"Track 49 Security Personnel, who reacted very promptly and very professionally, succeeded to neutralize the terrorist and that was the end of the event," said Sneh.

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 03:43 PM

"About-Face aims to combat negative and distorted images of women. And its Gallery of Offenders names names. But the site comes with a caution: 'Extreme sarcasm. Enter at your own risk.' "

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 03:37 PM

Twenty-nine engineering students got 0, after professors caught them cheating on essays about professional ethics.

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 02:25 PM

Arab women, the report found, are almost universally denied advancement. Half of them still cannot read or write. The maternal mortality rate is double that of Latin America and four times that of East Asia.

I'm all for invading them too!

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 10:07 AM

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 10:02 AM

None of the countries identified in the document as possible staging areas have been formally consulted about playing such a role, officials said, underscoring the preliminary nature of the planning.

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 05:00 AM

This product is made from the ivory-like nuts of the tagua palm tree. People in forest communities harvest tagua nuts without damaging the trees or forest. By making and wearing your own tagua bead necklaces, you help forest-based gatherers earn a living by managing the forest instead of cutting it down.

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 03:50 AM

Shakir spent several months in a high security prison in Brooklyn without a single charge laid against him, after being scooped in the post-September 11th sweep of more than 1000 people, mostly men of Arabic and Muslim descent.

This is old news in a sense, but it does raise the question: what's happened to the rest of the people picked up? Also:

The Canadian government was extremely inactive in advocating on behalf of one of their citizens, claiming a waiver he had signed indicated he had no interest in their assistance - despite the suspect circumstances of his arrest and his treatment by US federal officers and prison guards, of which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had repeatedly been made aware. After pressure from OCAP and concerned public supporters, a consular official made one single visit to Shakir in jail.

Though this article has clear leftist slant, they are reporting the facts correctly inasmuch as other major media corroborate. The Canadian government did squat for this guy, and never indicated why they were being such ignorant chickensuckers. This should have provoked huge public outcry.

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 03:45 AM

Engel's lawyer has pleaded for acquittal, pointing out that the Hamburg state court last week upheld arguments that such reprisal killings were not explicitly outlawed under rules of war in 1944. The lawyer, Udo Kneip, argued that the prisoners died an "honorable death."

Posted by GeeTee at July 05, 2002 03:32 AM