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HEARD ON MELANIE MORGAN ANOTHER New York Times columnist disses Melanie! - July 9, 2006 NY Times columnist condemns Melanie - July 4, 2006. Transcript of Melanie's appearance on "Hardball" - from June 26, 2006. LIBERALS GO CRAZY OVER NY TIMES COMMENTS - Blogger upset with Melanie Morgan...read their "outrage".

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea will respond to a pre-emptive U.S. military attack with an "annihilating strike and a nuclear war," the state-run media said Monday, heightening its antagonistic rhetoric. The Korean Central News Agency, citing an unidentified Rodong Sinmun newspaper "analyst," accused the United States of increasing military pressure on the isolated communist state. The North Korean threat of retaliation, which is often voiced by its state-controlled media, comes amid U.S. official reports that Pyongyang has shown signs of preparing for a test of a long-range missile. "The army and people of the DPRK are now in full...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian militants attacked an Israeli military post near the border with the Gaza Strip early Sunday, the army said, days after warning of an imminent attack in the area. The army said there was an exchange of fire near the Kerem Shalom crossing, which is used to bring cargo from Egypt into Gaza. The army said there were four casualties, but gave no further details. Officials from the Popular Resistance Committees, a small Palestinian militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack and said members of Hamas' military wing also participated. "Our fighters infiltrated the Israeli...

MONTREAL, June 11 (UPI) -- Montreal police are investigating a reported attack on a Muslim imam by a man carrying a knife who asked if the imam wanted to "die a martyr." The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. says investigators consider the attack a hate crime. Imam Said Jazeri and a friend were leaving a mosque Friday night when a man with a butcher's knife approached them. The man allegedly pointed the knife at Jazeri and asked: "Do you want to die a martyr?" Jazeri said he was able to call police while the man chased his friend down the street. A...

Russia’s jailed tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was attacked by another convict, Khodorkovsky’s lawyer announced. A young prisoner with whom the former oligarch and ex-CEO of YUKOS used to share dietary, plank bed and even a place in the lockup, tried to cut off Khodorkovsy’s nose by using a sharp spoon. The lawyers say the convict warmed his way in Khodorkovsky’s confidence to kill him. As to the Federal Prison Service, they don’t doubt it was just an ordinary brawl of two prisoners. The statement of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Yury Schmidt, that his client was attacked early April 14, had a penetrating...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006 – Enemy fighters attacked a Baghdad mosque, and U.S. forces detained a gunman with possible links to an improvised explosive device they were securing in separate incidents yesterday. U.S. troops also discovered a weapons cache Jan. 20. Terrorists fired mortars at a mosque in north-central Baghdad at about 6:40 p.m. yesterday. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, accompanied by coalition forces, observed at least five mortar rounds impact near a mosque in the Adhamiyah neighborhood. All rounds appear to have impacted near the mosque with none impacting the mosque directly. Local...

(video) cement deer attacked by horny buck...

Thriving women-only village is attacked by jealous locals By Mike Pflanz in Archer's Post (Filed: 16/07/2005) A group of Kenyan women who fled abusive husbands to set up their own women-only community are facing increasingly violent attacks by local men angry at their success. Turning traditional African patriarchy on its head, 15 women established Umoja village in 1990, as a refuge after their husbands' behaviour forced them to flee their homes. Mkamasiye Lebwaketa and Paulina Lekuriya wear the tribal bead necklaces their ‘women-only’ village sells Since then the village where women rule has expanded, its 48 members earning a living...

Dozens of nonprofit organization leaders protested Thursday against a Los Angeles Unified plan to charge youth groups to use district athletic fields and facilities. Critics say the plan -- which would take effect in July and cost groups $78 for a permit and up to $48 an hour -- could force soccer associations, Girl Scouts and others to cancel activities. "The schools have been built by the community and they should be used by the community," said Mary Ann Lapointe, a teacher trainer with the Good News Club, a children's evangelical group that holds after-school classes in 22 schools in...

A man throws salad dressing on Pat buchanan during a Q&A session. -- Video via link..

A man who was severely mauled by two chimpanzees at an animal sanctuary last week was quickly overwhelmed when the apes attacked, his wife said Monday. "One was at his head, one was at his foot. But all that time ... he was trying to reason with them," a sobbing LaDonna Davis told ABC's "Good Morning America." "I couldn't do anything." Davis, 64, and her husband, St. James Davis, were visiting Animal Haven Ranch near Bakersfield on Thursday when two male chimps escaped their enclosure and attacked the couple. "When we made eye contact, the charge was on," LaDonna Davis...

ERIE, Ill. (AP) - The Whiteside County sheriff saya a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a ditch died of exposure after being attacked by dogs. A sheriff's deputy found the body of Lydia Elaine Chaplin of rural Erie Thursday morning in a ditch about a half mile from her home. Her parents reported her missing after they discovered she wasn't in her bed. Sheriff Roger Schipper said that dogs were impounded Friday but the names of the owners were not released.

Friends of Missing in Action/Captured Captain Michael Scott Speicher, who was captured in the First Gulf War, and Family of Missing in Action/Captured Keith "Matt" Maupin, who was captured in Operation Iraqi Freedom, come together to send message of unity in bringing both men home. Keith and Carolyn Maupin, parents of Matt Maupin, will be guest speakers. Other speakers will include POW from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young, Jr. and author of military fiction Robert Gandt. i-Newswire, 2005-01-03 - On January 17th, 2005 Friends Working to Free Scott Speicher will host a prayer/candle vigil at Lake Shore...

On the six-month anniversary of the Baghdad rocket attack that left him paralyzed from the neck down, Lathan still exhibits the remarkably upbeat outlook that has helped the Omaha soldier move on in life... Lathan and his family met with reporters Tuesday at the Omaha VA Hospital, making his first public comments since arriving in his hometown from a Boston rehabilitation hospital two weeks ago. Suddenly, a man who once climbed mountains was unable to breathe on his own, pick up a spoon or hug his only son... "I think there are greater days ahead," said Lathan, his wife, Amy,...

Tribe shoots arrows at aid flightAn Indian helicopter dropping food and water over the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been attacked by tribesmen using bows and arrows. There were fears that the endangered tribal groups had been wiped out when massive waves struck their islands. But the authorities say the attack is a sign that they have survived. More than 6,000 people there are confirmed as either dead or missing, but thousands of others are still unaccounted for. The Indian coastguard helicopter was flying low over Sentinel Island to drop aid when it came under attack. A senior police...

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US secret shift on West Bank attacked By Inigo Gilmore in Tel Aviv (Filed: 23/08/2004) Ahmed Qureia, the Palestinian prime minister, expressed alarm yesterday at an apparently secret shift in American policy after Washington indicated that it would accept the growth of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The move could "thwart and destroy" the "road map" peace plan and hopes of negotiations with Israel for a Palestinian state, he said. His comments followed reports in America and Israel that the Bush administration had modified its long-standing policy over the building of settlements in the West Bank to try to...

Apparently... neither NARAL, MoveOn.org, nor the DNC had yet claimed responsibility, before this article went to press... Justice Souter Attacked While Jogging Saturday, May. 01, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice David Souter suffered minor injuries when a group of young men assaulted him as he jogged on a city street, a court spokeswoman and Metropolitan Police said Saturday. The attack occurred about 9 p.m. Friday, and Supreme Court police took Souter, 64, to a Washington hospital, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

Can anyone tell me how the Iraqi insurgents are able to penetrate our invincible Abrams tank?

Nine-Year-Old Girl Attacked Inside Center City Library by KYW's Matt Leon Philadelphia police are investigating the attack of a little girl inside the Independence Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia near 7th and Market. Police commisioner Sylvester Johnson says this happened around 4:30 pm on Saturday. A nine-year-old girl, visiting the library with her grandmother, went to the bathroom. After about fifteen minutes, the child did not return. Johnson says the grandmother became concerned: "The grandmother went to the bathroom, went to one of the stalls and found the young child unconscious stuck inbetween the toilet and the wall."...