Re: China launches 1st human rights web site

1998-10-29 Thread Brett and Kimberly
t; direction! > Peace! > Angela >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 29 15:00:07 1998 From: "Brett and Kimberly " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FDA approves breast cancer prevention drug Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:09:00 -0600 FDA approves b

Aborigines tell UN team Kakadu park at risk

1998-10-27 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Aborigines tell UN team Kakadu park at risk SYDNEY (Reuters) - A U.N. World Heritage committee inspecting Australia's Kakadu national park should immediately place it on the endangered list because of plans to create a uranium mine in the park, Aborigines said Tuesday. Jacqui Katona, spokeswoman

Women played big part in migrations - U.S. studies

1998-10-27 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Women played big part in migrations - U.S. studies WASHINGTON (Reuters) - History records all the great pioneers as men, dating all the way back to the unknown early man who led his people out of Africa. But a genetic study published Tuesday tells a different tale. Genes indicate that, throughout

Deluged USDA seeks more comment on organic rules

1998-10-27 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Deluged USDA seeks more comment on organic rules WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deluged with a record nearly 300,000 letters from the public about proposed standards for organic foods, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Monday it wanted more comments before setting final rules. The department said it w

Suit says Ky. school kicked lesbian off team

1998-10-26 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Suit says Ky. school kicked lesbian off team COVINGTON, Ky. (Reuters) - A woman's basketball player at Northern Kentucky University has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was kicked off the team because she is a lesbian, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Monday. Jaime Garner, 22, the second-lead

China launches 1st human rights web site

1998-10-26 Thread Brett and Kimberly
China launches 1st human rights web site BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state-controlled human rights body has launched an Internet web site to promote Beijing's official line on rights, the China Daily said Monday. The web site was opened by the Chinese Society for Human Rights, a government-contro

Re: Julia Butterfly

1998-10-23 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Thanks Topaz, for the info -- > From: Topaz Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Julia Butterfly > Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 2:40 PM > > Haven't seen anything about Julia since David Chain's death. But here's a number

Baltimore school suspends 15-year-old 'witch'

1998-10-23 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Baltimore school suspends 15-year-old 'witch' BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A 15-year-old girl who claims she is a witch was suspended from school this week after another girl accused her of casting a spell on her, school officials said Thursday. Jamie Schoonover, who has been taunted by classmates for h

Cambodian monkeys saved from grim dinner fate

1998-10-22 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Cambodian monkeys saved from grim dinner fate PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Authorities in the Cambodian capital saved 70 monkeys from being smuggled to restaurants in Vietnam where diners tuck in to their brains while the animals are still alive, a government official said Thursday. "Rich people love t

EPA may settle with diesel engine makers - NYT

1998-10-22 Thread Brett and Kimberly
EPA may settle with diesel engine makers - NYT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to impose its biggest civil penalty against makers of diesel-truck engines for violations of clean-air standards, according to officials, the New York Times reported Thursday. If ap

Fw: U.S. campaign for Afghan women's rights expanded

1998-10-22 Thread Brett and Kimberly
-- > > U.S. campaign for Afghan women's rights expanded > > NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. women's rights activists called > Wednesday for increased economic and social pressure on Afghanistan's > ruling Taleban militia to improve the treatment of women in the war-torn > country.

Re: PUTTING PEOPLE TO SLEEP

1998-10-21 Thread Brett and Kimberly
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Fw: *Chemical Tests * CA Vote * FBI Challenged*

1998-10-14 Thread Brett and Kimberly
-- > From: News from Environmental Defense Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: *Chemical Tests * CA Vote * FBI Challenged* > Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 8:28 AM > > EDF DISPATCH: From Environmental Defense Fund > * Chemical Tests * California Vote * FBI Cha

6 arrested for disrupting NYC Macy's fur salon

1998-10-13 Thread Brett and Kimberly
6 arrested for disrupting NYC Macy's fur salon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six animal-rights activists disrupted a Columbus Day sale at Macy's Monday by chaining themselves together in the store's fur salon in Herald Square, police said. The six - three women and three men - were charged with criminal t

Plan to kill Arctic geese outrages environmentalists

1998-10-07 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Plan to kill Arctic geese outrages environmentalists OTTAWA (Reuters) - Environmentalists recoiled in horror Tuesday at a proposal to slaughter the populous snow goose to protect the "fragile" Arctic tundra, slamming the government plan as an unnecessary spectacle of blood. Millions of the birds

Rainforest Indians suit against Texaco reinstated

1998-10-07 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Rainforest Indians suit against Texaco reinstated NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court reinstated lawsuits Tuesday filed by rainforest Indians of Ecuador and Peru against Texaco Inc. accusing the oil company of widespread contamination of their water and land. In its ruling the U.S. Court

Re: pagan

1998-09-08 Thread Brett and Kimberly
I have to admit this is a fantasic poem (?) statement (?). Thanks Will, for sharing it with us. -Original Message- From: will bason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 9:34 PM Subject: Re: pagan >>In a message

Re: re Women only

1998-09-08 Thread Brett and Kimberly
Jake: Were you the person who was posting the info about the buffalos? Do you have any recent info or updates?? Thanks :) kimberly -Original Message- From: Arlene Plevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 6

Russia to cull 15,000 wolves

1998-08-14 Thread Brett and Kimberly
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_003C_01BDC7C4.BB526AA0 charset="iso-8859-1" Russia to cull 15,000 wolves Russia will kill some 15,000 wolves this year as part of a cull to = regulate the predators' population, the agriculture ministry said on = Friday

Fw: WIN 12, Part B

1998-08-09 Thread Brett and Kimberly
>WIN > WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NET >Issue 12B, August 1998 > Connecting Women in 85 Countries > >Editors: Judith Colp Rubin, Janice Wasser > >If you would like to write for, or comment about WIN please contact us >a

Museum of Menstruation

1998-08-08 Thread Brett and Kimberly
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_000C_01BDC2F6.20B94CC0 charset="iso-8859-1" Museum of Menstruation Few subjects are so innately benign and so universally taboo as = menstruation. In our culture, invisibility is the greatest virtue in its = commercializ

Common chemical may be to blame for dead frogs

1998-08-06 Thread Brett and Kimberly
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002C_01BDC108.682CAF60 charset="iso-8859-1" Common chemical may be to blame for dead frogs A common chemical derived from vitamin A and key to the development of = all animals, from fish to humans, may be causing gross d