Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle Do"
"Okeydoke"
February 24…
1304, born, Ibn Batutu, Arab traveler and author.
1581 Pope Gregory approves the results of his calendar reform commission
1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1786, born, Wilhelm Grimm, German scholar.
Wilhelm Grimm was born on this date in 1786. National Geographic presents a site about the Grimm brothers and their fairy tales; it includes biographical information, the text of selected tales, and activities for children.
Grimm Brothers @ nationalgeographic.com
1803: Marbury v. Madison establishes the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States to decide whether acts of Congress are legitimate under the U.S. Constitution.
Marbury v. Madison, landmark court case of 1803 in which the Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to review and invalidate government actions that conflict with the Constitution of the United States. In Marbury, Chief Justice John Marshall, speaking for a unanimous Court, expressed for the first time the concept of judicial review at the federal level. Although the Court’s decision concerned only a minor provision of a federal law, the case is monumentally significant because it was the first time that the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. Equally significant was Marshall’s reasoning in the case.
Today Marbury is generally considered to be the most important early U.S. Supreme Court decision and the leading precedent for the idea that the Court has the power—and the duty—to strike down acts of Congress that violate the Constitution. While central to modern jurisprudence, the case involved a rather technical set of facts and an issue of relatively minor importance.
1821, Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
1836, born, Winslow Homer, naturalist painter.
1858, born, Arnold Dolmetsch, English musician.
1863, The United States Congress establishes the Arizona Territory from part of the New Mexico Territory.
1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.
1874, Honus Wagner, American professional baseball player, nicknamed the Flying Dutchman, and considered one of the greatest shortstops in the history of baseball. He was born John Peter Wagner in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania. He played semiprofessional and minor league baseball in Ohio and New Jersey, and in 1896 he joined the Louisville team of the National League. In 1900, Pittsburgh took Louisville's place in the league, and Wagner played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates until his retirement in 1917. He was the National League batting champion eight times, and his lifetime batting average was .329. He also led the league five times in stolen bases. Wagner was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
1885, born, Joseph Sprinzak Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)
1903, the United States signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
1917, Russian revolution breaks out
1918, Estonia declares independence from Russia
1920, Peace treaty gives Estonia independence
1920, a fledgling German political party held its first meeting of importance in Munich; it became known as the Nazi Party, and its chief spokesman was Adolf Hitler.
1923 Mass arrests in US of Mafia
1924 Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1924: Johnny Weissmuller breaks the world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming (57:2/5 seconds).
1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1934 Frank Chapot US, equestrian (Olympics-silver-1960, 1972)
1937 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington DC
1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
1941 Anti Nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam
1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
1943 General-Major Bradley flies to Algiers
1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
1945, American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War II.
1945 Manila freed from Japanese
1945 Nazi occupiers begin state of siege
1945 Egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany
1946: Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina.
1948 Lorri Menconi playmate (February 1969)
1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km
1949 Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election
1950 Cathy Mant LPGA golfer
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
1977 President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
1978 Louise Woodward Elton England, nanny who killed Matthew Eappen
1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX
1979 War between North & South Yemen begins
1980, the U.S. hockey team defeated Finland, four goals to two, to clinch the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
1983, a congressional commission released a report condemning the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II as a "grave injustice."
1987: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hits his first three-point shot. Up to this date, he has scored 36,000 points, but only scoring two points at a time.
1989, a state funeral was held in Japan for Emperor Hirohito, who had died the month before at age 87.
1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
1991 US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops
1991 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances
1993 35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins
1994 Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74
1996 Cuba downs 2 US planes
Missing in Action
1965 FRAKES DWIGHT GLENN LOS ANGELES CA TANGELED IN PARA SANK
1966 HETRICK RAYMOND H. BROOKVILLE PA
1968 FRIESE LAURENCE V. HURON SD 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MARVEL JERRY W. EVANSVILLE IN 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV DIED MAY 1995 ENROUTE
February 24…
1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1707, Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright
1793, the department heads of the U.S. government met with President Washington at his home for the first Cabinet meeting on record.
1836, inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
1841, Pierre Renoir, French impressionist painter
1890, Myra Hess, British pianist
1913, the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect.
1917, Anthony Burgess, British novelist and critic, best known for his controversial novel A Clockwork Orange (1962). Burgess was born in Manchester and was educated at the University of Manchester. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946 and then became a lecturer at Birmingham University. From 1948 to 1950 Burgess worked for the ministry of education. He was later appointed education officer in the Colonial Service and was based in Borneo and Malaya from 1954 to 1959. During his time abroad Burgess wrote his first three novels: Time for a Tiger (1956), The Enemy in the Blanker (1958), and Beds in the East (1959), published together as The Malayan Trilogy in 1972.
1919: Oregon is the first state to impose a state tax on gasoline (one cent a gallon).
1950, Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter, and novelist
1964: Boxer Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston after six rounds in Miami, Florida, to win the world heavyweight boxing title. The same year Clay announces his conversion to Islam, changing his name to Muhammad Ali. He boasted he was "The Greatest," and in the prime of his charismatic career, many agreed. But as brilliant as Muhammad Ali was in the ring, perhaps his true greatness was outside it when he fought the United States government. His refusal to accept induction into the armed forces on religious grounds cost him millions and his heavyweight title, but in the end Ali came up victorious in the most significant battle of his life.
1986: President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees the Philippines, after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency and is sworn in.
1998: Bob Dylan wins three awards, including album of the year for Time Out of Mind, and his son Jakob wins two awards at the 40th annual Grammy Awards in New York City.
Missing in Action
1965 FRAKES DWIGHT GLENN LOS ANGELES CA TANGELED IN PARA SANK
1966 HETRICK RAYMOND H. BROOKVILLE PA
1968 FRIESE LAURENCE V. HURON SD 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MARVEL JERRY W. EVANSVILLE IN 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV DIED MAY 1995 ENROUTE
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Morning Papers - continued...
The Moscow Times
Earlier last year Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he would not run for President again.
Kasyanov Hints He May Run in 2008
By Valeria Korchagina and Catherine Belton
Staff Writers
Kasyanov listening to a question at a news conference Thursday where he criticized the course the country has taken since he lost his post as prime minister a year ago.
Breaking a year of silence, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on Thursday slammed Russia's leadership for turning away from democracy and indicated he may run for president in 2008 in order to correct the nation's course.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/001.html
Rights Group to Meet Chechen Envoy
Reuters
LONDON -- Chechen rebels seeking contact with the Kremlin will present peace proposals to a Russian human rights group at an unprecedented meeting in London on Thursday, the rebel leader's envoy said.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/017.html
Bush Hails Slovaks for Support in Iraq
By Andrea Dudikova
The Associated Press
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Slovaks on Thursday as "friends, allies and brothers" in the fight for global freedom, and thanked the country for deploying a small but symbolic contingent of troops to Iraq.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/251.html
Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
Day in and day out, patriotic American dissidents on both the left and the right keep shovelling through the bloody muck of the Bush Imperium. The filth is endless, Augean; Salon.com recently catalogued 34 ongoing major scandals, equalling or surpassing the depravity of Watergate. Yet still the patriots bend to the task, tossing up steaming piles of ugly truth before the public.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/120.html
Oligarchs Toy With Their 2008 Options
By Vladimir Pribylovsky
Despite the word's newfangled interpretation, oligarchy in Greek means "the rule of the few," the well-off few who wield not only economic power, but also political power. Oligarchs are not millionaires sitting behind bars or pining away in emigre exile. They are the wealthy who send other millionaires to jail or force them to flee the country. Or, to rephrase President Vladimir Putin's well-known statement regarding the need to "distance" oligarchs from power, real oligarchs are not those who are distanced. They are the ones doing the distancing.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/006.html
Russian Bear Ignores Celtic Tiger
By Kim Iskyan
The chances of President Vladimir Putin achieving his oft-repeated objective of doubling the size of Russia's economy within a decade might improve if he looked to Ireland as a source of inspiration. But given its state-driven focus on the short term, the Kremlin seems to have missed the Irish lesson that common-sense economics, consistently implemented over a period of decades, is a far better path to economic prosperity.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/24/006.html
continued...
Earlier last year Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he would not run for President again.
Kasyanov Hints He May Run in 2008
By Valeria Korchagina and Catherine Belton
Staff Writers
Kasyanov listening to a question at a news conference Thursday where he criticized the course the country has taken since he lost his post as prime minister a year ago.
Breaking a year of silence, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on Thursday slammed Russia's leadership for turning away from democracy and indicated he may run for president in 2008 in order to correct the nation's course.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/001.html
Rights Group to Meet Chechen Envoy
Reuters
LONDON -- Chechen rebels seeking contact with the Kremlin will present peace proposals to a Russian human rights group at an unprecedented meeting in London on Thursday, the rebel leader's envoy said.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/017.html
Bush Hails Slovaks for Support in Iraq
By Andrea Dudikova
The Associated Press
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Slovaks on Thursday as "friends, allies and brothers" in the fight for global freedom, and thanked the country for deploying a small but symbolic contingent of troops to Iraq.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/251.html
Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
Day in and day out, patriotic American dissidents on both the left and the right keep shovelling through the bloody muck of the Bush Imperium. The filth is endless, Augean; Salon.com recently catalogued 34 ongoing major scandals, equalling or surpassing the depravity of Watergate. Yet still the patriots bend to the task, tossing up steaming piles of ugly truth before the public.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/120.html
Oligarchs Toy With Their 2008 Options
By Vladimir Pribylovsky
Despite the word's newfangled interpretation, oligarchy in Greek means "the rule of the few," the well-off few who wield not only economic power, but also political power. Oligarchs are not millionaires sitting behind bars or pining away in emigre exile. They are the wealthy who send other millionaires to jail or force them to flee the country. Or, to rephrase President Vladimir Putin's well-known statement regarding the need to "distance" oligarchs from power, real oligarchs are not those who are distanced. They are the ones doing the distancing.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/006.html
Russian Bear Ignores Celtic Tiger
By Kim Iskyan
The chances of President Vladimir Putin achieving his oft-repeated objective of doubling the size of Russia's economy within a decade might improve if he looked to Ireland as a source of inspiration. But given its state-driven focus on the short term, the Kremlin seems to have missed the Irish lesson that common-sense economics, consistently implemented over a period of decades, is a far better path to economic prosperity.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/24/006.html
continued...
Morning Papers - continued...
Pravda
Bush: Arrogance instead of diplomacy before summit
02/22/2005 10:15
Bush insinuates that Russia is not democratic
Enough. If George W. Bush is arrogant enough to speak about Russia's supposed lack of democratic processes on the eve of his summit with President Vladimir Putin in Bratislava, then let us treat this insult with the answer it deserves.
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/14999_bush.html
Putin determined to argue with Bush during Russia-USA summit in Bratislava
02/24/2005 11:57
It stands the reason that George W. Bush's questions to Vladimir Putin will not be very pleasant
Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush are to meet in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, today on February 24th. "We are not going to a restaurant or a theater. This meeting is not just for the pleasure of communication," the Russian president described his expectations of the summit with George W. Bush.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/15010_summit.html
Russia's Kaliningrad enclave to become part of EU and euro zone
02/14/2005 18:17
Citizens of the Russian region might enjoy full rights of being Europeans
The status of the Kaliningrad region can be fundamentally revised in the near future. Ilya Klebanov, the presidential envoy in the North-West of Russia, stated last Friday that the Kaliningrad enclave would have to be granted the official status of a foreign territory. "The position on the matter is final," the official added.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/87/343/14958_kaliningrad.html
End of the world was too near a couple of months ago
02/24/2005 16:18
Scientists believe that if the blast had occurred only ten light years afar, planet Earth would have been destroyed
The day of Decmeber 27th 2004, could have become the last day in the history of all living beings on planet Earth, including humans. An unimaginably powerful blast of a neutron star rocked the Milky Way, in the area of the Constellation Sagittarius. All leading astronomic centers and satellites registered the blast. Scientists have never witnessed such a powerful explosion in space before. The blast produced the energy, the amount of which could be compared to the power that the Sun produces in 250,000 years, Itar-Tass reports.
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/385/15013_space.html
The future of male pregnancy is drawing near
02/22/2005 16:51
Taiwanese American Lee Mingwei has already become first pregnant man in history
There is a very peculiar phenomenon in modern medicine, known as Couvade Syndrome. This ailment can occur only with men, when they suffer from signs and symptoms of their expectant partners. The word "couvade" comes from the French "couver" meaning "to hatch." Men, who suffer from Couvade Syndrome, may have morning sickness, backaches, and even weight gain. Scientists determined that about 11 percent of expectant fathers experience this strange phenomenon. The syndrome can be described as the embodiment of psychogenic disorders that can be found among young men who have pregnant wives. Specialists say that pathological feelings of a young husband correspond to the physical and emotional experience of his pregnant wife.
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/15004_pregnant.html
Rains above Southern California
23:46 2005-02-24
Officials say at least nine people have died as a result of the heavy rains that have pounded the southern part of the state since last week. Forecasters say another several centimeters are expected today.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/02/24/58414.html
The Boston Globe
Sen. Kennedy's children awarded guardianship of their mother
February 24, 2005
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The children of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy have taken legal guardianship of their mother, Joan B. Kennedy, to ensure she receives treatment for her alcoholism, her son U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Thursday.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/24/sen_kennedys_children_awarded_guardianship_of_their_mother/
Conn. nears OK of gay civil unions
Final votes on bill expected by June
By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
The Connecticut Legislature is poised to establish civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, which would make the state the third in the nation to offer legal recognition to same-sex couples.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/02/25/conn_nears_ok_of_gay_civil_unions/
Anglicans Face Temporary Split in Gay Row
By Peter Griffiths February 25, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - The Anglican Church edged closer to a possible schism on Friday after it called on the Canadian and U.S. churches to quit one of its key bodies until 2008 while they reconsider their support for gay bishops.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/anglicans_face_temporary_split_in_gay_row_reuters/
Probe leaves out ex-commander at Guantanamo
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The high-profile investigation into FBI agents' allegations of detainee abuses at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not examining the conduct of the man who oversaw the interrogation operation at the time that prisoners were allegedly shackled in painful positions and exposed to extreme temperatures to break their silence.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/25/probe_leaves_out_ex_commander_at_guantanamo/
Putin says Russia bound to democracy
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia declared yesterday that his nation would never return to totalitarianism, brushing aside worries by President Bush and others that Russia is backsliding on democratic overhauls.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/putin_says_russia_bound_to_democracy/
THEY AREN'T DESTROYING THE 'BIG GUNS' OKAY? Bush didn't do anything new here? The USA and Russia can always more of these things.
U.S. says 'thousands' of missiles missing
By Robert Burns, AP Military Writer February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- It has been known for years that thousands of light and lethal shoulder-fired missiles are in black-market circulation. What is not known is exactly who has them and whether many have fallen into the hands of terrorists or criminals.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/25/us_says_thousands_of_missiles_missing/
Canada opts out of U.S. defense shield
By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_opts_out_of_us_defense_shield/
Canada opts out of U.S. defense shield
By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_opts_out_of_us_defense_shield/
Canada Says Will Stay Out of U.S. Missile Defense
By David Ljunggren February 24, 2005
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government, in a snub to President Bush, said on Thursday it would not take part in the controversial U.S. missile defense system, which is unpopular with many Canadian voters.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_says_will_stay_out_of_us_missile_defense_1109307835/
Anti-tobacco treaty to go into effect
February 24, 2005
GENEVA -- A global anti-tobacco treaty that comes into force Sunday is only the first step in efforts to curb an addiction that kills millions every year, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/24/anti_tobacco_treaty_to_go_into_effect/
Lawsuit asks FDA to regulate salt use
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Concerned that Americans are consuming salt at twice the recommended levels, a consumer group asked a federal court Thursday to force the government to regulate it.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/25/lawsuit_asks_fda_to_regulate_salt_use/
Vietnam Confirms Latest Bird Flu Case as Meeting Ends
By Darren Schuettler February 24, 2005
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Asia's deadly bird flu has infected a 21-year-old Vietnamese man and possibly his younger sister, officials said on Friday as experts wrapped up an international conference on fighting the resilient virus.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/25/vietnam_confirms_latest_bird_flu_case_as_meeting_ends/
continued...
Bush: Arrogance instead of diplomacy before summit
02/22/2005 10:15
Bush insinuates that Russia is not democratic
Enough. If George W. Bush is arrogant enough to speak about Russia's supposed lack of democratic processes on the eve of his summit with President Vladimir Putin in Bratislava, then let us treat this insult with the answer it deserves.
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/14999_bush.html
Putin determined to argue with Bush during Russia-USA summit in Bratislava
02/24/2005 11:57
It stands the reason that George W. Bush's questions to Vladimir Putin will not be very pleasant
Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush are to meet in the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, today on February 24th. "We are not going to a restaurant or a theater. This meeting is not just for the pleasure of communication," the Russian president described his expectations of the summit with George W. Bush.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/15010_summit.html
Russia's Kaliningrad enclave to become part of EU and euro zone
02/14/2005 18:17
Citizens of the Russian region might enjoy full rights of being Europeans
The status of the Kaliningrad region can be fundamentally revised in the near future. Ilya Klebanov, the presidential envoy in the North-West of Russia, stated last Friday that the Kaliningrad enclave would have to be granted the official status of a foreign territory. "The position on the matter is final," the official added.
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/87/343/14958_kaliningrad.html
End of the world was too near a couple of months ago
02/24/2005 16:18
Scientists believe that if the blast had occurred only ten light years afar, planet Earth would have been destroyed
The day of Decmeber 27th 2004, could have become the last day in the history of all living beings on planet Earth, including humans. An unimaginably powerful blast of a neutron star rocked the Milky Way, in the area of the Constellation Sagittarius. All leading astronomic centers and satellites registered the blast. Scientists have never witnessed such a powerful explosion in space before. The blast produced the energy, the amount of which could be compared to the power that the Sun produces in 250,000 years, Itar-Tass reports.
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/385/15013_space.html
The future of male pregnancy is drawing near
02/22/2005 16:51
Taiwanese American Lee Mingwei has already become first pregnant man in history
There is a very peculiar phenomenon in modern medicine, known as Couvade Syndrome. This ailment can occur only with men, when they suffer from signs and symptoms of their expectant partners. The word "couvade" comes from the French "couver" meaning "to hatch." Men, who suffer from Couvade Syndrome, may have morning sickness, backaches, and even weight gain. Scientists determined that about 11 percent of expectant fathers experience this strange phenomenon. The syndrome can be described as the embodiment of psychogenic disorders that can be found among young men who have pregnant wives. Specialists say that pathological feelings of a young husband correspond to the physical and emotional experience of his pregnant wife.
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/15004_pregnant.html
Rains above Southern California
23:46 2005-02-24
Officials say at least nine people have died as a result of the heavy rains that have pounded the southern part of the state since last week. Forecasters say another several centimeters are expected today.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/02/24/58414.html
The Boston Globe
Sen. Kennedy's children awarded guardianship of their mother
February 24, 2005
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The children of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy have taken legal guardianship of their mother, Joan B. Kennedy, to ensure she receives treatment for her alcoholism, her son U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Thursday.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/24/sen_kennedys_children_awarded_guardianship_of_their_mother/
Conn. nears OK of gay civil unions
Final votes on bill expected by June
By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
The Connecticut Legislature is poised to establish civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, which would make the state the third in the nation to offer legal recognition to same-sex couples.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/02/25/conn_nears_ok_of_gay_civil_unions/
Anglicans Face Temporary Split in Gay Row
By Peter Griffiths February 25, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - The Anglican Church edged closer to a possible schism on Friday after it called on the Canadian and U.S. churches to quit one of its key bodies until 2008 while they reconsider their support for gay bishops.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/anglicans_face_temporary_split_in_gay_row_reuters/
Probe leaves out ex-commander at Guantanamo
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The high-profile investigation into FBI agents' allegations of detainee abuses at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not examining the conduct of the man who oversaw the interrogation operation at the time that prisoners were allegedly shackled in painful positions and exposed to extreme temperatures to break their silence.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/02/25/probe_leaves_out_ex_commander_at_guantanamo/
Putin says Russia bound to democracy
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff February 25, 2005
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia declared yesterday that his nation would never return to totalitarianism, brushing aside worries by President Bush and others that Russia is backsliding on democratic overhauls.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/putin_says_russia_bound_to_democracy/
THEY AREN'T DESTROYING THE 'BIG GUNS' OKAY? Bush didn't do anything new here? The USA and Russia can always more of these things.
U.S. says 'thousands' of missiles missing
By Robert Burns, AP Military Writer February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- It has been known for years that thousands of light and lethal shoulder-fired missiles are in black-market circulation. What is not known is exactly who has them and whether many have fallen into the hands of terrorists or criminals.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/25/us_says_thousands_of_missiles_missing/
Canada opts out of U.S. defense shield
By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_opts_out_of_us_defense_shield/
Canada opts out of U.S. defense shield
By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_opts_out_of_us_defense_shield/
Canada Says Will Stay Out of U.S. Missile Defense
By David Ljunggren February 24, 2005
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government, in a snub to President Bush, said on Thursday it would not take part in the controversial U.S. missile defense system, which is unpopular with many Canadian voters.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2005/02/25/canada_says_will_stay_out_of_us_missile_defense_1109307835/
Anti-tobacco treaty to go into effect
February 24, 2005
GENEVA -- A global anti-tobacco treaty that comes into force Sunday is only the first step in efforts to curb an addiction that kills millions every year, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/24/anti_tobacco_treaty_to_go_into_effect/
Lawsuit asks FDA to regulate salt use
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Associated Press Writer February 25, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Concerned that Americans are consuming salt at twice the recommended levels, a consumer group asked a federal court Thursday to force the government to regulate it.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/25/lawsuit_asks_fda_to_regulate_salt_use/
Vietnam Confirms Latest Bird Flu Case as Meeting Ends
By Darren Schuettler February 24, 2005
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Asia's deadly bird flu has infected a 21-year-old Vietnamese man and possibly his younger sister, officials said on Friday as experts wrapped up an international conference on fighting the resilient virus.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/25/vietnam_confirms_latest_bird_flu_case_as_meeting_ends/
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Morning Papers - continued...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Vietnam Confirms Latest Bird Flu Case as Meeting Ends
By Darren Schuettler February 24, 2005
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Asia's deadly bird flu has infected a 21-year-old Vietnamese man and possibly his younger sister, officials said on Friday as experts wrapped up an international conference on fighting the resilient virus.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/25/vietnam_confirms_latest_bird_flu_case_as_meeting_ends/
Sydney dam levels up after recent storms
February 25, 2005 - 1:00PM
Weekend storms lifted Sydney's dam levels by 0.7 per cent but there was no end in sight for water restrictions, Utilities Minister Frank Sartor said today.
"You would have to get significant increases in rainfall (to lift restrictions)," Mr Sartor told reporters.
"If we hit 50 per cent (restrictions would ease), eventually they would come off completely at 70 per cent.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Sydney-dam-levels-up-07-per-cent/2005/02/25/1109180086401.html
Australian brothels hooking Kiwi women
February 25, 2005
New Zealand brothels are having trouble filling employment vacancies as Australian operations lure staff over the Tasman with incentives such as higher pay, and clothes and beauty treatment allowances.
"It's like the brain drain - just for prostitutes," said the Auckland co-ordinator of the Prostitutes' Collective, Kate Dickie
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Australian-brothels-hooking-Kiwi-women/2005/02/24/1109180047405.html
Suicide bomber kills police as more troops to pull out
February 25, 2005 - 7:13AM
A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 10 people when he blew his car up at an Iraqi police headquarters today, as Ukraine said it would pull its 1,650 troops in the war-torn country.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Suicide-bomber-kills-police-as-more-troops-to-pull-out/2005/02/25/1109180068045.html
Iraq's legacy may be a Middle East governed by religion
February 25, 2005
The US and its allies take their chances in promising the Muslim world democracy, writes Waleed Aly.
George Bush is a man with a messianic vision. In his State of the Union address earlier this month, he reiterated his "generational commitment to the advance of freedom, especially in the Middle East". He explains the Iraqi campaign in that light: "The victory of freedom in Iraq will strengthen a new ally in the war on terror, inspire democratic reformers from Damascus to Tehran" and "bring more hope and progress to a troubled region".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Iraqs-legacy-may-be-a-Middle-East-governed-by-religion/2005/02/24/1109180038445.html
Churches attack Iraq troop plan
By Tom Allard
February 25, 2005
A Christian alliance has savaged the Government's decision to send more troops to Iraq as "scandalous", saying the Prime Minister had broken trust with the Australian people.
The National Council of Churches in Australia's strongly worded statement expresses "dismay" on behalf of Christians and regrets that John Howard had not apologised for his stance.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Churches-attack-Iraq-troop-plan/2005/02/24/1109180043284.html
US, Russia put block on nuclear material
By Peter Baker and Walter Pincus in Washington
February 25, 2005
President George Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia were set to announce measures to counter the threat of nuclear terrorism at their meeting in Bratislava, US officials said.
A recent US intelligence report warning that Russian nuclear material could still fall into terrorist hands had highlighted the need for the pact, the officials said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/US-Russia-put-block-on-nuclear-material/2005/02/24/1109180047414.html
Rwanda takes over 15 war crimes cases
February 25, 2005
The United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has handed 15 of the cases it is investigating to the Rwandan state prosecutor, the first such move since the 1994 genocide.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Rwanda-takes-over-15-war-crimes-cases/2005/02/24/1109180047399.html
Condoms biggest gun in the AIDS battle, study finds
By Maggie Fox in Washington
February 25, 2005
Programs that promote abstinence and monogamy to combat AIDS in Uganda are failing, and only condom use has kept the deadly virus in check, researchers report.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Condoms-biggest-gun-in-the-AIDS-battle-study-finds/2005/02/24/1109180047396.html
New light cast on dark matter
By Richard Macey
February 25, 2005
Astronomers claim to have found a galaxy made almost entirely of one of the most mysterious materials in the universe - the long-sought dark matter.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/New-light-cast-on-dark-matter/2005/02/24/1109180047402.html
New light cast on dark matter
By Richard Macey
February 25, 2005
Astronomers claim to have found a galaxy made almost entirely of one of the most mysterious materials in the universe - the long-sought dark matter.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/New-light-cast-on-dark-matter/2005/02/24/1109180047402.html
Continuation of Aceh talks is ground for cautious hope
By Matthew Moore in Jakarta
February 25, 2005
The second round of talks to end 29 years of conflict in Aceh has ended with the separatists successfully positioning themselves as moderates prepared to modify their long-held demand for independence.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Continuation-of-Aceh-talks-is-ground-for-cautious-hope/2005/02/24/1109180047393.html
Australian troops to leave Aceh by March 26
February 25, 2005
Australia's military will end its tsunami relief efforts in Aceh province by March 26, holding to an Indonesian government timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops, the force commander said yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Australian-troops-to-leave-Aceh-by-March-26/2005/02/24/1109180034724.html
Charles's wedding legal but ludicrous
By Peter Munro in London
February 25, 2005
An emergency declaration that Prince Charles's civil marriage would be legal has not stopped the humiliated heir from declaring that his wedding plans had descended into "a bloody farce".
The palace has insisted that the Queen's decision to stay away from the "low-key" wedding of her eldest son to Camilla Parker-Bowles was not a snub.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Charless-wedding-legal-but-ludicrous/2005/02/24/1109180047420.html
Vietnam Confirms Latest Bird Flu Case as Meeting Ends
By Darren Schuettler February 24, 2005
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Asia's deadly bird flu has infected a 21-year-old Vietnamese man and possibly his younger sister, officials said on Friday as experts wrapped up an international conference on fighting the resilient virus.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/02/25/vietnam_confirms_latest_bird_flu_case_as_meeting_ends/
Sydney dam levels up after recent storms
February 25, 2005 - 1:00PM
Weekend storms lifted Sydney's dam levels by 0.7 per cent but there was no end in sight for water restrictions, Utilities Minister Frank Sartor said today.
"You would have to get significant increases in rainfall (to lift restrictions)," Mr Sartor told reporters.
"If we hit 50 per cent (restrictions would ease), eventually they would come off completely at 70 per cent.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Sydney-dam-levels-up-07-per-cent/2005/02/25/1109180086401.html
Australian brothels hooking Kiwi women
February 25, 2005
New Zealand brothels are having trouble filling employment vacancies as Australian operations lure staff over the Tasman with incentives such as higher pay, and clothes and beauty treatment allowances.
"It's like the brain drain - just for prostitutes," said the Auckland co-ordinator of the Prostitutes' Collective, Kate Dickie
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Australian-brothels-hooking-Kiwi-women/2005/02/24/1109180047405.html
Suicide bomber kills police as more troops to pull out
February 25, 2005 - 7:13AM
A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 10 people when he blew his car up at an Iraqi police headquarters today, as Ukraine said it would pull its 1,650 troops in the war-torn country.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Suicide-bomber-kills-police-as-more-troops-to-pull-out/2005/02/25/1109180068045.html
Iraq's legacy may be a Middle East governed by religion
February 25, 2005
The US and its allies take their chances in promising the Muslim world democracy, writes Waleed Aly.
George Bush is a man with a messianic vision. In his State of the Union address earlier this month, he reiterated his "generational commitment to the advance of freedom, especially in the Middle East". He explains the Iraqi campaign in that light: "The victory of freedom in Iraq will strengthen a new ally in the war on terror, inspire democratic reformers from Damascus to Tehran" and "bring more hope and progress to a troubled region".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Iraqs-legacy-may-be-a-Middle-East-governed-by-religion/2005/02/24/1109180038445.html
Churches attack Iraq troop plan
By Tom Allard
February 25, 2005
A Christian alliance has savaged the Government's decision to send more troops to Iraq as "scandalous", saying the Prime Minister had broken trust with the Australian people.
The National Council of Churches in Australia's strongly worded statement expresses "dismay" on behalf of Christians and regrets that John Howard had not apologised for his stance.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Churches-attack-Iraq-troop-plan/2005/02/24/1109180043284.html
US, Russia put block on nuclear material
By Peter Baker and Walter Pincus in Washington
February 25, 2005
President George Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia were set to announce measures to counter the threat of nuclear terrorism at their meeting in Bratislava, US officials said.
A recent US intelligence report warning that Russian nuclear material could still fall into terrorist hands had highlighted the need for the pact, the officials said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/US-Russia-put-block-on-nuclear-material/2005/02/24/1109180047414.html
Rwanda takes over 15 war crimes cases
February 25, 2005
The United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has handed 15 of the cases it is investigating to the Rwandan state prosecutor, the first such move since the 1994 genocide.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Rwanda-takes-over-15-war-crimes-cases/2005/02/24/1109180047399.html
Condoms biggest gun in the AIDS battle, study finds
By Maggie Fox in Washington
February 25, 2005
Programs that promote abstinence and monogamy to combat AIDS in Uganda are failing, and only condom use has kept the deadly virus in check, researchers report.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Condoms-biggest-gun-in-the-AIDS-battle-study-finds/2005/02/24/1109180047396.html
New light cast on dark matter
By Richard Macey
February 25, 2005
Astronomers claim to have found a galaxy made almost entirely of one of the most mysterious materials in the universe - the long-sought dark matter.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/New-light-cast-on-dark-matter/2005/02/24/1109180047402.html
New light cast on dark matter
By Richard Macey
February 25, 2005
Astronomers claim to have found a galaxy made almost entirely of one of the most mysterious materials in the universe - the long-sought dark matter.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/New-light-cast-on-dark-matter/2005/02/24/1109180047402.html
Continuation of Aceh talks is ground for cautious hope
By Matthew Moore in Jakarta
February 25, 2005
The second round of talks to end 29 years of conflict in Aceh has ended with the separatists successfully positioning themselves as moderates prepared to modify their long-held demand for independence.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Continuation-of-Aceh-talks-is-ground-for-cautious-hope/2005/02/24/1109180047393.html
Australian troops to leave Aceh by March 26
February 25, 2005
Australia's military will end its tsunami relief efforts in Aceh province by March 26, holding to an Indonesian government timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops, the force commander said yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Australian-troops-to-leave-Aceh-by-March-26/2005/02/24/1109180034724.html
Charles's wedding legal but ludicrous
By Peter Munro in London
February 25, 2005
An emergency declaration that Prince Charles's civil marriage would be legal has not stopped the humiliated heir from declaring that his wedding plans had descended into "a bloody farce".
The palace has insisted that the Queen's decision to stay away from the "low-key" wedding of her eldest son to Camilla Parker-Bowles was not a snub.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Charless-wedding-legal-but-ludicrous/2005/02/24/1109180047420.html
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The Cheney Observer
Halliburton Gets Bonuses for U,S, Army Work
Thu Feb 24, 2005 04:58 PM ET
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, has been given bonuses for some of its work supporting the U.S. military in Kuwait and Afghanistan, the Army said on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732918>
Army Awards Bonus to Halliburton for Supply Work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Thursday it had given bonuses to Texas company Halliburton for its logistical work in Kuwait and Afghanistan but had not yet decided whether to give a performance-based bonus for disputed dining services to troops.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732144
Halliburton’s murky path
BY HEDELBERTO LOPEZ BLANCH
The fact that the transnational Halliburton is involved in more obscure dealings, many of which have been exposed but never condemned, is no longer news.
The all-powerful company (headed by the Richard Cheney, current U.S. vice president, from 1995-2000, when he became George W. Bush’s running mate) has now been involved in dirty dealings on more than 12 occasions.
In February, faced with charges from Pentagon officials, the oil and logistics services group was forced to suspend invoices worth $140 million for meals served to the U.S. army in Kuwait and Iraq.
http://www.periodico26.cu/english_new/features/halliburton240205.htm
Sperry performs pressure tests in North Sea and GoM
Halliburton's Sperry Drilling Services has had two recent success with its GeoTap while-drilling formation pressure tester, part of the company's Stellar formation evaluation suite.
http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=TOPST&ARTICLE_ID=222026&p=9
Philadelphia: City of the old and the poor?
By Thom Nickels
Contributing Editor
Brett Mandel, Executive Director of Philadelphia Forward. Photo: Harry B. Cook from February 2, Philly1.com video interview. See: http://www.philly1.com/index020205.html
Philadelphia has a great set of veneers; the sparkly whites, or in this case the blues and the whites, are noticeable at night when the ever improving skyline takes a bit of our breath away. But like a desert mirage the vision crumbles when one looks closer. Beneath the veneers are roots of decay, gaping holes caused by mass extractions. She ain't what she used to be, as the saying goes, though in some ways she's better, but in her soul she's limping, she's crying out for help.
… Many see the BPT as unfair to small business and as affecting jobs and employers. The opposition, like City Council 47, insists that the city should not be cutting taxes. Some of those opposed claim that cutting the BPT would be corporate welfare that would funnel the money to Halliburton.
So how did Dick Cheney and Halliburton get drawn into this?
"From people who are lying and trying to mislead the public," Mandel says. "The fact is that in the city, as in everywhere else across the country, the fat cats walk straight in the door at City Hall, as you can see in some of the transcripts in the pay-to play indictments."
http://www.philly1.com/story1022305.html
The Bush Tapes: Hitting the Erase Button
Doug Wead, for once, is speechless. But his career speaks volumes.
NO WONDER THE religious right has seized control of America's political machinery and launched a crusade to go medieval on the rest of the world.
The media are asleep at their typewriters.
Doug Wead's career, most of which has never been studied by the mainstream media—even now, when he's in the bright glare of publicity—perfectly traces the religious right's successful infiltration of the GOP during the past two decades, culminating in the rise to power of religious capitalism.
http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000740.php
Fox's Viewers Are Faked Out Again
Fox News is apparently feeling bold and brash these days because today (February 24, 2005) it didn't even TRY to pretend that Your World w/Neil Cavuto, the "most powerful business show on the planet," is actually a business show. No way Jose. No need to worry about false advertising when the US government is your client and most of the media's trying to be just like you.
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/02/24/foxs_viewers_are_faked_out_again.php
Nader: Bush family profited from Iraq War
By Sebastian Christ and Philipp Heinz
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington, DC, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Ralph Nader, consumer lawyer and former presidential candidate, claimed Thursday that several of President Bush's family members and their political allies profited from insider deals regarding the war in Iraq.
… According to Democracy Rising, Carlyle was 43rd among federal contractors with $676.5 million in contacts in 2002, but one year later it moved to 11th place with $2.1 billion in contracts, "partly from the war on terrorism and partly from Iraq."
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050224-052103-7928r.htm
Whiting Petroleum Announces Record Fourth Quarter Results
Fourth Quarter Net Income Rises to a Record $1.31 Per Share and QuarterlyProduction Hits 17.0 Bcfe, a 79% Increase
Whiting Exits December 2004 Producing a Record 188.0 MMcfe Per Day2004 Net Income Per Share Rises 245% to $3.38 Per Share Annual ProductionRises to 47.0 Bcfe
DENVER, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whiting Petroleum Corporation(NYSE: WLL) today reported net income of $32.6 million, or $1.31 per share(all per share amounts are on both a basic and diluted basis), on totalrevenues of $113.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2004. Thiscompares to a fourth quarter 2003 net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.02 pershare, on total revenues of $42.5 million. Discretionary cash flow for thefourth quarter of 2004 was $71.9 million, up 304% compared to $17.8 millionduring the same period in 2003.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-24-2005/0003073085&EDATE=
DOE cuts fee to Bechtel
This story was published Thursday, February 24th, 2005
By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer
The Department of Energy will withhold $300,000 from the quarterly fee paid to the contractor building the $5.8 billion vitrification plant because of safety problems at the Hanford construction site.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/6206894p-6080945c.html
Activist demands details of Enron revival
MANJIRI MADHAV DAMLE
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PUNE: While there has been talk about re-starting the controversial Enron power project at Dabhol, senior economist Sulabha Brahme who was an active member of the anti-Enron agitation, on Thursday demanded that all details about the proposed revival of the project be made public.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1031080.cms
Family of Suspect in Bush Plot to Sue US
WASHINGTON Feb 24, 2005 — The family of a 23-year-old accused of plotting with al-Qaida to kill President Bush said Thursday they want to pursue a lawsuit accusing the administration of being behind their son's detention and alleged torture in a Saudi prison.
Ahmed Abu Ali "was tortured on orders of the USA; they are monsters," his mother, Faten, said outside a federal courtroom.
The young man's father, Omar, said, "The Saudi government are slaves of the Americans" and the U.S. government is lying when it says his son was under Saudi control for the 20 months before he was flown to the United States and charged.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=528689
No deal on missiles, Canada tells Bush
By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 25/02/2005)
Canada has turned down the Bush administration's pleas to join its missile defence programme, dealing a further damaging blow to relations between the North American neighbours.
Paul Martin, the prime minister, has secretly conveyed the decision to Washington despite a personal request from President George W Bush to think again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wcanada25.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/25/ixworld.html
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Halliburton Gets Bonuses for U,S, Army Work
Thu Feb 24, 2005 04:58 PM ET
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, has been given bonuses for some of its work supporting the U.S. military in Kuwait and Afghanistan, the Army said on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732918>
Army Awards Bonus to Halliburton for Supply Work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said on Thursday it had given bonuses to Texas company Halliburton for its logistical work in Kuwait and Afghanistan but had not yet decided whether to give a performance-based bonus for disputed dining services to troops.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7732144
Halliburton’s murky path
BY HEDELBERTO LOPEZ BLANCH
The fact that the transnational Halliburton is involved in more obscure dealings, many of which have been exposed but never condemned, is no longer news.
The all-powerful company (headed by the Richard Cheney, current U.S. vice president, from 1995-2000, when he became George W. Bush’s running mate) has now been involved in dirty dealings on more than 12 occasions.
In February, faced with charges from Pentagon officials, the oil and logistics services group was forced to suspend invoices worth $140 million for meals served to the U.S. army in Kuwait and Iraq.
http://www.periodico26.cu/english_new/features/halliburton240205.htm
Sperry performs pressure tests in North Sea and GoM
Halliburton's Sperry Drilling Services has had two recent success with its GeoTap while-drilling formation pressure tester, part of the company's Stellar formation evaluation suite.
http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=TOPST&ARTICLE_ID=222026&p=9
Philadelphia: City of the old and the poor?
By Thom Nickels
Contributing Editor
Brett Mandel, Executive Director of Philadelphia Forward. Photo: Harry B. Cook from February 2, Philly1.com video interview. See: http://www.philly1.com/index020205.html
Philadelphia has a great set of veneers; the sparkly whites, or in this case the blues and the whites, are noticeable at night when the ever improving skyline takes a bit of our breath away. But like a desert mirage the vision crumbles when one looks closer. Beneath the veneers are roots of decay, gaping holes caused by mass extractions. She ain't what she used to be, as the saying goes, though in some ways she's better, but in her soul she's limping, she's crying out for help.
… Many see the BPT as unfair to small business and as affecting jobs and employers. The opposition, like City Council 47, insists that the city should not be cutting taxes. Some of those opposed claim that cutting the BPT would be corporate welfare that would funnel the money to Halliburton.
So how did Dick Cheney and Halliburton get drawn into this?
"From people who are lying and trying to mislead the public," Mandel says. "The fact is that in the city, as in everywhere else across the country, the fat cats walk straight in the door at City Hall, as you can see in some of the transcripts in the pay-to play indictments."
http://www.philly1.com/story1022305.html
The Bush Tapes: Hitting the Erase Button
Doug Wead, for once, is speechless. But his career speaks volumes.
NO WONDER THE religious right has seized control of America's political machinery and launched a crusade to go medieval on the rest of the world.
The media are asleep at their typewriters.
Doug Wead's career, most of which has never been studied by the mainstream media—even now, when he's in the bright glare of publicity—perfectly traces the religious right's successful infiltration of the GOP during the past two decades, culminating in the rise to power of religious capitalism.
http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000740.php
Fox's Viewers Are Faked Out Again
Fox News is apparently feeling bold and brash these days because today (February 24, 2005) it didn't even TRY to pretend that Your World w/Neil Cavuto, the "most powerful business show on the planet," is actually a business show. No way Jose. No need to worry about false advertising when the US government is your client and most of the media's trying to be just like you.
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/02/24/foxs_viewers_are_faked_out_again.php
Nader: Bush family profited from Iraq War
By Sebastian Christ and Philipp Heinz
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington, DC, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Ralph Nader, consumer lawyer and former presidential candidate, claimed Thursday that several of President Bush's family members and their political allies profited from insider deals regarding the war in Iraq.
… According to Democracy Rising, Carlyle was 43rd among federal contractors with $676.5 million in contacts in 2002, but one year later it moved to 11th place with $2.1 billion in contracts, "partly from the war on terrorism and partly from Iraq."
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050224-052103-7928r.htm
Whiting Petroleum Announces Record Fourth Quarter Results
Fourth Quarter Net Income Rises to a Record $1.31 Per Share and QuarterlyProduction Hits 17.0 Bcfe, a 79% Increase
Whiting Exits December 2004 Producing a Record 188.0 MMcfe Per Day2004 Net Income Per Share Rises 245% to $3.38 Per Share Annual ProductionRises to 47.0 Bcfe
DENVER, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whiting Petroleum Corporation(NYSE: WLL) today reported net income of $32.6 million, or $1.31 per share(all per share amounts are on both a basic and diluted basis), on totalrevenues of $113.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2004. Thiscompares to a fourth quarter 2003 net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.02 pershare, on total revenues of $42.5 million. Discretionary cash flow for thefourth quarter of 2004 was $71.9 million, up 304% compared to $17.8 millionduring the same period in 2003.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-24-2005/0003073085&EDATE=
DOE cuts fee to Bechtel
This story was published Thursday, February 24th, 2005
By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer
The Department of Energy will withhold $300,000 from the quarterly fee paid to the contractor building the $5.8 billion vitrification plant because of safety problems at the Hanford construction site.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/6206894p-6080945c.html
Activist demands details of Enron revival
MANJIRI MADHAV DAMLE
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PUNE: While there has been talk about re-starting the controversial Enron power project at Dabhol, senior economist Sulabha Brahme who was an active member of the anti-Enron agitation, on Thursday demanded that all details about the proposed revival of the project be made public.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1031080.cms
Family of Suspect in Bush Plot to Sue US
WASHINGTON Feb 24, 2005 — The family of a 23-year-old accused of plotting with al-Qaida to kill President Bush said Thursday they want to pursue a lawsuit accusing the administration of being behind their son's detention and alleged torture in a Saudi prison.
Ahmed Abu Ali "was tortured on orders of the USA; they are monsters," his mother, Faten, said outside a federal courtroom.
The young man's father, Omar, said, "The Saudi government are slaves of the Americans" and the U.S. government is lying when it says his son was under Saudi control for the 20 months before he was flown to the United States and charged.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=528689
No deal on missiles, Canada tells Bush
By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 25/02/2005)
Canada has turned down the Bush administration's pleas to join its missile defence programme, dealing a further damaging blow to relations between the North American neighbours.
Paul Martin, the prime minister, has secretly conveyed the decision to Washington despite a personal request from President George W Bush to think again.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wcanada25.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/25/ixworld.html
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Morning Papers - continued...
Michael Moore Today
Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
By Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A few weeks after his son Ahmed disappeared, Abdullah al-Shayea got a call from an Iraqi official saying the 19-year-old was an intended suicide bomber who barely survived blowing up a fuel tanker in a deadly Christmas Day attack in Baghdad.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1550
February 24th, 2005 9:39 pm
Secret Media Penetrates Saudi Arabia
Associated Press
News of a Saudi militant's death in Iraq spreads quickly at home, according to Mohsen al-Awajy, a lawyer familiar with the thinking of extremists.
"There is a secret media penetrating Saudi society," he said. "They never announce who goes to Iraq, but they immediately announce who dies."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1551
Peace Movement Gears Up for Global Protests on War Anniversary
By Katherine Stapp / Inter Press Service
At Fort Bragg, the largest U.S. army installation in the world and home to the famed 82nd Airborne Division, the mood is not exactly buoyant.
NEW YORK, Feb 24 - ''There are people here who are being deployed for the third time,'' said Lou Plummer, a veteran with a son on active duty. ''At least 50 people from the base have been killed in Iraq.''
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1544
Death of a Responsible Man
By Theo Rigby
http://pixelpress.org/12x12/12feb_page1.html
Sherwood Baker was a father, a husband, a brother, a son, and a moral, loving person. He was not supposed to be fighting a war in Baghdad. Back home, Sherwood’s family sat and watched months of explosions on television. A chill went through the house when reports of dead U.S. soldiers surfaced. They saw talking heads of gray-haired men saying ‘we are deeply sorry’, and an occasional image of a sobbing mother flashed by. The thought of ‘it can’t possibly happen to Sherwood’ persisted. Death was an abstraction.
http://pixelpress.org/12x12/12feb_text.html
Bush and McClellan Hire James Gannon/Guckert for the White House Softball Team!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1547>
Oil Holds Strong Above $51 a Barrel
By Jonathan Leff / Reuters
SINGAPORE - Oil held strong above $51 a barrel on Friday as OPEC appeared increasingly at ease with higher prices, although the United States, the world's biggest consumer, expressed dismay at rising costs.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1553
continued...
Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Saudi Network Supports Iraq Insurgency
By Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A few weeks after his son Ahmed disappeared, Abdullah al-Shayea got a call from an Iraqi official saying the 19-year-old was an intended suicide bomber who barely survived blowing up a fuel tanker in a deadly Christmas Day attack in Baghdad.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1550
February 24th, 2005 9:39 pm
Secret Media Penetrates Saudi Arabia
Associated Press
News of a Saudi militant's death in Iraq spreads quickly at home, according to Mohsen al-Awajy, a lawyer familiar with the thinking of extremists.
"There is a secret media penetrating Saudi society," he said. "They never announce who goes to Iraq, but they immediately announce who dies."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1551
Peace Movement Gears Up for Global Protests on War Anniversary
By Katherine Stapp / Inter Press Service
At Fort Bragg, the largest U.S. army installation in the world and home to the famed 82nd Airborne Division, the mood is not exactly buoyant.
NEW YORK, Feb 24 - ''There are people here who are being deployed for the third time,'' said Lou Plummer, a veteran with a son on active duty. ''At least 50 people from the base have been killed in Iraq.''
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1544
Death of a Responsible Man
By Theo Rigby
http://pixelpress.org/12x12/12feb_page1.html
Sherwood Baker was a father, a husband, a brother, a son, and a moral, loving person. He was not supposed to be fighting a war in Baghdad. Back home, Sherwood’s family sat and watched months of explosions on television. A chill went through the house when reports of dead U.S. soldiers surfaced. They saw talking heads of gray-haired men saying ‘we are deeply sorry’, and an occasional image of a sobbing mother flashed by. The thought of ‘it can’t possibly happen to Sherwood’ persisted. Death was an abstraction.
http://pixelpress.org/12x12/12feb_text.html
Bush and McClellan Hire James Gannon/Guckert for the White House Softball Team!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1547>
Oil Holds Strong Above $51 a Barrel
By Jonathan Leff / Reuters
SINGAPORE - Oil held strong above $51 a barrel on Friday as OPEC appeared increasingly at ease with higher prices, although the United States, the world's biggest consumer, expressed dismay at rising costs.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=1553
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Morning Papers - concluding
The Gulf News
Controversy over Al Abbar's visit to Palestine
Staff Report
Dubai: The visit by a senior Dubai official to the Occupied Territories last weekend to help Palestinians has been attacked in the Arab media because of reports he also met senior Israeli leaders.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153352
Palestinian premier wins deal for new cabinet
Reuters
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei won the agreement of lawmakers for a new cabinet yesterday after a third successive day of crisis over demands for more reformers and fewer Yasser Arafat loyalists.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153464
Appointment of envoy to Israel draws flak
AP
Cairo: Egypt's largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has condemned the country's decision to appoint a new ambassador to Israel.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153340
Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153350
Quake survivors spend night in the cold
Reuters
Zarand: Frightened of aftershocks and shivering from cold, thousands of Iranians spent the night in tents and temporary shelters after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Iran.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153315
Two women pulled alive from rubble
Reuters
Houdkan: Revolutionary Guardsmen pulled two women alive from the rubble in an isolated mountain village yesterday, over 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153316
Four people rescued alive from rubble in Khartoum
Reuters
Khartoum: Four people were pulled alive from the rubble of a hospital building site in the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday, a rescue worker said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153308
Hariri: a visionary for Lebanon
By James J. Zogby
Rafik Hariri was larger than life. He was a political giant and a visionary whose accomplishments reflected both qualities - they were enormous in size and far-reaching in consequence.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153317
Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153350
Soothing Sunnis is a key strategic element in Iraq
By Amir Taheri, Special to Gulf News
As efforts to form a new coalition government gather pace, a new phrase is making the rounds in Baghdad's political circles: yuhada al sunnah, which means "soothing the Sunnis". This refers to Arab Sunnis who, though accounting for 15 per cent of Iraq's total population, dominated Iraq's ruling elite until the fall of Saddam Hussain in April 2003.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153355
concluding...
Controversy over Al Abbar's visit to Palestine
Staff Report
Dubai: The visit by a senior Dubai official to the Occupied Territories last weekend to help Palestinians has been attacked in the Arab media because of reports he also met senior Israeli leaders.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153352
Palestinian premier wins deal for new cabinet
Reuters
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei won the agreement of lawmakers for a new cabinet yesterday after a third successive day of crisis over demands for more reformers and fewer Yasser Arafat loyalists.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153464
Appointment of envoy to Israel draws flak
AP
Cairo: Egypt's largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has condemned the country's decision to appoint a new ambassador to Israel.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153340
Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153350
Quake survivors spend night in the cold
Reuters
Zarand: Frightened of aftershocks and shivering from cold, thousands of Iranians spent the night in tents and temporary shelters after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Iran.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153315
Two women pulled alive from rubble
Reuters
Houdkan: Revolutionary Guardsmen pulled two women alive from the rubble in an isolated mountain village yesterday, over 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153316
Four people rescued alive from rubble in Khartoum
Reuters
Khartoum: Four people were pulled alive from the rubble of a hospital building site in the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday, a rescue worker said.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153308
Hariri: a visionary for Lebanon
By James J. Zogby
Rafik Hariri was larger than life. He was a political giant and a visionary whose accomplishments reflected both qualities - they were enormous in size and far-reaching in consequence.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153317
Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153350
Soothing Sunnis is a key strategic element in Iraq
By Amir Taheri, Special to Gulf News
As efforts to form a new coalition government gather pace, a new phrase is making the rounds in Baghdad's political circles: yuhada al sunnah, which means "soothing the Sunnis". This refers to Arab Sunnis who, though accounting for 15 per cent of Iraq's total population, dominated Iraq's ruling elite until the fall of Saddam Hussain in April 2003.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153355
concluding...
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