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In Delaware, Enron found secrecy and savings Philadelphia Inquirer, by Joseph N. DiStefano    Original Article Posted By: sjersey - 1/31/2002 9:37:37 AM    Post Reply To manage its far-flung financial interests, avoid local taxes, and shroud high-stakes deals from investor scrutiny, Enron Corp. organized a sprawling network of 2,000 corporate subsidiaries in 62 countries and 23 U.S. states. Hundreds of Enron units were set up in offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands; others, under the laws of Brazil, England, and other places where Enron did business, according to the bankrupt energy-trading company's annual report. But the largest number of Enron subsidiaries - 685, not counting duplicate names - were set up in Delaware, where the creation and care of corporate entities is big business. The speed, secrecy, and state tax exemptions offered by Delaware, along with its business-friendly courts, have long enticed everyone from blue-chip corporations to international gangsters.

Arrogant Imbeciles Bite Hands That Feed The Poor New York Post, by Andrea Peyser   Original Article Posted By: Gern Blanston - 1/31/2002 9:27:15 AM    Post Reply YOU want to look in the eyes of these little radicals as they rail against capitalism, militarism, deregulation and Bill Gates, and yell: Get a job! Overwhelmingly white, well-fed and expensively educated, the self-appointed protectors of the starving masses came out yesterday to tell how they'll give hell to this weekend's World Economic Forum.

Editorial Cartoon Seattle PI, by Horsey   Original Article Posted By: Chaps - 1/31/2002 9:25:08 AM    Post Reply Who's next?

Jesse Jackson Takes to the Hill in Crusade Against 'Oilgate' FOX News, by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos   Original Article Posted By: joned - 1/31/2002 9:23:46 AM    Post Reply WASHINGTON - Inserting himself further into the Enron fracas, the Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday and likened the plight of the former Enron employees by his side to the struggles of the civil rights movements of the 1960's. Before a meeting with Democratic lawmakers, including House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, Jackson called for a litany of reforms (campaign finance, election, government oversight) and relief packages for the aggrieved workers. He called the employees' economic plight "the new south agenda."

HIV numbers to rise sharply BBC News, by BBC Staff   Original Article Posted By: WeirdButSweet - 1/31/2002 9:22:52 AM    Post Reply The number of people living with diagnosed HIV in the UK is set to rise by 47% between 2000 and 2005, latest figures suggest. SNIP If the trend continues the number of people living with HIV will rise from around 23,000 in 2000 to almost 34,000 by the year 2005. SNIP "But there is also a very worrying trend here - there is no doubt that new infections are occurring for a disease which we know how to prevent but for which we have no cure. SNIP Dr Evans said: "The main message from these figures is that HIV is not going away. "The mainstay of tackling HIV is prevention - using condoms is a major factor in preventing the transmission of HIV and other STIs, and it is vital that within the new strategy we reinvigorate the 'safer sex' message." For the third year in a row there were more diagnoses of HIV among heterosexuals than gay men. Around three-quarters of cases of heterosexual infection are associated with acquisition abroad.

Sharon, Ben-Eliezer, Peres to stress Iran threat in U.S. visits Ha'aretz, by Aluf Benn and Amira Hass   Original Article Posted By: acidkibitzer - 1/31/2002 9:16:28 AM    Post Reply Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer met with leading defense officials yesterday to discuss Israel's policy regarding Iranian threats, and to prepare the joint message the three top political leaders in Israel will be taking to Washington over the coming days. Jerusalem is now focused on efforts to win international support against what Israel regards as a three-pronged threat from Iran: its call for the destruction of Israel, its support of terrorism, and its efforts to acquire a nuclear capability and long-range missiles.

U.S. Embassy 'Troubled' by China Washington Post, by Joe McDonald   Original Article Posted By: Gern Blanston - 1/31/2002 9:16:18 AM    Post Reply The U.S. Embassy said Tuesday it was "troubled" by China's arrests of people who gave religious materials to Chinese Christians. The embassy's statement came a day after a Hong Kong businessman who brought thousands of Bibles to a banned Chinese religious group in May was sentenced to two years in prison. Lai Kwong-keung was convicted by a court in the southeastern Chinese city of Fuqing of "illegal operation," said a court official, who would give only his surname, Lin. He wouldn't say what that charge meant, but Hong Kong news reports said it referred to running an illegal business.

A foreign policy for the civilized world Ottawa Citizen, by David Warren   Original Article Posted By: appeaser - 1/31/2002 9:15:19 AM    Post Reply WASHINGTON - It takes a day for the content of a political message, such as President George W. Bush's State of the Union, to sink in. Watching it here Tuesday night, I was aware of the huge number of fellow journalists under sharp deadline pressure to review a performance, like theatre critics, and answer the first-night question: Did the play come up to expectations? (They answered, mostly, yes.)

Giving voice to freedom BBC News, by Gerry Jackson   Original Article Posted By: WeirdButSweet - 1/31/2002 9:11:00 AM    Post Reply A radio station has started broadcasting to Zimbabwe from London to get around Robert Mugabe's media crackdown. SNIP Not only are you not allowed to have independent radio in Zimbabwe SNIP it's also difficult to do it regionally as neighbouring countries don't want to get involved at this level. SNIP I'm not comfortable with words like 'secret radio station' and 'exiles' because I don't believe we're doing anything that shouldn't be on air. But we don't advertise our street address because it's foolish to just say, 'Here we are, come and get us'. There are CIO operatives [secret police] in the UK. Maybe they wouldn't do anything... For some reason, I didn't fear for my personal safety in Zimbabwe although I did have friends who no longer went out after dark because of the huge increase in crime and carjackings.

Man's sex with goat Online Sun, by ALASTAIR TAYLOR   Original Article Posted By: Jerseycitysteve - 1/31/2002 9:07:07 AM    Post Reply A CHEF had sex with a goat — and was seen by a trainload of passengers, a court heard yesterday. Stephen Hall, 23, lassoed the animal with his belt at the Paradise allotments near his home. As the packed Hull to Bridlington train stopped at signals, dozens of passengers stared out in amazement. In seconds, police switchboards were jammed as horrified commuters used their mobiles to report what they had seen. The female goat was one of a number left to graze near the allotments, Hull Crown Court was told. A man out walking his dog also made a 999 call to Humberside Police Control Room. Two members of the public pinned down Hall while a stream of officers raced to the scene. Jobless Hall, from Hull, was initially arrested by the Humberside Police Dog Section. A vet who examined the goat said it was "subdued" by the assault but was not suffering long-term injury. British Transport Police Detective Inspector Dave Crinnion, who investigated, said: "I saw the goat the next day — it did not seem too upset but it is difficult to tell." Yesterday, Hall admitted a sex charge involving an animal. Judge Jacqueline Davies, who adjourned the case for reports, said: "I do not know what sentence

Cries of inhumane treatment are unjustified Minnesota Daily (U of M), by Chris Schafer   Original Article Posted By: msptato - 1/31/2002 9:05:36 AM    Post Reply The United States is, indeed, the most powerful nation in the world as the months following Sept. 11 have proved. To most people, this was common knowledge, given the nation’s wealth and technology. The few who doubted it are currently cowering in their caves, hoping the next 15,000-pound Daisy Cutter bomb doesn’t find the entrance. ##SNIP##Recent video footage showing the Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay — on their knees, wearing jumpsuits and masks — has enraged the United Nations as well as members of the coalition in the war against terror. Both have deemed the U.S. treatment of prisoners as cruel and inhumane. Never mind the fact that coalition soldiers, had they been captured, wouldn’t have been treated any better by the Taliban or al-Qaida, and would have been lucky to even have a head to put a mask on.

IDF discovers mortars aimed at Gaza settlement of Morag Ha'aretz, by Amos Harel   Original Article Posted By: acidkibitzer - 1/31/2002 9:04:40 AM    Post Reply The IDF discovered five mortars equipped with timing devices Thursday which were aimed at the Gaza Strip settlement of Morag. The launchers appear to have been placed near the settlement hothouses with the intention of carrying out a major attack on homes there. Senior military officers said that in recent days the IDF has received warnings that at least three Palestinian terror cells have been hatching plans to carry out "quality attacks" in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian boy opens fire on Border Police officers Jerusalem Post, by Jpost Radio   Original Article Posted By: wewillwin - 1/31/2002 9:00:47 AM    Post Reply A Palestinian youth opened fire on Border Police officers stationed at a roadblock in the Bethlehem area a short time ago. There were no casualties when the youth opened fire on officers with a handgun. He subsequently threw the handgun to the ground and fled back into Palestinian Authority-controlled Bethlehem. This was the second attack this morning by Palestinian youths on border policemen in the Jerusalem area.

Coeds Want to Pack Heat CNSNews.com, by Michael L. Betsch   Original Article Posted By: James Longstreet - 1/31/2002 8:54:41 AM    Post Reply At a small liberal arts college in the liberal, anti-gun state of Massachusetts, something appears to be out of sync. A campus group called the Second Amendment Sisters is lobbying for students' right to carry firearms. The Mount Holyoke chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), now in its first year, is a recognized on-campus organization with a membership approaching 50 women.

Cowards and Such Washington Times, by John McCaslin   Original Article Posted By: PaBoo - 1/31/2002 8:51:41 AM    Post Reply 'That [state] which separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting by fools.' — Thucydides, 'The Peloponnesian Wars'"

'Gender Accurate' Bible Criticized for 'Political Correctness' CNSNews.com, by Matt Pyeatt   Original Article Posted By: James Longstreet - 1/31/2002 8:47:59 AM    Post Reply The world's best selling modern Bible translation, the New International Version (NIV), is scheduled for an "inclusive language" overhaul, despite criticism from some church leaders who say the changes are an attempt at political correctness. The International Bible Society (IBS) announced this week that its new translation of the New Testament, dubbed Today's New International Version, or TNIV, will go on sale in April and contain "inclusive language" to portray a more "gender accurate" translation.

Group claims responsibility for St. Paul fire Minnesota Daily (U of M), by Jessica Thompson - Staff Reporter   Original Article Posted By: msptato - 1/31/2002 8:47:39 AM    Post Reply The underground environmental activist group Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility Wednesday for setting fire to two St. Paul campus buildings. No people or animals were injured in the Saturday morning fire, which destroyed a construction trailer on the Microbial and Plant Genomics Building construction site. The blaze spread to the adjacent Crops Research Building, where it damaged three labs, several graduate projects and an undetermined amount of research. Monetary damage to the buildings has not yet been assessed. University police Capt. Steve Johnson said information in the ELF communiqué, released Wednesday morning, led officials to believe the claim is credible. ##SNIP## ''We are fed up with capitalists like Cargill and major universities like the ‘U’ of ‘M,’ who … seek to exploit and control nature to the fullest extent under the guise of progress,'' the communiqué stated.

Anti - Terror Means More Pay for Some New York Times, by AP/no byline   Original Article Posted By: Liberty7 - 1/31/2002 8:41:19 AM    Post Reply With the crank of a ferry lever, Amorsolo Batangan waves through a convoy of trucks and contemplates how his paycheck has swelled since dozens of prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at this remote U.S. naval base. Like many of the 1,000 foreign workers -- mainly from Jamaica and the Philippines -- his normal salary of $316 a month is less than half the U.S. minimum wage, but still more than what he earned back home. ``Before I was doing the job for the experience because the pay was bad,'' said the 33-year-old who left a farming job in Manila to work on contract with Burns & Roe, based in Oradell, N.J. ``But since the prisoners arrived, more things are happening. We can make more money.''

Teacher beaten by a parent after fight Detroit Free Press, by CHASTITY PRATT   Original Article Posted By: peavine - 1/31/2002 8:32:28 AM    Post Reply A teacher at Marquette Elementary in Detroit was beaten Tuesday by a father who believed the teacher was abusive while breaking up a fight between his son and another student, police said. The teacher, Steve Maday, and the father, Theoddeus Gray, have both contacted police. Maday said Gray pushed him and he fell into a glass window in the school's office, leaving Maday with 17 stitches and a concussion. "He beat the hell out of me," said Maday, who was treated at Cottage Hospital and released. Gray and his wife, Tracy Jenkins, said their son, who is 5 feet 1 and 90 pounds, had bruises on his neck and was treated at Cottage Hospital for a mild asthma attack Tuesday. He is also taking antibiotics for a clot on his hand that Jenkins said Maday caused. Jenkins said her husband's violence was a response to Maday's treatment of her son.

Threat on Reporter's Life The Los Angeles Times, by Bob Drogin   Original Article Posted By: LComstaff - 1/31/2002 8:19:26 AM    Post Reply WASHINGTON -- A group claiming to have abducted a Wall Street Journal reporter in Pakistan threatened Wednesday to kill him within 24 hours and then target other U.S. journalists if they don't leave Pakistan in three days.An e-mail message from the purported kidnappers to the Los Angeles Times and other U.S. and Pakistani news organizations included two new photographs of journalist Daniel Pearl--one with a pistol aimed at his head, the other showing his hands in chains. The message had a far more menacing tone than a weekend e-mail that first served notice that Pearl had been kidnapped.

CIA sees rise in terrorist weapons Washington Times, by Bill Gertz   Original Article Posted By: LasVegasLou - 1/31/2002 8:09:27 AM    Post Reply The danger of a terrorist attack with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons has increased since the September 11 strikes, the CIA said in a report made public yesterday. U.S. intelligence also "uncovered rudimentary diagrams of nuclear weapons inside a suspected al Qaeda safehouse in Kabul," said the semiannual report on arms proliferation from January to June 2001. "These diagrams, while crude, describe essential components — uranium and high-explosives — common to nuclear weapons," it said.

Bush the Bold Jerusalem Post, by Staff   Original Article Posted By: joned - 1/31/2002 8:02:27 AM    Post Reply (January 31) - When historians sum up the first decade of the 21st century, U.S. President George W. Bush may stand as one whose role in rescuing the free world is best compared with that of Winston Churchill, some six decades before. We take the victory against Nazism for granted now, but as historian John Lukacs points out (Five Days in London), in M

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