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I'm coming back to Crawford for my son. As long as the president, who sent him to die in a senseless war, is in Crawford, that is where I belong. I came here two and a half weeks ago for one reason, to try and see the president and get an answer to a very simple question: What is the noble cause that he says my son died for? The answer to that question will not bring my son back. But it may stop more meaningless deaths. Because every death is now a meaningless one. And the vast majority of...

CHINA China: “Work camps” constitute detention without trial Amnesty International and the UN Working Group on forced labour and arbitrary detention charge: more than 300,000 people are detained without trial, tortured and forced to work. Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – “Re-education through work” camps – sentencing to forced labour – are a “form of extra-judiciary detention” where people are interned for up to four years without trial, without a lawyer and solely on the decision of the police. Detainees may be beaten and subjected to torture and ill treatment, especially if they refuse to repudiate their “crimes”. They are also a reserve...

17 May, 2005 PAKISTAN - SAUDI ARABIA Government should help Christians detained in Saudi Arabia, says Bishop of Lahore by Qaiser Felix Pakistani immigrants arrested because they were celebrating mass in a Riyadh home. Pakistan should treat the case without any religious discrimination; they are citizens like everybody else, say Mgr Saldanha. Faisalabad (AsiaNews) – The Catholic Church and human rights groups are calling on the government of Pakistan to intervene on behalf of 40 Pakistani Christians arrested by the muttawa, Saudi Arabia’s religious police. In an interview with AsiaNews, Mgr Lawrence Saldanha, Archbishop of Lahore, called on the authorities...

Is the US right to list the Lebanese Al-Manar TV station as a 'terrorist organisation'? http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/720C142B-6C68-4E9C-BBBB-3188A635BAFC.htm The poll is on the right side of the opening page.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - The fate of Bolivia's immense natural gas reserves were at stake Sunday as voters decided whether to allow exports and increase government participation in a referendum aimed at healing social unrest threatening to fracture South America's poorest country. Exit polls by television stations Unitel and ATB reported that between 56 to 63 percent of voters said gas should be exported. The issue is a sensitive one in Bolivia. Nine months ago, then-President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada was ousted for planning to export liquefied natural gas to Mexico and California. Clashes between highland Indians and security forces...

BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. - Warning: smoking in the toilet can be dangerous. A portable toilet exploded Tuesday after a man who was inside it lit a cigarette. Emergency workers said the man was not severely injured and drove himself to Clay-Battelle Community Health Center. He was later transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital. His name and condition were not available Wednesday. The explosion, which occurred in Blacksville, resulted from a buildup of methane gas inside the portable toilet. The methane did not "take too kindly" to the lit cigarette, said a spokeswoman for Monongalia Emergency Medical Services. ___

Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jun/04061003.html LifeSite Daily News Thursday June 10, 2004 Canadian Catholic Priest Running for Politics Promises Not to Vote against Abortion ST. JOHN'S, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Rev. Des McGrath, a retired Catholic priest is running for the New Democratic Party in the current election despite the fact that the Catholic Church forbids priests to run for political office. However the situation is further complicated by the Catholic priest's promise not to vote against abortion. McGrath, the NDP candidate in the Random--Burin--St. George's riding of Newfoundland and Labrador, was featured in the Toronto Star recently as a "pro-life"...

With the unexpected and overwhelming success of "Bowling for Columbine" and "Stupid White Men," the fiction that has been written or spoken about me and my work has reached a whole new level of storytelling. It's no longer about making some simple errors or calling me "Roger" Moore. It is now about organized groups going full blast trying to discredit me by knowingly making up lies and repeating them over and over in the hopes that people will believe them – and, then, stop listening to me. Oh, that it would be so easy! Fortunately, they are so wound up...

<<Back May 24, 2004Kids wearing Rubber "sex bracelets" Fifth grader Megan Stecher shows off her array of "sex" jelly bracelets in front of her school. (NYP)-- A bizarre new kids' sex craze is sweeping the city's elementary schools.Girls as young as 11 are stacking colorful rubber "sex bracelets" up their arms while their parents are unaware that each piece of the cheap jewelry represents a different sex act, according to a secret-code the kids share. Some symbolize an invitation to kinky get-togethers, several kids told The Post. The kids play a game called "Snap" associated with wearing the bracelets....

This is the latest page with a list of remixes of the Howard Dean "I have a scream" speech! My personal favorite is "heyYEAGH!.mp3" I found the link for this page at deanremixes.com.http://www.webjay.org/by/webjaybs/deanremixes

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinians, angry over Israel's bloodiest raid in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) in years, smashed the windows of a U.N. car Saturday and mobbed a shipment of humanitarian aid. Reuters Photo AP Photo Slideshow: Mideast Conflict "Where have you been?" one man screamed as others pounded on the cars in the U.N. convoy as it entered a sealed-off neighborhood in Rafah refugee camp to survey damage and deliver aid supplies, including powdered milk. Israel pulled many troops and tanks out of the camp on Friday following international pressure to end more...

MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has been slapped in the face by an unidentified man at a party reception of the ruling Social Democrats, police and witnesses say. "A man aged about 52 years jumped up and struck the Chancellor in the face with his open hand," a spokesman for police in the southwestern city of Mannheim said on Tuesday. Government spokesman Thomas Steg said Schroeder, whose party has suffered heavily in opinion polls in the wake of deeply unpopular welfare cuts, had been signing autographs at the reception for new members of the SPD when the...

A LETTER FROM BISHOP MICHAEL SHERIDAN OF COLORADO SPRINGS: NO COMMUNION FOR PRO-ABORTION / HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE VOTERS A PASTORAL LETTER TO THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL OF THE DIOCESE OF COLORADO SPRINGS ON THE DUTIES OF CATHOLIC POLITICIANS AND VOTERS Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, This coming November we Americans will participate in one of the most important national elections in recent history. The president, senators and congressmen who are placed in office by our votes will serve at a time in which issues that are critical to the very survival of our civilization will be at the top of the...

What would it mean for the Catholic Church if John Kerry is elected? We all know where Kerry stands on crucial moral issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, assisted suicide, same-sex unions, and parental choice in education: he stands against the teachings of the Church. Last week, the Massachusetts senator gave us a vivid reminder of his commitment to the "culture of death." He has rarely cast a vote in the Senate during the past six months; he's been too busy on the campaign trail to fulfill his legislative duties. (As one of his constituents, I'm perfectly happy with that...

ANN ARBOR, MI —Shock waves are still reverberating one week after South Dakota’s bill criminalizing abortion was defeated by a single vote over National Right To Life’s complicity with pro-abortion groups to kill the legislation that pro-abortion lobbyists called the most restrictive anti-abortion measure since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. The Bill was sponsored by Republican State Representative Matt McCaulley who had asked the Thomas More Law Center to help draft a bill that would directly confront the holding of the Roe decision. As a result, House Bill 1191 banned virtually all abortions in that state and made...

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday vowed to freeze oil exports to the United States and wage a "100-year war" if Washington ever tried to invade Venezuela. AP Photo The United States has repeatedly denied ever trying to overthrow Chavez, but the leftist leader accuses Washington of being behind a failed 2002 coup and of funding opposition groups seeking a recall referendum on his presidency. Chavez accused the United States of ousting former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and warned Washington not to "even think about trying something similar in Venezuela." Venezuela "has enough allies on this continent to...

Deliverance from Evil Spirits  by Francis MacNutt, Do evil spirits oppress people today, including Christians? This practical manual is written by one of the foremost practitioners of Christian healing and deliverance. Highly recommended. Full of brilliant facts. If you want to know the ins and outs of casting away foul spirits -- and how they haunt us to begin with -- this book will provide those insights and examples. CLICK HERE ================================================== DEAR MR. BUSH: IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STAND UP AGAINST AMERICA'S MORAL BANKRUPTCY Mr. Bush, hasn't there been enough? Haven't we seen the complete collapse of a...

  College News Home Calendars Newsletter articles online News archives Press Room [NEW] Persevering Students Help Close Abortion Clinic (January 22, 2004) Students of Thomas Aquinas College pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary in front of the Family Planning Associates abortion clinic in Ventura, CA. On the left, from foreground back: Bridget McBryan, Matt Nelson, Marisa Bemis, Thomas von ClefOn the right, from foreground back: Patrick Seo, Maria Six, Maria Ford SANTA PAULA, CA—It took them six years, but students at Thomas Aquinas College helped close a Family Planning Associates (FPA) abortion clinic in Ventura through their persistent...

<!-- span.MsoFootnoteReference {vertical-align:super;} --> The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a revelation to Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich on the details of Christ's Crucifixion -- her potent, lengthy account of the Passion and death of Our Savior, with all the horrendous sufferings. This is the book a new Mel Gibson movie will be based on, a singular work from a stigmatic and seer who conveys a lasting impression of Jesus' terrible agony. CLICK HERE ================================================== TV PRIEST CORAPI WINS MILLIONS AS AWARD The Redding Record reports that Father John Corapi, a popular speaker and TV preacher, will share an...