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Entries from March 2005

Terri Schiavo : March 31, 2005

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Comments open for prayers of comfort for Schindler family.

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Tags: Medicine

Wolfowitz to End World Bank Funding of Poor Nations

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(2005-03-31) — Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, headed for almost-certain approval as the new chief of the World Bank, said his first official move would be to withdraw funding to poor nations whose people suffer from a “low quality of life with little hope of recovery”.
“I look at some of these impoverished people and think, [...]

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Tags: Global News

WMD Report Calls for More Accurate Leaks

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(2005-03-31) — President George Bush’s commission on weapons of mass destruction today will release its major report recommending that intelligence agencies provide more accurate leaks to journalists in advance of releasing major reports.
“There’s no coordination among intelligence leakers and that leads to contradictions between unnamed sources,” said an unnamed panel member who spoke on the [...]

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Tags: Media/Journalism

Kofi Annan Not Aware of Relationship to Kojo

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(2005-03-30) — UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said that, despite allegations in the Volcker Commission report, he had “no advance knowledge” of his alleged relationship to his 31-year-old son, Kojo.
The report accuses Kojo Annan of deceiving his so-called father and refusing to cooperate with the investigation of his role in the UN oil-for-food scandal as [...]

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Tags: Global News

Gingrich Sues Rep. DeLay for ‘Demon’ Infringement

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(2005-03-30) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today filed a lawsuit against current House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-TX, contending that Mr. DeLay has infringed on Mr. Gingrich’s “brand and service marks by positioning himself as the number one target of the Democrat party.”
The suit comes after liberal groups announced they would run a series [...]

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Tags: U.S. News

Attorney: Michael Schiavo Looks ‘Peaceful, Euphoric’

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(2005-03-29) — Attorney George Felos today said that his client, Michael Schiavo, entered the 11th day of depriving his wife of food and water looking peaceful and “as beautiful as I’ve seen him in years.”
“Death by dehydration is not the awful specter that so-called ‘pro-lifers’ have portrayed it to be,” said Mr. Felos as he [...]

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Tags: Medicine

Report Clears Annan: UN Chief Had ‘No Clue’

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(2005-03-29) — UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan receives good news today as the commission investigating the oil-for-food scandal will announce that Mr. Annan had “no clue” that Saddam Hussein had used the program to buy support for the eventual lifting of sanctions against Iraq.
“Mr. Annan is not implicated in the scandal, since he had, and continues [...]

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Tags: Global News