French Hostage Crisis Adds Tension to Headscarf Ban

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Body Discovery Stokes Iraq Hostage
Tension (AP)

Body Discovery Stokes Iraq Hostage
Tension (AP) 07/22/2004 08:21 PM
AP - Police discovered a decapitated body in an orange jumpsuit and a head in a bag on the banks of the Tigris River, authorities said Thursday, prompting fears that a second Bulgarian hostage has been killed.

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension 07/25/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 1:41PM GMT

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension (Reuters)

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension (Reuters) 07/25/2004 07:25 AM
Reuters - An Israeli helicopter fired missiles at the home of a suspected militant in Gaza on Sunday, wounding at least four people and adding to tension in the territory at the heart of a Palestinian leadership crisis.

French Voters Could Cause E.U. Crisis

French Voters Could Cause E.U. Crisis 04/10/2005 12:54 PM
Free Internet Press Apr 10 2005 3:31PM GMT

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use
SDF in hostage crisis

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use
SDF in hostage crisis 04/12/2004 12:56 AM

Japan Today

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use SDF in hostage crisis

Monday, April 12, 2004 at 06:47 JST
TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, called Sunday for amending the Constitution to enable the government to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces in such eventualities as the current hostage crisis in Iraq.

Obviously the US doesn't have a monopoly on using tragedies and fear to push their political agenda. I personally am not against revising the constitution and I can see how it makes "political sense" to do it now, but it still bugs me. People make such stupid laws when they're emotional.

US warns Manila on hostage crisis

US warns Manila on hostage crisis 07/13/2004 11:48 AM
The Bush administration urges the Philippines not to bow to pressure from kidnappers to pull troops out of Iraq early.

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals 07/25/2004 04:11 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 7:30AM GMT

Japan seeks end to hostage crisis

Japan seeks end to hostage crisis 04/09/2004 11:53 PM
A senior Japanese official arrives in Jordan to co-ordinate efforts to rescue three citizens caught in Iraq.

3 Flee After Hostage Crisis (Los Angeles
Times)

3 Flee After Hostage Crisis (Los Angeles
Times) 05/31/2004 07:06 AM
Los Angeles Times - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — After killing at least 22 mostly foreign civilians and trapping dozens of people in a 25-hour hostage standoff, three Islamist militants managed Sunday to steal a car, disappear into rush-hour traffic and slip out of the grip of hundreds of Saudi commandos.

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals (Reuters) 07/25/2004 02:43 AM
Reuters - Two Pakistanis working for a Kuwait-based company were missing and feared kidnapped in Iraq on Sunday, as the country's hostage crisis deepened with at least 22 countries so far affected.

Arizona Prison Officer Freed in Hostage
Crisis

Arizona Prison Officer Freed in Hostage
Crisis 01/24/2004 10:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 2:37AM GMT

Iraq Hostage Crisis Unites France Behind
Law (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Crisis Unites France Behind
Law (Reuters) 08/30/2004 05:00 AM
Reuters - French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law scrapped.

Government trying to use hostage crisis
to squash NGO's in Japan

Government trying to use hostage crisis
to squash NGO's in Japan 05/11/2004 10:54 AM

The Japan Times

Kidnap crisis poses a new risk

In Japan's case, laws are being proposed to punish those entering designated "danger zones" without an official reason.

Victims -- or their families -- will foot the bill for their rescue, which will amount to airfare, if not more. "This is standard practice for mountain rescues," one line of reasoning goes.

But consider two things: One is that an aid mission to a danger zone is not a forest stroll gone astray. The very comparison indicates a misunderstanding of what aid missions do.

The second is policy overstretch and political abuse. This law would place a degree of government control over aid organizations, something many don't want. Particularly NGOs (by very the nature of their title) eschew government support, especially when they take on problems governments would rather avoid.

Under this law, they would effectively need official permission to work in some places overseas. Those "unsponsored" who get unlucky will face a "rescue fine" -- which could bankrupt the person or the organization. Thus this new system of rents will curtail Japanese volunteerism.

The Japanese government is taking this way too far and totally agree with the author of this article that this is a bad bad thing. As I've said before, legislation during emotionally charged times often ends up being stupid and poorly thought through. The ramifications of such a law would be devastating for NGO's and aid workers from Japan, just when such activity is becoming recognized. It almost feels like some stupid conspiracy to use this incident to squash the NGO's in Japan. Bah. I have less and less respect for the Japanese government every day.

"Three die in mortar attacks as another
hostage crisis grips Baghdad"

"Three die in mortar attacks as another
hostage crisis grips Baghdad" 07/11/2004 03:25 PM

Heavy Clashes in Iraq; Hostage Crisis
Spirals

Heavy Clashes in Iraq; Hostage Crisis
Spirals 07/25/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 1:39PM GMT

Hostage Crisis Unfolds in Russia as
Guerrillas Seize School

Hostage Crisis Unfolds in Russia as
Guerrillas Seize School 09/01/2004 09:46 AM
Heavily armed insurgents seized a school in southern Russia today and herded scores of schoolchildren and others into its gym.

French journalist taken hostage in Iraq

French journalist taken hostage in Iraq 04/13/2004 03:40 PM

French bl0gger appeals for release of
two fellow journalists held hostage in
Iraq

French bl0gger appeals for release of
two fellow journalists held hostage in
Iraq 09/02/2004 07:26 PM
Xeni Jardin: French blogger and journalist Emmannuelle Richard posts an appeal for the release of the two french journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, currently held hostage in Iraq:

Back from a family, Internet-free vacation. Still, I was worn down by the news of the kidnapping of two French journalists and colleagues of RFI and Radio France in Iraq: I only know them by e-mail, because they belong to Spartacus, a group of world correspondents for francophone radio stations that I co-founded in 2000. C hristian gave an interview to Larry King on CNN in March 2003. Everybody in the network is just praying for their safe release. Here is Spartacus' press release, sent out while I was away...

Link to Emmanneulle's blog entry, with copy of the group's appeal (scroll down page for English translation) (Thanks, Jean-Luc)

Boingo Adds French Locations

Boingo Adds French Locations 02/17/2004 01:00 PM
Boingo signed a roaming deal with Visacom, a Wi-Fi operator in France: The deal adds 30 locations to Boingo's network, including hotels and airports....

Page Sender 3.0 adds folders, French
localization, more

Page Sender 3.0 adds folders, French
localization, more 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Page Sender enables Mac users to send and receive faxes. The software works with popular address book and e-mail client software, features "live" addressing with Address Book for Mac OS X 10.2 and Microsoft Entourage; can attach additional PDF documents when faxing, supports any font, can work with eFax, jConnect, EasyLink or MaxEmail services, works with AppleScript, and more.

Faked out of her headscarf. . .

Faked out of her headscarf. . . 09/24/2004 07:41 PM
Andrea Armstrong wants to play basketball. She is also a muslim, and wishes to observe traditional muslim attire for a woman of the faith. Intolerance ensues. (A link from my local paper to an Orlando Sentinel story, in that this woman is from Oregon.)

France firm over headscarf ban

France firm over headscarf ban 08/30/2004 04:55 AM
Paris insists a headscarf ban will stay despite militants' demands as it begins efforts to free journalists held in Iraq.

The Tension was Electric

The Tension was Electric 03/25/2005 05:28 PM
Jon Stewart's first law of television: "As wonderful as any absolutely ridiculous clip would be, they're always better in slow-motion."

Racial tension warning to parties

Racial tension warning to parties 04/11/2005 11:05 PM
Britain's party leaders have been warned to "reduce the remperature" on race issues in the election run-up.

Tension high after Karachi blast

Tension high after Karachi blast 05/08/2004 07:40 AM
Violence prompted by a suicide bombing at a mosque continues as the victims are buried.

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East 04/17/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 17 2004 4:48PM GMT

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday"

"French investigators questioned seven
men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but
found no evidence they planned to use a
Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror
attacks against the United States,
French authorities said Thursday" 12/26/2003 09:03 PM

Iraqi Tension Built as U.S.
Miscalculated (washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Tension Built as U.S.
Miscalculated (washingtonpost.com) 04/10/2004 11:06 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 10 -- "Bremer follows in the footsteps of Saddam," screamed the headline in al-Hawza, a tabloid newspaper run by firebrand Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr. With incendiary language, the article accused L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of Iraq, of deliberately starving the Iraqi people.

In Falluja, Ceasefire Doesn't Reduce
Tension, or Danger

In Falluja, Ceasefire Doesn't Reduce
Tension, or Danger 04/13/2004 06:16 PM
It has been 4 days since the U.S. declared a "cessation of offensive operations," but in Falluja, that doesn't seem to matter.

Stamps and the Internet revive tension
over island

Stamps and the Internet revive tension
over island 01/11/2004 03:45 PM
Joon Ang Ilbo Jan 11 2004 1:43PM ET

Koreas agree tension-easing steps

Koreas agree tension-easing steps 06/12/2004 06:15 AM
North and South Korea sign a deal including specific measures to avoid armed clashes along their border.

Tokyo stocks lower amid tension with
China

Tokyo stocks lower amid tension with
China 04/12/2005 03:46 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Apr 12, 06:01 am GMT

Bush and Chirac Break Any Tension With a
Joke About Food

Bush and Chirac Break Any Tension With a
Joke About Food 06/10/2004 02:58 PM
The two world leaders looked like and proclaimed themselves friends today, with hardly a hint of the deep differences over the Iraq war.

Hardy Instruments Debuts New Tension
Control Product Line

Hardy Instruments Debuts New Tension
Control Product Line 12/24/2004 12:14 PM
Hardy Instruments' Tension Controller provides precision control over both unwinding and rewinding in web and strand processing applications. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Search Turf War: Industry Growth Foments
Tension Among Mutually Reliant

Search Turf War: Industry Growth Foments
Tension Among Mutually Reliant 07/12/2004 12:21 PM
Source: MediaDailyNews - As the search wars heat up, turf battles rage and mistrust of the big players is growing....

Pooch Adds New Brains and Beauty - Plug
and Play Cluster Software Adds Queuing,
Scheduling, and Sports Updated Graphical
User Interface

Pooch Adds New Brains and Beauty - Plug
and Play Cluster Software Adds Queuing,
Scheduling, and Sports Updated Graphical
User Interface 01/22/2004 03:26 AM
Version 1.4 is the latest in a series of updates that utilize the latest technology. Pooch was the first to use Rendezvous to discover nodes for computation. Pooch takes advantage of AppleScript and multiprocessing in Mac OS X, utilizes logged out Mac OS X machines for parallel computing, and supports automated grid behavior and cluster access for other desktop applications. Pooch is the easiest way to build and use a parallel computer.

Spin Crisis 1.0

Spin Crisis 1.0 10/31/2003 04:03 PM
You must guide your marble through an ever more challenging series of mazes.

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis 09/12/2002 07:48 AM
Kendall Clark examines section 2 of the W3C Technical Architecture Groups "Architectural Principles of the World Wide Web", concerning Identifiers and Resources.

Creativity from crisis

Creativity from crisis 04/29/2004 03:11 AM
USA Today Apr 29 2004 7:24AM GMT
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