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Christian Bikers Battle Over Logo By JAMES HANNAH The Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A court battle between bikers may require divine intervention. The Sons of God Motorcycle Club Ministry Inc. is suing the Chosen Sons of God Motorcycle Club Ministries for allegedly trying to take over its corporate identity through use of the name, and a logo showing Christ's head with a crown of thorns and the words ``New Jerusalem.'' ``It symbolizes our identity and who we are,'' Sons of God President Thomas Douthat testified Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Michael Merz. ``We've chosen New Jerusalem as our territory, ...

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I">SLAMABAD, Pakistan--Contradicting weeks of official denials, a Pakistani military leader here acknowledged Wednesday that his nation's soldiers have been playing a major role in operations against Indian troops since fighting broke out along the disputed Kashmiri border last month.      The admission came as military and diplomatic sources reported heavy troop movements along the Indo-Pakistani border, suggesting that the two nations, which tested nuclear devices last year, may be preparing for a larger war.

Entertainment Sector Lobbies House By JONATHAN D. SALANT The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Anxious to defeat new violence labels and possible sales restrictions, entertainment industry lobbyists whipped up a First Amendment argument that found a sympathetic audience among a large number of House Republicans. A 48-hour lobbying blitz by the rich industry ended in success Thursday when the House defeated a legislative provision that would have required labeling of violent content in entertainment products such as video games. Late Wednesday, the House also defeated a provision that would have curtailed youth access to explicit sexual or violent material in ...

AP Reporting Philip Duran arrrested on allegations of providing a handgun to a minor and possessing an illegal weapon - he turned himself in.

e hate your guts." This was my hello from Mikhail Yuriev, deputy chairman of the Russian parliament, who in the next breath assured me that it was nothing personal. And without taking a breath added, "We like to see you dead." This warm response was in answer to a simple question: "How do Russians feel about America in light of the war over Kosovo?" When I smiled, Yuriev insisted that he and his country were dead serious. "The day you started bombing, the polls showed that 63% here would go to war for Serbia. They'd do it today. We hate ...

Quayle calls himself best 'alternative'  On heels of Bush's visit, candidate restakes claim Thursday, June 17, 1999 By GWEN FILOSA Monitor staff   Concord A day after Texas Gov. George W. Bush soared from New Hampshire, former vice president Dan Quayle stopped by to cast himself as the alternative to the famous son.   "I will be the conservative alternative to who the establishment wants," Quayle told reporters in Concord. "If we want to win back the White House, I should be nominated." And without ever uttering Bush's name, Quayle said: "Clearly the establishment would like to anoint him. This ...

Priest, mourners consign Baby Bede to God in protest against 'culture of death' Born in anonymity and consigned to a river that washed him onto the rocks of Neville Island, Baby Bede was buried yesterday, a child without a past, adopted in death and named for the patron saint of history. A 7-pound scrap, the baby boy turned up at river's edge April 11, his umbilical cord still attached. The Allegheny County coroner's office tried for two months to figure out how he died, where he came from, how long he'd been in the water, his race and his ...

Indonesian Power & Corruption In 1994, U.S. Commerce officials knew there was a crime in progress. The crime involved millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars being used to payoff corrupt foreign politicians. The Commerce Dept. did not stop the crime. In fact, the Commerce Dept. did its best to help the criminals succeed. On November 16, 1994, Bill Clinton and the late Ron Brown traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, for the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC). In Jakarta, Clinton signed deals to supply Indonesia with electric power using U.S. taxpayer loans. The deals were worth billions to U.S. corporations such as Cal ...

Let's see, the Bush's and Clinton were "supposidly" all involved in Mena and the whole "illegal" drug running-money laundering scandel. Right? So if Clinton knows the kind of scandel the Bush's were involved in, and Bush Sr. or W. know that, why would George W. run for president knowing that Clinton has the goods on him? Well, the Bush's could use what they know on Clinton? But Clinton has the entire gov't at his disposal to defend himself and has shown he does it very well. Given his proclivity for attacking his enemies, would W. take a chance that Clinton ...

The slogan at FOX News has always been "We report, you decide". Tonight FOX seems to have taken a vacation from their slogan and, in reporting on NATO-alleged Serbian "torture chambers", is allowing their reporters to inject their own personal feelings into the report. Fortunately technology has provided us not only with Free Republic, but the on/off switch as well!

The slogan at FOX News has always been "We report, you decide". Tonight FOX seems to have taken a vacation from their slogan and, in reporting on NATO-alleged Serbian "torture chambers", is allowing their reporters to inject their own personal feelings into the report. Fortunately technology has provided us not only with Free Republic, but the on/off switch as well!

James Rogan is a great, and brave Conservative and was a House Manager in the Impeachment of the great satan. He won his last election by the razor thin margin (LA) of 50.8%. And now the liberal freaks including hollywood are really coming after him for 2000. Of course clintigula and gorski are going after all the House Managers, but Rogan is obviously the most vulnerble. Send your cards and letters with checks to: Rogan Campaign Committee PO Box 36 Montrose, CA 91021. Jim Rogan needs our support.

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- KFOR peacekeepers in Kosovo found themselves trying to deter reprisals against Serbs Thursday, as ethnic Albanian rebels were accused of desecrating a Serbian Orthodox monastery and assaulting a nun. Despite the incidents reported by French troops, the peacekeepers sought to reassure nervous Serbs they could protect them. The monastery is in Srbica, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Pristina. KFOR spokesmen said Thursday the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from the Serbian province was proceeding ahead of schedule. But the shrine's desecration could hurt KFOR's attempt to prevent a second flood of refugees from Kosovo -- ...

Expert: China, Russia Fear Expansion of US and NATO Canberra, June 17 (CNA) Leaders in mainland China and Russia fear the expansionist policy of the US and its NATO allies following their bombings in Yugoslavia because they could use similar military force under the pretext of human rights abuses in Tibet, Sinkiang or Chechnay, a leading Australian political expert said on Thursday. In an article published in the Australian Financial Review, Professor Paul Dibb, head of the Strategic and Defense Studies Center at the Australian National University in Canberra, said the U.S. and its NATO allies "are in confrontation with ...

ALBANY, N.Y.--Hillary Rodham Clinton's identification with Eleanor Roosevelt has taken on a new dimension in her choice of top campaign adviser. Harold M. Ickes enjoys an even closer communion with the Roosevelt years -his father was FDR's hard-charging interior secretary and, in many ways, his enforcer. Like father, like son. The son, loyal, combative and at times perhaps a little over the edge, is devoting his energies to getting the first lady into the Senate. His father had tried to persuade Franklin Roosevelt's wife to take the same course but she declined. Rising from the caldron of the '60s ...

War, propaganda, and the proliferation of doublespeak have always gone hand-in-hand. As was the case during the Persian Gulf war, the NATO war against Yugoslavia witnessed a collapse of mainstream media integrity and a new surge of doublespeak in the service of the war party. It was grimly humorous that NATO and its compliant media partners justified the bombing of Serbian radio and TV on the grounds of propaganda service to Milosevic's war machine. In reality, the parallel service of the U.S. and British media differed from that of the Serbs mainly in their ludicrous self- designation as objective and ...

Two days with no Angelwood reports. This is worst than MTV. I can live without MTV. Ah, Ah, Ah, I want a report NOW!Those media pukes don't deserve a break.I hear the USSS guys are demanding cable in the guard houses because they too have sensed the level on entertainment on the Avenue has slipped to unacceptable levels.

SENSING growing Nato disquiet about its future role in the province, the Kosovo Liberation Army yesterday scaled down its patrols in the second city of Prizren. Most of its soldiers were carrying only side-arms and truncheons. The main commander in Prizren, Ekrem Rexha, said that discussions on his guerrillas' disarmament could gather pace once it was verified that all Serb forces were out of Kosovo. He said that for the moment the KLA command, now stationed in the former Yugoslav Army barracks, believed there could still be Serb paramilitary units and snipers in southern and western Kosovo. But the German ...

Holbrooke Faces GOP Questions By LARRY MARGASAK The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Holbrooke, nominated as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, faces a battering from conservative Republicans as confirmation hearings begin with a session on his ethical conduct. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., who has said Holbrooke's nomination comes with ``ethical baggage,'' is ready to lead the questioning today - exactly one year after President Clinton announced his intention to nominate the architect of the Bosnian peace accords. On Wednesday the panel's senior Democrat, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, predicted confirmation once Republicans vent their ...