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Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously in a White House ceremony scheduled for April 4th. The Medal of Honor will be presented to Birgit Smith—Paul’s wife—by President of the United States, George W. Bush.
The Army has an awesome macromedia presentation about the battle including actual combat [...]

New Scientist is reporting on a study that suggests that dandruff, along with other biological detritus, may be affecting global climate and contributing to disease:

New Scientist—Could dandruff be altering the world’s climate? Along with fur, algae, pollen, fungi, bacteria, viruses and various other “bio-aerosols” wafting around in the atmosphere, it may well be.
A global study [...]

Jane Fonda has admitted that her 1972 visit to Vietnam was a betrayal:

MSNBC—NEW YORK – Fonda says her 1972 visit to a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site, an incident that brought her the nickname “Hanoi Jane,” was a “betrayal” of American forces and of the “country that gave me privilege.” …

Her confession will air this [...]

Ecuador has filed a request with the World Trade Organization asking them to arbitrate a looming banana war with the European Union:

EU Observer—Ecuador, the world’s biggest banana producer, has filed a request to the World Trade Organization to arbitrate a looming banana war with the European Union. …
Under the new regime, Latin American countries would [...]

The use of biometrics will soon branch into many parts of European daily life, but some experts worry about the potential misuse of biometric data:

EU Observer—Aside from question marks over the costs, privacy protection or social exclusion implications, the new trends could presumably lead to significant power accumulation by those in control of biometric data [...]

Congressman Tom DeLay of Texas remarked that a time will come for the men responsible for Terri’s death to answer for their behavior:

FoxNews—”Mrs. Schiavo’s death is a moral poverty and a legal tragedy. This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change,” DeLay said [...]

Terri Schiavo has died at the age of 41 after being starved to death. U.S. Courts did little but sanction the cruel execution of this helpless woman:

WorldNetDaily—Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured Florida woman at the center of an intense euthanasia battle died shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern time.
The news came after the U.S. Supreme Court [...]

I asked Dr. Kerry Sieh if the March 28th earthquake off the Banyak Islands in Indonesian had relieved enough stress to alleviate the threat of big quakes in the region. “Yes and no,” Dr. Sieh said, “significant stress has been relieved in the areas of high slip (under and around the Islands of Nias [...]

Famed OJ Simpson defense attorney Johnnie Cochran has died at the age of 67:

CNN—LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, 67, perhaps best known for his defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. …

Update (3/29/2005 8:05pm):
Johnnie Cochran’s family says he had been suffering from a brain tumor:

Bloomberg— Cochran died [...]

An approximately 10 foot high tsunami hit Simeuleu Island minutes after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday:

SMH—A three-metre-high tsunami struck Simeuleu Island near Aceh minutes after the huge earthquake that struck off Indonesia’s western coast, Kyoto and Agence France-Presse news agencies reported. …