May 15, 2005

Chairman of Paul Martin company that accepted Saddam's million worked for Power Corp. Canada Free Press -by Judi McLeod  The former chairman of the Prime Minister Paul Martin-owned company that accepted $1 million from Saddam Hussein, worked with Martin at the Paul Desmarais-owned Power Corporation. William Turner was chairman of Cordex Petroleums Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Alberta with an American subsidiary in Denver, Colo. 8:20:39 PM

Newsweek Says It May Have Erred in Report on Koran Desecration Bloomberg - Newsweek said it may have erred in reporting that US military investigators found evidence that interrogators desecrated the Koran at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center, an article that sparked anti-American demonstrations in Pakistan and Afghanistan that resulted in at least 15 deaths. "We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst,'' Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker wrote in "The Editor's Desk'' column published on Newsweek's Web site. 8:16:53 PM

Microsoft Readies Its Antivirus App PC World - Microsoft is readying a new consumer security product that offers virus and spyware protection, a new firewall and several tune-up tools for Windows PCs, a move that pits the software giant squarely against traditional security software vendors. Windows OneCare, which include a firewall, anti-spyware, and antivirus features, will be available in beta later this year. 8:17:08 AM

The political lies exposed by the Gomery inquiry are nothing new ... Globe and Mail -Have you had enough yet -- enough of admen and party bagmen spinning fantastical tales at the Gomery inquiry, enough of politicians bending reality beyond recognition? John Scanlon, a well-known American public relations executive, once observed that the truth is often not a solid, but a liquid, and we do seem to be living in an age of very liquid truths. 8:13:17 AM