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A 17-year-old Suffolk County high school student

will plead guilty to charges stemming from a

series of arson fires that ELF may take

responsibility for.

The youth is the son of a New York City police

sergeant and agreed to cooperate with authorities

investigating ELF, the "eco-terror group." *

The court records from the case have been sealed,

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Hong Kong Drivers End Blockade

On Tuesday in Hong Kong truck drivers ended a five-day blockade of the island's port after making cargo-handling conglormerates temporarily back down from charging new fees. The action was started on Friday by the truckers who claim the fee would cost them a third of their income, and said the shipping agents should pay it instead. The fee was first introduced in November but put on hold after a two day blockade. The latest blockade reportedly cost the economy 200 million dollars a day.

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columbian general convicted in paramilitary massacre

On Monday a Columbian General was convicted of failing to prevent a paramilitary massacre. Retired General Jaime Uscategui [i have no idea of how to pronounce this] was sentenced to 40 months in jail in Columbia's first ever conviction of an army general for paramilitary violence.

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The chinese governement, in an attempt to limit free speech has taken Huang Qi to trial over postings on his website about the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

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Hong Kong Drivers End Blockade

In Hong Kong truck drivers end a five-day blockade of the island's port after making cargo-handling conglormerates back down from charging new fees.

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*The Food and Drug Administration has released a study which indicates that American consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel "outrage" when they learn how many supermarket products already are produced through biotechnology.

The FDA's internal report, which was commissioned by the agency to gauge sentiment about its proposals for voluntary labeling, said that consumers are concerned about possible long-term environmental and health effects of genetically modifed foods.

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A class-action lawsuit has begun against the U.S. Postal Service

in New York City(?) for giving free mail boxes to home owners

and not to homeless individuals. The suit says that the Postal

Service is not following an administrative ruling allowing

homeless people to use alterntives to providing an address.

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Tuesday, February 13 4:58 PM SGT

Colombian general convicted in paramilitary massacre
BOGOTA, Feb 13 (AFP) -
Colombia for the first time sent an army general to jail for failing to prevent a paramilitary massacre, as government officials and leftist rebels prepared to return to the negotiating table.

Retired general Jaime Uscategui was sentenced to 40 months behind bars late Monday for failing to prevent the July 14, 1997, massacre of at least 22 people in central Meta department by right-wing paramilitary commandos.

Iraqis blast "criminal" Bush after 15 injured in air raid

Iraqis blast "criminal" Bush after 15 injured in air raid

NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq, Feb 12 (AFP) -

US President George W. "Bush, the son, is more of a criminal than his father," an angry farmer protested Monday, a day after 15 civilians were injured in a US and British air raid on southern Iraq.

The younger Bush is "much more criminal," charged Muslim Enad, who had children in his family among the injured.

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A truck driver's strike ended yesterday, five days after Hong Kong's cargo corporations tried to impose fees on the drivers.