"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

 Evangelicals in America time.com 1/31/5 ["on the eve of the presidential Inauguration, Warren, who pastors the 22,000-member Saddleback megachurch in Lake Forest, Calif., delivered the Invocation at the gala celebration.   ...when 600 senior pastors were asked to name the people they thought had the greatest influence on church affairs in the country, Warren's name came in second only to Billy Graham's."]
 Oregon: Group Wants To Stop State Abortion Funding koin.com 1/31/5 ["The Oregon Department of Human Services estimates that over 8,000 abortions will be covered by the Oregon Health Plan in the two-year budget."]
 The Russians Are Coming time.com 1/31/5 ["The FBI is concerned about Moscow's growing number of spies. What secrets are they looking for?"]
 Students Not Sure About First Amendment wsfa.com 1/31/5 ["About a third of the nation's high school students say the First Amendment of the Constitution goes too far in granting Americans freedom of expression.   ...Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."]
 Expert View: Be very afraid if Bush takes the war on terror to Iran news.independent.co.uk 1/31/5 ["The risk of a US attack on Iran can no longer be dismissed. George Bush has identified the country as the next potential target in his campaign against terrorism and tyranny.  The market impact could surpass that of the Iraq war in 2003."]
 

 The Generation That Won't Grow Up christianpost.com 1/30/5 ["...for all appearances, permanent adolescents.  ...The phenomenon of delayed adulthood is already producing profound social consequences.  ...Furthermore, they have grown up in a culture of affluence that has afforded them unprecedented options, creature comforts, and security. They simply do not want to enter the more insecure world of adult responsibility.  ...In other words, Arnett sees delayed adulthood as a new social phenomenon that allows self-centered Americans even more time to focus on themselves while "not responsible for anyone else or to anyone else."  ...According to TIME, America should not linger in denial about this new social phenomenon, but should simply accept it as a new reality. That is simply not good enough for those who believe that God has something better in mind."]
 Village pastor stirs hate-speech debate in Sweden seattletimes.nwsource.com 1/30/5 ["What has been a traditional moral expression of the church has now been criminalized in a very modern, sophisticated, Western state, and that is extremely alarming  ...Many who showed up were homosexuals who said while they disagreed vehemently with what the pastor said, they defended his right to say it."]
 Auschwitz commemorations begin with prayer service channelnewsasia.com 1/30/5 ["Vice President Dick Cheney...  the world must teach its youth tolerance and moral courage to avoid a repetition of the Holocaust. ..."We have to remind our youth that these great evils of history were perpetrated not in some remote uncivilised world but in the very heart of civilised Europe,"  ...From broken windows we reached the death camps in the blink of an eye."]
 Anti-gay bullying forces thousands of pupils to leave school after GCSEs independent.co.uk 1/30/5 ["It also wants schools to promote positive gay role models."]
 Gunpoint democracy sfgate.com 1/30/5 ["An election that requires concealment of certain candidates' names for security reasons, as this one does, is anything but a reflection of stability."]
 Smithsonian in uproar over intelligent-design article worldnetdaily.com 1/30/5 ["one museum specialist chided him by saying: "I think you are a religiously motivated person and you have dragged down the Proceedings because of your religiously motivated agenda."  ...There are Christians here, but they keep their heads down.  ...Meyer – a fellow at Seattle's Discovery Institute, a leading advocate of intelligent design – contends supporters of Darwin's theory cannot explain how so many different animal types sprang into existence during the relatively short period of Earth history known as the Cambrian explosion."]
 

 Bill Gates, World's Richest Man, Bets Against Dollar bloomberg.com 1/29/5 ["The dollar fell 21 percent against a basket of six major currencies from the start of 2002 to the end of last year. The trade deficit swelled to a record $609.3 billion last year and total U.S. government debt rose 8.7 percent to $7.62 trillion in the past 12 months.  ...Gates reflected the views of his friend Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has bet against the dollar since 2002.    ... Gates described China as a potential ``change agent'' for the next two decades. ``It's phenomenal,'' Gates said. ``It's a brand new form of capitalism.''  Gates's $27 billion foundation in September received approval from China's foreign-currency regulator to invest as much as $100 million in the nation's yuan shares and bonds. "]
 India, Russia for 'multi-polar security order' xinhuanet.com 1/29/5 [""]
 Tsunami warning centres decided on smh.com.au 1/29/5 ["One point of agreement, however, was that the United Nations should take the lead in developing the network, reaffirming what came out of the Japan meeting a week before.  The United States, Germany and Japan have offered to help with advanced tsunami-detection technologies."]
 Treasure trove of gay and lesbian artifacts sfgate.com 1/29/5 [Signs of moral collapse:  "20-year-old historical society's archive takes up 4,000 square feet   ...The archive, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is a point of pride in the gay and lesbian community and a hallowed treasure trove for scholars and researchers who have turned yellowing letters and old film reels into dozens of doctoral dissertations, books and documentary films."]
 Center Refocuses Its Core Services gazettes.com 1/29/5 [more signs:  "to launch the center’s youth mentoring program, a centerpiece of the organization’s shift.  ... The mentor program, scheduled to begin in May, will pair LGBT youth 25 years old and younger with successful gay and lesbian community members older than 35.  The mentors will act as role models and sounding boards for issues that may be lost on straight parents, no matter how understanding they may be, Oldfield said."]
 Creationists at the gate boston.com 1/29/5 [secular point of view: "US students have trouble enough keeping up with their counterparts in foreign countries in mastering the sciences. In biology, they should not have to contend with religion-based efforts to introduce misinformation into their classes. Genesis has a place in comparative religion classes, not public school science classes. "]
 

 Bush Discusses Abortion and Gay Adoption with New York Times lifesite.net 1/28/5 ["I think the goal ought to be to convince people to value life." He added, "But I fully understand our society is divided on the issue and that there will be abortions. That's reality. It seems like to me my job is to convince people to make right choices in life, to understand there are alternatives to abortion, like adoption, and I will continue to do so...  "children can receive love from gay couples,” but “studies have shown that the ideal is where a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman.""]
 Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Says Churches Must "Not Get Involved" in Same-Sex Marriage Issue lifesite.net 1/28/5 ["Christians are reacting with outrage at the suggestion from an elected representative and Cabinet Minister that Christians have no right to influence the formation of Canadian goverment policy."]
 Change in One Policy at Nation's Largest Employer Expands to Include Workers' Same-Sex Partners ap.tbo.com 1/28/5 ["Wal-Mart Stores Inc."]
 Call for New 'Manhattan Project' to Fight Bioterror reuters.com 1/28/5 [" The world needs an effort similar to that behind the creation of the atomic bomb to tackle the multi-faceted threat of biowarfare, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Thursday.  "We need to do something that even dwarfs the Manhattan project," Frist told the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Manhattan project was the codename for the United States's World War II effort to devise an atomic weapon. "]
 Iraq: This election is a sham iht.com 1/28/5 ["For the only time in memory, electoral candidates are afraid to be seen in public and are forced to campaign from underground cells, with many afraid to even link their names to their faces in the media. There are no public rallies where voters might glean some information about candidates' positions.  ...At a time when even many developed sovereign governments cannot be trusted to hold free and fair elections without deep outside scrutiny, elections under hostile occupations should be forbidden"]
 Putin tells 'Post': Missile deal with Syria possible jpost.com 1/28/5 ["refused to rule out his country's sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, insisting that such missiles serve "defensive" purposes only and would not affect the balance of forces in the region."]
 Economist: China Loses Faith in Dollar newsmax.com 1/28/5 [""The U.S. dollar is no longer - in our opinion is no longer - (seen) as a stable currency, and is devaluating all the time, and that's putting troubles all the time," Fan said, speaking in English.  ..."So the real issue is how to change the regime from a U.S. dollar pegging ... to a more manageable ... reference ... say Euros, yen, dollars - those kind of more diversified systems," he said."]
 Bush pushes upgrade in healthcare records boston.com 1/28/5 ["In the budget he will send Congress next month, Bush will propose spending $125 million to test computerization of health records, more than twice what is being spent in the budget year that ends Sept. 30."]
 Planned Parenthood President Resigns, Abortion Business Gives No Reason lifenews.com 1/28/5 ["Planned Parenthood's most recent annual report shows that 34 percent of its income comes from performing abortions, an increase from its last report. Meanwhile, private donations to the abortion business are down 17 percent as it relies on more government dollars than ever before."]
 Mom Wants Pro-Homosexual Poster Out of Ariz. Elementary School agapepress.org 1/28/5 [""It seems, so far, from the people I've talked to that, as a Christian, I have no right to demand that [the pro-homosexual poster] be removed from the wall of the school," she says.  ...if homosexuality continues to be affirmed in the school, she plans to pull her children out and work with other parents to begin home schooling."]
 Survivors return to bear witness to evil theaustralian.news.com.au 1/28/5 ["the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp"]
 

 Attorney General Approved Despite Abuse Concerns reuters.com 1/27/5 ["Gonzales has also drawn fire for writing in January 2002 that parts of the half-century-old Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war were "obsolete" and "quaint."   ...Yet Gonzales prompted further criticism with responses to a follow-up written questions, including his belief that the United States may technically have the right to indefinitely hold foreigners in secret locations overseas and subject them to abusive treatment.   ...Gonzales also wrote, however, that any torture by American personnel would be unlawful."]
 Abortion Linked to first Increase in US Infant Mortality in 44 Years lifesite.net 1/27/5 ["Very low birth weights occur in babies who are born prematurely – a phenomenon which can often be directly tied to a mother's previous history of abortion.  ...The increase in infant mortality, from 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 in 2002, was the first increase in the infant mortality rate since 1958 as reported by the CDC."]
 Canada: Government to introduce same-sex bill next week theglobeandmail.com 1/27/5 ["the draft legislation will be organized around two foundational charter principles – ”equality before the law and freedom of religion.”  "]
 Pro-Family Leader Says Media Using SpongeBob Controversy To Hide Truth gopusa.com 1/27/5 ["he is concerned that the attention has been unnecessarily placed on just one character out of many featured in a video entitled "We Are Family."  ...Bennett said his group has been able to retrieve and print out most of the pro-homosexual material that has been removed from the We Are Family Foundation web site over the past week that proves they are attempting to hide their intentions."]
 Rice takes over as top diplomat detnews.com 1/27/5 ["Some accused her of avoiding accountability for the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Others said she seemed unwilling to acknowledge errors in planning or judgment."]
 Swirl of near-term events may hit dollar hard reuters.com 1/27/5 ["expects the euro to rise four cents in as many weeks to $1.34 as the dollar resumes its long-term decline.  ...How high turnout is and whether heavy violence in Iraq continues through Sunday could affect the market's view on how many more dollars are needed to fund the military action."]
 

 Britain Announces Sweeping New Anti-Terrorism Powers reuters.com 1/26/5 ["to impose house arrest on terrorism suspects regardless of nationality, replacing a policy of jailing foreigners without trial that had been thrown out by a court.   ...could forbid them from meeting certain people, impose curfews or electronic tagging on them or confine them to house arrest."]
 UN urges global action on U.S. debt iht.com 1/26/5 ["...the twin budget and trade deficits of the United States were throwing the global economy off balance.  ...the United States has pushed growth by consuming far more goods than it exports, raising concerns about sustainability."]
 Second Successful Abortion-Cancer Lawsuit in U.S. Completed lifesite.net 1/26/5 ["Abortions that occur before the birth of a first child are the most carcinogenic, a finding supported by biological and epidemiological evidence."]
 Chirac Calls for Global Tax to Fight AIDS reuters.com 1/26/5 ["The experimental levy, which could be raised on international financial transactions, could generate $10 billion a year, Chirac told the World Economic Forum.  ...His ideas are likely to meet strong opposition from the United States and most other rich nations, as well as financial markets and airlines, but will be popular with anti-globalization campaigners and AIDS awareness groups."]
 The long war in Iraq is taking a toll on US forces taipeitimes.com 1/26/5 ["Finding enough combat-ready troops to replace those currently finishing tours is proving a difficult task for the Pentagon"]
  Japan depends on China, not US theaustralian.news.com.au 1/26/5 ["THE Japanese economy's acute reliance on booming China for forward momentum has been highlighted by China elbowing aside the US to become Japan's biggest merchandise trading partner for the first time."]
 Budget Deficit to Set Record latimes.com 1/26/5 ["In July, the administration had projected this year's budget deficit would hit $331 billion. The deficit last year was $412 billion, a record."]
 Woman chose child over her own life chicagotribune.com 1/26/5 ["after refusing cancer treatment that would have required her to have an abortion.Rita Fedrizzi died this week, three months after giving birth to a baby boy."]
 

 US bank of stem cells 'is dangerously contaminated' news.telegraph.co.uk 1/25/5 ["a Californian team reported that the "presidential" lines, from which American researchers are attempting to derive nerve, islet and other types of stem cells to repair a damaged body, have been contaminated with a non-human molecule that makes them unsafe to use in patients.   ...This paper illustrates why existing cells are of limited utility and why we need to derive new human embryonic stem cell lines under better defined conditions."]
 Bush Wants $80 Billion More for Iraq, Afghan Wars as New Deficit Forecast Is Released ap.tbo.com 1/25/5 ["as budget analysts prepare new estimates of the federal deficits that would have loomed even without the wars."]
 High court oks use of drug dogs in all traffic stops detnews.com 1/25/5 ["The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can have dogs check out motorists' vehicles for drugs even if officers have no particular reason to suspect illegal activity.  The 6-2 opinion, written by Justice John Paul Stevens, stipulates police dogs may sniff only the outside of a car after a motorist is lawfully stopped for a traffic violation, such as speeding or failing to stop at a stop sign. "]
 Ashcroft Bids Farewell to Justice Dept. news.yahoo.com 1/25/5 ["Ashcroft, a 62-year-old former Missouri governor and senator, has not revealed his post-government plans but will remain in the Washington area."]
 India weary about using earth’s atmosphere for military purpose especially HAARP and their impacts in South Asia indiadaily.com 1/25/5 [""]
 

 U.N. Asks if World Has the Will to Stop Genocide reuters.com 1/24/5 ["Annan told the assembly that at this moment, "terrible things are happening today in Darfur, Sudan." He asked the U.N. Security Council to take action once it receives a new report determining whether genocide had occurred in Darfur and identifying gross human rights abuses.   ...Italy's Marcello Pera, speaker of the Senate, was blunt. "How was it possible that Europe, at the peak of its civilization could commit such a crime? How could Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, collaborationist France and many others become responsible...of such an immense massacre?""]
 Supreme Court Refuses to Reinstate Florida Law Passed to Keep Terri Schiavo Hooked on Feeding Tube abcnews.go.com 1/24/5 ["George Felos, the attorney for Michael Schiavo, said his client will have his wife's feeding tube removed as soon as pending appeals are over and a stay is lifted."]
 Central banks shift reserves away from US news.ft.com 1/24/5 ["and towards the eurozone in a move that looks set to deepen the Bush administration's difficulties in financing its ballooning current account deficit.  ...Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned in November that there was a limit to the willingness of foreign governments to finance the US current account deficit."]
 US Army Says Not Planning Quick Troop Cut in Iraq reuters.com 1/24/5 ["keep at least 120,000 troops in Iraq for the next two years to train and fight with Iraqi forces against insurgents"]
 

 Survey Finds Church-Going Americans Less Tolerant reuters.com 1/23/5 ["In the survey, 32 percent of those who attended church once a week said they were willing to compromise on abortion issues -- a 19-point drop in four years. Among the same group the question of compromising beliefs on gay rights was acceptable to only 39 percent, down 18 points from 2000.  The poll also found that 37 percent overall felt that deeply religious people should be careful not to offend anyone when they "spread the word of God," a decline from 46 percent four years earlier. "]
  Bush ready to use force for freedom theaustralian.news.com.au 1/23/5 ["Mr Bush sought to use this argument to justify the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, where more than 1300 US troops have died, no weapons of mass destruction have been found and the bill is running at $US1billion ($1.32billion) a day."]
 Film's euthanasia plot angers disabled groups worldnetdaily.com 1/23/5 ["Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby' criticized as thinly disguised propaganda"]
 The Devil's Hand: No, It's Not 'Hook 'Em Horns' prisonplanet.com 1/23/5 [""]
 Bush radio address echoes inaugural speech washingtontimes.com 1/23/5 ["At home, too, we will expand freedom," with reform of education standards, Social Security and healthcare, along with the legal system and the tax code."]
 Churches barred from 'gay' discrimination worldnetdaily.com 1/23/5 ["Illinois churches are protesting a new state law that bars them from "discriminating" against homosexuals, contending it robs Christians of their First Amendment freedoms.   ...notes the bill's sponsor, state Sen. Carol Ronen, D-Chicago, is on record stating it should be applied to churches, meaning they would not be allowed, for example, to reject a job applicant who practices homosexual behavior."]
 Faster training for Iraqis advised indystar.com 1/23/5 ["The officer, Gen. Gary E. Luck, largely endorses a plan by U.S. commanders in Iraq to shift the military's main mission from fighting the insurgency to training Iraq's military and police forces to become self-reliant, eventually allowing U.S. forces to withdraw, the officials said."]
 

 Still room for the UN in the new world order smh.com.au 1/22/5 ["the Indian Ocean tsunami offers it the chance to make 2005, its 60th, the year of its greatest achievement.   ...Some rich countries, led by the US, are spending more in a few days on the war in Iraq than the totals they have pledged to the UN for South Asia."]
 U.S. 'holy wars' puzzle our neighbors to the north indystar.com 1/22/5 ["encountering a conservatism that bewildered him: a take-no-prisoners juggernaut of political, cultural and religious hostilities.   ...One spoke of a former church where "Christ was the center of their lives." She misses a fellowship that believes "there are absolutes of right and wrong.""]
 Indonesian Churches Face Persecution Even After Devastation christianpost.com 1/22/5 ["accused the churches of disturbing the community and meeting illegally in business buildings.  ...Although the vast majority of Muslims in the world's most populous Muslim nation practice a moderate version of the faith, attacks against Christians—who form just 8 percent of the population—have increased since ex-dictator Suharto's downfall in 1998, and amid a global rise in Islamic radicalism."]
 Vladimir Putin wants to restructure state security hindustantimes.com 1/22/5 [""A whole series of terrorist acts organized and carried out last year by international criminal groups showed the necessity of a serious restructuring of state activity in the security sphere," Putin said."]
 Outcry over creation of GM smallpox virus news.independent.co.uk 1/22/5 ["Senior scientific advisers to the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recommended the creation of a genetically modified version of the smallpox virus to counter any threat of a bioterrorist attack."]
 

 Bush Shocks Foreigners With 'Satanic' Sign foxnews.com 1/21/5 ["Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.   ...a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region." - comments will be in the 1/24/4 RECAP]
 Festive Meal in Anticipation of Holy Temple israelnationalnews.com 1/21/5 ["We are actively preparing by studying and involving ourselves so that we will be ready when the time comes."]
 Globalist: Freedom's new ring: War on terror recast iht.com 1/21/5 ["When was it exactly that the war on terror morphed into the war on tyranny?  ...was not the rationale for going to war when we went to war."]
 Smiles for the family, a fiery warning for the world guardian.co.uk 1/21/5 ["The speech, steeped in religious language, was addressed first to the world and only secondly to the American people. Mr Bush portrayed a planet consumed by the struggle between liberty and tyranny in which the US would not stand aside."]
 Inaugural Address Marks Policy Shift foxnews.com 1/21/5 ["Bush wants to reform Social Security, the tax code and the legal system as well as get his judicial nominees on the bench and expand education initiatives begun under the No Child Left Behind law."]
 Tsunami relief may mean new abortion fight in Congress wstm.com 1/21/5 ["The lawmakers say that the agency that could do the most good for expectant mothers is the United Nations Population Fund.  ...the agency helped China manage programs involving forced abortions"]
 At-a-glance: 'Outposts of tyranny' bbc.co.uk 1/21/5 ["Condoleezza Rice, President George W Bush's nominee for secretary of state, has hinted at the direction of future US foreign policy by identifying six "outposts of tyranny" around the world."]
 Freedom's call may lead us in wrong ways newsday.com 1/21/5 ["What's wrong with spreading freedom?  ...the United States has not been particularly effective in creating new democracies.  ...has intervened, in one way or another, in Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq in recent years, and not one of those nations is a functioning democracy yet. "]
 Church plans to bury fetal remains seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/21/5 ["the ashes of up to 1,000 aborted fetuses Sunday to mark the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade  ...the parish has held unannounced burials twice a year since 2001, but the parish priest agreed to make the burial public this year."]
  Tsunami — Yet Another Wake-Up Call thejewishpress.com 1/21/5 ["Let us not emulate the generation of the Tower of Babel who thought that they could build fortifications to hold back the flood. Let us not delude ourselves into believing that technology, in the form of early warning systems, is our salvation.  If G-d so wills it, then no system will work, and if G-d wills it, no system is required.  ...are we listening or are we, G-d forbid, developing a ``Pharaoh-like personality`` and becoming impervious to all of G-d`s imprecations?"]
 Christians to Stand for Righteousness in the gates of the City of Charlotte usnewswire.com 1/21/5 ["In a memo from Chief Darrel Stephens, he equated the homosexual "celebration" to what transpires in adult establishments in the city. Someone needs to remind Chief Stephens that local Statute Section 12.518 restricts adult entertainment establishments from being within 1,000' of any park, let alone being held within a park."]
 Georgia: Legislator suggests making child sodomy a crime punishable by death  accessnorthga.com 1/21/5 ["If approved, the measure by Rep. Timothy Bearden of Villa Rica would make Georgia the second state to consider child sodomy a crime punishable by death. Louisiana is the only state where child sodomizers can be put to death now"]
 Philadelphia Judge Sees No Criminal Activity in Videotape of Philly 5 theconservativevoice.com 1/21/5 ["At a court hearing today in Philadelphia, a state court judge dissolved an order that had previously been entered against four Christians who face criminal charges for preaching the gospel. The order dissolved by Court of Common Pleas Judge Pamela Dembe prohibited the four men from going within one hundred feet of any homosexual event."]
 

 President Sworn-In to Second Term whitehouse.gov 1/20/5 [Transcript of Inaugural Speech]
 Warren Buffett sees no way but down for US dollar sg.news.yahoo.com 1/20/5 ["unless the US trade and current account deficits improve"]
 Gonzales excludes CIA from rules on prisoners iht.com 1/20/5 ["Gonzales also said a separate congressional ban on cruel, unusual and inhumane treatment had "a limited reach" and did not apply in all cases to "aliens overseas.""]
 British government hires PR firm to sing praises of EU constitution: report eubusiness.com 1/20/5 [" Although the Foreign Office memo stressed that the aim was to inform the public rather than "persuade", it reeled off a list of the constitution's merits, calling it a "success for Britain", the report said.  Losing a referendum, which would be most likely to take place in 2006, would "jeopardise our position in the EU" and "marginalise and isolate us", the memo added. "]
 Iran prepared to defend interests if US attacks abc.net.au 1/20/5 ["The warning comes after US President George W Bush refused to rule out the option of military strikes on Iran and US Vice President Dick Cheney identified Iran as being at the top of the administration's list of world trouble spots.   ...Waging war against Muslims, disrespecting and ignoring its allies, including the Europeans, only created tension, instability, less secure world, and created an ocean of mistrust between the US and the rest of the world"]
 Planned Parenthood: More Abortions, Fewer Clinics cnsnews.com 1/20/5 ["After a spike in private contributions two years ago, Planned Parenthood saw those donations drop 17 percent last year, but U.S. taxpayer assistance in the form of government grants reached record levels.   ...Even though government grants are given for specific projects and are prohibited by law from being used for abortions, that funding still helps Planned Parenthood in its overall operations, Crutcher said.  "Money is money," he stated. "If you can take in $20 million a year for advertising, then you don't have to spend your own money on that."]
 Brazilian prosecutor pushes to legalize gay marriage in world's largest Roman Catholic country signonsandiego.com 1/20/5 ["Although Brazilians often deride homosexuals in crude jokes, gays are tolerated in big cities, and their flamboyant drag parades are a major draw at Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro and the northeast city of Salvador."]
 United Nations Urges More Abortion thenewamerican.com 1/20/5 ["the UN report should be looked upon as a warning sign to the rest of the world: "It is against our sovereignty, and if they can do it to Poland, they can do it everywhere."]
 Walker's World: The End Of American Hegemony spacedaily.com 1/20/5 [""The European Union, rather than NATO, will increasingly become the primary institution for Europe," the report says, adding that it remains to be seen whether the EU seeks to become a world-class military superpower to match its leading economic status.   ...While weak on military force, Europe's strength may be in providing a model of global and regional governance, particularly if other countries are looking for a "Western" alternative to depending on the United States."]
 Weak dollar sends capital to emerging markets reuters.com 1/20/5 ["Nearly 60 percent of that extra $53 billion went to China, while Russia accounted for 25 percent.  "The sharp downward movement of the dollar, particularly in October, may have been (the catalyst) in the pickup in flows"]
 U.N. to Hold Holocaust Commemoration guardian.co.uk 1/20/5 ["commemoration of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps 60 years ago is a reminder that the evil that killed six million Jews still threatens the world today and must never be repeated...  He said Monday's planned special session of the General Assembly should also be seen as an expression of the United Nations' commitment to ensuring that it can respond quickly to future genocide and other human rights violations. "]
 Tesco pushes on with full-scale RFID rollout vnunet.com 1/20/5 ["The UK's leading supermarket confirms RFID program is underway"]
 Caution Urged Over Portrayal of Wicca in Popular Teen Magazine agapepress.org 1/20/5 ["Dr. Walt Larimore, a spokesman for the Christian Medical Association, acknowledges the growing popularity of Wicca. It is often presented, he says, as "white magic" or "natural magic" -- but in fact is "Satanism or occultism at its very worst.""]
 

 Bush tells troops "much more will be asked of you" reuters.co.uk 1/19/5 ["in Iraq and elsewhere"]
 A nation of religious illiterates csmonitor.com 1/19/5 ["Although Americans are far more religious than Europeans, they know far less about religion.   ...according to a 1997 poll, only 1 out of 3 US citizens is able to name the most basic of Christian texts - the four Gospels   ...When Americans debated slavery, almost exclusively on the basis of the Bible, people of all races and classes could follow the debate.   ...Today it is a rare American who can engage with any sophistication in biblically inflected arguments about gay marriage, abortion, or stem-cell research.   ...not so much bigotry as ignorance."]
 Gonzales Backs U.S. Assault Weapons Ban news.yahoo.com 1/19/5 ["also said he wants Congress to reauthorize the Patriot Act this year, despite complaints that it is too intrusive.   ...The president has made it clear that he stands ready to sign a reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban if it is sent to him by Congress."]
 China builds up strategic sea lanes washtimes.com 1/19/5 ["The report reflects growing fears in the Pentagon about China's long-term development. Many Pentagon analysts believe China's military buildup is taking place faster than earlier estimates, and that China will use its power to project force and undermine U.S. and regional security.  ...China was seeking to use commercial port facilities around the world to control strategic "chokepoints."  ...Panama Canal"]
 Leading rabbis rule Temple Mount is off-limits to Jews haaretz.com 1/19/5 ["we have lost the exact location of the Temple, and anyone entering the Mount could unwittingly enter the area of the Temple and the Holy of Holies."]
 Canadian Armed Forces Permit Gay 'Marriages' at Military Bases lifesite.net 1/19/5 ["the new “interim” guidelines are for use only until the federal Liberals bring in new same-sex “marriage” legislation expected next month."]
 Global poll slams Bush leadership news.bbc.co.uk 1/19/5 ["Only three countries - India, Poland and the Philippines - out of 21 polled believed the world was now safer.  The survey found that 47% of the 21,953 people questioned now see US influence in the world as largely negative, and view Americans negatively as well. "]
 Tsunami death toll rises to over 226,000 swissinfo.org 1/19/5 ["after
Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of tens of thousands of people previously listed as missing."]
 

 Bush won't push for gay marriage ban in Senate news.yahoo.com 1/18/5 ["a stance certain to anger the social conservatives who helped re-elect him."]
 Pennsylvania School District First in US to Offer Alternative to Debunked Darwinian Evolution lifesite.net 1/18/5 ["The small town of Dover, Pennsylvania today became the first school district in the nation to officially inform students of the theory of Intelligent Design, as an alternative to Darwin's theory of Evolution.  ...a November 2004 CBS Poll showed that nearly two-thirds of Americans said they favored teaching creationism alongside evolution in schools."]
 Disaster Looms for Megacities, UN Official Says reuters.co.uk 1/18/5 ["Megacities have a population of 10 million or more and a dense concentration of people, many of them in slums."]
 Iran Says It Has Military Might to Deter Attack abcnews.go.com 1/18/5 ["Russia defended Iran, its key nuclear energy market in the Middle East, where it has been building a nuclear reactor since the early 1990s in a $1-billion project."]
 Christians Wary of Bias at Philly 5 Case christianpost.com 1/18/5 ["Daniel Green, one of the Christians still facing up to 47 years in prison, stated that the police arrested the Christians after a justice department lawyer advised them to do so. Chief Tiano of Civil Affairs in Philadelphia made the arrest."]
 Abortion Providers Predict Increase in Desperation usnewswire.com 1/18/5 [pro-death perspective]
 Russian men attempt gay marriage news.bbc.co.uk 1/18/5 ["They did not expect to succeed, but sought legal grounds to challenge the Russian Family Code, which forbids gay marriages.  ...Male homosexuality was a criminal offence in Russia until 1993. Calls to reimpose the ban are often heard in the Russian parliament."]
 Doubts over EU policy on China arms sales news.ft.com 1/18/5 ["The European Union almost doubled its arms sales to China between 2002 and 2003, raising questions about the EU's insistence it has no intention of increasing sales once it lifts its arms embargo on Beijing."]
 

 New York Lawmakers Want $1 Billion for Embryonic Stem Cell Research lifenews.com 1/17/5 ["to keep up with California, where voters recently approved using $6 billion in taxpayer funds for embryonic research and human cloning."]
 Sweden's Conviction of Pastor for Preaching on Homosexuality Violates International Law lifesite.net 1/17/5 ["Pastor Ake Green was sentenced to one month in jail for a sermon he preached to his congregation in 2003 on Biblical texts addressing homosexuality. The sermon was later printed in a local newspaper and Green was prosecuted on the basis that his sermon offended Sweden's homosexual community."]
 'Jane Roe' appeals to Supreme Court worldnetdaily.com 1/17/5 ["The woman known as "Roe" in the landmark case that struck down all state laws restricting abortion has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its 1973 decision.  ...Among McCorvey's 5,437 pages of evidence are affidavits from more than 1,000 women who testify having an abortion has had devastating emotional, physical and psychological effects."]
 Abortion Rights Subject Of Films ctnow.com 1/17/5 ["The festival, marking the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion...  Organizers say the festival's goal is to educate viewers and to urge them to become activists on behalf of reproductive rights. "]
 German School Official Declares "Homeschooling Illegal" lifesite.net 1/17/5 ["County education director Heinz Kohler dismissed the families' beliefs, stating, "you and your children are not living in isolation on some island but rather in an environment posing intra- and extracurricular situations where you'll have to accept that your world view will be curtailed.""]
 Japan maps plan to defend southern islands against military attack: report spacewar.com 1/17/5 ["The plan calls for the dispatch of 55,000 troops as well as warplanes, destroyers and submarines from Japan's main islands in the event of an attack on Okinawa and other remote islands  ...In November Japan made public its new defense guidelines which explicitly point to China as a potential threat for the first time along with North Korea."]
 Tight security surrounds hajj pilgrims abc.net.au 1/17/5 ["Some 2 million Muslims from across the world have converged on the holy city of Mecca amid razer-sharp Saudi security to perform the hajj pilgrimage"]
 Gun surrender program planned cleveland.com 1/17/5 ["Cleveland churches, police stations to be drop-off sites next month"]
 Africa's unpayable debts should be wiped: UK abc.net.au 1/17/5 ["The African finance ministers are reviewing a draft report by Prime Minister Tony Blair's Commission for Africa, which is to be released in March.  ...Britain is hoping to use its presidency of the Group of Eight (G8) club of rich countries to push for a modern-day Marshall Plan delivering full debt relief, trade benefits and financial assistance for the world's poorest countries."]
 

 Parent Upset Over Mass. School's Pink Triangle Program agapepress.org 1/16/5 ["She notes that the State DOE permitted the rainbow flag to go on flying over the school, despite complaints from parents who objected to the political and sexual messages it conveyed. And now, the appearance of the pink triangle stickers is once again indicating the school system's apparent complicity in efforts to promote homosexuality to youngsters."]
 Bush: Voters Ratified Iraq Policy cbsnews.com 1/16/5 ["President Bush says his re-election proves Americans agree with his decision to invade Iraq, and that as a result, there's no need to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes made in planning for the war, or its aftermath"]
 U.S. mulls losing oil supplies from Venezuela msnbc.msn.com 1/16/5 ["Although another strike is not seen as likely, Mr. Chávez has since warned that he would send “not one more drop” of oil to the U.S. if Washington sought to oust him."]
 Tsunami raises prophecy questions for Christians al.com 1/16/5 [""]
 

 Secret Documents Show Health Canada Investigating Provinces on Abortion Provision lifesite.net 1/15/5 ["The government has previously admitted that it is not aware of any studies proving that abortions are medically necessary. The Canadian Abortion Rights Action League has admitted that abortions are mosty abortions are committed for “socio-economic reasons”."]
 United Nations Grants National Abortion Federation NGO Status lifesite.net 1/15/5 ["Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended 22 new NGOs for consultative status last week  ...means that NAF will have a greater voice at the UN: organizations that have consultative status can attend meetings of the Council, circulate statements, speak at meetings and propose items for the Council’s agenda."]
 More Teens 'Hook Up' agapepress.org 1/15/5 ["The College of New Jersey defines hooking up as "petting below the waist, oral sex or intercourse" between two people who have no intentions of further communicating with each other beyond their one-time physical encounter."]
 Retiree protests spread across Russia seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/15/5 ["A thousand retired people tried to block the road to a Moscow airport Saturday as 10,000 others jammed the avenues in President Vladimir Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg to voice their anger over a law that stripped them of some key welfare benefits. It was the largest show of discontent since the Kremlin leader took power nearly five years ago."]
 FBI Keeping Records on Pre-9/11 Travelers apnews.myway.com 1/15/5 ["keeping 257.5 million records on people who flew on commercial airlines from June through September 2001 in its permanent investigative database"]
 Touchy subject of royal links with Nazi Germany thisislondon.com 1/15/5 ["The ex-King Edward VIII and his wife were known sympathisers of the Nazis and their policies, a feeling shared by a large number of British aristocrats who admired the way Hitler was dealing with the Communists."]
 Iraq:  Travel to be limited during vote theaustralian.news.com.au 1/15/5 ["inside cities and across the country."]
 Christian soldiers keep their powder dry even after Jerry's offensive news.ft.com 1/15/5 ["Surveys suggest the Christian label is one most people adopt as a cultural rather than a religious description.  ...The apparently contradictory evidence that a nation of Christians does not believe in God is supported by the steady erosion in church attendance over the past century. Fewer than 1m adults went to a Church of England service on a weekly basis last year, compared with an estimated Sunday attendance of about 1.6m in 1968 when modern record- keeping of attendances began."]
 

 Natural Disasters Pose Greater Global Threat Than War and Terrorism, U.N. Humanitarian Chief Says ap.tbo.com 1/14/5 [""This is an underestimated problem in the world," Jan Egeland said Thursday. "Of course, security and terrorism and war are big problems. Natural disasters are much bigger problems if you talk about the number of people affected."  Egeland said 250 million lives are "devastated every year because of natural disasters." "]
 Indonesia Welcomed U.S. 'With Open Arms' - Wolfowitz wireservice.wired.com 1/14/5 [" Wolfowitz said he understood that it was difficult for any country to have foreign troops on its soil.  "It would be sensitive in the United States, and I can tell you that it is extremely sensitive in Indonesia," he said."]
 Indonesia Muslims Warn Against Evangelism abcnews.go.com 1/14/5 ["At Friday prayers in the main mosque of Banda Aceh, the provincial capital, a Muslim leader warned against any attempt by Christian aid workers to evangelize among tsunami survivors. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, and Aceh is particularly conservative."]
 US and Israel Warn Russia on 'Alexander' Rocket Sales  zaman.com 1/14/5 ["The rockets have a 280-km shooting range and the capacity to hit the entire Israeli territory including Dimona Nuclear Central in the Najaf Desert."]
 Aberdeen: Local board members needed aberdeennews.com 1/14/5 ["The Selective Service System is looking for men and women to serve as members of local boards that are currently in a standby mode.  ...If a military draft becomes necessary, approximately 2,000 local and appeal boards throughout the nation would decide which young men in each community receive deferments, postponements or exemptions from military service, based on federal guidelines and community standards."]
 Hold the elections, then get out guardian.co.uk 1/14/5 ["A two-year search by 1,000 personnel with a budget of $1bn has found zero threat: no weapons stockpiles; no chemical or biological agents; no nuclear plants; no delivery systems. When Tony Blair was obliged to admit last summer that he could find no weapons, he promised to produce weapons programmes. Now the search has been closed down by Washington without uncovering any such programmes either."]
 MTV's Gay Channel Held Back to Summer reuters.com 1/14/5 ["The Viacom-owned cable giant initially had projected a launch date of Feb. 17, but the new target is June 30. By then, the channel should launch with an initial subscriber base of at least 10 million cable households."]
 Bush May Raise Pell Grant Award guardian.co.uk 1/14/5 ["Bush pledged to seek a 12 percent increase in the awards over five years, which would cost $15 billion.  ...Bush offered few details but said he would pay for both the higher grant limits and the deficit payoff with changes in the government's student loan programs."]
 UN assesses tsunami food shortages nature.com 1/14/5 ["Many people are unable to buy food because they have lost their income and livelihoods. And local food production took a hit when boats and fisheries were destroyed and agricultural land flooded.  Because emergency food packages are just a temporary solution, the FAO is recommending that international aid be directed, as soon as possible, towards longer term goals."]
 

 Judge Rejects Georgia School Board Evolution Stand reuters.com 1/13/5 ["on the grounds that they violated the U.S. Constitution.  In a ruling issued in Atlanta, U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said Cobb County's school board had violated the constitutional ban on the separation of church and state when it put the disclaimers on biology books in 2002.   ...The Georgia school board, which introduced the stickers at the behest of hundreds of parents"]
 Two tidal waves: tsunami and abortion townhall.com 1/13/5 ["Almost no women choose abortion. Almost all women naturally want to produce life, and they only "choose" abortion when they feel they have no choice."]
 Tsunami, knowledge and wisdom star-techcentral.com 1/13/5 [" Some current technology could have helped here. Here's one possible scenario: The VeriChip is about the size of a grain of rice, virtually undetectable and practically indestructible once inserted under the skin – usually in your right hand or forehead."]
 Ending Abortion Would Save Social Security, Group Argues cnsnews.com 1/13/5 ["since 1973, more than 50 million babies have been killed through abortion.  "Those are the very babies that, today, would be living, working -- and paying into Social Security," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.   ...The ad challenges the federal government to pull its multi-million dollar annual subsidy of Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, and other abortion-promoting entities."]
 United Nations Says It Is Still Feeding More Than 1 Million Tsunami Survivors ap.tbo.com 1/13/5 [""]
 

 European Parliament Endorses EU Constitution abcnews.go.com 1/12/5 ["but the treaty will only come into force if all 25 member states ratify it, several by referendums.  ...Although it largely consolidates existing treaties, enshrining the long-standing principle that EU law overrides national legislation, opponents see it as another step toward an eventual "European superstate.""]
 Bush Outlines High School Student Plans guardian.co.uk 1/12/5 ["Bush said his high school plan, a mix of consolidated programs and new money, would cost $1.5 billion. It may be squeezed fast, with a record deficit limiting domestic spending."]
 Iraq War Topping $5.8 Billion A Month military.com 1/12/5 ["That is nearly a 50 percent increase above the $4 billion-a-month benchmark the Pentagon has used to estimate the cost of the war so far."]
 US halts quest for Iraqi WMDs news.com.au 1/12/5 ["one of its key reasons for invading the country"]
 Hear ye, hear ye: Sanhedrin seeks David's scion as kin jpost.com 1/12/5 ["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.  ...For the past several years a group called the Monarchists has conducted extensive research into the lineage of several families in an effort to discover who has the closest bloodline to the biblical King David – a requirement for any future Jewish king."]
 Israel Opposes 'Russia-Syria Missile Deal' -Reports reuters.com 1/12/5 ["Channel Two said Russia planned to sell Syria arms including an unspecified number of SA-18 shoulder-fired missiles, which could threaten Israeli aircraft over Syria and southern Lebanon.  The Russian daily Kommersant said the sale included Iskander-E ground-to-ground missiles, which would bring most of Israel into Syria's range. "]
 Homeland top job to Patriot Act architect theage.com.au 1/12/5 ["But the American Civil Liberties Union -- while stating that it took no position on the nomination -- queried it, noting Chertoff was an architect of the USA Patriot Act "which has come under increasing fire from conservatives and progressives alike since its passage in 2001"."]
 NARAL Cites Flawed Poll to Claim Most Women Back Abortion lifenews.com 1/12/5 ["NARAL may have relied on the flawed AP poll to make its case because recent polls of women's attitudes on abortion find a majority are pro-life.  ...A September 2003 survey conducted by the Polling Company found 54 percent of women selected one of three different pro-life views opposing all or almost all abortions. Only 39 percent backed abortion."]
 Report: U.S. losing more jobs to China cbs.marketwatch.com 1/12/5 ["The United States lost nearly 1.5 million jobs between 1989 and 2003 because of increased trade with China, according to the report, which was released Tuesday."]
 Dollar slides on record U.S. deficit cbs.marketwatch.com 1/12/5 ["But the U.S. trade deficit reached an all-time high of $60.3 billion, the Commerce Department said. Economists polled by CBS MarketWatch expected the deficit to narrow to $53.3 billion.  "Both imports and exports fell but the decline in exports certainly surprised analysts, demonstrating that the lower dollar does not yet have the desired impact"]
 Children at risk from mobile radiation vnunet.com 1/12/5 ["Although the NRPB study concludes that there is no hard evidence at present that the health of the public is being affected adversely by the use of mobile phones, it cautions that "uncertainties remain and a continued precautionary approach" to their use is recommended until further research can be conducted to clarify the dangers."]
 

 Bush Picks Ex-Prosecutor for Homeland Post abcnews.go.com 1/11/5 ["Bush Picks Former Prosecutor Who Helped Craft Early War on Terror Strategy for Homeland Post  ...The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that as an architect of the act, Chertoff seemed to view the Bill of Rights "as an obstacle to national security rather than a guidebook for how to do security properly.""]
 Consumer Reports advocates abortion worldnetdaily.com 1/11/5 ["Trusted magazine analyzes condoms, refers readers to Planned Parenthood to eliminate 'uterine contents'"]
 Dollar Drops After Snow Suggests U.S. Won't Try to Halt Decline bloomberg.com 1/11/5 ["Exchange rates are best set by markets, Snow said late yesterday, failing to repeat a Jan. 7 remark that the Bush administration wants to ``sustain the strength'' of the dollar. Last week's comment helped spur the currency's second-biggest weekly gain ever against the euro. The dollar fell for a third straight year in 2004."]
 Illinois House passes gay rights bill seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/11/5 ["The measure would add "sexual orientation" to the state law that protects people from bias based on race, religion and similar traits. It applies to discrimination in such areas as jobs and housing.  Opponents argued it would lead to approval of gay marriage and allow cross-dressers to use rest rooms of the opposite sex."]
 Polio vaccination launched across Sudan targeting 6 million children sudantribune.com 1/11/5 ["The three-day nationwide immunization program is being coordinated by the Sudanese Health Ministry, World Health Organization and the United Nations children fund, UNICEF, and follows the re-emergence of the disease last year after it was eradicated in April 2001."]
 Taiwan unveils locally made armoured vehicle thestar.com.my 1/11/5 ["...that will be used in the island's defences against a possible Chinese attack."]
 

 Congress passes `doomsday' plan bostonherald.com 1/10/5 ["With no fanfare, the U.S. House has passed a controversial doomsday provision that would allow a handful of lawmakers to run Congress if a terrorist attack or major disaster killed or incapacitated large numbers of congressmen.   ...``Changing what constitutes a quorum in this way would allow less than a dozen lawmakers to declare war on another nation,'' Baird said. "]
 New Look Tickets; Availability Of Washington's Bible kotv.com 1/10/5 ["President Bush won't be using one of the nation's most historic Bibles during his swearing-in ceremony, but it will be close by if he changes his mind.   ...Bush was supposed to swear his oath of office on the nine-pound, 238-year-old King James Bible at his first inauguration in 2001, but bad weather prevented him from using it. Officials at the Manhattan-based St. John's Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons _ which owns the Bible"]
 Where is God? floridatoday.com 1/10/5 ["Tsunami leaves many questioning their religious faith  ...He says this tragedy, in which many of the victims were Muslim, could bring a divided world closer."]
 Authors of Finnish Study Fail to Report Relationship Between Increased Suicides and Abortion lifesite.net 1/10/5 ["showed in previous research that a post-abortive woman abortion is 6 times more likely to die from suicide (intentional injury) than women who give birth, and 3 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population."]
 Green Bay: Police Begin Fingerprinting on Traffic Stops wbay.com 1/10/5 ["Police say it's meant to protect you -- in case the person they're citing isn't who they claim to be. But not everyone is sold on that explanation."]
 World On Brink Of Ruin forbes.com 1/10/5 ["Roach says that when Greenspan steps down as chairman of the Federal Reserve next year, he will leave behind a record foreign deficit and a generation of Americans with little savings and mountains of debt. Americans, Roach says, are far too dependent on the value of their assets, especially their homes, rather than on income-based savings; they are running a huge current-account deficit; and much of the resulting debt is now held by foreign countries, especially in Asia, which permits low interest rates and entices Americans into more debt.  "]
 Supreme Court lets stand Fla. ban on homosexual adoption bpnews.net 1/10/5 ["While Florida, Mississippi and Utah all prohibit homosexual couples from adopting, Florida goes a step further by preventing homosexual singles from adopting."]
 Defenders of the faith raise fear of fundamentalism telegraph.co.uk 1/10/5 ["The placard- and Bible-wielding campaigners who turned up to pray and symbolically burn their licence fees outside BBC buildings may have represented an extreme fringe, but they also reflected a simmering frustration in the wider Christian community."]
 Bishop sanctions service for gays timesonline.co.uk 1/10/5 ["A SENIOR Anglican bishop has commissioned the Church of England’s first official service to recognise gay couples and cohabiting heterosexuals."]
 

 Hitler Youth's roots, branches revealed denverpost.com 1/9/5 ["while the generation loosely collected under the term "Hitler Youth" cannot completely escape culpability for the Hitler regime, moral guilt cannot be laid on wholesale. Ultimately, it was the political-social system their elders handed them that determined the way they would go."]
 Bishop sorry for abortion, Holocaust comparison haaretz.com 1/9/5 ["First Herod, who had the children of Bethlehem killed, then, among others, under Hitler and Stalin, who had millions of people exterminated, and today, in our times, millions of unborn children are killed"]
 Dutch euthanasia law should apply to patients "suffering through living," report says bmj.bmjjournals.com 1/9/5 ["concludes a three year inquiry commissioned by the Royal Dutch Medical Association.  ...The Dutch euthanasia law does not specifically state that a patient must have a physical or mental condition, only that a patient must be "suffering hopelessly and unbearably.""]
 Massive Tsunami Feeding Program Announced apnews.myway.com 1/9/5 ["Staggered by the scale of the disaster, aid officials announced plans to feed as many as 2 million survivors each day for the next six months  ...World Food Program"]
 Floods of tears haaretz.com 1/9/5 ["Some biblical insight into why natural catastrophes occur  ...Amos began prophesying "two years before the earthquake" (Amos 1:1), that is, "the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah" (Zechariah 14:5)."]
 Syndicate Drops Commentator Over Payments abcnews.go.com 1/9/5 ["A conservative columnist has been dropped by a major syndication service because he accepted a payment from the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind law to fellow blacks and to give the education secretary media time."]
 

 'Hitler's Hit Parade' shows Nazi side of pop culture chron.com 1/8/5 ["shows how the Nazis relied on escapist entertainment to promote their murderous ideology and bolster the veneer of normalcy  ...Portraying themselves as protectors of German traditions and historic continuity, the Nazis promised law and order and national respect at a time of economic despair when Hitler came to power in 1933. Lighthearted entertainment was allowed to flourish to distract Germans from harsh realities of totalitarianism.  ...crammed with code words like "fate" and "homeland"   ...The film shows "how dangerously tempting and engaging the general mood of an era can be,  ...serves as a warning to "recognize the true, hidden meanings before believing" in the brave new world promised in Nazi rhetoric."]
 Dollar Rises After Snow Stresses Need to Cut Budget Deficit bloomberg.com 1/8/5 ["A wider deficit means more dollars need to be converted to other currencies to pay for imports. The U.S. also had a record $412 billion federal budget deficit for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30.  ...Talk Is Cheap"]
 Disaster, Redemption and the Tsunami israelnationalnews.com 1/8/5 ["The venerated Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, considered Israel's leading Kabbalist rabbi, was quoted in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper on Dec. 12 as saying  ...in the coming three years, uncertainty about the future will hang over our heads, unless we work and strive that the Messiah be revealed. The Messiah is already [here] in Israel. Whatever people are sure will not happen, is liable to happen, and whatever we are certain will happen may disappoint us.   ...Another sage, Rabbi Chaim Kanevsky of Bnei Brak, was quoted in Yediot in the same article as saying that we are verily in the period of the beginning of the Redemption period, and that the Messiah could be revealed at any moment."]
 Nation's Schools Leave Many Behind: PFLAG Study Finds Gay Students' Needs Largely Ignored usnewswire.com 1/8/5 [""Our findings help explain why so many people still hold on to damaging old fictions and profound misunderstandings about our GLBT family members and friends," said Ron Schlittler, PFLAG's executive director. "Misinformation goes unchallenged because accurate information is virtually banned in our schools."]
 Treasuries Fail to Rise; Economy Adds Fewer Jobs Than Forecast bloomberg.com 1/8/5 ["U.S. Treasury notes failed to rise after a government report showed the economy added less jobs than forecast last month."]
 Atheist sues to ban hand on Bible washingtontimes.com 1/8/5 ["The California lawyer who tried to have the phrase "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance now wants to legally prevent President Bush from placing his hand on a Bible while being sworn in at his inauguration."]
 China cracks down on phone sex chinadaily.com.cn 1/8/5 ["This depraves social morals, and especially brings great harm to the country's young minds," added Wang, saying the move would clean up the country's paid call service and ensure a wholesome development of the market."]
 Powell Ducks Question on Sudan Genocide washingtonpost.com 1/8/5 ["Secretary of State Colin L. Powell declined to say Saturday whether Sudan is still committing genocide as part of a campaign of rapes, killings and other abuses by government-sponsored Arab militias that has left 1.2 million black Africans homeless in the Darfur region."]
 

 

 Reservists may face longer tours of duty msnbc.msn.com 1/7/5 ["Army leaders are considering seeking a change in Pentagon policy that would allow for longer and more frequent call-ups of some reservists to meet the demands of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan ...the official also said, a temporary increase of 30,000 troops in active-duty ranks that was authorized last year will probably need to be made permanent, especially if U.S. troop levels in Iraq remain high. ...significant troop levels may be required in Iraq for four or five more years."]
 German Cardinal Compares Abortion to Holocaust dw-world.de 1/7/5 [""People ask how God could allow this flood," Rüß said in his sermon for the flood victims, "but maybe the Catholic church is right when it says 'what are you complaining about?', 200,000 children are aborted each year in Germany."]
 China to Make Sex-Selective Abortions a Crime reuters.com 1/7/5 ["China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female fetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since a one-child policy was introduced more than 20 years ago."]
 Ore: Death penalty bills bring abortion into spotlight oregonlive.com 1/7/5 ["Sponsors of competing bills that would make people who kill pregnant women subject to the death penalty are clashing over how to classify an unborn child."]
 Inauguration committee backpedals on Kid Rock worldnetdaily.com 1/7/5 ["Despite press reports originating in the New York Times that rock-rapper Kid Rock would perform at the Bush inauguration, the Presidential Inauguration Committee now says the vulgar entertainer is "not confirmed" to appear at the celebration's youth concert.  ...The Detroit-based rapper, who dedicated his first album to songs about oral sex and who was voted the Sluttiest Male Celebrity at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards  ...So, is the committee hoping to get the rapper confirmed?"]
 US Pledges Increased Aid to Sri Lanka's Tsunami Victims voanews.com 1/7/5 ["Colin Powell says the United States has pledged an additional $10 million to Sri Lankan victims of last month's tsunami.  He made the promise after visiting parts of the country devastated by the deadly waves."]
 Attorney General Nominee Gonzales Defends Terror Suspect Advice, Pledges to Prosecute Abusers ap.tbo.com 1/7/5 ["During his testimony, Gonzales also:  ...-Supported the Patriot Act, the government's post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism bill.  ...-Pledged support for Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision affirming a woman's right to an abortion. "As far as I'm concerned, it is the law of the land and I will enforce it," he said."]
 Indonesia Starts Building Refugee Camps apnews.myway.com 1/7/5 ["The United Nations said Wednesday that camps for up to 500,000 tsunami refugees will be built on devastated Sumatra island, while world leaders headed to Indonesia to discuss how to distribute billions of dollars in aid.  ..bottlenecks at overcrowded hospitals."]
 

 U.S. to deploy 35,000 troops in Baghdad for elections cnn.com 1/6/5 ["The major general predicted the security situation in Baghdad will improve by the time elections are held, although he said attacks probably will increase leading up to January 30."]
 US Army reserves a broken force: top general smh.com.au 1/6/5 ["The Reserve commander, Lieutenant-General James Helmly, wrote in a memorandum to the army chief-of-staff, General Peter Schoomaker, that the part-time corps is "rapidly degenerating into a broken force".  ...the memo said, the Reserves are "in grave danger of being unable to meet other operational requirements", including those specified in other emergency plans in the US and abroad."]
 U.S. to unveil National Response Plan newsobserver.com 1/6/5 ["The National Response Plan, being unveiled Thursday afternoon, gives local responders the main responsibility for managing emergencies, with the federal government intervening only when the incident exceeds local or state capabilities."]
 Bush quake aid group to be dissolved news.ft.com 1/6/5 ["The “core group” of nations announced by US President George W. Bush to channel aid to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami will be dissolved on Thursday after only eight days as the United Nations takes control of the international relief effort, delegates to a donors summit said on Wednesday."]
 UNFPA [UN Population Fund] Elusive About Abortion Aid for Tsunami Victims michnews.com 1/6/5 ["in press releases on its tsunami relief activities, UNFPA steers clear of directly stating that it provides contraceptives or abortion aids. UNFPA may be responding to past public criticism after disclosures that it was providing such supplies."]
 Britain puts debt relief at heart of new 'Marshall Plan' news.yahoo.com 1/6/5 ["Britain will use its presidency of the G8 group of industrialized nations to push for a modern day Marshall Plan delivering full debt cancellation, trade benefits and financial assistance for the world's poorest countries, finance minister Gordon Brown said.  ... Brown renewed his call for the world's richest countries to cancel the 80 billion dollars of debts owed by poor nations to the IMF, the World Bank and the African Development Bank."]
 Brethren Agree to Revive 'Alternative Service' Draft Programs beliefnet.com 1/6/5 ["Leaders of the Church of the Brethren say they will follow through on a request from the Selective Service to have "alternative service" programs in place for conscientious objectors if a draft is reinstated."]
 License-plate scanners lead to recovery of stolen vehicles toledoblade.com 1/6/5 ["For the test, Automatic Plate Recognition scanners were mounted at the turnpike's entrance plazas near the Pennsylvania and Indiana borders and in two state patrol cruisers. The devices scanned all license plates and compared the results with lists of vehicles "wanted" because they were reported stolen, the license plates were reported stolen, or authorities had arrest warrants for the registered owners."]
 Dollar's fall aids international funds news.yahoo.com 1/6/5 ["For most international funds, the biggest helper in 2004 was the falling value of the dollar on international currency markets. It took $1.26 to buy a euro at the start of 2004. By the end of the year, a euro cost $1.35. Had you converted $10,000 to euros at the start of last year and changed them back to dollars on Dec. 31, you would have had $10,774, or a 7.7% gain."]
 

 

 U.S. attorneys complicit in arrest of Christians? worldnetdaily.com 1/5/5 ["Source says homosexual government lawyers advised Philadelphia police at 'OutFest' event  ...Charges were dropped against six of the 11 Christians, apparently because they were not seen quoting Scripture on the videotape.  The ethnic intimidation charge stems from Pennsylvania's "hate crimes" law – to which the newest "victim" category of "sexual orientation" was recently added. "]
 Digitized prints can point finger at innocent news.yahoo.com 1/5/5 ["a digital fingerprint provides less complete detail than a traditional photographic image. That matters little with pictures from the family vacation. But when the digital image is of a fingerprint, the lack of precision raises the specter of false identifications in criminal cases."]
 North Korean manual orders citizens to prepare for war with U-S kfor.com 1/5/5 ["The 33-page manual orders North Koreans to be ready to move to underground bunkers and to take along weapons, food and portraits of their leader, Kim Jong Il."]
 Bosses keep sharp eye on mobile workers via GPS usatoday.com 1/5/5 ["But using GPS to track workers and vehicles is catching on with a growing number of business and government employers, bent on improving productivity and customer service, and keeping tabs on labor costs.   ...In Boston, 200 snowplow operators staged a protest last winter after the Massachusetts Highway Department said it would require all such independent contractors to begin carrying cell phones with GPS, as a way to track their efficiency. The city's school bus drivers also objected to a plan to install the receivers after a spate of complaints about late pickups."]
 Tsunami relief effort stretches U.S. military resources wpherald.com 1/5/5 ["The deployment also comes as the military is being pressed to keep 150,000 troops in Iraq and about 20,000 in Afghanistan ...Using emergency powers, the Army has increased the active ranks by more than 30,000 soldiers, to an active force of 500,000.   ...These assets also have a main purpose of deterring aggression by China against the Republic of China (Taiwan) and by North Korea against South Korea."]
 More than a million Americans lost their jobs in 2004 busrep.co.za 1/5/5 ["for the fourth straight year"]
 New York City Council passes legislation on liability of gun manufacturers, dealers newsday.com 1/5/5 ["The City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow crime victims to sue gun manufacturers and dealers who do not follow a set of selling and distribution guidelines. "]
 China reshuffles top navy officers amid Taiwan tensions: report spacewar.com 1/5/5 ["in a move apparently aimed at strengthening its force targeting Taiwanese waters, a Hong Kong report said Wednesday."]
 Pentagon foresees need to send more help to disaster area freep.com 1/5/5 ["The White House, meanwhile, said Tuesday that President Bush ordered the Pentagon to provide $65 million of "defense articles and services" as disaster assistance to Indonesia, Thailand"]
 

 

 EU Commissioner to propose disaster corps - paper alertnet.org 1/4/5 ["The European Union is mulling the creation of a 5,000-strong "crisis management corps" to deal with disasters such as the Asian tsunamis, the EU's external relations Commissioner told the Financial Times on Tuesday.  ...Such a crisis management corps could be composed of about 5,000 experts identified beforehand by national governments, who would be exercised and trained, and placed under central co-ordination when on call."]
 Taiwan scientists say placenta could provide alternative to stem cells hindustantimes.com 1/4/5 ["The team isolated "multipotent" cells from the placenta which they described as a "new type of cells" between embryonic and adult stem cells.  The new cells are called placenta-derived multipotent cells (PDMCs)."]
 Single government ID moves closer to reality azcentral.com 1/4/5 ["Federal officials are developing government-wide identification card standards for federal employees and contractors to prevent terrorists, criminals and other unauthorized people from getting into government buildings and computer systems.   ...replace the existing piecemeal system of agency-level ID cards with "smart cards" that are hard to counterfeit   ...For example, an agency might seize upon this technology as a means to track employees as they move throughout a building  ...track visits to particular sites such as the union office, Employee Assistance Program offices and the inspector general's office."]
 Philadelphia accused of 'abuse of power'  worldnetdaily.com 1/4/5 ["Attorney of arrested Christians defends action at homosexual event"]
 Archbishop of Canterbury admits: This makes me doubt the existence of God telegraph.co.uk 1/4/5 ["How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?"  editor: how would you answer him?]
 Iraq war may cost $100 billion this year detnews.com 1/4/5 ["It would be the third and largest Iraq-related request from the White House yet and could push the total cost of the Iraq war over $200 billion - far above the initial White House estimates of $50 billion to $60 billion. So far, the Iraq war has cost about $130 billion.  ...the record $413 billion federal budget deficit."]
 Voters Stand Firm as Bush Campaign Asks Judge to Throw Out Ohio Election Challenge ap.tbo.com 1/4/5 ["Bush's re-election campaign responded Monday with its own court filing, saying the challenge resembled "a poorly drafted script for a late night conspiracy-theory movie.""]
 Researcher Says Children's 'Tolerance' Video Promotes Homosexuality headlines.agapepress.org 1/4/5 ["a music video remake of the 1970s song "We Are Family" that is designed to promote diversity and tolerance in the classroom. A special DVD version will be distributed to 61,000 public and private elementary schools nationwide, along with lesson plans for teachers.   ...When you go to the We Are Family Foundation website, there is a 'tolerance pledge' that children and others are encouraged to sign, which includes sexual orientation"]
 

 Bush urged to 'pull a Reagan' at inauguration worldnetdaily.com 1/3/5 ["for his first inauguration in 2001, the president requested the use of George Washington's Masonic Bible.  Bush's father, George H. W. Bush, had used the Washington Bible during his inauguration in 1989. But in 2001, due to a snowstorm, the Bible could not be delivered in time for the ceremony, and the 43rd president was sworn in with a closed family Bible. "]
 Europe 'will have to act on dollar' telegraph.co.uk 1/3/5 ["The Bank will either drastically increase the number of euro banknotes in circulation or cut interest rates to prevent the currency pushing much further above the $1.40 mark  ...Currency traders said they expected the dollar to plunge further in the new year, weighed down by concerns about the size of the US budget and current account deficits. Although President Bush pledged to remedy both, economists expect the balance on the current account to worsen, further eroding the dollar's strength."]
 South Dakota Governor Would Sign Legislation Making Abortion Illegal lifenews.com 1/3/5 ["If the South Dakota state legislature can put together a bill banning abortions that looks good to Governor Mike Rounds, he says he will sign it.   ...Pro-life groups were divided over the 2004 bill, with some supporting it and others concerned that the current pro-abortion Supreme Court would overturn it and create more pro-Roe legal precedent."]
 Euro Trash slate.msn.com 1/3/5 ["Even drug dealers are giving up on the dollar."]
 San Francisco Considers Handgun Ban foxnews.com 1/3/5 ["Despite state laws that prevent local governments from banning handguns, the city believes doing just that will stem a wave of homicides that's left 87 people dead this year.   ...Washington, D.C., banned handguns in response to its skyrocketing homicide rate in 1976. But nearly three decades later, it had more murders per capita than any other city its size."]
 Extensive oversight of Homeland Security washingtontimes.com 1/3/5 ["The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is hampered by having to report to 88 congressional committees and subcommittees  ...perhaps the single largest obstacle impeding the department's successful development"]
 Time not on tsunami victims' side as world launches new aid push turkishpress.com 1/3/5 [""We're beginning to see real psychological problems among many of the survivors. People going into shock, basically," he said.  ...The United Nations and aid groups warned that the threat of a major outbreak of disease such as cholera or diarrhoea could claim tens of thousands more lives.  ...The scale of the tsunami tragedy led aid group World Vision Australia to liken the destruction to the Second World War and call for a type of Marshall Plan, under which the United States contributed today's equivalent of roughly 100 billion US dollars toward post World War II reconstruction of Europe."]
 India says outsourcing jobs good for U.S. washingtontimes.com 1/3/5 ["though U.S. President Bush, who backs outsourcing, won the November election, the issue dominated the campaign.  ..."The American people will find it less difficult to accept outsourcing if India helps generate more American jobs by supporting trade liberalization in the World Trade Organization and further opening its markets to U.S. exports," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said"]
 

  US plans detention for life heraldsun.news.com.au 1/2/5 ["Administration is planning for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts.  ...plans to ask the US Congress for $32.1 million to build a 200-bed jail to hold detainees who are unlikely to go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence"]
 6 500 tourists still missing news24.com 1/2/5 ["Thai officials have inserted microchips in bodies so they can be traced from among heaps of corpses if necessary.  "All the bodies will be numbered," said police Colonel Pornprasert Kanchanarin. "We have put microchips into 2 000 bodies already and we have refrigerated them.  "It will help us later to know which body is where and avoid opening all the bags in a container before finding the right one." "]
 New Army Recruits Pre-Programmed for Violence? military.com 1/2/5 ["Why is that? Is it possible that we are now getting recruits that have been pre-programmed by American society? Of course it is! Take violence for example. According to Abelard.org “The average American child will have watched 100,000 acts of televised violence, including 8,000 depictions of murder, by the time he or she finishes the sixth grade (approximately 13 years old).”  ...The level of during Saturday morning cartoons is higher than the level of violence during prime time programming. There are 3 to 5 violent acts per hour in prime time vs. 20 to 25 violent acts per hour on Saturday morning.   ...The study also shows a five-fold increase in aggressive behavior from less than an hour to three or more hours of TV watching."]
 U.S. Tsunami Aid May Be Billions of Dollars - GOP Senator reuters.com 1/2/5 ["The $350 million in aid pledged so far by President Bush represents the entire U.S. foreign disaster assistance budget, and Congress will work to pass emergency legislation to go "well beyond" that figure, said U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  ...The U.S. Congress passed $13.6 billion in domestic disaster aid last October, mostly for Florida"]
 U.S. Top Judge Concerned About Criticism of Judges reuters.com 1/2/5 [""At the same time, there have been suggestions to impeach federal judges who issue decisions regarded by some as out of the mainstream," he said.  "And there were several bills introduced in the last Congress that would limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts to decide constitutional challenges to certain kinds of government action."  He gave no details about what he said others have called "judicial activism." "]
 When Christians grasp at political straws worldnetdaily.com 1/2/5 ["there will be nothing but a superficial revolution of words if Christian leaders continue to grasp at the straws for political power and seek validation from American pop culture. While Christian symbols may find prominence and ethics may find some hold in government, it's all still very shallow if people aren't changed.  ...The protestant church has for many years become more and more politically involved in a quest for power, yet the church is statistically losing relevance."]
 

 U.S. Should Not Help Tsunami Victims aynrand.org 1/1/5 ["private organizations and individuals are scrambling to send out money and goods to help the victims. Such help may be entirely proper, especially considering that most of those affected by this tragedy are suffering through no fault of their own.  The United States government, however, should not give any money to help the tsunami victims. Why? Because the money is not the government's to give. "]
 Leaked documents link Prozac to suicide: journal abc.net.au 1/1/5 ["The British Medical Journal (BMJ) says it has received confidential documents that appear to link Prozac, the anti-depressant prescribed to millions of people, with violence and suicide.  ...The BMJ says that this important data, apparently pointing to a higher risk of psychological side-effects, was not given to the FDA reviewer who approved the drug 16 years ago."]
 Up to 1,500 U.S. Marines to Help S.Lanka Relief Work reuters.com 1/1/5 [""]
 Washington Times Op-ed – Competing with the Best — and Winning hslda.org 1/1/5 ["Homeschoolers make headlines when they win national competitions such as spelling and geography bees. Despite being an estimated 4 percent of the school-age population, homeschoolers typically make up 15 percent of the competitors and often finish among the top three. These results are a snapshot of homeschool success. They show that a parent-directed education is able to produce children who can compete nationally. "]
 Suit: Children's Motrin Has Side Effects abcnews.go.com 1/1/5 ["...accuse the defendants of negligence, breach of warranty and of concealing from consumers and doctors potential health risks of taking the flu and pain medication, specifically the risk of developing two disorders Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis which are typically caused by an adverse reaction to a drug or virus.   The complaint also alleges the companies knew of a connection between the medication and the disorders from their own clinical tests dating back to the late 1980s, and even included warnings of such risks with the drug before it became available without a prescription."]
 Food, body bags among Mormon donations to tsunami nations casperstartribune.net 1/1/5 ["The plane was ...loaded with supplies from the Mormon church's vast stores, officials said."]
 Calif. Law Gives Benefits to Gay Couples abcnews.go.com 1/1/5 ["A law taking effect with the new year gives gay couples who register as domestic partners nearly the same responsibilities and benefits as married spouses. Heterosexual elderly couples also are eligible.   ...One indication of the growing acceptance comes from the California Department of Health Services, which is updating its birth certificates to replace the lines for "mother" and "father" with the gender-neutral "parent" and "parent.""]
 'Prepare for psychological aftershock' jpost.com 1/1/5 ["Catastrophes caused by natural disasters can have similar psychological effects to those caused by terror. "While the content is different, the patterns are similar...  Although he is not sure about the impact Buddhism and other Asian faiths, with their belief in fate, will have on the local victims, he believes that many survivors and bereaved may turn to religion rather than away from it. "Blaming God for such a disaster is very abstract. Instead, they may find comfort in religious faith.""]
 Survivors swarm relief helicopters; aid pledges top $2 billion kansascity.com 1/1/5 ["...Most of the doctors and nurses who worked here were either victims themselves ...We've seen several people die of cuts that became infected. They had gangrene"]