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***Admin*** · 11-15-03, 06:23 PM

A very few of us keep up with what is going around in the world so I'll take snips from "The Week" (November 21th issue) magazine.

Washington, D.C.
Ex-POWS wait for cash: The Bush administration is trying to stop 17 Gulf War veterans from collecting on a billion-dollar lawsuit they won against the former government of Saddam Hussein.

Sacramento
Arnold takes over: Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Sacramento this week to replace Gray Davis as governor of California, promising quick action on the state's budget deficit.

Washington, D.C.
Partisan feud: The Senate Intelligence Committe this week canceled all meetings scheduled for the rest of the year after a partisan feud erupted over an investigation of prewar intelligence reports on Iraq.

Guatemala City
Ex-dictator trouned: Former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt failed miserably this week in his bid to be elected preisdent of Guatemala.

New York
Abortion law blocked: Judges in New York, California, and Nebraska last week blocked the government from enforcing a ban on partial-birth abortions, just days after President Bush signed it into law.

Chesapeake, Virginia
Second sniper trial opens: Lee Boyd Malvo, the younger of the two men accused of last year's sniper kilings around Washington, D.C., pleaded innocent this week to one of the 10 murders.

Millau, France
World's tallest bridge: France has begun construction on what promises to be the world's tallest bridge.

Madrid
Bush ally to retire: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said this week that he wouldn't seek another term when his premiership ran out next March.

Sarajevo
Massacre lawsuit: Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys who were massacred by the Serbs in Sarajevo in 1995 said this week that they planned to sue the U.N. and the Netherlands.

Ankara
No troops to Iraq: Turkey reversed course this week and decided not to send peacekeeping tropps to Iraq.

Paris
Mata Hari was innocent: The dutch striptease artist known as Mata Hari never spied for the Germans in World War I, said the great grandson of the French judge who sent her to the firing squad.

Vilnius, Lithuanis
Russian Mafia thread: The Russian Mafia has been trying to gain control over the Lithuanisn president, the Lithuanian secret service said in a reprot to Parliament this week.

Tbillsi, Georgia
Street erupts: Thousands of Georgians poured into the streets of Tbilisi this week, demanding that President Eduard Shevardnadze step down.

Lagos, Nigeria
U.S. bounty on Taylor: Nigeria is furious that the U.S. has offered $2 million to anyone who can turn over ousted Liberian president Charles Taylor to a war-crimes tribunal.

Riyadh
Suicide bombing: A car-bomb attack this week in the Saudi capital killed 18 people and wounded more than 120, almost all of the Arabs.

Nangahar, Afghanistan
Opium den: Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared back to pre-Taliban levels, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime last week.

Pyongyang
Nukes need no test: North Korea can be confident that its nuclear bombs will work even if it doesn't conduct a test explosion, the CIA told Congress.

Tehran
Secret nukes: Iran has been conducting a secret program to enrich uranium and plutonian- and lying about it, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a harshly worded report released this week.

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*Admin* Think About It Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,959	The world at a glance... A very few of us keep up with what is going around in the world so I'll take snips from "The Week" (November 21th issue) magazine. Washington, D.C. Ex-POWS wait for cash: The Bush administration is trying to stop 17 Gulf War veterans from collecting on a billion-dollar lawsuit they won against the former government of Saddam Hussein. Sacramento Arnold takes over: Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Sacramento this week to replace Gray Davis as governor of California, promising quick action on the state's budget deficit. Washington, D.C. Partisan feud: The Senate Intelligence Committe this week canceled all meetings scheduled for the rest of the year after a partisan feud erupted over an investigation of prewar intelligence reports on Iraq. Guatemala City Ex-dictator trouned: Former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt failed miserably this week in his bid to be elected preisdent of Guatemala. New York Abortion law blocked: Judges in New York, California, and Nebraska last week blocked the government from enforcing a ban on partial-birth abortions, just days after President Bush signed it into law. Chesapeake, Virginia Second sniper trial opens: Lee Boyd Malvo, the younger of the two men accused of last year's sniper kilings around Washington, D.C., pleaded innocent this week to one of the 10 murders. Millau, France World's tallest bridge: France has begun construction on what promises to be the world's tallest bridge. Madrid Bush ally to retire: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said this week that he wouldn't seek another term when his premiership ran out next March. Sarajevo Massacre lawsuit: Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys who were massacred by the Serbs in Sarajevo in 1995 said this week that they planned to sue the U.N. and the Netherlands. Ankara No troops to Iraq: Turkey reversed course this week and decided not to send peacekeeping tropps to Iraq. Paris Mata Hari was innocent: The dutch striptease artist known as Mata Hari never spied for the Germans in World War I, said the great grandson of the French judge who sent her to the firing squad. Vilnius, Lithuanis Russian Mafia thread: The Russian Mafia has been trying to gain control over the Lithuanisn president, the Lithuanian secret service said in a reprot to Parliament this week. Tbillsi, Georgia Street erupts: Thousands of Georgians poured into the streets of Tbilisi this week, demanding that President Eduard Shevardnadze step down. Lagos, Nigeria U.S. bounty on Taylor: Nigeria is furious that the U.S. has offered $2 million to anyone who can turn over ousted Liberian president Charles Taylor to a war-crimes tribunal. Riyadh Suicide bombing: A car-bomb attack this week in the Saudi capital killed 18 people and wounded more than 120, almost all of the Arabs. Nangahar, Afghanistan Opium den: Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared back to pre-Taliban levels, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime last week. Pyongyang Nukes need no test: North Korea can be confident that its nuclear bombs will work even if it doesn't conduct a test explosion, the CIA told Congress. Tehran Secret nukes: Iran has been conducting a secret program to enrich uranium and plutonian- and lying about it, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a harshly worded report released this week. __________________ Cal Poly Forums Last edited by Admin; 11-15-03 at 09:05 PM.