More Iraq Bloodshed Feared as Pilgrims Gather

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More Iraq Bloodshed Feared as Pilgrims
Gather (Reuters)

More Iraq Bloodshed Feared as Pilgrims
Gather (Reuters) 04/09/2004 10:22 PM
Reuters - More than a million Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims will mark the holy day of Arbain in the city of Kerbala on Saturday, prompting fears among U.S. officials of more chaos and bloodshed.

Pilgrims Throng Iraq Holy City,
Bloodshed Feared

Pilgrims Throng Iraq Holy City,
Bloodshed Feared 04/11/2004 12:26 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 11 2004 4:48AM GMT

Pilgrims Throng Iraq Holy City,
Bloodshed Feared (Reuters)

Pilgrims Throng Iraq Holy City,
Bloodshed Feared (Reuters) 04/11/2004 12:20 AM
Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Sunday for a Shi'ite ceremony overshadowed by an uprising by supporters of a radical cleric and fears of attacks by Sunni militants.

Million Shi'ite Pilgrims Gather Amid
Iraq Clashes (Reuters)

Million Shi'ite Pilgrims Gather Amid
Iraq Clashes (Reuters) 04/10/2004 05:07 AM
Reuters - Up to a million Muslim pilgrims massed in the Iraqi Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala on Saturday as radical Shi'ite fighters and Polish troops exchanged rocket and mortar fire on the outskirts.

Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could
Avoid Bloodshed

Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could
Avoid Bloodshed 04/25/2004 04:40 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 25 2004 7:37PM GMT

Call for Falluja Truce After Week of
Iraq Bloodshed

Call for Falluja Truce After Week of
Iraq Bloodshed 04/11/2004 12:26 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 11 2004 4:48AM GMT

Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could
Avoid Bloodshed (Reuters)

Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could
Avoid Bloodshed (Reuters) 04/25/2004 01:48 PM
Reuters - The Bush administration might have avoided a deadly insurgency in Iraq by buying the loyalty of its former military for about $200 million, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States said on Sunday.

Truce Calms Falluja After Week of Iraq
Bloodshed

Truce Calms Falluja After Week of Iraq
Bloodshed 04/11/2004 04:18 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 11 2004 7:50AM GMT

Democratic Underground Forums - I Hope
the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq

Democratic Underground Forums - I Hope
the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq 11/06/2003 04:06 AM
I Hope the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq .. this heartwarming message .. Democratic Underground .. apparently correct .. new low

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Gunmen Fire on Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq
(AP)

Gunmen Fire on Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq
(AP) 03/30/2005 09:08 PM
AP - Gunmen opened fire on more Shiite Muslim pilgrims making their way Wednesday to a major religious festival in southern Iraq, killing one person and fueling fears that insurgents may target the gathering that draws hundreds of thousands of people every year.

BostonHerald.com - National News: Rueful
Rumsfeld: `Cruel' truth hurts: Rape and
murder feared in Iraq abuse

BostonHerald.com - National News: Rueful
Rumsfeld: `Cruel' truth hurts: Rape and
murder feared in Iraq abuse 05/10/2004 04:27 AM
The Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal took an explosive turn yesterday with the revelation that photos and graphic videotapes not yet made public show abuses more horrific than those already seen. Rape, Murder, Desecration of Dead Bodies, And More

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US seeks end to Falluja bloodshed

US seeks end to Falluja bloodshed 04/11/2004 02:30 PM
US officials say they are hoping for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting in the Iraqi city.

Tiananmen bloodshed remembered

Tiananmen bloodshed remembered 06/04/2004 12:48 AM
Chinese communities mark the 15th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Pope Calls for End to Bloodshed in
Sudan, Uganda

Pope Calls for End to Bloodshed in
Sudan, Uganda 07/25/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 1:40PM GMT

Israeli Raid Kills Eight in Surge of
Bloodshed

Israeli Raid Kills Eight in Surge of
Bloodshed 12/23/2003 11:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 23 2003 10:21AM ET

Mass for Pope unites pilgrims

Mass for Pope unites pilgrims 04/03/2005 07:31 AM

Pilgrims Pay Last Respects Before Papal
Funeral

Pilgrims Pay Last Respects Before Papal
Funeral 04/08/2005 12:25 AM
Vatican officials expect a million pilgrims to attend the funeral in St. Peter's Square, most of them spilling out into surrounding streets.

Dam water kills Indian pilgrims

Dam water kills Indian pilgrims 04/11/2005 08:44 AM
Police in central India recover the bodies of 52 Hindu pilgrims swept away after dam water was released by mistake.

Pope's Tomb to Open to Pilgrims (AP)

Pope's Tomb to Open to Pilgrims (AP) 04/13/2005 01:54 AM
AP - The grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica — where Pope John Paul II was laid to rest — opened to the public Wednesday, with hundreds filing past John Paul's simple tomb.

Pilgrims Pack St. Peter's Square for
Mass (AP)

Pilgrims Pack St. Peter's Square for
Mass (AP) 04/03/2005 04:03 AM
AP - Thousands of people jammed St. Peter's Square on Sunday for a mid-morning Mass honoring Pope John Paul II, joining the faithful who had held an overnight vigil in the plaza after learning of the death of the pontiff.

Holy Week Pilgrims Flock to 'Passion'

Holy Week Pilgrims Flock to 'Passion' 04/12/2004 02:14 PM
The film drew crowds yet again during the most sacred period of the Christian calendar an outcome that was part of Mel Gibson's plan.

Pope Reassures Pilgrims at France Shrine
(AP)

Pope Reassures Pilgrims at France Shrine
(AP) 08/14/2004 10:49 PM
AP - His voice weak, his legs unsteady as he knelt in prayer, Pope John Paul II joined thousands of other ailing pilgrims Saturday at a cliffside shrine known for its miraculous cures, telling them he shares in their physical suffering and assuring them the burden is part of God's "wondrous plan."

No Path to Rome Too Steep For These
Polish Pilgrims (washingtonpost.com)

No Path to Rome Too Steep For These
Polish Pilgrims (washingtonpost.com) 04/05/2005 11:53 PM
washingtonpost.com - KLAGENFURT, Austria, April 5 -- Thirteen hours into the ride, the bus's engine gave out, strained by the long nighttime haul up a winding Alpine road. The lights went out. Spirits dimmed among the 45 Polish pilgrims aboard, but they knew what to do. As the driver tinkered with the engine in the darkness, they helped him along with silent prayers.

Tired Pilgrims Wait to See Pope, Others
Eye Future (Reuters)

Tired Pilgrims Wait to See Pope, Others
Eye Future (Reuters) 04/05/2005 10:09 PM
Reuters - Rome was setting up a massive security plan to protect pilgrims and presidents at Pope John Paul's funeral as a flood of faithful queued for hours to see his body in St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday.

Influx of Pilgrims to See Pope Puts
Strains on the Italians

Influx of Pilgrims to See Pope Puts
Strains on the Italians 04/05/2005 10:24 PM
At least a million people flocking to St. Peter's Square by the end of the first full day of public grieving over the pope's body.

Line of Pilgrims to View Pope Is Closed
Because of Huge Crowds

Line of Pilgrims to View Pope Is Closed
Because of Huge Crowds 04/06/2005 11:05 PM
Vatican officials said that one million people had seen the pope's body since it went on public display on Wednesday.

Bush Visits Pope's Body as Pilgrims
Crush In (Reuters)

Bush Visits Pope's Body as Pilgrims
Crush In (Reuters) 04/06/2005 08:59 PM
Reuters - President Bush visited Pope John Paul's body on Wednesday, the first world leader to arrive to pay homage to the Pontiff, as a flood of pilgrims ran to make the queue to see him one last time.

Mourning Pilgrims Pitch Tents in Rome
Streets (Reuters)

Mourning Pilgrims Pitch Tents in Rome
Streets (Reuters) 04/04/2005 04:31 PM
Reuters - Pilgrims spilled out of packed trains and buses and camped on church steps in Rome on Monday as they tried to push through to the Vatican to pay their respects to the late Pope John Paul II.

Three more cockle deaths feared

Three more cockle deaths feared 04/13/2004 01:54 PM
Police say that three more people may have died in the cockle picking tragedy in Morecambe Bay in February.

MIT Presidency worse than feared

MIT Presidency worse than feared 08/27/2004 01:40 PM

Catching up on the mail I read through the latest Technology Review, MIT's alumni magazine.  Things are far worse than feared.  One letter calculates the cost of the $283 million new computer science building as $17 million in 1916 dollars.  The main buildings, which are enormous by comparison, were completed in 1916 at a cost of $7 million.

Much more depressing than the backwards slide of the American construction industry in terms of efficiency is an article about Chuck Vest's 14 years running MIT.  The article touches briefly on Vest's achievements in increasing research funds between 1990 and 2003, which sound very impressive due to the lack of inflation-adjustment (the actual increase in 2003 dollars was from $430 million to $472 million).  Nothing having to do with innovation in research or education is mentioned.  If the article is accurate, Vest's major focuses turned out to have been

1. fighting with the Federal Government over MIT's price-fixing arrangement with the Ivy League colleagues.  This agreement was predicted to be illegal by Stanford, which refused to join the cartel, and deemed illegal by a Federal District Court Judge but we ultimately beat the rap in the Court of Appeals (see my tuition-free MIT article for more)
2. studying the extent to which female faculty members had less lab space than male faculty members and whether this was due to discrimination
3. pursuing sex- and race-based discrimination in student admissions and faculty recruitment and promoting such discrimination nationwide in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in affirmative action cases

I guess Phil Sharp, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist who turned the job down is feeling pretty good about his decision to stay in the lab.

The only encouraging news in the magazine concerned Erika Ebbel, MIT Class of 2004 in Chemistry, who as Miss Massachusetts will compete in the Miss America pageant on September 18.

Several feared dead in A23 crash

Several feared dead in A23 crash 05/16/2004 12:23 PM
Several people are reported to have died in an accident on the A23 north of Brighton.

Nine feared dead in quake crash

Nine feared dead in quake crash 04/02/2005 09:12 AM
Nine Australians are reported dead in a helicopter crash on the quake-hit Indonesian island of Nias.

Marine Once Feared Beheaded Goes on
Leave (AP)

Marine Once Feared Beheaded Goes on
Leave (AP) 07/31/2004 08:33 PM
AP - A Marine once feared beheaded by terrorists in Iraq arrived at his brother's house Saturday after being granted military leave.

Data Breach Much Worse Than Feared

Data Breach Much Worse Than Feared 04/19/2005 09:25 AM
CBS News Apr 19 2005 2:10PM GMT

Massive LexisNexis ID Theft Feared

Massive LexisNexis ID Theft Feared 04/12/2005 09:54 AM
CBS News Apr 12 2005 1:54PM GMT

Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP)

Bad Wildfire Season Feared in West (AP) 04/03/2005 01:29 PM
AP - It was a dry, warm winter across the Northwest, with experts in some areas saying they can't remember the last time the snowpack was this low. It was just the opposite in the Southwest, with record winter rainfall that flooded deserts and caused murderous landslides.

1,000 feared dead in Caribbean storm

1,000 feared dead in Caribbean storm 05/27/2004 12:10 PM

20,000 feared dead in Iran quake

20,000 feared dead in Iran quake 12/26/2003 08:53 AM
20,000 feared dead in Iran quake. Google News Cluster.

Intel's Numbers Worse Than Feared

Intel's Numbers Worse Than Feared 09/03/2004 12:10 PM
osOpinion Sep 3 2004 3:58PM GMT
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