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For education & discussion only. PARIS (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton visited one of Europe's oldest seats of learning Thursday to praise high-tech tools that help make the world a smaller place while warning that they haven't eradicated hostilities between peoples. Speaking in the Sorbonne's domed auditorium, Mrs. Clinton described how Kosovo refugees now living in the French city of Lyon soon will be able to track missing relatives via the Internet. ``These refugees will be able to find out whether family members are missing or dead,'' she told an audience that included her daughter, Chelsea, France's first lady, Bernadette ...

There are two obvious lessons to be taken from this week's shooting battle between South Korean and North Korean gunboats in which one North Korean boat was sunk. Both are sobering. · The first is that the world remains a very dangerous place, even now 10 years after the end of the Cold War. Small countries still ruled by tyrants -- whether they be Iraq, Yugoslavia or North Korea, to name but a few -- have the potential of igniting major military conflicts at any time, conflicts that could draw in larger nations, specifically the United States. · The ...

First cloned human embryo revealed Details of the first human embryo to be cloned have been released. BBC News' Glenn Thomas: Scientists calling for change in regulations so research can go aheadThe watershed achievement in biotechnology actually happened last November, but more information was revealed on Thursday. It was achieved using a cell from a man's leg and a cow's egg. The scientists who created the clone see it as a significant step forward in the search for a way of producing human stem cells. These are "master" cells which can develop into any type of cell - skin, bone, ...

Too many high federal judges depart from their constitutional duty of being only impartial arbiters of the law. Some choose to ignore what the Constitution and law actually say, issuing their own opinions with the force of law. That has prompted the Family Research Council to call attention to some of these judicial offenses by issuing annual "Court Jester Awards" at the National Press Club in Washington. This year's "Invisible Ink" award to a judge "who sees invisible words in the Constitution but who can't see the words that are really there" went to Fifth Circuit Judge Jacques Wiener, ...

I got an e-mail the other day from someone urging me to get behind George W. Bush so that the Republicans could unite behind someone (anyone?) and, supposedly, win the presidency. I have said for months that I simply would not support George W. Bush. My decision was confirmed again this week when Bush announced that as president he would not have a "pro-life litmus test" for his judicial nominations. Of course, Gore and Clinton will put death-dealers on the Court no matter what, and make it very clear that this is what they are going to do. So ...

LOS ANGELES MAYOR HAS GROWING CONCERN AFTER Y2K TESTS FAIL Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has privately expressed his growing concern over the Y2K bug after a test at one of the city's utility systems resulted in failure, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Publicly, Riordan has been offering nothing but assurances that the city's Y2K problems will be addressed. But privately, according to knowledgable City Hall sources, the mayor has expressed his total embarrassment after a series of high profile mishaps raised questions about the city's ability to deal with Y2K. "I don't want us to be characterized as the ...

Like many people, Philip Lilienthal became sickeningly familiar with stories of gun violence in public schools this year. In April, he watched the news in horror as two students at a Colorado high school fatally shot 13 people with sawed-off shotguns, a semiautomatic rifle, and a handgun, then took their own lives. The scenes planted doubt in Lilienthal over whether his summer camp in Maine should continue to offer riflery to its 150 campers. Some parents expressed concern, too. How could he, in good conscience, take boys as young as 8 into the woods, hand them a gun and ...

Is George Soros really supporting the KLA? Is the International Court of Justice hopelessly rigged to do an end run around the UN? Can NATO ever be tried for war crimes by this court? FOX News Wire's Views section has John Laughland as a guest columnist this week and he answers these questions. CLICK HERE

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In case any of you South Florida Freepers didn't know there is a gun show at War Memorial Auditorium Saturday June 19 and Sunday June 20 from 9 am to 5 pm I will be there buying my first handgun and taking my concealed weapons course (being offered at the show at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm both days) Gene McDonald will also have a booth set up there selling his Jail To The Chief Stamps and Accessories So come on out and exercise those Second Ammendment Rights!

"Al Gore: father of the Internet, inspiration for the movie 'Love Story.' He raised tobacco, cleared the land with a double-edged ax; plowed it with a team of mules. Built homesteads. There's only one man in America with more life experience -- Forrest Gump." --RNC's Jim Nicholson Al Gore launched his presidential bid from the steps of his "homeplace" in Carthage, Tennessee, this week. Problem is, it's not. Though Mr. Gore claims to be a son of Tennessee, he was born in the District of Columbia, a fact his biography omits. He grew up in a fleet of suites on ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine president will not interfere in a U.S. request for the extradition of one of his friends, who allegedly made illegal campaign contributions to President Clinton, his spokesman said today. The U.S. Embassy asked the Philippine government on Thursday to arrest and extradite Filipino businessman Mark Jimenez on charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, conspiracy, giving false statements and campaign financing charges. An indictment issued September in Washington accused Jimenez of illegally giving nearly $40,000 to Democratic Party candidates. Those charges were incorporated into an ...

There has been a great deal of talk in Congress, but unfortunately not much action, on rolling back a 73 percent increase in the ''Gore tax.'' The Federal Communications Commission imposed the tax, which raises money to subsidize the wiring of some schools and libraries to the Internet. It is paid by phone customers, and the increase takes effect July 1. The tax is named after Vice President Al Gore, a staunch supporter and now a candidate for president. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, RTexas, argues that ''to require captive customers to pay the cost completely . . . ...

=========== NOTE: Translated from Spanish to English by: Jelena Karovic =========== From the Spanish weekly "Articulo 20" (Article 20, the constitutional provision on the freedom of speach?), No. 30, of June 14, 1999, about the NATO bombing raids against Yugoslavia and the role of Americans in making all decisions. The Spanish pilots of fighter planes admit that NATO attacks civilian targets. The pilots of Spanish planes who participated in bombing raids against Yugoslavia do not feel like "supermen" nor as masters of air space. Quite on the contrary, they say that our forces play to the tune of music played ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Agent Griselda Vidrio had just wandered into the U.S. Border Patrol's processing center after several hours patroling the weed-girded Rio Grande when she caught sight of the young Honduran couple and the seven-month-old baby in their arms. "You know how it is with a baby, you see one and you go up to them," Ms. Vidrio, a border agent, said. "The baby looked at me and smiled and something struck me. I knew that baby. I had held it in my arms. I thought, no, this baby has already been here." Ms. Vidrio's memory flash on March ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese destroyer mistakenly fired live ammunition into a residential area, and commanders waited four months to report it, Defense Agency officials said today. A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer anchored at the port of Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, 230 miles southwest of Tokyo, fired the rounds Feb. 18 during a routine equipment test, agency spokesman Shunichi Hatano said. The shells traveled over a residential area and are believed to have landed in a mountainous area six miles away, Hatano said. No damage or injuries were reported, and ...

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=========== NOTE: Translated from Spanish to English by: Jelena Karovic =========== From the Spanish weekly "Articulo 20" (Article 20, the constitutional provision on the freedom of speach), No. 30, of June 14, 1999, about the NATO bombing raids against Yugoslavia and the role of Americans in making all decisions. The Spanish pilots of fighter planes admit that NATO attacks civilian targets. The pilots of Spanish planes who participated in bombing raids against Yugoslavia do not feel like "supermen" nor as masters of air space. Quite on the contrary, they say that our forces play to the tune of music played ...

A Famous Victory http://www.jewishworldreview.com NOW THAT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC has made yet another agreement with NATO, the Clinton administration has declared victory and its media allies have joined the chorus of congratulation. Yet the question must be asked: What is there to celebrate? Who is better off now -- and for how long? It is not nearly as difficult to get Milosevic to sign agreements as it is to get him to live up to them. Now the Russians have become a wild card in the game, creating new problems from day one. We have NATO and Russian troops facing each ...