rangeral sadly passed away a few days ago.
i know that he hasn't posted here very much, but i know a proportion of members here are hwc members also, and might be interested. there is a hwc thread with more information.
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bbc - head of isg resigns
bbc - new head of isg takes up post
david kay, former chief of the isg, has stepped down and stated in an interview to reuters that he believed there had been no large-scale production of chemical or biological weapons in rraq since the end of the first gulf war...
a sudanese man is being held in london after being arrested on terrorism charges following his discovery with bullets in his coat. he was awaiting a flight to dubai before he was picked up during routine airport checks.
he had previously that day flown into heathrow from washington without...
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it seems libya and gaddafi are continuing to try to rehabilitate themselves into the international community, following as this does from deals made with the families of those killed in lockerbie and other state sponsored terrorist attacks.
looks like great news :)
is this likely to be a huge problem for the bush administration or just remain an internal disciplinary matter? the current labour government is having a very hard time after a slightly similar incident where an mod scientist spoke about his reservations about last years iraq wmd dossier and was...
the israeli parlaiment has just passed a law preventing palestinians who marry arab-israelis from gaining full citizenship and being stopping them from making a home in israel.
exponents of the policy which was passed 53 to 25 said it was necessary for security reasons and to maintain the...
i'm wondering if anyone can help me recall a book that i read and now can't recall the name/author of for the life of me. its been bugging me all day and if i don't find out what it is i'll be intolerable for a week at least.
[btw, i am pretty sure i read it and didn't dream it up.]
ok...
leaked us intelligence documents has case further doubt on coalition claims that iraq had banned weapons which would serve as justification for war.
pentagon report dated sept. 2002 concluded there was 'no reliable information' that iraq had biological or chemical weapons.
it is thought...
us domestic guru martha stewart has been formally charged with allegations of insider trading. it regards the shares of pharmaceutical company imclone whose former boss has admitted corruption charges concerning the companies shares and alledges he passed that info on to ms stewart
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terrorism expert prof. paul wilkinson has reported to the commons foreign affair select commitee that the war on iraq has been a boost to al queda. counter terrorism analysts see it as mainly a two-fold problem - firstly resources were diverted that may allow the planning of another major attack...
sort of ents oriented but the story is more serious than just sport.
the sars outbreak has lead to the moving of this years women's football world cup from china to the us, the host for the last world cup in 1999. due to take place over spetember and october fifa decided to move the games...
a cardiff uni professor claims that sars is from the stars in a letter to the lancet, citing that is so unlike other viruses that an extra-terrestrial origin is logical.
professor chandra wickramasinghe also admits there is no hard evidence for his theory.
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the vote was 12-7 in favour with 4 abstentions, ariel sharon's trip to washington convinced him that the roadmap was a viable motion for long term peace under the assurance that his reservations would be considered. the crux of the vote appears to be the potential crisis that could hit...
uk pharmaceuticals giant glaxosmithkline has suffered an unprecedented pay defeat worth millions of pounds to executives when the vote at the annual general meeting went against the remuneration report.
the board was unanimously reappointed but a furious reaction to a 'golden parachute'...
it seems only fitting for me to reciprocate the congratulations awarded to myself.
congrats on reaching 7000 spam-centred, headbang oriented posts you post-beatch :D
wurd up bah norf london post-massif in the beemer aii ;)
sorry to see wednesday go down, at least you went for it with a fight and not a whimper. i'd say i'm looking forward to seeing them up in a seasons time but hopefully town will be in the prem by then.
pigs might fly at our end on that, i really hope that your boys sort it out and get back up -...
following on justintime's disappearance into the wastelands of real life i too am going to be off the boards.
unfortunately i am unable at this time to say precisely when i shall be returning. as of tomorrow i am moving to bristol to stay with some family while i start my new job. permanent...
biggest loss in coporate history and ted turner to step down hits aol/time warner with a double whammy.
the overall loss for 2002 was close too 100bn dollars as a/tw had to write down the value of their assets. the loss for 2001 was 4.9bn and most of the heaviset losses were from the internet...