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Blissfully Unaware;
On a Bicycle in Beltsville, Blissfully Unaware
By Dana Milbank / Washington Post
When the state of red alert was declared yesterday, the vice president was evacuated from the White House and the first lady was whisked to a secure location. But no precautions were needed for President Bush.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2621
"The decision was made to inform the president upon conclusion of his bike ride," Bush press secretary Scott McClellan said
And That's Just the Way Bush Likes It
Bush satisfied with alert response
Associated Press
WHITE HOUSE -- President Bush is said to be satisfied with how officials handled yesterday's White House security alert, even though he wasn't told until it was over.
However, Press Secretary Scott McClellan says the incident is being reviewed -- and if any improvements need to be made, they will be.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2622
Reuters
Iran says nuke talks not dead amid EU warnings
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Talks between Iran and the European Union could still defuse a confrontation over Tehran's nuclear work, Iranian officials were quoted as saying on Friday, amid warnings Iran risks referral to the U.N. Security Council.
Iran has said it is poised to announce a return to activities related to uranium enrichment.
Britain, France and Germany persuaded Iran to suspend such activities late last year to reassure the world it was not seeking nuclear arms as Washington believes.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8486149
Colorado Springs Gazett
FBI Nabs Troops, Officers in Drug Sting
By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN
Associated Press Writer
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- FBI agents posing as cocaine traffickers in Arizona caught 16 current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement personnel who took about $220,000 in bribes to help move the drugs through checkpoints, Justice Department officials said Thursday.
Those charged include a former Immigration and Naturalization Service inspector, a former Army sergeant, a former federal prison guard, current and former members of the Arizona Army National Guard and the state corrections department, and a Nogales police officer, officials said.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBI_COCAINE_STING?SITE=COCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-05-12-15-17-06
U.S. Judge Rejects Neb. Gay-Marriage Ban
BY KEVIN O'HANLON
Associated Press Writer
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A federal judge Thursday struck down Nebraska's ban on gay marriage, saying the measure interferes not only with the rights of gay couples but also with those of foster parents, adopted children and people in a host of other living arrangements.
The constitutional amendment, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, was passed overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2000.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon said the ban "imposes significant burdens on both the expressive and intimate associational rights" of gays "and creates a significant barrier to the plaintiffs' right to petition or to participate in the political process."
Bataillon said the ban beyond "goes far beyond merely defining marriage as between a man and a woman."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SAME_SEX_BAN?SITE=COCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-05-12-17-44-07
Investigation ordered into police gunfire that killed escaped buffalo in neighborhood
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - The city manager has ordered an investigation after police fired up to 120 rounds in a residential neighborhood to kill five buffalo that had escaped from a slaughterhouse.
http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=cd79036b-0abe-421a-00f9-c2ecb7f7413f&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
Police Shoot Buffalo Escaping From Packing Plant
Monday Incident Mirrors Similar Shooting In 2003
POSTED: 11:29 am MDT May 10, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant.
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
"If five of them would have charged at once, I'm not sure we would have had enough manpower to kill all of them," Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson said.
The buffalo managed to get out when a truck driver didn't properly park his truck in the delivery chute at the G & C Meatpacking Plant, said plant owner Frank Grindinger.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4472052/detail.html
The Los Angeles Times
PICTURES ACCOMPANY WTH DISCUSSION
Shooting Spurs TV News Debate
Live broadcast captures fatal wounding of suspect by police after car chase.
By Eric Malnic and Jia-Rui Chong
Times Staff Writers
May 12, 2005
At least two television stations provided live coverage Wednesday as Long Beach police officers fatally shot a man after a car chase, reigniting a debate about how TV news outlets should cover chases and other live events that could end in violence.
The shooting came at the end of a 50-minute pursuit across Long Beach and the South Bay that channels 2 and 7 followed with TV helicopters — the kind of story that has become a staple of local newscasts.
When the suspect suddenly jumped out of his vehicle at a Long Beach strip mall and allegedly reached for a pistol, the cameras captured a group of police officers opening fire and the suspect falling to the ground.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shoot12may12,0,6840071,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines
3 Anti-U.S. Protesters Killed in Clashes With Afghan Police
From Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Police clashed with anti-U.S. demonstrators in two Afghan towns, killing at least three people, and Afghan students burned an American flag in Kabul today as protests spread over reported abuse of Islam's holy book at the U.S. jail in Guantanamo Bay.
The unrest came a day after riots in the eastern city of Jalalabad left four people dead -- the worst anti-American protests in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-051205afghan_wr,0,2512511.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Al Jazeera
Anti-U.S. protests turn deadly in Afghanistan
Anti-U.S. demonstrations continued for another day in Afghanistan, protesting over U.S. interrogators’ desecration of the Qur’an, Muslims’ holy book, at Guantanamo Bay.
One protester was killed and four others were wounded in a blast, officials said.
Although most of the protesters appeared to be university students, some officials claimed that elements opposed to the country's U.S.-backed re-emergence were fueling the violence, which also targeted the UN offices and American troops in the country.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8321
Iraq on the verge of a civil war- Experts
With the wave of deadly car bomb attacks that struck several Iraqi cities and towns over the past few days, experts say that the war- torn country is either on the verge of civil war or already in the middle of it.
About 400 people lost their lives in various bomb attacks in Iraq during the past 10 days.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8324
Fierce uprising breaks out in Uzbekistan
Soldiers in Uzbekistan surrounded thousands of people, many of them armed, who took to the streets of an eastern Uzbek city on Friday, attacking a prison, protesting the arrest of 23 prominent businessmen on charges of ‘Islamic extremism’, witnesses said.
The men were arrested in June on charges of being members of the Akramia religious group and having contacts with the Hizb-ut-Tahrir party, which authorities accuse of inspiring attacks in Uzbekistan that claimed the lives of more than 50 people over the past year. But the group has repeatedly denied responsibility.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8327
The Pentagon closes 33 major U.S. military bases to save $48 billion
5/13/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT
The Pentagon suggested on Friday the closure of 33 major U.S. military bases and the realignment of 29 others, including Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine and Fort McPherson in Georgia.
Several smaller facilities were also recommended for closure as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave a nine-member Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission a list of recommendations for closing or consolidating many of the military bases in the United States and its territories.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8344
continued….
Friday, May 13, 2005
May 12, 2005. Actually this is moving south from Anchorage which is an interesting perspective. This is north of the Kenai Fjords National Park which is roughly about the same latitude as the Alexander Archipelago. There is new growth in the leaves of trees as reported by the photographer. He also sees new growth of leaves in Anchorage. It might be, and it's a heck of a gamble, that the drought is BEGINNING in the southern area of Alaska while the cooler northern area is still wet enough with good percipitation. I haven't looked into the annual rainfall in these areas to know how much it has changed, but, it is perfectly obvious that it has. These envionrments are completely dependant on Ice Formatoins, Glaciation and the Arctic Ocean. This is better but hardly encouraging. We all need to 'get in the face of government' and reduce those carbon dioxide levels. If the federal government is not interested in protecting live in this country then we need to petition the states to protect our lives and end this insane Global Warming.
May 12, 2005. This is more proof of the Alaskan Drought. The dried up areas are grass areas whereas the green areas are trees. The thing about this is the root systems for these trees is very shallow. Currently, as per this picture of yesterday, the drought has not reached the root systems of the Temperate Rain Forest. This is very much the way the picture from St. George's Island looked. Tundra is highly dependant upon Rain Forest conditons in that it needs chronic dampness and running water. Below any tundra area is highly saturated land. In many areas of this type of forest it is impossible to transit across it because there are more bogs than not. This is serious. These are going sizes of parched areas adding to the warming and carbon dioxide load and not less. The people in Alaska also need to assess where they are getting water supplies from as these aquafers are shallow. In addition, Bush can kiss his oil drilling dependant on ice roads good-bye because there is no moisture in large enough amounts to freeze besides the troposphere heating to prevent it anyway.
Anchorage. I am assuming this is traveling south to north. The white specs are seagulls. Those birds are having a ball right now because the water is so shallow that the creatures that live in those waters are easy pickin's. This seems to me to be a drought ridden shoreline with falling water levels. This is where it gets a little complicated when it comes to lowering sea levels rather than rising when it comes to Global Warming. This is most likely 'isostatic rebound.' In other words, water is heavy. Something like 8 pounds per gallon, there abouts. Ice is heavy as well. As the glaciers melt the land is relieved of that weight and there is actualy continental uplift. That uplift results in sea levels falling along the shorelines whereas every other land structure WITHOUT ice melting is experiencing sea level rise because the water is going into the oceans rather than staying in ice formations. I have no idea Alaska was in this type of distress. Nor, did I expect the ice formations to melt exponentially this quickly. If this is a receeding sea level at the Alaskan shoreline? We are witnessing some major Global Warming effects and gross reduction of Ice fields in the Arctic. ISOSTATIC REBOUND requires the removal of huge amounts of ice to allow an entire continent to rise.
May 12, 2005. This is Global Warming in that it is melting snow and ice more rapidly. With the warming has come a drought to Alaska that is killing off it's tundra. There is shrinking snow on the mountains; here in Palmer, Alaska; because in addition to the heating of the troposphere there is no 'recharge' to the snow fields, ice fields and hence to the glaciers. The tundra is drying up and dying.
May 12, 2005. Absolutely beautiful picture of Anchorage, Alaska, but, where, oh where has the snow on the mountain peaks gone? Noted the treeline. It is far below the snow line. That is very bad news. Normally the snow line begins where the tree line ends. Subsequent pictures will start to confirm what we started to see in a picture of St. George's Island. Alaska has a profound drought.
May 12, 2005. These are very dangerous storms indeed. The photographer states. Here near the Kansas City Missouri area today at about 7:15-pm CDT: the Gust front of severe storms blowing into town with gusts from 50-mph to 72-straight-line winds, 2-days this are has been getting warnings-watches alike for severe weather, the WX-spotters are working overtime.
Morning Papers - concluding
New York Times
MORE OF BUSH'S COERSION. He chronically 'cries' "Give me someone I can work with." Then he turns right around and doesn't work with anyone at all but only to serve as their "Image" to the public while 'turning loose' the incompetents that should never have made it that far to begin with. Bush is a manipulator of his Party by permission to achieve public fervor and continued abuse of the USA Treasury. Bush is the power player no one else is willing to be and to that tune has the undying loyalty of every crony, Repuglican or not. If there is a 'money scheme' somewhere Bush will back you up !! This method of coersion is pandering to their base and is a gross example of "The Tail Wagging The Dog of Bush." The Moderates need to stand their ground and take back the esteem of the Republican Party as well as advance the needs of the American People.
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Intensifying Pressures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: May 13, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 12 - The unusual pact that permitted the nomination of John R. Bolton to go forward on Thursday without the support of a crucial Republican senator has exposed, in a very raw and public way, the extreme pressures facing Republican moderates in a Senate that is increasingly dominated by conservatives.
President Bush called the dissenting Republican, Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, on Wednesday, the day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which Mr. Voinovich serves, was to take up the nomination, the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/politics/13assess.html?hp&ex=1116043200&en=550ce22ec279af13&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Study Finds Benefit in Some Surgery for Prostate Cancer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 12, 2005
By The Associated Press
A Scandinavian study of an agonizing decision faced by men who have early prostate cancer - whether to have surgery or wait to see if the disease spreads - found that for those under 65, operating clearly saved lives, cutting the death rate by more than half.
For men over 65, on the other hand, who account for a vast majority of prostate cancer patients, the jury is still out.
Because of the new findings, being reported today in The New England Journal of Medicine, younger men "are much less likely to be encouraged to watch and wait," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate cancer at the American Cancer Society.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/health/12prostate.html
Pataki Moves to Revive the Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan
Published: May 12, 2005
Gov. George E. Pataki announced today that he had named his chief of staff, John P. Cahill, to take control of the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and construction of the Sept 11. memorial, saying a fresh commitment of energy and money was needed to achieve the "solemn obligation" of reviving the World Trade Center site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12cnd-pataki.html?hp&ex=1115956800&en=73954bf8155f43c8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Retaining Wall Collapses in Upper Manhattan, Closing Highway
NEW YORK (AP) -- A retaining wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan collapsed on Thursday afternoon, burying parked cars under a massive mound of dirt, trees and debris.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, fire department spokeswoman Maria Lamberti said.
Fire department personnel were called to the area near Riverside Drive and 181st Street at 4 p.m. Swarms of firefighters removed debris from the parkway's northbound lanes.
The six-lane parkway, Route 9A, was closed in the area in both directions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12wire-collapse.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
G.E. Chief Urges U.S. to Adopt Clearer Energy Policy
By FELICITY BARRINGER and MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: May 10, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 9 - The chief executive of the General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, pushed the company squarely into the global warming debate on Monday, asking the government for a clear energy policy and saying later in an interview that he expected Washington to eventually impose controls on carbon emissions.
"If you look to the future, there is going to be a day when we have standards of some kind pertaining to carbon," he said. "I think most business people are planning for that implicitly, even without anything that's overt." The Bush administration has opposed such controls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/business/10green.html
Washington Post
Mystery Illness Killing Racing Greyhounds
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 12, 2005; 2:00 PM
REVERE, Mass. -- A mysterious respiratory disease is sweeping greyhound tracks across the country, killing dozens of dogs and forcing owners to halt racing as researchers hunt for a vaccine to control the outbreak.
Pasted from <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051200914.html>
The New Zealand Herald
UN critical of slow pace of tsunami rebuilding
13.05.05 1.00pm
WASHINGTON - Rebuilding from last December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami has been too slow and frustration is growing among displaced people, a senior UN official says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125373
Asian states hampering bird flu checks, says UN
13.05.05 10.20am
ROME - A top UN agency official accused Asian nations of blocking proper monitoring of the deadly bird flu virus by giving too few samples to scientists, but denied a charge that his own agency was failing to share specimens.
The head of the Animal Health Service of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said countries were failing to export samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus that has killed more than 50 people in Asia since 2003.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125338
Girl 'witch' to be thrown into river, court told
13.05.05 1.00pm
LONDON - A schoolgirl told a British court on Thursday she was put into a laundry bag and was going to be thrown from a third-floor apartment window into a river by her mother and aunt who thought she was a witch.
Prosecutors say the girl, brought to London from Angola by a woman claiming to be her mother, had been regularly abused by members of her family after they had become convinced she was putting curses on members of her family.
The court has heard the abuse culminated in a plan by her 38-year-old "mother" and another woman, Sita Kisanga, 35, who says she is the girl's aunt, to kill her.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125376
More cash pledged to make Chernobyl safe
13.05.05 1.00pm
By Madeline Chambers
LONDON - Leading nations pledged about $200 million on Thursday towards a cover to encase the Chernobyl power plant's fourth reactor which exploded nearly two decades ago in the world's worst civil nuclear accident.
The latest contributions, which bring the total raised by 28 donor governments to about $800 million, mean work can start on a permanent shelter for the reactor to stop radioactive leaks.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125377
Peacekeepers wounded in Congo ambush
13.05.05 9.20am
KINSHASA - Seven United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were wounded when a militia group ambushed their convoy on Thursday in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The attack happened in a lawless region where the world body has taken a more aggressive stance against militia fighters since nine peacekeepers were killed there in February. However, much of the district is still ruled by warlords.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125317
New rodent emerges
13.05.05
A long-whiskered rodent with stubby legs and a tail covered with dense hair has turned out be a previously unknown species so unique it represents an entire new family of wildlife, says the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Based on morphological differences in the bone structure, coupled with DNA analysis, scientists believe the animal diverged from other rodents millions of years ago.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10125271
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-13.0°
Updated Friday 13 May 8:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
50 °F / 10 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
48 °F / 9 °C
Humidity:
89%
Dew Point:
47 °F / 8 °C
Wind:
5 mph / 7 km/h from the WNW
Pressure:
29.89 in / 1012 hPa (Falling)
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5500 ft / 1676 m
end
MORE OF BUSH'S COERSION. He chronically 'cries' "Give me someone I can work with." Then he turns right around and doesn't work with anyone at all but only to serve as their "Image" to the public while 'turning loose' the incompetents that should never have made it that far to begin with. Bush is a manipulator of his Party by permission to achieve public fervor and continued abuse of the USA Treasury. Bush is the power player no one else is willing to be and to that tune has the undying loyalty of every crony, Repuglican or not. If there is a 'money scheme' somewhere Bush will back you up !! This method of coersion is pandering to their base and is a gross example of "The Tail Wagging The Dog of Bush." The Moderates need to stand their ground and take back the esteem of the Republican Party as well as advance the needs of the American People.
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Intensifying Pressures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: May 13, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 12 - The unusual pact that permitted the nomination of John R. Bolton to go forward on Thursday without the support of a crucial Republican senator has exposed, in a very raw and public way, the extreme pressures facing Republican moderates in a Senate that is increasingly dominated by conservatives.
President Bush called the dissenting Republican, Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, on Wednesday, the day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which Mr. Voinovich serves, was to take up the nomination, the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/politics/13assess.html?hp&ex=1116043200&en=550ce22ec279af13&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Study Finds Benefit in Some Surgery for Prostate Cancer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 12, 2005
By The Associated Press
A Scandinavian study of an agonizing decision faced by men who have early prostate cancer - whether to have surgery or wait to see if the disease spreads - found that for those under 65, operating clearly saved lives, cutting the death rate by more than half.
For men over 65, on the other hand, who account for a vast majority of prostate cancer patients, the jury is still out.
Because of the new findings, being reported today in The New England Journal of Medicine, younger men "are much less likely to be encouraged to watch and wait," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate cancer at the American Cancer Society.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/health/12prostate.html
Pataki Moves to Revive the Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan
Published: May 12, 2005
Gov. George E. Pataki announced today that he had named his chief of staff, John P. Cahill, to take control of the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and construction of the Sept 11. memorial, saying a fresh commitment of energy and money was needed to achieve the "solemn obligation" of reviving the World Trade Center site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12cnd-pataki.html?hp&ex=1115956800&en=73954bf8155f43c8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Retaining Wall Collapses in Upper Manhattan, Closing Highway
NEW YORK (AP) -- A retaining wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan collapsed on Thursday afternoon, burying parked cars under a massive mound of dirt, trees and debris.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, fire department spokeswoman Maria Lamberti said.
Fire department personnel were called to the area near Riverside Drive and 181st Street at 4 p.m. Swarms of firefighters removed debris from the parkway's northbound lanes.
The six-lane parkway, Route 9A, was closed in the area in both directions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/nyregion/12wire-collapse.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
G.E. Chief Urges U.S. to Adopt Clearer Energy Policy
By FELICITY BARRINGER and MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: May 10, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 9 - The chief executive of the General Electric Company, Jeffrey R. Immelt, pushed the company squarely into the global warming debate on Monday, asking the government for a clear energy policy and saying later in an interview that he expected Washington to eventually impose controls on carbon emissions.
"If you look to the future, there is going to be a day when we have standards of some kind pertaining to carbon," he said. "I think most business people are planning for that implicitly, even without anything that's overt." The Bush administration has opposed such controls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/business/10green.html
Washington Post
Mystery Illness Killing Racing Greyhounds
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 12, 2005; 2:00 PM
REVERE, Mass. -- A mysterious respiratory disease is sweeping greyhound tracks across the country, killing dozens of dogs and forcing owners to halt racing as researchers hunt for a vaccine to control the outbreak.
Pasted from <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051200914.html>
The New Zealand Herald
UN critical of slow pace of tsunami rebuilding
13.05.05 1.00pm
WASHINGTON - Rebuilding from last December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami has been too slow and frustration is growing among displaced people, a senior UN official says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125373
Asian states hampering bird flu checks, says UN
13.05.05 10.20am
ROME - A top UN agency official accused Asian nations of blocking proper monitoring of the deadly bird flu virus by giving too few samples to scientists, but denied a charge that his own agency was failing to share specimens.
The head of the Animal Health Service of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said countries were failing to export samples of the H5N1 bird flu virus that has killed more than 50 people in Asia since 2003.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125338
Girl 'witch' to be thrown into river, court told
13.05.05 1.00pm
LONDON - A schoolgirl told a British court on Thursday she was put into a laundry bag and was going to be thrown from a third-floor apartment window into a river by her mother and aunt who thought she was a witch.
Prosecutors say the girl, brought to London from Angola by a woman claiming to be her mother, had been regularly abused by members of her family after they had become convinced she was putting curses on members of her family.
The court has heard the abuse culminated in a plan by her 38-year-old "mother" and another woman, Sita Kisanga, 35, who says she is the girl's aunt, to kill her.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125376
More cash pledged to make Chernobyl safe
13.05.05 1.00pm
By Madeline Chambers
LONDON - Leading nations pledged about $200 million on Thursday towards a cover to encase the Chernobyl power plant's fourth reactor which exploded nearly two decades ago in the world's worst civil nuclear accident.
The latest contributions, which bring the total raised by 28 donor governments to about $800 million, mean work can start on a permanent shelter for the reactor to stop radioactive leaks.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125377
Peacekeepers wounded in Congo ambush
13.05.05 9.20am
KINSHASA - Seven United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were wounded when a militia group ambushed their convoy on Thursday in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The attack happened in a lawless region where the world body has taken a more aggressive stance against militia fighters since nine peacekeepers were killed there in February. However, much of the district is still ruled by warlords.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125317
New rodent emerges
13.05.05
A long-whiskered rodent with stubby legs and a tail covered with dense hair has turned out be a previously unknown species so unique it represents an entire new family of wildlife, says the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Based on morphological differences in the bone structure, coupled with DNA analysis, scientists believe the animal diverged from other rodents millions of years ago.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10125271
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-13.0°
Updated Friday 13 May 8:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
50 °F / 10 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
48 °F / 9 °C
Humidity:
89%
Dew Point:
47 °F / 8 °C
Wind:
5 mph / 7 km/h from the WNW
Pressure:
29.89 in / 1012 hPa (Falling)
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5500 ft / 1676 m
end
May 11, 2005. Yorkville, Illinois early in the morning. Where is the sunrise. Speaks to the cloud density. Ionic. Note the width of that lightning strike. How many megavolts in that one? Look out ! The shape of the cloud is really strange is if an accumulation of nothing but ionized particles. Very odd. Very local. Very Global Warming. The shadow to the right is very suspicious to downpour probably but also tornado. That is another strange phenomena in this picture.
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