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19:12 Feb-19-02, 7 Adar 5762 Yassin Calls for Jihad Against American Influence (IsraelNN.com) Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin on Tuesday called on the international Islamic community to combat “American influence” on their countries via a ‘jihad’ holy war.

Catholic Archbishop Ward Resigns By Associated Press October 26, 2001, 11:43 AM EDT CARDIFF, Wales -- The Catholic archbishop of Cardiff, who has been accused of ignoring warnings that two priests were molesting children, has retired after offering his resignation to the Vatican, the church announced Friday. The Most Rev. John Aloysius Ward met last week with Pope John Paul II, who accepted the resignation. He will be replaced by the bishop of east Anglia, Peter Smith. In December, Ward became ill and his duties were taken by an apostolic administrator, the Right Rev. Edwin Regan, bishop of Wrexham. Ward, ...

Arafat Was Connected With First WTC Bombing Israeli intelligence had evidence that Yasser Arafat was involved in the planning of the first World Trade Center bombing in New York in February, 1993. Moshe Peled, Israel's Deputy Education Minister in the Netanyahu government, declared in early 1997 that he has information connecting Arafat to the Sudanese terror network responsible for carrying out the WTC bombing. CIA representatives met in Israel with Peled to discuss his information. Similarly, E-Kihan, the official Iranian government newspaper, accused Arafat of responsibility for the first WTC bombing. The Jerusalem Post reported in March 1997 that ...

Caseyjay died last night in a single car accident. She fell asleep while driving home from the airport. It was a 90 mile drive and she missed it by 6 miles at 11 pm. She was my lover/companion for the last 2 years. I shall miss her dearly. I loved her.

AP International Israel Minister Makes Palestinian Slur JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's tourism minister on Monday referred to Palestinians working and living illegally in Israel as ''lice'' and a ''cancer.'' The minister, Rehavam Zeevi, heads the far-right National Union party that advocates the expulsion of Arabs living under Israeli rule. He has often made derogatory remarks about Palestinians, and his inclusion in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's center-right coalition sparked protests earlier this year. Speaking on Israel army radio Monday, Zeevi said about 180,000 Palestinians were living in Israel illegally. ''They arrived here and are trying to become citizens because they want ...

Comedian Paula Poundstone Arrested LOS ANGELES (AP) - Standup comedian Paula Poundstone was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony lewd acts upon a child and child endangerment, the district attorney's office said. Poundstone, 41, was charged with three counts of committing a lewd act on a girl under the age of 14. She also was charged with endangering another girl and two boys, according to a statement by Deputy District Attorney Gina Satriano. The comedian was arrested in Malibu by Santa Monica police and is being held on $200,000 bail. Messages left for Poundstone's publicist, manager and an agent were ...

U. of C. scientist sees beauty in new explosive University of Chicago professor Phil Eaton displays a molecular model of the super explosive octanitrocubane. (Tribune photo by Charles Osgood) By Jeremy Manier Tribune staff reporter June 25, 2001 Barely one block from the spot where researchers 60 years ago laid the groundwork for the first atomic bomb, a University of Chicago chemistry professor has created what could be the world's most powerful non-nuclear explosive. It took U. of C. professor Phil Eaton nearly two decades of meticulous chemical craftsmanship to synthesize the compound called octanitrocubane, a cube-shaped molecule of flawless ...

Bill Gates and GM At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "if GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft; we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics: 1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted the lines in the ...

King Abdullah: Don't to use Intifada to disturb Jordan's stability Ha'aretz Service Jordanian King Abdullah issued a warning to those both inside and outside of Jordan not to exploit the violence of the Intifada in Israel to disturb Jordanian stability, Israel Radio reported. Abdullah said Jordan's stability represents a red line that no one will be permitted to cross. In an apparent reference to Palestinians living in Jordan, the monarch also said during a meeting of Jordanian military officials that if the "problematic minority in Jordan wants violence, they will find the army ready." King Abdullah's statements were broadcast on ...

Hezbollah and Hamas called for escalation of uprising DPA Beirut - The pro-Iranian Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas movements called Friday in Lebanon for the uprising inside the Palestinian territories to be stepped up. "The intifada (uprising) should be escalated," Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas political bureau, told thousands at a Hezbollah rally in Beirut's Southern Suburbs. "The intifada is a message to erase the choice for negotiations and strengthen the choice for holy war and resistance," Mashaal said. Sheikh Naeem Kassem, Hezbollah's deputy general secretary, told the same rally: "The intifada and armed resistance are heading towards victory, because ...

Oct 7, 2000 - 01:02 PM South Korean Demonstrators Demand Withdrawal of U.S. Troops Associated Press Writer The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hundreds of students and villagers chanting anti-American slogans and shaking clenched fists marched in Seoul on Saturday, demanding an end to the U.S. military presence in the country. The march was led by a student wearing a mask of President Clinton and dragging three others dressed as South Korean peasants allegedly killed by U.S. soldiers. "Yankee go home!" about 1,000 protesters chanted during a rally in a railroad plaza. Protesters also carried dozens of anti-U.S. ...

Here it is ...The Contents Of The HAMAS site on the web...Hamas sends tens of thousands to Palestine streets on "day of rage" Occupied Jerusalem- Tens of thousands of Palestinians took to the streets throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip Friday to express their outrage and indignation at Israeli-Gestapo atrocities against the Palestinian people. Massive demonstrations and marches proceeded from mosques following congregational prayers all over the occupied territories, forming huge and long marches. The predominantly Islamist demonstrators, who were joined by Fatah and Islamic Jihad elements, clashed with Israeli occupation soldiers in several "friction spots" in Hebron, Bethlehm, ...

Tuesday August 15 8:50 AM ET Man's Eye Removed in Punishment for Crime DUBAI (Reuters) - An Egyptian man had one eye removed under the orders of a court in Saudi Arabia for throwing acid at another Egyptian, the first such punishment under Islamic law in the kingdom in 40 years, newspapers said Tuesday. They said the 37-year-old Egyptian had his left eye removed last week at a hospital in the Muslim holy city of Medina after being found guilty of throwing acid at the face of a fellow Egyptian six years ago, damaging his left eye. The attacker's efforts ...

Gore identifies new rogue state Special report: the US elections Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Tuesday August 15, 2000 Gore won a standing ovation as the Democratic convention kicked off by telling a delighted audience that the United States had become "the greatest terrorist and the largest rogue state" in the world. He was also applauded loudly after announcing that today "only corporate America enjoys representation". This was Gore Vidal, it should be said, former Democratic politician, novelist, playwright, historian, mischief-maker and cousin of young Al. He was addressing a full house at the Leo Baeck temple just opposite that ...

Muslims execute three in Philippine hostage saga Source: AFP|Published: Saturday August 5, 1:22 PM JOLO, Philippines - Muslim extremists holding more than a dozen hostages on the southern Philippine island Jolo have executed three kidnapped construction workers, according to intelligence reports handed to police today. Senior Superintendent Candido Casimiro said local police were attempting to confirm the reports that three Filipino workers, kidnapped by allies of the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf, had been killed after a deadline for a ransom payment expired yesterday. The three, all Christians, were kidnapped in nearby Patikul town on Tuesday while hauling sand and gravel ...

Jul 21, 2000 - 10:27 AM Officer Shoots Unarmed Black Man After Chase The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An officer shot a suspected car thief to death at the end of a high-speed chase, apparently firing at the unarmed black man within seconds after getting out of his cruiser, authorities said. When asked why Officer Jared Kruse, shot 35-year-old George Bibins early Wednesday morning, Police Chief Don Carey said, "That's the crux of the investigation. "We can't put our finger on the justification," Carey said Thursday. Bibins had crashed the stolen Jeep into a telephone pole after an ...

Four Muslims Arrested for Killing Christians in Religious Rioting By Sara El-Khalili Associated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Police on Thursday arrested four Muslims on charges of killing nine Christians during sectarian violence in southern Egypt over the weekend, the Interior Ministry said. Two suspects were captured in the hills near the village of el-Kusheh, 275 miles south of Cairo, where much of the violence occurred. The other two, who are brothers, were arrested in the village. The violence began Dec. 31 following an argument between a Christian shopkeeper and a Muslim customer. Looting and arson continued until Sunday, ...

MRS. CLINTON: Time after time, oh, God, we hoard the bounty of your goodness. We store up goods for ourselves, and ignore the cry of the poor and hungry. We store up liberty and justice for ourselves and ignore the cry of the oppressed. Look with favor upon the people of this and every land who live with injustice, terror, poverty, disease and death; and grant that we who are so richly blessed may, with your help, respond with costly love and compassion. AUDIENCE: Forgive us, heal us, and restore us, oh, God.