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EPSILON
MAGAZINE.
NOVEMBER 2005. SPECIAL EDITION OF THE YEAR
FULL COVERAGE: THE HISTORICAL GAZA PULLOUT
POLITICAL SCANDALS & CONTROVERSIES OF THE YEAR THE NEWSMAKERS. 2005HOTTEST GOSSIPS
PERSONALITIES, STARS AND CELEBRITIES OF THE YEAR THE BLOODIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR: IRAQ, GAZA, ISRAEL BEST ENTERTAINERS AND CABARET SINGERS OF THE YEAR |
EPSILON MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER ISSUE 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1-COMMENTARIES
6-8 & P.77. COMMENTARY.
What If Iran Gets the Bomb? The Iranian Challenge to the West. By Dr. Ephraim Kam. The Iranians are conducting a clandestine nuclear program in parallel to the public one, the aim of which is clearly the acquisition of nuclear weapons. The Israeli intelligence assessment speaks of three or four years; the Americans add another year or two to this timetable. The Americans conducted a large-scale operation in Iraq in order to bring down a regime which was engaged, it was thought at the time, in supporting terrorism and having weapons of mass destruction programs. Iran is clearly in the same category, and therefore it is concerned about an American/Israeli operation against its nuclear facilities.
2-AROUND THE WORLD
9-16.
Around the World. Two Americans, German share
Nobel physics prize for work in optics.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden- Americans John Hall and Roy Glauber and German Theodor
Haensch won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for their work in advancing
the precision of optic technology, which...Read
the full article
France President Chirac say Turkey needs 'major cultural revolution' to join EU. BRUSSELS, Belgium- French President Jacques Chirac said that Turkey would need to undergo a "major cultural revolution" before entering the European Union, and he reiterated that France would hold a referendum on admitting Ankara to the bloc. The comments by Chirac represented the tought...Read the full article
Bush to name Harriet Miers, White House counsel, to Supreme Court: official. WASHINGTON, DC- President George W. Bush has chosen Harriet Miers, White House counsel and a loyal member of the president's inner circle, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court, a senior administration official said...Read the full article
SYRIA SEEKS TO CONCLUDE ARMS DEALS. MOSCOW, Russia- Syria has sought to conclude defense contracts with Russia. Russian officials said Syria has sought to finalize agreements for the purchase of a range of air and ground systems. They said most of the accords would focus on modernization of Soviet-origin land platforms in the Syrian military. On Monday, Syrian Chief of Staff Gen. Ali Habib arrived in Moscow...Read the full article
Turkey rejects any changes to EU agreement: Turkish official. ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey has rejected proposed changes to its framework agreement to opening accession talks with the European Union, a Turkish official said Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said that "the EU has proposed some changes to the framework document. Our minister has rejected them all."...Read the full article
Australians win Nobel medicine prize for finding bacteria behind stomach ulcers. STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Australians Barry Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for showing that bacteria was behind painful stomach ulcers in most people and not stress. Two Canadian stem cell researchers and British pioneers in determining how DNA is constructed were among the favourites for the coveted award honouring achievements in medical research. It opens this year's series of prize announcements, and will be followed by physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics...Read the full article
Karen Hughes mission unnecessary. ARAB NEWS (Saudi) "Arab Anti-Americanism a Myth". Amir Taheri - QUOTES FROM TEXT: "Bush's 'image queen', Karen Hughes is back in the US after embarking on a tour of Arab countries where conventional wisdom claims that anti-Americanism is second nature. No Arab anti-American has produced anything like the conspiracy theories that American intellectuals such as Noam Chomsy, Michael Moore, Scott Ritter, Seymour Hirsh, and Edward Said to name a few, have put on the markets everywhere, including the Arab world...Read the full article
India and Pakistan sign agreement on ballistic missile tests. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- India and Pakistan on Monday signed a deal requiring them to notify each other of plans for ballistic missile tests, a key step in the peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Khursheed Kasuri, announced the agreement after talks that they described as cordial and constructive. Groundwork for the deal was laid in talks in the Indian capital of New Delhi last month...Read the full article
Former East German secret service for years spied on current Pope. BERLIN, Germany- The former East German secret service considered Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, one of the most dangerous critics of communism and spied on him starting in 1974, a leading weekly reported Sunday. The Bild am Sonntag released excerpts of vast files...Read the full article
Indonesia suspects 2 al-Qaida-linked fugitives masterminded Bali bombings. BALI, Indonesia- Indonesia said Sunday it suspected two fugitives linked to al-Qaida had masterminded the suicide bombings of crowded restaurants in tourist resorts on the Indonesian island of Bali which killed at least 26 people and injured more than 100. Maj.-Gen. Ansyaad Mbai, a top Indonesian anti-terror official, identified the two suspected masterminds as Malaysians alleged to be key members of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group. They are also accused of orchestrating the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, as well as two other attacks in the Indonesian capital in 2003 and 2004. The nightclub bombings, which also struck venues crowded with tourists on a Saturday night, killed 202 people, most of them foreigners. ..Read the full article
3-HOTTEST GOSSIPS OF THE YEAR: THE REAL AND THE FAKE
17-27WHAT
THEY GOSSIPED ABOUT: THE REAL AND THE FAKE.
By Valerie Constand, World Jewish News Agency Staff Writer.
HE IS famous across Britain
for his foul-mouthed outbursts - but award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay
has now revealed his notorious temper to a new audience in the United
States...The Italian-American film
star was due to receive Milan's highest honour, the Golden Ambrosius award,
from the city's mayor on Thursday. He also failed to appear at a press
conference for the New York Tribeca film festival in Rome. In a
statement issued by his publicist in Los Angeles, De Niro, 61, blamed "serious
communication problems". Very possible? Yes? No! ?
More:
Computer animated sequel Shrek 2 has broken box office
records in the US, taking $11.8m (£6.7m) in one day.
It has scored the biggest midweek opening to date for an
animated feature, beating the record set by Pokemon: The First Movie in
1999...
SPEARS
GIVEN A DEADLINE. A US judge has ordered Britney
Spears to explain why she has not responded to a lawsuit filed by diet pill
makers. The companies behind Zantrex-3 claim
Spears' lawyers ...WENDY JAMES FIGHTS BACK.
Wendy James, the seductive former singer with
punk-pop band Transvision Vamp, is back with her first album in 11 years. She
burst onto the music scene in 1988 with the boisterous I Want Your Love, which
along with Baby I Don't Care helped Transvision Vamp notch up seven top 30
hits in the UK...and
MORE
BROOKE SHIELDS MAKES BIG TIME NEWS.
-It was nearly a lifetime ago that Brooke Shields
shocked the world as a knowing child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby and
told us that nothing came between her and her Calvins. As that rare creature
who navigated her way from child stardom to a successful adult career, Shields
looks back on it all as a fun time, a great opportunity. But now that she has
a baby of her own, she's wary about having her daughter follow her into the
spotlight...EMPRESS SORAYA SAGA: A £50-million legacy left by the Shah
of Iran's second wife is being passed on to the German government, after
claimants to the fortune were found to be impostors. Soraya Esfandiary
Bakhtiary left her vast legacy, which had been bestowed on her by the Shah, to
her brother Prince Bijan, but he himself passed away just a week after his
sibling. Since he died intestate and left no direct descendant...
SANDRA
BULLOCK WINS $7 M IN COURT. Actress Sandra Bullock has been awarded $7m
(£3.9m) after her dream home turned into an expensive nightmare. The Speed and
Miss Congeniality star was awarded the sum on Thursday by a jury after she
took the builder to a court in Austin, Texas.
MORE...SIR ELTON'S PERSONAL
PHOTOS COLLECTION: $900,000. Is Elton John's
fortune going multimedia? The British pop star, who usually makes his living
playing the piano, netted $900,000 US Thursday night by auctioning off a
collection of photographs taken by some of the world's most famous
photographers.
MORE THE LOOTED ART OF IRAQ
AND THE INSENSIBILITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE: Looted art from the museums of
Baghdad and the Archaeological Museum
returned to Iraq. Waves
of complaints from Iraqis and world communities were geared toward the
American military and the Bush's administration. The White House was busy
dealing with terrorism in and outside Iraq...THE
100 TRES CHIC AND TRES ELEGANT WOMEN OF THE WORLD: Harpers & Queen
compiled a list of famous women considered to be classy and chic. And this
notorious list was aimed at attracting the socialites attention to what
"class" and "style" are all about. Funny, some of the artists who are known to
be the worst dressed stars in Hollywood were squeezed in. This is how it goes.
You "crutch" my back, I "crutch" yours. However, a great number of refined
ladies, royalties and women of the high society. of London, New York, Paris
and Washington, D.C. made the list. The list included the 100 most elegant and
distinguished ladies who...
WHAT THEY GOSSIPED ABOUT: THE REAL AND THE FAKE.
CINEMA.
THEATER.
MUSIC. SHOWS. STARS From
the Desk of ARLETTE LAGRANGE AND ESTHER LANGLOIS, World Jewish News Agency
Staff Writers.
GEORGE LUCAS HONOURED. After creating Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and American Graffiti, Darth Vader might insist it was George Lucas' destiny to get the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award...ENTERTAINERS BECOME LOBBYISTS: "If you want to send a message," movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn once said, "call Western Union." Translation. Entertainers entertain. Leave politics to the politicians. But Goldwyn is 30 years dead, and this year more than ever, artists are using their art to inspire people to follow their lead to and at the ballot box...CHRIS ROCK TO HOST THE OSCARS: The Oscars have a piece of the Rock. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced Chris Rock will host the next Academy Awards telecast. Rock, who's been in the films Head of State and Dogma, is best known for his standup comedy specials Bigger & Blacker, Bring the Pain and Never Scared. NICOLE KIDMAN PREFERS REAL BRUNETTE: Blondes may have more fun, but Nicole Kidman says she'd rather have been born a brunette. In an interview with French magazine Paris-Match, the Oscar-winning actress also said she doesn't see herself pursuing her film career indefinitely. And she revealed that her 2001 divorce from Tom Cruise changed her criteria for selecting roles.
MORE
CABLE TELEVISION WILL NOT SHOW MOORE'S FILM.
A cable pay-per-view company has decided not to
show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that
included a showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is sharply
critical of President Bush. The company, IN DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to "legitimate business and legal concerns...JOHN
EDWARDS RIDICULES PRESIDENT BUSH ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
John Edwards has a theory about what was hidden
underneath an unusual wrinkle that appeared on the back of President George W.
Bush's suit jacket during his first debate with John Kerry. "I think it was
his battery," a grinning Edwards told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show on Tuesday.
"I think tomorrow, before the debate, John Kerry ought to pat him down,"
Edwards said, referring to the final Bush-Kerry matchup, scheduled for
Wednesday in Arizona.
MORE
REALITY TV FINED $1,183,000 FOR INDECENCY.
Federal regulators proposed a record
indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million US Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co.
for an episode of its reality series Married by America that included graphic
scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties. The Federal Communications
Commission said the material, which featured male and female Las Vegas
strippers in a variety of sexual situations, was indecent and patently
offensive, intended to "pander to and titillate the audience...BROADWAY,
THE FOLLIES, THE PBS AND YOU. Broadway:
The American Musical begins in 1893, with the arrival of a five-year-old
Russian boy born Israel Baline. He would adopt the United States as his
homeland and Irving Berlin as his name, and help forge an as-yet-unimagined
art form around an as-yet-unchristened Times Square. That same year, a young
promoter named Florenz Ziegfeld arrived from Chicago to conquer New York. The
first great impresario of the American musical, he would found the Ziegfeld
Follies. MORE
FEDS INVESTIGATE PAPER OVER LEAKED MEL GIBSON'S "PASSION" TAPE.
Feds investigate paper
over leaked ''Passion'' tape. The New York Post says it returned its rough cut
of the controversial Mel Gibson movie without copying it.
There's a new controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's movie ''The
Passion of Christ,'' and this time, the law is getting involved. The latest
flap is over a leaked copy of the yet-unreleased movie obtained by the New
York Post, which screened it for a panel and ran their reviews on Monday...and
much more.
4-ENTERTAINMENT: THE BEST AMERICAN CABARET-JAZZ STARS OF THE YEAR
28-57.
WORLD
OF CABARET:
AMERICA'S BEST
CABARET STARS AND
ENTERTAINERS
.
AMERICAN MUSIC AND THE BIRTH OF
CABARET FROM THE EARLY JAZZ ERA TO PRESENT. By
Maximillien de Lafayette.
Artists,
performers, entertainers, musicians, composers and singers of yesteryears and
at the dawn of American music were so different from those who came to the
scene of the modern American music of the 20th and 21st
centuries. The music was real musical composition, no Rap crap and heavy metal
distorting noises. The lyrics were simple, evocative, poetic and polite and
consequently, songs could be sung by all generations and audiences of all
ages. The musical productions were either super extravaganzas or daringly
intimate and sentimental. The outfits, suits, dresses and wardrobes were
either outrageous in their couture and style or traditionally elegant with
refined cuts and couture. And today, who are the REAL super duper entertainers
and cabaret divas in America?
5-CELEBRITIES FRONT PAGE NEWS
58-61.
Newsmakers. Paris
Latsis has only kind words for his ex-fiancée, Paris Hilton. LOS ANGELES - The engagement has been called off, but Paris Latsis has only kind words for his ex-fiancée, Paris Hilton. The 22-year-old
Greek shipping heir called Hilton "the most incredible woman I have ever met
in my life," in a brief statement released Monday through Hilton publicist
Elliott Mintz. "I respect her decision and appreciate the very kind and
generous manner in which she is handling her very difficult decision," Latsis
said...Read
the full article
"I'm illiterate and I faked my way through scripted portions of the televised U.S. talent show, which I won in 2004." Fantasia reveals in memoir. NEW YORK- American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino reveals in her memoirs that she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions of the televised U.S. talent show, which she won in 2004. "You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell," Fantasia told ABC's 20/20...Read the full article
Aliing Jane Fonda to miss Vadim film.
PARIS- Jane Fonda cancelled plans to attend a premiere of a documentary about her former husband Roger Vadim on Monday because of hip and back problems that prompted her to seek treatment at a Paris hospital. Flying to France had left Fonda with hip and back pain, said Karine Lyons, a spokeswoman for the French Riviera resort...Read the full articleMartha working on a third TV show. NORWALK, Connecticut -- Homemaking mogul Martha Stewart, who already has two TV U.S. shows, is working on a third. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, purchased a house in Norwalk last month that will be featured in a new home-improvement television show next year. The series, which has no name yet, is about a group of women who learn trades and help renovate the 125-year-old house...Read the full article
New California law targets paparazzi. SACRAMENTO, California -- Paparazzi who commit assault in their pursuit of celebrity photographs could be hit with hefty civil penalties in California under a new law. The law would allow people who are victims of paparazzi assaults to file lawsuits seeking up to three times the damages they suffered. The plaintiffs could also ask for punitive damages and a court order requiring the photographer to give up any income earned from the pictures involved. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill Friday ..Read the full article
Jay Leno motorbike raises half-mil for Katrina.
BURBANK, Calif. -- It looks like Jay Leno's celebrity-autographed motorcycle has raised nearly a half-million dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Bidding for the bike closed on the eBay auction website at 5 p.m. Thursday, and Leno announced during the taping of Thursday's Tonight Show that the winning bid was $505,100...Read the full article
Pitt
and Aniston sell $28m home.
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who were
officially divorced on Sunday, are selling their $28m (£16m) mansion.
The Hollywood stars announced their split in January, four-and-a-half
years after being married. The 1930s Beverly Hills home they shared comes
complete with pub, tennis court, art studio and screening room, according to
the Los Angeles Times. In August, a judge said the divorce...Read
the full article
ABC anchor, Peter Jennings leaves estate of $50m. News anchor for ABC, Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer in August, left an estate valued at more than $50m in his will. Jennings, 67, left most of the estate to his fourth wife and two grown-up children from a previous marriage. The influential journalist signed the will in April - 16 days after revealing he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Jennings, who had hosted ABC's World News Tonight since 1983, died on 7 August in New York...Read the full article
6-CDs OF THE YEARS
62-76. CDs OF THE YEAR. By Esther Cohen-Hamilton. The Top 10 Lists. Choice of the Month. New Talents. The winners and the losers. Top CDs: Reviews. The best and the worst, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Rock, etc...
7-POLITICAL SCANDALS & CONTROVERSIES OF THE YEAR
78.
POLITICS
FLASHBACK. IT DID HAPPEN THIS YEAR. President George Bush has apologised
for the first time for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops.
President Bush told reporters at the White House he
was "sorry for the humiliation suffered by the prisoners and their families".
His comments came a day after he was criticised for failing to apologise
during interviews with two Arab TV channels on the abuse scandal...Read
the full article
79.
BLOODIEST DAYS OF
THE YEAR.
80.Bush ignores thrust of new WMD report.
WASHINGTON, DC- Faced with a
harshly critical new report, President George W. Bush conceded Thursday that
Iraq did not have the stockpiles of banned weapons he warned about before the
invasion last year, but insisted that "we were right to take (military)
action." "America is safer today with Saddam Hussein in prison," Bush said in
a surprise statement to reporters as he prepared to fly to Wisconsin...Read
the full article
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