| Nude photos approved, then pulled from gallery
The naked eye can have quite an imagination, particularly when it comes to a photo of a naked body. Some will see it as art. Others will deem it offensive. The artists, photographers David Schroeder and Lee Bailey, are upset -- not because someone didn't like their photos, but because they were approved for the show by a three-person "jury" and then removed by management after drawing complaints. "When you put things up, you understand some people will like it and some don't," Schroeder said. "It was handled in a way that made me feel bad. I was insulted, embarrassed and, later, angry." Photos attract attention The photos were up for just more than a day, gallery director Gaye Wolf said. A couple of visitors voiced objections to gallery staff members.
The CNN Wire: Wednesday, Sep. 26
Israel Defense Forces confirmed the air raid, which they said targeted a group of armed men who were linked to a location from where a Qassam rocket had been fired earlier. On Wednesday, four Palestinian militants, all members of the Army of Islam, were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, according to Hamas Security sources. The IDF confirmed that it had carried out an air strike on a car in the area. The car was carrying missiles ready to be launched, it said. The strike capped a day of violence in Gaza. According to Palestinian security sources, Israeli tanks entered the region and blocked the junction that leads to Beit Hanoun. There were conflicting reports of the numbers of Palestinians killed and wounded. According to Hamas security sources, an Israeli tank fired at a house in Beit Hanoun, killing four militants from the Salah a Din Brigades.
'Cultural change' needed to ensure justice, says chief pathologist
A dramatic "cultural shift" is needed to repair systemic problems within the province's criminal justice process, Ontario's chief forensic pathologist said at an inquiry Thursday. To ensure such changes take place, improving education and strengthening communication mechanisms between police and other investigators they work with is the only answer, said Dr. Michael Pollanen. "Cultural changes … do not come from policies and memos — they come from fundamental changes related to education, and the earlier in the curriculum, the better," he told commissioner Stephen Goudge. Pollanen made the comments during the ongoing Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario that has focused largely on the work of disgraced pathologist Dr. Charles Smith. The inquiry is investigating the deaths of 20 children that involved criminal proceedings where Smith was a forensic pathologist.
GOP debaters beckon Hispanics
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Republican presidential candidates tempered their tough talk on illegal immigration and praised the Hispanic community's family values as they sought to stem the exodus of Hispanic voters from their party during the first debate of the GOP campaign to be broadcast in Spanish. Much of last night's debate focused on immigration, as the candidates grappled with unusually pointed questions, such as what to do with the 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, what to do with children who are born here to illegal immigrants, and how to defuse what a moderator called the party's "anti-Hispanic sentiment." Many of the candidates said Hispanics are like many Americans in supporting a stronger military, family values, and pro-business policies.
Continued Regional and Ethnic Tensions
Two years after a bloody and devastating civil war, the human rights situation in Tajikistan remains precarious. Since the spring of 1993, refugees and internally displaced persons have returned to their villages in the southern province of Khatlon, from which the largest number of people were displaced following the war. However, hundreds of thousands of others who fled the fighting, destruction and persecution are still scattered in Northern Afghanistan, the Commonwealth of Independent States and throughout Tajikistan itself. Moreover, while the sheer volume of human rights abuses dropped dramatically in 1994, returnees in certain regions remain highly fearful and continue to be victims of harassment, threats, beating and even murder. The reintegration process has also been hampered by the fact that thousands of those who returned have now spent two winters without adequate shelter.
Celebrities, Elected Officials, Corporate Leaders Join Forces in ...
The Dreamers shared their stories as part of an inspiring evening. The following young men and women were chosen as Dreamers: Ciera Bass, age 18; Emma Bullock, 22; Khalil Clark, 12; Xiomara Cosme, 15; Justin Faulkner, 16; John Westley Gilbert, 20; Kareem Goodwin, 19; Daniel Hackett, 14; Charles Rambert, 13, and Jamie Lynn Tomkowicz, 13. To date, the Memorial Foundation has raised $86 million out of the needed $100 million for the Memorial. Major donors in addition to CIGNA and The Pew Charitable Trusts include: General Motors, Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, NBA/WNBA, The Walt Disney Company Foundation, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Coca-Cola Foundation, The Ford Motor Fund, Toyota, AARP, AFLAC, BP America, Inc., DuPont, ExxonMobil Foundation, Fannie Mae Corporation, FedEx Corporation, GE, Horowitz Family Foundation, Sheila C Johnson, Lehman Brothers, George Lucas, MacFarlane Partners, The J.
Jeweler: Fayed sought engagement ring
Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed had selected a ring because the couple intended to announce their engagement within a month, a jeweler testified Monday. Alberto Repossi told the inquest into the couple's deaths on Aug. 31, 1997, that they had visited his store in Monte Carlo a few weeks earlier, on Aug. 5. Shortly afterward, Repossi said Fayed telephoned to say "that he needed this ring for the end of August because at the beginning of September their engagement would be announced." Other witnesses at the inquest have expressed skepticism about an engagement, and whether the couple chose a ring in early August. Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed, has claimed that the impending announcement of an engagement, and the princess' alleged pregnancy, provoked a murderous plot against the couple directed by Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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