Boycott the Oscars - "The Truth, Justice and The American Way" This one is for you, Mike !!

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Life doesn't get more rough than this. A small town boy takes on the corrupt establishment, receives global acclaim only to be politically ostracized by The Academy for a well deserved Oscar. It is astounding that a Cannes Film Festival and People's Choice Award winning film is passed over for Best Film at the Oscars. What is the matter at 'The Academy?' Did you think it might win and Bush/FCC would be making it bad for you?

They might.

But, so what.

You have us then.

Half a nation and the world ain't such a bad thing to have.

Well.

I think the majority that voted Fahrenheit 9/11 for People's Choice should prove exactly what we think of the Oscars and boycott it and the films it nominated and Disney. That is not being a 'sore' loser that is being INSULTED. On behalf of the best film maker in the business I invite the rest of the world to join me!

Disney 'blocks' Moore documentary

Controversial director Michael Moore has said film studio Disney is refusing to release his new documentary, which heavily criticises President Bush.

Fahrenheit 911 was to be distributed by Miramax, a division of Disney.

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In Cannes, Michael Moore Says '9/11' Faces Exile

By Desson ThomsonWashington
Post Staff Writer
Monday, May 17, 2004; Page C01

CANNES, May 16 -- Filmmaker Michael Moore, director of the politically charged "Fahrenheit 9/11," whose July 4 release has been blocked by Walt Disney, publicly lamented Sunday that time is running out for him to show the film in time for the presidential election.

U.S. General in Afghanistan Warns that Destabilizing Iran Will Hurt His Mission

I know what Cheney's excuse is for his speech at his Inauguration, now. With that 40% ejection fraction the oxygen was too thin.


January 25th, 2005 4:55 am

General in Afghanistan Urges Care on Iran

By Stephen Graham / Associated Press

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A senior American commander overseeing efforts to capture Taliban and al-Qaida remnants in Afghanistan said Monday his mission could be harmed by any instability in neighboring Iran.

Annan tells historic session: Act against new anti-Semitism

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

NEW YORK - Sixty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a national anthem - Hatikva - was played yesterday for the first time at the UN General Assembly, and a cantor chanted El Maleh Rahamim, ending an historic special session that commemorated the victims of the Holocaust.

At the same time, speaker after speaker wondered why the vow "never again" was not enough to prevent the genocide in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur.Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Laureate, was the keynote speaker, a rare appearance by a non-statesman or diplomat to speak from the podium of the body that was created in the wake of the horrors of World War II.

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SUDAN: Darfur villages reportedly burnt in fresh violence

24 Jan 2005 15:01:11 GMTSource: IRINNAIROBI, 24 January (IRIN)

Eight villages in the western Sudanese region of Darfur were reportedly burned to the ground on Friday in a fresh outbreak of violence, sources said. An unspecified number of people were killed, the sources added.


Khartoum accuses Darfur rebels of killing scores of civiliansSudan

Politics, 1/24/2005

An official in the Sudanese army said a group of Darfur rebels killed scores of Sudanese and injured others in an attack against villages in al-Malam area to the north of Darfur.The official explained that rebel groups robbed properties and burnt 8 villages in the area which is situated between the two districts of south and north Darfur. But the official did not specify which of the two rebel forces carried out the attack.


U.S. Lawmakers Meet Darfur Rebels

TOM MALITIAssociated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya - U.S. lawmakers who met with Darfur rebels in western Sudan and visited camps for Sudanese refugees in Chad over the weekend said they will ask Washington to push for U.N. sanctions against the Sudanese government.

Tsunami death toll over 280 000

Panic

Jakarta - The number of people presumed dead in last month's Asian tsunamis rose to more than 280 000 on Tuesday, with Indonesian authorities announcing a further increase in the number of dead and missing.

Jakarta tsunami aid summit's declaration

Complete Devastation

The special ASEAN leaders' meeting held in Jakarta on Thursday issued a declaration on action to strengthen emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention on the aftermath of eathquake and tsunami disaster.

The full text of the declaration is as follows:

We, the Heads of State/Government, Special Envoys and Heads of regional as well as international organisations, who gathered on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, expressed solemnly our profound sorrow and our solidarity to overcome the unprecedented catastrophe befalling the Indian Ocean rim countries on 26 December 2004.

For Men of Seaside Village, Lonely and Unfamiliar Roles

It was all too quick

Tsunami Took Heavier Toll on Aceh's Women

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Foreign ServiceTuesday, January 25, 2005; Page A01

LAMTEUNGOH, Indonesia -- Baharuddin, the head of this devastated Sumatran fishing village, gently lifted the limp remains of his 11-year-old daughter, swaddled in a plaid sarong.

"She was my youngest daughter," he said, gazing down mournfully and tenderly at the remains. "She was the most beautiful one."

He placed her in a communal grave not far from the sea, where a wall of black water crashed ashore last month and killed his wife and their five children. Baharuddin and two other villagers laid two other bodies in the grave and shoveled soil on top.

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Indonesia sends top team for Aceh rebel talks: Source

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia's chief security minister will lead a top-level delegation to Finland to resume talks this week with rebels from tsunami-hit Aceh province, an official close to the negotiating team said on Tuesday.

Prompt action kept epidemics at bay- CNO

There was little survival the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Prompt action and preventive measures helped contain the spread of infectious diseases in tsunami-hit areas, the Centre for National Operations (CNO) said yesterday.

According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health, there have been only 135 cases of diarrhoea and 579 cases of viral fever in the affected areas which are below the baseline for epidemics.