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Two Britons reported dead in resort atrocity as tourists flee Egypt fearing fresh wave of attacks By Hugh Miles in Sharm el-Sheikh and Colin Freeman (Filed: 24/07/2005) Hundreds of British tourists fled Egypt last night, fearing fresh terrorist attacks after three bombs ripped through the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Hospital officials said that two Britons were among 88 dead, though last night the Foreign Office confirmed only that two men were missing. The market place in Sharm el-Sheikh after the blast A further eight Britons were among the 120 wounded, including a 14-year-old girl and a 30-year-old...

The featured speaker at my Kiwanis meeting was an editorial reported for our local rag (The Birmingham News.) The gist of her speech was how bad it is that local communities are cutting each other's throats to lure businesses to change communities. Each community is greedy for more sales taxes and are willing to offer more and more subsidies to businesses (Wal-Mart) to relocate. She considered this to be bad because it resulted in the communities receiving less and less net tax revenues and creating urban blight and new shopping centers are built and old ones are abandoned.Her suggestion was...

(IsraelNN.com) Sporadic exchanges of gunfire were reported in northern Gaza this morning, east of Beit Hanoun. IDF troops were engaged in exchanges of gunfire with terrorists in the area, PA sources reported. No additional information is available regarding the incident. There were no reports of injuries.

$337 Million In Private Funds Raised for Relief <>U.S. charities have reported raising more than $337 million so far for emergency relief in countries devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, in what some are calling the greatest outpouring of donations for a foreign disaster in American history. The rapidly mounting private contributions could soon dwarf the $350 million in aid committed by the U.S. government, fundraisers said. The American Red Cross alone has raised nearly $150 million, and it said yesterday that it foresees the need for $250 million more. Encouraged by President Bush, who made a $10,000 personal donation...

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Second Beslan reporter drugged Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Saturday September 11, 2004 The Guardian (UK) Concern over Russia's treatment of journalists covering the Beslan siege increased yesterday after a toxicologist revealed that traces of a tranquilliser had been found in a reporter who was arrested on her way to the school. Nana Lezhava, from Georgia's independent Rustavi-2 TV station, described how she slept for 24 hours after drinking coffee in a holding cell. She had been accused of violating visa rules. Gela Lezhava, the head of the oversight board at a Georgian drug research institute, told a news conference...

Charges reported urged for Vietnam soldier Associated Press 9/6/2004 TOLEDO, Ohio - A military attorney has recommended charging a former soldier in a 1967 rampage of alleged atrocities committed by U.S. troops against hundreds of civilians in Vietnam, a newspaper reported. The Blade, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the elite Tiger Force platoon, said in its Sunday edition that the recommendation involved retired Maj. James Hawkins, 63, a former unit commander who now lives near Orlando, Fla. Hawkins declined to comment on the military attorney's recommendation, the newspaper said. Army Reserve lawyer Michael Walther reviewed the...

'This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported' By Adrian Blomfeld in Nairobi and Andrew Alderson (Filed: 15/02/2004) Alex Polier, the twenty-four year old journalist who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Last night the rumours were in danger of becoming a full-blown scandal. "This is not going to go away," one American friend of Miss Polier said yesterday. "What actually happened is much nastier than is being reported." The allegations...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Doctors who perform abortions on girls under 16 must report the pregnancies to authorities as instances of suspected child abuse, the state attorney general said Wednesday. Kansas law prohibits sex with a child under 16, making a pregnancy evidence of child abuse, said Attorney General Phill Kline. Another state law requires doctors to report suspected abuse. He said doctors who fail to report such cases could face misdemeanor charges punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,000. They also could face disciplinary action from the State Board of Healing Arts, which licenses...