Olmert expressed hope Monday that peace finally could be achieved. A senior member of the Palestinian delegation said an elusive joint statement on the contours for future talks was within reach.

"I'm looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the president of the Palestinian Authority to see whether or not peace is possible," Bush said after meeting with Olmert in the Oval Office ahead of the conference. Bush had a similar meeting scheduled with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day. "I'm optimistic," Bush said.

Olmert said that international support — from Bush and also, presumably, from the Arab nations that will attend the conference in Annapolis, Md. — "is very important to us" and could make all the difference. click here

During the gathering, the two firebrand leaders echoed one another, blaming U.S. President George W. Bush's policies for the decline of the dollar and its negative effect on other countries, and challenging Saudi Arabia's reluctance to mention weak dollar concerns in the summit's final declaration.

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Oct. 19, 2007 -- A Japanese company is launching fake shark fins in China, hoping to tap a market as prices for real ones rise amid concerns the species is being hunted to extinction.
Shark fin is considered one of the highest-end delicacies in Chinese cuisine and also fetches high prices in select Japanese restaurants.
Nikko Yuba Seizo Co. a Japanese food-processing company, said it had developed artificial shark fins made out of pork gelatin. Its top executives returned Friday from a two-day trip to China to introduce the products.
"Shark fin prices have been rising constantly in recent years due to a fall in the volume traded, so we decided to develop an artificial fin," said Tadashi Kozuka, a top official of the company which also trades real shark fins imported from Indonesia, Brazil and elsewhere.

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Oct. 19, 2007 -- "Ah," "ee," "aw" and "oo" are not just vowel sounds, but vocalizations that can now control a computer cursor. The Vocal Joystick detects sounds at 100 times a second and then turns them into movements on the screen.
The device could help people with disabilities surf the Internet, draw, play video games, control an electronic wheelchair and even operate a robotic arm.
"If you have full vocal capabilities, it's very natural and doesn't require anything special," said Jeff Bilmes, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The system is essentially a software program that allows users to specify any sounds they want and then associate them with movements otherwise controlled by joystick knobs or buttons.
For example, "ah" could drive the cursor up; "oo" send it down; "ee" make it go left and "aw" make it go right.
A hard "k" sound could do the same thing as clicking a mouse button and a "ch" could simulate releasing the button. Increase the volume and the cursor moves faster.
The technology calls to mind Victor Borge, the musician and comedian famous for his "Phonetic Punctuation" routine, in which he recited a story, making onomatopoetic sounds for the commas, periods, question marks, etc.
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did u know now our military in our world are still in iraqu if they get cought they are still searching for some poeple but so far it is good the caost looks clear and now the war will probably be over i hope but also news poeple in finland have been doing some sucide and there may be some terorist attack also it will be sunny today so ya that it

todays news is that the milatary is still lokking in the iraqu city for citezens and if any one attack they will fire ammunition the military has not still confirmed it but they are still surching.

FINLAND HAS A SUICIDE MISSION WERE 38 FINLANDS DIED BY SUCIDE BOMBS AND LASO IN FINLAND THE ATTACK IS GOING ON

IN FINLAND THERE WAS SUICIDE

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