phillip wanted something generic and short. here it is.

Last night President Bush presented his proposed federal budget to Congress. Banking on a projected 10-year $5.6 trillion budget surplus, President Bush expects to pay down the national debt by $2 trillion and provide $1.6 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade. The budget also includes spending increases above inflation of $1.8 billion for education and $2.8 billion for medical research.

this is a rough draft of the script has: sudan, mellinum, trent, and colombia

Trent Univesity in Peterborough Ontario, eight students

have been baricaded inside of the Vice Presidents office

suite for more than 24 hours. Students entered the offices

at 8:30 Monday morning, with demands which included: no

renewal of contracts with corporations advertizing on

the Trent Campus without a student refrendum on

advertizing and the creation an offical policy

which makes all corporate and private relationships

Striking workers at Seattle ACORN walked the picket line for a second day, after head organizer Doug Bloch refused to grant employees union recognition.

here's a first draft

On Tuesday, Columbian President Andres Pastrana met with President Bush to discuss Plan Columbia, the $1.3 billion US aid package which is intended to facilitate the Columbian government’s war on drugs. Critics claim Plan Columbia focuses excessively on military support and not enough on the social and economic needs of rural Columbians currently dependant on the drug trade.

this should be edited, i'm not sure about includeing both stories as one

the words from the MAN, philip that is

Only run with the ACORN strike in Seattle if the strike has broader implications, perhaps for ACORN as a whole, not exclusively Seattle.

Yes, to Trent student occupation. (Arthur is on it.)

Yes, to US State Department criticizing other countries, Malaysia included, while at the same time US companies exporting equipment used in torture.

Yes, on Millennium patent and possible link to Bristol Meyers. (Jade on that I think.)

the words from the MAN, philip that is

Only run with the ACORN strike in Seattle if the strike has broader implications, perhaps for ACORN as a whole, not exclusively Seattle.

Yes, to Trent student occupation. (Arthur is on it.)

Yes, to US State Department criticizing other countries, Malaysia included, while at the same time US companies exporting equipment used in torture.

Yes, on Millennium patent and possible link to Bristol Meyers. (Jade on that I think.)

another possible short story

Subway Sues Cafe Over Healthy Food

By LISA M. COLLINS, Associated Press Writer

GROSSE POINTE, Mich.--Subway is serious about its lowfat, low-calorie sandwiches. So serious that it's suing the landlord of one of its stores for letting a vegan cafe open three doors away in a strip mall.

Owners of Atom's Juice Cafe -which doesn't sell meat or dairy products -say that lawsuit and another suit filed against it by the mall owner are nothing more than an attempt to run them out of business.

UNIFCEF airlift *rought draft*

In the sudan, an operation to airlift more than 2,500 demobilized child soliders

out of a combat zone is almost complete.

In an operation that began last friday, children are being moved by plane

to be rehabilitated and have their families found.

The former soldiers, who range in age from 8 to 18, were demobilized from

military camps run by the rebel Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army based

on a personal commitment made by an SPLA commander in October 2000.

for more go to: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Mozambique/

(AP) - Forecast rains and the planned release of water from a burgeoning dam have prompted fears of further flooding this week in Mozambique, where dozens have died in floods this year. Authorities have evacuated 16,000 people from regions hit by floods and have begun forcibly removing residents who have refused to leave areas at risk