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Wednesday, August 31
769 dead , 37 injured in Iraq Stampede....Wali/CP
by
wali
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 11:17 AM PDT
Adding to the worlds week of tragic life lost, a stampede in Iraq kills nearly 800 .Trampled, crushed against barricades ... more »
Monsoon Rains in July Killed Over 800 in India...Wali/AFP
by
wali
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 11:09 AM PDT
Continuing the year of death by water driven catastrophe , a stampede over worries of water breaching brings death toll ... more »
Governer of Louisiana Orders 100% Evacuation of Survivors...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 11:01 AM PDT
The pictures are heart breaking as all disasters are , but things are only going to deteriorate . All survivors ... more »
China Bans Sexual Harassment...Wali/Xinhua
by
wali
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 10:45 AM PDT
In a bold move that contradicts thousands of years of domestic violence and slander against women , China has banned ... more »
Tuesday, August 30
Poverty Ranks Rise; Whites are Increasingly Poorer..Wali/RP
by
wali
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 04:25 PM PDT
The reports of new jobs and a sustaining economy are all hog-wash . People are poorer than in the recent ... more »
Martial Law Declared in New Orleans ; Situation Deteriorating...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 04:17 PM PDT
Always in a situation of disaster , the lack of supplies and necessities cause looting and self preservation to direct ... more »
Netanyahu challenges Sharon;Gaza Pullout is Theme..Wali/WP
by
wali
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 01:32 PM PDT
Netanyahu , well known as an anti Palestenian hardliner , has announced that he is challenging President Sharon for Election ... more »
Ford Motor Co. to Fire 400 White Collar Workers...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 12:25 PM PDT
A Ford company spokesperson has announced that the Ford Motor company will release 400 salaried employees as part of a ... more »
Katrina Could Cost Upwards of $26 Billion...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 05:19 AM PDT
Scenes of stranded hurricane victims and reports of cries for help in the night can only lead us to wonder ... more »
Monday, August 29
What We Can't Know Yet
by
Art Acme
on Mon 29 Aug 2005 10:29 PM PDT
The extent of damage from Hurricane Katrina's rampage through the areas east of New Orleans is still not clear. Roads ... more »
Russian Minister Jailed for $9 Million Nuclear Safety Theft..RIA
by
wali
on Mon 29 Aug 2005 12:55 PM PDT
Novosti, Yekaterina Andrianova) - Russia's former Nuclear Power Minister, Yevgeny Adamov, who was arrested in Switzerland at the request of ... more »
Almost Half of Chad at Risk of Famine...AFP
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wali
on Mon 29 Aug 2005 12:50 PM PDT
Famine is a threat in almost half of Chad because of destructively heavy rains after a long period of ... more »
Katrina ( and the Waves )
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Art Acme
on Mon 29 Aug 2005 06:55 AM PDT
People are doing anything but walking on sunshine today in New Orleans. A major portion of the Gulf Coast is ... more »
Sunday, August 28
Kneck Deep in the Big Muddy
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Art Acme
on Sun 28 Aug 2005 07:03 AM PDT
Bush is losing his cool this summer. It seems that Iraq is the only part of the United States that ... more »
Saturday, August 27
We're Living Beyound Our Means...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Sat 27 Aug 2005 11:25 AM PDT
That the $43 Trillion deficit as created by war mongering selfish oil billionaires , and CEO theiving of workers savings ... more »
Astrologically Speaking
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Art Acme
on Sat 27 Aug 2005 06:01 AM PDT
It is no secret that Nancy Reagan planned Saint Ronnie's schedule using astrology. Whether this increases or diminishes one's appreciation ... more »
Twelve Dead in China Flooding...CP
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wali
on Sat 27 Aug 2005 03:25 AM PDT
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In Central China's Hubei Province Twelve people were killed and another 18 went missing in a major flooding and landslide ... more »
Friday, August 26
Singapore Carves Niche in Stem Cell Research...RN
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wali
on Fri 26 Aug 2005 10:27 AM PDT
South Korea stole headlines after creating the world's first cloned dog, but the tiny city-state of Singapore is quietly preparing ... more »
African Ministers Declare Tuberculosis Emergency...Wali/WP
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wali
on Fri 26 Aug 2005 10:22 AM PDT
Here is another indepth offering from the poverty stricken and health care deprived continent of Africa . These disease plagued ... more »
Ominous Sea Squirts
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Art Acme
on Fri 26 Aug 2005 06:44 AM PDT
Like the spawn of Yog-Soggoth spreading darkly on the sea bottom, an invasive species with overpowering traits has been detected ... more »
Thursday, August 25
Hugo Chavez Offers Cheap Fuel Supplies...Wali/RN
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wali
on Thu 25 Aug 2005 12:42 PM PDT
In the most dignified response to the hate messages sent his way , President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has offered ... more »
Wednesday, August 24
DWB ( Driving While Black ) is Traffic Nightmare...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Wed 24 Aug 2005 08:55 PM PDT
The Federal Governmant has concluded that racial hatred does enact itself in traffic stops in the USA .
WASHINGTON - ... more »
Enabling Danger
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Art Acme
on Wed 24 Aug 2005 06:04 AM PDT
Whitewashing the events of 9/11 was an absolute necessity. Bush and Cheney were very much against an official investigation. It ... more »
Tuesday, August 23
Two Preachers
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Art Acme
on Tue 23 Aug 2005 05:54 AM PDT
Televangelist Pat Robertson is publically calling for the United States to use covert means to kill the President of Venezuala. ( ... more »
The Global Struggle for Energy...Clare/Wali
by
wali
on Tue 23 Aug 2005 01:44 AM PDT
Withstanding the rises in global oil , are we able to fuel off energy crisis riots and market place panic ... more »
Monday, August 22
Half of Asia's Children Denied Basic Needs...Wali/BBC
by
wali
on Mon 22 Aug 2005 07:06 PM PDT
In a report that should stimulate reaching out globally for children , 1/2 of the 1,3 billion children in Asia ... more »
Skin Cells Function Reprogrammed without Embryo..Wali/BN
by
wali
on Mon 22 Aug 2005 06:53 PM PDT
Cloning reached a completely new episode as reprogrammed skin cells were cloned without the use of an embryo . We ... more »
Beef Shipments Recalled by Mad Cow Disease Rules.Wali/WP
by
wali
on Mon 22 Aug 2005 06:46 PM PDT
The continuing saga of poorly managed beef production and mad cow scare in the food chain continues .
Sunday, August 21
SAS Investigated for Fraud...Leppard Times UK/Wali
by
wali
on Sun 21 Aug 2005 03:13 PM PDT
Since the explanations of Halliburton money laundering and Bechtel contract fixing , there have been many inquiries initiated to reveal ... more »
Republican Senator Says " Iraq like Vietnam "...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Sun 21 Aug 2005 09:03 AM PDT
Now , without the support of Republicans , the Bush Whitehouse must decide on Vietnam status ( 58,000 dead in ... more »
Exiting Iraq : How ?
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Art Acme
on Sun 21 Aug 2005 07:07 AM PDT
One step foward, two steps back. The question is no longer whether to get out of Iraq, but how. Peace Action ... more »
" Shock Waves "
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Art Acme
on Sun 21 Aug 2005 06:22 AM PDT
H.P. Lovecraft's birthday was yesterday. My dad had a nice stack of first editions, but because he is out of ... more »
Saturday, August 20
U.S. Softens Stand on Islamic Iraqi Parliament...Wali/WP
by
wali
on Sat 20 Aug 2005 02:30 PM PDT
The effort not to loose oil profit opportunities has caused the U.S. to soften the language of the Iraqi Constitution ... more »
WHO : Flu Fighting Capacity Inadequate...Wali/WHO
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wali
on Sat 20 Aug 2005 12:28 AM PDT
Each year we are simply reminded by bird and animal erasures , along with human deaths , that Influenza is ... more »
$253.4 Million Awarded to Widow in Vioxx Trial..Wali/AP
by
wali
on Sat 20 Aug 2005 12:01 AM PDT
The pharmaceutical industry , along with the FDA was brought to a clear understanding as to how untrusted and unprofessional ... more »
Friday, August 19
New Computer Worms Hit Businesses and Computers...RN
by
wali
on Fri 19 Aug 2005 07:28 AM PDT
Several new computer worms are being blamed for causing computer system outages at some media outlets and companies in ... more »
Camp Casey
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Art Acme
on Fri 19 Aug 2005 06:58 AM PDT
Nationwide vigils were held on Wednesday evening to support Cindy Sheehan's attempts to get Bush to give some honest accounting ... more »
$ 24 Million Fine for Arab Bank Money Laundering...AN/Wali
by
wali
on Fri 19 Aug 2005 12:00 AM PDT
Although the clear picture has been drawn associating Osama Bin laden , Arab oil money with the Bush White House ... more »
Thursday, August 18
Mauritania Urged to Restore Democracy...AP
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wali
on Thu 18 Aug 2005 11:28 PM PDT
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Mauritania's junta leaders to restore democracy after this month's coup.
Obasanjo told the visiting ... more »
Operation Arctic Sea
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Art Acme
on Thu 18 Aug 2005 06:59 AM PDT
Avian flu is on the move, and the Bush Monkey is still on vacation--- still ignoring Cindy Sheehan. Yesterday I ... more »
Wednesday, August 17
BTK Murderer Rapist Blazed Trail of Terror in U.S...Hedgeman
by
wali
on Wed 17 Aug 2005 10:27 AM PDT
Confessed BTK serial killer Dennis Rader called himself a "monster" and told authorities about a chilling conversation with an 11-year-old ... more »
First ever Urgent Safety Recommendation Issued...Easton
by
wali
on Wed 17 Aug 2005 10:16 AM PDT
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued an urgent safety recommendation for the first time in its history ... more »
Whipsawed at the Gas Pump
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Art Acme
on Wed 17 Aug 2005 07:05 AM PDT
The oil storm is growing, along with the public's discontent. Gas prices are going up, while most peoples wages are ... more »
Tuesday, August 16
U.S. Troops Open Fire on Civilian Workers Wounding 26...WP
by
wali
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:54 AM PDT
A group of Iraqi workers in Baghdad came under fire from US troops who mistook them for insurgents.
An interior ... more »
Study of Electronic Voting by John Hopkins Univ...Wali/AP
by
wali
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:51 AM PDT
Armed with a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Johns Hopkins University is leading a new effort ... more »
49,000 Acre Fire Burns in Northwest U.S.....KIM
by
wali
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:47 AM PDT
Fire crews are contending with summer heat and rough terrain as they fight to encircle a 49,000-acre wildfire, the ... more »
160 Dead in Venezuela Jet Crash...Wali/RP
by
wali
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:39 AM PDT
In only one week , another tragic aircrash with over 120 dead . This time the tragedy is in Venezuela ... more »
Japan Shaken by 7.2 Earthquake....SD
by
wali
on Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:31 AM PDT
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northern Japan midday Tuesday, triggering a tsunami alert along the Pacific coast, the Meteorological Agency ... more »
Monday, August 15
A Channel of Resistance...Wali/Cherian
by
wali
on Mon 15 Aug 2005 10:43 PM PDT
Not yielding to western mass market industrial television , there is a new channel in the Americas and the Carribean ... more »
Sunday, August 14
Koreans try to save Cathode Ray Tube...Spagat/Wali
by
wali
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 09:50 PM PDT
Not that we aren't all thinking about a future different from the past , Cathode Rays are all the rage ... more »
Tom Delay Associates Charged /Organized Crime Ties....WP
by
wali
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 04:48 PM PDT
Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a business partner were indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, ... more »
Armstrong Criticises U.S. Spending on Iraq, not Cancer...RN
by
wali
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 04:27 PM PDT
Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong on Sunday said the United States, which is embroiled in ... more »
It's a Leo ! The birthday Bush would like to forget...Casiro
by
wali
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 09:08 AM PDT
It’s got to be tough when people ignore your birthday. But it must add insult to injury to have the ... more »
121 Killed in Cypriot Airline Crash...Becatoros/Wali
by
wali
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 08:59 AM PDT
Although there are few airline deaths in comparison to automobile and Train fatalities , the numbers are always staggering when ... more »
Dark Skies
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Art Acme
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 07:08 AM PDT
Howard Zinn is a keen observer of history - past and present. Mr. Zinn is a professor emiritus of political science ... more »
Saturday, August 13
Theft of the Presidential Election: No Paper Trail Left Behind..DR. Loo/Wali
by
wali
on Sat 13 Aug 2005 11:58 AM PDT
This week I was reminded by a family member that there is a need to keep fresh in the minds ... more »
U.S. State ' beseiged ' by wildfires...SFN/Wali
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wali
on Sat 13 Aug 2005 08:15 AM PDT
At a pace to declare emergency status , Washington State wildfires rage as continuum for decade of burn . Frontline ... more »
World Leaders Express Shock and Outrage at Sri Lanka Assination...Wali/WN
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wali
on Sat 13 Aug 2005 08:02 AM PDT
There is no peace at this time in Sri Lanka although the Norwegian led peace process is still and was ... more »
Famine Spreading to Mali...Wali/WN
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wali
on Sat 13 Aug 2005 07:54 AM PDT
Gathering no moss , famine is raising its head worldwide especially in drought and poverty stricken third world Africa and ... more »
Friday, August 12
Join Cindy Sheehan in Crawford
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Art Acme
on Fri 12 Aug 2005 06:45 AM PDT
Cindy Sheehan is a mother who is making a stand, 4 miles outside the fake Bush ranch. She lost her ... more »
Drought Hits 7.6 Million Across China...CD
by
wali
on Fri 12 Aug 2005 12:55 AM PDT
While seasonal downpours have wreaked havoc across East China, other areas are still suffering drought, with about 7.6 million people ... more »
Thursday, August 11
Post Castro Cuba " will be a mess " .....Bachelet
by
wali
on Thu 11 Aug 2005 09:41 AM PDT
A top-ranking senator on the Finance Committee has ended a deadlock with the Treasury Department over U.S. exporters' agricultural sales ... more »
Gimme Able Danger
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Art Acme
on Thu 11 Aug 2005 06:10 AM PDT
In another " cover-your-ass " moment, so common in the Bush regime, Don Rumsfeld denied any knowledge of Operation Able Danger. As ... more »
Wednesday, August 10
Anti-War Film that Refuses to be Banned...Halbfinger/Wali
by
wali
on Wed 10 Aug 2005 10:14 AM PDT
In the present Chaos of the Patriot Act , many anti war documents and voives are not being heard . ... more »
Tuesday, August 9
John H. Johnson Passes/ Publishing Genius - Innovator..Wali/Johnson Pub.
by
wali
on Tue 09 Aug 2005 09:08 AM PDT
If you haven't known in the past that African American images have been institutionally negative and that publishing genius John ... more »
Sexing Up the Saudi's
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Art Acme
on Tue 09 Aug 2005 07:29 AM PDT
Osama Bin Laden, a Saudi, declared war on the Saudi Royal family, accusing it of deep corruption, grotesque prodigality, and ... more »
Monday, August 8
Japan in Turmoil over $3 Trillion Postal Privitization...WP/RNS
by
wali
on Mon 08 Aug 2005 11:56 AM PDT
In the continual war of privitization of government and nationalized holdings world wide by profit seeking government officials , Japans ... more »
Portable VOIP Research/Cutting Cell Phone Service Price ?
by
wali
on Mon 08 Aug 2005 12:53 AM PDT
I have been wondering since the inception of Voice Over internet Protocal , when will portable devices with internet capability ... more »
MIT and Kuwait Enter Partnership/Oil & Water Solutions
by
wali
on Mon 08 Aug 2005 12:23 AM PDT
Alluding to closer political and oil ties than ever before , U.S. technologies study and development giant MIT ( Massachusetts ... more »
Netanyahu Resigns..Wali/WP
by
wali
on Mon 08 Aug 2005 12:01 AM PDT
AS time has demanded the state of Israel to return back the lands it took from Palestinians and end military ... more »
Sunday, August 7
Pacifica Broadcasts Live
by
Art Acme
on Sun 07 Aug 2005 06:53 AM PDT
A new citizen low-power radio station- WXOJ, will go on air this afternoon on the Florence/ Northampton Ma. area. Amy Goodman ... more »
Saturday, August 6
Sixty Years After the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima...Penketh
by
wali
on Sat 06 Aug 2005 05:02 AM PDT
Today at 8.15am, a minute's silence will reverberate around the world. The people of Japan will commemorate the victims of ... more »
Good Reason for Voting Rights Paranoia...Wali/Hutchinson
by
wali
on Sat 06 Aug 2005 04:50 AM PDT
On the 40th anniversary of the famous Voting Rights Act signed by President Lyndon Johnson , we survey the death ... more »
Friday, August 5
WHO orders more tests for pig disease killing humans...ANG
by
wali
on Fri 05 Aug 2005 03:04 PM PDT
The World Health Organization urged China on Friday to conduct more tests on a pig-borne disease that has killed 38 ... more »
Drought in Portugal...BBC
by
wali
on Fri 05 Aug 2005 10:53 AM PDT
When water is scarce, it is funny what still gets it.
In the town of Elvas, in the middle of ... more »
PARENT ALERT
by
Art Acme
on Fri 05 Aug 2005 07:17 AM PDT
On the eve of the 60th anniversaryof atomic bombing of the civilian population of Hiroshima, one needs to reflect on where ... more »
Clampdown Chronicles
by
Art Acme
on Fri 05 Aug 2005 05:23 AM PDT
Cell phones are all the rage these days. Everyone has one, and the reasons to be on the phone multiply ... more »
Thursday, August 4
U.S. carmakers see midwest dominance fade..USA Today/Wali
by
wali
on Thu 04 Aug 2005 12:18 AM PDT
With the world textiles market taken over by China , and Asian cars manufactured in China hitting the states this ... more »
Wednesday, August 3
South Korean Scientist Clone First Dog...Verrengia/Wali
by
wali
on Wed 03 Aug 2005 08:40 PM PDT
Not withstanding the supposed outcry on the ethics and vulnerability of stem cell research , another extreme breakthrough has moved ... more »
Taser Time at the Sweet Sixteen
by
Art Acme
on Wed 03 Aug 2005 07:03 AM PDT
Jeb Bush's Disneyland state in the sun sure sees a lot of taser use and abuse. I once heard an audio clip ... more »
Tuesday, August 2
Crash Test Dummies ?
by
Art Acme
on Tue 02 Aug 2005 08:06 PM PDT
Ground control to Major Tom. Bring the zircon encrustesd tweezers and the space grout. Space stalwart astronaut with help of ... more »
Avian Flu Coming Soon
by
Art Acme
on Tue 02 Aug 2005 07:07 AM PDT
Pump up your immune systems. Little else will prepare you for the onslaught of the H5N1 pathogen. This is the ... more »
Monday, August 1
Colombia's Farc Attacks Intensify....BBC/World News
by
wali
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 04:39 AM PDT
Colombia's Marxist rebels continue to pile the pressure on the armed forces.
In a change of tactics, the guerrillas of ... more »
Latin American TV takes on U.S. Press
by
wali
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 04:32 AM PDT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new Latin American television channel to fight what his government called cultural imperialism ... more »
Riots follow Sudanese Vice Presidents Death...Wali/Al Jazeera
by
wali
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 04:25 AM PDT
John Garang was a deliverer of hope to many disinfrancised Sudanese citizens .
Thousands of southern Sudanese wielding knives and ... more »
Saudi King Faud Dead...Wali/Al Jazeera
by
wali
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 04:19 AM PDT
Quietly the health of King of Faud was left from the news until his death . The politics of Saudi ... more »
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