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Tuesday September 11, 10:47 AM Turkey's EU bid under pressure over rejection of Cyprus talks NICOSIA, Sept 11 (AFP) - Turkey's smooth progression to EU membership could be the principal casualty of a no-show by Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in New York when peace talks on divided Cyprus resume on Wednesday. Denktash pointedly and publicly declined a personal invitation from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for further discussions to resolve the question of Cyprus, which has been split since a 1974 Turkish invasion. "It has repercussions for Ankara's EU process," a diplomatic source here told AFP. "If anybody thinks ...

Groups to protestReno's Waco speech Will hold 'teach-in' prior to AG's appearance at Baylor By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com A pair of conservative groups plan to hold protests and wage a "counter-information campaign" against former Attorney General Janet Reno during her visit to a Texas university later this week. Reno – who headed up the Justice Department for most of embattled President Bill Clinton's two terms – is scheduled to speak Sept. 13 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, at an event known as the "President's Forum." The former attorney general "will address the importance of public service, as well ...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Redbook magazine'bending the truth'? Women's group: Article misrepresents research linking abortion, breast cancer By Diana Lynne © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com A women's group has accused Redbook of misrepresenting research that associates breast cancer with induced abortion and the birth-control pill. The article, "Seven cancer facts you need to know now," published in the September 2001 issue on sale today, denies the existence of an abortion-breast cancer link, calling it a "persistent rumor." The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer seeks from Redbook an immediate and prominent retraction of the article. Karen Malec, president of the coalition, said, "They were ...

Racists cry racism at U.N. conference © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Bravo Bush for withdrawing U.S. delegates from the United Nations Conference Against Racism. At the Durban debacle, racists cried racism and anti-Semites paraded their bigotry while condemning Israeli intolerance. A meeting of non-governmental organizations excoriated Israel for running an "apartheid/racist state,'' committing "racist crimes against humanity'' and conducting "ethnic cleansing.'' Conference officials are currently considering which of these smears to include in the conclave's final document. Even Secretary General Kofi Annan, who occasionally shows signs of brain activity, joined the assault when he commented it was wrong for Palestinians to mute their ...

Hobbled First Amendment © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com "Those who would sacrifice a little freedom for a little security deserve neither." – Benjamin Franklin WorldNetDaily has been leading the New Media revolution, boasting "A Free Press For A Free People." However, the reality check is that both the "Free Press" and the "Free People" have routinely been subjected to controls, caveats, and mitigation, which frankly should be prohibited by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Most Americans cherish the First Amendment to the Constitution with a near religious intensity. Freedom of Speech is accepted as pretty axiomatic. Actually, it seems to be the ...

Stanford professor buys nude club to fund research NORTH LAS VEGAS (September 8, 2001 2:19 p.m. EDT) - A medical professor has found a new funding source for his research: a club full of nude dancers. Stanford University's Simon Stertzer is buying the Palomino Club, Clark County's only all-nude club that serves liquor, and says he plans to use club revenue to pay for research at the university and in the private sector. North Las Vegas City Council members unanimously approved Stertzer's business license application Wednesday. Stertzer, who does research in cardiovascular medicine and pioneered a procedure to open clogged ...

KHARTOUM, Sept 6 (AFP) - The Sudanese government cautiously welcomed Thursday news that the United States will unveil an initiative of its own to end Sudan's 18-year civil war. The state-run Al-Anbaa daily quoted an official as greeting any US plan to reconcile the Islamist government here with southern rebels and northern factions "on condition that such an initiative be based on neutrality." The Sudanese government has complained in the past that Washington, which has denounced Khartoum as a sponsor of terrorism, has sided with the animist and Christian rebels seeking autonomy for the south. Following African peace moves, as ...

Here's the full story. For the record, I am AMAZED that Bush's approval ratings are this high, given all that's happened to him and given the media onslaught against him. If things turn good, his approval rating is going to be 70%.

Educating at home Editor's note: Each week WND.com's vice president of communications uses her many years of public relations experience to dissect a current issue and analyze the "spin" factor. The purpose of "Misdeeds and Miscreants," says Rebecca, is to "focus on the follies and fallacies prevalent in political posturing." © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com As I sit in my home office working away for WorldNetDaily, I find great enjoyment in the delightful background music floating through the air produced by my little girl as she softly sings in the living room. The delicate tones, original tunes, and creative verse reflect both innocence ...

<p>The Southern California Edison bailout plan approved by the Assembly on Thursday was a political victory for Gov. Gray Davis, whose previous inaction let the state's energy woes snowball into a full-fledged crisis. But what may help a governor revive his ailing presidential hopes won't necessarily lead to a functioning electricity system.</p>

Wayne County Meeting a Huge Success Submitted on: September 10, 2001 The Wayne County Chapter meeting at the Wayne County Sportsmen's Club went extremely well. Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano, Sgt. Jan Pierce from the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, Jerry Dziedzic Deputy Clerk of Wayne County, Representative Bruce Patterson, and Senator Chris Dingell were all present and spoke. The place was packed with a crowd of around 250 people. Sheriff Ficano assured us that he was doing everything that he could to make sure the process was moving along. He stated that the when the gun board meets they ...

townhall.com marijuana. September 11, 2001 Despite what pot smokers say, it's not true that marijuana never killed anybody. It killed Grover Crosslin and Rolland Rohm. Crosslin and Rohm were shot to death during a five-day standoff with police at the Rainbow Farm Campground in Vandalia, Mich. Cass County Sheriff Joseph Underwood Jr. said the men, who lived at the campground together and were free on bail after being arrested in May on drug charges, had both aimed guns at law enforcement officers. The confrontation began on August 31, when Crosslin, Rainbow Farm's owner, started setting fire to buildings at ...

September 10, 2001 Tough U.S. Visa Policy Angers Chinese Scholars By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL EIJING, Sept. 9 — Yu Jie had surmounted so many obstacles en route to attending business school in the United States. Born in a small coastal city, he accumulated a degree in international finance and a decade of prestigious work experience, as a business consultant and later as a journalist. He learned English and got high marks on the proficiency exam as well as on the standardized test for graduate school. He got family members to lend him tuition and was accepted by Purdue University, his ...

Meeting descended into near farce It was a bitter end to the conference that was supposed to foster racial harmony around the world.A hapless moderator tried to restore order as Islamic states bashed Israel and unruly African activists cried "Shame, Canada, shame!" in the final moments of the World Conference Against Racism."Disgraceful!" African non- governmental delegates hollered from the back of the auditorium as Paul Heinbecker, a Canadian representative, explained that, however repugnant the TransAtlantic slave trade was, descendants have no legal right to reparations today."Boo, Canada!" the crowd cried.By the time the United Nations meeting stumbled to its confused ...

townhall.com Marvin Olasky September 11, 2001 Remembering a President who practiced what he preached. One hundred years ago this week, on Sept. 14, 1901, one of the greatest American presidents took the oath of office. When President William McKinley died at an assassin's hand, Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him. But "T.R." never would have been in that position had he not followed through on a different pledge three years earlier. In 1898 Roosevelt, as assistant secretary of the Navy, had pushed hard for the United States to go to war against Spain. He had always said that he would not ...

On a Sunday morning in late July, as a heavy rain pounded the tent flaps, 32,000 Boy Scouts assembled in prayer. In a large open field next to the parking lot, some 10,000 Roman Catholic scouts waded through mud puddles in front of a covered stage, where the Papal Nuncio presided over Communion. Across the "Merit Badge Midway," Methodist scouts gathered next to a massive rappelling course. There was a Buddhist ceremony, attended by hundreds of curious boys, as well as services for Christian Scientists, Quakers, Mormons, and Eastern Orthodox. The day before, Jewish scouts had gathered to read the ...

townhall.com Maggie Gallagher September 11, 2001 Boundaries: what a chappaqua stripper can teach A little more than a week ago, according to police reports, a woman named Nicole walked into the Wiens' house with a bottle of whipped cream and some sex toys, looked around at the mob of boys and girls, and said something like, "Aren't some of these a little young for my act?" The rest is history, yet another chapter in the Chappaqua, N.Y., sex diaries. Chappaqua is a nice town plagued by ex-president jokes, adolescent sexual braggadocio (which last spring broke out of the locker ...

<p>Aunt Minnie is dead, at 91. She had an old-fashioned name and lived an old-fashioned life. It already reads like ancient history.</p> <p>Aunt Minnie was the youngest daughter in a family of eight children. She met her sweetheart at 14, married him at 16 and bore him two children before she was 20. She was a grandmother at 40. Three adult grandchildren and several great grandchildren stood at her graveside to evoke her spirit hovering over the family.</p>

GLOBALIZATION´S DARK SIDE Would a One-World Government Protect Real Human Rights?LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, SEPT. 8, 2001 (Zenit.org).- The United Nations is embracing a type of globalization that would radically redefine rights and the power of nations. Here, ZENIT offers an adapted excerpt from an essay by Michel Schooyans, professor emeritus at Louvain University, on the problems of globalization.* * *Exchange and interdependenceThe term globalization has become part today of our current vocabulary. On a very general level, the term has, so to speak, two meanings: political and economic. The two meanings indicate that, on the world level, exchange -- something that ...

1.5 Billion US-Dollar for Environmental Protection Opportunities for new fuels and new technologies DaimlerChrysler presents Environmental Report 2001 Stuttgart/Auburn Hills, July 30, 2001 The DaimlerChrysler Group spent some 1.5 billion US-Dollar on environmental protection in 2000. The major portion of this, around 0.9 billion US-Dollar, was invested in the research and development of hybrid and fuel cell technology as well as of new engines with greater fuel economy and reduced pollutant and noise emissions. The construction and operation of modern, environmentally compatible facilities absorbed 0.6 billion US-Dollar. Between 1996 and 2000, the fuel consumption of the Mercedes-Benz passenger car ...