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CASABLANCA, Morocco: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz on Monday delivered an extremely strong and blunt warning to Secretary of State Colin Powell over US policy in the Middle East and set out conditions for Riyadh's assistance in his urgent regional peace mission. Crown Prince Abdullah told Powell that Israel's continued military operations were doing serious damage to the United States' standing among the world's Arabs, according to his foreign policy adviser, Adel al-Jubeir. "American credibility and prestige are collapsing very quickly," he said. "The crown prince made very clear that this continuing violence could gravely damage America's credibility...

The Only Way to Peace By Peter Hitchens Mail on Sunday | March 10, 2002 ALMOST EVERYTHING you think you know about the Middle East is untrue. For anyone who knows the regions geography and history, the nightly news bulletins are a torture to watch, with their sloppy editorializing about 'peace' and their depiction of Arab and Israeli as squabbling children in need of a clip round the ear from wise Western statesmen. Those world statesmen are not much better. In normal life, it is a sign of being unhinged if you do the same thing over and over again...

RIVLIN'S EX FINED IN FRAUD By JESSICA SOMMAR August 29, 2001 -- If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is too good to be true. High-powered Washington legal eagle Lewis Allen Rivlin will have to pay more than $6 million he got from selling bogus "risk free" securities to investors, including a charity for underprivileged girls. A federal judge in the civil case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled yesterday against Rivlin and ordered him to pay nearly $5.2 million in compensation to investors and $1.4 million in interest. Rivlin - a former Justice ...

Teachers vote to lobby for gay schoolbooks Some worry kids of same-sex parents feel invisible From Canadian Press The union representing Ontario's elementary teachers voted overwhelmingly today to lobby school boards to fund gay literature for primary school students. The motion was opposed by about 20 of more than 500 delegates at the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, which erupted in cheers after the result was announced. Liona Laird, a Grade 6 teacher from eastern Ontario, said she tabled the motion because she felt her children and others weren't getting a complete education. "Because I am ...

Today FR gets supported and ripped in the print version of Letters to the Editor - related to the Huckabee article. Thursday Letters

Letters for Wednesday 2/7/01 Halfway down the page- Free Republic site

If I were Algore, I'd call GW and ask if he needed any evidence against Clinton. This way Algore can turn states evidence and make a deal for himself before Clinton turns on him. The crybaby can take a shot getting Hillary too and make a very nice deal for himself. If GW allows the IC to really go after Clinton, you know he'll dump things on Algore that the whiner never even considered. Smart money says he has a plan ready and waiting to be turned loose. Fact is, he may have already called the President-elect.Clinton might be known ...

Is there a webcast site for PMSNBC? The Fox News site is great but oftentimes Matthews has better guests.

NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE To the citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders)will appoint a minister ...