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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (4257)	2/22/2002 9:39:44 AM
From: Souze	Respond to of 12231

The same kind of human being as the ones who killed Pearl also unleashed a nail bomb on a bunch of teenagers last week. cnn.com Excerpt of the end of the article: And the other thing I would like to express is that what happens very often is that there is a tendency to try to understand and explain these terrorist attacks. And I think at a certain point that there is a limit to the attitude that you have to forgive and you have to forgive and you have to forgive. Sometimes there is such evil in the world and we are not supposed to try to understand it and we are not supposed to try to forgive it. We have to try to get rid of it somehow. … (Keren) has a friend in the hospital with a nail in her brain, and another friend has a nail in her heart. They put nails in these explosives that do untold damage to the little kids. They purposely go after what will cause the most pain. A human being does not do that. … I know people are hurt when Israel does something and Arab children are hurt, but we do not ever go out and purposely do this to beautiful, young, innocent children. And any human being who tries to excuse or explain such a thing to me is morally wrong.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (4257)	2/24/2002 10:39:44 PM
From: S100	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12231

WSJ A Selection of Daniel Pearl's Work Daniel Pearl began working as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in 1990 and wrote or co-wrote 68 stories for Page One. Here is a selection of some of his most memorable front-page stories. Small Change: Bank That Pioneered Loans for the Poor Hits Repayment Snag -- Nov. 27, 2001 Behind the Music: Rock Rolls Once More In Iran as Hard-Liners Back a Pop Revival -- June 2, 2000 Body Count: War in Kosovo Was Cruel, Bitter, Savage; Genocide It Wasn't -- Dec. 31, 1999 Separate Peace: Why Ethnic Cleansing, Once Under Way, Is So Difficult to Reverse -- April 22, 1999 No Openings: Ex-BCCI Employees Say Bank's Notoriety Left Them Unhirable -- March 1, 1999 Looming Large: This Persian Rug Should Set a Record -- June 30, 1997 These Songs Bring Tears to Your Eyes, Or Something Worse -- May 14, 1996 Costly Talk: Why Pay-Phone Calls Can Get So Expensive And Spark Complaints -- May 30, 1995 Missing Violin's Case: The Finder Fiddles While Losers Sue -- Oct. 17, 1994 Updated February 22, 2002 1:30 p.m. EST (You must be a member to read.) and one I found from Prodigy days (40 columns by 16 line screen but nice printouts). Daniel Pearl covered transportation and telecom for a while. ----- 2/1/95 FCC Clears Three Global Satellite Projects By Daniel Pearl Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON --The Federal Communications Commission approved three of five global communications satellite projects, setting the stage for a high-stakes race to win over partners and regulators in other countries. Motorola Inc. 's Iridium system, TRW Inc.'s Odyssey system and Loral Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. 's Globalstar L.P. all got FCC licenses to build, launch and operate low-orbit satellite systems, which would carry voice, paging and data messages across the globe. But the FCC deferred approval of projects by Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. and Constellation Communications Inc., giving them another rear to beef up their finances. Constellation, which descrlbed plans to launch 46 satellites and cited financial commitments from Bell Atlantic Corp. and E-Systems Inc., declined to comment yesterday on the FCC's action. Officials of Mobile Communications, whose Ellipso system plan included 16 satellites, couldn't be reached for comment. The three approved projects together would cost $7.15 billion and involve 126 satellites. But industry officials doubt the market will support more than two or three projects, and there is already a fourth: Inmarsat-P, an international consortium that is seeking approval for a major investment by Washington-based Comsat Corp. "I would not be surprised to see some consolidation between the four players," said Scott Chase, publisher of via Satellite, a magazine in Potomac, Md. He said a partnership between Odyssey and Inmarsat-P, for example, would give Inmarsat a U.S. license. While marketing pocket-sized phones to u.S. and foreign business travelers is the backbone of the satellite plans, most of them also are seeking to provide telephone service to Third World villages that currently have none. "This is going to jump-start competition in the skies and deliver a cornucopia of communications services to the people in every country in the world," FCC Chairman Reed Hundt said yesterday. "The only thing that can stop these services is the refusal of governments to grant similar licenses, and we very much hope that doesn't happen." Iridium, whose $3.37 billion plan is the most ambitious, said the FCC's "expeditious" action frees it to nail down deals with local telephone and wireless companies in various countries, and to get approval from regulators for Iridium telephones and earth snip