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Sunday, June 26, 2005 |
"There are currently seven species of cetaceans in U.S. waters that are protected under the Endangered Species Act. They are the blue whale, the bowhead whale, the fin whale, the humpback whale, the northern light whale, the sei whale and the sperm whale. All seven species are listed as endangered."
Xinhua: "The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Wednesday defeated a Japanese proposal to expand its scientific whaling program by nearly doubling its annual catch of mink whales, which critics say is a commercial hunt in the guise of science."
Japanese officials have said that Tokyo will increase its 'scientific whaling' from this autumn. Japan and Norway should be stopped from killing these endangered whales.
5:43:38 PM 
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LincolnTribune: "A candidate for North Carolina Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court has announced on her campaign's blog that she is leaving the Republican Party and denounced the Bush administration's policy on troop withdrawal from Iraq. Rachel Lea Hunter, a Republican and a candidate for Chief Justice, likens Bush's administration to the 'Nazis' and says that all who disagree with the administration are being branded as 'traitors'."
12:03:33 PM
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NPR: "An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 alleged agents of the CIA. Italian newspapers say the agents helped in the seizure of an Egyptian-born imam identified as 'Abu Omar' on the streets of Milan in February 2003. Italian prosecutors believe the agents seized Omar as part of the CIA's 'extraordinary rendition' program, in which terror suspects are transferred to third countries without court approval."
11:45:19 AM
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TheLondonLine: "As the costs of the Iraq occupation spiral, British and American oil companies meet in secret next week to carve up the country's oil reserves for themselves. The Iraq war has so far cost America and Britain £105billion. But the financial clawback is gathering pace as British and American oil giants work out how to get their hands on the estimated £3trillion worth of oil.
Executives from BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil and Halliburton, Dick Cheney's old firm, are expected to congregate at the Paddington Hilton for a two-day chinwag with top-level officials from Iraq's oil ministry. The gathering, sponsored by the British Government, is being described as the 'premier event' for those with designs on Iraqi oil, and will go ahead despite opposition from Iraqi oil workers, who fear their livelihoods are being flogged to foreigners. The Met will be on hand to secure the venue ahead of the conference."
Is this teaching them about democracy?
ChannelNewsAsia: "With two wars and 13 years of criminal sanctions, the United States have been responsible for more deaths in Iraq than Saddam Hussein."
The United States and the UK (read Bush and Blair) are responsible for the carnage. Americans and Britains have the right to refuse to fight an illegal war started by war criminals.
11:42:48 AM
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