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Another cause of concern from same site - MEASLES KILL EIGHT IN NAIROBI. In addition to being unable to stop the spread of pervasive AIDS/HIV, pan-African communities are also seeing more frequent deaths and debilitation from various childhood diseases, for which they have few, iff any, and also sustainable supply of medicines to treat.
A Kuwaiti woman reported to police that while she was leaving her home, her husband forced her into his car. The man then drove her to a distant place, assaulted her, took her handbag and gave her a bottle containing a yellow liquid. The man told her "this is my urine and you have to drink it." The woman resisted, but he hit her, forcing her to drink it. The man then dumped her home and escaped. Police could not contact the man as his mobile was switched off. Investigations are on...
Meanwhile, a source revealed that a fight between a Kuwaiti man and Egyptian expatriate took place after a road accident in Salmiya. After they got down from their cars to assess the damage, they started shouting. The Egyptian then got a wooden stick to assault the Kuwaiti, who brought a sword from his car. The Egyptian man then ran away, with the citizen running after him. A man informed police that a Kuwaiti was chasing an Egyptian with a sword. Police rushed to the scene and arrested both of them. The men reconciled at police station, and did not file a case...
A Kuwaiti man informed Jahra police that he had murdered his sister. Police started an investigation since the man did not inform police about the location of crime. During interrogation, police found that his sister was alive and was in the psychiatry hospital. The man then changed his confession saying "I did not murder my sister but she left the house." Police filed a case and referred the man to authorities, while interrogation is in progress...
A number of passers-by reported to police that a man under the influence of alcohol stopped his car in the road in front of a traffic signal and did not move his car. Moreover, he insulted all drivers who asked him to make way. Police arrived and arrested the man...
Jahra police arrested a bedoon man for bootlegging and confiscated from his possession nine bottles of Red Label whiskey. Moreover police discovered that the man was wanted for outstanding cases... There is a universality to police blotters that seems to transcend time and space.
ABU DHABI The Federal Supreme Court has sentenced S. Gul I. to three years in jail followed by deportation for throwing acid on Jueel M., causing serious chemical burn injuries and a permanent incapacitation to the victim.
He got three years because the victim was a man; if it had been his sister/wife/daughter he would have paid a fine.
According to court records, the police received a report that Gul had deliberately attacked the victim using sulphuric acid and following his arrest, he was referred to the Public Prosecution office where he admitted his crime. Jueel was fortunate that, immediately after the attack, he was rushed to hospital where the emergency treatment he received saved his life. The Public Prosecution referred the case to the court where they asked the culprit be punished according to Shariah laws. The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court convicted the plaintiff, sentenced him to three years in jail, followed by deportation, and maintained the rights of the victim to ask for compensation. Gul appealed the verdict and the Federal Court of Appeal amended the charge to assault leading to permanent incapacitation. It, however, also punished him for three years in prison and followed by deportation.
Deported to ... where, again?
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Step by step, the United States has been increasing its intelligence cooperation with Japan until it is reaching the level long maintained with allies like Britain and Australia. The most recent agreement, to share information on Internet based terrorism and cyber crime in general, allows for the exchange of the most sensitive information. Japan's intelligence operations have been very discreet, but have been increasing since the 1990s (when domestic terrorists made the first, and so far only, attacks using nerve gas). In the late 1990s, Japan reformed its intelligence activities, and created an office (Naicho) that could keep tabs on what Japan's many intel organizations were up to.
With the growing threat from North Korea and China, Japan has put more resources into keeping tabs on its neighbors. There are lots of Japanese businessmen working throughout East Asia, and these provide excellent opportunities for gathering intelligence (even if all you do is chat with these people as needed, and find out what they have seen and heard.) The Japanese have demonstrated an exceptional ability to gather intel in difficult places, like North Korea. In light of all this, it should be no surprise that the Japanese and American spies are getting cozy.
Can't say I'm craxy about this, but we may have no choice.
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Common interests make the best basis for cooperation. Japan wants the Norks kept on a leash, they want to trade with China, but are wary of their military ambitions. They want peace in Asia, a secure supply of oil, and relatively unfettered global trade. They've been very supportive (given the limits of the 1945 constitution) of the war on terror. Overall, a strong ally - far better than any in Western Europe, with the exception of Britain.
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The Army and USDOD is setting up a SPECOPS command in Japan, to include the new USMC specunits, while the US Navy is reportedly planning to send up to four FBM? boomer/missle subs to Guam, to add to the SSN's already there. Guam-WESTPAC is now linked to Hawaii and Alaska as the three primary, US-specific, "hedgehog" legs of America's Pacific and Global defense. Both CHIna and the USA are vying for major trade and espec defense agreements with anti-everybody unified Vietnam. All the post-1975 Commie Viets got wid the Soviets were the frowned-on
"Americans without Money"!?
JOHN Howard has declared he will send more than the 240 troops already deployed to Honiara if they are needed, saying Australia did not want failed states on its doorstep.
But the Prime Minister stressed that long-term Australian aid to the Solomons would be conditional on the elimination of rampant corruption.
"Corruption is an endemic problem in Melanesia, and we have made some progress but there is still a long way to go," he told Melbourne radio.
"When you have an entrenched culture of patronage and corruption in a society, it takes a very long time to root it out."
Mr Howard said the Government accepted it would have to shoulder a large part of the burden in assisting the long-term recovery of Solomon Islands.
"The rest of the world will look at us and say, 'This is something for Australia to sort out', and it's also in our interests in the long term," he said.
"We do not want failed states on our doorstep. Failed states create vacuums. Vacuums attract people with bad thoughts and not good intentions."
As a further 110 Australian troops from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment arrived in Honiara yesterday, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer signalled he would take a firm line with the new Solomons Government led by Snyder Rini.
"I hope to discuss at length with him what strategies his Government will adopt to address deep-seated tensions within Solomon Islands society," Mr Downer said on the eve of a one-day visit to the Solomons.
"I will be encouraging him to commit his Government to move forward on crucial measures to improve good governance, address corruption and work towards economic prosperity for Solomon Islands."
Mr Downer would not be drawn on allegations that Chinese business interests had bribed Solomons MPs to vote for Mr Rini in last Monday's parliamentary ballot.
"I could only say you get these allegations in the Solomon islands a great deal and they would have to be tested in a court before we could establish whether they were true or not," he said.
Mr Rini denied the corruption allegations, insisting he was elected according to the country's constitution.
"My Government welcomes any moves to unseat me through the same democratic and parliamentary process," he said. "On the issue of allegations of corruption against my Government and that of my predecessor, I would like to challenge those who make these allegations to take them to the police or the Leadership Code Commission."
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley backed the decision to send in more Australian military.
"They go with our support, our blessings and the hope they have a successful tour of duty in what is a very difficult situation," Mr Beazley said.
Australia and New Zealand sent more troops to the Solomons to bolster security amid fears the opening of parliament could trigger further riots in the impoverished Pacific island nation. Solomon Islands police commissioner Shane Castles said security forces would be prepared for any incident across the capital Honiara when parliament sits Monday.
Australia, New Zealand and Fiji had already sent more than 300 soldiers and police to restore law and order in Solomon Islands after two days of looting and violence last week left parts of Honiara in ruins. An additional 25 Australian troops and 53 from New Zealand would join the existing force to help prevent any more of the violence, which was sparked by anger at last Tuesday's election of Snyder Rini as the new prime minister.
The heavy security presence, as well as a dusk-to-dawn curfew and an alcohol ban, have seen the looting and devastation die down over the past few days, but police believe trouble may flare again when parliament opens.
Rini will face a vote of no confidence from opposition MPs who say support for his ouster is growing because members of the new coalition government, including newly appointed cabinet minister Patrick Vahoe, are defecting. But a defiant Rini said he would not resign and was adamant he still had the numbers to govern. The latest rioting in the Solomons, which laid waste to the Chinatown district of Honiara, came amid allegations that Rini rose to power corruptly and with the aid of Chinese money, a charge the new leader denied.
He met with the visiting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Saturday and said if people had evidence of corruption they should take it up with the police and not take to the streets.
The Solomons have been wracked by years of civil unrest centred on a conflict between natives of Guadalcanal island -- where Honiara is situated -- and immigrants from neighbouring Malaita island. Although an Australian-led intervention arrived in July 2003 and successfully disarmed the militants, its critics say the underlying problems of political corruption and economic inequality remain.
CYCLONE Monica was upgraded to a Category 5 storm late yesterday as it approached the Northern Territory coast. With very destructive winds of up to 320km/h at its core, northwest Arnhem Land was beginning to feel Monica's fury.
The cyclone was in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 240km east of Nhulunbuy, and moving northwest at 7 km/h. Several isolated Aboriginal communities were in its path. Gales up to 120 km/h were forecast between Groote Eylandt and Elcho Island overnight or early this morning, lifting to 160km/h gusts as the cyclone moved closer to the coast.
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Cyclones and hurricanes are the same thing (in different hemisperes). Its between category 5 and 6 (on the same scale as hurricanes) and will likely strengthened if it passes the Territory and goes into the Indian Ocean.
My guess is it will hit the Pilbara coast of WA late in week as a cat 5/6 storm.
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Don't know nothin' bout them twirley birds down there, but, why do they expect it to hang a left and go down to the IO? Seems like it should more or less keep on into Indonesia. That looks like an almost right angle turn to me.
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Alan, think upside down. How often do hurricanes go down to Mexico and how often do they go up the Atlantic? Lots of both. They look at everything else happening around it and let the computers tell them what will happen.
I looked a the satellite pic earlier today - it was perfectly round all the way across - no trailers on the edges to speak of. Never seen that before in a hurricane/cyclone.
Any way we can send AlBore into its direct path to report on it? ;-p
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One of the wags at Fark.com came up with this headline: Australia concerned about Cyclone Monica, a Category-5 headed towards Darwin, Australia. The last time anything named Monica blew this hard, it tore apart a nation
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Solid point: the one who leaked the NSA program is probably getting ready ti lose bowel control - because they are coming for him/her, and they know the leak was politically motivated.
Followed by subpeonas (and charges) for James Risen of The New York Times, for recieving and knowlingly distributing classified information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious (or possibly even exceptionally grave) damage to the national security.
Shows that the reporter has, in fact, broken the espinoage law:
U.S.C. Title 18, Part I Ch 37 Sec 793(e) Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
"(e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or
control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch,
photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model,
instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or
information relating to the national defense which information the
possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the
United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully
communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated,
delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver,
transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the
same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains
the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the
United States entitled to receive it;"
Also a good look at this is in order as well:
U.S.C. Title 18, Part I Ch 37 Sec 793(e) Sec. 798. Disclosure of classified information
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes,
transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person,
or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or
interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign
government to the detriment of the United States any classified
information
(4) obtained by the process of communication intelligence from
the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to
have been obtained by such processes -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
The term ''unauthorized person'' means any person who, or agency
which, is not authorized to receive information of the categories
set forth in subsection (a) of this section, by the President, or
by the head of a department or agency of the United States
Government which is expressly designated by the President to engage
in communication intelligence activities for the United States.
...
(d)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall
forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State
law -
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds
the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of
such violation; and There goes that Pultizer
(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used,
in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission
of, such violation. There goes the NYT's printing presses and computer systems
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a
conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the
defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in
paragraph (1).
Same forfieture as the RICO act Drug Property seizures
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Thanks for the law update, OS. I'm skeptical that either Dana Priest or James Risen will actually face criminal charges, but if they are indicted expect the progressive left to go absolutely ape.
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Same with the "Bush will nuke Iran" story.
This could turn out great, esp. if certain law-breaking NYT, MSNBC, and CNN reporters are frog-marched out of their offices to jail.
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I do not see any reason to exclude the editors and, very likely in such stories, the ownership of the papers involved. Nothing there indicates the law only applies to the first entity to receive the classified information. The stories produced from these leaks are obviously conspiracies. NYT and WaPo... RICO, indeed. Take it all.
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Of course they NYT and those reporters will not be charged. They'll wrap themselves inteh First Admendment - abusing it in the process. The First Admendment does not mean you can say anything you want nor can you break the law, especially when its public safety (Yelling Fire in a theater, etc), or national security.
Those reporters KNEW the information was classified (hence the "leak"), and they knowingly and willingly published it. I beleive they should be charged and forfiet all monies made from the stories they published - that includes the Pulitzer. If you think about it, they took information that damaged the US ability to secure tiself, and published it to MAKE MONEY. In a sense, they simply sold secrets, same as any spay like Hannasen or the Walkers. And McCarthy did it for Political motivations - same as John Pollard.
Both the reporters and McCarthy should be going to prison. They KNEW what they were doing was wrong, but their own imperatives of political and monetry gain were more important, so they disregarded the law.
Like the Walkers and Pollard, they should be put in jail. It is that simple.
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"Of course they NYT and those reporters will not be charged. They'll wrap themselves inteh First Admendment - abusing it in the process. The First Admendment does not mean..."
Yeah. I think that
A. they will be charged.
B. They'll try to wrap themselves in the constitution.
C. They'll lose.
Between this and the Hatfill case that will almost surely overturn Sulivan, the days of an absolute 1st amendment are just about over.
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I don't know what you mean by "the days of an absolute 1st amendment are just about over," HS, but I certainly hope the days of using the First Amendment to BREAK THE LAW AND DAMAGE OUR COUNTRY are at an end.
These clowns should have to follow the same laws the rest of us do.
Unlike most "reporters," apparently, I've actually read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and NOWHERE in there do the words "public's right to know" or "right not to be offended" or "reporters are above the law" appear.
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Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
Hell it should be a MINIMUM of 10 years.
These folks need to go down, man if they wiggle out of this, the protections these guys have is ridiculous.
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If McCarthy gets away with treason, if Dana Priest and James Risen get away with suborning treason and being an accomplice to treason, then I hope someone in our government puts a .38 caliber stop to their careers. It would be justice of the first degree. These people should be punished for harming the nation as a whole, and should NOT be rewarded for thier improper behavior.
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Oldpatrioit, don't go there. There's a point that we shoudl nto go past, even with treasonous people. If the system fails, fix the system.
WASHINGTON - OPEC oil-producing nations said on Saturday oil prices have risen despite a well-supplied market, adding it was urgent to identify new indicators of price trends to supplant the now-unreliable gauge of oil stocks. This price rise occurred despite the fact that the market continues to be well-supplied, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, acting secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, told a meeting of the International Monetary Funds policy committee.
I believe this; it's the nervous nellies in the spot and futures markets that are driving the price up.
The healthy situation on the supply side is further demonstrated by OECD crude oil inventories, which are at comfortable levels both in absolute terms and in days of forward cover, while US commercial crude oil stock levels have reached their highest levels in eight years, he added, referring to the 30-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Oil prices leapt to a new peak over $75 a barrel on Friday amid persistent worries a showdown over Irans nuclear program could wind up disrupting supplies.
Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich nations on Friday pointed at oil prices as a potential stumbling block for the global economy and called for increased production and investment. Shihab-Eldin said uncertainties over the future demand for oil were complicating investment decisions and consequently increasing the risks associated with both under- and over- investment. He said the need for appropriate investment extended to the entire supply-chain.
Shihab-Eldin drew a distinction between the ample supplies on the crude side and tight supplies of refined products.
For example, the really tight gasoline situation in Iran.
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I don't know if OPEC is being deliberately disengenous(aka lying) or they just don't understand how markets work. But I'll spell it out.
As long as markets are allowed to function there will never be a physical shortage. The level of stocks is irrelevant (although they are used as a proxy for supply demand balance).
The increase in price is due to an increase in demand relative to supply. The equation is very simple, all economic activity in the aggregate, requires energy inputs. Global economic growth is in the region of 4% per annum. Therefore the increase in demand for energy is 4% per annum (minus a stable long term trend in increasing energy efficiency about 0.7%), i.e. demand is increasing at a little over 3% per annum and supply aint keeping up.
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it's speculation that Iran et al may either NOT be shipping or will be at lesser levels due to their calling warheads down upon themselves
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Agreed, the market is anticipating some damage and disruption in the Persian Gulf. Now that we're past the winter heating season, the damage and disruption should occur sooner rather than later. This week may be a good time to top off your heating oil tank. Iran's UNSC deadline is Friday. That's probably as good an opportunity as Bush is going to get before spring of 2007. Any further "diplomacy" just risks more problems with the heating oil supply for next winter.
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And Indonesian volcanoes throughout history are not known for running lava flows down to the sea, like Hawaiian volcanos. They explode, like Tambora did in 1815. People nearby better git while the gittin' is good.
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Inshallah!
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This could cause global warming which would mean cooler temperatures and less light.
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vita minor magis plumbeus
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Not to mention Toba , which produced 800 cubic kilometers of ash - 200 times the Pinetubo eruption in 1991 and 5 1/2 times the Tambora explosion in the 19th century.
Earlier this week, Bill Bennett took some heat for saying that several of the journalists who won Pulitzers this year should go to jail. Today on CNN, Bennett put his remarks into the context of the news that a CIA officer has been fired for leaking and possibly faces prosecution:
Blitzer was horrified:
BLITZER: What Bill is suggesting, as a reporter, is very very dangerous, very slippery...
TORIE CLARKE: You would look good in horizontal stripes.
BLITZER: You used to be the press spokesperson over at the Pentagon. Do you agree with those comments?
CLARKE: I hesitate to disagree with him, because he's so smart, and I appreciate the seriousness with which he treats this, but I've always thought there should be more emphasis in these matters on the people in government who sign papers saying, "I will never reveal classified information. I take these responsibilities seriously," etc., and then they do it. I wish there was more emphasis on that side of the fence.
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BLITZER: What Bill is suggesting, as a reporter, is very very dangerous, very slippery...
Yep, demanding reporters obey the law -- very dangerous, very slippery. Next thing ya know, people will be wondering why they don't get the whole story from the press.
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There is actually a very clear dividing line, though one "journalists" refuse to see.
Divulging political, personal, and commercial secrets is either legal or is only a minor offense.
However, national secrets are supposed to transcend politics. They are there to protect the United States from its enemies, foreign and domestic. This is why it is a major offense to divulge them, and why it is *not* "whistleblowing".
The corrupt, such as the Clinton regime, tried very hard to blur this distinction, and hide their political secrets behind a wall of national security. Unfortunately, they could do this, and the courts held that classifications still protected them. And the courts were correct in doing this.
In the long term, this protected the line from dilution. It worked off the assumption that it is far better to oversecure classified information than it is to release data that could damage us as a nation.
The media still touts the Vietnam-era "Pentagon Papers" as an example of how they should be allowed to publish classified information. However, Daniel Ellsberg should have been prosecuted to the full extent of the law for divulging that information. Not doing so created the *false* impression that the (political) ends justify the means in leaking classified information and established a terrible precedent.
For this reason, the dismissal of that CIA employee is not enough. She *must* be charged with the most serious charge available, and her trial must also be conducted in such a way as to mitigate any further release of still classified material. If this means her attorneys cannot grandstand in front of the cameras, so be it.
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BENNETT: The situation we have now is that Dana Priest has won the Pulitzer Prize. The guy who leaked to her has been fired from the CIA and may be subject to a prosecution. He gets prosecution, fired from the CIA, she gets the Pulitzer Prize. I think there's something a little wrong with that.
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U.S.C. Title 18, Part I Ch 37 Sec 793(e) Sec. 798. Disclosure of classified information
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes,
transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person,
or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or
interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign
government to the detriment of the United States any classified
information
Lets see... I dont se any "Except if you are a reporter" or ... "Except if you jsut got a Pulitzer"
Nope. Jail the reporter. He KNEW the infomation was classifed, KNEW it would hurt the security of the US, and KNEW it was illegal, and proceeded anyway for personal fame and monetary gain.
Whats there to discuss? The press is still free to publish anythign it wants - it just has to face the consequences now. No pre-publication censorship at all. Just accountability for the consequences of thier actions. What a novel concept: the press actually faces the consequences of their actions like the rest of us do!
LONDON Oil rose to a new peak of $75 a barrel yesterday as investment funds snapped up crude futures and tension mounted over Irans nuclear intentions. U.S. light oil for June delivery CLc1 was up $1.31 at $75 a barrel at 1848GMT while London Brent LCOc1 was up $1.16 to $74.34.
U.S. oil has rallied about $14 this year on supply concerns and as investment funds pour billions of dollars into commodities as they look for high returns among diverse assets.
Funds stepped in again yesterday, fuelling a recovery from early profit-taking. Its turned around, and it seems to be related to the injection of capital that we believe is coming from pension and mutual funds, said Deborah White of SG CIB Commodities in Paris. All week it has been like this, a cross-commodities rally.
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Drove the vette yesterday...8 MPG..screw them...
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ZZ502/502 crate motor...works just fine...besides...who in heck is going to regulate gasoline prices anyway.. ??? Some politicians are asking Bush to investigate...still waiting..aren't you ?
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An occasional splurge is food for the soul. Besides, that little outing probably didn't cost crazyhorse much more than a nice dinner with the spouse -- I'd certainly let Mr. Wife get away with that once in a while. Especially if I got to ride shotgun! ;-)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A Kuwaiti woman reported to police that while she was leaving her home, her husband forced her into his car. The man then drove her to a distant place, assaulted her, took her handbag and gave her a bottle containing a yellow liquid. The man told her "this is my urine and you have to drink it." The woman resisted, but he hit her, forcing her to drink it. The man then dumped her home and escaped. Police could not contact the man as his mobile was switched off. Investigations are on...
ABU DHABI The Federal Supreme Court has sentenced S. Gul I. to three years in jail followed by deportation for throwing acid on Jueel M., causing serious chemical burn injuries and a permanent incapacitation to the victim.
Australia and New Zealand sent more troops to the Solomons to bolster security amid fears the opening of parliament could trigger further riots in the impoverished Pacific island nation. Solomon Islands police commissioner Shane Castles said security forces would be prepared for any incident across the capital Honiara when parliament sits Monday.
WASHINGTON - OPEC oil-producing nations said on Saturday oil prices have risen despite a well-supplied market, adding it was urgent to identify new indicators of price trends to supplant the now-unreliable gauge of oil stocks. This price rise occurred despite the fact that the market continues to be well-supplied, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, acting secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, told a meeting of the International Monetary Funds policy committee.
Earlier this week, Bill Bennett took some heat for saying that several of the journalists who won Pulitzers this year should go to jail. Today on CNN, Bennett put his remarks into the context of the news that a CIA officer has been fired for leaking and possibly faces prosecution:
