A top Russian general said his country would view the planned deployment of U.S. missile defense components in eastern and central Europe as a security threat and take retaliatory measures, according to an article published Tuesday.Yevgeny Buzhinsky, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry's international military cooperation department, urged the United States and its allies to refrain from unilateral action and negotiate with Moscow."The deployment of missile defense near the Russian borders could pose a real threat to our deterrent forces," Buzhinsky said in an article published in the daily Izvestia. "We would view that as an unfriendly gesture on behalf of the United States, some eastern European nations and NATO as a whole. Such actions would require taking adequate retaliatory measures of military and political character."...
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 AG Probes Letter Sent to Some Calif. Hispanics Saying It's a Crime for Immigrants to Vote |
The state attorney general's office is investigating a letter received by some Southern California Hispanics that says it is a crime for immigrants to vote and tells them they could be jailed or deported if they go to the polls next month. "It's a very malicious and degrading letter. It's to pull Latinos down and make them afraid," said Benny Diaz, who is running for City Council in Garden Grove. He said his wife and five other people he knows had received the letter. The letter, written in Spanish, tells recipients: "You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time." The truth is that immigrants who become naturalized citizens can legally register to vote. ...
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| Torrential rain floods parts of southeast Texas, killing 4 motorists, moves east |
The unrelenting rain that flooded southeast Texas, killing four motorists and sweeping two children down a drainage ditch, moved into Tennessee with less of a punch early Tuesday, headed for the East Coast. The heaviest rainfall Tuesday morning was in the Chattanooga area, where about 1.5 inches of rain fell, well short of the 10 inches that swamped parts of Houston on Monday, said National Weather Service forecaster Shawn O'Neill in Morristown, Tenn. Radar showed 50 mph wind gusts in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains along on the Tennessee-North Carolina line.The storm had put a damper on the Arkansas State Fair Monday as it dumped more than 6 inches of rain in parts of the state, prompting flash flood watches. But it was Texas that was hardest hit. In Houston, the flooding and storm damage closed numerous roads and some public school systems. The rain was expected to taper off Tuesday morning, although more flooding was likely for the San Jacinto River near Humble...
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Editor - 08:49:00 10-17-06
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| Head of Largest Municipal Labor Council Arrested in NYC, Accused of Stealing More Than $2M |
The president of the nation's largest municipal labor council was arrested on federal racketeering charges Tuesday, accused of stealing more than $2 million from the state and labor unions. Brian M. McLaughlin, 54, is accused in an indictment of stealing money from several organizations in which he held official positions, according to a statement from federal prosecutors in Manhattan. He and his associates are accused of stealing from labor unions, the state of New York and not-for-profit groups. Details of the arrest were not immediately released. McLaughlin is president of the New York City Central Labor Council, an umbrella group of unions that has supported Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He also is a seven-term Democratic state assemblyman. ...
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| Super-Secret War Room Being Retired to Save Money |
Dr. Strangelove would have a heart attack: America's vaunted underground war room deep inside this granite mountain is being retired. Not only that, but Russian military men have been inside the place.During the long nuclear standoff with Moscow, the nation's super-secret nerve center was a symbol of both Cold War might and apocalyptic dread, depicted in such movies as "WarGames" in 1983. But with the end of the Cold War, the war room is being put on "warm standby" to save money.A staff will keep it ready to resume operations at a moment's notice if a blast-hardened command center becomes necessary, but the critical work is being shifted to Peterson Air Force Base, about 10 miles away....
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| Shootings, bombings, kill at least 28 across Iraq Violence claims 708 Iraqi lives; Oct. on track to be deadliest month for GIs |
Bombings and shootings across Iraq killed at least 28 people on Tuesday, including four students and a doctor. In Balad, the scene of sectarian fighting that has killed close to 100 people, U.S. troops aided Iraqi security forces struggling to contain the bloodshed.October was shaping up as one of the country’s deadlier months. According to an Associated Press count, 708 Iraqis have been reported killed in war-related violence this month, or just over 44 a day, compared to a daily average of more than 27 since the AP began tracking deaths in April 2005.U.S. deaths were also running high. Seven American troops died in fighting over the weekend, raising the U.S. toll to 58 killed in the first two weeks of October, a pace that if continued would make the month the worst for coalition forces since January 2005....
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