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US NEWS

Empty Rhetoric for Veterans Many military veterans were shocked to see that the federal budget for 2006 makes several cuts in veterans benefits and services.  Under the proposed budget, the Veterans Administration will increase once again the co-pay cost of prescription drugs, while adding a new annual fee for medical benefits.  The budget also calls for the reduction of veterans home funding and limits the number of VA nursing home beds. Campaign Finance Reform Conspiracy “Charged with promoting campaign finance reform when he joined Pew in the mid-1990s, Treglia came up with a three-pronged strategy: 1) pursue an expansive agenda through incremental reforms; 2) pay for a handful of ‘experts’ all over the country with foundation money; and 3) create fake business, minority and religious groups to pound the table for reform,” recounted Sager. FBI finds explosives on Nichols property FBI agents searching the former Kansas home of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols have found blasting caps and other explosive materials apparently related to the 1995 attack. Recent News: Activists see deception in night arrivals at Walter Reed Hillary Supporters Gear Up Against 'Swift Boat' Tactics Ex-Clinton Aide to Admit Taking Classified Papers

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WORLD NEWS

John Paul II's Death Draws Crowd of 100,000 to St. Peter's Thousands of Roman Catholics, some gripping rosary beads and many waving national flags, jammed St. Peter's Square on Sunday to commemorate Pope John Paul II, who died yesterday at the Vatican after leading the church 26 years. Mugabe Plans to Rule Until Age of 100 A triumphant President Robert Mugabe, whose ruling party won parliamentary elections condemned by Western powers as unfair, declared Saturday that he would stay in power until he was 100. U.S. says Israel must give up nukes The State Department yesterday called on Israel to forswear nuclear weapons and accept international Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all nuclear activities. Jesus Might Have Been Homosexual, Says the First Openly Gay Bishop The Rt Rev Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church of the United States, said that Jesus was an unmarried, "non-traditional man" who did not uphold family values, "travelled with a bunch of men" and enjoyed an especially close relationship with one of his disciples. Recent News: Angola's Virus Death Toll Reaches 126 Pope Said Conscious, in Grave Condition Pakistan test-fires short-range, nuclear-capable missile

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NEW WORLD ORDER

Bush senior proposed that Pope John Paul II become "the chaplain of the New World Order" Will the successor accept the proposal to become the “chaplain of the new world order” that, reportedly, Bush senior made unsuccessfully to the Pope during the first Gulf war? Flashback: Pope calls for a new world order Board Approves Wolfowitz as World Bank Leader The board of the World Bank unanimously approved Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday as the bank's next president, a move that for the first time will put a Bush administration appointee at the helm of the giant anti-poverty institution. Recent News: Wolfowitz World Bank Appointment About Legitimizing No-Bid Contracts As Pope Nears Death; Has He Hindered Or Helped The New World Order?

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electronic tags for eggs, sperm and embryos Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is considering labelling all embryos, eggs and sperm with barcodes or electronic ID tags. ...[A]n alarm will sound if the wrong eggs and sperm are brought close to one another, for instance, or if a doctor attempts to collect the wrong embryo to implant into a mother-to-be. Human, animal cells, heavy contributor to air pollution: study Humans and animals contribute as much to air pollution as automobile exhaust and industrial smoke do, a study has said. Dandruff, fur, pollens, cell fragments, skin particles, spores, bacteria, protein crystals and fungi shed by humans, animals and plants are present widely in aerosols in the atmosphere. Astronomers capture photo of extrasolar planet The planet is thought to be one to two times as massive as Jupiter. It orbits a star similar to a young version of our sun.

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