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Updated - Friday, August 13, 2004 at 5:48 AM EST |
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Iraq's
Sadr Said Wounded in U.S. Najaf Bombing
- Reuters
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
was wounded in U.S. bombardment of the holy
city of Najaf on Friday, but his injuries
were not life threatening, spokesmen for the
firebrand leader of the country's Shi'ite
uprising said.
• Saddam's
oil-food fraud: 'UN let him do it' -
Int'l Herald Tribune
Toward the end of 2000,
when Saddam Hussein's skimming from the
oil-for-food program for Iraq kicked into
high gear, reports spread quickly to the
program's supervisors at the United Nations.
• Australian
parliament passes US free trade agreement
- AFP
The Australian parliament
passed legislation for a US free trade pact
but the agreement must still overcome US
concerns about last-minute Australian
amendments before its implementation is
assured.
• Iran
stuns Europe with nuclear demands -
Jerusalem Post
Iranian officials, under
pressure to freeze their nuclear program,
have stunned European diplomats at crisis
talks in Paris this month by demanding
advanced nuclear technology, conventional
weapons, and a security guarantee against a
nuclear attack by Israel.
• Chinese
offers incentives to stop aborting baby
girls - BBC
A pilot programme in rural
China is offering cash and other incentives
to families who have daughters.
• 'I've
got a biometric ID card' - BBC
Biometric testing of face,
eye and fingerprints could soon be used on
every resident of the UK to create
compulsory identity cards.
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Israel
May Return Golan Heights to Syria - AP
Israel can defend its
northern border even if it gives up the
strategic Golan Heights in a peace deal with
Syria, Israel's army chief said in an
interview published Friday. Israel has long
argued that giving up the plateau, captured
from Syria in 1967, would leave northern
Israel vulnerable to Syrian attack.
• Jordan
In Control of Temple Mount Religious
Authority Instead of PA, Report Says -
CNS News
For the first time in
years, Jordan is in control of the
administration of the Islamic religious
authority on Jerusalem's Temple Mount
instead of the Palestinian Authority,
signaling a weakening of the PLO and a shift
in Jordan's role in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, a new report says.
• Palestinian
Panel Blames Arafat and PA for Anarchy -
Novetra News
A Palestinian Legislative
Council investigation concluded the reasons
for anarchy in the Palestinian controlled
areas was because the PA and its leader,
Yasser Arafat, have "failed to make a
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Florida
Warns 1 Million to Flee Hurricane - AP
Officials warned about a
million residents and tourists along
Florida's Gulf Coast Thursday to get out of
the way of Hurricane Charley, saying parts
of Tampa's downtown and nearby areas could
be submerged by the massive storm surge
likely when the hurricane strikes on Friday.
"It does have the potential of
devastating impact. ... This is a scary,
scary thing," Gov. Jeb Bush said.
• Calif.
Court Voids S.F. Gay Marriages - AP
The California Supreme
Court voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex
marriages sanctioned in San Francisco
earlier this year, a move that will likely
spur a new round of litigation about whether
California's Constitution allows the
weddings.
• N.J.
Governor Resigns, Admits Gay Affair - AP
Gov. James E. McGreevey, a
one-time rising Democratic star and
twice-married Roman Catholic, announced his
resignation with the startling disclosure
that he is gay and had an extramarital
affair with a man that he said threatened to
undermine his "ability to govern."
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