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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48430)	5/1/2005 6:43:39 PM
From: JD	Respond to of 50167

Here is a little report on some of the bravest of the brave citizens who are trying to rebuild their country. I have been looking for stirrings of a 'women's lib' movement as one important signpost of social progress in the ME. I am wondering if any news outlets in the ME are following any of these brave ladies?? ------------------------------------ IRAQ: FEMALE DEPUTIES FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER SLAYING OF COLLEAGUE Baghdad, 27 April (AKI) - The sense of cautious excitement that filled Iraq's 90 women MPs after the historic January elections turned to fear on Wednesday, after the killing of one of their colleagues at her home in eastern Baghdad. Lamea Abed Khadawi was elected to the national assembly... ...Dr Aqila al-Hashimi was ambushed and shot near her home in Baghdad in September 2003, dying from her injuries several days later. She was the first member of the governing council to be killed and had been the only former Baathist on the 25-member council, having occupied a senior post in the foreign ministry under Saddam Hussein's regime. Several female candidates were killed in the run-up to the elections, others had family members kidnapped or killed, and many opted to pull out of the electoral race or campaign in secret. One candidate, Wijdan al-Khuzai, was kidnapped, tortured and killed in December 2004. Another national assembly member, Son Kul Chapuk, who heads a women's association in Iraq, says she has suffered several attempts on her life..." adnki.com

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48430)	5/3/2005 3:33:17 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

May 2- Lou Gehrig's 2,130-game streak ended 1939: Lou Gehrig, the “Iron Horse” of the New York Yankees, was one of the most durable players in American professional baseball. Gehrig, a first baseman, was somewhat overshadowed by his colourful teammate Babe Ruth, whom he followed in the Yankees' batting order. Gehrig appeared in 2,130 consecutive games, beginning on June 1, 1925, and ending on this day in 1939. He later discovered that his skills were waning because of the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—a rare disease that later led to his death. 1935: The peasants of Luzon, Phillipines, rose up in arms against oppressive land tenancy laws. 1803: The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France at a rate of less than three cents per acre for 2,144,520 square km (828,000 square miles), which soon proved to be an tremendous bargain. 1889: Menilek II of Ethiopia signed the Treaty of Wichale with Italy, granting it territory in northern Ethiopia for money and weaponry. 1519: Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci died in Cloux, France Manfred, Freiherr (baron) von Richthofen Known as the Red Baron, Manfred, Freiherr (baron) von Richthofen, was Germany's top aviator and leading ace in World War I. He was born this day in 1892. Entering aerial combat in September 1916, he personally was credited with downing 80 enemy aircraft. He was killed in his red Fokker triplane during a battle near Amiens, France. "During my whole life I have not found a happier hunting ground than in the course of the Somme Battle. In the morning, as soon as I had got up, the first Englishmen arrived, and the last did not disappear until long after sunset. [Lieutenant] Boelcke once said that this was the El Dorado of the flying men." Richthofen The Red Fighter Pilot, chapter 8