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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Illegal & Immoral War. Global Warming. Climate Change. Expansion of the Poor in the USA.
American Denial of ALL kinds !!
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-When-Due"
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History…
Born,
1889, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
1894, Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader
1917, I. M. Pei, architect
1900, Charles Richter, seismologist
1607, A group of English colonists, including Captain John Smith, land at Cape Henry, Virginia, where they will establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
1785, American naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti.
1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va., and killed.
1937, planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War.
1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1968, the United States exploded a one-megaton nuclear device called "Boxcar beneath the Nevada desert."
1970, the Broadway musical "Company" opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York.
1980, following an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to rescue the U.S. Embassy hostages in Iran, the Tehran government announced the captives were being scattered to thwart any future rescue effort.
1983, The Dow Jones Industrial average breaks the 1,200 mark for the first time.
In 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire killed at least 31 people and sent radioactivity into the atmosphere.
This is Chornobyl.
http://www.cochems.com/chornobyl/
In 1994, voting began in South Africa's first all-race elections.
In 1994, a Taiwanese jetliner crashed in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people.
The Los Angeles Times
Doctor's Marathon Shifts in Question
King/Drew radiologist claimed pay for working around the clock for weeks at a time.
By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center paid more than $1.3 million over the last year for the services of a radiologist who said he worked an average of 20 hours a day, seven days a week, during one recent six-month stretch, records show.
Los Angeles County health officials said Monday that they have launched an investigation into the marathon work hours of Dr. Harold A. Tate, who was employed under a contract at the hospital. The county has paid Reliable Health Care Services Inc., a temporary agency that supplies healthcare workers to hospitals, up to $225 per hour for Tate's services.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew26apr26,0,7640170.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Faith 'War' Rages in U.S., Judge Says
A Bush nominee central to the Senate's judicial controversy criticizes secular humanists.
By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Just days after a bitterly divided Senate committee voted along party lines to approve her nomination as a federal appellate court judge, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown told an audience Sunday that people of faith were embroiled in a "war" against secular humanists who threatened to divorce America from its religious roots, according to a newspaper account of the speech.
Brown's remarks come as a partisan battle over judges has evolved into a national debate over the proper mix of God and government and as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) ponders changing the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from using procedural moves to block confirmation of conservative jurists such as Brown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-brown26apr26,0,6225135.story?coll=la-home-headlines
THIS GI should be put to death. But. The perpetrators of the deaths at Abu Gharib walk away with a slap on the wrist. It would seem as though a GI's life with worth more than an Iraqi's life. Keeping ORDER and OBEDIENCE in the ranks is paramount to victory of the occupation, evidently !
Soldiers Detail Trauma of GI's Attack on Base
Officers tell of physical and emotional pain left after Sgt. Hasan Akbar killed two comrades.
By Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writer
FT. BRAGG, N.C. — Military prosecutors argued Monday that the Army sergeant convicted last week of murdering two of his officers in Kuwait should be put to death. They bolstered their argument with the testimony of 15 officers who described the loss of the two men and the attack's lingering physical and emotional wounds.
Testifying in the penalty phase of the trial of Sgt. Hasan Akbar, the officers said they feared loud noises, could not sleep, and compulsively locked and unlocked doors. Some who had planned Army careers said they were seeking to leave the military. Several cried on the witness stand.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-akbar26apr26,1,1031589.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Justices to Decide if Social Security Can Be Seized
A Washington state man with $80,000 in unpaid student loans seeks to shield his benefits.
By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In the latest installment of the baby boomers-reach-retirement-age saga, the Supreme Court said Monday that it would decide whether the government could seize Social Security benefits from individuals who failed to repay decades-old student loans.
At issue is $3.6 billion in student loans that have gone unpaid for more than 10 years.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-debts26apr26,1,2796477.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Fugitive Money Manager Is Arrested in Arizona
The Los Angeles man is accused of defrauding investors in Korean community of millions.
By E. Scott Reckard, Times Staff Writer
Fugitive Los Angeles money manager Won Charlie Yi, accused of bilking millions of dollars from fellow Korean Americans, was in federal custody Monday after his car was stopped for speeding on an Arizona highway, authorities said.
Yi, a passenger in the silver BMW 745, was armed and carrying passports in other people's names at the time of his April 10 arrest, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ponzi26apr26,0,294305.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Huffington to Launch Celebrity 'Blog'
The commentator has invited 300 friends and associates to post their opinions on a website.
By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Author, newspaper columnist, radio commentator, television fixture and onetime California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington has never shrunk from new platforms for her opinions.
Now she's on the verge of upping her exposure with another venture — and inviting 300 of her big-name friends and associates along for the party.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arianna26apr26,0,3539241.story?coll=la-home-nation
Al Jazeera
U.S. clears soldiers who murdered Italian agent in Iraq
4/26/2005 11:00:00 AM GMT
U.S. investigators have cleared American soldiers who shot dead an Italian agent while trying to secure the release of the abducted Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, saying they did nothing wrong and thus won’t be disciplined, an Army official said on Monday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7985
Syria completes troop withdrawal from Lebanon
4/26/2005 9:50:00 AM GMT
Syrian troops held farewell ceremony to mark the completion of their withdrawal from Lebanon.
About two hundred Syrian troops gathered at a Lebanese army airbase in the eastern town of Rayaq for the farewell parade, shouting slogans in support of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
The last Syrian soldiers will leave the country after the ceremony.
The completion of the Syrian withdrawal comes as the UN chief Kofi Annan prepares to deliver his report on Damascus’ compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1559 which demands the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8157
Putin starts first Middle East tour
4/26/2005 9:30:00 AM GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a four day tour to the Middle East on Tuesday, becoming the first Russian leader to visit the region in 40 years.
Putin is due to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday evening, where he is expected to discuss the Middle East peace process with President Hosni Mubarak.
Both leaders are also expected to discuss Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, as well proposals to reform the United Nations Security Council, the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported.
Mubarak has twice visited Russia in recent years, including in May last year.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8158
Sudanese opposition threaten constitution boycott
4/25/2005 6:00:00 PM GMT
Sudan’s largest opposition party led a move yesterday to boycott the constitution-drafting process due to seal a peace deal between Khartoum and the SPLA.
The Umma party of former Prime Minister Saddiq al-Mahdi and 10 other opposition groups issued a joint statement charging that the makeup of a committee tasked with drafting the interim constitution was not representative of the country’s political landscape.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7981
Another Guantanamo prison on Australian island
4/26/2005 8:00:00 AM GMT
There are growing concerns that Australia is planning to build a Guantanamo-like prison on Christmas Island, Australian news sources reported today.
The source said that the island, located in the Indian Ocean 2600 km north-west of Perth, Western Australia, is expected to be another “Guantanamo Bay” if a change in Australian Commonwealth immigration policy takes place.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8007
Gaza city facing environmental disaster
4/25/2005 12:50:00 PM GMT
The Palestinian union of local boards has warned of an environmental catastrophe in Gaza with the continuing dumping of large amounts of waste materials in the city as a result of the continuing Israeli occupation policy of closing all roads leading from the city to the main garbage dump.
The union issued a report which detailed how the Gaza municipality lost $6 million due to Israeli troops not allowing the municipality's vehicles from dumping the waste materials in the allocated site to the east of the city.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7978
The New York Times
I THOUGHT we were supposed to be moving AWAY from dependence on foreign oil? Not that Prince Abdullah could be anything but a friend, but, Bush made promises. It would seem as though for his lack of commitment to finding alternative fuels in his and Cheney's Energy Policy, "Promise Keeping" seems to elude this administration.
Bush and Saudi Prince Discuss High Oil Prices in Ranch Meeting
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: April 26, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., April 25 - President Bush discussed the surge in oil prices with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Monday, but focused on a plan by the Saudis to increase their oil-pumping capacity over the next decade rather than on any short-term efforts to bring prices down.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/middleeast/26prexy.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=707584f1f0905a2e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security
By ROBIN TONER and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
Published: April 26, 2005
ASHINGTON, April 25 - After months of political maneuvering, presidential campaigning, advertising and ultimatums, the 20-member Senate Finance Committee plans to start grappling this week with overhauling the Social Security system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/politics/26finance.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=518fcc309012292d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Syria Ends Military Presence in Lebanon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 26, 2005
Filed at 7:01 a.m. ET
MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) -- Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended Tuesday when Syrian soldiers flashing victory signs crossed back over the border, completing a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and massive Lebanese street protests.
At a farewell ceremony near their shared border, a Syrian commander told Lebanese troops: ''Brothers in arms, so long.'' The soldiers responded, ''So long.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Lebanon-Syria.html?hp
Protest in a Urals Region Seeks the Ouster of a Putin Ally
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: April 26, 2005
UFA, Russia - Here on the southwestern edge of the Urals, a popular uprising against a regional government is posing one of the most significant challenges yet to President Vladimir V. Putin's political control, raising the possibility that civic protest may be spreading into Russia from its periphery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/europe/26russia.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=12b6e6ecd28e2f1e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The Jerusalem Post
Ceremony ends 29 years of Syrian presence in Lebanon
RAYAK, Lebanon
Surrendering to international and Lebanese popular demands, Syria ended its 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor on Tuesday with a farewell ceremony near their shared border.
The ceremony opened with Lebanese and Syrian military commanders placing a wreath of flowers at a cornerstone they laid for a monument to commemorate the Syrian military presence in Lebanon. As military honors were read out, troops punctuated the ceremony with chants supportive of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963037
Lebanon's PM-designate forms a cabinet
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati announced Tuesday he had formed a Cabinet, ending more than six weeks of delay in trying to set up a government for Lebanon.
"This is a no-grudge government and the beginning of making the future," Mikati told reporters after talks with President Emile Lahoud and parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113877271500
Soldier killed was Tsiki Eyal, 23
The reservist killed late Monday night when a Palestinian taxi crashed through a checkpoint located on the trans-Judean highway on the Halhoul Bridge north of Hebron was Staff Sergeant (Res.) Tsiki Eyal, 23, of Masgeret Batya in the Rehovot area, the IDF released on Tuesday.
Eyal's family were informed of his death on Tuesday. In the past Eyal served the Armored Corps. Details of his funeral have yet to be released.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114395824893
Settlers say they're not being bribed
David Montenegro, one of the leaders of the settlement of Kadim in the northern West Bank, which is slated for evacuation during the disengagement, denied a Ma'ariv report on Tuesday morning that Kadim and Ganim residents would receive $30,000 to leave before disengagement begins.
"It is based on total lies. There is not a shred of truth to this story. There are not even negotiations with the prime minister's office to leave early," he told The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963032
continued...
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History…
Born,
1889, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
1894, Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader
1917, I. M. Pei, architect
1900, Charles Richter, seismologist
1607, A group of English colonists, including Captain John Smith, land at Cape Henry, Virginia, where they will establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
1785, American naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti.
1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va., and killed.
1937, planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War.
1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
1968, the United States exploded a one-megaton nuclear device called "Boxcar beneath the Nevada desert."
1970, the Broadway musical "Company" opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York.
1980, following an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to rescue the U.S. Embassy hostages in Iran, the Tehran government announced the captives were being scattered to thwart any future rescue effort.
1983, The Dow Jones Industrial average breaks the 1,200 mark for the first time.
In 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire killed at least 31 people and sent radioactivity into the atmosphere.
This is Chornobyl.
http://www.cochems.com/chornobyl/
In 1994, voting began in South Africa's first all-race elections.
In 1994, a Taiwanese jetliner crashed in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people.
The Los Angeles Times
Doctor's Marathon Shifts in Question
King/Drew radiologist claimed pay for working around the clock for weeks at a time.
By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center paid more than $1.3 million over the last year for the services of a radiologist who said he worked an average of 20 hours a day, seven days a week, during one recent six-month stretch, records show.
Los Angeles County health officials said Monday that they have launched an investigation into the marathon work hours of Dr. Harold A. Tate, who was employed under a contract at the hospital. The county has paid Reliable Health Care Services Inc., a temporary agency that supplies healthcare workers to hospitals, up to $225 per hour for Tate's services.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kingdrew26apr26,0,7640170.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Faith 'War' Rages in U.S., Judge Says
A Bush nominee central to the Senate's judicial controversy criticizes secular humanists.
By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Just days after a bitterly divided Senate committee voted along party lines to approve her nomination as a federal appellate court judge, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown told an audience Sunday that people of faith were embroiled in a "war" against secular humanists who threatened to divorce America from its religious roots, according to a newspaper account of the speech.
Brown's remarks come as a partisan battle over judges has evolved into a national debate over the proper mix of God and government and as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) ponders changing the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from using procedural moves to block confirmation of conservative jurists such as Brown.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-brown26apr26,0,6225135.story?coll=la-home-headlines
THIS GI should be put to death. But. The perpetrators of the deaths at Abu Gharib walk away with a slap on the wrist. It would seem as though a GI's life with worth more than an Iraqi's life. Keeping ORDER and OBEDIENCE in the ranks is paramount to victory of the occupation, evidently !
Soldiers Detail Trauma of GI's Attack on Base
Officers tell of physical and emotional pain left after Sgt. Hasan Akbar killed two comrades.
By Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writer
FT. BRAGG, N.C. — Military prosecutors argued Monday that the Army sergeant convicted last week of murdering two of his officers in Kuwait should be put to death. They bolstered their argument with the testimony of 15 officers who described the loss of the two men and the attack's lingering physical and emotional wounds.
Testifying in the penalty phase of the trial of Sgt. Hasan Akbar, the officers said they feared loud noises, could not sleep, and compulsively locked and unlocked doors. Some who had planned Army careers said they were seeking to leave the military. Several cried on the witness stand.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-akbar26apr26,1,1031589.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Justices to Decide if Social Security Can Be Seized
A Washington state man with $80,000 in unpaid student loans seeks to shield his benefits.
By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In the latest installment of the baby boomers-reach-retirement-age saga, the Supreme Court said Monday that it would decide whether the government could seize Social Security benefits from individuals who failed to repay decades-old student loans.
At issue is $3.6 billion in student loans that have gone unpaid for more than 10 years.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-debts26apr26,1,2796477.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Fugitive Money Manager Is Arrested in Arizona
The Los Angeles man is accused of defrauding investors in Korean community of millions.
By E. Scott Reckard, Times Staff Writer
Fugitive Los Angeles money manager Won Charlie Yi, accused of bilking millions of dollars from fellow Korean Americans, was in federal custody Monday after his car was stopped for speeding on an Arizona highway, authorities said.
Yi, a passenger in the silver BMW 745, was armed and carrying passports in other people's names at the time of his April 10 arrest, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ponzi26apr26,0,294305.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Huffington to Launch Celebrity 'Blog'
The commentator has invited 300 friends and associates to post their opinions on a website.
By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Author, newspaper columnist, radio commentator, television fixture and onetime California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington has never shrunk from new platforms for her opinions.
Now she's on the verge of upping her exposure with another venture — and inviting 300 of her big-name friends and associates along for the party.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arianna26apr26,0,3539241.story?coll=la-home-nation
Al Jazeera
U.S. clears soldiers who murdered Italian agent in Iraq
4/26/2005 11:00:00 AM GMT
U.S. investigators have cleared American soldiers who shot dead an Italian agent while trying to secure the release of the abducted Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, saying they did nothing wrong and thus won’t be disciplined, an Army official said on Monday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7985
Syria completes troop withdrawal from Lebanon
4/26/2005 9:50:00 AM GMT
Syrian troops held farewell ceremony to mark the completion of their withdrawal from Lebanon.
About two hundred Syrian troops gathered at a Lebanese army airbase in the eastern town of Rayaq for the farewell parade, shouting slogans in support of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
The last Syrian soldiers will leave the country after the ceremony.
The completion of the Syrian withdrawal comes as the UN chief Kofi Annan prepares to deliver his report on Damascus’ compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1559 which demands the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8157
Putin starts first Middle East tour
4/26/2005 9:30:00 AM GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a four day tour to the Middle East on Tuesday, becoming the first Russian leader to visit the region in 40 years.
Putin is due to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday evening, where he is expected to discuss the Middle East peace process with President Hosni Mubarak.
Both leaders are also expected to discuss Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, as well proposals to reform the United Nations Security Council, the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported.
Mubarak has twice visited Russia in recent years, including in May last year.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8158
Sudanese opposition threaten constitution boycott
4/25/2005 6:00:00 PM GMT
Sudan’s largest opposition party led a move yesterday to boycott the constitution-drafting process due to seal a peace deal between Khartoum and the SPLA.
The Umma party of former Prime Minister Saddiq al-Mahdi and 10 other opposition groups issued a joint statement charging that the makeup of a committee tasked with drafting the interim constitution was not representative of the country’s political landscape.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7981
Another Guantanamo prison on Australian island
4/26/2005 8:00:00 AM GMT
There are growing concerns that Australia is planning to build a Guantanamo-like prison on Christmas Island, Australian news sources reported today.
The source said that the island, located in the Indian Ocean 2600 km north-west of Perth, Western Australia, is expected to be another “Guantanamo Bay” if a change in Australian Commonwealth immigration policy takes place.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8007
Gaza city facing environmental disaster
4/25/2005 12:50:00 PM GMT
The Palestinian union of local boards has warned of an environmental catastrophe in Gaza with the continuing dumping of large amounts of waste materials in the city as a result of the continuing Israeli occupation policy of closing all roads leading from the city to the main garbage dump.
The union issued a report which detailed how the Gaza municipality lost $6 million due to Israeli troops not allowing the municipality's vehicles from dumping the waste materials in the allocated site to the east of the city.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7978
The New York Times
I THOUGHT we were supposed to be moving AWAY from dependence on foreign oil? Not that Prince Abdullah could be anything but a friend, but, Bush made promises. It would seem as though for his lack of commitment to finding alternative fuels in his and Cheney's Energy Policy, "Promise Keeping" seems to elude this administration.
Bush and Saudi Prince Discuss High Oil Prices in Ranch Meeting
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: April 26, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., April 25 - President Bush discussed the surge in oil prices with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Monday, but focused on a plan by the Saudis to increase their oil-pumping capacity over the next decade rather than on any short-term efforts to bring prices down.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/middleeast/26prexy.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=707584f1f0905a2e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security
By ROBIN TONER and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
Published: April 26, 2005
ASHINGTON, April 25 - After months of political maneuvering, presidential campaigning, advertising and ultimatums, the 20-member Senate Finance Committee plans to start grappling this week with overhauling the Social Security system.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/politics/26finance.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=518fcc309012292d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Syria Ends Military Presence in Lebanon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 26, 2005
Filed at 7:01 a.m. ET
MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) -- Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended Tuesday when Syrian soldiers flashing victory signs crossed back over the border, completing a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and massive Lebanese street protests.
At a farewell ceremony near their shared border, a Syrian commander told Lebanese troops: ''Brothers in arms, so long.'' The soldiers responded, ''So long.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Lebanon-Syria.html?hp
Protest in a Urals Region Seeks the Ouster of a Putin Ally
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: April 26, 2005
UFA, Russia - Here on the southwestern edge of the Urals, a popular uprising against a regional government is posing one of the most significant challenges yet to President Vladimir V. Putin's political control, raising the possibility that civic protest may be spreading into Russia from its periphery.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/international/europe/26russia.html?hp&ex=1114574400&en=12b6e6ecd28e2f1e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The Jerusalem Post
Ceremony ends 29 years of Syrian presence in Lebanon
RAYAK, Lebanon
Surrendering to international and Lebanese popular demands, Syria ended its 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor on Tuesday with a farewell ceremony near their shared border.
The ceremony opened with Lebanese and Syrian military commanders placing a wreath of flowers at a cornerstone they laid for a monument to commemorate the Syrian military presence in Lebanon. As military honors were read out, troops punctuated the ceremony with chants supportive of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963037
Lebanon's PM-designate forms a cabinet
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati announced Tuesday he had formed a Cabinet, ending more than six weeks of delay in trying to set up a government for Lebanon.
"This is a no-grudge government and the beginning of making the future," Mikati told reporters after talks with President Emile Lahoud and parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113877271500
Soldier killed was Tsiki Eyal, 23
The reservist killed late Monday night when a Palestinian taxi crashed through a checkpoint located on the trans-Judean highway on the Halhoul Bridge north of Hebron was Staff Sergeant (Res.) Tsiki Eyal, 23, of Masgeret Batya in the Rehovot area, the IDF released on Tuesday.
Eyal's family were informed of his death on Tuesday. In the past Eyal served the Armored Corps. Details of his funeral have yet to be released.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114395824893
Settlers say they're not being bribed
David Montenegro, one of the leaders of the settlement of Kadim in the northern West Bank, which is slated for evacuation during the disengagement, denied a Ma'ariv report on Tuesday morning that Kadim and Ganim residents would receive $30,000 to leave before disengagement begins.
"It is based on total lies. There is not a shred of truth to this story. There are not even negotiations with the prime minister's office to leave early," he told The Jerusalem Post.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1114481963032
continued...
Morning Papers - continued...
The Boston Globe
Pair digs up buried hoard in Methuen
By David Abel, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
It's everyone's fantasy, a dream we always wake up from, tormented that the images of our sleep are just illusions.
That is, finding buried treasure.
One morning three weeks ago, such a fairy tale suddenly came true for Barry Villcliff and Tim Crebase, two friends trying to dig up a small tree in Crebase's yard in Methuen, they said.
Using a spade to get at the roots, Crebase heard a thud, and about a foot down, he saw he had hit a piece of wood. The 23-year-old roofer then realized the wood was part a 2-foot-wide box.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/pair_digs_up_buried_hoard_in_methuen/
Afghan charged in $50m heroin smuggling
US case alleges ties to Taliban
By Tatsha Robertson, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
NEW YORK -- An Afghan the United States lists as one of the most-wanted drug kingpins in the world and alleges has close ties to the Taliban has been arrested and indicted on charges of conspiring to smuggle millions of dollars of heroin into the United States, federal investigators announced yesterday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/26/afghan_charged_in_50m_heroin_smuggling/
Unready for combat
After deaths of 13 trained for support roles in Iraq, others say they lack the skills to protect themselves
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
WASHINGTON -- When Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its assignment, they recalled, they were stunned: They would be protecting supply convoys traveling along Iraq's violent roadways.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/26/unready_for_combat/
Some fear law would create national ID card
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Congress is poised to pass a law that would make sweeping changes to the nation's system for issuing driver's licenses by imposing stringent requirements on states to verify the authenticity of birth certificates, Social Security cards, legal residency visas, and bank and utility records used to obtain a license.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/04/26/some_fear_law_would_crate_national_id_card/
In Haiti, hope for democracy, future wanes
Poverty and violence still plague nation
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- If there was any hope among Haitians that the departure of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide would lead to a better life, it has largely vanished during a year marked by violence, unrelenting extreme poverty, and crumbling health and educational services.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/04/26/in_haiti_hope_for_democracy_future_wanes/
Man who used billboards to get liver dies
April 26, 2005
HOUSTON -- A man who got a new liver by advertising on billboards has died eight months after a transplant.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/man_who_used_billboards_to_get_liver_dies/
Violence in the USA is escalating. Hopelessness, religious passion leading to and justifying crime.
Teacher, husband dead in apparent murder-suicide
By Associated Press April 26, 2005
WOBURN -- Two people are dead in what Woburn police are calling an apparent murder-suicide
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/two_dead_in_apparent_murder_suicide/
Bodies of two toddlers found in Ga. pond
By Errin Haines, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
WARRENTON, Ga. -- For two days, dozens of law enforcement officers combed the east Georgia woods searching for two toddlers who disappeared from their lakeside house. In the end, Jonah Payne, 3, and his 2-year-old sister, Nicole, were found a few hundred yards away -- in a sanitation pond that was in the area of the initial search in rural Warren County.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/bodies_of_two_toddlers_found_in_ga_pond_1114516842/
Man, woman found shot dead in a Woburn apartment complex
April 26, 2005
WOBURN, Mass. -- Police called to the Hillcrest Arms complex in Woburn found the bodies of a man and woman in one of the apartments, an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/man_woman_found_shot_dead_in_a_woburn_apartment_complex/
NYC fire kills 3 boys from same family
By Sam Dolnick, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
NEW YORK -- Two teenage brothers and their 7-year-old nephew were killed in an apartment fire that authorities believe may have been sparked by a stove left on for three days -- a custom observed during Passover in some Orthodox Jewish communities.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/nyc_fire_kills_3_boys_from_same_family/
India Court Finds Seven Guilty in U.S Center Attack
April 26, 2005
CALCUTTA, India (Reuters) - An Indian court convicted seven men Tuesday for killing five policemen who were guarding U.S. government offices in the eastern city of Calcutta more than three years ago, an official said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/04/26/india_court_finds_seven_guilty_in_us_center_attack/
Texas House OKs amendment on gay marriage
By Brandi Grissom, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- House members who approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage got a cool reception from one constituent -- 10-year-old Kimberly Norman.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/texas_house_oks_amendment_on_gay_marriage/
Accused terror leader denies bin Laden tie
By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
MADRID, Spain -- Al-Qaida's suspected leader in Spain denied that he was a follower of Osama bin Laden in a second day of testimony Tuesday at his trial on charges he helped organize the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/26/accused_terror_leader_denies_bin_laden_tie/
EU Pledges to Protect Rights in Anti-Terror Fight
By Marie-Louise Moller April 26, 2005
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will put protecting human rights at the heart of its fight against terrorism, the EU's top justice official pledged on Tuesday as watchdogs highlighted abuses inside the 25-nation bloc.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/26/eu_pledges_to_protect_rights_in_anti_terror_fight/
Michael Moore Today
(I don't know who designed this website or maintains it but there is never a problem with it and it downloads easily with dial-up. Great webpage Mike !)
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Four marines were killed in this Humvee with jury-rigged armor when it was struck by a car bomb in Ramadi last May.
Bloodied Marines Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men;
Bloodied Marines Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men
By Michael Moss / New York Times
On May 29, 2004, a station wagon that Iraqi insurgents had packed with C-4 explosives blew up on a highway in Ramadi, killing four American marines who died for lack of a few inches of steel.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2371
"We complained about it every day, to anybody we could. They told us they were listening, but we didn't see it."
Saga of Echo Company
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/04/25/international/20050425_MARINES_FEATURE.html
Terrified US soldiers are still killing civilians with impunity, while the dead go uncounted
By Patrick Cockburn / The Independent
An American patrol roared past us with the soldiers gesturing furiously with their guns for traffic to keep back on an overpass in central Baghdad. A black car with three young men in it did not stop in time and a soldier fired several shots from his machine gun into its engine.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2375
Ethics Rules on Travel for House Members
New York Times
Following are excerpts from the House of Representatives' ethics rules on travel:
A member, officer or employee may accept necessary expenses from a private source for travel in connection with official duties - including, for example, to give a speech or engage in fact-finding - subject to the following restrictions.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2378
In Show of Support, Bush to Give DeLay AF1 Flight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a show of support, President Bush will give embattled House of Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay an Air Force One ride to Washington from Texas on Tuesday, a White House spokesman said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2379
Dispatch: One Man's Lone Stand
There is a man in Albuquerque who stands every day for a better America.
By Stewart Nusbaumer
This is the second in a three-part series of dispatches from New Mexico. The first dispatch: Is The House of Bush Collapsing?
Albuquerque, New Mexico -- I would see him every afternoon standing by the road near the entrance to the University of New Mexico. He would be holding a sign, the number would change almost daily, but the words remained the same. Today the sign reads: 1,737 How Many’s Too Many? There is another sign, this one resting on the sidewalk and taped to a light pole: Honk For Peace. I did, every time that I passed. Today, however, I decided to stop.
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1060
Hybrid car sales double.
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
The Associated Press
DETROIT Apr 25, 2005 — Hybrid vehicle sales nearly doubled in the United States last year as gas prices soared and a wider variety of models attracted consumers.
New hybrid vehicle registrations totaled 83,153 in 2004, an 81 percent increase over the year before, according to data released Monday by R.L. Polk & Co., which collects and interprets automotive data.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=699701&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Bolton's British Problem; Fresh complaints of bullying dog an embattled nominee.
By Michael Hirsh / Newsweek
May 2 issue - Colin Powell plainly didn't like what he was hearing. At a meeting in London in November 2003, his counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, was complaining to Powell about John Bolton, according to a former Bush administration official who was there. Straw told the then Secretary of State that Bolton, Powell's under secretary for arms control, was making it impossible to reach allied agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Powell turned to an aide and said, "Get a different view on [the Iranian problem]. Bolton is being too tough."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2376
Records: Writer at White House 196 Times
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A conservative writer who quit his job covering President Bush amid criticism for his pointedly political questions visited the White House 196 times in two years, the Secret Service has disclosed.
James D. Guckert, who wrote under the name Jeff Gannon, was Washington bureau chief for Talon News, a conservative online news outlet associated with another Web site, GOPUSA. Guckert posed questions with conservative overtones, attracting scrutiny from liberal bloggers who linked Guckert with online domain addresses suggestive of gay pornography. Guckert resigned in February.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2381
Do Something
http://www.michaelmoore.com/takeaction/dosomething.php
Any Kerry Supporters On The Line?
The Bush Administration punishes some Democrat backers
By Viveca Novak and John Dickerson / Time
The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meets three times a year in various cities across the Americas to discuss such dry but important issues as telecommunications standards and spectrum regulations. But for this week's meeting in Guatemala City, politics has barged onto the agenda. At least four of the two dozen or so U.S. delegates selected for the meeting, sources tell TIME, have been bumped by the White House because they supported John Kerry's 2004 campaign.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2367
Reports: Italy, U.S. Differ on Agent Death
By Frances D'Emilio / Associated Press
ROME -- Italy and the United States disagree over the findings of an investigation into the accidental shooting death by U.S. soldiers of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad, news reports said Monday.
One report said Italians on the panel were refusing to sign off on the U.S. conclusions.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2373
Democrats Hit Bush on Gas Prices, Energy Plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush should not be forced to ask for favors from Saudi Arabia to help lower near-record prices at American gas pumps, a senior Democratic congressman said on Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts blamed the Bush administration's "failed energy policy" for the high cost of oil and called for a plan that focused on renewable technologies, energy efficiency and conservation rather than an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the United States.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2349
Dems: Energy Bill Would Raise Gas Prices
By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The energy bill that passed the House on Thursday will raise gasoline prices and subsidize oil companies but fail to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Saturday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2350
continued...
Pair digs up buried hoard in Methuen
By David Abel, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
It's everyone's fantasy, a dream we always wake up from, tormented that the images of our sleep are just illusions.
That is, finding buried treasure.
One morning three weeks ago, such a fairy tale suddenly came true for Barry Villcliff and Tim Crebase, two friends trying to dig up a small tree in Crebase's yard in Methuen, they said.
Using a spade to get at the roots, Crebase heard a thud, and about a foot down, he saw he had hit a piece of wood. The 23-year-old roofer then realized the wood was part a 2-foot-wide box.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/pair_digs_up_buried_hoard_in_methuen/
Afghan charged in $50m heroin smuggling
US case alleges ties to Taliban
By Tatsha Robertson, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
NEW YORK -- An Afghan the United States lists as one of the most-wanted drug kingpins in the world and alleges has close ties to the Taliban has been arrested and indicted on charges of conspiring to smuggle millions of dollars of heroin into the United States, federal investigators announced yesterday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/26/afghan_charged_in_50m_heroin_smuggling/
Unready for combat
After deaths of 13 trained for support roles in Iraq, others say they lack the skills to protect themselves
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
WASHINGTON -- When Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its assignment, they recalled, they were stunned: They would be protecting supply convoys traveling along Iraq's violent roadways.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/04/26/unready_for_combat/
Some fear law would create national ID card
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Congress is poised to pass a law that would make sweeping changes to the nation's system for issuing driver's licenses by imposing stringent requirements on states to verify the authenticity of birth certificates, Social Security cards, legal residency visas, and bank and utility records used to obtain a license.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/04/26/some_fear_law_would_crate_national_id_card/
In Haiti, hope for democracy, future wanes
Poverty and violence still plague nation
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff April 26, 2005
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- If there was any hope among Haitians that the departure of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide would lead to a better life, it has largely vanished during a year marked by violence, unrelenting extreme poverty, and crumbling health and educational services.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/04/26/in_haiti_hope_for_democracy_future_wanes/
Man who used billboards to get liver dies
April 26, 2005
HOUSTON -- A man who got a new liver by advertising on billboards has died eight months after a transplant.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/man_who_used_billboards_to_get_liver_dies/
Violence in the USA is escalating. Hopelessness, religious passion leading to and justifying crime.
Teacher, husband dead in apparent murder-suicide
By Associated Press April 26, 2005
WOBURN -- Two people are dead in what Woburn police are calling an apparent murder-suicide
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/two_dead_in_apparent_murder_suicide/
Bodies of two toddlers found in Ga. pond
By Errin Haines, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
WARRENTON, Ga. -- For two days, dozens of law enforcement officers combed the east Georgia woods searching for two toddlers who disappeared from their lakeside house. In the end, Jonah Payne, 3, and his 2-year-old sister, Nicole, were found a few hundred yards away -- in a sanitation pond that was in the area of the initial search in rural Warren County.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/bodies_of_two_toddlers_found_in_ga_pond_1114516842/
Man, woman found shot dead in a Woburn apartment complex
April 26, 2005
WOBURN, Mass. -- Police called to the Hillcrest Arms complex in Woburn found the bodies of a man and woman in one of the apartments, an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/26/man_woman_found_shot_dead_in_a_woburn_apartment_complex/
NYC fire kills 3 boys from same family
By Sam Dolnick, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
NEW YORK -- Two teenage brothers and their 7-year-old nephew were killed in an apartment fire that authorities believe may have been sparked by a stove left on for three days -- a custom observed during Passover in some Orthodox Jewish communities.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/nyc_fire_kills_3_boys_from_same_family/
India Court Finds Seven Guilty in U.S Center Attack
April 26, 2005
CALCUTTA, India (Reuters) - An Indian court convicted seven men Tuesday for killing five policemen who were guarding U.S. government offices in the eastern city of Calcutta more than three years ago, an official said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/04/26/india_court_finds_seven_guilty_in_us_center_attack/
Texas House OKs amendment on gay marriage
By Brandi Grissom, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- House members who approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage got a cool reception from one constituent -- 10-year-old Kimberly Norman.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/26/texas_house_oks_amendment_on_gay_marriage/
Accused terror leader denies bin Laden tie
By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer April 26, 2005
MADRID, Spain -- Al-Qaida's suspected leader in Spain denied that he was a follower of Osama bin Laden in a second day of testimony Tuesday at his trial on charges he helped organize the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/26/accused_terror_leader_denies_bin_laden_tie/
EU Pledges to Protect Rights in Anti-Terror Fight
By Marie-Louise Moller April 26, 2005
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will put protecting human rights at the heart of its fight against terrorism, the EU's top justice official pledged on Tuesday as watchdogs highlighted abuses inside the 25-nation bloc.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/26/eu_pledges_to_protect_rights_in_anti_terror_fight/
Michael Moore Today
(I don't know who designed this website or maintains it but there is never a problem with it and it downloads easily with dial-up. Great webpage Mike !)
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Four marines were killed in this Humvee with jury-rigged armor when it was struck by a car bomb in Ramadi last May.
Bloodied Marines Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men;
Bloodied Marines Sound Off About Want of Armor and Men
By Michael Moss / New York Times
On May 29, 2004, a station wagon that Iraqi insurgents had packed with C-4 explosives blew up on a highway in Ramadi, killing four American marines who died for lack of a few inches of steel.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2371
"We complained about it every day, to anybody we could. They told us they were listening, but we didn't see it."
Saga of Echo Company
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/04/25/international/20050425_MARINES_FEATURE.html
Terrified US soldiers are still killing civilians with impunity, while the dead go uncounted
By Patrick Cockburn / The Independent
An American patrol roared past us with the soldiers gesturing furiously with their guns for traffic to keep back on an overpass in central Baghdad. A black car with three young men in it did not stop in time and a soldier fired several shots from his machine gun into its engine.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2375
Ethics Rules on Travel for House Members
New York Times
Following are excerpts from the House of Representatives' ethics rules on travel:
A member, officer or employee may accept necessary expenses from a private source for travel in connection with official duties - including, for example, to give a speech or engage in fact-finding - subject to the following restrictions.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2378
In Show of Support, Bush to Give DeLay AF1 Flight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a show of support, President Bush will give embattled House of Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay an Air Force One ride to Washington from Texas on Tuesday, a White House spokesman said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2379
Dispatch: One Man's Lone Stand
There is a man in Albuquerque who stands every day for a better America.
By Stewart Nusbaumer
This is the second in a three-part series of dispatches from New Mexico. The first dispatch: Is The House of Bush Collapsing?
Albuquerque, New Mexico -- I would see him every afternoon standing by the road near the entrance to the University of New Mexico. He would be holding a sign, the number would change almost daily, but the words remained the same. Today the sign reads: 1,737 How Many’s Too Many? There is another sign, this one resting on the sidewalk and taped to a light pole: Honk For Peace. I did, every time that I passed. Today, however, I decided to stop.
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1060
Hybrid car sales double.
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
The Associated Press
DETROIT Apr 25, 2005 — Hybrid vehicle sales nearly doubled in the United States last year as gas prices soared and a wider variety of models attracted consumers.
New hybrid vehicle registrations totaled 83,153 in 2004, an 81 percent increase over the year before, according to data released Monday by R.L. Polk & Co., which collects and interprets automotive data.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=699701&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Bolton's British Problem; Fresh complaints of bullying dog an embattled nominee.
By Michael Hirsh / Newsweek
May 2 issue - Colin Powell plainly didn't like what he was hearing. At a meeting in London in November 2003, his counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, was complaining to Powell about John Bolton, according to a former Bush administration official who was there. Straw told the then Secretary of State that Bolton, Powell's under secretary for arms control, was making it impossible to reach allied agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Powell turned to an aide and said, "Get a different view on [the Iranian problem]. Bolton is being too tough."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2376
Records: Writer at White House 196 Times
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A conservative writer who quit his job covering President Bush amid criticism for his pointedly political questions visited the White House 196 times in two years, the Secret Service has disclosed.
James D. Guckert, who wrote under the name Jeff Gannon, was Washington bureau chief for Talon News, a conservative online news outlet associated with another Web site, GOPUSA. Guckert posed questions with conservative overtones, attracting scrutiny from liberal bloggers who linked Guckert with online domain addresses suggestive of gay pornography. Guckert resigned in February.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2381
Do Something
http://www.michaelmoore.com/takeaction/dosomething.php
Any Kerry Supporters On The Line?
The Bush Administration punishes some Democrat backers
By Viveca Novak and John Dickerson / Time
The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meets three times a year in various cities across the Americas to discuss such dry but important issues as telecommunications standards and spectrum regulations. But for this week's meeting in Guatemala City, politics has barged onto the agenda. At least four of the two dozen or so U.S. delegates selected for the meeting, sources tell TIME, have been bumped by the White House because they supported John Kerry's 2004 campaign.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2367
Reports: Italy, U.S. Differ on Agent Death
By Frances D'Emilio / Associated Press
ROME -- Italy and the United States disagree over the findings of an investigation into the accidental shooting death by U.S. soldiers of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad, news reports said Monday.
One report said Italians on the panel were refusing to sign off on the U.S. conclusions.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2373
Democrats Hit Bush on Gas Prices, Energy Plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush should not be forced to ask for favors from Saudi Arabia to help lower near-record prices at American gas pumps, a senior Democratic congressman said on Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts blamed the Bush administration's "failed energy policy" for the high cost of oil and called for a plan that focused on renewable technologies, energy efficiency and conservation rather than an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the United States.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2349
Dems: Energy Bill Would Raise Gas Prices
By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The energy bill that passed the House on Thursday will raise gasoline prices and subsidize oil companies but fail to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Saturday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2350
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