Catch me if U can

Iran has been just as eager as the Bush administration for Iraq's elections not to be postponed, and Iranian commentators are anticipating a victory Sunday for a Shiite-dominated alliance.
http://story.news.yahoo..../iranstheiraqidemocracy

Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a leading opponent of the war in Iraq, is calling for the U.S. to withdraw its troops and let the United Nations help a new Iraqi government draft a constitution... The Massachusetts senator, who offered no timetable for a withdrawal, made his remarks three days before Iraqis take part in their first elections since the fall of Saddam Hussein
http://www.bloomberg.com/...&sid=avi6_8Cd4wbw&refer=us

Speaking to a conference of family abortion rights supporters in New York, Mrs Clinton said that during her husband's administration, family planning funding was a priority and "we saw the rate of abortion consistently fall."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4204999.stm

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he was very satisfied with efforts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to restore calm and pledged in an interview published on Thursday to pursue peace with him.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/...20050127/ts_nm/mideast_dc

Obviously we made it past 1999 without Social Security being transformed -- despite Bill Clinton himself calling for the creation of a new form of private retirement accounts and the investment of a portion of the Social Security trust funds in the stock markets in his 1999 State of the Union -- but what ever happened to that "growing number of heretical Democrats?"
http://www.techcentralstation.com/012705A.html


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4211835.stm

A University of North Texas conservative group's demonstration, in which students who captured people posing as illegal immigrants received a candy bar reward, angered some on campus and amused others Wednesday...The university's chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas held "Capture an Illegal Immigrant Day" on campus to call for tougher enforcement of federal immigration laws...Some members of the group wore orange shirts that said "Illegal Immigrant" on the front and "Catch me if U can" on the back. Anyone could check in, receive a badge, search for "illegal immigrants" and receive literature and a reward – a 100 Grand candy bar.
http://www.dallasnews.com/...dnmetborder.58e70.html

"I love the product. I think it's beautiful," said Tom Anderson, vice president of marketing for the Consumer PC Global Business Unit at Hewlett-Packard. "If it started a trend of small (desktops)...I'd be very happy about that. It would be a reason for someone to consider a desktop."
http://news.com.com/Will+Mac+Mini+spur+petite-PC...nefd.lede

The Palestinian leadership banned civilians on Thursday from carrying weapons, its latest step aimed at reining in militant violence, as the Palestinian leader said he was awaiting Israel's response on a proposal for a mutual ceasefire declaration.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/...wpale0127/BNStory/International/

The Bush administration unveiled a new personnel system... The new system will replace the half-century-old General Schedule, with its familiar 15 pay grades and raises based on time in a job, and install a system that more directly bases pay on occupation and annual performance evaluations, officials said...Leaders of federal employee unions, however, immediately denounced the new DHS system and any plans to expand it government-wide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.../A39934-2005Jan26.html

Nicaraguan police, with U.S. assistance in a sting operation, thwarted black marketeers trying to sell SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles capable of downing commercial aircraft earlier this month, raising fears that some missiles already have been sold to terrorists
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050127...6r.htm
http://www.nclr.org/content/topics/detail/500/