RIA Novosti: US Offered USD 75 Million to Iraqi Sunnis for Signature under ConstitutionThe United States have offered to Sunni representatives USD 75 Million to sign the draft Constitution of Iraq, RIA Novosti announced, citing information of source close to the Constitutional Committee of the country, published in the Saudi daily Al Vatan.
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Looters taking advantage of Katrina devastationWith much of New Orleans under water in the wake of hurricane Katrina, there were reports of massive looting in the city's downtown Tuesday.
Looters were grabbing whatever they could, carrying big garbage cans full of clothing, jewelry and other goods as they waded through hip-deep water down Canal Street -- the main thoroughfare in the city's business district.
In some cases the looting took place in full view of overwhelmed police officers and National Guard troop... (more)
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'Times-Picayune' Announces New Home--in Houma--and Reports Looting by Cops and Firemen The battered Times-Picayune of New Orleans, which evacuated its downtown office this afternoon, posted a simple note to it staffers on its Web site late this afternoon: "We are working at the Houma Courier for a few days. If you have news, call 985-850-1182. We plan to set up a longer term newsroom in Baton Rouge. Call the Advocate to find out where we are."
Meanwhile, two staffers published a story on one of the Web site's blogs, reporting on the looting in the city--joined in by... (more)
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Christian Schools Bring Suit Against UCAmid the growing national debate over the mixing of religion and science in America's classrooms, University of California admissions officials have been accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of discriminating against high schools that teach creationism and other conservative Christian viewpoints.
The suit was filed in Los Angeles federal court Thursday by the Assn. of Christian Schools International, which represents more than 800 religious schools in the state, and by the Ca... (more)
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Ban on extreme internet pornVIOLENT sexual pornography on the internet is to be banned by the Government.
Ministers are proposing a new offence of possessing violent and abusive pornography, which would criminalise anyone who acquires such an image through the internet or on a mobile phone.
Material involving adults in illegal acts is increasingly being sought out, according to a Home Office consultation paper published today. Hundreds of sites cater to this demand, offering material that depi... (more)
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Concealed carry gun permit holder saves Wal-Mart shopper's life as she's being stabbed repeatedly by her ex-husbandA fatal shooting at an Albuquerque Wal-Mart last week was the state's first by someone with a concealed-carry gun permit, authorities said.
Police said Felix Vigil was attacking his ex-wife with a knife near the store's deli counter where she worked when an armed customer intervened and shot him. The woman, Joyce Cordova, was treated for multiple stab wounds and later released from an Albuquerque hospital.
The armed customer, 72-year-old Due Moore, was interviewed a... (more)
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Martial law declared around New OrleansMartial law was declared in New Orleans midday Tuesday as the city continued flooding from at least two levees damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
WWL-TV, New Orleans, which evacuated its studios earlier, reported airlifts of sandbags had been ordered as water flooded along the city's landmark Canal Street. No one but emergency personnel was being allowed into the city, whose two airports were under water. Looting was reported.
Mayor Ray Nagin said bodies have been seen f... (more)
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Couple flee abroad to fight against the 'Big Brother state' that took their babyA couple whose son was taken away by social workers over what they say were false claims of mistreatment have moved abroad, fearing that any more children they might have could also be seized.
Emma and Martin - not their real names, as a court ruling prevents them being identified - strenuously deny harming Peter and are attempting to challenge the court ruling that placed him for adoption.
But the couple claim that they can no longer live under the shadow of the "B... (more)
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Insider: Rovegate Probe Almost ConcludedThere are indications that Rovegate Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald will be wrapping up his two-year probe of the CIA/Valerie Plame Wilson leak sometime between the end of the Labor Day Congressional recess and the end of September.
Informed rumor has it that there will be indictments of at least two senior-level Bush administration officials.
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More costly than 'the war to end all wars'Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history.
This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, it will cost nearly $1.4 trillion, calculates Linda Bilmes, who teaches budgeting at the Kennedy School of Government at Ha... (more)
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Defense firms feast on Bush’s “War on Terror”Analysts say that a significant part of the American’s national life is determined by the financial interests of the "mighty 10."
The “mighty 10" are not the Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force or Special Forces; they’re huge arms firms that stand to make hundreds of billions of dollars from Bush’s ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the "10" -- Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Litton, General Electric, United Technolog... (more)
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From foetus to full term - without a mother's touchARTIFICIAL wombs, to bring a foetus of a human being to full term outside a woman’s body, could become a reality within 20 years, scientists have predicted.
This could present great advantages in the case of very premature babies, which could be nurtured to full pregnancy term in artificial wombs, thereby reducing the risk of long-term developmental problems.
Such technology might also appeal to those who cannot have children naturally, such as women with a da... (more)
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Free Wi-Fi? Get Ready for GoogleNet.What if Google (GOOG) wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location? The gatekeeper of the world’s information could become one of the globe’s biggest Internet providers and one of its most powerful ad sellers, basically supplanting telecoms in one fell swoop. Sounds crazy, but how might Google go about it?
First it would build a national broadband network -- let's c... (more)
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Judge: Bush Plot Case Evidence ClassifiedThe judge in the case of a man accused of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush said Monday he possesses evidence that could help the defendant, but that he can't turn it over to defense lawyers because they lack required security clearances.
U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee said at a pretrial hearing that he received the classified material from prosecutors, who are required to turn over any evidence that's potentially beneficial to the defense.
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Most scientific papers are probably wrongMost published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there is less than a 50% chance that the results of any randomly chosen scientific paper are true.
John Ioannidis, an epidemiologist at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Greece, says that small sample sizes, poor study design, researcher bias, and selective reporting and other pr... (more)
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Weapons Sales Worldwide Rise to Highest Level Since 2000The value of military weapons sales worldwide jumped in 2004 to the highest level since 2000, driven by arms deals with developing nations, especially India, Saudi Arabia and China, according to a new Congressional study.
The total of arms sales and weapons transfer agreements to both industrialized and developing nations was nearly $37 billion in 2004, according to the study.
That total was the largest since 2000, when global arms sales reached $42.1 billion, and w... (more)
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SWAT team raids wrong home A State Police SWAT team and a swarm of federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents stormed a four-family home in Newark on Tuesday, kicking down doors, waving guns and ransacking two upstairs apartments.
The officers tore through an armoire looking for guns and shouted curses at frightened adults as they clutched their young children.
Then the officers apologized for being in the wrong house.
Home health aide Cedelie Pompee, 59, was livid yeste... (more)
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