Blog-heap o' links from 2004-Jun

WED 2004-JUN-30

Viet Nam War - still with usap.tbo.com/ ... 18:41:51The last Vietnam POW flying for the U.S. military called it a career Wednesday, reluctantly folding up his wings after 44 years in uniform.

WW2 - still with usreuters.com/ ... 12:55:54American archaeologists diving for Roman artifacts off a packed swimmers' beach in Cyprus found live explosive... instead... Experts did not want to risk moving it so it was destroyed in the water. The precise type of weapon was not immediately clear but experts believed it dated from the Second World War...

Preternatural Patternsap.tbo.com/ ... 18:41:06The Whitehouse.com pornography Web site, which poked fun at its government namesake with parody sections about first ladies and interns, has been stripped of all political references. Its owner, Dan Parisi of New York, agreed to the changes to comply with a recent ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicating his Web site may potentially win a trademark for "Whitehouse" - but only if he took steps to make sure visitors to his pornography site don't believe it was associated with President Bush's site, www.whitehouse.gov.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 18:39:34The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point reuters.com/ ... 12:54:43"I accept this award in the name of hip-hop. We've come a long way. People consider us writers now. That's crazy, right?" -- Rapper JAY-Z, receiving his Golden Note Award for his achievements as a songwriter and artist at the 17th annual Rhythm & Soul Awards.ap.tbo.com/ ... 12:49:04More than 4.5 million children are forced to endure sexual misconduct by school employees, from inappropriate comments to physical abuse, according to an exhaustive review of research that reads like a parent's worst nightmare. The best estimate is that almost one in 10 children, sometime between kindergarten and 12th grade, are targets of behavior ranging from unprofessional to criminal

Digital Consequencesnews.yahoo.com/ ... 12:43:51...another new Internet threat that can steal the passwords and account information of people who bank online -- the second such discovery in a week... from pop-up ads that secretly download software capable of capturing their keystrokes... pop-ups originate at Web sites that receive their ads from certain online ad services, which apparently had themselves been hacked to spread the malicious code. ...targets users of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser.

US Election 2004news.bostonherald.com/ ... 12:41:35[Boston] Mayor Thomas M. Menino unloaded a searing attack on fellow Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio] yesterday, calling his presidential campaign "small-minded'' and "incompetent'' - laying bare a years-old rift weeks before the city plays host to Kerry's FleetCenter coronation.

Reasons for Repealreuters.com/ ... 12:57:51Another Heartwarming Family Story... A British father who arranged for an armed gang to rob his drug-dealer son of cocaine worth 4.5 million pounds was jailed for 20 years Tuesday... police were already watching the house and all six were arrested.

Human Rightiol.co.za/ ... 19:44:02"Bigot? No. Respect for other guests," came the reply. "Homophobic? No, I have no hatred or fear of poofs, etc - I just do not approve of unnatural acts being performed in my home."foxnews.com/ ... 18:39:19A new man is in charge of border relations for Mexico and he has some radical ideas for change at the border with the United States.... says flat out, he wants to see the border disappear.local6.com/ ... 12:41:53RICHMOND, Va. -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges a new state law that effectively bans nude summer camps for teenagers, saying it violates the constitutional right to privacy.news.bostonherald.com/ ... 02:51:12The U.S. Supreme Court was hailed yesterday as the protector of free speech, while also being attacked as an enabler of children's access to pornography, after justices blocked a 1998 federal law aimed at protecting youngsters from adult Web sites. A slim majority of the justices ruled the Child Online Protection Act, which requires Internet porn site owners to verify the age of visitors, likely violates First Amendment free speech rights.

WW3 - Iran news.scotsman.com/ ... 18:37:13The eight British servicemen seized by Iran last week were “forcibly escorted into Iranian territorial waters” before they were detained

WW3 - Threats worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:42:21Agence France-Presse report stating a member of al-Qaida had targeted the Panama Canal.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:41:55Five men from Islamic nations were detained after asking for directions to a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant... one from Pakistan and four from Bangladesh... claimed they were asking directions to the river near the plant because they wanted to go fishing....telegraph.co.uk/ ... 12:40:05America's military commander in Iraq ordered British troops to prepare a full-scale ground offensive against Iranian forces that had crossed the border and grabbed disputed territory, a senior officer has disclosed. An attack would almost certainly have provoked open conflict with Iran. But the British chose instead to resolve the matter through diplomatic channels... lasted around a week and was resolved by a telephone conversation between Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, and Kamal Kharrazi, his Iranian counterpart....

WW3 - Afghanistan ap.tbo.com/ ... 12:48:03KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two bombs hidden in crates of fruit exploded at security checkpoints in downtown Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing a man and wounding 26 other people, including five children.washingtonpost.com/ ... 12:38:21The most visible blow came when Beijing rejected any possibility of popular elections for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2007 and for all legislators in 2008. But also damaging are the continuing manipulations by Beijing of Hong Kong politics and media. This year Chinese officials labeled pro-democracy leaders "unpatriotic," setting a tone for the harassment and intimidation that duly followed. [javascript req]news.com.au/ ... 12:36:44AN Australian journalist and film-maker was feared kidnapped by Islamic militants in Afghanistan last night.

WW3 - Saudi Arabia itv.com/ ... 18:36:29A top spiritual guide for al-Qaeda's Saudi Arabian wing has been killed during a shoot-out. The dead militant, named as Abdullah al-Roshood, was on a list of 26 most-wanted suspects. Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said a policeman was also killed in the gun battle reuters.com/ ... 12:35:40Two suspected militants and a Saudi policeman were killed Wednesday during a shootout in eastern Riyadh

WW3 - Iraq apnews.myway.com/ ... 19:43:03Insurgents fired at least 10 mortar rounds at a U.S. base on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, wounding 11 soldiers, two of them seriously, and starting a fire that burned for well over an hour.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 19:42:47Following the formal handover of sovereignty to Baghdad, 15 Iraqi and Iraqi-American groups have issued an open letter to the American people, thanking them for the sacrifices they endured to liberate their country.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 18:40:22In pictures: Iraqis react to handover (BBC)thisislondon.com/ ... 18:38:26Britain accepts that Saddam Hussein is likely to be executed by the Iraqi government for war crimes news.yahoo.com/ ... 18:37:59"I am Saddam Hussein al-Majid, president of the Republic of Iraq ," the jailed dictator said haughtily as he greeted the head of an Iraqi tribunal, who talked him through his upcoming hearing.reuters.com/ ... 12:50:57

Iraqis used to dance to his tune, but in Baghdad toy shops a chubby, gun-toting Saddam Hussein doll now wiggles his hips to the "Hippy Hippy Shake."ap.tbo.com/ ... 12:47:15BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military said Wednesday an initial investigation of an air attack near the Syrian border last month hit a legitimate military target, despite claims by Iraqi survivors and police who said it was a wedding party.kwtx.com/ ... 12:36:26Iraqis have assumed legal control of former dictator Saddam Hussein and 11 other former high-ranking officials.foxnews.com/ ... 03:24:15Iraq will take legal custody of Saddam from the U.S. Army on Wednesday quote.bloomberg.com/ ... 02:52:30Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun wanted to quit the army after he witnessed a member of his unit being killed by a mortar shell in Iraq... The corporal befriended Iraqis on his base who helped him leave the post and then handed him over to the terrorists....

TUE 2004-JUN-29

Digital Consequencesyomiuri.co.jp/ ... 16:09:32Yomiuri -- More than half of middle and high school students who own cell phones said they felt uncomfortable when they did not have the devices at hand

Currentap.tbo.com/ ... 15:59:55A U.N. helicopter crashed in Sierra Leone on Tuesday, killing all 24 peacekeepers, aid workers and others on board

Only Naturaldrudgereport.com/ ... 16:07:54A German ship with carrying nearly 1000 tonnes of sulphuric acid has sunk in the German port of Hamburg, raising fears of a major environmental accident.reuters.com/ ... 16:05:38A 25-year-old woman has conceived a baby for the first time after having an ovarian tissue transplant [actually not a transplant but a re-implant]... Doctors from the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Brussels removed and froze ovarian tissue from the unidentified woman before she had chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:58:55Some nutritional information for 16-ounce "grande" drinks at Starbucks newscientist.com/ ... 14:54:13Television watching may hasten puberty nzherald.co.nz/ ... 14:52:52Teenagers at an Auckland high school... when they bought tickets to their school ball... were handed an envelope containing a condom, sexual health advice and pointers on sensible behaviour surrounding alcohol and transport home from the ball... The ball... was a huge success.... some parents were left seething... "We put our hands up and say, 'Hell, we made a mistake'."...handed out by... a student group which gets training to help others understand where to go if they run into sex and relationship problems... "They are young people doing what they believed was a responsible thing, given the alarming teenage pregnancy and sexual health statistics for the nation." However, it was realised that the message going out to students and parents was not likely to be the one the group had intended.

Preternatural Patternsseattlepi.nwsource.com/ ... 16:10:56Seattle police and representatives from the international police organization, Interpol, today will announce an agreement to share information. Seattle becomes the first city in the Pacific Northwest to develop a communication agreement with Interpol through its U.S. National Central Bureau.nytimes.com/ ... 16:07:36National Review ...Mr. Buckley, 78, is giving up control... planned to relinquish his shares today to a board of trustees he had selected....thesmokinggun.com/ ... 15:55:24Michael Moore simultaneously on voter rolls in New York, Michigan news.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 14:57:04

Real soldiers - sporting crew-cuts, muscles and probably the most bizarre outfits they have ever encountered - took to the catwalk yesterday for Alexander McQueen's show with the theme of war between East and West. Heath Brown reports from Milan courier-journal.com/ ... 14:49:25Sharon, who'd known about her husband's gender confusion since 2000, reacted not by filing for divorce but by taking the unusual step of seeking to have the marriage declared void from its start, giving him no claim on their marital property... contends... represented himself as a man when psychologically he knew all along he was a woman -- and that he wed her only to get his hands on her family's fortune... concedes... was anatomically a male... in what legal experts say is a novel strategy, she contends his failure to disclose his gender identity before the wedding constitutes "a fraud involving the essentials of marriage."...

US Election 2004sfgate.com/ ... 16:12:23Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track... We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."expatica.com/ ... 14:36:02The 2000 Presidential election was decided by absentee votes. And so could this year's poll. As Simon Payn reports, never before have America's political parties wooed expat voters with such intensity.

History - still with usap.tbo.com/ ... 00:59:10YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - Tiny squares of copper excavated from a trash heap link a 17th-century Indian village and the historic Jamestown settlement and offer rare insight into how the English colonists survived, researchers said Monday.

Human Rightnews.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 14:57:26An artist who photographed Barbie dolls in sexually suggestive poses has won a five-year legal battle with Mattel, the toy's makers, after a judge dismissed its attempts to stop him as "groundless and unreasonable" and ordered the company to pay his £1 million legal fees.ap.tbo.com/ ... 02:40:02LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman said they have the 80,570 signatures needed to place the measure on the Nov. 2 ballot.abcnews.go.com/ ... 00:57:22Monday, the Supreme Court... The administration argued that because the nation is at war, it could label terrorist suspects as enemy combatants and allow interrogators unfettered access to try to wring security information from them without interference by lawyers or courts... Court disagreed,,, ruled that even enemy combatants deserve at the least a chance to prove in court they are innocent... "Clearly the administration is now on notice that the historical deference given to the commander in chief in times of war will not apply in this current war on terrorism," said Scott Silliman, a Duke University law professor.

US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 01:00:42

Army 1st Sgt. Ernest E. Utt, 38, of Hammond, Ill., died June 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, after two 122mm rockets were fired into his forward operating base.defenselink.mil/ ... 00:54:41

Marine Lance Cpl. Manuel A. Ceniceros, 23, of Santa Ana, Calif., died June 26 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.defenselink.mil/ ... 00:54:13

Army Spc. Jeremy M. Heines, 25, of New Orleans, La., died June 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol came under attack by rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.

WW3 - Threats worldnetdaily.com/ ... 15:56:36U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered inspectors at America's largest airports to examine all travelers of Pakistani descent -- including U.S. citizens -- for minor injuries such as "rope burns," "unusual bruises" and "scars" possibly suffered while training in terrorist camps in that ally Muslim country csmonitor.com/ ... 14:34:02The US government has expelled two Iranian security guards at Iran's UN Mission, citing activities "incompatible with their stated duties"... language... usually reserved for cases involving espionage... caught on three occasions taking photos of infrastructure, transport systems and New York City landmarks

WW3 - Colombia ap.tbo.com/ ... 02:40:53BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Suspected right-wing paramilitary fighters kidnapped a prominent former senator and his family on Monday, throwing a nascent peace process into turmoil

WW3 - Afghanistan reuters.com/ ... 02:37:09Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisted on Tuesday that his country's elections must be held in September, despite a United Nations warning that unless security improves the polls may have to be delayed reuters.com/ ... 00:57:46NATO leaders look set to disappoint Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday by offering far fewer extra troops than he wants and only for the relatively stable north during September elections.

WW3 - Israel-Palestine worldnetdaily.com/ ... 15:58:14At this time last year, there were 20 suicide bombings killing 141, while 2002 saw 25 such attacks in which 147 Israelis were killed. So far this year, there have been only two bombings in Israel proper, killing 19. Israel says its tactics clearly are working nytimes.com/ ... 14:32:07Israeli tanks rolled into the northeastern corner of the Gaza Strip today with the aim of silencing Palestinian rocket fire. But militants lofted several salvos at a nearby Israeli town, including two that struck during a visit by Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon.ap.tbo.com/ ... 02:38:24Rockets fell in three Israeli communities located near the Gaza Strip early Tuesday and injuries were reported... One rocket fell in the community of Shaar Hanegev, moderately injuring one person... Another rocket fell in the vegetable market of the town of Sderot, where a rocket attack Monday killed two Israelis, Mandola said. A third rocket fell in a field in a nearby communal farm but no damage or injuries were reported reuters.com/ ... 00:58:29GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli helicopter gunships have hit a Hamas-linked media office and a metal foundry in the Gaza Strip... three missiles slammed into the Gaza City premises of al-Jeel, a pro-Hamas journal, late on Monday. Five Palestinians were hurt...csmonitor.com/ ... 00:55:52Israeli troops blew up an empty eight-story building in the Gaza Strip on Monday, an initial response to a pair of extraordinary attacks by Palestinian militants - a rocket barrage that killed an Israeli toddler and a blast that ripped through an army outpost.

WW3 - Iraq apnews.myway.com/ ... 16:08:31Iraqi militants released three Turkish hostages Tuesday, shortly after another group of kidnappers claimed to have executed an American soldier captured nearly three months ago.apnews.myway.com/ ... 15:55:59BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. Marines and wounded two others Tuesday ap.tbo.com/ ... 02:37:34KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded as a senior Kurdish police official was heading to work on Tuesday, killing one of his guards and wounding him news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 00:52:57

US soldier 'shot dead by captors'.. An Arabic TV channel has reported that a US soldier missing in Iraq since an ambush west of Baghdad in April has been shot dead by his captors... Al-Jazeera TV broadcast video which it said showed Private Keith Maupin, 20, kneeling blindfolded just before his killing by anti-American militants... have threatened to kill another US soldier and three Turkish hostages....

MON 2004-JUN-28

Preternatural Patternsreuters.com/ ... 12:46:47Canadians went to the polls in a federal election on Monday with a firm warning from election officials: Please do not eat your ballots... Three Alberta men were charged with eating their paper ballots during Canada's last federal election, in 2000. The members of the Edible Ballot Society were protesting against what they said was a lack of real choice among candidates.reuters.com/ ... 12:42:22The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether a husband and wife, self-described former Cold War spies, can sue the CIA for reneging on assurances they would be supported financially for life.

Extraterrestrialnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:41:35The Spirit rover on Mars has identified haematite at a location half way around the planet to where its twin buggy Opportunity found the same mineral. Haematite is normally formed in the presence of water - certainly on Earth.

Only Naturalreuters.com/ ... 12:45:56Firefighters in a Dallas suburb returned to their station to find a fire started by potatoes they left cooking on a stove... Fire officials also wanted to remind the public to make sure not to leave food cooking before stepping out.reuters.com/ ... 12:44:15Mobile phones may damage men's sperm,news.com.au/ ... 12:38:38MELBOURNE'S problem packs of bayside rats have acquired a dangerous new appetite for car cables. Not content emptying seaside cafes of customers and sending families running from beaches, rats in the City of Kingston are now snacking under car bonnets and turning residents' vehicles into death traps.

Digital Consequenceslasvegassun.com/ ... 01:23:57the domain assigned to Iraq, ".iq," is stuck in a strange bureaucratic limbo - the company that had administered it is under U.S. criminal indictment - and could remain there for months. As a result, if Iraq's government, national institutions or regular Iraqis want a Web site, they need to use international domains, such as ".com," ".org" or ".net", which are maintained in the United States.

Human Rightreuters.com/ ... 12:43:59Rape New Weapon Against South African Lesbians... South Africa's pro-gay laws are unprecedented on a continent where many regard homosexuality as an un-African taboo. But activists say legislation is not protecting those... who pay for their freedom at the hands of male rapists reuters.com/ ... 12:41:53The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a law outlawing marijuana applies to medical use by two seriously ill California women whose doctors recommended cannabis for their pain.

Reasons for Repealcommunitypress-online.com/ ... 13:23:09July 10 Cash Cropping and Soil Building. Presented by Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, 10 a.m., at the farm of Dave Harry, 207 Carmel Road, Stirling. Contact: (613) 395-2653. A demonstration of bio-dynamic, rotational cash cropping and soil building on remineralized soil. Crops growing will be red clover, spelt, soybeans, rye, hemp and buckwheat. Collection taken to cover costs of barbeque lunch.itvregions.com/ ... 13:21:58A drunk driver who admitted killing his wife and unborn son in a road accident... had drunk large amounts of lager and whisky at a friend's house, and may even have smoked cannabis [GUESS WHICH DRUG CAUSED THE IMPAIRMENT -- THE LEGAL BOOZE OR THE ILLEGAL HERB!]news.scotsman.com/ ... 13:20:29Also cannabis can stay in the system for a long time, and workers may have traces of the drug in their blood long after taking it. So they could test positive for the drug when they are not actually under the influence of it at work. If the sole aim of such drink and drug testing is to catch people out, that may not be a major concern for employers. But surely these tests should also aim to help employees, not merely stigmatise them and in many cases bring their careers to a premature end?narconews.com/ ... 13:19:36Increasing Repression, U.S. Intervention, and Popular Opposition in Colombia A Conversation with Colombian Authentic Journalist Alfredo Molano By Dan Feder Special to The Narco News Bulletin reuters.com/ ... 12:46:10Cannabis in the Netherlands is almost twice as strong as in the rest of the European Union, where the drug's potency has remained stable, the EU drugs agency said on Friday.islandpacket.com/ ... 01:13:13A drug sweep conducted by the Beaufort County Drug Task Force with state and federal assistance resulted in the arrest of eight people and the seizure of 125 marijuana plants, including more than half from a single location on Hilton Head Island nytimes.com/ ... 01:09:09"High Times started out as a celebration of outlaw culture in America," Mr. Flores-Williams said, recalling long-ago issues with counterculture figures like Andy Warhol on the front. "Then the magazine became pot porn, just a stoner mag." That was only fun for so long, he said. Now Richard Stratton, the publisher and editor in chief, who once ran Prison Life magazine, and his staff are reshaping High Times to embody what they see as the next big thing: activism.

WW3 - Iraq news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:39:24The US has formally handed over power in Iraq, two days ahead of schedule apnews.myway.com/ ... 12:36:54Insurgents threatened to behead a U.S. Marine and a Pakistani driver they had kidnapped unless the United States releases all Iraqis in "occupation jails," according to a videotape aired on Arab television. Turkey rejected demands by militants holding three Turkish hostages in a separate standoff.thelouisvillechannel.com/ ... 12:36:29BATAVIA, Ohio -- There are unconfirmed reports that a soldier from the Cincinnati area, who was kidnapped in April in Iraq, has been killed

WW3 - Saudi Arabia washtimes.com/ ... 01:22:43Al Qaeda militants in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have stolen up to 15 police cars, with likely help from sympathizers within the force, as part of a strategy to set up fake official roadblocks to abduct or kill Westerners

WW3 - Israel-Palestine channelnewsasia.com/ ... 12:36:01SDEROT, Israel : Two Israelis, including a three-year-old boy on his way to nursery school, were killed when the Palestinian militant movement Hamas carried out its first-ever deadly rocket attack on the Jewish state.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 01:22:10The Israeli Defense Forces ended their largest raid of the West Bank in months yesterday after killing the West Bank terrorist commander of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction.ap.tbo.com/ ... 01:14:33Palestinian militants fired two missiles at the Negev Desert town of Sderot on Monday - just a mile from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's private ranch - wounding several people ap.tbo.com/ ... 01:14:14Israeli helicopters fired 10 missiles at two metal workshops in Gaza City early Monday, just hours after Palestinian militants killed an Israeli soldier when they blew up an army outpost in the heart of the Gaza Strip.

SUN 2004-JUN-27

WW1 - still with usap.tbo.com/ ... 17:12:51Shots That Changed the World: the Assassination of Austrian Archduke 90 Years Ago By George Jahn Associated Press Writer

Only Naturaltoonopedia.com/ ... 18:07:10

seattletimes.nwsource.com/ ... 17:31:30Q: What about "Doctor Strange" -- which should premiere in a state where medical marijuana is legal, because it was such a '60s head comic?
A: I know, isn't it? We are nowhere with that. That's a tough one to write, but we are working on it. We are trying to find the real Jerry Garcia of the writing community.ap.tbo.com/ ... 17:11:31A father fatally shot his paralyzed 40-year-old son, then killed himself after officials rejected his request for help caring for the son ap.tbo.com/ ... 17:09:55As more women become governor, and as more wives of male politicians have their own careers, the traditional role of first lady is changing.

Preternatural Patternsklas-tv.com/ ... 17:00:17After viewing [Farenheit 9/11], he was greeted outside the theatre by members of the Las Vegas MoveOn.org. ..."I made the comment, apples and oranges -- Kerry, Bush -- one's no better than the other. You really ain't got much of a choice. This guy comes up to me and says, 'Oh yeah?' " ...was then spat on by the same man. He attempted to call police ...was told not to, "A guy standing next to him said why don't you drop it. I said, 'No, I'm calling the police. I'm exercising my right as a citizen, I've been assaulted.' " walked to his car on the phone with police, "This guy turns, and totally by surprise takes his hand and bam!...dailynews.com/ ... 16:56:2220-year-old college student in Denver, decided in March to spend a weekend in nearby Boulder with another woman. He turned to his cell phone for help, sending out a text message to hundreds of other cell-phone users in an "alibi and excuse club," a network of 3,400 strangers who help each other skip work, get out of dates or give a loved one the slip.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 16:54:36Georgia moved closer to Western Europe on Sunday - not physically but in terms of time. The former Soviet republic has changed its time zone back to that of Moscow.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 16:54:16An Iranian newspaper has reported the controversial story of a woman who claims to have given birth to a frog. The Iranian daily Etemaad says the creature is believed to have grown from larva to an adult frog inside her body.ap.tbo.com/ ... 16:51:19Joel Steinberg, now 63, will exit the Southport Correctional Facility with his public perception as a monster reinforced by his repeated denials of any role in Lisa's death. He was accused of beating her for staring at him, and then ignoring her injuries.

Dopesnaplesnews.com/ ... 17:31:49A Collier County man was arrested Saturday after deputies say he bribed an officer, offering better marijuana or cocaine if he let him go.

Reasons for Repealfortwayne.com/ ... 17:31:00Fort Wayne police officers searching for a runaway found 15 marijuana plants growing inside an Elm Street house Friday night.stuff.co.nz/ ... 17:30:28A Hutt Valley Rastafarian has failed to legally justify his cannabis use on religious grounds.kgw.com/ ... 17:29:45Ailing people who legally use medical marijuana could possess more of it under a measure that activists are promoting for Oregon's fall ballot.

WW3 - Israel-Palestine reuters.com/ ... 17:07:31JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service revised its casualty toll from an attack on Sunday against an Israeli army post in the southern Gaza Strip from dozens to around six Israelis wounded in the blast. "There are six wounded,

WW3 - Turkey reuters.co.uk/ ... 17:06:36Turkey has rejected the demands of militants threatening to behead three Turkish hostages in Iraq

WW3 - Threats reuters.com/ ... 17:01:07India and Pakistan said on Sunday they had made a positive start in talks aimed at resolving a dispute over the Kashmir region between the two nuclear-armed powers.time.com/ ... 16:57:25booby-trapped beer coolers. A lightly classified bulletin sent to 18,000 state and local agencies last week advised local authorities to look out for plastic-foam containers, inner tubes and other waterborne flotsam commonly seen around marinas that could be rigged to blow up on contact... no such devices have actually been discovered, nor is there any current intelligence that terrorists are hatching plots involving floating bombs. But some officials believe al-Qaeda may be focusing on harbors and shipping channels news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 16:55:00The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Israel should start discussions on ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons.

WW3 - Afghanistan reuters.com/ ... 16:52:57KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas kidnapped and killed 16 people in an Afghan province after finding them with voter registration cards for the country's September elections

WW3 - Iraq apnews.myway.com/ ... 17:00:51the video showed a card identifying the man by a Pakistani name and as an "active duty" Marine. The Al-Jazeera newtork said the group claimed it infiltrated a U.S. Marine outpost, lured the man outside and abducted him.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 16:55:44Two Iraqis boys have been killed in a mortar attack in central Baghdad ...playing with other children near the Tigris river when at least two mortar round landed nearby reuters.com/ ... 16:53:53An Iraqi Islamist militant group has kidnapped what it said was a U.S. Marine and is threatening to behead him unless Iraqi prisoners are freed... brief video showed a blindfolded man dressed in camouflage carrying a Marine Corps identity card that named him as Wassef Ali Hassoun reuters.com/ ... 16:52:33BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. C-130 transport plane was hit by gunfire after takeoff from Baghdad airport Sunday and one person aboard was fatally wounded ap.tbo.com/ ... 16:52:03BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents threatened Sunday to behead a Pakistani hostage if American forces do not release some prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere in Iraq within the washingtonpost.com/ ... 03:44:12Car bombs in two cities and fighting in a third killed dozens of Iraqis Saturday, and U.S. military officials said they suspected that Iraqis loyal to former president Saddam Hussein had formed a marriage of convenience with an alleged al Qaeda operative to carry out widespread attacks.reuters.com/ ... 03:43:29A powerful blast shook buildings in central Baghdad Sunday and smoke could be seen rising from inside the Green Zone reuters.com/ ... 03:43:01Some 40 people were killed by twin car bombs south of Baghdad... Twenty-two people were wounded...

SAT 2004-JUN-26

Historyjpost.com/ ... 02:35:33Earlier this month archeologists explored an area of the City of David that had lain untouched for more than 2,000 years... thought to be the Pool of Siloam... dates back to the Second Temple period.

Preternatural Patternsmichaelmoorehatesamerica.com/ ... 12:57:00"Michael Moore Hates America" movie trailers hollywoodreporter.com/ ... 12:44:22several filmmakers are readying documentaries aimed at debunking Michael Moore, and a new film festival is being planned that will feature such works as well as other movies well to the right of Moore's films... "We want everyone to see Michael Moore's film... We also want everyone to see 'Michael Moore Hates America.' Conservatives complain about institutional bias in Hollywood. They need to stop whining and get out there and produce."signonsandiego.com/ ... 12:37:36A Los Angeles police officer caught on videotape pummeling a suspected car thief with a flashlight said he delivered the blows because another officer warned the man was carrying a gun... object mistaken for a gun was later revealed to be wire cutters....chron.com/ ... 02:37:17...his son once discovered an 8-foot-tall simian tangled in a fence near his home... will detail his decades-long hunt for Bigfoot at the third annual "Southern Crypto Conference"... speakers will include Bob Gimlin, who collaborated in the 1967 filming of an alleged Bigfoot in California, and Houston musician Ken Gerhard, who has searched the Texas-Mexico border for the giant thunderbirds of Native American lore....detnews.com/ ... 02:26:48Lying in his hospital bed with tubes covering his face, Louis Nelson couldn’t tell his devastated mother at his bedside what happened Wednesday night when a bullet passed through his heart. Instead, a weak 22-year-old Nelson scribbled his best attempt at describing his bystander status, “Innocent Byst,” before his hand trailed off.

Digital Consequencessfgate.com/ ... 12:36:57Internet engineers managed to shut down a Russian server that had been the source of malicious code technewsworld.com/ ... 02:33:38Robert W. "Bob" Bemer, 84, ... helped invent [ASCII in 1961] ...first scientist to warn of the Y2K problem [in 1971], died of cancer June 22 at his home on Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas. ...Pentagon bureaucrats, among the largest computer users on Earth, refused to accept that 1999 was a better code than 99. The National Bureau of Standards went along, although it said programmers could voluntarily use four instead of two numbers... "He was a hardworking man," Peeler said. "He was a relic, a throwback, old-school. He was always on a computer doing things." [well, not always...] He was married six times to five women and had five children by his first wife and a sixth by another. He also had two stepchildren, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.seattlepi.nwsource.com/ ... 02:29:27SPOKANE, Wash. -- The former owner of a title company in Republic who fell for the so-called Nigerian letter scam has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. [Female], 49, stole more than $670,000 from clients so she could participate in the bogus get-rich-quick scheme... "deep-seated psychological problems"... showed them four packages of black paper the size of currency. The men washed five of the papers in what they said was a chemical that cost $125,000 a bottle, and the papers turned into $100 bills. After that... [she] gutted the family's assets and began stealing from her title office customers...jpost.com/ ... 02:24:24Hebrew media has ignored his maverick proposals for a floating hologram of the Third Temple and multiple-player interactive computer games "set in the Old City of Jerusalem and its celestial counterpart, the Heavenly Jerusalem that will enable multitudes to conduct a spiritual pilgrimage."

Only Naturalseattlepi.nwsource.com/ ... 02:22:02It wasn't hard for Mason Bridges to decide to donate bone marrow, despite the likelihood of some pain. "I knew that I had to do this," the 7-year-old boy said moments before the extraction began Thursday at Children's Hospital. "She's my mom, and she's really important to me."

Bill Clinton - still with usworldnetdaily.com/ ... 02:21:19Harvard professor and former aide to President George H.W. Bush says Bill Clinton fabricated a threatening conversation between the two of them... "Why he feels the need to just make stuff up escapes me"...

US Election 2004philly.com/ ... 21:16:10After two rounds of sometimes-contentious balloting, nearly 800 delegates at the national Green Party convention decided against endorsing Nader's independent presidential bid.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 02:18:38Bush campaign and the Republican National Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, charging MoveOn.org and other Democratic allies violated campaign-finance law by running $17 million worth of attack ads against Bush.

US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 20:42:46

Marine Pfc. Daniel B. McClenney, 19, of Shelbyville, Tenn.

Marine Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker, 21, of Bluefield, W.Va.
died June 24 from hostile fire near Bari Khout, Afghanistan.defenselink.mil/ ... 20:39:52

Army Capt. Christopher S. Cash, 36, of Winterville, N.C.

Army Spc. Daniel A. Desens, 20, of Jacksonville, N.C. died June 24, in Baqubah, Iraq when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

UN Anti-Drugs Day
A/K/A WORLD PROHIBITIONIST TYRANNY DAY

Reasons for Repealtheglobeandmail.com/ ... 21:20:55A boatload of party-goers will take to the high seas next month to celebrate 10 years of cannabis-loving culture in Toronto.novinite.com/ ... 21:20:44355 ton of cannabis resin, the highest quantity for three years. Only 74 tons of herbal cannabis was seized, the lowest in three years.web.dailytimes.com/ ... 21:20:22charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after a consensual search of the 1995 Dodge Ram revealed a pipe containing marijuana newsday.com/ ... 21:20:03the border sees its share of attempted drug smuggling _ like the man videotaped balancing 50 pounds of hydroponic marijuana on his back while walking the supports of a bridge like a balance beam di-ve.com/ ... 21:19:31Two men were arraigned in court on Saturday afternoon following the raids in two Zejtun residences on Friday in which around 285 cannabis plants were seized.reuters.com/ ... 21:17:15Mexico complained on Saturday that U.S. authorities allow Mexican drug gangs to buy arms in the United States "as if they were candy" due to lax controls of gun sales in border states.politics.guardian.co.uk/ ... 21:17:00the union representing beat officers believes that the downgrading of cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug has left its members unclear about what to do about the rise in the numbers of people openly smoking marijuana on the street. They say that declassification has led to a casual culture of lawlessness and that police officers are provoked by people smoking joints and believing they are above the law.14wfie.com/ ... 21:15:40He also lost his job as a Taco Bell manager-trainee when his bosses read about his free state plans in an Associated Press report, which said Wolfe wants to decriminalize marijuana.web.amnesty.org/ ... 00:54:57China will execute dozens and perhaps hundreds of people this week as it marks UN Anti-Drugs Day on 26 June. Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese government to halt these executions and to review all future use of the death penalty.nypost.com/ ... 02:04:27A disgraced ex-NYPD detective, who ratted out colleagues for ripping off and reselling more than $2 million worth of cocaine, shamefully admitted yesterday he helped lead the dirty drug cops. “I conspired with other New York Police Department officers to steal narcotics,” said Thomas Rachko. “I was one of the leaders . . . My criminal activity was an abuse of my position as a detective.” He is cooperating as part of a deal that will reduce a potential 27- year jail sentence..dailynews.com/ ... 00:53:54About 250 Los Angeles Unified School District high school students were arrested on drug charges this year during the Los Angeles Police Department's School Buy Bust Program baxterbulletin.com/ ... 00:53:37The Ozark County Sheriff's Department recently recovered marijuana from two locations in the county... June 16 discovery of two marijuana plants and some drug paraphernalia on County Road 917... On June 18... discovery of 16 marijuana plants in Dora...nationnews.com/ ... 00:51:512 446 pounds of marijuana worth $11 million on the streets, and 54 pounds of cocaine, liquid and powder, worth over $1 245 000 were burnt in the incinerator at the Bridgetown Port.thisisbristol.com/ ... 00:51:21An angina-suffering grandfather of five caught smuggling £120,000 worth of cannabis resin into Britain has been jailed for six years and two months.observer-reporter.com/ ... 00:51:06possession of marijuana; charged Nov. 20, during a traffic stop on East Lincoln Avenue, Washington, when found with 4.4 ounces of marijuana; sentence - 30 days to 12 months in jail, credit for time served, ordered to have a drug and alcohol assessment and any treatment;barbadosadvocate.com/ ... 00:50:42LOCAL police officers have been noticing an increase in illegal drug trafficking by air in recent months, against the background of decreasing drug landings by sea.ivpressonline.com/ ... 00:50:27...30 years ago -- Members of the Mexican federal police found 30 tons of marijuana in a Mexicali warehouse. The marijuana was hidden under the cement floor. Authorities were led to the scene after two Mexicans were arrested at San Ysidro and charged by U.S. authorities with having smuggled five tons of "pot" in two tanker trucks.canada.com/ ... 00:49:59Worldwide opium production is increasing, driven by a sharp rise in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations said Friday in a report released in the capital of Russia, one of the prime routes for Afghan opium and heroin reaching the West.maltamedia.com/ ... 00:49:02the Anti-Drugs Police Squad uncovered around 100 cannabis plants from a private residence in St.Marija Street, Zejtun. Later in the afternoon, another large quantity of cannabis plants was discovered inside another private residence in the same locality in Sqaq il-Mitha, Zejtun. Two men, both 42 years old were arrested wsfa.com/ ... 00:48:11Sgt. Greg Jackson and Chief Investigator John Greene are flying high these days. Both made history by taking two million dollars worth of crack-cocaine off the streets, a record amount for Conecuh and Covington Counties. "I thought 'Oh my God. We got a lot,' says Jackson who's with the Covington County Sheriff's Department.team4news.com/ ... 00:47:50an agent bought about 60-pounds of marijuana from one suspect. After the suspect was taken into custody, officers learned that more bundles of pot were hidden in the home... The house sits right in the middle of a residential neighborhood.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ ... 00:47:14NEW DELHI: Bupranorphine, a medicine that was originally meant for the treatment of drug addicts, has itself now emerged as an addiction drug... "The usual 'drug of preference' in Delhi is smack or brown sugar, but the number of users has remained fairly steady. For bupranorphine, the figures have doubled in the last ten years. There are an estimated 20,000 users in Delhi alone."... "All drugs that cause sedation, euphoria and intoxication in the user and are included in the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1987 are illegal. These include opiates like heroine, cannabis products like charas, ganja and bhang, LSD. Any substance with therapeutic, investigative or preventive action is legal."www2.kval.com/ ... 00:45:23Police say a fire in Springfield started in a room where a significant amount of marijuana was growing.dailyinterlake.com/ ... 00:45:12Ron Ridenour, a one-time candidate for the Montana Legislature, will spend 21 months in federal prison for 30 pounds of marijuana found in his possession. He also has to forfeit his home, $30,000, a fleet of vehicles, guns, computers and a ski boat that were seized when he was arrested in November. The property could be worth as much as $500,000 joplinglobe.com/ ... 00:44:49MIAMI, Okla. - A boy and girl, both 17 and living together without parental supervision, have been arrested on suspicion of operating a marijuana distribution ring in Miami whose customers were primarily other juveniles... the couple were obtaining the marijuana at about one pound at a time from a source in Tulsa. An investigation into the distribution ring is continuing...edition.cnn.com/ ... 00:44:08PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- A large alcoholic drinks manufacturer here has launched a marijuana flavored liquor... does not contain any... THC... but does have an alcohol level of 16 percentin-forum.com/ ... 00:42:45Minnesota and North Dakota officials are keeping their eyes on a growing drug problem. B.C. Bud, a highly potent form of marijuana grown in Canada and named for British Columbia, is turning up more and more in drug seizures by law enforcement.guardian.co.uk/ ... 00:42:23The effective strength of cannabis consumed in Britain has remained stable for the past 30 years, according to a European Union study published today. The research says there is no evidence for claims that most cannabis consumed in Britain and the rest of Europe is now 10 times or more stronger than it was in the 70s.metrowestdailynews.com/ ... 00:41:54Police are charging three teens with growing a patch of pot plants, worth more than $8,000, in a secluded area of the state park. The three 15-year-olds... learned how to grow the 20 plants by reading High Times magazine... "It was nicely done"...decaturdaily.com/ ... 00:40:48arrest of a Danville man led to the seizure of... 40 pounds of marijuana, $2,500 in cash and a .25-caliber pistol... earch warrant for his home. Agents found three pounds of marijuana, packaging material, scales, drug records, three rifles, two handguns, a scanner and $35,000 cash.

Dopestimesleader.net/ ... 21:19:15dispatchers received the 911... occupant of the residence refused to identify herself or provide any information, Troopers... attempted to make contact in person... looked inside the residence and saw marijuana growing in a coffee can. The occupants then closed the shades....stuff.co.nz/ ... 00:48:36Families are being urged to look for signs of depression and cannabis use among their loved ones after a surge in the number of Bay of Plenty people killing themselves with the drug in their blood.news.xinhuanet.com/ ... 00:39:24The United Nations on Friday urged all the countries in the world to join hands and introduce stronger policies to prevent the spread of drugs... The most widely abused drug substance is cannabis, with more than 150 million people using it at least once a year, followed bythe amphetamine-type stimulants, said the report.

Visit beautiful....news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:47:34The past few decades of violence have conspired to make it more like hell. But now Kashmiris are enjoying an unusually peaceful summer and the best tourist season in 15 years.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:45:57In the present climate taking a vacation in Iraq may seem a little unwise, but Basra's tourism manager is confident his country's ancient heritage and beautiful beaches will lure holidaymakers.

WW3 - Latin America ap.tbo.com/ ... 12:48:12New, More Brutal Wave of Kidnappings Sparking Protests Across Latin America

WW3 - Iraq newsday.com/ ... 20:38:35An explosion rocked the center of the predominantly Shiite Muslim city of Hilla late Saturday, killing 17 people and injuring about 40 worldnetdaily.com/ ... 20:38:14the first attack with these weapons of mass destruction has been launched inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Few details are available, including any casualties associated with the attack using mustard gas. The sources say the munitions were old, but still potentially lethal.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 20:33:00Suspected supporters of an al-Qaeda leader are threatening to behead three Turks taken hostage in Iraq, according to a report on al-Jazeera TV.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:45:27Insurgents have blown up the local offices of Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi's political party in Baquba. Earlier, attackers fired grenades at the offices of another party in the city, killing at least three people.

WW3 - Afghanistan news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:44:41Two women have been killed in a bomb attack on a minibus carrying female election workers in Afghanistan.

WW3 - Israel-Palestine reuters.com/ ... 20:33:25Israel has dealt its heaviest blow to a key militant group within Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, killing its most senior West Bank commander.reuters.com/ ... 12:38:08Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians gunmen, including senior militant leaders, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday

WW3 - Kashmir voanews.com/ ... 12:38:36At least 10 people have been killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir during a raid on a village by suspected Islamic rebels.

WW3 - Repercussions wired.com/ ... 02:25:16Rocket Hobbyists Dropping Hobby... after 9/11, it is more difficult than ever for rocket hobbyists like Ebert to legally store rocket motors -- which often include fuel that is now classified as an explosive -- at home.

FRI 2004-JUN-25

Bill Clinton - still with usnews.myway.com/ ... 20:13:20Monica Lewinsky says she feels betrayed by Bill Clinton's failure to acknowledge how he destroyed her life in his newly released memoirs... "I was hoping, and did expect was for him to acknowledge and correct the inaccurate and false statements that he, his staff and the (Democratic National Committee) made about me..."

Extraterrestrialnews.yahoo.com/ ... 20:09:18scientist Bradley C. Edwards... head of the space elevator project at the Institute for Scientific Research... [space elevator] could be operating in 15 years... at $10 billion

Preternatural Patternsreuters.com/ ... 20:27:27"No human being of any political stripe can watch this film and be unmoved. It's a brilliant film and it disturbed me very deeply."
--David Crosby on "Fahrenheit 9/11"reuters.com/ ... 20:26:03A diaper proved to be a life-saver when a venomous snake bit an Israeli infant reuters.com/ ... 20:25:30An exploding vending machine turned the coolant freon into phosgene, a poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon in World War One, and forced the evacuation of 10 people from a Texas hospital ap.tbo.com/ ... 20:24:29A man was charged Friday in a shooting that injured nine people during a fireworks show, and police were looking for a second man who they said had "some involvement"... shootings apparently followed an argument, and innocent people were caught in the crossfire...ap.tbo.com/ ... 20:19:10A man arrested at an Orange County airport after he allegedly tried to board a flight with a knife and a loaded gun said he forgot the weapons were in his carry-on bag ap.tbo.com/ ... 20:18:23Prosecutors declined to file charges Friday against a suspected car thief who was pummeled with a flashlight by a Los Angeles police officer reuters.com/ ... 20:16:46A Canadian man, driving a car packed with weapons and ammunition, was intent on killing as many people as possible in a Toronto neighborhood but gave up the plan at the last minute when he encountered a friendly dog, police said on Thursday.nytimes.com/ ... 20:14:16A federal appeals court judge apologized "profusely" yesterday for remarks he made last weekend at a lawyers convention comparing President Bush's election in 2000 to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.news.independent.co.uk/ ... 20:06:08A massive explosion near Iran's border with Afghanistan killed at least 90 people late on Thursday night after a petrol tanker crashed into the Nosrat Abad checkpoint, 60 miles west of Zahedan. Trucks, buses and cars were caught up in an inferno as the petrol tanks ignited in the blaze. "Ninety bodies have been recovered but the death toll could rise further"... At petrol stations in the south-east of the country it is common to see men loading secret tanks and compartments with petrol - turning the vehicles into travelling bombs.voanews.com/ ... 20:00:20A guitar belonging to rock legend Eric Clapton has fetched a record-setting $959,500 at auction.

Digital Consequencesnews.bbc.co.uk/ ... 20:16:17Users are being told to avoid using Internet Explorer until Microsoft patches a serious security hole in it.apnews.myway.com/ ... 20:11:30Government and industry experts warned late Thursday of a mysterious, large-scale Internet attack against thousands of popular Web sites. The virus-like infection tries to implant hacker software onto the computers of all Web site visitors.forbes.com/ ... 19:59:51A computer virus designed to steal valuable information like passwords spread Friday through a new technique that converted popular Web sites into virus transmitters... appears to take advantage of three separate flaws with Microsoft products and can be difficult to detect... recommended that computer owners obtain the latest security updates for Microsoft products and their anti-virus and firewall programs. For the flaw that lacks a patch, he said, users should also turn up security settings on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browsers to the highest levels. Users could also turn off the "JavaScript" feature on their Microsoft browsers, though doing so could cripple functions on some sites... search their computers for the files "Kk32.dll" or "Surf.dat" to see if they are infected... "This is kind of ingenious"...

US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 22:09:52

Army Staff Sgt. Charles A. Kiser, 37, of Cleveland, Wis., died June 24 in Mosul, Iraq, when an explosion occurred near his convoy.defenselink.mil/ ... 22:09:14

Remains believed to be those of an American soldier missing in action from the Korean War have been recovered by a U.S. team and will be repatriated at Yongsan Military Compound in Seoul on July 1.

Dopessfgate.com/ ... 00:24:17An initiative to legalize possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana in Nevada might go up in smoke, after organizers forgot to file 6,000 petition signatures in southern Nevada.... doesn't kill the petition, but it narrows the margin for error

Human Rightreuters.com/ ... 20:26:42Police in Cyprus are investigating reports of group sex cruises offered to British tourists off the holiday island, authorities said Thursday. The vacationers are suspected of lewd acts aboard a cruise boat which carries out short cruises from the Ayia Napa resort in south east Cyprus aberdeennews.com/ ... 00:18:10Organizers expect 300 libertarians from across the country during the weekend for the "Porcupine Freedom Festival," which they say will be the largest gathering yet of the Free State Project... Free staters' interests vary, from decriminalizing marijuana, prostitution and other "victimless crimes," to advocating for school choice, lowering taxes and protecting Second Amendment rights. They say they are united by a desire to limit government to the protection of life, liberty and property rights.thechamplainchannel.com/ ... 00:16:38Vermont... release two alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood [pyrhhic victory] from Texas ...jailed on drug charges... judge ruled ...victims of an unreasonable search and seizure. ...their car broke down in Vermont. A passing police officer said he found 105 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle. The judge ruled the passing officer didn't attempt to help them with their car, but instead used the incident to investigate possible wrongdoing.kgw.com/ ... 00:11:11Backers of medical marijuana say the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners is telling doctors to turn in lists of patients whose cannabis cards they have signed.

Reasons for Repealkatc.com/ ... 00:30:15Marijuana Party candidate and career dominatrix Carol Taylor said she has entered the political arena to help ease people's pain. Taylor, who says she smokes marijuana to cope with a painful neurological disorder, has whipped up excitement in her Ottawa district, despite being given little chance of beating the incumbent Liberal Party candidate in the June 28 election.thenassauguardian.com/ ... 00:29:47Fifteen people were arrested in New Providence, Eleuthera and Bimini yesterday... Grand Jury indictment... charges the two Bahamian leaders and the 19 members of the organisation with conspiracy to and importing cocaine and marijuana into the United States... massive amounts of cocaine and marijuana being seized... $825,432 cash in suspected proceeds of dangerous drugs zwire.com/ ... 00:28:18A 25-year-old man of Whitewing Waller was arrested for possession of marijuana after officers observed a suspicious vehicle parked behind the GoodYear Tire Store
A 17-year-old man and a juvenile female were arrested for possession of marijuana after being stopped for speeding...mb.com.ph/ ... 00:27:17Army troops killed a bandit chieftain and captured his deputy in a clash last Tuesday in Malungon, Sarangani... Last Sunday, three men of the slain bandit head were also killed in Davao del Sur... other bandits, some of whom were wounded, escaped under cover of darkness... A boy... was slain in the crossfire... "It was a score for us, killing the most dreaded bandit chieftain operating in the tri-boundaries of Sarangani, South Cotabato and Davao del Sur and capturing his deputy"... tagged as suspects in a series of killings in the mountain villages bordering the three provinces and in a string of cattle-rustling cases victimizing farmers. His band was also said to be responsible for operating marijuana plantations...icessex.icnetwork.co.uk/ ... 00:25:14industrial-sized drug factory producing thousands of pounds worth of super-strength cannabis... believed that professional crime gangs are turning to the manufacture of home-grown cannabis because of the relatively high profits ... Six Vietnamese men have been arrested....kvoa.com/ ... 00:22:54Two teenage brothers are facing felony drug charges... 700 marijuana plants on their property near Seligman...irontontribune.com/ ... 00:22:14an alleged marijuana growing operation at a residence on County Road 2... 30 plants were found growing in an area behind the barn....rferl.org/ ... 00:21:32in recent years, other European countries have been softening their drug policies... moving away from the outright prohibition... [and]... punishment ...focus is now on reducing harm to addicts and treating addiction as an illness, not a crime.xtramsn.co.nz/ ... 00:19:53[Assistant Police Commissioner]... worried that 76 firearms and seven clandestine laboratories were uncovered. ...estimated 115,000 cannabis plants ...71 grams of methamphetamine ...more than $300,000 of stolen property ...the range of charges illustrates that people involved in one line of drugs are also operating in others, either as growers and manufacturers or suppliers and distributors....newszap.com/ ... 00:10:29A baggie of suspected marijuana was observed in the center console of the vehicle... three baggies of suspected marijuana... 18.6 grams... two baggies of suspected powder cocaine ...14.0 grams ...$910 currency... baggie of suspected marijuana from the passenger compartment ...3.30 grams... charges... possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, resisting arrest and fleeing on foot...mises.org/ ... 00:07:21Yes, Fair Trade marijuana could be the very next thing asiamedia.ucla.edu/ ... 00:06:50drug smugglers announced Rs500,000 as reward for his head after he had written an article on hemp production in the tribal area some time back thetowntalk.com/ ... 00:06:06seized 155 marijuana plants with a street value of $150,000, and arrested four people... inside residences and hidden on property.icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/ ... 00:05:25jailed for six years and two months after smuggling 51 kilos of cannabis resin worth an estimated £120,000 stamfordadvocate.com/ ... 00:03:4823 pounds of marijuana worth $64,000.

WW3 - Israel-Palestine ap.tbo.com/ ... 22:14:21Israeli soldiers enforcing a curfew in Nablus killed two Palestinians and seriously wounded two Friday... members of a Palestinian family were hit by army fire on their balcony, killing a 19-year-old man and seriously wounding his father and brother with shots to the head and face... military said soldiers opened fire after spotting suspicious figures crawling on the roof of a building... Soldiers also opened fire on an 18-year-old on a rooftop after spotting him holding a gas canister over his head.

WW3 - Saudi Arabia memri.org/ ... 22:12:45Incitement to Jihad on Saudi Government-Controlled TV

WW3 - Turkey foxnews.com/ ... 22:07:52Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler on Friday denied news reports that an explosive-filled van had been found at the airport of Turkey's largest city.

WW3 - Haiti ap.tbo.com/ ... 20:18:52PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The United Nations took command of a peacekeeping mission Friday, relieving a U.S.-led force a day after Air France's director in the country was shot and killed.

WW3 - Iraq chron.com/ ... 22:08:20Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990s were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by the Americans in Iraq.worldnetdaily.com/ ... 22:07:25The head of the CIA weapons team in Iraq says insurgents are seeking chemical arms left over from the Saddam Hussein regime to use against coalition troops... inspectors have discovered as many as a dozen chemical-filled bombs washtimes.com/ ... 20:10:12Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network years before President Bush made the same statements... at least two official pronouncements of an alarming alliance between Baghdad and al Qaeda.telegraph.co.uk/ ... 20:06:53American forces stepped up their offensive against the "terrorist network" of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killing up to 25 people in an air strike on a house in Fallujah where militants were thought to be hiding.reuters.com/ ... 19:55:52NATO nations' envoys struck a tentative deal Friday to help the interim government in Baghdad train its security forces

THU 2004-JUN-24

Only Naturalap.tbo.com/ ... 17:28:22A 39-year-old softball coach and a [16-yr-old] teenage player from Oregon who ran off together nine months ago were found in Tennessee this week... [he faces] charges of custodial interference and car theft... police have said [she]... willingly left Oregon with [him]....forbes.com/ ... 15:11:11A topical treatment derived from human breast milk showed great effectiveness in treating common skin warts... "The fact that this therapy specifically killed infected cells and left others alone was really impressive, and the fact that patients experienced no side effects was also impressive, and the remission was long-lasting," said Dr. Sumayah Jamal, an assistant professor of dermatology and microbiology at New York University School of Medicine. "Having said all of that, I have no idea how this therapy would ever get cleared by the U.S. [Food and Drug Administration] because they used human breast milk."...mounteverest.net/ ... 17:40:33

story.news.yahoo.com/ ... 15:06:53A genetic mutation made a Berlin 5-year-old extra strong, but the German doctor who has been studying the boy since just after his birth says he's just a regular kid.

Preternatural Patternsgoogle.com/ ... 15:05:48While seated on the bench, an Oklahoma judge used a male enhancement pump.... (warning: bad taste)worldnetdaily.com/ ... 00:22:47"Instead of condemning fornicators, adulterers and 'abusers of themselves with mankind... the new version of his first letter to Corinth has St. Paul advising Christians not to go without sex for too long in case they get 'frustrated.'"reuters.com/ ... 00:10:52A gunman opened fire in a crowd of nearly 1 million people watching a fireworks display in Detroit on Wednesday, wounding eight men and women... have the weapon ..."a pretty good description of the perpetrator...." a man in his mid-30s who crouched to his knees and began firing a handgun moments after the pre-July 4 fireworks began....

Human Rightnewsday.com/ ... 23:46:32New York State no longer has the death penalty. Less than nine years after it was reinstated at the urging of Gov. George Pataki, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the 1995 law violated the state constitution.

US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 23:39:37

Army 2nd Lt. Andre D. Tyson, 33, of Riverside, Calif.

Army Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34, of Tracy, Calif.
died June 22 in Balad, Iraq, when enemy forces ambushed their ground patrol.defenselink.mil/ ... 23:38:33

Marine Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez, 22, of Whitfield, Ga., died June 21 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

WW3 - 9/11 still with us naplesnews.com/ ... 17:22:24Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell, the principal at Emma E. Booker Elementary School... who was at Bush's side, did not hear what White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispered when he squeezed past her to tell the president of the attacks, but "I knew it was something serious." "The president bit his lip and clenched his jaw," she said. "I didn't know what happened, whether it was something with his wife or children or something with the nation. I remember praying that God would watch over our school and protect our children."

WW3 - Repercussions denverpost.com/ ... 17:19:30U.S. Army officials plan to file negligent-homicide and manslaughter charges against two Fort Carson-based military intelligence officers who allegedly suffocated an Iraqi general during an interrogation in November... Two other enlisted soldiers face dereliction-of-duty charges in the fatal interrogation abcnews.go.com/ ... 15:09:37The Air Force announced Thursday that it will dismiss all criminal charges against a U.S. fighter pilot who accidentally dropped a 500-pound, laser-guided bomb that killed four Canadians in Afghanistan in 2002... said he released the bomb because he mistook the Canadians' gunfire for an attack from Taliban soldiers...

WW3 - Turkey news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:01:53A bomb attack in Istanbul has killed at least three people and injured several others... ripped through a bus outside a hospital on the city's European side... ahead of a visit by ...Bush for a summit of Nato leaders... Two people, including a police officer, were injured in [earlier blast] near a hotel in Ankara where Mr Bush is due to stay....

WW3 - Iraq reuters.com/ ... 17:23:26WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday.apnews.myway.com/ ... 17:19:50BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents set off car bombs and seized police stations Thursday in a six-city offensive aimed at creating chaos ahead of next week's handover of power to a new Iraqi government. U.S. and Iraqi forces took back control in heavy fighting that killed more than 100 people and wounded about 320.reuters.com/ ... 15:08:23Iraq's interim prime minister ... played down the assaults in five Iraqi cities as the desperate acts of ragtag militants who knew their days were numbered.reuters.com/ ... 14:59:08BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 85 people died and more than 320 were wounded in Iraq on Thursday... to disrupt next week's formal handover to Iraqi rule... Three U.S. soldiers ...killed ...bold assaults on Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and the mainly Sunni Muslim cities of Baquba, Falluja, Ramadi and Mosul... group led by ...Zarqawi... claimed responsibility....

WW3 - Iran apnews.myway.com/ ... 15:04:52Eight British servicemen who were detained after their boats strayed into Iranian territorial waters have been turned over to British diplomats and were taken to the embassy in Tehran....iht.com/ ... 15:04:05"The French are eager to come to Iran,’’ said Bernard Hourcade, a Paris-based Iran scholar and a consultant to French companies considering doing business here. ‘‘It is the only major place in the Middle East to invest, because the other countries are more or less in a revolutionary or prerevolutionary situation.’’ Though companies from Germany and the United Arab Emirates have a bigger presence in Iran, France is catching up.

WED 2004-JUN-23

Preternatural Patternsabcnews.go.com/ ... 17:46:03...St. Louis school system is donating to a group of cinema buffs 2,100 educational films ...Among the titles: "Marijuana," an anti-drug flick narrated by Sonny Bono...abclocal.go.com/ ... 15:48:48news footage showed an LAPD officer hitting him repeatedly with a flashlight after he appeared to surrender.msnbc.msn.com/ ... 15:28:03More than a dozen lawmakers attended a congressional reception this year honoring the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in which Moon declared himself the Messiah and said his teachings have helped Hitler and Stalin be "reborn as new persons." At the March 23 ceremony in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) wore white gloves and carried a pillow holding an ornate crown that was placed on Moon's head. The Korean-born businessman and religious leader then delivered a long speech saying he was "sent to Earth . . . to save the world's six billion people. . . . Emperors, kings and presidents . . . have declared to all Heaven and Earth that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is none other than humanity's Savior, Messiah, Returning Lord and True Parent."reuters.com/ ... 15:12:30Priests offered special prayers as hundreds of devotees thronged a shrine in a remote Nepali village... in Dolakha, 140 km (90 miles) east of the capital... on Wednesday to appease a Hindu deity after its stone idol began "sweating"... has in the past been followed by major political changes or tragedies in the world's only Hindu kingdom... last time... January 2001, six months before Crown Prince Dipendra shot dead his father, King Birendra, and eight other royals before turning the gun on himself in a drunken rage... country... has since been mired in political turmoil... also reportedly sweated in 1932 before an earthquake killed thousands of people.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 03:33:17Bill Clinton never quite achieved greatness as a president. And nor does his autobiography as a book. ... Lewinsky affair... sadly what he will be remembered for in this generation, whatever history might eventually say... His account is a classic Clinton mixture of confession and accusation.... (BBC)

Historyreuters.com/ ... 03:29:44The mythical homeland of Mexico's Aztecs -- an island known as Aztlan -- has eluded historians for centuries, and the quest to find it has become shrouded in political spin and scholarly speculation.

Only Naturalreuters.com/ ... 15:08:48A male gorilla escaped from his cage in the Berlin zoo and sent terrified visitors running for cover... Berlin newspapers showed shaky photos of the gorilla taken by an 18-year-old visitor who recorded how Bokito was grabbed by two burly zookeepers and marched back to his enclosure.ap.tbo.com/ ... 15:07:35One of Spain's top bullfighters was gored, thrown and trampled by a bull, leaving him with a 10-inch gash through his leg.... fractured his collarbone and two ribs....forbes.com/ ... 14:52:21Scientists have found a coffee plant in Africa that grows naturally decaffeinated arabica beans.news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 03:31:24The world's most difficult word to translate has been identified as "ilunga" from the Tshiluba language spoken in south eastern Congo.ap.tbo.com/ ... 03:29:13Entomologists say this spring has brought a population explosion of caterpillars in Massachusetts... "It's a scientific puzzle... There has to have been something missing from nature's system of checks and balances that has allowed them to be so successful... We've never seen numbers of the native species like this...." Some blueberry growers have had most of their crop wiped out ap.tbo.com/ ... 03:26:38As if West Nile virus wasn't bad enough, now U.S. health officials are on the lookout for another mosquito-bourne disease, fearing it could become a permanent part of the American landscape if it entered the country. Rift Valley fever, which originated in Africa, is the only disease at the top of both human health and agriculture lists of dangerous diseases.

Dopeswftv.com/ ... 17:43:49EATONVILLE, Fla. -- Juveniles broke into an evidence room and stole guns, drugs and money, all while they were supposed to be performing community service. Now, three teenagers are under arrest and a police explorer is being questioned.bathurst.yourguide.com.au/ ... 17:39:39ATTEMPTING to smuggle a small amount of cannabis into Bathurst gaol for a friend has landed Edward John Quinn a five month's spell in gaol.... immediately appealed the severity of the sentence...

Reasons for Repealfijitimes.com/ ... 17:44:51POLICE in the Northern Division have started a four-day raid in an area renowned for marijuana cultivation. (JavaScript required)signonsandiego.com/ ... 17:43:18TIJUANA, Mexico -- The gunmen who ambushed and killed crusading newspaper editor Francisco Ortiz were likely hired assassins who could have links to drug-smuggling gangs, investigators said Wednesday.news10now.com/ ... 17:42:03seized approximately nine pounds of cocaine with a street value of about a half million dollars. We seized approximately 140 pounds of marijuana with a street value of, oh, I'd say, $340,000. We seized an ounce and a half of PCP, a drug that is not seen in this area very often, with a street value of maybe $4,000. And we seized approximately $680,000 cash,"thelouisvillechannel.com/ ... 17:40:42....arrested approximately 18 people with our search warrants, and confiscated $20,000." ... In all, more than 100 charges are pending against the 72 people they're looking for canada.com/ ... 17:38:35Fifteen people were arrested Wednesday on charges of gangsterism and trafficking after a lengthy investigation, Quebec provincial police said.... believed to have ties to criminal gangs... Police believe those arrested were selling marijuana and cocaine in local bars....amnews.com/ ... 17:37:45The Boyle County Sheriff's Department has discovered and eradicated approximately 50 young marijuana plants....worth $50,000 if allowed to mature.azcentral.com/ ... 17:37:14VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - A drug-laden plane crashed and traffickers battled police and soldiers southeastern Mexico, local officials said Wednesday... pilot died in the crash ...plane turned out to be laden with marijuana. ...arrested five of the suspected drug traffickers while 15 others managed to flee down a river aboard boats.nativetimes.com/ ... 17:36:15A drug-summit style meeting earlier year addressed the growing epidemic of methamphetamine manufacturing in Indian Country-with police departments in many tribal governments complaining that they spend most of their resources trying to stem the tide.itar-tass.com/ ... 17:35:53TASHKENT, June 23 (Itar-Tass) - A total of 500 hectares of fields of narcotics-containing plants has been destroyed in Uzbekistan as part of the Black Poppy