Oreo 11 23 07 Evening Edition
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11 23 07 - Evening Edition
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Newsstories of interest:
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MH = Misleading Headline
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1 DISORDER
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Trooper Caught On Tape Tasering Motorist. Officials Speed
Investigation Into Trooper's Behavior After Clip Appeared On
YouTube
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/22/national/main3534130.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._3534130
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("after [motorist] refused to sign a speeding ticket")
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Air firm was told U.N. and France backed Zoe's Ark: source
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2007-11-23T171249Z_01_L23512519_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHAD-CHILDREN-CHARTER.xml
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Rise in HIV/Aids cases in Europe
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7109139.stm
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["Estonia has by far the highest rate of diagnosis"]
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Brazil shock at woman's jail rape
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7108676.stm
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["left in a police cell with some 20 men for a month"]
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Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request. Secret Warrants Granted
Without Probable Cause
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201444.html
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["The requests and orders are sealed at the government's re-
quest, so it is difficult to know how often the orders are
issued or denied." ONE GUESS ]
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2 AFRICA
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SUDAN
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Sudan leader rules out non-African troops in Darfur
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2007-11-23T174430Z_01_B340579_RTRUKOC_0_US-SUDAN-DARFUR.xml
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["The ones who are hindering the process are those who are
trying to impose their agenda on us. If there is any delay
in the issue it is from the United Nations and those who are
standing behind the United Nations." WHOZZAT? THE
COLONIALISM CREW
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UGANDA
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MH Uganda summit [Commonwealth summit] marred by clashes
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7110092.stm
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["This is nothing new. This is what we have been living
through all this time. This is a police force that does
not respect the rights of citizens at all." That's why
the UK's Commenwealth met there in the first place!]
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (LEBANON)
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Lahoud asks army to take over Lebanon security
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2007-11-23T183428Z_01_L23519116_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEBANON-PRESIDENT-LAHOUD.xml
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("Lahoud considers the [Superpower's] government of Prime
Minister Fouad Siniora as illegitimate.")
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From Hopeful To Helpless At a Protest In Lebanon
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112200832_pf.html
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["Unfortunately, we live in a country you call democratic, but
as you can see, it's a country where citizens can't make an
impact." CIA SOB ]
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 22 November
2007
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2007/1107/iraqiresistancereport_221107.htm
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Plan Increases Role of G.I.’s in Iraq Training
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/world/middleeast/23training.html
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SAME OL' SAME OL'
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Military probe focuses on Iraq contracts
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_web_of_fraud
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["83 criminal investigations into alleged contract fraud, in-
cluding a total of $15 million in bribes."]
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Bombs kill 26 in Baghdad, northern Iraq
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
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("in Mosul, a suicide car bomber struck a [puppet] police
checkpoint")
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Digging In Deeper in Pakistan [NYT ed]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/opinion/23fri2.html
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("increasing the size and role of American special operations
forces working in those [border] regions.") JUST LIKE
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
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4 EUROPE
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UK
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Defence secretary hits back at admiral's criticism
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2215932,00.html
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["In the House of Lords yesterday, five former chiefs of the
defence staff lined up to condemn what they claimed were in
effect budget cuts" CAN'T HAVE THAT ]
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Brown bounce wiped out, poll shows
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,2216192,00.html
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["Brown's electoral advantage for Labour has been wiped out as
the party's support drops to the same lows it endured during
Tony Blair's final months"]
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FRANCE
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French prosecutors throw out Rumsfeld torture case
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http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL238169520071123?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
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["a 'customary' immunity from prosecution granted to heads of
state and government and foreign ministers, even after they
left office." BUT SOME CRIMES ARE NOT FORGOT ]
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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** Exiled tycoon says he funds underground anti-Putin groups
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071123175416.cnqautg1&show_article=1
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["They are doing what underground movements all around the
world are doing, they prepare people to go to the streets,
to fight, to use force power against a criminal government."
CIA JOY ]
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6 SUPERPOWER
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ICBM Crews' Work Largely Unchanged Since Cold War
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201294.html
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Millions In Subsidies For Profitable Corn? Taxpayers Spend
$2 Billion On Automatic Payments To Farmers, Whether They're
Needed Or Not
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/23/eveningnews/main3534607.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._3534607
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("The price [of corn] is so high because corn is hot, not
only as food, but as fuel.")
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So What's So Bad About Corn? As Iowa Enjoys a Bumper Crop,
Farmers Hear It From Environmentalists, Ethanol Skeptics and
Other Critics
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201442.html
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["The gist of the criticism: So much corn, doing so many
things, serving as both food and fuel, and backed by bil-
lions of dollars in government subsidies, has been bad for
America and the rest of the world."]
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Vandalism Prompts Cut in Visiting Hours. Some Students Say
Tightening [Catholic University's] Already Strict Rules Is
Too Draconian
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201311_pf.html
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["Back then, there were rules, especially for women,...but
with cultural changes and student demands, 'that melted away.'
The shift happened nationally, with universities moving away
from acting as stand-in parents and choosing to treat students
as adults."]
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Trying to Break Cycle of Prison at Street Level
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/us/23mapping.html
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["parolees are almost always coming back to areas where sup-
port systems, like schools and public assistance programs,
receive less money and attention than incarceration does"]
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7 $$$$
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Banks Gone Wild [NYT col]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/opinion/23krugman.html?ref=opinion
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["'What were they smoking?' asks the cover of the current
issue of Fortune magazine. Underneath the headline are
photos of recently deposed Wall Street titans, captioned
with the staggering sums they managed to lose."]
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Japanese Shift Cash Out of U.S. Investments
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/business/worldbusiness/23yen.html
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Revealed: massive hole in Northern Rock's assets
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/nov/23/northernrock.bankofenglandgovernor
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Oil rises on dollar gains and colder weather
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2007-11-23T192635Z_01_SP217582_RTRUKOC_0_US-MARKETS-OIL.xml
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Megachurches Add Local Economy to Their Mission
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/business/23megachurch.html
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["online public records of just over 1,300 of these giant
churches shows that their business interests are as varied
as basketball schools, aviation subsidiaries, investment
partnerships and a limousine service." GOLD IS GOD ]
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Insurers Shift Cost Burdens to Homeowners
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/business/23insure.html
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