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Furious drivers turned the tables on clampers when they trapped them in a car park for three hours until they released eight cars which had been clamped. Residents on a complex of newly built flats woke up to find two men busily putting wheel clamps on any cars which did not have a parking permit. Angry drivers phoned family and friends to drive over and block the entrance to the car park - so the clampers were stuck inside. Vincent Martin 36, a taxi driver who lives in the exclusive complex in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, said: "I woke up at 8.30am...

A Tucson family is outraged. They say no one asked permission to use their son's name for an anti-war T-shirt listing names of soldiers killed in Iraq. The family of Army Specialist Thomas Byrd said they had no idea their son's name was listed on the shirt, until News 4 contacted them. Dan Frazier, the man behind the controversial t-shirts lives and works in Flagstaff. The shirts list thousands of names of U.S. troops killed in Iraq. The shirts are sold on-line. Last week, Governor Janet Napolitano pushed through an emergency measure to make it illegal in Arizona to use...

Kremlin 'bullying' leaves western energy companies furious By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow (Filed: 23/09/2006) In the past few years, mention of Vladimir Putin at the dinner table of some western leaders could have brought on a case of indigestion. In the past week, though, the Russian president has been causing ulcers. Sakhalin Energy extracts oil and gas from one of the world's most inhospitable regions On Monday, Russia suspended an environmental permit for an oil and gas project led by Royal Dutch Shell on Sakhalin Island in the Pacific Ocean. The international community has watched with queasiness as democracy in...

WASHINGTON, DC --- The Department of Agriculture was forced to backtrack on comments made to their Japanese counterpart about a possible new case of made cow disease after it was discovered the suspected animal was only Hillary Clinton. Senator Clinton was hopping mad over the mistake. "I don't know what to say," said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. "I was told by our experts in the field that they were quite sure they found another case of mad cow disease. I was only communicating what I was told. When I asked to inspect the animal, I got a little suspicious when...

The Danish government has called for all its citizens to leave Syria immediately. Earlier on saturday furious muslims stormed the Danish embassy in Damascus and set it on fire. They are livid over the cartoons published of the prophet Mohammed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten.

Liberals Furious Over New Children's Book New kid’s book “Liberals Under My Bed” becomes lightning rod for controversy. Prominent liberals liken it to Nazi propaganda, but conservative author laughs off allegations. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 20, 2005 –- Liberals all over the country are up in arms over a new children’s book that portrays cartoon versions of left-wing icons Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy taxing and regulating a lemonade stand. “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” (Kids Ahead; hardcover: $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) hits bookstore shelves today, but author Katharine DeBrecht has already found herself under fire from...

Lebanon furious at Syrian blockade By Ramsay Short in Jdeidet Yabuss (Filed: 28/07/2005) Severe restrictions by Syrian customs have left hundreds of lorries stranded on the border with Lebanon for more than three weeks in an apparent attempt to strangle the Lebanese economy. On a six-mile stretch of no man's land at the border crossing of Jdeidet Yabuss in east Lebanon yesterday, more than 300 vehicles carrying perishable Lebanese fruit and vegetables bound for the Gulf were parked waiting for their turn to go through. Painstaking inspection by Syrian customs allow only a few trucks across the border each day...

Dean's supporters oppose Nader run By Adam Silverman Free Press Staff Writer Ralph Nader's run for the presidency is the act of an arrogant egotist who must know he has no chance of winning, a number of Howard Dean's supporters said Sunday. Dean's backers said Nader's announcement has them worried he'll siphon votes from the Democratic nominee and damage that Democrat's chances against President Bush in November. "He's a spoiler," said Raymond Whitney, 57, of South Burlington. "He's one of the reasons we have Bush, because he stole some votes from Al Gore in 2000." Ego is propelling Nader's candidacy,...

US sergeant branded a coward mounts furious fightbackCombat Stress By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angles 12 January 2004 If Jessica Lynch, the fresh-faced West Virginia teenager turned international media icon, could be described as the accidental hero of the Iraq war, then Georg-Andreas Pogany is the accidental coward. Like Private Lynch, who became an international celebrity largely through the manipulation of the Pentagon's propaganda machine rather than anything she did or did not do on the battlefield, Staff Sergeant Pogany, hired as a translator and interrogator with US Special Forces, did nothing to seek out his poster-child status and almost...

Blair furious as Spain asks US to help in Gibraltar row By Isambard Wilkinson in Madrid and Anton La Guardia (Filed: 20/06/2003) Spain has enlisted President George W Bush to urge Tony Blair to reach agreement on joint sovereignty over Gibraltar, government sources in Madrid said yesterday. Downing Street confirmed last night that Mr Bush and Mr Blair had recently discussed Gibraltar in a telephone conversation, but refused to provide any details. Spanish officials said, however, that Mr Blair was furious at Jose Maria Aznar, his main ally within Europe who supported the war in Iraq, for trying to harness...

Wednesday, 6 November, 2002, 20:03 GMT Zambia 'furious' over GM food Some 14 million people face famine across the region By Martin Plaut BBC, London The Zambian Government has summoned aid officials working in a refugee camp to ask them why they have been distributing genetically modified (GM) maize, despite a government ban. A senior government official held what is described as a "furious meeting" with aid agency staff at the Makeba refugee camp in North-Western province. Aid workers say they have nothing to replace the GM maize, which is currently feeding 125,000 refugees in five camps, and fear that...

Thousands of Americans die on September 11, 2001. President Bush responds with a military offensive that is presently stalled. Al Quieda remains and continues to grow. Five Americans die in a suicide bomber attack in Israel. President Bush responds with an offensive of words expressing “anger” and that Arafat must be removed, and yet the little rag-head remains. Is President Bush nothing more than a re-warmed version of Jimmy Carter? I hope not, but I really don’t see much of a difference.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Bush ( news - web sites) said on Thursday he was "furious" about a Palestinian bombing that killed five Americans and two Israelis in Jerusalem but he still believed peace was possible in the Middle East. "I'm just as angry as Israel is right now," Bush told reporters in Washington before meeting Jordan's King Abdullah. "I'm furious that innocent life was lost. However, through my fury, even though I am mad, I still believe peace is possible." Bush's remarks followed scathing condemnation by U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer of Wednesday's attack, which he said marked...

Just got finished watching the major newscasts at 5:30 the media is blaming Clinton/ DemonRATS! for intelligence failures.I about feel over in my chair when the Canadian on ABC said that the disclosures would be more damaging to the Liberals..other networks including CNN are following.

Zita Wilensky loves to help people. In fact she is a foster mother to kids with special needs. Zita Wilensky, a victim of discrimination, says "Right now we have a little boy. We are in the process of adopting and he is learning delayed, but he is coming along great." Professionally, Zita is not doing so well. She says, "I really do feel I was discriminated against and if I didn't I wouldn't be telling you." Zita worked for Miami-Dade County for 16 years. The last two in the Domestic Violence Unit. Her file is full of letters of praise,...