 Rescuers in southern Poland are battling cold weather to free some 100 people said to be still trapped in the rubble of a trade centre in Katowice. At least 32 people died when the roof collapsed on Saturday. At the time some 500 people were in the hall, which was housing a pigeon exhibition. The weight of snow on the roof was a possible cause, officials said. More than 100 people were injured in the accident, and there are fears that the death toll could rise further. Much of eastern and central Europe is in the grip of a severe cold snap with heavy snowfalls. A central section of the roof collapsed at 1730 local time (1630GMT). A second collapse happened more than an hour later, during rescue operations. Hundreds of rescuers have been working through the night to try to get to those still inside, as temperatures have dropped to -15C. ...
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 Sheehan considers challenging Sen. Feinstein |
American peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she is strongly considering running for office against US Sen. Dianne Feinstein because the Cal lawmaker will not support calls to immediately bring the troops home. Sheehan, who was visiting Venezuela for the World Social Forum along with activists from around the world, said she has been thinking of challenging Feinstein for her seat for some time. "I think this is so urgent & necessary that this is what I have to do," Sheehan told The A P, adding she would make a final decision on whether to run after talking it over with her 3 adult children in Cal in the coming days. The Democratic primary will be held in June, and candidates must submit their statements by Feb. 14. Sheehan, 48, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., accused Feinstein of being out-of-touch with Californians on Iraq. "She voted for the war. She continues to vote for the funding. She won't call for an immediate withdrawal of the troops,"...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-28-sheehan-senate_x.htm?csp=34
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Editor - 20:09:00 01-28-06
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| Screw the Photos: Bush, Abramoff Smoking Gun is W Removing Prosecutor Twice |
Twice now, Bush has removed the prosecutor in the Abramoff case. Twice!From the LA Times, Aug 8, 2005 via Bellaciao:WASHINGTON — A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor, and the probe ended soon after.SF Chronicle, Jan 27, 2006:The investigation into Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a provocative new turn Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush. How can Bush remove Abramoff’s prosecutor twice and get away with it?...
http://benfrank.net/blog/2006/01/28/bush_abramoff/
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Editor - 19:54:00 01-28-06
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| The problem with democracy |
Oh no, not more democracy again! Didn't we award this to those Algerians in 1990? And didn't they reward us with that nice gift of an Islamist government - and then they so benevolently cancelled the second round of elections? Thank goodness for that!True, the Afghans elected a round of representatives, albeit that they included some warlords and murderers. But then the Iraqis last year elected the Dawa party to power in Baghdad, which was responsible - let us not speak this in Washington - for most of the kidnappings of Westerners in Beirut in the 1980s, the car bombing of the (late) Emir and the US and French embassies in Kuwait.And now, horror of horrors, the Palestinians have elected the wrong party to power. They were supposed to have given their support to the friendly, pro-Western, corrupt, absolutely pro-American Fatah, which had promised to "control" them, rather than to Hamas, which said they would represent them. And, bingo, they have chosen the wrong party again....
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11694.htm
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Editor - 14:45:00 01-28-06
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| Russian army must answer for soldier's abuse: family |
Russian officers must face punishment over the case of a young conscript who was beaten so badly that his legs and genitals had to be amputated, the soldier's sister demanded on Saturday. She spoke as demonstrators in Moscow angrily called for the dismissal of Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov after the brutal bullying incident in which the victim's suffering was made worse because medical treatment was delayed. Andrei Sychev, 19, was tied up and beaten for hours by drunken soldiers over the New Year holiday at a tank academy in Chelyabinsk, in the Ural mountains. Ivanov said Moscow wasn't told about the attack for 25 days and sought to stem outrage by dismissing the general in charge of the tank academy, Russian state television reported. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1552137
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Editor - 14:33:00 01-28-06
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| Off-Duty Officer Critical After Fellow Officer Shoots Him; NYPD's First in Over a Decade |
In a tragic case of mistaken identity, police shot and critically wounded an off-duty officer as he pointed a gun at a suspect outside a fast food restaurant early Saturday, authorities said. Eric Hernandez, 25, was hit three times and was hospitalized in extremely critical condition, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. The officer who pulled the trigger, identified only as a 20-year veteran of the force, was being treated for trauma at another hospital. Hernandez had been in line at a White Castle restaurant in the Bronx shortly before 5 a.m. when he was assaulted by a half-dozen men, Bloomberg said. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the fight, but it was captured on the restaurant's security camera. A White Castle employee called 911, and Hernandez with his gun drawn ran into the parking lot after his assailants, Bloomberg said. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1552162&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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