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Fears of 'extreme' TB strain-New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts
Guardian Unlimited ^ | 03 Sep 2006 | Robin McKie
Posted on 09/03/2006 12:15:10 AM PDT by Marius3188
Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, following the discovery of a deadly new strain of tuberculosis.
The strain - known as extreme drug-resistant TB - has horrified World Health Organisation doctors. In one outbreak in South Africa, 52 of 53 patients died within weeks of becoming infected.
'This new strain leaves us facing a nightmare,' said Paul Nunn, coordinator of the WHO's drug-resistance unit. 'It is resistant to nearly every drug in our arsenal. We are now on the threshold of the appearance of a strain of TB that is resistant to every medicine known to science.'
The strain was originally discovered by scientists earlier this year. They looked at cases of multiple drug-resistant TB - which has developed over the past decade in many parts of the world - and discovered that among these a worrying new 'extreme' strain had evolved.
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"Protesters Demand Argentina Govt. Stop Violent Crime, Radical Islamist Activity"
September 01, 2006
Vox Populi, Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More than 60,000 thousand of protesters in Argentina loudly demanded President Nestor Kirchner get tough on violent criminals including juveniles.
Argentinians say they are angry over the increasing number of violent crimes. Their capital Buenos Aires, was once considered one of the safest cities in Latin America. But in recent years, it has experienced increases in shootings on the streets, kidnappings, and daylight robberies."
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"Iran attacks Holocaust again"
The Australian ^ | 03SEP06 | The Australian
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ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA
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Friday, September 1, 2006
Malaysia: Tension Grows Over Christian Convert
By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (ANS) -- From mobile phone text messages to blogs and e-mails: Muslims and non-Muslims in Malaysia have been sharing their anger and concerns over how the country's judiciary will rule on the legality of a Muslim woman's conversion to Christianity.
According to Adnkronos International (AKI) an independent news agency based in Italy, the tension has been caused by Lina Joy, 42, who was born as Azalina Jailani, and is awaiting the Federal Court's decision on her appeal to have her conversion officially recognized.
Muslim women in Malaysia where almost 60 percent of the country's 26 million people are Muslims (Picture from BBC website)
Reports say that Joy is in currently in hiding after death threats from Islamic extremists, who accuse her of being an apostate.
“The case began when her application to change her religion in her identification card was rejected by a high court in 2001 who ruled that as a Malay, she could not renounce her religion and that it was a matter for the Sharia courts to decide,” said the AKI story.
“Last month, her lawyer appeared before Malaysia's highest court, the Court of Appeals, to argue that Joy's conversion be considered a right protected under the Constitution and not a religious matter for the Shariah courts
“A decision was expected in August which has now been delayed.”
In an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI), Muslim cleric Harussani Zakaria, while clearly stating his opposition to the conversion, called for a mutual respect as a means to calm the tension. “Whatever the court decision, the people must have respect for each other,” he said.
“This case has shown that people do not understand the Constitution. What they are claiming in court as her right to choose her faith is not applicable because she was born a Malay-Muslim,” he added.
According to some lawyers and women's groups the delay is deliberate and is aimed at diffusing the growing tensions over the issue that has seen individuals and groups defending her right to practice a religion of her choice coming under fire from Islamic groups.
In the midst of the storm, Joy counts on the support of the Christian community that has also appealed for calm.
The Malaysian Council of Churches General Secretary, Hermen Shastri, said Christian groups have organized prayers and vigils to stress on the need for peaceful co-existence.
“Personal freedoms and peaceful co-existence between religions must go hand-in-hand,” he said in an email interview.
“The current growing mistrustful relations between Muslim, Christian and Hindu in regards to issues of converting-in and converting-out of Islam must be handled appropriately, lest extremists may exacerbate the situation,” he added.
The AKI report went on to say that the Very Reverend Jason Selvaraj of the St. Mary's church in Kuala Lumpur remains skeptical and expressed worries about the outcome of the case.
“Religion should be completely out of the purview of the state. I am proud of Lina Joy as she has dared to take on such a big institution to claim her religious rights,” Selvaraj said.
“But among Christians there is concern that, if the case went in Joy's favor, there could be attacks on the churches,” he added.
Almost 60 percent of Malaysia's 26 million people are Muslims. Christians of various denominations make up about 8 percent while the rest are Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu.
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Saturday, September 02, 2006
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"NO. 2 FIGURE IN AL QAEDA IN IRAQ ARRESTED"
Reuters ^ | September 3, 2006
Posted on 09/03/2006 2:29:49 AM PDT by HAL9000
"NO. 2 FIGURE IN AL QAEDA IN IRAQ ARRESTED - IRAQ'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER"
Robert Spencer was mentioned in Adam Gadahn's little diatribe. Mr. Spencer responds to this in his column today.
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September 03, 2006
"'To Americans and the rest of Christendom we say, either repent...or...suffer the consequences in this world and the next...'"
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"Thank you for the invitation, Adam, and for your thoughtfulness in extending to me in particular a personal call. But I'm afraid I must decline. While I appreciate that I would be your "brother in Islam" if I became a Muslim and turned my "sword against the enemies" of Allah, I cannot and will not give in to violent intimidation, come what may, and I do not want to live in a society that bows to such intimidation.
I believe that societies that respect the equality of rights before the law of all people, including women and religious minorities, as well as the freedom of conscience, are superior to those that do not. I hope that such societies will be able to summon the will to resist you and your "invitation" in all its implications before it is too late.
Meanwhile, Adam, I have a preliminary invitation of my own for you: I invite you to accept the Bill of Rights, and enter into the brotherhood of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. My invitation does not focus on my religion, although I invite you to that also, but rather on a framework within which people of differing faiths can live in peace, harmony, and mutual respect -- provided that none of the groups involved cherishes supremacist ambitions to subjugate the others."
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Hezbollah's short-range Katyusha rockets
Haaretz ^ | 9/3/06 | Ze'ev Schiff
Posted on 09/03/2006 8:53:55 AM PDT by Jack_1
A large number of the short-range rockets fired at Israel from southern Lebanon were launched from permanent positions, the Israel Air Force discovered by chance toward the end of the war. The discovery was made after an air strike burned away vegetation, revealing a dug-in Katyusha position on a permanent launch pad. Additional permanent positions were subsequently discovered.
The two-by-three-meter positions consisted of a hydraulic launch pad in a lined pit. The pad could be raised to fire the 122-mm rockets from a launcher at its center, and then lowered and camouflaged with vegetation. The farmers received instructions by cell phone regarding the number of rockets to launch and in what direction and range. They were often provided with thermal blankets to cover the position in order to keep IAF aircraft from detecting the post-shooting heat signature.
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"200 Taliban Fighters Killed In Afganistan - Fox News Channel"
Fox News Channel ^ | Sept, 02, 2006 | Fax News Channel
Posted on 09/03/2006 8:58:42 AM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird
"Breaking news just announced - 200 Taliban fighters killed this morning in Afghanistan"
Thank you for the links, Cindy.
Surely.
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Caller claims US attacks by Japan's Red Army to avenge Hiroshima
2001-09-11
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AMMAN (AFX) - An anonymous caller claimed responsibility for the spate of attacks in the US on behalf of Japan's Red Army militant group to "avenge the dead of Hiroshima".
"An anonymous caller speaking Arabic like a foreigner claimed responsibility for the attacks in a call to our newspaper," the editor of the weekly Al-Wahdeh newspaper, Fakhri Kawar, told Agence France-Presse.
"He said the attacks were carried out to avenge the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.
Japan marked the 56th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima by the United States during World War II on August 6. More than 200,000 people were killed in that attack, while Nagasaki was likewise bombed on August 9, 1945.
Kawar, a former deputy, said the caller gave no more details and hung up quickly. "We take this claim seriously," he said.
About 20 Japanese companies have offices in New York's World Trade Center twin towers which were hit by two planes in the presumed attacks, Japan Broadcasting Corp. reported.
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You're welcome Gucho.
Looks link an interesting post.
I will read this today.
Thank you CallMeJoe.
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