"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

Iran promises Hamas USD 250 million ynetnews.com 2/28/6 ["n an interview with al-Hayat published on Monday, Mashaal confirmed that Iran and other Arab and Muslim states would support a Hamas-led Palestinian government."]
Supreme Court Backs Abortion Protesters news.yahoo.com 2/28/6 ["A 20-year-old legal fight over protests outside abortion clinics ended Tuesday with the Supreme Court ruling that federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used against demonstrators.  ...In Tuesday's ruling, Justice Stephen Breyer said Congress did not create "a freestanding physical violence offense" in the federal extortion law known as the Hobbs Act."]
More US subs to counter Chinese threat news.com.au 2/28/6 ["THE United States Navy plans to secretly transfer submarines from its Atlantic to Pacific fleet, reflecting an increased awareness of the potential threat China could pose to future world security."]
U.S., Colombia Reach Free Trade Deal foxnews.com 2/28/6 ["have concluded a trade agreement to eliminate tariffs and other barriers to goods and services flowing between the two countries."]
Toll in Iraq's Deadly Surge: 1,300 washingtonpost.com 2/28/6 ["Morgue Count Eclipses Other Tallies Since Shrine Attack"]
 

Bush Says Economy Is Growing, What's To Worry About? newswithviews.com 2/27/6 ["These are government jobs which lure the people into more and more dependency upon mother government. With our major job sectors destroyed because of NAFTA and GATT, Americans are desperate for any sort of decent paying jobs. It will get worse now that Congress and Bush sold us out again with CAFTA. Sadly, Americans are taking jobs with the Nazi, draconian and worthless Department of Homeland Security."]
Landmark Genocide Case Opens at World Court voanews.com 2/27/6 ["The U.N.'s highest court has begun hearing a landmark case in which Bosnia-Herzegovina accuses Serbia and Montenegro of state-level genocide during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s."]
Taiwan scraps unification council bbc.co.uk 2/27/6 ["said the decision to close the Council was due to China's "military threat".  Taiwan complains that China has been building up its military offensive capability across the Taiwan Strait, and has at least 700 ballistic missiles targeting the island. "]
The Constitution Limits The President Even As "Commander In Chief" newswithviews.com 2/27/6 ["Constitutionally speaking, "war" is a very specific set of legal relations between two or more independent nations. For the most obvious example, in an actual "war" soldiers of one nation may, within certain limits, intentionally kill soldiers of another nation without thereby being guilty of murder. Thus, according to strict constitutional logic, a "war on terror" is an existential impossibility--if only because "terror" is a tactic, not a country; and "terrorists" do not constitute one or more independent nations, but at most are mere bands of private criminals. "]
Palestinian cash crisis bites as EU pays utility bills timesonline.co.uk 2/27/6 ["She spoke as EU foreign ministers gathered for talks on how to respond to the impending formation of a Palestinian government by the movement, which does not recognise Israel’s right to exist.  The package would total €120 million euros (£82 million), including €40 million to pay electricity bills and €64 million channelled through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, she said."]
Scotland Bishop Blasts Parliament Decision to Allow Gay Adoption lifesite.net 2/27/6 ["The proposed law would allow all unmarried couples – whether heterosexual or homosexual – the option to adopt children. Earlier laws allowed one member of a non-married couple to apply to adopt a child, while the second member applied for a residency order. The UK outside of Scotland brought in a similar law allowing same-sex couples to adopt or foster a child in December."]
Those Unanswered Questions newswithviews.com c2/27/6 ["The problem with Americans is that, for too long, they have not had their very ability to exist threatened. Americans are complacent, apathetic, lazy, and above all, willing to believe anything and everything they are told even when they know, deep down, that it isn’t logical and can’t possibly be true. The same is true concerning the willingness of Americans to act. The prevailing belief, even among those who are active dissenters against an out-of-control rogue government, is that our Constitution and Bill of Rights will always be there, without our help or vigilance, to protect us."]
Bird Flu Or Weapons Grade Flu newswithviews.com 2/27/6 ["So if H5N1 isn't an airborne influenza virus, why is WHO and the Centers for Disease Control [CDC] calling H5N1 "bird flu"? Scientists argue that the current H5N1 strain is close enough in appearance, microscopically, to the 1918 Spanish influenza strain to merit the global alert—and the fear mongering needed to make people obedient to the edicts of health officials in government when your liberties are curbed to prevent the spread of Chinese Flu (much more accurately named than calling H5N1 Bird Flu) should the virus morph into a full-fledged flu pandemic."]
 

Governors fret over National Guard strength sfgate.com 2/26/6 ["Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will meet privately with the governors Monday amid escalating concerns among the governors that the states have been shortchanged by the long Guard deployments in Iraq and by what they see as disproportionate cuts in Guard funding.  Earlier this month, the governors signaled their displeasure with the Pentagon's new budget, which called for a reduction in National Guard troop strength  ...states might not be able to respond adequately to natural disasters or terrorist attacks at home if the equipment shipped to Iraq with state Guard units is not replenished and if other Guard funding is reduced.  "This is a formula for disaster,"]
John Stossel's 'Stupid in America' abcnews.go.com 2/26/6 ["Last week Florida's Supreme Court shut down "opportunity scholarships," Florida's small attempt at competition. Public money can't be spent on private schools, said the court, because the state constitution commands the funding only of "uniform . . . high-quality" schools. Government schools are neither uniform nor high-quality, and without competition, no new teaching plan or No Child Left Behind law will get the monopoly to serve its customers well. The longer kids stay in American schools, the worse they do in international competition. They do worse than kids from poorer countries that spend much less money on education, ranking behind not only Belgium but also Poland, the Czech Republic and South Korea. "]
Kid's Population On Decline yahoo.usatoday.com 2/26/6 [""]
Gay and lesbian adoption next target for US religious right smh.com.au 2/26/6 ["In Ohio, conservative legislators introduced a bill that, if passed, would impose the nation's most restrictive law on gay adoptions. It would make it illegal for "homosexual, bisexual or transgender" residents to adopt children or serve as foster parents.  The conservative campaign suffered an unexpected blow when Jon Husted, the Republican Speaker in Ohio's House of Representatives, spoke of his own experience as an adopted child and described the bill as discriminatory and divisive."]
Alternative Remedies Fail Government Tests news.yahoo.com 2/26/6 ["Even the researchers themselves, funded by the National Institutes of Health, say their results don't necessarily mean consumers are pouring their money down the drain.  "If someone tells me this is working for them, I'm not going to tell them not to take it," said Dr. Thomas Schnitzer, a Northwestern University arthritis specialist and co-author of the glucosamine/chondroitin study.  That's partly because the three most recent studies found no real harm; also, in some cases, the results are not completely clear-cut.  ...Also, studying these herbs and extracts is far more challenging than researching prescription drugs, which are subject to Food and Drug Administration scrutiny. Alternative health products with the same name can have vastly different ingredients and potencies, and research results from one may not apply to others"]
Iran says it agrees basic nuclear deal with Russia reuters.com 2/26/6 ["The original Russian proposal had been for Iran's uranium to be enriched in Russia to defuse suspicions that Iran might divert some nuclear fuel into a weapons program.  However, Iran has always insisted upon its right to enrich the uranium it mines in its central desert on its own soil, and it was unclear how the original Russian proposal could be tailored to please Tehran."]
Pentagon Cites Iraqi Army Gains, Losses guardian.co.uk 2/26/6 ["The number of Iraqi army battalions judged by their American trainers to be capable of fighting the insurgency without U.S. help has slipped from one to none since September, Pentagon officials said Friday.  But the number of Iraqi battalions capable of leading the battle, with U.S. troops in a support role, has grown by nearly 50 percent. And the number of battalions actually engaged in combat has increased by 11 percent. "]

Food Bank Network Served Over 25M in '05 washingtonpost.com 2/25/6 ["The new report, being released Thursday, found that 36 percent of people seeking food came from households in which at least one person had a job. About 35 percent came from households that received food stamps.  Cousin said the numbers show that many working people don't make enough money to feed their families."]
The Port Sell-Out and the Dismantling of America infowars.com 2/25/6 ["It is a stated goal of the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission and the CFR to promote what they call 'interdependence' and to lobby governments to sell off key infrastructure such as roads, lakes, ports, and highways to international corporations so that corporations can grow to be bigger in size than government."]
UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports upi.com 2/25/6 ["Many members of Congress see that review as mandatory in this case.  But Bush administration officials said Thursday that review is only triggered if a Cabinet official expresses a national security concern during an interagency review of a proposed takeover. "]
VeriChip Announces Wireless Integration with Advanced Ricoh Camera and Introduces New VeriTrace Application businesswire.com 2/25/6 ["and a web-enabled data base for gathering and storing information and images. The system allows the user to accurately tag, track, inventory and capture the images of human remains and evidentiary items associated with small casualties, mass disasters or crime scenes. The features of VeriTrace reveal a complete end-to-end solution for medical examiners, coroners, forensic scientists, sheriff's departments, police organizations, criminalists, crime scene investigators and the like."]
Bush insists outsourcing to India has its benefits mercurynews.com 2/25/6 ["`It's true that a number of Americans have lost jobs because companies have shifted operations to India. And losing a job is traumatic. It's difficult. It puts a strain on our families,'' he said. But instead of responding with ``protectionist policies,'' Bush said the United States needs to improve education and job training for displaced workers."]
S.D. Gov. 'Inclined' to Sign Abortion Ban news.yahoo.com 2/25/6 ["Planned Parenthood, which operates the only clinic in the state that provides abortions, vowed to sue. But even before the bill has a signature, money to defend it poured in. Lawmakers were told during the debate that an anonymous donor pledged $1 million to defend the ban, and the Legislature was setting up a special account to accept donations."]
 

Gay Advocates Pin Hopes for Marriage Rights on New Jersey Court bloomberg.com 2/24/6 ["New Jersey may become the second U.S. state to allow gay marriage, and the first to allow homosexuals living outside the state to wed, because of a case heard this month by the state's highest court."]
Guards Thwart Attack on Saudi Refinery news.yahoo.com 2/24/6 ["The attack was the first on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia and it targeted one of the most important. The huge processing facility near the Persian Gulf coast handles around two-thirds of the country's oil output, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration."]
Iranian advisor: We'll strike Dimona in response to U.S. attack haaretzdaily.com 2/24/6 ["nd other strategic Israeli sites such as the port city of Haifa and the Zakhariya area.  Haifa is also home to a large concentration of chemical factories and oil refineries. "]
U.S. unveils ambitious disaster plan sfgate.com 2/24/6 ["Post-Katrina report urges greater role for military, coordination of agencies  ..."The fact is that the U.S. military may be the only entity available to the federal government to protect the American people" in a disaster, said Frances Townsend, the president's adviser for homeland security"]
Nigerian religious riots continue /news.bbc.co.uk 2/24/6 ["The violence began last weekend with demonstrations by Muslims in the north against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. More than 30 Christians were killed in riots in two mainly Muslim towns."]
Clerics' authority growing in war-torn Iraq seattletimes.nwsource.com 2/24/6 ["Rarely since the U.S.-led invasion have Iraq's politicians appeared so insignificant and its religious clergy loomed so large as in the 48 hours since Wednesday's bombing of the Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra.  ..."If the religious leaders decided to go all the way to a civil war they could, in no time," said Hassan Bazzaz, a political scientist at Baghdad University. "And if they really wanted to stop it, they could. The religious leaders are the ones who have the real power.""]
Walker's World: India's scientists revolt upi.com 2/24/6 ["Dr. Anil Kakodkar, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, has led the charge, giving a full-page interview to The Indian Express which says bluntly that the American demand that India's new fast-breeder nuclear reactors be placed under international supervision "is not in our strategic interest.""]
China: Evangelist Escapes Government's Watchful Eye worthynews.com 2/24/6 ["Wei joined a house church in the same city. He began to train other young people in a regular spiritual formation course at his home every Saturday. He printed his own training materials, which was illegal."]
 

India seals off 'bird flu town' news.bbc.co.uk 2/23/6 ["No-one will be allowed in or out of Navapur, which has a population of nearly 30,000, or 19 nearby villages.  ...The country's poultry industry, one of the world's largest, has already been hit with massive losses."]
Americans work more, seem to accomplish less news.yahoo.com 2/23/6 [""Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it's slowed everything down, paradoxically,"...  "We never concentrate on one task anymore. You take a little chip out of it, and then you're on to the next thing," Challenger said on Wednesday. "It's harder to feel like you're accomplishing something.""]
New UN rights council put forward news.bbc.co.uk 2/23/6 ["His proposed council would meet for at least three sessions a year and its members would undergo a review of their human rights record and be elected by a majority of UN members."]
Iraq Implements Curfew to Stem Violence news.yahoo.com 2/23/6 ["the government ordered a tough daytime curfew of Baghdad and three provinces to stem the sectarian violence that has left at least 114 dead since the bombing of a Shiite shrine."]
Students want gay blood rethink news.bbc.co.uk 2/23/6 ["Scottish students have launched a campaign to overturn a ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood."]
Bodies burned in open after Nigeria riots kill 146 reuters.com 2/23/6 ["Christian youths burned the corpses of Muslims on Thursday on the streets of Onitsha in southeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit by religious riots that have killed at least 146 people across the country in five days.  Christian mobs, seeking revenge for the killings of Christians in the north, attacked Muslims with machetes, set fire to them, destroyed their houses and torched mosques in two days of violence in Onitsha, where 93 people died."]
Fear Borders on Hysteria as Bird Flu Hits Europe dw-world.de 2/23/6 ["Since the beginning of last week, the Italian health ministry has received more than 13,000 phone calls to a special bird flu hotline to report dead birds or ask for advice."]
Court Documents: Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina lifesite.net 2/23/6 ["a national disability rights organization that leads the disability community's opposition to legalized assisted suicide, euthanasia and other forms of medical killing, points to a section of the NPR report suggesting the staff wanted to eliminate the patients so they could themselves escape.  ...Commenting, Not Dead Yet, says, "In other words, the only way the staff could evacuate was if they could report there were no more living patients to take care of. This was not about compassion or mercy. It was about throwing someone else over the side of the lifeboat in order to save themselves.""]
Mosque Attack Pushes Iraq Toward Civil War apnews.myway.com 2/23/6 ["Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, destroying its golden dome and triggering more than 90 reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques. The president warned that extremists were pushing the country toward civil war."]
 

Israel warns of ‘Evil Axis’ World War ynetnews.com 2/22/6 ["Israel’s UN envoy Gillerman warns of Hamas’ venture into politics, saying Islamic group is forming ‘Axis of Evil’ with Syria and Iran; Adds terror triangle likely to instigate first World War of the 21st century if not stopped"]
All US kids under 5 should get flu shot: panel reuters.com 2/22/6 ["The unanimous vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization advisory committee in Atlanta delighted pediatricians and infectious disease specialists, who have been pressing for universal flu vaccination standards."]
UK: Gay 'marriages' over 3,000 mark news.bbc.co.uk 2/22/6 ["There were 3,648 civil partnership ceremonies between 21 December and 31 January, according to the Office for National Statistics."]
South Dakota Senate passes abortion ban; bill challenging Roe now goes to governor bpnews.net 2/22/6 ["The bill passed the state Senate 23-12, one week after it was adopted by the House of Representatives on a 47-22 vote. It now goes to the desk of Republican Gov. Mike Rounds, who is pro-life but hasn't taken a public position. His signature would be historic, marking the first time since the 1973 Roe decision that a state has passed such a wide-sweeping ban on abortion. "]
TV Networks Avoid Using "Partial-Birth Abortion" in Supreme Court Story lifenews.com 2/22/6 ["All three of the major networks avoided using the term partial-birth abortion when reporting last night on news that the Supreme Court agreed to hold hearings on a Bush administration request to uphold the national ban on the grisly abortion procedure.  According to the Media Research Center, a watchdog group, some networks went so far to avoid saying "partial-birth abortion" they came up with tremendously awkward methods to describe the procedure that involves partially birthing and then killing an unborn baby.  ...reading "Late-Term Abortion" over his shoulder, even though the abortion procedure is performed midway through pregnancy."]
Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Hits Mozambique news.yahoo.com 2/22/6 ["There was no immediate word on injuries or damages."]
Taiwan's Chen snubs US over stance on China reuters.com 2/22/6 ["Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, keen to shake off China's claim of sovereignty over the island, ignored U.S. pleas to retain a policy-making council on unification which he branded absurd and said should be scrapped."]
Moscow urged to end gay pride ban news.bbc.co.uk 2/22/6 ["London's mayor, Ken Livingstone, has called on his counterpart in Moscow to scrap a controversial ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital.  ...Male homosexuality was strictly illegal in Soviet times. Although legalised more than a decade ago, popular social attitudes remain conservative and often very hostile."]
Iran pledges financial aid to Palestinian Authority swissinfo.org 2/22/6 [""]
Cartoon controversy exposes rift in Middle East iht.com 2/22/6 [""This has become a game between two sides, the extremists and the government," said Tawakkul Karman, head of Women Journalists Without Constraints in Sana, Yemen. "They've made it so that if you stand up in this tidal wave, you have to face 1.5 billion Muslims.""]
 

Bush Shrugs Off Objections to Port Deal news.yahoo.com 2/21/6 ["He pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement.  ..."If there was any chance that this transaction would jeopardize the security of the United States, it would not go forward," Bush said."]
Annan Heading to Middle East This Weekend lasvegassun.com 2/21/6 ["making an unexpected trip to Qatar this weekend to try to calm the violent reactions to drawings about the Prophet Muhammad at a meeting to promote religious and cultural understanding."]
Iran, China near deal on $100 billion oil project chron.com 2/21/6 ["In exchange for developing Yadavaran, one of Iran's largest onshore oil fields, China would agree to buy 10 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year for 25 years beginning in 2009"]
Panel Recommends Universal Rotavirus Shots news.yahoo.com 2/21/6 ["An influential federal advisory panel recommended Tuesday that every U.S. infant be vaccinated against rotavirus, a common and potentially fatal cause of childhood diarrhea and vomiting.  ...the panel's recommendations commonly are adopted by the CDC, which issues vaccination guidelines to doctors and hospitals."]
EU debates demand for bird flu jabs guardian.co.uk 2/21/6 ["The controversial vaccination proposal - which risks costing farmers their export markets - is on the agenda at Tuesday's meeting of national bird flu experts from the 25 EU member states."]
 

UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells timesonline.co.uk 2/20/6 ["RADIATION detectors in Britain recorded a fourfold increase in uranium levels in the atmosphere after the “shock and awe” bombing campaign against Iraq, according to a report.  Environmental scientists who uncovered the figures through freedom of information laws say it is evidence that depleted uranium from the shells was carried by wind currents to Britain.  ...The “shock and awe” campaign was one of the most devastating assaults in modern warfare. In the first 24-hour period more than 1,500 bombs and missiles were dropped on Baghdad.  ... A10 “tankbuster” planes — which use munitions containing depleted uranium — fired 300,000 rounds."]
Scientists See Growing Animal-Disease Risk news.yahoo.com 2/20/6 ["There are 1,407 pathogens — viruses, bacteria, parasites, protozoa and fungi — that can infect humans, said Mark Woolhouse of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Of those, 58 percent come from animals. Scientists consider 177 of the pathogens to be "emerging" or "re-emerging." Most will never cause pandemics."]
Arabs seek to secure Palestinian funding seattlepi.nwsource.com 2/20/6 ["The head of the Arab League said Sunday that members would meet this week to hammer out a plan for sending millions of dollars a month to the Palestinian Authority, despite U.S. attempts to stop the flow of money to the new Hamas-led government."]
U.S. ambassador warns Iraq against creating a sectarian government cbc.ca 2/20/6 ["The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned Iraqi politicians Monday they risk a loss of American support if they do not establish a genuine national unity government, saying the United States will not invest its resources in institutions run by sectarians."]
United Nations Report: Making Abortion Illegal Doesn't Increase Women's Deaths lifenews.com 2/20/6 ["According to new figures from the United Nations Populations Division, nations with laws legalizing abortion have not seen a corresponding drop in the rate of maternal deaths.  They do not experience lower rates of maternal mortality compared to nation's that have made abortions illegal."]
"Brokeback" tops BAFA mountain with four awards reuters.com 2/20/6 ["Gyllenhaal described backstage just how "amazed" he was to secure the award. "This film has made a social impression on me and it has already had a political impact," Gyllenhaal said."]
Militants strike oil targets theaustralian.news.com.au 2/20/6 ["Nigerian militants ...extending a campaign of sabotage in the world's eighth largest exporter that has already cut supplies by a fifth."]
 

Palestinians facing financial crisis, Abbas says alertnet.org 2/19/6 ["Israel's cabinet earlier decided to make permanent a halt to monthly transfers of some $50 million to the Palestinian Authority after Saturday's swearing-in of the parliament, led by Hamas, which is sworn to the Jewish state's destruction.  The United States, Israel's biggest ally, has also asked the Palestinian Authority to return $50 million in aid to ensure it does not reach Hamas"]
Muslims Assault U.S. Embassy in Indonesia news.yahoo.com 2/19/6 ["...but failing to push through the gates. ...Protests  ...have swept across the Muslim world, growing into mass outlets for rage against the West in general, and Israel and the United States in particular.  Christians also have become targets. Pakistani Muslims protesting in the southern city of Sukkur ransacked and burned a church Sunday after hearing accusations that a Christian man had burned pages of the Quran, Islam's holy book.  That incident came a day after Muslims protesting in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri attacked Christians and burned 15 churches in a three-hour rampage that killed at least 15 people. "]
China Rushes to Complete $100B Deal With Iran washingtonpost.com 2/19/6 ["that would allow a Chinese state-owned energy firm to take a leading role in developing a vast oil field in Iran, complicating the Bush administration's efforts to isolate the Middle Eastern nation and roll back its nuclear development plans, according to published reports.  The completion of the agreement would advance China's global quest for new stocks of energy. It could also undermine U.S. and European initiatives to halt Tehran's nuclear plans, possibly generating friction in Beijing's relations with outside powers."]
Pakistan test-fires new missile news.bbc.co.uk 2/19/6 ["Pakistan says it has successfully tested a new short range nuclear-capable missile.  The Haft-II Abdali surface-to-surface ballistic missile is said to have a range of 200km (125 miles). "]
Columnist Rips Evangelical Leaders for Becoming 'Trojan Horse' for the Left agapepress.org 2/19/6 ["According to Howse, "evangelicalism cannot afford to take its cues from ... Rick Warren and other leaders" who he says have shown "such unbiblical discernment" in signing on to such an initiative.  ...Howse argues that the 85 pastors and leaders "would rarely, if ever, take a stand publicly on moral issues such as abortion and homosexuality." However, he notes, they appear to be more than willing to lead a "crusade" on a political issue that is "adored by members of the secular left.""]
Definition of marriage evolves over time thestate.com 2/19/6 [Editor:  This NJ case highlights the folly of supporting judgments based on history instead of Biblical precident.  History is fickle and changes - God's Word does not.  Our nation has not considered God or His Word for so long that we inevitably turn to secular reasoning instead of Truth.]
AU: RU486 sponsors reject church abortion counselling theaustralian.news.com.au 2/19/6 ["Sponsors of last week's RU486 legislation have criticised a proposal by Health Minister Tony Abbott to hand pregnancy counselling to church-affiliated groups, saying the advice could be biased."]
India Begins Mass Slaughter of Birds news.yahoo.com 2/19/6 ["More than 50,000 chickens have been killed in Navapur since early Sunday, Ahmed told The Associated Press. Top health officials were telling the heads of 52 big poultry farms that they must begin destroying their chickens.  India exports some $84.4 million worth of poultry and eggs annually, mostly to Europe and Japan and the Middle East. The past year has seen orders rise as countries such as Indonesia struggle to control bird flu. Japan opened its market to Indian poultry in November."]
 

Using The Unaware To Promote A Vile Political Agenda newswithviews.com 2/18/6 ["Because animals act instinctively, they cannot even conceive of responsibilities. When a cat kills a canary, you and I may be upset, but we also understand that the nature of cats is to kill birds. We recognize that the cat has committed no moral violation. ...we do not judge animals on a moral scale.  On the other hand, a person who torments a cat to death the way a cat might torment a mouse deserves our moral condemnation ­ not because cats have rights, but because people have responsibilities. ...The animal rights movement would allow people no more rights than rats or cockroaches. The real agenda of this movement is not to give rights to animals but to take rights from people ­ to dictate our food, clothing, work, recreation, and whether we will discover new medications or die.   ...By pretending to extend rights to animals, which by nature are incapable of moral cognition, the Nazis ultimately annihilated the very concept of “rights.”"]
Where Is Your Kingdom? newswithviews.com 2/18/6 ["We criticized Jim & Tammy Bakker 20 years ago for sweet-talking their followers out of millions of dollars to build the infamous Heritage U.S.A.; but aren't local churches around the country today doing much the same thing to finance pleasure palaces and amusement parks full of worldly music, theater, dance, recreation and refreshments, catering to almost every appetite imaginable; and even worse, marketing it to the rest of the world as "evangelism?" It is no wonder that so many from the postmodern church have a hard time believing in the Rapture. With a kingdom like this in the works, who needs Heaven?"]
Amid China Threat US To Hold Mammoth Naval Operations In Pacific spacewar.com 2/18/6 ["The large-scale operations will involve several carrier strike groups, each of which includes at least three warships, an attack submarine and a support ship.  Four carriers would be involved in three military maritime exercises -- one of them touted as the world's largest -- between June and August in the region, Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Gary Roughead said in Washington."]
Low-key oath for Hamas MPs news.bbc.co.uk 2/18/6 ["Members of the militant Palestinian group Hamas have been sworn in in the West Bank town of Ramallah and in Gaza City."]
Russia’s Chief Rabbi: Perverse Gay Pride as Bad as Anti-Religious Cartoons lifesite.net 2/18/6 ["Moscow city officials meanwhile have said that a permit for the event has been denied. “Moscow authorities will not allow the conduct of gay pride in any form,” said Sergei Tsoi Thursday. “The Mayor of Moscow said firmly that Moscow government will not allow the conduct of gay parade in any form – neither open, nor indirect, and all attempts to organize non sanctioned action will be severely suppressed.”"]
What Is The Cause And Cure For Type 2 Diabetes? newswithviews.com 2/18/6 ["A primary problem appears to be massive consumption of sugar and fructose. In the year 1880 diabetes was uncommon (2.8 persons per 100,000 had diabetes) and the per capita consumption of sugar was 2 or 3 pounds a year. Now the average American is eating 1 to 1½ pounds of sugar daily. Sugar is addicting. ...Many persons becoming obese have been using monosodium glutamate (MSG) and aspartame (NutraSweet), often unknowingly in packaged food. Both these substances increase insulin levels, cause obesity and have addicting properties.   ...Another dangerous food is white bread. In addition to being a poor food, as its nutrients have been removed, it contains alloxan to give it a nice white appearance. Alloxan has been used for many years to cause diabetes in laboratory animals and certainly has the capability of killing the insulin producing beta cells in the human pancreas. "]
 

Senate panel won't investigate NSA seattletimes.nwsource.com 2/17/6 ["Aides to President Bush appeared to have derailed a bid by Senate Democrats for an investigation of a controversial program in which the National Security Agency (NSA) has monitored perhaps thousands of phone calls and e-mails involving U.S. residents and foreign parties without obtaining warrants from a secret court that handles such matters."]
The End of Dollar Hegemony house.gov 2/17/6 [by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas  "The economic law that honest exchange demands only things of real value as currency cannot be repealed. The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return to money of real value. We will know that day is approaching when oil-producing countries demand gold, or its equivalent, for their oil rather than dollars or Euros. The sooner the better."]
Russia Warns U.S. Against Striking Iran breitbart.com 2/17/6 [" He said that while Iran's military potential cannot compare to the United States', "it is hard to predict how the Muslim world will respond to the use of force against Iran."  "This may stir the whole world, and it is crucial to prevent anything like that," Baluyevsky was quoted as saying. "]
'No Signs of Life' After Huge Mudslide news.yahoo.com 2/17/6 ["At least 23 bodies were recovered, but 1,500 people were missing and feared dead.   ...with only a few jumbles of corrugated steel sheeting left to show that the community of some 2,500 people ever existed."]
Driver's license or national ID card? news.zdnet.com 2/17/6 ["Motor vehicle agencies must link their databases together, and perhaps implant chips in driver's licenses, as necessary steps to ease the way for a national ID card, the head of a group of motor vehicle officials said Thursday."]
Venezuela gets 2m reserve troops news.bbc.co.uk 2/17/6 ["Army high command spokesman Col Herrera Jimenez said that around one-and-a-half million Venezuelans had recently signed up to become reservists.  He said the kind of war Venezuela wanted to fight was a people's war like in Iraq, "where an entire population is rising up against a foreign aggressor". "]
U.N. Calls Guantanamo a U.S. Torture Camp apnews.myway.com 2/17/6 ["The 54-page report summarizing an investigation by five U.N. experts accused the United States of practices that "amount to torture" and demanded detainees be allowed a fair trial or freed. The investigators did not visit the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  ...The United States should allow "a full and independent investigation" at Guantanamo and also give the United Nations access to other detention centers, including secret ones, in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, Nowak said by telephone from his office in Vienna, Austria."]
Pakistani riots about more than cartoons news.yahoo.com 2/17/6 ["Over the past week, Islam and religious fervor have been fingered as the source of the spreading violence. But to some analysts, the erratic nature of the demonstrations points to different root causes.  The flash conflagrations, they argue, highlight a profound discontent in Paki-stan over economic and social inequality that has deepened over the past five years, sparking alienation and resentment.  ...Further protests are expected to mount in coming days, culminating in a nationwide protest on March 3 to coincide with the arrival of
President Bush"]
 

Australia Removes Health Minister's Veto on RU486 Abortion Drug bloomberg.com 2/16/6 [" Australia's drug regulator will now have the power to approve RU486, or mifepristone, reversing a 1996 decision that transferred the authority to the health minister. The House of Representatives in Canberra voted in favor of the change 95 to 50 after it was passed by the upper house Senate last week.  The debate over the drug's approval split lawmakers, pitting Prime Minister John Howard against his anointed successor, Treasurer Peter Costello. Abbott, a Roman Catholic who trained to become a priest before entering politics, campaigned to retain his veto power over the drug. "]
Renewal of Patriot Act Clears Hurdle in U.S. Senate bloomberg.com 2/16/6 [" The Senate voted 96-3 to limit debate on the measure, allowing the chamber to proceed to a final vote that's scheduled for March 1. Speaker Dennis Hastert said Feb. 10 that the House would pass the legislation if the Senate did."]
New education law a failure, study says suntimes.com 2/16/6 ["A national study contends the Bush administration's signature education policy achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, is a failure.  The study released Tuesday by Harvard University's Civil Rights Project also concludes the U.S. Department of Education has negotiated individually with states, nullifying any uniform standard of accountability intended by the 2001 law."]
US House of Representatives Approves Resolution on Hamas voanews.com 2/16/6 ["The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing any new U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority unless Hamas revokes its call for the destruction of Israel. The resolution is symbolic, but House members have introduced separate legislation that would provide for strong sanctions against the Palestinian Authority."]
Cheney Shotgun Ballistics Don't Match Up prisonplanet.com 2/16/6 ["hese pellets are incredibly tiny and the further they get away from the gun, the slower and less forceful they become. So at a distance of about 90 feet (or 30 yards as reported by the White House) the pellets would have hit Whittington with the force equivilent to a gentle shove and have left maybe some tiny surface marks on any exposed skin.  The only way to account for the pattern indicated on the TDPW report is if Cheney was about 10 feet away from Whittington when he shot him. "]
Abuse images shown across Arab TV news.bbc.co.uk 2/16/6 [""The problem facing the American government now is the timing of the leaking of these pictures, when the world is witnessing sharp tension between the Muslim world and the West as a result of the anti-Prophet Muhammad cartoons.""]
Israel to Seal Gaza After Hamas Takes Over news.yahoo.com 2/16/6 ["Israel will immediately bar laborers from Gaza from entering Israel, stripping about 4,000 Palestinian families of their main source of income, and halt the movement of Palestinian officials between the West Bank and Gaza, security officials said.  Israel will consider tougher economic sanctions later, including restricting Palestinian exports, the officials said. Barring access to Israel would be devastating for Gaza. The Israeli market is the largest for the impoverished coastal strip, and most of Gaza's exports go through Israeli ports."]
Iran owns China, Russia UN votes - US senator reuters.com 2/16/6 ["Russia and China have too much riding on commercial relations with Iran to help the West in curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday, calling for tough measures with Moscow and Beijing."]
Board: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen news.yahoo.com 2/16/6 ["a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a likely carcinogen."]
 

U.N. chief calls for U.S. calm on Iran wpherald.com 2/15/6 ["U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday warned President Bush not to "escalate" tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions because the world wants to "find a way out of this crisis."  "We need to be able to resolve it, and I hope there will be no steps taken to escalate this approach," Mr. Annan told the president at the end of a meeting in the Oval Office."]
Chirac says next UN chief must unite world dnaindia.com 2/15/6 ["This choice will be made bearing in mind that the successor to Kofi Annan must be a name which unites the international community," Chirac said in an interview with the paper. The next secretary general "must possess all the skills and authority required to satisfactorily carry out this important function..."]
UN chief wants US peacekeepers in Darfur kxly.com 2/15/6 ["Annan told reporters last week that Darfur's plight is too desperate for rich nations to leave the job to others. Earlier, US Ambassador John Bolton said talk of American troops was "premature""]
S Korean minister enters UN race news.bbc.co.uk 2/15/6 ["There is widespread support for an Asian to take over the leadership, in line with a UN tradition of rotating the job on a geographic basis."]
President Bush Slashes Family Planning Funds, Pro-Abortion Groups Mad lifenews.com 2/15/6 ["But with Bush's new budget, which contains cuts in programs because of funding needs for combating terrorism and hurricane relief, family planning funds have been slashed 18 percent to $357 million."]
Study Suggests Gay “Marriages” Healthy, Ignores Opposing Research lifesite.net 2/15/6 ["The study ignores extensive research that clearly shows severe health risks associated with homosexual relationships and activity, both psychological and physical.  A recent study revealed there is a 20-year reduction in the average life span of a homosexual male, compared to that of a heterosexual. ...While the JECH report recognizes the existence of emotional and behavioral problems associated with the homosexual lifestyle, such as depression, poor self-image, promiscuity and suicide attempts, the authors suggest social discrimination is the primary cause of these behaviors."]
German Court Annuls Law Letting Hijacked Planes Be Shot Down bloomberg.com 2/15/6 [" The court statement said the constitution obliges the state to guarantee ``human dignity to the extent that the use of armed force affects persons on board the aircraft who are not participants in the crime.''  ``By the state's using their killing as a means of saving others, they are treated as mere objects, which denies them the value that is due to a human being,'' the court said. "]
 

Lawyers group says Bush exceeds his powers seattlepi.nwsource.com 2/14/6 ["The American Bar Association denounced President Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program Monday, accusing him of exceeding his powers under the Constitution.  The nation's largest organization of lawyers adopted a policy opposing any future government use of electronic surveillance in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes without first obtaining warrants from a special court set up under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  The 400,000-member ABA said that if the president believes the FISA is inadequate to protect Americans, he should to ask Congress to amend the act."]
U.S. faces new threat of EU trade sanctions iht.com 2/14/6 ["A long-running trade dispute flared up again Monday as the European Union warned that it might reimpose up to $4 billion worth of sanctions on a range of products from U.S. exporters after the World Trade Organization said that companies including Microsoft and Boeing had received illegal tax breaks.  ...In March 2004, the EU began imposing sanctions against a range of goods including steel, agricultural goods, paper and textiles. After the U.S. Congress agreed to repeal the tax subsidy in October 2004, the EU suspended the sanctions in January this year."]
Olmert: Next Knesset must determine Israel's final borders haaretzdaily.com 2/14/6 ["said Monday that members of the next Knesset will be asked to determine Israel's permanent borders in a historic vote, if his Kadima party wins next month's elections.  "The members of the next Knesset, who will convene here in a couple of months, will have a series of historic missions," Olmert told a special session celebrating the Knesset's 57th birthday.  "Before our eyes, stands a supreme goal of consolidating Israel's status as a Jewish, democratic state. The first mission on the road to achieving this goal will be determining the state of Israel's final borders," he added."]
UK: Blair wins key vote on ID cards iht.com 2/14/6 ["The government argues that the biometric information in both new passports and identity cards - such as fingerprints and iris scans - will help the police fight terrorism, organized crime and identity fraud."]
Russia may become No. 3 energy exporter to US: Putin financialexpress.com 2/14/6 ["The US, which accounts for about a quarter of the world’s energy consumption, is seeking to diversify its energy imports away from the Middle East by taping reserves in the former Soviet Union."]
Many States Struggling on Evacuations forbes.com 2/14/6 ["Fewer than half the states say they are prepared to respond to a catastrophic disaster like Hurricane Katrina, and many are still struggling to meet federal guidelines for evacuations, a Homeland Security Department analysis shows. "]
Israel cuts Jordan Rift from rest of West Bank haaretzdaily.com 2/14/6 ["While the international community busied itself with the disengagement from the Gaza Strip last summer, Israel completed another cut-off process, which went unnoticed; In 2005, Israel completed a process of sealing off the eastern sector of the West Bank, including the Jordan Rift Valley, from the remainder of the West Bank."]
Mass. Wal-Mart Must Stock Contraception news.yahoo.com 2/14/6 ["Wal-Mart now carries the pill only in Illinois, where it is required to do so under state law. The company has said it "chooses not to carry many products for business reasons," but has refused to elaborate."]
Cartoon Protesters Rampage in Pakistan news.yahoo.com 2/14/6 ["Demonstrations around Asia and the Middle East have subsided in recent days, including in Afghanistan, where 11 people died in riots last week. But the protests have gathered momentum in Pakistan this week."]
Ohio Board Votes Out Evolution Lesson Plan news.yahoo.com 2/14/6 ["The Ohio school board voted Tuesday to eliminate a passage in the state's science standards that critics said opened the door to the teaching of intelligent design."]
 

'10,000 would die' in A-plant attack on Iran news.telegraph.co.uk 2/13/6 ["Precision bombing could put Iran's weapons programme back five to 10 years but within a month the situation would become "an extremely dangerous conflict", says Prof Paul Rogers, the report's author.  The attack would result in "a protracted military confrontation" involving Israel, Lebanon and some Gulf states."]
Ministers across U.S. pay homage to Darwin iht.com 2/13/6 ["To mark the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin, ministers at several hundred churches around the United States preached against recent efforts to undermine the theory of evolution, asserting that the opposition many Christians say exists between science and faith is false.  ...Zimmerman said that more than 10,000 ministers had signed the letter, which states, in part, that the theory of evolution is "a foundational scientific truth." To reject it, the letter continues, "is to deliberately embrace scientific ignorance and transmit such ignorance to our children.""]
South Dakota House passes ban on abortion, challenging court's Roe v. Wade decision bpnews.net 2/13/6 ["In a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the South Dakota House of Representatives easily passed a bill Feb. 9 that would ban nearly all abortions in the state."]
Iran to West: Remove Israel, or we will jnewswire.com 2/13/6 ["If the West fails to peacefully remove the “Zionist entity” from the Middle East, the “Palestinians” and their Islamic allies will do so through violent fury, warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a mass demonstration in Tehran Saturday."]
Ahmadinejad blames Israel for cartoons jpost.com 2/13/6 ["Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, told tens of thousands of his countrymen Saturday that the United States and Europe should pay a heavy price for publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, saying the West had become a tool of "Zionism.""]
Syria moves away from dollar, adopts euro upi.com 2/13/6 ["Syria surprised world financial markets when it announced Monday that it would stop dealing in U.S. dollars, replacing them with the euro in all official institutions."]
 

Christians Have No Fear of God newswithviews.com 2/12/6 ["The world no longer fears America because America no longer fears God.  ...The Islamic world sees their god as the great avenger. We see ours as Grandpa! They see him as one who hates sin. We see Him as one who tolerates it.  ...Muslims hate sin. Christians tolerate it. Muslims serve their god. The Christians' God serves them. Muslims punish their view of evil. Christian-America celebrates evil, markets evil, cozies up to evil. Muslims revere their god. Christians compartmentalize theirs."]
Brokeback - Understanding Propaganda rense.com 2/12/6 ["Making sure it drums in its message in no uncertain terms, the film keeps switching back and forth between the two contrasts. The great outdoors, wild and free, close to nature, close to God, close to hot gay sex without any negative consequences. Back inside the dark little messy box of marriage, with horrible in-laws, demon spawn children, berating nagging wives, endless pressures and even the loveless, passionless sex has hanging over it the dread of producing more parasitic offspring."]
Rice: Nations Must Not Incite Protests news.yahoo.com 2/12/6 [""If people continue to incite it, it can spin out of control," she said of the protests. Last week, demonstrators in Iran attacked the Danish, French and Austrian embassies with stones and firebombs."]
UAE Co. Poised to Oversee Six U.S. Ports abcnews.go.com 2/12/6 ["A company in the United Arab Emirates is poised to take over significant operations at six American ports as part of a corporate sale, leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism.  ...Just as we would not outsource military operations or law enforcement duties, we should be very careful before we outsource such sensitive homeland security duties."]
Pentagon plans to derail Iranian atomic bomb test telegraph.co.uk 2/12/6 ["Mr Perle and Dr Goure believe that America is better equipped to carry out the attacks than Israel, whose F15s and F16s would encounter refuelling problems. In a further signal that if strikes were required the US would prefer to carry them out, Mr Bush said last week that America would "rise to Israel's defence" if Iran threatened it."]
US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites telegraph.co.uk 2/12/6 ["Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb."]
UK: Sexual health tests for all news.independent.co.uk 2/12/6 [" The Government is to invest millions of pounds into testing for infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea, and funding home-testing kits. Results will even be texted to mobile phones, along with details of where to receive treatment.  Sexually transmitted diseases have been steadily increasing over the decades, with a current figure of almost 700,000 new diagnoses a year in England alone."]
Jewish settlers desecrate mosque -military source alertnet.org 2/12/6 ["Protests swept through the Palestinian territories during the past week over the publication in European newspapers of satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet. Many Muslims consider any images of the Prophet as blasphemous.  "During the night, a group of settlers came to a mosque in the village of Nabi Ilyas and spray painted the graffiti," the military source said.  ...the slogan, written in red letters in Hebrew, denigrated the Prophet Mohammad and that a Star of David was also daubed on the Muslim holy place."]
Enron Cheney, 9/11, Live Hijackers, & Dead Microbiologists newswithviews.com 2/12/6 [Editor: Good list of Microbiologists & 9/11 demo info]
Are We Witnessing The Rise Of The Fourth Reich? newswithviews.com 2/12/6 [By Pastor Chuck Baldwin  "while any nation might survive corrupt politicians, greedy merchants, and sinful citizens, it cannot survive cowardly, compromising churches! As the churches go, so goes the country!"]
 

Christians blamed for 'gay'-bar rampage worldnetdaily.com 2/11/6 ["A leading homosexual activist group is blaming a deranged teenager's violent rampage through a "gay" bar in Massachusetts on "hatred and loathing" fueled by Christian groups and leaders such as James Dobson.  ..."They disguise their hatred as 'deeply held religious beliefs,'" he claimed."]
Pro-Abortion Scientist Finds Abortion Causes, Rather Than Prevents, Serious Mental Disorders lifesite.net 2/11/6 ["The study, by David Fergusson at Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, tracked approximately 500 women from birth to 25 years. It showed that women who have had abortions, even when previous indicators are taken into account, have a much higher than average experience of serious psychological disturbances.   ...In England and New Zealand, indeed, in most jurisdictions around the world, abortion is legal when a woman’s health is considered to be threatened by the continuance of pregnancy. The key to making this provision the equivalent to abortion on demand has been to define “health” as including “psychological health” as broadly as necessary to allow abortion in every case. "]
Syrian Paper Blames Israel for Bird Flu israelnn.com 2/11/6 ["The state-controlled Syrian el-Thawra newspaper used a 1998 report by the Sunday Times of London, which documented Israel’s development of biological warfare, hinting that the bird flu was the work of Israel, aimed at the Arab nations."]
Ahmadinejad to Iranians: Israel 'will be removed' worldnetdaily.com/ 2/11/6 ["Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today echoed his earlier threats to "wipe Israel off the map" by telling a mass demonstration in Tehran, commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, that Palestinians and "other nations" will remove Israel from the region, adding a warning to the West that harsh measures against the nation's nuclear program would result in Iran walking away from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)."]
Hamas delegates could visit Moscow by end Feb reuters.com 2/11/6 ["The Hamas spokesman said the visit would help the Palestinian position. "It will also represent a division in the Western position led by the United States and aimed to isolate and besiege Hamas."  Hamas is designated by Washington as a terrorist group. Its representatives are expected to form a majority in the new Palestinian government."]
Israel: Homosexual community, Yesha council plan Tu Bishvat events haaretzdaily.com 2/11/6 ["The "Gay in Galilee" society will plant trees at a plot to be named Pride Forest next to Kibbutz Tuval, just off the road that leads from Carmiel to Ma'alot.  "The forest will be planted in the name of tolerance, equality, human rights and the rights of the community to express its bond with the land," one of the event organizers said."]
U.S. Concludes 'Cyber Storm' Mock Attacks news.yahoo.com 2/11/6 ["how it would respond to devastating attacks over the Internet from anti-globalization activists, underground hackers and bloggers.  ...Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose "Web logs" include political rantings and musings about current events."]
Brokeback Mountain Banned in China, Middle East worldnetdaily.com 2/11/6 [""]
 

Trouble in Narnia: The Occult Side of C.S. Lewis crossroad.to 2/10/6 [" In his autobiography (Surprised by Joy), Lewis tells how at age 13 he abandoned his Anglican faith due to the influence of a school mistress who was involved with “Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Spiritualism; the whole Anglo-American Occultist tradition.” And Lewis developed a “lust” for the occult that remained with him even after he returned to Anglicanism. He said, “And that started in me something with which, on and off, I have had plenty of trouble since--the desire for the preternatural, simply as such, the passion for the Occult. Not everyone has this disease; those who have will know what I mean. I once tried to describe it in a novel. It is a spiritual lust; and like the lust of the body it has the fatal power of making everything else in the world seem uninteresting while it lasts.” (“Surprised by Joy,” Harcourt Brace, 1955, pages 58-60.)"]
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High news.yahoo.com 2/10/6 ["up by 17.5 percent from the previous record of $617.6 billion set in 2004.  It marked the fourth consecutive year that America's trade deficit has set a record as American consumers continued their seemingly insatiable demand for all things foreign from new cars to televisions and electronic goods.  The increased foreign competition has helped to keep the lid on prices in this country, but critics say the rising trade deficit is a major factor in the loss of nearly 3 million manufacturing jobs since mid-2000 as U.S. companies moved production overseas to lower-waged nations. Many economists believe those manufacturing jobs will never come back."]
Asian Muslims Hold Biggest Rallies Yet news.yahoo.com 2/10/6 ["Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi talked of a "huge chasm that has emerged between the West and Islam," particularly because of Muslim frustrations at Western policies toward Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestinians."]
Australia Pro-Life Advocates Hope to Stop RU 486 Abortion Bill in House lifenews.com 2/10/6 [""Many Senators acknowledged the thousands of letters they received against the Bill but sadly the majority chose to disregard this outpouring of community concern over the deadly abortion drug," Emily O'Connor of Australia Right to Life, told LifeNews.com.  With the Senate signing off on the bill, the battle now moves to the House of Representatives, where the vote will be closer and Prime Minister John Howard is expected to vote against the measure."]
Texas boosts border watch chron.com 2/10/6 ["Gov. Rick Perry, declaring Thursday that Texans must combat escalating crime and drug violence along the Mexican border, announced "Operation Rio Grande" to ramp up law enforcement from El Paso to Brownsville.   ...While stating that the federal government remains responsible for enforcing the sovereignty of the border, Perry said he felt compelled to act as well.  "The state will not wait for Washington to take all necessary actions. What we can do, we will, starting now," he said."]
 

Wisconsin legislator, university profs want ban of Intelligent Design in public schools bpnews.net 2/9/6 ["backed by 13 professors from the University of Wisconsin -– has introduced a bill that could ban the teaching of Intelligent Design and creationism in the state’s public schools.  The bill would stipulate that “any material presented as science within the school curriculum ... is testable as a scientific hypothesis and describes only natural processes [and] ... is consistent with any description or definition of science adopted by the National Academy of Sciences.”"]
Annan: IDF strikes - executions without trial ynetnews.com 2/9/6 ["U.N. secretary general slams Israeli strikes against Palestinian terrorists following string of IDF targeted killings; meanwhile, Olmert's associates say acting PM determined to continue anti-terror campaign"]
Hamas Should Be Recognized as Legitimate, Putin Says bloomberg.com 2/9/6 ["The international community should recognize the Palestinians' choice of Hamas to lead their next government, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today as he offered to meet with the Islamic group, which opposes Israel."]
Feds Recommend Warnings on ADHD Drugs news.yahoo.com 2/9/6 ["may be linked to an increased risk of death and injury  ...Doctors prescribe the drugs to about 2 million children and 1 million adults a month.  Drugs that would have to carry the warning labels are methylphenidates, which are sold as Ritalin, Concerta, Methylin and Metadate. "]
Guatemala Supreme Court Suspends Abortion and “Family Planning” Law lifesite.net 2/9/6 ["The Supreme Court of Guatemala has ruled that a family planning law passed last week is under provisional suspension. The law was to open the door to legalised abortion in the predominantly Catholic country."]
Illinois Newspaper Censors Pro-Life Ultrasound Abortion Ads as "Too Graphic" lifenews.com 2/9/6 [""I was surprised from an objective standpoint that (the Herald News) wouldn't run the ads but it seems that they're protecting their own pro-abortion interests," Smith said. "There's no other reason to refuse them if there wasn't some political motive.""]
 

Israel unveils border plan thestar.com 2/8/6 ["But by implication, the withdrawal would also see Israel uproot an estimated 60,000 settlers living in the smaller, more remote hilltop enclaves that dot the West Bank. Such a pullout would require the relocation of eight times as many settlers as were pulled from Gaza last summer."]
Wal-Mart to Open About 1,500 New Stores news.yahoo.com 2/8/6 ["Wal-Mart opened 69 new stores and Sam's Clubs in January, a company record for one month, it announced last week."]
China says Taiwan president Chen a 'destroyer' of peace forbes.com 2/8/6 ["following his recent speech that he would seriously consider abolishing unification guidelines with the mainland. "]
 

Israeli PM Discloses Separation Plan news.yahoo.com 2/7/6 ["said Tuesday that Israel plans to separate from most of the Palestinians in the West Bank and this would require withdrawing from some of the territory."]
Iran to publish Holocaust cartoons news.com.au 2/7/6 ["IRAN'S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European papers of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed."]
Polish woman fights abortion case news.bbc.co.uk 2/7/6 ["A Polish woman who was refused an abortion despite warnings that having a baby could make her blind is taking her case to Europe's human rights court."]
Wal-Mart Reconsidering Policy allheadlinenews.com 2/7/6 ["Family planning organizations and advocate groups are urging Wal-Mart to ensure its pharmacies stock emergency contraceptive pills."]
400 cases of Euthanasia reported in Belgium in 2005 breakingnews.iol.ie 2/7/6 ["up from 200 cases four years ago"]
War Costs, Defense Budget Rising guardian.co.uk 2/7/6 ["The country's two overseas wars and its homeland defense could cost as much as $10 billion a month this year - nearly 50 percent more than last year, the White House estimates."]
Brazil to distribute 25 mln condoms for Carnival news.yahoo.com 2/7/6 ["Carnival kicks off across the nation on February 25, heralding several days of parades, parties, revelry and, for some people, sexual abandon. The Rio de Janeiro carnival is the best known worldwide"]
Bravo readies gay-themed broadband network reuters.com 2/7/6 ["Dubbed OutzoneTV.com, the channel, set to launch next month, will feature video-on-demand content based around the network's series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Boy Meets Boy" and "Gay Weddings," and will also establish blogs and other community activities where viewers can voice opinions and post comments about Bravo programming."]
 

 Britain defies U.S. with world abortion funding alertnet.org 2/6/6 ["London will give 3 million pounds ($5.3 million) over two years to support groups that offer safe abortions and family planning, replacing U.S. aid that has been withdrawn because of Washington's anti-abortion stance."]
Palestinians arrest 25 over missing $900m theage.com.au 2/6/6 ["suspected of stealing at least $US700 million ($A935 million) in public funds since the authority was set up in 1994.  The Palestinian attorney-general's office said that another 10 suspects had fled abroad, and with the investigation continuing, the total amount missing could run into billions of dollars."]
Home Schoolers Concerned Over New Ontario Compulsory Attendance Law lifesite.net 2/6/6 ["raising the compulsory school attendance age in Ontario to 18.  ...Faris also warns that homeschooled children may have trouble obtaining a drivers licence or applying for a job. “Bill 52 seems to set up a system whereby students will have to prove they are in compliance with the attendance laws before they can get a drivers license,” he states."]
Megachurches growing in number and size usatoday.com 2/6/6 ["Megachurches founded since 1990 have more growth from year to year than any others and have the highest median attendance at about 3,400.  ...The growth of megachurches in recent decades has come about because of a common historic cycle in U.S. religion: faith institutions reinventing themselves to meet the consumerlike demands of worshippers...  "We have a market economy of religion," he said. "Megachurches just show the instant adaptability of religious institutions. They reflect how Americans have morphed their religious institutions into the way they want them to be. Religious institutions have to respond to that.""]
Firms turn cyber sleuths with cell phone technology news.yahoo.com 2/6/6 ["Advances in mobile phone tracking technology are turning British firms into cyber sleuths as they keep a virtual eye on their staff, vehicles and stock."]
Surveillance Net Yields Few Suspects washingtonpost.com 2/6/6 ["Fewer than 10 U.S. citizens or residents a year, according to an authoritative account, have aroused enough suspicion during warrantless eavesdropping to justify interception of their domestic calls, as well. That step still requires a warrant from a federal judge, for which the government must supply evidence of probable cause.  The Bush administration refuses to say -- in public or in closed session of Congress -- how many Americans in the past four years have had their conversations recorded or their e-mails read by intelligence analysts without court authority. Two knowledgeable sources placed that number in the thousands; one of them, more specific, said about 5,000."]
100,000 Israelis protest West Bank withdrawal worldnetdaily.com 2/6/6 ["to protest the use of excessive force allegedly employed last week against protesters during the evacuation of Jewish homes in northern Samaria."]
  Back-alley-abortion fear tactic falls short of reality fredericksburg.com 2/6/6 ["Legalizing abortion simply gave the back-alley physician permission to put his shingle on the front door."]
Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds? news.yahoo.com 2/6/6 ["''Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy,'' said Arnold. ''Although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times more.''  At up to $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline in the United States."]
 

A mother's wrenching choice: a short, cherished life or none? seattletimes.nwsource.com 2/5/6 ["She wanted to honor her son, to celebrate his life, however short. That's why she had refused an abortion, even after doctors told her that her little boy would be born without a brain.  ...Danielle had recently started going to church; firm in her newfound faith, she decided to leave the baby in God's hands.  ...Each time she visited the hospice, Danielle was reminded that she had a choice. The windowless beige building next door is Women's Health Care Services, one of the best-known abortion clinics in the nation."]
Israel: Cabinet okays transfer of PA funds jpost.com 2/5/6 ["the defense establishment - both the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) - have come out in favor of transferring the money as well, concerned that leaving so many people without salaries would plunge the Palestinian areas deeper into chaos and anarchy. Both Egypt and the US have also urged Israel to transfer the money, at least during the period of a transitional government inside the PA."]
Venezuela 'to buy more weapons' news.bbc.co.uk 2/5/6 ["Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told a huge rally of supporters that he wants to buy more weapons to defend his country from invasion.  Speaking in the capital Caracas, Mr Chavez said 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles already on order from Russia were not enough. "]
U.N. pushing to end nation-states worldnetdaily.com 2/5/6 ["The U.N. says an unprecedented outbreak of co-operation between countries, applied through six specific financial tools, would serve as pretty much a cure-all for the world's ills and generate an extra $7 trillion in economic growth.  The authors of the ambitious report don't expect nations to fold up and take the hint any time soon. But the idea is to start the ball rolling – and maybe years or decades from now the world will actually be ready to listen. "]
US military plans for 'long war' news.bbc.co.uk 2/5/6 ["It describes what the US military must do to defeat current and future enemies - flagged as "rogue powers, terrorist networks and non-state threats"."]
Saddam's trial has yet to produce a 'smoking gun' stltoday.com 2/5/6 ["The experts caution that the documents - which include handwritten notes, interrogation orders and death sentences handed down by the Revolutionary Court - may not alone be enough to win a conviction."]
President Bush's State Of The World Speech chuckbaldwinlive.com 2/5/6 [By Chuck Baldwin  "He was barely into his speech when he boldly asserted that America is proudly leading a "world economy." Obviously, Mr. Bush is not really interested in the U.S. economy. It may be that he doesn't even think in those terms."]
Where are America's emergency food supplies? worldnetdaily.com 2/5/6 ["There was a time, not too long ago, that by law the U.S. government was forced to maintain emergency food provisions for every man, woman and child in the country for three years.  That was considered good stewardship through much of the 1960s. It was a program put together by men who read the Bible and recalled the idea Joseph gave the Egyptian Pharoah to avoid famine in the seven lean years. "  Editor:  Check out our Prudent Living section]
Broad protests halt National Guard cuts chron.com 2/5/6 ["The Army said the overall size of the Guard would remain at 350,000, instead of being reduced to 333,000 as part of a Defense Department budget-cutting proposal."]
 

Sounding The Alarm newswithviews.com 2/4/6 ["Okay, America. Have I sounded enough of an alarm for you to ACT? Do you get the BIG picture? Are you ready for what is coming in this nation? Do you understand that the current condition of the United States of America and its new paramilitary system has something to do with planned elimination of our Constitutional government so that the global government may step in to physically own and govern this nation? "]
Nuclear agency votes to report Iran to UN Council reuters.com 2/4/6 ["Iran has threatened to respond to the move -- initiated by the United States, EU powers, Russia and China -- by curbing U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities and scrapping talks on a Russian compromise proposal."]
More Action To Ban Aspartame In New Mexico newswithviews.com 2/4/6 ["An FDA-approved non-caloric food additive to sweeten foods and beverages whose metabolites include methanol and formaldehyde, aspartame has been the center of a heated controversy for over 25 years regarding not only its safety but in the manner it was approved over the objections of many medical experts. Briefly, the chemical is a neurotoxin associated in medical research with several forms of cancer, migraines, headaches, weight gain and generalized toxicity."]
 

Pentagon Announces Sweeping Defense Review news.yahoo.com 2/3/6 ["The Pentagon Friday announced plans to significantly increase special operations forces, expand psychological warfare and develop a program to counter biological terrorism as part of a new broadbased military strategy for the 21st century.  ...There also will be a new $1.5 billion program to develop medical countermeasures for bioterrorism threats.  The plan will reduce the number of Minuteman III land-based nuclear missiles from 500 to 450, and calls for the conversion of a small number of nuclear missiles aboard Trident submarines to non-nuclear ballistic missiles.  ...also recommends reducing the number of Navy aircraft carriers from from 12 to 11"]
'Many dead' as Egypt ferry sinks news.bbc.co.uk 2/3/6 ["Many people are feared to have died after an Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,400 people sank in the Red Sea.  ...between 300 and 400 passengers had been rescued."]
Missouri Bill Would Force Pharmacists to Dispense Morning After Pills lifenews.com 2/3/6 ["The Missouri affiliate of NARAL says it conducted a survey in the state and found 44 percent of pharmacies do not stock the Plan B pills and that most refuse because they have moral objections to the drug.  Other pharmacies told the pro-abortion group that there is a lack of demand for the morning after pill or that they could not easily obtain the drugs from a wholesaler.  According to the study, just 10 percent of pharmacies in rural areas stock the drug."]
Bono Pushes U.S. to Increase Aid to Poor apnews.myway.com 2/3/6 ["Quoting from Islamic, Jewish and Christian texts, rock star Bono called Thursday for the U.S. government to give an additional 1 percent of the federal budget to the world's poor.  ...at the National Prayer Breakfast"]
Study Shows Canada’s Universal Daycare Plan Has “Strikingly Negative” Consequences lifesite.net 2/3/6 ["In summary, the findings revealed that children in daycare were 17 times more hostile than children raised at home, and almost three times more anxious."]
Video: Non-Violent Civil Disobedience and Police Response israelnationalnews.com 2/3/6 ["The protestors are seen sitting peacefully on the floor of one of the nine Amona buildings slated for destruction, with their arms locked together. According to the eye-witness testimony of the photographer Avi Fishman from Kedumim, no one in the room did anything but, as depicted in the footage, sit in.  The police are seen storming the room, and the ensuing footage has been labelled by many oberservers as "shocking.""]
United Nations Supports China's Population Program with Another $27 Million lifesite.net 2/3/6 ["the ten European countries that provide most of UNFPA's funding: the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany praised the UN agency's support for China and praised the UNFPA funding of China's population program."]
Bush to Request $120 Billion More for Wars lasvegassun.com 2/3/6 ["The president also will ask Congress to devote an additional $2.3 billion to prepare for a bird flu epidemic"]
World pledges $10.5bn for rebuilding Afghanistan jang.com.pk 2/3/6 ["In a five-year plan unveiled at the conference, Afghanistan pledged to build a functioning justice system in all its provinces by 2010 and reduce the number of people living on less than $1 a day by 3 per cent per year."]
 

America – Melting Pot of Christian Witchcraft! lasttrumpetministries.org 2/2/6 ["Will the masses of distracted and undiscerning “Christians” of the last days be so spiritually blind and oblivious that Satan will get away with achieving his greatest project? Will he accomplish the task of blending and melding “Christianity” with witchcraft? Sadly, it is happening before our very eyes!  ...Witchcraft is not just spells, incantations, magic, and rituals. It is, first of all, a way of looking at things: a thought pattern and process, and the rest of the involvement comes later.  There is an old saying in witchcraft: good triumphs over evil."]
Alito parts with conservatives on execution reuters.com 2/2/6 ["disagreed with the court's conservatives and refused to allow Missouri to execute a man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Kansas City teenager 17 years ago."]
US supreme court nears crucial abortion ruling guardian.co.uk 2/2/6 ["Mr Walker overturned the ban, but called the abortion procedure "morally repugnant". He called on the supreme court to issue a ruling that would require opponents of the ban to demonstrate how it would harm women.  The twin rulings make it increasingly likely that the federal ban on the procedure would be the next abortion case before the US supreme court, and the first that Justice Alito will hear."]
Bush to Request $70B More for War Funding news.yahoo.com 2/2/6 ["The White House has told Congress to expect requests for about $70 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the ongoing budget year and $18 billion more for hurricane relief  ...Another $2.3 billion to combat avian flu is also expected."]
Gay passengers enjoyed visit caycompass.com 2/2/6 ["“The Largest Gay Cruise in History II” on board the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas, which docked in Grand Cayman on Tuesday  ...saw people holding signs quoting Leviticus 18:22, saying “Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind; it is abomination”.  Mr. Jeff Banning from Dallas said that perhaps certain segments from the Bible should not be taken this literally."]
Arab states expected to speed aid to Palestinians reuters.com 2/2/6 ["Ahmed Qurie, prime minister until the formation of a new post-election government, said the cash-strapped governing authority was forced to turn to its "Arab brothers" to cushion the economic blow of Israel's decision."]
African-Americans Lament Lack of Blacks in Pro-Life Movement lifenews.com 2/2/6 ["They are pointing to the recent March for Life as another example of the dearth of minorities actively involved in the pro-life community.  Pro-life activist Connie Eller of St. Louis organizes dozens of buses of pro-life people to attend the March every year. But of the 450 people who went with her this year, she recalls just a handful of blacks.  ...points out that black women represent 12 percent of the female population in the country but have one-third of all abortions. For every five African American women that get pregnant three will have abortions."]
Donors asked for bird flu funding news.bbc.co.uk 2/2/6 ["The United Nations and World Bank have called on donor nations meeting in Beijing to raise more than $1bn (£566m) to combat bird flu.  The funds will be largely spent on health and veterinary services in affected countries. "]
100,000 children write letters to Supreme Court opposing legalization of abortion in Colombia catholicnewsagency.com 2/2/6 ["Leaders of the effort are hoping pastors, school principals, families and other religious groups and institutions will encourage children to “write to the Supreme Court asking the justices, as a gift to Colombia, to protect life and to not approve the grave crime of abortion.”"]
 

Iowa: House File 368: Limits Religious Freedoms hslda.org 2/1/6 ["This bill amends existing public safety laws involving the health of children by removing the religious exemptions. With the religious exemptions removed, the bill would enable the state to require a parent to allow their child to be subject to any medical treatment regardless of the parent's religious convictions. Additionally, the bill removes an additional religious exemption which would mean that failure to provide specific medical treatment could be considered a willful deprivation of health care and therefore constitute child endangerment. "]
'Partial birth' abortion ban held unconstitutional sfgate.com 2/1/6 ["The federal government's first-ever attempt to outlaw a specific type of abortion was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by a federal appeals court in San Francisco, which said the ban would interfere with a woman's right to a safe abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy."]
Israel: Police Come Out Swinging; 100 Protestors Wounded So Far israelnationalnews.com 2/1/6 ["In another television scene, a commentator explained why the police are allowed to use violence to enforce the law against "law-breakers," without noting that most of the protestors were not breaking any law but were rather protesting lawfully. As he spoke, a policeman could be seen pushing each protestor immediately after he or she jumped out of the window of the house."]
State of the Union: Full text news.bbc.co.uk 2/1/6 ["We hear claims that immigrants are somehow bad for the economy - even though this economy could not function without them. All these are forms of economic retreat, and they lead in the same direction - toward a stagnant and second-rate economy.    ...Fellow citizens, we have been called to leadership in a period of consequence. We have entered a great ideological conflict we did nothing to invite. We see great changes in science and commerce that will influence all our lives.  And sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing. "]
Bush: US would defend Israel against Iran ca.today.reuters.com 2/1/6 [" "I am concerned about a person that, one, tries to rewrite the history of the Holocaust, and two, has made it clear that his intentions are to destroy Israel," Bush said.  "Israel is a solid ally of the United States, we will rise to Israel's defense if need be. So this kind of menacing talk is disturbing. It's not only disturbing to the United States, it's disturbing for other countries in the world as well," he added."]
Halliburton Detention Camps For Political Subversives infowars.com 2/1/6 ["it was announced recently that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root had been awarded a $385 million dollar contract by Homeland Security to construct detention and processing facilities in the event of a national emergency."]
Congress to Give Patriot Act Another Month news.yahoo.com 2/1/6 ["A day after President Bush insisted that Congress renew 16 provisions set to expire Friday, the House was set to extend the act until March 10 to give negotiators more time to come up with a deal. The Senate was expected to follow before the deadline."]