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OHRID, Macedonia (AP) -- Western mediators discussed deploying dozens of foreign police experts and officers in Macedonia to help carry out reforms if rival ethnic groups can agree on a peace plan, officials said Saturday. The Western-mediated peace talks plodded ahead, focusing on the highly contentious issue of sharing power in law enforcement. The issue is one of the most difficult to be faced at the talks, in part because both sides are far apart. Ethnic Albanian representatives are demanding that their sizable community -- nearly a third of Macedonia's 2 million people -- be proportionately represented on the force. ...

Sign Up for Free Mailing List August 2, 2001 Narco News 2001 Narco-Corruption at U.S. Customs Service Ex-Agent Files Federal Lawsuit Accusation: $250,000 bribes to let Cocaine Trucks Pass and Sec. Rubin Did Nothing Editorial by Al Giordano A Narco News Global Alert The Narco News Bulletin has obtained a copy of a federal lawsuit filed this week in United States Court in San Diego, California, by former U.S. Customs agent John Carman against the Customs Service Commissioner, the U.S. Treasury Secretary and various federal and local police officials. In the interests of the public's right to know about public ...

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2 Party at Howlin's ALL PREVIOUS THREADS PROJECT DAFFODIL-Updated Summary 7-25-01 In light of the Daffodil Principle where individual efforts over time add up to a mammoth contribution, we use this lesson as we seek to promote conservatism, the Republican Party and the administration of George Bush. Here is the link to the article if you are interested. THE DAFFODIL PRINCIPLE List of suggested projects: Volunteer/Get Involved in Republican Party, in individual campaigns Join GOP groups-Republican Business Women's Assn, become ...

SEC seeks data from Davis aides By Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writer (Published Aug. 4, 2001) Ramping up an investigation into energy-stock ownership by Gov. Gray Davis' energy aides, the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked some of the advisers for information about their stock trades, a former employee and a lawyer for one adviser confirmed Friday. Davis adviser Vikram Budhraja received a written request from the SEC on Wednesday for details of his "stock transactions for the first part of the year," said Budhraja's lawyer Stephen Kaufman. Elaine Griffin, a former energy buyer for the state Department of ...

BUJANOVAC, Yugoslavia, Aug 4 (AFP) - Two Serbian policemen were killed and two were wounded overnight along southern Serbia's border with Kosovo, the most serious incident in the zone since a May peace plan halted attacks by ethnic Albanian guerillas. The policemen were attacked while on patrol late Friday in the village of Muhovac, 16 kilometres (10 miles) north of Bujanovac, the main town in the area bordering UN-administrated Kosovo. Miodrag Miljkovic of the Serbian government press center blamed the attack on ethnic Albanian extremists. NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR), who had supervised the peace plan for the region, had ...

I just read a book about depression, Unholy Ghost, a memoir of melancholy. Noted writers describing the indescribable darkness that haunts as many as 12 million American women. I am one of the haunted. I think I have been depressed for years. It runs in my family, along with alcoholism and an absurd ability to deny the obvious. My aunt was mentally ill. She tried, unsuccessfully, to end her life. No one ever told me this; I found it out my usual way. I eavesdropped on the grown-ups. Even when they thought they were alone, my parents never used the ...

VENTURA, Calif. – In what could turn out to be a landmark decision, a Ventura County Superior Court judge ordered a Ventura couple to support their 50-year old son indefinitely. Judge Melinda Johnson ruled two weeks ago that James and Bertha Culp of Ventura pay their son, David Culp, $3,500 a month for living expenses because he is incapable of supporting himself. Mr. Culp suffers from depression and bipolar disorder. They were ordered to begin payments this month from their monthly income of about $20,000. James Culp is a retired trailer park developer. The Culps are appealing the decision. The ...

Free Republic has a rich history of activism -- we pull together when the going gets rough, and we're making headway! On behalf of Jim Robinson, who has so kindly consented to authorize this thread for the Breaking News category, I would like to invite you all to take five minutes from your very busy lives and make a phone call, send a fax or write an e-mail -- or do all three. Pertinent phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses will be listed together at the bottom of this article post. You can call the White House. Ask for ...

Bush is taking August off to fish and relax. Where is this guy's work ethic? Why is he so lazy? What sort of strategy is this? As the titular leader of the party, he ought to be out there raising money and pushing conservative causes with every bit of time he has.He's starting to annoy me.

  They say they don't own energy stocks Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento BureauSaturday, August 4, 2001 Sacramento -- Beset by charges of conflict of interest regarding energy purchases, Gov. Gray Davis' administration released letters last night from two high-profile consultants stating that they had no economic interest in energy companies. The letters were signed by two Wall Street consultants who were hired to help the state purchase power and negotiate attempts to bail out the state's two troubled utilities. Those two, plus about 20 other contractors, maintain that they are exempt from filing financial disclosure statements, which are signed under ...

Last month's rioting in Cincinnati showed us behavior that is all too common in the black community today. Watching the news, I saw a mob of cowardly and violent blacks looting and destroying their city after an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer. As I looked on, disgusted -- yet not surprised -- I noted some observations on this situation and on the black community in general. First of all, how is it that all these black people are "on call" for a riot? Most people have jobs and work during the day. The ...

When Carlo Giuliani's rage at the new world order turned violent during the recent G-8 summit in Genoa, he was hit with an old-fashioned response: two bullets that ripped through his head. Police forces are asking themselves if that kind of death is an inevitable part of street clashes, or if high-tech nonlethal weapons could offer a way out. Police in the future may be armed with energy beams that inflict a burning sensation on skin without causing permanent damage, or even painlessly and temporarily immobilize a rioting demonstrator. Waves of sound and light could disorient mobs, and sticky foam ...

See link:http://www.intellicast.com/Tropical/World/UnitedStates/HurTrack1/For latest storm track.Looks like the convection is starting to increase. May strengthen before landfall. See image loop @:http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-ir4-loop.html

Zionism is the political movement to return the Jews to the State of Israel, from which they were expelled by the Romans. For 2000 years the Jewish religion was focused on the attachment of Jews to Israel, and the desire and expectation of their return to that land. Zionism cannot be racist because it calls for the return of Jews of all natinalities and races. It has so far been successful in returning to the Land of Israel Jews from over 120 nations. Race and ethnicity plays no role in Zionism. It is a movement of Jews, and for Jews.Zionists ...

On Independence Day, I made my usual pilgrimage to Independence Hall to listen to the speeches and observe the ceremonies. At Washington Square, diagonally across from Independence Hall, there was the annual ceremony by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Revolution. It was there I heard an incredible speech. A speech about America and the Founding Fathers given by an African-American. A person whose ancestors were slaves. One might ask-why would an African American be giving a speech on Independence Day? After all, prominent African-Americans such as former Black Panther Charles Barron, pundit Julianne Malveaux, and Tennessee legislator ...

Tax revolt fever on the rise in Rye RYE — Revolutionary fever has drifted to Rye this week as resident Bettey Tobey followed Newington’s lead by starting a petition to revolt against the state. While the two towns differ greatly in population — Rye has more than 5,000 residents and Newington has about 850 — they are frustrated over the same issue. Both towns, along with many more along the Seacoast, are becoming increasingly agitated over a statewide property tax used to fund education. Under the state’s current school-funding formula, property-rich communities, or "donor towns" such as Rye and Newington, ...

State parole board official: Sampson earned release CONCORD — Accused killer Gary Sampson had a violent criminal record dating to 1976. He had tried to escape from the New Hampshire State Prison by climbing down a ventilator shaft. And he later broke out of a prison halfway house. But Sampson persuaded the state parole board he was a changed man and should be let out two years early in 1995 after serving eight years for theft and other charges. Now, some people are wondering whether that was a mistake after he was charged with murdering three strangers in 10 days. ...

All to often, crutches are very visible to even the blindest of eyes. It is a shame that America is on its "last leg" (so to speak), and those remaining in their comatose state...haven't a clue to what the cries are all about. Our Founding Fathers turn in their graves at the sheep being led to the slaughter. Freedom rings from the mouths of those American Patriots, who try in vain to reach the multitudes...and fail at every turn. Failure will not be the crutch...this and many more American Patriots Stand on. No Sir! Failure will not be the ...

Kilgore proposes law requiring DNA samples from arrests Web posted Saturday, Aug.  4, 2001 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican attorney general candidate Jerry Kilgore proposed boosting Virginia's DNA crime-solving capability by requiring DNA samples from people at their arrest and acquiring sophisticated and costly new genetic testing technology. Kilgore, who was secretary of public safety in Gov. George Allen's administration, said Friday the increase in the number of crimes solved through DNA analysis, increasing dramatically with each passing year, justifies his requests. He said he would ask the Legislature to provide about $7 million to $8 million to continue wiping out ...

Teen gets 100 days in snowmobiler’s death; victim's father leaves courtroom KEENE — The life of the Jaffrey snowmobiler killed last February by a teenage prank “isn’t worth much to the court,” said the dead man’s sister yesterday at the sentencing for Andrew Peterson, 18, who was the ringleader in the incident. He was sentenced to 100 days in jail. John B. Dupre died when he crashed into a tree that Peterson and two other teens had cut down along a snowmobile trail. When it became clear that Peterson would not receive a lengthy jail sentence, Dupre’s angry father, Richard ...