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Murders are up in New York, and other big cities. After many years of decline, the number of murders climbed this year in New York, and many other major U.S. cities, reaching their highest levels in a decade in some places. Among the reasons given: gangs, drugs, the easy availability of illegal guns, a disturbing tendency among young people to pull guns when they do not get the respect they demand, and, in Houston at least, an influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

Earthquake Knocks Out Communication Systems in Taiwan. Telephone lines and Internet service went dead across much of Asia on Wednesday, after two powerful earthquakes damaged undersea cables, used by several countries to route calls and online traffic. That explains my problems with the internet.

Airline Blames Poor Lighting for Jet Mishap Involving British PM Blair. British Airways blamed poor lighting at Miami International Airport, for a commercial jet overshooting a runway, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family aboard, but airport officials said Wednesday that the lights were fine. There has to be an easier way to kill your prime minister.

Those were the headlines for today. Perhaps you thought: Jenifer, you are lazy, and unreliable, because my blog entry for yesterday was only posted this morning. Then I have to remind you that I'm working in Thailand, and internet traffic to the States came to an almost standstill. Everything was produced according to schedule, but the uploading was impossible. Due to a stupid earthquake in Taiwan. And they promised us that we will have problems for the next couple of weeks. So now you know. How to explain this murder attack on Prime Minister Tony Blair? Miami International Airport says there was nothing wrong with their lights and still a very dangerous situation developed when a plane, with Tony Blair and family on board, over shot the runway. I asume the pilot was not drunk. America is a friendly country to the U.K. We know however that people are calling for Mr. Blair to resign as soon as possible. These calls come from within his own country. Could this have been something far more sinister then we are being told?

But as usual, I don't care whatever you do, for whatever reason, as long as you don't forget: Love a soldier. Love, Jenifer. bloomjenifer@yahoo.co.uk