"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

 

 

 Schiavo Dies 13 Days After Tube Removed guardian.co.uk 3/31/5 ["``The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak,'' Bush said. ``In cases where there are serious doubts and questions, the presumption should be in favor of life.''"]
 Terri Schiavo dies of thirst worldnetdaily.com 3/31/5 ["At that time it was clear she was near death, and the family wanted to be there, [but] Michael refused that opportunity," Pavone said."]
 Pope's 'Living Will' Wants Life Support to the End reuters.myway.com 3/31/5 ["The ailing Pontiff sharply narrowed Catholic guidelines for treating patients nearing death in March 2004 when he described tube-feeding as a normal treatment rather than an extraordinary measure that can be stopped if all hope of recovery fades.  ..."The administration of water and food, even when provided by artificial means, always represents a natural means of preserving life, not a medical act," he said. Denying them this treatment would amount to "euthanasia by omission.""]
 EU proposes 15% duty on US goods bbc.co.uk 3/31/5 [" The European Commission has proposed sanctions on a range of US goods as punishment for the US failure to repeal the Byrd Amendment anti-dumping law.  The Byrd Amendment permits US firms to benefit from anti-dumping fees gained from foreign companies considered to be selling items too cheaply.  The World Trade Organisation ruled it illegal more than a year ago.  ...US paper, farm goods, textiles and machinery would face an extra 15% duty from May 1."]
 US Dismisses Iranian Media Tour of Nuclear Plant as 'Theatrical' voanews.com 3/31/5 ["The State Department said if Iran wants to put to rest concerns about its nuclear intentions, it should fully cooperate with U.N. inspectors and European negotiators."]
 

 Nurse Who Cared for Terri Schiavo Wants Courts to Grant Hearings lifenews.com 3/30/5 ["We wanted to testify but we weren't allowed to," nurse Carla Sauer Iyer told WBT Charlotte in an interview.  "Very few of us were allowed to see Terri," she said. However, she saw enough of Terri to know that she was not in a persistent vegetative state.  ...has never been interviewed by any of the judges considering Terri's case."]
 Jewish Settlers Urged to Give Up Weapons guardian.co.uk 3/30/5 ["Also Wednesday, Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco said he would prevent withdrawal opponents from holding an April 10 rally at a disputed Jerusalem holy site. Franco told Israel Radio the protesters posed a security risk.  The site - known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram as-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary - is revered in both religions. The site is the most sensitive spot in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "]
 Oil prices spread to grapes, TVs, pizza csmonitor.com 3/30/5 [""]
 Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill Use Increases 100% in BC lifesite.net 3/30/5 ["after it was made available over-the-counter in British Columbia."]
 CodeBlueBlog Issues $100,000 Challenge to Terri Schiavo Neurologist Experts codeblueblog.blogs.com 3/30/5 ["offering $100,000 on a $25,000 wager for ANY neurologist (and $125,000 for any neurologist/bioethicist) involved in Terri Schiavo's case--including all the neurologists reviewed on television and in the newspapers who can accurately single out PVS patients from functioning patients with better than 60% accuracy on CT scans. "]
 Schools Go High-Tech To Track Sex Offenders ksat.com 3/30/5 ["The computer program called, V-soft -- or visitor, student or faculty tracking -- is designed to identify visitors to schools who are known sex offenders.  The system scans photo identification cards, such as a driver's license, to keep track of school visitors. It also alerts school officials to people who should not be on campus."]
 

 Schiavo clings to lifenews.com.au  3/29/5 ["there were indications her kidneys had begun to fail.  ...when he visited his daughter yesterday, she was "still showing facial expressions" - among other signs of interaction.  She's trying to talk but it's very, very subdued"]
 Homeland Security to add 500 new agents to Arizona border news.bostonherald.com 3/29/5 ["two days before civilian volunteers with the so-called Minutemen Project begin a monthlong Arizona patrol against immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico line. "]
 2,000 dead in tsunami panic thisislondon.com 3/29/5 ["Hundreds of people are thought to be buried in the rubble."]
 U.S. to create list of 'unstable' nations interestalert.com 3/29/5 ["and, thus, candidates for intervention."]
 Settlers: Expulsion of Jews will be prevented jnewswire.com 3/29/5 ["Knesset member Effi Eitam echoed that sentiment, stating that since the Knesset had "voted against democracy and against the will of the people…hundreds of thousands of citizens whose right to vote in a referendum was denied will vote with their feet in Gush Katif, and will prove that the majority of the nation is against the disengagement."]
 Nazis Used Starvation to Kill newsmax.com 3/29/5 ["The internationally accepted Geneva Convention – which identifies starvation as a war crime..."]
 RFID Cards Get Spin Treatment wired.com 3/29/5 ["The U.S. government will not use radio-frequency identification tags in the passports it issues to millions of Americans in the coming years.  Instead, the government will use "contactless chips."  ...The department is also evaluating technology pitches from several RFID tag manufacturers, including Philips, for an RFID-tagged passport containing biometric data"]
 

 U.S. case reminder of Dutch woman columbiatribune.com 3/28/5 ["Right-to-life advocates say Stinissen’s death in 1990, 11 days after life support ended, opened the door to Dutch euthanasia legislation - and warn the Terri Schiavo case could do the same in the United States.  ...In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to permit doctors to actively induce death for terminal patients who have no hope of recovery, suffer unbearable pain and ask to die."]
 Gov poised to veto stem cell bill news.bostonherald.com 3/28/5 ["`The governor, on the issue of stem cell research, believes that research on embryos derived from the in-vitro fertilization process, if they would otherwise be discarded, is appropriate. He certainly supports research that is ongoing on adult stem cells, but he is opposed to cloning."]
 Hair Follicles Provide Source of Nerve Stem Cells reuters.com 3/28/5 ["The best known source of stem cells is the bone marrow, but researchers hope to find more easily accessible sites and want to experiment to see if different sources of stem cells may offer cells with different qualities."]
 Supreme Court Won't Reinstate Idaho Parental Consent on Abortion Law lifenews.com 3/28/5 ["requiring abortion facilities to obtain permission from parents before being able to perform abortions on teenage girls.  ...David Ripley, Idaho Chooses Life executive director, said he was saddened that "Planned Parenthood is seeking to leave girls at the mercy of predators.""]
 Imax documentary gets cold shoulder over evolution theorizing canada.com 3/28/5 ["Filmmakers behind Volcanoes said executives at some southern Imax theatres told them they worried the movie might rile conservative Christians."]
 Oregon: Senate Bill 1013: Teacher Certification Required for Some Homeschool Parents hslda.org 3/28/5 ["requires any person who is paid to provide instruction to a child in kindergarten to twelfth grade to have a teaching license. This would effectively stop or severely curtail homeschool co-ops across the state. "]
 

 Abortion copies Nazis - cardinal news.bbc.co.uk 3/27/5 ["Abortion leads to Nazi-style birth control and lets the strong decide the fate of the weak, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor has warned."]
  China warns 'malevolent' Taiwan theaustralian.news.com.au 3/27/5 ["China vowed, again, never to back down over Taiwan. In an official commentary carried in all major newspapers and broadcast on state television, it accused the "extreme Taiwan independence secessionists" of "malevolently distorting the principles of the law to misguide the Taiwan people and instigate antagonism and create new tension across the Taiwan Strait"."]
 Mega-Churches Offer Prayer, Play, Shopping abcnews.go.com 3/27/5 [""I worry about a congregation so enmeshed into say, for example, a suburban, white, middle-class mentality," he said. "I worry that the full gospel isn't being communicated to these people.""]
 Rice Describes Plans To Spread Democracy washingtonpost.com 3/27/5 ["including pressing for competitive presidential elections this year in Egypt and women's right to vote in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries."]
 

 Fla. Judge Nixes Schiavo Parents' Request abcnews.go.com 3/26/5 ["Fla. Judge Nixes Another Attempt by Terri Schiavo's Parents to Have Her Feeding Tube Reconnected"]
 Mother Arrested in Attempt to Save 14 Year-old Pregnant Daughter from Unwanted Abortion lifesite.net 3/26/5 ["A medical tech at the clinic told me , 'It’s your daughter’s rights, it’s her body. You have no rights.’”"]
 Taiwanese hold huge anti-China march cbc.ca 3/26/5 ["Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese marched in Taipei Saturday to protest against Beijing's new law sanctioning the use of force if Taiwan moves toward formal independence."]
 Gaza settlers grow defiant swissinfo.org 3/26/5 ["Such comparisons with the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews during World War Two have caused concern about what militant settlers might do to stop the withdrawal.  For many settlers, it is the end of a dream and the beginning of what they fear will be more handovers of biblical land Palestinians want for a state."]
 

 Schiavo 'Down to Her Last Hours,' Father Says reuters.com 3/25/5 ["Doctors said Schiavo could survive one to two weeks without water or nutrition after the feeding tube was removed last Friday. They also said patients in her condition seemed to suffer little or no distress when dying through starvation. [lie]   ...Ashamed to be an American today."]
 Japanese doctor escapes jail after turning off life support machine news.yahoo.com 3/25/5 ["had terminated the life of her patient without clear consent from his family, whom she told eight days before taking out the tube that he was 99.9 percent brain dead."]
 Hostage drama boosts 'Purpose Driven' canada.com 3/25/5 ["The book, meanwhile, has soared on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. reaching No. 2 Thursday on both lists of bestsellers."]
 Poll: Israelis say no 'gay pride' in Holy City worldnetdaily.com 3/25/5 ["nearly 70 percent of the general Israeli population of Jews, Christians and Muslims are opposed to current plans for Jerusalem to host World Pride 2005  ...previously held in 2000 in Rome, where it attracted about a quarter of a million participants.  ...'WorldPride 2005 will bring thousands of us to Jerusalem to confront preconception with reality, prejudice with an opportunity for understanding, in a way that will capture the attention of the world.' "]
 

 Court Refuses to Intervene in Schiavo Case sfgate.com 3/24/5 ["was the last stop for Terri Schiavo's parents in a federal court system that rejected them at every turn."]
 Florida: Senate Bill Would Allow Citizens to Kill Those Who Threaten Them local6.com 3/24/5 ["A bill permitting the use of deadly force during a home invasion or when an individual considers themselves threatened unanimously passed the Florida Senate on Wednesday.  ...just moments after it defeated a proposal that might have cleared the way for Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted."]
 Three Young Women's Tragedies Changing Nation's Approach to Death ap.tbo.com 3/24/5 [""]
 Fla. Judge Rebuffs Gov. Bush's Request washingtonpost.com 3/24/5 ["Gov. Jeb Bush's request seeking custody cited new allegations of neglect and challenges the diagnoses that Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state, but Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer wasn't convinced and declined to hear Bush's arguments."]
 Portland Threatens to Quit FBI Anti-Terror Group reuters.com 3/24/5 ["after the agency rejected a request by city officials for top-secret clearances they say are needed to safeguard civil rights."]
 UN Approves 10,000 Peacekeepers for Southern Sudan reuters.com 3/24/5 ["The peacekeepers are to monitor a crucial agreement signed in January between the Khartoum government and southern rebels that ended a 21-year old civil war. That conflict cost 2 million lives and forced 4 million people from their homes."]
 UK Parliamentary Report Recommends Animal-Human Hybrids, Sex Selection and More lifesite.net 3/24/5 ["resented proposals for changes to existing laws regarding in vitro fertilization and embryo research this week. The report recommends allowing the sex selection of embryos in IVF facilities. Also recommended, in language that chillingly resembles that of early 20th century eugenicists, is that IVF clients be allowed to ‘weed out’ embryos with detectible genetic defects."]
 The Terri Schiavo Case - Generation X’s Roe vs. Wade lifesite.net 3/24/5 ["“First you kill those who want to die,” forewarns the American Catholic ecumenist Dr. Bill Cork. “Then you kill those whose family wants them to die, then those where one family member wants them to die, and then those whose families want them to live. Finally, you kill those who want to live but who get in the way of the state.”"]
 

 Court-ordered Euthanasia thenewamerican.com 3/23/5 ["Euthanasia advocates claim it is not a crime to kill as long as the victims cannot speak for themselves.  ...the existence of a feeding tube does not magically metamorphose Terri from a human to a "houseplant," which is what Michael's lawyer and euthanasia advocate, George Felos, compared her to."]
 Bush urged to change parts of Patriot Act seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/23/5 ["Conservatives join ACLU in saying it infringes on U.S. citizens"]
 Blast rocks BP Texas refinery theglobeandmail.com 3/23/5 ["The Texas City plant is the third-largest refinery in the U.S."]
 Canada’s Conservative Party Abandons Pursuit of Abortion Legislation christianpost.com 3/23/5 ["Backing the Conservative Party leader’s announcement that he will not introduce abortion legislation if he is elected prime minister, a majority of delegates vote to abandon the fight for new regulations."]
 Air Force Wants Big Boost in Predator Fleet latimes.com 3/23/5 ["Air Force said Friday that it planned to spend nearly $6 billion for more than 140 of the company's unmanned Predator spy planes."]
 

 Murder, even 'in good faith', is still murder opinion.telegraph.co.uk 3/22/5 ["an abortion on any foetus - let alone one that is seven months old - for what is a treatable facial condition, can never be morally justified. Yet, as a society, we are now saying that a cleft lip and palate are grounds to end a viable unborn child's life."]
 Bush Role in Schiavo Case Bothers Right abcnews.go.com 3/22/5 ["To simply say that the 'culture of life,' or whatever you call it means that we don't have to pay attention to the principles of federalism or separation of powers is certainly not a conservative viewpoint"]
 Terri’s Case -- It’s All About Money, Power, and Our Constitution townhall.com 3/22/5 ["The outcome will establish case law as to whether the disabled are entitled to equal protection under The Constitution of the United States of America. Section l of Amendment XIV protects citizens from being killed unjustly under the laws of a state by guaranteeing them “due process of law” and “equal protection of the laws.”  ...The outcome of Terri’s Case will determine whether it will be increasingly acceptable and permissible to eliminate disabled and otherwise nonproductive persons for the convenience and financial benefit of others. Just think how much could be saved on Social Security and Medicare."]
 South Dakota Adopts Strictest Abortion Restrictions in US lifesite.net 3/22/5 ["doctors tell the woman that, by aborting her child, a human life ends. The bill stipulates that a doctor must inform the mother in writing and in person, no later than two hours before the abortion, that abortion ends the life of her baby, and "terminates the constitutional relationship women have with their fetuses.""]
 Settler prayer meet outstrips pro-retreat rally jnewswire.com 3/22/5 ["Tens of thousands of Israeli Jews gathered in southern Gaza’s Katif Bloc last Thursday to pray that God bring Sharon’s “disengagement” plan to naught and uphold their biblical right to settle the land.  ...The prayer event was part of the current widespread grassroots movement in support of the Jews’ right to settle all the land deeded them by the Almighty some 4,000 years ago."]
 Iran's Leader Blasts U.S. 'Warmongers' netscape.com 3/22/5 ["The United States has said that unless Iran abandons enrichment, it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose sanctions."]
 South Korea, US kick off military drill chinadaily.com.cn 3/22/5 ["that North Korea said were aimed at making a preemptive strike and justified the bolstering of its "self-defensive nuclear arsenal.""]
 

 U.S. Judge in Schiavo Case Withholds Ruling for Now bloomberg.com 3/21/5 ["The Supreme Court refused last week to hear an appeal filed by Schiavo's parents and one filed by the House Committee on Government Reform. Nineteen Florida judges have heard the case over the last seven years and all sided with Michael Schiavo."]
 Media Bias in Terri Schiavo Case at Extreme Levels in AP, Reuters Reports lifenews.com 3/21/5 ["The press has the facts wrong, they have consistently used the wrong language, and there is a repeated effort in all that you read and here in the media an urgency to sway the American people that Terri is somehow less then human"]
 Renowned neurologist: Schiavo can eat with aid & is not in ‘persistent vegetative state’ bpnews.net 3/21/5 ["Hammesfahr was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1999 for his work in brain injury and stroke."]
 Taiwan and Singapore to hold joint military exercise: report spacewar.com 3/21/5 ["The Chinese side is firmly opposed to countries which have diplomatic relations with China carrying out any type of official or military contact with Taiwan"]
 Two Years Later, Iraq War Drains Military washingtonpost.com 3/21/5 ["Stretched by Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States lacks a sufficiently robust ability to put large numbers of "boots on the ground" in case of a major emergency elsewhere, such as the Korean Peninsula, in the view of some Republican and Democratic lawmakers and some military leaders."]
 Army Raises Enlistment Age for Reservists to 39 reuters.com 3/21/5 ["stung by recruiting shortfalls caused by the Iraq war, has raised the maximum age for new recruits for the part-time Army Reserve and National Guard by five years to 39, officials said on Monday."]
 Illegal immigrant population surges to 10.3 million chron.com 3/21/5 ["spurred largely since 2000 by the arrivals of unauthorized Mexicans in the United States, a report being released today says."]
 U.S. needs to watch extremists, Fox says azcentral.com 3/21/5 ["he urged U.S. officials to act quickly to control movements such as the 950-member-strong Minuteman Project on the Mexico-Arizona border."]
 

 Compromise bill may put Schiavo case in federal court sfgate.com 3/20/5 ["her case represents a test of the political system and of the culture itself."]
  Thousands protest war in New York theaustralian.news.com.au 3/20/5 ["The demonstrations, which included protests in other US cities such as Miami and San Francisco, were part of a global day of action that saw tens of thousands march through European cities denouncing the "war on terror"."]
 Around Asia's markets: Assets tied to dollar bear brunt of decline iht.com 3/20/5 ["Hong Kong, Malaysia and China are Asia's worst-performing stock markets this year, and all three have their currencies pegged to the U.S. dollar."]
 

 Attorney: Terri cried at news worldnetdaily.com 3/19/5 ["Doctors removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube today to carry out her estranged husband's requested court order."]
 Congress Moves Again to Keep Fla. Woman Alive reuters.com 3/19/5 ["The House will meet on Sunday afternoon in a special session to consider limited legislation passed by the Senate that would allow a federal judge to rule on whether withholding food and water from Schiavo violates her constitutional rights."]
 UK: Unborn baby pictures fuel abortion debate telegraph.co.uk 3/19/5 ["Extraordinary pictures of a 12-week-old unborn baby wriggling his legs in the "stepping" motion characteristic of newborns triggered a debate on the ethics of abortion  ...the ultrasound pioneer who captured the images, said yesterday he was "truly staggered" by their impact."]
 Global protests as Bush defends Iraq war reuters.co.uk 3/19/5 ["Thousands of protesters against the war on Iraq have marched in Europe and the United States, but U.S. President George W. Bush says the invasion just two years ago has shielded the world from "grave danger.""]
 Israel:  Gov´t To Limit Media Coverage of Expulsion israelnationalnews.com 3/19/5 ["The army has announced the Gaza and northern Samaria communities to be evacuated will be closed military zones. Radio, television and newspaper reporters will not be allowed to move from one community to another without permission and a military escort."]
 Policy OKs First Strike to Protect U.S. latimes.com 3/19/5 ["Two years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon has formally included in key strategic plans provisions for launching preemptive strikes against nations thought to pose a threat to the United States.  The doctrine also now stipulates that the U.S. will use "active deterrence" in concert with its allies "if we can" but could act unilaterally otherwise, Defense officials said."]
 U.S. military faces more base closings, paper says reuters.com 3/19/5 ["All 425 U.S. domestic military bases are under scrutiny ahead of a forthcoming round of closings by the Pentagon that analysts said could dwarf the previous four rounds of closings combined, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions."]
 'Mein Kampf' becomes bestseller in Turkey worldnetdaily.com 3/19/5 [" risen to number four on the best-seller list of the D&R bookstore chain, selling over 50,000 copies."]
 

 Florida Woman's Feeding Tube Removed reuters.com 3/18/5 [""]
 South Dakota: Rounds signs anti-abortion measures into law argusleader.com 3/18/5 ["One new law will require doctors to inform pregnant women, in writing and in person, no later than two hours before abortions that the procedure ends the lives of humans and terminates the constitutional relationship women have with their unborn children. Legislators said the measure will ensure that women seeking abortions fully understand what they are doing."]
 Russia and China Disagree over War Games Venue news.scotsman.com 3/18/5 ["Exercises in this area, the newspaper noted in its report yesterday, “would look too provocative and trigger a strong reaction not only in Taiwan, but in the US and Japan, which recently included the island in their zone of common strategic interests.”"]
 United Nations Human Rights Committee Pushes Kenya to Legalize Abortion and Homosexuality lifesite.net 3/18/5 ["With regard to homosexuality, Roman Wieruszewski, the UN 'expert' from Poland, expressed concern that the country considered homosexuality an unnatural act and had enacted laws to that effect.  ...among the committee's greatest concerns was the anti-abortion law."]
 U.S. Indians debate gay unions swissinfo.org 3/18/5 ["The controversy in these often-ignored sovereign territories within the United States comes as Americans in general are divided, often bitterly, over same-sex weddings."]
 UK: Gay couples to enjoy same perks guardian.co.uk 3/18/5 ["While ministers denied that the act ushered in an era of gay marriage, it in effect gives same-sex couples the same rights as married people once they have registered as a civil partnership."]
 

 Abortion Worse than Murder of Adults Says Head of Philippine Bishops Conference lifesite.net 3/17/5 ["The archbishop's comments come in response to a Philippine population control bill which the bishops warn will lead to the legalization of abortion.   Bill 3773, "Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Act," mandates a rule that restricts families to two children, introduces sex education for children and the distribution of artificial abortifacient contraceptives."]
 House Enters Schiavo Right-To-Die Case abcnews.go.com 3/17/5 ["In Florida, the state House on Thursday began debating a bill aimed at keeping Schiavo's feeding tube in place. But the Senate was expected to take up its own bill later in the day, and the differences could be impossible to reconcile before Friday, some legislators have said."]
 Drop in U.S. troops in Iraq unlikely soon seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/17/5 ["won't likely be seen until sometime between 2006 and 2008, a top Army general said Wednesday.  ...The insurgency has forced the United States to keep at least 138,000 troops in Iraq since the war. About 150,000 U.S. troops are in Iraq now, with about 12,000 who were sent to assist in security for the Jan. 30 elections remaining."]
 Are Video Games to Blame for Violence? abcnews.go.com 3/17/5 ["The games are worse than movies or television, he said, because the active participation "facilitates learning."  "All video games facilitate learning, in good ways when the content is good," he said. "The content is not really good if it is how to kill people and how to feel good about killing people.""]
 Right plan to storm Temple Mount to thwart pullout jpost.com 3/17/5 ["in order to distract security forces from carrying out the evacuation of the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank."]
 Oil, Gasoline and Heating Oil Surge to Records as Demand Rises bloomberg.com 3/17/5 ["Gasoline for April delivery rose 1.63 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $1.5646 a gallon in New York. Futures touched $1.5675 a gallon, the highest since the contract began trading in 1984. Gasoline is 35 percent higher than a year ago."]
 10,000 Jews to ascend Temple Mount worldnetdaily.com 3/17/5 ["to spark Israeli dialogue about reclaiming the holy site from its Muslim custodians.  ...The visit, scheduled for April 10, would be the largest Jewish presence at the Temple Mount since the ancient Temple period, said Haivri."]
 Citizen's arrest attempt of Schiavo, judge worldnetdaily.com 3/17/5 ["Former Green Beret Commander Bo Gritz is trying to conduct a citizen's arrest of Terri Schiavo's husband and the judge who ordered the brain-damaged Florida woman's feeding tube removed so she can be legally starved."]
 Getting LOST worldnetdaily.com 3/17/5 ["Law of the Sea Treaty  ...As part of the overall public-relations makeover strategy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared the president wants to see the Senate ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty ratified "as soon as possible."  ...As Dr. Rice noted, the U.S. already has the largest coastline and economic zone. Ceding it to U.N. control won't make it bigger. It will only make it taxable."]
 

 House Bill Helping Terri Schiavo Has Hearing Wednesday, Senate Next lifenews.com 3/16/5 ["The Congressional bill would allow the Schindlers, and family of any similarly disabled patient, to use a habeas corpus review normally reserved for those on death row."]
 £3.5m paid to children disabled by jabs thisislondon.com 3/16/5 [UK: "New figures show the Government has paid out £3.5 million to families who claim their children fell sick after jabs."]
 Oil Surges to Record Despite OPEC Hike abcnews.go.com 3/16/5 ["failed to soothe fears over runaway energy demand growth from China and India.  The spiking energy costs have doomed U.S. motorists, among the world's most voracious fuel consumers, to the highest nominal pump prices ever seen and raised concern at the White House and on Wall Street over oil's impact on the economy."]
 

 Bill to Intervene in Schiavo Case Advances wireservice.wired.com 3/15/5 ["A bill that could block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube later this week was sent to the full House after a panel approved the measure Tuesday  ...The bill would block doctors from denying food or water to someone in a persistent vegetative state, but would make exceptions for patients who left specific instructions."]
 Disengagement Protestors Block Tel Aviv Highway Almost an Hour israelnationalnews.com 3/15/5 ["The latter distributed flyers explaining to drivers that while they apologize for the disruption, life cannot continue as usual as Jews face expulsion from their homes and a terror state is being created."]
 White House Defends Video News Releases wjla.com 3/15/5 ["The White House on Monday defended the administration's use of video news releases that are sent to television stations across the country and frequently used without any acknowledgment of the government's role in their production.  ...State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said agency videos include "basic facts and material on what's going on in Afghanistan or Iraq or, often in the United States, related to important issues." He said the material is not propaganda and is clearly marked as coming from the U.S. government. "]
 U.N. gives east Congo militias two weeks to disarm reuters.com 3/15/5 ["The U.N. mission now has 16,700 soldiers in Congo, making it the largest peacekeeping mission in the world, and its new commander has said he has the means to carry out his mandate."]
 Global Warming Threat Central to Policy-Britain reuters.com 3/15/5 ["Britain told the world's biggest polluters including the United States Tuesday that only by placing the environment at the heart of economic policy could they prevent a crisis caused by global warming."]
 Israel to hand West Bank town of Jericho to Palestinians this week cbc.ca 3/15/5 ["The head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, meanwhile, said militant Jews in Gaza Strip settlements see Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's assassination as a legitimate means to block their evacuation, Israel Radio said."]
 US budget on 'unsustainable' path: Greenspan channelnewsasia.com 3/15/5 ["these projections make clear that the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, in which large deficits result in rising interest rates and ever-growing interest payments that augment deficits in future years  ...The necessary adjustments will become ever more difficult and larger the longer we delay."]
 

 Former “Vegetative State” Patient Kate Adamson Speaks Before Schiavo Rally lifesite.net 3/14/5 ["Withdrawal of food and water was “one of the most painful experiences you can imagine”  ...The measure of a society is how they treat the least of us. Life is sacred or meaningless, there is nothing in between."]
 Judge Says Calif. Can't Ban Gay Marriage guardian.co.uk 3/14/5 ["Judge Richard Kramer of San Francisco County's trial-level Superior Court likened the ban to laws requiring racial segregation in schools"]
 Abortion Position of Condoleezza Rice – US Secretary of State lifesite.net 3/14/5 ["mildly pro-choice"]
 US warns China on anti-secession law against Taiwan alertnet.org 3/14/5 ["White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the United States opposed "any attempts to determine the future of Taiwan by anything other than peaceful means.""]
 Israel plans strike on Iran nuclear plant worldnetdaily.com 3/14/5 ["The inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave "initial authorization" for an attack at a private meeting last month on his ranch in the Negev desert, according to the report."]
 FDA drug complaints surge: report cnn.com 3/14/5 ["The federal agency received about 422,500 adverse-event reports from pharmaceutical companies, health professionals and patients, up nearly 14 percent from the 370,887 reports filed in 2003  ...a top FDA official said the rise reflects a surge in prescription drug use, not an increase in health risk."]
 

 Mel Gibson Weighs in on Terri Schiavo Debate, Supports Parents lifenews.com 3/13/5 ["This is the second time Gibson has spokes out about a key issue of interest to pro-life groups. Last year, he criticized a California measure authorizing spending $6 billion in taxpayer dollars on human cloning and embryonic stem cell research."]
 Hu puts army on war footing theage.com.au 3/13/5 ["China's President Hu Jintao has told the army to be prepared for war while putting national defence "above all else", in comments today on the eve of the expected passage of a law that would authorise military action against Taiwan if it declares formal independence."]
 Four Gay Israeli Couples to Wed in Canada guardian.co.uk 3/13/5 ["Four gay Israeli couples preparing to take their wedding vows in Canada on Friday said they hoped to break down marriage barriers in their orthodox nation as well as open doors for all homosexuals and lesbians seeking to have their unions officially recognized.  ...Under international norms, Israel should recognize a Canadian marriage license."]
 Is The Religious Right Gullible, Naïve, or Willingly Ignorant? chuckbaldwinlive.com 3/13/5 ["How can anyone who truly believes that unborn babies deserve the right to life continue to support President George W. Bush?"]
 

 Public Fast Day Declared to Spiritually Combat Expulsion Plan israelnationalnews.com 3/12/5 ["Two of Israel’s leading rabbis, former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Avraham Shapira and former Chief Sephardi Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, have declared a public fast to be held on March 17  ...For the first time in the country's history, great rabbis of religious Zionism have called for a day of fasting and prayers, by the authority of Jewish law"]
 Lite Rock 101 indystar.com 3/12/5 ["Casual service appeals to beginning churchgoers  ..."They are just bringing in people with simple, enticing things, and they can't switch the people over," said Gilley, who has been the pastor of an independent evangelical church in Springfield, Ill., for the past 30 years.  "If they change or even start giving them deeper things, most of the people aren't interested in that. And they go to somewhere else that has a better show."  ...His great fear is that these churches are watering down gospel truths to the point that people aren't coming to a genuine faith.  ...evangelism is supposed to happen outside the church. Congregational meetings were intended to be times for believers to meet and gather strength."]
 Taiwan's Chen Calls for Rally Against China Law reuters.com 3/12/5 ["called for a million people to take to the streets of Taipei March 26 to protest against China's anti-secession bill, which allows for the use of force against the island."]
 Chinese imports help fuel U.S. trade deficit washingtontimes.com 3/12/5 ["The monthly trade deficit hit $58.3 billion in January, the second-highest in history, as clothing imports from China surged with the lifting of global quotas."]
 Chavez: Iran has right to nuclear program seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/12/5 ["Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended Iran on Friday in its dispute with the United States and Europe over its nuclear program, saying Iran has a right to atomic energy."]
 "Homeland Security" -- For What and For Whom? newswithviews.com 3/12/5 ["If the "homeland" is the United States of America, then obviously her "security" is defined by her Constitution, because there cannot be security without law, and the Constitution is the supreme law of the land."]
 University Ad On Contraception Angers Abortion Critics channel3000.com 3/12/5 ["The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been publishing newspaper ads encouraging students to have emergency contraception on hand during spring break, prompting criticism from abortion opponents."]
 

 Blair's New Anti-Terror Law Wins Approval abcnews.go.com 3/11/5 ["approved new powers to order house arrest, impose curfews and electronic tagging without trial"]
 'Marshall Plan' for Africa Depends on G8 Backing reuters.com 3/11/5 ["An ambitious Africa recovery plan sponsored by British Prime Minister Tony Blair challenged the rich world on Friday to end "appalling" trade protectionism and stump up an extra $25 billion a year in aid."]
 Kansas Supreme Court Lifts Gag Order on Abortion-Sexual Abuse Case lifenews.com 3/11/5 ["The abortion facilities do not want to turn over the records, citing patient privacy, and sued to prevent being compelled to do so."]
 Annan attacks erosion of rights in war on terror guardian.co.uk 3/11/5 ["launched a fierce attack on Britain and the US yesterday for weakening human rights in the name of the war on terror."]
 Dollar Under Fire from All Sides reuters.com 3/11/5 ["Having slumped to multi-month lows against its major counterparts on Wednesday, the dollar suffered another blow on Thursday after Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told parliament that, generally speaking, diversity in foreign exchange reserves was a good thing."]
 Judge Nixes Schiavo Intervention by Agency abcnews.go.com 3/11/5 ["The judge said the allegations had already been investigated and found to be groundless. He said the agency was apparently trying to pull an end run around the court by getting involved at this late stage."]
 Is Euthanasia for Babies OK? abcnews.go.com 3/11/5 ["Two doctors in the Netherlands believe they know. They have developed a checklist that would allow doctors and families to determine whether a newborn is suffering so greatly, and without hope of a cure, that death would be a mercy."]
 Dollar Drops Against Euro on Trade Deficit forbes.com 3/11/5 ["after the United States reported its second-highest monthly trade deficit ever"]
 

 China Rejects US Appeal to Reconsider Anti-Secession Bill voanews.com 3/10/5 ["that would allow the use of force against Taiwan."]
 Taiwan Plans Massive Protest Against China Law reuters.com 3/10/5 ["plans to call half a million people to protest against a Chinese bill that allows Beijing to use force against the island if it pushes for statehood"]
 Greenspan pitches a nationwide sales tax nypost.com 3/10/5 ["Switching from an income tax to a consumption tax would generate huge opposition from Democrats, who argue that taxing food and other goods would fall hardest on the poor.  ...a consumption tax would be best from the perspective of promoting economic growth" because it would encourage saving and the capital formation the economy needs to expand and modernize."]
 Judge clears way for life support to be removed chron.com 3/10/5 ["A judge today denied a request to block St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital from halting life-support measures for a 68-year-old Friendswood man.  ...Caballero said recently that he believes the hospital wants to discontinue care because Nikolouzos' Medicare funding is running out."]
 Weak Dollar Getting Pommelled abcnews.go.com 3/10/5 ["The dollar weakened on Thursday against most currencies on concerns over global central bank reserve diversification, a widening U.S. trade deficit and tumbling bond prices."]
 ACLU to monitor Minuteman Project worldnetdaily.com 3/10/5 ["Making sure 'rights' of illegals not violated by civilian border patrol"]
 U.S. withdraws from world Court of Justice protocol seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/10/5 ["Prompted by an international tribunal's decision last year ordering new hearings for 51 Mexicans on death row in the United States, the State Department said yesterday that the United States has withdrawn from the protocol that gave the tribunal jurisdiction to hear such disputes."]
 Power from the people worldnetdaily.com 3/10/5 ["Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.  ...The Ten Commandments weren't discovered by the Mormons in 1840 – the Founding Fathers were aware of them when they included those words in the First Amendment. Most of them referred to them when formulating the nation's earliest laws."]
 

 The Sanhedrin´s Declaration Concerning the Disengagement israelnationalnews.com 3/9/5 ["The reestablished Sanhedrin has concluded extensive deliberations on the disengagement plan, rejecting it as a contradiction to the Torah of Israel."]
 500,000 rally in Beirut square to support Syria's role in Lebanon sfgate.com 3/9/5 ["The rally was intended to show Lebanese support for Syria and to condemn U.S. pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to withdraw 14,000 troops from Lebanon. More importantly, the large turnout signaled the Shiites' intention to become the pivotal force in a country with an undecided future."]
 U.N. urges human cloning ban azcentral.com 3/9/5 ["The U.S.-backed resolution, which passed by a vote of 84 to 34 with 37 abstentions, is not legally binding. The vote ended four years of highly contentious debate toward a legally binding treaty - an effort that unraveled when the participants could not agree."]
 Terri Schiavo Can Still be Rehabilitated, Nobel Prize-Nominated Doctor Says lifenews.com 3/9/5 ["a doctor nominated for the Nobel Prize says he believes medical therapies are still available that could help Terri party recover from her disabled state."]
 Ohioans Could Be Arrested For Not Telling Police Their Name nbc4i.com 3/9/5 ["under an anti-terrorism bill up for a Senate committee vote Wednesday.  In addition, prosecutors and judges would be required to inform the federal government if a person convicted of a crime is also an illegal alien. And villages, cities and other municipalities would be banned from passing laws that hinder state or federal investigations into terrorism."]
 Rights Group Urges UN to Condemn U.S. 'Torture' reuters.com 3/9/5 ["urged the U.N.'s human rights body Wednesday to condemn Washington for the "systematic use of torture and mistreatment" of detainees the United States holds abroad."]
 Dollar Drops to Two-Month Low Against Euro, Weakens Versus Yen bloomberg.com 3/9/5 ["after European Central Bank policy maker Nout Wellink suggested to the Financial Times Deutschland the bank may raise its benchmark interest rate to head off inflation."]
 

 China hopes EU-supplied firepower will make US think twice theaustralian.news.com.au 3/8/5 ["China's 2005 defence budget, unveiled at the National People's Congress at the weekend, will rise 12.6 per cent to just under $US30billion ($38billion). That is the military spending China admits to; the real figure is believed to be two to four times higher."]
 China Steps Up Pressure on Taiwan With Anti-Secession Law, Warns Outsiders Not to Interfere ap.tbo.com 3/8/5 ["Taiwan denounced the legislation as a "blank check to invade" and announced war games aimed at repelling an attack.  ...If possibilities for a peaceful reunification should be completely exhausted, the state shall employ nonpeaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity"]
 Roy Moore: 'We Have No Morality Without an Acknowledgment of God' christianitytoday.com 3/8/5 ["spoke with Moore the day after the Supreme Court heard arguments over two Ten Commandment cases, in Texas and Kentucky."]
 Political Correctness Out to Destroy Christian Influence in American Society agapepress.org 3/8/5 ["Without a doubt, the Bible's message is of love and forgiveness; but it also provides guidance in terms of absolutes -- and that's the crux of the matter.  ...The Bible makes it perfectly clear that people are both accountable and responsible for their actions."]
 BBC Boss Issues Warning over 'Extremist' Religious Groups news.scotsman.com 3/8/5 ["Giving the annual Livery Lecture at Stationers’ Hall in London last night he claimed the corporation must stand up for the “widest range of ideas” in the face of increased pressure from lobby groups."]
 Washington State Supreme Court to Hear Case on Same-Sex Marriage christianpost.com 3/8/5 ["The hearing is an appeal to decisions in two cases last year that granted same-sex couples the "right" to marry."]
 Jericho to Be the First Town Returned to Palestinians news.scotsman.com 3/8/5 ["will be the first of five West Bank towns to be transferred to Palestinian control"]
 EU ministers fail to agree on budget rules news.ft.com 3/8/5 ["The pact was designed to safeguard the euro after its launch in 1999 by guaranteeing that governments did not plunge their nations too deep into deficit through overspending."]
 Wife 'encouraged me to kill son' news.bbc.co.uk 3/8/5 ["A father accused of murdering his terminally-ill son has told a court his wife encouraged him to kill the boy.  ...claims smothering his son, who was crippled and deaf, was a mercy killing."]
 

Huge UK Church Survey says Pews Emptying Because Christianity no Longer Preached lifesite.net 3/7/5 ["has been caused mainly by preaching and pastoral care that has been emptied of moral or doctrinal Christian content.  ...also cited the lack of emphasis on the holiness of God"]
Iran confirms uranium is underground theage.com.au 3/7/5 ["especially where thousands of centrifuges need to be located"]
Mel plans 'Miracle' Film nypost.com 3/7/5 ["about the miracle of Fatima.  ...a prophetic vision of the future by the Virgin Mary"]
Buffett sorry for his $1.6bn winning bet against dollar news.independent.co.uk 3/7/5 ["Warren Buffett, the US investment guru, warned that the dollar was set for a fresh slump as he revealed that Berkshire Hathaway, the company he chairs, made $1.6bn (£830m) after predicting its drop in the final four months of last year."]
Russian youths clash over support for Putin seattletimes.nwsource.com 3/7/5 ["The purpose of the group is to create a Putin youth movement, to physically prevent any demonstrations or meetings of anti-Putin organizations now being created in Russia, like Kmara in Georgia and Pora in Ukraine  ...Putin and his regime are very much concerned" by the possibility of a peaceful, popular revolution."]
 

US abortion comments draw jeers at UN swissinfo.org 3/5/5 [" The loudest catcalls, unusual at the world body, came when she articulated U.S. policy  ...on AIDS prevention for adolescents: "We emphasize the value of the ABC -- abstinence,
be faithful"]
Iran Says It Won't Halt Uranium Enrichment abcnews.go.com 3/5/5 ["and warned that a more unstable Middle East would result from trying to haul Tehran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions."]
China Won't Permit Taiwan Independence guardian.co.uk 3/5/5 ["...said the law reflects the ``strong determination of the Chinese people to ... never allow secessionist forces working for `Taiwan independence' to separate Taiwan from China.''  ...said the exchange rate of China's currency, the yuan, would remain ``basically stable,'' apparently ruling out sweeping moves to meet demands by the United States and other trading partners to raise its value and ease exchange controls.  ...the government announced a 12.6 percent increase in military spending - its fourth double-digit increase in five years as it tries to back up threats to attack Taiwan."]
Chavez warns US of possible oil supply cut home.iol.ie 3/5/5 ["If there is any aggression, there will be no oil"]
 

Argentina says debt default is over guardian.co.uk 3/4/5 ["had reached agreement with its creditors to restructure $103bn (£54bn) of its debts, more than three years after declaring the biggest sovereign debt default of modern times.  ...75% of the country's bondholders had agreed to swap their old debt for new at a loss of up to 70 cents in the dollar"]
Greenspan warns on deficit business.scotsman.com 3/4/5 ["the country’s large budget deficit and low savings rate are significant problems that must be addressed  ...President George Bush projected the budget deficit at a record $427 billion (£223bn) for the 2005 fiscal year."]
EU aims to be military superpower theaustralian.news.com.au 3/4/5 ["...would develop unmanned drones, new armoured vehicles and advanced communication systems   ...the 25-nation EU would establish a joint fighter-pilot training program and co-ordinate the testing of military equipment.  The initiatives represent the EU's first step in military research and development. "]
House OKs fast election if members die in attack seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/4/5 ["This year's version also incorporated provisions allowing for primary elections and for military personnel to vote in the emergency elections.  ...the measure "only affects House members and does not concern the Senate"]
Panel faults lack of U.S. information over smallpox shots seattlepi.nwsource.com 3/4/5 ["Health officials already knew that the vaccine carried risks of adverse reactions  ...said that questions were repeatedly raised about the vaccine's safety. But, he added, "The perception of state and local public health officials and the clinical community was that CDC was constrained from speaking from its usual sense of scientific authority, and that ultimately hurt the perception of the program in that community."]
Florida Agency Seeks Delay of Feeding Tube Removal reuters.com 3/4/5 ["The Florida Department of Children and Families said in the documents it had received 30 allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation of Theresa "Terri" Schiavo over a four-day period last month. It did not reveal who made the allegations or who is alleged to have abused her."]
 

Christians parent no different than 'world' worldnetdaily.com 3/3/5 ["According to a newly released study, born-again Christian parents are more likely to put an emphasis on seeing that their children get a good education than seeing them enter adulthood as followers of Christ.  ...Only three out of 10 born-again parents included the salvation of their child in the list of critical parental emphases"]
U.S. Drops Anti-Abortion Line at UN Women's Meeting metronews.ca 3/3/5 ["acknowledging it got no formal support from other delegations at a global meeting.  ...She insisted that many delegates sympathized with Washington's stance that abortion policy is a matter of national sovereignty, but were pressured not to say so publicly because of positions taken by regional groups."]
Iraq funds questioned in Senate iht.com 3/3/5 ["about why the measure included money for items that, they said, are not directly related to military operations"]
Likud party urges pullout vote news.bbc.co.uk 3/3/5 ["Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, two key members of his executive, argued a public vote on the issue was necessary.  ...Sharon has dismissed calls for a referendum on the pullout"]
China Plans to Pass Anti-Secession Law Aimed at Taiwan, With Unpredictable Results ap.tbo.com 3/3/5 ["has generated concern in Taiwan that it could be used as a pretext for military action or to move against its supporters in China."]
US Bill Would Promote Democracy Around World voanews.com 3/3/5 ["The bipartisan bill would create an office of democracy movements and transitions at the State Department, and would establish separate so-called regional democracy hubs at various U.S. embassies to coordinate the promotion of democracy. The bill calls for $300 million in funding for the effort."]
Reasons Home Schoolers Should Avoid Government Vouchers hslda.org 3/3/5 [""]
N Korea makes missile test threat news.bbc.co.uk 3/3/5 ["it is no longer observing a self-imposed moratorium on long-range missile testing which has been in place since 1999."]
U.S. Troop Deaths in Iraq Rise to 1,500 abcnews.go.com 3/3/5 ["Amid the violence, Iraq's government said it will extend a state of emergency across the country  ...gives the government extra powers to make arrests without warrants and launch police and military operations when it deems necessary."]
China deports U.S. church leaders worldnetdaily.com 3/3/5 ["and detained 140 Chinese house-church leaders in connection with a training event in the country."]
 

Gonzales urges extension of Patriot Act washingtontimes.com 3/2/5 ["Mr. Gonzales' comments came as part of what he called an explanation of his vision for the Justice Department and what he hopes to accomplish as the nation's 80th attorney general."]
UK to buy anti-flu drugs for 14 million guardian.co.uk 3/2/5 ["about a quarter of the UK population - will be bought by the government over the next two years as part of long-awaited plans to fight a pandemic.  ..would form the first medical bulwark against a killer flu that could otherwise cause anything between 21,000 and 709,000 deaths, according to government estimates."]
Iran rejects UN request to visit base for more inspections news.scotsman.com 3/2/5 ["to return to a military base where the US believes nuclear bomb-making tests were carried out, the UN atomic watchdog said yesterday.  And Iran said yesterday it would not give up its disputed nuclear programme in return for economic and political incentives. "]
US stance on abortion draws fire news.bbc.co.uk 3/2/5 ["European countries are opposed to a move by the US to add anti-abortion language to a UN statement on women's rights, a French official has said."]
A Battle-Rattled Army sftt.org 3/2/5 ["the number of Iraq veterans copping to post-combat mental problems has more than tripled from an average of 4 percent to 5 percent to a scary 17 percent.  ...the underlying issue is that initial entry training – i.e., basic – has gotten so soft and stress-free that we’re sending a generation of young soldiers into battle without giving them the right stuff to make it through the crucible of combat. And that’s not only unfair, it’s irresponsible – and tragic."]
Putin sets up youth brigade to tighten grip telegraph.co.uk 3/2/5 ["Hundreds of youths, many belonging to the president's cultural society "Walking Together", held a meeting in a house owned by the Kremlin Property Department to launch the group at the weekend. The organisation, which leaders hope will attract 300,000 members, was christened "Nashi" [Ours], a word which in Russian has chilling nationalist overtones.  ...reminiscent of the Hitler Youth of pre-war Germany"]
EU joins US in criticizing Iran csmonitor.com 3/2/5 ["The European Union's "big three" – France, Britain, and Germany – added their voices to US criticism Wednesday when they said Iran's recent work on nuclear equipment parts was "of serious concern.""]
 

Parents want divorce for brain-damaged daughter chron.com 3/1/5 ["The parents of Terri Schiavo asked a judge to allow the severely brain-damaged woman to divorce her husband -- even if she dies -- in one of a flurry of 11 new motions filed by the couple."]
China Enacting New Regulations on Religion newsday.com 3/1/5 ["The new rules say that "anyone who compels citizens to believe in or not believe in any religions ... shall be ordered to make corrections by the religious affairs department" and could face criminal charges, the state-run newspaper China Daily said.  Such language could be used to persecute the faithful..."]
France Supplants U.S. as Top Haven for Asylum Seekers, UN Says bloomberg.com 3/1/5 ["It's more that the U.S. and Germany have fallen off than France gaining that much"]
Bush pushes faith-based initiative news.bostonherald.com 3/1/5 ["Undeterred by congressional inaction, Bush sidestepped lawmakers with executive orders and regulations to give religious organizations equal footing with nonsectarian ones in competing for federal contracts. He pushed Congress to codify the executive orders into law this year. "]
High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths guardian.co.uk 3/1/5 ["A closely divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it's unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, ending a practice in 19 states that has been roundly condemned by many of America's closest allies.  ...In a dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia disputed that there is a trend and chastised his colleagues for taking power from the states.  ...The court thus proclaims itself sole arbiter of our nation's moral standards"]
Vermont Towns Wrestle With Iraq War Resolution ap.tbo.com 3/1/5 ["The resolution asks President Bush and Congress to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and calls for the Vermont Legislature to establish a commission to study the effects of deployments on the state."]
EU raises no objections to Russia's nuclear deal with Iran euobserver.com 3/1/5 ["the EU representatives shied away from confronting Russia on democracy issues at the meeting on Monday.  Instead, the meeting focussed on "the fundamental wish to create a strong relationship", EU foreign chief Javier Solana was quoted saying."]
Another Marketing Barrier Falls nytimes.com 3/1/5 ["CNN is to become the first national cable television news network to accept commercials for distilled spirits..."]
U.S. alleges Iraqis abused rights in '04 azcentral.com 3/1/5 ["The allegations of abuses by an Iraqi government installed by the United States and still heavily influenced by it provided an unusual element to the larger report."]
 

China emerges as global consumer news.bbc.co.uk 2/17/5 ["With a booming economy and 1.3bn people, it is now the world's largest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel, said the Earth Policy Institute.  ..."China is no longer just a developing country," he said. "It is an emerging economic superpower, one that is writing economic history".  ...The Kyoto Protocol considers China a developing nation, and it is currently exempt from cutting greenhouse gas emissions."]
Judge drops all charges against Philly Christians worldnetdaily.com 2/17/5 ["a judge in Philadelphia today dismissed all criminal charges against four Christians who were arrested for evangelizing at an outdoor homosexual event.  Judge Pamela Dembe of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas dismissed the charges, saying that she found no basis whatsoever for any of them. "]
Bush's $82 Billion War Bill Includes Money for Afghan Industrial Parks, Ukraine Opinion Polls ap.tbo.com 2/17/5 ["The papers, spotty in detail, describe how $4 billion of Bush's proposal would be spent for a handful of countries, the Palestinians, and trouble spots like Sudan and Indian Ocean countries flooded by the December tsunami."]
Explosion in Iran shocks oil prices detnews.com 2/17/5 ["Conflicting views of cause of blast near a nuclear site give world jitters over possible attack.  ...it spiked oil prices and showed how jittery the world is that growing international pressure would lead to an attack on Iran."]
Syria and Iran to Form 'United Front' voanews.com 2/17/5 ["Tehran is ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront threats."]
UN Requests Urgent Report on Hariri Assassination, Demands Withdrawal of Foreign Troops from Lebanon voanews.com 2/17/5 ["called on all parties to implement a resolution passed last year, resolution 1559, demanding that Syria withdraw its troops from Lebanon."]
Bush May Raise Taxes for Social Security apnews.myway.com 2/17/5 ["told reporters for regional newspapers on Tuesday that he isn't ruling out making more wages subject to Social Security taxes."]
Physicians Worried About Smallpox Vaccine abcnews.go.com 2/17/5 ["It is the risk of serious and even fatal complications associated with the smallpox vaccine that gives so many physicians reason for concern at the idea that it could be given to everyone."]
Activists: KO sex-crime statutes of limitations news.bostonherald.com 2/17/5 ["A coalition of some 60 Massachusetts lawmakers has thrown its support behind legislation to eliminate statutes of limitations for a host of sex crimes, particularly those involving children."]
 

 Russian Supreme Court Bans Same-Sex “Marriage” lifesite.net 2/16/5 ["ruled Tuesday that the country would maintain its traditional definition of marriage."]
 Iraq, Afghanistan war costs approaching $300 billion chron.com 2/16/5 ["The U.S. involvement in Vietnam, which lasted more than a decade when it ended in 1975, cost $623 billion when that era's expenditures are converted to the value of today's dollars.  ...Bush asked lawmakers to pay for the new spending by borrowing the money, which will make huge federal deficits even larger."]
 USS Kennedy Comes Between Bush Brothers foxnews.com 2/16/5 ["The Navy carrier could be retired more than 10 years ahead of schedule as part of a six-year, $30 billion military spending cut that has been recommended to help offset the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan."]
 Parliament Gives Final OK on Gaza Plan guardian.co.uk 2/16/5 ["Israel's parliament gave final approval Wednesday to Ariel Sharon's plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, overwhelmingly passing a bill authorizing hundreds of thousands of dollars for Jewish settler families removed from their homes."]
 As Promised, Kerry Proposes Measure to Add 40,000 Troops latimes.com 2/16/5 ["he would introduce a measure to expand the U.S. military by 40,000 troops to stave off what he argued was a worsening crisis within America's fighting forces.  Kerry called for personnel boosts of 30,000 in the Army and 10,000 in the Marine Corps — a plan he estimated would cost between $4.5 billion and $5 billion a year.   ...also calls for boosting benefits for soldiers and their families beyond the levels Bush is seeking."]
 Terri Schiavo's Parents Launch Public Campaign to Save Their Daughter lifenews.com 2/16/5 ["The couple have asked pro-life activist Randall Terry to help them again. Terry was a key player in a previous campaign to lobby Florida lawmakers to pass Terri's Law, eventually struck down by Florida courts."]
 2004 deadliest in nearly 500 years for earthquakes usgs.gov 2/16/5 ["The USGS locates about 50 earthquakes each day or almost 25,000 a year. According to long-term averages, 18 major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0 to 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or higher) should happen each year worldwide."]
 Sharon Tells Reporters Putin Will Sell Missiles to Syria israelnationalnews.com 2/16/5 ["Russian President Vladimir Putin has notified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, that Russia will not cancel the sale of sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, despite Israel’s objections."]
 Feted and Hated, Kyoto Global Warming Pact Starts reuters.co.uk 2/16/5 ["Supporters of the 141-nation pact say it is a tiny first step to slow global warming by imposing legally binding caps on greenhouse gas emissions -- mainly from burning fossil fuels in power plants, factories and cars -- in 35 developed nations."]
 90,000 Israelis will block transfer of Gaza Jews jnewswire.com 2/16/5 ["Some 30,000 Israelis gathered in southern Gaza Monday evening to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to forcibly expel the area’s Jewish residents.  ...unless Sharon agrees to put his plan to a national referendum, the results of which the settlers have committed to honor."]
Dirt dossier included citizens thecouriermail.news.com.au 2/16/5 ["THE Northern Territory Government is keeping a secret database of people who criticise the Government or its policies, it was learned last night.  ...Ordinary people who called talkback radio to complain, or commend, the NT Government were also included in the file.  ...an electronic record of publicly-made comments, which have been made in newspapers, radio, TV and the like, on matters being discussed in the community"]
 

 Annan raises terror threats in plea for overhaul of world security system canada.com 2/15/5 [""If New York or London or Paris or Berlin were hit by a nuclear terrorist attack, it might not only kill hundreds of thousands in an instant," he said, "it could also devastate the global economy, thereby plunging millions into poverty in developing nations."  ...he urged the European Union and the United States to work more closely as "the backbone of a new world order in the 21st century.""]
 Bush's Request for Additional Spending for Iraq and Afghanistan Faces Congressional Questions but Likely OK  ap.tbo.com 2/15/5 ["Most of the $77 billion directly related to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is for the Defense Department - with the rest for aid to U.S. allies, the Palestinians and other areas."]
  U.S. Draft on UN Sudan Mission Skirts Trials Issue reuters.com 2/15/5 ["The United States on Monday circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would send as many as 10,000 peacekeepers to southern Sudan  ...U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the Security Council should refer the case of Sudan to the ICC, and nine of the council's 15 member-nations belong to that court.  But the George W. Bush administration strongly opposes the ICC, fearing it could be used to prosecute U.S. soldiers and other officials serving abroad. "]
 US Supreme Court to Consider Petition to Reverse Abortion Law Roe v Wade on February 18  lifesite.net 2/15/5 ["to have an internal, private discussion conference on how to handle a petition to reverse Roe v. Wade."]
 La Jolla Man Cured of Heart Disease Using Stem Cells from His Own Blood lifesite.net 2/15/5 ["long-time pro-life activist"]
 

 British Boy Survived Three Failed Abortion Attempts, Now Two Years-Old lifenews.com 2/14/5 ["is one of the few survivors of an abortion and premature birth to remain alive. His story has been documented recently in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology."]
 Bush, at Gonzales's Swearing-In, Urges Action on Patriot Act bloomberg.com 2/14/5 ["The law, passed after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, comprises 10 sections on subjects including money laundering, border protection, investigating terrorism and improving intelligence. Sixteen of the surveillance provisions are due to expire at the end of 2005 unless Congress renews them."]
 Children’s book on gay romance sparks outrage sundayherald.com 2/14/5 ["published in the UK this week in time for Valentine’s Day   ...already won several awards in the US.  ...it has been named one of the top 10 teenage titles of last year by New York public libraries."]
 Madrid's Towering Inferno infowars.com 2/14/5 ["A 32-story building burns for more than 24 hours and does not collapse. It does not collapse because buildings made of steel and concrete, despite what we are led to believe, do not typically fall to the ground because of fire, even a protracted fire as witnessed in Madrid."]
 South Dakota Lawmakers Defeat Abortion Ban, Approve Parental Notification lifenews.com 2/14/5 ["saying that it wouldn't yet succeed at the Supreme Court.  ...The bill would have made abortions illegal unless necessary to prevent the death of the mother or in cases when her heath was in grave risk."]
 Un-Constitutional Federal Expansion of the Abortion Industry 2/14/5 ["If the willful and deliberate slaughter of unborn children by the Federal Government can teach us one thing, it is how far the carnal mind will go to avoid obeying the commandments of God."]
 U.S. Social Security Pact with Mexico Faces Trouble reuters.com 2/14/5 ["Bush must decide soon whether to send Congress the U.S.-Mexico Social Security Totalization Agreement signed by the two nations last June.  The United States already has similar agreements with 20 other countries. They are intended to ensure that workers who spend part of their careers overseas and pay into another country's retirement funds, qualify for full Social Security benefits in whichever country they eventually retire. "]
 

 3,000 jam City Hall to celebrate anniversaries and S.F.'s mayor sfgate.com 2/13/5 ["for a raucous event that became as much a pep rally for the mayor as a commemoration of the same-sex marriages that were performed in the same venue one year ago.   ...This door is open and nothing the president of the United States can do will ever shut this door," said Newsom"]
 U.S. trade deficit rises to a record $617.7 billion freep.com 2/13/5 ["Last year's deficit was worsened by a sharp jump in global oil prices. But Americans also had a seemingly insatiable appetite for foreign goods, such as cars, toys and food."]
 Worry Spreads Over GI Drug Side Effects yahoo.com 2/13/5 ["the anti-malarial drug mefloquine  ...There's a strong recommendation not to use Lariam for those who depend on fine motor skills," he said. "Do you call firing an M-16 a fine motor skill? I do.""]
 North Korea Calls for Loyalty From Citizens as Nuclear Standoff Escalates; Warns of Naval Skirmishes With South ap.tbo.com 2/13/5 ["Pyongyang's state-run daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun allotted the whole front page of its Saturday edition to an editorial saying "the single-minded unity serves as the strongest weapon.""]
 Spain’s Abortion Rate Doubles Over 10 Years lifesite.net 2/13/5 ["despite the supposed reality that abortion remains illegal there – with the exception of rape, fetal deformity, or “physical or psychiatric risk” to the mother"]
 After 20 Years in 'Vegetative State' Woman Wakes--Schindler Family Encouraged lifesite.net 2/13/5 ["The parents, brother and sister of Terri Schindler Schiavo, hope the Florida courts will see this miracle and think of Terri."]
 

 Government: Abortion ban does not place burden on women siouxcityjournal.com 2/12/5 ["President Bush signed the abortion ban in 2003, but it was not enforced because of the legal challenges.  ...the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act prohibits "one particular method of abortion that Congress, after nine years of hearings, found to be gruesome, inhumane, never necessary to preserve the health of women, and less safe than other readily available abortion methods.""]
 UN report openly advocates for abortion cwnews.com 2/12/5 ["ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health... is essential to the attainment of many" Millennium Development Goals."]
 America not among top ten freest newswithviews.com 2/12/5 [by Chuck Baldwin "America can only be "the land of the free" as long as it is also "the home of the brave." Unfortunately, bravery is one thing that appears to be absent from the character of most pastors, businessmen, fathers, and politicians today!"]
 Judge Won't Reconsider Schiavo Ruling kansascity.com 2/12/5 ["has refused to reconsider his ruling allowing a man to remove the feeding tube keeping his brain-damaged wife alive.  ...Friday's decision could pave the way for the tube to be removed in the coming weeks. A stay preventing the removal is to be lifted Feb. 22"]
 NYC Health Authorities Find Rare Drug-Resistant Form of HIV That Rapidly Progressed to AIDS ap.tbo.com 2/12/5 ["The onset of AIDS appears to have occurred within two to three months, and at most 20 months, after infection."]
 South Dakota House Approves Abortion Ban, Other Pro-Life Bills lifenews.com 2/12/5 ["and now head to the state Senate for consideration  ...The abortion information bill also allows women to file lawsuits against an abortion practitioner if not properly told the information. Similar bills have reduced abortions by as much as one-third in other states."]
 UK Salvationists Adopt "Purpose Driven Life" in Run-Up to Easter christiantoday.com 2/12/5 ["more than 300 Salvation Army Churches have already completed and benefited from the 40-day course. "]
 Rival rallies over Russian reform bbc.co.uk 2/12/5 ["Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rival demonstrations across Russia for and against controversial welfare reforms."]
 Parents Challenge School's Bible Classes foxnews.com 2/12/5 ["But opponents argue the classes are divisive, and the schools already have character-education classes, which teach children about right and wrong without religion."]
 

 Homeland chief to 'waive all laws'? worldnetdaily.com 2/11/5 ["Opposition to a homeland-security bill brought to the floor of Congress yesterday largely has centered on fears it would lead to a national ID, but some critics point to an overlooked section that apparently gives the White House sweeping powers to suspend laws for the purpose of protecting U.S. borders."]
 Noam Livnat presents 10,000 refuser signatures jpost.com 2/11/5 ["just over 10,000 signatures of active IDF soldiers and reservists who have signed a petition declaring "Jews don't deport Jews.""]
 Congress Considers Evacuation Tracking rfidjournal.com 2/11/5 ["RFID technology would be an obvious solution to meet the House's requirements because RFID has been used in similar applications  ...If the House chooses an RFID solution, "this will bring privacy concerns to a whole new level," says Liard, observing that lawmakers will find themselves to be users of a technology that is still under fire from privacy groups."]
 Student awarded for Bush-Hitler project worldnetdaily.com 2/11/5 ["Compares president's policies to Nazi pillage of Europe  ...At the time we invaded, we did not have the justification nor the intelligence to take [Saddam Hussein] out the way we did"]
 Bush budget scraps 9,790 border patrol agents sfgate.com 2/11/5 ["The law signed by Bush had a caveat that went virtually unreported at the time. A summary, published by the Senate Government Affairs Committee, required the government to increase the number of border patrol agents by at least 2,000 per year, "subject to available appropriations.""]
 House passes bill that would tighten driver's license rules usatoday.com 2/11/5 ["The bill now goes to the Senate."]
 Gibson softens 'Passion' for Easter release abc.net.au 2/11/5 ["a new, low-violence version  ...the devoutly-Catholic Gibson"]
 London: Same-sex books eyed for school libraries canoe.ca 2/11/5 ["A London group is raising $35,000 to buy books promoting tolerance of different sexual orientations for schools in the Thames Valley District school board."]
 Swedish pastor is acquitted on appeal seattlepi.nwsource.com 2/11/5 ["Appeals Court said that while Aake Green's views of gays can be "strongly questioned," it was not illegal to offer a personal interpretation of the Bible and urge others to follow it."]
 Faithful wait for rare chance to view Christ relics eastvalleytribune.com 2/11/5 ["Relics of the Passion  ...The most popular item was the black nail that believers could pick up and wrap their hands around. It contains filings the Roman Catholic Church says were taken from an actual nail that held Christ on the cross. "]
 

 Bush nearly triples request for tsunami relief seattlepi.nwsource.com 2/10/5 ["would ask Congress for $950 million for tsunami relief"]
 Bush to seek more aid for Poland iht.com 2/10/5 ["a 50 percent increase in U.S. military assistance to Poland"]
 US plans $400m reward for allies news.bbc.co.uk 2/10/5 ["to reward a number of countries that sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq."]
 St. Louis Archbishop Warns of Upcoming “Persecution” over Abortion and Homosexuality lifesite.net 2/10/5 ["speaking the truth was intimidating"]
 G-Men Question Man of God About Sermon on Abortion agapepress.org 2/10/5 ["after delivering a pro-life Memorial Day sermon comparing aborted babies to casualties of war."]
 North Korea Says It Has Nuclear Arms, Suspends Talks bloomberg.com 2/10/5 ["it has produced nuclear bombs and is pulling out of negotiations with the U.S. and four other nations to abandon the weapons program."]
 Iran could reverse nuclear policy amid 'psychological warfare': Khatami spacewar.com 2/10/5 ["The comments were addressed to the European Union, which has been pressing on with talks in Geneva to persuade Iran to give guarantees it is not developing nuclear weapons and to permanently halt uranium enrichment.  "If the other parties (the Europeans) do not respect their engagements then we will in no way respect ours," he said."]
 Pentagon regularly reviews war plans: Centcom news.yahoo.com 2/10/5 ["At the same time, he said, the Defense Department was regularly updating its war plans for various regions, and that process included Iran."]
 

 China trade costs US 1.5 million jobs atimes.com 2/9/5 ["These jobs reflect the effect on labor demand - in lost job opportunities - in an economy with a worsening balance between exports and imports.  ...The loss of job-supporting production in the United States due to growing trade deficits with China has more than doubled since it entered the WTO in 2001."]
 Russia banks on euro business.scotsman.com 2/9/5 ["euro now accounts for a third of Russia’s hard currency reserves  ...from 25 per cent."]
 Indonesia vows to rebuild Aceh with Islamic values abc.net.au 2/9/5 ["Dubbed "the Veranda of Mecca" because it was the place from which Islam first spread to the rest of Indonesia, Aceh is the country's most heavily Islamic province and one where sharia law affects daily life from marriages to commerce."]
 Experts urge routine HIV tests for all ap.org 2/9/5 ["Urging a major shift in U.S. policy, some health experts are recommending that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other diseases."]
 Australia: Abortion debate provokes sex education questions abc.net.au 2/9/5 ["Dr Washer says sex education should be mandatory in all schools, no matter what religious stance the school takes."]
 San Francisco Mayor Defends His Order to Issue Marriage Licenses to Gays ap.tbo.com 2/9/5 ["Newsom triggered a political firestorm last year when he ordered the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. More than 4,000 couples married in San Francisco before the California Supreme Court voided the marriages, ruling that the mayor had overstepped his authority."]
 Tanks, officers impose order in Fallujah ap.org 2/9/5 ["The Marines pay particular attention to young men who seem not to want to be noticed, pulling them aside to make quick mugshots in case of future troubles.  ...Jensen said the U.S. presence is paying off. After the battle, patrols often discovered big caches of weapons, he said. The haul last week: one automatic weapon found in the trunk of a car.  "Safest city in Iraq," said one of his Marines"]
 Judge rules against Christians who preached to homosexuals worldnetdaily.com 2/9/5 ["Tucker denied the request for relief last week, saying the Philly 5 had "insufficient evidence ... regarding why any of the defendants would want to stifle their First Amendment rights.""]
 HR 418- A National ID Bill Masquerading as Immigration Reform house.gov 2/9/5 [by Hon. Ron Paul "The REAL ID Act establishes a national ID card by mandating that states include certain minimum identification standards on driver’s licenses. It contains no limits on the government’s power to impose additional standards. Indeed, it gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to unilaterally add requirements as he sees fit."]
 

 ‘Doomsday’ Legislation americanfreepress.net 2/8/5 ["Now under a piece of hotly contested legislation passed without media attention on Jan. 5, only a few members of Congress are needed to do official business in the event of a catastrophe instead of the usual 218.  Critics claim H. Res. 5 paves the way for tyranny, allowing “only a few to decide for so many.”"]
 China stocks arsenal with Russia weapons boston.com 2/8/5 ["Blocked from buying U.S. and European arms, Beijing has stocked its arsenal with Russian-made supersonic fighters and other high-tech weapons, and is investing in the development of its own cruise missiles.  ...Its acquisitions from Russia alone would equip an air force and navy for a mid-size country -- scores of supersonic Su-27 fighters, destroyers, submarines and anti-ship missiles."]
 Dolly's creator granted human cloning licence abc.net.au 2/8/5 ["has been granted a licence to clone human embryos for medical research.  ...Our aim will be to generate stem cells purely for research purposes," Prof Wilmut said in a statement. "This is not reproductive cloning in any way.""]
 UK Edges Closer to Outlawing Religious 'Hate Speech' cnsnews.com 2/8/5 ["The legislation would outlaw "words, behavior or material [that] are... likely to be heard or seen by any person in whom they are... likely to stir up racial or religious hatred.""]
 Former WMD hunter sees 'eerie similarities' in Iran abc.net.au 2/8/5 ["David Kay, has warned the Bush administration not to repeat the mistakes it made with Iraq in Iran.  ...What is in doubt is the ability of the US Government to honestly assess Iran's nuclear status and to craft a set of measures that will cope with that threat short of military action by the United States or Israel.""]
 With America at war, Hollywood follows usatoday.com 2/8/5 ["Not since World War II has Hollywood so embraced an ongoing conflict.  ..."These days, there is an unwillingness to criticize individual servicemen and women, which was quite common in the Vietnam era," says Phil Strub, who heads the Pentagon's film liaison office. "Americans are very disinclined to do that now, and we're very glad this attitude tends to pervade all entertainment.""]
 Rice says ‘Palestine’ the only path to peace jnewswire.com 2/8/5 ["US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday said peace would only come to the Middle East after the Arabs were permitted to satisfy their aspirations of establishing a new Muslim state on ancient Jewish lands."]
 

 UK: Anti-terror laws face new hurdle reuters.co.uk 2/7/5 ["Campaigners say they have appealed to a European court to prove there is no terrorism emergency that justifies suspending basic rights.  ...Britain, alone among European nations, declared an emergency after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, allowing it to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights guarantee to a fair trial and to jail foreigners without charge."]
 U.S. redesigning some of its nuclear arsenal azcentral.com 2/7/5 ["critics say it could needlessly resuscitate the complex of factories and laboratories that make nuclear weapons and could possibly ignite a new arms race."]
 Unmarried parents are five times more likely to break up than married parents. timesonline.co.uk 2/7/5 ["Whereas couples in previous generations did their courting, got married and had children in that order, nowadays growing numbers were having children first and only then deciding whether to remain in a couple relationship."]
  Australia: Abortion debate focuses on fathers' responsibility theaustralian.news.com.au 2/7/5 ["the counselling provided to women should be independent and not provided by either the "male-dominated" abortion industry, which had a profit incentive, or church groups, which were anti-abortion.  Counselling would be mandatory and women would be forced to wait 48 hours before making their decision and having the abortion as a "cooling-off period"."]
 Unmarried families are more likely to fall apart timesonline.co.uk 2/7/5 [""]
 Abortion Causing 'Black Genocide,' Activists Say cnsnews.com 2/7/5 ["of more than 14 million unborn African-American babies."]
 Analysts worry over arms sale to PRC etaiwannews.com 2/7/5 ["The European Union's plan to lift a weapons-sale embargo on China would harm both the interests of the United States as well as the military status quo in the Asia Pacific region, Taiwanese parliamentarians and scholars said yesterday.   ...the European Union is seeking a new world order by allying and strengthening China."]
 

 Cheap marketing of Christ worldnetdaily.com 2/6/5 ["Left Behind has more to do with the budget than literature any more. How else do you explain the absolute gluttony of products? It may be good business for Tyndale, but it certainly doesn't help set a standard in the world of evangelical expression.   ...most CCM completely skips over the pain and depravity of life, choosing instead to whitewash everything with a fake smile."]
 Ashcroft urges renewal of Patriot Act powers azcentral.com 2/6/5 ["Ashcroft, who drew an outcry in 2001 when he claimed that administration critics aided terrorists by evoking "phantoms of lost liberty," stood by those words."]
 Good reason to fret about Gonzales, Chertoff, others chron.com 2/6/5 ["Abrams, who has been appointed deputy national security adviser, does not have to be confirmed by the Senate — and probably never will be nominated for any post that requires confirmation because of his past troubles with the law."]
 UK pledges debt relief for 19 countries abc.net.au 2/6/5 ["about 80 per cent of the debt faced by the poorest countries is owed to organisations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank."]
 Ottawa rewords contracts to thwart Patriot Act thestar.com 2/6/5 ["The move is intended to prevent the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation from seeing sensitive Canadian data the government supplies to American firms doing business with federal departments in Ottawa."]
 Cheney Says U.S. Can Afford Extra Borrowing for Social Security bloomberg.com 2/6/5 ["can borrow $754 billion in the next decade to help finance private accounts for Social Security without hurting the U.S. economy with higher budget deficits."]
 

 Greenspan indicates continued weak dollar policy xinhuanet.com 2/5/5 [" The US dollar fell sharply in November after Greenspan expressed concern in Berlin about the increasing amount of money that America is borrowing from abroad to finance its record trade deficit."]
 Russia ends de facto dollar peg and moves to align rouble with euro news.ft.com 2/5/5 ["and the US currency.  ...With 81 per cent of Russia's oil exports currently sold to Europe, the move also provoked fresh speculation that Russia could decide to denominate its oil in euros.  ...The rouble has fallen by 30 per cent against the euro since January 2002, fuelling inflation in a country that conducts about 65 per cent of its trade with the eurozone.  "The rouble's performance has been highly correlated with the dollar. Now it will be more aligned with the euro"]
 China says it has plans to unhook currency from U.S. dollar -but no timetable canada.com 2/5/5 ["will free its currency from its peg to the U.S. dollar eventually  ...European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday it was unacceptable for developed countries to run long-term current account deficits."]
 G7 offers 100pc debt relief finance.news.com.au 2/5/5 ["The Heavily Indebeted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) is a joint initiative of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that offers debt relief to the world's most impoverished nations if they agree to undertake economic reform."]
 G7 Mulls IMF Gold Sales to Help Poor olympics.reuters.com 2/5/5 [""]
 Bush says Iran "primary state sponsor of terror" swissinfo.org 2/5/5 ["He also promised to "stand with" the Iranian people in their quest for liberty, a veiled jab at the republic's ruling clerics."]
 Destroyed embryo deemed human suntimes.com 2/5/5 ["A frozen embryo destroyed in a Chicago fertility clinic was a human being whose parents are entitled to file a wrongful-death lawsuit, a Cook County judge ruled Friday."]
 George W. Bush: U.S. to Illuminate the Globe thenewamerican.com 2/5/5 ["we have lit a fire as well — a fire in the minds of men"]
 Utah: Senate Bill 59: Homeschool Freedom Bill hslda.org 2/5/5 ["This bill would clarify Utah homeschool law by taking away the school district's "approval" power. It provides that a school-age minor shall be excused from attendance upon the filing of an affidavit by the parent stating that the child will be homeschooled."]
 Utah: Bill would change home-school rules sltrib.com 2/5/5 [Senate Bill 59]
 US to maintain troop numbers in Iraq abc.net.au 2/5/5 ["maintain 135,000 troops in Iraq this year, which is only a slight reduction from the current deployment."]
 

 UN treaty writers weigh abortion ban for disabled alertnet.org 2/4/5 ["U.N. diplomats drafting an international treaty on the rights of the disabled debated a possible ban on the abortion of fetuses with disabilities in an emotional negotiating session that ended on Friday."]
 Bill would empower pharmacists to take anti-abortion stand ledger-enquirer.com 2/4/5 ["Pharmacists who oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds would have new protections as part of proposed state legislation if they refuse to give out emergency contraceptive drugs."]
 Brown Seeks G7 Support for Africa 'Marshall Plan' news.scotsman.com 2/4/5 ["to push his agenda for tackling global poverty.  ...other European members of the G7 – Germany, France and Italy – are backing the scheme"]
 Uganda AIDS Prevention Success Being Undermined by Infuriated UN Condom-Pushers lifesite.net  2/4/5 ["the best way to prevent that spread would be to convince its citizens to adopt sexual abstinence and fidelity within marriage. This inexpensive, indigenous program required little outside funding or support and the results are acknowledged to be astonishing. The Ugandan HIV/AIDS rate fell by half,"]
 Annan Lays Out Plan for Enormous Sudan Peacekeeping Mission in New Report ap.tbo.com 2/4/5 ["proposed sending a 10,130-strong force to monitor a peace deal ending Sudan's civil war, and warned of the "hugely complex task" that would await the mission  ...It would even raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and protect women's rights.   ...Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a resolution that would have Russian troops join the U.N. peacekeeping operation."]
 NY Court Says Gay Couples Have Equal Right to Marry reuters.com 2/4/5 ["Five couples, several of whom have children, filed the lawsuit last year with the State Supreme Court, the lowest of the three divisions in New York's justice system.  ...the city is expected to appeal the decision."]
 War in Korea Would Mean Massive U.S. Deployment news.scotsman.com 2/4/5 ["The US will dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s new defence policy paper released today."]
 Year after 'Winter of Love,' San Francisco celebrates gay unions tuscaloosanews.com 2/4/5 ["plans to mark the first anniversary of the city's "Winter of Love"  ...has invited the nearly 8,000 gays and lesbians from across the country who accepted his offer to get married in San Francisco last year to a Feb. 12 reception at City Hall, where he'll give a speech that calls for regaining the momentum of those heady days."]
 

 Man battles state over working sons worldnetdaily.com 2/3/5 ["for using kids on the job  ...We believe that children are a gift from the Lord to the parents, and that we, not the state, have been given the responsibility to train them."  ...surrender our constitutional God-given right to apprentice our youth, and our children's rightful inheritance of being with their fathers.  ...Malachi 4:6"]
 Gonzales Wins Confirmation as U.S. Attorney General reuters.com 2/3/5 ["but recorded the second highest number of "no" votes for a successful nominee for the post.  The Republican-led Senate rejected Democrats' complaints that he helped craft policies that contributed to the torture of foreign detainees"]
 Bush asking Congress for more than $22 billion in foreign aid sfgate.com 2/3/5 ["The budget will be followed in a few weeks by a supplemental request, and both Pakistan and Jordan are likely to be given boosts in assistance"]
 Gates, Buffett, China 'run from dollar' wnd.com 2/3/5 ["Decisions by the world's two wealthiest men to bet on a further weakening of the U.S. dollar, coupled with China's lack of confidence in American currency should grab the attention of every working person  ...the people who know money are running -- they are not walking -- in my opinion, they are running from the dollar."]
 Bush turns sights on Iran thisislondon.co.uk 2/3/5 ["He singled out Iran as "the world's primary state sponsor of terror", saying the country's Islamic fundamentalist rulers were " pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve"."]
 Study Finds Religious Polarization in U.S. Voters news.yahoo.com 2/3/5 ["Economic and foreign policy issues overall were more important for voters than social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. But social issues were more important to those who voted for Bush, while economic issues motivated Kerry voters."]
 Transcript of State of the Union cnn.com 2/3/5 ["To make our economy stronger and more dynamic, we must prepare a rising generation to fill the jobs of the 21st century. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, standards are higher...  ...It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take, that rejects amnesty  ...The road of Providence is uneven and unpredictable -- yet we know where it leads"]
 Mandela Challenges Rich to Feed the Poor reuters.com 2/3/5 ["Mandela called for trade reforms, an end to the debt crisis that is costing poor countries 39 billion dollars a year and a boost in aid."]
 Putin hails military ties between Russia, China spacewar.com 2/3/5 ["He noted that "a quite large joint military exercise is set for this year."  Russia and China are due to conduct their first ever joint military exercises in August or September in what officials to better coordinate the fight against terrorism.  In December, Russian officials said the exercises would be on Chinese territory and include the army, navy, air force units, and submarines."]
 

 Canada closer to marriage ssonet.com.au 2/2/5 ["same-sex marriage legislation in parliament in a bid to make gay marriage legal across the nation.  ...If approved, Canada will be the third country to extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples after the Netherlands and Belgium."]
 Iraq's new patent law: A declaration of war against farmers grain.org 2/2/5 ["The seeds farmers are now allowed to plant - "protected" crop varieties brought into Iraq by transnational corporations in the name of agricultural reconstruction - will be the property of the corporations."]
 'Buster' episode to air tomorrow boston.com 2/2/5 ["features two lesbian couples and their children  ..."This has become a national issue," said Wick Rowland, president at KBDI. "I think it's important for public television to air it so that we can foster understanding about diversity.""]
 CIA changes tune on Iraq WMD swissinfo.org 2/2/5 ["...no WMD have been found in Iraq and U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer is expected this month to issue
a final addendum to his September report concluding that pre-war Iraq had no such stockpiles."]
 Truth Truck at Presidential Inauguration to Kick Off "America's Party Tour" operationrescue.org 2/2/5 ["three graphic sign trucks visit four of America's biggest parties and millions of potential onlookers.  ...It is not fitting that America should celebrate as if the brutal deaths of 50 million innocent children had never occurred. Our Truth Trucks will be a powerful visual reminder at these heavily attended events that we cannot turn the other way while innocent children are dying"]
 ACLJ Files Brief with 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Behalf of Members of Congress in Support of National Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion businesswire.com 2/2/5 ["to ensure that the national ban on partial-birth abortion clears the constitutional hurdles to put an end to the horrific and barbaric procedure that destroys the partially-born child"]
 

 Bush Pushing Agenda in State of Union apnews.myway.com 2/1/5 ["special guests during her husband's speech will be two voters, one from Iraq and another from Afghanistan, who had participated in those countries' elections.  She told NBC's "Today" show they would serve as "a sign that people the world over want to live in freedom and want to have a democracy in their country."  ...The key ingredients of Bush's domestic package - Social Security, an energy bill, limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, immigration"]
 U.S. military tribunals at Guantanamo ruled unconstitutional theglobeandmail.com 2/1/5 ["The ruling is a sweeping indictment of the special tribunals created by the government to determine whether the prisoners are "enemy combatants," declaring that the detainees are entitled to challenge the basis for their detention."]
 FDA Rules On Military's Anthrax Vaccine ctnow.com 2/1/5 ["The FDA says the Pentagon will make its own determination whether to resume the mandatory use of the vaccine after FDA finishes reconsidering the vaccine's license March 28.  ...The adverse reaction rate of the vaccine is 100 times that initially stated by the vaccine's manufacturer. "]
 Conservative Helms tells supporters he fears liberal Bill Clinton will run United Nations sfgate.com  2/1/5 ["Annan appointed Clinton Tuesday to be a U.N. special envoy for tsunami reconstruction and to help resolve rebel conflicts in two of the hardest hit countries, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The appointment will begin next month. "]
 Court: Taxpayers can ignore IRS summonses worldnetdaily.com 2/1/5 ["Ruling says action has no teeth without federal court order"]
 White House Search for Intelligence Chief Stalled reuters.com 2/1/5 ["Congressional staff and other experts say the position, conceived to be the top intelligence advisor to the president, is ill-defined and could be marginalized by others including the CIA and Pentagon chiefs.  ...You're essentially a budget manager."]
  Clinton named UN tsunami envoy heraldsun.news.com.au 2/1/5 ["Mr Annan's spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan wanted to name a special envoy “to keep world attention focused on the clean up and the reconstruction.”"]
 La Quinta Inns Tells Abortion Practitioner to Stop Using Hotel lifenews.com 2/1/5 ["Troy Newman, president of the organization, thanked the "hundreds of men and women of conscience who called and brought Tiller's association with the La Quinta to the attention of the corporate office."  "We are thankful that the La Quinta Corporation has done the right thing and sent Tiller packing," Newman said."]
 Contact La Quinta, and thank them lq.com 2/1/5
 Ridge backs nat'l standards for ID washtimes.com 2/1/5 ["The driver's license is "the most standard form of ID" across the country, Ridge said, so it made sense to "ask the states to buy into a baseline set of national standards.""]
 

 Cheap marketing of Christ worldnetdaily.com 2/6/5 ["Left Behind has more to do with the budget than literature any more. How else do you explain the absolute gluttony of products? It may be good business for Tyndale, but it certainly doesn't help set a standard in the world of evangelical expression.   ...most CCM completely skips over the pain and depravity of life, choosing instead to whitewash everything with a fake smile."]
 Ashcroft urges renewal of Patriot Act powers azcentral.com 2/6/5 ["Ashcroft, who drew an outcry in 2001 when he claimed that administration critics aided terrorists by evoking "phantoms of lost liberty," stood by those words."]
 Good reason to fret about Gonzales, Chertoff, others chron.com 2/6/5 ["Abrams, who has been appointed deputy national security adviser, does not have to be confirmed by the Senate — and probably never will be nominated for any post that requires confirmation because of his past troubles with the law."]
 UK pledges debt relief for 19 countries abc.net.au 2/6/5 ["about 80 per cent of the debt faced by the poorest countries is owed to organisations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank."]
 Ottawa rewords contracts to thwart Patriot Act thestar.com 2/6/5 ["The move is intended to prevent the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation from seeing sensitive Canadian data the government supplies to American firms doing business with federal departments in Ottawa."]
 Cheney Says U.S. Can Afford Extra Borrowing for Social Security bloomberg.com 2/6/5 ["can borrow $754 billion in the next decade to help finance private accounts for Social Security without hurting the U.S. economy with higher budget deficits."]
 

 Greenspan indicates continued weak dollar policy xinhuanet.com 2/5/5 [" The US dollar fell sharply in November after Greenspan expressed concern in Berlin about the increasing amount of money that America is borrowing from abroad to finance its record trade deficit."]
 Russia ends de facto dollar peg and moves to align rouble with euro news.ft.com 2/5/5 ["and the US currency.  ...With 81 per cent of Russia's oil exports currently sold to Europe, the move also provoked fresh speculation that Russia could decide to denominate its oil in euros.  ...The rouble has fallen by 30 per cent against the euro since January 2002, fuelling inflation in a country that conducts about 65 per cent of its trade with the eurozone.  "The rouble's performance has been highly correlated with the dollar. Now it will be more aligned with the euro"]
 China says it has plans to unhook currency from U.S. dollar -but no timetable canada.com 2/5/5 ["will free its currency from its peg to the U.S. dollar eventually  ...European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday it was unacceptable for developed countries to run long-term current account deficits."]
 G7 offers 100pc debt relief finance.news.com.au 2/5/5 ["The Heavily Indebeted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) is a joint initiative of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that offers debt relief to the world's most impoverished nations if they agree to undertake economic reform."]
 G7 Mulls IMF Gold Sales to Help Poor olympics.reuters.com 2/5/5 [""]
 Bush says Iran "primary state sponsor of terror" swissinfo.org 2/5/5 ["He also promised to "stand with" the Iranian people in their quest for liberty, a veiled jab at the republic's ruling clerics."]
 Destroyed embryo deemed human suntimes.com 2/5/5 ["A frozen embryo destroyed in a Chicago fertility clinic was a human being whose parents are entitled to file a wrongful-death lawsuit, a Cook County judge ruled Friday."]
 George W. Bush: U.S. to Illuminate the Globe thenewamerican.com 2/5/5 ["we have lit a fire as well — a fire in the minds of men"]
 Utah: Senate Bill 59: Homeschool Freedom Bill hslda.org 2/5/5 ["This bill would clarify Utah homeschool law by taking away the school district's "approval" power. It provides that a school-age minor shall be excused from attendance upon the filing of an affidavit by the parent stating that the child will be homeschooled."]
 Utah: Bill would change home-school rules sltrib.com 2/5/5 [Senate Bill 59]
 US to maintain troop numbers in Iraq abc.net.au 2/5/5 ["maintain 135,000 troops in Iraq this year, which is only a slight reduction from the current deployment."]
 

 UN treaty writers weigh abortion ban for disabled alertnet.org 2/4/5 ["U.N. diplomats drafting an international treaty on the rights of the disabled debated a possible ban on the abortion of fetuses with disabilities in an emotional negotiating session that ended on Friday."]
 Bill would empower pharmacists to take anti-abortion stand ledger-enquirer.com 2/4/5 ["Pharmacists who oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds would have new protections as part of proposed state legislation if they refuse to give out emergency contraceptive drugs."]
 Brown Seeks G7 Support for Africa 'Marshall Plan' news.scotsman.com 2/4/5 ["to push his agenda for tackling global poverty.  ...other European members of the G7 – Germany, France and Italy – are backing the scheme"]
 Uganda AIDS Prevention Success Being Undermined by Infuriated UN Condom-Pushers lifesite.net  2/4/5 ["the best way to prevent that spread would be to convince its citizens to adopt sexual abstinence and fidelity within marriage. This inexpensive, indigenous program required little outside funding or support and the results are acknowledged to be astonishing. The Ugandan HIV/AIDS rate fell by half,"]
 Annan Lays Out Plan for Enormous Sudan Peacekeeping Mission in New Report ap.tbo.com 2/4/5 ["proposed sending a 10,130-strong force to monitor a peace deal ending Sudan's civil war, and warned of the "hugely complex task" that would await the mission  ...It would even raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and protect women's rights.   ...Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a resolution that would have Russian troops join the U.N. peacekeeping operation."]
 NY Court Says Gay Couples Have Equal Right to Marry reuters.com 2/4/5 ["Five couples, several of whom have children, filed the lawsuit last year with the State Supreme Court, the lowest of the three divisions in New York's justice system.  ...the city is expected to appeal the decision."]
 War in Korea Would Mean Massive U.S. Deployment news.scotsman.com 2/4/5 ["The US will dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s new defence policy paper released today."]
 Year after 'Winter of Love,' San Francisco celebrates gay unions tuscaloosanews.com 2/4/5 ["plans to mark the first anniversary of the city's "Winter of Love"  ...has invited the nearly 8,000 gays and lesbians from across the country who accepted his offer to get married in San Francisco last year to a Feb. 12 reception at City Hall, where he'll give a speech that calls for regaining the momentum of those heady days."]
 

 Man battles state over working sons worldnetdaily.com 2/3/5 ["for using kids on the job  ...We believe that children are a gift from the Lord to the parents, and that we, not the state, have been given the responsibility to train them."  ...surrender our constitutional God-given right to apprentice our youth, and our children's rightful inheritance of being with their fathers.  ...Malachi 4:6"]
 Gonzales Wins Confirmation as U.S. Attorney General reuters.com 2/3/5 ["but recorded the second highest number of "no" votes for a successful nominee for the post.  The Republican-led Senate rejected Democrats' complaints that he helped craft policies that contributed to the torture of foreign detainees"]
 Bush asking Congress for more than $22 billion in foreign aid sfgate.com 2/3/5 ["The budget will be followed in a few weeks by a supplemental request, and both Pakistan and Jordan are likely to be given boosts in assistance"]
 Gates, Buffett, China 'run from dollar' wnd.com 2/3/5 ["Decisions by the world's two wealthiest men to bet on a further weakening of the U.S. dollar, coupled with China's lack of confidence in American currency should grab the attention of every working person  ...the people who know money are running -- they are not walking -- in my opinion, they are running from the dollar."]
 Bush turns sights on Iran thisislondon.co.uk 2/3/5 ["He singled out Iran as "the world's primary state sponsor of terror", saying the country's Islamic fundamentalist rulers were " pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve"."]
 Study Finds Religious Polarization in U.S. Voters news.yahoo.com 2/3/5 ["Economic and foreign policy issues overall were more important for voters than social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. But social issues were more important to those who voted for Bush, while economic issues motivated Kerry voters."]
 Transcript of State of the Union cnn.com 2/3/5 ["To make our economy stronger and more dynamic, we must prepare a rising generation to fill the jobs of the 21st century. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, standards are higher...  ...It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take, that rejects amnesty  ...The road of Providence is uneven and unpredictable -- yet we know where it leads"]
 Mandela Challenges Rich to Feed the Poor reuters.com 2/3/5 ["Mandela called for trade reforms, an end to the debt crisis that is costing poor countries 39 billion dollars a year and a boost in aid."]
 Putin hails military ties between Russia, China spacewar.com 2/3/5 ["He noted that "a quite large joint military exercise is set for this year."  Russia and China are due to conduct their first ever joint military exercises in August or September in what officials to better coordinate the fight against terrorism.  In December, Russian officials said the exercises would be on Chinese territory and include the army, navy, air force units, and submarines."]
 

 Canada closer to marriage ssonet.com.au 2/2/5 ["same-sex marriage legislation in parliament in a bid to make gay marriage legal across the nation.  ...If approved, Canada will be the third country to extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples after the Netherlands and Belgium."]
 Iraq's new patent law: A declaration of war against farmers grain.org 2/2/5 ["The seeds farmers are now allowed to plant - "protected" crop varieties brought into Iraq by transnational corporations in the name of agricultural reconstruction - will be the property of the corporations."]
 'Buster' episode to air tomorrow boston.com 2/2/5 ["features two lesbian couples and their children  ..."This has become a national issue," said Wick Rowland, president at KBDI. "I think it's important for public television to air it so that we can foster understanding about diversity.""]
 CIA changes tune on Iraq WMD swissinfo.org 2/2/5 ["...no WMD have been found in Iraq and U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer is expected this month to issue
a final addendum to his September report concluding that pre-war Iraq had no such stockpiles."]
 Truth Truck at Presidential Inauguration to Kick Off "America's Party Tour" operationrescue.org 2/2/5 ["three graphic sign trucks visit four of America's biggest parties and millions of potential onlookers.  ...It is not fitting that America should celebrate as if the brutal deaths of 50 million innocent children had never occurred. Our Truth Trucks will be a powerful visual reminder at these heavily attended events that we cannot turn the other way while innocent children are dying"]
 ACLJ Files Brief with 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Behalf of Members of Congress in Support of National Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion businesswire.com 2/2/5 ["to ensure that the national ban on partial-birth abortion clears the constitutional hurdles to put an end to the horrific and barbaric procedure that destroys the partially-born child"]
 

 Bush Pushing Agenda in State of Union apnews.myway.com 2/1/5 ["special guests during her husband's speech will be two voters, one from Iraq and another from Afghanistan, who had participated in those countries' elections.  She told NBC's "Today" show they would serve as "a sign that people the world over want to live in freedom and want to have a democracy in their country."  ...The key ingredients of Bush's domestic package - Social Security, an energy bill, limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, immigration"]
 U.S. military tribunals at Guantanamo ruled unconstitutional theglobeandmail.com 2/1/5 ["The ruling is a sweeping indictment of the special tribunals created by the government to determine whether the prisoners are "enemy combatants," declaring that the detainees are entitled to challenge the basis for their detention."]
 FDA Rules On Military's Anthrax Vaccine ctnow.com 2/1/5 ["The FDA says the Pentagon will make its own determination whether to resume the mandatory use of the vaccine after FDA finishes reconsidering the vaccine's license March 28.  ...The adverse reaction rate of the vaccine is 100 times that initially stated by the vaccine's manufacturer. "]
 Conservative Helms tells supporters he fears liberal Bill Clinton will run United Nations sfgate.com  2/1/5 ["Annan appointed Clinton Tuesday to be a U.N. special envoy for tsunami reconstruction and to help resolve rebel conflicts in two of the hardest hit countries, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The appointment will begin next month. "]
 Court: Taxpayers can ignore IRS summonses worldnetdaily.com 2/1/5 ["Ruling says action has no teeth without federal court order"]
 White House Search for Intelligence Chief Stalled reuters.com 2/1/5 ["Congressional staff and other experts say the position, conceived to be the top intelligence advisor to the president, is ill-defined and could be marginalized by others including the CIA and Pentagon chiefs.  ...You're essentially a budget manager."]
  Clinton named UN tsunami envoy heraldsun.news.com.au 2/1/5 ["Mr Annan's spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan wanted to name a special envoy “to keep world attention focused on the clean up and the reconstruction.”"]
 La Quinta Inns Tells Abortion Practitioner to Stop Using Hotel lifenews.com 2/1/5 ["Troy Newman, president of the organization, thanked the "hundreds of men and women of conscience who called and brought Tiller's association with the La Quinta to the attention of the corporate office."  "We are thankful that the La Quinta Corporation has done the right thing and sent Tiller packing," Newman said."]
 Contact La Quinta, and thank them lq.com 2/1/5
 Ridge backs nat'l standards for ID washtimes.com 2/1/5 ["The driver's license is "the most standard form of ID" across the country, Ridge said, so it made sense to "ask the states to buy into a baseline set of national standards.""]