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To: Skywatcher who wrote (7031)	5/19/2006 8:52:28 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Cops: Mayor tapped water customers for sex Thursday, May 18, 2006; Posted: 6:28 p.m. EDT (22:28 GMT) WALDRON, Arkansas (AP) -- The 72-year-old mayor of this Arkansas town was arrested this week on charges he sought sex from two women in exchange for preventing their water from being turned off. One of the women told investigators she had been having sex with Troy Anderson for money for eight to 10 years, according to an affidavit. She said Anderson paid her $25 per encounter and $60 for a late water deposit. He also allowed her to change the name on her overdue water bill to keep the service running, the affidavit said. In February, the woman wore a recording device when Anderson picked her up for a sexual encounter, authorities said. Anderson was released on bond Wednesday. He did not return repeated calls seeking comment. In January, a second woman with a late water bill wore a recording device when she met the mayor at an apartment to seek his help getting custody of her granddaughter from the state Department of Health and Human Services. Anderson offered her $100 for sex, grabbed her and exposed himself, the affidavit said. The mayor was charged with abusing the public trust and patronizing a prostitute. An arraignment was scheduled for July 6. Waldron is 100 miles west of Little Rock.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (7031)	5/21/2006 7:49:29 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

French are rudest, most boring people on earth: British poll AFP via Yahoo News ^ \| 05/20/2006 \| AFP LONDON (AFP) - The French have been voted the world's most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous. A decisive 46 percent of the 6,000 people surveyed by travellers' website Where Are You Now (WAYN) said the French were the most unfriendly nation people on the planet, British newspapers reported. The Germans have no to reason to celebrate the damning verdict. They came second on all three counts. WAYN's French founder, Jerome Touze, told the papers he had been stunned by the thumping condemnation of his compatriots and sought to blame it on Gallic love-struck sulking. "I had no idea that the French would emerge as such an unfriendly country," he said. "I think our romantic 'moodiness' is misunderstood and I will be sure to pass on the message to my family and friends back in France to be a bit more cheerful to tourists in the future." Italy was voted the world's most cultured nation with the best cuisine, while the United States was named the most unstylish with the worst food. The British did not feature in the top 10 of any of the categories. "The British fit in nowhere -- good or bad. It appears that we are so completely average that the voters did not include us in any category," the tabloid Daily Express commented. "And to our shame, four percent of respondents -- all British of course -- said they would only talk to other Britons when they are abroad." This unwillingness to talk to the locals appears to go hand in hand with respondents' perceptions of foreigners. While most said Spain was the foreign country where they would most like to live, they said the Spaniards were nearly as unfriendly and ungenerous as the French. To add insult to injury, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph put the boot in on Saturday by saying in an editorial that the French stank. "The French may like to think that Chanel No 5 is their scent but we all know that garlic and stale Gitanes are much more representative."

To: Skywatcher who wrote (7031)	5/25/2006 11:22:02 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Saudis are still teaching intolerance by the book Houston Chronicle ^ \| May 24, 2006 \| Nina Shea chron.com Claims that school texts have been revised are untrue By NINA SHEA SAUDI Arabia's public schools have long been cited for demonizing the West as well as Christians, Jews and other "unbelievers." But after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — in which 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis — that was all supposed to change. A 2004 Saudi royal study group recognized the need for reform after finding that the kingdom's religious studies curriculum "encourages violence toward others and misguides the pupils into believing that in order to safeguard their own religion, they must violently repress and even physically eliminate the 'other.' " Since then, the Saudi government has claimed repeatedly that it has revised its educational texts. Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, has worked aggressively to spread this message. "The kingdom has reviewed all of its education practices and materials, and has removed any element that is inconsistent with the needs of a modern education," he said on a recent speaking tour to several U.S. cities. "Not only have we eliminated what might be perceived as intolerance from old textbooks that were in our system, we have implemented a comprehensive internal revision and modernization plan." The Saudi government even took out a full-page ad in the New Republic last December to tout its success at "having modernized our school curricula to better prepare our children for the challenges of tomorrow." A year ago, an embassy spokesman declared: "We have reviewed our educational curriculums. We have removed materials that are inciteful or intolerant towards people of other faiths." The problem is: These claims are not true

To: Skywatcher who wrote (7031)	5/30/2006 9:33:02 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Editors jailed over cartoons Herald Sun ^ \| 31 May 2006 A JORDANIAN court today jailed two newspaper editors for "attacking religious sentiment" by reprinting cartoons deemed offensive to Prophet Mohammad, their lawyer said. Jihad Momani, former editor of the weekly Shihane tabloid, and Hisham al-Khalidi, editor-in-chief of the tabloid Al-Mehwar, "were each sentenced to two months in prison", lawyer Mohammed Kteishat said. Mr Kteishat said he would appeal the verdict. The defendants have been on bail since their arrest in February for printing the drawings, first published in September by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The cartoons were subsequently re-published by numerous mainly European papers, triggering the fury of Muslims around the world, sparking often violent protests and triggering a boycott of Danish goods in several Muslim countries. Momani and Khalidi both pleaded not guilty. Their arrests have been condemned by international press watchdogs, who say journalists should not be jailed for what they publish. Early in February, King Abdullah II said insulting the prophet was "an unjustifiable crime ... that could not be justified on the pretext of freedom of expression".

To: Skywatcher who wrote (7031)	6/7/2006 3:47:23 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

If anyone knows somebody who works at a zoo, please contact them! Race on to save baboons from firing squad ITV.com ^ \| June 7, 2006 A British vet and an animal sanctuary are in a race against the clock to save a family of baboons from execution in Portugal. Five adult baboons and two young at a former zoo in the Iberian country will be put to death in eight weeks, by firing squad, unless help arrives soon. The deadline was imposed by the Portuguese authorities this week after the failure of a worldwide search to re-home the family of primates. (Pic: www.primates.com) Despite exhaustive efforts, the only help available came from a husband-and-wife team who run a sanctuary in Wales. Jan and Graham Garen operate the Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Rescue Centre charity, in Abercrave, in the Swansea Valley. They have stepped in with an offer of aid but are struggling to raise £5,000 to finish a vital quarantine block needed to house the animals. As the last lifeline for the family of seven, they fear that time is running out too rapidly for the Olive baboons. The zoo where the baboons live closed 12 years ago and conditions are now so poor the authorities believe euthanasia is the kindest option. itv.com