NEW WORLD ORDER HEADLINES
The prospect of embedding tiny chips into personal items and merchandise has watchdog groups raising concerns over privacy and security
UK Serfs Give Warm applause for teen ID scheme UK teenagers are to receive a new national ID card "to prevent them purchasing goods like cigarettes and alcohol illegally"
WORLD NEWS HEADLINES
Parents' fury at scout camp Nazi game Parents of more than 100 Danish scouts were outraged over a game of tag at a scout camp in which children acted as Jews wearing yellow Stars of David and tried to escape from adults pretending to be Nazis.
Sixteen Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested in Spain Police on Friday arrested 16 suspected members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network thought to be preparing attacks, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said.
Immigrant smuggling becoming more violent Undocumented immigrants who hire smugglers to bring them across the Mexican border into Arizona are getting mixed up in an underworld more violent than ever.
Marine Anti-Drug Border Patrol Suspended The fiery collision of two military helicopters that killed four reservists has prompted suspension of the Marines' participation in an anti-drug patrol at the Texas-Mexico border.
GSA bars Mexican ID cards The General Services Administration has suspended recognition of identification cards issued by the Mexican government to its nationals in this country, pending an investigation by the State Department, GSA and other federal agencies
Mexico's insidious designs? The article "Mexico gives IDs to illegal aliens" (Page 1, Tuesday) should encourage Americans to question why Mexico is actively pushing for the acceptance of Mexican ID cards in many states besides pushing for amnesty and government benefits for illegal Mexican immigrants and for more guest-worker programs.
Rob Ronning: Fearful Paralysis Is Not An Option
Liberty Rogue: Pulling Out: Boycotting the New World Order
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POLICE STATE HEADLINES
Artists saw surveillance era coming Artists saw this coming_uncannily, even before Sept. 11. And they saw it in American suburbs.
NYT: The Right to Counsel
European Security Organization Criticizes U.S. Surveillance Law The media watchdog in Europe's leading security organization criticized the United States on Thursday for snooping on the private lives of Americans with a law passed in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
SCIENCE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY HEADLINES
Winds of change? Researchers mull controls on weather a small group of atmospheric scientists is taking another look, armed with a deeper understanding of how the storms and atmosphere work and with more sophisticated tools to measure and model atmospheric conditions.
Bug Chasers The men who long to be HIV+
'Bug chaser' AIDS story disputed A magazine's claim that 25 percent of newly HIV-positive homosexual men sought infection with the virus for erotic reasons has set off a dispute with homosexual advocates and public-health officials.
Doublespeak's parallel universe North Korea now makes the headlines almost every day, but instead of clarifying anything, the stream of news and non-news only confuses everything.
US warns North Korea strike is possible Pyongyang's breach of faith means all options are open to deal with 'blackmailing' state, says envoy
N Korea pressed for nuclear pledge South Korea is continuing to pressure the North to give up its nuclear programme during talks between the two sides in Seoul.
US NEWS HEADLINES
CIA head says agency not at fault for 9/11 lapses "I know better than anyone else the great efforts that were made at CIA before 9/11 against a very secretive and disciplined enemy," James L. Pavitt, CIA deputy director for operations, said in a speech.
ABC to Air 'Wife Swapping' Show Wife Swap is one of the most popular British reality shows and features two women who switch husbands and families for 10 days
Union Recommends Nurses Refuse Today's Smallpox Shots More than a dozen Connecticut doctors are lined up today to be the first of about 500,000 health-care workers in the nation to receive smallpox vaccinations under a newly launched bioterrorism plan
The message from the Bush camp: 'It's war within weeks' "The pressure comes from President Bush and it is felt all the way down," a European official said. "They're talking about weeks, not months. Months is a banned word now."
Has US offered India as escape route for Saddam? With the US gunning for Saddam Hussein, one possible "escape route" that has been offered to the beleaguered President of Iraq is exile to India.
Japan Urges Citizens to Leave Baghdad Japan urged its citizens to leave Baghdad and recommended all others put off traveling to the Iraqi capital, citing the possibility of military action against the country
US turns on 'old Europe' as rift over invasion deepens Britain and the United States dismissed European opposition to an early war against Iraq yesterday, saying that if military action became inevitable, plenty of countries would join a "strong coalition" to topple Saddam Hussein
Anxiety drives increased Florida gun purchases Gun ownership is still alive and strong in this country. Concealed weapons permits have routinely risen in Florida, while total applications for firearm transfers or permits increased 3 percent from 7.7 million in 2000 to 8 million in 2001
Canadian Students suspended for toy guns Three Grade 11 students at a Manitoba high school are suspended for at least six weeks after running through school halls pretending to fire toy handguns at each other.
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