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 Observers
worry U.S. weapons plan will escalate world arms race
WASHINGTON�The Bush administration is prepared to launch a first attack
using nuclear weapons on targets in as many as seven countries, according
to a Pentagon study. But in an effort to ease concerns overseas, the
president�s top advisers insist there are no plans to do so at this time.
According to a secret Pentagon report that was sent to Congress in
January, and revealed in The Los Angeles Times March 9, the U.S. has
studied options for attacking Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea, and
Syria�none of which have nuclear arsenals�as well as nuclear powers Russia
and China.
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Lawmakers: Media mergers hurt America's
democracy
WASHINGTON�Despite the availability of
more and more radio and television channels for American listeners and
viewers, there will be less variety and more sameness in future
programming on those outlets because of fewer owners, members of Congress
as well as media analysts predict.
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 F.O.I.
Million Man Marchers hunt alleged child kidnapper
(FinalCall.com)�Nearly 25 men
of the Nation of Islam�s Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) and the Million Man March
Local Organizing Committee (MMM-LOC) flooded the Southeast Denver
neighborhood near Mitchell Elementary School with descriptive flyers and
composite sketches of a man who allegedly kidnapped and raped two sisters,
ages 5 and 8, who were walking home from school February 26.
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 CIA Web Site
Tracks Visitors With Cookies
A Web site operated by the
Central Intelligence Agency is marking visitors with a unique
identification tag or "cookie" that violates federal privacy
guidelines and the agency's own privacy policy, according to Public
Information Research, a non-profit group.
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Lumumba's family turns down Belgian apology
CAIRO (PANA)�Family members
of the former Congolese leader, Patrice Lumumba, have denied
accepting a recent apology from the Belgian government for its role
in the assassination of Mr. Lumumba, an Egyptian paper reported.
The weekly Al-Arabi quotes Mr. Lumumba�s son, Patrice P. Lumumba, as
saying that contrary to reports, "we have not accepted any apology
from the Belgian government."
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