Torture, Immunity From War
Crimes
U.S.
scraps international court immunity bid: Lacked support at U.N. for
move -- Didn't want troops tried in The Hague
Annan backs
US immunity decision: Welcomes US decision to stop trying to obtain
immunity from prosecution for its troops
UN Victory
as U.S. Drops War Crimes Exemption Demand
UN's
Annan urges States to unite in support of international law
Americans
to face global-court prosecution: U.S. drops resolution seeking another
1-year exemption
Bush
memos show stance on torture: Bush signed secret order Feb/2002 to
suspend the Geneva convention on treatment of detainees at any time -
Accused of "stonewalling in the prison abuse scandal"
U.S.
now puts limits on detainee torture: Justice Department is rewriting
its legal advice
House
panel to block torture justification: To bar the Justice Department
from issuing legal justifications for torture -- US cannot keep
condoning torture
Abu
Ghraib cannot be torn down, military judge rules: Now declared a "Crime
Scene"
Abu Ghraib
Prison Abuse Soldiers: 'We Were Following Orders'
Rumsfeld
OK'd use of dogs on prisoners
Navy
Secretary Gordon England will serve as the senior civilian official with
final authority over status of hundreds of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo
Bay Prison
US Intelligence
Officers Accused over Iraqi General's Death
British
Abuse Courts-Martial May Be Held In Iraq: In front of the families
of the alleged victims
House
Poised to Approve Intelligence Bill: Democrats complain that it doesn't
adequately fund counterterrorism
Miscellaneous
Non-Integrating States News
Britain:
Iran Frees Eight Sailors - Six Royal Marines and two sailors
U.S.
Device Seen at Supected Iran Atomic Site: Disclosure could prove embarrassing
to Washington
Saudi
royal family offers amnesty to Islamic insurgents: Frames its offer
in religious language
Turks
distrust America: Presence in Iraq prompts protests
Philippine
President Arroyo finally named election winner: Six-year Term
Philippine
budget deficit hits $1.37b
War
crimes body to probe bloody Democratic Republic Congo: To investigate
rape, torture and the use of child soldiers in the country
Food
crisis looms in Zimbabwe
Former
Indian PM Vajpayee hints at 'retiring'
Africa's Armed Forces
Decimated By HIV: AIDS,
Ebola Emerging Viruses, by Dr. Horowitz - Video - Shows how these
viruses are man-made
AIDS:
The Unnecessary Epidemic - Book
Oil Prices In The News
Crude Rises 48 Cents to $38.11 A
Barrel After Key Refinery Shuts Down
Oil
Prices Going Up, Up, Up -- Problem is refinery capacity being deliberately
manipulated, not crude oil supplies
Eroding
security takes toll on Iraq oil
Iraq
resumes pumping oil to Turkey
Norwegian oil workers threaten to
escalate strike
Nigerian police arrest gang members
suspected of killing American oil workers: Nigeria is world's seventh-largest
oil exporter and fifth-largest source of U.S. oil imports
U.S.
energy oil executive killed by gunmen in Dominican Republic
US
Charges AOL Online Worker Sold Customer List To Spam Company:
Sold 92 million AOL customer screen names
AOL
software engineer was arrested today for stealing the company's entire
subscriber list: Illegally accessed highly confidential AOL list by
using another employee's identification codes
Israel
Israelis
must quit West Bank, too, not just Gaza - Arafat
Egypt
Tells Arafat To Make Good On His Pledge of Reforms
Palestinian
PM Queria agrees to consolidate PA security forces by September
Sharon
to Egypt: Back off -- Soft
on Egypt for all the wrong reasons
Only
IDF can effectively rule Judea, Samaria and Gaza Strip
Yesha
Rabbis: No Cooperation With Forced Expulsion
Netanyahu:
I Never Agreed To Full Golan Withdrawal - Contradicts assertion by
President Clinton
"Cities
Of Israel" To Jewish Agency: Don't help Sharon ram disengagement
plan down Israel's throat
'Yesha
Rabbis are playing with fire': By encouraging soldiers to refuse orders
to dismantle settlements
Fired
Government Minister Takes 'Exchange of Populations' Plan to Likud Party
Less
Support For Withdrawal & Arabs Than Thought: Jews are not very
pleased with the presence of a hostile or potentially-hostile Arab minority
in its midst - Backs "exchange of populations" proposal
Bulldozers
begin Ariel barrier
Gaza
attack thwarted, 2 terrorists killed
Major
suicide bombing in Jerusalem thwarted: Security forces acting
on pinpoint intelligence
IDF
forces enter Nablus in large-scale military operation
Buried
Menorahs Found At Auschwitz
Americans
say religious difference is biggest barrier to global peace
UN
Law of the Sea Threatens American Sovereignty: Bush Administration
even helped write the resolution of advice and consent accompanying the
treaty
Pro-Life
Groups Continue Push for Abortion-Fetal Pain Legislation
Experts
Urge to Establish Law on World Heritage Protection
Groups
Criticize U.S. Response to Mad Cow
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NEWSLETTER -- June 19, 2004
New Article: Messianic
Signs Within Our Own U.S. Senate Dirksen Building: Rev. Sun Myung
Moon and his wife were crowned in a Messiah-type ceremony at the U.S.
Senate Dirksen Building on March 23
2004 Campaign News
Al Gore
To Accuse Bush Administration of Intentional Distortion On Iraq/Al-Qaeda
Ties In D.C. Speech Thursday
Deliberate
Campaign To Discredit Bush Seems To Be Under Way: If he is thoroughly
discredited, he will take Fundamental Christianity down with him
Associated
Press Sues for Access to Bush Guard Records
Kerry
finds gold, slams Bush in Bay Area visit
Statement
of John Kerry on Building International Support for Our Mission in Iraq
Bill Clinton: The
man who sucks up all the available oxygen
Massachusetts
Senate bill would require special election to fill Kerry's seat
No
Easy Fix for Politicians in Sex Scandal
Results
of air exercise with India a "wake-up call" for US air force:
American general -- Russian-made SU-30s are reported to have bested the
F-15s in a majority of their engagements
Non-Integrating
States News -- Iraq
U.S.
Stuck In Iraq: Military.com
Insurgents
Kill 23 People in Iraq on Thursday: Against police and government
buildings across Sunni Muslim-dominated areas of Iraq
50 dead, 170 hurt in Iraq blasts
in Mosul
Insurgents
in Iraq Launch Series of Attacks: Three US soldiers also killed
Iraq
Attacks 'Will Not Stop Power Handover'
Marines
dig in for Iraqi takeover: Troops race to ready police, civil defense
to provide security
West
Pennsylvania troops will head for Iraq
Radical
Cleric Sadr spurns Iraq council invitation
Iraqis
to take over final 11 ministries as PM dismisses terrorist death threat
Iraq
PM vows to hunt militants behind death threat against him
Singapore
warning on Iraq travel
Saddam
reassures family in letter
US
General: Saddam 'Has the Gall' to Complain
Problem
of North Korea lies behind South Korean troop dispatch to Iraq
NATO Summit News
Turkey
on high alert ahead of NATO summit
Bomb
in Istanbul Kills Two, Injures Seven
Bush
to push NATO role in Iraq at NATO summit next week
Bush
to continue charm offensive in Europe
The
war in Iraq continues to divide NATO
News
Cameras Catch LAPD Beating Suspect: Black man had surrendered
Non-Integrating
States News -- Korean Peninsula
Nuclear Disarmament Talks
U.S.
Plan Would Give North Korea Energy Aid: North Korea must agree to
series of nuclear disarmament measures over three-month period
Aid
and verify, in ditzy North Korea: Offering a no-invasion pledge
but demanding complete irreversible verifiable disarmament
U.S.
ready to assist in dismantling North Korean nuclear sites
US
waiting for North Korean response to nuclear offer
North
Korea Proposes Verifiable Freeze of Nuclear Program
Important
consensus just reached at nuclear talks in Beijing
Second
day of talks on Korea starts in Beijing
Sharp
differences remain as US, NKorea hold rare bilateral meeting
South
Korea Determined to Solve Korean Nuclear Issue
South
Korean Public Pressure Grows Against Troop Deployment: Beheading causing
public to change its mind
North
Korea Calls Beheading Consequence of Seoul's Pro-U.S. Policy
"Christian" Apostasy
Hits New High
Radical
new Bible translation "Good As New": Instead of condemning
fornicators, adulterers and 'abusers of themselves with mankind', Paul
is shown advising Christians not to go without sex for too long in case
they get 'frustrated' -- Demon possession described as "mental illness"
New
Testament scholar defends radical translation of Bible
Home Page
of "ONE For Christian Renewal": Radical organization who
wrote "Good As New" translation
Faiths
unite for service in support of gay rights
Accused
Roman Catholic Pedophile London Priest Found Preaching in Italy
New
mosquito virus puts U.S. on guard: Rift Valley fever, which originated
in Africa
Moral Collapse
Cyprus
Police Investigate Ferry Orgy: 50 to 100 British tourists involved
in acts of total debauchery
Homosexual
Porn to Run as AIDS Prevention Campaign Across Canada: Funded by Health
Canada
'White
Chicks,' a big drag, lays a big egg: Two brothers dress as white girls,
comedy routine chock-full of little dog jokes, flatulence jokes, thong
wisecracks and guys-in-bras hilarity
Pimp
My Bride
Berkeley
residents to vote on legalizing prostitution
Mean
girls are everywhere
Congressional
Budget Office Affirms Marriage Equality Good for Economy: Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is pleased
Summer's
hot toys spin off 3 kid-friendly flicks: Shrek 2, Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Spider-Man 2
Japan
Govt Panel OKs Some Human Embryo Cloning
Alan
Keyes Warns: 'Republic is dying' -- Wants judges impeached for high
crime of 'stealing your right to include God'
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