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In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Israeli population is predominantly Jewish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising Muslim, Christian, and Druze Arabs.
Moreover, the Egyptian blockade prior to the 1956 Suez War violated the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, which was adopted by the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea on April 27, 1958.
Israelis often describe the city as "The Eternal Capital of Israel." However, many countries dissent this designation, and consider the status of Jerusalem as an unresolved issue, due to Israel's capture of the eastern half of Jerusalem (and subsequent reunification) from Jordan during the Six Day War.
israel.ask.dyndns.dk   (5053 words)

  
 Zompist's Rant Page
The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security — coming at the same time as federal tax cuts — was the reason for the strain.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, which built the levees and continues to manage them, told the paper then that there was little threat of a levee's collapse.
But the corps admitted that its estimates were 40 years old and that no one had bothered to update them.
www.zompist.com /rants05.html   (12133 words)

  
 The Board & World HQ Staff
While there he was the Director of the Army Corps of Engineers Diver Training Program and the lead author of its training manual.
A sample of the projects in which he has been involved are: Salvage of the Ehime Maru from 2000 fsw, Wakulla 2, Monitor Expedition, Special Sea Lion Project, Andrea Doria Expedition, and a series of 400 foot dives off the coast of Hawaii which yielded a new genus of fish.
Joseph is married to the former LT Amy M. Entress who was a Surface Warfare Officer for the U.S. Navy.
www.iantd.com /iantd9.html   (1308 words)

  
 All book reviews available electronically, by Daniel Pipes
The Liberty Incident: The 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Spy Ship
A Black Corps d'Elite: An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867
Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War
www.danielpipes.org /rev/year/all   (2962 words)

  
 The University of Chicago Chronicle Archive: 2004
Chicago leads other colleges in Peace Corps volunteers
Randel, Crown meet with student leaders on University issues
Excavations reinforce Golb’s contention of where Dead Sea scrolls originated
chronicle.uchicago.edu /archive/2004.shtml   (2011 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Military branches
Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes the Border Patrol Police [including Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit], Thahan Phran, Special Action Forces, Police Aviation Division, Thai Marine Police, and the Volunteer Defense Corps)
Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines, Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the Ministry of Defense is being developed
Department of the Army, Department of the Navy (includes Marine Corps), Department of the Air Force
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2055.html   (2809 words)

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