https://freerepublic.com/tag/october8/ en-us Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:13:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1121630/posts April 20 — At least three senior United Nations officials are suspected of taking multi-million dollar bribes from the Saddam Hussein regime, U.S. and European intelligence sources tell ABCNEWS. One year after his fall, U.S. officials say they have evidence, some in cash, that Saddam diverted to his personal bank accounts approximately $5 billion from the United Nations Oil-for-Food program. In what has been described as the largest humanitarian aid effort ever undertaken, the U.N. Oil-for-Food program began in 1996 to help Iraqis who were suffering under sanctions imposed following the first Gulf War. The program allowed Iraq to sell... ABC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1121630/posts#comment Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:13:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091876/posts New episodes of South Park will begin Wednesday, October 8 on Comedy Central! I will be out of town, and I just learned that I might not be near a computer. Therefore, I might be unable to do a last minute ping. And I didn't arrange for a backup person (smacks self in head). So mark this date on your calendar! South Park Studios https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091876/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:05:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199905/posts A new Atlanta-based gay rights group wants the LGBT community to stop shopping for a day and call in sick to work on Oct. 8. Boycott for Equality is calling for the first-ever nationwide economic boycott to remind U.S. leaders that gay people make a large contribution to the U.S. economy, but they don't get the same legal rights and protections as their straight counterparts. The group's founder, Dale Duncan, said he and his partner of 10 years, Joe Henderson, were so shocked by President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s support of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution... PlanetOut Network https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1199905/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:50:38 GMT