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
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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."]