CNN Presents: Terror 2.0 – Part 1.
The News Review:
- CNN Presents: Terror 2.0 – Part 1.
- Firm purchases Harbin coal-to-petrochemicals plant
- Lebanon link is seen in German rail bombs
- Mets have answers for aspiring Rockies
- The fine art of cultural cringe
CNN Presents: Terror 2.0 – Part 1.
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 19, 2006
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are at war and I am a soldier. Now you, too, will taste the reality of this situation. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These home grown terrorists may prove to be as dangerous as groups like al Qaeda, if not more so. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole war in Iraq has been ideally shaped for Osama bin Laden mobilizing Muslims against the West. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anon (ph) saw Mugniyah as sort of a role model. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mugniyah is head and shoulders above any other terrorists in the world. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need them clear now, Russel Square (ph).
Firm purchases Harbin coal-to-petrochemicals plant
chinadaily.com.cn – Aug 19, 2006
China National Coal has established a 20-year partnership with an affiliate
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to speed up the practical application
of major technological breakthroughs. Liu Zhongmin, a senior official at the Dalian institute, said that the
home-grown technology enjoys good market prospects given the current high price
of oil. “Our technology has a competitive edge over the traditional method of
converting crude oil into olefin, as global oil prices keep rising,” Liu said. Liu added that the Harbin project is only the start of the institute’s
co-operation with China National Coal. “We have signed a strategic partnership agreement, and expect to work on more
joint projects in the future,” Liu told China Daily. Zhang from the NDRC said that the government was keen to develop alternatives
to oil, in order to cushion the Chinese economy from the effect of soaring oil
prices.
Lebanon link is seen in German rail bombs
International Herald Tribune – Aug 19, 2006
The German police are hypothesizing that the suspects were angry about the Israel-Lebanon war, in part because of physical evidence that included a bag of Lebanese cooking starch and a Lebanese telephone number. "It is imaginable that the culprits wanted to send a signal about the conflict in the Near East and were hazarding the consequences of a threatening gesture with destruction and possible human casualties," said Jörg Zierke, the president of the Federal Criminal Office, Germany's national investigative arm. Rolf Tophoven, an analyst with the Institute for Terrorism Research and Security Policy, said the attempted bombing showed some signs of involvement by "home-grown terrorists. " But he cautioned that it seemed to be different from the homegrown phenomena in other countries that are nonetheless inspired by Al Qaeda, even if there was no direct link. Tophoven said that sympathizers of Hezbollah, the group that Israel was trying to root out of Lebanon, could very well be behind the failed German bombing attempt. Although it failed, the effort "could be taken as a warning for more in the future," Tophoven said. Wolfgang Schäuble, the German interior minister, said that the authorities were stepping up the policing of German trains and stations, and that they might approach travelers and examine luggage.
Mets have answers for aspiring Rockies
Rocky Mountain News – Aug 19, 2006
“We have to cash in on opportunities when they are available to usif we are going to contend,” Hurdle said. “The plus is we did push backand score three runs, but we needed a shutdown inning (after that) anddidn’t get it. After the Rockies took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth, thanksin part to a two-run home run that allowed Garrett Atkins to joinHelton and Holliday as home-grown players who have hit 20 home runseasons, the Mets needed only two pitches to erase that deficit. Byung-Hyun Kim hit Chris Woodward with the first pitch he threw inthe bottom of the fourth and No. 8 hitter Endy Chavez hit the nextpitch Kim threw for a home run. Back-to-back walks by Kim to open the fifth opened the way for theMets’ final three runs, and Kim’s failure to survive five innings forthe fifth time this season – all among his past 12 starts. “Late in the second inning he seemed to start to speed up, and thenext inning he was speeding up more,” Hurdle said… After the Rockies took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth, thanksin part to a two-run home run that allowed Garrett Atkins to joinHelton and Holliday as home-grown players who have hit 20 home runseasons, the Mets needed only two pitches to erase that deficit. Byung-Hyun Kim hit Chris Woodward with the first pitch he threw inthe bottom of the fourth and No. 8 hitter Endy Chavez hit the nextpitch Kim threw for a home run. Back-to-back walks by Kim to open the fifth opened the way for theMets’ final three runs, and Kim’s failure to survive five innings forthe fifth time this season – all among his past 12 starts. “Late in the second inning he seemed to start to speed up, and thenext inning he was speeding up more,” Hurdle said. “He hit the batter and gave up the two-run home run and it was likehe just trying to throw harder. The changeup was no factor.
The fine art of cultural cringe
The Age – Aug 19, 2006
Clive James abhors the “ugliness” of thesails of the Sydney Opera House. Joan Sutherland maintains that”you (not we, mind you) are too far away”. We created fine art and have also provided an enthusiasticaudience for the home-grown product along with the best fromabroad. Was our first cultural cringer Dame Nellie Melba? Sheadvised the renowned British singer Dame Clara Butt – before a tourof Australia – “to sing ‘em muck”. Butt later declared thatAustralian audiences were extraordinarily discriminating,”especially in remote rural areas”. Having defended Australian culture publicly and privately all mylife, now must I change my tune? Australia is one of the first andgreatest democracies in the world, and this egalitarianism hasapplied as much to the arts as it has to political structures. Yetone must ask if art has become a mere aspect of “lifestyle”.