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Iraq Diary, Pt. 27: Returning Home, Eager and Anxious (Dec 31 2004 12:22 GMT) - Over the last ten months, Major Eric Olsen has been sending regular audio diary entries from Camp Orion north of Bagdad. In his latest entry, Olsen takes stock of a year spent on the front lines and looks forward to the challenges of returning home. Major Olsen is chaplain for the 2nd of the 108th National Guard infantry battalion. He lives in Saranac Lake with his wife Susan and sons, Garth and Evan. |
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Second Major Housing Development Planned for Adirondacks, In Jay (Dec 31 2004 12:22 GMT) - The Adirondacks have seen a housing boom over the last five years. Hundreds of new vacation homes and condos have been built, usually on single lots or in small subdivisions. Major developers are now proposing massive housing projects inside the park. One 800-home vacation resort in Tupper Lake is now under review by the Adirondack Park Agency. As Chris Knight reports, the APA is now examining a second, 700-home subdivision in the town of Jay. |
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Stark contrast in Thai aid distribution (Dec 31 2004 12:22 GMT) - While foreign survivors of Thailand's tsunami disaster were put up in an international school complete with beds, television sets and internet connections, locals from a devastated fishing village slept outside, many without blankets, burning wood to keep warm and keep mosquitos at bay. |
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Damon gets married (Dec 31 2004 12:21 GMT) - In a ceremony that was a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll, Sox star Johnny Damon wed Michelle Mangan yesterday at Orlando's Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel. The couple, who've been together for nearly two years,... |
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Haunted (Dec 31 2004 12:21 GMT) - I am haunted and tortured by the spell you have castIt will not leave until my tears have shed their lastIt has taken away everything and left me nothing but hurtMy heart is bleeding and tattered is my skirtI miss everything about you especially your kissI never thought I could fall at least not like thisBut of course there is no such thing as foreverNo matter how you planNo matter how cleverBut now that you are out of my life and forever goneThere is no cause for celebration or time for funThis pain I endure day after dayFeels as though it will never leave and is here to stayAnd all I ever did was fall in love with youBut it seems as though I will be the one to pay. |
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Al Qaeda : Democracy is Apostasy (Dec 31 2004 12:21 GMT) - From the AFP via ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) : Radical Islamist groups in Iraq said in an Internet statement Thursday they considered democracy “farcial and un-Islamic” and warned that no-one who took part in next month’s polls would be safe. |
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Holiday Travel Complaint Hotline Set Up (Dec 31 2004 12:21 GMT) - The government now has a hotline for people to call with complaints about flight disruptions over the Christmas holiday weekend, the Transportation Department's inspector general said on Friday. Thousands of travelers were stranded after two airlines canceled hundreds of flights because of computer and staffing problems. |
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"Es gibt eine Art Hierarchie" (Dec 31 2004 12:20 GMT) - Die Opferzahlen der Tsunami-Katastrophe steigen weiter: Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben über 140.000 Menschen. Den Überlebenden wird geholfen, so gut es geht. Doch viele Einheimische fühlen sich benachteiligt. |
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"Es gibt eine Art Hierarchie" (Dec 31 2004 12:20 GMT) - Die Opferzahlen der Tsunami-Katastrophe steigen weiter: Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben über 140.000 Menschen. Den Überlebenden wird geholfen, so gut es geht. Doch viele Einheimische fühlen sich benachteiligt. |
STAT Agricultural News
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ICO Coffee Price Update (Dec 31 2004 12:18 GMT) - LONDON - Dec 31 - SNS -- International coffee markets finished the previous day's trading mostly easier, judging from the latest indicative market values from the International Coffee Organization. |
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