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HOT BUTTONS MIDDLE EAST PEACE INITIATIVE Arab leaders at the Beirut summit voiced support Wednesday for Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's peace initiative -- though some did so in terms that made it clear that important differences remain about the detail of any Arab peace plan. "This initiative is a basket of ideas where we put all our principles
and ideas to be presented to the world," Syrian President Bashar
Assad said. The son of the late Hafez Assad -- considered one of the more
hard-line Arab leaders -- said Abdullah's initiative offers -- in his own words -- "normal relations
and the security of Israel in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from
all occupied Arab lands, recognition of an independent Palestinian state
with noble Jerusalem as Assad also proposed the creation of a committee made up of Saudi Arabia,
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and concerned Arab countries
to thrash out the details of Abdullah's initiative. Observers pointed
out that this A similar suggestion was made by Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh,
who called for a mechanism to implement Abdullah's initiative and the
formation of a committee made up of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco,
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A survey of the policies controlling use of personal infor- mation gathered by Internet sites shows companies are taking privacy more seriously. The Progress and Freedom Foundation sponsored the survey, which basically
mirrored a Federal Trade Commission study done in late 2000 to provide
the most comparable data possible, said Jeffery Eisenach, PFF's president.
The survey looked at 85 of the most popular sites, such as amazon.com,
cnn.com and yahoo.com, as well as a random sample of sites receiving more
than 39,000 visits a month. Among the most popular sites, the collection of detailed personal information
decreased by 8 percent, he said, and the practice fell about 10 percent
in the random sample.The study's biggest surprise came in the area of
"cookies," Sites, especially the most popular ones, were also more likely to offer visitors choices in how personal information might be used or shared outside the company. The biggest sites offered options 93 percent of the time, as opposed to 77 percent of the time in the 2000 study. The use of more restrictive "opt-in" choices, where a user must choose to take part instead of saying "no thanks" to an offer, more than doubled among the biggest sites, the study showed. FTC commissioners Thomas Leary and Orson Swindle also were at the news conference. Both said the study seems to indicate market forces are doing a good job in shaping proper online privacy behavior. "We're seeing businesses competing based on good privacy practices," Swindle said. "That might be the ultimate (privacy) goal we could hope to attain." The increased knowledge consumers have gained online also seems to be rubbing off in the real world, as indicated by great interest in a national "do not call" database to stop telemarketers, he said. -- How concerned are you about the personal information gathered by Web sites? Do you mind sharing such information? Why or why not? (Thanks to Scott R. Burnell, UPI Science News) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* This is one offer you just have to check out! Getting your FREE Camera
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span the eras of vaudeville, movies, radio and television. He also headlined
in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J., wrote several books, and helped
found the Hollywood Bob Hope once said Berle's career spanned every area of show business -- "television, film, radio, vaudeville ... the Crusades." The cigar-chomping comic was known for his shamelessly mug- ging, ribaldry, cross-dressing and theft of other comedians' material. Fellow comedians called him "The Thief of Bad Gags." During the early days of television, Berle wasn’t the biggest star
-- he was the ONLY star. His instant popularity made him "Mr. Television."
He gained a second nickname one night when popular that on Tuesday nights,
families and viewers across the country crowded in front of their TV sets.
Movie theaters were half-full and restaurants empty as people stayed home
to watch "Uncle It was said that Berle’s show sold more TV sets than any advertising campaign. "The Texaco Star Theater" soon became "The Milton Berle
Show," In recent years, Berle lived quietly in Beverly Hills, Calif., with his
wife, Lorna. But he remained active in the show business community, visiting
the Friars Club and frequently attending parties. In 1995, he provided
the voice for the As he approached his 89th birthday, Berle remarked, "Our theme is 'We Drink, We Smoke, We Gamble,' Throw in a lotta laughs and that's not a bad formula for longevity is it?" Berle was diagnosed with colon cancer last year and had been under hospice care for several weeks when he died Wednesday at the age of 93. -- What are your favorite memories of Milton Berle?
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