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#68

May 13th

 

The 13 of May of 1917, in the COVA DA IRIA-PORTUGAL

 

three young shepherds, L?cia, Francisco and Jacinta, turn one “Lady more shining than the Sun” that came back to appear to them 13 every day, per the noon, until October, asking for conjunct. Since then and with a immovable faith, travelling the whole world they had not more ceased to go to the place of the Appearances. The Sanctuary of F?tima is prepared thus to receive thousand of believers who head to the Sanctuary of F?tima and live an experience of internalization, peace and spiritual unforgettable in next days 12 and 13 to May, in one of the most significant peregrinations of the year. The ceremonys have beginning in day 12, thursday, with the recitation of the Ter?o in the Capelinha of the Appearances, for 21h30, followed of the Procession of the Candles and continue in day 13, friday, with the celebration of the Mass in the altar of the enclosure, to 11h00, culminating with emotive Good bye to the Virgin. Information you add in the official site of the Sanctuary of F?tima: www.santuario-fatima.pt

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Today…is bad luck for seals. Very bad luck.

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#69

May 16th

 

Uzbeks leave country as reports say 600 dead

 

Army tanks are on the streets of Andijan, the Uzbek city effectively shut down after Friday’s violence when police fired on demonstrators. One eyewitness said that up to 600 bodies had been counted. Many of the victims were women and children. There are several versions of events - some say the crowd was trying to cross the border to Kyrgyzstan, others that the people were supporting Islamic rebels who had freed comrades from jail.

 

The Uzbek government is sticking to its story. President Islam Karimov says he gave no order for soldiers to open fire and maintains the death toll is in the region of 30. British Foreign Minister Jack Straw has called on Tashkent to be more transparent. He said there had been “a clear abuse of human rights” in Uzbekistan.

 

On the border there has a been a steady flow of Uzbeks crossing into Kyrgyzstan. The town of Korasuv is said to be outside Tashkent’s control after rioting on Saturday. Locals were angry at the loss of trade after the government closed the frontier two years ago.

 

 

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#70

May 16th

 

Russia’s Khodorkovsky awaits verdict

 

It is judgement day for oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Once Russia’s richest man, he is facing up to 10 years in jail. Accused of fraud and tax evasion, the founder of oil group Yukos is on trial alongside former colleague Platon Lebedev. Both men protest their innocence. Once Russia’s flagship oil firm, Yukos has been crushed under the weight of a multi-billion euro back-tax bill.

 

The company says its troubles are the result of a campaign orchestrated by the Kremlin to punish Khodorkovsky for political activities. He had begun donating money to opposition parties prior to his arrest. Now said to be facing fresh charges, it is unlikely that today’s verdict will mean the end of his legal woes. Yukos meanwhile has just lost a court action against state oil firm Rosneft, meaning the Kremlin has moved one step closer to seizing what is left of the company’s assets.

 

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Pirilao and Enchantress… you have my gratitude for not letting this thread run out of news…

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#71

May 16th

Microsoft launches desktop search tool

RT? Business May 16, 2005 11:32

Microsoft, the world’s largest maker of software, has released the finalised version of its desktop search tool, taking aim at Google and other rivals in the increasingly competitive search market.

The MSN Search Toolbar, which was introduced on a trial basis five months ago, provides a way to search for e-mail, documents and other data stored on hard drives much more quickly and efficiently than the ‘Find’ function found in Windows.

Google, which became the Web’s top search engine after its debut in 1998, was the first major search company to roll out a test version. Search rival Yahoo released its test desktop search tool in January.

While Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are competing on the Windows desktop, Apple Computer has also beefed up search capabilities for its Macintosh computer operating system. The latest Mac OS, called Tiger, includes a fast desktop search tool called ‘Spotlight.’

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#72

May 16th

Howard Johnson’s Restaurants Closing

By Clarke Canfield, AP.

Sun May 15, 3:18 PM ET

BANGOR, Maine - The orange roof is long gone and the Simple Simon plaque is history. The famous 28 flavors of ice cream have dwindled to 16 varieties. But at least the Howard Johnson name sits atop the building, which is a lot more than hundreds of one-time Howard Johnson’s eateries can say. The venerable chain once had more than 800 restaurants from coast to coast, but these days you can count them on two hands.

The decline began after the company was sold to The Imperial Group, a British conglomerate, 25 years ago, said Walter Mann of North Haven, Conn., who runs HoJoLand, a Web site devoted to Howard Johnson’s. It was then sold off twice more before ending up in the hands of Franchise Associates Inc., a Shelton, Conn., company which has owned it since 1986.

With this month’s closing of a HoJo’s in Springfield, Vt., there are now only eight left in Maine, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland and New York, Mann said. The Howard Johnson’s in New York City’s Times Square is reportedly going to close in June.

Howard Deering Johnson started the business that bears his name in 1925, when he inherited from his father a small soda fountain outside of Boston. Customers started flocking his way after he began serving ice cream with twice the usual butterfat.

Johnson added other easy-to-fix foods like hot dogs and fried clams to the menu, and three years later opened the first Howard Johnson’s restaurant. In the decades to come, the Howard Johnson name spread as hundreds of franchises opened across the country. At the peak, there were 850 or so Howard Johnson’s restaurants, as well as close to 200 company-owned Ground Rounds and a couple of dozen Red Coach Grills…

Over time, the chain suffered from aging restaurants, a stale menu, lack of marketing and new ideas, and increased competition from other chains such as Applebee’s, Chili’s and Ruby Tuesday, Kummerlowe said. And one by one, the restaurants began closing their doors.

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Welcome back Koku! How was your trip??

 

This is the 136th day of the year, with 229 days remaining in 2005.

 

Holidays

Feast day of St Brendan the Navigator, St Carantoc, St Peregrine of

Auxerre, St Simon Stock, St Domnolus of Le Mans, St Honoratus of

Amiens, St Germerius, St John Nepomucen, St Possidius, and St Ubaldus

of Gubbio.

 

Events

1770 - Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France,

who was 15.

 

1866 - Congress authorized minting the nickel.

 

1868 - The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson failed.

 

1910 - The US Bureau of Mines was authorized by Congress.

 

1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.

 

1929 - The first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

 

1943 - In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising came to an end as Nazi soldiers

took control of the Jewish ghetto and began mass deportation of the

remaining dwellers to the Treblinka extermination camp.

 

1966 - The Cultural Revolution was begun by Chinese Communist Party chairman

Mao Zedong.

 

1975 - Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the

summit of Mt. Everest.

 

1985 - Michael ‘Air’ Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the National

Basketball Association.

 

Births

1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

 

1801 - William Henry Seward, American politician, secretary of state

(1861-1869).

 

1804 - Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, founder of the first US kindergarten.

 

1905 - Henry Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor.

 

1911 - Studs (Louis) Terkel, writer, historian.

 

1913 - Woody Herman, bandleader, jazz musician.

 

1919 - Liberace (Wladziu Liberace), concert pianist, entertainer.

 

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#73

May 17th

 

Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kabul

 

An Italian aid worker has been abducted in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Reports say Clementina Cantoni’s car was intercepted by armed men who forced her into their vehicle and drove her away. Due to leave Afghanistan at the end of the month, the 32-year-old works for the CARE International charity - the same agency that employed British humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan who was seized and murdered in Iraq.

 

As news of the kidnapping broke, a search got underway in Kabul.

 

The city is much safer than Baghdad but aid agencies have issued warnings to staff to keep a low profile in recent weeks following two unsuccessful attempts to kidnap foreigners.

 

In Italy, Cantoni’s family chose not to speak to the media but a friend said that all relatives hoped for was a happy and swift conclusion to the young woman’s ordeal.

 

Last October, three UN workers were kidnapped in Kabul. They were held for 27 days before being released unharmed. There is no word yet on any demands made by Cantoni’s captors. The Italian Foreign Ministry says a crisis unit is now working on the case.

 

#74

May 17th

 

Washington “disturbed” by violence in Uzbek unrest

 

After reports of up to 500 dead and many more injured, Uzbekistan remains in a volatile state. Overnight, gunshots were heard in Andizhan where government troops are keeping a tight hold on the town. Armoured personnel carriers are blocking the main routes and soldiers are said to be mounting roadblocks throughout the area.

 

The death toll differs according to which side is counting but the government estimate of 70 dead is not widely believed. After a muted response to the unrest, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher has given Washington’s reaction.

 

“We are deeply disturbed by the reports that the Uzbek authorities fired on demonstrators last Friday. We certainly condemn the indiscriminate use of force against unarmed civilians and deeply regret any loss of life,” he said. “We had urged and continue to urge the Uzbek government to exercise restraint, stressing that violence cannot lead to long-term stability.”

 

Meanwhile, on the border with Kyrgyzstan, in the town of Kara-suu 13 refugees have been killed as they tried to cross the frontier. Aid agencies are demanding to be let into the country as concern rises over the number of people trying to escape the conflict.

 

 

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Welcome back Koku! How was your trip??

Pretty good! Sea shore, sun shine, and sea shells…

Thanks for asking, Enchantress. I noticed that you study all the time…hmm.. better relax… jogging, read or etc…

 

Btw, you haven’t respond to Phil’s, I believe, remarked Katharine Hepburn was born twice..! (previous page)

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#74

May 17th

Sony shows off new PlayStation 3

Alfred Hermida - Technology editor, BBC News website, in Los Angeles

Will Sony’s new machine keep pole position against Microsoft’s Xbox?

Sony has unveiled its new PlayStation 3 console, calling it “a supercomputer for computer entertainment”.

The console is powered by a powerful new processor dubbed Cell, which Sony says is 35 times faster than the chip inside the current PlayStation.

The machine is due to go on sale in spring 2006 at an as yet unknown price.

“This is a system to be placed in the centre of the living room around the world,” said Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony’s game unit, at a news conference in Los Angeles announcing the PlayStation 3.

This strategy parallels that of Microsoft, which is keen to challenge PlayStation by also making its new Xbox 360 into a hub for all kinds of media.

Sony’s current console, the PlayStation 2, dominates the current generation of consoles. More than 80 million units have been sold worldwide, with Microsoft and Nintendo trailing far behind.

Like other console makers, Sony realises that the new wave of machines much offer more than prettier graphics.

Key to their success will be the ability of game makers to tap into the power of these new digital workhorses to produce original and compelling gameplay.

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#75

May 17th

 

Drug That Treats Diarrhea May Prevent It

By WENDY BENJAMINSON, Associated Press Writer, Mon May 16, 8:22 PM ET

HOUSTON - A drug already used to treat that tourist nightmare ? traveler’s diarrhea ? may also prevent it without causing the antibiotic resistance that can eventually make medicines ineffective, new research suggests.

The study showed that the antibiotic rifaximin prevented the troublesome condition in about 85 percent of the people who took it.

Antibiotics have been used for years to treat traveler’s diarrhea because it is caused by bacteria found in local food and water. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved rifaximin as a treatment for the illness.

But the study to be published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests it’s an effective preventive step as well.

 

Traveler’s diarrhea affects about 20 million international travelers a year, DuPont said. And about 40 percent of those have an extra genetic susceptibility that means they get no relief from over-the-counter treatments such as Pepto-Bismol.

 

While a germ can become resistant to an antibiotic that is overused, the researchers believe rifaximin has properties that make it unlikely to cause resistance.

Rifaximin is marketed by Salix Pharmaceuticals of Raleigh, N.C., under the name Xifaxan. Salix helped fund UT’s study, and DuPont and some of his colleagues on the study have worked as consultants to the drug maker.

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This is the 137th day of the year, with 228 days remaining in 2005.

 

Holidays

Feast day of St Madron, St Paschal Baylon, and St Bruno of W?rzburg.

 

Norway: Independence Day or Constitution Day (had been subject to

Denmark, then transferred to Sweden in January 1814, then declared its

independence and became an independent kingdom under the Swedish king.

 

UN: World Telecommunication Day.

 

Events

1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree

located on what is now Wall Street.

 

1814 - Norway’s constitution was signed, providing for a limited monarchy.

 

1845 - The rubber band was patented.

 

1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.

 

1954 - The Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of

Education of Topeka. It rule that racially segregated public schools

were inherently unequal – and said that schools must be integrated.

 

1973 - The US Senate opened its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.

 

1996 - President Bill Clinton signed “Megan’s Law”, a measure requiring

neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in.

 

Births

1749 - Edward Jenner, English pioneer of vaccination.

 

1911 - Maureen (Paul) O’Sullivan, actress.

 

 

source: http://www.reference.com/thisday/

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Wouldn’t it be nice if you posted the URL (webadres) where you got the article as well?

Can do…

 

@ Pirilao and Enchantress : Hey you guys… Let’s do it!

@ Pirilao: The way to do it - Just copy the address of the web page you get the news and paste it down at the end of the news… So, people can link back to read more… Example is as the following post…

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#77

May 17th

Kylie Minogue has breast cancer

Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 May, 2005, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK

Singer Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer, leading her to postpone an Australian tour and cancel a Glastonbury headline appearance.

“Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, Kylie was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer,” her tour company Frontier Touring said.

“Hopefully all will work out fine and I’ll be back with you all again soon,” the singer said in a statement.

Minogue, 36, has had a total of 37 hit singles in the UK.

She had been due to begin the 20-date Australian leg of her current worldwide Showgirl tour in Sydney on Thursday.

The tour company added: “She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4554035.stm

 

@Pirilao: And because we show readers the source of information, we can just put down only the brief or summary of the news…save much space and time…

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#78

May 17th

 

Afghan widows demand Italian aid worker’s release

Several hundred Afghan widows have gathered in Kabul to demand the immediate release of a Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni, who was kidnapped yesterday. She had been helping them and thousands of other impoverished widows support their families. A criminal group’s reportedly contacted the Kabul police saying it had kidnapped the Italian, and…

http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?pa…ueil_info&lng=1

 

 

Koku, is well thus

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Koku, is well thus

Alright, Pirilao… Perfecto! Way to go, dude…

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1811 - Admiral Brown and Argentinian Fleet defeat the Spanish Navy (Argentinian Navy’s Day)

 

The Squadron of Admira Brown defeat the Spanish Navy in the combat of Mart?n Garcia, in Montevideo waters.

Guillermo Brown born in Ireland and arrived in Argentina in 1809, where he was the leader of the Navy for 30 years, leading the victory in the Independence War. In 1810, the natives tried to defend the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), but the warships was olders. When the natives were defeated in the battle of San Nicolas in 1811, a member of Primera Junta (Juan Larrea), entrust Brown to defend the Argentinians waters.

Remembering his victory, this day is the day of the National Navy.

 

 

 

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Yo…look who’s talking now ^

 

#80

May 17th

…bad news for Prozac fans

Antidepressants Can Affect Newborns

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

1 hour, 29 minutes ago

CHICAGO - Women who take Prozac or certain other antidepressants late in pregnancy raise the risk that their babies will suffer jitteriness, irritability and serious respiratory problems during their first couple of weeks, researchers say.

Babies born to women taking antidepressants in the last three months of pregnancy were three times more likely to develop drug-related symptoms than those born to women who did not use the drugs or took them only in early pregnancy, according to a University of Pittsburgh study that pooled previous research.

The study was published in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050518/ap_on_…ssants_newborns

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#81

May 18th

 

Spain’s right warns “don’t talk to terrorists”

All Spain’s political parties apart from the conservative Popular Party have voted to support the government’s ETA policy in a parliamentary vote. The governing Socialists won by 192 votes to 147 on a proposition to begin negotiations with the armed Basque separatists, if the organisation commits to laying down its arms. The Socialists, through…

 

 

#82

May 18th

 

Raffarin fights for “yes” vote & future

New opinion polls in France insist the referendum on the European constitution at the end of this month will be a close-run thing. The “no” camp is again edging the argument, so Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has returned to a television offensive to support a “yes” vote. “I’m a European at heart,” he told France 2 TV."I want to share the…

 

 

#83

May 18th

 

 

Alleged Cuban terrorist arrested in Miami

It was a scene that looked like a textbook example of the US war against terror. Authorities moved in to arrest a man over the bombing of an airliner. But events in Miami had an extra dimension. The suspect detained is a Cuban exile and former CIA collaborator. Luis Posada Carriles is an anti-communist militant who is 77-years-old. Immigration…

 

 

#84

May 18th

 

 

Galloway takes on Senate over Iraq claims

He had crossed the Atlantic to clear his name. But, far from showing the usual deference of witnesses before the US Congress, George Galloway went on the attack. Appearing before a Senate committee, the maverick British member of parliament rejected charges that he profited from Iraq’s oil-for-food programme. It is claimed options to buy and sell…

 

 

http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?ln…ge=accueil_info