APFNPresident Bush receives an honorary doctor of lawSat May 10 03:52:07 2003208.152.73.65 President Bush receives an honorary doctor of law President Bush receives an honorary doctor of law degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., on Friday. He is promoting his Israeli-Palestinian peace process during a commencement speech. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, AP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030509/80/dzo9y.htmlPosted on Fri, May. 09, 2003Bush: U.S. will work to help create Palestinian stateBy RON HUTCHESON and WARREN P. STROBELKnight Ridder NewspapersCOLUMBIA, S.C. - President Bush threw the force of his office behind a Middle East peace effort Friday, promising that "America will work without tiring" for the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel.Bush, speaking hours before Secretary of State Colin Powell left to press Israelis and Palestinians to move forward with the "road map" peace plan, said he expects compromises from both sides.Bush said Powell heads to the Middle East with his "personal commitment" to the peace effort.Bush's remarks appeared aimed at boosting Powell on what is expected to be an uphill mission. He spoke in a commencement address at the University of South Carolina that was devoted largely to pressing Arab countries to embrace political and economic reform.Israelis and Palestinians already are bickering over the terms of the road map.And some aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have appeared to undercut Powell by suggesting Sharon will wait to give definitive views on the plan until he meets Bush in person in Washington on May 20.A senior State Department official said Powell will press the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, to take concrete steps to crack down on armed Islamic militants.At the same time, he will urge Sharon to follow through on steps, previewed by a Sharon aide in Washington last month, to ease conditions in the Palestinian territories, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.The road map, which envisions an independent Palestine by 2005, calls on Israelis and Palestinians to take parallel steps.But already, U.S. diplomatic efforts appear trapped in a Catch-22.Sharon's government is suspicious that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whom it accuses of fostering attacks on Israel, still wields power behind the scenes. It is reluctant to withdraw troops from Palestinian areas without clearer signs that Abbas is cracking down on terrorists.However, Sharon praised Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, on Thursday and said he was ready to meet with him.Palestinians say Abbas will be unable to muster the clout to take on the militants without steps by Israel that show good faith and improve agonizing conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip."Israel has to understand that security cannot be provided if there is no political movement," said Ghaleb Darabya, an official in the Palestinian mission in Washington.Powell, in a joint appearance with the emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, said that while Washington will entertain comments on the road map, "it's important for both sides to talk to each other, and let us not go into another endless loop of discussions and negotiations.""We have seen things in the area in recent days that show us that it is not going to be easy," Powell said, referring to continued violence from both sides. "But I'm anxious to get started and I'm anxious to see if we cannot make progress as rapidly as possible."Powell left later on a trip that will take him to Jerusalem and the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah; Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, whose leaders he will ask to back Abbas and spurn Arafat; and Russia, Bulgaria and Germany.It was his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas since a fruitless mission in April 2002 that was undercut by near-daily attacks on Israel and the White House's refusal to engage more actively.Bush, in his speech, called for actions from all sides.Arab nations, he said, "must fight terror in all its forms, and recognize and state the obvious once and for all: Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state at peace with its neighbors." If Palestinians curb terrorism, Bush said, "all the world will see the flag of Palestine raised over a free and independent nation."Israel, he said, "must take tangible steps now to ease the suffering of Palestinians and to show respect for their dignity. And as progress is made toward peace, Israel must stop settlement activity in the occupied territories."Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are expected to be among the most difficult issues. Palestinians seek to establish their state in those territories, which Israel occupied in the 1967 war.The road map's first phase calls on Israel to freeze settlement building and dismantle outposts erected since March 2001. Sharon and many in his government have long been committed to the settlements.Bush issued a direct challenge to the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia and other U.S. allies, to modernize their economic and political systems. Citing a recent report by reformist Arab scholars, he said Arab nations suffer from a "freedom deficit" marked by disregard for human rights, inadequate education and the "social oppression" of women."No society can succeed and prosper while denying basic rights and opportunities to the women of their country," Bush said.He also outlined plans for a Middle East free trade zone that could forge new economic ties between Israel and its neighbors. Jordan is the only Arab nation that has a free trade agreement with the United States, which removes tariffs and other barriers.Bush called on other Arab nations to replace "corruption and self-dealing with free markets and fair laws." Administration officials said all Middle East nations would be invited to join the free trade zone, although most would have to overhaul their legal and economic systems to qualify for admission to the World Trade Organization.Bush announced that Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has agreed to work with the government of Bahrain on a regional forum on establishing the rule of law. Gamal A.G. Soltan, a political scientist at Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, praised Bush's speech as "helpful toward reform."Rather than try to bully Arab countries into changing their political and economic systems, Bush "is extending his hand and allowing a role for cooperation," Soltan said.(Strobel reported from Washington. 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President Bush receives an honorary doctor of law President Bush receives an honorary doctor of law degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., on Friday. He is promoting his Israeli-Palestinian peace process during a commencement speech. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, AP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030509/80/dzo9y.htmlPosted on Fri, May. 09, 2003Bush: U.S. will work to help create Palestinian stateBy RON HUTCHESON and WARREN P. STROBELKnight Ridder NewspapersCOLUMBIA, S.C. - President Bush threw the force of his office behind a Middle East peace effort Friday, promising that "America will work without tiring" for the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel.Bush, speaking hours before Secretary of State Colin Powell left to press Israelis and Palestinians to move forward with the "road map" peace plan, said he expects compromises from both sides.Bush said Powell heads to the Middle East with his "personal commitment" to the peace effort.Bush's remarks appeared aimed at boosting Powell on what is expected to be an uphill mission. He spoke in a commencement address at the University of South Carolina that was devoted largely to pressing Arab countries to embrace political and economic reform.Israelis and Palestinians already are bickering over the terms of the road map.And some aides to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have appeared to undercut Powell by suggesting Sharon will wait to give definitive views on the plan until he meets Bush in person in Washington on May 20.A senior State Department official said Powell will press the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, to take concrete steps to crack down on armed Islamic militants.At the same time, he will urge Sharon to follow through on steps, previewed by a Sharon aide in Washington last month, to ease conditions in the Palestinian territories, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.The road map, which envisions an independent Palestine by 2005, calls on Israelis and Palestinians to take parallel steps.But already, U.S. diplomatic efforts appear trapped in a Catch-22.Sharon's government is suspicious that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whom it accuses of fostering attacks on Israel, still wields power behind the scenes. It is reluctant to withdraw troops from Palestinian areas without clearer signs that Abbas is cracking down on terrorists.However, Sharon praised Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, on Thursday and said he was ready to meet with him.Palestinians say Abbas will be unable to muster the clout to take on the militants without steps by Israel that show good faith and improve agonizing conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip."Israel has to understand that security cannot be provided if there is no political movement," said Ghaleb Darabya, an official in the Palestinian mission in Washington.Powell, in a joint appearance with the emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, said that while Washington will entertain comments on the road map, "it's important for both sides to talk to each other, and let us not go into another endless loop of discussions and negotiations.""We have seen things in the area in recent days that show us that it is not going to be easy," Powell said, referring to continued violence from both sides. "But I'm anxious to get started and I'm anxious to see if we cannot make progress as rapidly as possible."Powell left later on a trip that will take him to Jerusalem and the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah; Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, whose leaders he will ask to back Abbas and spurn Arafat; and Russia, Bulgaria and Germany.It was his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas since a fruitless mission in April 2002 that was undercut by near-daily attacks on Israel and the White House's refusal to engage more actively.Bush, in his speech, called for actions from all sides.Arab nations, he said, "must fight terror in all its forms, and recognize and state the obvious once and for all: Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state at peace with its neighbors." If Palestinians curb terrorism, Bush said, "all the world will see the flag of Palestine raised over a free and independent nation."Israel, he said, "must take tangible steps now to ease the suffering of Palestinians and to show respect for their dignity. And as progress is made toward peace, Israel must stop settlement activity in the occupied territories."Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are expected to be among the most difficult issues. Palestinians seek to establish their state in those territories, which Israel occupied in the 1967 war.The road map's first phase calls on Israel to freeze settlement building and dismantle outposts erected since March 2001. Sharon and many in his government have long been committed to the settlements.Bush issued a direct challenge to the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia and other U.S. allies, to modernize their economic and political systems. Citing a recent report by reformist Arab scholars, he said Arab nations suffer from a "freedom deficit" marked by disregard for human rights, inadequate education and the "social oppression" of women."No society can succeed and prosper while denying basic rights and opportunities to the women of their country," Bush said.He also outlined plans for a Middle East free trade zone that could forge new economic ties between Israel and its neighbors. Jordan is the only Arab nation that has a free trade agreement with the United States, which removes tariffs and other barriers.Bush called on other Arab nations to replace "corruption and self-dealing with free markets and fair laws." Administration officials said all Middle East nations would be invited to join the free trade zone, although most would have to overhaul their legal and economic systems to qualify for admission to the World Trade Organization.Bush announced that Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has agreed to work with the government of Bahrain on a regional forum on establishing the rule of law. Gamal A.G. Soltan, a political scientist at Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, praised Bush's speech as "helpful toward reform."Rather than try to bully Arab countries into changing their political and economic systems, Bush "is extending his hand and allowing a role for cooperation," Soltan said.(Strobel reported from Washington. Knight Ridder Newspapers correspondents Elise Ackerman in Cairo, Egypt, and Aaron Davis in Jerusalem contributed to this report.)=============================== Bush, Blair Nominated for Nobel Prize for Iraq War http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/iy/news/Tony+Blair/2/SIG=gs1eou/*-http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030508/pl_nm/iraq_nobel_dc_1 Senate Bill Puts British PM in Line for Gold Medal Fri May 09, 1:19 AM ET - (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/iy/news/Tony+Blair/1/SIG=0385bj/*- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030509/pl_nm/usa_blair_dc_2 Knights In The News: It is commonly believed that United States citizens cannot receive from a foreign government noble honors such as a Knighthood. To show that this belief has no basis in law or practice, this is a listing of United States citizens (whether famous or not) who have appeared in the news because they have received Knighthoods. Our sources are newspapers, magazines, and journals. TAKE A LOOK: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/knighthood.htm Myron Fagan recorded his exposé on the Illuminati and Council on ForeignRelations in the late 1960's on three LP Records. We present his lecturein six parts representing each side of those Records. Part 1 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-one.mp3 Part 2 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-two.mp3 Part 3 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-three.mp3 Part 4 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-four.mp3 Part 5 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-five.mp3 Part 6 http://www.apfn.org/audio/fagan-six.mp3 Several members of the Alaska Legislature found Myron Fagan'
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