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  • Saddam 'Upset' at Kurd's Election

    04/07/2005 9:55:50 AM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 35 replies · 6,393+ views
    The Guardian ^ | Thursday April 7, 2005 | Rory Carroll
    Saddam Hussein watched the televised election of Iraq's new president from his jail cell yesterday and was "clearly upset", a senior official said. Jalal Talabani, a former Kurdish guerrilla commander and sworn enemy of Saddam, was elected to the highest office in a parliamentary ballot, bringing a new government a step closer. Under Saddam the only way Mr Talabani would have left his northern redoubt was in chains or a coffin, but yesterday he arrived in Baghdad in a blaze of triumph. Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a Shia who is finance minister in the outgoing government, and Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab...
  • Woman Wants To Cleanse Colons In Her Home

    01/03/2005 5:08:54 AM PST · by Ellesu · 397 replies · 7,461+ views
    local6.com ^ | 01/02/05
    LOGAN, Utah -- A woman is fighting the City Council in Providence to issue her a permit to run a colon-cleansing service out of her home. Colon hydrotherapy is a licensed procedure in other states, but in Utah is considered only a homeopathic method. Colette Yates says she has invested two years and roughly $40,000 on her home business, which focuses on removing waste from the large intestine by injecting water into the colon, where it loosens and softens waste. The water is injected through the rectum. The Providence Planning Commission recently recommended denial of Yates' request for a permit...