this justice.
It looks like the apocalypse. It looks like a bomb went off and it covered 200 miles of land. It looks like this is a region that will be affected by this disaster not just for a year or two or three but possibly forever. One thing that it doesn't look like is America.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/covington.php?id=45
...isms
College Students' Spirituality and Religiousness Vary by Race and Gender; New Study Shows African Americans Most Religious Group
Date: October 6, 2005
Contact: Shaena Engle ( engle@gseis.ucla.edu )
Phone: 310-206-5951
While today's college students have a very high level of interest and involvement in spirituality and religion, there are important differences among student subgroups, most significantly between African Americans and whites, and between men and women, according to new research.
A survey of 112,232 students at 236 colleges and universities found that the biggest differences between African American and white students were in their levels of religious commitment, ethic of caring, religious engagement and spiritual quest. African Americans are also far more likely than whites to believe in God, pray and attend religious services frequently.
While gender differences are not always large, women score higher on 11 of 12 scales that measure various aspects of students' spirituality and religiousness. The most marked differences are in women's higher levels of charitable involvement and religious commitment.
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6514
The Next Michael Moore?
Micha Peled's "China Blue" takes a stealthy look at Chinese sweatshops and mixes in a little love courtesy of Teddy Bear Films Director Micha Peled delivers a jeans shipment from China to a store.
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Mike WardRichmond.comThursday, October 06, 2005A documentary film about Chinese sweatshops conjures up many images and motifs: wasted youth, depression and harrowing danger to name a few. But love?
That's the theme that filmmaker Micha Peled has woven through "China Blue," a film that recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will make its U.S. debut Friday night in Ashland.
"At first blush, it looked like the whole the film was going to have miserable people hunched over sewing machines and who wants to look at that?" the San Francisco-based filmmaker said to Richmond.com in a recent phone interview.
http://www.richmond.com/ae/output.aspx?Article_ID=3919277&Vertical_ID=127&tier=1&position=2
Alleged Race Discrimination
By Daniel Pulliam
dpulliam@govexec.com
Alleging race discrimination in hiring and advancement practices, 13 current and former employees of the Commerce Department filed a $500 million class action lawsuit Wednesday, 10 years after the first complaint was made.
The suit -- filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia -- includes 11 black and two white plaintiffs and includes allegations that employees saw recriminations after speaking out against the alleged "pervasive race discrimination at Commerce."
Approximately 60 people gathered in front of the Commerce headquarters in Washington on Wednesday to draw attention to the lawsuit. One person wore a set of yellow plastic chains around her neck and others carried signs calling for "equal pay now."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1005/100705lb.htm
Federal jobs open to all as policy of regional discrimination ends next April at 16:43 on October 6, 2005, EST.
OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government plans to throw open its doors to job applicants from across the country and end its long-standing practice of regional discrimination.
But a host of hurdles still face most Canadians hoping to land full-time permanent employment in the federal civil service.
Personal favouritism, racial discrimination and bilingual imperatives - not to mention a growing federal addiction to temporary employees - are among the impediments to a federal workforce that accurately reflects the Canadian population, suggest three audits and an annual report released Thursday in Ottawa.
"Access and representativeness are very important to me," Maria Barrados, president of the Public Service Commission of Canada, said at a news conference.
http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=100665
MAINE ATTORNEYS SAY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW PROVIDES NO LEGAL BASIS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Maine Won’t Discriminate calls on opponents to finally start talking about what the law really does.
PORTLAND, Maine – In a legal memorandum released today, leading members of Maine’s legal community conclude that “the addition of sexual orientation to Maine’s non-discrimination law provides no legal basis for same-sex marriage.” The memo reviewed Maine’s Anti-Discrimination and specifically, compared it to the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage. The answer is clear -- Maine’s Anti-Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination based upon sexual orientation in employments, housing, credit, public accommodations and education -- nothing more, nothing less.
http://business.mainetoday.com/newsdirect/release.html?id=2244
Airport agreement to end discrimination against disabled
06/10/2005 - 17:36:43
A new agreement ensuring all European Union airports are made fully accessible prohibits airlines from discriminating against passengers over age or disabilities, a minister said today.
Transport Minister Martin Cullen said a deal struck at the European Council of Ministers guaranteed the rights of persons with reduced mobility to full and free access at all EU member states’ airports.
“This is a good deal. It ensures equality for all and at no cost to people with reduced mobility. Heretofore, a person in a wheelchair may have had to pay an additional charge when travelling by air because of their disability. Today’s agreement will see an end to this practice,” Mr Cullen said.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=130051660&p=y3xx5zz4x
UK employers unprepared for age discrimination law
06 October 2005 13:50
Four out of five employers have taken no steps to prepare themselves for new age discrimination legislation due next year, research shows.
The survey of 1,000 employers by Eversheds law firm and Cranfield School of Management also found that one in five respondents believe their board members or and senior managers are not committed to eliminating ageism in the workplace.
The legislation will come into force in October 2006 and will outlaw any discrimination on grounds of age in recruitment, training and promotion.
http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/10/06/31968/UK+employers+unprepared+for+age+discrimination+law.htm
The Predators of New Orleans
By Mike Davis
Oct 6, 2005, 10:21
After the criticism of his disastrous handling the Katrina disaster, President George Bush promises a reconstruction programme of $200bn for areas destroyed by the hurricane. But the first and biggest beneficiaries will be businesses that specialise in profiting from disaster, and have already had lucrative contracts in Iraq; they will gentrify New Orleans at the expense of its poor, black citizens.
THE tempest that destroyed New Orleans was conjured out of tropical seas and an angry atmosphere 250km offshore of the Bahamas. Labelled initially as “tropical depression 12” on 23 August, it quickly intensified into “tropical storm Katrina”, the eleventh named storm in one of the busiest hurricane seasons in history. Making landfall near Miami on 24 August, Katrina had grown into a small hurricane, category one on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, with 125 km/h winds that killed nine people and knocked out power to one million residents.
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19768.shtml
New sex discrimination law is no nightmare for business
04 October 2005 11:09
Business should not be concerned by 'alarmist reports' about changes to sex discrimination laws, according to Croner HR consultancy.
New sexual harassment legislation, aimed at tackling discrimination in the workplace, came into force over the weekend.
The European Equal Treatment Directive has extended the definition of sex discrimination to cover any act that leads to intimidation or degradation.
Under the new law, an employee who persists in making remarks about a woman's appearance could be accused of sexual harassment.
http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/10/04/31954/New+sex+discrimination+law+is+no+nightmare+for+business.htm
Blagojevich announces program to combat housing discrimination
CHICAGO Governor Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vitch) says many Illinoisans face housing discrimination due to their race, color, national origin, disabilities or religion.
His office today announced the creation of a Fair Housing program to help protect home buyers from discrimination.
The Illinois Department of Human Rights will conduct a series of seminars over the next few weeks in Chicago, Decatur, Peoria and Rantoul.
The seminars will inform homebuyers, landlords, tenants and property owners about the state's anti-discrimination laws.
They'll also include information about how to file discrimination charges with the state.
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3932797&nav=7k7NJ1IJ
University Settles Discrimination Suit
By Ron Wood
The Morning News
FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas settled a federal lawsuit filed by Linda Schilcher, a former professor, who claims she was discriminated against and fired from the Middle Eastern studies program.
Neither side would divulge terms of the out-of-court agreement Monday. The final document is being drafted and should be filed with the court in a couple of days. An order of dismissal, subject to terms of the settlement agreement, was filed Monday. The case was set for trial later this month.
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/10/04/news/fayetteville/05fzschilcher.txt
Major League Baseball accused of discrimination against Caribbean fans
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Innovative Cable TV on Tuesday charged Major League Baseball with discriminating against baseball fans in the region by not allowing the telecasts of the baseball playoffs.
“Our representatives at ESPN tell us that Commissioner Bud Selig and MLB will not license to them outside of the continental United States,” said Jennifer Matarangas-King, president and general manager of Innovative Cable TV. “We only want to be treated equally as Hawaii and Alaska but obviously Commissioner Selig is unaware that these two states are not part of the continental U.S. We are very much a part of the U.S., which is why United States is part of our name, United States Virgin Islands.
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/10/05/accused.shtml
The ‘disability.gov.uk’ website
With the merger of disability.gov.uk and the ‘disabled people’ section of Directgov, it’s now easier to find the information you are looking for.
Directgov provides a single point of access to government information and services and this includes much of the information previously on disability.gov.uk.
Find out about:
- the Disability Discrimination Act
- the Disability Rights Commission and the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights
Directgov has a wide range of information of interest for everyone from students to over 50s, motorists to parents.
As well as disability rights information, Directgov offers disabled people information on a wide range of topics including financial support, home and housing, leisure and travel.
Please use the options on the left to begin to get the most out of Directgov.
(If you link to disability.gov.uk from your website or browser, please amend the link to Directgov - 'disabled people' section.)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/DisabledPeopleArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10023362&chk=85yA9r
Social Engineering
The Dark Art of Social Engineering
By Duane Laflotte.
Date: Oct 6, 2005.
"It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on."—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
I'm here to teach you what social engineers do when trying to manipulate the human element of a system. Only when you understand that will you know exactly how to defend yourself and your company. As a good friend of mine once said, "It's all about control."
Social Engineers Are High-Tech Con Artists
The art of the con is one of the oldest forms of social engineering. Essentially, con artists try to talk you into doing, buying, or selling stuff that you normally wouldn't. They exploit your confidence in what they're talking about, to their own personal gain. Most cons don't involve anything high-tech at all. But a talented con artist who knows something about networks, computers, and security would be a dangerous individual indeed. These hybrid con artists are popularly known as social engineers.
Before I regale you with stories of social engineering, let me first tell you why I would even know of such things: I'm a professional hacker. My job is to discover all your corporate secrets, all the sensitive data, all the things that would cripple or destroy your company if they were ever to fall into the wrong hands. To neglect the human component of the system that is your company and just focus on the network or the computer infrastructure would be an incomplete view of your total security—and the security of the data you may believe is vaulted away.
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=417272&rl=1
Panda Software Reports the Return of Sober Worm Which Uses Social Engineering Techniques
The Sober.Y Worm Spreads Via Emails in English or German, Claiming to Be a NewPassword Notification or a Photo of Old School FriendsPanda Software's TruPrevent(TM) Technologies Blocked This Threat Without Prior Identification, so Users of These Technologies Have Been Protected From the OutsetGLENDALE, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- PandaLabs has recorded the appearance of a new variant of the Sober worm, Sober.Y, which spreads using social engineering techniques in emails sent in English or German. This worm was intercepted by Panda Software's TruPrevent(TM) Technologies without prior identification, so users of these technologies have been protected againstthis threat from the outset.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-06-2005/0004163143&EDATE=
The Boston Globe
Fishermen to help save Alaska whales
By Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Writer October 6, 2005
ANCHORAGE, Alaska --Alaska's commercial fishing fleet is joining in an effort to save the world's most endangered whales.
Until recently, it was believed that the North Pacific right whale was headed toward certain extinction. However, more animals than expected were found last summer in the Bering Sea, lending hope they can be saved.
Even so, there are likely fewer than 100 North Pacific right whales. The animals share the Bering Sea with the largest commercial fishery in the U.S.
Now, the Marine Conservation Alliance -- a coalition of commercial fishermen, seafood processors and coastal communities -- is working with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to make mariners more aware of the vulnerable whales. They've come up with a two-page laminated guide suitable for posting on a ship's bridge.
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/10/06/fishermen_to_help_save_alaska_whales/
ElBaradei and IAEA win Nobel Prize
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei smiles during a news conference after winning the Nobel Peace Prize October 7, 2005 in Vienna. The U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA and its head, ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. (REUTERS/Herwig Prammer)
By Alister Doyle October 7, 2005
OSLO (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its head Mohamed ElBaradei won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in an award calculated to help efforts to banish the peril of nuclear arms six decades after Hiroshima.
The Nobel Committee praised the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ElBaradei, a 63-year-old Egyptian, for work to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to new states and to terrorists, and to ensure safe civilian use of nuclear energy.
ElBaradei learned he had won from television news at home after missing a telephone call to his Vienna office from the Nobel Committee in Norway.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/10/07/nobel_peace_prize_seen_rewarding_anti_nuclear_work/
Senate set to give Bush more for war fund
By Liz Sidoti, Associated Press Writer October 7, 2005
WASHINGTON --President Bush would get $50 billion more for wars under a Senate bill that -- if the House concurs -- would push funding for Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts since the 2001 terrorist attacks beyond $350 billion.
The Senate is ready to approve the money as part of a $445 billion military spending bill for the budget year that began Oct. 1. It comes as public support for the Iraq fighting slips, U.S. casualties climb and Congress grows increasingly frustrated with the direction of the conflict.
A vote was planned for Friday.
The Senate bill provides $5 billion more for wars than the House version, but the final bill is expected to include $50 billion after House-Senate negotiators work out their differences.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/10/07/senate_set_to_give_bush_more_for_war_fund/
Auto industry, environmentalists clash over emissions rules
October 7, 2005
AUGUSTA, Maine --Auto industry representatives disagreed with environmentalists, physicians and a prominent Maine car dealer Thursday over the costs, benefits and legality of proposed pollution standards for new vehicles sold in Maine.
The Board of Environmental Protection held a public hearing on a plan to have Maine join California and five other states requiring new cars and trucks sold in the state to release 30 percent less greenhouse gas pollution by 2016.
If approved, it would effectively force car manufacturers to make vehicles that burn less gasoline and create less carbon dioxide.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/10/07/auto_industry_environmentalists_clash_over_emissions_rules/
Jobs drop in September as Katrina hits
Former residents of Terry Town, Louisiana, Izella Crayton (R) hugs her daughter, Dontrice, 2, as her son Donald looks on, arriving at their trailer home at a trailer site in Baker, Louisiana October 6, 2005.A smaller-than-expected 35,000 jobs were lost overall in the United States last month as hiring in some regions was offset by layoffs stemming from the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, according to a Labor Department report on Friday. (REUTERS/Lee Celano)
By Glenn Somerville October 7, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A smaller-than-expected 35,000 jobs were lost in the United States last month as hiring in some regions was offset by layoffs stemming from the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, according to a Labor Department report on Friday.
The national unemployment rate kicked up to 5.1 percent in September -- the highest rate since May -- from 4.9 percent in August. Wall Street economists had expected a higher job-loss total of 143,000 but had correctly anticipated the 5.1 percent jobless rate.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/10/07/jobs_fall_in_september_after_katrina/
Majority of dead Katrina victims nameless
A FEMA progress map is displayed at a news conference where officials briefed reporters on disaster mortuary recovery operations, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at the FEMA Joint Information Center in Baton Rouge, La. More than a month after Hurricane Katrina, the vast majority of the nearly 1,000 dead in Louisiana lie anonymously in a morgue _ largely because authorities have released only a few dozen names, but also, perhaps, because many of the victims' families were scattered by the storm and are still picking up the pieces of their lives. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
By Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer October 7, 2005
NEW ORLEANS --Within weeks of the attack on the World Trade Center, the public knew a lot about many of the Sept. 11 victims -- their families, their jobs, their commute, even some of the intimate details of their final moments. The victims' families mobilized with remarkable effectiveness to make sure their loved ones were found and their stories told.
More than a month after Hurricane Katrina, the vast majority of the nearly 1,000 dead in Louisiana lie anonymously in a morgue -- largely because authorities have released only a few dozen names, but also, perhaps, because many of the victims' families were scattered by the storm and are still picking up the pieces of their lives.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/07/majority_of_dead_katrina_victims_nameless/
Young workers try to strike a balance with Jewish holidays
By Penelope Trunk, Globe Correspondent, 10/2/05
SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF
Teacher Sarah Maltzman will take only some time off during Rosh Hashana.
One of the first major religious decisions that young, Jewish professionals make is whether or not to go into the office on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Most Jewish holidays start at sundown, a safe time to leave the office. However, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are all-day affairs, and this year they both fall on weekdays, which means taking off three or four days of work during the next two weeks. Rabbi David Lerner, of Temple Emunah in Lexington, calls this decision at the intersection of work and religion ''a big moment.''
''I can't think of another event like this in Jewish life,'' he says.
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THE TALIBAN ARE IN AFGHANISTAN AND NOT IRAQ !!!!! WHERE IS OSAMA BIN LADEN ?????
Four years on, Taliban vow to continue holy war
By Saeed Ali Achakzai October 7, 2005
SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four years after U.S. forces launched their offensive to overthrow the Taliban, the guerrillas vowed on Friday to continue their holy war to rid Afghanistan of foreign troops.
Taliban military chief Mullah Dadullah told Reuters that Afghanistan had become a "hub of disturbance, killings, looting and drugs" since the Taliban's overthrow in late 2001.
Dadullah, speaking by satellite phone from an undisclosed location, denounced presidential and legislative elections in October 2004, and September 18 this year as U.S.-staged "dramas."
He said the latest polls for a national assembly and provincial councils had brought in "old murderers and warlords."
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/10/07/four_years_on_taliban_vow_to_continue_holy_war/
Al Qaeda is not in Iraq. Zwarhari is in Iraq. There is a difference.
Six US marines killed in Iraq attacks
October 7, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six U.S. Marines were killed by roadside bomb blasts during combat operations in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Friday, bringing the total U.S. military death toll to at least 1,948 since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
A military statement said four marines died when a bomb went off in Gharma, near Falluja, on Thursday. Falluja, about 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, is a stronghold of Sunni Arab opposition to U.S. occupation and the Shi'ite-led government.
Two more marines were killed on Thursday by a roadside bomb while on patrol in the vicinity of Qaim near the Syrian border, where the U.S. forces are conducting a major combat operation aimed at flushing out militant fighters, a separate military statement said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/10/07/four_marines_die_in_iraq_bomb_attack/
US kills 29 in W. Iraq operation against Qaeda
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bill Hatzman with the 14th Cavalry calls in information as he provides an over watch for Army soldiers and Marines looking for weapons caches, east of the Syrian border, near the Euphrates River, in this military handout photo taken on October 4 and released October 7, 2005. REUTERS/USAF/Tech. Sgt. (REUTERS/USAF/Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Handout)
By Andrew Quinn October 7, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed at least 29 insurgents in a drive to root out militants in western Iraq, the military said on Friday, after U.S. President George W. Bush vowed not to waver in his campaign against Islamic extremists.
In grisly new evidence of Iraq's deepening sectarian strife, police said the bodies of 22 men who had been bound with wire handcuffs and shot had been found in southeastern Iraq.
In Basra, British troops were holding 12 men, including members of the police, on suspicion of attacking foreign troops.
U.S. officials said their latest campaign near the Syrian border was scoring successes as about 1,000 soldiers backed by combat aircraft seek to shut down what they say is a key route for arms and fighters into the country.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/10/07/us_kills_29_in_w_iraq_operation_against_qaeda/
Bush presses vaccine makers on bird flu
President Bush speaks about war on terror to the National Endowment for Democracy, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer October 7, 2005
WASHINGTON --Increasing fears of a bird flu pandemic are forcing U.S. officials to face up to problems with the country's troubled flu vaccine industry.
President Bush was scheduled to meet Friday with the heads of major vaccine companies "to press ahead to expand our manufacturing capacity for a vaccine to address this risk," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, speaking of the possibility of a bird flu outbreak.
On the agenda for the White House meeting is liability, McClellan said. If healthy people suffer side effects from a vaccine, manufacturers can face huge lawsuits, which is one reason many companies have left the business in the last two decades.
Another reason is that vaccines simply aren't very profitable, especially flu vaccine, which must be made fresh every winter to keep up with newly circulating strains. Ironically, although there have been three shortages since 2000 and supplies are strained again this year, in most years manufacturers throw away millions of unused flu shots.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2005/10/07/bush_presses_vaccine_makers_on_bird_flu/
No room for torture
October 7, 2005
FOR 18 months, Congress and the world have known that something has been terribly wrong at Guantanamo and in the detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan, where US troops have tortured and killed detainees in violation of US and international law. Finally, the Senate has acted, by an impressive 90-9 vote, to end the confusion over the rules of military interrogation. Instead of threatening to veto the measure, as his staff has done, President Bush should embrace it as evidence that the military will correct abuses and hold itself to a high standard.
Two of the leaders of the push to better regulate the interrogation and treatment of prisoners have military backgrounds that give them a feeling for the issue that both Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld lack. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona was a POW in Vietnam, where, he said Wednesday, he and his comrades suffering mistreatment ''took great strength from the belief that we were different from our enemies." Another sponsor is Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who served as a lawyer in the military.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/10/07/no_room_for_torture/
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