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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1105506
(AP)
“Water Taste Will Change in D.C.”
Apr 3rd - 4:16pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - Beginning this Saturday, tap water in the District is expected to taste a bit different for a few weeks.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making a month-long change in disinfectant chemicals at the Washington Aqueduct. That means customers who get their water from the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority could notice a slight chlorine taste in water drawn from their taps.
Officials say the temporary change from chloramines to chlorine is standard plant maintenance aimed at helping to keep water mains clean and free of harmful bacteria.”
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21501120-661,00.html
“John Howard bans Islamic leader”
Gerard McManus
April 04, 2007 12:00am
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “EXCLUSIVE: THE Howard Government has banned a radical Muslim sheik from entering Australia to speak at a major Islamic conference in Melbourne on the weekend.
Sheik Bilal Philips, who has been linked to the 1993 World Trade Centre bombings in New York, was refused a visa at the last moment by Department of Immigration officials, sources told the Herald Sun.
It is believed the department acted on advice from national security agencies.
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Sheik Philips, 50, a Canadian citizen who lives in Qatar, once wrote: “Western culture, led by the United States, is the enemy of Islam.”
The US Government named him as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the 1993 bombings that killed six people and injured 1000. He was deported from the US in 2004.
A second speaker billed to attend the first annual Australian Islamic Conference at Melbourne University on Easter weekend has been asked to show cause why he should be allowed to enter the country.
Sources said it was unlikely that Sheik Jaafer Idris, a Saudi-based academic, would be able to provide information in time.
Four other foreign Islamic speakers have been granted visas, including controversial Briton Yvonne Ridley, who has described suicide bombings as “martyrdom operations”.”