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MOSCOW, June 29 (JTA) -- Ukraine has banned a Ukrainian Israeli business mogul from entering the former Soviet republic for five years for allegedly causing ``considerable damage to Ukraine's economy" through his business activities. A Ukrainian native, 46-year-old Vadim Rabinovich is an Israeli citizen and one of the leaders of the 500,000-strong Jewish community of Ukraine. The tycoon, who is currently in Israel, was quoted this week as saying that the June 24 statement by security officials was a ``mistake" that he hoped would soon be rectified. Most observers and some Jewish leaders in Ukraine are denying that anti-Semitism was ...

Memo To: President Bill Clinton From: Jude Wanniski Re: What went wrong? In your press conference the other day, I noticed that you expressed puzzlement that it took so long for the bombing campaign to bring Slobodan Milosevic to his knees. Your Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, told you it would take three days max and it turned out to be 78. If you really are puzzled, you should ask around, and you will find that Ms. Albright is incompetent at what she does over there in Foggy Bottom. She may be better suited to driving the tank around that ...

The leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA) probably won't think ''Investigative Reports: Guns in America" is fair. Their idea of fair is the half-hour special they produced and recently paid to have televised, infomercial-style, on TV stations such as WCCO-TV, Channel 4. It was part recruitment drive, part hymn to the constitutional right to bear arms -- even guns with more firepower than an entire platoon of Minute Men. The show played heavily on the notion that it's a short hop from registration to confiscation to a police state in which we're all forced to . . . well, ...

A suspect in four Bronx rapes, including attacks on three 12-year-old girls, was captured Saturday night after he tried to elude the police by breaking into a Staten Island apartment and hiding under a bed, the police said on Friday. The suspect, Rayshawn Aikens, 26, whose parents live on Staten Island, was charged yesterday with four counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape, and robbery, burglary and unlawful imprisonment, said Steven Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney's office. Mr. Aikens was charged after his fingerprint matched one recovered from the scene of one of the rapes and ...

8 pm---The CREEP attends Democratic National Committee dinner, private residence, Chicago...

Have you noticed how British Prime Minister Tony Blair has roared past U.S. President Bill Clinton as the chief spokesman for the New World Order in the wake of NATO's "victory" over Yugoslavia? It's a temporary aberration to be sure. The U.S., as the world's only remaining superpower, is simply too powerful to play second fiddle to anyone else for very long. But at the moment Clinton is a lame duck president nearing the end of his final term, with very little political capital left due to his various and sundry sex scandals. Thus, it's now Blair, who showed far ...

In the latest installment of the Spratlys saga, Vietnam on June 28 spoke out against recent construction on the disputed islands undertaken by Malaysia. A spokesperson for Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry reiterated Vietnam’s claim to the Spratlys and described Malaysia’s construction of a two-storey building, a radar antenna and a helipad on Investigator Shoal as "a violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty." The Philippines officially protested the Malaysian construction on June 24, charging that Investigator Shoal – which Manila calls Pawikan Shoal – falls within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone. The Spratlys, which control vital sea lanes and are believed to hold ...

From the Archives of Sharin Nowlige. The following is Not Legislated Law. However; It is a Logical observation on the NATURAL RIGHT of Self Preservation for EVERY HUMAN BEING! From Blackstone Commentaries, lll, 2, SELF HELP 1. The DEFENSE OF ONE'S SELF, or the mutual and reciprocal defense of such as stand in the relations of husband and wife, parent and child, master and servant. In these cases, if the party himself, or any these his relations, be FORCIBLY ATTACKED in his person or property it is lawful for him to Repel Force BY FORCE; and the breach of the ...

1549 GMT, 990630 Yugoslavia/Russia – Alexander Lebed, the Russian ex-general and leading presidential candidate, has warned that clashes between Russian KFOR troops and ethnic Albanian combatants in Kosovo could result in a "mini-Chechnya." Lebed pointed out that the ethnic Albanians will naturally perceive the Russian presence as hostile. He also said, "The sending of this contingent will more than halve the number of combat-ready troops in Russia. The situation in the Caucasus is such that these troops could be needed there very shortly."

Here they are folks, those who have been "honored" after appearing on Sunday's news shows PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLY Be sure to check out the "THINKING MAN" cartoon at the bottom of the page and the other updates. Following is an excerpt from the updated "An Outsider's View" titled "...And Victory for All". The entire article is posted at PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLY: So, this was the war to define future wars. How to "win" has been demonstrated by none other than an impeached, draft-dodging, flower-power hippie and leaders of an alliance that are either a collection of his clones or weaker, NATO enriched ...

The following is a condensed and somewhat abridged copy of this week's Washington Whispers column from US News & World Report --- which, if you must subscribe to a major weekly news rag, I heartily recommend over Time and NewsWeek. The Article title references the second item in the column, but comment on any of these factoids - all interesting stuff, all pleasantly surprising to see in the "mainstream" media (of which USN & WR is arguably among the better). My comments in italics following the items; apologies for any typos.The Price of Spin: $3.6 MillionThat wasn't cheap talk you ...

It's an ugly twist on an old science fiction theme: Would you use the body parts of an innocent baby so that you could live a happier life? Would you support a system of incentives to kill other babies, and process them like meat at a packing plant, for the benefit of a frightened Baby Boom generation terrified of Alzheimer's disease and death? Of course not. The suggestion is monstrous and dehumanizing. By comparison, it makes what the Serbs and Albanians are doing to each other look like a gentle game. But the science fiction scenario doesn't generate the ...

STATEMENT BY BIPARTISAN GROUP OF U.S. SENATORS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES; SUBJECT: NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE BILL ENROLLMENT CEREMONY SPEAKERS: REP. DICK ARMEY (R-TX) SENATOR THAD COCHRAN (R-MS) SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL) SENATOR JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN (D-CT) SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TRENT LOTT (R-MS) SENATOR STROM THURMOND (R-SC) REP. CURT WELDON (R-PA) THE WEST FRONT THE U.S. CAPITOL 11:36 A.M. EDT TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1999 SPEAKER HASTERT: It's great to be here for today, when we usher in a new era of American security. During the Cold War, our nation's children grew up with the collective fear of nuclear war. Schoolchildren were forced ...

Al Gore: A Soda in Every Fountain David Limbaugh June 29, 1999 I attended a school assembly in first grade to hear the campaign speeches of the two candidates for Student Council President, Don Evits and Pam Beard. Both were venerable sixth-graders, but what distinguished one from the other were Pam's promises. If elected, she said, she would put Coke in the drinking fountains in place of water. I believe that she intended for us student voters to rely on her promise. As it turns out, I didn't believe she could deliver on her promise, but I must admit that ...

Not for commercial purposes - for information & discussion only Eighteen Rooms With A View in Westchester By Adam Miller NEW YORK — The apple of Hillary Clinton's eye, residentially speaking, appears to be a sumptuous, 17-acre mansion owned by Democratic financier and Wall Street wiz James Kohlberg. Whether the first lady settles in North Salem or not, celebrity is no big deal there The 18-room, 10,000- square-foot home on Mills Road in North Salem, one of Westchester's ritziest bucolic enclaves, went on the market in the spring for a balmy $3.8 million. On Monday, the Secret Service came a'knockin' ...

DEL MAR, Calif. -- It was George W. Bush's first trip to California since announcing his presidential ambitions earlier this month. Yet, the Republican front-runner was still able to spot a familiar face. So what if it belonged to a complete stranger? Jose Canales of Carlsbad, a bedroom community north of San Diego, had never met Bush. The Latino Democrat just happened to be among the swarm of well-wishers who descended upon the Texas governor during Bush's Tuesday morning visit to the Del Mar County Fair. Bush is touring the Golden State this week, with stops in seven cities ...

(UPI Focus) U.S. reassures Turkey on pipeline By MARTIN SIEFF UPI National Security Affairs Editor WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) - U.S. policymakers have moved to reassure the Turkish government they still are committed to construction of a pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan across Turkey to the Mediterranean Sea. Earlier this month, the Clinton administration authorized a feasibility study by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency on the possibility of building an oil pipeline across the Balkans from the port of Burgos in Bulgaria across Macedonia and Albania to the Mediterranean. Reports of this study provoked a wave of concern in ...

THE OCTOPUS - The Tentacles of Corruption

Turks targeted in Germany after Ocalan verdict . 6/30/99 BONN, Germany (AP) - In the first violence following Turkey's death sentence against Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, suspected supporters firebombed Turkish businesses and establishments across Germany today. Damage was minor in most of the attacks, although one person was lightly injured in Stuttgart. Police in Bremen detained two suspects for questioning after three Turkish travel agencies in the city were firebombed. Both were Turkish citizens, and police said they were investigating whether they were Kurds. In Stuttgart, three young men threw fire bombs through the windows of a Turkish cultural ...

Washington— It was late in the day when the industrial contractor called. "We're ready to do business in Kosovo," he told the senior administration official on the other end of the line. "Who do we talk to?" The official paused. "I haven't the faintest idea," he said. "My advice: call Brussels." That was not the counsel the official had expected to give, but, he said, unlike the situation at the end of the Gulf War, it doesn't seem that the U.S. government has made ensuring U.S. companies a piece of the rebuilding action in Kosovo a high priority. Nor does ...