The Rooster and his Chicks
Sunday, July 24, 2005
July 24, 2005. This is the most normal region of Earth today and it has been for about a week now. Not that it is completely normal. There is an upper Northern Hemisphere vortex flow reaching from North America across the Atlantic to culminate in Europe. Sounds right when it comes to CO2 concentrations. The equatorial clouds across Africa are mostly normal. The air mass that normally extends to the Arctic Circle across Saudi Arabia has moved far further east and nearly off this satellite. There is not a whole lot of the Southern Hemisphere on this satellite that is abnormal. On the west is a vortex near South America reaching to the equator but that is still the extremes of this satellite view. It would make sense that if the USA and Europe are resolving their CO2 levels down it will show up over areas of the world with none. The worst is not over but days like this where the solar radiation is working with me as 9:22 pm gmt I hold a better view of things.
Freedom? Is that what they call over there.
June 23, 2005. Edward Caraballo.
Caption: Trying to Survive in Afghan Jail
Edward Caraballo, an American filmmaker imprisoned in Afghanistan, says he feels abandoned by his government.
Edward Caraballo, of the Bronx, at a Kabul prison on June 23 in local dress. For the Fourth of July, he wore a T-shirt "in honor of my country."
SO THIS is democracy in Afghanistan. This is typical of how the USA under this administration feels about journalism in general. If you don't serve the purpose of the government you are worthless. How many journalists don't get that message. The way you write, the way things are paraphrased, self editing to custom fit oppression. I know it's there. It's just that in Afghanistan it's more obvious that the 'JAIL' is physical and not intellectual. I would have never worn the T-shirt.
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Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-When-Due"
1920 Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
1921 Billy Taylor Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show)
1943 Edward Herrmann Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds)
1945 Alton Maddox NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case)
1947 Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker (Peace Train, Father & Son)
July 21 …
1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's
League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman
1965 TAYLOR FRED CASTLEWOOD VA ARVN AIR GND SEARCH NEG
1968 HURST JOHN CLARK LUFKIN TX
July 14
1962 BLEWETT ALAN L. NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1962 PARKS RAYMOND F. DENNISON OH NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1966 KIPINA MARSHALL F. CALUMET MI
1966 NOPP ROBERT SALEM OR
1967 FULLER ROBERT B. JACKSONVILLE FL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 BUTLER DEWEY R. WASHINGTON DC
July 15
1966 CONNELL JAMES JOSEPH WILMINGTON DE 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 DENNIS MARK V. OH NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST. LOST IN DONG HA AREA
1967 CASSELL ROBIN B. FORT HUACHUCA AZ
1968 BIRD LEONARD ADRIAN WILMINGTON DE
1968 JAMES GOBEL D. FAIRLAND OK 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MARTIN LARRY E. WAKEFIELD KS "REMAINS RETURNED 7/31/89, ID 11/08/89"
1969 POLSTER HARMON CLEVELAND OH
1969 WALKER MICHAEL S. COLUMBIA LA
1971 TAYLOR TED J. LANCASTER SC
July 16
1968 NECO-QUINONES FELIX V. RIO PIEDRAS PR 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG
1969 DAWSON JAMES V. ASHLAND KY
July 17
1965 COPELAND H C PLAINVIEW TX 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 CROSS ARIEL L. DES MOINES IA
1968 CASSELL HARLEY M. DANVILLE VA 12/20/68 RELEASED REFNO 1228
1968 CHEVALIER JOHN R. JERSEY CITY NJ 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 CROWE WINFRED D. BUFORD GA 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1968 GRIGSBY DONALD E. SPRINGFIELD OH 12/20/68 RELEASED
1968 HENRY LEE D. SICILY ISLAND LA 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 KRAMER TERRY L. STUEBEN WI 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 MC CULLOUGH RALPH COLUMBUS GA 12/19/68 RELEASED DECEASED
1968 PARRA LIONEL JR. SACRAMENTO CA
1968 PRICE DONALD E. COLUMBUS OH 12/19/68 RELEASED
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1968 WILMOTH FLOYD A. BOONEVILLE NC 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE 98
1968 ZUPP KLAUS H. WHITE PLAINS NY 12/19/68 RELEASED
1972 BROWN WAYNE G. II TACOMA WA
1972 HAAS LEON F. NEWTON NJ
July 18
1965 AVORE MALCOLM A. HALLWELL ME AFT SANK AFTER LAUNCH FROM CVA 34
1965 DENTON JEREMIAH A. MOBILE AL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965 TSCHUDY WILLIAM M. HIGHLAND IL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 HARTMAN RICHARD D. CLARK NY 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1968 SEABLOM EARL F. ISHPEMING MI
1971 ASTON JAY S. ROCKY RIVER OH
July 19
1966 DIAMOND STEPHEN WHITMAN ROSLYN HEIGHTS NY 03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM
1966 DENNISON TERRY A. COSMOPOLIS WA 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 WINTERS DARRYL G. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1967 FRYE DONALD P. LOS ANGELES CA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 JACKSON WILLIAM B. STOCKDALE TX REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 MC GRANE DONALD P. WAVERLY IA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 PETERSON DENNIS W. HUNTINGTON PARK CA "CRASH, NO SURV OBS"
1969 MARTIN AUBREY GRADY BEEVILLE TX 07/74 REMAINS RECOVERED
1969 SIKKINK ROY DEAN TULSA OK 07/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
July 20
1966 BARBAY LAWRENCE BATON ROUGE LA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 DILLON DAVID A. SPRING VALLEY CA
1966 HUBBARD EDWARD L. SHAWNEE MISSION KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 LEWIS MERRILL R. INDIANOLA IA POSS EJECT NO PARA BEEP REMAINS RETURNED 08/29/89
1966 MC DANIEL NORMAN A. FAYETTEVILLE NC 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 MEANS WILLIAM H. TOPEKA KS 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1966 NELSON WILLIAM HUMPHREY FILION MI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 NOBERT CRAIG R. AVON CT POSS DIC
1966 PERKINS GLENDON W. ORLANDO FL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 SMILEY STANLEY K. SIDNEY NE
July 21
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1968 FLANAGAN SHERMAN E. JR. WESTMINSTER MD
1968 WILLING EDWARD A. WILMINGTON DE
1970 SCHULTZ RONALD J. HILLSBORO KS
July 22
1966 WELLS ROBERT J. PHILADELPHIA PA
1972 PAIGE GORDON C. LOS ALTOS CA 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
July 23
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1966 NEWSOM BENJAMIN BYRD MADISON VI 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 PEMBERTON GENE THOMAS CAMERON MO 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 SMITH WILLIAM W. SEARCY AR
1968 GOSEN LAWRENCE D. BINGHAM LAKE MN
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July 24
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1965 KEIRN RICHARD P. LORAIN OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV RIP 05/25/00
1968 BUSH JOHN R. FORT WALTON BEACH FL
1968 GREILING DAVID S. HILLSDALE MI
1968 HACKETT HARLEY B. FLORENCE SC
1970 BLOODWORTH DONALD B. SAN DIEGO CA REMAINS RETURNED ID 02/04/98
1970 REED JAMES W. CAMBRIDGE OH
1971 ANTUNANO GREGORY A. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1971 DALTON RANDALL D. COLLINSVILLE IL
International Herald Tribune
Broiling summer brings droughts
PARIS All through a long hot summer, the temperatures in Europe have soared to unusual levels.
In central France, three firemen died on Sunday trying to control a fire in a barn. In Spain on Monday, the police discovered the bodies of 11 firemen who died after being trapped by a giant forest fire in the central part of the country.
In Switzerland, Alpine rescuers recovered the body of a climber yielded up by a melting glacier more than 20 years after he plunged to his death in the Alps.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/19/news/spain.php
Suspect linked to Al Qaeda goes free
BERLIN In a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court refused Monday to turn over an Al Qaeda suspect to Spain, arguing that a recent Europe-wide agreement to streamline extradition procedures across Europe violated the rights of German citizens.
The case involved Mamoun Darkazanli, a 46-year-old German of Syrian origin suspected in Spain and by many independent experts on terrorism of having provided logistical and financial support to Al Qaeda
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/18/news/germany.php
Chinese general sees U.S. as nuclear target
BEIJING China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the American military intervenes in any conflict over Taiwan, a senior Chinese military official has said.
"If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," the official, Major General Zhu Chenghu, said at an official briefing Thursday
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/15/news/china.php
North Korea seeks treaty
SEOUL North Korea said Friday that the crisis over its nuclear weapons programs would not be completely resolved until the United States signed a peace treaty and normalized relations; in effect, it demanded that the two countries formally end the war they fought a half-century ago
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/news/korea.php
Zimbabwe's future: Made in China
JOHANNESBURG His new 25-bedroom palace is covered with midnight-blue Chinese roof tiles. His air force trains on Chinese jets. His subjects wear Chinese shoes, ride Chinese buses and, lately, zip around the country in Chinese propjets. He has even urged his countrymen to learn Mandarin and nurture a taste for Chinese cuisine.
http://www.iht.chttp://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/zimbabwe.php
It is hard to realize Oxford is having these troubles. Clinton should attend a couple of fund raisers. He's a graduate.
Elite U.K. universities are seeking tutorials on selling their brand
OXFORD, England With the prospect of dwindling state funds, the eggheads of Oxford and Cambridge face a question many living beneath this city's dreaming spires may consider beneath their dignity: How do you market universities that are eight to nine centuries old?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/marketing25.php
Success in tsunami's wake
After the Asian tsunami, public health experts worried about a second wave of deaths from waterborne diseases affecting huge, concentrated populations with no clean water or sanitation. Throughout the history of this sort of emergency, waterborne disease has been the major killer, more deadly than bullets are to civilians caught in armed conflicts. The World Health Organization warned that disease could kill more people than the tsunami itself.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/opinion/edtsunami.php
Two judicial approaches to terror's global face
Two court decisions, in Britain and in Germany, recently provided striking evidence of how far established legal systems have to go in adjusting to the new era of international terrorism.
In London, a court broke new legal ground when it sent a former Afghan warlord to prison for 20 years for torture and hostage-taking, even though he committed the crimes outside Britain, and neither he nor his victims were British citizens.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/opinion/edcourts.php
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Democrats spotlight CIA leak in radio address
WASHINGTON - Democrats slammed President Bush's response to a top aide's role in outing a covert CIA operative on Saturday, turning their radio address over to an ex-agent critical of his actions.
Larry Johnson, a former CIA agent and registered Republican, accused Bush of flip-flopping on his promise to fire anyone at the White House implicated in the leak.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3429
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Video
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html#a4106
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Audio
Larry Johnson testifies before a joint session of Congressional Democrats
I've talked to Larry several times recently and he has not been happy with the way the RNC and the talking heads ( John Gibson ) have smeared Valerie Plame. He told me that unlike her husband, she is not able to defend herself against these malicious attacks. Johnson has taken on that roll. Keep in mind that he, and all his friends that are speaking out are republicans. James Marcinkowski who also testified, was actually a Young Republican. ( OYE doesn't apply ) Will the talking heads do their jobs and listen to actual CIA for guidance, or will they stick to allowing Ken Mehlman's ridiculous "chewbacca defense" to go on unchallenged?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html
CIA Leak Investigation Turns to Possible Perjury, Obstruction
By Douglas Frantz, Sonni Efron and Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation has shifted his focus from determining whether White House officials violated a law against exposing undercover agents to determining whether evidence exists to bring perjury or obstruction of justice charges, according to people briefed in recent days on the inquiry's status.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3431
Testimony By Rove And Libby Examined
Leak Prosecutor Seeks Discrepancies
By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei / Washington Post
Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been reviewing over the past several months discrepancies and gaps in witness testimony in his investigation of the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame, according to lawyers in the case and witness statements.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3430
'He looked like a cornered fox'
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eyewitnesses to Friday's shooting at a London Underground station described seeing a man being chased onto a train and then shot several times at close range.
Police confirmed to CNN that armed officers had shot a man dead at Stockwell station in south London.
One witness, Mark Whitby, told BBC news the man appeared not to be carrying anything but was wearing a thick coat that looked padded.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3432
WELL, What do you all think the new police policy in the USA is? What do you think this 'barrage of bullets' issue is all about? Guilty until innocent interprets into kill before people can act. "Kill at Will." If a suspect is guilty they need to be taken down.
UK Police: Man Killed Unrelated to Probe
By Jill Lawless / Associated Press
LONDON - The man shot and killed on a subway car by London police in front of horrified commuters had nothing to do with this month's bombings on the city's transit system, police said Saturday in expressing their regrets.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3433
This is the American SS. Now. Find the people you hate the most and kill them with a barrage of bullets. There was a police action in LA I think it was that shot something like 121 bullets at an unarmed motorist injuring another officer in crossfire. It's outrageous. What bothers me further is that the Jewish population in this country is about 1%. I don't know, one percent missing from the population by oppression, intimidation or otherwise is hardly noticeable.
So this sounds paranoid. What does it take to start a genocide? How does genocide begin? How does it become evident? Why am I suspicious?
A gneocide starts with hatred and a desire to eliminate a society of an ethnic group or social class that is somewhat troubling to the leadership. That is all it takes. The Racism of the South in the USA is still very much alive. Recent history has found a Black American dragged to death. It isn't as though the crime went unpunished but the point is the hatred is still there along with a self-righteousness based in religion; ie: Eric Rundolph. The extremes are not parlayed by this administration so much as those just inside that notch of small percentage under the 'curve' of possiblity. In the Election of 2000, the red carpet was rolled out for Bush/Cheney at Bob Jones University, a white supremist religious establishment. So, the basis of the hatred toward fellow Americans is already there and alive and well by talks on shows live Larry King where Bob Jones professed there was only one true god. His. The nature of the Evangelical movement is intolerance.
But, yet through all that how can some thing as horrible as an ethnic cleansing or genocide take place? Especially in the USA?
Hatred and intolerance is a very powerful motivator and when one considers Bush/Cheney caters to the extremes of the Evangelical Movement while carrying out their administration void of ethics; what is to say one day; the enemy within this country belongs to a specific race. The intolerance of poverty by this administration reminds me of the Warsaw Ghetto. They have repeated removed program after social program to provide tax breaks while at war and to begin other programs like 'Faith Based Funding.' The trend of intolerance is there. It is not marginally there, it is everywhere in this administration.
So how would such things happen until it is too late?
Who going to stop them? There are already programs in place and funded by Bush such as Jews for Jesus to convert Jews to Christianity. Now from my perspective that is racism and bigotry and the ONLY thing Jews for Jesus should be interested in is recruiting Jews to teach the Christians about their roots. In other words, if Jews who are completely familiar with the beginnings of the monotheistic faith wanted to enhance the Christian experience for those that care to, they could teach them about what Christians coin, "The Old Testament." But, that isn't what Jews for Jesus is about. It is a racist attempt to estrange Jews from their faith by proving to them from a bully pulpit their beliefs are wrong and Jesus was the only savior any of them should care about. They are very aggressive and frequently it makes me fell as though someday someone will say, 'We gave you a chance and you wouldn't see it our way.' I am not going to get into the particulars of it, but, it is grossly wrong and they shouldn't be playing with people's hearts that way.
So we are back again to being paranoid. Right? Wrong. What if there was an underground movement that involved eliminating an ethnicity and the authorities so busy with hunting down terrorists just looke the other way. It's how the Klan worked. ie: Edgar Ray Killen. Who would know to begin with and then what would anyone do about it? An attack on the USA would result in nuclear war. Would a country as powerful as Russia or China risk that for 2 or 3 million Jews? I don't think so.
MDS is a nuclear weapon that could cause a military to not only strike out at any other country relentlessly without retribution but is also a means to entrap the people under the shield any chance of protection from maniacal authority. It is wrong as wrong could be to back such a weapon, both as a responsible and helpless citizen and as a humanitarian. This world has to disarm itself from nuclear weapons but what has to go with it is MDS. Can't do one without the other.
The most troubling aspect that I see about this adminsitration is that in the face of obvious breeches of ethics at the highest levels of govenernment it does not matter. Bush is measuring his ability to maintain control in the face of all this scandal and wrong doing by minimizing the facts and calling on the law knowing the Republicans would have to turn on him ONLY if he committed 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' which would be allowing people who did to continue to have access to their positions such as Mr. Libby and Mr. Hadley and Mr. Rove who all helped craft the plan to take to the UN Security Council. That is a clear indication to me, George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney are desperate men willing to hang on to power regardless the cost to the country. He and Dick Cheney know their aids are guilty of outing Plame. They don't care and the USA credibility globally in the arena of intelligence is gone. Gone. If there is one thing the Senate panel made completely clear was that 'credibility' is all intelligence has in other countries they don't have a foreign governmenets laws behind them. Quite the contrary.
There is a lot wrong here and it doesn't get better. It keeps getting worse by the hour. Desperate men do desperate things and the more this adminsitration gets aways with the more confident they will feel they can continue to do more including carrying out any racist and bigoted agenda eventually.
Where integrity of government doesn't come first there can be no trust.
Now. How paranoid do I sound now?
Congress Report: TSA Broke Privacy Laws
By Leslie Miller / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration violated privacy protections by secretly collecting personal information on at least 250,000 people, congressional investigators said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office sent a letter to Congress saying the collection violated the Privacy Act, which prohibits the government from compiling information on people without their knowledge.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3435
White House Aims to Block Legislation on Detainees
By Josh White and R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post
The Bush administration in recent days has been lobbying to block legislation supported by Republican senators that would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees, from hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and from using interrogation methods not authorized by a new Army field manual.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3438
BBC
Strong quake hits Nicobar Islands
A strong earthquake has hit the Nicobar Islands in India but there are no reports of damage or casualties.
With memories of December's tsunami still fresh, Thai authorities briefly issued a tidal wave alert, but within two hours had withdrawn the warning.
The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 1542 (GMT) about 135km (85 miles) west of Misha, Nicobar Islands, and 440km (275 miles) from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4713011.stm
S Africa 'might pay Harare debt'
Mbeki said he did not want to see Zimbabwe collapse
South African President Thabo Mbeki has indicated South Africa might repay some of Zimbabwe's foreign debts.
Speaking in Pretoria, Mr Mbeki said his country could help pay off Zimbabwe's near $300m (£172m) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said it was in South Africa's own economic interests to assist.
South Africa is Zimbabwe's closest ally and has resisted international calls to pressure Harare to end many of its controversial policies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712633.stm
Nigeria bus crash kills 56 people
A packed bus has fallen from a bridge into a river in northern Nigeria killing 56 passengers, officials say.
The crash took place at Tanburwa bridge about 20km (12.5 miles) south of the city of Kano.
Five survivors are being treated in hospital, said Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim, from the federal road safety authority.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712657.stm
Aid funds finally flow for Niger
Images of starving children in Niger have shocked the world
The UN says donations of food and funding to help the 2.5 million people facing a food crisis in Niger are finally beginning to arrive.
The UN relief chief says graphic images of starving children have shocked the international community into response.
He said more funds had been received for Niger in the last ten days than over the last ten months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4710549.stm
China mystery illness kills nine
Health officials in western China are urgently investigating an unidentified illness which has killed nine farmers and put 11 more in hospital.
The farmers were taken ill with symptoms including high fever and vomiting during June and July.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4711741.stm
Cell death mark liver cancer clue
The researchers hope their lab work will lead to new drugs
Scientists say they have discovered how a protein causes liver cancer - it tags cancer preventing cell machinery for destruction.
The Japanese and UK team first linked gankyrin to liver or hepatocellular cancer, which affects some 250 million people worldwide, five years ago.
Then they discovered that it appeared to encourage DNA synthesis so cells grew unchecked and became cancerous.
Now they say, in Cancer Cell, gankyrin promotes cancer by another pathway too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4707917.stm
Protests disrupt Latvia gay march
Gay parades are often festive events
Latvian police have arrested protesters after they shouted insults and threw eggs at people taking part in the Baltic state's first gay pride march.
The few dozen marchers were outnumbered by hundreds of protesters who blocked the narrow streets of the capital.
Police were forced to alter the march route and to form a chain around the parade participants to protect them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4711261.stm
Dozens dead in Yemen fuel riots
The riots broke out across the country on Wednesday
At least 36 people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between protesters and police across Yemen, police and witnesses say.
Tanks have been deployed on the streets of the capital, Saana.
Deaths were also reported in a string of other towns. The unrest began after fuel subsidies were lifted on Tuesday, leading to dramatic price rises.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4707145.stm
India tea strike 'breakthrough'
Tea estates in West Bengal have stood idle after the strikes
There has been a breakthrough in negotiations to find a settlement on the wage rate for tea labourers in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But officials say a final decision is yet to be made on the issue.
The acting mediator between the planter's unions and the tea labourers unions, told the BBC both sides have agreed to a wage rate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4712829.stm
Cheney Observer
Saudi Arabia's Longtime Ambassador to the U.S. Is Resigning
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: July 21, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 20 - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who in 22 years as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States operated as an insider's insider and wielded enormous influence in Washington over successive administrations, is resigning for "private reasons," Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/international/middleeast/21bandar.html?ex=1122523200&en=faba017ffdbc3b33&ei=5070
Bush grenade suspect charged with killing
TBILISI, Georgia, July 23 (UPI) -- A man suspected of throwing a grenade during President Bush's historic visit to Georgia has been charged with killing a police officer.
Vladimir Arutyunyan also faces charges of weapons possession and resisting arrest, RIA Novosti reported.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the suspect has refused to make any statements or get a lawyer. A young public defender has been assigned to represent him and told reporters she "will prove his innocence if he wants it."
While Bush was in Tbilisi in May, someone through a grenade at the podium where Bush, President Mikhail Saakashvili and their wives were standing.
Arutyunyan faces a life sentence if he is convicted.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050723-21081300-bc-georgia-grenade.xml
Envoy: Expulsion part
of U.S.-Israeli policy
Ambassador Ayalon says pullout compact with Bush administration, not Palestinians
Posted: July 23, 2005
5:07 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon, in an interview with a U.S. Jewish magazine, dispelled any notion the current forced removal of Jews from Gaza is part of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority tied to ending terrorism, saying the pullout is solely a U.S.-Israeli policy matter.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45419
Iraq Govt praises Aust trainers
By Alison Middleton
Defence Minister Robert Hill says Iraqi troops trained by Australian soldiers are taking greater responsibility for security in the southern province of Al Muthanna.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi Government has praised the Australian Army training team for its work with security forces in the province.
The team has provided counter-terrorism training in weapons, tactics and leadership.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi troops have started large-scale counter insurgency operations, including regular patrols, searches and vehicle checkpoints.
The Australians will train a second Iraqi Army battalion next month.
Senator Hill says the Government has deployed the training team to the province for 12 months and he hopes Iraq will be able to assume responsibility for security there during that time.
He says the Australian Government will review the Iraqi army's progress later this year.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421158.htm
Truck bomb kills 11 at Baghdad police station
A truck bomb targeting a Baghdad police station has killed at least 11 people and wounded 30, a police source said.
The blast in the Mashtal area of eastern Baghdad killed and wounded both policemen and civilians, the police source said.
Militants have stepped up suicide bombings in the last 10 days as part of a campaign to topple the US-backed Iraqi Government.
Police had no immediate comment on whether the Mashtal blast was carried out by a suicide bomber.
The attack followed a wave of suicide bombings over the past week that have challenged government promises of stability.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421201.htm
Halliburton profits as KBR, energy services improve
By August Cole
Last Updated: 7/21/2005 6:04:54 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Halliburton said late Thursday that it earned a profit in the second quarter as the oilfield services company and government contractor put some distance between last year's losses.
Houston's Halliburton reported that second-quarter net earnings reached $392 million, or 76 cents a share, after $667 million, or $1.52 a share, in red ink a year ago driven by a huge asbestos settlement and its Barracuda-Caratinga offshore project. See full story.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=29810907
Iran pipeline a risky proposal: India
NEW DELHI, July 23: India’s oil minister said on Saturday a proposed gas pipeline from Iran across Pakistan was a risky venture that would be difficult to finance, but added talks on the $7 billion project should continue.
“The pipeline proposal is, as the prime minister stated, fraught with terrible risks,” Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar told a news conference.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concerns about the project during his visit to the United States this week, when President George Bush recognized India as a responsible nuclear state and promised cooperation with its civilian atomic power programme.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/24/top6.htm
Halliburton could reap $5 billion for Iraq work
By Lisa Sanders
Last Updated: 7/8/2005 4:03:44 PM
DALLAS (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Army has issued a new order for work in Iraq that could mean around $5 billion in revenue for Halliburton.
The Army issued a new "task order" Friday to Halliburton's (HAL) KBR unit under the existing logistics and support contract -- LOGCAP III -- awarded to KBR in December 2001, according to Cathy Mann, a company spokeswoman.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=28912171
Bush political adviser reportedly a Fed candidate
Reuters News Service
WASHINGTON - Economist and author Todd Buchholz, an adviser to President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, is being considered by the White House for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, sources close to the administration said.
Buchholz, who also served as a White House adviser under Bush's father, is under consideration for one of the two Fed seats the president will need to fill.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279329
HOW TEXANS VOTED
Copyright 2005 Roll Call Report Syndicate
WASHINGTON - How the Texas congressional delegation voted on selected issues last week:
Senate
1. Russian nuclear weapons: Voted, 78-19, to streamline the Nunn-Lugar law, which pays Russia to destroy stockpiles of Soviet-era nuclear warheads and chemical and biological arms to keep the weaponry from terrorists. The amendment was added to a defense bill (S 1042, still in debate) that authorizes $415 million for Nunn-Lugar projects in fiscal 2006. The amendment targeted bureaucratic rules imposed by members of Congress leery of sending funds to Russia without strict controls. A yes vote backed the amendment.
2. FDA commissioner, Crawford: Confirmed, 78-16, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, 67, to head the Food and Drug Administration. His confirmation had been blocked, in part, by senators upset over FDA delay in deciding whether to allow over-the-counter sales of Plan B, a morning-after contraceptive pill. The agency says it will issue a Plan B decision by Sept. 1. A yes vote was to confirm Crawford.
3. Chinese nuclear power: Refused, 37-62, to bar Export-Import Bank financing of a bid by Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four nuclear reactors in China. The bank, which is backed by U.S. taxpayers, tentatively has provided Westinghouse, a property of the British government, with $5 billion in credit backing in its competition against French and Russian firms for the work. The bill was sent to conference with a House version that prohibits the Ex-Im Bank financing. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. TV to Cuba: Refused, 33-66, to terminate TV Marti to Cuba by removing its $21 million budget from HR 3057 (above) and shifting the funds to the Peace Corps. The U.S. government produces 16-year-old TV Marti to undermine the Fidel Castro regime. A yes vote was to end TV Marti.
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Cornyn(R)San Antonio
N
Y
N
N
Hutchison(R)Dallas
Y
Y
N
N
House
1. Permanent Patriot Act: Passed, 257-171, a bill (HR 3199) to renew the USA Patriot Act and convert most of its key antiterrorism provisions to permanent status. Like the original law, the renewal expands the power of police and intelligence agencies to keep watch on, probe and detain individuals suspected of terrorism and possibly related activities, with less judicial review than existed before Sept. 11, 2001. The only key provisions not made permanent by the renewal are ones authorizing roving wiretaps and secret searches of library and bookstore records, both of which would expire after 10 years. The bill awaits Senate action. A yes vote was to pass the bill.
2. Temporary Patriot Act: Defeated, 209-218, a Democratic bid to extend the USA Patriot Act temporarily, subject to congressional renewal after four years. The House then passed HR 3199 (above). A yes vote backed temporary status for the Patriot Act.
3. Library searches: Voted, 402-26, to require the FBI director to personally approve library and bookstore searches under HR 3199 (above). The bill renews authority for law enforcement agents, bearing secret warrants, to obtain customer records from libraries, bookstores and other entities. The Senate has not yet taken a stand. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. National security letters: Adopted, 394-32, an amendment to HR 3199 (above) giving recipients of a "national security letter" access to counsel, standing to challenge the letter in court and freedom to publicly discuss it. These letters are subpoenas the FBI can issue to obtain information without prior court review. A yes vote backed the amendment.
5. Iraq benchmarks: Rejected, 203-227, a Democratic request that President Bush set public benchmarks for measuring U.S. progress in Iraq in areas such as defeating the insurgency, establishing democratic institutions and bringing U.S. troops home. This occurred during debate on a bill (HR 2601, later passed) authorizing State Department activities and other foreign operations in fiscal 2006. A yes vote backed the Democratic motion.
6. Iraq commitment: Approved, 291-137, a GOP-sponsored amendment to HR 2601 (above) declaring that the United States should withdraw its force from Iraq only when it is clear "national security and foreign policy goals relating to a free and stable Iraq have been or are about to be achieved." A yes vote backed the GOP amendment.
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Gohmert(R)Tyler
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Poe(R)Humble
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Johnson(R)Plano
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Hall(R)Rockwall
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Hensarling(R)Dallas
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Barton(R)Ennis
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Culberson(R)Houston
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Brady(R)The Woodlands
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Al Green(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
McCaul(R)Austin
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Conaway(R)Midland
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Granger(R)Fort Worth
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Thornberry(R)Clarendon
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Paul(R)Surfside
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Hinojosa(D)Mercedes
A
A
A
A
A
A
Reyes(D)El Paso
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Edwards(D)Waco
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Jackson-Lee(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Neugebauer(R)Lubbock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Gonzalez(D)San Antonio
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Smith(R)San Antonio
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
DeLay(R)Sugar Land
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Bonilla(R)San Antonio
Y
N
N
Y
N
Y
Marchant(R)Coppell
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Doggett(D)Austin
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Burgess(R)Highland Village
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Ortiz(D)Corpus Christi
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Cuellar(D)Laredo
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Gene Green(D)Houston
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Johnson(D)Dallas
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Carter(R)Round Rock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Sessions(R)Dallas
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Key: N=No; Y=Yes; P=Present;
A=Absent or did not vote.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278785
Cheney seeks to block law concerning U.S. detainees
By ERIC SCHMITT
New York Times
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is working to block legislation offered by Republican senators that would regulate the detention, treatment and trials of detainees held by the U.S. military.
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In a private meeting on Thursday night, Cheney warned three senior Republican members of the Armed Services Committee that their proposed legislation would interfere with the president's authority and his ability to protect Americans against terrorist attacks.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279421
Endangered Species Act embroiled in court battles
The law is facing more challenges than ever before
By FELICITY BARRINGER
New York Times
RESOURCES
THE PROTECTED CREATURES
• At risk: Currently 1,264 species are considered threatened or endangered.
WASHINGTON - More than three decades after the Endangered Species Act gave the federal government tools and a mandate to protect animals, insects and plants threatened with extinction, the landmark law is facing the most intense efforts ever by White House officials, members of Congress, landowners and industry to limit its reach.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278789
Lawrence Welk Show accordion player dies
Los Angeles Times
Mitchell Daily Republic file
Myron Floren played in Lawrence Welk's band from 1950 to 1982 and later at music festivals around the country. He died Saturday of cancer.
LOS ANGELES - Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, has died. He was 85.
Floren, who continued performing until the last few months, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Rolling Hills Estates, according to Margaret Heron, syndication manager for the Welk show.
Dubbed "The Happy Norwegian" for his perpetual grin, Floren joined Welk's orchestra on the road in 1950.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279384
Iran Students: Restart Uranium Program
Sunday July 24, 2005 2:46 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - More than 13,000 Iranian students and academics signed petitions urging Iranian president Mohammad Khatami to resume the country's suspended uranium enrichment efforts, state-run radio reported Saturday.
The petition said prolonging the suspension - done at the behest of international negotiators - was only pleasing those who ``cannot tolerate Iran's scientific triumphs.''
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5162440,00.html
'Iran oil production to reach 4.2m barrels a day'
Sunday, July 24, 2005 - ©2005 IranMania.com
LONDON, July 24 (IranMania) - Iran announced that its oil production will officially rise to 4 mln and 200 thousand barrels per day in the next few days once production begins in three new oil fields.
"With the official entry of the Darkhovein field (in southwestern Iran) and the two other offshore oil fields of Soroush and Norouz, located in the Persian Gulf, the production level of Iran will reach 4.2 mln barrels per day in the next two to three days," Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanghaneh told reporters at the site.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33600&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Roberts talk proves Jeb was no bystander in 2000
By Randy Schultz
Palm Beach Post Editor of the Editorial Page
Sunday, July 24, 2005
The news is not that John Roberts gave Gov. Bush advice during the 2000 presidential recount. The news, sort of, is that Gov. Bush listened to him.
Among the several million lawyers who descended on Florida after the election was Mr. Roberts, who had served in the Reagan and Bush 41 administrations and was a million-dollar-a-year partner at one of Washington's largest and best law firms. Through a spokesman, Gov. Bush said last week that he "appreciated" the Supreme Court nominee's "willingness to serve, and valued his counsel."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/07/24/a1e_schultzcol_0724.html
ROBERTS INFLUENCES BUSH IMAGE FOR FUTURE
By J. Grant Swank, Jr.
MichNews.com
Jul 22, 2005
It's not only what the public eventually will think of Judge John Roberts; it's what Roberts' position will mean to US President George W. Bush.
If Mr. Bush has been wise in choosing a person who will endorse the expectations of the morally based Red States, fine for Mr. Bush's future. If not, then Mr. Bush is in trouble with his own kind.
There is much being said this week about Roberts' enigma persona. After all, at age 50, who is the handsome fellow and what does he really represent by way of moral positions?
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8826.shtml
Nervous markets push oil prices up
AP , VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Sunday, Jul 24, 2005,Page 10
Oil prices climbed by more than US$1 a barrel on Friday, one day after China's decision to abandon its currency peg to the US dollar, making oil prices cheaper for China, the world's second-largest consumer of crude.
The renewed terror attacks on London's public transit system led to some nervousness on the markets. But Thursday's attacks were much less serious than the initial assault two weeks ago and analysts said their effects had dissipated by Friday. A new incident on Friday, with police killing a suspect on a London subway train, also did not brake prices.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/07/24/2003264870
Oil moves by China, India challenge U.S.
Energy-hungry powers making deals with nations that are often hostile to America
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria — nations shunned by America as nuclear threats, insurgent havens or human rights violators are increasingly being wooed by China and India in a race for oil and influence that is challenging Washington on the energy and security fronts.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3278933
New global chain forged, ONGC, Mittal float 2 oil cos
NEW DELHI: It was the coming together of the titans. India’s largest oil producing company, the $14bn ONGC group on Saturday joined hands with the world’s largest steel giant, the $22bn Mittal Steel to float two Cyprus-based companies for acquisition of overseas oil and gas assets and energy related businesses.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of ONGC, and Mittal Investment SARL, the investment arm of Mittal Steel, inked an MoU to form a JV — ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd— which will concentrate on acquisition of oil and gas assets. The other MoU was inked between ONGC and Mittal Investment Sarl to form the second JV co — ONGC-Mittal Energy Services —to take up energy related businesses like trading and shipping.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1180851.cms
Justice Dept. Rebuffs Press Request for More Bush Guard Records
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, August 27, 2004; 11:53 AM
The Justice Department has told the Associated Press that the government does not possess any records that would shed further light on the mysteries of President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, beyond those that have already been made public, a lawyer for the news agency said yesterday.
… On the CBS Evening News, John Roberts, traveling with Bush in New Mexico, pointed out the particularly dire statistics for Hispanics. "Mr. Bush carefully avoided any mention of the census report," Roberts said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38452-2004Aug27.html
AT LEAST SOMEONE is dealing with MTBE. Thank you, Mrs. Clinton.
Clinton opposes MTBE proposal
Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday strongly criticized proposed language to be included in the Senate Energy Bill that would exempt gasoline additive MTBE manufacturers from liability for cleaning up MTBE contaminated groundwater.
“Any plan that shifts MTBE cleanup costs from polluters to New York’s taxpayers is unacceptable,” Clinton said. “The proposal unveiled today is an insult to New York. It provides liability relief for MTBE producers in exchange for a cleanup trust fund that is inadequate and depends heavily on taxpayer dollars.”
The issue is of concern to hundreds of Hudson Valley residents whose private wells have been contaminated by MTBE in the Fort Montgomery and Hyde Park areas among others.
Clinton Friday joined her colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee in writing a letter to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Domenici and Ranking Member Bingaman expressing her concerns about potential MTBE provisions the Senate Energy Bill, as well as several other issues of concern.
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/MTBE_Clinton-23Jul05.htm
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"Oak-He-Doe-She"
History…
July 20...
1804 Victor Schoelcher Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter founded Reuters news service
1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune 1st US woman architect
1919
1920 Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph)
1921 Billy Taylor Greenville NC, orch leader (David Frost Show)
1943 Edward Herrmann Wash DC, actor (Day of the Dolphin, Reds)
1945 Alton Maddox NY black activist/attorney (Tawana Brawley case)
1947 Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker (Peace Train, Father & Son)
July 21 …
1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's
League merge to form National Association of Colored Woman
Missing in action
July 13
1963 SAM TRINH A VIETNAM COMMANDO RELEASED 03/27/83 ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965
1965 TAYLOR FRED CASTLEWOOD VA ARVN AIR GND SEARCH NEG
1968 HURST JOHN CLARK LUFKIN TX
July 14
1962 BLEWETT ALAN L. NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1962 PARKS RAYMOND F. DENNISON OH NO CONTACT AIR/GND SEARCH NEG
1966 KIPINA MARSHALL F. CALUMET MI
1966 NOPP ROBERT SALEM OR
1967 FULLER ROBERT B. JACKSONVILLE FL 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 BUTLER DEWEY R. WASHINGTON DC
July 15
1966 CONNELL JAMES JOSEPH WILMINGTON DE 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 DENNIS MARK V. OH NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST. LOST IN DONG HA AREA
1967 CASSELL ROBIN B. FORT HUACHUCA AZ
1968 BIRD LEONARD ADRIAN WILMINGTON DE
1968 JAMES GOBEL D. FAIRLAND OK 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 MARTIN LARRY E. WAKEFIELD KS "REMAINS RETURNED 7/31/89, ID 11/08/89"
1969 POLSTER HARMON CLEVELAND OH
1969 WALKER MICHAEL S. COLUMBIA LA
1971 TAYLOR TED J. LANCASTER SC
July 16
1968 NECO-QUINONES FELIX V. RIO PIEDRAS PR 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG
1969 DAWSON JAMES V. ASHLAND KY
July 17
1965 COPELAND H C PLAINVIEW TX 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 CROSS ARIEL L. DES MOINES IA
1968 CASSELL HARLEY M. DANVILLE VA 12/20/68 RELEASED REFNO 1228
1968 CHEVALIER JOHN R. JERSEY CITY NJ 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 CROWE WINFRED D. BUFORD GA 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1968 GRIGSBY DONALD E. SPRINGFIELD OH 12/20/68 RELEASED
1968 HENRY LEE D. SICILY ISLAND LA 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 KRAMER TERRY L. STUEBEN WI 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 MC CULLOUGH RALPH COLUMBUS GA 12/19/68 RELEASED DECEASED
1968 PARRA LIONEL JR. SACRAMENTO CA
1968 PRICE DONALD E. COLUMBUS OH 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 SIMMS HAROLD D. 12/19/68 RELEASED
1968 WILMOTH FLOYD A. BOONEVILLE NC 12/20/68 RELEASED ALIVE 98
1968 ZUPP KLAUS H. WHITE PLAINS NY 12/19/68 RELEASED
1972 BROWN WAYNE G. II TACOMA WA
1972 HAAS LEON F. NEWTON NJ
July 18
1965 AVORE MALCOLM A. HALLWELL ME AFT SANK AFTER LAUNCH FROM CVA 34
1965 DENTON JEREMIAH A. MOBILE AL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965 TSCHUDY WILLIAM M. HIGHLAND IL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 HARTMAN RICHARD D. CLARK NY 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1968 SEABLOM EARL F. ISHPEMING MI
1971 ASTON JAY S. ROCKY RIVER OH
July 19
1966 DIAMOND STEPHEN WHITMAN ROSLYN HEIGHTS NY 03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM
1966 DENNISON TERRY A. COSMOPOLIS WA 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 WINTERS DARRYL G. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1967 FRYE DONALD P. LOS ANGELES CA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 JACKSON WILLIAM B. STOCKDALE TX REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 MC GRANE DONALD P. WAVERLY IA REMAINS RETURNED 10/14/82
1967 PETERSON DENNIS W. HUNTINGTON PARK CA "CRASH, NO SURV OBS"
1969 MARTIN AUBREY GRADY BEEVILLE TX 07/74 REMAINS RECOVERED
1969 SIKKINK ROY DEAN TULSA OK 07/69 REMAINS RECOVERED
July 20
1966 BARBAY LAWRENCE BATON ROUGE LA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 DILLON DAVID A. SPRING VALLEY CA
1966 HUBBARD EDWARD L. SHAWNEE MISSION KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 LEWIS MERRILL R. INDIANOLA IA POSS EJECT NO PARA BEEP REMAINS RETURNED 08/29/89
1966 MC DANIEL NORMAN A. FAYETTEVILLE NC 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 MEANS WILLIAM H. TOPEKA KS 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1966 NELSON WILLIAM HUMPHREY FILION MI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 NOBERT CRAIG R. AVON CT POSS DIC
1966 PERKINS GLENDON W. ORLANDO FL 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1969 SMILEY STANLEY K. SIDNEY NE
July 21
1966 TIFFIN RAINFORD SANTA CRUZ CA
1967 FLORA CARROLL E. BRUNSWICK MO 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED
1968 FLANAGAN SHERMAN E. JR. WESTMINSTER MD
1968 WILLING EDWARD A. WILMINGTON DE
1970 SCHULTZ RONALD J. HILLSBORO KS
July 22
1966 WELLS ROBERT J. PHILADELPHIA PA
1972 PAIGE GORDON C. LOS ALTOS CA 03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
July 23
1962 MATAGULAY ROQUE S. RICHMOND CA 12/24/62 RELEASED RIP 12/29/99
1966 NEWSOM BENJAMIN BYRD MADISON VI 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 PEMBERTON GENE THOMAS CAMERON MO 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1966 SMITH WILLIAM W. SEARCY AR
1968 GOSEN LAWRENCE D. BINGHAM LAKE MN
1972 SHANK GARY LESLIE PRAIRIE VILLAGE KS DEAD REM RET 07/01/84
July 24
1965 FOBAIR ROSCOE H. OXNARD CA TOLD DEAD BY VIETNAMESE
1965 KEIRN RICHARD P. LORAIN OH 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV RIP 05/25/00
1968 BUSH JOHN R. FORT WALTON BEACH FL
1968 GREILING DAVID S. HILLSDALE MI
1968 HACKETT HARLEY B. FLORENCE SC
1970 BLOODWORTH DONALD B. SAN DIEGO CA REMAINS RETURNED ID 02/04/98
1970 REED JAMES W. CAMBRIDGE OH
1971 ANTUNANO GREGORY A. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1971 DALTON RANDALL D. COLLINSVILLE IL
International Herald Tribune
Broiling summer brings droughts
PARIS All through a long hot summer, the temperatures in Europe have soared to unusual levels.
In central France, three firemen died on Sunday trying to control a fire in a barn. In Spain on Monday, the police discovered the bodies of 11 firemen who died after being trapped by a giant forest fire in the central part of the country.
In Switzerland, Alpine rescuers recovered the body of a climber yielded up by a melting glacier more than 20 years after he plunged to his death in the Alps.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/19/news/spain.php
Suspect linked to Al Qaeda goes free
BERLIN In a ruling seen as a sharp blow to coordinated counterterrorism efforts in Europe, Germany's highest court refused Monday to turn over an Al Qaeda suspect to Spain, arguing that a recent Europe-wide agreement to streamline extradition procedures across Europe violated the rights of German citizens.
The case involved Mamoun Darkazanli, a 46-year-old German of Syrian origin suspected in Spain and by many independent experts on terrorism of having provided logistical and financial support to Al Qaeda
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/18/news/germany.php
Chinese general sees U.S. as nuclear target
BEIJING China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the American military intervenes in any conflict over Taiwan, a senior Chinese military official has said.
"If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," the official, Major General Zhu Chenghu, said at an official briefing Thursday
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/15/news/china.php
North Korea seeks treaty
SEOUL North Korea said Friday that the crisis over its nuclear weapons programs would not be completely resolved until the United States signed a peace treaty and normalized relations; in effect, it demanded that the two countries formally end the war they fought a half-century ago
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/news/korea.php
Zimbabwe's future: Made in China
JOHANNESBURG His new 25-bedroom palace is covered with midnight-blue Chinese roof tiles. His air force trains on Chinese jets. His subjects wear Chinese shoes, ride Chinese buses and, lately, zip around the country in Chinese propjets. He has even urged his countrymen to learn Mandarin and nurture a taste for Chinese cuisine.
http://www.iht.chttp://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/zimbabwe.php
It is hard to realize Oxford is having these troubles. Clinton should attend a couple of fund raisers. He's a graduate.
Elite U.K. universities are seeking tutorials on selling their brand
OXFORD, England With the prospect of dwindling state funds, the eggheads of Oxford and Cambridge face a question many living beneath this city's dreaming spires may consider beneath their dignity: How do you market universities that are eight to nine centuries old?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/marketing25.php
Success in tsunami's wake
After the Asian tsunami, public health experts worried about a second wave of deaths from waterborne diseases affecting huge, concentrated populations with no clean water or sanitation. Throughout the history of this sort of emergency, waterborne disease has been the major killer, more deadly than bullets are to civilians caught in armed conflicts. The World Health Organization warned that disease could kill more people than the tsunami itself.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/24/opinion/edtsunami.php
Two judicial approaches to terror's global face
Two court decisions, in Britain and in Germany, recently provided striking evidence of how far established legal systems have to go in adjusting to the new era of international terrorism.
In London, a court broke new legal ground when it sent a former Afghan warlord to prison for 20 years for torture and hostage-taking, even though he committed the crimes outside Britain, and neither he nor his victims were British citizens.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/22/opinion/edcourts.php
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Democrats spotlight CIA leak in radio address
WASHINGTON - Democrats slammed President Bush's response to a top aide's role in outing a covert CIA operative on Saturday, turning their radio address over to an ex-agent critical of his actions.
Larry Johnson, a former CIA agent and registered Republican, accused Bush of flip-flopping on his promise to fire anyone at the White House implicated in the leak.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3429
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Video
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html#a4106
Registered Republican Larry Johnson Testimony before Senate Panel - Audio
Larry Johnson testifies before a joint session of Congressional Democrats
I've talked to Larry several times recently and he has not been happy with the way the RNC and the talking heads ( John Gibson ) have smeared Valerie Plame. He told me that unlike her husband, she is not able to defend herself against these malicious attacks. Johnson has taken on that roll. Keep in mind that he, and all his friends that are speaking out are republicans. James Marcinkowski who also testified, was actually a Young Republican. ( OYE doesn't apply ) Will the talking heads do their jobs and listen to actual CIA for guidance, or will they stick to allowing Ken Mehlman's ridiculous "chewbacca defense" to go on unchallenged?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/23.html
CIA Leak Investigation Turns to Possible Perjury, Obstruction
By Douglas Frantz, Sonni Efron and Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation has shifted his focus from determining whether White House officials violated a law against exposing undercover agents to determining whether evidence exists to bring perjury or obstruction of justice charges, according to people briefed in recent days on the inquiry's status.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3431
Testimony By Rove And Libby Examined
Leak Prosecutor Seeks Discrepancies
By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei / Washington Post
Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been reviewing over the past several months discrepancies and gaps in witness testimony in his investigation of the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame, according to lawyers in the case and witness statements.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3430
'He looked like a cornered fox'
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eyewitnesses to Friday's shooting at a London Underground station described seeing a man being chased onto a train and then shot several times at close range.
Police confirmed to CNN that armed officers had shot a man dead at Stockwell station in south London.
One witness, Mark Whitby, told BBC news the man appeared not to be carrying anything but was wearing a thick coat that looked padded.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3432
WELL, What do you all think the new police policy in the USA is? What do you think this 'barrage of bullets' issue is all about? Guilty until innocent interprets into kill before people can act. "Kill at Will." If a suspect is guilty they need to be taken down.
UK Police: Man Killed Unrelated to Probe
By Jill Lawless / Associated Press
LONDON - The man shot and killed on a subway car by London police in front of horrified commuters had nothing to do with this month's bombings on the city's transit system, police said Saturday in expressing their regrets.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3433
This is the American SS. Now. Find the people you hate the most and kill them with a barrage of bullets. There was a police action in LA I think it was that shot something like 121 bullets at an unarmed motorist injuring another officer in crossfire. It's outrageous. What bothers me further is that the Jewish population in this country is about 1%. I don't know, one percent missing from the population by oppression, intimidation or otherwise is hardly noticeable.
So this sounds paranoid. What does it take to start a genocide? How does genocide begin? How does it become evident? Why am I suspicious?
A gneocide starts with hatred and a desire to eliminate a society of an ethnic group or social class that is somewhat troubling to the leadership. That is all it takes. The Racism of the South in the USA is still very much alive. Recent history has found a Black American dragged to death. It isn't as though the crime went unpunished but the point is the hatred is still there along with a self-righteousness based in religion; ie: Eric Rundolph. The extremes are not parlayed by this administration so much as those just inside that notch of small percentage under the 'curve' of possiblity. In the Election of 2000, the red carpet was rolled out for Bush/Cheney at Bob Jones University, a white supremist religious establishment. So, the basis of the hatred toward fellow Americans is already there and alive and well by talks on shows live Larry King where Bob Jones professed there was only one true god. His. The nature of the Evangelical movement is intolerance.
But, yet through all that how can some thing as horrible as an ethnic cleansing or genocide take place? Especially in the USA?
Hatred and intolerance is a very powerful motivator and when one considers Bush/Cheney caters to the extremes of the Evangelical Movement while carrying out their administration void of ethics; what is to say one day; the enemy within this country belongs to a specific race. The intolerance of poverty by this administration reminds me of the Warsaw Ghetto. They have repeated removed program after social program to provide tax breaks while at war and to begin other programs like 'Faith Based Funding.' The trend of intolerance is there. It is not marginally there, it is everywhere in this administration.
So how would such things happen until it is too late?
Who going to stop them? There are already programs in place and funded by Bush such as Jews for Jesus to convert Jews to Christianity. Now from my perspective that is racism and bigotry and the ONLY thing Jews for Jesus should be interested in is recruiting Jews to teach the Christians about their roots. In other words, if Jews who are completely familiar with the beginnings of the monotheistic faith wanted to enhance the Christian experience for those that care to, they could teach them about what Christians coin, "The Old Testament." But, that isn't what Jews for Jesus is about. It is a racist attempt to estrange Jews from their faith by proving to them from a bully pulpit their beliefs are wrong and Jesus was the only savior any of them should care about. They are very aggressive and frequently it makes me fell as though someday someone will say, 'We gave you a chance and you wouldn't see it our way.' I am not going to get into the particulars of it, but, it is grossly wrong and they shouldn't be playing with people's hearts that way.
So we are back again to being paranoid. Right? Wrong. What if there was an underground movement that involved eliminating an ethnicity and the authorities so busy with hunting down terrorists just looke the other way. It's how the Klan worked. ie: Edgar Ray Killen. Who would know to begin with and then what would anyone do about it? An attack on the USA would result in nuclear war. Would a country as powerful as Russia or China risk that for 2 or 3 million Jews? I don't think so.
MDS is a nuclear weapon that could cause a military to not only strike out at any other country relentlessly without retribution but is also a means to entrap the people under the shield any chance of protection from maniacal authority. It is wrong as wrong could be to back such a weapon, both as a responsible and helpless citizen and as a humanitarian. This world has to disarm itself from nuclear weapons but what has to go with it is MDS. Can't do one without the other.
The most troubling aspect that I see about this adminsitration is that in the face of obvious breeches of ethics at the highest levels of govenernment it does not matter. Bush is measuring his ability to maintain control in the face of all this scandal and wrong doing by minimizing the facts and calling on the law knowing the Republicans would have to turn on him ONLY if he committed 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' which would be allowing people who did to continue to have access to their positions such as Mr. Libby and Mr. Hadley and Mr. Rove who all helped craft the plan to take to the UN Security Council. That is a clear indication to me, George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney are desperate men willing to hang on to power regardless the cost to the country. He and Dick Cheney know their aids are guilty of outing Plame. They don't care and the USA credibility globally in the arena of intelligence is gone. Gone. If there is one thing the Senate panel made completely clear was that 'credibility' is all intelligence has in other countries they don't have a foreign governmenets laws behind them. Quite the contrary.
There is a lot wrong here and it doesn't get better. It keeps getting worse by the hour. Desperate men do desperate things and the more this adminsitration gets aways with the more confident they will feel they can continue to do more including carrying out any racist and bigoted agenda eventually.
Where integrity of government doesn't come first there can be no trust.
Now. How paranoid do I sound now?
Congress Report: TSA Broke Privacy Laws
By Leslie Miller / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration violated privacy protections by secretly collecting personal information on at least 250,000 people, congressional investigators said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office sent a letter to Congress saying the collection violated the Privacy Act, which prohibits the government from compiling information on people without their knowledge.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3435
White House Aims to Block Legislation on Detainees
By Josh White and R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post
The Bush administration in recent days has been lobbying to block legislation supported by Republican senators that would bar the U.S. military from engaging in "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of detainees, from hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and from using interrogation methods not authorized by a new Army field manual.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3438
BBC
Strong quake hits Nicobar Islands
A strong earthquake has hit the Nicobar Islands in India but there are no reports of damage or casualties.
With memories of December's tsunami still fresh, Thai authorities briefly issued a tidal wave alert, but within two hours had withdrawn the warning.
The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 1542 (GMT) about 135km (85 miles) west of Misha, Nicobar Islands, and 440km (275 miles) from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4713011.stm
S Africa 'might pay Harare debt'
Mbeki said he did not want to see Zimbabwe collapse
South African President Thabo Mbeki has indicated South Africa might repay some of Zimbabwe's foreign debts.
Speaking in Pretoria, Mr Mbeki said his country could help pay off Zimbabwe's near $300m (£172m) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He said it was in South Africa's own economic interests to assist.
South Africa is Zimbabwe's closest ally and has resisted international calls to pressure Harare to end many of its controversial policies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712633.stm
Nigeria bus crash kills 56 people
A packed bus has fallen from a bridge into a river in northern Nigeria killing 56 passengers, officials say.
The crash took place at Tanburwa bridge about 20km (12.5 miles) south of the city of Kano.
Five survivors are being treated in hospital, said Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim, from the federal road safety authority.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4712657.stm
Aid funds finally flow for Niger
Images of starving children in Niger have shocked the world
The UN says donations of food and funding to help the 2.5 million people facing a food crisis in Niger are finally beginning to arrive.
The UN relief chief says graphic images of starving children have shocked the international community into response.
He said more funds had been received for Niger in the last ten days than over the last ten months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4710549.stm
China mystery illness kills nine
Health officials in western China are urgently investigating an unidentified illness which has killed nine farmers and put 11 more in hospital.
The farmers were taken ill with symptoms including high fever and vomiting during June and July.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4711741.stm
Cell death mark liver cancer clue
The researchers hope their lab work will lead to new drugs
Scientists say they have discovered how a protein causes liver cancer - it tags cancer preventing cell machinery for destruction.
The Japanese and UK team first linked gankyrin to liver or hepatocellular cancer, which affects some 250 million people worldwide, five years ago.
Then they discovered that it appeared to encourage DNA synthesis so cells grew unchecked and became cancerous.
Now they say, in Cancer Cell, gankyrin promotes cancer by another pathway too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4707917.stm
Protests disrupt Latvia gay march
Gay parades are often festive events
Latvian police have arrested protesters after they shouted insults and threw eggs at people taking part in the Baltic state's first gay pride march.
The few dozen marchers were outnumbered by hundreds of protesters who blocked the narrow streets of the capital.
Police were forced to alter the march route and to form a chain around the parade participants to protect them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4711261.stm
Dozens dead in Yemen fuel riots
The riots broke out across the country on Wednesday
At least 36 people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between protesters and police across Yemen, police and witnesses say.
Tanks have been deployed on the streets of the capital, Saana.
Deaths were also reported in a string of other towns. The unrest began after fuel subsidies were lifted on Tuesday, leading to dramatic price rises.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4707145.stm
India tea strike 'breakthrough'
Tea estates in West Bengal have stood idle after the strikes
There has been a breakthrough in negotiations to find a settlement on the wage rate for tea labourers in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But officials say a final decision is yet to be made on the issue.
The acting mediator between the planter's unions and the tea labourers unions, told the BBC both sides have agreed to a wage rate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4712829.stm
Cheney Observer
Saudi Arabia's Longtime Ambassador to the U.S. Is Resigning
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: July 21, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 20 - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who in 22 years as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States operated as an insider's insider and wielded enormous influence in Washington over successive administrations, is resigning for "private reasons," Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/international/middleeast/21bandar.html?ex=1122523200&en=faba017ffdbc3b33&ei=5070
Bush grenade suspect charged with killing
TBILISI, Georgia, July 23 (UPI) -- A man suspected of throwing a grenade during President Bush's historic visit to Georgia has been charged with killing a police officer.
Vladimir Arutyunyan also faces charges of weapons possession and resisting arrest, RIA Novosti reported.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said the suspect has refused to make any statements or get a lawyer. A young public defender has been assigned to represent him and told reporters she "will prove his innocence if he wants it."
While Bush was in Tbilisi in May, someone through a grenade at the podium where Bush, President Mikhail Saakashvili and their wives were standing.
Arutyunyan faces a life sentence if he is convicted.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050723-21081300-bc-georgia-grenade.xml
Envoy: Expulsion part
of U.S.-Israeli policy
Ambassador Ayalon says pullout compact with Bush administration, not Palestinians
Posted: July 23, 2005
5:07 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon, in an interview with a U.S. Jewish magazine, dispelled any notion the current forced removal of Jews from Gaza is part of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority tied to ending terrorism, saying the pullout is solely a U.S.-Israeli policy matter.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45419
Iraq Govt praises Aust trainers
By Alison Middleton
Defence Minister Robert Hill says Iraqi troops trained by Australian soldiers are taking greater responsibility for security in the southern province of Al Muthanna.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi Government has praised the Australian Army training team for its work with security forces in the province.
The team has provided counter-terrorism training in weapons, tactics and leadership.
Senator Hill says the Iraqi troops have started large-scale counter insurgency operations, including regular patrols, searches and vehicle checkpoints.
The Australians will train a second Iraqi Army battalion next month.
Senator Hill says the Government has deployed the training team to the province for 12 months and he hopes Iraq will be able to assume responsibility for security there during that time.
He says the Australian Government will review the Iraqi army's progress later this year.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421158.htm
Truck bomb kills 11 at Baghdad police station
A truck bomb targeting a Baghdad police station has killed at least 11 people and wounded 30, a police source said.
The blast in the Mashtal area of eastern Baghdad killed and wounded both policemen and civilians, the police source said.
Militants have stepped up suicide bombings in the last 10 days as part of a campaign to topple the US-backed Iraqi Government.
Police had no immediate comment on whether the Mashtal blast was carried out by a suicide bomber.
The attack followed a wave of suicide bombings over the past week that have challenged government promises of stability.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421201.htm
Halliburton profits as KBR, energy services improve
By August Cole
Last Updated: 7/21/2005 6:04:54 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Halliburton said late Thursday that it earned a profit in the second quarter as the oilfield services company and government contractor put some distance between last year's losses.
Houston's Halliburton reported that second-quarter net earnings reached $392 million, or 76 cents a share, after $667 million, or $1.52 a share, in red ink a year ago driven by a huge asbestos settlement and its Barracuda-Caratinga offshore project. See full story.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=29810907
Iran pipeline a risky proposal: India
NEW DELHI, July 23: India’s oil minister said on Saturday a proposed gas pipeline from Iran across Pakistan was a risky venture that would be difficult to finance, but added talks on the $7 billion project should continue.
“The pipeline proposal is, as the prime minister stated, fraught with terrible risks,” Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar told a news conference.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concerns about the project during his visit to the United States this week, when President George Bush recognized India as a responsible nuclear state and promised cooperation with its civilian atomic power programme.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/24/top6.htm
Halliburton could reap $5 billion for Iraq work
By Lisa Sanders
Last Updated: 7/8/2005 4:03:44 PM
DALLAS (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Army has issued a new order for work in Iraq that could mean around $5 billion in revenue for Halliburton.
The Army issued a new "task order" Friday to Halliburton's (HAL) KBR unit under the existing logistics and support contract -- LOGCAP III -- awarded to KBR in December 2001, according to Cathy Mann, a company spokeswoman.
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=28912171
Bush political adviser reportedly a Fed candidate
Reuters News Service
WASHINGTON - Economist and author Todd Buchholz, an adviser to President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, is being considered by the White House for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, sources close to the administration said.
Buchholz, who also served as a White House adviser under Bush's father, is under consideration for one of the two Fed seats the president will need to fill.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279329
HOW TEXANS VOTED
Copyright 2005 Roll Call Report Syndicate
WASHINGTON - How the Texas congressional delegation voted on selected issues last week:
Senate
1. Russian nuclear weapons: Voted, 78-19, to streamline the Nunn-Lugar law, which pays Russia to destroy stockpiles of Soviet-era nuclear warheads and chemical and biological arms to keep the weaponry from terrorists. The amendment was added to a defense bill (S 1042, still in debate) that authorizes $415 million for Nunn-Lugar projects in fiscal 2006. The amendment targeted bureaucratic rules imposed by members of Congress leery of sending funds to Russia without strict controls. A yes vote backed the amendment.
2. FDA commissioner, Crawford: Confirmed, 78-16, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, 67, to head the Food and Drug Administration. His confirmation had been blocked, in part, by senators upset over FDA delay in deciding whether to allow over-the-counter sales of Plan B, a morning-after contraceptive pill. The agency says it will issue a Plan B decision by Sept. 1. A yes vote was to confirm Crawford.
3. Chinese nuclear power: Refused, 37-62, to bar Export-Import Bank financing of a bid by Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four nuclear reactors in China. The bank, which is backed by U.S. taxpayers, tentatively has provided Westinghouse, a property of the British government, with $5 billion in credit backing in its competition against French and Russian firms for the work. The bill was sent to conference with a House version that prohibits the Ex-Im Bank financing. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. TV to Cuba: Refused, 33-66, to terminate TV Marti to Cuba by removing its $21 million budget from HR 3057 (above) and shifting the funds to the Peace Corps. The U.S. government produces 16-year-old TV Marti to undermine the Fidel Castro regime. A yes vote was to end TV Marti.
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Cornyn(R)San Antonio
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Y
N
N
Hutchison(R)Dallas
Y
Y
N
N
House
1. Permanent Patriot Act: Passed, 257-171, a bill (HR 3199) to renew the USA Patriot Act and convert most of its key antiterrorism provisions to permanent status. Like the original law, the renewal expands the power of police and intelligence agencies to keep watch on, probe and detain individuals suspected of terrorism and possibly related activities, with less judicial review than existed before Sept. 11, 2001. The only key provisions not made permanent by the renewal are ones authorizing roving wiretaps and secret searches of library and bookstore records, both of which would expire after 10 years. The bill awaits Senate action. A yes vote was to pass the bill.
2. Temporary Patriot Act: Defeated, 209-218, a Democratic bid to extend the USA Patriot Act temporarily, subject to congressional renewal after four years. The House then passed HR 3199 (above). A yes vote backed temporary status for the Patriot Act.
3. Library searches: Voted, 402-26, to require the FBI director to personally approve library and bookstore searches under HR 3199 (above). The bill renews authority for law enforcement agents, bearing secret warrants, to obtain customer records from libraries, bookstores and other entities. The Senate has not yet taken a stand. A yes vote backed the amendment.
4. National security letters: Adopted, 394-32, an amendment to HR 3199 (above) giving recipients of a "national security letter" access to counsel, standing to challenge the letter in court and freedom to publicly discuss it. These letters are subpoenas the FBI can issue to obtain information without prior court review. A yes vote backed the amendment.
5. Iraq benchmarks: Rejected, 203-227, a Democratic request that President Bush set public benchmarks for measuring U.S. progress in Iraq in areas such as defeating the insurgency, establishing democratic institutions and bringing U.S. troops home. This occurred during debate on a bill (HR 2601, later passed) authorizing State Department activities and other foreign operations in fiscal 2006. A yes vote backed the Democratic motion.
6. Iraq commitment: Approved, 291-137, a GOP-sponsored amendment to HR 2601 (above) declaring that the United States should withdraw its force from Iraq only when it is clear "national security and foreign policy goals relating to a free and stable Iraq have been or are about to be achieved." A yes vote backed the GOP amendment.
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Gohmert(R)Tyler
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N
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Y
Poe(R)Humble
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N
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Y
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Y
Johnson(R)Plano
Y
N
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N
Y
Hall(R)Rockwall
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Hensarling(R)Dallas
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Barton(R)Ennis
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Culberson(R)Houston
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Brady(R)The Woodlands
Y
N
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Y
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Y
Al Green(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
McCaul(R)Austin
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Conaway(R)Midland
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Granger(R)Fort Worth
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Thornberry(R)Clarendon
Y
N
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N
N
Y
Paul(R)Surfside
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Hinojosa(D)Mercedes
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A
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A
Reyes(D)El Paso
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Edwards(D)Waco
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Jackson-Lee(D)Houston
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Neugebauer(R)Lubbock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Gonzalez(D)San Antonio
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Smith(R)San Antonio
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
DeLay(R)Sugar Land
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Bonilla(R)San Antonio
Y
N
N
Y
N
Y
Marchant(R)Coppell
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Doggett(D)Austin
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Burgess(R)Highland Village
Y
N
Y
Y
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Y
Ortiz(D)Corpus Christi
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Cuellar(D)Laredo
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Gene Green(D)Houston
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Johnson(D)Dallas
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Carter(R)Round Rock
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Sessions(R)Dallas
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Key: N=No; Y=Yes; P=Present;
A=Absent or did not vote.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278785
Cheney seeks to block law concerning U.S. detainees
By ERIC SCHMITT
New York Times
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is working to block legislation offered by Republican senators that would regulate the detention, treatment and trials of detainees held by the U.S. military.
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In a private meeting on Thursday night, Cheney warned three senior Republican members of the Armed Services Committee that their proposed legislation would interfere with the president's authority and his ability to protect Americans against terrorist attacks.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279421
Endangered Species Act embroiled in court battles
The law is facing more challenges than ever before
By FELICITY BARRINGER
New York Times
RESOURCES
THE PROTECTED CREATURES
• At risk: Currently 1,264 species are considered threatened or endangered.
WASHINGTON - More than three decades after the Endangered Species Act gave the federal government tools and a mandate to protect animals, insects and plants threatened with extinction, the landmark law is facing the most intense efforts ever by White House officials, members of Congress, landowners and industry to limit its reach.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278789
Lawrence Welk Show accordion player dies
Los Angeles Times
Mitchell Daily Republic file
Myron Floren played in Lawrence Welk's band from 1950 to 1982 and later at music festivals around the country. He died Saturday of cancer.
LOS ANGELES - Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, has died. He was 85.
Floren, who continued performing until the last few months, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Rolling Hills Estates, according to Margaret Heron, syndication manager for the Welk show.
Dubbed "The Happy Norwegian" for his perpetual grin, Floren joined Welk's orchestra on the road in 1950.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279384
Iran Students: Restart Uranium Program
Sunday July 24, 2005 2:46 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - More than 13,000 Iranian students and academics signed petitions urging Iranian president Mohammad Khatami to resume the country's suspended uranium enrichment efforts, state-run radio reported Saturday.
The petition said prolonging the suspension - done at the behest of international negotiators - was only pleasing those who ``cannot tolerate Iran's scientific triumphs.''
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5162440,00.html
'Iran oil production to reach 4.2m barrels a day'
Sunday, July 24, 2005 - ©2005 IranMania.com
LONDON, July 24 (IranMania) - Iran announced that its oil production will officially rise to 4 mln and 200 thousand barrels per day in the next few days once production begins in three new oil fields.
"With the official entry of the Darkhovein field (in southwestern Iran) and the two other offshore oil fields of Soroush and Norouz, located in the Persian Gulf, the production level of Iran will reach 4.2 mln barrels per day in the next two to three days," Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanghaneh told reporters at the site.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33600&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Roberts talk proves Jeb was no bystander in 2000
By Randy Schultz
Palm Beach Post Editor of the Editorial Page
Sunday, July 24, 2005
The news is not that John Roberts gave Gov. Bush advice during the 2000 presidential recount. The news, sort of, is that Gov. Bush listened to him.
Among the several million lawyers who descended on Florida after the election was Mr. Roberts, who had served in the Reagan and Bush 41 administrations and was a million-dollar-a-year partner at one of Washington's largest and best law firms. Through a spokesman, Gov. Bush said last week that he "appreciated" the Supreme Court nominee's "willingness to serve, and valued his counsel."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/07/24/a1e_schultzcol_0724.html
ROBERTS INFLUENCES BUSH IMAGE FOR FUTURE
By J. Grant Swank, Jr.
MichNews.com
Jul 22, 2005
It's not only what the public eventually will think of Judge John Roberts; it's what Roberts' position will mean to US President George W. Bush.
If Mr. Bush has been wise in choosing a person who will endorse the expectations of the morally based Red States, fine for Mr. Bush's future. If not, then Mr. Bush is in trouble with his own kind.
There is much being said this week about Roberts' enigma persona. After all, at age 50, who is the handsome fellow and what does he really represent by way of moral positions?
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8826.shtml
Nervous markets push oil prices up
AP , VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Sunday, Jul 24, 2005,Page 10
Oil prices climbed by more than US$1 a barrel on Friday, one day after China's decision to abandon its currency peg to the US dollar, making oil prices cheaper for China, the world's second-largest consumer of crude.
The renewed terror attacks on London's public transit system led to some nervousness on the markets. But Thursday's attacks were much less serious than the initial assault two weeks ago and analysts said their effects had dissipated by Friday. A new incident on Friday, with police killing a suspect on a London subway train, also did not brake prices.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/07/24/2003264870
Oil moves by China, India challenge U.S.
Energy-hungry powers making deals with nations that are often hostile to America
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria — nations shunned by America as nuclear threats, insurgent havens or human rights violators are increasingly being wooed by China and India in a race for oil and influence that is challenging Washington on the energy and security fronts.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3278933
New global chain forged, ONGC, Mittal float 2 oil cos
NEW DELHI: It was the coming together of the titans. India’s largest oil producing company, the $14bn ONGC group on Saturday joined hands with the world’s largest steel giant, the $22bn Mittal Steel to float two Cyprus-based companies for acquisition of overseas oil and gas assets and energy related businesses.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of ONGC, and Mittal Investment SARL, the investment arm of Mittal Steel, inked an MoU to form a JV — ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd— which will concentrate on acquisition of oil and gas assets. The other MoU was inked between ONGC and Mittal Investment Sarl to form the second JV co — ONGC-Mittal Energy Services —to take up energy related businesses like trading and shipping.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1180851.cms
Justice Dept. Rebuffs Press Request for More Bush Guard Records
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, August 27, 2004; 11:53 AM
The Justice Department has told the Associated Press that the government does not possess any records that would shed further light on the mysteries of President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service, beyond those that have already been made public, a lawyer for the news agency said yesterday.
… On the CBS Evening News, John Roberts, traveling with Bush in New Mexico, pointed out the particularly dire statistics for Hispanics. "Mr. Bush carefully avoided any mention of the census report," Roberts said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38452-2004Aug27.html
AT LEAST SOMEONE is dealing with MTBE. Thank you, Mrs. Clinton.
Clinton opposes MTBE proposal
Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday strongly criticized proposed language to be included in the Senate Energy Bill that would exempt gasoline additive MTBE manufacturers from liability for cleaning up MTBE contaminated groundwater.
“Any plan that shifts MTBE cleanup costs from polluters to New York’s taxpayers is unacceptable,” Clinton said. “The proposal unveiled today is an insult to New York. It provides liability relief for MTBE producers in exchange for a cleanup trust fund that is inadequate and depends heavily on taxpayer dollars.”
The issue is of concern to hundreds of Hudson Valley residents whose private wells have been contaminated by MTBE in the Fort Montgomery and Hyde Park areas among others.
Clinton Friday joined her colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee in writing a letter to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Domenici and Ranking Member Bingaman expressing her concerns about potential MTBE provisions the Senate Energy Bill, as well as several other issues of concern.
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/MTBE_Clinton-23Jul05.htm
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Nominee John Roberts. I have many reservations about a man who is nominated to the first judical appointment of this administration after assisting this president to TAKE the vote in Florida. It's moral issue. It is blatantly obvious conflict of interest. Bush did this because Mr. Roberts is attractive enough as a potential moderate to allow his appointment regardless the far less than invisible scandal. Bush is not putting up a moderate if a man is willing to bargain away his future in corruption. THE TWO FACES OF JOHN ROBERTS.
Morning Papers - continued. . .
The Miami Herald
Taser pushes its stun guns for public
Taser International is offering its controversial stun guns for sale to the general public, raising concerns among police, legal experts and a human rights group.
BY SUSANNAH A. NESMITH AND LISA ARTHUR
snesmith@herald.com
The manufacturer of the stun guns cops carry on their belts is launching an aggressive marketing campaign to boost sales of the weapon to the public, a move police fear will put a dangerous and largely unregulated weapon on the streets.
The city chosen by Taser International executives to launch the new sales blitz: Miami, beginning Tuesday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208561.htm
Should Tasers be available for public purchase?
Of course not. Look at the trouble they've caused in the hands of police.
Yes, it's better than owning a gun.
You need them to defend yourself.
I'm not sure.
http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-miamiwebvote&msg=689.1
Of course not. Look at the trouble they've caused in the hands of police.
77 votes (58%)
Yes, it's better than owning a gun.
26 votes (20%)
You need them to defend yourself.
24 votes (18%)
I'm not sure.
6 votes (5%)
133 people have voted so far
http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-miamiwebvote&tid=689&vote=1&submit=Vote
GOP offensive still has a few minefields to clear
By GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE -- Democrats beware: Republicans figure you're only five percentage points away from electoral oblivion.
As both the national and state Democratic Party undergo yet another year of rebuilding, Republicans are using this off-season to chip away at the Democratic base by holding slogan-laden town hall meetings with blacks and Hispanics, telling them: ``Give us a chance and we'll give you a choice.''
The number crunchers at the GOP, awash with the very cash Democrats sorely lack, have analyzed the data and figure that if 3 percent to 5 percent more minorities vote GOP, then it's lights out for the Democrats, state and nationwide.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208638.htm
Beach renourishment a fact of life in Florida
OUR OPINION: RESTORATION A BOON TO TOURISM, BUFFER AGAINST STORMS
Post-Hurricane Dennis photos of Panhandle beaches show private homes and hotels perched on the edge of a precipice leading straight down to the Gulf of Mexico. Yet there is no question that these beaches will be restored, courtesy of millions in local, state and federal tax dollars. Is that fair? Should taxpayers' dollars be spent to renourish beaches that front private property? The answer, alas, is Yes -- but not merely for the benefit of the owners. Beach restoration boosts tourism and is a buffer against future storms, among other things that justify the spending.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12199315.htm
Family: Cutbacks left boy at risk
A sexual assault that occurred at a group home after state budget cuts prompted the parents of an autistic boy to remove him from the facility.
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
cmarbin@herald.com
CHULUOTA, Fla. - `He's my son and
I feel so helpless'
David Poff, who is 10 and autistic, can say a few baby words, like ''hug'' and ''tickle.'' Frightening words like ''molest'' and ''sexual assault'' aren't in his vocabulary.
So the group-home caregiver who found him on a sofa June 11 with a bigger boy's hands inside his shorts could only assume what the bigger boy was doing.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208562.htm
Tropical Storm Gert approaches Mexico
By MARTIN MERZER
mmerzer@herald.com
Now Tropical Storm Gert, a somewhat ragged weather system in the Gulf of Mexico headed toward the same general area of Mexico struck last week by Hurricane Emily.
Forecasters said Gert, the seventh named storm of the young hurricane season, developed from a disturbance they have been watching for days as it approached and then crossed the Yucatán Peninsula.
Though the storm was being torn apart by high-altitude winds at midday, what was left of its center was expected to reach the coast this evening between Tampico and Tuxpan. It could bring four to 10 inches of rain to portions of that region and areas inland.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12207586.htm
Experts blame al Qaeda in Britain, Egypt bombings
Similarities between the Britain and Egypt bombings suggested that al Qaeda was behind them, with Osama bin Laden in control.
BY CRAIG WHITLOCK
Washington Post Service
LONDON - The back-to-back nature of the deadly attacks in Sharm el-Sheik and London, as well as similarities in the methods used, suggest that the al Qaeda leadership might have given the orders for both operations and are a clear sign Osama bin Laden and his deputies remain in control of the network, according to interviews with counterterrorism analysts and government officials in Europe and the Middle East.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208747.htm
The Jakarta Post
Children urge President to create new ministry for them
JAKARTA (Antara): A group of Indonesian children issued on Sunday a declaration demanding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to create a new ministry that deals specifically with children's affairs.
The demand was read before Susilo and a number of ministers in a ceremony commemorating the National Children's Day on Sunday at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724161730&irec=3
Children take up fight for their rights
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
A short-haired teenage girl ran toward a group making preparations at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to celebrate National Children's Day on Saturday.
Maesaroh, a 15-year-old from Lampung who calls herself Maya, was a little late for the event but said she was just happy to be there at all.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050724.@01&irec=0
Attacks in London, Egypt give new urgency to Asian security meet
VIENTIANE (AFP): The attacks in London and Egypt have given new urgency to the annual meeting here this week of Asia's main security forum, which will adopt measures to boost the region's defenses against terrorism.
The 24-member ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which includes many Muslim nations, is also expected to emphasize that terror attacks, mostly blamed on Islamic extremists, are not associated with religious groups.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724113410&irec=4
Asians open conference, with Australia likely to join regional friendship pact
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP): Asian nations on Sunday sought ways to limit damage from Myanmar's dismal democracy record and boost anti-terror cooperation as they opened a six-day conference likely to bring Australia more firmly into the Asian neighborhood.
Australia said it wants to join a nonaggression treaty with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, hoping to resolve concerns during the conference in Vientiane on whether it will conflict with Australia's defense pact with the UnitedStates.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724112628&irec=5
Aceh residents flee as three-meter waves strike
Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh
Memories of the tsunami were triggered in several coastal villages of South Aceh regency on Saturday as huge waves struck, destroying dozens of houses.
The three-meter-high waves hit the area at 6 a.m.
The unusually high waves were triggered by a full-moon tide and strong winds, said seismologist Sanun Ahmad, quoted as saying by Antara news agency.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.A02&irec=1
Papua overal champs at nat'l athletics meet
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Papua emerged as the overall champions with eight gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the three-day national athletics championship that ended here on Saturday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.K05&irec=4
Pigs culled in Tangerang to contain spread of bird flu
TANGERANG (Agencies): The government slaughtered dozens of pigs, chickens and ducks on Sunday in a district near the capital of Jakarta in an attempt to wipe out bird flu, following the month's first deaths from avian influenza virus.
Led by Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyanto and witnessed by local government authorities and the farm owners, officials culled a total of 18 pigs, 20 chickens and 20 ducks in Legok village of Tangerang district.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724171129&irec=2
Sinopec to invest in Indonesian oil refinery, minister says
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's largest oil processor, plans to invest in Indonesia's proposed 10th oil refinery, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will sign a memorandum of understanding with the company, also known as Sinopec, when he visits China this week, Purnomo told reporters on Sunday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050723185838&irec=0
Lamantijiji takes reign as Sultan Deli XIV
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan
Hundreds of Malay nobles in Medan bowed their heads as they paid their respects to their new leader, eight-year-old Sultan Deli XIV, in an emotional ceremony on Friday.
The new potentate, whose full name is Tengku Mahmud Aria Lamantijiji, was inaugurated a day after his father, Sultan Deli XIII Lt. Col. Tito Otman Mahmud Padrab, died in an plane crash in North Aceh along with two other Army officers.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.A01&irec=0
PLN launches modules on energy saving
JAKARTA (Antara): The state-owned electricity company PT PLN launched on Sunday education modules on energy saving aimed at boosting knowledge of the students about electricity.
The modules that will be used by students at the country's primary schools from the third to sixth grade was part of the government efforts to promote energy conservation.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724190947&irec=1
Riding the Corruption Express
Indonesia has been listed as one of the world's most corrupt countries, a label that the experience I will share with you will corroborate.
Graft cases adorn the front pages of the print media almost every day. Unfortunately, corruption on the train has not attracted much of the media's attention, although this practice could endanger hundreds of train passengers. For just Rp 2,000 you can ask to be dropped of at the train station of your choosing. One piece of advice, though. Never let the engineer know you are a "novice".
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050724.@03&irec=2
Jakarta tsunami aid summit's declaration
Thursday, January 6, 2005
The special ASEAN leaders' meeting held in Jakarta on Thursday issued a declaration on action to strengthen emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention on the aftermath of eathquake and tsunami disaster.
The full text of the declaration is as follows:
We, the Heads of State/Government, Special Envoys and Heads of regional as well as international organisations, who gathered on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, expressed solemnly our profound sorrow and our solidarity to overcome the unprecedented catastrophe befalling the Indian Ocean rim countries on 26 December 2004.
This unprecedented devastation needs unprecedented global response in assisting the national governments to cope with such disaster. This would entail efforts in emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction that may take five to ten years, with resources that cannot be borne by any individual country.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/tsunami_declaration.asp
isms . . .
Dead cadet's mother vows to fight Defence
A Tasmanian woman believes her anti-discrimination claim against the Commonwealth has turned into a states' rights case.
Susan Campbell lodged the claim on behalf of herself and her 15-year-old daughter Eleanore Tibble, who took her own life after being told she was to be dishonourably discharged from the Air Training Corps.
Several weeks before her death it was decided Eleanore Tibble should be reinstated, but she was never told.
The Commonwealth has applied to the Federal Court for an injunction to prevent the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal from hearing Mrs Campbell's complaint, but she has vowed to continue, no matter what the legal fees cost.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1420979.htm
Discrimination against individuals with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
People living with HIV/AIDS face many forms of stigma and discrimination. This is the case in whichever country they may live, as has been shown in a number of previous research studies. In addition to experiencing unfair treatment by their families, communities, and employers, they may encounter discrimination from healthcare professionals. An article to be published on July 19 in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine shows that such discrimination does indeed occur.
(I-Newswire) - Vincent Iacopino and colleagues from the organization Physicians for Human Rights, in collaboration with researchers from the The Policy Project and the Center for the Right to Health ( both in Nigeria ) investigated the problem of discrimination by health personnel in Nigeria. With a population of roughly 130 million, Nigeria is home to one in eleven of the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
http://i-newswire.com/pr37844.html
Gender barriers impede progress of women firefighters
By David Crary
The Associated Press
MIKE DERER / AP
Audra Carter, left, and Maria Diaz were the first female firefighters in Hoboken, N.J. "When we first came on, it was a little bit awkward — the guys were walking on eggshells," said Diaz.
NEW YORK — Her credentials are impressive: Coast Guard reservist, trophy-winning distance runner, veteran of risky Ground Zero duty on the morning the World Trade Center collapsed. Yet even Adrienne Walsh has felt the sting of resentment from men who do not want women alongside them in the ranks of firefighters.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002293449_firefighters31.html
Region's newest hospital chiefs break gender barrier
By JOHN HEYS
john.heys@heraldtribune.com
It doesn't rank up there with women's suffrage or the Equal Rights Amendment, but three of Southwest Florida's newest hospital chiefs have made what is at least a major local gender breakthrough.
For the first time ever, three women are taking the helm at hospitals in Englewood, Sarasota and Venice. They will oversee operations with more than 1,000 beds where tens of thousands of Southwest Florida residents are cared for every year.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/BUSINESS/505310532
COLO. GOVERNOR VETOES GAY DISCRIMINATION BILL
OIA Newswire
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign decried Colorado Governor Bill Owens' decision Friday to veto the non-discrimination measure that passed the state legislature earlier this month, which would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to existing state non-discrimination laws.
Owens did indicate however, that he would allow the anti-hate crime legislation that was also passed by the state legislature to become law, even though he does not support it.
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8818
Probe reveals discrimination in employment agencies
BY CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN
STAFF WRITER
May 31, 2005, 2:42 PM EDT
Eight New York City employment agencies have agreed to pay $118,000 after an investigation by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office revealed that they kept internal documents listing racial preferences for jobs such as nannies, maids, butlers and estate managers.
Some of the agencies documents noted , "No Blacks," "Anything But Caribbean" and "Prefers European or Philippina or Spanish."
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzspitz01,0,2103886.story?coll=ny-business-leadheadlines
Frontier Days chairman vigorously denies charge of discrimination
Associated Press
CHEYENNE -- The chairman of Cheyenne Frontier Days vigorously denied that the group discriminates against women and called the charges leveled by a city councilman irresponsible.
Ken McCann, general committee chairman for CFD, said that women hold several prominent roles with CFD and the fact that none serve on the general committee should not be taken as a sign that CFD discriminates against women.
McCann's comments came in response to City Councilman Pete Laybourn, who said during a May 23 council meeting that "sex discrimination at Cheyenne Frontier Days (should be) dealt with and terminated ...." The city's lease with the CFD organizers bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/05/31/build/wyoming/30-frontierdays.inc
Courage To Care
New York Sun Staff Editorial
After meeting with President Bush today, the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will visit New York, where, among other things, he will stop by the Anti-Defamation League's national headquarters to receive an award. On Friday, the national director of the ADL, Abraham Foxman, will present Mr. Erdogan with the Courage To Care Award in recognition of efforts by the Turkish diplomatic corps to rescue Jews during World War II.
http://www.nysun.com/article/15065
They look at the burns and are silent
By Amira Hass
"It has to be something cooked up by the Shin Bet security services." That was the reaction of several people when the Israeli media reported on a young woman from the Jabaliya refugee camp who was seized on Monday at the Erez checkpoint carrying 10 kilograms of explosives on her body, which she had intended to detonate in a hospital.
And indeed, the clearly immoral intention of murdering the sick, the cynical exploitation of an exit permit granted for medical purposes, the stupidity of transferring explosives at a checkpoint where even a needle sets off an alarm, a switch that didn't work - all these make one think of a staged incident intended to denigrate or embarrass the Palestinians. A staging that succeeds in concealing the information, which in any case is minimized, about the routine Israeli oppression: for example, the killing of a young boy who was engaged in trapping birds, or the arrest of activists in the village of Balin because they are leading a popular, unarmed struggle against the Israeli policy that is designed to steal more Palestinian land.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/591219.html
Jailed scientist files appeal with Strasbourg court
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Lawyers representing Valentin Danilov, a Russian physicist convicted last year on charges of high treason and fraud, have filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
"We have lodged an appeal in connection with a breach of article 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which guarantees everyone the right to freedom and personal immunity," Anna Stavitskaya, a member of Danilov's defense team, said today.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050620/40552281.html
‘Kiss Me Goodnight’ shares joy as well as sorrow
By Sally Thompson
Sun Newspapers
(Created 6/23/2005 9:06:59 AM)
They look whole on the outside, these daughters who lost their mothers when they were young. But inside, where it doesn’t show, there’s an empty spot in their hearts, a spot that remains empty unless enough loving memories can be generated to fill it.
“Kiss Me Goodnight,” a collection of experiences told through poetry, essays and stories, allows 51 women to share their feelings about the early deaths of their mothers from “cancer, suicide, alcoholism, the Nazis and other agents of death,” according to a news release.
http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Orono&story=160043
Serving bigots their just desserts
Jack Greenberg is a mainstay in the fight for equal rights. Picture / Kenny Rodger
23.07.05
By Claire Harvey
The walk to school through New York's Brooklyn district in the late 1920s took young Jack Greenberg and his pals past a Chinese laundry. Throwing stones through the laundry windows made a great noise and it was fun - and, after all, the owners were Chinese, so they deserved it.
Greenberg had never heard the word "racism", but he had heard his Romanian-born mother and Polish father talking about the terrible things happening to Jewish families like theirs in Eastern Europe.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10337221
Inquirer Mindanao : State of the nation for Mindanaoans
First posted 06:50am (Mla time) July 24, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A15 of the July 24, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to deliver her State of the Nation Address (Sona) tomorrow. The President's allies are expected to agree with whatever she would say. The opposition, as it always did in past Sonas, would do otherwise. In fact, Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday delivered his own True State of the Nation Address (Tsona).
Here is the take of the people of Mindanao on the state of the nation.
Chaotic. Those alleged leaders who presented a supposed solution to the problem are a problem themselves. Unless and until people realize that they have the power to uplift the nation minus the trapos (traditional politicians), the Philippines will land on the deep. -Lawyer Luz Ramos, General Santos City
http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=2&story_id=44600&col=40
Nobel laureate condemns hanging of teenagers in Iran
Teheran (Iran), July 24 (AP): Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of two teenagers in northeastern Iran, a punishment that prompted protests by gay rights groups around the world.
Ebadi said the hanging last week of a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old on charges of involvement in homosexual acts was a violation of Iran's obligations under the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, which bans such executions.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200507240338.htm
Breaking the gender wall
BEIJING: Life was tough for 33-year-old Liu Cheng Rong in the spring of 2003. The SARS epidemic that swept across China made it impossible for
her family to earn money. The truck they used to transport construction materials to building sites lay unused following the slump in the economy. It was then that she decided to take matters in her own hands and applied for a job in Beijing, leaving her young son and husband behind in Miyun
village, north of the capital city.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=74983
ADB to aid Pakistan gender reform policy
Saturday July 23, 2005 (1708 PST)
MANILA, July 24 (Online): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $4.57 million (Rs.270 million) technical assistance grant to boost Pakistan's efforts to improve the status of women in the country, a statement said Saturday.
The grant was aimed at strengthening the integration of Pakistan's commitments to gender policy reform in poverty reduction and governance programmes.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=113522
EEOC Revises Guidance on Timeliness for Filing Charges of Employment Discrimination
Compliance Manual Section on'Threshold Issues' Conforms with Supreme Court Ruling
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - In accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 (2002), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a revision to its Compliance Manual section on "Threshold Issues" addressing time limitations on filing charges of employment discrimination with the agency. The revised Compliance Manual Chapter and questions and answers about the revision are available online at www.eeoc.gov/policy/compliance.html.
Threshold issues are requirements that an individual must satisfy in order to have a legal claim under the EEO statutes. When a charge is filed with the EEOC, the investigator determines whether threshold requirements are satisfied before considering the substantive claim of discrimination. In Morgan, the Court ruled that the timeliness of an employment discrimination charge depends upon whether it involves a discrete act or a hostile work environment claim. A discrete act is only independently actionable if it occurred within the filing period. In contrast, all of the incidents that make up the same hostile work environment claim are actionable as long as at least one incident occurred within the filing period.
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/9201/
Councilman withdraws discrimination resolution
By The Associated Press Sunday, July 24, 2005
CHEYENNE (AP) -- A city councilman withdrew his resolution accusing Cheyenne Frontier Days of sexual discrimination but expressed hope the discussion will clarify how the festival is operated.
Councilman Pete Laybourn has pointed out that in 109 years, no woman has been part of the General Committee or Heels, a group of 430 volunteers recognized for their exceptional service to the annual Western festival.
The resolution asked Frontier Days to write an anti-discrimination policy and create a grievance procedure to guarantee equal treatment of volunteers.
http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/wyoming/fc0817bd22797624872570450078aa0f.txt
Houston Chronicle
Iran warns Europe to honor nuclear rights
New York Times
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday that Iran had delivered a message to Europe last week saying it would adopt a new nuclear policy if its basic rights were not observed in Europe's proposal expected to be announced in early August.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279292
Tropical Storm Gert takes aim at Mexico
Associated Press
RESOURCES
MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Gert headed for Mexico's Gulf Coast today with a threat of several inches of rain in an area where some spots already had been soaked by Hurricane Emily.
Gert's predecessor, Franklin, appeared to be on the verge of falling apart over cooler water in the Atlantic.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279720
U.S. soldier killed in firefight in Afghanistan
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — More than a dozen suspected militants attacked a U.S. patrol in southern Afghanistan today, and the resulting firefight left one American soldier dead and another wounded, the U.S. military said.
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Between 15 and 20 fighters ambushed the patrol in Helmand province's Gereshk district, the military said in a statement. An insurgent was killed and two others were wounded.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279657
Two Israeli Motorists Killed in Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants killed two Israeli motorists in the Gaza Strip early today and sent a suicide bomber into Israel, intensifying attacks ahead of Israel's withdrawal from the territory next month.
The bomber, who had cut a hole into the Gaza-Israel border fence, was caught near an Israeli communal farm with a belt packed with 11 pounds of explosives. The bomb was detonated safely by Israeli troops.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279642
North, South Korea meet in Beijing before new talks
Associated Press
BEIJING — The American representative to talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions predicted today that this week's negotiations would not be the last, saying much work needs to be done since Pyongyang boycotted the talks more than a year ago.
The latest round of six-nation talks among the Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia were set to begin Tuesday after North Korea ended its 13-month boycott after a U.S. reassurance to recognize its sovereignty.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279641
It's official: Armstrong makes it a magnificent seven
Associated Press
PARIS -- Lance Armstrong closed out his amazing career with a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory today — and did it a little earlier than expected.
Because of wet conditions, race organizers stopped the clock as Armstrong and the main pack entered Paris. Although riders were still racing, with eight laps of the Champs-Elysees to complete, organizers said that Armstrong had officially won.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/3279604
Explosive goes off as man carries it near pyramids
Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — An explosive detonated as it was being carried by a man several miles from a tourist bazaar next the Pyramids of Giza today, police said. The man was severely injured.
The incident came amid heightened fears of attacks on tourists in Egypt after Saturday's string of bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 250 miles east of the capital, that killed 88 people. Security was increased in many parts of Cairo, including around the Pyramids, after the deadliest terrorist attacks in the nation's history.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3279685
Experts say motives, not al-Qaida mastermind, link bombings
Associated Press
LONDON - Car bombs at an Egyptian luxury hotel. Explosions in London subways. Suicide blasts in Baghdad. With the frequency of terror attacks apparently mounting, experts searching for common threads behind the attacks suggest that the war on terror is being waged against an ever-increasing well of recruits, bound together by motives and cause rather than a single al-Qaida mastermind.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3279472
Are our hospitals making us sick?
Care facilities across the nation are focused on reducing infections inside their walls. In Texas, one critic says, lawmakers have 'punted' on the problem.
By ANNE BELLI
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
RESOURCES
PLAN OF ACTION
For a complete list of local and state hospitals participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign, visit the institute's Web site at www.ihi.org/IHI/programs/campaign.
JOAQUIN Claveria was an old man with a history of heart conditions when he checked into Methodist Hospital in Houston nearly two years ago with chest pains.
He died three months later — but not because of his age or any pre-existing condition, family members said. While hospitalized, they said, Claveria acquired an especially hard-to-treat infection that did not completely respond to antibiotics.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3279408
MISSING THE GREEN
City courses lose money as golfers go elsewhere
Study points to little marketing and deteriorating conditions of some links among the reasons
By MATT STILES
HOUSTON'S municipal golf system — with its plush and historical flagship, Memorial Park — is among the best and most valuable in the country, according to a new study.
That finding by the National Golf Foundation wasn't news to city parks employees. Yet one question nags them: Why aren't more people playing?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3278666
2-year-old shot after ball kicked through window
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A 2-year-old girl was in critical condition today after being shot by a man during a confrontation with a group of teens after one kicked a ball through his apartment window, police said.
Around 8:40 p.m., the teens were making their way through the Funwood Village apartment complex at 11715 S. Glen when one kicked the ball through the man's window, police said.
The man came out waving a handgun. Police said as he was walking he leveled the gun and it went off, striking the girl in the neck.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3279681
3 missing children found during traffic stop
Associated Press
WICHITA FALLS - Three children who authorities say were kidnapped from their grandparents' home in East Texas were found unharmed in a car Friday after the driver was stopped for speeding in Wichita Falls, authorities said.
The children, aged 9, 6 and 2, were placed in protective custody until their grandparents could arrive from their home in Upshur County, about 225 miles away. The grandparents are the legal guardians.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3279379
White House unwilling to release all Roberts documents
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration does not intend to release all memos and others documents written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during his tenure with two Republican administrations, a White House representative said today.
Fred D. Thompson, the former Tennessee senator who is guiding Roberts through the nomination process on behalf of the White House, said material that would come under attorney-client privilege would be withheld.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3279705
Pot farmers take extreme steps to protect crops
Grenades, traps, razors and snakes ward off intruders, endanger police
By JOHN CANIGLIA
Newhouse News Service
RESOURCES
POT SHOTS
Some growers are going to extremes to protect their money-making marijuana crops.
• Bitten: A Kentucky grower put deadly snakes in a mesh container near his plot. A police officer unwittingly freed the snakes, and one bit him on the hand.
• Explosion: A hiker in Ohio suffered some paralysis after tripping over a fishing line attached to the pin of a hand grenade, which then exploded.
The marijuana patch — once tended by advocates of peace and love — has become a vicious place where growers plant grenades and animal traps to combat competitors and cops.
Bear traps, makeshift guns and razor blades have become standard ways for growers to protect the investments they hide on wooded lands and farmers' fields. Thieves, police and wayward nature lovers can find themselves at risk.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278761
DELEGATION WATCH
DeLay pal has seat at dinner with Bush
By SAMANTA LEVINE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay makes it a point not to forget his friends back home.
The Sugar Land Republican, one of just a few members of Congress invited to the White House for the glitzy official dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, brought a hometown buddy to the festivities: Sugar Land Councilman Tom Abraham, who immigrated to the United States from India in 1979.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3278765
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Taser pushes its stun guns for public
Taser International is offering its controversial stun guns for sale to the general public, raising concerns among police, legal experts and a human rights group.
BY SUSANNAH A. NESMITH AND LISA ARTHUR
snesmith@herald.com
The manufacturer of the stun guns cops carry on their belts is launching an aggressive marketing campaign to boost sales of the weapon to the public, a move police fear will put a dangerous and largely unregulated weapon on the streets.
The city chosen by Taser International executives to launch the new sales blitz: Miami, beginning Tuesday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208561.htm
Should Tasers be available for public purchase?
Of course not. Look at the trouble they've caused in the hands of police.
Yes, it's better than owning a gun.
You need them to defend yourself.
I'm not sure.
http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-miamiwebvote&msg=689.1
Of course not. Look at the trouble they've caused in the hands of police.
77 votes (58%)
Yes, it's better than owning a gun.
26 votes (20%)
You need them to defend yourself.
24 votes (18%)
I'm not sure.
6 votes (5%)
133 people have voted so far
http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-miamiwebvote&tid=689&vote=1&submit=Vote
GOP offensive still has a few minefields to clear
By GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE -- Democrats beware: Republicans figure you're only five percentage points away from electoral oblivion.
As both the national and state Democratic Party undergo yet another year of rebuilding, Republicans are using this off-season to chip away at the Democratic base by holding slogan-laden town hall meetings with blacks and Hispanics, telling them: ``Give us a chance and we'll give you a choice.''
The number crunchers at the GOP, awash with the very cash Democrats sorely lack, have analyzed the data and figure that if 3 percent to 5 percent more minorities vote GOP, then it's lights out for the Democrats, state and nationwide.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208638.htm
Beach renourishment a fact of life in Florida
OUR OPINION: RESTORATION A BOON TO TOURISM, BUFFER AGAINST STORMS
Post-Hurricane Dennis photos of Panhandle beaches show private homes and hotels perched on the edge of a precipice leading straight down to the Gulf of Mexico. Yet there is no question that these beaches will be restored, courtesy of millions in local, state and federal tax dollars. Is that fair? Should taxpayers' dollars be spent to renourish beaches that front private property? The answer, alas, is Yes -- but not merely for the benefit of the owners. Beach restoration boosts tourism and is a buffer against future storms, among other things that justify the spending.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12199315.htm
Family: Cutbacks left boy at risk
A sexual assault that occurred at a group home after state budget cuts prompted the parents of an autistic boy to remove him from the facility.
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
cmarbin@herald.com
CHULUOTA, Fla. - `He's my son and
I feel so helpless'
David Poff, who is 10 and autistic, can say a few baby words, like ''hug'' and ''tickle.'' Frightening words like ''molest'' and ''sexual assault'' aren't in his vocabulary.
So the group-home caregiver who found him on a sofa June 11 with a bigger boy's hands inside his shorts could only assume what the bigger boy was doing.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208562.htm
Tropical Storm Gert approaches Mexico
By MARTIN MERZER
mmerzer@herald.com
Now Tropical Storm Gert, a somewhat ragged weather system in the Gulf of Mexico headed toward the same general area of Mexico struck last week by Hurricane Emily.
Forecasters said Gert, the seventh named storm of the young hurricane season, developed from a disturbance they have been watching for days as it approached and then crossed the Yucatán Peninsula.
Though the storm was being torn apart by high-altitude winds at midday, what was left of its center was expected to reach the coast this evening between Tampico and Tuxpan. It could bring four to 10 inches of rain to portions of that region and areas inland.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12207586.htm
Experts blame al Qaeda in Britain, Egypt bombings
Similarities between the Britain and Egypt bombings suggested that al Qaeda was behind them, with Osama bin Laden in control.
BY CRAIG WHITLOCK
Washington Post Service
LONDON - The back-to-back nature of the deadly attacks in Sharm el-Sheik and London, as well as similarities in the methods used, suggest that the al Qaeda leadership might have given the orders for both operations and are a clear sign Osama bin Laden and his deputies remain in control of the network, according to interviews with counterterrorism analysts and government officials in Europe and the Middle East.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12208747.htm
The Jakarta Post
Children urge President to create new ministry for them
JAKARTA (Antara): A group of Indonesian children issued on Sunday a declaration demanding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to create a new ministry that deals specifically with children's affairs.
The demand was read before Susilo and a number of ministers in a ceremony commemorating the National Children's Day on Sunday at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724161730&irec=3
Children take up fight for their rights
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
A short-haired teenage girl ran toward a group making preparations at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to celebrate National Children's Day on Saturday.
Maesaroh, a 15-year-old from Lampung who calls herself Maya, was a little late for the event but said she was just happy to be there at all.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050724.@01&irec=0
Attacks in London, Egypt give new urgency to Asian security meet
VIENTIANE (AFP): The attacks in London and Egypt have given new urgency to the annual meeting here this week of Asia's main security forum, which will adopt measures to boost the region's defenses against terrorism.
The 24-member ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which includes many Muslim nations, is also expected to emphasize that terror attacks, mostly blamed on Islamic extremists, are not associated with religious groups.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724113410&irec=4
Asians open conference, with Australia likely to join regional friendship pact
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP): Asian nations on Sunday sought ways to limit damage from Myanmar's dismal democracy record and boost anti-terror cooperation as they opened a six-day conference likely to bring Australia more firmly into the Asian neighborhood.
Australia said it wants to join a nonaggression treaty with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, hoping to resolve concerns during the conference in Vientiane on whether it will conflict with Australia's defense pact with the UnitedStates.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724112628&irec=5
Aceh residents flee as three-meter waves strike
Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh
Memories of the tsunami were triggered in several coastal villages of South Aceh regency on Saturday as huge waves struck, destroying dozens of houses.
The three-meter-high waves hit the area at 6 a.m.
The unusually high waves were triggered by a full-moon tide and strong winds, said seismologist Sanun Ahmad, quoted as saying by Antara news agency.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.A02&irec=1
Papua overal champs at nat'l athletics meet
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Papua emerged as the overall champions with eight gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the three-day national athletics championship that ended here on Saturday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.K05&irec=4
Pigs culled in Tangerang to contain spread of bird flu
TANGERANG (Agencies): The government slaughtered dozens of pigs, chickens and ducks on Sunday in a district near the capital of Jakarta in an attempt to wipe out bird flu, following the month's first deaths from avian influenza virus.
Led by Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyanto and witnessed by local government authorities and the farm owners, officials culled a total of 18 pigs, 20 chickens and 20 ducks in Legok village of Tangerang district.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724171129&irec=2
Sinopec to invest in Indonesian oil refinery, minister says
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's largest oil processor, plans to invest in Indonesia's proposed 10th oil refinery, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will sign a memorandum of understanding with the company, also known as Sinopec, when he visits China this week, Purnomo told reporters on Sunday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050723185838&irec=0
Lamantijiji takes reign as Sultan Deli XIV
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan
Hundreds of Malay nobles in Medan bowed their heads as they paid their respects to their new leader, eight-year-old Sultan Deli XIV, in an emotional ceremony on Friday.
The new potentate, whose full name is Tengku Mahmud Aria Lamantijiji, was inaugurated a day after his father, Sultan Deli XIII Lt. Col. Tito Otman Mahmud Padrab, died in an plane crash in North Aceh along with two other Army officers.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnews.asp?fileid=20050724.A01&irec=0
PLN launches modules on energy saving
JAKARTA (Antara): The state-owned electricity company PT PLN launched on Sunday education modules on energy saving aimed at boosting knowledge of the students about electricity.
The modules that will be used by students at the country's primary schools from the third to sixth grade was part of the government efforts to promote energy conservation.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050724190947&irec=1
Riding the Corruption Express
Indonesia has been listed as one of the world's most corrupt countries, a label that the experience I will share with you will corroborate.
Graft cases adorn the front pages of the print media almost every day. Unfortunately, corruption on the train has not attracted much of the media's attention, although this practice could endanger hundreds of train passengers. For just Rp 2,000 you can ask to be dropped of at the train station of your choosing. One piece of advice, though. Never let the engineer know you are a "novice".
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20050724.@03&irec=2
Jakarta tsunami aid summit's declaration
Thursday, January 6, 2005
The special ASEAN leaders' meeting held in Jakarta on Thursday issued a declaration on action to strengthen emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention on the aftermath of eathquake and tsunami disaster.
The full text of the declaration is as follows:
We, the Heads of State/Government, Special Envoys and Heads of regional as well as international organisations, who gathered on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, expressed solemnly our profound sorrow and our solidarity to overcome the unprecedented catastrophe befalling the Indian Ocean rim countries on 26 December 2004.
This unprecedented devastation needs unprecedented global response in assisting the national governments to cope with such disaster. This would entail efforts in emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction that may take five to ten years, with resources that cannot be borne by any individual country.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/tsunami_declaration.asp
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Dead cadet's mother vows to fight Defence
A Tasmanian woman believes her anti-discrimination claim against the Commonwealth has turned into a states' rights case.
Susan Campbell lodged the claim on behalf of herself and her 15-year-old daughter Eleanore Tibble, who took her own life after being told she was to be dishonourably discharged from the Air Training Corps.
Several weeks before her death it was decided Eleanore Tibble should be reinstated, but she was never told.
The Commonwealth has applied to the Federal Court for an injunction to prevent the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal from hearing Mrs Campbell's complaint, but she has vowed to continue, no matter what the legal fees cost.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1420979.htm
Discrimination against individuals with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
People living with HIV/AIDS face many forms of stigma and discrimination. This is the case in whichever country they may live, as has been shown in a number of previous research studies. In addition to experiencing unfair treatment by their families, communities, and employers, they may encounter discrimination from healthcare professionals. An article to be published on July 19 in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine shows that such discrimination does indeed occur.
(I-Newswire) - Vincent Iacopino and colleagues from the organization Physicians for Human Rights, in collaboration with researchers from the The Policy Project and the Center for the Right to Health ( both in Nigeria ) investigated the problem of discrimination by health personnel in Nigeria. With a population of roughly 130 million, Nigeria is home to one in eleven of the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
http://i-newswire.com/pr37844.html
Gender barriers impede progress of women firefighters
By David Crary
The Associated Press
MIKE DERER / AP
Audra Carter, left, and Maria Diaz were the first female firefighters in Hoboken, N.J. "When we first came on, it was a little bit awkward — the guys were walking on eggshells," said Diaz.
NEW YORK — Her credentials are impressive: Coast Guard reservist, trophy-winning distance runner, veteran of risky Ground Zero duty on the morning the World Trade Center collapsed. Yet even Adrienne Walsh has felt the sting of resentment from men who do not want women alongside them in the ranks of firefighters.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002293449_firefighters31.html
Region's newest hospital chiefs break gender barrier
By JOHN HEYS
john.heys@heraldtribune.com
It doesn't rank up there with women's suffrage or the Equal Rights Amendment, but three of Southwest Florida's newest hospital chiefs have made what is at least a major local gender breakthrough.
For the first time ever, three women are taking the helm at hospitals in Englewood, Sarasota and Venice. They will oversee operations with more than 1,000 beds where tens of thousands of Southwest Florida residents are cared for every year.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/BUSINESS/505310532
COLO. GOVERNOR VETOES GAY DISCRIMINATION BILL
OIA Newswire
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign decried Colorado Governor Bill Owens' decision Friday to veto the non-discrimination measure that passed the state legislature earlier this month, which would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to existing state non-discrimination laws.
Owens did indicate however, that he would allow the anti-hate crime legislation that was also passed by the state legislature to become law, even though he does not support it.
http://www.outinamerica.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8818
Probe reveals discrimination in employment agencies
BY CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN
STAFF WRITER
May 31, 2005, 2:42 PM EDT
Eight New York City employment agencies have agreed to pay $118,000 after an investigation by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office revealed that they kept internal documents listing racial preferences for jobs such as nannies, maids, butlers and estate managers.
Some of the agencies documents noted , "No Blacks," "Anything But Caribbean" and "Prefers European or Philippina or Spanish."
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzspitz01,0,2103886.story?coll=ny-business-leadheadlines
Frontier Days chairman vigorously denies charge of discrimination
Associated Press
CHEYENNE -- The chairman of Cheyenne Frontier Days vigorously denied that the group discriminates against women and called the charges leveled by a city councilman irresponsible.
Ken McCann, general committee chairman for CFD, said that women hold several prominent roles with CFD and the fact that none serve on the general committee should not be taken as a sign that CFD discriminates against women.
McCann's comments came in response to City Councilman Pete Laybourn, who said during a May 23 council meeting that "sex discrimination at Cheyenne Frontier Days (should be) dealt with and terminated ...." The city's lease with the CFD organizers bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/05/31/build/wyoming/30-frontierdays.inc
Courage To Care
New York Sun Staff Editorial
After meeting with President Bush today, the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will visit New York, where, among other things, he will stop by the Anti-Defamation League's national headquarters to receive an award. On Friday, the national director of the ADL, Abraham Foxman, will present Mr. Erdogan with the Courage To Care Award in recognition of efforts by the Turkish diplomatic corps to rescue Jews during World War II.
http://www.nysun.com/article/15065
They look at the burns and are silent
By Amira Hass
"It has to be something cooked up by the Shin Bet security services." That was the reaction of several people when the Israeli media reported on a young woman from the Jabaliya refugee camp who was seized on Monday at the Erez checkpoint carrying 10 kilograms of explosives on her body, which she had intended to detonate in a hospital.
And indeed, the clearly immoral intention of murdering the sick, the cynical exploitation of an exit permit granted for medical purposes, the stupidity of transferring explosives at a checkpoint where even a needle sets off an alarm, a switch that didn't work - all these make one think of a staged incident intended to denigrate or embarrass the Palestinians. A staging that succeeds in concealing the information, which in any case is minimized, about the routine Israeli oppression: for example, the killing of a young boy who was engaged in trapping birds, or the arrest of activists in the village of Balin because they are leading a popular, unarmed struggle against the Israeli policy that is designed to steal more Palestinian land.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/591219.html
Jailed scientist files appeal with Strasbourg court
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Lawyers representing Valentin Danilov, a Russian physicist convicted last year on charges of high treason and fraud, have filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
"We have lodged an appeal in connection with a breach of article 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which guarantees everyone the right to freedom and personal immunity," Anna Stavitskaya, a member of Danilov's defense team, said today.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050620/40552281.html
‘Kiss Me Goodnight’ shares joy as well as sorrow
By Sally Thompson
Sun Newspapers
(Created 6/23/2005 9:06:59 AM)
They look whole on the outside, these daughters who lost their mothers when they were young. But inside, where it doesn’t show, there’s an empty spot in their hearts, a spot that remains empty unless enough loving memories can be generated to fill it.
“Kiss Me Goodnight,” a collection of experiences told through poetry, essays and stories, allows 51 women to share their feelings about the early deaths of their mothers from “cancer, suicide, alcoholism, the Nazis and other agents of death,” according to a news release.
http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Orono&story=160043
Serving bigots their just desserts
Jack Greenberg is a mainstay in the fight for equal rights. Picture / Kenny Rodger
23.07.05
By Claire Harvey
The walk to school through New York's Brooklyn district in the late 1920s took young Jack Greenberg and his pals past a Chinese laundry. Throwing stones through the laundry windows made a great noise and it was fun - and, after all, the owners were Chinese, so they deserved it.
Greenberg had never heard the word "racism", but he had heard his Romanian-born mother and Polish father talking about the terrible things happening to Jewish families like theirs in Eastern Europe.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10337221
Inquirer Mindanao : State of the nation for Mindanaoans
First posted 06:50am (Mla time) July 24, 2005
Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A15 of the July 24, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to deliver her State of the Nation Address (Sona) tomorrow. The President's allies are expected to agree with whatever she would say. The opposition, as it always did in past Sonas, would do otherwise. In fact, Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday delivered his own True State of the Nation Address (Tsona).
Here is the take of the people of Mindanao on the state of the nation.
Chaotic. Those alleged leaders who presented a supposed solution to the problem are a problem themselves. Unless and until people realize that they have the power to uplift the nation minus the trapos (traditional politicians), the Philippines will land on the deep. -Lawyer Luz Ramos, General Santos City
http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=2&story_id=44600&col=40
Nobel laureate condemns hanging of teenagers in Iran
Teheran (Iran), July 24 (AP): Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of two teenagers in northeastern Iran, a punishment that prompted protests by gay rights groups around the world.
Ebadi said the hanging last week of a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old on charges of involvement in homosexual acts was a violation of Iran's obligations under the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, which bans such executions.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200507240338.htm
Breaking the gender wall
BEIJING: Life was tough for 33-year-old Liu Cheng Rong in the spring of 2003. The SARS epidemic that swept across China made it impossible for
her family to earn money. The truck they used to transport construction materials to building sites lay unused following the slump in the economy. It was then that she decided to take matters in her own hands and applied for a job in Beijing, leaving her young son and husband behind in Miyun
village, north of the capital city.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=74983
ADB to aid Pakistan gender reform policy
Saturday July 23, 2005 (1708 PST)
MANILA, July 24 (Online): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $4.57 million (Rs.270 million) technical assistance grant to boost Pakistan's efforts to improve the status of women in the country, a statement said Saturday.
The grant was aimed at strengthening the integration of Pakistan's commitments to gender policy reform in poverty reduction and governance programmes.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=113522
EEOC Revises Guidance on Timeliness for Filing Charges of Employment Discrimination
Compliance Manual Section on'Threshold Issues' Conforms with Supreme Court Ruling
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - In accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101 (2002), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a revision to its Compliance Manual section on "Threshold Issues" addressing time limitations on filing charges of employment discrimination with the agency. The revised Compliance Manual Chapter and questions and answers about the revision are available online at www.eeoc.gov/policy/compliance.html.
Threshold issues are requirements that an individual must satisfy in order to have a legal claim under the EEO statutes. When a charge is filed with the EEOC, the investigator determines whether threshold requirements are satisfied before considering the substantive claim of discrimination. In Morgan, the Court ruled that the timeliness of an employment discrimination charge depends upon whether it involves a discrete act or a hostile work environment claim. A discrete act is only independently actionable if it occurred within the filing period. In contrast, all of the incidents that make up the same hostile work environment claim are actionable as long as at least one incident occurred within the filing period.
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/9201/
Councilman withdraws discrimination resolution
By The Associated Press Sunday, July 24, 2005
CHEYENNE (AP) -- A city councilman withdrew his resolution accusing Cheyenne Frontier Days of sexual discrimination but expressed hope the discussion will clarify how the festival is operated.
Councilman Pete Laybourn has pointed out that in 109 years, no woman has been part of the General Committee or Heels, a group of 430 volunteers recognized for their exceptional service to the annual Western festival.
The resolution asked Frontier Days to write an anti-discrimination policy and create a grievance procedure to guarantee equal treatment of volunteers.
http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/wyoming/fc0817bd22797624872570450078aa0f.txt
Houston Chronicle
Iran warns Europe to honor nuclear rights
New York Times
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday that Iran had delivered a message to Europe last week saying it would adopt a new nuclear policy if its basic rights were not observed in Europe's proposal expected to be announced in early August.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279292
Tropical Storm Gert takes aim at Mexico
Associated Press
RESOURCES
MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Gert headed for Mexico's Gulf Coast today with a threat of several inches of rain in an area where some spots already had been soaked by Hurricane Emily.
Gert's predecessor, Franklin, appeared to be on the verge of falling apart over cooler water in the Atlantic.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279720
U.S. soldier killed in firefight in Afghanistan
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — More than a dozen suspected militants attacked a U.S. patrol in southern Afghanistan today, and the resulting firefight left one American soldier dead and another wounded, the U.S. military said.
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Between 15 and 20 fighters ambushed the patrol in Helmand province's Gereshk district, the military said in a statement. An insurgent was killed and two others were wounded.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279657
Two Israeli Motorists Killed in Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants killed two Israeli motorists in the Gaza Strip early today and sent a suicide bomber into Israel, intensifying attacks ahead of Israel's withdrawal from the territory next month.
The bomber, who had cut a hole into the Gaza-Israel border fence, was caught near an Israeli communal farm with a belt packed with 11 pounds of explosives. The bomb was detonated safely by Israeli troops.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3279642
North, South Korea meet in Beijing before new talks
Associated Press
BEIJING — The American representative to talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions predicted today that this week's negotiations would not be the last, saying much work needs to be done since Pyongyang boycotted the talks more than a year ago.
The latest round of six-nation talks among the Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia were set to begin Tuesday after North Korea ended its 13-month boycott after a U.S. reassurance to recognize its sovereignty.
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It's official: Armstrong makes it a magnificent seven
Associated Press
PARIS -- Lance Armstrong closed out his amazing career with a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory today — and did it a little earlier than expected.
Because of wet conditions, race organizers stopped the clock as Armstrong and the main pack entered Paris. Although riders were still racing, with eight laps of the Champs-Elysees to complete, organizers said that Armstrong had officially won.
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Explosive goes off as man carries it near pyramids
Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — An explosive detonated as it was being carried by a man several miles from a tourist bazaar next the Pyramids of Giza today, police said. The man was severely injured.
The incident came amid heightened fears of attacks on tourists in Egypt after Saturday's string of bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 250 miles east of the capital, that killed 88 people. Security was increased in many parts of Cairo, including around the Pyramids, after the deadliest terrorist attacks in the nation's history.
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Experts say motives, not al-Qaida mastermind, link bombings
Associated Press
LONDON - Car bombs at an Egyptian luxury hotel. Explosions in London subways. Suicide blasts in Baghdad. With the frequency of terror attacks apparently mounting, experts searching for common threads behind the attacks suggest that the war on terror is being waged against an ever-increasing well of recruits, bound together by motives and cause rather than a single al-Qaida mastermind.
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Are our hospitals making us sick?
Care facilities across the nation are focused on reducing infections inside their walls. In Texas, one critic says, lawmakers have 'punted' on the problem.
By ANNE BELLI
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
RESOURCES
PLAN OF ACTION
For a complete list of local and state hospitals participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign, visit the institute's Web site at www.ihi.org/IHI/programs/campaign.
JOAQUIN Claveria was an old man with a history of heart conditions when he checked into Methodist Hospital in Houston nearly two years ago with chest pains.
He died three months later — but not because of his age or any pre-existing condition, family members said. While hospitalized, they said, Claveria acquired an especially hard-to-treat infection that did not completely respond to antibiotics.
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MISSING THE GREEN
City courses lose money as golfers go elsewhere
Study points to little marketing and deteriorating conditions of some links among the reasons
By MATT STILES
HOUSTON'S municipal golf system — with its plush and historical flagship, Memorial Park — is among the best and most valuable in the country, according to a new study.
That finding by the National Golf Foundation wasn't news to city parks employees. Yet one question nags them: Why aren't more people playing?
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2-year-old shot after ball kicked through window
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A 2-year-old girl was in critical condition today after being shot by a man during a confrontation with a group of teens after one kicked a ball through his apartment window, police said.
Around 8:40 p.m., the teens were making their way through the Funwood Village apartment complex at 11715 S. Glen when one kicked the ball through the man's window, police said.
The man came out waving a handgun. Police said as he was walking he leveled the gun and it went off, striking the girl in the neck.
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3 missing children found during traffic stop
Associated Press
WICHITA FALLS - Three children who authorities say were kidnapped from their grandparents' home in East Texas were found unharmed in a car Friday after the driver was stopped for speeding in Wichita Falls, authorities said.
The children, aged 9, 6 and 2, were placed in protective custody until their grandparents could arrive from their home in Upshur County, about 225 miles away. The grandparents are the legal guardians.
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White House unwilling to release all Roberts documents
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration does not intend to release all memos and others documents written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during his tenure with two Republican administrations, a White House representative said today.
Fred D. Thompson, the former Tennessee senator who is guiding Roberts through the nomination process on behalf of the White House, said material that would come under attorney-client privilege would be withheld.
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Pot farmers take extreme steps to protect crops
Grenades, traps, razors and snakes ward off intruders, endanger police
By JOHN CANIGLIA
Newhouse News Service
RESOURCES
POT SHOTS
Some growers are going to extremes to protect their money-making marijuana crops.
• Bitten: A Kentucky grower put deadly snakes in a mesh container near his plot. A police officer unwittingly freed the snakes, and one bit him on the hand.
• Explosion: A hiker in Ohio suffered some paralysis after tripping over a fishing line attached to the pin of a hand grenade, which then exploded.
The marijuana patch — once tended by advocates of peace and love — has become a vicious place where growers plant grenades and animal traps to combat competitors and cops.
Bear traps, makeshift guns and razor blades have become standard ways for growers to protect the investments they hide on wooded lands and farmers' fields. Thieves, police and wayward nature lovers can find themselves at risk.
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DELEGATION WATCH
DeLay pal has seat at dinner with Bush
By SAMANTA LEVINE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay makes it a point not to forget his friends back home.
The Sugar Land Republican, one of just a few members of Congress invited to the White House for the glitzy official dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, brought a hometown buddy to the festivities: Sugar Land Councilman Tom Abraham, who immigrated to the United States from India in 1979.
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