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Crime Watch 14.Mar.06

a satisfactory day's work

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw defended the withdrawal of monitors from Jericho stating the Palestinian Authority had failed to live up to the Ramallah Agreements and could not ensure the further safety of British monitors.

Conger/Jpost 14.Mar.06
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw released a statement on Tuesday that no advance notice was made regarding British wardens leaving the Jericho Mukata complex.

INN 15.Mar.06
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In a press briefing after the conclusion of the operation, OC Central Command Yair Naveh said:

"Since the fugitives understood that the IDF's determination was absolute, they came out, and thankfully, there were a minimum of casualties."

Ali Waked/Ynet 14.Mar.06

One possible, plausible, likely interpretation of that "understanding" is they know that the "determination"of the IDF means it doesn't give a shit how many innocent people get killed.

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A federal judge said Tuesday he intends to order Google Inc. to turn over some of its Internet records to the U.S. Justice Department, but expressed reservations about requiring the company to divulge some of its most sensitive data
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A second autopsy of Martin Lee Anderson, who died after workers at a Florida boot camp restrained and hit him, has determined that natural disease did not cause the teenager's death, a coroner announced Tuesday.
"I think we all agree he did not die of sickle trait," said Dr. Michael Baden, who was asked by Anderson's family to take part in the second autopsy, which lasted 12 hours.
The results were in contrast to the initial autopsy, which determined that the 14-year-old died of complications from sickle cell trait, which previously had not been diagnosed in the teen athlete.
The results were in contrast to the initial autopsy, which determined that the 14-year-old died of complications from sickle cell trait, which previously had not been diagnosed in the teen athlete.

That must be the most overtly racist thing I've seen since I don't know when.

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Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic received special privileges in prison that could have allowed him access to medicines that had not been prescsribed for him
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A fugitive bank executive wanted for questioning in the U.N. probe of the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was arrested in Brazil after she attempted to buy her freedom with a US$200,000 bribe, authorities said.
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Weather Watch 14.Mar.06

Kauai's mayor has issued an emergency declaration for the Garden Isle.
The Coast Guard has been helping with search and rescue efforts.
The devastation is incomprehensible.
"It pretty much rushed down through a residential area and down to the water," says Rhianna Strickland, U.S. Coast Guard.
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Sea ice in the Arctic has failed to re-form for the second consecutive winter, raising fears that global warming may have tipped the polar regions in to irreversible climate change far sooner than predicted.
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Firefighters claimed some progress in the battle against wildfires ravaging the Texas Panhandle, but any good news was tempered by a rising death toll and the distress of evacuees returning to charred homes.
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Drought Monitor

Food Watch 14.Mar.06

Despite the confirmation of a third case of mad cow disease in the United States, the U.S. government intends to scale back testing for the brain-wasting disorder blamed for the deaths of more than 150 people in Europe.

Mysterious Bomb Watch 14.Mar.06

A mysterious bomb that detonated last week in front of the residence of Chief Privy Councilor General Prem Tinsulanonda shocked Bangkok's elite. Prem, a former prime minister, is widely seen as the public conscience of the highly revered and semi-reclusive Bhumibol.
The attack was widely interpreted by Bangkok-based diplomats and Thai elites as an indirect assault on the royal household - a hitherto unimaginable development considering that Bhumibol is deeply revered in Thai society.

Borg Watch 15.Mar.06

The Pentagon is trying to develop "insect cyborgs" able to sniff out explosives, or "bug" conversations by lurking unseen in enemy hideouts with micro-transmitters strapped to their bodies.
The cyborgs - half insect, half robot - would be created by inserting tiny devices into the bodies of flying, hopping or crawling insects while in their larva or pupa stage, so that the mechanisms become part of their bodies and ultimately allow them to be moved by remote control.

Bigger Bang Watch 14.Mar.06

The Rolling Stones have confirmed they will visit Shanghai as part of their "A Bigger Bang" World Tour. The historic event, which will be the group's first-ever appearance in mainland China, will take place April 8 in the intimate confines of the 8,500-seat Shanghai Grand Stage.