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"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

   July2005 ARCHIVE
 

 

 Uzbekistan boots U.S. off key base seattletimes.nwsource.com 7/31/5 ["Uzbekistan gave the United States 180 days to move aircraft, personnel and equipment, U.S. officials said.  ...The relationship between the two countries has been increasingly tense since the bloody suppression of protests in the province of Andijan in May, the worst unrest since Uzbekistan gained independence from the Soviet Union."]
 Hillsborough County ban on gay pride prompts Key West protest tampabays10.com 7/31/5 ["Last month, Hillsborough commissioners voted 5-to-1 to abstain from acknowledging, promoting or participating in gay pride recognition and events."]
 Without Africa's Poverty, Global Taxation Is Not Possible newswithviews.com 7/31/5 ["The question that should be asked is “What will these countries have left once they privatize their state owned assets and change their form of government to meet a global structure of government?"]
 Israel threatens massive ground operation boston.com 7/31/5 ["In such a scenario, the evacuation of settlers would be halted for 10 days to two weeks while Israeli forces occupy Palestinian towns near the Jewish settlements"]
 Pastor denies membership to homosexual, gets canned worldnetdaily.com 7/31/5 ["Methodist cleric suspended from pulpit for 1 year for 'living out his conscience'"]
 

 EU pushes binding climate deal news.bbc.co.uk 7/29/5 [""]
 UK: Patient wins right-to-life ruling news.bbc.co.uk 7/29/5 ["A patient has won his legal challenge to prevent doctors withdrawing life-prolonging treatment."]
 Bone marrow proves source of egg cells, too alertnet.org 7/29/5 ["Tilly also believes adult stem cells found in bone marrow might turn out to be a source of eggs for therapeutic cloning -- a way to generate the more powerful and malleable embryonic stem cells that many researchers want to work with."]
 Judge OKs Utahn's 3 'gay' plates deseretnews.com 7/29/5 ["the Motor Vehicles Division said the plates would be "offensive to good taste and decency, relate to sexual functions and express superiority of a gender...  ...appealed the decision and last week the tax commission overturned it, ruling that a "reasonable person" would not find the terms "offensive to good taste." The plates also did not reference sexual functions, only a sexual preference that carries a much broader definition"]
 Complaints bring down 'gay' billboard worldnetdaily.com 7/29/5 ["The image was scheduled to come down today, but the complaints motivated the company to remove it one day early, said Drew Hoffman, president of Phoenix-based Clear Channel Outdoor."  Editor:  Notice the way the 'stars' are arranged on the flag - pentagrams.]
 Army: War affecting troops' mental health boston.com 7/29/5 ["anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger, and an inability to concentrate"]
 Trump says he can renovate U.N. faster, cheaper azcentral.com 7/29/5 ["I'm offering to bring it in way under budget ... and much quicker," Trump said. "I don't want any fees. I'd like to do it for humanity."]
 

 House passes free-trade agreement in tight vote boston.com 7/28/5 ["It has become a lightning rod for tangentially connected issued such as outsourcing of jobs, the economic and environmental effects of globalization, and the legacy of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact upon which CAFTA is modeled, said Mark Smith of the US Chamber of Commerce, which supports the agreement."]
  U.S. Military Hits Ammunition Shortages defensenews.com 7/28/5 ["The United States cannot keep up with military demand for ammunition which has more than doubled since the war on terrorism and the invasion of Iraq were launched, according to a Congress watchdog report released July 27.  The report said that the amount of small ammunition needed had increased from about 730 million rounds a year to nearly 1.8 billion. "]
 Judge Chides Bush Administration's Anti-Terror Tactics While Sentencing Would-Be Millennium Bomber ap.tbo.com 7/28/5 [""We did not need to use a secret military tribunal, detain the defendant indefinitely as an enemy combatant or deny the defendant the right to counsel," he said."]
 Australia state to repeal anti-witchcraft law stuff.co.nz 7/28/5 ["Australian witches and sorcerers will be celebrating under a full moon yesterday after a state government introduced legislation to repeal an antiquated vagrancy law which made witchcraft illegal."]
 Testing for depleted uranium in La. soldiers passes into law louisianaweekly.com 7/28/5 ["Louisiana became the first state in the nation to pass a bill to give to all military veterans returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom the right to be tested for depleted uranium (DU) contamination. The bill received unanimous bipartisan support, and Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed it into law on June 16."]
 Why is the U.S. building a gigantic military base on the West Bank border? israelinsider.com 7/28/5 ["According to a 2001 report in The Jerusalem Post, the base is the second of five the U.S. has pledged to build -- at an initial expected total cost of $266 million"]
 

 China arrests 100 young Christians worldnetdaily.com 7/27/5 ["The young people, in the sixth through twelfth grade, were taken into custody, interrogated and released.  The students were told to stop meeting together with other Christians and not attend unregistered religious activities, VOM said. "]
New climate plan 'to rival Kyoto' news.bbc.co.uk 7/27/5 ["The US and Australia are developing a new pact on climate change with a group of Asian countries, believed to include China, India and South Korea."]
 Record High Child Vaccinations Meet Goal news.yahoo.com 7/27/5 ["Almost 81 percent of the nation's toddlers are getting vaccinated on time, a record level that comes five years ahead of government expectations, federal health officials reported Tuesday."]
 Schools Lie to Parents and Children, Say Vaccinations are Mandatory infowars.com 7/27/5 ["Schools everywhere tell parents that their children are must have some nearly 40 vaccines before they can "legally" be permitted to attend school."]
 Iran Achieves Solid Fuel Technology news.yahoo.com 7/27/5 ["Such technology enables the production of solid fuel, which makes missiles more durable and dramatically increases their accuracy in reaching targets. Missiles using liquid fuel are short-lived."]
 UK:  Abortion rate continues to rise news.bbc.co.uk 7/27/5 ["a rise of 2.1% from 181,600 in 2003 and about 5.3% from 176,000 in 2002."]
 Tensions rise along San Diego Border between Minutemen, protesters montereyherald.com 7/27/5 ["The Minutemen said protesters have called them racists and surrounded them as they mount their patrols. They also reported shots fired, though no one has been hurt.  Officials said many of the reports of shots fired were unsubstantiated but investigations were continuing."]
 Strict terror laws advance in Britain iht.com 7/27/5 [" the three main political parties agreed in principle to new legislation for Parliament to consider in the autumn.  ...Blair also defended the shoot-to-kill policy for suspected terrorists that resulted in the shooting death of a 27-year-old Brazilian electrician, mistakenly believed to be a suicide bomber"]
 National Guard leaders challenge US base cutbacks reuters.com 7/27/5 [""The Adjutants General believe the proposed recommended actions are beyond the scope of the Base Closure Act and it would therefore be improper to include these actions in its recommendations to the President and to the Congress," said the association, made up of National Guard leaders in each state.  ...In a letter to Gov. Roy Blunt, he said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has "run roughshod" over principles in the U.S. Constitution that give states rights to maintain militias."]
 Lockyer challenges seizure of land for private project sfgate.com 7/27/5 ["This is the state's first effort to limit redevelopment after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that a Connecticut city had acted properly in seizing private property for economic development.  ...The U.S. Congress is also considering a bill to strip funds from public agencies that use eminent domain to benefit private developers"]
 India: Military Deployed in Western India as Highest-Ever Monsoon Rains Strand 150,000 ap.tbo.com 7/27/5 ["A record 37 inches of rain shut down the financial hub of Bombay, snapping communication lines and forcing thousands of people to sleep in offices or walk home during the night."]
 

 Congress Holds Hearing on Pharmacists and Morning After Pill lifenews.com 7/26/5 ["A House committee on Monday held a hearing on the problems associated with legislation that is forcing pharmacists to dispense abortion-causing drugs like the morning after pill. The hearing featured a debate on patient access to drugs versus respecting the moral beliefs of health care professionals."]
 Sharon to PA: Expect a tougher response to terror after pullout jpost.com 7/26/5 ["I made it clear to the secretary of state that our response will be of a different kind, with an addition of severe means, if it is done during the evacuation, or if there will be terror after we leave the Gaza Strip. This was made unequivocally clear.  ...if there were attacks from Gaza after withdrawal, Israel would feel free to use a degree of force it has not used until now."]
 Israeli troops practice removing settlers usatoday.com 7/26/5 ["When the real task arrives, now scheduled to begin Aug. 17, about 50,000 police and soldiers removal 9,000 settlers from Gaza and four small settlements in the northern West Bank, commanders said Tuesday."]
 Oakland Requires ID Chips for Dogs newsmax.com 7/26/5 ["The intrusive measure not only makes it a crime for a pet owner to forgo the chip, but also forces owners to pay $10 to have the chip implanted."]
 This could be worst hurricane season since the 21 storms of 1933 newsday.com 7/26/5 ["If 22 or more storms do form this year, the center would name systems under the Greek alphabet, such as Tropical Storm Alpha or Hurricane Beta, McAdie said.  That has never happened.  Still, the fact forecasters have discussed the possibility is an indication of how chaotic this season already has been, and four months remain, including the meanest stretch from mid-August through September, when the most powerful storms spawn."]
 Surveillance cameras advance in use, features, competition courierpostonline.com 7/26/5 [" The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey calls the explosion in video surveillance a "feel-good solution" to the bewildering epidemic of terrorism.  "Studies show the technology to be ineffective, that lots of time is spent in voyeurism. That crime simply moves from where cameras are to where they are not. This is not a good exchange for a Big Brother society"]
 Report: Bankruptcy filings climbing cnn.com 7/26/5 ["Individuals have started filing bankruptcies at a higher pace than a year ago as they seek protection from creditors under existing law before new bankruptcy legislation takes effect in October, according to an annual report.  ...It puts limits on use of Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which allows individuals to shed debt, and forces them to reorganize their finances under Chapter 13, which requires debts to be paid."]
 

 Judge Orders Transfusion for Fla. Boy washingtonpost.com 7/25/5 ["I try to give every deference to the religious preference of the parent, but the life interest of the child supersedes the liberty interest of the parent."  Editor: What about unborn children?]
 Arizona: Gay fraternity creates national charter, hopes to expand kold.com 7/25/5 [" the fraternity gets all the benefits of being a university-recognized organization"]
 Israel:  Entire Company Refuses Orders, IDF Rabbi Says to Disobey israelnationalnews.com 7/25/5 [" An entire company of the prestigious Golani Brigade refused to take part in the blockade of Kfar Maimon last Wednesday."]
 Australia: Carr seeks advice on public transport bag searches abc.net.au 7/25/5 ["At the moment, searches can be conducted if police have a reasonable suspicion that a person poses a threat.  But Mr Carr says under the changes he is seeking advice on, the law would allow random searches of people's bags.  He has acknowledged concern about breaching civil liberties, but says the threat is real, and cannot be dismissed."]
 'Sustainable development' vs. Constitutional rights timescommunity.com 7/25/5 ["The United States was built on the very premise of the protection of private property rights. How can a government possibly be allowed to take anyone's home for private gain?  ...If city officials were caught padding their own pockets or those of their friends, it was considered graft.  ...So how did Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Kennedy, and Breyer miss such a rock solid foundation of American law? Perhaps they didn't. Perhaps they chose to ignore it in favor of another agenda. Specifically, Agenda 21."]
 Foot soldiers to safeguard Long Island newsday.com 7/25/5 ["LI police asking regular citizens from waiters to landlords to report signs shown by people they meet  ...the unique statewide plan, started last year by the New York State Office of Homeland Security, aims to use local police to contact citizens who are encouraged to identify, report -- and even confront -- possible terrorists.  ...The authorities are asking Long Islanders to do everything from reporting on diners' conversations to monitoring strangers' Internet use to observing fellow worshipers at religious services to noting when parents withdraw their kids from school."]
 Deport those who 'spit hate', urges Major guardian.co.uk 7/25/5 ["He called for heavier penalties for those who incited violence. "[It's] always difficult to balance this against freedom of speech but I think, at the moment, it is justifiable to protect the public," he argued."]
 

 Use of Video Surveillance on the Rise washingtonpost.com 7/24/5 ["While privacy advocates question their effectiveness, Sen. Hillary Clinton called for New York City subway officials to install more cameras, even though officials said some 5,000 cameras are already in use across all modes of city travel. In Stamford, Conn., Mayor Dan Malloy said it's time to revisit a 1999 ordinance that limited cameras to watching traffic.  ... It doesn't prevent terrorism, and at best only encourages terrorists to shift their target, they argue."]
 The Test of Faith newswithviews.com 7/24/5 [By Paul Proctor "Probably the greatest challenge to those of us that regularly address this topic is trying to break it all down to a more understandable and communicable level; making, if you will, the complex, simple for those who know something is wrong at church but can’t quite put their finger on what it is or why it is only getting worse.  ...Eve took from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil because she wanted Results, thereby setting aside the Word of God for her own desires.  ...Adam unfortunately chose to follow Eve in his desire for Relationship rather than obeying God’s Word and trusting Him for a solution."]
 Israel: Gush Katif Woman, 57, Arrested for Not Showing ID israelnationalnews.com 7/24/5 ["She said there was no reason for her to have to do so - a lawyer even told us later that even in a closed military zone, ID cards might be required in order to enter, but that there is no reason to have to identify yourself on the way out - and that she refused to be subjected to this humiliation each time. "]
 Hundreds Protest N.M. Border Patrol Group newsday.com 7/24/5 ["Minuteman volunteers, who plan to patrol parts of the border in New Mexico and Texas starting in October, have repeatedly denied claims of racism.   ...William N. Norris, a coordinator for the group's New Mexico chapter who attended Saturday's rally, said the group's goal is not to stop immigration, but to ensure that immigrants "fill out the paperwork and sign the guest book at the gate.""]
 Bombings in Egypt's Tourist Resort: 88 Dead zaman.com 7/24/5 ["It was interesting that the attacks in the town took place prior to the first multi-candidate presidential elections in the country and especially on the National Day of Egypt."]
 Egypt's Stock Market Will Fall on Terror Attacks, Analysts Say bloomberg.com 7/24/5 ["Egypt's main stock index, the best performer this year among 79 tracked by Bloomberg, will almost certainly decline after the country's worst terrorist attack, with tourism companies dropping the most, said analysts."]
 Congress Report: TSA Broke Privacy Laws apnews.myway.com 7/24/5 ["by secretly collecting personal information on at least 250,000 people, congressional investigators said Friday.  ...was collected as the agency tested a program, now called Secure Flight, to conduct computerized checks of airline passengers against terrorist watch lists.  ...about 100 million records were collected."]
 

 A new Big Brother? heraldnet.com 7/21/5 ["Google  ...the company may be getting to know too much: what you read, where you surf and travel, to whom you write."]
  China Severs Its Currency's Link to Dollar news.yahoo.com 7/21/5 ["The U.S. dollar dropped against the Japanese yen — an Asian benchmark — on the news, falling to 110 yen from about 112 yen. U.S. treasuries fell alongside the dollar as investors feared the possible inflationary effect of higher import prices in the U.S. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 4.22 percent from 4.18 percent late Wednesday."]
 New York to Randomly Search Bags on Transit After U.K. Incident bloomberg.com 7/21/5 ["New York police will begin randomly searching bags and backpacks of passengers on the city's buses, subways and commuter trains to guard against terrorists following today's attempted London transit bombings"]
 Treasuries fall after China revalued yuan reuters.com 7/21/5 ["U.S. Treasury debt prices, particularly longer-dated securities, fell on Thursday on news that China had revalued its currency, sparking concerns that Chinese demand for U.S. government debt might start to fade.  ...some economists were injecting a cautionary note, saying that the revaluation would do little to alter China's appetite for U.S. debt.  "They're going to continue to accumulate dollars that will be invested in U.S. Treasuries. So I don't think this is anything that spells the end of Chinese buying of U.S. Treasuries at all"]
 Bush urges CAFTA passage, calls it a jobs program reuters.com 7/21/5 ["would help the United States and its neighbors better compete with Asian economies."]
 

 Abortion drug maker admits to deaths of five women cwnews.com 7/20/5 ["In addition to the five women who have died taking RU-486, Danco also admits that 460,000 women have successfully used the drug to abort their children."]
 State senate: Big Brother was watching insidebayarea.com 7/20/5 ["A probe into a domestic surveillance unit within the California National Guard ballooned Tuesday into a full-blown investigation into widespread allegations of spying on U.S. citizens, misuse of state money and retaliation against Guard troops who brought the allegations to light.  ...the state military department has stonewalled his efforts to get documents about a secret unit called the "Information Synchronization, Knowledge, Management and Intelligence Fusion" unit."]
 Bush vows to safeguard U.S. transit against attack alertnet.org 7/20/5 ["The best way to protect the homeland is to go on the offense, is to find these people in foreign lands and bring them to justice before they come here to hurt us," Bush said."]
 Special Branch to track Muslims across UK guardian.co.uk 7/20/5 ["Special intelligence units are being planned across Britain to monitor Muslims so the authorities can collect "community by community" knowledge of where extremism is building up."]
Alarm over China arms race heraldsun.news.com.au 7/20/5 [""Some of China's military planners are surveying the strategic landscape beyond Taiwan," the report said.  Among several such developments, it noted improvements in Chinese intercontinental-range missiles "capable of striking targets across the globe, including the United States". "]
 Even revisions to USA Patriot Act are being deliberated in secret app.com 7/20/5 ["Imagine a country where the making of some laws can be done behind closed doors, where government agents can enforce laws in secret, and where the courts can accept secret evidence and compel silence about the mere existence of cases brought before them."]
 Bush's Supreme Court Choice Is Conservative - but Not Too Conservative ap.tbo.com 7/20/5 ["It's interesting how the subject has changed from the White House administrative staff to the court today, isn't it?" Reid said. Wagging his finger at reporters, he said, "It's interesting there's been no questions here about a CIA operative being outed."]
 Canada: Senate Passes Law Legalizing Gay Marriage latimes.com 7/20/5 ["The bill grants same-sex couples legal rights equal to those in traditional unions between men and women, something already legal in some Canadian provinces."]
 Boston: $100G gay tourism campaign launched bostonherald.com 7/20/5 ["will send promotional mailings next month plugging Boston and Cambridge to its top 15,000 British travel customers. Those who book trips will receive a new eight-page gay and lesbian visitors guide to Boston and Cambridge, along with other promotional material. "]
 

 Governors: Driver's License Costs to Soar wired.com 7/19/5 ["Governors warned Monday that states and consumers would bear much of the burden for a terrorism-driven push to turn licenses into a national ID card.  ...it would cost his state "$100 million-plus" to restructure motor vehicle offices to respond to a new federal law called the REAL ID Act."]
 Fewer in U.S. marry as more live together reuters.com 7/19/5 ["Both the U.S. marriage and divorce rates are dropping while the number of unwed couples living together is rising, according to an annual study of marriage released Monday.  The numbers show a gradual trend in the United States toward the lifestyles in Scandinavia, particularly Sweden, where unmarried cohabitation with children is far more common   ... More than half of all first U.S. marriages are preceded by living together  ...the number of U.S. children born to unwed mothers and the percentage of children living with a single parent increased to record highs."]
 25,000 civilians ‘killed in Iraq’ news.ft.com 7/19/5 ["Controversially, the Iraq Body Count survey blames 37 per cent of the deaths on US-led forces, an assertion vigorously denied by the US military.  Insurgents caused only 9.5 per cent of the deaths in the survey"]
 Bases Could Be Added to Closure List sfgate.com 7/19/5 [""does not necessarily mean that the base will be realigned or closed."  ...Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has proposed a sweeping restructuring that would close or reduce forces at 62 major domestic bases and hundreds of smaller installations. The first such effort in a decade, the reorganization is meant to save money and streamline operations of the four service branches."]
 Former Bush official to get RFID tag news.zdnet.com 7/19/5 [" Thompson has joined the board of Applied Digital, which owns VeriChip, the company that specializes in subcutaneous RFID tags for humans and pets.  To help promote the concepts behind the technology, Thompson himself will get an RFID tag implanted under his skin.  ...Some Christians have said the chips are so evil they fulfill a biblical prophesy about satanic influences."  Editor: While I see the chips are certain precursors to larger control schemes, I do not believe it is the mark.  I am, however, alarmed at the increasing vilification of Christian beliefs in the media.]
 Thailand:  Alarm at sweeping terror law heraldsun.news.com.au 7/19/5 [" The laws allow authorities to detain suspects without charge as the military battles an insurgency that has left more than 900 people dead in 18 months."]
 Police Pledge to Stop More Than 20,000 Marchers En Route to Gaza Settlements ap.tbo.com 7/19/5 ["The marchers want to reach the Jewish settlements in Gaza, and to participate in resisting the withdrawal, set to begin in mid-August. Police last week declared the Jewish settlements a closed military area, meaning only residents can come and go."]
 

 Date set for China space shot news.bbc.co.uk 7/18/5 ["will launch in early October  ...will orbit the Earth for five or six days.  ...China hopes to set up a space station within five years and wants to land an unmanned probe on the moon by 2010."]
 Rights groups alarmed as FBI builds vast files iht.com 7/18/5 ["part of a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act brought by the civil liberties union and other groups that maintain that the FBI has engaged in a pattern of political surveillance against critics of the Bush administration"]
Israel: Troops to face thousands of protesters news.com.au 7/18/5 ["ISRAELI security forces were bracing last night for a massive confrontation with tens of thousands of right-wing Israelis expected to participate in an illegal march on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip."]
 Thousands to join vigil along both U.S. borders washingtontimes.com 7/18/5 [" "Our government is more concerned with securing the borders of foreign lands than securing the borders of the United States," he said.  Mr. Simcox, publisher of a Tombstone, Ariz., newspaper and founder of the Civil Homeland Defense Corps in Arizona, coordinated the "Minuteman Project" border vigil in that state in April that for a 30-day period shut down a 23-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border to illegal immigration. "]
 Sydney police probe 'hate book' claims abc.net.au 7/18/5 ["However, a spokesman for the Islamic Council of New South Wales, Ali Roude, says it has no power to control businesses.  "What action can we take?" he said. "What authority do we have if a bookshop is selling books that incite hatred against anybody in the city?  "For example, do you have any authority or does the Christian church have any authority over that bookshop, what they sell and what they do not sell?""]
 Potter sales soaring guardian.co.uk 7/18/5 ["The new Harry Potter book broke records at bookshops at the weekend. Retailers said that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince had sold more copies in a day than The Da Vinci Code sold in one year."]
 

 Israel Preparing Broad Gaza Offensive After More Than 100 Rockets, Mortars Fired on Israeli Towns and Settlements ap.tbo.com 7/16/5 ["Over the weekend, Israeli forces massed along the Gaza border, and troops continued to stream into the area early Sunday, Boim said."]
 After Iraq attacks, calls for militias grow csmonitor.com 7/16/5 ["Shiite parliamentarian Khudayr al-Khuzai called on the government Sunday to "bring back popular militias" to protect vulnerable Shiite communities. "The plans of the interior and defense ministries to impose security in Iraq have failed to stop the terrorists," he told the National Assembly."]
 Senate to Vote on Hawaiian Self-Rule Bill newsday.com 7/16/5 ["supporters say the measure addresses the loss of the government, lands and even cultural identity that many Native Hawaiians feel as a result of the U.S.-backed 1893 overthrow of their monarchy. 
Economic and social changes since then "have been devastating to the population and to the health and well-being of the Hawaiian people," according to a 1993 resolution in which Congress apologized to Hawaiians for the overthrow."]
 The Akaka Bill is Fair, Just, Long Overdue and Constitutional hawaiireporter.com 7/16/5 ["The Akaka Bill, simply put, provides long overdue federal recognition to Native Hawaiians, a recognition that has been extended for decades to other Native Americans and Alaska Natives. It allows Native Hawaiians to design a limited self-governing structure and restore some small measure of self-determination for themselves."]
 MPs to discuss new terror proposals thisislondon.com 7/16/5 ["A ban on "indirect incitement to terrorism" is intended to counter fanatical preachers who condone terrorism and suicide bombings.  Plotting terror acts by, for example, accessing websites with bomb-making instructions would be outlawed as "acts preparatory to terrorism".  The third law would ban terrorist training and make it an offence to receive training in terror techniques in Britain or abroad."]
 Who shorted British pound? worldnetdaily.com 7/16/5 ["Currency fell 6% in 10 days
before London terror attacks"]
 US gov't wins lawsuit on regulating auto emissions reuters.co.uk 7/16/5 ["A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the U.S. government does not have to regulate carbon dioxide emissions spewed from cars and trucks, which have been linked to global warming.  A dozen states, three cities and several environmental groups had sued the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions."]
 EU targets sport vehicles in car emissions rules reuters.co.uk 7/16/5 [" The European Commission put forward the tougher new limits on pollution from new cars for comment from industry and other groups before a formal proposal at the end of this year.  The rules, dubbed "Euro 5," could go into force by mid-2008 and are the latest in a series of regulations designed to reduce car emissions that pollute the air and damage human health. The previous Euro 4 rules went into force in January this year.  ...The new standards are applicable to all cars imported into the EU. That means top producers from the United States and Asia must join European auto giants from countries like Germany and Italy in cleaning up new car emissions."]
 

 

 Ten Arguments Against Harry Potter - By Woman Who Corresponded with Cardinal Ratzinger lifesite.net 7/15/5 ["Harry Potter is a global long term project to change the culture. In the young generation inhibitions against magic and the occult are being destroyed."]
 Beijing plays down general's threats news.ft.com 7/15/5 ["Major General Zhu Chenghu, who is also a dean at China’s National Defence University, said Beijing should respond with nuclear weapons if the US targeted Chinese territory."]
 Bible Belt beware: Harry Potter isn't so controversial anymore fortwayne.com 7/15/5 ["The Harry Potter books, dealing with Harry's education at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, have topped the American Library Association's list of most protested books since 1999  ...Reg Grant, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, has noticed that protests have been muted as the sixth book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," was readied for release on Saturday. He wasn't surprised to hear that Harry dropped off the top-10 list of the ALA's most protested books last year.  ...Grant believes that an increasing number of Christians are "seeing there are many lessons we can celebrate and shake hands on." He also credits the Harry Potter films for the apparent change of heart. "I think the movies illustrated how much Christian theology has in common with the message of Harry Potter. Without the movies, we would still have a huge uproar.""]
 Evangelical Republicanism: Exalting politics over Christ worldnetdaily.com 7/15/5 ["I look at the moral ills of our society and the problems of our government and feel within myself a desire to fix all these problems. Yet, the solution is not found in any government reform or campaign or in anything man can do. "]
 How far will Europe go to stop terror? csmonitor.com 7/15/5 ["European Union officials agreed Thursday to begin storing phone and Internet records.  ...They are saying they want access to records as preventive measures, which means you'd need access before the event. That really means surveillance."  Bob Ayers, a former US intelligence officer and managing director of Ayers and Associates, a consultancy, says: "As a citizen in a free society, I am troubled by the thought that governments will be monitoring communications patterns, even if the reason is a mass murder, a heinous crime."]
 DDT-eating scientist exposes eco-fraud worldnetdaily.com 7/15/5 ["Edwards describes the Carson philosophy as a "lack of concern for human lives." She could vividly describe the death of a bird, notes Edwards, but nowhere in the book does she even think to describe the death of a human by an insect-borne disease."]
 Social Security Bill Would Hike U.S. Debt guardian.co.uk 7/15/5 ["The leading House bill to overhaul Social Security would marginally extend the program's solvency, but it would add $851 billion to the national debt over 11 years,"]
 Pentagon Backs Proposed Air Guard Changes guardian.co.uk 7/15/5 ["The Pentagon is standing by its plans to shut down or shift nearly 30 Air National Guard units, despite legal questions from the independent commission reviewing base closings.  ...``Federal law is quite clear: Air National Guard units cannot be moved without the express permission of their commander in chief, the governor,'' said Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell. ``We are not going to stand idly by while the Defense Department acts illegally to move important national defense and homeland security assets, not to mention people's lives and livelihoods.''"]
 Ground broken for nonprofit gay retirement home in Hollywood tuscaloosanews.com 7/15/5 ["Calling it an overdue "environment of tolerance," officials broke ground Thursday for what they called the nation's first nonprofit senior housing facility designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults.  The $20 million Encore House in Hollywood will accommodate low-income seniors in 104 rental units and feature a swimming pool and 3,000 square feet of public space."]
 

 Top Chinese general warns US over attack news.ft.com 7/15/5 ["If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,” said General Zhu Chenghu.  ...He added that China's definition of its territory included warships and aircraft."]
 China tilts to Russia to counter Uncle Sam taipeitimes.com 7/15/5 [" Last week, Chinese President Hu Jintao ...and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a "China-Russia Joint Statement on the 21st Century World Order." With this, China is returning to a strategy of depending on a single ally"]
 Allstate on list of top 10 pro-'gay' firms worldnetdaily.com 7/15/5 ["financially supports homosexual advocacy groups, fired him solely because he wrote a column posted on several websites that was critical of same-sex marriage and espoused his Christian beliefs."]
 Abortion seen increasing risk of later drug abuse cwnews.com 7/15/5 ["women who undergo abortions are at greater risk for psychological and health problems later in their lives. Previous studies have shown that women who procure abortions have higher rates of depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal tendencies, and hospitalization for psychiatric problems. Other studies show higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse."]
 Treaty opponents link vitamins to trade deal wnd.com 7/15/5 ["Opponents of a Bush-backed trade agreement are tying the pact to recently approved international food-supplement regulations, saying if the trade deal is finalized Americans' access to vitamins and other nutritional supplements will be jeopardized.  ...the trade agreement contains a provision called the "Sanitary Phytosanitary Measures Agreement," which calls for signatory nations to "harmonize" their food regulations with those of the Codex Commission."]
 AU: State leads way with gun crackdown heraldsun.news.com.au 7/15/5 [" THE Victorian Government plans to introduce Australian-first restrictions on the sale of rifles that can use new high-capacity magazines."]
 Thailand Passes Emergency Law to End Southern Unrest bloomberg.com 7/15/5 [" The decree, which allows Thaksin's cabinet to summon military intervention across all agencies and to ban the sale of any products deemed a risk, could also apply to other situations deemed emergencies, including riots and natural disasters, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krua-ngam told reporters in Bangkok today."]
 Turn off the Weather Channel! newswithviews.com 7/15/5 ["Since The Weather Channel began covering hurricanes and tropical storms, I have noticed a significant increase in fear and panic among people. It seems that The Weather Channel delights in inciting fear among the public.  ...Obviously, people need to be informed."  Editor:  There are news stations that give the necessary stats without the hype.  The WC runs all the time, so they need a lot of filler fluff, and usually do not give much pertinent info anyways.]
 

House Panel OKs Patriot Act Provisions guardian.co.uk 7/14/5 ["the session to the public in a limited way by allowing one news organization - The Associated Press - to attend, in a move that aides said was unprecedented.  ...The Patriot Act was approved 45 days after the Sept. 11 attacks, and now Congress must decide whether to renew 16 parts of it that are set to expire at year's end. Republicans and Democrats repeatedly invoked Sept. 11 and last week's bus and rail bombings in London as reasons to clarify what authority agencies have."]
 Gay Canada Praises Sung as Rosie O’Donnell’s Gay 'Marriage' Cruise Ship Parks in Halifax lifesite.net 7/14/5 ["Former talk show host and outspoken homosexual Rosie O’Donnell, whose homosexual “family” cruise arrived in Halifax Tuesday, used the occasion to praise Canada’s openness to the aberrant lifestyle, while at the same time bashing US President George W. Bush for his attempts to alter the US Constitution to outlaw same-sex “marriage.”"]
 Latvia: Gay pride parade first for old Soviet area wpherald.com 7/14/5 ["The group says the march will show if the region is accepting and tolerant of homosexuals. They also say it will begin the fight against homophobia."]
 Italy police detain 174 people in anti-terror sweep reuters.co.uk 7/14/5 ["The ministry said those detained were not under formal arrest, but were among 423 people being checked out. It said some of the detainees were being questioned over their legal status in Italy."]
 AU: Wrongful detentions caused by 'computer flaws' theaustralian.news.com.au 7/14/5 ["The report found computer flaws were the primary cause of a significant proportion of 200 other wrongful detentions."]
 Pro-lifers Defend Anti-Abortion Speech christianpost.com 7/14/5 ["Arguments were heard on Tuesday in what is called one of the most important First Amendment cases in the U.S. over the rights of pro-life groups regarding anti-abortion speech."]
 Iraq says death toll exceeds 800 a month iht.com 7/14/5 ["Iraqi civilians and police officers caught up in insurgent attacks died at a rate of more than 800 a month from August through May"]
 Scientists: Get used to tropical storms detnews.com 7/14/5 ["Expert says the Atlantic's pattern of warmer temps, like last year, is helping to stir more hurricanes"]
 Gas is scarce after Dennis newsday.com 7/14/5 ["Authorities acknowledged that many residents are growing frustrated about closed gas stations because of low supplies and power outages."]
 Canada: Catholic Cardinal Warns Senate of Impending Anti-Christian Prosecution With Gay 'Marriage' lifesite.net 7/14/5 ["The Cardinal made mention of situations where legal authorities have already trampled on rights of Christians who oppose same sex 'marriage' such as marriage commissioners who were forced out of their jobs for refusing on grounds of conscience to perform homosexual 'marriages.'"]
 British ministers may table new anti-terror powers breakingnews.iol.ie 7/14/5 ["The British government is prepared to bring forward new emergency anti-terrorism powers if they are needed following the London Tube and bus bombs, Tony Blair said tonight."]
 Record orders for Harry Potter book news.scotsman.com 7/14/5 ["Amazon said it had received 1.4 million advance orders on its global websites for JK Rowling's Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, due to be released on Saturday."]
 

 U.S. Senate Approves CAFTA voanews.com 7/13/5 ["It is now up to the U.S. House of Representatives to give final approval to the free trade pact. If it is approved by the House, CAFTA will remove trade barriers between the United States and Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic."]
 U.S. to restructure Homeland Security department reuters.com 7/13/5 ["Chertoff also plans to shuffle the bureaucracy of the department by deleting some positions and creating new ones, including a new assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications and a chief medical officer responsible for coordinating response to any biological attacks."]
 Pope Opposes Harry Potter Novels - Signed Letters from Cardinal Ratzinger Now Online lifesite.net  7/13/5 ["Cardinal Ratzinger thanked Kuby for her "instructive" book Harry Potter - gut oder böse (Harry Potter- good or evil?), in which Kuby says the Potter books corrupt the hearts of the young, preventing them from developing a properly ordered sense of good and evil, thus harming their relationship with God while that relationship is still in its infancy. "]
 EU ministers agree to step up war on terror iol.ie 7/13/5 ["The ministers said they would build on “pursuing and investigating terrorists across borders, to impede terrorists’ planning, disrupt supporting networks, cut off any funding and bring terrorists to justice.”"]
 France restores border controls news.bbc.co.uk 7/13/5 ["France has reimposed border controls with its European Union neighbours in response to the threat of attacks after the London bombings."]
 Israel Closes Gaza Strip Settlements to All Nonresidents to Prevent Protests ap.tbo.com 7/13/5 ["Israeli soldiers set up a roadblock Wednesday morning and began turning away all those without residence permits."]
 Chertoff Breaking Up Intelligence, FEMA, Opening New Policy Unit cq.com 7/13/5 ["The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was folded into EP&R when DHS was created, will be removed from that directorate and largely restored to its former state, according to the sources, some of whom were briefed by Chertoff. It will report directly to Chertoff and Jackson."]
 N.H. Judge Scrutinizes Trespassing Law washingtonpost.com 7/13/5 ["A judge questioned a prosecutor and defense attorneys at length about a town's use of trespassing law against illegal immigrants and expressed doubt that he was the right authority to determine someone's immigration status."]
 Clarke presses for EU fingerprint plan guardian.co.uk 7/13/5 ["The home secretary, Charles Clarke, is to press today's emergency European counter-terrorism summit to adopt a plan to compulsorily fingerprint all EU citizens who already carry identity cards.  The scheme is a crucial part of a 10-point anti-terrorism package that includes the retention of email and phone records for up to three years"]
 UCLA to establish gay film archive reuters.com 7/13/5 ["The UCLA Film and Television Archive wants to create the largest publicly accessible collection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender films in the world.  ...Outfest will be responsible for identifying and prioritizing preservation and restoration activities as well as for raising the funds necessary for that work. The UCLA Film and Television Archive will oversee and perform the preservation and restoration work as well as properly store the collection at its own expense in perpetuity."]
 

 WHO Lists Abortion Pill as 'Essential Medicine' family.org 7/12/5 ["Pro-life groups object to RU-5=486 being categorized as "medicine.""]
 Neb. Court Upholds Partial Birth Decision guardian.co.uk 7/12/5 ["upheld a ruling that the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional."]
 Same-time-as-attack underground bombing exercise in London a chilling coincidence? canadafreepress.com 7/12/5 ["Chillingly coincidental, the same 9/11 "war games" conducted during the actual tragedy on the morning of September 11, 2001, echo London underground "bombing exercises" which took place at the same time as the real attack,...   What are the odds of both human tragedies having coincidental "drills" going on at the exact same time real life was taking so many human lives in two terrorist attacks?"]
 California firearm bill seen as a de facto ban on ammo washingtontimes.com 7/12/5 ["Lawrence Keane, general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "The bill would become a de facto ban on ammunition in California.""]
 Blair Passes G-8 Torch to Putin washingtonpost.com 7/12/5 ["cementing Russia's place among the world's economic powers"]
 Food supplement restrictions upheld dailymail.co.uk 7/12/5 ["The European Union's high court upheld proposed restrictions on the sale of food supplements, despite objections from trade organisations that claimed the rules would ban popular vitamin pills.  ...Trade groups, led by the Alliance for Natural Health, had lobbied hard to overturn the legislation, claiming it would ban thousands of vitamin and mineral supplements."]
 Nat'l Guard Misses Recruiting Goal Again sfgate.com 7/12/5 ["missed its recruiting goal for at least the ninth straight month in June and is nearly 19,000 soldiers below its authorized strength"]
 Spain's first gay marriage is celebrated in Madrid suburb iht.com 7/12/5 ["marks the first time that a controversial reform of Spain's civil code equating the marriage rights of homosexuals with those of heterosexuals - approved by Congress on June 30 - has been put into effect.  ...Today, around two-thirds of Spaniards support the idea of homosexuals and heterosexuals having equal rights in every regard,although opposition to gay marriage and adoption remains fierce among Catholics and conservatives."]
 Brazil Judge Permits Homosexual Adoption lifesite.net 7/12/5 ["citing the opinion of an official psychology group, the Psychology Council – which declared that homosexuality is not a disease or perversion – has ruled that a homosexual couple can legally adopt a child."]