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BIGWIG JIHADI RECANTS ! -
Sayid Imam al-Sharif, 57, is about to publish a book which "undermines the Muslim theological basis for violent jihad and is set to generate furious controversy among former comrades still fighting with al-Qaida."
The Insidious Dr Z is reported to
be very shaken by this development.
Dispatch from Ian Black in Cairo. [guard]
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Friday, July 27
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SoFlo: CONDO SHOOTING -
For some retirees, who have downsized to condominium units, living in close proximity and having time to brood can exacerbate tensions...
And what do people do when they get tense? They shoot each other, of course - well, they do in South Florida.
Until the shooting last Thursday evening, the two 66-year-old men resembled many in South Florida condominiums. Third-floor neighbors, two doors apart, each living alone...
Now one is in jail, charged with attempted murder. And the other is recovering from bullet wounds. [sent]
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SoFlo: CONDO SHOOTING -
For some retirees, who have downsized to condominium units, living in close proximity and having time to brood can exacerbate tensions...
And what do people do when they get tense? They shoot each other, of course - well, they do in South Florida.
Until the shooting last Thursday evening, the two 66-year-old men resembled many in South Florida condominiums. Third-floor neighbors, two doors apart, each living alone...
Now one is in jail, charged with attempted murder. And the other is recovering from bullet wounds. [sent]
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Thursday, July 26
:
ACROSS THE POND (6#) -
# PM Gordon Brown is to hold talks with US Prez
George Bush on Sunday and Monday at Camp David.
# All about Shazia Mirza, an interesting gal
stand-up comic currently performing over there.
# Doctor Who toys to debut for Christmas.
The Hornby Co has negotiated a licence with
BBC Worldwide to produce a range of Airfix models.
# Meanwhile, Doctor Who bosses are
bringing back one of the show's scariest
monsters - the Ood. Photo included !
# Caravan rally from London to Mongolia in a
Swales Yorkshire Dales ice cream truck. Yeah, it's
so crazy, somebody's gotta do it - or, at least, try.
# Take a look at this website: it's the website for a neighborhood in London which links to similar websites for other such neighborhoods in that city. Take some time to explore it; try the nav links across the top. Checking out what other communities are doing on the Net gives you some more ideas of what can be done. [london-se1]
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ACROSS THE POND (6#) -
# PM Gordon Brown is to hold talks with US Prez
George Bush on Sunday and Monday at Camp David.
# All about Shazia Mirza, an interesting gal
stand-up comic currently performing over there.
# Doctor Who toys to debut for Christmas.
The Hornby Co has negotiated a licence with
BBC Worldwide to produce a range of Airfix models.
# Meanwhile, Doctor Who bosses are
bringing back one of the show's scariest
monsters - the Ood. Photo included !
# Caravan rally from London to Mongolia in a
Swales Yorkshire Dales ice cream truck. Yeah, it's
so crazy, somebody's gotta do it - or, at least, try.
# Take a look at this website: it's the website for a neighborhood in London which links to similar websites for other such neighborhoods in that city. Take some time to explore it; try the nav links across the top. Checking out what other communities are doing on the Net gives you some more ideas of what can be done. [london-se1]
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Wednesday, July 25
:
SoFlo: COMBAT ZONE NEWS (3#) -
# 954: Someone stole an FBI-owned laptop, an FBI-labeled windbreaker, a protective vest, a digital camera, a flashlight and two Glock handgun clips from an FBI agent's unmarked FBI-issued black Chrysler 300 automobile parked in Broward County at some point during Tuesday night. [sent]
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# 954: A bizarre dominatrix scheme has been uncovered at the Broward County Jail, reminiscent of some of the famous Lynndie England photos in Abu Ghraib prison, but officials claim there's no videotape in this case.
The grand total for the latest prisoner's incarceration in this scheme cost county taxpayers nearly $21,000. On top of that, the public will pay $1,150 for his attorney.
No photos have surfaced as yet. [sent]
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# RIOT BREAKS OUT OVER HOA:
Hundreds of home owners in a Miami Dade housing development engaged in fisticuffs Wednesday afternoon as they bitterly protested the surprise appearance of a Homeowners Association charging them hefty monthly fees.
CBS TV cameras recorded the melee.
And an earlier background story here.
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SoFlo: COMBAT ZONE NEWS (3#) -
# 954: Someone stole an FBI-owned laptop, an FBI-labeled windbreaker, a protective vest, a digital camera, a flashlight and two Glock handgun clips from an FBI agent's unmarked FBI-issued black Chrysler 300 automobile parked in Broward County at some point during Tuesday night. [sent]
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# 954: A bizarre dominatrix scheme has been uncovered at the Broward County Jail, reminiscent of some of the famous Lynndie England photos in Abu Ghraib prison, but officials claim there's no videotape in this case.
The grand total for the latest prisoner's incarceration in this scheme cost county taxpayers nearly $21,000. On top of that, the public will pay $1,150 for his attorney.
No photos have surfaced as yet. [sent]
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# RIOT BREAKS OUT OVER HOA:
Hundreds of home owners in a Miami Dade housing development engaged in fisticuffs Wednesday afternoon as they bitterly protested the surprise appearance of a Homeowners Association charging them hefty monthly fees.
CBS TV cameras recorded the melee.
And an earlier background story here.
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Tuesday, July 24
:
MEDIA: OLD & NEW (5#) -
# TRIBUNE CO: *Double-digit drops in revenue and cash flow at the Los Angeles Times as well as deteriorating results at other newspapers have heightened speculation about the potential for the Zell transaction to collapse before the planned closing late this year... raising the possibility that at least some of its 11 daily newspapers and 23 TV stations also may need to be divested to reduce debt.* The SF Sun-Sentinel is a Tribune newspaper. [e&p]
# Tampa's Creative Loafing Alt-Weekly is acquiring the Chicago Reader and the Washington City Paper. [e&p] - [blrbx]
# Ivor Tossell contends: "It's the irritating parts of the blogosphere that insist on being the standard-bearers for the movement... As a rule of thumb, the more disgruntled a blog is, the more vehemently it proclaims its status as the media of the future... People want the same thing from blogs that they want from every other print outlet: a good read." And then he gives a list of some blogs he enjoys. [gmail]
# Jonathan Abrams reports that bloggers in California are taking aim at city governments and hitting home. "Some websites are watchdogs, others are just scurrilous, but their influence on the cities they cover is growing." For some local politicians, blogs can be a royal pain in the neck. [latimes]
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MEDIA: OLD & NEW (5#) -
# TRIBUNE CO: *Double-digit drops in revenue and cash flow at the Los Angeles Times as well as deteriorating results at other newspapers have heightened speculation about the potential for the Zell transaction to collapse before the planned closing late this year... raising the possibility that at least some of its 11 daily newspapers and 23 TV stations also may need to be divested to reduce debt.* The SF Sun-Sentinel is a Tribune newspaper. [e&p]
# Tampa's Creative Loafing Alt-Weekly is acquiring the Chicago Reader and the Washington City Paper. [e&p] - [blrbx]
# Ivor Tossell contends: "It's the irritating parts of the blogosphere that insist on being the standard-bearers for the movement... As a rule of thumb, the more disgruntled a blog is, the more vehemently it proclaims its status as the media of the future... People want the same thing from blogs that they want from every other print outlet: a good read." And then he gives a list of some blogs he enjoys. [gmail]
# Jonathan Abrams reports that bloggers in California are taking aim at city governments and hitting home. "Some websites are watchdogs, others are just scurrilous, but their influence on the cities they cover is growing." For some local politicians, blogs can be a royal pain in the neck. [latimes]
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:
SoFlo: CAGED DEATH -
"He had nowhere to go."
An elderly Broward County man died while trapped in a 14-inch space between an elevator door and an illegally installed security gate on the third floor of a nine-story building that houses medical offices.
His body was discovered Monday morning by an employee arriving for work who called the police, but it isn't clearly how or when it happened.
After the 81-year-old man's death, an inspector from the Broward County Building Code Services Division went to the building, ordered the metal gate removed and cited the property for installing it. [sent]
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SoFlo: CAGED DEATH -
"He had nowhere to go."
An elderly Broward County man died while trapped in a 14-inch space between an elevator door and an illegally installed security gate on the third floor of a nine-story building that houses medical offices.
His body was discovered Monday morning by an employee arriving for work who called the police, but it isn't clearly how or when it happened.
After the 81-year-old man's death, an inspector from the Broward County Building Code Services Division went to the building, ordered the metal gate removed and cited the property for installing it. [sent]
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Monday, July 23
:
IT'S OUT THERE -
*All you Fox Mulder and Dana Scully
fans can start to get a little excited...
David Duchovny has confirmed that a
second X-Files movie is in the works...
with a shooting schedule that may start
in the fall for a summer (2008) release.*
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IT'S OUT THERE -
*All you Fox Mulder and Dana Scully
fans can start to get a little excited...
David Duchovny has confirmed that a
second X-Files movie is in the works...
with a shooting schedule that may start
in the fall for a summer (2008) release.*
...
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RESCUE OP FOR KOREANS -
and, yes, the Hogwarts Express -
# KABUL: *The Defence Ministry on Sunday announced the launching of a joint operation by Afghan army and NATO troops to rescue the South Korean citizens... Azimi told Pajhwok Afghan News results of the operation would be made public later... Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Bahin said a Korean delegation had arrived in Kabul to discuss the hostages' issue with the government. He would not give more details.* [tfpost]
# NWFP: *The last book in the world-shaking Harry Potter series headed Sunday for new sales records as millions of readers across the globe rushed to find out the fate of the bespectacled boy wizard... In Asia, all-night parties and Hogwarts Express-style train trips were among hundreds of events held over the weekend.* [tfpost]
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RESCUE OP FOR KOREANS -
and, yes, the Hogwarts Express -
# KABUL: *The Defence Ministry on Sunday announced the launching of a joint operation by Afghan army and NATO troops to rescue the South Korean citizens... Azimi told Pajhwok Afghan News results of the operation would be made public later... Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Bahin said a Korean delegation had arrived in Kabul to discuss the hostages' issue with the government. He would not give more details.* [tfpost]
# NWFP: *The last book in the world-shaking Harry Potter series headed Sunday for new sales records as millions of readers across the globe rushed to find out the fate of the bespectacled boy wizard... In Asia, all-night parties and Hogwarts Express-style train trips were among hundreds of events held over the weekend.* [tfpost]
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:
KING DIES & PK FRONTIER (2#) -
# Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah
died on Monday, aged 92, presidential palace
sources said. [france24]
# US/PK sabre-rattling over the Frontier Tribal area in which some intelligence officials believe Osama Bin Laden and the Insidious Dr Z may be hiding, whilst the Pakistanis insist they can handle those Al Qaeda bigwigs themselves if someone would give them some solid information as to those elusive whereabouts. [france24]
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KING DIES & PK FRONTIER (2#) -
# Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah
died on Monday, aged 92, presidential palace
sources said. [france24]
# US/PK sabre-rattling over the Frontier Tribal area in which some intelligence officials believe Osama Bin Laden and the Insidious Dr Z may be hiding, whilst the Pakistanis insist they can handle those Al Qaeda bigwigs themselves if someone would give them some solid information as to those elusive whereabouts. [france24]
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