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Netanyahu - Jerusalem Must remain Undivided and Israels

Standing at the site of ancient Jerusalem’s most strategically vulnerable point, Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu launched an offensive Tuesday to maintain Jewish control of Jerusalem.

The Tower of David, a citadel built to protect the weakest point in the city’s defenses, was the site of countless battles dating from the first century CE to Israel’s capture of the Old City in 1967. Citing that history, Netanyahu vowed to fight against any territorial concessions in or around the capital.

“Jerusalem has been the pulsating heart of the Jewish people. Now there are those who come and say, let’s divide this heart,” Netanyahu said. “The prime minister wants to come and divide this city. If we leave any part of Jerusalem, militant Islam walks in. That is the reality of the Middle East.”

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Atheists Say Morality Possible Without God

One of the biggest obstacles facing whats called the “New Atheism” is the issue of morality. Writers like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have to convince people that morals and values are possible in a society that does not believe in God.

Its important to understand what is not in doubt: whether an individual atheist or agnostic can be a “good” person. Of course they can, just as a professing Christian can do bad things.

The issue is whether the secular worldview can provide a basis for a good society. Can it motivate and inspire people to be virtuous and generous?

Not surprisingly, Richard Dawkins offers a “yes”�grounded in Darwinism. According to him, natural selection has produced a moral sense that is shared by all people. While our genes may be, in his words “selfish,” there are times when cooperation with others is the selfish genes best interest. Thus, according to him, natural selection has produced what we call altruism.

Except, of course, that it is not altruism at all: It is, at most, enlightened self-interest. It might explain why “survival of the fittest” is not an endless war of all against all, but it offers no reason as to why someone might give up his life or even his lifestyle for the benefit of others, especially those whom they do not even know.

Darwinist accounts of human morality bear such little resemblance to the way real people live their lives that the late philosopher Michael Stove, an atheist himself, called them a “slander against human beings.”

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What Did Israel Bomb In Syria

Why did Israeli aircraft fly into Syria in early September? And what, if anything, did they bomb? Six weeks later, those questions remain unanswered. Reports from Syria are contradictory. Jerusalem, Washington and Tehran are still uncharacteristically quiet. And leaks to the media raise as many questions as answers.

At this point, I see three possibilities of what took place: Israel discovered and tried to set back a nascent nuclear program, it ordered the air strikes based on faulty intelligence, or that the raids are, in fact, a red herring.

Supporting the first scenario, ABC News reported Friday that an Israeli spy had produced detailed photographs of a suspected nuclear facility. And that U.S. satellite imagery provided confirmation. According to ABC News, the Israelis asked the Bush administration to destroy the complex. But, after considering options, “word came back from the White House that the United States was not interested in carrying out the raid.”

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Bird Flu Spreads Human To Human - WHO

The h5n1 strain of bird flu has finally managed to spread from person to person, according to officials of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Until now, it was spread from birds to humans. They warned that if the bird flu virus mutated to easily spread between humans, it could spark a global pandemic, killing millions.

In Thailand, when a mother was hospitalised with avian influenza, her daughter, who lived away from bird-rearing contracted the virus when she came to visit her in hospital.

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, US also examined a second family cluster outbreak in Turkey last year, but did not have the evidence to confirm or refute human-to-human transmission.

The researchers have for the first time proved that the virus has spread between a “cluster” of people.

Indonesia, with 84 bird flu deaths, the highest toll in the world, has tried to downplay fears of the spread.

The head of research at the Indonesian health ministry, Triono Soendono, said the findings were “just one” piece of research.

But the WHO assistant director for communicable diseases, David Heymann, said it was likely the Sumatran virus was spread by human-to-human contact.

“We believe there has likely been transmission through intimate or close contact,” he said.

Dr. Sam Okware, the commissioner, community health, who is also the chairman of the National Task Force on the disease, said it was sad news.

“But we are also improving capacity and training for surveillance to handle it every day. The laboratory at the Virus Research Institute is ready,” he affirmed.

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Fires Rage In California

Fires in Southern California have burned more than 267,000 acres (106,800 hectares), making them among the worst in the state’s history as the blazes destroyed hundreds of homes.

“This is what is left of my home,” Larry Himmel, a reporter for San Diego’s Channel 8, said yesterday during a broadcast while standing in front of his house in flames. “This is what I came home to.”

More than 4,000 firefighters are fighting 15 wildfires in seven counties, according to Mary Ann Aldrich, a spokeswoman for the State Joint Information Center. At least 576 homes and 102 commercial buildings have been destroyed and more than 15,000 additional homes are threatened, she said.

In San Diego, an estimated 250,000 people were evacuated, jamming roads and freeways. Two major freeways that connect the city to the rest of Southern California, Interstates 15 and 5, were closed at times during the day. At least one person was killed and four injured.

San Diego officials said they were so overwhelmed by the size and number of fires that they initially couldn’t get an accurate count of how many homes have been destroyed. They fear the fires may be worse than the 2003 blaze that caused $1.1 billion in damage, destroying 4,847 structures.

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White House Staff Members Helped Craft Gay/Transsexual Rights Bill

Staff members for President Bush have helped congressional staffers work on “religious exemption” language for a new “anti-discrimination” proposal that actually would codify in federal statutes an anti-Christian bias, and that will make it harder for him to veto, according to an activist group.

“Americans For Truth has learned that a White House official has boasted to pro-family leaders attending a private administration briefing that White House staffers were involved in the negotiations to craft expanded religious exemption language for the new ENDA bill,” according to Peter LaBarbera’s Americans For Truth organization.

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The Financial Meltdown Has Just Begun

The real credit troubles in these commercial, retail and investment banks are much worse that what is exposed yet. The major banks have exposed not much of skeleton in their closet.

The subprime fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg. The scandal and scam on credit instruments will surprise every one once everything is exposed. The problem for these Banking executives is that they work for public companies. They will be exposed one after the other.

You are talking about mega Enrons and hundreds of them. The credit infrastructure can collapse in no time. If credit is not available, recession is imminent and that will soon change into depression.

The Government will try to bail out these large banks to maintain stability in the financial systems. But the magnitude of the losses is so large, even the Fed will have to think many times.

Dollar market is guessing it. People are dumping dollar and buying gold. The stock market realized the same very late. But the route in Wall Street is real. Stocks are getting distributed fast into the eager crowd that wants to buy them. Even the distribution stage is coming to an end signifying a fast fall in the equities markets worldwide.

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Cheney: US Will Not Let Iran Go Nuclear

The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday. “Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions,” Cheney said in a speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Studies.

He said Iran’s efforts to pursue technology that would allow them to build a nuclear weapon are obvious and that “the regime continues to practice delay and deceit in an obvious effort to buy time.”

If Iran continues on its current course, Cheney said the U.S. and other nations are prepared to take action. The vice president made no specific reference to military action.

“We will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” he said.

Cheney’s words seemed to only escalate the U.S. rhetoric against Iran over the past several days, including President Bush’s warning that a nuclear Iran could lead to “World War III.”

Cheney said the ultimate goal of the Iranian leadership is to establish itself as the hegemonic force in the Middle East and undermine the Shiite community in Iraq as a rival for influence in the Muslim world.

Iran’s government seeks “to keep Iraq in a state of weakness to ensure Baghdad does not pose a threat to Tehran,” Cheney said.

While he was critical of that government and President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, he offered praise and words of solidarity to the Iranian people. Iran “is a place of unlimited potential … and it has the right to be free of tyranny,” Cheney said.

Cheney accused of Iran of having a direct role in the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and said the government has “solidified its grip on the country” since coming to power in 1979.

The U.S. and some allies accuse Iran of secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons and have demanded it halt uranium enrichment, an important step in the production of atomic weapons. Oil-rich Iran says its program is for peaceful purposes including generating electricity.

At a news conference Wednesday, Bush suggested that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons, it could lead to a new world war.

“I’ve told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them (Iran) from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon,” Bush said.

Bush’s spokeswoman later said the president was making not making any war plans but rather “a rhetorical point.”

Also, on Thursday, the top officer in the U.S. military said the U.S. has the resources to attack Iran if needed despite the strains of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said striking Iran is a last resort, and the focus now on diplomacy to stem Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but “there is more than enough reserve to respond” militarily if need be.

The Bush administration’s intentions toward Iran have been the subject of debate in Congress.

Last month the Senate approved a resolution urging the State Department to label Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., said he feared the measure could be interpreted as authorizing a military strike in Iran, calling it Cheney’s “fondest pipe dream.”

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Tensions Grow - Russia Demands U.S. Leave Iraq Now

Tensions between the United States and Russia appear to be souring by the day, and now Russian President Vladimir Putin says the American presence in Iraq needs to end, now.Bush’s sometimes friend who he claims to speak very frankly with, seems to have reached the end of the line in his support of U.S. policy in Iraq and over the administration’s stance toward Iran.

Tensions have continued to rise in spite of what initially appeared to be good relations between the two world powers. But when Putin took to the national airwaves in Russia, addressing common citizens, Putin called the war in Iraq a “dead end,” calling on Washington to set a deadline for the removal of all troops.

The Soviet war in Afghanistan during the 1980’s has ofgten been called “Russia’s Vietnam.” Now it appears that the United States is fighting “Russia’s Afghanistan” which ended in a defeat of Russian forces and complete pullout.

Putin says Iraq was invaded by the United States because of its oil wealth. Putin told people there during the telecast that they will not suffer the same fate.

The comments from Putin were quickly answered by the White House, which insists progress in Iraq is being made.

But Iraq is not the only thing this off and on ally of Bush criticized; saying that Washington’s hard line position on Iran’s nuclear power programme, saying Moscow’s insistence on negotiations was better than “threats, sanctions or even force.”

Putin also suggested that Russia is building another nuclear submarine and a “completely new” atomic weapon. It seems the cold war could be headed toward a complete revival over rogue U.S. policy on war that has left parts of the world in shambles.

Putin also met with Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to discuss the Irania nuclear program that is backed by Russia. Putin’s historic visit to Tehran this week marks the first visit of a major world power leader to the country since the 1940’s.

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Palestinian Militants Plotted To Assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Palestinian militants plotted to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when he traveled to the West Bank in August to meet with the Palestinian president, Israeli officials said Sunday.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Olmert’s life was never seriously in danger. He said Palestinian security arrested three men after Israel passed on intelligence reports about the plot, but after holding them for three months released them for lack of evidence.

The reported plot, with its implicit criticism of President Mahmoud Abbas’ inability to control Palestinian militants, came to light as Israel and the Palestinians are negotiating the outlines of a peace agreement in time for an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast conference.

Olmert is under heavy Palestinian pressure to make concessions ahead of the summit. Key members of his governing coalition have threatened to pull out of his government if Olmert goes too far.

Israel Army Radio cited Olmert as saying he would attend the summit despite the assassination plot and the release of the arrested men. “Israel won’t look the other way, but we won’t halt the dialogue,” he was quoted as saying.

In his Cabinet testimony Sunday, Shin Bet security police director Yuval Diskin said gunmen linked to Abbas’ Fatah movement planned to attack Olmert’s convoy as it entered the West Bank town of Jericho on Aug. 6. Despite his peace efforts, Abbas has struggled to maintain control of pro-Fatah armed groups roaming the West Bank.

Upon learning of the assassination plan, Israel notified Palestinian authorities, who arrested three militants. Two others are in Israeli custody in connection, Israel Radio reported. Some of the five are members of Palestinian security forces, Israeli media reported.

It was not clear why Israel, whose military operates freely in the West Bank, left it to Palestinian security sources to apprehend would-be assassins if they thought Olmert’s life was in danger - or why they allowed the trip to proceed.

Diskin did not say how close the militants got to carrying out the plot, a Cabinet meeting participant said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose details of closed-door meetings.

A government official said Israel decided to disclose word of the plot because the Palestinians had released the suspects. He, too, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose a confidential intelligence report.

Olmert’s office has protested the men’s release to Abbas.

In a related matter, Israel said a meeting Sunday between the parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik and Fayyad was moved from Jericho to Jerusalem because of security concerns.

Arriving in Jerusalem for the meeting, Fayyad said Palestinian investigators who questioned the three men arrested in the affair concluded there was nothing “imminently dangerous” and released them.

He also promised his best to rein in West Bank militants.

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