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news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:05:18 PM

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I posted this in the wrong section, let's see if I can cut and paste my way out of that mess heh heh.

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NATO chief warns of Afghan tipping point
By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writers 11 minutes ago

NATO's top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday the country was at a tipping point and warned Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if there are no visible improvements in people's lives in the next six months.

Gen. David Richards, a British officer who commands NATO's 32,000 troops here, warned in an interview with The Associated Press that if life doesn't get better over the winter, most Afghans could switch sides.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan

Japan, China: N. Korea test unacceptable
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 12 minutes ago

Japan and China agreed Sunday that a North Korea nuclear test "cannot be tolerated" and that Pyongyang should return unconditionally to six-party negotiations on its nuclear programs, the Japanese prime minister said.

Shinzo Abe, speaking to reporters at the end of a day of meetings in Beijing, said he and China's President Hu Jintao agreed that a North Korean nuclear test would be unacceptable.

"We need to prevent a nuclear North Korea," Abe said. "We saw eye-to-eye that North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test cannot be tolerated because it is a great threat to East Asia and the international community."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear

Mass Venezuela opposition rally

By Greg Morsbach
BBC News, Caracas

Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in support of the main opposition candidate, Manuel Rosales.

Mr Rosales will face President Hugo Chavez in December's presidential poll.

The march, which filled the main avenues of the city centre, was the biggest opposition rally Venezuela has seen since early 2004.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4801521.stm

France to ban smoking in public
France is to ban smoking in all public places from next February, the prime minister has announced.

Cafes, nightclubs and restaurants are to be given until January 2008 to adapt, said Dominique de Villepin.

Those found in breach of the ban would be fined - 75 euros (£50) for individuals and 150 euros for the premises where the offence occurred.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6032125.stm

Opec moves to reduce production
Oil ministers from producers' group Opec have expressed their support of an imminent reduction in production levels - the first in two years.

Both Iran, Opec's second largest producer, and Algeria have publicly endorsed the proposal made on Thursday.

Edmund Daukoru, Opec president and Nigeria's oil minister said there was "more or less" consensus for a one million barrel per day reduction.

The decision comes after oil dropped to below $60 a barrel on Friday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6032029.stm

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:09:56 PM

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Jeb Bush seeks refuge from Pa. activists

Sat Oct 7, 6:50 PM ET

Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators.

The president's brother encountered protesters on their way to join a demonstration outside the exclusive Duquesne Club, where Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record), a Republican, was holding a fundraiser Friday.

Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters, saying they disobeyed orders to disperse, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061007/ap_on_re_us/jeb_bush_protesters

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:13:29 PM

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Jeb Bush seeks refuge from Pa. activists

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GOOD!!!

This criminal Dynasty needs to be removed from Politics all together.

Yup....police using stun-guns on Protesters (a constitutional right).

Part of the new "freedom" in the Home-land that the "Terrorists" hate so much.

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:17:02 PM

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Don't forget the Russian journalist murdered in the elevator of her apartment building, Level.

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:22:27 PM

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Don't forget the Russian journalist murdered in the elevator of her apartment building, Level.

Here's a link to it.

Hundreds of people have gathered in central Moscow to pay tribute to prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya - a day after she was murdered.

They lit candles and laid flowers as they held posters describing the killing as politically-motivated.

The 48-year-old mother of two was known as a fierce critic of the Kremlin's actions in Chechnya.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6031887.stm

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:27:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Level

Jeb Bush seeks refuge from Pa. activists

Sat Oct 7, 6:50 PM ET

Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators.

The president's brother encountered protesters on their way to join a demonstration outside the exclusive Duquesne Club, where Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record), a Republican, was holding a fundraiser Friday.

Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters, saying they disobeyed orders to disperse, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061007/ap_on_re_us/jeb_bush_protesters

i enjoyed all the "tidbits", Level, but this one made me laugh out loud. i worked under Jeb's administration and known/believe that he is one completely corrupt, idiotic mofo.

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:30:39 PM

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Thanks Level.

(One of these days, someone who will teach me how to do that in a way that sticks.)

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:41:42 PM

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Hi pinkee. I've read that Jeb has no desire to ever run for President, and I find that a good thing.

As for the protesters getting stun-gunned, I'd have to have seen them to say if I agreed with it or not lol.

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 12:46:04 PM

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Thanks Level. (One of these days, someone who will teach me how to do that in a way that sticks.)

You're welcome, Rich. If you mean placing a link in a post, it's not hard, and there's more than one way of doing it. All I do is find the page I want to link to, click on the "History" button on the toolbar at the top of the screen, which will show you the pages you've visited, and the current one you're on will be hilighted. Put your cursor on the hilighted link, RIGHT click, select "Copy". Then go to your CM post, RIGHT click where you want the link, choose "Paste", and voila, you got it made.

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RE: news tidbits - 10/8/2006 1:18:28 PM

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And you say I make a left where the JC Penney's used to be?

Thanks Level. I'm sure those instructions are clear and simple but I have some kind of block going. Maybe when I get a 'puter with foot controls and hydraulics it will make sense.

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