Peace, Love, and Vandalism
March 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Indianapolis, March 30 – Wednesday seemed like a normal spring day at the Canal Walk. But for visitors to the Medal of Honor memorial, a dirty secret marred an otherwise beautiful place, where vandals did a lot of damage. Glass panels on the monument were smashed early Tuesday morning. Obscene words about President Bush and [...]
KGB Ordered Papal Assassination
March 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment
ROME (AFP) – New documents found in the files of the former East German intelligence services confirm the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II was ordered by the Soviet KGB and assigned to Bulgarian agents, an Italian daily said. The Corriere della Sera said that the documents found by the German government indicated [...]
Revolution in Kyrgyzstan!
March 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – President Askar Akayev’s government collapsed Thursday after opposition protesters took over the presidential compound and government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows in a frenzy of anger over corruption and a disputed election. The popular uprising in this impoverished Central Asian nation of 5 million forced Akayev to [...]
Deserter Denied Asylum
March 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment
TORONTO (CP) – An American war dodger who fled the U.S. military because he believed the invasion of Iraq (news – web sites) was criminal has lost his bid for refugee status in Canada in a case closely watched on both sides of the border. In a written ruling released Thursday, the Immigration and Refugee [...]
Anthrax, Again?
March 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Investigators are trying to learn why sensors at two military mail facilities in the Washington area detected signs of anthrax on two pieces of mail. They are not sure whether the discoveries are signs of an attack. As testing continued Tuesday, President Bush was being regularly updated on the situation, White House press secretary Scott [...]
Regulating Blogs?
March 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over. In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign’s Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate’s press release to a mailing list, depending [...]