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Post Date: 2006-05-17 20:55:49 by A K A Stone
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It seems that human beings are not the only ones who are able to string sentences together MONKEYS are able to string together a simple “sentence”, according to research that offers the first evidence that animals might be capable of a key feature of language. British scientists have discovered that the putty-nosed monkey in Nigeria pictured above sometimes communicates by combining sounds into a sequence that has a different meaning from any of its component calls, an ability that was thought to be uniquely human. Although many animals communicate with one another using calls that have a particular meaning — usually a warning signifying the presence of a certain ...
Iran mocks EU nuclear offer
Post Date: 2006-05-17 20:47:19 by A K A Stone
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The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has rejected European plans to build his country a nuclear reactor in return for it giving up its uranium enrichment programme. In a hardline speech in the city of Arak, where Iran's only existing nuclear reactor is being constructed, he mocked the plans being developed by the UK, France and Germany. "They say they want to offer us incentives," he said. "We tell them: keep the incentives as a gift for yourself. We have no hope of anything good from you. "Do you think you are dealing with a four-year-old child to whom you can give some walnuts and chocolates and get gold from him?" European diplomats yesterday raised ...
Court threatens to block cannibal cult's peace offer
Post Date: 2006-05-17 20:41:28 by A K A Stone
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ONE of Africa’s nastiest rebel movements, the Lord’s Resistance Army, has offered talks with the Ugandan Government to end a 20-year conflict that has left thousands dead or mutilated and forced millions from their homes. The Government has accepted the offer, but a deal may be thwarted by the International Criminal Court, which last year indicted five LRA leaders for war crimes. That means they must be arrested on sight. A message from Joseph Kony, the LRA leader, was delivered to President Museveni of Uganda through Sudanese intermediaries last weekend. Mr Museveni has since promised Mr Kony immunity from prosecution until the end of June while the talks take place. But ...
Cheney, Putin Can't Get Beyond Cold War Talk
Post Date: 2006-05-17 07:51:27 by A K A Stone
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It is good to hear -- although not surprising -- that President Vladimir Putin does not believe we are returning to the Cold War. His comments to reporters in Sochi over the weekend seem to be a response to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's remark in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 4 that "none of us believes that Russia is fated to become an enemy." Both Cheney and Putin appear to be saying, "We are annoyed that each of our countries is putting itself first and not being what the other wants it to be. But this is not a war. This is a political game while we deal with the issues that we are really preoccupied with: terrorism, nuclear threats, security and energy." It is ...
Ex-mistress accuses Hugo Chavez
Post Date: 2006-05-14 20:07:30 by A K A Stone
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Herma Marksman, who spent nearly 10 years of her life as "the other woman" at the side of Hugo Chavez, as the military man plotted his way to power in the '80s and 90's, still recalls her ex-lover as "sweet" and "kind," but when it comes to his current rule over Venezuela, the ex-mistress uses words like "totalitarian" and "fascist dictatorship." The professor of history, who's written two books about Chavez's politics, told the London Times: "He is imposing a fascist dictatorship. A totalitarian regime is coming because he doesn't believe in democratic institutions. Hugo controls all the powers." Marksman, whose home was used by ...
Saddam the poet ready for hangman
Post Date: 2006-05-14 12:54:41 by A K A Stone
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THE former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has resigned himself to being sent to the gallows. “I am ready to die,” he told his lawyer and confidante in an interview in his Baghdad prison. “I am not scared of execution.” Saddam is expected to return to court tomorrow for the resumption of a chaotic trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that has lasted almost seven months. “I do not attend this trial to spare my life,” he said. “I attend it to defend Iraq.” Saddam, who refuses all visits from his family, was talking to Bushra Khalil, a Lebanese lawyer in her forties who is now the only woman he meets. In their meetings Saddam often ...
Putin Pledges To Build Russia's Military To Rival America's
Post Date: 2006-05-13 20:18:08 by Coral Snake
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Putin Pledges To Build Russia's Military To Rival America's The Telegraph - UK 5-11-6 Vladimir Putin has pledged to build up Russia's military to rival "fortress" America, and insisted the Cold War arms race is far from over. In an unexpectedly belligerent state of the nation address on Russian TV, the Russian president accused the US of putting its own interests before its democratic ideals, and compared the country to a voracious wolf. "We are aware what is going on in the world," he said. "Comrade wolf knows whom to eat, he eats without listening, and he's clearly not going to listen to anyone." He added: "It is premature to speak of the end of ...
Iraq hero who made recruits eat boot polish fined Ł1,000
Post Date: 2006-05-12 21:21:39 by A K A Stone
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A highly decorated soldier who forced Army recruits to lick dirt and eat boot polish was fined £1,000 yesterday after admitting eight charges of ill-treatment and one of battery. A military court was told that Colour Sgt Christopher Broome, 37, of the 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, had witnessed horrific scenes in Iraq that had later devastated his personal and professional life. Colour Sgt Christopher Broome Colour Sgt Christopher Broome: ‘role model’ Judge Advocate Paul Camp told him: "You are a role model but on this occasion you fell below that standard." He said he was imposing the punishment to show that "however distinguished a ...
Progressives, Conservatives Clash Over US Base
Post Date: 2006-05-12 21:11:57 by A K A Stone
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The row over the planned relocation of U.S. military bases to Pyongtaek, Kyonggi Province, is turning into a conflict between progressives and conservatives as each party will hold a separate rally for or against the issue. A coalition of civic groups said it would stage their planned demonstration on Sunday in Taechu-ri, Pyongtaek, in protest against the relocation. Police say the illegal rally would be blocked. ``Police have refused to allow our rally without any proper reasons. Banning a peaceful rally is illegal,’’ a member of the coalition said. The group demanded the government set up a committee for peaceful resolution of the issue, and release protesters arrested for ...
Pakistani general to Iran: Take Israel hostage if attacked
Post Date: 2006-05-12 21:08:58 by A K A Stone
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Pakistan's former army chief says Iranian officials came to him for advice on heading off an attack on their nuclear facilities, and he in effect advised them to take a hostage - Israel. Retired Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg said he suggested their government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if anyone attacks it - it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked - that Iran's answer will be to hit Israel; the only target will be Israel." Since Beg spoke in an interview with The Associated Press, echoes of his thinking have been heard in Iran, though whether they result directly from his advice isn't known. Mohammad Ebrahim Dehghani, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards ...
Scientists discover first new monkey for 83 years
Post Date: 2006-05-12 21:02:11 by A K A Stone
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It stands just three feet tall, is covered in long brown fur, and communicates using a distinctive honking bark. It may look and behave like any other monkey, but to scientists this new species of African primate represents one of the most important finds in a generation. A study of the species living in the remote mountain forests of Tanzania has found that it belongs to its own unique classification or genus - the first new primate genus for 83 years. The discovery of the monkey was first announced last year, but it is only now that scientists have been able to study it in fine enough detail to realise its significance. "The discovery of a new primate species is an amazing event, ...
CIA hit by scandal within a scandal
Post Date: 2006-05-12 21:00:14 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON - It is the scandal within the CIA scandal - a lurid tale of poker parties, booze and prostitutes involving Congressmen, dodgy businessmen and senior officials from America's disaster-prone spy agency. The imbroglio came to light with the sacking of Porter Goss after a disastrous 18 month spell as CIA director. It now threatens yet more turmoil at the agency, as the Senate embarks on what are sure to be torrid confirmation hearings next week for Gen. Michael Hayden, Mr Goss's designated successor. Federal agents today searched the home and office of the CIA's former third-highest ranking official who is under investigation over his ties with a figure in a congressional bribery ...
200 Feared Dead in Nigeria Oil Blast
Post Date: 2006-05-12 09:24:18 by A K A Stone
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An oil pipeline exploded Friday in Nigeria and up to 200 people are feared dead, a local television station reported. Nigeria's Channels Television reported the fiery blast came as villagers flocked to a ruptured conduit at Ilado town outside the main city of Lagos to scoop up fuel gushing out. Up to 200 may have perished in the explosion, the station said. There was no immediate confirmation.
Iran Leader Calls Israel an 'Evil' Regime
Post Date: 2006-05-11 19:20:20 by A K A Stone
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Iran's president on Thursday called Israel's government a "regime based on evil," but also said he was ready to negotiate with the United States and other countries over his country's nuclear program. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has previously said Israel should be wiped off the map, also told a cheering crowd of students in Indonesia's capital that the Jewish state "cannot continue and one day will vanish." Students in the crowd held up posters saying "Iran in our Hearts," and "Nuclear for Peace." Ahmadinejad made his comments after key U.N. Security Council members agreed to present Tehran with a choice of incentives or sanctions in deciding whether ...
What, When, Where, Who & Why Five Long Years: Five Critical Questions
Post Date: 2006-05-10 22:01:44 by Coral Snake
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What, When, Where, Who & Why Five Long Years: Five Critical Questions By Jim Kirwan 5-9-6 With a media that was captured long before this WAR-upon-Americans began; who will answer for the Crimes that have been the hallmark of so many generations of political expediency, treason and murder? I've never been a full-time writer but from highschool journalism I remember that any real story always required answers to the five Questions that form the title for this article. "WHAT" 'What' is about the scale of the crimes! When the Endgame made its entrance, it began by eliminating competition: by destroying the mob and privatizing all that what was not already in government hands. ...
Putin hits out at Washington as Iran dispute intensifies
Post Date: 2006-05-10 20:20:25 by A K A Stone
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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, today compared the US to a wolf who "eats without listening" as a public spat between the two countries on the best way to deal with Iran intensified. Washington and Moscow are split on the appropriate action to take against Iran following the announcement last month from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the country had mastered uranium enrichment. Russia has made clear that it agrees Iran should not have nuclear weapons but questions whether the country is actively seeking a bomb and whether sanctions would be effective. 5.45pm Putin hits out at Washington as Iran dispute intensifies Staff and agencies Wednesday May 10, 2006 The ...
Bush Takes Swipe at Kremlin
Post Date: 2006-05-10 00:07:04 by A K A Stone
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U.S. President George Bush accused Russia of "economic nationalism" while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the White House ill-informed as the United States and Russia waded deeper into a verbal spat between the two former foes. The jousting, which stems from comments made last week by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, revolves around U.S. concerns over Russia's commitment to democracy and its reliability as an energy supplier. Bush said Friday that he had a "warm" relationship with President Vladimir Putin, but that Russia appeared ambivalent about democracy and open to using oil to achieve political ends. The president's comments were part of an interview Friday ...
Flying robot attack "unstoppable": experts
Post Date: 2006-05-09 23:10:08 by A K A Stone
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It may sound like science fiction, but the prospect that suicide bombers and hijackers could be made redundant by flying robots is a real one, according to experts. The technology for remote-controlled light aircraft is now highly advanced, widely available -- and, experts say, virtually unstoppable. Models with a wingspan of five metres (16 feet), capable of carrying up to 50 kilograms (110 pounds), remain undetectable by radar. And thanks to satellite positioning systems, they can now be programmed to hit targets some distance away with just a few metres (yards) short of pinpoint accuracy. Security services the world over have been considering the problem for several years, but no one ...
MK Lieberman: Execute Knesset Terrorist Collaborators
Post Date: 2006-05-05 00:27:07 by A K A Stone
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Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman managed to cause an uproar in the Knesset when he called for the execution of Knesset Members that collaborate and meet with terrorist groups. “We requested that in the government guidelines it would say explicitly that all the inciters and collaborators with terrorism that sit in this house should bear the brunt of the penalty for those actions,” Lieberman said from the Knesset plenum. “All those who continue to meet freely with Hamas and Hizbullah – who go on monthly visits to Lebanon. Those who declared Israel’s Independence Day to be ‘Nakba’ [Arabic for ‘catastrophe’ -ed.] Day and raised black ...
Moussaoui's mother: UK is the culprit
Post Date: 2006-05-05 00:19:50 by A K A Stone
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LONDON: A busy, blooming British capital, long criticised by governments around the world as 'Londonistan', home to 'terrorists of every sort', stopped to search its soul within hours of the contemptuous allegation levelled at it by Zacarias Moussaoui's mother: "Life in London made my boy a terrorist". Even as the 37-year-old French-Moroccan became the only person to be charged and convicted in the US in connection with 9/11, Moussaoui's mother, Aicha al-Wafi, repeated a charge leveled at London by the French counter-intelligence service, DST. London and the British authorities, the DST alleged, was far too permissive to extremist visitors from other lands in the fatal countdown ...
Iran-Thailand rice deal near conclusion
Post Date: 2006-05-05 00:15:42 by A K A Stone
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Thai rice exporters expect a deal to sell 300,000 tonnes of rice to Iran next week. According to Chookiat Ophaswongse, the Rice Exporters' Association president, representatives from Iran had entered into business discussions with several exporters including Thai Hua Co, Chaiyaporn International Co, President Agri Trading Co and Capital Rice Co, aiming to buy 100% grade-B rice at $305 per tonne _ the same price obtained for 400,000 tonnes sold to the Iranian government at the beginning of the year. However, Thai exporters said the original offered price was below the market price of $312. They have now quoted the export price at $320, which includes additional cost for delivery according ...
Condoleezza Rice wants Russia to acknowledge USA's interests on post-Soviet space
Post Date: 2006-05-05 00:10:08 by A K A Stone
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Russia needs to accept that the USA has legitimate interests in the post-Soviet sphere, said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking in Washington before newspaper editors. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice BREAKING NEWS The demise of America Armenian jetliner crashes into the Black Sea killing all Iran: Case study for diplomacy Kate Beckinsale: The ultimate weapon against vampires and werewolves More... “Russians must accept that we have our own relations with their neighbours, even if these countries were once part of the Soviet Union,” she stressed. “I know this is sometimes difficult to do. Sometimes suspicions ...
Spain destroys lost Roman city for a car park
Post Date: 2006-04-30 16:00:42 by A K A Stone
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THE archeologists could barely hide their excitement. Beneath the main square of Ecija, a small town in southern Spain, they had unearthed an astounding treasure trove of Roman history. They discovered a well-preserved Roman forum, bath house, gymnasium and temple as well as dozens of private homes and hundreds of mosaics and statues — one of them considered to be among the finest found. But now the bulldozers have moved in. The last vestiges of the lost city known as Colonia Augusta Firma Astigi — one of the great cities of the Roman world — have been destroyed to build an underground municipal car park. Dr Sonia Zakrzewski, a senior lecturer in archeology at Southampton ...
New role for IMF
Post Date: 2006-04-30 15:50:10 by A K A Stone
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning urgent talks between the world’s leading economic powers over the coming months after the organisation’s biggest shake-up in four decades gave it new powers to avert the threat of a global crisis. The new role for the IMF heralds a drop in status for the G7 -- the gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors from the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Japan and Canada. The emergence of China and India in recent years has made the G7 unrepresentative of the new global economy and unable to offer solutions to global imbalances. Member countries moved swiftly at the weekend after the fund warned that strong ...
Land of Israel Legal Forum Expands Scope of Activities
Post Date: 2006-04-30 15:45:06 by A K A Stone
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The Land of Israel Legal Forum has launched new initiatives to prevent the stealing of Jewish-owned land as well as media incitement against the Jews of Judea and Samaria. Chairman Nachi Eyal said at a news conference Thursday that the Forum has invested much effort in defending the right of the Jews expelled from Gaza and northern Samaria, as well as in trying to spread awareness of their plight. He added, however, that the Forum understands that there is a need to widen the scope of its operation on behalf of the struggle for the Land of Israel. Atty. Nachi Ayal, chairman of the Land of Israel Legal Forum. Eyal explained that two additional areas would now be dealt with by the Forum ...
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