The Grand Ayatollah al Sistani. The leader Iraq has needed and longed for.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Could The Grand Ayatollah Sistani's Guidance Actually be taking over Iraq?
US Death Rate Down in Iraq Since January Elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rate of U.S. deaths in the Iraq war has fallen sharply since the historic January elections as American military leaders tout progress against the insurgency but warn of a long road ahead.
March is on pace for the lowest monthly U.S. military death toll in 13 months, and the rate of American fatalities has fallen by about 50 percent since the parliamentary elections in which millions of Iraqis defied insurgents to cast ballots.
Inclination to appoint a Sunni minister of defense in Iraq, scores of gunmen killedIraq, Politics, 3/24/2005
Heavy losses were inflicted on gunmen in Iraq as 86 of them were killed in a violent battle to the west of Tikrit city, to the north of Baghdad, and they thereby lost the largest number in their lines in a single day since the Falluja fighting in November 2004.A statement by the American- Iraqi military coordination said that Iraqi special forces supported by American land and air forces killed the gunmen in an attack against a training camp including foreigners in al-Helweh area near al-Tharthar lake.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rate of U.S. deaths in the Iraq war has fallen sharply since the historic January elections as American military leaders tout progress against the insurgency but warn of a long road ahead.
March is on pace for the lowest monthly U.S. military death toll in 13 months, and the rate of American fatalities has fallen by about 50 percent since the parliamentary elections in which millions of Iraqis defied insurgents to cast ballots.
Inclination to appoint a Sunni minister of defense in Iraq, scores of gunmen killedIraq, Politics, 3/24/2005
Heavy losses were inflicted on gunmen in Iraq as 86 of them were killed in a violent battle to the west of Tikrit city, to the north of Baghdad, and they thereby lost the largest number in their lines in a single day since the Falluja fighting in November 2004.A statement by the American- Iraqi military coordination said that Iraqi special forces supported by American land and air forces killed the gunmen in an attack against a training camp including foreigners in al-Helweh area near al-Tharthar lake.
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
March 23….
1775: In a speech to the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry utters the immortal words "Give me liberty or give me death."
1919: Benito Mussolini founds the right wing Fascist Party in Italy.
1925: Tennessee bans the teaching of evolution in schools; teacher John Scopes ignores the ban and is later prosecuted in the so-called "Monkey Trial."
1929, born Sir Roger Bannister British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min. Born in Harrow, England, he was educated at the University of Oxford and at Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School.
1956, Pakistan declared itself a republic.
1983: President Ronald Reagan announces plans for developing a space-based defense system that becomes known as "Star Wars."
1983: Retired dentist Barney B. Clark dies 112 days after receiving the first artificial heart.
1996: Lee Teng-hui becomes Taiwan's first democratically elected president.
Missing in Action
1961 BAILEY LAWRENCE ROBERT ALBUQUERQUE NM 08/15/62 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1961 BANKOWSKI ALFONS A. STAMFORD CT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 GARSIDE FREDERICK T. PLYMOUTH MA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MAGEE RALPH WAYNE PORT SULPHUR LA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MATTESON GLENN DALLAS TX KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 SAMPSON LESLIE V. RICHEY MT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 WEITKAMP EDGAR WILKEN YORK PA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 WESTON OSCAR B. JR. NORFOLK VA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1966 CLARK DONALD E. JR. LYNCHBURG VI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 DAWSON CLYDE DUANE FOND DU LAC WI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 HEWITT SAMUEL EUGENE WALKERTON IN
1966 TAPP JOHN B. HARRODSBURG KY
1968 FRANKS IAN J. NEW YORK NY
1969 DAVIS ROBERT C. BURLINGTON NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1969 WIDDIS JAMES W. NEWARK NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1972 JACKSON JAMES T. HIALEAH FL
1972 PIKE DENNIS S. BAGDAD AZ
1972 WHITT JAMES E. PENFIELD IL
1975 MARTIN EARL 07/75 RELEASED FROM SAIGON
March 24…
1882, German scientist Robert Koch announces that he has discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis.
1883, long-distance phone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York.
1874, born Magician Harry Houdini.
1905, author Jules Verne died in Amiens, France, at the age of 77.
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Tydings-McDuffie Act, granting future independence to the Philippines.
1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that killed 32 German soldiers.
1958, Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock and Roll," enters the U.S. Army for two years.
1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's military.
1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude oil.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/RefPages/RefMedia.aspx?refid=461538361&artrefid=761568901&pn=3&sec=-1
Missing in Action
1966 BUSH ROBERT E. HAMDEN CT REMAINS RETURNED 12/15/88
1967 ELLISON JOHN C. LAYTON UT
1967 HALLBERG ROGER C. PALO ALTO CA
1967 PLOWMAN JAMES E. PEBBLE BEACH CA
1967 STEWART JACK T. WASHINGTON DC
1969 ARROYO-BAEZ GERASINO MAUNARO PR "08/24/72 DIC, ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RET 03/85"
1969 BOWERS RICHARD L. LAKE MILLS WI DIED IN ESCAPE ON CAPTURE DAY
1970 BORONSKI JOHN A. WARE MA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 BECERRA RUDY M. RICHMOND TX SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 GANOE BERMAN JR. BELLEVIEW FL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HOSKEN JOHN C. CHAGRIN FALLS OH SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HARNED GARY A. SPRINGBORO PA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 O'DONNELL MICHAEL D. SPRINGFIELD IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 POOL JERRY L. FREEPORT IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1971 BUTCHER JACK M. ANN ARBOR MI 03/28/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE IN 98
1971 BECKWITH HARRY M. FLINT MI
continued...
"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
March 23….
1775: In a speech to the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry utters the immortal words "Give me liberty or give me death."
1919: Benito Mussolini founds the right wing Fascist Party in Italy.
1925: Tennessee bans the teaching of evolution in schools; teacher John Scopes ignores the ban and is later prosecuted in the so-called "Monkey Trial."
1929, born Sir Roger Bannister British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min. Born in Harrow, England, he was educated at the University of Oxford and at Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School.
1956, Pakistan declared itself a republic.
1983: President Ronald Reagan announces plans for developing a space-based defense system that becomes known as "Star Wars."
1983: Retired dentist Barney B. Clark dies 112 days after receiving the first artificial heart.
1996: Lee Teng-hui becomes Taiwan's first democratically elected president.
Missing in Action
1961 BAILEY LAWRENCE ROBERT ALBUQUERQUE NM 08/15/62 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1961 BANKOWSKI ALFONS A. STAMFORD CT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 GARSIDE FREDERICK T. PLYMOUTH MA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MAGEE RALPH WAYNE PORT SULPHUR LA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MATTESON GLENN DALLAS TX KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 SAMPSON LESLIE V. RICHEY MT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 WEITKAMP EDGAR WILKEN YORK PA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 WESTON OSCAR B. JR. NORFOLK VA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1966 CLARK DONALD E. JR. LYNCHBURG VI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 DAWSON CLYDE DUANE FOND DU LAC WI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 HEWITT SAMUEL EUGENE WALKERTON IN
1966 TAPP JOHN B. HARRODSBURG KY
1968 FRANKS IAN J. NEW YORK NY
1969 DAVIS ROBERT C. BURLINGTON NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1969 WIDDIS JAMES W. NEWARK NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1972 JACKSON JAMES T. HIALEAH FL
1972 PIKE DENNIS S. BAGDAD AZ
1972 WHITT JAMES E. PENFIELD IL
1975 MARTIN EARL 07/75 RELEASED FROM SAIGON
March 24…
1882, German scientist Robert Koch announces that he has discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis.
1883, long-distance phone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York.
1874, born Magician Harry Houdini.
1905, author Jules Verne died in Amiens, France, at the age of 77.
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Tydings-McDuffie Act, granting future independence to the Philippines.
1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that killed 32 German soldiers.
1958, Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock and Roll," enters the U.S. Army for two years.
1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's military.
1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude oil.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/RefPages/RefMedia.aspx?refid=461538361&artrefid=761568901&pn=3&sec=-1
Missing in Action
1966 BUSH ROBERT E. HAMDEN CT REMAINS RETURNED 12/15/88
1967 ELLISON JOHN C. LAYTON UT
1967 HALLBERG ROGER C. PALO ALTO CA
1967 PLOWMAN JAMES E. PEBBLE BEACH CA
1967 STEWART JACK T. WASHINGTON DC
1969 ARROYO-BAEZ GERASINO MAUNARO PR "08/24/72 DIC, ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RET 03/85"
1969 BOWERS RICHARD L. LAKE MILLS WI DIED IN ESCAPE ON CAPTURE DAY
1970 BORONSKI JOHN A. WARE MA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 BECERRA RUDY M. RICHMOND TX SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 GANOE BERMAN JR. BELLEVIEW FL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HOSKEN JOHN C. CHAGRIN FALLS OH SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HARNED GARY A. SPRINGBORO PA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 O'DONNELL MICHAEL D. SPRINGFIELD IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 POOL JERRY L. FREEPORT IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1971 BUTCHER JACK M. ANN ARBOR MI 03/28/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE IN 98
1971 BECKWITH HARRY M. FLINT MI
continued...
Morning Papers - continued...
Haaretz
PM to meet Lapid in bid to win Shinui support in budget vote
By Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shinui chairman Yosef Lapid were slated to meet Saturday evening at Sharon's Sycamore Ranch in the Negev to discuss the 2005 state budget.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556164.html
PA, U.S. officials discuss plan to expand Maaleh Adumim
By Haaretz Staff and Agencies
Senior Palestinian officials on Thursday asked visiting United States envoys to help block the expansion of Ma'aleh Adumim, warning that the planned construction would cut off East Jerusalem - the Palestinians' intended capital - from territory they seek for a future state.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556494.html
Our Purim Gallery
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PurimGallery.jhtml?groupId=35
Annan delays release of UN inquiry on Hariri killing
By Reuters and Haaretz Service
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to delay for at least a few hours the release of a UN report into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a spokesman said on Thursday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556630.html
The Jerusalem Post
Slight change in tone of UN rights body toward Israel
By HERB KEINON
South African jurist John Dugard in UN
As usual, the report on the territories commissioned by the UN Commission on Human Rights and presented in Geneva this week slammed Israel for alleged human rights violations, while nary wagging a finger at the Palestinians
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634308459
Annan: We must define terrorism
By HERB KEINON AND AP
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan unveils his new report and list of reforms, titled, "In Larger Freedom: Towards Security, Development and Human Rights for All," at the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters
Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders Monday to adopt the boldest changes to the United Nations in its 60-year history, including defining terrorism as an attack on all civilians, saying they were essential to tackle global threats in the 21st century.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111375278445
UN housing chief vague on future of Gaza assets
By HERB KEINON
Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, the visiting head of the UN agency charged with promoting sustainable urban planning, was noncommittal on whether she thinks the Palestinian Authority should use settlements evacuated by Israel to permanently house Palestinian refugees.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111461690529
Drop in terror alerts from Nablus
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH
Since the four way summit at Sharm E Sheikh there has been a sharp decrease in terror warnings stemming from the Nablus area, with no alerts generating from the city in the past three weeks a senior IDF commander said Thursday. Once considered the capital of terror, so far this year a total of 13 alerts were received compared with 32 for the same period last year.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634308798
Maon Farm keeps police busy
By YAAKOV KATZ
Police do not seem to have one day of rest from the settlers of the Maon Farm outpost in the southern Hebron hills. On Thursday, settlers from the settlement clashed with left-wing activists who were escorting Palestinian children to school on a road nearby.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634309004
Poly-Esther
By JUDITH CANTOR
For Gabriella Lev, author, adapter, and actress in Theater Company Jerusalem's production of Esther, the story of Purim is more than a retelling of the victory of the Jews over the machinations of Haman. It is a story about the temporality of life and fate, about the Holocaust and its continuing effects on our lives today, about history and current events.
"Because the Megilla combines both immediacy and eternity, Purim means something different every time we read it," says Lev. "And every year, we call on Esther, the eternal feminine goddess, to work her magic, to perform a miracle, to save us."
For Lev, performing Esther serves as a meeting place for the disparate elements of her own life, as the child of Holocaust survivors growing up in Australia, as a Jew who studies ancient texts, as a feminist, as an actress.
But the story, she believes, has significance for all Jews, she says.
"The story of Purim is a fairy tale, a myth, but it lies deep in the consciousness of our people. The connection between the Megilla and the Holocaust cannot be coincidental. Haman called to... the Jews, and that is what Hitler did.
"The implications are complex, maybe frightening. Perhaps we Jews see ourselves so strongly as victims that we cannot identify as victors.
Perhaps that is why it is easier for some Israelis to identify with the suffering of the Palestinians than with the suffering of our own people. We must be careful how we use power, but we must also be willing to take power. Those are the lessons of the Megilla of Esther, and those are the lessons of our history."
Esther is a personalized interpretation of the Megilla, says Lev, referring to the rabbinical literary opus of sermons, stories, parables, and commentaries on the Bible, created over the centuries to provide insight and depth to the sparsely written biblical narrative.
But as she performs Esther for an eighth season, she notes that her interpretations and midrashim are changing.
"When I first performed, the play was charged with feminist anger. I challenged the audiences to know more about Esther, who, like so many women, was part of history, but never part of its telling.
Today, the script remains the same, but the anger is simply not there any more."
Women, she observes, are reclaiming their role in history. Now, she views the play as a call for balance. "We must acknowledge all of the different sides of ourselves. In each of us, there is a king, a queen, a Jew, and yes, a Haman, an aggressor."
In Esther, as in all of TCJ's productions, Lev calls on the audience to engage in a feminine interpretation. "This, too, is part of the balance that we must achieve. Women are not only the reflection of men's feminine side, they have their own perspectives, just as men do. Taken together, we reach a fuller reading."
By using theater, TCJ makes the ancient texts more accessible to modern audiences, inviting them in to a "close reading" that brings the text close to their lives.
"We call on the audience to engage in dialogue with the text of the Megilla," Lev says. "We must do so with modesty, these are the greatest works that civilization has produced. But we must not be overwhelmed, either, or afraid to question. It is the dialogue that has kept our culture alive."
Gabriella Lev will be performing Esther at Beit Shmuel on March 22 and 23 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets available at the box office.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull%26cid=1111030175225
Purim costumes go over the top
By ELIANA SCHONWALD AND YAAKOV KATZ
Besides the familiar Queen Esther and Haman costumes worn for Purim, children have been seen around the country wearing more shocking outfits – including Palestinian suicide bombers and even concentration camp inmates.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111548530773
continued...
PM to meet Lapid in bid to win Shinui support in budget vote
By Haaretz Service
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Shinui chairman Yosef Lapid were slated to meet Saturday evening at Sharon's Sycamore Ranch in the Negev to discuss the 2005 state budget.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556164.html
PA, U.S. officials discuss plan to expand Maaleh Adumim
By Haaretz Staff and Agencies
Senior Palestinian officials on Thursday asked visiting United States envoys to help block the expansion of Ma'aleh Adumim, warning that the planned construction would cut off East Jerusalem - the Palestinians' intended capital - from territory they seek for a future state.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556494.html
Our Purim Gallery
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PurimGallery.jhtml?groupId=35
Annan delays release of UN inquiry on Hariri killing
By Reuters and Haaretz Service
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to delay for at least a few hours the release of a UN report into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a spokesman said on Thursday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556630.html
The Jerusalem Post
Slight change in tone of UN rights body toward Israel
By HERB KEINON
South African jurist John Dugard in UN
As usual, the report on the territories commissioned by the UN Commission on Human Rights and presented in Geneva this week slammed Israel for alleged human rights violations, while nary wagging a finger at the Palestinians
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634308459
Annan: We must define terrorism
By HERB KEINON AND AP
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan unveils his new report and list of reforms, titled, "In Larger Freedom: Towards Security, Development and Human Rights for All," at the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters
Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders Monday to adopt the boldest changes to the United Nations in its 60-year history, including defining terrorism as an attack on all civilians, saying they were essential to tackle global threats in the 21st century.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111375278445
UN housing chief vague on future of Gaza assets
By HERB KEINON
Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, the visiting head of the UN agency charged with promoting sustainable urban planning, was noncommittal on whether she thinks the Palestinian Authority should use settlements evacuated by Israel to permanently house Palestinian refugees.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111461690529
Drop in terror alerts from Nablus
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH
Since the four way summit at Sharm E Sheikh there has been a sharp decrease in terror warnings stemming from the Nablus area, with no alerts generating from the city in the past three weeks a senior IDF commander said Thursday. Once considered the capital of terror, so far this year a total of 13 alerts were received compared with 32 for the same period last year.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634308798
Maon Farm keeps police busy
By YAAKOV KATZ
Police do not seem to have one day of rest from the settlers of the Maon Farm outpost in the southern Hebron hills. On Thursday, settlers from the settlement clashed with left-wing activists who were escorting Palestinian children to school on a road nearby.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111634309004
Poly-Esther
By JUDITH CANTOR
For Gabriella Lev, author, adapter, and actress in Theater Company Jerusalem's production of Esther, the story of Purim is more than a retelling of the victory of the Jews over the machinations of Haman. It is a story about the temporality of life and fate, about the Holocaust and its continuing effects on our lives today, about history and current events.
"Because the Megilla combines both immediacy and eternity, Purim means something different every time we read it," says Lev. "And every year, we call on Esther, the eternal feminine goddess, to work her magic, to perform a miracle, to save us."
For Lev, performing Esther serves as a meeting place for the disparate elements of her own life, as the child of Holocaust survivors growing up in Australia, as a Jew who studies ancient texts, as a feminist, as an actress.
But the story, she believes, has significance for all Jews, she says.
"The story of Purim is a fairy tale, a myth, but it lies deep in the consciousness of our people. The connection between the Megilla and the Holocaust cannot be coincidental. Haman called to... the Jews, and that is what Hitler did.
"The implications are complex, maybe frightening. Perhaps we Jews see ourselves so strongly as victims that we cannot identify as victors.
Perhaps that is why it is easier for some Israelis to identify with the suffering of the Palestinians than with the suffering of our own people. We must be careful how we use power, but we must also be willing to take power. Those are the lessons of the Megilla of Esther, and those are the lessons of our history."
Esther is a personalized interpretation of the Megilla, says Lev, referring to the rabbinical literary opus of sermons, stories, parables, and commentaries on the Bible, created over the centuries to provide insight and depth to the sparsely written biblical narrative.
But as she performs Esther for an eighth season, she notes that her interpretations and midrashim are changing.
"When I first performed, the play was charged with feminist anger. I challenged the audiences to know more about Esther, who, like so many women, was part of history, but never part of its telling.
Today, the script remains the same, but the anger is simply not there any more."
Women, she observes, are reclaiming their role in history. Now, she views the play as a call for balance. "We must acknowledge all of the different sides of ourselves. In each of us, there is a king, a queen, a Jew, and yes, a Haman, an aggressor."
In Esther, as in all of TCJ's productions, Lev calls on the audience to engage in a feminine interpretation. "This, too, is part of the balance that we must achieve. Women are not only the reflection of men's feminine side, they have their own perspectives, just as men do. Taken together, we reach a fuller reading."
By using theater, TCJ makes the ancient texts more accessible to modern audiences, inviting them in to a "close reading" that brings the text close to their lives.
"We call on the audience to engage in dialogue with the text of the Megilla," Lev says. "We must do so with modesty, these are the greatest works that civilization has produced. But we must not be overwhelmed, either, or afraid to question. It is the dialogue that has kept our culture alive."
Gabriella Lev will be performing Esther at Beit Shmuel on March 22 and 23 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets available at the box office.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull%26cid=1111030175225
Purim costumes go over the top
By ELIANA SCHONWALD AND YAAKOV KATZ
Besides the familiar Queen Esther and Haman costumes worn for Purim, children have been seen around the country wearing more shocking outfits – including Palestinian suicide bombers and even concentration camp inmates.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1111548530773
continued...
Morning Papers - continued...
Los Angeles Times
Nearly Half of Blacks, Latinos Drop Out, School Study Shows
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-graduate24mar24,0,6137422.story?coll=la-home-local
Explosion Rocks Texas Oil Refinery
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-032405refinery_lat,0,966128.story?coll=la-home-headlines
She Seems to Be Perfectly Happy
Sorenstam has won her last four tournaments, going into first LPGA major of the year, and new single status means she might play more.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lpga24mar24,0,1120817.story?coll=la-home-sports
Red Lake Reservation Readies Burial Rituals
Community mourns the loss of 10 of its own as concern for survivors, victims' families grows.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shooting24mar24,0,177404.story?coll=la-home-nation
A Ray of Hope for Solar
How strange that solar energy remains a rarity in a state with such dependable sunshine, which beats down, wasted, on our rooftops. New legislation backed by the governor fixes gaps that plagued previous solar-construction bills and provides the first real chance for new-home solar to get off the ground.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-solar24mar24,0,1065833.story
The Sydney Morning Herald
Blast at refinery causes price rise
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blast-at-refinery-causes-price-rise/2005/03/24/1111525296090.html?oneclick=true
A BP Oil official said 14 people died and 100 were injured in a massive explosion at the company's Texas City petrochemical refinery today.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known but it sparked a fire that was put out a few hours later, and workers were searching the rubble for survivors or bodies.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Oil-refinery-blast-death-toll-14-BP/2005/03/24/1111525254114.html
Terror suspects on loose, warns spy chief
March 24, 2005
Potential terrorists are on the loose in Australia because there is not enough evidence against them to take legal action, the nation's top spy said yesterday.
ASIO Director-General Dennis Richardson told the LAWAsia conference on the Gold Coast that fewer than one in 10 people known to be involved with terrorist groups in Australia was ever likely to face court.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Anti-Terror-Watch/Terror-suspects-on-loose-warns-spy-chief/2005/03/23/1111525211160.html
Wild weather prompts 900 calls for help
Wild weather lashed Sydney and surrounding areas today, with strong winds bringing down trees and power lines and heavy rain causing flooding.
State Emergency Service (SES) spokesman Phil Campbell said 924 calls for help had been received, mostly for water in houses caused by blocked gutters and spot flooding.
"There have been over 200 emergency workers on the road responding to leaks, fallen trees, trees blocking driveways and spot flooding," he said.
"We are still expecting some rain and gusting winds
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Wild-weather-prompts-900-calls-for-help/2005/03/23/1111525220144.html
Pill reduces breast cancer in high-risk women
By Nassim Khadem
March 24, 2005
Taking the pill at an early age can reduce the chances of breast cancer for women with a high genetic risk of developing the disease, Australian research shows.
The study of 2000 Australian women aged under 40 strengthens medical belief that the pill, far from having harmful side effects, actually protects women from cancer.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Pill-reduces-breast-cancer-in-highrisk-women/2005/03/23/1111525229088.html
Blair vows to keep the faith, but not US-style
March 24, 2005
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, chose a meeting of evangelical Christians in south London to declare his opposition to US-style religious politics in British public life.
Mr Blair, battered by Conservative tabloid pressures on abortion, insisted on Tuesday: "I do not want to end up with an American style of politics, with us all going out there beating our chest about our faith.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blair-vows-to-keep-the-faith-but-not-USstyle/2005/03/23/1111525229983.html
Blast kills two as crisis in Lebanon deepens
March 24, 2005
Lebanese Christian opposition leaders blamed the country's Syrian-backed security agencies yesterday for a series of bomb attacks, the latest of which killed two people in the Christian heartland north of Beirut.
The two were killed and five wounded early yesterday when a bomb ripped through a shopping centre in the coastal town of Kaslik, 20 kilometres north of the capital.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/Blast-kills-two-as-crisis-in-Lebanon-deepens/2005/03/23/1111525228865.html
'Healer' jailed for sex abuse with potatoes
March 24, 2005 - 1:22PM
A Maori healer who used traditional indigenous practices to treat patients has been jailed for three and a half years for sexually violating two patients with potatoes.
Sending Christopher Tuaupiki, 64, to prison, a judge in the High Court in the North Island city of Hamilton told him it was "sad that a good reputation had been shattered" when he was found guilty on five sex charges after a week-long trial, the Waikato Times newspaper reported.
During the trial, a 38-year-old widow gave evidence that Tuaupiki told her to lie on a bed naked and rubbed a raw potato "in circular motions everywhere" to remove a curse he blamed for her son seeing the ghosts of his dead father and grandparents.
The other woman, who consulted him as a tribal elder to ask her about Maori ancestors, said he gave her similar treatment, saying the potato would cure her breast cancer and liver disease.
Doctor's tests showed the 49-year-old did not have those illnesses.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Potato-pervert-jailed/2005/03/24/1111525270309.html
Chief judge hits back at court critics
By Michael Pelly, Legal Reporter
March 25, 2005
The judicial system is being undermined by lawyers who talk to the media, attorneys-general who do not defend the courts and "superficial and inappropriate performance indicators", the nation's top judge says.
The Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson, said also that judges would soon "respond swiftly" to ill-informed criticism and attacks on individual officers.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Chief-judge-hits-back-at-court-critics/2005/03/24/1111525295865.html
The Boston Globe
Final appeal in Schiavo case
Parents ask Supreme Court to restore tube
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The parents of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain- damaged woman who has been slowly dying since her feeding tube was removed Friday, appealed last night to the US Supreme Court to have the tube reinserted.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2005/03/24/final_plea_nears_for_schiavo/
Reservation where 10 died has long known pain
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff March 24, 2005
RED LAKE, Minn. -- The television inside a weathered ranch house replayed familiar footage about the deadly shooting rampage that has stunned the Red Lake Indian Reservation -- scenes with wailing ambulances, grieving students, and grim-faced tribal leaders.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/24/reservation_where_10_died_has_long_known_pain/
Fugitive murderer held after 20 years on the lam
By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer March 24, 2005
BOSTON -- A fugitive on the lam for the past two decades who lived a double life as an activist poet in Chicago pleaded innocent Thursday to a charge of escaping from prison and was ordered held without bail.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/24/fugitive_murderer_held_after_20_years_on_the_lam/
Pentagon eyes change at Hanscom
Ideas include turning site over to developer
By Bryan Bender and Matt Viser, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- One of several ideas the Pentagon is considering for Hanscom Air Force Base is to turn it over to a private developer, then rent space on the sprawling site in Bedford, allowing the military to continue working on its cutting-edge technologies, according to top armed forces consultants and officials familiar with Pentagon deliberations on base closings.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/24/pentagon_eyes_change_at_hanscom/
Woman convicted of cruelty gets back two horses
March 24, 2005
BENNINGTON, N.H. -- The state veterinarian says he cannot understand why a judge returned two horses to a woman convicted of animal cruelty.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/24/woman_convicted_of_cruelty_gets_back_two_horses/
DeLay goes on offense in ethics battle
By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay often plays defense in public in his fight against allegations of ethical misconduct, saying he didn't know about specific fund-raising practices under investigation in Texas or groups in Washington that paid for his travel.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/03/24/delay_goes_on_offense_in_ethics_battle/
Bobby Fischer, on Way to Iceland, Says Feels Great
By Kim McLaughlin March 24, 2005
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chess legend Bobby Fischer made a brief stop-over in Denmark on Thursday on his way from Tokyo to Iceland, which granted him citizenship earlier this week enabling him to avoid deportation to the United States.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/24/bobby_fischer_on_way_to_iceland_says_feels_great/
Arab League seeks Israeli concessions
By Barry Schweid, AP Diplomatic Writer March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Dismissing a U.S. overture, the Arab League's chief envoy on Thursday ruled out Arab diplomatic relations with Israel unless it comes to term with the Palestinians.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/24/arab_league_seeks_israeli_concessions_1111689240/
Kyrgyzstan opposition facing next move
By Bagila Bukharbayeva, Associated Press Writer March 24, 2005
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Shattered glass littered the floors, furniture and portraits of the president tumbled out the windows, and the young men who seized Kyrgyzstan's government headquarters Thursday took a break to divvy up packages of crackers they'd ripped out of a carton.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/24/kyrgyzstan_opposition_facing_next_move/
The Moscow Times
Fischer Assails Russia Over Chechnya
GENEVA --German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer called on Russia on Tuesday to investigate human rights violations committed by its security forces in Chechnya.
In a speech to the UN Commission on Human Rights, he also voiced concern at "whippings, torture and the death penalty" in Iran, and at prolonged administrative detentions and executions in China.
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/03/23/014.html
Kyrgyz president reportedly flees capital
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Updated at 9:44 AM EST
Associated Press
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, seizing control of the seat of power after clashing with riot police during a large opposition rally. President Askar Akayev reportedly fled to Russia.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050324.w2kryg0324/BNStory/International/
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Scientists recover preserved soft tissue from ancient dinosaur
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- For more than a century, the study of dinosaurs has been limited to fossilized bones. Now, researchers have recovered 70 million-year-old soft tissue, including what may be blood vessels and cells, from a Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/apwest_story.asp?category=6600&slug=WST%20T%20Rex%20Tissues
San Juans disaster was narrowly averted
Captain in collision had health, alcohol ills
By ERIC NALDER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
It was about as close to a disastrous oil spill as you can get without having one -- and it happened in the San Juan Islands.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/oiltankers/217351_polarpuget24.html
Radio Beat: Local stations are tuning into podcasting
By BILL VIRGIN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
How do you listen to your favorite radio programs? And when?
The traditional answers were: On a radio receiving an over-the-air signal, and whenever the station decided to broadcast the program.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/217244_radiocolumn24.html
Radio Beat: Local stations are tuning into podcasting
By BILL VIRGIN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
How do you listen to your favorite radio programs? And when?
The traditional answers were: On a radio receiving an over-the-air signal, and whenever the station decided to broadcast the program.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/217244_radiocolumn24.html
State Supreme Court sides with news media in defamation case
By REBECCA COOK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- In a case that raised concerns about courts becoming "super-editors," the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a businessman can't sue a Spokane television reporter for omitting facts that might have made him look better in a critical story.
Defamation by omission is possible, the court said, but just because someone doesn't like a story doesn't mean it's defamatory.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20SCOW%20Defamation%20Ruling
Scientists confident of Yucca Mountain
By GEORGE F. WILL
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. -- Driving northwest into the desolate vastness of the Nevada Test Site where the nation's nuclear arsenal was tested, a spindly tower, outlined against a ridgeline, rises 1,527 feet out of the desert. That is the approximate height at which the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. The tower was used to study radiation effects on life at different elevations.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217266_will24.html
Capitol Watch: Expand civil rights
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
A nearly 30-year effort to expand state civil rights protection should clear its penultimate legislative hurdle Thursday, as a Senate committee takes the vote to send the measure to the floor.
House Bill 1515 already has passed the House of Representatives and was heard yesterday in the Senate's Financial Institutions, Housing and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee chairwoman, Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park, said she expects a committee vote on the bill as early as today. The legislation would add sexual orientation to the list of illegal bases for discrimination under state law. The current list includes race, color, creed, national origin, sex and disability. The bill carries an exemption to the state law for sharing, renting or subleasing property in which one lives.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217258_civiled.asp
continued...
Nearly Half of Blacks, Latinos Drop Out, School Study Shows
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-graduate24mar24,0,6137422.story?coll=la-home-local
Explosion Rocks Texas Oil Refinery
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-032405refinery_lat,0,966128.story?coll=la-home-headlines
She Seems to Be Perfectly Happy
Sorenstam has won her last four tournaments, going into first LPGA major of the year, and new single status means she might play more.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lpga24mar24,0,1120817.story?coll=la-home-sports
Red Lake Reservation Readies Burial Rituals
Community mourns the loss of 10 of its own as concern for survivors, victims' families grows.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shooting24mar24,0,177404.story?coll=la-home-nation
A Ray of Hope for Solar
How strange that solar energy remains a rarity in a state with such dependable sunshine, which beats down, wasted, on our rooftops. New legislation backed by the governor fixes gaps that plagued previous solar-construction bills and provides the first real chance for new-home solar to get off the ground.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-solar24mar24,0,1065833.story
The Sydney Morning Herald
Blast at refinery causes price rise
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blast-at-refinery-causes-price-rise/2005/03/24/1111525296090.html?oneclick=true
A BP Oil official said 14 people died and 100 were injured in a massive explosion at the company's Texas City petrochemical refinery today.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known but it sparked a fire that was put out a few hours later, and workers were searching the rubble for survivors or bodies.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Oil-refinery-blast-death-toll-14-BP/2005/03/24/1111525254114.html
Terror suspects on loose, warns spy chief
March 24, 2005
Potential terrorists are on the loose in Australia because there is not enough evidence against them to take legal action, the nation's top spy said yesterday.
ASIO Director-General Dennis Richardson told the LAWAsia conference on the Gold Coast that fewer than one in 10 people known to be involved with terrorist groups in Australia was ever likely to face court.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Anti-Terror-Watch/Terror-suspects-on-loose-warns-spy-chief/2005/03/23/1111525211160.html
Wild weather prompts 900 calls for help
Wild weather lashed Sydney and surrounding areas today, with strong winds bringing down trees and power lines and heavy rain causing flooding.
State Emergency Service (SES) spokesman Phil Campbell said 924 calls for help had been received, mostly for water in houses caused by blocked gutters and spot flooding.
"There have been over 200 emergency workers on the road responding to leaks, fallen trees, trees blocking driveways and spot flooding," he said.
"We are still expecting some rain and gusting winds
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Wild-weather-prompts-900-calls-for-help/2005/03/23/1111525220144.html
Pill reduces breast cancer in high-risk women
By Nassim Khadem
March 24, 2005
Taking the pill at an early age can reduce the chances of breast cancer for women with a high genetic risk of developing the disease, Australian research shows.
The study of 2000 Australian women aged under 40 strengthens medical belief that the pill, far from having harmful side effects, actually protects women from cancer.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Pill-reduces-breast-cancer-in-highrisk-women/2005/03/23/1111525229088.html
Blair vows to keep the faith, but not US-style
March 24, 2005
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, chose a meeting of evangelical Christians in south London to declare his opposition to US-style religious politics in British public life.
Mr Blair, battered by Conservative tabloid pressures on abortion, insisted on Tuesday: "I do not want to end up with an American style of politics, with us all going out there beating our chest about our faith.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blair-vows-to-keep-the-faith-but-not-USstyle/2005/03/23/1111525229983.html
Blast kills two as crisis in Lebanon deepens
March 24, 2005
Lebanese Christian opposition leaders blamed the country's Syrian-backed security agencies yesterday for a series of bomb attacks, the latest of which killed two people in the Christian heartland north of Beirut.
The two were killed and five wounded early yesterday when a bomb ripped through a shopping centre in the coastal town of Kaslik, 20 kilometres north of the capital.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/Blast-kills-two-as-crisis-in-Lebanon-deepens/2005/03/23/1111525228865.html
'Healer' jailed for sex abuse with potatoes
March 24, 2005 - 1:22PM
A Maori healer who used traditional indigenous practices to treat patients has been jailed for three and a half years for sexually violating two patients with potatoes.
Sending Christopher Tuaupiki, 64, to prison, a judge in the High Court in the North Island city of Hamilton told him it was "sad that a good reputation had been shattered" when he was found guilty on five sex charges after a week-long trial, the Waikato Times newspaper reported.
During the trial, a 38-year-old widow gave evidence that Tuaupiki told her to lie on a bed naked and rubbed a raw potato "in circular motions everywhere" to remove a curse he blamed for her son seeing the ghosts of his dead father and grandparents.
The other woman, who consulted him as a tribal elder to ask her about Maori ancestors, said he gave her similar treatment, saying the potato would cure her breast cancer and liver disease.
Doctor's tests showed the 49-year-old did not have those illnesses.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Potato-pervert-jailed/2005/03/24/1111525270309.html
Chief judge hits back at court critics
By Michael Pelly, Legal Reporter
March 25, 2005
The judicial system is being undermined by lawyers who talk to the media, attorneys-general who do not defend the courts and "superficial and inappropriate performance indicators", the nation's top judge says.
The Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson, said also that judges would soon "respond swiftly" to ill-informed criticism and attacks on individual officers.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Chief-judge-hits-back-at-court-critics/2005/03/24/1111525295865.html
The Boston Globe
Final appeal in Schiavo case
Parents ask Supreme Court to restore tube
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The parents of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain- damaged woman who has been slowly dying since her feeding tube was removed Friday, appealed last night to the US Supreme Court to have the tube reinserted.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2005/03/24/final_plea_nears_for_schiavo/
Reservation where 10 died has long known pain
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff March 24, 2005
RED LAKE, Minn. -- The television inside a weathered ranch house replayed familiar footage about the deadly shooting rampage that has stunned the Red Lake Indian Reservation -- scenes with wailing ambulances, grieving students, and grim-faced tribal leaders.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/24/reservation_where_10_died_has_long_known_pain/
Fugitive murderer held after 20 years on the lam
By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer March 24, 2005
BOSTON -- A fugitive on the lam for the past two decades who lived a double life as an activist poet in Chicago pleaded innocent Thursday to a charge of escaping from prison and was ordered held without bail.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/24/fugitive_murderer_held_after_20_years_on_the_lam/
Pentagon eyes change at Hanscom
Ideas include turning site over to developer
By Bryan Bender and Matt Viser, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- One of several ideas the Pentagon is considering for Hanscom Air Force Base is to turn it over to a private developer, then rent space on the sprawling site in Bedford, allowing the military to continue working on its cutting-edge technologies, according to top armed forces consultants and officials familiar with Pentagon deliberations on base closings.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/24/pentagon_eyes_change_at_hanscom/
Woman convicted of cruelty gets back two horses
March 24, 2005
BENNINGTON, N.H. -- The state veterinarian says he cannot understand why a judge returned two horses to a woman convicted of animal cruelty.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/03/24/woman_convicted_of_cruelty_gets_back_two_horses/
DeLay goes on offense in ethics battle
By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay often plays defense in public in his fight against allegations of ethical misconduct, saying he didn't know about specific fund-raising practices under investigation in Texas or groups in Washington that paid for his travel.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/03/24/delay_goes_on_offense_in_ethics_battle/
Bobby Fischer, on Way to Iceland, Says Feels Great
By Kim McLaughlin March 24, 2005
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chess legend Bobby Fischer made a brief stop-over in Denmark on Thursday on his way from Tokyo to Iceland, which granted him citizenship earlier this week enabling him to avoid deportation to the United States.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/24/bobby_fischer_on_way_to_iceland_says_feels_great/
Arab League seeks Israeli concessions
By Barry Schweid, AP Diplomatic Writer March 24, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Dismissing a U.S. overture, the Arab League's chief envoy on Thursday ruled out Arab diplomatic relations with Israel unless it comes to term with the Palestinians.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/24/arab_league_seeks_israeli_concessions_1111689240/
Kyrgyzstan opposition facing next move
By Bagila Bukharbayeva, Associated Press Writer March 24, 2005
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Shattered glass littered the floors, furniture and portraits of the president tumbled out the windows, and the young men who seized Kyrgyzstan's government headquarters Thursday took a break to divvy up packages of crackers they'd ripped out of a carton.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/24/kyrgyzstan_opposition_facing_next_move/
The Moscow Times
Fischer Assails Russia Over Chechnya
GENEVA --German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer called on Russia on Tuesday to investigate human rights violations committed by its security forces in Chechnya.
In a speech to the UN Commission on Human Rights, he also voiced concern at "whippings, torture and the death penalty" in Iran, and at prolonged administrative detentions and executions in China.
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/03/23/014.html
Kyrgyz president reportedly flees capital
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Updated at 9:44 AM EST
Associated Press
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — Protesters stormed the presidential compound in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, seizing control of the seat of power after clashing with riot police during a large opposition rally. President Askar Akayev reportedly fled to Russia.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050324.w2kryg0324/BNStory/International/
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Scientists recover preserved soft tissue from ancient dinosaur
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON -- For more than a century, the study of dinosaurs has been limited to fossilized bones. Now, researchers have recovered 70 million-year-old soft tissue, including what may be blood vessels and cells, from a Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/apwest_story.asp?category=6600&slug=WST%20T%20Rex%20Tissues
San Juans disaster was narrowly averted
Captain in collision had health, alcohol ills
By ERIC NALDER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
It was about as close to a disastrous oil spill as you can get without having one -- and it happened in the San Juan Islands.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/oiltankers/217351_polarpuget24.html
Radio Beat: Local stations are tuning into podcasting
By BILL VIRGIN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
How do you listen to your favorite radio programs? And when?
The traditional answers were: On a radio receiving an over-the-air signal, and whenever the station decided to broadcast the program.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/217244_radiocolumn24.html
Radio Beat: Local stations are tuning into podcasting
By BILL VIRGIN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
How do you listen to your favorite radio programs? And when?
The traditional answers were: On a radio receiving an over-the-air signal, and whenever the station decided to broadcast the program.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/217244_radiocolumn24.html
State Supreme Court sides with news media in defamation case
By REBECCA COOK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- In a case that raised concerns about courts becoming "super-editors," the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a businessman can't sue a Spokane television reporter for omitting facts that might have made him look better in a critical story.
Defamation by omission is possible, the court said, but just because someone doesn't like a story doesn't mean it's defamatory.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20SCOW%20Defamation%20Ruling
Scientists confident of Yucca Mountain
By GEORGE F. WILL
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. -- Driving northwest into the desolate vastness of the Nevada Test Site where the nation's nuclear arsenal was tested, a spindly tower, outlined against a ridgeline, rises 1,527 feet out of the desert. That is the approximate height at which the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. The tower was used to study radiation effects on life at different elevations.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217266_will24.html
Capitol Watch: Expand civil rights
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
A nearly 30-year effort to expand state civil rights protection should clear its penultimate legislative hurdle Thursday, as a Senate committee takes the vote to send the measure to the floor.
House Bill 1515 already has passed the House of Representatives and was heard yesterday in the Senate's Financial Institutions, Housing and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee chairwoman, Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park, said she expects a committee vote on the bill as early as today. The legislation would add sexual orientation to the list of illegal bases for discrimination under state law. The current list includes race, color, creed, national origin, sex and disability. The bill carries an exemption to the state law for sharing, renting or subleasing property in which one lives.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217258_civiled.asp
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