Troops Revolt in Sao Tome and Principe
by AP
International tenders for development of the oil reserves were recently opened, though the results of those bids are not yet known. They were reported to have drawn interest from major international oil companies.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-sao-tome,0,6375747.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Israel frees N. Irish journalist mistaken for Real IRA man
by Haaretz
Morgan was deported for his connections to the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement
http://dclk.themarker.com/html.ng/site=haaretz&adsize=5x5&hposition=4&hlayer1=1&hlang=ENG&HaaretzCatgory=1 http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=11899&lang=en Anti-war cards flying off shelves
by sanmateocountytimes.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- A high school teacher, fed up with the Bush administration's popular playing cards featuring Saddam Hussein, "Chemical Ali" and other most-wanted Iraqis, is now selling her own deck, "Operation Hidden Agenda.
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1513547,00.html
http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=11898&lang=enThe alleged 'Category 1' Hurricane Claudette still spins over the Tex-Mex border some 500 miles inland. I would put forth the following hypothesis':
1) Fed officials intentionally down-played the size of this storm to avoid FEMA payments to the states;
2) Damage in the areas is greater than that seen in typical Cat 1 storms (source : MSNBC.com);
3) The storm's eye stayed intact for at least one hundred miles after leaving the Gulf, very strange for such a 'weak' storm;
4) Now called a 'tropical depression', the storm still maintains the trademark spin of a Hurricane, including storm center but no visible 'eye';
5) This storm may regain strength if its' path continues westly towards the Pacific. It does appear to be dissapating at this time. It is very strongly organized.
