Positive News Update 7-27-05

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Australian Prime Minister praises Iraq

Australia's Prime Minister held talks with Iraq's
government leader Monday during a surprise visit.

'We want Iraq to be free, independent and strong,'
said Prime Minister John Howard on meeting his
counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

'We want Iraqis to run Iraq's affairs and we see our r
ole as assisting the people of Iraq and Iraqi government
toward achieving that goal.'

Israel: Camera in a pill latest development
in miniature medicine

A traditional endoscopy involves fasting, sedation,
forcing a tube down the esophagus, a day of recovery,
and throat pain for a couple of days after that.

Now a patient can just swallow two miniature cameras
mounted in a clear pill the size of a vitamin, and after
waiting 15 minutes to make sure a computer captured
the 2,600 images taken during the 5-minute test, go home.

The pill, developed by Given Imaging of Yokneam,
Israel, passes from the body in 24 to 72 hours.

India : Sensex reaches all-time high

India's Sensitive Index (Sensex) has touched an
all-time high of 7505.60, a jump by 82.32 points
or 1.1 per cent, while Nifty jumped by 26.15 points
to touch 2,291.75.

The Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
has welcomed the bull run in bourses after this
historical high. Experts said that foreign institutional
buying is responsible for this.

Japan plans world's fastest computer

Japan has plans to start building a supercomputer next
year that can operate 73 times faster than the world's
fastest supercomputer, the government said Monday.

The American Blue Gene/L system supercomputer
currently holds the title of the world's fastest, capable
of 136.8 teraflops, or 136.8 trillion calculations per second.

The ministry wants to use the planned supercomputer
for research such as simulating the formation of a galaxy
and the interactions between a medicine and the human
body.

Colombian government offers to buy illegal coca

After a two-year offensive, the Colombian government has
forced rebels to retreat into the jungles. The rebels are major
drug traffickers and the primary buyers of the poor peasants
coca crops - the plant used to make cocaine.

The government has decided to buy the crops from the farmers,
destroy them, and require the farmers to sign a document
promising never to cultivate illegal crops again.

US NEWS

The Longest Soldiers Letter Ever Written!

Carly Goodwin’s ‘“Baby Come Back Home”
Solders’ Scroll’ Breaks 10-Mile Length

Country recording artist Carly Goodwin began a “Soldiers’
Scroll” for fans at the Country Music Association’s Music
Festival (Fan Fair) to write messages of support, love and
appreciation to our Armed Forces overseas.

The goal of “10-miles of messages” was reached on the last
day of Fan Fair, Sunday, June 12th, as of July 5th the scroll
has now passed the 12 mile mark and shows no sign of slowing
down.

From country legends such as The OakRidge Boys, Donna
Fargo and Tanya Tucker, to current country stars including
Brooks and Dunn and members of the Musik Mafia, all were
honored to include their message on the scrolls.

Senate Majority Leader Senator Frisk signed Saturday morning
at the Pancake Pantry. Attending Fan Fair as Carly’s guest on
Saturday, was Sema Olson, the mother of one of our wounded
soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Carly and Sema met when Carly visited Sema’s son, Bobby,
at Walter Reed. Sema choked back tears as she said, “This
really warms my heart. You don’t realize, I walk through
protesters most days to get into the hospital to spend the
day with my son. We never see this kind of support for
what we’re doing. I’m so touched by this outpouring of love.
This will mean so much to our troops.”

The scrolls will be delivered by Carly within the near future.
These words of love and support will decorate many camps
throughout Iraq. Carly has spent the last 18 months touring
our US military bases throughout the US and has entertained
the troops at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba twice, due to the success
of her single, Baby Come Back Home.

Due to the overwhelming success of this project, Goodwin is
looking to take this project nationwide. For more information
on how you can sign the World’s Longest Letter to the Troops,
or start a “Soldiers’ Scroll” in your area, please contact
www.babycomebackhome.com

Payless Manager Receives Citizen Hero Award

Victims of a Lubbock fire thought they lost everything,
until they met Thomas Gonzales. Tuesday, he received
the Raymond Davis Citizen Hero Award.EMS responded
to a fire in Central Lubbock on January 18th.

The victim escaped with minor burns but his shoes were
destroyed in the fire so EMS went to Payless to buy shoes
for the victim. That's where Gonzales came in. Gonzales is
the store manager at Payless and gave EMS the shoes and
socks at a huge discount.

University Medical Center presented Gonzales with the
award Tuesday morning. It's named in memory of Lubbock
Paramedic Raymond Davis who died in the line of duty,
two years ago.

Late night rescue saves two men after boat sinks

ASTORIA, Ore. - Coast Guard rescue crews pulled two men
from a life raft early Tuesday morning after their 59-foot
fishing boat sank about 85 miles off the Oregon coast.

The two men were in good shape after issuing a distress call
that their boat, Georgine, was taking on water. The cause of
the sinking has not been determined. The boat is registered
out of Seattle.The two men were 68 and 23 years old. They
were taken to a hospital where they were treated and released.

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