World News-2/17/2005
CIA issues warning on China’s military efforts
By Edward Alden in Washington
<...> Delivering the agency's annual assessment of worldwide threats on Wednesday, Porter Goss <...> dropped any mention of the co-operative elements of the US-China relationship that characterised recent CIA statements. Instead, he said China was making determined military and diplomatic efforts to “counter what it sees as US efforts to contain or encircle China”. [read more]
Proposal would house prisoners in Mexico
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
PHOENIX (AP) -- Some lawmakers want to explore the possibility of the state contracting to have a private prison built in Mexico to house illegal immigrants now incarcerated in Arizona. [read more]
I like this idea, except for a little thing called our Constitution! No state is able to enter into foreign contracts. Article I, Section 10. "No states shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation;" I wish we could. I would do it in a heartbeat.
Ukraine's Largest Steel Mill
By Aleksandar Vasovic
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - A court ruled Thursday that the privatization of Ukraine's largest steel mill was illegal, setting the stage for the first confrontation between some of the nation's biggest businessmen and the new government that vows to undo deals that put state property in the hands of people close to the previous regime. [read more]
Brazil Sends Troops to Amazon Region
By MICHAEL ASTOR
ANAPU, Brazil (AP) - Thousand of soldiers were deployed to a lawless Amazon rainforest region where an American nun was shot to death last weekend amid violence between peasants and loggers vying for the area's vast natural resource riches. [read more]
Vatican University Debuts Satanism Classes
By ANGELA DOLAND
ROME (AP) - Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican-linked university on Thursday debuted its latest course offering: a class on Satanism, black magic and exorcism. [read more]
Bomb Kills 4 Near Hotel in Thailand
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A bomb exploded Thursday near a tourist hotel in a border town in southern Thailand, killing four people and wounding 37, police said, and the prime minister threatened to "lay siege" to hundreds of villages that support separatists in the predominantly Muslim region. [read more]
By Edward Alden in Washington
<...> Delivering the agency's annual assessment of worldwide threats on Wednesday, Porter Goss <...> dropped any mention of the co-operative elements of the US-China relationship that characterised recent CIA statements. Instead, he said China was making determined military and diplomatic efforts to “counter what it sees as US efforts to contain or encircle China”. [read more]
Proposal would house prisoners in Mexico
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
PHOENIX (AP) -- Some lawmakers want to explore the possibility of the state contracting to have a private prison built in Mexico to house illegal immigrants now incarcerated in Arizona. [read more]
I like this idea, except for a little thing called our Constitution! No state is able to enter into foreign contracts. Article I, Section 10. "No states shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation;" I wish we could. I would do it in a heartbeat.
Ukraine's Largest Steel Mill
By Aleksandar Vasovic
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - A court ruled Thursday that the privatization of Ukraine's largest steel mill was illegal, setting the stage for the first confrontation between some of the nation's biggest businessmen and the new government that vows to undo deals that put state property in the hands of people close to the previous regime. [read more]
Brazil Sends Troops to Amazon Region
By MICHAEL ASTOR
ANAPU, Brazil (AP) - Thousand of soldiers were deployed to a lawless Amazon rainforest region where an American nun was shot to death last weekend amid violence between peasants and loggers vying for the area's vast natural resource riches. [read more]
Vatican University Debuts Satanism Classes
By ANGELA DOLAND
ROME (AP) - Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican-linked university on Thursday debuted its latest course offering: a class on Satanism, black magic and exorcism. [read more]
Bomb Kills 4 Near Hotel in Thailand
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A bomb exploded Thursday near a tourist hotel in a border town in southern Thailand, killing four people and wounding 37, police said, and the prime minister threatened to "lay siege" to hundreds of villages that support separatists in the predominantly Muslim region. [read more]
posted by Rosemary Welch @ 2/17/2005 07:41:00 AM
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