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"A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."   Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12  KJV   Word study on this verse

   May2006 ARCHIVE


 South Dakota Indian Tribe Bans Abortions, Pro-Abortion Prez Suspended lifenews.com 5/31/6 ["The Oglala Sioux tribal council has voted to ban all abortions on their reservation after the council president created a national controversy saying she would thwart a state ban on abortions by building an abortion business in tribal lands.  The vote to prohibits abortions on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was unanimous, 16-0, with two members of the tribal council absent.  The council also voted overwhelningly to suspend its president"]
 China Closes Clinics Telling Baby's Gender, Led to Sex-Selection Abortions lifenews.com 5/31/6 ["The northern Chinese province of Hebei has closed more than 200 clinics that were telling women the sex of their unborn children so they could have abortions of girl babies. The province is one of many rural ones that have significant gender balance issues because of a cultural preference for boys."]
 Annan urges US, Islam to help prostitutes on AIDS alertnet.org 5/31/6 ["The United States, Islamic states and some Catholic countries oppose the mention of prostitutes, homosexuals or drug users, referring to them only as "vulnerable groups" in a final statement that governments are negotiating."]
 Illinois Gov Blagojevich Wants Pharmacies to Install Morning After Pill Signs lifenews.com 5/31/6 ["In his latest effort to force pharmacists to dispense the morning after pill, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he wants to require pharmacies to post signs telling customers of their right to get the drug, which can sometimes cause an abortion. "]
 Church begins ad campaign urging tolerance for gay people fortwayne.com 5/31/6 ["The Jesus Metropolitan Community Church is spending $55,000 on the campaign. About 300 volunteers are distributing 650 bumper stickers, 720 T-shirts, 2,000 yard signs and 25,000 door hangers."]
 Bordering on Absurdity businessweek.com 5/31/6 ["I think that's wrong. It should not be the case that toys and cars can move from country to country more easily than people do. Instead, pulling down the barriers that impede immigration should be our long-term goal. Immigration policy should facilitate the movement of people, just as trade policy facilitates the movement of goods."]
 Amnesty program takes stab at UK's 'knife culture' news.yahoo.com 5/31/6 ["Police hope to collect 30,000 knives that will be turned in at police stations, churches, supermarkets and schools around the country. Home Secretary Charles Clark told the BBC a coinciding public-awareness campaign's message "is simple: Carrying knives on the streets will not be tolerated."  Stabbings are the most common form of murder in Britain, where firearms - except certain shotguns and sporting rifles - are outlawed. Most police officers in Britain do not carry firearms. "]
 

 Russia: No Use Of Force Against Iran cbsnews.com 5/30/6 ["The chief of Russia's security council, Igor Ivanov, said Sunday that Russia opposes any use of force against Iran over its controversial nuclear program, the Iranian state-run television reported. "]
 Mobs torch homes as East Timor spirals news.yahoo.com 5/30/6 ["On Tuesday, sporadic fighting was reported in some parts of the city and ambulances were seen ferrying injured people to a hospital. It was not clear how many had been hurt.  At a warehouse being used as a food distribution center, Australian troops struggled to keep order as thousands of residents tussled with each other to get bags of rice."]
 First tropical storm of season brushes Acapulco chron.com 5/30/6 [""]
 Sustainable Nightmare newswithviews.com 5/30/6 ["Sustainability is the cover story of corporate global governance. The end of private property and voting rights, replaced by corporate ownership of land and consensus governance, which reports to corporate funders, who report to the World Bank and its creators, is the world’s future."]
 U.S. calls up reserve force of 3,500 troops chron.com 5/30/6 ["the main reserve fighting force for Iraq, a full 3,500-member armored brigade, as emergency reinforcements for the embattled western province of Anbar"]
 Zoned Out Of Worship newswithviews.com 5/30/6 ["Have we “zoned” ourselves into violating the rights of property owners to the extent we have lost the “use” of our property even for religious gatherings?"]
 Dollar dives on talk of Snow successor news.yahoo.com 5/30/6 ["The US dollar fell sharply in European morning trade on Tuesday on reports that Don Evans, a Texas oil man, may favour a weaker dollar if he replaces the increasingly beleaguered
John Snow as Treasury secretary.  ...Treasury secretaries with a Wall Street background have tended to support a strong dollar, while those from an industrial or political background have been happy, even eager, to see the dollar fall."]
 Moscow says banned gays because "cleaner" than West reuters.com 5/30/6 [""Our way of life, our morals and our tradition -- our morals are cleaner in all ways. The West has something to learn from us and should not race along in this mad licentiousness," he told Moscow radio  ...women hurling eggs and fruit at the activists, while shouting "Moscow is not Sodom"."]
 

 Ecuador Constitutional Court Unanimously Approves Prohibition on Morning After Pill lifesite.net 5/29/6 ["Luis Sanchez, President of the Medical Federation of Ecuador said in 2004, "The morning after pill cannot be classified as a contraceptive method because by its very nature it acts against something that has already been conceived.""]
 Indonesian Quake Toll Jumps Past 5,000 guardian.co.uk 5/29/6 ["The country also is battling the bird flu crisis, terrorist attacks by al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants and the threat of eruption from Mount Merapi, just north of the quake zone."]
 Court orders J'lem municipality to fund Gay Pride Parade haaretz.com 5/29/6 ["udge Judith Tsur accepted a petition submitted by the Open House and ordered the municipality to pay NIS 350,000 as part of the funding for the cultural and social activities held by the establishment in the years 2003-2005.  The Open House's petition demanded that the municipality include the gay rights establishment on the list of non-profit organizations to which the municipality allocates funding. "]
 Eugenic Abortion Looms Large in UK as Abortion Pill Use Doubles lifesite.net 5/29/6 ["British abortion law contains a controversial provision allowing abortions up until birth if the child has a "serious handicap," intended to protect women from the psychological trauma of giving birth to a child who will most likely die soon afterwards. Increasingly, the clause is being used to end the life of children who have no significant disorders, but who are viewed as less than perfect by parents and doctors."]
 

 Indonesian quake kills more than 4,600 reuters.co.uk 5/28/6 ["Up to 20,000 were injured and more than 100,000 have been left homeless,"]
 Two Powerful Quakes Follow Indonesia Tremor voanews.com 5/28/6 ["near the South Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Tonga on Sunday.  No casualties have been reported.  The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 6.2 quake struck near Papua New Guinea's New Britain region. Some 20 minutes later, a 5.9 magnitude quake struck near the island of Tonga. "]
 Minutemen start fence along border with Mexico azcentral.com 5/28/6 ["The Minuteman group plans to install fencing, including a combination of barbed wire, razor wire and in some spots steel rail barriers, along the bulk of the Ladds' property in the coming weeks. They hope it prompts the federal government to do the same along the entire Arizona border.  The contractor volunteering his time to help install the fence says the 10-mile stretch is just a start."]
 'Ex-Gays' Seek a Say in Schools latimes.com 5/28/6 ["Conservative Christians and Jews have teamed up with men and women who call themselves "ex-gay" to lobby — and even sue — for the right to tell teenagers that they can "heal" themselves of unwanted same-sex attractions.  ...Similar lawsuits may be filed soon. New Jersey-based JONAH — Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality — is seeking parents and students willing to sue to get the ex-gay view into schools. So is Liberty Counsel, a Christian law firm in Orlando, Fla. The firm joined PFOX last month in urging teens to form Gay to Straight Clubs and hang "Choose to Change" posters in their schools. If an administrator tries to censor that message, Liberty Counsel promises to provide legal backup."]
 At least 1,000 UK soldiers desert news.bbc.co.uk 5/28/6 ["More than 1,000 members of the British military have deserted since the start of the Iraq war, the BBC has learned.  ...with more soldiers "questioning the morality and legality of the occupation"."]
 Britain boom market for Internet pornography: report news.yahoo.com 5/28/6 ["Some 1.5 million women used Internet pornography in the last 12 months, up from one million in the previous year  ...more than half of all children -- 60 percent or seven million -- have come across pornography on the Internet while looking for something else  ...Relationship agencies were quoted as saying that they had seen a rise in the number of couples attributing their problems to use of Internet pornography."]
 Photos Indicate Civilians Slain Execution-Style latimes.com 5/28/6 ["The case may be the most serious incident of alleged war crimes in Iraq by U.S. troops. Marine officers have long been worried that Iraq's deadly insurgency could prompt such a reaction by combat teams.  ...The Marines involved in the incident initially reported that they had become embroiled in a firefight with insurgents after the explosion. However, evidence that later emerged contradicted that version."]
 

 Quake Kills More Than 3,500 in Indonesia forbes.com 5/27/6 ["a powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in this rice-farming town while residents slept, killing more than 3,500 people on Indonesia's densely populated Java island.  The magnitude-6.3 quake wounded thousands more and was the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. It also triggered fears that a rumbling volcano nearby would erupt. "]
 Universal National Service Act of 2006 thomas.loc.gov 5/27/6 [" H. R. 4752  To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes. "]
 Argentina Considers Legalizing First-Trimester Abortion lifesite.net 5/27/6 ["The proposal is part of an ongoing revision of the Argentine penal code. Under the new code, the section addressing abortion would read, "The woman is not punishable when the abortion is practiced with her consent and within three months of conception, provided circumstance made it excusable."  The Argentine Constitution recognizes the humanity of the unborn child "from the moment of conception." Abortion is currently illegal in Argentina except in rare cases involving rape or when the mother's life is in danger."]
 

NYC Mayor Advocates U.S. Worker Database abcnews.go.com 5/26/6 ["advocating a plan that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers.  ...a DNA or fingerprint database "doesn't sound like the free society we think we're living in.""]
 62 Senators Betray America's Sovereignty agapepress.org 5/26/6 ["The United States Senate approved an amnesty bill (S.B. 2611) on Thursday that effectively advertises to foreigners that the U.S. government refuses to enforce its own immigration laws.  ...Yesterday's Senate bill calls for only 1,000 new Border Patrol agents -- with "promises" to increase that total to 14,000 by 2011."]
 Embryonic Stem Cell Research Has Still Not Yielded Medical Breakthroughs lifenews.com 5/26/6 ["Sean Tipton, president of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, a leading lobbyist for the biotech industry, acknowledges that the controversial science is making little progress.  In his calls for a vote on funding, he admitted that "at present there's nothing that's ready for therapeutic use."  Dr. David Stevens of the Christian Medical Association told Focus on the Family that there are several reasons for that.  "Nobody has been able to get over the tremendous problems of getting these cells in a pure culture so they don't cause tumors when they're transplanted,""]
 1,000 police to take Moscow streets for banned gay pride parade rian.ru 5/26/6 ["The court rejected an appeal by the event's organizers against a Moscow city government decision to prohibit the event to mark the 13th anniversary of homosexuality being decriminalized in Russia."]
 Senate Holds Hearings on Problems With Oregon Assisted Suicide Law lifenews.com 5/26/6 ["He worries that if more states adopt laws like Oregon's that assisted suicide "could actually create a financial incentive for insurance companies to encourage prematurely ending the lives of those who need long-term care.""]
 Blair reveals plan to shake up way the world is run timesonline.co.uk 5/26/6 ["The World Bank, the IMF and the UN were all set up in 1945. Mr Blair will say that globalisation has since made the world a very different — and more interdependent — place.  In his speech Mr Blair will echo recent remarks by Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, who has called for the IMF to “focus more on crisis prevention as well as crisis resolution” by extending its monitoring role to developing economies.   ...while strengthening the powers of the Secretary-General."]
 Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State  infowars.com 5/26/6 ["Signing Statements"]
 Vast new sums needed to attack killer diseases: World Bank news.yahoo.com 5/26/6 ["Rich donors must lavish as much as 70 billion dollars in extra annual aid to curb killer diseases that are ravaging poorer nations, the World Bank said."]
 

 Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives whitehouse.gov 5/25/6 ["The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate agency efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social and community services."]
 Leave spy judgements to government: officials news.yahoo.com 5/25/6 ["The United States government, not any court, is the best judge of whether to keep programs such as its controversial effort to eavesdrop on citizens a secret, an assistant attorney general said on Wednesday."]
 Bloomberg: Immigrants need DNA ID card upi.com 5/25/6 ["called for fraud-proof ID cards for immigrants containing fingerprints and strands of DNA to help weed out illegal workers.  ...and criticized immigration reform measures being debated in Congress, saying much of it would be unnecessary if the laws that are already on the books were enforced."]
 So, What Will It Take? newswithviews.com 5/25/6 ["How can churches continue to waste millions of dollars building larger buildings in which to hide, while the enemy of the soul of their children openly stalks them…in full view of the shepherd?  Pastors don’t get it. They don’t know there is a war. They don’t know there is an enemy. "]
 Abbas stuns Hamas with '67 ultimatum ynetnews.com 5/25/6 ["PA chairman says ‘if within 10 days gov’t does not recognize plan for Palestinian state on '67 borders, I will hold referendum on issue"]
 International Law Threatens Home Schooling Warns Home School Legal Defense lifesite.net 5/25/6 ["...warns that even though the U.S. has never ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the convention may still be binding on citizens because of activist judges.  ...Under the Convention, severe limitations are placed on a parent's right to direct and train their children.   ...under Article 13, parents could be subject to prosecution for any attempt to prevent their children from interacting with material they deemed unacceptable. Under Article 14, children are guaranteed "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" - in other words, children have a legal right to object to all religious training. And under Article 15, the child has a right to "freedom of association." "If this measure were to be taken seriously, parents could be prevented from forbidding their child to associate with people deemed to be objectionable companions," the HSLDA report explained."]
 Senate Leader Frist: Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning Vote This Summer lifenews.com 5/25/6 ["I am working with a construct to bring [stem cell research bills] back to the floor this summer, which will allow everybody's views to be expressed  ...including the measure overturning Bush's limits and possibly another which would provide federal funding for new research to try to obtain embryonic stem cells without cloning or destroying days old unborn children."]
 Scotland: Fears over sex education as abortion rate hits new high in under-16s news.scotsman.com 5/25/6 ["The highest rates were seen in those aged 16 to 24, with a rate of about 23 per 1,000 women.  But most concern was raised about the number of girls having abortions below the legal age of consent - now at its highest recorded level.  ..."As a society we are allowing sexual imagery to be used out of context all the time to promote products, to promote events.  "We have created a sexualised environment and then expect young people to ignore it and say: 'I will be good'." "]
 

 Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives whitehouse.gov 5/25/6 ["The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate agency efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social and community services."]
 Leave spy judgements to government: officials news.yahoo.com 5/25/6 ["The United States government, not any court, is the best judge of whether to keep programs such as its controversial effort to eavesdrop on citizens a secret, an assistant attorney general said on Wednesday."]
 Bloomberg: Immigrants need DNA ID card upi.com 5/25/6 ["called for fraud-proof ID cards for immigrants containing fingerprints and strands of DNA to help weed out illegal workers.  ...and criticized immigration reform measures being debated in Congress, saying much of it would be unnecessary if the laws that are already on the books were enforced."]
 So, What Will It Take? newswithviews.com 5/25/6 ["How can churches continue to waste millions of dollars building larger buildings in which to hide, while the enemy of the soul of their children openly stalks them…in full view of the shepherd?  Pastors don’t get it. They don’t know there is a war. They don’t know there is an enemy. "]
 Abbas stuns Hamas with '67 ultimatum ynetnews.com 5/25/6 ["PA chairman says ‘if within 10 days gov’t does not recognize plan for Palestinian state on '67 borders, I will hold referendum on issue"]
 International Law Threatens Home Schooling Warns Home School Legal Defense lifesite.net 5/25/6 ["...warns that even though the U.S. has never ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the convention may still be binding on citizens because of activist judges.  ...Under the Convention, severe limitations are placed on a parent's right to direct and train their children.   ...under Article 13, parents could be subject to prosecution for any attempt to prevent their children from interacting with material they deemed unacceptable. Under Article 14, children are guaranteed "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" - in other words, children have a legal right to object to all religious training. And under Article 15, the child has a right to "freedom of association." "If this measure were to be taken seriously, parents could be prevented from forbidding their child to associate with people deemed to be objectionable companions," the HSLDA report explained."]
 Senate Leader Frist: Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning Vote This Summer lifenews.com 5/25/6 ["I am working with a construct to bring [stem cell research bills] back to the floor this summer, which will allow everybody's views to be expressed  ...including the measure overturning Bush's limits and possibly another which would provide federal funding for new research to try to obtain embryonic stem cells without cloning or destroying days old unborn children."]
 Scotland: Fears over sex education as abortion rate hits new high in under-16s news.scotsman.com 5/25/6 ["The highest rates were seen in those aged 16 to 24, with a rate of about 23 per 1,000 women.  But most concern was raised about the number of girls having abortions below the legal age of consent - now at its highest recorded level.  ..."As a society we are allowing sexual imagery to be used out of context all the time to promote products, to promote events.  "We have created a sexualised environment and then expect young people to ignore it and say: 'I will be good'." "]
 

 Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in Preparation For Martial Law infowars.com 5/24/6 ["Nationwide initiative trains volunteers to teach congregations to "obey the government" during seizure of guns, property, forced inoculations and forced relocation"]
 Groundbreaking Study Finds Drug Arouses People from a Permanent Vegetative State lifesite.net 5/24/6 ["Dr. Clauss told the BBC that “For every damaged area of the brain, there is a dormant area, which seems to be a sort of protective mechanism. The damaged tissue is dead, there’s nothing you can do,” he explained. “But it’s the dormant areas which ‘wake up’.”"]
 Cannes sex films question role of porn, Internet  5/24/6 ["A series of filmmakers say Internet porn alone now shapes many young people's perception of sex and, in many cases, replaces the experience of real physical relationships."]
 Bush: U.S. would aid Israel if attacked cnn.com 5/24/6 ["President Bush said Tuesday that the United States would come to Israel's aid if it were attacked by Iran and welcomed the Jewish state's plan to define its borders."]
 Study: Parents encourage tots to watch TV news.yahoo.com 5/24/6 ["Eight in 10 of the nation's youngest children — babies up to age 6 — watch TV, play video games or use the computer for about two hours on a typical day. A third live in homes where the TV is on most of the time.  ...Dr. Daniel Broughton of the Mayo Clinic, who co-wrote the academy's recommendations. But before age 2 is time of the brain's most rapid development, and interaction — live give-and-take that TV cannot provide — is crucial during that period, he said.  Some studies also link TV watching at younger ages to attention disorders."]
 Internal Hospital Memo Provides Evidence of Sex-Selective Abortion in Canada lifesite.net 5/24/6 ["Western Standard magazine, one of the few conservative publications in Canada, has acquired an internal document from Women's Hospital in Vancouver which shows that abortions are carried out at taxpayer expense when the reason is merely that the parents are not satisfied with the sex of the child."]
 

 New Study: Doctors Who Do Assisted Suicides Face Psychological Fallout lifenews.com 5/23/6 ["He indicated some of the guilt doctors who engages in the practices face is due to their deviation from the attitudes doctors normally have to help patients and foster healing.  "The shift away from the fundamental values of medicine to heal and promote human wholeness can have significant effects on many participating physicians," he said.  ...doctors in Oregon, some 24% regretted performing an assisted suicide, according to Stevens' research and 16 percent reported that the emotional burden adversely affected their medical practice."]
 Catholics Blast Madonna for Concert Crucifixion foxnews.com 5/23/6 ["The controversial diva wore a crown of thorns and sang while hanging from a cross during Sunday night's opener of her "Confessions" world tour"]
 Pentagon urges China to explain military buildup news.yahoo.com 5/23/6 ["Aside from possible conflict with Taiwan, "China's military acquisitions suggest it is also generating capabilities that could apply to other regional contingencies, such as conflicts over resources or territory," the report said."]
 Wisconsin Governor Doyle Signs Bill Requiring Teaching Teens Abstinence lifenews.com 5/23/6 ["would require sex education programs in public schools to promote abstinence as the preferred sexual behavior for teens. The measure requires primary and secondary schools spend more time teaching abstinence education than other methods of preventing pregnancy."]
 The Very Few vs. Freedom newswithviews.com 5/23/6 ["Tying mankind to debt and debtors is moral corruption. Debt eliminates the ability to pursue happiness and to achieve liberty. Debt destroys lives. Add to this the strategically planned taking of private property, water, food, energy, medical care, and affordable housing, and what you have is a nation of sick indentured servants and serfs. Add to this the strategically planned destruction of Christian principles and morality, and you get rudderless and impoverished people who are easily manipulated like herds. And as such, they turn to their enslavers for food, water, help, shelter, etc."]
 Israelis Sue Iranian President On Intent to Commit Genocide israelnationalnews.com 5/23/6 ["The group said it is planning to sue the Iranian president within the next several months for his calls to “wipe Israel off the map, ” which constitute intent to commit genocide, an international crime.  ...violated the 1948 UN Genocide Convention with his remarks. Iran signed the document in the 1950’s, as did Israel."]
 Qatari pays $2.75 mln for mobile phone number news.yahoo.com 5/23/6 ["666-6666"]
 

 Five Reasons Not To See The DaVinci Code newswithviews.com 5/22/6 [Berit Kjos "Busy schedules and tempting alternatives can easily squeeze out Bible study. Then, when floods of "new revelations" crash against our beliefs, we may never recognize the lies. Instead, they may seem more exciting than the truth."]
 NYSE proposes merger with Euronext stock exchange usatoday.com 5/22/6 ["The New York Stock Exchange (NYX), seeking to beat rival Nasdaq Stock Market in the race to become the first trans-Atlantic stock market, offered $10.2 billion in cash and shares Monday for European exchange operator Euronext NV.  NYSE Group said its purchase of Euronext, which runs the Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon exchanges, would create "the world's largest and most liquid global securities marketplace" with combined listings of $27 trillion. The combined company, worth $21 billion, would be called NYSE Euronext. "]
 Planned Parenthood Opens Quick-Service Clinic news.yahoo.com 5/22/6 ["The clinic will not perform abortions. Instead, lotions, essential oils and decorative carrying cases for pills and condoms will beckon shoppers inside, where they can also get oral contraceptives, pregnancy tests and screening for HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhea  ...will be open seven days a week."]
 British Doctors Advise Women With Down Syndrome Babies to Have Abortion lifenews.com 5/22/6 [""]
 Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’ timesonline.co.uk 5/22/6 ["A report by Barclays Capital says the run-up to the 1987 crash was characterised by a widening US current-account deficit, weak dollar, fears of rising inflation, a fading boom in American house prices, and the appointment of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board."]
 

 Scotland: Schools told to give pupils gay sex advice scotsman.com 5/21/6 ["OFFICIAL guidance on how to teach Scottish schoolchildren about gay sex is being issued for the first time since the abolition of laws which banned "promoting" homosexuality in schools.  Teachers will be told they can discuss issues including safe gay sex and where to get advice on homosexual relationships, in a move which has already set religious groups and health professionals at loggerheads. ...teachers will be told it is appropriate to discuss  ...Same-sex crushes and the emotional side of homosexual relationships  ...There's a fine line between providing appropriate information and promoting homosexuality in a way that encourages experimentation.""]
 Merck cancer vaccine faces Christian-right scrutiny news.yahoo.com 5/21/6 ["as it seeks to make the vaccine mandatory for school admission  ...The vaccine, known as Gardasil, with an estimated $2 billion U.S. market potential, targets four types of sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, or HPV, which is believed to cause more than 70 percent of cervical cancer cases and 90 percent of genital warts."]
 "Da Vinci Code" unlocks $224 mln in world sales news.yahoo.com 5/21/6 ["the second-biggest debut ever at the global box office  ...Brown's fictional premise -- that Jesus Christ had a child with Mary Magdalene and that their blood line survived through the ages -- was a huge hit at bookstores, with more than 40 million copies sold around the world."]
 

 United States Backs UN NGO Status for Homosexual Activist Groups Once Associated with Pedophiles lifesite.net 5/19/6 ["A coalition of largely Asian and African countries sought to dismiss the applications for NGO status of two homosexual activist groups which they felt had not yet sufficiently distanced themselves from pedophilia, and were moreover doubtful of the contributions that the groups would make to the UN's work.  ...took issue with the notion that the demands of homosexual activist organizations had anything to do with human rights. Sexual orientation was not comparable to race or ethnic origin, he said, and homosexuality was not a positive source of human rights. He suggested such groups were in fact not asking for equal rights, but for special rights."]
 To The Religious Right: Get Tough With G.W. Bush or Apologize To Bill Clinton newswithviews.com 5/19/6 ["First, virtually every reason Mr. Bush gave the American people for our preemptive invasion of Iraq has been shown to be false. Iraq had no Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) capable of threatening the United States, and the link between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 hijackers was also proven to be nothing more than a figment of Bush's imagination.  ...in 2004, President Bush assured the American people that no government snooping took place without first obtaining lawful warrants. That turned out to be as phony as a three dollar bill. "]
 Should DNA be collected from all criminals? csmonitor.com 5/19/6 ["In most cities and states, vandalism, shoplifting, and loitering are misdemeanors - possibly involving community service, not jail time. But those who commit such low-level crimes in New York State may soon be required to give DNA samples to authorities - just as convicted rapists or murderers do.  If the Legislature passes the proposal, which is currently being debated, New York would be the first state in the nation to require DNA samples for all convicted offenders."]
 New Jersey Senate Wants $250M for Embryonic Stem Cell Research  lifenews.com 5/19/6 ["The New Jersey state Senate has approved a measure that would have the state spend $250 million on embryonic stem cell research, including building three new stem cell research facilities at universities. Pro-life groups have condemned the legislation because the research involves the destruction of human life."]
 Oil at $100? It's No Longer a Pipe Dream news.yahoo.com 5/19/6 ["In short, the market has reached nearly $75 per barrel without a disastrous supply event. Contrast that with the previous price spike in the second half of last year, driven in part by a very real disruption: the massive dislocation caused by the devastating 2005 U.S. Gulf hurricane season."]
 Researchers at California College to Create New Embryonic Stem Cells lifenews.co 5/19/6 ["The University of California at Irvine and will rely on a local Orange County fertility clinic to provide it with human embryos scientists can destroy for their stem cells. UCI will be one of the few places in the country working to create new lines."]
 

 Oregon Trying to Figure Out High Rate of Elderly Suicide—Psst “It’s your assisted suicide law” lifesite.net 5/18/6 ["Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide in November of 1997. Over the ensuing decade, rates of non-physician assisted suicide in the state have outstripped the national elder suicide rate, with about 100 Oregonians aged 65 or older taking their own lives annually."]
 'Lavender graduations' gain ground news.yahoo.com 5/18/6 ["Echoing a tradition already established on many campuses for minority students and other groups, a small but growing number of schools are holding "lavender graduations" to honor gay and lesbian students."]
 British and New Zealand Amnesty International Groups Back Abortion lifenews.com 5/18/6 ["The British and New Zealand national affiliates of Amnesty International have endorsed an AI proposition to change the human rights group's stance on abortion from one of neutrality to one favoring it. AI's decision to consider whether or not to take a pro-abortion stance is upsetting human rights campaigners across the globe who say the right to life is the basic human right."]
 April '06: Warmest on Record in U.S. abcnews.go.com 5/18/6 ["according to records going back to 1895"]
 Senate votes for 350 miles of border fence dfw.com 5/18/6 ["The $1 billion proposal, approved 83-16, is less extensive than a 700-mile fence proposed by the House, but it puts both chambers of Congress in support of building expanded barriers across the southwestern border."]
 Gulf Coast residents wary over hurricanes chron.com 5/18/6 ["But experts are baffled that over half of all U.S. coastal residents don't see a threat"]
 Minutemen Dismiss Bush's Border Plan kpho.com 5/18/6 ["Chris Simcox, the head of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, said last month that unless military reserves or the National Guard were deployed to the border and the White House endorsed more secure fencing, his group would begin constructing fencing on private land along the border.  Last week, the group said construction would begin May 27 because it was not anticipating any imminent effort to put troops on the border."]
 Global markets take a pounding cnn.com 5/18/6 ["Stock markets fell heavily around the world on Thursday as investors were spooked by big losses in U.S. stocks and bet interest rates would keep rising."]
 Bernanke urges US banks to adopt new global standards news.yahoo.com 5/18/6 ["The new standards are the brainchild of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which groups central banks and regulators from 10 countries under the aegis of the Bank for International Settlements.  The Basel II accord upgrades an earlier capital management system agreed upon by the central bankers in 1988. It seeks to set uniform standards in the way banks and banking regulators carry out risk management."]
 

 Iran to require oil payments in euros upi.com 5/17/6 ["in July Iran will abandon dollar payments for its oil and natural gas exports in favor of euros.  ...Some observers speculate that the Iranian switch to euros could negatively affect the dollar, as many central banks from oil importing nations could choose to stock up their currency reserves with euros rather than dollars."]
 Catholic Medical Association Calls for End to Aborted Fetal Vaccines lifesite.net 5/17/6 ["An ethical problem exists today because some vaccines for rubella (Meruvax), Hepatitis A, (VAQTA, HAVRIX) as well as others are derived from cell lines originally prepared from tissue taken from voluntarily aborted fetuses"]
 Propaganda Iran: Nuclear Ambitions Or Euro-Based Oil newswithviews.com 5/17/6 ["if American people knew their geography, which they don’t, they would know that Iran is directly between Iraq and Afghanistan, both being occupied, or if you prefer, assisted by the U.S. military. Now, the Mid-East has one thing going for it, and one thing alone – oil. The largest markets in the world are global oil and gas trades. Keep that in mind.  Iran has devised a way to compete with the New York and London markets by using a euro-based oil trading market. And what that means to the United States is this: Without intervention, the euro will become supreme over the U.S. dollar in the international oil market – the largest market in the world. And that, my American countrymen, is going to be catastrophic to our nation due to our INSANE debt AND our global government intentions."]
 Nancy Reagan Letter Promotes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Bill lifenews.com 5/17/6 ["The letter calls on the Senate to approve the bill, despite a veto threat from President George W. Bush."]
 Serbia: New electronic ID to contain crime washingtontimes.com 5/17/6 ["is to introduce electronic identification that includes biometric data and a microchip controller with the idea of providing faster identifications.
A draft law on new identification documents has been submitted to parliament for debate"]
 Gasoline Is Not Going Up! newswithviews.com 5/17/6 ["One day soon, as the dollar dwindles to nothing and eventually collapses before disbelieving eyes, taking with it our economy and all of the interlocking and interdependent economies of the world, another government solution will be offered."]
 

 Experts Debate Bush's Use of His Powers news.yahoo.com 5/14/6 ["authorizing warrantless wiretaps, collecting telephone records on millions of Americans, holding suspected terrorists overseas without legal protections.  ...Congress is on notice from the president that he will not enforce parts of legislation he believes interfere with his constitutional authority."]
 Israeli High Court Upholds Unification Law forbes.com 5/14/6 ["Israel's high court Sunday narrowly upheld a controversial law that bars West Bank Palestinians from joining spouses and children living in Israel. "]
 British woman pregnant with cancer-gene-free 'designer baby': report news.yahoo.com 5/14/6 ["The woman, who was not identified, used controversial genetic screening technology to ensure she does not pass on to her child the condition retinoblastoma, an hereditary form of eye cancer from which she suffers.  Doctors tested embryos created by the woman and her partner using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) methods for the cancer gene. Only unaffected embryos were implanted in her womb, the newspaper said."]

 Emerging "Christianity": Who Defines The Kingdom of God? newswithviews.com 5/13/6 ["emerging church movements today are still trying to move the boundaries of His Kingdom. They have redefined God's Word and are fast embracing the latest versions of the old Gnostic quest for secret knowledge (gnosis) and self-actualization, whether through mystical experience or collective imagination."]
 Gold 'may hit $1,000 next year' bangkokpost.com 5/13/6 ["the combined gold reserves of several Asian countries now total around $3 trillion, and that the global gold price could shoot up to US$1,000 per ounce within the next 18 months due to buying pressure by countries changing their reserve holdings from US dollar to gold and on the assumption that the greenback would depreciate to 102 Japanese yen per US dollar."]
 EU Forges Ahead With Free Trade Plans news.yahoo.com 5/13/6 [""What we agreed today is to speed up and launch this process," said Panamanian Vice President Samuel Lewis Navarro. "We hope the time-scale (of the negotiations) will be worked out as soon as possible."  The agreement came at the end of a three-day summit attended by 58 leaders of EU, Latin American and Caribbean nations in the Austrian capital.  On Friday, European leaders said one way to end poverty and marginalization was to boost economic ties with Europe."]
 

 Eavesdropping on everyone is not an invasion, says Bush smh.com.au 5/12/6 ["its goal was "to create a database of every call ever made" within US borders.  The report said the program does not listen to or record calls, but mines telephone records to look for calling patterns that could show terrorist activity."]
 California okays lessons on gays in textbooks abcnews.go.com 5/12/6 ["that would require textbooks in public schools to instruct students on contributions by gays and lesbians in the state's development.  ..."It would help to shape attitudes of what gay people are really like,""]
 British lawmakers reject right-to-die bill nwsource.com 5/12/6 ["Britain's House of Lords on Friday rejected a bill to allow doctors to prescribe lethal drug doses to terminally ill patients, reflecting opposition among the public, government and church - to assisted suicide.  The proposed British law was based largely on legislation in Oregon, the only state in the United States to have legalized assisted suicide. Seven hours of debate on the issue on Friday ranged from spiritual to practical concerns, including Christian theology, the high cost of health care and fears that the measure could become a substitute for quality medical care in Britain."]
 

 Swedish Study Author Confirms - Associated Press Misrepresents Report on Homosexuality lifesite.net 5/11/6 ["She wrote that AP's conclusion is "incorrect and not stated in the (research) paper." In fact, Dr. Savic confirms that in her team's paper, she specified learning as a possible answer to the cause of homosexual inclinations.  Dr. Savic, moreover, made it clear that her study was not conclusive. "Our study can't answer questions of cause and effect," she said in an independent article in the New Scientist. "We can't say whether the differences are because of pre-existing differences in their brains, or if past sexual experiences have conditioned their brains to respond differently.""  Romans 1:26-28]
 Colombia court eases abortion ban bbc.co.uk 5/11/6 ["The court decided to permit terminations in cases of rape, incest or if the life of the mother or foetus is in danger."]
 Gold Soars to New 25-Year High Above $725 news.yahoo.com 5/11/6 ["Persistent concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions also lifted the metal, which is viewed as a hedge against currency weakness, inflation and geopolitical instability."]
 

 Russia needs to be strong against 'fortress' US: Putin news.yahoo.com 5/10/6 ["He said that Russia was forced to react when the United States was spending 25 times more on defence.  "In the defence sphere, this is called 'their house is their fortress.' Well done! But it means that we must build our house strongly, reliably, because we see what's going on in the world.""]
 Stalling Tactics Kills Alberta Private Bill Protecting Opposition to Homosexual Activity lifesite.net 5/10/6 ["A private members bill, the Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act offered protection to those who oppose homosexual activity. The bill would have amended the Human Rights, citizenship and Multiculturalism Act by forbidding sanctions against Albertans who express their freedom of conscience and religion by supporting or opposing same-sex marriage."]
 Destructive Food-Labeling Bill courant.com 5/10/6 ["Under the guise of creating uniform national standards for food labeling, Congress is considering legislation that would dismantle at least 200 state laws, further undermine states' rights and, in all likelihood, lower the bar for consumer health and safety.  The "National Uniformity for Food Act" adopted recently by a 283-139 vote of the House - without benefit of a public hearing - would eliminate many state food-safety laws and regulations, replacing them with uniform federal standards."]
 Ariz. Posse to Round Up Illegal Immigrants news.yahoo.com 5/10/6 ["A 250-member posse that will operate similarly to the anti-smuggler task force will patrol the area for illegal immigrants who pay smugglers to cross through Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.  The posse will be made up of existing sheriff's deputies and members of the department's 3,000-member posse reserve of trained, unpaid volunteers."]
 

 OB/GYN group faults FDA on blocking OTC Plan B news.yahoo.com 5/9/6 [""We're not trying to promote the need for EC (emergency contraception)," said president Michael Mennuti, obstetrics and gynecology and human genetics and pediatrics professor at the University of Pennsylvania. "We're trying to promote access to it when it's needed.""]
 Gold Tops $700, Platinum Rises to Record on Iranian Tensions bloomberg.com 5/9/6 [" Gold also gained on speculation central banks will sell their dollar reserves and buy gold. Some of China's economists are urging the country to quadruple its gold reserves to 2,500 tons from 600 tons  ... Some analysts said China may have already moved to increase its gold reserves, contributing to the strength is gold prices in the past year.  South Africa and Russia have said they want to increase their gold reserves. "]
 Yale Historian Finds Geronimo Clue news.yahoo.com 5/9/6 ["According to Skull and Bones legend, members — including President Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush — dug up Geronimo's grave  ...Members swear an oath of secrecy about the group and its strange rituals, which are said to include an initiation rite in which would-be members kiss a skull."]
 Gay candidates aim for legislative seats in effort to further rights at state level news.yahoo.com 5/9/6 ["There are 353 openly gay elected officials - including 61 state legislators and three members of Congress - up from 49 in 1991, Wolfe says."]
 CIA pick fuels wiretap debate thestar.com 5/9/6 ["It was Hayden, as the former director of the National Security Agency, who publicly and vigorously defended the wiretapping program he helped establish and which was conducted in secrecy until revealed in December by The New York Times"]
 President Bill Clinton's First Action Was Promoting Abortion Drug lifenews.com 5/9/6 ["The papers reveal President Clinton ordered the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA to coordinate the marketing of RU-486 as his first official act in office. Within one month, the FDA Commissioner had met with the RU-486 manufacturer and parent company."]
 

 Women Urged to Get 'Morning After' Pill news.yahoo.com 5/8/6 ["Get an advance prescription for emergency contraception so it will be on hand if you need it, the nation's largest gynecologist group advised women Monday."]
 British Abortion Business Launches Ad Telling Women: Get Abortion Fast lifenews.com 5/8/6 ["A British abortion business has launched a new advertising campaign telling women they shouldn't wait to have an abortion. The ads say women who are considering having an abortion shouldn't delay and pro-life observers suggest the ads are coercive and may pressure women to have abortions without thinking of the consequences.  ...BPAS is also relying on new technologies to reach women with their abortion ads, and is using web site advertising as well as text messages to reach women. Text message ads include a phone number for abortion advice and the location of the nearest abortion facility."]
 How The IRS Lies To Employers About Withholding newswithviews.com 5/8/6 ["Pursuant to 26 CFR §31.3402(p)-1(b)(2), either the employer or the employee may terminate the withholding agreement (W-4 or its equivalent) by furnishing a signed written notice to the other. An employer cannot lawfully take amounts from the worker's pay without the risk of being sued after the worker submits his/her written notice to terminate the withholding agreement (W-4 or its equivalent)."]
 UK: Chip to end lost luggage telegraph.co.uk 5/8/6 ["Heathrow will begin trials this year, tagging Virgin and Emirates baggage to and from flights to Dubai and Hong Kong.  Luggage is at present tagged with a machine readable barcode. But this can be misread if the label is not held up to the scanner correctly."]
 Jerusalem Mayor Can't Stop WorldPride Event cnsnews.com 5/8/6 ["Local sponsors of the event, the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH), said WorldPride is intended to bring a "new focus to an ancient city through a massive demonstration of LGBT dignity, pride and boundary-crossing celebration."  The Jerusalem City Council discussed the parade on Thursday at the prodding of Councilman Saar Ran-Netanel, an openly homosexual member of the liberal Meretz faction."]
 Andrea Clark, Woman at Center of Texas "Futile Care" Euthanasia Case, Dies lifenews.com 5/8/6 ["The hospital informed her family that her medical care would be discontinued in 10 days -- following a Texas law that provides medical facilities the right to give a family 10 days notice that treatment will be withdrawn."]
 West Virginia Abortion Advocates Upset Pharmacies Don't Carry Plan B Drugs lifenews.com 5/8/6 ["West Virginia abortion advocates have released the results of a statewide survey showing most pharmacies in the state did not carry the morning after pill, also known as Plan B. The pro-abortion group that conducted the survey says it will file complaints with a state agency about some of the pharmacies."]
 Brussels calls for greater EU role in judicial matters news.ft.com 5/8/6 ["a greater EU role in police and judicial matters to bolster cross-border efforts against terrorism and organised crime.  But the move could face resistance from some countries, prompted by concerns that the EU executive wants to grab power from national capitals. "]
 

 UCSF resumes human embryo stem cell work sfgate.com 5/7/6 ["UCSF scientists are attempting to use controversial cloning techniques to generate human embryonic stem cell lines, resuming an effort shelved as a failure five years ago."]
 The fallout from a falling dollar news.yahoo.com 5/7/6 ["For two weeks, the dollar has been hammered as foreign buyers shun the US currency.  ...the central banks of some foreign countries, which are key in financing the US deficit by buying US Treasury bills, are now less willing to do so. Instead, they're diversifying their reserve holdings with euros and yen."]
 Deadliest Agreements newswithviews.com 5/7/6 ["Today's President has the power to make executive agreements with foreign powers that directly affect U.S. domestic policy.  ...It may have taken over fifty years to expand it, but by 2005, for the first time in U.S. history, foreign troops from Mexico and Canada were deployed onto U.S. soil, after Hurricane Katrina."]
 Dubai firm seals deal on entry into US military industry news.yahoo.com 5/7/6 ["A Dubai firm announced the conclusion of a deal to acquire a British supplier to the US military, following US President George W. Bush's approval."]
 

 Expose of Cutting Edge Ministries 'Secret Mysteries' Video watch.pair.com 5/6/6 [" As the occult societies begin their final assault on the Word of God, those whose sacred duty should be to defend it have been found to be collaborating with the enemy. David Bay has assembled a company of high level occultists cloaked as Baconian experts and Christian leaders to dispense boatloads of disinformation on the New Age conspiracy at the same time they conspire to pull the rug from under the King James Version and the Greek Textus Receptus. David has told innumerable lies to conceal this conspiracy, however, God will not allow His Word to be destroyed or His people to be deceived."]
 WARNING WARNING..Video 'Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings' retakingamerica.com 5/6/6 ["From Cutting Edge uses high level Illuminate as Experts and lays the ground work to discredit the King James Bible!!!"]
 Contemplative Prayer crossroad.to 5/6/6 ["Contemplative Prayer is not Biblical prayer at all, rather it is a type of mystical meditation leading the mind into an altered state of consciousness. It goes beyond thought, providing an experiential union with so-called God or with nature producing body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections.  It is based on “experiences” rather than sound doctrine. “… give attendance… to doctrine.” 1 Timothy 4:13. Faith is to be based on God’s word rather than experiences.  ...is also known as centering prayer, listening prayer, breath prayer, and prayer of the heart."]
 Good For Nothing Christianity newswithviews.com 5/6/6 ["While Christians retreated into their churches and sucked on their thumbs, the Islam leaders spoke out boldly and clearly in defense of their god.   ...Good for nothing Christianity…that’s what the media sees. They see a Church that no longer fears God, so they no longer fear the Church.  ...Who do the media think is more committed to their faith? Muslims who pray five times a day as they fall prostrate before Allah, or Christians who pray on the way to their Sunday morning Little League baseball game?"]
 Alaska House Approves Unborn Victims Bill Protecting Pregnant Moms lifenews.com 5/6/6 ["The bill would make Alaska the next state to allow prosecutors to charge criminals who attack a pregnant woman and kill or injure her unborn children with a second crime."]
 Rumsfeld's new line contradicted Record disputes what he says now about Iraq's weapons sfgate.com 5/6/6 ["The record shows that in the weeks preceding the war, Rumsfeld flatly claimed to know the whereabouts of Hussein's weapons arsenal.  ...Six months before the invasion, on Sept. 19, 2002, Rumsfeld testified about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rumsfeld said Hussein "has amassed large clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons ... large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons," according to the committee's transcript."]
 EU Panel: Aspartame Poses No Cancer Risk news.yahoo.com 5/6/6 ["Aspartame is found in thousands of products, including diet sodas, chewing gum, dairy products and even many medicines. It's sold under the brand names NutraSweet, Equal and Canderel.  ...History is full of examples where animal studies showed benefit or harm from a substance that later proved not true of people. But Soffritti insists that animal studies are better when it comes to aspartame because it's nearly impossible to find a comparison group of people who don't use the sweetener at all.  "How do you do a study on humans when aspartame is used in 6,000 products? How do you find a population that has never used it?""]
 Trading Ashes For Beauty In Christian Dress wayoflife.org 5/6/6 ["In Isaiah 61 God is speaking through the prophet of his intentions to bring salvation to his people, to comfort the mourning, and to give them beauty for ashes. In chapter 62, referring to His people, He says, “Thou shalt also be a crown of glory unto the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.  ...“I do believe these people love the Lord.” “Why do so many of the children, and even some parents, look so much like the world?” “Where are the distinctive marks?” “Is it only a spirit of holiness we are after, or should there be a visible evidence of that inner spirit?” “Is purity and innocence an inner quality which may be disguised behind a worldly façade of popular fad and fashion?”  ...When it becomes impossible on a city street to even guess which might be the lost sinner and which is probably the Christian teen, something has gone disastrously awry.  ...It is absolutely true that dressing up the outside does nothing to purify the inside. A whitened sepulcher is still full of dead men’s bones. The inside must first be washed in the blood of Jesus. Once cleansed however, why would we continue to adorn ourselves in the rags of those who remain dead in their trespasses and sins?"]
 Was King James A Homosexual? wayoflife.org 5/6/6 ["While we do not believe that King James was a homosexual, we do not defend his character very far.  ...The bottom line is that the character of King James I has no relevance to the King James Bible itself. Though he set the project in motion and there is evidence that he maintained an interest in keeping it moving along, he had no role in the translation. He did not even finance the project."]
 Way Of Life Literature wayoflife.org 5/6/6 ["Way of Life Literature is a 31-year-old Fundamental Baptist preaching and publishing ministry. The founder/director is David W. Cloud. At this web site you will find thousands of books and articles that we have placed here for the edification and protection of God's people."]
 

 101 Reasons Why America Falls newswithviews.com 5/3/6 ["We are now awaiting the declaration of Martial Law, a system that was set up many years ago, and is now ready to suspend the Constitution of the United States of America. And this, my fellow countrymen, will be the end of liberty and freedom from tyranny. You know it, I know it, and so do our creators of global intention.  ...You remember that when your children ask why you did nothing to preserve their Constitutional freedom."]
 Kansas House Adds Abortion Teaching Measure to State Education Bill lifenews.com 5/3/6 ["to require teaching public high school students about abortion onto a state education funding bill. The House voted 74-49 to add the provision, which also includes teaching students about fetal development, to the bill.  Under the measure, teachers would show photos of unborn children to students, discuss the medical risks associated with having an abortion, and provide students information about the pain a baby feels during an abortion.  ...when children are being taught sex ed"]
 Hurricane Alley Heats Up livescience.com 5/3/6 ["Other hurricane experts have steadfastly contended that it is not possible to know if global warming has contributed to hurricane intensities.  Hurricane season begins June 1, and researchers predict another above-normal year of activity. "]
 Border Patrol Group Seeks More Enforcement chron.com 5/3/6 ["The Minuteman Project civilian border patrol group planned to kick off a 12-city tour Wednesday to build support for its get-tough border stance in the wake of pro-immigant rallies around the country."]
 Chaos Feared in Pandemic Flu Plan abcnews.go.com 5/3/6 ["n a severe pandemic, up to 40 percent of the work force could be off the job for two weeks, the report estimates. Because 85 percent of the systems that are vital to society food production, medicine and financial services are privately run, the administration aimed to use the new report to energize businesses in particular to start planning how they will keep running under those conditions."]
 EU Nations Outline U.N. Iran Resolution abcnews.go.com 5/3/6 ["The United States favors economic sanctions against Iran and countries that sell it weapons or so-called dual-use technology. Russia, which has arms and technology deals with Iran, and China oppose sanctions or military force and want to focus on diplomatic means."]
 Antipsychotic Drug Use Among Kids Soars news.yahoo.com 5/3/6 ["soared 73 percent in the four years ending in 2005, far outpacing the increase in adults"]
 Montana Gov. to Grant Pardons for Sedition news.yahoo.com 5/3/6 ["for 78 men and women convicted in 1918 and 1919 for criticizing the U.S. government or its war effort.  ...Montana's Sedition Act, passed in 1918 but since repealed, was one of the harshest in the country and a basis for a national sedition law passed the same year."]
 

 London to host Europe's gay pride news.bbc.co.uk 5/2/6 ["EuroPride, widely considered to be Europe's largest gay and lesbian cultural festival.  Exhibitions, films, sporting events, comedy, theatre and music will all be showcased over two weeks from 17 June.  A parade of 500,000 people through the streets of central London will be the finale of the event. "]
 Iran Threatens Israel if U.S. Attacks news.yahoo.com 5/2/6 ["first target would be Israel in any response to a U.S. attack, a Revolutionary Guards commander said Tuesday, reinforcing the Iranian president's past call for Israel to be "wiped off the map.""]
 EU to Force Poland, Malta, Italy to Recognize Gay “Marriages” lifesite.net 5/2/6 ["A new law coming into effect today effectively orders the countries of the Union to “facilitate” homosexual partners who have “married” in their home countries and want to live or travel in countries where their unions are not legally recognized.  The law is intended to allow EU citizens to move around the Union as freely as they do within their own countries. The directive means that citizens within the EU will no longer be obliged to obtain a residence permit when moving to another member state. When registering in their new country, homosexual couples may use the European Courts to force sovereign countries to recognize their unions."]
 US unveils strategy to combat terrorist travel news.yahoo.com 5/2/6 ["The document called specifically for more resources for the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, an obscure agency that conducts analysis of clandestine terrorism travel and helps to coordinate U.S. government efforts to counter terrorist movements.  The strategy report also urged the administration to grant "appropriate security clearances" to customs, immigration, border patrol and consular officials so they can receive classified information on travelers with potential ties to terrorism. "]
 America in Dark Shadows Cast by False Light! lasttrumpetministries.org 5/2/6 ["The plan is simple. The Illuminists need a revolution in the United States to produce instability and a social cataclysm that will change everything forever and bring forth a quantum leap into a new world order."]
 

 Illinois: State awards stem cell grants chicagotribune.com 5/1/6 [" Gov. Rod Blagojevich awarded $10 million in state grants Monday to encourage stem-cell research and said he will look for ways to continue funding even if lawmakers refuse to support it."]
 Spray Flu Vaccine May Be Better for Babies news.yahoo.com 5/1/6 ["Our current thinking is that to control influenza, we really have to vaccinate all children"]
 Legal Battle Heats Up Over Andrea Clark and Potential Euthanasia Death Case lifenews.com 5/1/6 ["Her case is the latest fight in the post-Terri Schiavo world where doctors employing what detractors call the "futile care theory" say a patient is beyond medical help and are refusing to treat her."]
 Head of visitor tracking program wants global ID system govexec.com 5/1/6 ["The head of the Homeland Security Department's visitor tracking program on Tuesday called for the creation of a "global ID management system" to make travel easier while enhancing security."]
 Iran asks UN to stop US making military threats reuters.co.uk 5/1/6 ["The United Nations' past negligence in responding to these illegal and unjustifiable threats is regrettable and has caused senior American officials to become more brazen and even consider using nuclear weapons as an option," the letter said."]
 Flu Shots And The New Adjuvants: Beware! newswithviews.com 5/1/6 ["A total of 25 studies were reviewed that included more than 60,000 study participants. Again, The Cochrane Group found that vaccination reduced risk of influenza by a meager 6% and reduced the number of days missed from work by less than one (0.16) day. Researchers concluded, “Universal immunization of healthy adults was not supported by the results of this review.”  ...The squalene in MF59 is not the only cause for concern. One of its components, Tween80 (polysorbate 80) is considered to be “inert” but is far from it."]
 More states may hold DNA profiles of arrestees news.yahoo.com 5/1/6 ["Federal and state governments are seeking to add millions of DNA profiles to anti-crime databases by including genetic information about people who are charged - but not yet convicted - of crimes.  ...The measures represent an increasingly aggressive effort to expand the reach of the nation's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a network of state and federal computer indexes that matches DNA found at crime scenes to genetic profiles of known or suspected criminals."]