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INA EXPLORES THE PARANORMAL WORLD OF
UFOs, EXTRATERRESTRIALS, AND ORIGIN OF MAN
2022: ANUNNAKI CODE: End of the World or the Return of the Anunnaki to Earth? A New Book by Maximillien de Lafayette. Remarkable work and extremely rich in content.
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Interview with Muslims "Hizboul’lah Moukatilloun" and "Al Tawheed-Ansar Al Arab Fighters" ...Full story
WHAT CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW: 1-YOUR HOME AND YOUR MORTGAGE. 2-FAT FOOD. 3-BUYING A PROPERTY ABROAD. 4-HOW TO BUY TOYS AND GADGETS. CHANGING YOUR LIFESTYLE AND CULTURE: 1-Changing your work culture and lifestyle. 2-DEALING WITH YOUR BOSS.
LIFESTYLES AROUND THE
WORLD, PROTOCOL AND ETIQUETTE:
1-Fabulous
FAMILY. PARENTING. RELATIONS. WORKPLACE: 1-FAMILY. PARENTING. The parenting challenge. 2-THE ART OF COMMUNICATIONS. BEAUTY AND NUTRITION: 1-DIVA SECRETS AND TIPS. 2-Men want to be pampered, too. 3-Guys, it's time for your facial. 4-GOING HAIRLESS TO ATTRACT WOMEN? YAH RIGHT. RELATIONSHIPS. HEALTH AND SEX: 1-70 WAYS TO HAVE FUN AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP. 2-More graphic sex and violence scenes thrusting onto big screen. 3-GETTING MARRIED? COUNT TO FIVE! 5 year mark key in marriages. 4-Your marriage probably sucks? 5-Women who are educated, married or heavy are more likely to have low sex drives.
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ELEGANCE: 1-WORLD
OF FASHION AND LIFESTYLES THIS YEAR.
2-PARIS
FASHION WEEK.
3-Eveningwear
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YORK FASHION BIG EVENT.
5-ELEGANCE
AND STYLE.
6-BEST
DRESSED STARS OF THE YEAR.
7-THE
WORST DRESSED STARS IN AMERICA....THE
BLOODIEST, UGLIEST AND AWFUL DRESSES BELONG
TO?...MOST
AWFUL GOWNS...WORST
DRESSED FEMALE STAR.
LOOKING GOOD AND FEELING GOOD: 1-HEALTHY HEART Men's Health. Women Health. 2-Ways to stay fit. Grooming. 3-HEALTHY ACTIVITIES. 4-Anti-aging products: do they really work? 5-Eating out. 6-You are what you eat. CONSPIRACIES, THEORIES, COVER UPS: LEGENDS, MYSTERIES, BELIEFS, CONSPIRACIES, COVERUP MAIN PAGE. 1-The Bloodline of the Holy Grail. 2-Was Jesus Married? A Careful Look at the Real Evidence. 3-The Skulls & Bones Society. The Who and What of the Illuminati. 4-Was Mary Magdalene Mrs. Jesus? 5-Eisenhower’s 1954 Meeting With Extraterrestrials: The Fiftieth Anniversary of First Contact? Madness, Fiction or Reality? 6-Da Vinci's The Last Supper Mary Magdalene on Jesus' Right. 7-TIME TRAVELER: Is Time Travel Possible? Has it been accomplished? Who are those who claim to have traveled through time? What do scientists think about time travel? ENTERTAINMENT: READ THE LATEST REVIEWS, RELEASES, ARTICLES ON FILMS, CDs, GOSSIPS AND NEWS...MORE ARTICLES: REVISITING THE STARS, THE GOSSIPS AND RUMORS OF THE YEAR __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________ BOOKS Explosive Revelations About UFOs, Jesus, Moses, The Israelites, Mohammad, The Quran, Dwight Eisenhower, US Congress, And New World Order By An Anunnaki's Wife! By Kurt Rosenstadt It seems like a science fiction story, or a sequel to Jules Verne's visionary tales, but it is factual. I am referring to a series of revelations by a London based woman who claimed that she is the wife of an extraterrestrial. Her revelations as outlined in a letter she sent to two authors will offend many religious people, including Jews, Christians and Muslims. No question, fervent believers in their religion will look upon this woman's claims as the ultimate blasphemy and pure non-sense. Here is the whole story; a woman by the name of Victoria contacted authors Maximillien de Lafayette and Ilil Arbel to reveal secrets about current heads of states, members of the United States Congress and the founders of the world's greatest religions. She claimed to be the wife of an alien who is 9,000 year old. His name is Sinharmarduchk who belongs to the Anunnaki's extraterrestrial race. Dr. Zecharia Sitchen popularized the Anunnaki in his novels and essays. According to Sitchin, the Anunnaki created the human race, not the Judeo-Christian God. Victoria, the wife of Sinharmarduchk confirmed Sitchin's theory. SUMMARY OF VICTORIA'S REVELATIONS:
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DUBIOUS DUBAI DEAL EXPANDS TO 21 PORTS!
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water after the ever turbulent “PortsGate”, the dubious Dubai Ports deal has proliferated from controlling 6 US ports to a whopping 21 US Ports being operated by The United Arab Emirates. Initially it appeared the Bush Administration was sympathetic to its constituency who overwhelmingly disapproved of transferring control of our ports to a Moslem nation. The olive branch offering was a 45 day delay to be sure what’s good for the Bush administration is also good, and safe, for America. But now it has been revealed that the foreign hand-over was not for 6 ports but for a whopping 21 US port. According to UPI, 11 of the ports are on the East Coast, ranging from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida, and 10 ports are on the Gulf Coast, from Gulfport, Miss., to Corpus Christi, Texas. How this plays out is anybody’s guess but one thing no one can accuse the Bush Administration of is pandering to popular public opinion. CLINTON'S DUBAI DOUBLE STANDARD According
to the Financial Times in London, while Senator Clinton poses as
an opponent of the Dubai Ports Deal, her husband is quietly
advising the Dubai government how to sell the takeover deal in the
United States. Former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer – Senator
Clinton's Republican challenger – is conducting Talk Show
interviews discussing this outrageous double standard. Spencer,
said: “Senator Clinton and her husband are the ultimate
hypocrites. She claims to oppose the Ports Deal while he works
behind the scenes to pass it. We already knew that former
President Clinton took $300,000 from Dubai sources in 2002. How
much is he getting now? Senator Clinton should also come clean and
tell us when she learned President Clinton was working for the
Ports Deal. It's past time New York had a Senator ruled by
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Da
Vinci publisher in court case.
Two authors are launching a High Court action against
the publishers of The Da Vinci Code, which they say infringes upon
their ideas. Michael
Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing Random House, claiming the
bestseller lifts from their 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy
Grail. A High Court hearing will be held next week, followed by a
trial next year. Random House was unavailable for comment on the claim
that Brown stole the idea that Jesus had a child...Read
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HAMAS ELECTION VICTORY: ANALYSIS
UN Sec'y Gen. Annan after Hamas victory: "Important step towards achievement of Palestinian state". The Secretary-General telephoned President Mahmoud Abbas to congratulate him and the Palestinian people on the peaceful and orderly conduct of the legislative elections. He expressed his appreciation of the work of the Central Election Commission, which received assistance from the United Nations for the preparatory electoral work. ...Read full article
President Bush Conference on Hamas Election Victory...Read full article
STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET. The Quartet consulted today on the Palestinian Legislative Council elections. It congratulates President Abbas and the Palestinian people on an electoral process that was free, fair and secure. The Quartet calls on all parties to respect the results of the election and the outcome of the Palestinian constitutional process so that it may unfold in an atmosphere of calm and security....Read full article
HAMAS: BULLETS BULLETS- BALLOTS - BULLETS BULLETS Official Election Observers to Validate Hamas Political Power... Read full article
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UK: Explosions rock British oil depot. Al Qaida and other terrorist groups have threatened to target fuel depots. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England -- Explosions at one of Britain's largest oil depots jolted an area north of London early Sunday, hurling multiple balls of fire into the sky, shattering windows and blanketing the area with smoke. Police said the blasts, which injured 36 people, appeared to be accidental. But the powerful explosions felt throughout a large swath of southeast England including London, 25 miles away, rattled nerves in a country still jittery over terrorism after deadly transit bombings in July killed 52 people and four suicide bombers...Full story
US: USA. on sidelines over Kyoto. MONTREAL, Canada- Delegates from 157 countries wound up a tense, all-night negotiating session by agreeing Saturday to draft a new, long-range plan to combat climate change. The agreement, which Environment Minister Stephane Dion dubbed the Montreal Action Plan, calls for binding commitments to cut greenhouse emissions beyond 2012 when the current Kyoto Protocol expires...Full story
NIGERIA: More than 100 dead in Nigerian jet crash. Plane carrying schoolchildren crashes in stormy weather. PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria- A Nigerian jetliner filled with schoolchildren going home for Christmas crashed Saturday while landing during a lightning storm in a delta oil port. At least 103 people were killed, officials said. A spokesman for Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo called the disaster "a national tragedy." Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Sam Adurogboye said early reports indicated seven people survived the crash of the Sosoliso Airlines' McDonnell Douglas DC-9. Flight 1145 left the capital Abuja. "They were breathing and were taken to the hospital...Full story
ATHENS: 'Bomb blast' rocks Athens square. Athens, Greece- The main square in Athens has been rocked by a bomb explosion, police say. The blast occurred at about 0600 (0400 GMT), in or just outside a post office in Syntagma Square, near the Greek finance ministry building. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties from the blast....Full story
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HEADLINES
Extraterrestrials Among Us! Read full article HERE
The first creators of the human race: The Igigi
46 different races of humans and quasi-humans populated the earth
Reproduced from the book Zeta Reticuli and Anunnaki Descendants Among Us: Who Are They? by Maximillien de Lafayette: "In a second contact with Victoria, she revealed to me that the Anunnaki were not the first to experiment with and on humans. Some 45,000 years ago, the Igigihl or Igigi were the first extraterrestrials to create quasi-human specimen. At the very beginning of their genetic experiments, the results were catastrophic; they didn’t get it right. The humans looked awful, bestial, very ugly and even frightening. Basically, because the Igigihl or Igigi were more of terrestrial explorers than geneticists. They were more interested in certain molecules found in terrestrial water and certain minerals than in creating a perfectly shaped human race. They did co-exist with the Anunnaki, and shared some similarities with them, but they were totally different in physical shape and had different intentions, as far as the human race was concerned. REA D More
WASHINGTON, DC- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has been stronger than anticipated but also said the news media have focused on the war's growing body count rather than the progress that has been achieved. "To be responsible, one needs to stop defining success in Iraq as the absence of terrorist attacks," Rumsfeld said in remarks at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He added, "It's appropriate to note not only how many Americans have been killed - and may God bless them and their families - but what they died for or, more accurately, what they lived for." Continuing recent U.S ..Full story.
Fans
pay tribute to John Lennon
Hundreds of white balloons have been released in John Lennon's home city of Liverpool as music fans around the world mark 25 years since his death. The former Beatle was shot outside a Manhattan apartment on 8 December 1980 by Mark Chapman, who is serving 20 years to life in a New York prison. In a newly released interview, Chapman describes his "compulsion" to kill Lennon as "like a runaway train". Other tributes included a concert in London with music stars such as Lulu ...Full story.
WASHINGTON, DC- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's top official was told more than a year before hurricane Katrina that the U.S. government agency's emergency response teams were unprepared for a major disaster and operating under outdated plans, documents show. Additionally, e-mails obtained Wednesday indicate U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tried to call Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco the afternoon before Katrina hit. The e-mails indicate she could not be immediately reached and may have been napping. A spokeswoman for the governor said Wednesday that Blanco was picking up personal items at her residence when Chertoff called. "There was no time for napping," Denise Bottcher said....Full story.
MIAMI, Florida- A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said the dead passenger was a 44-year-old U.S. citizen. It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal had shot at a passenger or suspect, he said...Full story.
44 Acres of Coastline Collapse in Hawaii
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii- About 44 acres of coastline collapsed into the ocean this week, setting loose a glowing stream of lava that shot out from the newly exposed cliffside 45 feet above the water. The plume, 6 feet in diameter, sent up a tower of steam as it hit the water and began forming a ramp of new land....Full story
10 U.S. marines killed
in Iraq and casualties are mounting
WASHINGTON, DC- Ten Marines on foot patrol were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah in one of the deadliest attack on American troops in Iraq in recent months, the U.S. Marine Corps disclosed Friday. A brief statement said the marines were from Regimental Combat Team 8, of the 2nd Marine Division. They were hit Thursday by a roadside bomb, which the military calls an improvised explosive device, or IED, made from several large artillery shells, the marines said. IEDs are the most common cause of U.S. casualties in Iraq...Full story
U.S. House rejects immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq after fiery debate. WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected calls Friday for an immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a political stunt. "Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq," said U.S. Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania...Full story
EUROPE:
European ministers are satisfied with Condoleezza Rice's explanation on the issue of alleged secret CIA prisons overseas, Nato and EU officials say.. They met the US secretary of state ahead of a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels. ..Full story
France vows action to end riots . Muslim leaders of African and Arab communities have issued a fatwa, or religious order, against the riots. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has pledged a "firm and just" response to the country's rioting, as fresh violence broke out in Toulouse. A curfew has already been declared in the Paris suburb...Full story
Divided Europe in Pieces. The "globalisation" European summit at Hampton Court in the UK was seen in parts of Europe as a setback or a non-event. Elsewhere, it was seen as mending fences broken in recent feuds, and improving the chances of an early deal on the EU's long-term budget....Full story
Signature of Agreement with EU & Norway to Support Palestinian Civil Police. (WAFA - PLO news agency) - The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) signed Wednesday an agreement with the Norwegian government and the EU to support the Palestinian Civil Police development plan. Estimated to $750 thousand, the agreement is endeavoured for supporting the reliability of the Palestinian civil police, helping Palestinians maintain stability, law and establishing sustainable and effective policing arrangements in the Occupied Territories. As a part of the European Union Programme to assist PA in developing a modern and effective civil police service "EU COPPS", the agreement is a part of the Norwegian support to the European Programme in OPT. Head of the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, Jonathan McIvor, said that the EU will exert developed efforts in this field, saying that there are 33 international advisers working to help Palestinians build up their police capacity. Minister of Planning, Ghassan al Khatib, appreciated the EU supportive role in security field, saying that it important for the Palestinians to feel a political, economical and social stability.
MIDDLE EAST:
At least 100 Shiite worshippers killed near the Iranian border. BAGHDAD, Iraq- Suicide bombers struck in eastern Iraq and the capital on Friday, killing at least 100 Shiite worshippers near the Iranian border and eight Iraqis at a hotel - the second attack against a compound housing Western media and contractors in less than a month....Full story
Al-Zarqawi threatens Jordan's king, says bombers did not target Amman wedding AMMAN, Jordan- An audiotape in the name of "al-Qaida in Iraq" threatened on Friday to chop off King Abdullah's head and bomb more hotels and tourist sites...Full story
WORLD MORE TOP STORIES
Speedboats are traffickers' tool of choice to smuggle cocaine from Colombia. TUMACO, Colombia- Slicing through slate-grey waters along the shores of Colombia, a coast guard vessel slips into a mangrove-fringed inlet, on the hunt for speedboats loaded with two or three tonnes of cocaine and ready to tear full-tilt to coastlines hundreds of kilometres away. ...Full story
Thai female drug convict loses her bid for WBC title, freedom. PRATHUM THANI, Thailand- A convicted Thai drug dealer lost her bid for the WBC strawweight title - and the chance to get out of prison more than a year ahead of schedule. .Full story
South Asia quake kills more than 30,000 Pakistani president appeals for help. BALAKOT, Pakistan- Villagers desperate to find survivors dug with bare hands Sunday through the debris of a collapsed school where children had been heard crying beneath the rubble after a massive earthquake killed more than 20,000. Pakistani officials... Full story
Suicide bomber wounds four Britons in attack in southern Afghanistan. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suspected Taliban suicide attacker rammed a car laden with explosives into an armoured vehicle carrying British government officials Sunday in southern Afghanistan, wounding four of them, a U.S.-led coalition commander said... Full story
Nazi 'Dr. Death' located in Spain. A Nazi war criminal notorious for sadistic experiments that killed hundreds of prisoners during the Second World War has been tracked to Spain, news reports said Saturday...Full story
Putin rethinks rocket sales to Syria despite pledge to Sharon. LONDON- Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to re-examine a Syrian request for the Iskander-E rocket, also known as the SS-26. Western diplomatic sources said Putin would review an earlier decision...Full story
The son of a Jewish dressmaker, Harold Pinter wins Nobel literature prize. STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- British playwright Harold Pinter, known for his distinctive juxtaposition of the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Room, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.. Full story
Nobel winner Pinter rages against U.S. arrogance; calls Blair 'deluded idiot'. LONDON- Deft silences are the trademark of Harold Pinter the playwright. But thunderous, sometimes obscene, rage is his style in politics....Full story
Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh has been stripped of his post after allegations that he benefited from the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq. The government said Mr Singh would stay in the cabinet. Premier Manmohan Singh assumes his role pending an inquiry. Natwar Singh and the main party in India's ruling coalition...Full story
Newsflash: News and Headlines from Around the World.
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EOPLE AND EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
1-Iran's president says Bush administration should be tried for war
crimes...2-Confusion and uncertainty surround resumption of Saddam trial...3-Ten
most watched American TV show hosts...4- "I love to direct, says Madonna...and
much more...Read
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THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY SELECTS ROBERT OSBORNE AS "MAN OF THE YEAR". ROBERT OSBORNE: MAN OF THE YEAR. Nowadays, an avalanche of film historians and critics rolls over and over on out TV sets. But only one cinema historian and story-teller extraordinaire captured my full attention....Read full article
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Rescuers drain pond in Indiana to see if more victims left there by tornado EVANSVILLE, Indiana- Crews looking for victims of a weekend tornado finished searching the wreckage of a mobile home park and turned their attention Monday to draining a large pond where it was feared more bodies would be found. The death toll stood at 21 from the tornado, which struck at 2 a.m. Sunday as people slept, making it the deadliest in Indiana in more than three decades... Full storyUS does not torture, Bush insists President George W Bush has defended his government's treatment of detainees after a media allegation that the CIA ran secret jails in eastern Europe. "We do not torture," Mr Bush told reporters during a visit to Panama. He said enemies were plotting to hurt the US and his government would pursue them, but would do so "under the law". Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court has allowed a legal challenge to the Bush administration's use of military tribunals for foreign detainees. The court will decide whether a former driver for Osama Bin Laden, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, can be tried for war crimes before military officers in Guantanamo Bay. Correspondents say the case will be a major test of the US government's wartime powers... Full storyFirst U.S. casualties reported in offensive near Iraq-Syria border U.S. and Iraqi troops battled insurgents house-to-house on Monday, the third day of a major offensive against al-Qaida insurgents in a town near the Syrian border, and the U.S. command reported the first American death in the operation...Full story Son of Pete Rose pleads guilty to distributing drugs to teammates NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Pete Rose Jr., the son of baseball's all-time hits leader, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he distributed GBL, a drug sometimes sold as a steroid alternative, to his minor league teammates. The 35-year-old Rose wore a suit and tie when he appeared before a federal judge in Nashville, saying nothing but "yes, sir" when asked if he understood the charges and his plea... Full story Bush nominates conservative Judge Samuel Alito to U.S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, DC - President George W. Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, nominated conservative judge Samuel Alito to replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a bid to reshape the U.S. Supreme Court and mollify his political base. "Judge Alito is one of the most accomplished and respected judges in America," the president said in announcing Alito's selection Monday...Full story U.S. raises key interest rate by quarter-point, highest level in four years WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. Federal Reserve, still concerned about inflation, raised a key interest rate Tuesday to the highest level in more than four years and signalled more increases are likely....Full story CIA officer at centre of the leak case fills her life with twins and a desk job Photo: Valerie Plame, left, is seated with her husband, former diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, in Washington in this Nov. 18, 2003, photograph for the opening spread of Vanity Fair. WASHINGTON, DC- Joe Wilson says it was mutual love at first sight when he and Valerie Plame spotted each other at a crowded diplomatic reception eight years ago. Well, yes and no. For Plame, the stars in her eyes that night were quickly followed by a LexisNexis computer search the next day to make sure the guy with all the fantastic stories about his life as a globe-trotting diplomat was really legit. It is classic Valerie Plame....Full story Charles, Camilla begin weeklong U.S. tour; British media predict indifference NEW YORK- Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, paid tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks Tuesday as they began a weeklong tour of the United States - a trip the British press predicted would cause little excitement among Americans. After arriving in New York City on a private chartered jet, the couple travelled by limousine to Ground Zero for a tour of the site. The couple then went to nearby Hanover Square to unveil a memorial park to the 67 Britons who died when the hijacked jets slammed into the World Trade Center... Full story Reid says Rove should resign, Bush and Cheney should apologize for leak Photo: In this photo provided by ABC News, Sen. Harry Reid appears for an interview on ABC's "This Week," in Washington, Sunday. WASHINGTON, DC- The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President George W. Bush needs "new blood" in his White House. Rove has not been charged, but he continues to be investigated in the CIA leaks case that brought the indictment and resignation Friday of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an adviser to Bush and the top aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney...Full story
Google
is sued by book publishers
Internet search engine Google is being sued by a group of book publishers over plans to put millions of titles online. The Association of American Publishers, which includes firms such as Penguin, has filed a suit in New York claiming Google will infringe their copyrights. As part of its Print Library Project, Google plans to index and scan millions of books from five major libraries. Google countered that the lawsuit was "short sighted", claiming its idea will lift exposure and demand for books...Full story
Charged aide quits Cheney office
Lewis Libby, chief-of-staff to Dick Cheney, was also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the federal grand jury. Bush aide Karl Rove was not charged but the investigation has not been closed. The identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame - whose husband criticised the Iraq war - was leaked to a US reporter in 2003. Revealing the identity of a covert agent is a federal offence. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has accused Mr Libby of lying about how and when he learned and disclosed to reporters classified information about Ms Plame...Full story |
Waiting for weakening Wilma: Floridians wary of ferocious storm KEY WEST, Florida- A hurricane watch was posted Saturday for the low-lying Florida Keys and a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the islands' residents as southern Florida made preparations for Hurricane Wilma. Hurricane-force wind of at least 120 km/h could begin affecting the Keys within 36 hours, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm's outermost rain already had reached parts of the state. ..Full story U.S. forces report killing 20 insurgents sheltering foreign militants near Syrian border BAGHDAD, Iraq- U.S. soldiers and warplanes killed 20 insurgents and destroyed five "safe houses" Saturday during an operation against militants who shelter foreign fighters for Al-Qaida in Iraq near the Syrian border, the military said. Meanwhile, defence lawyers in Saddam Hussein's trial rejected protection offered by the Iraqi Interior Ministry after the kidnap-slaying of a colleague....Full story Black Muslim leader says delayed help for New Orleans was 'criminal neglect? WASHINGTON, DC- Railing against the delayed relief for victims of hurricane Katrina, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Saturday the U.S. government should be charged with "criminal neglect of the people of New Orleans." "For five days, the government did not act. Lives were lost," Farrakhan said at the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March. Full story New York subway terror threat remains uncorroborated, concerns ease NEW YORK- A reported plot to bomb New York City's subways with remote-controlled explosives has not been corroborated after days of investigation, law-enforcement officials said Sunday amid an easing sense of concern. Interrogations of suspects captured in Iraq last week after an informant's tip about bomb-laden suitcases and baby carriages have yet to yield evidence the plot was real, officials said. "The intelligence community has been able to determine that there are very serious doubts about the credibility of this specific threat," U.S. Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke said. "This is after ongoing review and analysis."..Full story
U.S. briefs multiple nations on Iran's nuclear
warhead program Bush says the United States is sending cash and helicopters to Pakistan WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President George W. Bush said Sunday the United States is sending cash and eight helicopters in response to Pakistan's plea for international assistance with earthquake recovery. "Thousands of people have died, thousands are wounded, and the United States of America wants to help," Bush said from the Oval Office. Saturday's magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed at least 20,000. Officials said the death toll could climb much higher and Bush declared the quake the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history. Full story
U.S. warning allies of Hamas takeover of Palestinian Authority Bush officials and congressional sources said the administration has been quietly bracing for a Hamas takeover of the PA. State Department officials have been briefing Arab and Western allies about the prospect that Hamas would dominate either the Palestinian government or PA areas by mid-2006...Full story Miers debacle hits struggling president President Bush has suffered one of the biggest embarrassments of his presidency at a time when he faces a mountain of other problems. Harriet Miers' lack of experience as a judge and allegations that she was not conservative enough had led to growing criticism of Mr Bush's Supreme Court choice, most notably from right-wing Republicans...Full story Son of Pete Rose pleads guilty to distributing drugs to teammates NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Pete Rose Jr., the son of baseball's all-time hits leader, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he distributed GBL, a drug sometimes sold as a steroid alternative, to his minor league teammates. The 35-year-old Rose wore a suit and tie when he appeared before a federal judge in Nashville, saying nothing but "yes, sir" when asked if he understood the charges and his plea. The Drug Enforcement Administration said Rose's arrest was part of a larger investigation into a major GBL trafficking organization. Rose surrendered to authorities shortly before he entered his guilty plea...Full story Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has died in a US air strike.
The US and UK have hailed news that Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has died in a US air strike.
Zarqawi died when US planes dropped two 500lb (230kg) bombs on a site
near the city of Baquba. He was identified by fingerprints, tattoos and
scars. The US struck after receiving specific tip-offs from within
Zarqawi's organisation, officials said. US President George W Bush
described the news as a severe blow to al-Qaeda and "justice" for
Zarqawi. |
BUSINESS:
New York state businesses say U.S. passport rules are 'war on tourism'. New York state businesses warned the U.S. Congress on Thursday requiring passports at the Canadian border will disrupt trade and hurt tourism, while one official tried to reassure legislators an alternative ID would probably cost about $50 US. Howard Zemsky, leader of a Buffalo-area business group, warned legislators: "Don't turn the war on terrorism into the war on tourism."...Full story
U.S. lawsuit accuses tire maker of using slave labor in Liberia, West Africa. A U.S. federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses tire maker Bridgestone Firestone of employing slave labor and child labor on its massive rubber plantation in Liberia...Full story
INDUSTRY:
U.S. housing construction tumbles, adding more evidence boom is cooling. U.S. housing construction and new building permits were down sharply in October, providing fresh evidence that rising mortgage rates are beginning to cool the five-year housing boom...Full story
Retailers missing the point of loyalty reward programs, Air Miles head says. Retailers have lost their way and have become too focused on using loyalty reward programs as a currency to attract customers, says the president of Air Miles. Bryan Pearson says most retailers are neglecting the wealth of shopper data that is collected by the programs that could be used to better market to their customers, which was one of the purposes the program was created in the first place... .Full story
Chrysler announces new incentives in Detroit price war with GM and Ford. DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group said Thursday it will give two years of free gas to customers who buy a 2005 or 2006 vehicle before Jan. 3, following announcements of new discounts by rivals General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co...Full story
At age 30, Microsoft tries to untangle bureaucratic snags with a shakeup. Microsoft Corp. promises its software will make people better workers - more productive, more profitable, more able, as the company likes to say, to achieve their potential. Yet some wonder why the software behemoth isn't taking more of its own medicine....Full story
Delphi Corp., the largest U.S. auto supplier, files for bankruptcy. Delphi Corp., the largest U.S. auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy Saturday, sending shock waves through the country's auto industry, which already is weakened by high labor costs and falling market share...Full story
GOVERNMENT. COMPANIES:
U.S. Attorney General indicts Conrad Black and others on criminal fraud charges. The U.S. government has charged fallen Canadian media baron Conrad Black and three other former executives of Hollinger International with fraud, in connection with an alleged scheme to steal more than $80 million US from the media company...Full story
Google shares top $400 threshold. Shares in Google have risen above $400 each for the first time, capping a strong period of growth for the internet search firm. Google shares closed up $5.30, or 1.3%, at $403.45, giving the firm a higher market value than stalwarts Coca-Cola, Walt Disney and Cisco Systems...Full story
Investors cheer Hewlett-Packard. Investors cheered as the US computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) reported figures that suggest it is recovering. HP's $416m (£242m) profits for the August to October quarter fell far short of the $1.091bn made during the same period last year...Full story
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Criminals 'getting jobs at banks'. Financial regulators have repeated a warning that members of criminal gangs are getting jobs in financial services firms so they can carry out frauds. The warning was given by Sir Callum McCarthy, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, at a conference in London on financial crime... Full story
ATM fees 'to reach £250m in 2006'. UK bank customers could pay up to £250m to withdraw their own money from cash machines in 2006, the Nationwide building society has predicted. In 2004 the private companies who install and operate charging ATMs made £140m in withdrawal fees...Full story
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Bush and South Korean leader take united stand on North Korean nuclear program. President George W. Bush took a hardline stance against North Korea on Thursday, saying the U.S. won't help the communist country build a civilian nuclear reactor to produce electricity until it dismantles its nuclear weapons programs...Full story
France enjoys break from riots but polygamy suggestions cause uproar
. French streets were relatively peaceful overnight after three weeks of unrest, police said Thursday....Full storyTerrorist threatens U.S., allies in video seized by Indonesian police. A masked man believed to be one of Asia's most wanted terrorists warned the United States, Britain and Australia in a video seized from his hide-out: "You will be the target of our next attack." Malaysian fugitive Noordin Mohamad Top is allegedly a key leader of the al-Qaida-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been accused of orchestrating at least four deadly bombings targeting westerners since 2002...Full story
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MAHE, Seychelles- A Second World War veteran wielding a camera found himself facing a smiling attacker armed with a grenade launcher. Another holiday-goer escaped injury because she was in the bathtub, not the stateroom where an explosive landed. Passengers of the Seabourn Spirit luxury cruise ship described moments of panic and luck Monday after docking in the Seychelles after pirates in speedboats chased their vessel...Full story
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GENEVA, Switzerland- Nearly 60 per cent of the world's countries now have pandemic influenza response plans - but plans need to be practised if paper strategies are to be effective in emergency situations, officials of the World Health Organization and the United Nations warned Monday. The number of countries that have worked out plans has risen sharply in the past six months, Dr. Michael Ryan, director of the WHO's epidemic and pandemic alert and response, told a major international meeting on avian and pandemic influenza...Full story
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eBay's Whitman tops most powerful list
Photo: For the second year in a row, Meg Whitman, the 49-year-old chairman and CEO of eBay, has come in first place on Fortune magazine's 50 most powerful women in the U.S.
For the second year in a row, Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, was named the most powerful woman in the United States, according to the latest issue of Fortune magazine. Meanwhile, Barbara Stymiest, chief operating officer of RBC Financial, came in at No. 34 on Fortune's international list. Carly Fiorina, who long held the No. 1 spot, and who was No. 2 last year, dropped off the U.S...Full story
Britain's Tony Blair pushes for consensus on tackling global climate change
LONDON- Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a new round of international talks on climate change Tuesday, encouraging G-8 countries and other major polluters such as China and India to use cleaner energy supplies. He said that when the landmark Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, the international community would need a more sensitive framework for tackling global warming...Full story
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The only man to have been convicted in Britain of Nazi war crimes has died in Norwich prison. Anthony Sawoniuk, 84, was serving two life sentences after being found guilty of murdering 18 Jews in the UK's first war crimes trial. The former British Rail ticket collector was found guilty in 1999 of crimes committed in his home town of Domachevo, Belarus. He lost an appeal against his conviction in 2000. Police said Sawoniuk was believed to have died of natural causes and his death was not being treated as suspicious. Genocide role: He was tried at the Old Bailey, London, and jailed for his role in the Nazi genocide in eastern Europe after more than 50 years at liberty. Sawoniuk, who moved to the UK after the war, sealed his own fate with a letter written in the early 1950s to his half-brother Mikolai in Poland. At the time, all mail from the West was vetted by the KGB...Full story No progress for EU budget talks. EU foreign ministers have failed to get any closer to a deal on the 2007-13 budget at a meeting in Brussels. On Monday, the 25 member states resumed discussions where they left off at an acrimonious summit in June - and restated their opposing positions. UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said "significant changes" were necessary to the structure and size of the budget...Full storyObservers condemn Azeri election. International observers monitoring elections in Azerbaijan say the vote did not meet democratic standards. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe complained of significant irregularities in the parliamentary vote and vote-counting. With nearly all votes counted, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party had won 63 of the 125 seats, Azeri officials said...Full story
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Zeppelin share Polar Music Prize. UK rock band Led Zeppelin and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev were named winners of the Polar Music Prize. The awards are likened to the Nobel Prize, with winners receiving one million kroner (£70,523) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The academy said Led Zeppelin were "one of the great pioneers of rock". Gergiev was cited "for the way his unique electrifying musical skills have deepened and renewed our relationship with the grand tradition". ..Full story
France vows action to end riots
Muslim leaders of African and Arab communities have issued a fatwa, or religious order, against the riots. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has pledged a "firm and just" response to the country's rioting, as fresh violence broke out in Toulouse. A curfew has already been declared in the Paris suburb of Raincy, starting on Monday night, in an attempt to end 11 days of unrest. In Toulouse, in the south of the country, rioters set fire to a bus and then pelted police with petrol bombs...Full story Divided Europe in Pieces. The "globalisation" European summit at Hampton Court in the UK was seen in parts of Europe as a setback or a non-event. Elsewhere, it was seen as mending fences broken in recent feuds, and improving the chances of an early deal on the EU's long-term budget. A vice-president of the European Commission, Guenter Verheugen, cast doubt on the results, telling Bavarian Radio in Germany that some messages from the summit took Europe in the "wrong direction"...Full story A rare silent film of Wuthering Heights is being sought by a museum dedicated to author Emily Bronte and her family. The Bronte Parsonage Museum wants to trace the 1920 film, which was filmed around the Bronte family home in Haworth, West Yorkshire. ..Full story
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Last minute efforts to win Sunni support of constitution face deep divisions
BAGHDAD, Iraq- With U.S. mediation, Shiite and Kurdish officials negotiated Sunday with Sunni Arab leaders over last minute additions to the constitution, trying to win Sunni support ahead of next weekend's crucial referendum. But the sides remained far apart over basic issues - including the federalism that Shiites and Kurds insist on - and copies of the constitution are already being passed out to the public.. Full story
A senior Israeli official has denied operating a former Pentagon analyst who admitted passing classified information to pro-Israel lobbyists in the US. "Israel is not spying in or against the United States," said Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the Israeli parliament's Defense...Full story
Al-Qaida says letter from its No.2 leader to al-Zarqawi is a U.S. fake
CAIRO, Egypt- A posting on an Islamic website Thursday accused the United States of fabricating a letter in which al-Qaida's No. 2 leader asked for money and laid out the terrorist group's plans for expanding the insurgency in the Middle East. "We in al-Qaida declare that there is no truth to these claims, and they are baseless, except in the imagination of the politicians of the Black (White) House," according to the statement on a website known as a clearing house for al-Qaida material. The statement was signed Abu Maysara, who claims to be spokesman for al-Qaida in Iraq...Full story
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My sources of information and data on divas’ biographies and the history of entertainment’s greats are Maximillien de Lafayette’s books and encyclopedias on Jazz, cabaret and music; more precisely his 20 volumes of the “World Who’s Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment” and most recently his “Entertainment Greats from the 1800’s to the Present.” Until this month, when I learned about a Jazz singer by the name of Pamela Stonebrooke who claimed to have had sex with an extraterrestrial. Lafayette’s academic books on Jazz did not even mention the name of Pamela Stonebrooke. But to my great astonishment I found something about her in a new kind of books written by Lafayette; books on UFOs! Would you believe it? Lafayette writing about aliens? Yes sir, he did, and he dashed out mind-boggling books on UFOs and aliens’ abduction. In two of his most recent books “The Anunnaki’s Genetic Creation of the Human Race”, “Zeta Reticuli and Anunnaki Descendants Among Us”, and "Biographical Encyclopedia of People in Ufology and Scientific Extraterrestrial Research", Lafayette wrote extensively on Stonebrooke. So, any statement or article about Stonebrooke by Maximillien de Lafayette, an authority on jazz, entertainment and extraterrestrials, would trigger my curiosity. So, I began my quest and search for Pamela Stonebrooke. And Lord! I did find a vast literature and so many articles about her. They are everywhere. Even in England, major newspapers interviewed her, and TV channels both in the US and Europe aired shows and documentaries about Stonebrooke...read more
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