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RE: And now... the news. - 7/24/2006 6:26:18 PM   
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Palestinian voices: Hamas and Israel
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has threatened to call a referendum unless Hamas resolves differences with his Fatah faction.
 
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0A46ECCD-F827-4CAC-A3B8-8267C05406B7.htm


Europe blames US for WTO failure  EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has blamed the US for the collapse of the latest round of global trade talks.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5209010.stm


India struggles to catch China  The rapid growth of the Indian and Chinese economies have transformed the two countries in recent years. But this prosperity has also brought other problems.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5181024.stm


NZ policewoman works as call girl  A New Zealand policewoman has been allowed to keep her job, despite moonlighting as a prostitute.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5198934.stm
 

EU to fund embryo cell research  Ministers from European Union member states have agreed to continue funding research on embryonic stem cells.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5209106.stm
 
 



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RE: And now... the news. - 7/24/2006 6:36:08 PM   
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By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
 
A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/25/2006 3:58:07 AM   
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Europe blames US for WTO failure
 
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has blamed the US for the collapse of the latest round of global trade talks.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5209010.stm




This is another issue that sets of my righteous indignation, the blame game. Neither side wants to cut subsidies to their farmers and both care little about what their subsidies do to agriculture in the third world, which is destroy it.

Farming subsidies should be outlawed and should not be replaced by unrealistic standards as a guise to protect first world agriculture. Proper health standards, yes, protective standards, no. It is rediculous that the western consumers pay twice for their food, once through tax and again at the store, while the west then dumps food on the third world and so destroys fragile economies which eventually need food aid, where the west sends its subsidised surplus. So the circle carries on, making the poor poorer.

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/25/2006 4:08:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		"This is another issue that sets of my righteous indignation, the blame game. Neither side wants to cut subsidies to their farmers and both care little about what their subsidies do to agriculture in the third world, which is destroy it."

both sides benefit from the status quo........farmers are an unruly lot. Any american cotton farmers on collar me prepared to forego the generous subsidies so that those who face starvation on a daily basis get a fair shake? Any french farmers prepared to do likewise? Or is it more the mindset most eloquently put forward by popeye on other threads that wins the day.......nothing to do with me, so why should i care?

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/25/2006 4:33:37 AM   
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Saudi Arabia called for a ceasefire in the Middle East on Tuesday and urged the world to focus on the plight of the Lebanese people.
 
"We both agree the real solution is to have Lebanon come back to its sovereignty and its territorial integrity but for that to happen there is a necessary first step which is a ceasefire to stop the carnage," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told reporters after talks in London with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/ts_nm/mideast_lebanon_saudi_dc_1


Rice in Mid-East diplomacy push  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has held talks in Jerusalem with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert as she seeks to ease Israel's conflict with Lebanon.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5212158.stm

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/25/2006 4:41:19 AM   
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RE: And now... the news. - 7/25/2006 6:25:48 PM   
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U.S. wants to deal "aggressively" with Kurdish PKK



 
President George W. Bush told Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdogan that the United States wants to deal more aggressively with cross-border attacks by Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, the White House said on Tuesday.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/wl_nm/turkey_usa_dc
 

Hezbollah: Israeli onslaught a surprise



 
A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrillas did not expect Israel to react with an all-out offensive after the capture of two soldiers, the first acknowledgment by the group that it had miscalculated the consequences of the raid two weeks ago.

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Saudi king offers Lebanon $1.5bn  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has promised to give $500m to Lebanon to pay for reconstruction.
He also approved $1bn for the Central Bank of Lebanon to support the economy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5214354.stm


Czechs may host US missile base  American experts have completed a survey of potential sites in the Czech Republic for a strategic defence base.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5214590.stm

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/26/2006 4:04:57 PM   
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Iranian volunteers set off for Lebanon



By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer
 
Surrounded by yellow Hezbollah flags, more than 60 Iranian volunteers set off Wednesday to join what they called a holy war against Israeli forces in Lebanon.

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Chicago City Council OKs 'living wage'




By DEANNA BELLANDI, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago
 
Brushing aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."

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Jury finds Yates not guilty in drownings




By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer 35 minutes ago
In a dramatic turnaround from her first murder trial, Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday in the drowning of her children in the bathtub.

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Canada lags US on industrial pollution cuts: report




Wed Jul 26, 3:32 PM ET
North America appears to be reducing industrial pollution, but Canada is lagging behind the United States, according to the latest report by the Commission for Environmental Co-operation.

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China to Canada: Dalai Lama award could hurt ties




By David LjunggrenWed Jul 26, 2:30 PM ET
An unhappy China said on Wednesday that Canada's decision to bestow honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama could hurt commercial relations between the two countries, which have been steadily growing stronger.
 
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RE: And now... the news. - 7/27/2006 12:04:46 AM   
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Iranian volunteers set off for Lebanon

By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer
 



Surrounded by yellow Hezbollah flags, more than 60 Iranian volunteers set off Wednesday to join what they called a holy war against Israeli forces in Lebanon.



This is why Ehud Olmert was stupid for starting an unnecessary war. Even if the Israeli army kill all the Hezzbollah fighters the Hezzbollah fighters have already won in the eyes of the Arab/muslim world. A couple of thousand lightly armed fighters have put up a good fight against a high tech, heaviliy armoured and well trained Isreali army. They have made the Israeli army flounder and proved to the rest of the muslim world that the Israeli army is not the invincible army of legend and who have now apparently, resorted to firing indiscriminately at civilian targets causing Israel to lose the propaganda war in the eyes of most of the world because there have just been too many dead women and children. How many more young men will be going to join the happy ranks of the Hezzbollah?

As the US/Britain proved in Iraq. Your army is a bigger threat when you don't use it.

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/27/2006 5:24:19 PM   
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Zawahri tells Muslims to join Mideast conflict
Al-Qaida No. 2 says 'the world is a battlefield' in taped message
 
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14054482

Antiwar mom used insurance money to buy Crawford, Texas
Cindy Sheehan buys land near Bush’s ranch plot
 
CRAWFORD, Texas - War protester Cindy Sheehan has purchased a 5-acre plot in Crawford with some of the insurance money she received after her son was killed in Iraq.
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14062166

Rep. Harris demands Howard Dean apologize



 
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) demanded an apology Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a speech this week likened the senatorial candidate to former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_el_se/dean_harris

House report criticizes US intelligence on threats



Thu Jul 27, 4:27 PM ET
 
U.S. intelligence has a poor understanding of threats against the United States, nearly five years after the September 11 attacks prompted the U.S. war on terrorism, according to a report released on Thursday.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060727/pl_nm/security_threats_dc

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RE: And now... the news. - 7/30/2006 3:50:35 AM   
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By KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago
An Israeli airstrike Sunday killed at least 50 people — more than half children — in a southern Lebanese village, the deadliest attack in 19 days of fighting. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice postponed a visit to Lebanon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060730/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel


Scientists Spot Chronic Pain 'On/Off' Switch 
 



FRIDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified a protein in nerve cells that acts as a kind of gatekeeper for chronic pain.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060729/hl_hsn/scientistsspotchronicpainonoffswitch


Report: State Dept. hid costs of Iraqi projects
Some cost overruns hidden, Congress not informed, New York Times says
 
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion for reconstruction projects in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide cost overruns and failed to tell Congress about schedule delays, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14102375


Crawford, Texas upset with Sheehan's purchase
Protester bought land near Bush's ranch to use for antiwar demonstrations
CRAWFORD, Texas - Like many folks in President Bush’s adopted hometown, 83-year-old Robert Westerfield isn’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat for the town’s newest resident: War protester Cindy Sheehan.
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14093546/from/RS.4


Woman sentenced for treating maid as a slave
Indonesian received less than $2 a day for her work, authorities say
 
DENVER - A Saudi woman accused with her husband of keeping an Indonesian maid as a virtual slave was sentenced Friday to five years probation and ordered confined to her home until she leaves the country.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14080380

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