"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

 UK: Doctors split on euthanasia law news.bbc.co.uk 6/29/5 ["Some representatives at the British Medical Association conference voiced support for a private member's bill which would legalise the right to die."]
 United Nations Bars Pro-Life Groups From Key Abortion Meeting lifenews.com 6/29/5 ["hundreds of organizations met at the United Nations for discussions with the General Assembly about the upcoming Millennium Summit +5 population conference. Pro-life groups hoped to attend the meeting, which could affect the international status of abortion, but were shut out by UN officials."]
 Colorado Homeschoolers Fear New State Database Threatens Freedom heartland.org 6/29/5 ["Homeschool activists in Colorado knew they had reason to be wary of the new majority in the state legislature, but they also were disappointed by one of their allies this spring when Gov. Bill Owens (R) signed a bill changing the state's immunization tracking system."]
 Canada approves gay marriage rights theage.com.au 6/29/5 ["When the Senate approves the measure, considered a formality, Canada will become the third national government, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to enact such rights.  Though the vote was largely symbolic, gay rights leaders hailed it as a milestone because it was the first time a Canadian legislative body had voted to change the traditional definition of marriage beyond the union of a man and a woman."]
 Allstate fires employee for criticism of gay marriage cwnews.com 6/29/5 ["An employee of the Allstate Insurance Company has been fired from his job for comments that appeared in a men's journal denouncing same-sex marriage, even though the article was penned in the employee's own spare time and from home." - Editor: I have seen this take place at large Christian corporations also.  They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.  Who are you working for?]
 Family Advocate Condemns Nike's Support for Oregon Civil Unions agapepress.org 6/29/5 [" warning that the Oregon Senate bill under consideration near the end of the latest legislative session is a bad idea, even though it has been endorsed by the state's only Fortune 500 company.  In the tradition of increasing numbers of Fortune 500 and smaller companies across the American business landscape, Nike has apparently thrown its support behind the homosexual agenda. The Oregon-based corporation recently wrote legislative leaders to encourage passage of a bill that would create civil unions in the state."]
 Mass. Group Demands Romney Roll Back Pro-Homosexual Program Funding agapepress.org 6/29/5 ["A pro-family group in Massachusetts is expressing outrage over the state legislature's decision to increase funding for homosexual programs in public schools by 70 percent. "]
 UK: Fears over microchips developed for remote scans news.scotsman.com 6/29/5 ["Microchips carrying sensitive personal information that can be scanned by sensors from a distance could be included in the proposed national identity cards, it emerged yesterday."]
 Senate Panel Narrowly Endorses CAFTA washingtonpost.com 6/29/5 ["A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a trade agreement with Latin American nations, moving Congress a step closer to a decision on an accord that may have minimal effects on the U.S. economy but is of considerable political import to the Bush administration.  ...In addition to saying that the agreement was bad for the sugar industry, he criticized the administration for rejecting a proposal to help U.S. service industry workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition and for not consulting more with Congress."]
 

 China activates bomb shelters worldnetdaily.com 6/28/5 ["bomb shelters in central Chongqing would be opened to the public to allow residents to cool off during a heat wave in which temperatures are reaching into the 90s.  ...24 cool, underground air-raid shelters, most of them built in the 1960s and 1970s.  ...While "civil defense" fallout shelters may sound like an anachronism to many in the West, the Chinese have maintained an elaborate, large and sophisticated system, as the size of the Chongquin facility suggests.  The shelters are built for quick and easy access to the public from home or work. "]
 Selling God A Lucrative Business cbsnews.com 6/28/5 [""The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance, and you know the more we preach hope and that God is good for you, the more people we will see come and get their lives turned around," says Osteen. "]
 Canada National Broadcaster Reports One Million at Gay Pride - Ten Times Actual Size lifesite.net 6/28/5 ["This annual celebration of sexual deviance has indeed been growing in popularity since its inception 25 years ago, but, perhaps in honour of the 25th anniversary or the impending same-sex marriage legislation predicted to pass in the next few days, the CBC has outstripped its usual enthusiasm over the homosexual agenda. In two early reports, on radio and television, Canada's national broadcaster reported that a million people had attended the event."]
 US top court to decide anti-abortion group lawsuit alertnet.org 6/28/5 ["The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it would consider for the third time a 19-year-old federal racketeering lawsuit that says two anti-abortion groups engaged in a nationwide conspiracy to shut down health clinics."]
 No Immediate Impact if Roe Overturned? dakotavoice.com 6/28/5 ["The study concludes that only seven states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) would have enforceable laws on the books that would ban abortion."]
 White House to Endorse Most WMD Changes guardian.co.uk 6/28/5 ["The White House will endorse almost all of the 74 recommendations by the president's commission on weapons of mass destruction, including creation of a National Counter Proliferation Center, according to people familiar with the administration's review.  ...After a 13-month investigation, the commission concluded the intelligence community was ``dead wrong'' in almost all of its prewar findings on Iraq's arsenal."]
 U.S. House agrees to spend more for Iraq war reuters.com 6/28/5 ["While the White House backed the overall House bill, it complained that lawmakers trimmed $3 billion from the Pentagon's base operations excluding the wars, which it said could shortchange regular military operations.  The bill backs most of the administration's requests for military hardware, but would cancel $150 million in funding for a Lockheed Martin Corp. cruise missile program, providing only $2 million for program termination.   ...The bill would also trim a key Army modernization program, Future Combat Systems, by $400 million to $3 billion, citing "significant development and contracting delays.""]
 

Toronto's Pride parade draws huge crowd cbc.ca 6/27/5 ["More than 125,000 people gathered in Toronto for the city's 25th Pride Day parade, one of the biggest celebrations of gay culture in the world."]
Parades celebrate 35 years of gay pride seattlepi.nwsource.com 6/27/5 ["The annual pride parades commemorate the Stonewall uprising of 1969, a series of fights between gays and police in New York widely considered the beginning of the gay rights movement. The parades began the next year in 1970.  ..."It used to be all drag queens all the time," said Susan Yousem, of suburban Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. "Now it's been sort of mainstreamed - for good or bad. There are a lot of church groups, a lot of families.""]
US justices issue mixed rulings on Ten Commandments reuters.com 6/27/5 ["A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that putting framed copies of the Ten Commandments in county courthouses violated church-state separation, but it allowed a commandments monument in a larger display on a state Capitol grounds."]
TV Network for Gays, Lesbians to Debut newsday.com 6/27/5 ["Logo, the new network for gays and lesbians  ...Long in the works, Logo will initially be seen in about 10 million homes with digital cable. Unlike Here and Q, two pay-per-view, gay-oriented networks already operating, Logo will be available in homes that do not specifically order it."]
Israelis Line Highways to Protest Pullout guardian.co.uk 6/27/5 ["Tens of thousands of orange-clad activists lined major highways Monday in a nationwide protest against Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, disrupting traffic, shouting slogans and drawing noisy honks of support from motorists."]
Chinese dragon awakens washtimes.com 6/27/5 ["China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials."]
Scotland: Six-month quarantine plan to fight deadly flu timesonline.co.uk 6/27/5 ["SCOTS could be confined to their communities for more than six months and banned from attending public gatherings under an emergency plan to contain an expected flu pandemic."]
U.S. Has Plans to Again Make Own Plutonium nytimes.com 6/27/5 ["Federal officials say the program would produce a total of 330 pounds over 30 years at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho Falls some 100 miles to the west and upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Officials say the program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than 50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste."]
  Unrest 'could double' oil price news.telegraph.co.uk 6/27/5 ["The price of crude oil could soon reach $100 a barrel, compared with the present historic high of $60, if there was further supply disruption in Russia or a political upset in Saudi Arabia, a leading German institute said.  The IFW World Economics Institute in Kiel said that any number of "unwelcome developments" could provoke a crisis. Given that the industry was already producing at full capacity to meet soaring demand in China and India, there was almost no margin to absorb a sudden supply shock."]
UK: Co-op bank bars Christian group news.bbc.co.uk 6/27/5 ["The Co-operative Bank has asked an evangelical Christian group to close its account because of its anti-homosexual views."]
Obesity costs soar tenfold to $36.5 billion in US reuters.com 6/27/5 ["About 60 million Americans are obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the surge in costs is primarily due to those rising numbers, as opposed to rising treatment costs per patient."]
 

Israel bows to U.S. over arms exports - newspaper alertnet.org 6/25/5 ["The dispute with the United States centres on Israel's sale of Harpy attack drones and other advanced technology to China which the Pentagon fears could tilt the balance of power and make it difficult to defend Taiwan."]
ACLU Now Defends Polygamy, Further Eroding Traditional Marriage agapepress.org 6/25/5 ["In a little-reported speech offered at Yale University earlier this year, ACLU president Nadine Strossen stated that her organization has "defended the right of individuals to engage in polygamy." ...responding to a "student's question about gay marriage, bigamy, and polygamy." ..."defend[s] the freedom of choice for mature, consenting individuals," making the ACLU "the guardian of liberty ... defend[ing] the fundamental rights of all people.""]
Jerusalem Police Chief Okays Gay Pride Parade israelnn.com 6/25/5 ["Parade organizers turned to the court after Jerusalem City Hall announced the parade would not be permitted this Thursday."]
Venezuela dimisses jitters over nuclear program reuters.com 6/25/5 ["Venezuela will pursue plans to develop nuclear technology for its medical, industrial and oil sectors despite regional jitters over possible cooperation with Iran, the science minister said."]
 

 Spain: Senate due to delay same-sex marriage law in face of certain Congress approval  iht.com 6/24/5 ["The Senate was expected to reject the legalization of homosexual marriage last night by a slim margin, although the non-binding decision of the upper house will not prevent the law being approved by Congress on June 30."]
 Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005 (Introduced in House) thomas.loc.gov 6/24/5 [" It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development.  ...The term `weather modification' means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms which occur in the troposphere."]
 London: Bible offer angers parents canoe.ca 6/24/5 [" Complaints came in from parents after the principal sent letters home with pupils, asking if they wanted a copy of the Bible. If parents returned the permission slip saying yes, kids could pick up a Bible at the main office."]
 Short-sighted flag waving denverpost.com 6/24/5 ["Salazar said he backs the amendment because, "The flag is special and deserves our reverence and protection." We don't disagree, but the Constitution is even more deserving. Trampling on freedom of expression diminishes the flag, it doesn't protect it." - Editor: There is a difference between patriotism or nationalism.]
 The Militarization of the Police lewrockwell.com 6/24/5 ["This change was created by desensitizing soldiers to killing, by teaching them the enemy is not human, by teaching them to not think but instead follow orders without question. When the police become militarized, and are trained with modern military techniques, they're being taught the same thing: those defined as "perps" are not human. That's how a grown man can stick a submachine gun in the face of a six-year-old boy. He's not thinking; he's just "following orders.""]
 A Purpose Driven Death theconservativevoice.com 6/24/5 ["If we have to resort to ad campaigns and catchy slogans to get people to come into our modern day Kiwanis clubs we are in serious trouble...  How, can we go from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” to “God has a purpose and plan for your Life?"]
IDF Reserve Soldiers and Officers Say No to Disengagement israelnationalnews.com 6/24/5 ["Hundreds of IDF reserve soldiers and officers gathered in Jerusalem’s Binyanei HaUmah Convention Center Tuesday to call upon their fellow soldiers to refuse to take part in the Disengagement Plan."]
 

 Dutch cabinet passes gay adoption bill smh.com.au 6/23/5 ["allowing gay couples to adopt foreign children in the Netherlands, creating greater equality with heterosexuals.  The change in law also scraps a three-year probation period for gay step-parents to adopt, making it possible for a lesbian to adopt immediately if her partner gives birth."]
 Bush urges Congress to work together to pass CAFTA reuters.com 6/23/5 ["CAFTA would lower barriers to U.S. exports to the six countries, while locking in and expanding the preferential access the region already enjoys in the U.S. market.  Most farm and big business groups support the pact, which they expect to boost exports, but other business groups fear it would lead to job losses and sugar producers say it could destroy the U.S. industry. "]
 Oregon Governor and Abortion Advocates Promote Morning After Pill lifenews.com 6/23/5 ["Under the measure, specially trained pharmacists would be able to sell customers the Plan B drugs. The Senate approved SB 849 on a 22-9 vote and the measure now heads to the state House, which is holding it up."]
 BRAC 2005: Navy, Marine Officials Support Recommendations defenselink.mil 6/23/5 ["focused so closely on joint operations  ...The secretary of the Navy said today he's "confident" that base closures and realignments recommended for the sea service are "more than sufficient to fully support the future Navy and Marine Corps force structure.""]
 BBC to Time-Delay Live Sensitive News channels.netscape.ca 6/23/5 ["The BBC will introduce a time delay for live broadcasts of sensitive news events such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the school massacre in Beslan, Russia, the company said Thursday."]
 Millions affected as floods wreak havoc in China hindu.com 6/23/5 ["about 45 million residents affected in severe floods in the southern and eastern parts of China"]
 Male-targeted ads found to be in no man's land reuters.com 6/23/5 ["a new study it conducted found that half the men in most parts of the world don't know what is expected of them in society and three-quarters of them think images of men in advertising are out of touch with reality.  ..."As the world is drifting toward a more feminine perspective, many of the social constructs men have taken for granted are undergoing significant shifts or being outright dismantled," said Tom Bernardin, chairman and chief executive of Leo Burnett Worldwide."]
 Tax activist wins in federal court wnd.com 6/23/5 ["Ex-IRS agent says Congress has no power to collect levy on income"]
  The U.S. image abroad: Even China's is better iht.com 6/23/5 ["the most negative views of the United States were found in Muslim countries. Two countries caught up in the war against terror, Turkey and Pakistan, were the most negative: Only about 1 in 5 people in each country said they viewed the United States favorably.  ...Many people in predominantly Muslim countries appeared to fear that the U.S. military, having invaded the mainly Muslim nations of Afghanistan and Iraq, could be employed against them. "A striking 80 percent of Indonesians say that they worry at least to some degree that America could someday become a military threat to their country"]
 

 Jerusalem municipality bars annual gay pride parade haaretz.com 6/22/5 ["saying the march would offend many of the holy city's residents and set off unrest.  ...A majority of Jerusalem's more than 600,000 residents are either Orthodox Jews or Muslim or Christian Palestinians, conservative communities that oppose homosexuality."]
 U.N. Expert Says U.S. Stalling on Request to Visit Guantanamo Detainees ap.tbo.com 6/22/5 ["U.S. officials so far have allowed only the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit detainees at Guantanamo, where the U.S. holds alleged terror suspects.  ...U.N. human rights investigators have been trying to visit Guantanamo since 2002."]
 Southern Baptists End Disney Boycott Over Benefits to Gay Workers ap.tbo.com 6/22/5 ["We felt like it was time to end it  ...Earlier this year, the American Family Association, a Mississippi-based conservative Christian group, ended a boycott of Disney launched nine years ago over similar issues, including the gay benefits, gay-related events at its theme parks, and violent and sex-filled content of movies made by its Miramax subsidiary."]
 House Approves Flag-Burning Amendment apnews.myway.com 6/22/5 ["a constitutional amendment  ...The measure was designed to overturn a 1989 decision by the Supreme Court, which ruled 5-4 that flag burning was a protected free-speech right. That ruling threw out a 1968 federal statute and flag-protection laws in 48 states."]
 US poised to rule on cloned livestock news.ft.com 6/22/5 ["Meat and milk from cloned farm animals is about to be declared safe for human consumption by the US Food and Drug Administration, one of the world's most powerful regulatory bodies.  ...cloned animals were more likely to suffer birth defects and health problems when very young, after about 50 days old they were as healthy as animals conceived conventionally. The FDA assessment analysed the biochemical composition of meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring and found it was the same as that from conventional animals."]
 Bush Admin Urges UN Agency to Stop Promoting Abortion in China lifenews.com 6/22/5 ["China's population control program, which requires couples to have only one child and enforces the policy with forced abortions and sterilizations."]
 State passes morning-after pill without prescription newsday.com 6/22/5 ["The measure would allow girls and women to obtain the medication without a physician's visit or prescription and without parental consent regardless of the patient's age.  ...now goes to Republican Gov. George Pataki to be signed or vetoed"]
 Cities may seize homes for economic development, court rules startribune.com 6/22/5 ["A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private development in a decision anxiously awaited in communities where economic growth often is at war with individual property rights."]
 Smoking signposts atimes.com 6/22/5 ["Imagine that the Pentagon Papers or the Watergate scandal had broken out all over the press - no, not in the New York Times or the Washington Post, but in newspapers in Australia or Canada. And that, facing their own terrible record of reportage, of years of being cowed by the Richard Nixon administration, major American papers had decided this was not a story worthy of being covered."]
 

Shocking anti-abortion exhibition radio.com.pl 6/22/5 ["in the city centre of Lodz in central Poland.  ...a photo of massacred bodies in the former Yugoslavia is placed next to a picture of an 8-week foetus abortion. A picture depicting a massacre in Rwanda is right next to the image of a foetus with a missing head, presumably severed during the abortion. The logo of the action goes ‘Different methods. Different motives. The same result.’"]
Scotland: Police plea to keep more suspects’ DNA theherald.co.uk 6/22/5 ["SENIOR Scottish police officers have asked for new powers to store the DNA and fingerprints of people who have been arrested, but are innocent of any crime, prompting fears that the public's rights are under threat."]
U.S. Episcopals Defend Openly Gay Bishop sfgate.com 6/22/5 [""We believe that God has been opening our eyes to acts of God that we had not known how to see before," the church said in a document prepared for the Anglican Consultative Council. It affirmed "the eligibility for ordination of those in covenanted same-sex unions."" - Editor: Apparently, they do not see into the Bible very often to see what God says.]
Australia: Pastors reject apology order over Koran comments abc.net.au 6/22/5 ["by suggesting the Koran promotes violence and terrorism.  ..."I will do everything I can, even if I have to go to prison, to make sure the vilification laws, the religious part of the vilification laws, be removed from the state of Victoria," Pastor Nalliah said."]
  Social Security changes policy, eases FBI access iht.com 6/22/5 ["The Social Security Administration has relaxed its privacy restrictions and turned over information on thousands of people to the FBI as part of terrorism investigations since the Sept. 11 attacks, newly disclosed records and interviews showed.  ...including earnings and employer information."]
Bishop restores Latin Mass eastvalleytribune.com 6/22/5 [" The Phoenix diocese had gone 35 years without traditional Latin Masses in wake of the sweeping reforms ushered in by Vatican Council II (1962-65).  Changes implemented in 1969 included turning priests around to face their parishioners instead of the altar, new music instead of Gregorian chants and Masses in the congregation’s native tongue instead of Latin. "]
US spyplane crashes after Afghan mission reuters.com 6/22/5 [" the U-2, which was based with the 380th U.S. Air Expeditionary Wing in the United Arab Emirates  ...crashed while trying to land"]
Brain sees violent video games as real life -study reuters.com 6/22/5 [" Mathiak found that as violence became imminent, the cognitive parts of the brain became active and that during a fight, emotional parts of the brain were shut down.  The pattern was the same as that seen in subjects who have had brain scans during other simulated violent situations.  ...It suggests that video games are a "training for the brain to react with this pattern,""]

Thousands celebrate solstice at Stonehenge guardian.co.uk 6/21/5 ["An estimated 21,000 people today gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise above the ancient monument on the longest day of the year."]
US Bookstore Chain Expects Record Sales for New Harry Potter news.scotsman.com 6/21/5 ["pre-orders for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” have topped 750,000 copies, well ahead of the pace of the last Potter book two years ago."]
Terri Schiavo Was Aware and Not Blind When Killed, Doctor Says lifenews.com 6/21/5 ["Meanwhile, though the weights of Terri's brain were accurate, Hammesfahr suspects much of the weight loss was due to the two weeks of dehydration.  Hammesfahr pointed out that the autopsy shows Terri's collapse was not the result of bulimia, eating disorders or a heart attack. That leaves open the possibility that Terri's collapse could have been the result of physical abuse.  ...He also indicated that the autopsy did not completely check for all types of physical abuse and he and a neurologist for Michael both agreed neck injuries were present."]
House Votes Against Restoring Funds for Pro-Abortion UNFPA lifenews.com 6/21/5 ["United National Population Fund because lawmakers say it is still involved in supporting and promoting China's coercive population control policies."]
China's new missile 'warning to U.S.' worldnetdaily.com 6/21/5 ["the test-firing of Ju Lang-2 on July 16 last year was a warning for the U.S. not to meddle in China's affairs, especially the Taiwan issue.  ..could be fired from the sea and reach the U.S. interior.  "China now has a platform to carry and fire nuclear arms," he said. "It now ranks along with Britain, France, Russia and the US as the countries which have nuclear capability. Ju Lang-2 is a more lethal weapon and it is a weapon for invasion." "]
 

US AIDS Infections Top 1 Million voanews.com 6/20/5 ["AIDS, which was originally predominant among gay white men, is now most prevalent among gay and bisexual black men."]
More than 1,200 who had anthrax vaccine now sick lasvegassun.com 6/20/5 ["with Army officials reporting 1,200 illnesses and several thousand more queries about potential side effects, the Defense Department has started allowing troops deploying overseas to opt out of receiving the anthrax vaccine without penalty, according to the Army and Air Force."]
Army rolls out new approach to address recruiting shortfall thestate.com 6/20/5 ["The Army, which wants to sign 80,000 recruits this year, has not met its recruiting goal for four straight months. May’s numbers were 25 percent below goal."]
Standards relaxed for officer candidates thestate.com 6/20/5 [" to be junior officers.  The Army’s new policy, in effect until October 2006, allows commanders to appoint prospects for Officer Candidate School who are more than a decade older than the current age limit."]
  Major quake hits California theaustralian.news.com.au 6/20/5 [" A MAGNITUDE 5 earthquake struck off Northern California's coast overnight, the fifth moderate or strong tremor to hit the state in a week, the US Geological Survey said."]
Privacy issues with Google library search news.zdnet.com 6/20/5 ["A contract between Google and the University of Michigan released publicly on Friday contains no provisions for protecting the privacy of people who will eventually be able to search the school's vast library collection over the Internet."]
Grand Theft Auto Meets Robocop wired.com 6/20/5 ["An automatic license-plate reader that can scan 500 license plates an hour looking for stolen vehicles underwent its first field tests by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department last week."]
Libraries report 200 inquiries by agents chicagotribune.com 6/20/5 [" have made at least 200 formal and informal inquiries to libraries for information on reading material and other internal matters since October 2001, according to a new American Library Association study.  In some cases, agents used subpoenas or other formal demands to obtain information. Other requests were informal -- and were sometimes turned down by librarians."]
5 Moderate Quakes Hit Japan; 1 Injured guardian.co.uk 6/20/5 ["across a wide swath of Japan's main island on Monday"]
 

Annan Criticizes US Bill to Cut UN Funds chinabroadcast.cn 6/19/5 ["Annan said in a statement that withholding dues is not a productive route to achieving reform and indeed that it could jeopardize the outcome of the September summit."]
Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War washingtonpost.com 6/19/5 ["The session was a mock impeachment inquiry over the Iraq war. As luck would have it, all four of the witnesses agreed that President Bush lied to the nation and was guilty of high crimes -- and that a British memo on "fixed" intelligence that surfaced last month was the smoking gun equivalent to the Watergate tapes. Conyers was having so much fun that he ignored aides' entreaties to end the session."]
The value of learning history: A lesson from Jude teaches perspective floridabaptistwitness.com 6/19/5 ["Is it not clear, then, that God ordains that events happen and that they get recorded as history so that we will learn them and become wiser and more insightful about the present for the sake of Christ and His church."]
 

Spaniards stage big protest against gay marriage boston.com 6/18/5 ["Organisers, who said the march was pro-family not anti-gay said there were 1.5 to 2 million protesters. The government said there were 166,000."]
Who Lives, Who Dies? worldnetdaily.com 6/18/5 ["The Terri Schiavo case was only
the tip of the euthanasia iceberg"]
Pentagon may get $45 billion more for wars detnews.com 6/18/5 ["While President Bush has not asked for more war money, lawmakers included money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in a spending bill that the House was expected to approve late Thursday."]
Democrat Urges Inquiry on Bush, Iraq sfgate.com 6/18/5 ["to conduct an official inquiry to determine whether the president intentionally misled Congress."]
U.S. House votes to cut dues to U.N. over reforms reuters.com 6/18/5 ["The U.S. House of Representatives ignored White House objections and voted on Friday to cut U.S. dues by up to half to the United Nations if the scandal-hit world body does not implement tough reforms."]
Gov. Bush seeks new Schiavo inquiry newsday.com 6/18/5 ["Two days after an autopsy appeared to put allegations against Michael Schiavo to rest, Bush asked Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernard McCabe to look into what the governor called an unexplained 40- to 70-minute gap between Schiavo's collapse and her husband's call to 911."]
 

Rumours grow of Annan's early exit theaustralian.news.com.au 6/17/5 ["One senior UN official told The Times that Mr Annan could present his resignation as a means of sparing the UN further embarrassment."]
Remembering The Lessons Of Germany's Past chuckbaldwinlive.com 6/17/5 [" Opponents of the "Enabling Act" rightly warned that, if adopted, the Act would make Hitler a de facto dictator. They worried that the Act would dismantle constitutional liberties. History would prove that their worries were valid."]
US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war independent.co.uk 6/17/5 ["30 MK77 firebombs were used by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in the invasion of Iraq between 31 March and 2 April 2003. They were used against military targets "away from civilian targets", he said. This avoids breaching the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which permits their use only against military targets.   ...The confirmation that US officials misled British ministers led to new questions last night about the value of the latest assurances by the US."]
Autopsy suggests Schiavo cognizant worldnetdaily.com 6/17/5 ["Analyst: 'It's possible Terri was aware of everything being done to her'  ...neuropathologist Stephen Nelson, whose assessment is included in the report, conceded there is no way of determining through an autopsy whether a person was in a persistent vegetative state."]
Nancy Reagan Eyes Senate Stem-Cell Support wired.com 6/17/5 ["She's done it before, making calls to wavering lawmakers when the House, despite a veto threat, passed a bill last month with the support of 50 Republicans."]
A Fourth Significant Earthquake of the Week Shakes Southern California; One Person Injured ap.tbo.com 6/17/5 ["In the afternoon, a 4.9-magnitude quake struck east of Los Angeles, startling people and knocking items off shelves and desks."]
 

Terri Schiavo Autopsy Blatant Fraud infowars.com 6/16/5 ["the brain shrinks
massively when the body is dehydrated. It can shrink up to 40 percent in fatal dehydration cases. Anorexics can lose up to 25 percent of their brain mass just by not eating. Terri had also been denied food on and of for over a decade and for 13 days prior to her death."]
Governor: National draft debate needed oregonlive.com 6/16/5 ["Kulongoski, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said in an interview that he fears that regular forces and the National Guard are being stretched thin as enlistment rates decline.  "They're rotating National Guard kids in and out of the countries two, three, four times," he said. "We need a debate about the draft. That's the issue.""]
Freedom of Speech in Canada Quashed by Courts - Professionals Can be Disciplined for Speaking Against Homosexuality lifesite.net 6/16/5 ["Justice Lowry, writing on behalf of the court, asserted that Mr. Kempling's newspaper editorials articulating his religious beliefs on the homosexual lifestyle were not deserving of Charter protection because the court considered them discriminatory and damaging to the integrity of the public school system as a whole."]
Cable Networks Offer Homosexual Programs agapepress.org 24/7 6/16/5 ["Three major cable providers are buying into the launch of two new homosexual cable networks that will air homosexual programming around the clock for the first time in U.S. television history."]
House Votes To Curb Patriot Act washingtonpost.com 6/16/5 ["voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations.  Bush has threatened to veto any measure that weakens those powers."]
Senate leader predicts stem cell vote within month reuters.com 6/16/5 ["Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday he hoped to have a vote within a month on the controversial issue of expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research."]
U.S. Christians nearing a new unity reuters.com 6/16/5 ["A coalition that would for the first time unite the major Christian faiths in the United States is taking years to coalesce, but its organizers say that's a good sign and are not discouraged.   ...So far, 31 churches and national organizations have formally joined the group, six more than the target core of 25 organizers had said they needed to begin. An additional 20 church leaders interested in joining were present at the California meeting."]
 

Blair Presses for 'Fundamental Debate' on Europe's Future news.scotsman.com 6/15/5 ["Wrangling over the future financing of the EU is likely to overshadow the other vital issue at Brussels – the French and Dutch rejection of the proposed European constitution.  ...But it looks increasingly likely that no agreement will be reached, and that the problem will be passed on to Mr Blair when the UK takes over the presidency on July 1."]
Minutemen head to Texas worldnetdaily.com 6/15/5 ["The organization says there are over 100 border-area ranchers and private land owners who will lead this first Texas Minuteman group. A gathering of the volunteers for the media is planned for Monday evening in Goliad."]
IBM expands efforts to promote RFID zdnet.co.uk 6/15/5 ["IBM's software division also plans to introduce a 'starter kit' of programs intended to help clients more quickly develop ways to link data generated by radio scanners into existing corporate software packages that manage functions like order entry, shipping and inventory controls. IBM's printing devices unit expects to announce plans to market a bar code printer and radio tag dispenser that checks the tags to make sure they are working before applying them to a product."]
GPS for your own good zdnet.com 6/15/5 ["The system has some interesting potential side effects. For one thing, the police (or an estranged spouse) could easily subpoena your "travel records" for use in an investigation. The insurance company could also start charging based on where your car spends time: Long periods in high-crime neighborhoods would affect your premium accordingly."]
UPI Hears... washingtontimes.com 6/15/5 ["former chief economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term Morgan Reynolds comments that the official story about the collapse of the WTC is "bogus" and that it is more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed the Twin Towers and adjacent Building No. 7."]
Dissident Jehovah's Witness get Legal Threats pressbox.co.uk 6/15/5 [http://quotes.watchtower.ca/  "why would WTBTS leadership want to shut down a web site that did nothing more than quote from their own religious literature? Because the very nature of these quotations is embarrassing to them.  From their own words the web site documented years of their failed prophecies, constantly changing Bible chronology, flip-flopping doctrinal changes, bizarre medical advice, and dogmatic teachings that many consider physically and emotionally harmful."]
British '02 memo says U.S. was "virtually silent" on problems of postwar Iraq stltoday.com 6/15/5 ["It also appeared to take as a given the presence of unconventional weapons in Iraq - an assumption that later proved almost entirely wrong - and warned that merely removing Saddam Hussein from power would not guarantee that those weapons could be secured."]
UK: Christians urge rallies to protest abortion canoe.ca 6/15/5 [" Morgentaler, who led the push to legalize abortion and operates abortion clinics, will receive an honorary degree tomorrow from UWO."]
Evolution Debate in Kan. Prompts Attacks news.yahoo.com 6/15/5 ["one of the three board members, Connie Morris, lectured the board's four moderates for not attending the public hearings in May, during which witnesses criticized evolutionary theory that natural chemical processes may have created the first building blocks of life, that all life has descended from a common origin and that man and apes share a common ancestor.  "Had you attended, you would have been informed," Morris said. "You would be sitting here as informed individuals and not arrogantly calling us dupes.""]
Creation Science Evangelism drdino.com 6/15/5 ["Kent Hovind is one of the most requested speakers on the Creation and Evolution topic in churches and Universities all over the world. Dr. Hovind served as an educator for many years teaching Biology, Anatomy, Physical Science, Mathematics, Earth Science, and many other sciences. Dr. Hovind has debated the Creation and Evolution controversy over 90 times all over the world, in many large Universities, and on thousands of radio talk shows."]
'Good time' to end for Queer as Folk canada.com 6/15/5 ["Queer as Folk opened the doors for more gay programming, including the Queer Eye shows and The L Word  ..."Look at where the gay community was five years ago and what's happened since the (2004 presidential) election,'' Lipman said, citing efforts to oppose same-sex marriage, gay adoption and other issues.  The social shift has become integral to the show."]
 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. (Introduced in House) thomas.loc.gov 6/14/5 [""]
U.S. Tweaks Passport Requirement wired.com 6/14/5 ["The new passport standards — requiring digital photographs to match with a person's unique physical characteristics by October and an embedded identification chip later — would be similar to international biometric guidelines already in place."]
‘Minutemen’ gear up for mainstream movement msnbc.msn.com 6/14/5 ["In October, the group plans to launch a coordinated border watch with its chapters located in at least eight states.  “Realistically, we’re looking at 10,000-plus volunteers being deployed Oct. 1st on the southern and northern borders..."]
Statue of gay hero draws monumental flak reuters.com 6/14/5 ["A statue commemorating a hero of Toronto's gay community is raising hackles both for the actions of the man it depicts and for the somewhat graphic description of the 19th-Century sex scandal that made him famous."]
Patriot Act not catching terrorists hindu.com 6/14/5 ["Fewer than 10% of the people prosecuted for terrorism in the United States since the September 11 attacks were convicted of crimes related to that ornational security, according to a study conducted by the Washington Post.  Of those 39 people, few had any connection to al-Qaida while the remaining 90% were acquitted or convicted of lesser crimes such as immigration violations or making false statements, the study shows. "]
Amid military's recruiting woes, efforts intensify to end ban on openly gay soldiers kplctv.com 6/14/5 ["A federal court hearing is scheduled in Boston next month on a lawsuit by 12 former service members challenging the 12-year-old policy."]
Italy Keeps Tough Fertility Law cbsnews.com 6/14/5 ["Italy is keeping its tough law on assisted fertility in a victory Monday for the Vatican, after citizens shunned a ballot vote to eliminate bans on egg-and-sperm donation, freezing embryos and other widely used methods by couples wanting to have children."]
Canadian Military Performs First Gay Wedding lifesite.net 6/14/5 ["Federal legislation to redefine marriage is expected to pass within days as the government has made it a very high priority item on its legislative agenda. Ottawa contacts have told LifeSiteNews.com that a condition of the NDP Party deal to support the government budget and prevent a fall of the government is that C-38 must be passed into law before the summer recess."]
 

Military draft back on US agenda dailytelegraph.news.com.au 6/13/5 [" "We're going to have to face that question," he said on NBC's Meet the Press TV show when asked if it was realistic to expect restoration of the draft.  "The truth of the matter is, it is going to become a subject, if, in fact, there's a 40 per cent shortfall in recruitment. It's just a reality," he said.  The comment came after the Department of Defence announced the army had missed its recruiting goal for May by 1661 recruits, or 25 per cent. Similar losses have been reported by army officials every month since February."]
Microsoft joins hands with Yahoo, Google to censor china's web zeenews.com 6/13/5 [""]
South Korea, adult stem cells “a valid alternative to cloning of embryos” asianews.it 6/13/5 ["The Catholic Medical Centre (CMC) in South Korea has successfully treated cases of celebral infarction and vascular diseases through the use of adult stem cells. This was noted by the South Korean Health Ministry on 9 June."]
Nafta's Tarnished Reputation Hurts Bush on Central America Pact bloomberg.com 6/13/5 [" Nafta was originally proposed by President Ronald Reagan and negotiated during the presidency of Bush's father, George H.W. Bush. Bill Clinton narrowly won congressional approval for the accord by promising it would add ``high-paying'' U.S. factory jobs, develop a Mexican consumer base for U.S. exports and stem the flow of illegal immigrants.  Instead, U.S. manufacturers have shed almost 3 million jobs, per capita income in Mexico has lagged, illegal immigration has more than doubled, and a trade surplus with Mexico in 1993 slid into a deficit by 1995 -- where it has remained ever since. "]
UK: Patients get 999 chip implants timesonline.co.uk 6/13/5 ["The sensor, which includes a Pentium microprocessor just 2mm square, will initially be implanted in diabetics. Trials will begin by Christmas at St Mary’s hospital, London. The implant will be programmed to send an emergency text message via a mobile phone, alerting medical staff to changes in blood-sugar levels.  ...Oracle, the technology company that is backing the project, has designed the software to be compatible with the NHS’s new £6.5 billion computer system."]
Stem Cell Advocates Meet, Plan Strategy abcnews.go.com 6/13/5 ["Stem Cell Advocates Meet in Texas to Plan Political Strategy, Get Research Money Flowin"]
UK: Children to be labeled 'criminal' by age 3 worldnetdaily.com 6/13/5 ["A leaked 250-page report on proposed crime-fighting strategies, drawn up on instructions of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair...  Children as young as 3 can be labeled as potential criminals, the report's writers claim, if the exhibit bullying behavior in nursery school or if there is a history of criminality in the immediate family."]
Police turn to scan of iris to track kids myrtlebeachonline.com 6/13/5 ["The Richland County Sheriff's Department is one of the first in the nation to join the database, which stores a digital image of a person's unique iris, the colored part of the eye around the pupil.  ...At least 1,200 other law-enforcement offices have requested the machine, Mullins said, adding that the goal is to have the entire country online in three to five years."]
 

UK: Religious hate law would protect witches and cults news.independent.co.uk 6/12/5 ["Satanists, witches and cult members will be protected by controversial new laws banning incitement to religious hatred.  ...will also cover people defined by their lack of faith, such as atheists and humanists."]
Thousands Rally for Gay Rights in Poland guardian.co.uk 6/12/5 ["More than 2,000 people defied a ban on a gay-rights rally in Poland's capital, taking to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday against the orders of the city's conservative mayor."]
Italians vote on fertility restrictions cbc.ca 6/12/5 ["The referendum will decide whether the country should repeal legal restrictions on medically assisted fertilization and embryonic research.  Italy has one of the toughest laws on the subject in Europe. It bans the use of donor sperm or eggs, surrogate mothers and the screening, freezing and research on embryos. "]
President urges Congress to make Patriot Act permanent boston.com 6/12/5 ["It allowed expanded surveillance of terror suspects, increased use of material witness warrants to hold suspects incommunicado, and permitted secret proceedings in immigration cases.  ...Those provisions, among other things, provided authority for nationwide search warrants, enabled the FBI and intelligence agencies to share information about terrorism cases, and gave the FBI the power to obtain records in terrorism-related cases from entities such as libraries."]
The leak that changed minds on the Iraq war timesonline.co.uk 6/12/5 ["Six weeks ago The Sunday Times published the leaked minutes of a July 2002 Downing Street meeting in which Tony Blair committed Britain to war in Iraq months before parliament was consulted."]
 

Modern Churches To Bible Preachers "You're Not Welcome" newswithviews.com 6/11/5 [by Chuck Baldwin "To many Christian parents, it is far more important that their church have a gymnasium and constant youth programs than it is that their children hear the truth of God's Word...  Would that prophet be welcome in my church today?"]
Russia: Evangelical Christians Fight for a Church themoscowtimes.com 6/11/5 [""In effect, Orthodox clergy were being given veto power over their competitors," Uzzell said.  ...on Tuesday, no one asked who we were, whether it was legal or not. They started tearing our posters down and grabbing women and pensioners.""]
'Disengagement undermines Jews' right to Israel' jnewswire.com 6/11/5 ["Israeli High Court Justice Edmond Levy Thursday joined a growing chorus of experts warning that the planned surrender of Gaza and northern Samaria would ultimately weaken the Jews' claim to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.  ...After consulting past League of Nation and United Nations decisions, Levy concluded that Israel was not an “occupying power” in Yesha, but rather exercised sovereignty there both by historic right and “a right anchored in international law.”"]
Scotland: Church condemns move to allow gay couples to adopt  news.scotsman.com 6/11/5 ["Euan Robson, the deputy education minister, announced the radical overhaul of adoption laws which will enable unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, to adopt jointly."]
 

Israeli Court Stops Gaza Pullout Challenge apnews.myway.com 6/10/5 ["ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan is constitutional, removing the last legal obstacle to this summer's watershed pullout."]
12-year-old with cancer taken from her parents worldnetdaily.com 6/10/5 ["Folks don't want radiation treatment, but state claims it's best option for girl "]
Chinese crackdown on house churches worldnetdaily.com 6/10/5 ["500 arrested, 40 leaders held for 3 weeks  ...The amount of man-power, coordination and planning involved in raiding 60 church meetings simultaneously shows this effort came from high levels of the Chinese government."]
EU calls for abortion in new global UN document cwnews.com 6/10/5 ["Now the Council of the European Union has released a document strongly supporting the integration of veiled references to legalized abortion in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and vowing to promote this agenda at September's summit."]
USS Liberty Survivors Ask Defense Department Probe of War Crimes Charges Against Israel ap.tbo.com 6/10/5 [""]
Canadian Government Admits Religions Not Protected Under Federal Gay ‘Marriage’ Legislation lifesite.net 6/10/5 ["there would be no guarantees of protection for religious organizations that refuse to “marry” homosexuals."]
Bill dispenses with abortion wait nola.com 6/10/5 ["BATON ROUGE -- Rape and incest victims must be informed about alternatives to abortion but do not have to wait 24 hours before undergoing the procedure, a House panel said Thursday."]
Florida Jihad case could test U.S. wiretap laws reuters.com 6/10/5 ["The Florida murder conspiracy trial of a Palestinian academic accused of funding Middle East violence could set off a legal test of U.S. surveillance laws and a secretive "spy court" that allow extensive wiretapping for national security reasons."]
Thousands take to the streets for gay pride parade in Tel Aviv haaretzdaily.com 6/10/5 ["He said nearly 100,000 members and supporters of the gay community would join the gay pride events to "support something that on one hand is really a carnival and a festival of color and music, and certainly also a festival of acceptance and support and love.""]
 

Russia ripe for a people's uprising, Solzhenitsyn says smh.com.au 6/9/5 ["In an apparent side-swipe at the West's attempts to impose democracy from above in places such as Iraq, he warned that such attempts were doomed to failure. "Democracy is not worth a brass farthing if it is being installed by bayonets. Democracy should grow slowly and gradually.""]
U.S.-led forces in Iraq hold 6,000 prisoners -UN swissinfo.org 6/9/5 ["without due process in apparent violation of international law, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding that 6,000 of the country's 10,000 prisoners were in the hands of the U.S. military."]
Planned Parenthood Celebrates Anniversary of Legalization of Contraception in America lifesite.net 6/9/5 ["On June 7, 1965, the US Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law prohibiting married couples from using artificial contraception."]
Jewish panel announces gay ban to be kept for now southbendtribune.com 6/9/5 ["kept in place a 1992 ruling against both ordination of openly gay rabbis and commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples."]
The Sanhedrin's Decision Regarding the Holy Temple, the Temple Mount, and Jerusalem templeinstitute.org 6/9/5 ["The Sanhedrin calls upon the Jewish people to contribute towards the acquisition of materials for the purpose of rebuilding the Holy Temple; the gathering and preparation of prefabricated, disassembled portions of this building to be stored and ready for rapid assembly, in the manner of King David."]
U.N. Funds Search for Perfect Abortion Drug lifesite.net 6/9/5 ["The research was funded by the abortion-promoting World Health Organization as part of a project to discover new contraceptive methods to supposedly further reduce Third World population levels."]
Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction: writ.news.findlaw.com 6/9/5 ["Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense?"]
  You can tell a tree by the fruit it bears, so it is with Geroge W. Bush. thegoldenreport.com 6/9/5 ["Jerusalem is the Burdensome stone and a Cup of Trembling. (Zech. 12:2-3)"]
Seat-belt Scrutiny cdapress.com 6/9/5 ["Post Falls began its run of issuing officer cards to third-graders at Seltice and Mullan Trail schools on Monday, just in time for the summer break...  The back of the card says, "As a Junior Seatbelt Officer, I promise to always wear my seat belt and make sure everyone else in the vehicle is wearing his or her seat belt. If anyone in the vehicle is caught not wearing his or her seat belt, they may be fined (blank).""]
 

Evidence of America’s Schizophrenia In the Matter of Abortion operationrescue.org 6/8/5 ["Tiller has a license to practice medicine and Flores does not. Tiller is well paid for his abortions while Flores offered his services at no charge. Tiller roams free while Flores will likely remain behind bars for the next 40 years or so. While we believe Flores deserves to bear punishment for his part in a double-murder, it is unjust to punish him and not the abortionists who cause the same results as Flores’ act day after day. Justice would be served only if Tiller and the rest of the abortionists, were tried for the same crime. Anything less is simply injustice and hypocrisy of the worst kind. –T.N."]
Judge orders St. Augustine to fly gay pride flags sun-sentinel.com 6/8/5 ["For the next six days, 49 rainbow flags will flutter on the Bridge of Lions after a three-year battle by gay rights organizations."]
UN experts to visit underground atom site-diplomats swissinfo.org 6/8/5 ["IAEA inspectors have arrived in Iran to carry out a safeguards visit to the Natanz site," a diplomat with access to Iran's nuclear program told Reuters.  He said Iran has been conducting "work on water and electric infrastructure, including piping, in the underground halls, to serve a cascade of at least 1,000 centrifuges.""]
World military spending nears Cold War peak reuters.com 6/8/5 ["Massive U.S. spending on the war on terrorism pushed global military expenditure above $1 trillion in 2004, the sixth successive year the total has risen, a leading research institute said on Tuesday."]
After Lowering Goal, Army Falls Short on May Recruits nytimes.com 6/8/5 ["Even after reducing its recruiting target for May, the Army missed it by about 25 percent, Army officials said on Tuesday. The shortfall would have been even bigger had the Army stuck to its original goal for the month."]
Senate Gives FBI More Patriot Act Power apnews.myway.com 6/8/5 ["The FBI would get expanded powers to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury in terrorism investigations under Patriot Act revisions approved Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee."]
Porn industry pushing Bush GOP fund-raiser worldnetdaily.com 6/8/5 ["Mark Kulkis, president of Kick A-- Pictures, which specializes in hard-core porn, has issued press releases explaining "he was personally invited to" the 2005 President's Dinner and proclaiming his presence, along with that of his guest, porn star Mary Carey, will "make pop culture history.""]
 

Could Teresa Heinz Kerry Get Away With This? theconservativevoice.com 6/7/5 ["willingness to overlook, and even condone, the improper conduct of President Bush, or in this case, First Lady Laura Bush is appalling. Preachers are called to be prophets of God, not political lackeys. However, it is painfully obvious that political lackeys are exactly what most of them have become.  ...Remember that it was only about a month previous to Laura's male stripper and "horse masturbation" jokes that the First Lady "rose with the rest of the National Theatre audience in a standing ovation for Jefferson Mays's performance in the one-man play 'I am My Own Wife,' which tells the story of an East German transvestite.""]
No Dr. Dobson, Homosexuality Is a Choice familyresearchinst.org 6/7/5 ["This article contains explicit but necessary descriptions of homosexual sexual practices. Please be advised.  ...his June 2002 letter to supporters to quote extensively from his chapter on homosexuality in Bringing Up Boys, calling it “a definitive explanation, I believe, regarding the origins of homosexuality” (p. 1): “first,...” homosexuality “...is a disorder.” “The second thing we know is that the disorder is not typically ‘chosen.’   ...Dobson’s model to account for adoption of homosexual activity requires that the boy be ‘confused’ about his gender."]
Battle Brews Over Gay History Books In Oklahoma City Schools thelouisvillechannel.com 6/7/5 ["Members Of OKC Gay Community Seek To Donate Books To High Schools  ...Supporters of the books said they hope to gain approval at the board's June 20 meeting. They said they hope to get the books placed in libraries by summer so that students will have access to them in the fall."]
South Dakota sued over new abortion requirements alertnet.org 6/7/5 ["It argues that a law that takes effect July 1 forces doctors to give women seeking abortions a list of statements that go beyond medical information into the realm of political and religious beliefs.  ...South Dakota's legislature went further, passing a law requiring that doctors give or read to patients considering an abortion a statement that says "the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." It also warns that in having an abortion, a woman risks becoming depressed and committing suicide."]
US stealth bombers deployed in South Korea spacewar.com 6/7/5 ["15 US F-117 stealth bombers to South Korea for four months of operations."]
Forget China, India is where IT is at nzherald.co.nz 6/7/5 ["India also has the second-largest number of English-speaking scientific professionals in the world, second only to the US.  And Nasscom says as many as 400 of the Fortune 500 companies now either have their own centres in the country, or outsource to Indian technology firms. "]
Appeals court upholds Florida sex offender registry, DNA test sun-sentinel.com 6/7/5 ["The DNA collection law requires samples from people convicted of a variety of sex crimes as well as non-sex crimes including any offenses using firearms, murder, burglary, carjacking and elderly abuse."]
Bolton forced out diplomat startribune.com 6/7/5 ["Bolton forced out diplomat"]
Voluntary Security ID to Debut in Florida forbes.com 6/7/5 ["The company behind Clear is Verified Identity Pass Inc., which Brill founded in 2003 in hopes of creating a nationwide, voluntary system that would give pre-screened people a dedicated fast lane for entering secure areas - not only at airports but also office buildings, power plants and stadiums. "]
To Fill Ranks, Army Acts To Retain Even Problem Enlistees wsj.com 6/7/5 [Editor: more propaganda for a draft, but it still shows glimpses of our armed forces]
 

IDF: All reserve combat units to be drafted for pullout jpost.com 6/6/5 ["Reserves have been mobilized, the officer said, to free up soldiers in regular service to train for the evacuation. It is the regular service soldiers who will carry out the actual evacuation, while reservists take over their standard duties.  ...the army would collect all weapons from the settlers, and if they refused to cooperate, the IDF would forcefully confiscate them."]
Are Weapons of Mass Destruction Being Planted in Iraq for Future "Discovery" world.mediamonitors.net 6/6/5 ["This discovery may well occur when impeachment talk for George W. Bush becomes too loud to ignore."]
TV's 'Queer Eye' guys throw Fenway a curve boston.com 6/6/5 ["the Red Sox brought their makeover maharishis, the crew of ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," to Fenway Park to sing the national anthem and throw out the opening pitch before a crowd of 35,000.  ...one season ticket holder remarked that 15 years ago it would have been unthinkable for a gay man to run out to the mound in a pink shirt to throw out the opening pitch."]
Swiss Vote to Scrap Border Passport Checks abcnews.go.com 6/6/5 ["Swiss voters agreed to join Europe's passport-free zone one of two issues on the ballot Sunday. They also granted same-sex couples more rights, marking the first time the issue has been put to a national vote in Europe."]
US lobby says world not ready for GMO wheat reuters.com 6/6/5 [" After a strong worldwide backlash prevented Monsanto Co. from launching the world's first genetically modified wheat last year, the U.S. wheat trade is in no hurry to see a transgenic variety of the food grain."]
American Express introduces 'contactless' cards reuters.com 6/6/5 [" The new cards offer a function already common at many U.S. gas stations. They are an alternative to the traditional cards that are swiped through a machine that reads information embedded in a magnetic strip.  American Express's Blue cards with ExpressPay will allow payment to be authorized in seconds and will not require a signature. Convenience store chain 7-Eleven will test the card in 170 stores and eventually plans to accept it at all its 5,300 stores."]
 

Japan Struggles With Surge in AIDS Cases news.yahoo.com 6/5/5 ["a country that has long felt protected by a first-rate health system and widespread condom use.  ...some experts say the real number of Japanese with HIV or AIDS is two to four times the official toll.  ...many in Japan are alarmed at the dangerous mixture of chronic underreporting of cases, a sexually freewheeling youth cultur"]
Al Gore declares world in 'planetary emergency' chron.com 6/5/5 ["gave a long list of doom-and- gloom statistics Saturday about global warming"]
Environment atlas reveals planet wide devastation reuters.com 6/5/5 ["on the eve of World Environment Day.  Page after page of the 300-page book illustrate in before-and-after pictures from space the disfigurement of the face of the planet wrought by human activities."]
U.S. Manufacturers Set Record for Overseas Investments in 2004; Up 90 Percent After Three Stagnant Years biz.yahoo.com 6/5/5 ["is partly due to improved profitability of foreign operations and enhanced confidence by manufacturers in global markets"]
UK: Satellite toll plan to make drivers pay by the mile news.independent.co.uk 6/5/5 ["British motorists face paying a new charge for every mile they drive in a revolutionary scheme to be introduced within two years.   ...Each of Britain's 24 million vehicles would be tracked by satellite if a variable "pay-as-you-drive" charge replaces the current road tax.  ...research suggests national road pricing could increase the capacity of Britain's network by as much as 40 per cent at a stroke"]
Dissident Professors At U.S. Catholic Universities Pave Way To Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide lifesite.net 6/5/5 ["...Crisis magazine documents the activities of 15 professors at leading Catholic universities who have publicly rejected Vatican teaching on euthanasia and assisted suicide. Several actively paved the way to Terri Schiavo's death by starvation, and others serve on the boards of national pro-assisted suicide lobbies."]
Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo newsmax.com 6/5/5 ["The Downing Street Memo, first reported on May 1 by the London Times, was drafted by a Matthew Rycroft, a foreign policy aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair. It is said to be minutes of a July 2002 meeting where Blair allegedly admitted that the Bush administration "fixed" Iraq intelligence to manufacture a rationale for war.  ...Citing the Downing Street Memo, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader called for an impeachment investigation on Tuesday in an op-ed piece published by the Boston Globe."]
 

Hong Kong Protesters Remember Tiananmen abcnews.go.com 6/4/5 [" Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong raised candles in the air and sang solemn songs Saturday to mark the 16th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations on Tiananmen Square, while security was tightened in Beijing to block any memorials there."]
Navajo Nation Council overrides president's veto of same-sex marriage ban kold.com 6/4/5 ["The Navajo Nation's Tribal Council gathered enough votes today to override a veto on a law that bans same-sex marriage on the nation's largest Indian reservation."]
Shalom requests Security Council spot ynetnews.com 6/4/5 ["requested Friday that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan consider Israel for a seat on the Security Council, in a bid to normalize Israel’s status in the U.N."]
Court overturns late-term abortion statute in Virginia seattletimes.nwsource.com 6/4/5 ["struck down Virginia's law barring a controversial late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the measure is unconstitutional because it lacks an exception to safeguard a woman's health."]
Hawaii Parents Protest School's Plan to Show Pro-Homosexual Video to Kids agapepress.org 6/4/5 ["several parents are opposed to the school's plan to show the film in isolation, saying it not only legitimizes homosexual lifestyles but also denies that ex-homosexuals exist."]
Survey: Rick Warren's books popular among pastors biblicalrecorder.org 6/4/5 ["One out of every five senior pastors said Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" was the most helpful book they had read in the last three years. Warren's "The Purpose Driven Church" was the next most popular book.  ...The larger the church, the more likely the pastor was to consider Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" as one of the most helpful books."]
Purpose Driven Life European Conference to be Held in the UK christiantoday.com 6/4/5 ["The Conference sessions will address such issues as:  ...Leading Your Church Through Change"]
 

Google's long memory stirs privacy concerns reuters.com 6/3/5 ["Google officials say their extensive log files help them improve service, fight fraud and develop new products, and unlike many other online companies, it seems willing to pay for the enormous storage capacity needed to save the data."]
Porn sites to get their own Internet domain reuters.com 6/3/5 ["Sex sites won't be required to sign up for .xxx addresses. But the new domain will enable porn sites to label themselves clearly and help filtering software keep underage users away, according to ICM Registry Inc., the company that will oversee the domain."]
UN says Aids reversal goal 'not realistic' news.scotsman.com 6/3/5 ["THE United Nations' top Aids official said it is no longer realistic to hope that the world will meet its goal of halting and reversing the spread of the pandemic by 2015."]
Canada: Liberals fast-track gay marriage bill canada.com 6/3/5 ["If passed as expected, Canada would join a vanguard of gay marriage-friendly nations that includes only Belgium and the Netherlands.  ..."There's no doubt that . . . it's legislation that must pass," Martin said. "And we want it to pass. And parliamentarians are here to do the job.""]
After 30 Years, Draft Fears Rise washingtonpost.com 6/3/5 ["Two years into the Iraq war, concern that the draft will be reinstated to supplement an overextended military persists -- no matter how often, or emphatically, President Bush and members of Congress say it won't."]
California: License bill goes to Assembly sfgate.com 6/3/5 ["A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to receive a license that is valid only for driving on California roads was approved Thursday by the state Senate."]
California Assisted Suicide Bill Halted in House, Moves to Senate lifenews.com 6/3/5 ["Sensing they were unable to obtain enough votes to pass a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the state House, backers of the controversial legislation have taken their fight to the state Senate with the hopes of creating some momentum for the bill."]
Teens may be last to get summer jobs csmonitor.com 6/3/5 ["Last summer, the teen employment rate was the lowest since 1948, with only 36 percent of those ages 16 to 19 holding jobs, down from 45 percent in 2000.  ... It is attributed, in part, to immigrants and older workers turning to hourly work. Employers often perceive older workers to be more mature or reliable and still available long after teens have returned to school."]
British Treasury chief outlines 'modern Marshall plan' for Africa cbc.ca 6/3/5 ["He proposed erasing all the debt poor countries owe to international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development bank.  That would follow up the cancellation in recent years of much of the debt the poorest nations owe directly to Britain and other rich countries."]
Thousands expected for Motor City Pride gay fest dailytribune.com 6/3/5 ["Up to 40,000 people are expected to crowd the streets of downtown Ferndale on Sunday for Motor City Pride, the largest annual gay festival in the state.  ...most public objections to gay lifestyles and issues here have since abated.  "It's become pretty non-controversial," said Councilman Craig Covey, who is openly gay."]
 

Mississippi Judge Says Late-Term Abortion Ban Unconstitutional lifenews.com 6/2/5 ["The law would have prohibited the abortions in stand-alone abortion businesses because of the danger to the mother during the more risky abortion. Such abortions would only be able to be performed in hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.  In its arguments before Judge Lee, the state said moving the abortions to more legitimate medical facilities allowed women to be closer to doctors who could performing emergency surgery in cases of botched abortions."]
California Assembly Defeats Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage bloomberg.com 6/2/5 ["The bill, written by San Francisco Democrat Mark Leno, would have amended state law to define marriage as a civil contract between two people."]
'Embryo Adoption' - Latest Wrinkle in Stem-Cell Debate dailynewscentral.com 6/2/5 [" The Snowflakes program was launched in 1997 by the nonprofit, state-licensed Nightlight Christian adoption agency in Fullerton, Calif., in response to the boom in in-vitro fertilization. Often 10 to 20 or more eggs are fertilized and frozen for implantation; after the last sucessful pregnancy or for other reasons, the couple must then decide what to do with the leftover eggs.  The Snowflakes political stance is clear: "We view the embryo as a preborn child," said director Lori Maze. "]
Schwarzenegger unveils global warming plan at U.N. conference signonsandiego.com 6/2/5 ["Using the United Nations World Environment Day in San Francisco as his platform, Schwarzenegger issued an executive order that sets a timeline for a gradual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades."]
China and India fall into step atimes.com 6/2/5 ["the two countries will for the first time ever hold joint military maneuvers."]
Temple Mount leaders planning Jewish protest worldnetdaily.com 6/2/5 ["Group seeking to reclaim Israeli control ignores police, threat of Muslim backlash  ...''The situation is simply intolerable,'' said Ha'ivri. ''This is a Jewish state. The Temple Mount is Judaism's most holy site. We're not going away until Jews can once again pray there unrestricted.''"]
Bush's 3 little words, 1 big betrayal worldnetdaily.com 6/2/5 ["1949 Armistice Lines"]
 

After Mass. Enacts Stem Cell Law, Conn. Moves Ahead channel3000.com 6/1/5 ["The state House of Representatives has approved a 10-year, $100 million plan. The Connecticut Senate has already approved the measure, and Gov. Jodi Rell said she will sign it.  Connecticut is hoping to compete with other states in the research arena. Neighboring Massachusetts has a new law, which was enacted Tuesday after state lawmakers easily overturned a gubernatorial veto with the same goal in mind."]
ORLANDO, Fla.: Thousands Expected As Mayor Helps Kick-Off 2005 Gay Days wftv.com 6/1/5 ["More than 115,000 people and 80 businesses are expected to attend the 15th annual Orlando Gay Days."]
Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough Ignored newsmax.com 6/1/5 ["Mackay-Sim's team of scientists managed to grow nerve cells, glial cells, liver cells, heart cells and muscle cells from cells harvested from the human nose.  ...Another significant benefit: Because adult stem cells can be harvested from the patient, there's no risk of the body rejecting them as alien, eliminating the need for immune system-suppressing drugs."]
Police fears over Live 8 protest news.bbc.co.uk 6/1/5 ["The aim is to raise awareness of global poverty while G8 leaders meet in Gleneagles from 6 to 8 July.  More than 100,000 people had already been expected at a Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on 2 July."]
US forces issue hi-tech ID cards for insurgent suspects gulf-news.com 6/1/5 ["The cards allow American intelligence services to keep track of people taken into custody even if they are released because they are found to have done nothing wrong."]
Investigation Shows Big Business Funding Sex Chat Rooms nbc4.tv 6/1/5 [""]
Rare disease that stalks gay, bisexual men confirmed in Canada theglobeandmail.com 6/1/5 ["There have been 22 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) reported in Canada in recent months, all in homosexual and bisexual men with high-risk sexual practices, according to a report published yesterday in the on-line edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal."]
 

Japan Struggles With Surge in AIDS Cases news.yahoo.com 6/5/5 ["a country that has long felt protected by a first-rate health system and widespread condom use.  ...some experts say the real number of Japanese with HIV or AIDS is two to four times the official toll.  ...many in Japan are alarmed at the dangerous mixture of chronic underreporting of cases, a sexually freewheeling youth cultur"]
Al Gore declares world in 'planetary emergency' chron.com 6/5/5 ["gave a long list of doom-and- gloom statistics Saturday about global warming"]
Environment atlas reveals planet wide devastation reuters.com 6/5/5 ["on the eve of World Environment Day.  Page after page of the 300-page book illustrate in before-and-after pictures from space the disfigurement of the face of the planet wrought by human activities."]
U.S. Manufacturers Set Record for Overseas Investments in 2004; Up 90 Percent After Three Stagnant Years biz.yahoo.com 6/5/5 ["is partly due to improved profitability of foreign operations and enhanced confidence by manufacturers in global markets"]
UK: Satellite toll plan to make drivers pay by the mile news.independent.co.uk 6/5/5 ["British motorists face paying a new charge for every mile they drive in a revolutionary scheme to be introduced within two years.   ...Each of Britain's 24 million vehicles would be tracked by satellite if a variable "pay-as-you-drive" charge replaces the current road tax.  ...research suggests national road pricing could increase the capacity of Britain's network by as much as 40 per cent at a stroke"]
Dissident Professors At U.S. Catholic Universities Pave Way To Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide lifesite.net 6/5/5 ["...Crisis magazine documents the activities of 15 professors at leading Catholic universities who have publicly rejected Vatican teaching on euthanasia and assisted suicide. Several actively paved the way to Terri Schiavo's death by starvation, and others serve on the boards of national pro-assisted suicide lobbies."]
Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo newsmax.com 6/5/5 ["The Downing Street Memo, first reported on May 1 by the London Times, was drafted by a Matthew Rycroft, a foreign policy aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair. It is said to be minutes of a July 2002 meeting where Blair allegedly admitted that the Bush administration "fixed" Iraq intelligence to manufacture a rationale for war.  ...Citing the Downing Street Memo, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader called for an impeachment investigation on Tuesday in an op-ed piece published by the Boston Globe."]
 

Hong Kong Protesters Remember Tiananmen abcnews.go.com 6/4/5 [" Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong raised candles in the air and sang solemn songs Saturday to mark the 16th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations on Tiananmen Square, while security was tightened in Beijing to block any memorials there."]
Navajo Nation Council overrides president's veto of same-sex marriage ban kold.com 6/4/5 ["The Navajo Nation's Tribal Council gathered enough votes today to override a veto on a law that bans same-sex marriage on the nation's largest Indian reservation."]
Shalom requests Security Council spot ynetnews.com 6/4/5 ["requested Friday that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan consider Israel for a seat on the Security Council, in a bid to normalize Israel’s status in the U.N."]
Court overturns late-term abortion statute in Virginia seattletimes.nwsource.com 6/4/5 ["struck down Virginia's law barring a controversial late-term abortion procedure, ruling that the measure is unconstitutional because it lacks an exception to safeguard a woman's health."]
Hawaii Parents Protest School's Plan to Show Pro-Homosexual Video to Kids agapepress.org 6/4/5 ["several parents are opposed to the school's plan to show the film in isolation, saying it not only legitimizes homosexual lifestyles but also denies that ex-homosexuals exist."]
Survey: Rick Warren's books popular among pastors biblicalrecorder.org 6/4/5 ["One out of every five senior pastors said Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" was the most helpful book they had read in the last three years. Warren's "The Purpose Driven Church" was the next most popular book.  ...The larger the church, the more likely the pastor was to consider Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" as one of the most helpful books."]
Purpose Driven Life European Conference to be Held in the UK christiantoday.com 6/4/5 ["The Conference sessions will address such issues as:  ...Leading Your Church Through Change"]
 

Google's long memory stirs privacy concerns reuters.com 6/3/5 ["Google officials say their extensive log files help them improve service, fight fraud and develop new products, and unlike many other online companies, it seems willing to pay for the enormous storage capacity needed to save the data."]
Porn sites to get their own Internet domain reuters.com 6/3/5 ["Sex sites won't be required to sign up for .xxx addresses. But the new domain will enable porn sites to label themselves clearly and help filtering software keep underage users away, according to ICM Registry Inc., the company that will oversee the domain."]
UN says Aids reversal goal 'not realistic' news.scotsman.com 6/3/5 ["THE United Nations' top Aids official said it is no longer realistic to hope that the world will meet its goal of halting and reversing the spread of the pandemic by 2015."]
Canada: Liberals fast-track gay marriage bill canada.com 6/3/5 ["If passed as expected, Canada would join a vanguard of gay marriage-friendly nations that includes only Belgium and the Netherlands.  ..."There's no doubt that . . . it's legislation that must pass," Martin said. "And we want it to pass. And parliamentarians are here to do the job.""]
After 30 Years, Draft Fears Rise washingtonpost.com 6/3/5 ["Two years into the Iraq war, concern that the draft will be reinstated to supplement an overextended military persists -- no matter how often, or emphatically, President Bush and members of Congress say it won't."]
California: License bill goes to Assembly sfgate.com 6/3/5 ["A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to receive a license that is valid only for driving on California roads was approved Thursday by the state Senate."]
California Assisted Suicide Bill Halted in House, Moves to Senate lifenews.com 6/3/5 ["Sensing they were unable to obtain enough votes to pass a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the state House, backers of the controversial legislation have taken their fight to the state Senate with the hopes of creating some momentum for the bill."]
Teens may be last to get summer jobs csmonitor.com 6/3/5 ["Last summer, the teen employment rate was the lowest since 1948, with only 36 percent of those ages 16 to 19 holding jobs, down from 45 percent in 2000.  ... It is attributed, in part, to immigrants and older workers turning to hourly work. Employers often perceive older workers to be more mature or reliable and still available long after teens have returned to school."]
British Treasury chief outlines 'modern Marshall plan' for Africa cbc.ca 6/3/5 ["He proposed erasing all the debt poor countries owe to international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development bank.  That would follow up the cancellation in recent years of much of the debt the poorest nations owe directly to Britain and other rich countries."]
Thousands expected for Motor City Pride gay fest dailytribune.com 6/3/5 ["Up to 40,000 people are expected to crowd the streets of downtown Ferndale on Sunday for Motor City Pride, the largest annual gay festival in the state.  ...most public objections to gay lifestyles and issues here have since abated.  "It's become pretty non-controversial," said Councilman Craig Covey, who is openly gay."]
 

Mississippi Judge Says Late-Term Abortion Ban Unconstitutional lifenews.com 6/2/5 ["The law would have prohibited the abortions in stand-alone abortion businesses because of the danger to the mother during the more risky abortion. Such abortions would only be able to be performed in hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.  In its arguments before Judge Lee, the state said moving the abortions to more legitimate medical facilities allowed women to be closer to doctors who could performing emergency surgery in cases of botched abortions."]
California Assembly Defeats Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage bloomberg.com 6/2/5 ["The bill, written by San Francisco Democrat Mark Leno, would have amended state law to define marriage as a civil contract between two people."]
'Embryo Adoption' - Latest Wrinkle in Stem-Cell Debate dailynewscentral.com 6/2/5 [" The Snowflakes program was launched in 1997 by the nonprofit, state-licensed Nightlight Christian adoption agency in Fullerton, Calif., in response to the boom in in-vitro fertilization. Often 10 to 20 or more eggs are fertilized and frozen for implantation; after the last sucessful pregnancy or for other reasons, the couple must then decide what to do with the leftover eggs.  The Snowflakes political stance is clear: "We view the embryo as a preborn child," said director Lori Maze. "]
Schwarzenegger unveils global warming plan at U.N. conference signonsandiego.com 6/2/5 ["Using the United Nations World Environment Day in San Francisco as his platform, Schwarzenegger issued an executive order that sets a timeline for a gradual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades."]
China and India fall into step atimes.com 6/2/5 ["the two countries will for the first time ever hold joint military maneuvers."]
Temple Mount leaders planning Jewish protest worldnetdaily.com 6/2/5 ["Group seeking to reclaim Israeli control ignores police, threat of Muslim backlash  ...''The situation is simply intolerable,'' said Ha'ivri. ''This is a Jewish state. The Temple Mount is Judaism's most holy site. We're not going away until Jews can once again pray there unrestricted.''"]
Bush's 3 little words, 1 big betrayal worldnetdaily.com 6/2/5 ["1949 Armistice Lines"]
 

After Mass. Enacts Stem Cell Law, Conn. Moves Ahead channel3000.com 6/1/5 ["The state House of Representatives has approved a 10-year, $100 million plan. The Connecticut Senate has already approved the measure, and Gov. Jodi Rell said she will sign it.  Connecticut is hoping to compete with other states in the research arena. Neighboring Massachusetts has a new law, which was enacted Tuesday after state lawmakers easily overturned a gubernatorial veto with the same goal in mind."]
ORLANDO, Fla.: Thousands Expected As Mayor Helps Kick-Off 2005 Gay Days wftv.com 6/1/5 ["More than 115,000 people and 80 businesses are expected to attend the 15th annual Orlando Gay Days."]
Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough Ignored newsmax.com 6/1/5 ["Mackay-Sim's team of scientists managed to grow nerve cells, glial cells, liver cells, heart cells and muscle cells from cells harvested from the human nose.  ...Another significant benefit: Because adult stem cells can be harvested from the patient, there's no risk of the body rejecting them as alien, eliminating the need for immune system-suppressing drugs."]
Police fears over Live 8 protest news.bbc.co.uk 6/1/5 ["The aim is to raise awareness of global poverty while G8 leaders meet in Gleneagles from 6 to 8 July.  More than 100,000 people had already been expected at a Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on 2 July."]
US forces issue hi-tech ID cards for insurgent suspects gulf-news.com 6/1/5 ["The cards allow American intelligence services to keep track of people taken into custody even if they are released because they are found to have done nothing wrong."]
Investigation Shows Big Business Funding Sex Chat Rooms nbc4.tv 6/1/5 [""]
Rare disease that stalks gay, bisexual men confirmed in Canada theglobeandmail.com 6/1/5 ["There have been 22 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) reported in Canada in recent months, all in homosexual and bisexual men with high-risk sexual practices, according to a report published yesterday in the on-line edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal."]