Posted on 06/03/2003 9:14:06 PM PDT by null and void
French media reported 17 people were injured in the blast, at least one seriously.
A statement from the fire brigade said the blast occurred shortly before noon (1000 GMT ) on Rue d' Uzes in the second district of the French capital.
A fire followed the explosion, which took place in a workshop, according to the statement. Fire and police officials said the explosion was likely caused by gas and was not deliberate.
The interior of building was ruined, and at least six people were injured, including three seriously, but the number was expected to rise, the statement said.
Christian Decolloredo, a fire service spokesman, told a Reuters reporter at the scene that 17 people had been injured, including three seriously. Paris police confirmed those figures.
Damn that Chirac!!!!
Too much cheese?
Ah, Petah, biased as always.
Blair's Government to Cooperate With Iraqi Weapons InquiryLONDON — British Prime Minister Tony Blair, under fire from lawmakers over the failure to find Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, said Wednesday that the government will cooperate with a parliamentary probe into the intelligence on Iraqi arms that he used to justify war.Blair said the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee had contacted the government early last month to conduct an inquiry into intelligence on Iraq.
"I welcome this," Blair told the House of Commons. "I can assure the House the government will cooperate fully with it."
Zimbabwe activist 'dies from torture'Has anyone seen Congolese news this week?Zimbabwe's main opposition group says that one of its members has died after being tortured by police officials and soldiers.Tichaona Kaguru was taken away from the house of a Movement for Democratic Change councillor in Harare, and later died in a city centre hospital, the MDC says.
The police have arrested more than 300 MDC supporters and officials during this week's strike, intended to drive President Robert Mugabe out of power.
In the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba, US President George W Bush is meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers to discuss the roadmap for peace.The summit is taking place at King Abdullah's summer palace and aims at kicking off the practical implementation of the roadmap to Middle East peace.
President Bush's involvement is seen as crucial to pressing both sides to make major concessions.
Israel is likely to announce the dismantling of about 10 illegal settlement outposts and its willingness to establish a Palestinian state with territorial continuity.
Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen may call for an end to the violence against Israelis.
While both the Arab and western world hope for a successful outcome, Israeli security operatives say they have received more than 60 terrorist warnings in the past hours and the state remains on high alert.
Washington - The United States' image abroad, bad before the war against Iraq, has plunged further in its aftermath, according to a survey released yesterday.PE-YEW! Ask me if I care. Better to be feared than to be loved.The poll, conducted in 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, found softening international support for the war on terrorism, growing fear in several countries that they will be attacked by the United States, and an expansion of deep distrust among Muslims of President George W. Bush and his policies.
CANBERRA, June 4 — French President Jacques Chirac has postponed plans to visit Australia next month so as to join a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tahiti, but France denied claims the move was a snub because of differences over Iraq.
AQABA, Jordan (AP) -- The new Palestinian leader on Wednesday renounced all terrorism against Israel, a crucial step sought by President Bush as he brought the two sides together in a bid to advance Middle East peace.Uh-oh, didn't Arafat call for more suicide bombings just yesterday?"We repeat our denunciation and renunciation of terrorism against the Israelis wherever they might be," Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said, standing at a podium alongside Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Abbas also promised to "act vigorously" against incitement and hatred against Israel, including using Palestinian security forces.
Abbas, calling such violence inconsistent with Palestinians' Islamic faith and the establishment of an independent state they have long sought, also pledged to end "the militarization of the intefadeh."
Have you found an employer "worthy" of your abilities?
Will miss all your info..... but I am sure you will wecome a paycheck !!!
Ah, those were the days.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. Army engineers used bulldozers, backhoes and other equipment to dig through a rubble-filled crater Wednesday, trying to determine if Saddam Hussein died in an April 7 airstrike on a house where he was believed to be hiding.The site was attacked two days before U.S. forces took control of the capital. The U.S. military said at the time that it had reliable information that Saddam and members of his family and entourage were there.
"For us to expend the amount of money it took to destroy this place, it must have been a key target," said Maj. Scott Slaten of the newly arrived 1st Armored Division, which is now assuming responsibility for Baghdad.
An engineering unit of the Utah National Guard was excavating the site and moving the rubble to an undisclosed location to be examined for human remains, Slaten said.
Liberals remain adamant that nuclear weapons are more dangerous in our hands than in the hands of our enemies. They're in a high fever over the Pentagon's plans to research precision-battlefield nuclear weapons, and don't even seem to care that the terrorist regime in Iran may be able to mass-produce nukes much sooner than anyone expected — maybe in a matter of months.Congress just lifted the decade-old ban on research on low-yield battlefield nuclear weapons, and authorized $15 million for research on a nuclear "bunker buster" that could be used against targets buried far too deep for current weapons to reach. For all the hyperventilating by the Dems and the media, you'd think Gen. Jack D. Ripper was chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Teddy Kennedy objected, saying, "You're either for nuclear war or you're not. Either you want to make it easier to start using nuclear weapons or you don't." Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said, "This bill is a declaration that America is about to launch a nuclear-arms race in the world again."
Yeah, that's suprising /heavy sarcasm. They couldn't even agree on a resolution supporting our troops!
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