"A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."   Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12  KJV   Word study on this verse

Demand is high for meetings with PM during UN session haaretz.com 8/310/5 ["President George W. Bush, who will take part in the summit, will hold official meetings with heads of state during his stay in New York.  ...World Summit"]
Dumping of US dollar could trigger 'economic September 11' theaustralian.news.com.au 8/310/5 ["the US is running huge trade deficits -- about $US650 billion ($766 billion) in 2004 -- which are financed by borrowings from the central banks of Asia -- mainly the Chinese and the Japanese. All the world's central banks are chock-full of US dollars -- they're holding many more dollars than they really want. They're holding those dollars because at the moment there's no great alternative and also because the global economy depends on US consumption. If they dump the dollar and the dollar collapses, then the whole global economy is in trouble."]
ACLU Requests Rape Victim Guidelines latimes.com 8/310/5 ["The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Justice Department to release records that might explain why it doesn't advise hospitals to consider emergency contraception when treating rape victims."]
Act of God Destroys New Orleans Days Before "Southern Decadence" repentamerica.com 8/310/5 [""Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars. Last year, a local pastor sent video footage of sex acts being performed in front of police to the mayor, city council, and the media. City officials simply ignored the footage and continued to welcome and praise the weeklong celebration as being an "exciting event". However, Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin. "]
Judge issues order to stall base commission's recommendation boston.com 8/310/5 ["A federal judge temporarily halted the national base closings commission from recommending a realignment of a Connecticut Air National Guard base, which the governor contends cannot be done without her approval."]
Egyptian Military on Gaza Border Threatens Israel´s ´Edge´  israelnationalnews.com 8/310/5 ["Egypt's deployment of troops along Gaza's Philadelphi route alters a 26-year-old peace treaty with Israel, and severely threatens Israel's 'qualitative military edge' over its southern neighbor."]
Pro-Abortion Groups Blast, Pro-Life Groups Praise FDA Decision lifenews.com 8/310/5 ["As expected, groups on both sides of the abortion debate are taking drastically different approaches to the decision by the Food and Drug Administration late last week to postpone whether or not to sell the morning after pills over the counter."]
Officials throw up hands as looters ransack city signonsandiego.com 8/310/5 ["New Orleans' homeland security chief, Terry Ebbert, said looters were breaking into stores all over town and stealing guns. He said there are gangs of armed men moving around the city. At one point, officers stranded on the roof of a hotel were fired at by criminals on the street."]
Shell says US facilities, pipeline hit by Hurricane Katrina remain shut forbes.com 8/310/5 ["he Capline crude oil pipeline, though unscathed from the hurricane, is down due to power failure.  It ferries over 1 mln barrels of oil per day (bopd) from the Gulf of Mexico, which supplies 25 pct of the US oil requirements.  The four refined products pipelines between New Orleans and Baton Rouge were intact, but are not operating due to power outages."]
 

Negotiations Begin on Document for World Leaders to Adopt at Upcoming U.N. Summit ap.tbo.com 8/30/5 [" ...the Sept. 14-16 summit - marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations - is expected to be the largest gathering of world leaders in history. Some 175 presidents, prime ministers and monarchs have accepted Secretary-General Kofi Annan's invitation to come to U.N. headquarters."]
Situation Deteriorating In Hurricane Aftermath wben.com 8/30/5 ["Martial Law has been declared in parts of New Orleans as conditions continued to deteriorate. Water levels in The Big Easy and it's suburbs are rising at dangerous levels and officials stated they don't know where the water is coming from. Residents are being urged to get out of New Orleans in any way they can as officials fear "life will be unsustainable" for days or even weeks."]
Couple flee abroad to fight against the 'Big Brother state' that took their baby telegraph.co.uk 8/30/5 ["A couple whose son was taken away by social workers over what they say were false claims of mistreatment have moved abroad, fearing that any more children they might have could also be seized."]
Iran says has made new atomic breakthrough reuters.com 8/30/5 ["successfully using biotechnology to extract larger and cheaper quantities of uranium concentrate from its mines, state television reported.  Quoting the unnamed manager of the project, state television said on Monday night that "the new technique used for the production of yellowcake will reduce costs, and efficiency will increase one hundred-fold as well."]
Gov. Bush Warns Residents Of Gas Shortages local6.com 8/30/5 [""]
Air Force Sets Rules Limiting Religious Expression washingtonpost.com 8/30/5 ["issued sweeping guidelines yesterday that say prayers are not appropriate at most official events and discourage commanders from speaking publicly about their religious beliefs.  The guidelines apply to all officers, enlisted personnel and civilian employees throughout the Air Force, not just to those at the Air Force Academy. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a delegation of religious leaders last week that if the rules work well, they will be instituted across the armed forces."]
Study: Few gay characters in new TV season miami.com 8/30/5 ["Sixteen homosexual characters are depicted in network TV series scheduled for the 2005-06 season, a small increase over last year but still inadequate, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Monday."]
Oil Prices Spike After Refinery Shutdowns latimes.com 8/30/5 ["But the biggest economic fears focused on the oil industry. The gulf region supplies between a quarter and a third of U.S. production. The New Orleans area alone accounts for about 12% of the domestic refining capacity, including gasoline and heating oil.  Damage has been reported to several oil plants, including Royal Dutch Shell's on the Mars platform in the gulf 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. In all, Katrina has closed down about 1.4 million barrels of crude oil a day and roughly 1 million barrels a day of refining capacity."]
Bush enters immigration debate chron.com 8/30/5 ["Bush used a Medicare speech here to promise local residents an increasingly robust federal campaign that will deploy more agents and provide more detention space to stop those trying to sneak into the country."]
Russia, China might consider replacing dollar in bilateral trade - expert en.rian.ru 8/30/5 ["A certain step in this direction has already been made when Russian and Chinese banks were allowed to open mutual corresponding accounts, he added."]
 

Egypt rejects request to sign nuclear treaty, saying Israel must join first cbc.ca 8/28/5 ["The refusal by Israel, which is believed to possess hundreds of nuclear warheads, to join the United Nations' Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has also made the Middle East more insecure"]
Analysis: Global conflict held sway in base closings usatoday.com 8/28/5 ["In one of its most far-reaching actions, the commission approved the Pentagon's plan to consolidate Army Guard and Reserve installations in more than 35 states so they'll be at or near active-duty bases.  For anyone thinking of becoming a citizen soldier, the message was clear: Prepare to train with active-duty forces because fighting alongside them overseas is now a very real possibility. "]
'Eyes in the sky' for homeland security msnbc.msn.com 8/28/5 ["Now, the Department of Defense plans to spend $1.7 billion in research and development on 79 projects through 2009 for UAV development"]
EU Envoy Otte: Withdrawal is the Model for Jerusalem israelnationalnews.com 8/28/5 ["The EU envoy to the Middle East, Mark Otte, said in an interview appearing this weekend that Israel's recent uprooting of Jewish communities is a model for the rest of Samaria, Judea and Jerusalem."]
Who Controls the Family? washingtonpost.com 8/28/5 ["Blind Activist Leads Peasants in Legal Challenge To Abuses of China's Population-Growth Policy  ...Since March, the farmers said, local authorities had been raiding the homes of families with two children and demanding at least one parent be sterilized. Women pregnant with a third child were forced to have abortions."]
Journal debate misses the point zwire.com 8/28/5 ["Given that humans are at issue, it doesn’t make any difference whether the fetus can feel pain at 10, 20, 24 or any other number of weeks. That the developing human unquestionably develops the capacity to feel pain is simply another proof of its humanity, and another argument against abortion."]
Iraq: Most fret about public services, not constitution detnews.com 8/28/5 ["Iraqis want leaders to fix top issues such as water, electricity, security, then work on democracy."]
Greenspan warns of end of housing boom reuters.com 8/28/5 [" On Friday, he warned investors not to assume rises in the value of assets such as stocks and homes were "structural and permanent" and that the buying power fueled by those price surges could evaporate if buyers turned wary.  Analysts called Greenspan's warnings timely but said he was not signaling an imminent collapse, just pointing out that double-digit house price gains could not last forever."]
Katrina may be strongest hurricane ever seen in Gulf nzherald.co.nz 8/28/5 ["Ending a week of extreme weather worldwide...   Florida has been pummelled by six powerful hurricanes since last August, in what forecasters describe as an "unusually active season"....  Europeans have been assaulted by weather extremes unknown for generations.   ...The World Wildlife Fund goes further. "Global warming has started to exacerbate the frequency and intensity of meteorological catastrophes," a WWF spokesman said on Friday."]
 

Gay-marriage challenge seen defeated in Massachusetts reuters.com 8/27/5 ["Just over a year after Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to allow gay couples to marry, political support is fading for a state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage and allow only same-sex civil unions."]
AU:  Buffer 'needed around abortion clinics' heraldsun.news.com.au 8/27/5 ["She said the State Government should legislate to prevent the protesters from standing immediately outside the clinic.  A buffer zone of 50 to 100 metres should be implemented, the senator said, or they could simply be confined: "to the other side of the road.""]
Experts Warn Debt May Threaten Economy news.yahoo.com 8/27/5 ["as a society America spends $1.9 billion more a day on imported clothes and cars and gadgets than the entire rest of the world spends on its goods and services.  ...America's nonstop borrowing has put the nation on the road to a major fiscal disaster — one that could unleash plummeting home values, rocketing interest rates, lost jobs, stagnating wages and threats to government services ranging from health care to law enforcement.   ...The crush of arriving, Asian-made products recently spurred the Port of Los Angeles to switch to 24-hour operations."]
 

Pentagon's base-closing plan dealt two setbacks reuters.com 8/26/5 ["In Philadelphia, a federal judge ruled that the Pentagon had broken the law in seeking to close down the 111th Fighter Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard without first obtaining the governor's approval. The court declared the planned closure null and void."]
FDA Delays Morning-After Pill Decision news.yahoo.com 8/26/5 ["The government on Friday put off its long-awaited final decision on whether to sell emergency contraception without a prescription, saying the pill was safe to sell over-the-counter to adults but grappling with how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers."]
Singapore carves niche in stem cell research reuters.com 8/26/5 ["more Singapore-based firms are taking the greenfield research of U.S. and Korean scientists and turning it into marketable technology safe for human use.  CyGenics develops and markets adult stem-cell related products, services and technologies."]
New exhibit at London Zoo - humans news.yahoo.com 8/26/5 ["We have set up this exhibit to highlight the spread of man as a plague species and to communicate the importance of man's place in the planet's ecosystem," London Zoo said."]
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UK: Spread of bird flu virus is a 'national emergency' timesonline.co.uk 8/26/5 ["The two central strands to stalling the disease have been identified as stockpiling vaccines and introducing more effective surveillance measures, which will give warning of its presence at the first opportunity."]
Who's in charge if bird flu strikes -- docs or cops? oxfordpress.com 8/26/5 ["he head of the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday his agency — and not the federal health establishment — will manage the country's response if a deadly new strain of bird flu evolves into a human pandemic."]
Manufactured-goods orders drop by 4.9% azcentral.com 8/26/5 ["The decline in July was steeper than analysts were predicting. Before the release of the report, economists were forecasting a drop in durable-goods orders of 1.2 percent."]
Mich. County Uses Black Boxes for Drivers news.yahoo.com 8/26/5 ["A judge in Oakland County is using black box technology to keep an eye on drivers who repeatedly run afoul of the law. The boxes have been installed in the vehicles of 14 defendants since 52-1 District Court Judge Brian MacKenzie created the program last year."]
 

JAMA Editor "Unaware" Abortion Advocates Wrote Fetal Pain Study lifenews.com 8/24/5 ["a study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association by two abortion advocates claiming unborn children don't feel pain from abortions until late in pregnancy continues.  ...include an abortion practitioner and a former staffer for a leading abortion advocacy group."]
To prevent flu pandemic, UN health agency calls for global medical stockpile un.org 8/24/5 ["In the agreement signed today, Roche has committed to providing 3 million treatment courses which would be dispatched to people in greatest need at the site of an emerging pandemic."]
Envoys urge US to be flexible on U.N. summit plan alertnet.org 8/24/5 ["The U.S. proposals would eliminate reference to the Millennium Development Goals approved by world leaders five years ago that set deadlines for reducing extreme poverty, battling AIDS and raising education levels around the world.  ...Ping suggested earlier this week  ...the areas of greatest disagreement.  These included terrorism, human rights reform, disarmament, development, U.N. management reform and the world's responsibility to intervene in countries practicing genocide and other egregious rights violations"]
'Mainline Church' Bible Study Interprets 'The Purpose-Driven Life' earnedmedia.org 8/24/5 ["They participate in Purpose-Driven campaigns because people are already reading the book. Churches want an opportunity to interpret its message.  ...The author is an award winning national campaign coordinator. He appreciates the "40 Day campaigns" for organizational creativity but realizes that many churches reject them on theological grounds. "People of Purpose" seeks to bridge that gap.  ...will draw ever-larger numbers of denominational churches into 40 Days of Purpose."]
Human rights groups criticise UK's 'behaviour' laws nzherald.co.nz 8/24/5 ["They include "fomenting, justifying or glorifying" terrorism or seeking to provoke others to commit terrorist acts, although he has dropped an earlier proposal to outlaw views "the Government considers to be extreme and that conflict with the UK's culture of tolerance". "]
China-Russian War Games Simulate Naval Blockade spacewar.com 8/24/5 [""The naval blockade military operation is made up of four parts, including striving for and maintaining air superiority over the water and joint air and sea anti-submarine operations,"...  Following the exercises Russian military experts would likely be making in-depth reports on how China was integrating Russian weapon systems into its military and operating such systems between its military forces  ...Russia is now China's leading arms supplier, including its most advanced weapons."]
Montana's governor eyes coal to solve U.S. fuel costs reuters.com 8/24/5 ["using a technology discovered in Germany 80 years ago that converts coal into gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel.  The Fischer-Tropsch technology, discovered by German researchers in 1923 and later used by the Nazis to convert coal into wartime fuels, was not economical as long as oil cost less than $30 a barrel."]
 

 Judge: Gay Sex Laws in Hong Kong Illegal newsday.com 8/24/5 ["A Hong Kong judge ruled Wednesday that laws against gay sex -- including one that demands a life sentence for men under 21 who engage in sodomy -- are unconstitutional and discriminatory.  ...It is a landmark case and a long overdue judgment. It's the first time that sexual orientation has been upheld as a protected ground against discrimination in a Hong Kong court"]
 Survey: Two-Thirds of Evangelicals Doubt Jesus' Words Regarding Salvation Thru Him Alone headlines.agapepress.org 8/24/5 [Americans have become so focused on a very personal style of worship -- that is, forging a direct relationship with God -- that spiritual experience has begun to supplant dogma, or teaching based on the authority of the Bible."  Editor: While I do not trust polls or surveys, I do concur with their final conclusion.]
 Believe It or Not: Abortion Causes Illegal Immigration theconservativevoice.com 8/24/5 ["If those aborted children had lived and grown to adulthood, their median age today would be 30.5 years old.  ..Without question, at least part of the reason why we have illegal immigrants crossing our borders in droves is because there is a need for more cheap laborers in the fields and factories of America. It is a simple economic proposition: increased demand creates its own supply."]
 AU: Govt to enter mosques in anti-terror crackdown abc.net.au 8/24/5 ["One of the recommendations of the summit was for Islamic schools to be encouraged to denounce extremism and teach about Australian traditions and culture."]
 The reason for decline in abortion rate mlive.com 8/24/5 [Secular point of view]
 U.S. Cuts Off Abstinence Program Funding washingtonpost.com 8/24/5 ["saying the group in charge of the campaign did not adequately separate religion from its message.  ..Since 2003, Silver Ring Thing has received $1.2 million from the department as part of the Bush administration's initiative to expand abstinence-only education."  Editor: When you take money from the government, there are always strings attached.]
 U.N.: Uranium Brought To, Not Made in Iran guardian.co.uk 8/24/5 ["Iran welcomed findings by the International Atomic Energy Agency which supported its contention that traces of highly enriched uranium found on centrifuge parts had entered the country on imported equipment and did not result from Iranian enrichment activities."]
 Visa regime abolished for Chinese tourists coming to Russia en.rian.ru 8/24/5 ["The interstate agreement stipulates tough regulations for the registration of a tour and provides for 30-day, visa-free stay in the country."]
 

 Hear ye, hear ye: Sanhedrin seeks David's scion as king jpost.com 8/23/5 ["According to a group of 71 Jewish scholars who met this week in the Old City of Jerusalem in the form of a modern-day Sanhedrin – a duplicate of the religious tribunal which convened during the time of the Second Temple – a coronation day is growing closer.  ...Rabbi Yosef Dayan from Psagot, known for his recent threats to place a death curse on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is said to be a leading candidate to become the "king of Israel."  ...he has two documented ancient sources which draw a direct line between him and the males in his family to King David some 3,000 years ago."]
 Pagans to hold 'Pride Day' wnd.com 8/23/5 ["Pagans in New Port Richey, Fla., told the Tampa Tribune they're tired of being labeled as devil worshippers who sacrifice animals under a full moon.  ...Modern-day paganism is a collection of beliefs embracing many movements and traditions, including Wicca, New Age Mysticism, American Indian practices, tarot readings and Buddhism."]
 Base closings hint at new air strategy csmonitor.com 8/23/5 ["Under the Pentagon's plan, which its base-closing commission will vote on this week, 30 Air-Guard sites from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to Houston to Portland, Ore., would be closed or downsized; 29 of 88 flying units would end up with no aircraft.  ...As the single global power, we can't be content with dominating local commons - the planet is our commons. And, for good or ill, the world looks to us to enforce the rules, maintain the security, and sustain the stability of the global commons."]
 Connecticut Files Lawsuit Challenging No Child Left Behind ap.tbo.com 8/23/5 ["claiming the Bush administration has not provided enough money to pay for new testing and programs.  ...State education officials say they already know minority and poor children don't perform as well as their wealthy, white peers, and additional tests aren't going to tell them more.  The federal government cites annual testing as a cornerstone of the law, and Spellings has repeatedly denied requests from the state for more flexibility.  ...In Utah, the state legislature passed a measure defying the federal law, and it was signed by Gov. Jon Huntsman on May 2. The law gives state educational standards priority over the requirements of No Child Left Behind."]
 California: Court Affirms Gay Couples' Parental Status latimes.com 8/23/5 ["The California Supreme Court on Monday became the first in the nation to grant full parenting rights and obligations to gays and lesbians who have children.  In three closely watched cases, the justices set rules in an area where changes in family structure and advances in technology have outpaced the evolution of legal principles. In each case, they delivered a ruling that guaranteed that children born to gay couples have two legally recognized parents."]
 Venezuela will build three new oil refineries, President Chavez says canada.com 8/23/5 ["Venezuela, the world's fifth-largest oil exporting country, holds the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East."]
 Fashioning a response to immodest clothing wnd.com 8/23/5 [""]
 

 Scientists create embryonic cells from skin cell reuters.co.uk 8/22/5 ["their method, which fuses an embryonic stem cell to an ordinary skin cell and bone cells, could someday provide tailor-made medical treatments without having to start from scratch using cloning technology.  That would also mean generating the valuable cells without using a human egg, and without creating a human embryo, which some people, including President George W. Bush, oppose."]
 Supreme Court won't reconsider property case newsday.com 8/22/5 ["So contentious was the court's 5-4 ruling in the so-called eminent domain case earlier this year that some critics launched a campaign to seize Justice David Souter's farmhouse in New Hampshire to build a luxury hotel. Others singled out Justice Stephen Breyer's vacation home in the same state for use as a park."]
 Report: Sharon to uproot Hebron Jews next jnewswire.com 8/22/5 ["Hebron, one of Judaism’s three holiest cities, marks the first place in the biblical Land of Canaan where Abraham purchased land, an event of such significance that an entire chapter in the Bible is devoted exclusively to that transaction."]
 China creates crack unit to crush poverty protests timesonline.co.uk 8/22/5 ["has established elite police squads equipped with armoured vehicles and helicopters under orders to quell riots in a country where a protest erupts every seven minutes."]
 Rumbling in the Redwoods What are our leaders doing there? retakingamerica.com 8/22/5 ["Bohemian Grove"]
 Russian troop maneuvers miss the point reuters.com 8/22/5 ["Never before has Russia held so many exercises at a time, in locations so far apart...   The exercise was a rehearsal for repelling large-scale aggression by a major adversary, which is another way of saying the United States"]
 

 Globalized America - Not A Pretty Sight newswithviews.com 8/21/5 ["Agenda 21...I also suggest to you that the price of oil will climb high enough to force you into trade corridor living as automobile travel will become unaffordable to all but the wealthy. This, too, has been a plan in the works for a decade or two or three. The Mid-East will be blamed for the expensive gasoline – and especially if/when there is nuclear holocaust in the Mid-East or in the U.S."]
 eu first — companies race to register new domain name timesonline.co.uk 8/21/5 [" the European commission, after tortured negotiations lasting six years, finally reached agreement on the introduction of the pan-European domain name, “.eu”.  ...The new domain does not prevent companies from maintaining their national identities, but is a huge step forward in Europe’s battle to counteract America’s “.com” dominance."]
 Gaza Evacuation Nears Completion; Israeli Cabinet to Vote on Removal of Four West Bank Settlements ap.tbo.com 8/21/5 ["Troops began evacuating the 21 Gaza settlements on Wednesday, more than a year after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon concluded that Israel could no longer defend its 38-year-old occupation of the coastal strip, which Palestinians claim as part of a future state."]
 Air Force fights for overhaul of Guard seattletimes.nwsource.com 8/21/5 ["Air Force officials made a final public plea yesterday for their plan to overhaul more than 24 Air National Guard units, warning the squadrons would steadily become more ineffective and poorly equipped unless their proposal were approved.  ...Under the plan, five states — Connecticut, Delaware, Montana, Nevada and North Dakota — would lose all their aircraft."]
 Apostate 'Church' Spreads Aids theconservativevoice.com 8/21/5 ["Homosexual activity spreads disease. Oral and anal sex are exceptionally popular in homosexual practice. This kind of physical interplay fosters all sorts of sickness, especially AIDS.  Yet such denominations as the Episcopal Church state that God smiles upon homosexual behavior."]
 Irishwoman to challenge abortion law in Europe sbpost.ie 8/21/5 ["It argued that Ireland's restrictive abortion laws and barriers to abortion-related information and referrals violated women's human rights.  “Under Irish law. . . providers are prohibited from fully discussing abortion with their patients or making full referrals for legal abortion services outside the country when requested,” said the ACRR website.  “Ireland's abortion law goes against international human rights standards and the trend of almost all European countries and of most countries in the world - even those with the most restrictive laws."]
 Catholic priest made chaplain to Italian Masonic lodge cwnews.com 8/21/5 ["With this appointment, Venzi claimed to be “making a gesture of openness. Never before has a Masonic lodge made such a gesture towards the Catholic Church, distancing itself from other irregular Masonic lodges that, with their anti-clericalism, have caused much harm to the image of freemasonry in the world.”"]
 

 Oil prices rise as supply problems increase ottawabusinessjournal.com 8/20/5 [" Oil prices are bouncing back, rising nearly US$1 a barrel after a fire at a refining complex in Venezuela and disturbances in Ecuador. Oil traders say any setbacks in the refining business threaten an already-precarious supply situation."]
 China, Russia Begin More Military Drills guardian.co.uk 8/20/5 ["The war games are the result of warming ties between former Cold War enemies Moscow and Beijing, motivated by growing concern about U.S. dominance of world affairs. China looks to Russia as a source of oil and gas for its booming economy and is spending heavily on high-tech Russian arms to back up its threats to invade rival Taiwan.  ...China's secretive military barred most foreign reporters from the exercises. ITAR-Tass said even Russian media were refused access to Chinese forces."]
 Alaska: State launches informed consent site 8/20/5 ["The Web site provides information relating to pregnancy and pregnancy alternatives. The state Legislature passed a law requiring medical providers to document that the Web site or equivalent information was provided to women seeking an abortion. It becomes effective Sunday."]
 Want a Wal-Mart job? Join the crowd sfgate.com 8/20/5 ["11,000 apply for 400 openings at retailer's new Oakland store  ...The Bay Area also has lost hundreds of jobs to outsourcing and offshoring, compounded by all the jobs that never came back after the local economy collapsed. "It's not about Wal-Mart -- it's about the rest of the labor market," Levy said. "If the rest of the labor market was strong, you wouldn't have 11, 000 people applying for 400 jobs.""]
 

 Israeli Troops Evacuate Last Settlers Amid Angry Protests latimes.com 8/19/5 ["Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the pullout, declaring the Jewish settlements in Gaza a security liability. About 8,500 settlers had lived for decades among more than 1.3 million Palestinians in heavily fortified enclaves, with thousands of Israeli troops protecting them.  ...Abbas, who has been in Gaza since the withdrawal began, told a cheering crowd today that the Israeli decision to relinquish Gaza was a result of Palestinian "sacrifices.""]
 Kansas Attorney General Sues Governor to End State Funding for Abortion lifesite.net 8/19/5 ["The suit argues that using state funds to finance abortion violates the state Constitution because of the protection for "inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Kline, according to a report in the Lawrence Journal-World, also requested that the court agree that life begins at conception, when "a new, unique and genetically distinct human being is formed, distinct from its host while dependent upon her.""]
 Rice seeks more effort in Mideast iht.com 8/19/5 ["While she noted that the withdrawal would take several weeks to play out, she said that Israel must take further steps soon after, including loosening travel restrictions in the West Bank and withdrawing from more Palestinian cities."]
 Armed forces medical plan limits abortions sfgate.com 8/19/5 ["A federal appeals court ruled that U.S. armed forces medical benefits should cover abortion costs only when a mother's life is at risk, a decision that the judges acknowledged was "callous and unfeeling.""]
EU: Campaigners prepare to battle EU data storage bill reuters.com 8/19/5 ["Telecom firms and civil liberty groups are readying themselves to influence a battle next month between European Union member states and the European Commission over rival plans to log calls and emails to combat terror.  The Commission wants calls and email traffic to be retained for six months to a year, while member states proposed up to 48 months. The council plan wants all Web addresses people use to be logged but the Commission draft makes no mention of this."]
 Jewish leader asks Pope to open Vatican archives reuters.com 8/19/5 [" Jewish groups have been demanding a complete opening of the archives, saying this could help shed more light on the position of wartime Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939 to 1958.  Many Jews say Pius turned a blind eye to the Holocaust."]
 

 China-Russia war games under way news.bbc.co.uk 8/16/5 ["Marines will storm beaches, to be joined by paratroopers in a mock invasion of an imaginary country."]
 Taiwan holds military drill ahead of China-Russia wargames spacewar.com 8/16/5 ["Taiwan Wednesday staged a military exercise simulating an invasion by rival China, one day before Beijing and Moscow launch rare joint exercises."]
 Harvard to Spend $1 Million Annually In Attempt to Disprove Intelligent Design Theory lifesite.net 8/16/5 ["Harvard has announced that it will spend $1 million annually towards research intended to delve into some of the most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe."]
 Russia says opposes use of force against Iran washingtonpost.com 8/16/5 ["saying any such action would have grave and unpredictable consequences.  "We favor further dialogue and consider the use of force in Iran counter-productive and dangerous, something which can have grave and hardly predictable consequences"]
 Awash in prayers and tears jnewswire.com 8/16/5 ["Israelis across the nation gazed and gaped at heartrending scenes from Gaza that played out on their television screens from early Wednesday, the first day of the “forced evacuation” of Jews from the homes many had lived in for more than half a lifetime."]
 

 North Carolina Lawmaker Wants $10 Million for Stem Cell Research lifenews.com 8/15/5 ["However, many pro-life advocates told the House Health Committee on Thursday that they oppose Jones' bill because some of their tax money could be directed to embryonic stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos to obtain the cells."]
 As Gaza pullout starts, Sharon warns Palestinians reuters.com 8/15/5 ["To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever."]
 Tattletale America: Truck Drivers, Janitors, Exterminators etc. Training to Be Citizen Spies infowars.com 8/15/5 ["All across America, people who have jobs working with the public are being trained to spy on the businesses and people they serve."]
 Planned Parenthood Claims Pharmacist's Refusal to Dispense an Abortifacient is 'Criminal' lifesite.net 8/15/5 ["Dunn explained that a woman, who drove up to the drive-through window of their CVS pharmacy at around 10 pm last Friday, was refused a prescription for the abortifacient morning-after pill from the pharmacist on duty because of the pharmacist's religious beliefs."]
 Security cameras watching NYC raise privacy concerns detnews.com 8/15/5 ["At last count in 1998, the organization found 2,397 cameras used by a wide variety of private businesses and government agencies throughout Manhattan. This time, after canvassing less than a quarter of the borough, the interns so far have spotted more than 4,000."]
 Syphilis epidemic hits Sydney's gay community abc.net.au 8/15/5 ["there has been a ten-fold increase in notifications since 2000, mostly among HIV-positive men."]
 Judge: Fining illegals for trespass intrudes on federal authority theunionleader.com 8/15/5 ["A district court judge has struck down attempts to expand the state's criminal trespass law to cover illegal aliens, on the grounds that it is an unconstitutional intrusion on federal authority.  That means the criminal trespassing charges against eight illegal aliens arrested under the law in recent months will be dropped, even against those who did not raise objections to it. "]
 

 Ruling favors US control of National Guard units boston.com 8/14/5 ["Illinois has filed a similar lawsuit, arguing that the Pentagon doesn't have the authority to move units without the approval of the governors, who share control with the president over the units' use."]
 Bush raises option of using force against Iran reuters.myway.com 8/14/5 ["Asked if that included the use of force, Bush replied: "As I say, all options are on the table. The use of force is the last option for any president and you know, we've used force in the recent past to secure our country.""]
 IDF general compared pullout to Temple's destruction jnewswire.com 8/14/5 ["In a letter he wrote to the thousands of Jews he is poised to drive from their homes later this week, Brigadier-General Guy Tzur sought to encourage the victims of this pending action by telling them that their eviction would take place immediately following Tisha b’Av (the 9th of Av) “when Am Yisrael cries for the destruction of our Temple, and with hope and prayer for its rebuilding.”  Tzur told the people who face the prospect of having their homes turned to rubble and ploughed into the dunes of Gaza that “from within the calamity will sprout redemption, and from the ruins will blossom the desert.”"]
 Bush signs bill creating electronic prescription monitoring kentucky.com 8/14/5 ["If all states had the ability to tap into each others' information we would know that that person is doctor shopping," Benvenuti said. "It will allow states to see not only what's going on in their states but what's going on in other states."  ...Whitfield said his staff worked with Markey and others to address many of those privacy concerns, including requiring states to have standards for the protection of information and requiring states to establish penalties for the unauthorized use of data."]
 Israel: Police set up roadblocks throughout western Negev jpost.com 8/14/5 ["A nationwide alert will also go into effect Sunday, with a state of emergency lasting until after disengagement. Security forces have created a buffer zone surrounding Gaza in an attempt to prevent thousands of anti-disengagement activists from reaching Jewish settlements in Gaza."]
 Ark of the Covenant: Vendyl Jones vendyljones.org.il 8/14/5 [" Regarding Arutz Sheva article Kabbalist Blesses Jones: Now´s the Time to Find Holy Lost Ark, published May 20, '05 / 11 Iyar 5765  Armed with this and other blessings, Jones is now excited to uncover his life's pursuit. He believes the ark will be discovered by Tisha B'Av (Aug. 14), a day of repeated tragedy in Jewish history. Most notably, it is the anniversary of the destruction of both the First and Second Holy Temples. ... However, Vendyl was slightly, but significantly, misquoted. What he actually said was that it would be very appropriate IF he could discover the Ark by Tisha B’Av."]
 

 Lutherans reject ordination of gays boston.com 8/13/5 ["A national meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America yesterday denied ordination to gays and lesbians in committed relationships.  ...even that recommendation stirred contempt among some conservatives who believe homosexuality is a sin according to Scripture.  ...''The issue of unity should not even be coming before this assembly. We are or we aren't,""]
 Chief rabbi sees imminent coming of Messiah worldnetdaily.com 8/13/5 [""The world today is in a state described by our sages as 'hevley mashiah,' that is, labor that precedes the coming of a Messiah," he said."]
 Starbucks promotes homosexual agenda with coffee cup bpnews.net 8/13/5 ["But one particular quote -- #43 -- blatantly pushes the homosexual agenda. It’s by Armistead Maupin, who wrote “Tales of the City,” a bestseller-turned-PBS drama advocating the homosexual lifestyle..."]
 Corrosive Christianity newswithviews.com 8/13/5 ["What was Jesus thinking? Why didn’t he tell us to be the “honey’ of the earth. Was He confused?  If Jesus told us that we were salt wouldn’t it be a good idea to study the function of the thing he told us to be? Wouldn’t it be a good idea to figure out what salt does? I saw Joel Osteen on Larry King last week, promoting his book You’re Best Life Now. Having spent weeks atop the New York Times best sellers list, he, along with Rick Warren, is the face of modern evangelical Christianity.  ...America is in trouble, because most churches are serving syrup. The largest church in America takes no position on the great moral issues of the day."]
 UN inches closer to treaty on rights for disabled alertnet.org 8/13/5 ["Among the main sticking points at this stage are the extent to which education for the disabled must be integrated into the mainstream educational system and the point at which a government can require disabled individuals to be institutionalized or deprive them of their right to legally control their own actions"]
 Record level of imports and surge in Chinese textile imports push trade deficit higher post-gazette.com 8/13/5 ["Analysts said the new report highlighted two of the biggest threats to the economy -- soaring energy prices and the dangers that the widening trade gap with China could spawn a protectionist backlash in the United States.  "The higher global oil prices go, the bigger the check we have to write to foreigners and that will be a growing weight on economic growth," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Economy.com.  ...the record trade deficits and the continued loss of jobs in manufacturing -- declines that total 3 million since mid-2000"]
 

 New effort to promote abortion through UN treaty cwnews.com 8/12/5 ["Abortion advocates are pushing to include that language in a passage of the treaty referring to the rights to health-care services. Such language has never appeared in a treaty which is binding on all signatories."]
 States suffer setback in fight to keep Air Guard units usatoday.com 8/12/5 ["The Pentagon does not need the consent of governors to move Air National Guard units in their states, the Justice Department has concluded"]
 SLC Mayor Fights For Gay Rights kutv.com 8/12/5 ["Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson wants to create Utah's first domestic-partner registry, which would allow gay couple to come to City Hall and sign up with the city."]
 

 Thousands rally against Gaza plan news.bbc.co.uk 8/11/5 ["Tens of thousands of Israelis have staged a rally in Tel Aviv in protest at plans to pull out of Gaza, six days before the withdrawal is due to begin."]
 Kansas: No Ban on Gay Adoption wibw.com 8/11/5 ["Right now, Kansas law is silent on whether gays or lesbians can adopt foster children."]
 China and Russia's unprecedented war games taipeitimes.com 8/11/5 ["China considers it's time to increase strategic cooperation with Russia to balance the US role in the region. Both are interested in demonstrating this is a multipolar rather than a unipolar world"]
 New Study Finds Some Late-Term Abortion Babies Born Live at Only 18 Weeks lifesite.net 8/11/5 ["I do not think feticide is acceptable to people in this country. I do not think people even know it happens. I do not think it is enough to rely on midwives and doctors to regulate this themselves."]
 Christian M.D. Says Dutch Euthanasia Study Raises Questions, Concerns agapepress.org 8/11/5 ["In a critical editorial accompanying the euthanasia study, University of Minnesota law professor Susan Wolf raised the question of whether mercy killings may be taking place that do not follow the strict guidelines the Dutch have put in place. Stevens agrees with Wolf that this is an important question, with serious implications as to what will happen if doctors are allowed unmonitored, nearly total discretion over patients' life or death."]
 Same-Sex Couple "Married" in Canada Sues for Recognition of Lesbian "Marriage" in UK lifesite.net 8/11/5 ["suing to have their native country redefine their cohabitatory status as legally "married" under UK law. Sue Wilkinson, 51, and Celia Kitzinger, 48, will launch their suit with the UK's High Court Friday, vowing to take the matter to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary."]
 States get a last chance to argue over Air Guard plan usatoday.com 8/11/5 ["Roughly two dozen sites would expand, while about 30 are slated for closure or downsizing. In many cases, units would continue to exist but no planes would be assigned to them. Units without planes would receive new non-flying missions.  ...Two states, Pennsylvania and Illinois, have sued over the Air Guard proposal even though the Pentagon claims it has the authority to reshuffle the Air Guard as it sees fit."]
 

 Thousands of Israelis beg God to stop Gaza pullout alertnet.org 8/10/5 ["Tens of thousands of rightist Israelis opposed to quitting the occupied Gaza Strip flocked to Judaism's holiest prayer site on Wednesday, begging divine help to stop a plan that has passed political and legal hurdles.  ...Police sources said a crowd of 50,000 had come to the wall in Jerusalem's Old City, where Jews often gather to mourn the loss of ancient temples. Pro-settlement organisers put the number at twice as many."]
 Biblical Pool of Siloam found nwsource.com 8/10/5 ["a freshwater reservoir that was a major gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages to the city and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from birth, according to the gospel of John."]
 Pro-abortion UN leader to address World Youth Day cwnews.com 8/10/5 ["Eveline Herfkens   ...she supported the notorious proposal of an abortionist who wished to circumvent laws prohibiting abortion in various countries by performing abortions on a ship after taking women of the targeted countries into international waters.   ...Herfkens informed her colleague that in reality, the "reproductive health agenda" (which includes abortion) is in most cases read into the document. She said that many countries are incorporating the abortion agenda in their national goals, under the guise of treating maternal health or gender equity."]
 Canada to develop a no-fly list cnn.com 8/10/5 ["The program, called Passenger Protect, will identify people who pose "an immediate threat to aviation security" and will work with airlines to stop suspects from flying, Transport Minister Jean Lapierre told reporters in Halifax, the provincial capital of Nova Scotia."]
 Amnesty International to Consider Pushing for Global Right to Abortion lifesite.net 8/10/5 ["at its biennial International Council Meeting (ICM) beginning next week. The August 14-20 ICM with representatives from the fifty AI branches worldwide will consider altering the organization's neutral stance on abortion.  ...the United Nations Population Fund and others consider abortion as a human right under the nomenclature of "reproductive rights". "]
 

 Officials Test Radio Tags at Canada Border news.yahoo.com 8/9/5 ["If successful, radio "tags" carried by travelers will be part of the standard registration process for those entering the United States.  ...This is the second phase of US-VISIT, the screening system launched in 2004 at busy airports, sea ports and land crossings. The system requires scanning fingerprints and photographs of the visitor's face into a computer when someone who wants to enter the U.S. applies for a visa."]
 Study Examines Euthanasia in Netherlands news.yahoo.com 8/9/5 ["A study released Monday sheds new light on euthanasia in the Netherlands, the first country to legalize it for terminally ill people, finding that nearly one in eight adult patients who requested mercy killings decided not to go through with it. Nearly half of the euthanasia requests were carried out."]
 President Bush Backs New Hampshire Abortion Law at Supreme Court lifenews.com 8/9/5 ["That statute also does not have a health exception because doctors told Congress there is never any situation in which the three-day-long abortion procedure is necessary to protect a woman's health in an emergency situation."]
 Planned Parenthood Abortion Video Backs Violence Against Pro-Lifers lifenews.com 8/9/5 ["The abortion activist cartoon character happily explains that, with the death of the protesters, people can now visit the abortion business "without intimidation or violence."  At the end of the video, during the rolling of the credits, a pro-life person is decapitated."]
 IFPA launches abortion initiative rte.ie 8/9/5 ["Irish Family Planning Association has launched a campaign to introduce legal abortion services in Ireland."]
 Plan to boost troops in Iraq nydailynews.com 8/9/5 ["The Pentagon temporarily raised U.S. troop levels by about 20,000 to roughly 160,000 ahead of the historic Jan. 30 elections.  Asked if the size of the U.S. force this fall would reach 160,000 again, Di Rita said, "It could be more. It could be less.""]
 British Researcher to Report Abortion-Cancer Findings at American Statistical Association Meeting on Wednesday usnewswire.com 8/9/5 ["Trend No. 1: Upper class women are the most likely to develop breast cancer and die of the disease. For other cancers, lower social classes experience higher incidence and mortality rates. Abortion before a first birth (the most carcinogenic abortion) and delayed first birth among upper class women provide the best explanations for this trend."]
 Rosie O'Donnell to join 'Fiddler' washingtontimes.com 8/9/5 ["giving the "Fiddler" revival two openly gay actors playing spouses in a musical about breaking traditions, the New York Times said Monday. "]
 UK: Secret courts for terror cases guardian.co.uk 8/9/5 ["Special anti-terror courts sitting in secret to determine how long suspects should be detained without charge are now under active consideration, it emerged yesterday.  Home Office sources confirmed that ministers are considering making a French-style "security-cleared judge" responsible for assembling a pre-trial case against terrorist suspects, with in-camera access to sensitive intelligence evidence, including currently inadmissible phone-tap evidence. "]
 Gay clergy to defy bishops over no-sex 'marriages' telegraph.co.uk 8/9/5 ["Some told The Daily Telegraph that they had no intention of assuring their bishops that they will be sexually abstinent when they "marry" their partners."]
 U.S. Stocking Up On Avian Vaccine cbsnews.com 8/9/5 ["The U.S. government is optimistic about a new vaccine to protect against an outbreak of potentially deadly avian flu, and distribution could start as soon as mid-September, a senior federal health official says."]
 

 Arrests at Parliament protest ban news.bbc.co.uk 8/8/5 ["Six people have been arrested as about 100 campaigners staged a protest in Parliament Square against the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act.  The new act, parts of which came into force last month, bans demonstrations within a half-mile radius of Parliament unless cleared by police. "]
 War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S. washingtonpost.com 8/8/5 ["The U.S. military has devised its first-ever war plans for guarding against and responding to terrorist attacks in the United States, envisioning 15 potential crisis scenarios and anticipating several simultaneous strikes around the country, according to officers who drafted the plans.  The war plans represent a historic shift for the Pentagon, which has been reluctant to become involved in domestic operations and is legally constrained from engaging in law enforcement. Indeed, defense officials continue to stress that they intend for the troops to play largely a supporting role in homeland emergencies, bolstering police, firefighters and other civilian response groups.  ...Congress last year also gave the Guard expanded authority under Title 32 of the U.S. Code to perform such homeland missions as securing power plants and other critical facilities.  ...According to military lawyers here, the dispatch of ground troops would most likely be justified on the basis of the president's authority under Article 2 of the Constitution to serve as commander in chief"]
 Brazil dictatorship wanted atomic bomb seattlepi.nwsource.com 8/8/5 ["Sarney would not say how far along Brazil's military was in its work on atomic weapons or how close it was to detonating a nuclear device. But he said that after the treaty with Argentina, Brazilian officials found out their neighbors "were at least 10 years ahead of us.""]
 Terri Schiavo's Estranged Husband Receives Guardianship Award lifenews.com 8/8/5 ["The guardianship group acknowledged Michael was a controversial choice, but they honored him for supposedly keeping Terri's wishes."]
 Awake After 20 Years, Sarah Speaks cbsnews.com 8/8/5 ["After two decades of floating somewhere between life and death, Sarah Scantlin is fully, and finally, awake.  Since February when she awoke from a coma-like state that had kept her silent and unmoving for 20 years, she has undergone surgery on her long-unused limbs and has had intensive speech therapy to unlock her long-dormant tongue"]
 Boston: Lawmakers push for church to disclose finances eyewitnessnewstv.com 8/8/5 ["The legislation would require all religious organizations to file annual financial reports and real estate holdings with the charities division of the attorney general's office."]
 High-tech talent flows back to India boston.com 8/8/5 ["with the maturing of the US technology industry, and the rapid expansion of India as a center for software programming and business process outsourcing, thousands of Indian engineers and managers -- many of them US-educated and working on Route 128 or in California's Silicon Valley -- are opting to go back to their homeland.  The trend is raising fear of a brain drain."]
 Red Cross fires employee over gay pride celebration cwnews.com 8/8/5 ["he compared how his superiors at Pomona had explained that they choose each month to celebrate some American minority group. "I'm still struggling to see a correlation between celebrating Great Americans and celebrating a sexual preference," he said in his e-mail to the regional office. Hartman also suggested that the Red Cross honor its commitment to diversity by hosting a month to celebrate Christianity."]
 Oil hits record on Saudi security threat reuters.com 8/8/5 ["Concerns over the Saudi security situation coincided with news that another U.S. refinery had run into output problems, adding to pressure on gasoline supplies in the world's biggest consumer during peak summer demand.  ...U.S. refineries have been hit by more than half a dozen unplanned outages in the past few weeks as plants strain to keep up with two years of strong demand growth after a decade of underinvestment."]
 US workers struggle to cope in new economic reality reuters.com 8/8/5 [""]
 

 Couple's challenge may force Britain to accept gay marriages news.independent.co.uk 8/7/5 ["A lesbian couple will this week launch a landmark legal bid to get their Canadian marriage recognised in Britain in a move that threatens to undermine the Government's civil partnership legislation."]
 Edinburgh churchgoers in attempt to close Dungeon, claiming it spreads Satanism news.scotsman.com 8/7/5 ["While churchgoers frequently take issue with events and displays which they find offensive it is rare for a church to take the step of making a formal objection to a licensing board or committee asking for an entertainment licence to be refused.  ...Under Britain's blasphemy laws, only the Christian faith is protected from ridicule, although in practice the law is seldom enforced."]
 Christian Activist Challenges Credibility of SD Pro-Homosexual Group agapepress.org 8/7/5 ["A San Diego "gay pride" organization is facing some public and potentially legal backlash after a convicted pedophile was discovered working at their recent festival.  ...[T]hese people actually covered up for them and lied, at least when their employee was involved," he notes. And according to Hartline, at the same time the group said they removed the pedophiles, the pro-homosexual organization announced it was putting in a process to review their volunteers. That, he maintains, is also "questionable.""]
 Iran unconcerned about Security Council referral alertnet.org 8/7/5 ["Iran on Sunday reiterated plans to resume uranium conversion this week  ...He said the 35-page EU proposal, which contained an offer of help with developing a civilian nuclear programme, was rejected because it did not recognise Iran's right to enrich uranium."]
 

 Twelve reasons not to see Harry Potter Movies crossroad.to 8/6/5 ["The premiere of Harry Potter the movie will lead to a whole new generation of youngsters discovering witchcraft and wizardry....Increasing numbers of children are spending hours alone browsing the internet in search of Satanic websites and we are concerned that nobody is monitoring this growing fascination."]
 Will New CA Bill Stop Homeschooling? newswithviews.com 8/6/5 ["...state of California, a ballot initiative due for June 2006 will ask voters about government funding so that all children can attend preschool, but the groundwork for the initiative’s success has already been lain. "]
 http://www.universalpreschool.com/ 8/6/5 ["Children who have been in extended daycare and preschool programs have: Poorer work habits, Inferior peer relationships, Substandard, emotional health, Lower grades and standardized test scores, And are more difficult to discipline." - Editor: Check out their Bill Watch.]
 Rick Warren's P.E.A.C.E. Plan & the UN Millennium Goals crossroad.to 8/6/5 ["For thousands of years parents have instinctively provided the very best learning environments and early educational experiences necessary for their preschool age children. Through loving interaction parents talk, read, and play with their kids. They show children how to do things, and get along with other people."]
 CAFTA, NAFTA And The WTO newswithviews.com 8/6/5 ["The sales pitch in the U.S. claims the agreement will open new markets for U.S. products. In reality, it opens new opportunities for American industry to move to countries where labor costs are a fraction of U.S. labor costs, and where environmental and regulatory compliance costs are almost non-existent.  ...Once the capacity to produce is lost, the possibility of rebuilding that capacity is remote."]
 Blair ready to isolate radical Muslims Militant clerics could be deported, some mosques shut sfgate.com 8/6/5 [""]
 Our Freedom Siren Song newswithviews.com 8/6/5 ["Let no one be in any doubt, the rules of the game are changing  ...The measures do not appear as extensive as some imposed by the Bush administration, but they certainly move Britain in an authoritarian direction regarding civil liberties. "]
 GM to buy Indian auto parts worth US$1 billion a year by 2008 canada.com 8/6/5 ["GM currently buys about $120 million worth of parts from India each year, and the plan to increase those purchases should result in major savings for the carmaker"]
 Helicopter Above Murrah At The Moment Of the OKC Bombing newswithviews.com 8/6/5 ["Former OK Governor Frank Keating did a taped interview with FOX news reporter Rita Cosby in 1995 in which Keating acknowledged but ridiculed and downplayed the helicopter story. This taped interview was played on Fox in other states but was blacked out in OKC."]
 

 Police Agree On Shoot-to-kill Rules: Report theglobeandmail.com 8/5/5 ["The recommendations by the International Association of Chiefs of Police take a more aggressive posture than typical lethal-force guidelines for police departments  ...Last year, Chief Gainer became the first U.S. police chief to adopt a shoot-to-kill policy if his officers confront a suspected suicide bomber who is unco-operative, and other U.S. law enforcement agencies are considering adopting a similar policy, the newspaper said."]
 Blair outlines new anti-terror measures abc.net.au 8/5/5 ["The Prime Minister says the proposals will include consideration of amending Britain's Human Rights Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law.  ...The new grounds (for deportation) will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying and validating such violence"]
 U.S. Prepares for Iraq Pullout military.com 8/5/5 ["a U.S. drawdown would begin shortly after elections for a new government in Baghdad, scheduled for December. That assumes two other difficult political milestones are achieved first: drafting a constitution by Aug. 15 and holding a national referendum in mid-October to approve the constitution.  It also assumes the insurgency does not get worse - and that Iraqi security forces prove themselves ready for combat. "]
 Iraq constitution omits rights newsday.com 8/5/5 ["would fail to guarantee equal rights to women or to protect freedom of religion or belief and the right to political dissent and debate. Basic individual rights, perhaps even the constitution itself, would be protected only if they were not viewed as contrary to judicial interpretation of Islamic law, sharia."]
 Bird flu spreads in Russia, maybe in Kazakhstan reuters.com 8/5/5 ["Health officials fear that a subtype of bird flu dangerous to humans may mutate into a lethal strain that could rival or exceed the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 20-40 million people worldwide at the end of World War One."]
 Mysterious Changes Hit Pacific Coast theglobeandmail.com 8/5/5 ["Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain."]
 Doctor tagged with RFID worries about privacy e-health-insider.com 8/5/5 ["Since my chip contains my medical identifier, unauthorised reading would not disclose health information...  But Halmaka argued that technology modelled on spyware is possible that would allow individual people to be tracked."]
 Lawsuit Forces Release of More Casualty Images washingtonpost.com 8/5/5 ["In response to a lawsuit, the Pentagon has released a few dozen new and uncensored images of flag-draped coffins of U.S. troops and agreed to process "as expeditiously as possible" future Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for photo and video images of returning war casualties."]
 

 Roberts worked on gay-rights case indystar.com 8/4/5 ["Supreme Court nominee John Roberts worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people against discrimination because of their sexual orientation.  ...he was instrumental in reviewing the filings and preparing oral arguments"]
 Massive security operation to reassure Londoners iht.com 8/4/5 ["The massive security operation involving 6,000 officers was intended to reassure the public four weeks after the July 7 attacks on three subway trains and a central London bus, and the failed July 21 attacks that followed two Thursdays later."]
 Insurers and lenders face changes after US gay rights ruling telegraph.co.uk 8/4/5 ["California businesses must treat gay partners in the same way as married couples after the state's Supreme Court made what could prove a landmark gay rights ruling.  Banks, insurers, mortgage lenders and health clubs are among a host of companies which may now have to change their practices as a result of the ruling.  The court ruled unanimously that any business that extends benefits to spouses which it "denies to registered domestic partners engages in impermissible marital status discrimination"."]
 The Bank For International Settlements Calls For Global Currency newswithviews.com 8/4/5 ["Although the United States is an engine of growth, they noted the key Asian economies as being at the second pole of global dynamism, while slower growth can be seen in other larger advanced economies."]
 Top cloning experts gather in South Korea for clandestine test news.yahoo.com 8/4/5 ["Top cloning experts from Britain, South Korea and the United States working on ways to use stem cells to treat incurable diseases gathered here to kick-off a week-long secret experiment.   ...These stem cells carry the identical genes of patients because they are extracted from cloned human embryos produced by combining adult cells from the patients and human eggs from donors"]
 Cherokee court dismisses gay marriage suit boston.com 8/4/5 ["A Cherokee Nation court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the tribe from giving its legal blessing to a lesbian couple's marriage."]
  Arrests over Parliament demo ban news.bbc.co.uk 8/4/5 ["A ban on protests within half-a-mile of Westminster which have not been cleared by police came into force at midnight.  However, about 50 people wearing black gags to symbolise the "infringement" of their right to protest have gathered in Parliament Square in defiance. "]
 NATO seeks stronger Afghan "rules of engagement" alertnet.org 8/4/5 ["While ISAF keeps its rules of engagement secret, it is known that different participating countries have their own boundaries in addition to NATO rules.  The rules govern how a soldier operates under different circumstances and cover everything from how to interrogate a prisoner to when a soldier is allowed to fire -- either in attack or defence."]
 Russian general: Country’s nuclear missiles to remain combat-ready airforcetimes.com 8/4/5 ["The RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, known in the West as the SS-18 Satan, is the heaviest missile in Russia’s strategic nuclear forces inventory.   ...We have a sufficient nuclear potential to protect ourselves and our allies."]
 CAFTA Passes: Dirty Tricks and Devastating Consequences infowars.com 8/4/5 ["Our trade deficit is growing and our manufacturing base is disappearing. Not to mention the often-neglected fact that having foreign nations manufacturing all our goods is a national security risk. CAFTA will do the very same things to our economy that NAFTA has done."]
 

 Planned Parenthood Boycott List of Pro-Abortion Businesses Revised lifenews.com 8/3/5 ["A pro-life organization that has sponsored a long-running boycott of corporations that contribute to Planned Parenthood has updated their list of sponsors of the nation's largest abortion business."]
 State, feds recruit new anti-terror corp insidebayarea.com 8/3/5 ["With the infamous Sept. 11 date near again, the U.S. and state homeland security offices have launched twin strategies to recruit more than 500,000 private counterterrorism agents in California, officials acknowledged Monday.  Last month, state-licensed security guards, who vastly outnumber law enforcement officers and believe their image has improved with better training, began receiving anti-terrorism instruction. "]
 Abortion Right, Death Penalty Wrong? lincolntribune.com 8/3/5 ["Now, our position on the right is logical: we are fighting to protect the innocent while punishing the guilty killers and other criminals."]
 London religious hate crime soars cnn.com 8/3/5 ["They include verbal and physical attacks and criminal damage to property, including mosques.  Scotland Yard figures showed there were 269 such incidents reported since the bombings, compared to only 40 in the same three-and-a-half week period last year."]
 Government upgrades hurricane forecast seattletimes.nwsource.com 8/3/5 ["They expect 11 to 14 more tropical storms in the Atlantic by the time the season ends in November. On top of the seven that have already formed — a record number by this point in the season — that would make a total of 18 to 21 named storms."]
 here! Networks to Launch here! Tunes yahoo.com 8/3/5 ["here!, America's first gay and lesbian television network is delighted to announce the network's new foray into the music industry with here! Tunes.  ...here!, America's first gay television network, was established in 2002 by Regent Entertainment co-founders Paul Colichman and Stephen P. Jarchow. here!, currently available to more than 42 million households"]
 

 China, Russia to hold joint military drills aimed at fighting terrorism forbes.com 8/2/5 [" 'The joint exercises will also help strengthen the capability of the two armed forces in jointly striking international terrorism, extremism and separatism,'"]
 Pentagon to Increase Domestic Surveillance for Counterterrorism foxnews.com 8/2/5 ["The Department of Defense has developed a new strategy in counterterrorism that would increase military activities on American soil, particularly in the area of intelligence gathering.  ...Barr said the new strategy is a back-door means of following through with a 2002 plan to create a massive, centralized information database using public and private records of individuals, called "Total Information Awareness." Congress killed TIA in 2003 because of civil liberties and privacy concerns.  Critics say they believe much of TIA lives on in some form through smaller, undisclosed military contracts. This latest plan, they say, is one way of jump-starting TIA's initial goals."]
 Clergy group attacks Bible study course in schools chron.com 8/2/5 ["the course offered by the Greensboro, N.C.-based National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public School  ...Chancey's review found the Bible is characterized as inspired by God, discussions of science are based on the claims of biblical creationists, Jesus is refereed to as fulfilling Old Testament prophecy and archaeological findings are erroneously used to support claims of the Bible's historical accuracy. He said the course suggests the Bible, instead of the Constitution, be considered the nation's founding document."]
 Congress approves 'Doomsday' plan for lawmakers reuters.com 8/2/5 [" The so-called "Doomsday" bill would require special elections within 49 days if more than 100 of the House's 435 members were killed.  ...some lawmakers said that even a seven-week lag before special elections would leave too much power in the hands of the president during a national emergency.   ...this approach would "lead to martial law at exactly the time when we need Congress functioning.""]
 Ban on gay blood donors challenged theaustralian.news.com.au 8/2/5 ["Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group spokesman Rodney Croome said the Red Cross donor screening process, introduced 20 years ago in response to the advent of AIDS, was outdated.  ...The Australian Red Cross Blood Service said the exclusion of gay men was based on a statistically higher incidence of some blood-borne diseases among gay men, and the existence of "window period" infections – infections which may be incubating in the body at the time of donation."]
 3.3-magnitude earthquake hits Mount St. Helens seattletimes.nwsource.com 8/2/5 ["Scientists say a more explosive eruption, possibly dropping ash within a 10-mile radius of the crater, is possible at any time."]
 

 Federal Judge Says Patriot Act Too Vague washingtonpost.com 8/1/5 ["U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins found that Congress failed to remedy all the problems she defined in a 2004 ruling that struck down key provisions of the act. Her decision was handed down Thursday and released Friday.  ..."The court finds that the terms 'training,' 'expert advice or assistance' in the form of 'specialized knowledge' and 'service' are impermissibly vague under the Fifth Amendment," the judge concluded at the end of 42-page decision."]
 Christians demand removal of "satanic monument" thenewvoice.net 8/1/5 ["Georgia Guidestones"]
 'Made in China' is getting better iht.com 8/1/5 ["Even as competition intensifies, companies based in China are becoming increasingly nimble and versatile."]
 Abortion Practitioner in Canada Gets Second Award This Year lifenews.com 8/1/5 ["Morgentaler has been named as the recipient of the 2005 Couchiching Award for Public Policy Leadership for his abortion advocacy"]
 No Child Left Behind raises bar oregonlive.com 8/1/5 ["More Oregon schools than ever are expected to get tagged as inadequate performers when the new federal school ratings go public this week, state officials say.  ...Schools had to get about 50 percent of their students to pass state reading, writing and math tests this year to be labeled adequate. That is up from about 40 percent the past two years. "]
 Gay men 'suffer more problems' stuff.co.nz 8/1/5 ["The rate of mental health problems in young lesbians is double that of exclusively heterosexual women.  ...The gay, lesbian and bisexual populations are fairly insistent that it's due to homophobia, because of all the pressures, adversities and discrimination they experience"]
 Purpose Driven Life Church to be the Model for Worldwide Baptists christiantoday.com 8/1/5 ["Despite his packed schedule, Rick Warren joined in the focus groups for around 30 minutes to encourage and strengthen the Baptist leaders. He reminded all pastors and ministers that the key to the application of the Purpose Driven Church model is balance. "]
 London faces lockdown to thwart third terror strike timesonline.co.uk 8/1/5 ["Thousands of police marksmen will be on London’s streets and rooftops again today after warnings that another team of suicide bombers is plotting a third attack on the capital."]