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Castro Is Worth $900 Million, Report Says
His Fortune May Be Twice That of Queen Elizabeth II


NEW YORK (May 5) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.

   
Rich Rulers and Royals
   
   



   

Castro, who says his net worth is nil, is likely the beneficiary of up to $900 million, based on his control of state-owned companies, the U.S. financial magazine said in its annual tally of "Kings, Queens & Dictators" fortunes Thursday.

Kings and sheikhs of the oil-rich Gulf Arab states still top the Forbes list, to be published in its May 22 edition.

Saudi King Abdullah is number one with an estimated $21 billion, followed by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at $20 billion and United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan at $19 billion.

Among Europeans, Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein improved upon his family fortune of palaces, real estate and artwork with an investment in a U.S. producer of hybrid rice, for total estimated riches of $4 billion.

Perhaps the most industrious of the leaders listed is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, with a net worth of $14 billion.

Forbes estimates the renowned racehorse breeder also helped raise Dubai's gross domestic product from about $8 billion to nearly $40 billion since 1994 by diversifying its industries outside of oil and making successful investments overseas.

"He would probably be the shrewdest of the bunch," said Luisa Kroll, associate editor at Forbes.

Africa's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea, made the list of wealthiest leaders for the first time. He is estimated to hold up to $600 million, the magazine said, although an oil boom has not prevented his country's slide down the United Nations' development rankings.

Castro had said he was considering suing after Forbes released its 2005 list, scoffing then his wealth was estimated to be close to that of the queen of England.

"Do they think I am (former Zairian President) Mobutu (Sese Seko) or one of the many millionaires, those thieves and plunderers that the empire has suckled and protected?" he said last year, referring to his capitalist archenemy, Washington.

This year, Castro would be well above the British monarch. Queen Elizabeth came in with some $500 million in estates, gems and a stamp collection built by her grandfather. The list does not include Buckingham Palace or the crown jewels.

A copy of the list, compiled by Forbes editors and not confirmed by the royals themselves, was released Thursday.

"People are always intrigued. What is the ultimate fantasy but being a rich princess or prince?" said Kroll, who edits the magazine's annual list of global billionaires.

"We keep it separate from the billionaires because there are some very tricky things about these folks," Kroll said. "It's very hard to separate state from personal wealth. Some of these fortunes literally go back 800 years."

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SALISBURY, Md. (May 2) - A 20-year-old was found by a Wal-Mart employee in the bathroom Sunday night after he sat down and was glued to the toilet seat.


The man, whose name was not released by police, was taken to the hospital late Sunday night, said Lt. Cheryl Rantz of the Salisbury Police Department.


"The man had gone into the bathroom and sat down," she said. "He was banging on the wall when the employee came in."


Rantz said the man was treated and released.

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Amid U.S. Pressure, Fox Refuses to Sign Drug Bill
Measure Would Have Legalized Small Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use in Mexico


MEXICO CITY (May 4) - Mexican President Vicente Fox backed off a bill that would have decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs, sending it back to Congress for changes rather than signing it into law.

   


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The announcement late Wednesday came after U.S. officials urged Mexico to tighten the proposed law "to prevent drug tourism." On Tuesday, Fox's spokesman had said he would sign the bill.

Fox will ask "Congress to make the needed corrections to make it absolutely clear in our country, the possession of drugs and their consumption are, and will continue to be, a criminal offense," according to a statement from the president's office released Wednesday.

The measure, which was passed Friday by Mexico's Congress, drew a storm of criticism because it eliminates criminal penalties possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine and PCP, as well as marijuana and cocaine.

Congress has adjourned for the summer, and when it comes back it will have an entirely new lower house and one-third new Senate members following the July 2 elections, which will also make Fox a lame duck.

However, Sen. Jorge Zermeno of Fox's conservative National Action Party - a supporter of the bill - said he thought Congress would be open to changing the legislation to delete a clause that extends to all drug "consumers" the exemption from prosecution that was originally meant to cover only recognized drug addicts.

"The word 'consumer' can be eliminated so that the only exemption clause would be for drug addicts," Zermeno told The Associated Press. "There's still time to get this through."

   
   
   
The bill contained many points that experts said were positive. It empowered state and local police - not just federal officers - to go after drug dealers, stiffened some penalties and closed loopholes that dealers had long used to escape prosecution.

But the broad decriminalization clause was what soured many - both in Mexico and abroad - to the proposal.

Earlier Wednesday, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said that "U.S. officials expressed their opposition to legalization or decriminalization of narcotics in any country" and "urged Mexican representatives to review the legislation urgently, to avoid the perception that drug use would be tolerated in Mexico, and to prevent drug tourism."

Some U.S. officials have expressed concern that the measure could increase drug use by border visitors and U.S. students who flock to Mexico on vacation.

Bryan said the U.S. government wants Mexico "to ensure that all persons found in possession of any quantity of illegal drugs be prosecuted or be sent into mandatory drug treatment programs."

Mexico's top police official, Eduardo Medina Mora, acknowledged on Tuesday that the U.S. anti-drug agency has expressed concern about the law. Some senators and community leaders in Mexico also objected to the bill. But even if it had passed, he noted that Mexican cities have the power to impose fines and overnight jail detentions for those caught with drugs in public.

Medina Mora said legislators had changed Fox's original proposal by inserting a controversial table laying out maximum amounts of drugs for "personal use," including cocaine, heroin, marijuana and ecstasy.

Current Mexican law allows judges latitude to drop charges if suspects can prove they are addicts and the quantity they were caught with is small enough to be considered "for personal use," or if they are first-time offenders.

The new bill would have made the decriminalization automatic, allowed "consumers" as well as addicts to have drugs, and delineated specific allowable quantities, which do not appear in the current law.

Under the law, consumers could have legally possessed up to 25 milligrams of heroin, 5 grams of marijuana (about one-fifth of an ounce, or about four joints), or 0.5 grams of cocaine _ the equivalent of about four "lines," or half the standard street-sale quantity.

The law also laid out allowable quantities for a large array of other drugs, including LSD, MDA, MDMA (ecstasy, about two pills' worth), and amphetamines.            

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The White House Plan for the Pandemic

Posted Wednesday, May. 03, 2006
Don't count on just vaccines, or only the feds. A White House report establishing a national response to a global disease outbreak, including bird flu, warns that state and local law enforcement may have to establish isolation and quarantine facilities and impose movement restrictions to try to contain the pandemic. Such measures, which would be undertaken with the help of the National Guard, illustrates the profound potential consequences of a severe flu pandemic, which could require medical care for a substantial percentage of the world's population, close schools and businesses and disrupt government services when they are needed most.

"Our efforts require the participation of, and coordination by, all levels of government and segments of society," President George W. Bush writes in a letter at the start of the report, adding that the nation has already "taken a series of historic steps to address the pandemic threat."

The red, white and blue, 227-page report is partly a plan for other plans, encouraging businesses and state and local governments to prepare for a flu pandemic just as they would for a terrorist attack or natural disaster, and not rely on the federal government to do everything. Amid increasing reports of bird flu in Asia, President George W. Bush released last November a "National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza," that set out a broad vision for preparedness and response, and today's more detailed document is a blueprint for implementing that plan.

David Heyman, homeland security program director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, praised the White House plan for placing "a greater emphasis on non-pharmacological interventions" than in previous reports, including Bush's plan last November. But he said "much more needed to be done," including providing more specific guidance to cities and states about what they should do.

The report, aiming for a tone that is realistic but not alarmist, said a pandemic would have "significant ramifications for the economy, national security, and the basic functioning of society." The report cites a Congressional Budget Office estimate from December that a modern pandemic could lead to the deaths of 200,000 to 2 million citizens. And it points out that even people who are not infected could miss work for weeks because of the illness of family members or public-health guidance to limit contact with others, threatening "the functioning of critical infrastructure providers, the movement of goods and services, and operation of anchor institutions such as schools and universities."

Guidelines for business range from the obvious to the disconcerting:

- Clean sinks, handles, railings and counters more often, since the virus can live for up to two days on such surfaces.

- Disinfect phones and keyboards.

- Reduce face-to-face meetings that are unnecessary, such as among colleagues working on a joint project.

- Keep three feet of distance ("spatial separation," in government-speak) among individuals. Other "social distancing measures" include staggering breaks, establishing flexible work hours and locations, and encouraging telecommuting.

Administration officials, backed by experts, have decided against sealing borders with Canada and Mexico in the event of an outbreak. The report says that "would likely delay but not stop the spread of influenza to the United States, and would have significant negative social, economic and foreign policy consequences." Alternatives include screening of people entering the United States, possibly with checks pre-departure, en route and upon arrival, because of the flu's typical two-day incubation period. Still, for all its detail, the report is a reminder that the nation, as Bush is fond of saying in the context of terrorism, "safer, but not yet safe."

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Video Game Lets Players Shoot at Immigrants



(May 2) - There's a video game making its way around the Internet, and many who have come across it say it crosses a line.

   


"Border Patrol" first surfaced in 2002, but has reared its ugly head once again amid the national uproar over illegal immigration.


"Border Patrol" is a Flash-based game that lets players shoot at Mexican immigrants as they try to cross the border into the United States. "There's one simple rule," the game's opening screen states, "keep them out ... at any cost!"

The game first surfaced in 2002, but amid the national uproar over illegal immigration, it has reared its ugly head once again.

"This was created by someone who had a racist agenda," said Brian Marcus, director of Internet monitoring for the Anti-Defamation League. "The person who made it intended that the message be racist and meant for it to spread hatred."

"Border Patrol" upsets many immigrants' rights groups, as well as others. But the game is nothing new, as hate groups and those just looking to ruffle some feathers have long used Flash-based games to spread messages of hate.

In "Border Patrol," players are told to target one of three immigrant groups portrayed in a negative, stereotypical way as the figures rush past a sign that reads "Welcome to the United States." The immigrants are caricatured as bandoleer-wearing "Mexican nationalists," tattoo-touting "drug smugglers" and pregnant "breeders" who sprint with children in tow.

The sign contains an American flag on which the stars representing the 50 states have been replaced with a Jewish Star of David, and a small sign that appears below says "Welfare Office" with an arrow.

"Extremist groups are always looking for new ways to get their message out," said Marcus, "and there's a lot of talk about how, when they make these games, they get a lot of attention."

While the timeliness and offensiveness have attracted a great deal of national media attention, "Border Patrol" isn't the first game of its kind.

Hate as a Genre?

   
   
Marcus points to games like "Ethnic Cleansing," in which players fight off groups that in the game embody racial, religious and sexual stereotypes to cleanse society.

Though he admits that sometimes the intent is more innocuous, the result can be the same.

In a game called "Kaboom," a player acts out the role of a suicide bomber who must take innocent civilians with him when he explodes.

The game offended many and came quickly to the attention of the ADL.

"When we investigated the question of what the person's [who created the game] intent was," Marcus explained, "it turned out to be a college student who did it in a few hours as a joke. He couldn't believe all of the excitement he had caused."

But that, Marcus said, points out a lack of sensitivity that perpetuates stereotypes inadvertently.

"We have people who are creating these kinds of games as a joke," he said. "But it still desensitizes people."

Easy to Make and Easy to Offend

"Flash games are very simple to make," explained Jason Ocampo, editor for Gamespot.com. "Most games require multimillion-dollar budgets that only big corporations can afford, but with Flash, a talented artist can create a game or animation with one or two people. All they need is the right software."

Ocampo says Flash games represent one of the many ways in which the Internet has given people the tools to express themselves online.

They're attractive to people who want to try their hand at making games because of their simplicity, but they are also attractive to players because they can be played right in an Internet browser and don't require any installation.

He says that while programs like Flash offer people a great way to make games and animations with little or no experience, such programs, like many things on the Web, can be misused as well.

"The anonymity of the Internet makes some people think they can't be held accountable for what they say or do," said Ocampo. "Because of that, there are certainly elements on the Web that revel in raising any kind of hell they can."

Games like "Ethnic Cleansing," "DriveBy 2" and "African Detroit Cop" were all created to further racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic opinions and to use the ubiquity of the Net to get the message out to as many people as possible.

But Ocampo points out that these are not anything like the games kids or even adults could end up buying in a video game store.

"Video game companies try to be edgy," he said, "but corporations know there are places they can't go without getting slapped with massive lawsuits."

He says there's no chance you'll see "Border Patrol" on an Xbox or PlayStation.

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