The Daily Tension for Fri. 16 June

TENSION NEWSMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney speaks during a Town Hall Meeting at her district offices in Decatur, Ga., Friday, June 2, 2006. A grand jury declined to indict McKinney in connection with a confrontation with a Capitol police officer.

DC METRO
No charges against Rep. McKinney in scuffle with Capitol Police
(USA Today) -- A grand jury declined to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney on Friday in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.

Grand Jury Declines to Indict McKinney
(ABC News) -- Grand Jury Declines to Indict Cynthia McKinney in Connection With Capitol Police Confrontation

HEALTH
Taking Pain to the MAT
DALLAS (nbc5i.com) -- A new treatment in muscle therapy is spelling relief for North Texans’ pain and tension. MAT--short for muscle activation technique is all about restoring people's range of motion.

FINANCIAL
Crude Prices Rise Ahead of Weekend
NEW YORK (AP) -- Crude oil prices rose for the third straight day ahead of the weekend, but lingering worries about weakening demand kept prices from closing above $70 a barrel.

EADS struggles with swirling controversy sparked by Airbus delays
PARIS (AFP) -- EADS is grappling with a burgeoning controversy at its aircraft unit Airbus that has exposed communications lapses and threatens to revive Franco-German friction at the heart of the European aerospace group.

NATIONAL
A Tribute To CBS News' Paul Douglas
(CBS News) -- CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips remembered Paul Douglas in a eulogy delivered at his funeral on June 12. Douglas, killed in Iraq on May 29, was remembered as someone with skill and savvy to spare.

CANADA
'I'm nobody's puppet,' Harper says
(cbc.ca) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rejected suggestions that he's a "puppet" of George W. Bush because he supports the U.S. president's positions on some international matters.

IRAQ
House Rejects Timetable for Iraq Pullout
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday rejected a timetable for pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq after a ferociously partisan debate, forcing lawmakers in both parties to go on record on a major issue in re-election campaigns nationwide. A day after the Senate took the same position against troop...

Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, left, shows his tied hands during a Capitol Hill news conference, Wednesday, June 14, 2006, to discuss the House Leadership's unwillingness to hold a full debate on Iraq war. Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., is at right.

House approves election-year Iraq resolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- In a vote charged with election-year politics, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution on Friday that wrapped the Iraq conflict into the war on terrorism and rejected a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal.

Papers Show 'Gloomy' State of Insurgency
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A blueprint for trying to start a war between the United States and Iran was among a "huge treasure" of documents found in the hideout of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi officials said Thursday. The document, purporting to reflect al-Qaida policy and its cooperation with groups loyal to ousted President Saddam Hussein, also appear to show that the insurgency in Iraq was weakening.

IRAN
Iran: Incentive Package a 'Step Forward'
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday a U.S.-endorsed incentive package was a positive step toward resolving the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad's remarks were the highest-level sign that Iran was preparing to negotiate over the package, which...

ILLEGAL ALIENS
IDs Stolen for Work a Growing Problem
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) -- Audra Schmierer's Social Security number really gets around. It has been used by at least 81 people in 17 states, most of them probably illegal immigrants trying to get work.

MIDDLE EAST
Hamas, Fatah, Jockey in Gaza and West Bank
(NPR) -- Tension is mounting between Hamas and Fatah in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinians fear there is no way to stop the slide toward civil war.

Palestinian Demonstrators Storm Parliament
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Dozens of Palestinian civil servants stormed a parliamentary session on Wednesday to demand long-overdue salaries, attacking Hamas lawmakers and forcing the parliament speaker to flee the building.

AFRICA
Liberia: Info. Minister Shows Concern For Journalists
(AllAfrica.com) -- Information Minister Johnny McClain has appealed to the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) to help calm rising tension within the media in the wake of reports of attacks against journalists by state security personnel.

ASIA
Taiwanese investment in China seen at US$ 150 B
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Despite political tension, Taiwan's cumulative investment in rival China has grown as high as US$ 150 billion, three times higher than previously estimated, the island's government said Friday.

Bashir release heightens tension between Australia and Indonesia
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) -- ELEANOR HALL: As anger builds in Australia over the release from prison of Indonesian cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, Prime Minister John Howard today described the relationship between Australia and Indonesia as "very difficult".

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