February 4, 2003

Bankrolling terrorism Israel Insider, Israel - It is reported that over 540 million euros have been sent in Yasser Arafat's direction since 2000 and, as one would expect, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has failed to produce audited accounts showing what this money has been used for. Tragically, Israel knows only too well. The price paid for reckless EU generosity to the PA can be counted in lost Israeli lives. The only ones who should be angrier than the Israeli's, are the Palestinian's. 7:46:20 AM

Arafat ordered to pay Egged ($10 million) Globes Online, Israel - Among other things, the report determined that Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat was personally involved in allocating funds to terrorists. 7:42:11 AM

Appeals Court Stays Order for Microsoft Salt Lake Tribune -  Microsoft Corp. on Monday won a reprieve in its battle with rival Sun Microsystems when an appeals court stayed an order requiring Microsoft to include Sun's Java programming language in its Windows operating system. 7:39:33 AM

14 million see Jackson film Guardian - More than 14 million viewers were gripped by Martin Bashir's extraordinary documentary on Michael Jackson last night. "I have slept in a bed with many children. I slept in a bed with all of them when (Home Alone child star) Macaulay Culkin was little. Kieran Culkin would sleep on this side, Macaulay Culkin was on this side, his sisters in there. We all would just jam in the bed."  News24 Missing from the film were the interviews with the parents of the children he admitted to sleeping with.  That is what I want to see. 7:35:56 AM

Vatican: Potter's magic OK Chicago Sun Times - The good-vs.-evil plot lines of the best-selling books are imbued with Christian morals, the Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood said Monday. 7:31:16 AM