Lebanon's opposition will call a general strike next week, stepping up a campaign to topple the government, a senior opposition political source said on Friday.The opposition, which includes Shi'ite Muslim groups Hezbollah and Amal and Christian leader Michel Aoun, has been demanding veto power in the government and is now calling for early parliamentary elections. "After the failure of political initiatives, the opposition has decided to escalate its campaign," the source said. "It will call a comprehensive general strike for Tuesday." An opposition source said "complete paralysis will afflict the country including the main, essential, public facilities, among them the port and the airport." ...
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 War of words continues over Iraq |
Intensifying a war of words over a U.S. troop buildup in Iraq, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) accused Bush on Friday of playing politics with soldiers' lives, a charge the White House called "poisonous." "The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way that we won't cut off the resources," Pelosi, head of the Democratic-led House, told ABC's "Good Morning America. "That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way." Saying Democrats were waging a "sound-bite war," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino fired back: "Questioning the president's motivations and suggesting that he for some political reason is rushing troops into harm's way is not appropriate, it is not correct and it is unfortunate." The bitter exchange marked an escalation in the political fight over Bush's plan, unveiled last week to a skeptical public, to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq as part of a reworked war strategy....
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Editor - 15:44:00 01-19-07
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| Europe surveys deadly billion-dollar storm 47 died, more than two million lost power; Germany's losses are huge |
Workers across Europe hauled away fallen trees and repaired power lines Friday after the deadliest storm to strike the continent in eight years killed at least 47 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Trains started rolling again after a near-total shutdown during Thursday night’s hurricane-force winds. Airports from London to Frankfurt reported some delays and cancellations, but were returning to normal. The disruption hit countries from Britain to Ukraine, where the flow of Russian oil through a key pipeline to Europe was temporarily halted after power to a pumping station was knocked out. The storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million home in the Czech Republic, which was hit by winds of up to 112 mph. Ladislav Kriz, spokesman for the main Czech CEZ utility, said Friday night that power was restored to most of the homes affected by the storm, although about 170,000 customers were still without electricity....
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Editor - 15:42:00 01-19-07
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| Southern Plains Brace For New Winter Blast. Thousands Are Still Without Power From Earlier Storm, Up To 6 Inches More Snow Expected. This Global Warming is getting serious |
A storm carrying the threat of more snow and ice moved across the Southern Plains on Friday as more than 100,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark from earlier blasts of cold, wet weather. Winter storm warnings covered much of New Mexico and parts of Texas and Oklahoma, with a half-foot to more than a foot of snow and sleet expected. At a plaza in El Paso, Texas, where large crowds usually gather near bus stops and restaurants, only a few people braved the biting wind. "We prepared, getting all our winter clothes out, but it's difficult because the bus is late," said Alicia Lozano, 62, who wrapped a purple scarf around her head. ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/19/national/main2373778.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2373778
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Editor - 15:40:00 01-19-07
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| Scientists Report Breakthrough in Battle Against Deadly 'Superbug' |
Scientists desperate to find a cure for a fast-spreading "superbug" that attacks the lungs of healthy young people with a deadly toxin that kills within 72 hours believe they've unlocked its secrets, according to a report published Friday in the journal "Science."The news comes just two days after a British biologist reported a possible breakthrough in the search for a cure for PVL-MRSA, a virulent and highly resistant strain of the relatively common Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — the staph infection commonly found in hospitals and locker rooms — that produces the toxin Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL).Already responsible for two recent deaths in Britain, experts there and in the United States fear they are seeing the early stages in both countries of what already is the largest bacterial epidemic in the world....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245042,00.html
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Editor - 15:36:00 01-19-07
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| Ex-Gitmo prisoners acquitted back home in Morocco |
Five Moroccans previously held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay were acquitted of terrorism-related charges in Morocco on Friday, the state news agency reported.The state MAP news agency said the five suspects had been charged with belonging to a criminal organization, funding a criminal group and forging passports -- common charges in Morocco against suspects believed to have been involved in Islamic terrorism. The five also were charged with refusing to denounce crimes against state security.No other details about the trial or the charges were immediately available.The North African kingdom is a staunch ally of the United States in its war against terrorism, having been the target of suicide bombings in its commercial capital, Casablanca, in 2003 that killed 45, including 12 bombers....
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Editor - 15:35:00 01-19-07
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