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NEWSGRID FEBRUARY 2005
FEBRUARY 28, 2005
Occupation: AP: New Iraq must be Islamic state + Trials May Start Soon for Former Iraqi Leaders + Some Sunni leaders rethink attitudes on elections + Hussein kin's arrest a blow to insurgency + Turkmen Party Accuses US Troops of Office Raid + General Mohamed, America's Would-Be 'White Knight' on Haifa Street + Saddam to be in cage during his trial
War prisons: SAS chiefs defend soldier against Iraq murder claim
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Army Increases to 20,000 Troops + Afghan Commander Survives Attempt on Life
MIDDLE EAST: Egypt: Egyptians Doubtful of a Free Election (LAT Reg) + U.S. Pressure Helped Prompt Egypt's Call for Competitive Race (LAT Reg) + Egyptian opposition welcomes decision on multiparty presidential elections
Israel, Palestine: Sharon tells Palestinians to act against attackers. Israeli leader says peace progress hinges on rooting out terror groups + Nations meeting in London on needs of a Palestinian state. Economic reconstruction, streamlining of security services at center of global confab + Jewish settler homes may remain intact + Palestinians head to London conference + Israel Will Send Large Forces Into Gaza if Palestinian Gunmen Disrupt Summer Pullout, Defense Minister Warns
Lebanon: Karami Announces Cabinet’s Resignation! + Thousands Protest Against Syria in Lebanon's Capital + Lebanese Government Resigns Amid Protests + Lebanon: Syrian troops pulling back + Satterfield: Lebanese government insulting its people + Hariri's case gathers momentum + Lebanon's Hariri Was Killed To Make a `Clean Break' + State Dept: US Not Interfering in Lebanon + White House Praises Resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister
RUSSIA: Principal locked in Beslan nightmare + Trauma of Beslan siege still haunts the town
Russia to close its last plutonium reactor in 3 years
EUROPE: Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan votes marred. Complaints of campaign violations, irregularities plague elections in ex-Soviet republics
French parliament tackles EU constitution + France's Latest Finance Minister Inherits Tough Challenge
AFRICA: Burundians vote on constitution
Yemen's economic prospects look bleak
ASIA PACIFIC: Illegal Indonesians rush to leave Malaysia
AMERICAS: Ex-Haitian soldiers endangering elections + Haiti remarkably unchanged year after Aristide
2 arrested in U.S. nun's slaying in Brazil
Venezuela: Venezuelan Navy taking a close look at US military presence on Curacao + USA charts roadmap to change OAS Democratic Charter vs. Venezuela + Mr. Bush wants to steal the oil, which belongs to the Venezuela people + White House frustrated in failure to destroy the Chavez Frias government + Why the elitist will continue to attempt to assassinate Hugo Chavez Frias + Oscar Heck: Saving Venezuelan culture from the grasp of the bald eagle
INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.... CIA Moves to Second Fiddle in Intelligence Work + No secrets, eyes on the CIA FBI Backlog of Intercepts Minimal Al Qaeda: New Intelligence Indicate Al-Qaida Planning Terror Operations Outside Iraq + Briton pleads guilty in Shoebomber plot + Al-Qaeda Mocks Iraqi Claims That Noose Is Tightening on Zarqawi + Abu Ali linked to Saudi Arabia al-Qaeda leader + Profile: dark secret + Richard Reid + The second shoe bomber United Nations: Iran, North Korea focus of IAEA meeting Ex-spy Mahle finds own life Translators know value of tough job Prosecution of 'Confessed' Terror Suspect Not Easy After Torture Study: Media Overstate Madrassa Enrollment in Pakistan (LAT Reg) US Planning Arabic TV Broadcasts to Europe Weird Australian 'spy' case casts shadow on Katsav trip No spy will be let of the hook, warns Mugabe + Mugabe raps Zanu-PF 'spies' Bulgarian Counterintelligence Officer Joins Ireland’s Money Laundering Probe Japanese satellite successfully placed in orbit Most International Aid Wasted, Say Agencies Bosnia Muslim, Serb War Chiefs Surrender to Hague Richard Girard: Mr. Gunson is probably British MI-6 or GCHQ Ukraine blames Russia for the loss of shoulder-fired missiles Man Accused of Being Nazi Death Camp Guard Makes Rare Public Appearance at Immigration Hearing LEAKGATES Iraq war documents must stay secret, insists PM The blame for the Iraq war lies with our supine cabinet HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....
CIA Moves to Second Fiddle in Intelligence Work + No secrets, eyes on the CIA
FBI Backlog of Intercepts Minimal
United Nations: Iran, North Korea focus of IAEA meeting
Ex-spy Mahle finds own life
Translators know value of tough job
Prosecution of 'Confessed' Terror Suspect Not Easy After Torture
Study: Media Overstate Madrassa Enrollment in Pakistan (LAT Reg)
US Planning Arabic TV Broadcasts to Europe
Weird Australian 'spy' case casts shadow on Katsav trip
No spy will be let of the hook, warns Mugabe + Mugabe raps Zanu-PF 'spies'
Bulgarian Counterintelligence Officer Joins Ireland’s Money Laundering Probe
Japanese satellite successfully placed in orbit
Most International Aid Wasted, Say Agencies
Bosnia Muslim, Serb War Chiefs Surrender to Hague
Richard Girard: Mr. Gunson is probably British MI-6 or GCHQ
Ukraine blames Russia for the loss of shoulder-fired missiles
Man Accused of Being Nazi Death Camp Guard Makes Rare Public Appearance at Immigration Hearing LEAKGATES Iraq war documents must stay secret, insists PM The blame for the Iraq war lies with our supine cabinet
LEAKGATES Iraq war documents must stay secret, insists PM
The blame for the Iraq war lies with our supine cabinet
HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....
Supreme Court: Court to address whether whistleblower prosecutor may sue former employers for retaliation after he reported wrongdoing at sheriff's office + Top court to weigh Indian reservation gas tax + High court to clarify when to file suits in federal or state courts
Issue of illegals roiling Arizona. New law denies public services to such immigrants
Alleged Italian Mafia leader arrested
Ex-WorldCom CEO Takes Witness Stand + Ebbers Testifies That Sullivan Never Told Him WorldCom Was Hiding Expenses
Webcam Trojan perv gets slapped wrist
Judge OKs $107.6 Million Settlement Against DuPont Over Alleged Poisoning of Water
Bradley Subject of Informal SEC Probe
Search Resumes for Missing Florida Girl; Frustrated Volunteers Find No Sign Yet
Hutterite Colony Has Day in Court Over Decision to Deny Medicaid Benefits
Court Rules Against Maker of False Teeth in Antitrust Case
CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS....
Berkeley: Sketches from famous trials on exhibit. Charles Manson, Patty Hearst among subjects of 2 courtroom illustrators
Bob Shallit: Morrison & Foerster, law firm's nickname will live in reruns
Sacramento & north: Sacramento: Full-blown war by Hmong gangs alarms police (SB Reg) + Man goes to check on noise, is slain (SB Reg)
Alameda: Oakland: Man shot -- first homicide in 3 weeks Man violating curfew killed in W. Oakland + Young athlete gunned down on 26th Ave. + Union City resident found dead in ditch + Palo Alto medical foundation grows with Fremont + P.A.L. keeps kids off street, in ring + Tri-City salons can help cut out domestic abuse
Santa Clara: Indo-American burglary victims fear they're targeted (SJM Reg) + Roadshow: Crazy things CHP officers see (SJM Reg) + Big-rig stolen while parked in Mtn. View (SJM Reg) + Action Line: Family Violence Center can help (SJM Reg) + Search called off for man who walked into ocean (SJM Reg)
Contra Costa: North Richmond: Bicycle rider slain by gunshots in street
Solano: Police use Taser on sledgehammer attack suspect + Vallejo Police Calls + Benicia Police Calls
Monterey: Salinas officer killed 60 years ago remembered
Central Valley: Corruption trial nears completion + Law & Order + McFall says he's a vendetta victim
Central Coast: ACLU’s Drug Law Reform Project relocates to Santa Cruz
Southern California: Easy pickings for cat burglars in posh L.A. neighborhoods + Inland Empire Sees Rise in Hate Crimes, Bucking Trend in State (LAT Reg) + Newport Beach couple, believed killed, sold boat for cash, suspicions raised (LAT Reg) + Fountain Valley: Men Arrested in Alleged Hostage-Taking
Michael Jackson: Jackson's full trial opens today. Opening statements expected to focus on pedophilia issue + Judge in Jackson Case Assures There Is Order in His Court + Opening Statements in Jackson Trial Today (LAT Reg) + Prosecutor says Jackson exploited boy (SJM Reg) + `Big lurid day' finally here for Jackson + In Opening Statement, Prosecutor Accuses Jackson of 'strange Sexual Behavior'
Scott Peterson: Moms in argument at Peterson home + Scott, Laci Petersons families argue
The Governor: Decision time approaches for Gov., Democrats as special election deadline nears + Governor's plan could erode CalPERS clout (SB Reg) + 'News' Video Extols Gov.'s Plan to Alter Meal Break Rules (LAT Reg) + Gov. says he never considered presidential bid (CCT Reg) + Dems aim to thwart Gov. + The buzz: It's showtime! Gov. makes his pitch (SB Reg) + Dan Walters: Stripped of rhetoric, state budget finally looks brighter (SB Reg) + Daniel Weintraub: Governor's budget talk must return to reality (SB Reg) + Education funding is a top state test + Schools' financial woes linked to declining enrollment + Riverside: NASCAR not Oscar draws Gov.'s visit ( RP Reg) + Gov. to unveil compromise solar energy plan (FB Reg) + Tom Campbell finds budget niche (SJM Reg) + Closer look at home care (SB Reg) + Caltrans boss digs rail, tolls (SB Reg)
Legislature: Butts, bicycles on the agenda + Bill would aid college outreach (CCT Reg) + Recycling bicycles proposed (SB Reg) + Lobbyists' new mag serves up chats with intriguing figures (SB Reg)
Utah uranium poses threat to Colorado River, drinking source for 18 million Southern California (RP Reg)
State's forest reseeding operation at risk. Budget cuts force state seed bank closure; merge with federal forestry agency planned
Indian tribes: Top court to weigh reservation gas tax + Lytton tribe waits for negotiations (CCT Reg)
LOCAL NEWS: Bodego Bay: Mysterious squid suddenly vanish
Sacramento & north: Yolo set to map future (SB Reg) + Arden Spay Day is tale of success (SB Reg)
San Francisco, San Mateo: Supportive housing + A timely fare hike + Speak softly and carry a big broom
Alameda: Oakland: Chamber's PAC backs De La Fuente + Oakland: Historic Asian cannery may be turned to lofts + Oakland Public Works agency takes pains to spruce up image + Oakland driver dies in accident in Vallejo + North American Airlines loses bid to fly 14 routes from Oakland to China + Drama expected re: reopening boarding house in Fremont + Lonely, Elvis? Newark's a new place to dwell + Fremont teenagers showcase talents + Newark's former city attorney dies + Livermore: Veterans upset by restroom proposal near Memorial + Alameda County gears up for cleanups on Earth Day + East Bay Regional Park nod seen for park expansion at Pleasanton Ridge (SJM Reg)
Santa Clara: Father of the Mac dead at 61 + School's robotics program shut down (SJM Reg) + Park for Palo Alto residents only (SJM Reg) + Some food for thought (SJM Reg) + Black history fair educates, entertains (SJM Reg) + Proposal for college outreach (SJM Reg) + Sisters draw national eye with charity (SJM Reg)
Contra Costa: Concord: Seafaring homage to slain guard. Kayak run will raise funds for daughter + Homeland funds split East Bay (CCT Reg) + Martinez: Budding high school litigators close on state finals (CCT Reg) + Heritage Estates gives out 'Oscars' (CCT Reg) + Contra Costa may re-examine referrals to agency that employed sex offender
Marin: Lark Theater's party is a winner + Vision of future nearly done + Tributes flow for pioneer lawman
Sonoma: 10 school districts await tax elections + Weed challenge to Sebastopol's ethics + Santa Rosa's digital divide + Petaluma wastewater plant on table + Watching in style + North Bay Council gets new executive director
Napa: Twin gives ailing sister a new lease on life + EMS crews struggle to keep up with valley's Spanish-speaking community + Yountville Council candidates discuss town's future + Experts map out market for first-time homebuyers
Solano: Will Vallejo be the next Venice years from now? + Ex-NFL player tackles real estate + Dixon residents tour horse-racing facility + Local News Briefs + Teen hopes for golden skates
Monterey: Emergency chief Robins retires + Alzheimer's society plans support group
Central Valley: No fireplace bans this season + A Tightknit Group That's Now Hooked On Helping + Library closure brings in faithful + She penned her culture as a best-seller + Youngsters show their stuff in concert + News & Notes + A toast to water deal between Modesto and MID + Save county sales tax hike for road improvements + Cricket interest awakens in Tracey + Study: Tracy ranks high in retail growth
Central Coast: Mr. Handyman nails spot at Oscars + Strawberry campaign under way + Santa Cruz one of four UC campuses participating in teen science program+ Potential bike-riding reporter bemused by roadway conspiracy + Coast Lines + As We See It: Hands off the festival
Southern California: The Mayor's Race Is L.A.'s Traveling Circus (LAT Reg) + LA: GOP Candidate Makes Some Waves + L.A. Marathon Subsidy Faces a Run for the Money (LAT Reg) + Huntington Park: 50 Volunteers Are Acknowledged for Community Work (LAT Reg) + Churches Help Campaign to Restore Cross on County Seal (LAT Reg) + Orange County: 2 Groups File Suit to Halt Sea Cliff Project at Dana Point Headlands (LAT Reg) + Lofty Dreams of Downtown Living (LAT Reg) + Hollywood Hills: Homes Get Red Tags; Road Closed (LAT Reg) + Do Asian Americans Count in L.A. mayor race? (LAT Reg) + Candidates for mayor start rush to the finish + Ongoing drama of mayor's race is the best show in town
School days: 13 states form coalition for high school accountability. Governors to seek reforms raising education standards + Berkeley: Teachers cut back on work in protest. No raise for 2 years, no after school hours + Malibu's Black Students Reach Out (LAT Reg) + Not your father's shop class + CSUEB faculty shows off latest art works + Educators: School cuts embarrassing + New Haven job posting fuels turmoil + Parents rally around Fremont teachers + San Ramon choir coach seeks recruits + `Broken' high-school system targeted + Language Development Via The Internet
CONNECT THE DOTS....
A bridge between chaos and adulthood
Harvard Presidents Used to Be Players (LAT Reg)
Hitler's former Alpine retreat site of new luxury hotel
Revising Humans: U.S. Constitution Provides Framework For Debate On Genetic Engineering Of Human Beings
Meeting to Assess Women's Equality Embroiled in Controversy Over U.S. Anti-Abortion Demand
Blood for pork....
China, Iran, Russia and Venezuela are making all kinds of oil deals MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK.... Owner of Macy's reported ready to acquire May Co. $10.4 billion deal would create huge retail store chain Accountant decries IRS on insurance taxes Atlantis on the gulf? Dubai builds a luxury archipelago Influx of Chinese garlic wrinkles nose in U.S. (LAT Reg) Biogen, Elan Voluntarily Withdraw MS Drug; Shares Plunge + Biogen's Drug Debacle Could Beat Down Industry U.S. Workers Voice Increasing Dissatisfaction With Jobs, Survey Says Traders Gather for Conference on the World's Newest Trading Commodity: Pollution BIOWARFARE WATCH.... Man, 69, Is Vietnam's 14th Fatality From Bird Flu (LAT Reg) + 'Chicken Flu' Is No Big Peril (LAT Reg) + Bird flu to shake up Asian society WHO Recommends Influenza Vaccine Composition For Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 Influenza Season Scientist gets US grant for germ warfare vaccine
MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....
Owner of Macy's reported ready to acquire May Co. $10.4 billion deal would create huge retail store chain
Accountant decries IRS on insurance taxes
Atlantis on the gulf? Dubai builds a luxury archipelago
Influx of Chinese garlic wrinkles nose in U.S. (LAT Reg)
Biogen, Elan Voluntarily Withdraw MS Drug; Shares Plunge + Biogen's Drug Debacle Could Beat Down Industry
U.S. Workers Voice Increasing Dissatisfaction With Jobs, Survey Says
Traders Gather for Conference on the World's Newest Trading Commodity: Pollution
BIOWARFARE WATCH....
Man, 69, Is Vietnam's 14th Fatality From Bird Flu (LAT Reg) + 'Chicken Flu' Is No Big Peril (LAT Reg) + Bird flu to shake up Asian society
WHO Recommends Influenza Vaccine Composition For Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 Influenza Season
Scientist gets US grant for germ warfare vaccine
Cartilage Repair Techniques Shown To Restore Patient Mobility And Reduce Pain
Kellogg to Develop Products Fortified With Heart-Healthy Compound
Girl with epilepsy on mend. After brain surgery, she has fewer big seizures
Brain Region Learns To Anticipate Risk, Provides Early Warnings, Suggests New Study
New Drug May Be Formidable Adversary For Hard To Treat Leukemia
Researchers Identify Target For Cancer Drugs
Lack Of Specific Collagen Type Leads To Osteoarthritis
Intervention Cuts Nerve Damage, Boosts Life Span
Faster, Less Expensive Test Proven More Effective In Detecting Bladder Cancer
What if you did all the right things?
No More Crash-Test Surgery
The Mind Takes Control
Diet: Restaurants Are Slow to Drop Menu Choices With Trans Fat
Friends, Enemies Communicate With Plants In Similar Ways
Antarctic Ice Shelf Retreats Happened Before
UVM Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action And Landscape Change
Animal Parenting, Personality And Pair-ups
Increasing Nitrogen Pollution In Nation's Coastal Waters
Feeding The World Requires More Than A Spoonful Of Safety
Report: Japan Eyes Manned Base on Moon
Intel execs to detail new units
Yahoo. It started as 2 guys in a trailer
Cyberspace to Outer Space, Let's Have a Conference and Go There
Film Download, Search Firms to Link Services
NASA Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras
Largest Machines On Earth: Particle Colliders
Bipedal Bots Star At AAAS Media Briefing + Brain Controls Robot Arm In Monkey, University Of Pittsburgh Researcher Reports At AAAS
Saturn's Moons Titan And Enceladus Seen By Cassini
Moonstruck: SMART-1 Mission Extended
New Methods Of Solving 'Hard' Computer Problems
Mac's Original Designer Dies
Chinese Soon to Embark On Private Space Flights
Scientists beam in on particles that shaped universe
Russia Launches Supply Ship to Space Station THE BUSHWORLD... With Social Security Support Coming Hard, Bush Will Hit the Road Again An AP News Analysis Attorney General Says He Will Prosecute Obscenity Aggressively, Lays Out Other Priorities Justice Department taking steps to fight violent crime in Hartford, Camden, Fresno, Houston, New Orleans. Former Government Lawyer First Up as Senate Renews Fight Over Bush's Judicial Nominees US Plans to Expand TV Broadcasts to Iran Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit USA Syria: Israel in Diplomatic Push Against Syria After Bomb + Israel 'To Show Damascus Guilt' + Bishara: Pressures on Syria serve Israel Lebanon: State Dept: US Not Interfering in Lebanon + White House Praises Resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister (Note: See Middle East, left side of page for more re: Lebanon.) Iran: U.S. may join effort to coax Iranians. Europeans offering Tehran incentives to end nuclear program + McCain: US Should Bar Russia From G8 Over Iran Deal + Pakistan Brushes Off 'Old Story' Tying Khan, Iran + Whitney: Europe & Iran Foreign: U.S. resists efforts to limit U.S. Navy sonar + U.S. resumption of Indonesia ties decried by human rights groups + Rice heads to London for Mideast meeting re: Palestinians + U.S. cites nations on human rights abuses+ U.S. OKs Revived U.S. military training in Indonesia (LAT Reg) Domestic: Governors to discuss Medicaid with Bush + Governors eye 2008 race amid policy talks + Alaska refuge again in jeopardy Social Security: Poll: How groups feel about Social Security plan + Santorum Puts Tax Rate Hike on Table (LAT Reg) + Change in labs' pension plans may have national impact + Blacks Courted on Social Security + Social Security fight gets personal + Former treasury secretary proposes investment savings accounts to make everyone a millionaire by age 65 + Poor Chileans labor past retirement + AP Poll: People Who Are Uneasy About Retirement Tend to Oppose Bush Social Security Plan + How Different Groups Feel About Bush's Social Security Proposal Congress: Black farmers seek compensation from gov't+ Abortion Debate Still Tangled in Bankruptcy Bill (LAT Reg) + Nuclear option to get GOP judges in office GOP: Hoosier hysteria over taxes Voting: Judge Refuses to Block New FEC Restrictions on 'soft Money' Groups OPINIONS: Five days that shook world politics Memories of Gonzo Journalist Are Reminder of What Campaigns Used to Be (LAT Reg) Attack on AARP, Like 'Religious War,' Built on Either/Or Fallacy (LAT Reg) Conservative History vs. Neocons: Justin Raimondo Bye-Bye, Nonproliferation: Gordon Prather Syria – and Lebanon – Are Doomed: Chris Sanders N. Korea Waits for Spring: McCormack/ Engelhardt Kenneth T. Tellis: How can REAL democracy have open election fraud? Bob Herbert: It's called torture Is Dubya in the closet? MILITARY Trauma of Iraq war haunting thousands returning home + Iraq injuries differ from past wars: More amputations, brain traumas
THE BUSHWORLD...
With Social Security Support Coming Hard, Bush Will Hit the Road Again An AP News Analysis
Attorney General Says He Will Prosecute Obscenity Aggressively, Lays Out Other Priorities
Justice Department taking steps to fight violent crime in Hartford, Camden, Fresno, Houston, New Orleans.
Former Government Lawyer First Up as Senate Renews Fight Over Bush's Judicial Nominees
US Plans to Expand TV Broadcasts to Iran
Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit USA
Syria: Israel in Diplomatic Push Against Syria After Bomb + Israel 'To Show Damascus Guilt' + Bishara: Pressures on Syria serve Israel
Lebanon: State Dept: US Not Interfering in Lebanon + White House Praises Resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister (Note: See Middle East, left side of page for more re: Lebanon.)
Iran: U.S. may join effort to coax Iranians. Europeans offering Tehran incentives to end nuclear program + McCain: US Should Bar Russia From G8 Over Iran Deal + Pakistan Brushes Off 'Old Story' Tying Khan, Iran + Whitney: Europe & Iran
Foreign: U.S. resists efforts to limit U.S. Navy sonar + U.S. resumption of Indonesia ties decried by human rights groups + Rice heads to London for Mideast meeting re: Palestinians + U.S. cites nations on human rights abuses+ U.S. OKs Revived U.S. military training in Indonesia (LAT Reg)
Domestic: Governors to discuss Medicaid with Bush + Governors eye 2008 race amid policy talks + Alaska refuge again in jeopardy
Social Security: Poll: How groups feel about Social Security plan + Santorum Puts Tax Rate Hike on Table (LAT Reg) + Change in labs' pension plans may have national impact + Blacks Courted on Social Security + Social Security fight gets personal + Former treasury secretary proposes investment savings accounts to make everyone a millionaire by age 65 + Poor Chileans labor past retirement + AP Poll: People Who Are Uneasy About Retirement Tend to Oppose Bush Social Security Plan + How Different Groups Feel About Bush's Social Security Proposal
Congress: Black farmers seek compensation from gov't+ Abortion Debate Still Tangled in Bankruptcy Bill (LAT Reg) + Nuclear option to get GOP judges in office
GOP: Hoosier hysteria over taxes
Voting: Judge Refuses to Block New FEC Restrictions on 'soft Money' Groups
OPINIONS:
Five days that shook world politics
Memories of Gonzo Journalist Are Reminder of What Campaigns Used to Be (LAT Reg)
Attack on AARP, Like 'Religious War,' Built on Either/Or Fallacy (LAT Reg)
Conservative History vs. Neocons: Justin Raimondo
Bye-Bye, Nonproliferation: Gordon Prather
Syria – and Lebanon – Are Doomed: Chris Sanders
N. Korea Waits for Spring: McCormack/ Engelhardt
Kenneth T. Tellis: How can REAL democracy have open election fraud?
Bob Herbert: It's called torture
Is Dubya in the closet?
MILITARY
'Brain Rangers' Fight Iraq Stress
Is the Marine Corps PC?
Military Program Readmits Indonesia
Air Force Criticized For Detector Purchase
500,000 veterans homeless this year 52 Vermont Towns to Vote on Antiwar Resolution Columbia's Middle East Studies Proceedings Will Not Be Public Artist faces jail for being bioterrorist Device tracks radio listening Unger: Campus Resistance Stauber: Neutralize Activists
52 Vermont Towns to Vote on Antiwar Resolution
Columbia's Middle East Studies Proceedings Will Not Be Public
Artist faces jail for being bioterrorist
Device tracks radio listening
Unger: Campus Resistance
Stauber: Neutralize Activists
San Francisco gay marriage and beyond: Legal loophole in lesbian marriages stirs debate in India + Young Prosecutor Roils Brazil with Gay Marriage Case + Gay couple mull suit over anti-AARP ad
The Pen Is Mightier....
The race for low wattage stations:
Churches big winners in grab for micro radio
Homespun podcaster shows find big audience
Taiwan: They Can't Handle the Truth (LAT Reg)
Channel Surfing to a Life of Crime (LAT Reg)
CIA leak is threat to press freedom
Reuter uses socialism to elicit negative images of the Chavez administration
The Three Anchors
Richard A. Clarke Talks About Writing Regular Column for the 'N.Y. Times'
Inside The 'Gannon' Case: How Blogs Broke It Wide Open
Today's papers Vincent van Gogh The Painter on his Way to Work Enlarge Daily picture from the Metropolitan A chance to get close to the land at Slide Ranch, Muir Beach Modjeska House in Orange County is a Retreat for All (LAT Reg) Local scene from 1776 re-created Hollywood: 'Million Dollar Baby' Delivers a 1-2-3-4 Punch + 'Million Dollar Baby' Dominates Oscars + 'The Aviator' flies in the face of hypocrisy about film sex + Some teens find desperation in Hollywood + Rock got the show rolling but it never hit the fast lane Peter Schjeldahl on Cy Twombly Fiction by Umberto Eco Voltaire the Activist Interactive Dig Hierakanpolis The Enterprise Mission - Hoagland Faces His Accusers Sensational diaries of Russian Empress Maria published Part of Emperor Charlemagne's throne discovered 'This is London in all its beery-eyed, nervy exhilaration' Push it Indomitable Irishry The human factor Page Six Liz Smith Cindy Adams Your daily braindrop Word of the day
Vincent van Gogh The Painter on his Way to Work Enlarge
Daily picture from the Metropolitan
A chance to get close to the land at Slide Ranch, Muir Beach
Modjeska House in Orange County is a Retreat for All (LAT Reg)
Local scene from 1776 re-created
Hollywood: 'Million Dollar Baby' Delivers a 1-2-3-4 Punch + 'Million Dollar Baby' Dominates Oscars + 'The Aviator' flies in the face of hypocrisy about film sex + Some teens find desperation in Hollywood + Rock got the show rolling but it never hit the fast lane
Peter Schjeldahl on Cy Twombly
Fiction by Umberto Eco
Voltaire the Activist
Interactive Dig Hierakanpolis
The Enterprise Mission - Hoagland Faces His Accusers
Sensational diaries of Russian Empress Maria published
Part of Emperor Charlemagne's throne discovered
'This is London in all its beery-eyed, nervy exhilaration'
Push it
Indomitable Irishry
The human factor
Page Six
Liz Smith
Cindy Adams
Your daily braindrop
Word of the day
FEBRUARY 25, 2005
Occupation: Cleric endorses al-Jaafari PM nomination + Iraq's neighborhood councils are vanishing + Kurds Hold Out for Power in Political Wrangling + Iraqi Women Officials Vow to Implement Sharia
AFGHANISTAN: Troop cuts in Afghanistan concern general + 9 Afghan troops, 10 Taliban rebels killed + Lessons From the Hidden Afghan War + Expert briefing on Afghanistan + German army to relieve US troops in Afghanistan + The Quiet War: Special Forces in Afghanistan
MIDDLE EAST: Cries of 'enough' gain momentum in a frustrated Egypt
Israel, Palestine: Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv Kills Three - Police + Several dead in Tel Aviv blast + Palestinian lawmakers confirm recast Cabinet. 17 nonpoliticians replacing Arafat loyalists seen bolstering reform-minded president + Israel to shorten evacuation timetable + Israel's Sharon plans Tunisia visit + Palestinian Lawmakers OK New Cabinet; Most Arafat Loyalists Out (LAT Reg) + World Bank, US: Make Palestinians Pay for Israel Checkpoints + Gaza strongman Dahlan returns to center stage + Israeli officials smile, and build more outposts on the ground + Hamas says Cairo talks won't yield truce unless Israel meets demands
Lebanon: UN Team in Lebanon Starts Probe Into Hariri Killing + Life goes on for Syrian troops in Lebanon + Syria Will Reconfigure Its Forces in Lebanon, by sending troops closer to Syrian border (LAT Reg) + Syria Moves Troops to Bekaa + Syria is to put the Taif accord into force + Syria's statement on a new withdrawal from Lebanon + Israeli warplanes renew violations of Lebanese airspace + Syria should leave Lebanon, says Jordanian ruler
EUROPE: Schroeder heads to Gulf for seven-nation tour
Ireland poll: Adams' popularity drops
FRANCE'S FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER FLAT SCANDAL
U.N. envoy optimistic on Kosovo talks
Speculation high on Kyrgyzstan revolution
AFRICA: Official: U.N. troops readying for Sudan
9 peacekeepers killed in Congo, U.N. says
ASIA PACIFIC: China proposes more flights with Taiwan + China relaxes market access for non-public economy
N. Korea: South Korea urges flexibility over nukes + North Korea ready to return to nuclear talks: Chinese minister
Behind Its Seawalls, Japanese Isle Debates Their Value + Japanese women staying single and loving it
Sri Lanka ruling alliance loses majority
Kashmir Rebels Attack Office Complex, Kill 5 (LAT Reg)
AMERICAS: Argentina Prepares to Shed Its Debt, Reenter Fiscal Markets (LAT Reg)
Murder in the Amazon
U.S. wants Nicaragua to give up its surface to air missiles (SAMS)
USA keeps insisting that we don't have a true democracy in Venezuela + Venezuela arrests suspected Colombian rebel leader Gentil Alvis Patino + Venezuela cannot depend on any outside force to relieve her of the USA threat INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.... Navy's experimental interceptor downs missile Italy probes possible CIA role in abduction Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites Canada's opting out could alter NORAD role, MacDonald says + Trade seen as casualty of missile defence move U.S. Says Thousands of Missiles Missing Taiwan arrests man suspected of smuggling missile parts to Libya Phillippines: Police Say Arrests Thwarted Terror Attacks (LAT Reg) Syrian Disputes `Confessions' by Men Who Claimed Trained by Syrian Intelligence to Become Iraq Insurgents (LAT Reg) Paper Links Putin to Dresdner Diplomatic words hide rising tension over Israeli spy Britain plans to shift spying powers in Northern Ireland to MI-5 agency Tokyo does not explain essence of strange wording on Kuriles Kasyanov Hints He May Run in 2008 Security tight for president visit Viktor Yanukovich wants referendum on Ukraine’s admission to NATO Russian group alleges secret service intervention HOW LOW THE LAW GOES.... High court clears way for adult trial of 14-year-olds Florida family begs for return of missing 9-yr-old girl Delay sought in Schiavo tube removal + Schiavo case highlights eating disorders Gunman kills ex-wife, bystander in Texas, angry over being sued for child support Invocation of eminent domain by cities to seize property for private development is on the rise Costa Rican family in long-shot bid to stay in U.S. Denver: 9-yr old girl to get $129,000 home of molestor Texas study: Minorities get searched more at traffic stops Judge hears arguments in tobacco trial + Justice Department tobacco litigation site Damage control for ID theft victims Animal Rights Advocacy Is a Growing Field (LAT Reg) Canada rules German Holocaust-denier to be deported to face prosecution Monster who tortured boy giggles at life term Ebbers Will Testify in His Own Defense at Criminal Trial on WorldCom Fraud Florida Judge Orders Removal of Terry Schiavo's Feeding Tube on March 18 CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS... Study: Racial bias in juvenile justice (SJM Reg) CYA wards face stricter screening for work crews (SB Reg) Editorial: Forced prison segregation (SB Reg) Sacramento & north: Newcastle man indicted in firebombing + Suspect indicted in 3 arson incidents (SB Reg) + Man takes plea deal in girl's killing (SB Reg) + Former lawman's defense backfires (SB Reg) + R.E. Graswich: Seeking diversity, Sacramento police are going to the wall for recruits (SB Reg) + Regional school radio thieves target Woodland (SB Reg) + Pair held in killing at car lot (SB Reg) + Deadline delayed on Yuba plan (SB Reg) + Fish and Game officials ask for charges in bear shooting (SB Reg) + 4 arrested in office burglary spree (SB Reg) + Police seek clues in shooting death (SB Reg) + Fire damages Roseville restaurant (SB Reg) + Boy, 5, reports kidnapping attempt (SB Reg) San Francisco, San Mateo: S.F.: Western Addition killings not linked Alameda: Newark cops arrest teen in shooting + Newark teen shot to death + Oakland: Man crushed to death -- investigation opens + Oakland promises billboard fame to shame 'johns' + Albany: + Driver fleeing police crashes. Suspect in hospital along with 2 others after running light + Hayward: Oakland man arrested in killing + Newark: Suspect arrested in teen's slaying + Berkeley: Homicide charge in beating death + Hayward police arrest suspect in failed carjacking, death + Livermore Police Department to put a taser shock into crime + Livermore not liable in fatal copter crash + Retrial begins in lab wrongful termination suit Santa Clara: East Palo Alto: Boy pleads not guilty in slaying of aunt + Phony doctor strikes 12 year deal (SJM Reg) + Fake weapons get kids in real trouble (SJM Reg) + More drop-off sites for babiee (SJM Reg) + Dogfight ends in people-fight, loss of deputy + Teen arrested in shooting death of Newark man (SJM Reg) + S.F. deputy gets probation, loses his job (SJM Reg) Judge postpones Alamo YMCA hearing + El Cerrito flood reveals pot (CT Reg) Marin: Court upholds ruling on cult father who starved son Sonoma: Agua Caliente: Slaying suspect arrested in Utah + Petaluma man Joseph Nieder accused in child porn case, 2 victims found + Sheriff investigating apparent shooting at home in Windsor Napa: Local kids found safe one day after Amber Alert Solano: Officers honored for taking guns off streets + Mother testifies at trial she gave daughter to suspect Monterey: Salinas: Chief's defense of Tasers criticized. Some of his statements quoted directly from gunmaker's promotional literature + Burglars hit collectables shop again + Men take $8 in Greenfield home robbery + Lawyer wants probe of Taser caset Central Valley: Daniloo fraud counts grow + Would-be peace officer arrested + Murder case plea deal sets 3 accessories free + Amador/Las Vegas: Pediatric resident accused of child molestation + Report: Woman was lying on road + Pair arrested in Ceres-area killing + Farmers seek to press individual water lawsuits + Former supervisor accused of fraud + Stockton: Defendant weeps at murder trial + Peterson sentencing delayed 5 days (CCT Reg) Central Coast: Judge rules New Leaf attacker incompetent to stand trial + Cops and Courts Southern California: Worker accused of killing boss in L.A. + Judge keeps Samantha Runnion murder trial in Orange County + Former Inglewood school official given five years for fraud + Couple Questioned About Ventura County Tiger (LAT Reg) + LA: 2 Are Shot to Death at Maintenance Yard by fired worker (LAT Reg) + Student Slain, Another Wounded by Gang Members in Long Beach (LAT Reg) + OC: Judge rules bedridden witness can testify early against former OC Ass't Sheriff George Jaramillo, accused of corruption + OC: Jury in Haidl Case Views Video Showing Alleged Rape of Girl, 16 + Trial in Samantha Runnion's Death Will Stay in O.C. (LAT Reg) + Federal Training Set for LA Sheriff's Employees to ID Jail Inmates Who Are Ilegals (LAT Reg) + Former Inglewood School Board Leader Gets Prison Time (LAT Reg) Michael Jackson: Jackson Jurors Reflect Star's Influence + Alternate jurors selected -- Jackson trial next week + Woman's family threatens to sue Michael Jackson, hospital + Michael Jackson's lawyer previews defense strategy (SJM Reg) + Jackson defence to attack accuser's mother Robert Blake: Prosecution presents rebuttal witnesses in Blake murder trial + Blake Witness Didn't Hallucinate, Jurors Told (LAT Reg)
INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.... Navy's experimental interceptor downs missile Italy probes possible CIA role in abduction Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites Canada's opting out could alter NORAD role, MacDonald says + Trade seen as casualty of missile defence move U.S. Says Thousands of Missiles Missing Taiwan arrests man suspected of smuggling missile parts to Libya Phillippines: Police Say Arrests Thwarted Terror Attacks (LAT Reg) Syrian Disputes `Confessions' by Men Who Claimed Trained by Syrian Intelligence to Become Iraq Insurgents (LAT Reg) Paper Links Putin to Dresdner Diplomatic words hide rising tension over Israeli spy Britain plans to shift spying powers in Northern Ireland to MI-5 agency Tokyo does not explain essence of strange wording on Kuriles Kasyanov Hints He May Run in 2008 Security tight for president visit Viktor Yanukovich wants referendum on Ukraine’s admission to NATO Russian group alleges secret service intervention HOW LOW THE LAW GOES....
Navy's experimental interceptor downs missile
Italy probes possible CIA role in abduction
Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites
Canada's opting out could alter NORAD role, MacDonald says + Trade seen as casualty of missile defence move
U.S. Says Thousands of Missiles Missing
Taiwan arrests man suspected of smuggling missile parts to Libya
Phillippines: Police Say Arrests Thwarted Terror Attacks (LAT Reg)
Syrian Disputes `Confessions' by Men Who Claimed Trained by Syrian Intelligence to Become Iraq Insurgents (LAT Reg)
Paper Links Putin to Dresdner
Diplomatic words hide rising tension over Israeli spy
Britain plans to shift spying powers in Northern Ireland to MI-5 agency
Tokyo does not explain essence of strange wording on Kuriles
Kasyanov Hints He May Run in 2008
Security tight for president visit
Viktor Yanukovich wants referendum on Ukraine’s admission to NATO
Russian group alleges secret service intervention
High court clears way for adult trial of 14-year-olds
Florida family begs for return of missing 9-yr-old girl
Delay sought in Schiavo tube removal + Schiavo case highlights eating disorders
Gunman kills ex-wife, bystander in Texas, angry over being sued for child support
Invocation of eminent domain by cities to seize property for private development is on the rise
Costa Rican family in long-shot bid to stay in U.S.
Denver: 9-yr old girl to get $129,000 home of molestor
Texas study: Minorities get searched more at traffic stops
Judge hears arguments in tobacco trial + Justice Department tobacco litigation site
Damage control for ID theft victims
Animal Rights Advocacy Is a Growing Field (LAT Reg)
Canada rules German Holocaust-denier to be deported to face prosecution
Monster who tortured boy giggles at life term
Ebbers Will Testify in His Own Defense at Criminal Trial on WorldCom Fraud
Florida Judge Orders Removal of Terry Schiavo's Feeding Tube on March 18
CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS...
Study: Racial bias in juvenile justice (SJM Reg)
CYA wards face stricter screening for work crews (SB Reg)
Editorial: Forced prison segregation (SB Reg)
Sacramento & north: Newcastle man indicted in firebombing + Suspect indicted in 3 arson incidents (SB Reg) + Man takes plea deal in girl's killing (SB Reg) + Former lawman's defense backfires (SB Reg) + R.E. Graswich: Seeking diversity, Sacramento police are going to the wall for recruits (SB Reg) + Regional school radio thieves target Woodland (SB Reg) + Pair held in killing at car lot (SB Reg) + Deadline delayed on Yuba plan (SB Reg) + Fish and Game officials ask for charges in bear shooting (SB Reg) + 4 arrested in office burglary spree (SB Reg) + Police seek clues in shooting death (SB Reg) + Fire damages Roseville restaurant (SB Reg) + Boy, 5, reports kidnapping attempt (SB Reg)
San Francisco, San Mateo: S.F.: Western Addition killings not linked
Alameda: Newark cops arrest teen in shooting + Newark teen shot to death + Oakland: Man crushed to death -- investigation opens + Oakland promises billboard fame to shame 'johns' + Albany: + Driver fleeing police crashes. Suspect in hospital along with 2 others after running light + Hayward: Oakland man arrested in killing + Newark: Suspect arrested in teen's slaying + Berkeley: Homicide charge in beating death + Hayward police arrest suspect in failed carjacking, death + Livermore Police Department to put a taser shock into crime + Livermore not liable in fatal copter crash + Retrial begins in lab wrongful termination suit
Santa Clara: East Palo Alto: Boy pleads not guilty in slaying of aunt + Phony doctor strikes 12 year deal (SJM Reg) + Fake weapons get kids in real trouble (SJM Reg) + More drop-off sites for babiee (SJM Reg) + Dogfight ends in people-fight, loss of deputy + Teen arrested in shooting death of Newark man (SJM Reg) + S.F. deputy gets probation, loses his job (SJM Reg)
Judge postpones Alamo YMCA hearing + El Cerrito flood reveals pot (CT Reg)
Marin: Court upholds ruling on cult father who starved son
Sonoma: Agua Caliente: Slaying suspect arrested in Utah + Petaluma man Joseph Nieder accused in child porn case, 2 victims found + Sheriff investigating apparent shooting at home in Windsor
Napa: Local kids found safe one day after Amber Alert
Solano: Officers honored for taking guns off streets + Mother testifies at trial she gave daughter to suspect
Monterey: Salinas: Chief's defense of Tasers criticized. Some of his statements quoted directly from gunmaker's promotional literature + Burglars hit collectables shop again + Men take $8 in Greenfield home robbery + Lawyer wants probe of Taser caset
Central Valley: Daniloo fraud counts grow + Would-be peace officer arrested + Murder case plea deal sets 3 accessories free + Amador/Las Vegas: Pediatric resident accused of child molestation + Report: Woman was lying on road + Pair arrested in Ceres-area killing + Farmers seek to press individual water lawsuits + Former supervisor accused of fraud + Stockton: Defendant weeps at murder trial + Peterson sentencing delayed 5 days (CCT Reg)
Central Coast: Judge rules New Leaf attacker incompetent to stand trial + Cops and Courts
Southern California: Worker accused of killing boss in L.A. + Judge keeps Samantha Runnion murder trial in Orange County + Former Inglewood school official given five years for fraud + Couple Questioned About Ventura County Tiger (LAT Reg) + LA: 2 Are Shot to Death at Maintenance Yard by fired worker (LAT Reg) + Student Slain, Another Wounded by Gang Members in Long Beach (LAT Reg) + OC: Judge rules bedridden witness can testify early against former OC Ass't Sheriff George Jaramillo, accused of corruption + OC: Jury in Haidl Case Views Video Showing Alleged Rape of Girl, 16 + Trial in Samantha Runnion's Death Will Stay in O.C. (LAT Reg) + Federal Training Set for LA Sheriff's Employees to ID Jail Inmates Who Are Ilegals (LAT Reg) + Former Inglewood School Board Leader Gets Prison Time (LAT Reg)
Michael Jackson: Jackson Jurors Reflect Star's Influence + Alternate jurors selected -- Jackson trial next week + Woman's family threatens to sue Michael Jackson, hospital + Michael Jackson's lawyer previews defense strategy (SJM Reg) + Jackson defence to attack accuser's mother
Robert Blake: Prosecution presents rebuttal witnesses in Blake murder trial + Blake Witness Didn't Hallucinate, Jurors Told (LAT Reg)
The Governor: Field Poll: Gov. far in front in new tally. Among Democrats, Hollywood's Reiner leads state officers + Field Poll: Head start for the Gov. (SB Reg) + Gov. still a strong foe (SJM Reg) + Gov. to Go on Road to Raise Funds (LAT Reg) + Gov. goes after congestion (CT Reg) + Democrat calls governor's redistricting plan a power grab + Gov.'s plan pushes toll roads, speeds up building + Legislative analyst suggests halting Gov.'s after-school program that launched his political career + Gov.'s after-school plan flawed, analyst says + Budget analyst Hill calls for Prop. 49 repeal (CT Reg) + Repeal of after-school program is urged (SB Reg) + Gov.'s School Plan Is Criticized (LAT Reg) + Gov.'s budget proposes that mentally ill kids would be schools' responsibility including the $70 million cost Click. (OC Reg) + Legislature, Gov. should listen to analyst re: unexpected $2.2 billion revenue + Dan Walters: Only the unreasonable can oppose a revamp of redistricting (SB Reg) + Other view: Pending deal would undermine state's water solutions (SB Reg)
Bay Bridge: Bay Bridge bondage + Perata says bond can pay for bridge overrun + Southern California lawmaker's bill imposes bridge costs on Bay Area Doris Matsui raises nearly $700,000 in race for late husband's seat + Matsui leads the pack in election funding (SB Reg)
Doris Matsui raises nearly $700,000 in race for late husband's seat
PG & E to charge customers for nuclear plant improvement that still need approval
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