A majority of Americans want the Bush administration to get court approval before eavesdropping on people inside the United States, even if those calls might involve suspected terrorists, an AP-Ipsos poll shows. Over the past three weeks, President Bush and top aides have defended the electronic monitoring program they secretly launched shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, as a vital tool to protect the nation from al-Qaida and its affiliates. Yet 56 percent of respondents in an AP-Ipsos poll said the government should be required to first get a court warrant to eavesdrop on the overseas calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens when those communications are believed to be tied to terrorism. Agreeing with the White House, some 42 percent of those surveyed do not believe the court approval is necessary. ``We're at war,'' Bush said. Bull Shit, Have the decency and the guts to declare the dam thing. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk
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 For Younger Jews in America, Israel and Sharon's Health Crisis Less of a Concern |
As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health deteriorated, a debate erupted thousands of miles away at a meeting of IKAR, a Los Angeles group trying to reinvent synagogue life for Jews in their 20s and 30s. A few argued that IKAR was not doing enough advocacy for Israel, especially as the nation faced a major shift in leadership. But the overwhelming majority said that wasn't their role. "They said part of what they love about IKAR is that we're not forcing people to make the claim that Israel is absolutely and fundamentally central to themselves as Jews," said Rabbi Sharon Brous, 32, leader of the community. "People are forming Jewish identities either without Israel at all or ambivalence toward Israel. It's not that they don't care. They're confused."...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1481872&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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Editor - 12:53:00 01-07-06
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| Chinese farmer in suicide attack |
A Chinese farmer has set off a bomb in a court house in north-west China, killing himself and four other people including the court president. According to the official Chinese media, the man set off the bomb on Friday during a court hearing. He is reported to have been angry over a land dispute. The Xinhua state news agency said the 62-year-old farmer forced his way into the court house during a hearing on Friday morning. He then lit a fuse on explosives he was carrying and blew himself up. Four other people in the courtroom were killed including the court president and a local Communist party official. At least 20 others were injured. The official news report says the man was angry about a court ruling over a land dispute involving his late son and daughter-in-law. It gave no further details. But stories like this have become increasingly common in China in recent years. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4589948.stm
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Editor - 12:46:00 01-07-06
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| Turkish bird flu is deadly strain |
A teenage sister and brother who died of bird flu in Turkey this week were infected with the H5N1 strain of the virus, making it the first time that strain has killed humans outside East Asia, the U.N. health agency said Saturday. "The laboratory in the UK said that they have detected H5N1 in samples from the two fatal cases," World Health Organization spokeswoman Maria Cheng told The Associated Press. Cheng said the spread of the disease from East Asia, where it has killed more than 70 people, was "a concern," but the global risk assessment of a human pandemic was unchanged. The laboratory reported the results Saturday on the tests from a 15-year-old girl and her 14-year-old brother who died earlier in the week, Cheng said. ...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/07/turkey.birdflu.ap/index.html?section=cnn_world
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Editor - 12:40:00 01-07-06
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| DeLay won’t seek return to majority leader role Move clears way for election of new House leadership amid scandal |
Rep. Tom DeLay, under indictment on criminal charges in Texas, announced Saturday that he will not try to reclaim his job as majority leader of the House of Representatives. In a letter to rank-and-file Republicans, DeLay says he has “always acted in an ethical manner.”At the same time, “I cannot allow our adversaries to divide and distract our attention,” the Texas Republican wrote. The Texas Republican was forced to step aside from the No. 2 leadership job in September after he was indicted in Texas on a campaign finance case. In a separate letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert, DeLay said he intends to seek re-election to his House seat in November “while I work to clear my name of the baseless charges leveled against me.”...
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Editor - 12:31:00 01-07-06
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| UN experts arrive in Iran to oversee atomic work |
U.N. atomic inspectors have arrived in Iran to supervise Tehran's resumption of nuclear fuel research, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. "Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran last night," Hossein Entezami, spokesman of the Supreme National Security Council, told Reuters."The research will be started in co-ordination with the agency," he added.Iran's decision to resume atomic fuel research has drawn fire from the United States and Europe, which suspect Tehran could be secretly working on nuclear arms. Tehran denies the charge.European diplomats speculate resuming research on nuclear fuel could amplify calls for Iran to be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060107/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_inspectors_dc
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