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China indignant at Japan's move on disputed islands www.chinaview.cn 2005-05-19 19:12:12 BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- China Thursday expressed anger with several Japanese citizens' registration of permanent addresses on the Diaoyu Islands, saying that China "will never accept" any of Japan's unilateral moves on the islands. The Japanese government announced Tuesday that 18 Japanese citizens have registered permanent addresses on the islands, a group of islets in the East China Sea. Asked to comment on the issue, Kong said China's stance on the Diaoyu Islands was "clear and consistent." "I reiterate that the Diaoyu and surrounding islands have been parts...

Sen. Rick Santorum has yet to answer a key question in the burgeoning controversy historians might one day refer to as Backyard Gate: What does he have against Penn Hills? The senator's residency has been questioned after the Penn Hills School District realized it is paying to have five of Santorum's children educated at a cyber charter school without any evidence the family actually lives in the district. Neighbors apparently have never seen any of the kids playing in front of the $106,000 house Santorum and his wife, Karen, never bothered to get an occupancy permit to inhabit. Nor have...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) may have forfeited his South Dakota residency last year when he and his wife purchased a $2 million home in an exclusive Washington, DC neighborhood. The Senate minority leader declared the mansion to be his "principal place of residence" when he applied for a property tax credit intended to help DC homeowners cope with sky-rocketing property values in the city. The District of Columbia allows a $30,000 deduction against a property's tax assessment for the calculation of taxes. The senator's tax savings is less than $1,000 a year. Talon News first raised...

A new law passed by the Knesset last week that prevents Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, who marry Israeli Arabs, from obtaining residency permits in Israel "singles out one group for different treatment than others," State Department spokesman Phil Reeker said this week. But the US said it was "premature" to comment further. "An Israeli nongovernmental organization, Adalah, has filed a high court of justice petition in Israel, which is set for a hearing in early September, claiming that the new law is discriminatory. So at this point, we would feel it is premature to comment on this...

Med Schools: Four That Flunk June 29, 2003 By JACK DOLAN And ANDREW JULIEN, Courant Staff Writers Idaho regulators investigating complaints involving 12 patients revoked Dr. Brent E. Woodfield's license after concluding that he didn't understand "the basic principles of the practice of medicine." For Dr. Anacleto Capua, accused of misdiagnosing fatal conditions in three patients, refresher medical courses were recommended by Florida authorities concerned about his medical skills. Hitting the books might have helped Dr. Narpat Panwar, who flunked the U.S. medical licensing exam seven times before passing - only to be accused later in New York of botching...

Christian who questioned lecture complains to EEOC By NAHAL TOOSI of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: June 18, 2002 Michael Curtiss headed to a Tuesday lecture in his family practice residency program in Wausau a few months ago, expecting to hear the usual discussion of some aspect of medicine. Instead, he sat surprised as two Muslim first-year residents gave a presentation on Islam. The residents offered prayers, talked about the five pillars of Islam, defended its treatment of women and spoke to allay fears that the U.S. government would intern Muslims, said Curtiss, a staunch Christian and former seminarian....