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WSJ.com - Aljazeera.net Offers Arab News To Wider Audience Through Net
Recently we have received many requests from our users all over the world asking for an English version of the Web site. We are studying this request now, and we will be able to launch it within one year from now.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 09:16 PM
Taliban soldiers are visiting residential neighborhoods, ordering people to report to armories to pick up weapons to fight the Americans, the agency said. The Taliban disarmed the Afghan population soon after seizing power in 1996 in attempt to restore peace in the war-ravaged country.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 08:42 PM
Mr. Woolsey's speech was preceded by that of Paul Wolfowitz, deputy defence secretary, who stopped short of singling out Iraq as the next target, but vowed that in the war against terrorism, "we're not just going to pick off individual snakes, we intend to drain the entire swamp."
Posted by at October 24, 2001 08:29 PM
Troops go on the rampage, killing 100 civilians and sparking mass exodus
Tahav Agerzu, spokesman for Benue's state government, said uniformed soldiers in armoured personnel carriers rounded up civilians in Gbejir village on Monday. Women and children were separated out and the attackers then opened fire on the men in a public square.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:33 PM
Bayer lowers price for anti-anthrax drug for Canada after U.S. cuts deal
The new price is about $1.50 Cdn (95 cents US) per tablet. The government had been expecting to pay about $2.00 per tablet.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:31 PM
Quebec's Opposition Liberals unveil eventual Constitutional demands
The long-awaited document calls for more powers for the provinces and constitutional recognition of Quebec's "specificity", a scaled-back version of the distinct society clause which led to the 1990 failure of the Meech Lake accord.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:30 PM
MediaGuardian.co.uk | New media | Site charges for online show
The Bastard Operator from Hell, the site's fictional weekly column, has been turned into a live action film series by the production company, Remote Films, and the online specialist, Culture Jam.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 06:21 PM
Poynter.org - Jim Romenesko's Media News - St. Pioneer Press editor Walker Lundy's memo
Once again, we published an incorrect web address, inconveniencing untold numbers of readers by sending them to the wrong web site. To make matters worse, the web site was supposed to get you a "Prayer for America" calendar but instead was a pornographic site.
Stop smiling. Lots of readers do not share our sense of perverted irony.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 06:19 PM
BBC News | SHOWBIZ | Bill Wyman turns OAP
It means the thrice-married bass player will be eligible for a concessionary bus pass.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 05:40 PM
PCs running LindowsOS have the unique ability to run Linux(R) and Windows(R) software. No additional software is required for owners of LindowsOS to run popular Windows(R) or Linux(R) programs.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 05:36 PM
ESPN.com - Page2 - Foul balls and rash predictions
Any Evil-doer with the brains to plot lethal damage against our national infrastructure will also be degenerate enough to protect his Evil cover by faking great enthusiasm for watching and gambling on American football.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:56 PM
White House Mail Machine Has Anthrax
On the night of the Sept. 11 attacks, the White House Medical Office dispensed Cipro to staff accompanying Vice President Dick Cheney as he was secreted off to the safety of Camp David, and told them it was "a precaution," according to one person directly involved.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:51 PM
10/28 Kandahar raid: US defeat?
A number of articles in the overseas press, from Israel, India, Russia, and of course from Afghanistan and Arab sources, suggest that the US special forces raid in Kandahar on 10/18 was considerably less than the complete success it has been portrayed to be in the US media:
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:47 PM
Bin Laden's neo-Kharijism clearly makes the Saudi regime very nervous?so nervous that his assertion about the world's division into believers and infidels was excised from the transcript of his statement published on Oct. 9 in the newspaper al-Hayat, which is owned by a member of the Saudi royal family.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:44 PM
Did Al Gore win after all? US newspapers would rather not say
Catherine Mathis, a spokesman for the New York Times, said: "The consortium agreed that because of the war, because of our lack of resources, we were postponing the vote-count investigation. But this is not final. The intention is to go forward."
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:41 PM
Palast Clarifies Gore Won Statements
I believe the consortium will eventually release data - and it will seem conflicting and useless. The Norc work was set up to fail, so the delay in its release means nothing.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:39 PM
New Microsoft judge sold stock in firms that could be affected by her verdict - CANOE Money
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sold all her family's technology holdings between Jan. 1 and Sept. 28 to avoid potential ethical conflicts, she said in response to questions from The Associated Press.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:36 PM
Ananova - 'Terrorist suspects had germ warfare magazines'
The men, Mohammed Jaweed Azmath and Ayub Ali Khan, were arrested on September 12 after being found on a train in Texas with boxcutters, thousands of dollars in cash and black hair dye.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:34 PM
Classic Pulp Fiction - Authors and Reviews
Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:07 PM
Bigfoot treads heavily in Bosnia - Jane's Land Forces
Bigfoot reflects its name in 'walking' an array of powered steel feet across suspect ground, exploding and disposing of anti personnel mines while leaving the land in a good state for cultivation.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:53 PM
The Globe and Mail: White House announces deal with Bayer
"To the best of my knowledge, the deal will be signed today," Bayer spokesman Michael Diehl said at the company's Leverkusen headquarters Wednesday morning. "I have no information on the final price."
He did not dispute earlier suggestions by Mr. Thompson that the price to the government would be less than $1 (U.S.) per tablet. "I expect that if Mr. Thompson says so, it will be close to that," Mr. Diehl said.
Meanwhile, Drug firm gives Health Minister a break
"We're going to take the hit for the $1.5-million," [Apotex] spokesman Elie Betito said in an interview with Canadian Press on Wednesday.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:40 PM
Manley wants unclogged U.S. border, says hijackers did not come from Canada
"The delays, particularly U.S.-bound, continue to be significant and higher than normal," Manley said. "This is why it's urgent, why it's important. This is a vital economic link for both of our countries ... And if the border isn't open and moving well, it's going to hurt both our economies."
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:17 PM
Bush use of term "the evil one" raises eyebrows
"As I understood the statement, he was using a theological term. In Christianity, the term is used to refer to Satan. Bush, as a conservative Christian, appeared to be asserting that Satan was behind the Sept. 11 attacks," said Lynn Mitchell, who teaches Christianity and Christian ethics at the University of Houston.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:16 PM
U.S. jets make deadliest-known attack on group linked to bin Laden
"They said, 'You wanted to fight with the Taliban then you can bury your dead in Afghanistan,' " Hanifi said.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:15 PM
The Nando Times: Secretary Tommy Thompson says Cipro too expensive
He would not reveal what that final offer was, but he told CNN's "Larry King Live" late Tuesday that it was under $1 a pill.
Bayer did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Bayer just promised the Canadian government to deliver emergency supplies of Cipro, in the event of a bioterrorism attack there, for $1.30 a pill. That agreement apparently ends Canada's threat to suspend Bayer's Cipro patent and buy the medication from a generic producer instead.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:06 PM
CBC News: Alberta men not connected to terrorists: FBI
"At this point in the investigation the FBI is interested in talking to the Hassans about the bank fraud charges and the food stamp fraud charges"
Posted by at October 24, 2001 02:52 PM
India Developing Launching Engine
With a cryogenic engine, India could launch 2.5-ton satellites to an orbit of up to 22,000 miles from Earth.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:29 PM
Mr. Ammon led a group of investors in buying a US$70.5-million debenture convertible into a 19.5% stake in Moore, and installed Robert Burton as president and chief executive. Mr. Burton was a long-time associate of Mr. Ammon's who had previously been involved in KKR-related companies, including World Color Press, bought by Montreal-based Quebecor Printing Inc. in 1999 for US$2.7-billion.
Mr. Burton, a former NFL football player, has lived up to his reputation as a brutal, hard-nosed cost cutter this year, sacking all 25 of Moore's vice-presidents, firing more than 1,500 employees and gutting whole departments on his way to cutting US$100-million in annual costs. He also moved Moore's headquarters from opulent offices in Chicago and Toronto to a modest space in Stamford, Conn., near his home.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:26 PM
Online retailer Amazon.com meets analysts' expectations, loses $170M
The company reported an adjusted loss of $58 million, or 16 cents a share, in line with what analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call were expecting. That's a 35 per cent improvement over an adjusted loss of $89 million, or 25 cents a share, a year ago.
[And it only took them seven years to cut their losses this much! -- GT]
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:23 PM
Cannabis reform pioneered in London
"We are not condoning the possession of cannabis," he said in a newspaper interview after the launch of the initiative.
"We are saying that at this moment the police are having to deal with this offence informally because there are too many more serious offences that we need to spend our time on first."
[If it's not serious, why not decriminalize it? --GT]
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:20 PM
CBC News: CBC reporter's parole woes underline bad law: lawyer
He says the Corrections and Conditional Release Act needs to be amended, so that when a person on parole is told by a judge that any charges have been dropped and he is free to go, that he can go -- without having to apply for parole over again.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:09 PM
CBC News: CBC reporter's parole woes underline bad law: lawyer
He says the Corrections and Conditional Release Act needs to be amended, so that when a person on parole is told by a judge that any charges have been dropped and he is free to go, that he can go -- without having to apply for parole over again.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:09 PM
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Mars spacecraft success
The last time Nasa tried to put a probe into orbit around the Red Planet it was a dismal failure but researchers are saying that the success, and promise, of Mars Odyssey will make up for past losses.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:00 PM
Silicon ~ US government issues XP warning
"The debugging information includes a memory dump which may contain all or part of the document being viewed or edited. This debugging message potentially could contain sensitive, private information."
Posted by at October 24, 2001 11:58 AM
AltaVista serving up out-of-date listings - Tech News - CNET.com
"AltaVista has lost a huge amount of its audience," said Danny Sullivan, editor of industry newsletter Search Engine Watch. "How Google has shot up the charts is in direct proportion to how AltaVista has declined.
Posted by at October 24, 2001 09:47 AM