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British investigators flew to America to rescue a six-year-old girl who was being repeatedly raped on video by her father for the gratification of members of a highly secretive internet paedophile ring.Officers from the national high-tech crime unit discovered the girl’s ordeal - video footage of which was placed on an encrypted website - after the seizure of a computer in Bradford, West Yorks.Two officers flew to the US and, with FBI agents, local police and a child protection team, raided a house in Georgia. The girl, an only child, was at home with her married parents.A large amount of...

What is the time-span of the word 'temporary?' Is it one week, one month, one year or one decade? Judging by the indifference of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution towards 'Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions' contained in Part XXI of our Constitution, even half a century would seem to justify the label of 'temporary.' Consequently, NCRWC's recommendations to the government early last month didn't contain anything that would disturb the status of Article 370 which -- applicable exclusively to Jammu and Kashmir State -- has remained a "Temporary" provision right from the time our Constitution...

w w w . h a a r e t z d a i l y . c o m The taming of the emperor The speech by U.S. President George W. Bush once again raised the question: What will be Arafat's fate? Should he be harmed physically, exiled, or perhaps left as the head of the Palestinian Authority in a symbolic role, without any powers. This last solution has already been tried by the Americans in a totally different context, with considerable success. On September 2, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, led by U.S. General Douglas...

DALLAS (AP) - The way Kay Johnson sees it, if public school parents want to send their children to private schools, that's fine. She adds one detail. "They should pay for it," says the Spanish teacher from Oconto, Wis. Teachers gathering this week for the National Education Association's annual conference criticized last week's Supreme Court ruling that declared Cleveland's voucher program constitutional, saying such programs, if adopted nationwide, would hurt public schools. "That is money that is earmarked for public education," said Cheryl Parker, a librarian in El Reno, Okla. Noting that public schools accept all students, she and others...

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<p>Though no arraignment was held, the case can go on, the judge says.</p> <p>A Sacramento federal judge decided Monday that the marijuana-growing trial of Bryan James Epis will continue, even though he has not entered a plea.</p> <p>U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. ruled that the lack of an arraignment did not prejudice Epis because he and his attorneys knew of the grand jury indictment that replaced one with essentially the same charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.</p>

The United States proposed a compromise Tuesday to keep American peacekeepers from being prosecuted by the new international war crimes tribunal and avoid a threatened halt to U.N. peacekeeping in Bosnia. There was no immediate reaction from the 14 other members of the U.N. Security Council, who overwhelmingly support the International Criminal Court which officially came into existence on Monday. But Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, said even though the U.S. proposal doesn't use the word "immunity" its effect would be to give permanent immunity to peacekeepers from countries which aren't parties to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is likely to report modest export growth and persistent deflation in the first half of 2002 as a slow global economy and rising joblessness challenge the economy, a state newspaper on Tuesday quoted analysts as saying. China's exports were seen having grown 12 percent in the first half of 2002, behind the 13.2 percent pace in the first five months but better than last year's 6.8 percent, analyst Yan Xianpu of the State Statistical Bureau, wrote in the official Business Weekly. Imports were expected to have grown by 11 percent in the first half compared with...

Let's face it - America is a confused nation. Granted, we've always been confused about some things - the metric system, for instance - but in recent days, nearly everyone is befuddled with how to continue living their daily lives in the Age of Terror in America. Since September 11, 2001, the repeated message of the federal government to the American citizens is to 'continue living your lives normally' while continuing to 'be on alert' for anything 'out of the ordinary' that might indicate a potential terrorist act in the making. While this sounds meaningful and a necessary part of...

NEW YORK, Jul 02, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- There will be no grilled Martha Stewart on "The Early Show" on CBS Wednesday. The domestic diva cancelled her appearance on the CBS morning news program late Tuesday after being told she would be asked about the investigation into her stock dealings. She had been booked to talk about ice box desserts. It means there will be no repeat of her memorable appearance on the program last week, when Stewart continued to chop cabbage for a salad as host Jane Clayson asked her questions about alleged insider trading. "I...

CHILD SAFETY TOPS AGENDA FOR NEW MEXICO GUN RIGHTS GROUP Group will focus on measures to reduce gun violence among children ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 2 – The New Mexico Gun Owner’s Forum unveiled today the group’s legislative agenda for the 2003 legislative session. Included at the top of the list are several measures designed to reduce the number of gun related injuries and deaths among children. “Data shows that children are vulnerable when it comes to accidental injury or death with firearms,” said David Ware, Founder of the Forum. “Our top priority is to reduce those numbers significantly through...

Westerfield attorney's begin defense By Jeff Dillon and Steve PerezSIGNONSANDIEGO July 2, 2002 A recovery dog behaved normally during an inspection of the motor home of murder defendant David Westerfield, a police investigator testified at the outset of the defendant's case this afternoon. Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday morning against the man accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, but the judge said there is an unspecified witness the prosecution may call before the trial ends. Attorneys for Westerfield began calling defense witnesses this afternoon. Dog's behavior recounted San Diego police homicide investigator James Tomsovic was the...

HAVANA - The National Assembly on Tuesday postponed its first regular session since organizers of a reform petition delivered more than 11,000 signatures to the unicameral parliament seeking a referendum. A short note on the front page of the Communist Party daily Granma said only that the regular parliamentary session scheduled for Friday had been "suspended until a future date." It gave no further explanation and did not set a new date. The National Assembly had not announced an agenda for the meeting, but it also has not responded publicly to the petitions that organizers of the so-called Varela Project...

OSLO (Reuters) - Greek cuisine and plenty of sex help to ensure a long and healthy life, and to keep cancer and heart disease at bay, a cancer expert said on Tuesday. "It looks like the Greek diet in many ways is the optimum diet," Harvard professor Walter Willett told Reuters at an international cancer congress in Oslo. A Greek diet--with plenty of fruit and vegetables all year round and olive oil instead of butter and lard--was the best way to keep a range of cancers at bay, while the sturdy diet of northern Europe was like a ticking bomb,...

President Highlights Compassionate Conservative Agenda for Inner Cities 7/01/02"Thank you very much for that warm welcome. I'm feeling great, by the way. (Laughter.) And I'm glad I'm here. And thank you all for coming. "We've just come from a discussion of community leaders all involved with trying to make Cleveland a compassionate, decent place for every citizen. Some were democrats, some were republicans -- all of them Americans. (Applause.) "All of them Americans who understand that out of the evil done to America can come some incredible good; that by loving a neighbor just like you'd like to be loved...

Martina: The Czech Wreck The Championships at Wimbledon are underway, an event that usually puts me in a fantastic mood. I grew up rooting for such superstars (and personalities) as Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, and Martina Navratilova. These role models helped mold my left-handed serve-and-volley game during my teen years. While on the court, I would imagine that I was returning serve like Jimmy, charging the net like Martina, and volleying like Mac the Knife. As I have grown older, I have learned more about who these people actually are. And last week, I received confirmation of what I feared...

St. Michael is one of only three great Archangels mentioned in Christian scriptures.Michael's name means, "who is as God," which can be thought of as a question for us to answer. This Celestial General of the heavenly hosts is renowned in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish faiths. Michael is the leader of the angels who remained faithful to God during the Great War of Heaven, when Lucifer strove against his Creator. As the leader of the angelic hosts, he overcame Lucifer and his followers and cast them out of heaven. "And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and...

<p>BOSTON -- Two young children were found slain on Tuesday and later their mother was fatally shot by police after threatening officers with a knife, according to a police spokeswoman.</p> <p>Police responding to a domestic disturbance at the home in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood found the unidentified boy and girl -- their throats slashed -- in the basement at 3:50 p.m., police spokeswoman Mariellen Burns said in a brief statement.</p>

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new review of three deaths of US military recruits highlights the dangers of drinking too much water. The military has traditionally focused on the dangers associated with heat illness, which has killed a number of healthy, young enrollees, Colonel John W. Gardner of the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner in Rockville, Maryland told Reuters Health. However, pushing the need to drink water too far can also have deadly consequences, he said. "The risk has always been not drinking enough," Gardner said. "And then people who aren't medically attuned get overzealous," inducing recruits...

US Government Corrects Site on Abortion and Breast Cancer CHICAGO, Jul 2, 02 (CWNews.com) -- Under pressure from a group dedicated to publicizing the links between abortion and breast cancer, the National Cancer Institute has removed inaccurate information from an internet web site. Karen Malec, president of Illinois-based Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, said: "We're delighted that the National Cancer Institute has pulled its web page discussing the abortion-breast cancer link." The organization said that the information previously available on that web site had included "misrepresentation of the research, reliance on erroneous studies, confusion of the effects of miscarriage and abortion,...