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History
1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
1812 Two black regiments are approved by New York State Legislature to fight in the War of 1812.
1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent as Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmitted a telegram to President Lincoln.
1901, Anna Edson Taylor, a 43-year-old widow, became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1939, nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.
1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.
1948 Kweisi Mfume, a congressman, civil rights leader, author "No Free Ride" and President of the NAACP, is born in Turners Station, MD.
1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, "I shall go to Korea" as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit more than a month later.)
1962, the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the missile crisis officially began under a proclamation signed by President Kennedy.
1972 Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who will participate in the "Youth March for Integrated Schools" in Washington, D.C. with over 10,000 students, dies in Stamford, CT.
1980 Judge Patrick Higginbotham finds Republic National Co.guilty in discrimination case
2002, authorities arrested Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo in connection with the Washington-area sniper attacks.
2004, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 for a 2-0 World Series lead.
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Haaretz
Israeli artillery, aircraft strike at Qassam crews
By Nir Hasson, Arnon Regular, and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Islamic Jihad men in the Gaza Strip fired a slew of rockets at Israel in what the group said was an "initial response" to Israel's killing of one of their top commanders in the West Bank. In response to the rocket barrage, Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Negev fired artillery shells at Qassam rocket crews in northern Gaza.
The Israel Air Force subsequently fired missiles at areas in the northern Gaza Strip from which Qassam rockets were fired at Sderot. IAF warplanes broke the sound barrier over the Strip.
Israel Radio reported that the Erez and Karni borders crossings between Israel and Gaza Strip were shut down Monday night.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/637321.html
Abbas: Bush didn't mean to slip away from his commitment to Mideast peace
By The Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan - Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that U.S. President George W. Bush did not mean to slip away from his commitment to Mideast peacemaking when he said recently that a peaceful Palestinian-Israeli settlement may not be possible before he leaves office in 2009.
"President Bush's statement that the establishment of a Palestinian state will not be in his era was spontaneous and it was not pre-planned," Abbas told the official Petra news agency on arrival in Jordan from neighboring Egypt.
"Throughout our meetings and discussions with the American president, he did not refer to this postponement, but what I understood from him afterward is that his statement was spontaneous and that he just said it like that," Abbas added.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/637588.html
U.S., France demand Syrian cooperation in Hariri investigation
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
The United States and France said Monday they are trying
to mobilize support for a UN resolution demanding Syria's full cooperation with the investigation into the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
"This is true confessions time now for the government of Syria," U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. "No more obstruction. No more half measures. We want substantive cooperation and we want it immediately."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/637554.html
Two Israeli Arabs dentist indicted on suspicion of joining Hamas
By Jack Khoury and Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service
Two Israeli Arabs were indicted Monday morning on suspicion of joining Hamas in the 1990s, while they were studying dentistry in Romania, and then carrying out assignments for the armed group, Israel Radio reported.
The Haifa Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment charging the two with abetting the enemy in wartime and contact with a foreign agent. The court will be asked to remand the suspects until the end of the proceedings against them.
The two, who were arrested about a month ago by the Shin Bet and the Galilee region police, are said to have confessed to Hamas involvement; however, the attorney of one said his client denies involvement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/637317.html
What is a young person in Gaza to do?
By Danny Rubinstein
The most important and urgent task awaiting Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), who returns to the territories this week, is enforcing law and order in Gaza. Lawlessness in the Gaza Strip has reached new heights following the Israeli withdrawal, with widespread murder, kidnapping and extortion. Without law and order, one doubts it will be possible to hold elections in Gaza for the Palestinian Legislative Council, which are scheduled to take place three months from now. Preliminary elections (primaries) are set to take place within the Fatah movement in one month's time, in order to choose the movement's candidates for the general election.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/637352.html
The Boston Globe
Wilma to become part of powerful nor'easter on Tuesday
By Brooke Donald, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
BOSTON --Hurricane Wilma headed into the Atlantic Monday but forecasters said it will combine with two other storms, bringing high winds and heavy rains to southern New England on Tuesday.
Meteorologists said Wilma should continue moving northeastward, along the way absorbing Tropical Depression Alpha and colliding with another weather system heading into New England from the west early Tuesday.
Together, the storms will form a powerful nor'easter similar to the January blizzard that dumped more than three feet of snow on parts of eastern Massachusetts.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/24/wilma_to_become_powerful_noreaster_on_tuesday/
Hurricane Wilma races across Florida, knocking out power to 3.2 million
By Curt Anderson, Associated Press October 24, 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Wilma knifed through Florida with winds up to 125 mph Monday, shattering windows in skyscrapers, breaking water mains and knocking out power to 3.2 million customers, with still a month left to go in the busiest Atlantic storm season on record.
At least four people were killed in Florida, bringing the death toll from the storm's march through the tropics to 23.
After a slow, weeklong journey that saw it pound Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for two days, Wilma made a mercifully swift seven-hour dash across lower Florida from its southwestern corner to heavily populated Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on the Atlantic coast.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/24/hurricane_wilma_races_across_florida_knocking_out_power_to_32_million/
Bush selects White House economist Bernanke to replace Greenspan as new Fed chief
By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press October 24, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday to succeed the near-legendary Alan Greenspan.
"The decisions of the Fed affects the lives and livelihood of all Americans," Bush said at the White House as Bernanke and Greenspan looked on. He said his choice "commands deep respect in the financial community."
It was the third time in as many years the president has turned to the 51-year-old Bernanke for a sensitive post. Bush named him to the Fed board in 2002, then made him chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers earlier this year.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/10/24/bush_selects_white_house_economist_bernanke_to_replace_greenspan_as_new_fed_chief/
Bernanke is former Fed board member; student of Great Depression
By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
WASHINGTON --Ben Bernanke, an economist known for intellectual curiosity, posed a question in The Wall Street Journal five years ago: "What Happens When Greenspan is Gone?"
President Bush gave his answer Monday: He will replace retiring Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan with Bernanke.
Bernanke, 51, is an Ivy League-trained academic, a former member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and the chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers since June.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/10/24/bernanke_is_former_fed_board_member_student_of_great_depression_1130187702/
Cardinal says debate on re-married Catholics not over
By Reuters October 24, 2005
ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A senior Vatican cardinal said on Monday that the question of how the Church should treat Roman Catholics who divorce and remarry was not closed despite the lack of change on the issue at a bishops' synod this month.
"I can't imagine that the debate on this is closed. This is a reality and we have to at least reflect on how to respond," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, head of the Vatican's department for Christian unity.
One point of discussion in the synod that ended on Sunday was the plight of millions of Catholics who have divorced and remarried outside the Church without an annulment.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/10/24/cardinal_says_debate_on_re_married_catholics_not_over/
UConn wins grant to expand Latino health outreach, education
By Donna Tommelleo, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
HARTFORD, Conn. --A University of Connecticut professor has received an $8.25 million federal grant to develop a research and education center to improve health care for Hispanics, the state's largest minority group.
Rafael Perez-Escamilla, an associate professor of nutritional sciences and public health, said the center will help train the medical professionals who serve that community and continue a long-standing collaboration with Hartford Hospital and the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/10/24/uconn_wins_grant_to_expand_latino_health_outreach_education/
Truck collides with N.C. bus, killing 4
October 24, 2005
HERTFORD, N.C. --A truck and a school bus collided Monday, setting both vehicles on fire and killing four people in the truck, authorities said.
The truck driver, bus driver and all 40 students aboard the bus were taken to hospitals. The bus driver and all but one of the students were released by Monday afternoon, said Perquimans County Schools spokeswoman Brenda Lassiter.
The bus was taking off from a stop near Hertford when it was hit from behind by the truck around 7:15 a.m., said North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper Ernest D. Goodwin Jr. The driver was not paying attention and ran into the bus, he said.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/24/truck_collides_with_nc_bus_killing_4/
ACLU reports 21 homicides in U.S. custody
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
WASHINGTON --At least 21 detainees who died while being held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed, many during or after interrogations, according to an analysis of Defense Department data by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The analysis, released Monday, looked at 44 deaths described in records obtained by the ACLU. Of those, the group characterized 21 as homicides, and said at least eight resulted from abusive techniques by military or intelligence officers, such as strangulation or "blunt force injuries," as noted in the autopsy reports.
The 44 deaths represent a partial group of the total number of prisoners who have died in U.S. custody overseas; more than 100 have died of natural and violent causes.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/10/24/aclu_reports_21_homicides_in_us_custody/
Galapagos volcano eruption not a threat
In this photo released by the Galapagos National Park, an eruption of the Sierra Negra volcano is seen on Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005. The Sierra Negra volcano began erupting late on Saturday afternoon, producing three lava flows, according to officials from the Galapagos National Park. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park, HO)
October 24, 2005
QUITO, Ecuador --The eruption of a volcano on the largest of the Galapagos Islands is not a threat to villagers or to the remote archipelago's unique flora and fauna, including the famed giant tortoises, officials said Monday.
Pablo Gordillo, mayor of Puerto Villamil, a village of 2,000 people on seahorse-shaped Isabela, said there was no danger two days after the mile-high Sierra Negra volcano began erupting.
"The situation is not risky," he said.
Gordillo said there were no groups of the giant tortoises in the path of the lava flow. He said there was "at most iguanas," which can easily escape the flow.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/10/24/galapagos_volcano_eruption_not_a_threat/
Iran nuclear dispute moves to Moscow
U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, right, smiles with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov prior to their meeting in Moscow, Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other high-ranking officials on Monday, the same day as the Iranian foreign minister was visiting the Russian capital. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
By Judith Ingram, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
MOSCOW --The diplomatic maneuvering around Tehran's disputed nuclear program moved to Moscow on Monday as the top U.S. security official and Iran's foreign minister held separate consultations with top Russian officials, and Tehran agreed to resume contacts with Europe.
But Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki also reiterated Tehran's warnings that Iran might refuse U.N. watchdog agency inspections if its case is brought before the U.N. Security Council.
"If Iran's nuclear dossier is brought to the U.N. Security Council, Iran may give up the voluntary fulfillment of the additional protocol to the nuclear non-proliferation agreement," Mottaki was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti news agency, referring to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/10/24/iran_nuclear_dispute_moves_to_moscow/
Uzbek opposition leader arrested
October 24, 2005
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan --An Uzbek opposition leader who pushed for an easing of the country's autocratic rule was arrested on embezzlement charges Monday, the Interior Ministry said.
Sanjar Umarov, chairman of the Sunshine Coalition, was arrested for "the theft of millions and embezzlement," the ministry said.
Umarov, a wealthy businessman-turned-politician, was detained on Saturday, the Fergana.ru Web site said.
Umarov called on the Uzbek government last week to start a political dialogue, and sent an open letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was visiting Uzbekistan at the time.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/10/24/uzbek_opposition_leader_arrested/
U.N. peacekeeper killed in Haiti
By Alfred de Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer October 24, 2005
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --A U.N. peacekeeper who was shot while on patrol near the volatile Cite Soleil slum of Haiti's capital died Monday at a hospital in neighboring Dominican Republic, a spokesman for the United Nations said.
The peacekeeper was shot in the head Saturday while his patrol was trying to rescue a kidnapped woman, said Lt. Col. El Ouafi Boulbars, the U.N. military spokesman in Haiti.
The peacekeeper was identified as Muhammed Khalaf, 32, a corporal from the Jordanian army. He is one of some 7,600 U.N. troops and police trying to re-establish order ahead of elections to replace the interim government imposed after the February 2004 ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/10/24/un_peacekeeper_killed_in_haiti/
FDA promises to expedite bird-flu drug
October 24, 2005
WASHINGTON --The government pledged Monday to expedite manufacturing of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu as its maker negotiates with other companies to boost production. The drug is in high demand as countries prepare for a possible bird-flu outbreak.
If Swiss manufacturer Roche Holding AG does license other companies to begin producing Tamiflu, the Food and Drug Administration would have to approve those factories' versions. The FDA has set up a "rapid response team" to ease roadblocks to Tamiflu manufacturing and speed evaluation of any other anti-influenza products needed if a pandemic ever begins.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2005/10/24/fda_promises_to_expedite_bird_flu_drug/
Liver transplants may cure rare disease
By Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer October 24, 2005
WASHINGTON --Liver transplants seem to be curing about a dozen children of a rare disease so unforgiving that the slightest dietary misstep can prove brain-damaging or even fatal.
Now instead of a life of fear with every bite of a strict low-protein diet, these patients with maple syrup urine disease eat ice cream, hamburgers and other normal kid fare.
And doctors are studying whether the transplants don't just avert future problems but also might help children who already had suffered some brain damage to get a little better.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2005/10/24/liver_transplants_may_cure_rare_disease/
The Jordan Times
Abbas briefs King on talks with Bush
Agencies
HIS MAJESTY KING Abdullah on Monday said Palestinians and Israelis should resume negotiations over the final status issues.
King Abdullah told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in Amman that Jordan was ready to support the Palestinian Authority's efforts to resume talks with Israel, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Abbas arrived in Jordan yesterday from Egypt to brief King Abdullah on his recent talks with US President George W. Bush and EU leaders. Earlier in the day, Abbas told Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak of his meeting with Bush last week and asked for support in attempts to revive Gaza's economy, the Associated Press quoted an Egyptian presidential spokesman as saying.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/homenews/homenews1.htm
Israel keeps grip on Gaza Strip despite withdrawal — Wolfensohn
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel is acting as if it never withdrew from the Gaza Strip, stalling agreements with the Palestinians on issues such as access to the territory and links with the West Bank, an international envoy charged.
Former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn said in a letter to members of the Middle East Quartet — the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States — that time was running short to resolve disagreements and the security situation was liable to frighten off investors and donors.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/news/news1.htm
France says too early for sanctions against Syria
Syrians on Monday chant anti-UN slogans during a protest in Damascus (Reuters photo by Khaled Hariri)
BEIRUT (Reuters) — France said on Monday it was too early to seek sanctions against Syria but the UN Security Council must demand Damascus cooperate with a UN inquiry into the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
Tens of thousands of Syrians took part in state-sponsored rallies to protest the report on the eve of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the findings amid demands by the United States and Britain for action against Syria.
France said it would not consider sanctions on Syria until the end of the inquiry but that it would like a United Nations resolution to demand its cooperation in the investigation.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/news/news2.htm
Badran affirms Kingdom is free of bird flu
AMMAN (Petra) — Prime Minister Adnan Badran affirmed on Monday that the Kingdom is free of bird flu, noting that not a single case has been reported in the country since the discovery of the disease in southeast Asia and its subsequent appearance in some European countries recently.
Badran's remarks were made during a meeting with the board members of the Jordanian Agricultural Engineers Association and the Jordanian Veterinarians Association (JVA) for a review of the situation and precautionary measures taken against a possible outbreak of avian flu.
The premier expressed the government's satisfaction with the preventive steps taken by the concerned authorities for confronting the epidemic should it appear in the Kingdom.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/homenews/homenews3.htm
Killer insurgency not abating
By Hamza Hendawi
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — With the grim milestone of the 2,000th US military death in Iraq looming, many are wondering about the direction of the insurgency that killed most of them.
Experts believe the growing impact of regional politics on the insurgency will likely fuel it and even spread it further inside Iraq. Others put forward a simple, albeit disquieting, scenario: So long as US and other foreign troops remain in Iraq, the insurgency will continue.
“It will become more chaotic,” said Magnus Ranstorp of the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm. “It is obvious that the United States is in Iraq to stay. If this is the case, the Shiites will likely join the Sunnis in the fight.” The 2,000 mark in US deaths is approaching at a time when Iraqi and US officials are congratulating themselves that a key October 15 constitutional referendum and the start of Saddam Hussein's trial four days later passed without the bloodshed and destruction they had expected.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/news/news4.htm
Second-term slide
James J. Zogby
Has President George Bush's “second-term slide” begun? And if so, what will be the consequences of a weakened president?
Second-term administrations frequently begin strong and then encounter difficulties, either from scandals, dwindling public support and exhaustion, or a failure to deliver an ambitious programme. Lyndon Johnson (though technically not a two-term president because he completed the first term of John F. Kennedy) confronted growing anger over the war in Vietnam and the challenges it posed to his efforts to deal with civil rights and the “war on poverty”. Richard Nixon was done in by Watergate. Ronald Reagan faced the Iran-Contra scandal, and Bill Clinton was tormented by a sexual indiscretion.
Rarely, however, do these second-term troubles begin so early on. Equally problematic is the fact that Bush is facing challenges on so many fronts, all at the same time.
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion2.htm
FALSE REPORTS started by "The Culture of Fear" on Paula Zahn NOW. Knock it off !! That is more than a mistake. That is a act of negligence to the protection of the public. How convenient apologized and it all goes away. Not so quick. Are you all actually suggesting Jeb Bush is the worst governor in the country?
No Avian Flu in Florida
Avian Flu
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ISSUE: Florida increases tests to spot infected chicken and fowl.
A bird flu scare has health officials and governments around the world scrambling to cobble together vaccine programs, import bans and even military-run quarantine plans for infected people.
The concern is warranted. Health authorities make a compelling case that an avian influenza pandemic, perhaps originating out of Asia, could spread and kill millions of people. Governments are right, and wise, to take precautions.
Fortunately, Florida appears willing to join the effort. Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson has said his agency plans to triple the number of chickens and fowl in the state.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/editorial/sfl-editafbirdfluoct13,0,2174689.story?coll=sfla-news-editorial
Natural Disasters and the Militarization of America
by Michel Chossudovsky
October 23, 2005
Both the Avian Flu threat, which has taken on a political twist, and the hurricane disasters are being used by the Bush White House to justify a greater role for the Military in the country's civilian affairs.
Bush hinted, offhandedly, at the height of Hurricane Rita that the Military should become the "lead agency" in disaster relief:
"Is there a natural disaster--of a certain size--that would then enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort? That's going to be a very important consideration for Congress to think about."
A few weeks later at a White House Press Conference, President Bush pointed to a role for the Military in enforcing quarantines in the case of an outbreak of avian flu:
"I have thought through the scenarios of what an avian flu outbreak could mean. ... If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine? ... And who best to be able to effect a quarantine? One option is the use of a military that's able to plan and move. So that's why I put it on the table. I think it's an important debate for Congress to have." (White House Press conference, October 4, 2005)
Meanwhile, a new media consensus is in the making. Highlighted in the tabloids and on network TV, the threats of natural disasters are now casually lumped together with those associated with a terror attack on the Homeland. According to Daniel Henniger writing in the Wall Street Journal:
"The question raised by the Katrina fiasco. is whether the threat from madmen [Osama and Al Zarqawi] and nature is now sufficiently huge in its potential horror and unacceptable loss that we should modify existing jurisdictional authority to give the Pentagon functional first-responder status."
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What is the dividing line, from the point of view of emergency procedures, between these two distinct phenomena? Or is there a dividing line between a humanitarian disaster resulting from a natural cause on the one hand, and a real or perceived "terror attack on America" on the other?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20051023&articleId=1134
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