Positive News Update 8/3/05
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ALL 309 Survive Crash Landing in Toronto
TORONTO - All 309 passengers and crew survived
after an Air France Airbus burst into flames when it
overshot the runway and crashed into a gully at
Toronto's Pearson International Airport in a lightning
storm on late Tuesday.
IRA LAYS DOWN THEIR ARMS
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The IRA has renounced
violence and stated its intention to disarm completely,
Gerry Adams, who is president of its political wing,
Sinn Fein, encouraged others to follow it into permanently
peaceful activity.
"I would like to think that as the import of the IRA's
decision starts to play out, sensible people within loyalism
will follow the example," he said.
British Plan For New Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The British army will slash
its garrison in Northern Ireland to peacetime levels, demolish
spy towers in Catholic areas and disband its overwhelmingly
Protestant local battalions within two years, commanders
said Monday.
The announcement of the cuts came as a decisive response
to the IRA's promise last week to disarm fully and cease violence.
Thailand, Japan agree to trade agreement
Thailand and Japan have agreed to forge a free trade agreement
and expect to sign the deal next April unless disagreements arise
over details, the head of the Thai negotiation team said Monday.
The agreement aims to reduce tariffs on $35 billion worth of trade
between the two countries. Japan is Thailand's single biggest trading
partner.
US NEWS
Fla. First State to Send Cell Amber Alerts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's Amber Alert system is being
expanded to cell phone customers, the first program of its kind
in the nation, Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday.
The free program will allow subscribers to receive text messages
on their phones when an alert is issued about a missing child."It's
another step forward in our effort to bring children home where
they belong," Bush said.
American Muslim Leaders Issue Fatwa
American Muslim scholars who interpret religious law for their
community issued an edict Thursday condemning terrorism
against civilians in response to the wave of deadly attacks in
Britain and other countries.
In the statement, called a fatwa, the 18-member Fiqh Council
of North America wrote that people who commit terrorism in
the name of Islam were "criminals, not ‘martyrs.'''
"There is no justification in Islam for extremism or terrorism,''
the scholars wrote. "Targeting civilians' life and property through
suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram — or forbidden.
''"We pray for the defeat of extremism and terrorism,'' the scholars
wrote. "We pray for the safety and security of our country, the
United States, and its people. We pray for the safety and security
of all inhabitants of our planet.''
ON THE NET:Council on American-Islamic Relationswww.cair-net.org.
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All Positive News, All the Time...
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Positive News Update
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ALL 309 Survive Crash Landing in Toronto
TORONTO - All 309 passengers and crew survived
after an Air France Airbus burst into flames when it
overshot the runway and crashed into a gully at
Toronto's Pearson International Airport in a lightning
storm on late Tuesday.
IRA LAYS DOWN THEIR ARMS
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The IRA has renounced
violence and stated its intention to disarm completely,
Gerry Adams, who is president of its political wing,
Sinn Fein, encouraged others to follow it into permanently
peaceful activity.
"I would like to think that as the import of the IRA's
decision starts to play out, sensible people within loyalism
will follow the example," he said.
British Plan For New Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The British army will slash
its garrison in Northern Ireland to peacetime levels, demolish
spy towers in Catholic areas and disband its overwhelmingly
Protestant local battalions within two years, commanders
said Monday.
The announcement of the cuts came as a decisive response
to the IRA's promise last week to disarm fully and cease violence.
Thailand, Japan agree to trade agreement
Thailand and Japan have agreed to forge a free trade agreement
and expect to sign the deal next April unless disagreements arise
over details, the head of the Thai negotiation team said Monday.
The agreement aims to reduce tariffs on $35 billion worth of trade
between the two countries. Japan is Thailand's single biggest trading
partner.
US NEWS
Fla. First State to Send Cell Amber Alerts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's Amber Alert system is being
expanded to cell phone customers, the first program of its kind
in the nation, Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday.
The free program will allow subscribers to receive text messages
on their phones when an alert is issued about a missing child."It's
another step forward in our effort to bring children home where
they belong," Bush said.
American Muslim Leaders Issue Fatwa
American Muslim scholars who interpret religious law for their
community issued an edict Thursday condemning terrorism
against civilians in response to the wave of deadly attacks in
Britain and other countries.
In the statement, called a fatwa, the 18-member Fiqh Council
of North America wrote that people who commit terrorism in
the name of Islam were "criminals, not ‘martyrs.'''
"There is no justification in Islam for extremism or terrorism,''
the scholars wrote. "Targeting civilians' life and property through
suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram — or forbidden.
''"We pray for the defeat of extremism and terrorism,'' the scholars
wrote. "We pray for the safety and security of our country, the
United States, and its people. We pray for the safety and security
of all inhabitants of our planet.''
ON THE NET:Council on American-Islamic Relationswww.cair-net.org.
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