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Wednesday, February 19, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:50 AM:
Update to everything below: at 1:50 I gave up and went into blogger along a different route (we'll see if it will post) since it hadn't been getting me to the pro2 site since 1 am. Here's offline stuff I'd been preparing to manually add:As I type, Blogger is down (1 a.m. or so). Yet again. I was reading about how going with google would allow them to grow. But, whether related or not, they've been doing a less than stellar job since the buyout announcement.
You'll know by the formatting if it's back up by the time I post.
So, we're up to 125 in the South Korean subway fire. No terrorism, etc., from what I read. Just a first-class loony tune. Here's the story:
125 Killed in S. Korea Subway Fire
Man arrested for starting blaze was attempting to commit suicide
He missed.
Israeli Tanks, Helicopters Storm Gaza
Hamas crackdown leaves 11 Palestinians dead, including suicide bomber
Wonder if Saddam will pay the last guy's family.
Activist: Jackson Compromised by Ties to Club Owners
Oops. If Jesse had kept his mouth shut, nobody would have cared. But he came to the defense of the owners of the club where there was a big stampede without acknowledging that one of the owners was a good friend.
Of course, anybody with a brain could see that something was amiss. He didn't shake 'em down for thousands to the Rainbow Coalition before making his statement.
1:20 Blogger Pro site 2 still not functioning
French news headlines
Lots of stuff at Le Monde:
Second Resolution Expected at UN. That resolution is from the Bush team, of course.
Also mentioned, Chirac castigates "ill-mannered" candidate countries to quick to support the US. He specifically threatened the hopes of Bulgaria and Romania for joining the EU in two years and stated that a certain sense of solidarity would be necessary to joining the Union. However - and give Le Monde credit here - the article points out two reasons why the candidate countries weren't on the same page as France: 1) They were specifically not invited to the European Summit where the EU's position was formed so wouldn't have seen the workings that led to the position, and 2) The invitations were denied at the request of Germany with the support of Greece and the assistance of France, because it was feared their presence in discussions would highlight "new" Europe's tendancy toward Britanno-American thinking and make Germany's explicit pacifism look even more out of touch.
Le Figaro leads with Blair's affront to Chirac. Speaking of those bothersome "new" European nations, Tony Blair sent them a letter. The letter highlights current EU president Greece's decision to leave them out of the summit. Funny how if France plays hardball with the UK it's realism but when it goes the other way it's an affront.
On the same, Libé notes, Jacques Chirac sends cold winds eastward or words to that effect. More on this in the post above.
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