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A recent article in the Jordan Times (Monday, June 17, 2002 AP) sheds lights and startles the reader on the current state of affairs in Egypt, even among the educated elite. At a seminar entitled “After the Demise of Israel,” that country’s educated elite made know its views on the elimination of Israel, in spite of what often appears to be the leading role taken by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in regional piece talks and in apparent disregard for the peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel over ten years ago. Relating to the title for the symposium, “After the...

Does anyone have any design ideas to help Southwest Airlines measure rear ends to determine who must pay double?

NEW DELHI, India - The drought-plagued residents of a small village in southern India organized a ceremonial wedding for two donkeys to appease the Hindu god of rain, a news report said Thursday. Dressed up like a bride and groom, the donkeys were escorted to a temple in the village of Sakkayanayakanur in Tamil Nadu state on Wednesday, the Press Trust of India ( news - web sites) reported. There, a local priest chanted prayers and led the donkeys in a ritual ceremony to propitiate the rain god, Varuna. The beasts were then led in a procession that ended with...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli television broadcasters are considering pulling the plug on the CNN news channel in protest at comments made by U.S. media mogul Ted Turner, officials and sources at the companies said on Thursday. Turner, founder of the 24-hour Cable News Network, was quoted on Tuesday as saying the Israeli military was engaged in "terrorism" against the Palestinians that could be compared to Palestinian suicide bomber attacks on Israelis. A senior board member at the YES satellite television broadcaster and a source close to the head of Israel's three cable providers, now engaged in a merger (...

Pentagon OKs Patrols in Philippines Thu Jun 20, 4:22 AM ET By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. special forces will step up training of local troops in the Philippines as they prepare to end the largest military counterterror effort outside Afghanistan ( news - web sites). The Pentagon ( news - web sites) has approved a plan to send Americans on jungle patrol with Philippine soldiers who are fighting Islamic rebels, defense officials said Wednesday. While agreeing to the expansion of a counterterror training program, the military rejected the idea of letting Americans stay beyond July,...

"Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story." That used to be a joke among newspaper reporters, especially when "their terrific story" - be it about corruption in City Hall or UFOs from outer space - turned out to be pretty ordinary after a little digging. The sexy little gift on the desk, it turned out, was a joke sent by the mayor's wife for his 50th birthday, or the flying saucer in the photograph was a Frisbee. End of story. But on the subject of climate change, too many reporters - and in particular,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supermodel Cindy Crawford said Thursday she was considering taking a multi-million dollar trip into space with Russian cosmonauts. "I would go if I could be there and back in a week," Crawford told reporters during a visit to the Russian capital. "If they invite me, maybe, I don't know," said the 36-year-old U.S. model, whose personal fortune has been estimated at more than $30 million. Valery Korzun, the new commander of the International Space Station (ISS) joked earlier this month he would rather see Crawford aboard the outpost than Lance Bass of U.S. boy band 'NSYNC, who...

The poll details: Yes - The program is about tolerance, not sex. Kids need to understand the destructiveness of hate."It is never a wrong time to talk about hate. It's just not. That's all our show is about. It is not in any way about the homosexual lifestyle. It's not even introducing the subject to most kids." - Linda Ellerbee, producer of "My Family is Different" No - It's a cover for promoting homosexuality to children. Nickelodeon has violated the trust of parents. "Nickelodeon advertises itself as a network that parents can trust, but this effort to promote homosexuality shows...

I write separately, however, to call attention to the defects in the Court’s decision to place weight on foreign laws, the views of professional and religious organizations, and opinion polls in reaching its conclusion. See ante, at 11—12, n. 21. The Court’s suggestion that these sources are relevant to the constitutional question finds little support in our precedents and, in my view, is antithetical to considerations of federalism, which instruct that any “permanent prohibition upon all units of democratic government must [be apparent] in the operative acts (laws and the application of laws) that the people have approved.” Stanford v....

A 5th Grade Teacher named Michael discusses his position against a proposed Constitutiional Marriage amendment.

<p>NOVAK: Paul, Pat Buchanan is one of the most skilled television people I know. He can handle any job. Can you imagine ABC putting him as the anchor of "This Week" on Sunday as they have a left wing ideologue such as George Stephanopoulos?</p>

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joined Democratic Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Robert Toricelli, D-New Jersey, in launching phase two in the continuing saga of a hotly debated yet somewhat ignored topic, campaign finance reform. In a Wednesday morning press conference, the senators proposed the Free Air Time campaign, a measure that would massively reform political advertising on radio and television. The stated goal of the first phase of campaign finance reform was to ban soft money contributions to political parties. The latest goal of the campaign finance reformers is to "help de-emphasize large contributions by reducing candidate's dependence on...

The beverage is commonly called Many Weed Tea. But its main ingredient is dried cow manure. The mere thought of a tea made from cow chips collected in a pasture might repel those accustomed to reaching for the Robitussin on a drugstore shelf. But in Surles' home county of Lowndes, elsewhere in the Black Belt, and even in Birmingham, people her age and some much younger have consumed the tea by the cupful and claim that it put their colds and fever to flight.

Graciousness is a virtue the American Jewish establishment has learned a lot about recently, but we can stand to learn more.For years, the Christian Right supported Israel with more passion than many Jews could muster. But rather than thank Christians and seek to deepen that support, groups like the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Congress, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center acted as private police agencies, rooting out any hints of Christian "intolerance." Intolerance was defined as expressing certainty either about moral matters (homosexuality, abortion) or about certain theological questions (like, "Who goes to Heaven?" or "Who killed Jesus?").When Christian leaders...

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NEW YORK (AP) _ The trouble started in the Barbie aisle at a Toys ``R'' Us in Brooklyn. While shopping, Donna McGrath and two other self-described transsexuals, Tanya Jinks and Tara Lopez, claim employees greeted them with a chorus of laughter and insults. On a second excursion a week later, they say, it got worse: Two employees threatened them with baseball bats. The experience ``made me feel like I was garbage,'' McGrath, 28, told a jury in Brooklyn federal court. McGrath was testifying in support of a sexual discrimination lawsuit brought by herself, Jinks and Lopez seeking $300,000 each in...

NYC on Alert for Emergency Vehicle Car BombsN E W   Y O R K, June 20 — Police and fire officials in New York are being warned that terrorists may be trying to acquire surplus or replica emergency vehicles to use as car bombs that could be planted near government buildings or landmarks without drawing attention. A law enforcement source confirmed a report in The New York Daily News today that officials were alerted to the plot when two unidentified Middle Eastern men tried to buy a replica ambulance at a northern New Jersey shop that builds copies of...

Who is that guest host for Rush Limbaugh today? And how many pots of coffee did he drink?

Republican will head US energy bill negotiations WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Billy Tauzin, who wants to allow oil drilling in an Alaskan wildlife refuge, edged out a Democratic senator yesterday to head the congressional panel that will negotiate a final bill to overhaul U.S. energy policy. As head of the conference committee, Tauzin will set the agenda for about 60 negotiators trying to reconcile the sharply different House and Senate versions of energy legislation. A new U.S. energy policy to promote domestic production and conservation took on more urgency after the Sept. 11 attacks. The Bush administration has called...

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