Bush Overruled on Enemy Combatant Case

AP

President Bush does not have power to detain American citizen Jose Padilla seized on U.S. soil as an enemy combatant, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

London: Police to widen the City's 'ring of steel'

This is London

More spy cameras will be erected, and the City's police force will recruit nearly 50 extra officers. The measures come into force on Saturday for a six-month trial period

9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable

ABC News

For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented

Chinese mega-bucks for Bush brothers

Online Journal

News reports reveal that Shanghai-based Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing, a multi-billion-dollar company co-founded by a son of China's former president, has presidential brother Neil Bush under a $2 million contract .

Call centers mushroom in India: 'Hello, y'all'

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Few Americans calling "800" numbers --- whether to seek a Citibank loan, to make reservations on Delta Air Lines or even to ask about their food stamp benefits --- would know they are calling India, the country that claims the largest share of corporate America's back office processing tasks overseas.

Ollie North's Iran-Contra Gun Runners Now Work 'Plan Colombia'

Common Dreams

Ollie North's Iran-Contra Gun Runners Now Work 'Plan Colombia'

Drinking Water Pathogens and Their Indicators: A Reference Resource

EPA

Cryptosporidium : A Drinking Water Supply Problem 

University of North Carolina

Several waterborne outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have occurred over the past ten years in the United States and a great deal of concern has been raised about this organism and drinking water supplies.

E. coli 0157:H7 in drinking water -- US EPA

EPA

Fecal coliforms are bacteria that are associated with human or animal wastes.  They usually live in human or animal intestinal tracts, and their presence in drinking water is a strong indication of recent sewage or animal waste contamination. 

Prozac, other drugs detected in streams and their inhabitants

CNN

number of aquatic and amphibian species are being exposed to small amounts of everything from Prozac to perfume to birth control pills that make their way into U.S. rivers and streams.

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Big Brother spies on Britain

AFP

In Britain, Big Brother really is watching you almost everywhere, according to civil liberties campaigners alarmed by the proliferation of spying machines in trains, buses, high streets, sports stadiums and perhaps soon even in clothes.

Soon, Marketing Will Follow You

Wired

To hear Paco Underhill tell it, the scene in Steven Spielberg's futuristic Minority Report, in which Tom Cruise's character is besieged by video advertising targeted directly at him as he walks down the street, is, even today, more than pure science fiction.

US National Anthem Opens Military Parade in Georgia (the other Georgia)

Rosbalt News Agency

The Georgian Defense Department said this was a demonstration of particular respect to the US, which financed the USD 64 million Training and Equipment military assistance program to Georgia.

Wolfowitz's extortion violates U.S. law

Online Journal

The FCPA expressly prohibits Americans from attempting to bribe and otherwise illegally influence foreign officials in order to seek favorable treatment in the awarding of contracts. Since the Coalition Provisional Authority is a quasi-foreign entity, Wolfowitz's attempt to bribe other countries into sending troops to Iraq is a clear violation of the spirit and intent of U.S. law.

Reserve unit commander says many troops infected with parasitic disease

AP

Some members of the Army Reserve's 296th Transportation Co. apparently are infected with a parasitic disease contracted in Iraq, the company commander says

Grand Irony: Solzhenitsyn congratulated on 85th birthday by Russian President Putin

Courier Press

Solzhenitsyn, most notably, is the author of the three-volume "Gulag Archipelago," the definitive and irrefutable account of the Soviet Union's extensive system of slave labor camps where millions perished from overwork, torture or neglect. Solzhenitsyn knew. He served 10 years in one.

UK: Govt Urged to Ban Tobacco

ITV

Bans on smoking in public places have already been introduced in parts of the US and Canada, Thailand, and southern Australia.

Date set for princess's inquest

BBC

The inquests into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed will be opened on 6 January 2004, it has been announced.

He crushed two prisoner's skulls with bones: Court blocks Sharon appointment

BBC

Ehud Yatom said in an interview five years ago that he had used a rock to crush the skulls of two Palestinians shortly after they were captured during a bus hijacking in 1984.

Problem-Reaction-Solution: Jewish settlers shocked and outraged that at least four Israeli soldiers were arrested for selling ammunition to Palestinian militants

BBC

Two of the suspects, both brothers, lived in the Adora settlement where four Jews were killed during a Palestinian attack on 27 April.

Soldiers 'sold ammunition to Palestinians'

London Telegraph

As she prepared the Sabbath meal yesterday, Shiri Shefi was haunted by the thought that the bullets used by Palestinian gunmen to kill her five-year-old daughter Danielle could have been supplied by a neighbour in her settlement.

US Urges Citizens to Leave Saudi Arabia

AP

Nonessential American diplomats and the families of all U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia should leave, the State Department said Wednesday, stepping up its warnings about risks in the country.

Bin Laden Approved Bombings

AP

Osama bin Laden personally approved last month's suicide bombings in Turkey but wanted them to hit US military interests, not civilian targets, investigators interrogating a suspect said

U.S.: ‘Credible threat' of major attack in Italy

MSNBC

Italian authorities have clamped unprecedented security coverage over the Vatican and other Christian landmarks after receiving a "credible threat" of a Christmastime terrorist attack, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Pro-Gun Group Sees 'Hollow Victory' in Arming Cargo Pilots

CNS News

A pro-gun group says a new law allowing cargo pilots to carry concealed weapons may be a "hollow victory," if the Bush administration continues to limit the number of pilots who are certified to carry weapons in the cockpit.

China calls Taiwan's Chen 'immoral', vows to 'crush' independence drive

AFP

China vowed to "crush" any attempts by Taiwan to seek independence, calling the island's President Chen Shui-bian "selfish" and "immoral".

Junk Science: Earth is 20% darkers say experts

London Guardian

Experts say global dimming is probably down to tiny particles such as soot, and chemical compounds such as sulphates accumulating in the atmosphere. "Data from 100 stations around the world show that the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere is twice as big as we assumed..."

First private rocket ship goes supersonic

new Scientist

The first piloted and rocket-powered craft to have been developed by a private company made its maiden flight on Wednesday, over the Mojave desert in California.

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