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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the United Nations Security Council Thursday that the "progress" made at last month's U.N. conference on small arms must be followed by action against illicit manufacturing of small arms and light weapons. He also thinks glorifying guns is harmful to children. Annan made the comments as debate opened at the U.N. over what the Security Council could do in addressing how small arms and light weapons have impacted people around the world. He believes light weapons have heavily impacted the world's children, who face "death, injury or displacement; the loss of parents and siblings; ...

Joe DiGenova: Monica Lewinsky 'Whacked' My Wife Former Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney Joseph DiGenova confirmed details Thursday morning of former Clinton girlfriend Monica Lewinsky's physical assault late last year on his wife and law partner, Victoria Toensing. In an appearance on the "Imus in the Morning" program, the former federal prosecutor says the irate ex-White House intern "whacked" his wife with a shopping bag as she boarded a train in New York. IMUS: The big story initially was this confrontation between Miss Toensing and Monica Lewinsky. What do you know about that? DIGENOVA: Well, Victoria was up in New York. ...

FREEP this poll on Virginia's race for governor. VOTE FOR MARK EARLEY. Poll ends today and liberal Democrat Mark Warner is leading by 3 percent. Click on link above or here: http://www.political1.com/Virginia/virginia.asp.

SINGAPORE China's rise as an economic power will be a long-term plus, but in the near-term it will be bring pain to much of Asia, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday. China was "the biggest new variable" in the globalization equation, he told delegates at a New Economy conference. Asian countries, particularly those heavily dependent on the information-technology (IT) market are already "feeling the heat." Lee said that as countries jostled for pole position in the information age, 70 percent of foreign direct investment in the region was now being channeled into China and its Special Administrative ...

TABLE-Slovenian economic indicator update - August 3 LJUBLJANA, August 3 (Reuters) - Latest Slovenian economic indicators. CONSUMER PRICES (percentage changes) ............................JULY........JUNE......JULY 2000 Month-on-month..............+0.2.........+0.4.....+0.9 Year-on-year................+8.8.........+9.5.....+8.8 Annual average...........+9.0........+9.0.....+8.8 PRODUCER PRICES (pct change)JUNE........MAY.......JUNE 2000 Month-on-month ............+0.3.........+0.1......+0.4 Year-on-year............+9.8........+9.9....+7.1 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT (percentage changes) .............................JUNE.......MAY........JUNE 2000 Month-on-month...............-1.7.......+6.0.........+3.5 Year-on-year..............-3.9....+1.2.........+10.3 UNEMPLOYMENT................MAY......APRIL..........MAY 2000 Percentage..................11.4......11.7.........12.0 SLOVENIAN TRADE (millions of dollars) ............................JUNE.......MAY.........JUNE 2000 Trade balance...............-55.1....-122.0....-48.4 Exports.......................778.2........787.9......823.3 Imports.......................833.2........909.9.......871.7

Minju Joson on scientific exposition of root cause of Koreas division Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson yesterday carried a signed article on President Kim Il Sung's irrefutable clarification that it is the U.S. imperialists who divided Korea. The division of Korea was not caused by the contradiction within the nation, the article said, and went on: This is proved by the fact that delegates of the nation were absent at the international conference of the countries concerned which dealt with the Korean issue. Originally, Korea neither invaded other country nor was defeated. The Korean nation achieved the ...

Taiwan is less likely to procure more advanced weapons from the United States due to time and budget concerns, except for the recent arms-sale package approved by the U.S. government in April, a U.S. report said. The report was published on the Web by the U.S. Defense Weekly magazine yesterday, according to the Central New Agency. The report quoted a high-ranking Taiwan official as saying that "except for the arms sale package approved by the U.S. government this April, Taiwan is less inclined to acquire more advanced weapons from the United States because Taiwan needs few years to purchase those ...

A note from Tom Laughlin, Chairman of The People's Unauthorized McCain for President Committee Not only is this Draft McCain Movement unauthorized by either Senator McCain or anyone connected to Senator McCain, neither Delores and I, nor any of our friends who have decided we urgently need to start a Draft McCain for President Committee now, for all the reasons listed below, have had any communication of any kind whatsoever either with McCain, his staff, or anyone connected with McCain regarding this committee or our desire to have McCain run for President now. In the purest sense of the ...

ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization (Subscribe/UnSubscribe instructions near the end of the message) August 3, 2001 ALERT: More On nuclear weapons and the 'well-regulated militia' In our ongoing dialogue on "Nuclear weapons and the Second Amendment," an attorney who has subscribed to this list responded to Vin Suprynowicz today: Hi Vin, Just read your piece "On nuclear weapons and the 'well-regulated militia'" and had a question for you: If Joe citizen exercises his right to build a nuclear device, and turns out to be an agent of an enemy power, ...

While taking in the sights of Moscow, during my student days in 1978, I ran into an elderly couple from New Jersey. "What a wonderful country!" the woman exclaimed. "There's no crime. You can walk the streets after dark without being afraid." No crime? The irony of her statement was not lost on me. I knew that the Soviets had murdered tens of millions of people (20 million, according to Stephane Courtois's Black Book of Communism; 60 million, according to Alexander Solzhenitsyn). Surely this qualified as a "crime" of some sort. But I held my tongue politely. Arguing would have ...

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A small gathering of conservative activists held signs outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday calling on U.S. Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) to resign for having allegedly lied to police about his affair with intern Chandra Levy, who disappeared over three months ago. Members of the Free Republic, the Internet gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatives, organized the event, also calling on Congress to eject Condit if he refuses to resign. Kristinn Taylor, organizer of the mini-protest, called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to remove Condit from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and to force ...

1. "Frankly, Scallop, I Don't Give a Clam." (Seen on Cape Cod) 2. "That's It! I'm Calling Grandma!" (Seen on an 8 year old) 3. "Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up" 4. "Procrastinate Now." 5. "Rehab Is for Quitters." 6. "My Dog Can Lick Anyone." 7. "I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts - Do You Want Fries With That?" 8. "Party - My Crib - Two A.M." (On a baby-size shirt) 9. "Finally 21, and Legally Able to Do Everything I've Been Doing Since 15." 10. "ALL MEN ARE ...

Coming Soon Who has been working hard to steal your freedom?  Who has been leeching the blood of liberty from your very veins?  In a new feature, Federal Review will present a new top ten list.  Sure, there are more than ten people working hard to destroy the liberty that the founding dead white men attempted to secure with the Constitution, so only give us your worst.   Is John McCain trying to tell you that you can't support the candidate of your choice?  Did Jim Jeffords just betray his voters?  Has Sen. Clinton orchestrated the defeat of a nominee who ...

Prayers requested during week of 7/29/01 Prayers for Christian and his entire family Pray for Ben injured in farming accident Mr. K going through a child custody situation Mrs.LoneGOPinCT's mother in surgery on 8/02/01 Latest update on Grassontop's grandson's and father's situation Update on Militiaman7's grandson Isaiah Prayer request for Militiaman7's grandson, Isaiah LeeMcCoy with some decisions on work and school PoisedWoman's friend Jim Goyen with Alzheimers Freedom'sWorthIt's friend Earlene with cancer rushed to the hospital Prayers requested during week of 7/22/01 Prayer request for Grassontop, his son, and grandson Latest update on RMDupree's cousin Christian in critical condition ...

After a massive federal investigation and salacious trial, Kaplan and the prosecution came to terms Thursday, essentially ending a case that riveted, repulsed and wearied Atlanta. Standing before U.S. District Judge Willis Hunt, Kaplan pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying on a racketeering enterprise with the underlying offenses of interstate prostitution, credit card fraud and defrauding Delta Air Lines. Kaplan, 42, agreed to serve up to three years in prison, forfeit $5 million and pay up to $300,000 in restitution to credit card fraud victims and Delta. The exact length of his prison term will be determined by ...

Could America's Business Secrets Be Susceptible to Hacker Attacks? W A S H I N G T O N, Aug. 3 — The Commerce Department's computer networks, which contain some of America's most valuable business secrets, have security holes easily accessible to Internet criminals, federal investigators say. Senior department officials are scheduled to face lawmakers about the problems today. A report, prepared by the General Accounting Office and obtained by The Associated Press, states that the department as a whole was put at risk by the security holes. "Individuals, both within and outside Commerce, could gain unauthorized access to these ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The fictional president in Comedy Central's "That's My Bush!" didn't even make it through his first term. But he'll try for election to the big screen. The satirical White House sitcom from "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, canceled after eight episodes, will be the basis for a movie script, Stone said. "We're not done with this show," he said Thursday. "George W. Bush and the Secret of the Glass Tiger" is the proposed title for the film, which Stone said he and his partner planned to work on this summer. The plot was ...

WASHINGTON – As the White House and Mexican President Vicente Fox's administration discuss ways to legalize some of the 3 million Mexicans living in the United States illegally, congressional Democratic leaders rolled out a sweeping immigration initiative of their own Thursday. Eager to enter a debate that could prove of major significance to both political parties, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., endorsed a plan that would provide legal residence to millions of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere. Beyond the "earned" legalization for immigrants with clean records, the Democratic plan emphasizes family ...

(CNSNews.com) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the United Nations Security Council Thursday that the "progress" made at last month's U.N. conference on small arms must be followed by action against illicit manufacturing of small arms and light weapons. He also thinks glorifying guns is harmful to children. Annan made the comments as debate opened at the U.N. over what the Security Council could do in addressing how small arms and light weapons have impacted people around the world.He believes light weapons have heavily impacted the world's children, who face "death, injury or displacement; the loss of parents and ...

Among conservative activists in the Beltway, it is well-known that of all the Members of the United States Senate, you would be hard-pressed to find a more "true blue" conservative than the junior Senator from Oklahoma, Jim Inhofe. As a liaison between activists and his colleagues, Senator Inhofe has done an admirable impersonation of Gunga Din, carrying a great deal of water for the conservative movement in legislative matters.Because of his faithful service to conservative causes, Sen. Inhofe has been able to persuade many social conservative leaders -- who are often dispassionate on issues that do not relate strictly to ...