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QUOTED: “The statement is politically incorrect, to say the least, and
perhaps this is a far too mild way to put it. It is on the edge of
expressing hostility toward Roma. It is on the edge of the law.” — Czech lawyer David Strupeck decries a plaque proposed by a right-wing political group that would reclassify a Nazi concentration camp for Roma as a “collection” facility.
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QUOTED: “We have embarked on Operation Climate Change, to take over our oil and show the Nigerian government that the Niger Delta people are not fools.” — Brutus Etikpaden, a leader of a militant group that has taken hostages on a Shell oil platform in Nigeria. (Story #16, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “Arrests in Papua ambush boon to U.S. ties”
[o2] “France mulls looser digital copyright laws”
[o3] “Private sector is paying off for Ashcroft”
WORLD
[o4] “Sri Lanka: Media Targeted as Civil War Looms Large”
[o5] “Gas fields deal ‘short changes’ East Timor”
[o6] “Malaysia’s minorities unite against Sharia”
[o7] “Greenpeacer knocked overboard, Sea Shepherd out of fuel”
[o8] “Hebron closed off due to settler rioting”
ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL
[o9] “Zapatistas push for Mexican movement”
[10] “Anti-establishment candidate leads in Peru”
[11] “2,400 new poll stations trigger fear of rigging”
[12] “Young South Africans ambivalent about voting”
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
[13] “The last Zambian textile factories?” [14] “Lebanese NGOs criticize trade policy”
[15] “Japan gov’t says determined to protect farmers from free trade”
NIGERIA OIL STRIFE
[16] “Militants threaten to cripple oil exports if demands not met”
[17] “Nigeria oil production to increase by 10 percent”
VIEWPOINT
[18] “U.S. turns against Musharraf”
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“Arrests in Papua ambush boon to U.S. ties”
Asia Times, January 14, 2006
After an FBI investigation exonerated the Indonesian military, a rebel leader was arrested for the murder of two Americans.
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QUOTED: “As a Jew, they believe I have to vanish before Jesus can make his second appearance. As I have no plans to convert, I find this a provocation. There is something sinister about their embrace.” — Knesset member Yossi Sarid, on the Christian right’s plans to build a Jesus theme park on the shores of Galilee.
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QUOTED: “If there were refugee camps and you stopped feeding people you would be accused of murder … if you are able to provide aid to people in need, then you should do so.” — U.N. staffer Brian Williams said a decision to cut an AIDS program in Myanmar will kill thousands. (Story #11, below.)
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[o1] “Call for MI6 ‘abduction’ inquiry”
[o2] “Battle for a war story”
[o3] “Insurers may have overstated loses from malpractice”
NATION
[o4] “Gay Catholic students balance lifestyle with Vatican rejection”
[o5] “U.S. stalls on human trafficking”
[o6] “Some conservatives return to old argument”
[o7] “Tactic deflects seafood law”
WORLD
[o8] “Azerbaijan oil: a mixed blessing”
[O9] “French accused of Pacific nuclear cover-up”
[10] “Government defends arrest of Cambodian activists”
[11] “Health emergency looming in Myanmar political clash”
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
[12] “Solar panel use flares up on Peninsula”
[13] “Newer homes conserve energy, benefit health”
[14] “Homegrown fuel: a waste of energy?”
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QUOTED: “This wouldn’t be happening if we were white.” — Pukatawagan, Manitoba, resident Shirley Castel, on Canada’s failure
to clean up a decades-old diesel spill. (Story #12, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “Five U.S. Army Rangers sentenced”
[o2] “Investigation urged into west African oil deals”
[o3] “Taliban execute teacher in front of his pupils for educating girls”
NATION
[o4] “Poll work gets corporate twist”
[o5] “Consumers Union sees auto redlining; insurers denounce study”
[o6] “Meeting notes contend FEMA changes are for publicity purposes”
[o7] “Enlistment of blacks for Army service is lowest since ’73”
WORLD
[o8] “U.S., Israel strengthening Hamas – Latin patriarch”
[O9] “In France, a movement to legalize Web piracy of films and music”
GAY & LESBIAN
[10] “Spying on gay groups bared”
[11] “Gay soldier leaving Army after assault at Fort Huachuca”
INDIAN POLITICS
[12] “Packed in on a toxic Manitoba reserve”
[13] “BIA warned of shortfall months ago”
[14] “Delaware Tribe seeks to restore federal recognition”
ENVIRONMENT
[15] “Asia: Stark photos capture pollution’s deadly march”
[16] “DEP chief resigns amid investigation”
[17] “Pollutants ward off global warming, study finds”
[18] “A village flees for safer ground”
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“Five U.S. Army Rangers sentenced”
Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), December 20, 2005
The sentences were the latest results of the investigation of more than 400 cases of detainee mistreatment involving more than 230 soldiers. [o2]
“Investigation urged into west African oil deals”
Guardian (U.K.), December 20, 2005
A string of corrupt deals made $30-$40 million for a West African oil administrator, highlighting debt and reform issues.
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QUOTED: “The truly astonishing melting pot of race and culture that made New Orleans such a gem could be gone forever.” — Researcher Laura Ann Sanchez, on the potential impact of the resettlement of black families far from the homes they lost to Hurricane Katrina. (Story #o7, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “Bush fund-raisers cash in by giving ~ then receiving”
[o2] “Four Muslims unveil U.K. detention ‘nightmare'”
[o3] “Wells Fargo targeted over charges of predatory lending”
WORLD
[o4] “Activists’ destruction of GM plants was justified”
[o5] “Palestinian ‘third way’ rises”
[o6] “Pollution on Canada reservation is probed”
KATRINA AFTERMATH
[o7] “Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina resettle along a racial divide”
[o8] “Local food bank uncertain of future role with evacuees”
AFRICA
[O9] “Museveni rival to run in election”
[10] “Global criminal court seeks probe in Sudan’s Darfur”
CENSORSHIP
[11] “Zimbabwe police won’t release journalists until boss turns himself in”
[12] “Uzbekistan bars U.S. Radio Liberty reporters”
HEALTH & LIABILITY
[13] “Senate provision would inoculate vaccine makers”
[14] “4,202 silicosis claims tossed”
[15] “NAFTA Secretariat deems U.S. mercury emissions worth investigating”
VOTING ISSUES
[16] “Memphis paper finds dead voters, prompts fraud probe”
[17] “Frizzled chads?” – – – – – – – – – –
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“Bush fund-raisers cash in by giving — then receiving”
Toledo Blade, December 18, 2005
Industries that spent the most on Bush’s re-election benefited from tax cuts, bankruptcy reform, even fishing legislation.
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QUOTED: “I found out a lot of people either had bronchitis or some kind of respiratory problem. Someone in each household seemed to have a respiratory problem.” — Luna Brown, who lives in a mostly black neighborhood near Chicago steel mills, says pollution affects health there. (Story #14, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “ICC seeks legal ruling against U.S. on climate change”
[o2] “Study: Immigration database unreliable”
[o3] “Workers talk of hardship at Liberia’s Firestone”
WORLD
[o4] “Most tsunami victims still homeless — U.S. survey”
[o5] “Top Al Qaeda figures held in secret CIA prisons”
[o6] “Uncomfortable truths from Beslan probe”
[o7] “Bangladesh ‘militant leader’ held”
CENSORSHIP
[o8] “Protest to Libya after satellites jammed”
[o9] “Swedish-Eritrean journalist sent back to prison in Eritrea”
NATION
[10] “U.S. planned layoffs up 22 percent in November: survey”
[11] “Watchdog challenges U.S. drug war in Colombia”
[12] “Election as immigration bellwether”
[13] “Push to nix gay nuptials begins”
ENVIRONMENT
[14] “More blacks live with pollution”
[15] “Hundreds treated over Tehran smog”
[16] “U.S. accuses 7 of eco-sabotage”
[17] “Doctors debate level at which lead becomes harmful”
VIEWPOINT
[18] “‘Dark matter’ makes the U.S. deficit disappear”
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“ICC seeks legal ruling against U.S. on climate change”
Nunatsiaq News (Canada), December 9, 2005
The Inuit delivered a legal petition challenging the U.S.’s refusal to limit greenhouse has emissions on human rights grounds.
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QUOTED: “People here are so stressed out from being under threat of eminent domain. It’s like living in Iraq with a bomb threat.” — Dee Cunningham of Riviera Beach, FL, a neighborhood slated to be razed for a luxury resort under eminent domain laws. (Story #12, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “Total settles out of court over pipeline”
[o2] “Feds deny plutonium missing from lab”
[o3] “Feds to fund controversial school surveillance”
WORLD
[o4] “Bird flu fight undermined, smuggling of poultry continues”
[o5] “Polish gay activists rally a second day to protest banned march”
[o6] “Man acquitted of sexual assault was asleep”
[o7] “New Australian sedition law sparks censorship fear”
RAILCAR SAFETY
[o8] “Rails carry a growing risk”
[o9] “Railcars full of hazards”
NATION
[10] “Bush antiterror plans irk big business”
[11] “Feds back church’s bid to meet at library”
[12] “An eminent domain high tide”
MIDDLE EAST
[13] “Charity for Palestinian poor was siphoned to suicide bombers”
[14] “Sharp rise in number of women killed by men with licensed guns”
ENVIRONMENT
[15] “Landfill’s reopening is raising new stink”
[16] “Raw deal: Utah gets California pollution”
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“Total settles out of court over pipeline”
The Irrawaddy (Thailand), November 30, 2005
The French oil company pays millions over allegations that it used forced labor to build the Yadana pipeline in Myanmar (Burma).
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QUOTED: “This was an area that was once teeming with water birds. Now, within the space of just months, it has become an empty expanse of brown, polluted water. It is a water desert.” — Conservationist David Tecklin on the effects of a new pulp mill on a wildlife sanctuary in Chile.
QUOTED: “The fourth time that I tried to vote for Richard Romero, a check appeared in the box by Heather Wilson’s name.” — A plaintiff in a New Mexico lawsuit alleges touch-screen voting
machines used in 2004 were compromised. (Story #o8, below.)
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TOP STORIES
[o1] “Cause of mad cow disease may be found in milk: study”
[o2] “More than 1,000 Katrina children still missing”
[o3] “EU setting up system of spy satellites”
KATRINA AFTERMATH
[o4] “Levee leaks reported to S&WB a year ago”
[o5] “Volunteers: Police harassment of NOLA relief workers escalating”
[o6] “AIA warns against temporary fixes”
NATION
[o7] “Firm helps U.S. mold news abroad”
[o8] “New Mexico lawsuit delves inside voting machines”
[o9] “Justice plays down memo critical of Ga. voter ID plan”
[10] “Beating not considered a hate crime”
IMMIGRATION POLITICS
[11] “Foreign influx rankles some”
[12] “Immigrants feel detached from Mexico’s ’06 elections”
ENVIRONMENT
[13] “Red-legged frog may lose critical land”
[14] “Huge biodiesel shipment arrives”
[15] “Branson’s Virgin to go green for cheap jet fuel”
[16] “National energy corridors may impact Navajo reservation land”
VIEWPOINT
[17] “From here to New Orleans”
[18] “Legalizing the Muslim Brotherhood”
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“Cause of mad cow disease may be found in milk: study”
Canadian Press, November 17, 2005
There is a possibility that BSE prions found in milk and dairy can spread mad cow disease, tests on sheep have revealed. [o2]
“More than 1,000 Katrina children still missing”
New American Media, November 15, 20005
Most children separated from relatives by Katrina have not been claimed.