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1774 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened
1868 White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
1869 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
1941 US savings bonds go on sale
1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40› to 75›
1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1960 AL's Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1982 Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
1988 US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK
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1966 MORRISON GLENN RAYMOND JR MASON CITY IA CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/TAY NINH REFNO 0506 VEH # 3167
1967 DANIELS VERLYNE W. REAMSVILLE KS 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
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1967 RICE CHARLES D. SETAUKET NY 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 BYNUM NEIL S. VIAN OK
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1971 EVELAND MICKEY E. LOS ANGELES CA "CRASH, 4 REMAINS FOUND, NOT SUBJS"
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San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO
Schools chief ready to hire replacements
Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
San Francisco schools chief Arlene Ackerman said Tuesday she is prepared to hire workers to replace cafeteria workers, secretaries, custodians, guards and other members of the Service Employees Union International 790 who have threatened to strike if their contract demands aren't met.
Union leaders, who represent 1,200 workers in the district, said that such a rapid-fire mass hiring would place students at risk because there would be no time to perform legally required background checks on new, picket-line-crossing employees.
"She's willing to trade away the safety of our children for political leverage at the bargaining table," declared LaWanna Preston, the union's chief negotiator.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/26/BAGGAFE51N1.DTL
Was It Something I Ate?
What to do if you think a restaurant meal has made you sick
Janet Fletcher, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
You slurped the oysters, devoured the pork chop and ate every crumb of the apple pie -- yet another fine dinner at a favorite restaurant. But at 3 a.m., you awake in a sweat, your insides churning and one thought on your mind: "That [expletive] restaurant made me sick."
Not so fast. You're sick all right. But was it the oysters? Or that succulent pork chop? Can you even be sure the culprit was part of your meal?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/26/FDGSJF7RI71.DTL
Son of Black Muslim leader shot dead
Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
(10-26) 10:30 PDT OAKLAND -- The son of a well-known Black Muslim leader was shot and killed last night as he filled his car's tank at a gas station in North Oakland.
Antar Bey, 24, was shot at the Union 76 gas station at 55th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way just after 7:30 p.m. as he gassed up his black BMW 745, Oakland police said. He was gunned down as he stepped away from the car and spoke on his cell phone, police said.
Bey is the son and appointed successor of the late Yusuf Bey, who died of cancer in 2003. Police Lt. Lawrence Green said the slaying was either an attempted carjacking or an assassination-style "hit."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/26/MNGAEFE9KL5.DTL
FEMA Extends Brown's Contract by 30 Days
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
(10-26) 12:59 PDT Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) --
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Wednesday defended FEMA's decision to extend former director Michael Brown's post-resignation employment by another 30 days.
"It's important to allow the new people who have the responsibility ... to have access to the information we need to do better," Chertoff told The Associated Press as he flew to view Hurricane Wilma's damage in Florida.
"We don't want to sacrifice the real ability to get a full picture of Mike's experiences; we don't want to sacrifice that ability simply in order to make an image point," Chertoff said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/10/26/national/w113749D14.DTL
Study: Walking As Good As Jogging
By NATALIE GOTT, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
(10-26) 11:13 PDT Raleigh, N.C. (AP) --
There's no need to run. Just going for a brisk walk — in the park, around the block or on a treadmill — may be enough to help keep your heart healthy, a small study suggests.
The study, which indicates roughly two to three hours of mild exercise a week at a moderate intensity can significantly cut the risk of cardiovascular disease, supports earlier research.
The findings may encourage people who are reluctant to exercise, said Brian Duscha, the lead author of the research published in the October issue of the journal Chest.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/10/26/national/a111339D55.DTL&type=health
Iran Leader Calls for Israel's Destruction
By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
(10-26) 12:34 PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Wednesday that Israel is a "disgraceful blot" that should be "wiped off the map" — fiery words that Washington said underscores its concern over Iran's nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad's speech to thousands of students at a "World without Zionism" conference set a hard-line foreign policy course sharply at odds with that of his moderate predecessor, echoing the sentiments of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution.
The United States said Ahmadinejad's remarks show that Washington's fears about Iran's nuclear program are accurate.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/26/international/i054029D43.DTL
Google to open online market?
System is seen as possible challenge to eBay, Craigslist
Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Google Inc. is reportedly testing a new Web-based service that would allow users to sell products online, a move some observers see as a challenge to eBay Inc., the dominant Internet auction service.
Plans for the Internet search giant's experimental service, called Google Base, apparently leaked after screen shots of the project appeared on several Web sites, according to published reports.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/26/BUG3CFDSTT1.DTL
OPINION: Conservatives Give Bush An Earful
Cinnamon Stillwell
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Leftist Bush-bashing is certainly nothing new, but recently the president has been getting an earful from his right flank as well. For some time now, a lively debate has been raging among conservatives over a variety of Bush administration policies and decisions.
For conservatives, criticism of the Bush administration centers not so much on style than on substance. Unlike the left's scattershot attacks, the president's appearance, past habits or religious beliefs are unlikely to figure in the equation. Disagreement exists over the war in Iraq, but conservatives are largely united in the belief that the war on terrorism is the preeminent struggle of our lifetime. Instead, contentiousness tends to center on domestic and security issues on which the administration seems inconsistent.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/26/cstillwell.DTL
Abortion issue's opponents wary of the fine print
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
The principal debate over Proposition 73 is whether doctors should have to notify a pregnant teen's parents before performing an abortion. But other controversies are lurking in the fine print.
One little-discussed provision of the Nov. 8 ballot measure would create a public scorecard for judges who rule on minors' abortions. Another would define abortion in the state Constitution as the killing of "a child conceived but not yet born.''
Sponsors of Prop. 73 say that both provisions are part of the machinery of the proposed parental-notification system and that neither is momentous. Some opponents say both are potential land mines.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/26/MNG1LFE5671.DTL
Dawn
Call to make UN rights council a real form of dialogue
By Our Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25: Pakistan on Tuesday stressed that “all civilizations and faiths need to be represented” in the new human rights council so it can be a real forum for dialogue.
“Human rights should not become a source for cultural imperialism. We strongly support adequate representation of all cultures, faiths and continents”, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations declared during an intervention in the UN General Assembly’s consultations on the composition of the new human rights council
Mr Akram asserted “there should be no imposition of the views and perceptions of certain groups on rest of the membership.”
He observed that the current gaps and inadequacies in cultural and civilization representation in the council also need to be addressed. All civilizations and faiths need to be represented in the council so as it can be a real forum for dialogue”.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/26/top17.htm
Bomb material found at San Diego airport
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: Baggage screeners found bomb components in a carry-on piece of luggage at San Diego International Airport on Tuesday and cleared the area to investigate, Department of Homeland Security spokesmen said.
A department spokesman said the screeners found “all components of an IED” (improvised explosive device) in a piece of luggage. They then evacuated the commuter terminal of the airport and bomb specialists began to investigate, the spokesman said.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez said an employee noticed a “suspicious item” in a piece of luggage as it was going through the X-ray machine.—Reuters
http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/26/top18.htm
Pakistani convicted in money transfer case
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
SAN FRANCIASCO, Oct 25: A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, has convicted Mohammad Bajwa, a Pakistani-American, on charges connected to $6 million he helped people transfer to Pakistan and other countries.
Mohammad Bajwa, 39, from Herndon, Virginia, was convicted in the US District Court of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. He was also convicted of wire fraud connected to a refinancing application he filed on a property mortgage.
Bajwa, owner of a construction company, New Superstar Corporation, was ordered to give up his home and $4 million.
He could face a maximum penalty of five years in prison for each charge when he is sentenced on Nov 29.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/26/top16.htm
Kashmiri leaders want to cross LoC
SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Police on Tuesday detained a Kashmiri leader after he set out to cross LoC to help quake victims in Pakistan. Nayeem Khan and 15 of his supporters were held near Mirgund, 20 kilometres north of Srinagar, while they were heading to the border sector of Uri, police said.
Mr Khan had declared last week that he would breach the Line of Control at Uri and cross over to Azad Kashmir to help the victims of earthquake. He had made it clear his group would not seek permission from the Indian government to cross the LoC.
Other Kashmiri leaders said they too wanted to cross the LoC to help quake victims in Azad Kashmir but they would wait until they got the go-ahead from the authorities. “I and my volunteers are eager to cross over to help our brothers in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir,” said Javed Mir, a former Mujahideen commander.—AFP
http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/26/top9.htm
Quake: Oxfam criticizes rich for slow response
GENEVA, Oct 26: Aid agency Oxfam on Wednesday criticised western governments for giving too little too late to quake-stricken Pakistan as donor countries prepared to meet at the United Nations in Geneva to rally rescue efforts.
Oxfam said many rich countries had donated less than what it called their “fair share” and others nothing at all, while thousands of survivors were stranded in some of world’s most rugged mountains without shelter or food as winter approached.
The comments were issued as officials from some 65 countries including the United States, Britain, France and Japan were gathering in Geneva to take stock of Pakistan relief efforts and see how they can be stepped up.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the meeting.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/26/top6.htm
Do we actually want people to randomly carry guns in the USA?
Cow slaughter backfires for man
Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:50 PM ET
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man who twice missed while trying to shoot a friend's cow only to accidentally shoot a passer-by in the leg was fined Wednesday for what an Australian court described as a freak accident.
Rudolf Stadler, 61, agreed in April last year to shoot the troublesome cow which belonged to a friend who owns a hobby farm at Caboolture in tropical Queensland state.
Stadler lured the cow to a shed, and then took aim with his rifle. He missed. He took aim a second time, fired and missed again.
The second shot went through the back of the shed, a fence across a paddock and then through the door of a car being driven along a road behind the farm.
The bullet hit 46-year-old Carrie Tunning in the leg, the Brisbane District Court heard. Tunning, a passenger in the car, made a full recovery but Stadler was so distressed by the incident that he handed in his firearms license.
The court fined Stadler A$1,000 and banned him from obtaining another gun license for five years.
The cow was not so lucky, with Stadler eventually finding his mark.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2005-10-26T165003Z_01_WRI660488_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-COW.xml
The Times of India
Chaos: Is it time to wind up from Bangalore?
NEW DELHI: Padma works as an international ticketing supervisor in one of Bangalore's top travel and tour operators and she rides a scooty to her office. For the past one week, it has been impossible to commute to her office, leave alone riding through the streets of Bangalore.
Rajeev rides a Bullet and he works in foreign language section of one the top multinational organizations. He is looking for the waters to recede.
So is every Bangalorean. Last Sunday night, it was impossible to reach the Bangalore airport as the rain pounded the city and the waters were rising.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1275976.cms
Bangalore Marooned and Governance Issues"
One feels sad to notice that two days of rain can bring cripple Bangalore day to day life and bring the government to its knees. Government is forced to take strong measures as to call holidays and advice people to stay indoors in order to prevent casualty. Administration is unaware to quantify the magnitude of damage at any given point of time. The government agency responsible for adequate action fail to own responsibility in times of crisis. The administration often lacks face in times of crisis for adequate information dissemination and status tracking. Co-ordination across various departments of the government is lacking. The inability of the government to withstand even the simple rainfall questions the governments capability for future calamities and crisis.
http://o3.indiatimes.com/eccentric
al-Qaeda man on prowl in Delhi
Sachin Parashar
[ Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:00:45 am
TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
NEW DELHI: An al-Qaeda terrorist, Mohammed Majoodi, has sneaked into the country with the intention of targeting US centres in major Indian metros, intelligence sources said.
It was Majoodi’s suspected presence here that had led the US state department to sound a terror alert for American establishments in India on October 10.
While establishments in the Capital like the US embassy, American Centre and United States Educational Foundation in India are high on terrorist hit lists, the alert about Majoodi has also been passed on to Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai by intelligence agencies.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1276411.cms
The Gulf News
Bashar vows to prosecute Syrians linked to Hariri killling
Agencies
Washington: Syrian President Bashar Assad said he will bring to trial any Syrian linked to the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri.
In a letter sent to Washington on Sunday, Assad said Syria had nothing to do with the February 14 car bombing that killed Hariri, The Washington Post said on Wednesday.
"I am ready to follow up action to bring to trial any Syrian who could be proved by concrete evidence to have had connection with this crime," Assad said in the letter.
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=188845
The stakes are too high for Syria
By George S. Hishmeh, Special to Gulf News
Syria has taken the right step, as reaffirmed by its representative at the UN Security Council session on Tuesday, Fayssal Mekedad, in agreeing to extend the term of the controversial UN mission investigating the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
After all, Hariri is best remembered, particularly in the Arab world, for his amazing generosity and down-to-earth leadership, especially in the facelift he gave to Beirut, the once-again glittering Lebanese capital.
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/OpinionNF.asp?ArticleID=188853
October 21, 2005
Do you think Syria is involved in the killing of Rafik Hariri?
Yes: 45.1%
No: 43.9%
Unsure: 11.0%
October 17, 2005
If found guilty, should Saddam Hussain be executed?
Yes: 44.9%
No: 49.3%
Unsure: 5.8%
http://www.gulf-news.com/Opinion/Polls/default.asp
The Moscow Times
Terror Victims Unite to Press Putin
By Francesca Mereu
Staff Writer
Igor Tabakov / MT
Nord Ost co-chair Karpova, left, and Beslan mother Ella Kesayeva speaking at a news conference Tuesday.
Survivors and relatives of those who died in Moscow's Dubrovka theater siege teamed up with Beslan mothers and other families affected by terrorist attacks on Tuesday to demand that President Vladimir Putin ensure fair investigations into the attacks.
The families, united under the auspices of the new Nord Ost nongovernmental organization, issued an appeal at a news conference for Putin to revisit "biased" official investigations into terrorist attacks.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/011.html
Bush could write a pardon for everyone indicted except himself and without a report required the Grand Jury could literally expire and the American people will never know the truth and remain at risk for all of the same happening again.
Global Eye
Flop Sweat
By Chris Floyd
Published: October 21, 2005
Having railed at the wanton criminality of the Bush faction for so long, this column naturally partakes of the general glee arising from the looming possibility of genuine, grade-A grand jury indictments for some of the gang's top thugs.
Of course, we all know that the fix is in: If anyone in the White House is actually indicted and convicted for the high crime of exposing the identity of an undercover agent -- in wartime, no less -- they will certainly be pardoned when George W. Bush finally limps away from the steaming, stinking, blood-soaked ruin of his presidency. Nobody will do any hard time; in the end, the whole sick crew will simply pass through the golden revolving door into the lifetime gravy train of corporate grease and right-wing lecture-circuit glory.
Still, it is heartening to see the fever-sweat of fear popping out on the brows of these swaggering world-shakers, these third-rate goons and half-wit cranks posing as great statesmen, if only for a little while. Fear has always been their weapon of choice: They've used it to foment aggressive war, to crush political opposition, to manipulate the electorate and to mask their own incompetence, corruption and greed. Now they're getting a taste of it themselves -- and they can't take it.
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/21/120.html
Russia Rising as Energy Superpower on U.S. Demand
By Valeria Korchagina
Staff Writer
For MT
Heat exchange equipment on the site of Sakhalin-2 LNG project, which is expected to produce first gas in 2008.
The legendary sea-faring route from the United States across the Atlantic to Russia's northern city of Murmansk, through which vital supplies went to the Soviet Union some 60 years ago to help the country fight in World War II, is looking to get a new breath of life. This time, however, the traffic is going to be reversed, shipping liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from Russia to energy-hungry North America.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/046.html
Yukos Dogs Khristenko's U.S. Visit
By Stephen Boykewich and Valeria Korchagina
Staff Writers
Lawrence Jackson / AP
Viktor Khristenko speaking during an interview in Washington on Monday.
Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko, in Washington with top Russian business leaders to rebuild confidence in U.S.-Russia energy ties after the legal onslaught against Yukos, has been caught up in a lawsuit by U.S. shareholders in the shattered oil company.
A spokesman for the plaintiffs said Khristenko was served with the lawsuit just after meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday -- and hours after a speech asserting that Russia was not engaged in renationalizing its oil and gas sector.
Twelve shareholders of Yukos American Depositary Receipts filed suit against the Russian government, four state-owned energy giants and a host of high-ranking government officials on Monday, accusing them of securities fraud in the de facto renationalization of Yukos.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/001.html
Russia Demands Yukos Official's Extradition
The Associated Press
LONDON -- Lawyers for the Russian government opened an extradition case on Tuesday against a former executive of Yukos, claiming he committed fraud and perverted the course of justice.
Lawyer Peter Caldwell told Bow Street Magistrates' Court in central London that Alexander Temerko, a former senior vice president of Yukos Moscow, conspired to defraud the state-owned Rosneft oil company of its shares in a third company, Yeniseineftegaz.
A second count alleges that Temerko conspired to pervert the course of justice by providing false evidence about the allegations.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/048.html
GM Begins Wooing Local Scientists
By Anna Smolchenko
Staff Writer
General Motors is turning to Russian scientists for help in developing its new generation of electric vehicles, the company said Tuesday as it opened its new research center in Moscow.
The move makes GM the first foreign carmaker to set up a research-and-development presence in Russia.
"We are entering an era of increased technological collaboration with Russia," Alan Taub, executive director of Science at GM Research & Development laboratories, said at a news conference in Moscow.
GM declined to say how much money it was channeling into Russia. The company spent more than $5 billion on research and development, or R&D, in 2003, according to a recent report.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/041.html
LUKoil Seeks to Best CNPC's Kazakh Bid
By Dmitry Zhdannikov
Reuters
LUKoil said it was ready to match the $4.2 billion offer by Chinese oil firm CNPC for Toronto-listed Kazakh oil producer PetroKazakhstan.
It said in a statement Tuesday that it would make the offer if a Canadian court ruled this week not to approve the deal between CNPC and PetroKazakhstan because of an earlier suit by LUKoil.
Analysts said they doubted LUKoil wanted all of PetroKazakhstan and said they believed the statement was designed to put pressure on the court to support the Russian company in its long-running dispute over some of PetroKazakhstan's assets.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/26/042.html
The Scotsman
High oil prices help BP weather storms to report £2.46bn profits
MARTIN FLANAGAN
CITY EDITOR
SURGING oil prices allowed oil major BP to deliver a strong rise in third-quarter profits yesterday, with the performance likely to have been an estimated £440 million better but for the devastating US hurricane season.
BP said its underlying adjusted replacement cost profit, which strips out one-off items and gains or losses from changes in the value of fuel inventories - and is the measure closely watched by the City - rose to $4.4 billion (£2.46bn).
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=2145452005
Financial services tops McConnell agenda
DAVID BLACK
DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR
SCOTLAND'S financial services sector has given an enthusiastic welcome to First Minister Jack McConnell's decision to take a hands-on role in driving the industry forward - providing he actually delivers.
The Scottish Executive confirmed yesterday McConnell is to take over the chairmanship of the Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB).
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=2145232005
Cheney drawn into row on exposure of CIA agent
RHIANNON EDWARD
DICK Cheney, the United States vice-president, yesterday found himself drawn uncomfortably deeper into a web of allegations over how a covert CIA operative came to be unmasked.
Previously undisclosed notes of a conversation between Mr Cheney and his chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on 12 June, 2003, have put the spotlight on the vice-president's possible role in the unmasking of Valerie Plame and appear to run counter to Mr Libby's testimony to a federal grand jury that he first learned about her from newspaper reporters.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2146292005
Shadow cast over independence of Scottish Financial Enterprise
SCRUTINEER
NICK BEVENS
JACK McConnell's unprecedented decision to take personal control of the Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB) raises searching questions.
Is it a political manoeuvre to highlight his commitment to Scottish business, after being so heavily criticised for doing nothing to endear himself to it in his first term?
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=2145432005
I included this article in skepticism. Not to be inflammatory. I don't understand how the 'eggs' would be considered infectious unless the virus is blood borne. That is not my understanding of this virus. I believe this view is extreme.
EU warns of bird flu danger in chicken and eggs
EBEN HARRELL
Key points
• EU warns against undercooked poultry but admits no evidence link
• EU bans import of live birds to prevent spread of avian flu
• Businesses accuse agency of scaremongering
Key quote
"[Cooking] protects from salmonella and other diseases. Avian flu is an added danger, even though there is no epidemiological data to prove it can be transmitted through food" - European Food Safety Agency official
Story in full FOOD safety advisers are to warn the public to avoid raw eggs and undercooked poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu in Europe.
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has said it "can't exclude" the possibility that the deadly virus can be transmitted through foods.
Raw eggs are used in various popular recipes including mayonnaise. No details were available last night over whether the advice would apply to partially-cooked foods such as soft-boiled eggs.
Until now, British food safety advisers have ruled out the possibility of humans contracting the disease through consumption of eggs or poultry.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2146272005
Is Scotland earnestly looking at 'bird eggs' as a potential infection source? It occurred to me that eggs could have infection on the shells from contact of the hens that laid them if the hen was infected. Perhaps that is the missing link to it's quickly spreading and undetected record.
What is special about the current outbreaks in poultry?
The current outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which began in South-east Asia in mid-2003, are the largest and most severe on record. Never before in the history of this disease have so many countries been simultaneously affected, resulting in the loss of so many birds.
The causative agent, the H5N1 virus, has proved to be especially tenacious. Despite the death or destruction of an estimated 150 million birds, the virus is now considered endemic in many parts of Indonesia and Viet Nam and in some parts of Cambodia, China, Thailand, and possibly also the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Control of the disease in poultry is expected to take several years.
The H5N1 virus is also of particular concern for human health, as explained below.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avian_faqs/en/
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