Month October 2005

Arnold runs and hides

Governor pulls himself off the screen Schwarzenegger asks stations to remove ads that feature him pitching initiatives. Some say move reflects his fading poll numbers.

Syria rejects UN Hariri report

Damascus – Syria’s highest political body, the National Progressive Front, on Sunday rejected a UN report implicating Damascus in the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri as a distortion of the truth. The report drawn up by German judge…

The noose tightens

A Republican senator said Sunday that it would be appropriate for any White House aide to step aside if indicted in the CIA leak investigation. The grand jury term expires Friday. Thus the indictments (and I assume there will be…

China will shut borders if bird flu hits

China will shut its borders if there is a single case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the country, its deputy health minister has said. As bird flu entered Britain yesterday with the discovery of the virus in a…

Move to WordPress started!

This happened faster than I thought.I’m moving this blog to a new ISP and the WordPress platform. Due to the vagaries of the Internet, it may take a few days for you to get to the new site.And away we…