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<p>NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (CNN) -- Just hours after Kobe Bryant returned from a trip to Colorado where he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman, the NBA star made an emergency 911 call from his home and paramedics treated a woman there, emergency officials said Friday.</p>

Islamic History (Chronology) 6th Century (500-599) C.E. 545: Birth of Abdullah, the Holy Prophet's father. 571: Birth of the Holy Prophet. Year of the Elephant. Invasion of Makkah by Abraha the Viceroy of Yemen, his retreat. 577: The Holy Prophet visits Madina with his mother. Death of his mother. 580: Death of Abdul Muttalib, the grandfather of the Holy Prophet. 583: The Holy Prophet's journey to Syria in the company of his uncle Abu Talib. His meeting with the monk Bahira at Bisra who foretells of his prophethood. 586: The Holy Prophet participates in the war of Fijar. 591:...

U.S. Warns Citizens in Vietnam Because of SARS Sun March 23, 2003 09:55 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Sunday urged U.S. citizens to consider leaving Vietnam because of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a deadly form of pneumonia, and said it was offering free flights out to family members of U.S. diplomats in the country. The move follows the U.S. government's decision on Friday to suspend official travel to Vietnam and to advise U.S. citizens to put off non-emergency travel there because of the disease and the reduced availability of medical treatment. "The Department of State...

SARS has tested the modern world's ability to corral a contagious, deadly disease. Everybody fighting the outbreak — from the World Health Organization to Toronto public health authorities to Scarborough Grace Hospital — claims they have done the best possible job. Despite valiant efforts, 170 people have died around the world, 13 in Toronto alone. Well over 3,400 are suspected or probably infected, 247 in Ontario. Many thousands had to be placed in quarantine, 7,000 in Toronto. The disease is growing, not shrinking. A detailed analysis shows mistakes were made along the way. Poor detective work was done. Information was...

INFORMATION LINKS:United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization (WHO) International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)SARS Info Centerper loin’s Charts and Graphs FREE REPUBLIC THREADS: November 10, 2001 1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for PneumoniaNovember 21, 2001 2. Odd Pneumonia in SverdlovskFebruary 12, 2003 3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus March 10 – 16 4. Precognition (Mother Abigail) 5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers) 6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia 7. UN warns of worldwide threat...

Tired and worried, Tom Buckley sat down at his hospital computer in Hong Kong and began to type warnings that would shock and inspire his fellow doctors around the world. "Dear All," the New Zealand-born doctor wrote in an email to about 1500 intensive care specialists from Toronto to Auckland. "We seem to be close to or are the centre of this form of atypical pneumonia ... " Over the next three weeks Dr Buckley, 48, the acting head of intensive care at Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital, wrote a series of electronic bulletins warning his colleagues. "I was...

How the illness spread 02Apr03 HOW Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has spread from the first detected case in November last year. November 16, 2002: First case of a deadly new strain of pneumonia identified in Guangdong province, southern China, in a town where humans live in close contact with pigs and poultry. Mid-February to March 12: Six people check in on same floor of the Metropole Hotel, Hong Kong, becoming sick by late February. February 22: A man who visited China hospitalised in Hanoi. Dies March 4. February 26: A man with respiratory illness admitted to hospital in Hanoi....

As in the geographical reference to Palestine, we have been compelled to be content with mere traces, the same will be the case in our historical account of this country. There are nowhere to be met with regular documents in respect to its history, states, and towns; the past seems to have been entirely forgotten; so that the whole country cared, so to say, only for the present, and took no cognizance of what had prededed or was to follow. It is true that some few Arabic historians have written something concerning Palestine, such as Abulfeda and Serif ibn Idrus;...

A timeline for events leading to the second Gulf War. July 16, 1979 -- Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq. Sept. 22, 1980 -- Iran-Iraq war begins. United States backs Saddam. Aug. 29, 1988 -- Iran-Iraq war ends. At least 1 million people believed killed. Aug. 2, 1990 -- Iraq invades Kuwait. U.N. Security Council Resolution 660 calls for full withdrawal. Aug. 6, 1990 -- United Nations imposes economic sanctions on Iraq. Jan. 16, 1991 -- Gulf War begins. U.S.-led forces begin airstrikes against Iraq. Feb. 27, 1991 -- After three-day ground operation, Kuwait liberated. March 3, 1991 -- Iraq...

A Washington court ruling could see SQL Server developers liable for millions of dollars in licensing fees. The judgment concerns a contract dispute between Timeline Inc. and Microsoft, over three patents relating to datamarts. In Microsoft's interpretration of its licence with Timeline, published in a press release in July 1999, "all users of Microsoft SQL Server 7, Office 2000 and other Microsoft products that utilize this type of technology are unencumbered by Timeline's patents." Timeline disagreed. The Washington Court of Appeal judgement plumped for the company. The company reckons that some SQL Server developers could face bills in the...

  FAQs Questions? Contact FRD This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number...

I realize that the attack on the Trade Towers and the Pentagon and the crashed flight in Pennsylvania overshadow any minor events of 9/11. I haven't had a chance to watch all the news coverage today, but so far all the coverage I've seen since the actual event took place has always left out one particular detail. And it's starting to make me wonder if I've been imagining it. So I'd appreciate it if anyone who watched the news coverage as the terrorist attacks were taking place last year can help me out. I started watching the news at about...

Hi all; Well, it's finally happened. After five years of aggregating heavily cross-referenced content on the Lewinsky Scandal, Clinton Impeachment, and Levy Homicide, my TRIPOD website has maxed out of its alloted 20 megs of storage space and 1 gig/day bandwidth. As I can't afford to pay for increased space at TRIPOD, I was hoping some FReeper could suggest another no- or low-cost web host.

June 29 — Following is a timeline of what sources close to Gary Condit say his movements were in the week leading up to Chandra Levy's disappearance. Levy was last seen on Monday, April 30, when she canceled her membership at a Washington health club Saturday, April 28 Carolyn Condit, the congressman's wife, arrives from California at 7:30 p.m. ET. Rep. Condit, with a staffer because he has no car, picks her up at the airport. They go to a Xando coffee shop. Sunday, April 29 Rep. Condit has brunch with his wife, and they go shopping in his Adams...

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada author Clive Douglas Campbell and Phoenix, Arizona, USA publisher Selah Publishing Group are pleased to announce the release of Messiah: 2030. Nobody knows the day and hour of the Second Coming, but the following years are on the front cover: Messiah: 2030 Cluny: 1030 Jesus: 30 David: 970 Abraham: 1970 Noah: 2970 Adam: 3970 Messiah: 2030 claims the Bible prophesies a sixth Arab-Israeli war will be over in 2003 and include the following: --the Palestinians will be deported to Jordan --Israel will go to war with Jordan, possess Jordanian land east of the Jordan River and King...