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WORLD NEWS

Israeli Official Acknowledges U.S. Rift Israel has the right to strengthen Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli Cabinet minister said Wednesday, a day after President Bush affirmed support for a peace plan that calls for a construction freeze in settlements. Rumours sweep Rome death was kept hidden According to the rumours, said to have come from sources in the Italian Government and believed by senior cardinals, the Pope died on Friday. The theory goes that conservatives close to the Pope decided that if they had an extra day they could mobilise many more sympathetic Roman Catholics from around the world to converge on Rome for the Pope's funeral. Japan history texts anger East Asia The most controversial of the new books was written by a group of nationalist historians called the Society for History Textbook Reform, and its first version, published in 2001, caused Seoul to recall its ambassador for nine days in protest. No survivors' in US Afghan crash A US Chinook helicopter has crashed in south-eastern Afghanistan killing 16 people, at least four of them American crew, officials have said. Recent News: 1981 attack on Pope planned by Soviets: Report Pope's Mystery Cardinal Could Be Revealed India and China are inching closer Russian official warns political infighting could lead to collapse Moral Decay and Absolute Decadence

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SECOND AMENDMENT

Florida Politicians Back Use of Deadly Force The bill "authorizes a person to use force, including deadly force, against an intruder or attacker in a dwelling, residence, or vehicle under certain circumstances," the state legislature says on its website. Recent News: ZOGBY Poll Shows Overwhelming Rejection of Gun Bans as Terrorism Solution

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cognitive therapy as potent as antidepressants: study Cognitive therapy can help as much as antidepressants in alleviating initial chronic depression and provide longer lasting effects, a study has found. Telescopes see 'distant planet' A European team claims to have obtained the first direct image of a planet beyond our own Solar System. Dolly Creator Wants to Work With Hwang Scottish embryologist Ian Wilmut, who cloned the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, has asked Seoul National University (SNU) professor Hwang Woo-suk to collaborate with him on therapeutic stem cell research. Advocate General declares food supplements directive 'invalid' The directive on food supplements, adopted in June 2002, stipulates that only vitamins and minerals listed in the annexes to the directive in the form of an 'approved list' may be used after 1 August 2005. Recent News: Coming soon: a PC combat game that shoots back Children Who Watch TV More Likely to Bully George Bush On Mercury Pollution: Don’t Eat Tuna Fish Computers Obeying Brain Signals

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WORLD WAR III

Missiles sold to China and Iran Members of Ukraine's intelligence service and two Russians took part in an elaborate plan to sell 20 long-range cruise missiles to China and Iran, according to a Ukrainian government official. Pakistan to buy four warships from China The frigates will be equipped with anti-submarine helicopters, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and other defence systems, the statement added. Recent News: Syria to Complete Lebanon Pullout by April 30

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ECONOMY

World Bank: U.S. deficits may hurt others Continued high U.S. budget and trade deficits could sharply cut economic growth in developing countries by driving up interest rates and weakening the dollar, the World Bank... Oil Slips from Record, Hovers Near $57 Oil prices slipped on Tuesday to just below $57 a barrel as speculators took profits from the peak of a day earlier and traders predicted rising crude stocks in the United States.   Recent News: Russia Banks on Europe Not US

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NEW WORLD ORDER

Hearing for Bush's U.N. Nominee Postponed A Senate committee postponed until next week its hearing on John R. Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, with a spokesman saying several members would be attending Pope John Paul II's funeral. NWO Puppets to Go to Pope Funeral Former Presidents Bush and Clinton will accompany President Bush to the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the White House announced Tuesday. Recent News: Bush senior proposed that Pope John Paul II become "the chaplain of the New World Order"

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