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This Week Transcript: Peter Orszag and Eric Cantor
OMB Director and Republican whip on "This Week."
March 1, 2009 -- ABC'S "THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS"
[*] (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) STEPHANOPOULOS: Good morning, and welcome to "This Week."
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The time to take charge of our future is here.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Obama's ambitions.
OBAMA: Health care cannot wait. Double this nation's supply of renewable energy. Make sure that you can afford a higher education.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Is the president's bold agenda achievable? Will Congress choke on the cost? We'll ask the cabinet member who wrote Obama's budget and the congressman who's now the president's sparring partner.
OBAMA: I'm going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor. Some day, he's going to say, "Boy, Obama had a good idea."
STEPHANOPOULOS: Republican Whip Eric Cantor, OMB Director Peter Orszag, only on "This Week."
OBAMA: Our combat mission in Iraq will end.
STEPHANOPOULOS: ... a promise kept. But why are Democrats more skeptical than Republicans? That and the rest of the week's politics on our powerhouse roundtable with George Will, Katrina vanden Heuvel, plus, Bill Clinton's pollster Stan Greenberg and George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove.
And, as always, the Sunday funnies.
BILL MAHER, TALK SHOW HOST: It was a powerful speech. Joe Biden said it made the hair that was transplanted from the back of his neck stand up.
ANNOUNCER: From the heart of the nation's capital, "This Week" with ABC News chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos, live from the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hello again. The headlines screamed out all this week, each day another sweeping proposal from President Obama and each day more signs of just how sick our economy is, with warnings that another depression is increasingly possible.
The key question: How should government respond to this economic emergency? We'll hear from both sides this morning, starting with the key player crafting President Obama's budget, Budget Director Peter Orszag.
Welcome to "This Week," your first Sunday show appearance.
ORSZAG: Good morning. STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me begin with the budget, $3.6 trillion on Thursday, you said you could cut the deficit in half over the next five years, based on reasonable but somewhat optimistic assumptions. Then, on Friday, we learn that the economy dropped more than 6 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. Does that mean you have to go back to the drawing board?
ORSZAG: I think what it means is it just underscores that we've inherited these pair of trillion-dollar deficits. Remember, that was a very negative number for the end of last year before we took office. It just...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But it affects this year.
ORSZAG: It does. It just -- it -- and that's why we have these two problems that we need to face, the trillion-dollar gap between how much the economy is producing and how much it could produce and then these trillion-dollar deficits under current policies.
The first thing we had to do was get the recovery act enacted. We did that. That's intended to address that first gap, the GDP gap. As we go out over time and the economy recovers, we need to get those out-year deficits down, and that's what this budget does.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But the question is, is the stimulus going to be enough to actually get the kind of growth you're calling for? I want to show a chart here that shows where the OMB projections of the economy turn up right now.
You say that, over the next year, the economy is going to fall about 1.2 percent, the average private forecast 2.0 percent. The case you're putting to the banks, the stress tests you're putting on the banks assumes that the economy is going to fall by 3.3 percent.
And, you know, economists like Allen Sinai say it's a hope, a wing, and a prayer. It's a return to a sanguine view of the economy that is simply not justified.
ORSZAG: Well, what I would say is, our forecast is entirely in line with, for example, the Congressional Budget Office's, once you include the effects of the recovery act. Now, since those forecasts were done...
STEPHANOPOULOS: You got this bad news about last year.
ORSZAG: ... and the -- which is why it's a good thing we acted so quickly on the recovery act. Going out over time, we have to get these out-year deficits down, and that's what we're intended to do.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But -- but -- but looking at this year, because your whole deficit reduction strategy hinges on the economy growing at the rate you say it's going to grow. It is still realistic to think your numbers are going to be met?
ORSZAG: I think so. And, again, the deficit reduction doesn't just come from the economy recovering. And by 2013 or 2014, let's all hope that the economy is back on its feet. That's what we're trying to do through all -- all the changes that we're making.
But we have $2 trillion in deficit reduction contained in the budget. We've got both spending constraints and additional revenue, as the economy recovers. That's where a lot of the deficit reduction comes from.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But most of the deficit reduction comes from assuming at first that the war in Iraq was going to continue at the same levels for several years, and that simply wasn't going to happen, was it?
ORSZAG: Well, let's -- let's be clear about this. We're going to spend about $140 billion on the war this year. The president is committed to getting -- to winding down the war. That's going to save money. It's pretty clear.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The Republicans have taken aim specifically at the revenues in this package, especially the idea you have to get about $600 billion from capping carbon emissions. Here was Newt Gingrich speaking this week.
GINGRICH: How dumb do they think we are that they can pretend that an energy tax isn't an energy tax, and they can pretend that every retired American who uses electricity isn't going to pay it, and every person in New Hampshire who uses heating oil isn't going to pay it, and every person who drives a car isn't going to pay it?
STEPHANOPOULOS: You've talked a lot about honesty and transparency in the budget. The Republicans are saying you're simply not being honest, that this revenue from the carbon -- from capping carbon tax is going to be a tax on everyone, pure and simple.
ORSZAG: What's very clear is this budget delivers a tax cut to 95 percent of working families. I mean, I think we have to come back to the basic question here. I just reject the theory that the only thing that drives economic performance is the marginal tax rate on wealthy Americans and the only way of being pro-market is to funnel billions and billions of dollars of subsidies to corporations.
That is the heart of this argument. And I think it's -- I think we've already -- we've seen what the effects are over the last eight years.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you do concede that this capping of carbon emissions is going to increase energy rates for just about everyone in the country? And that is the equivalent of a tax, isn't it?
ORSZAG: Well, I think we have to be -- let's be fair about this. Either you're going to look at what -- what is collected through the tax code and what's returned through the tax code.
And on that basis, there's a tax cut for 95 percent of Americans, or you have to go all in. Let's also count the benefits that families get through Pell Grants, the benefits that they'll receive through constraining health care costs, the benefits that they get from weatherizing their homes, and so on. All in, this budget makes the vast majority of American families much better off.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you're not -- you're not disputing that this package -- the cap-and-trade on its own will increase prices for -- for most Americans, but they're going to be getting other benefits in the budget?
ORSZAG: Absolutely.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And there is also -- the Republicans are also taking aim -- including our next guest, Eric Cantor -- at your proposal to shave deductions, the benefit of the deductions for Americans earning over $250,000 a year. Congressman Cantor says, "Is there any better time to have charities in full throttle than when you have tough economic times?" Your response? ORSZAG: There's been a lot of confusion about this, too. Let's be clear about several things. First, the best thing that could help charitable contributions is to get the economy back on its feet. That was the whole goal of the recovery act.
This proposal doesn't take effect until 2011. The revenue would be dedicated to health care reform, and that is the key to our fiscal future, so let's keep our eye on that.
Furthermore, the majority of contributions come from middle-class families. And you have to ask this fundamental question...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Who, you say, aren't going to be hit by this?
ORSZAG: Not only are not going to be hit by it, but let's ask a question of fairness. A middle-class family makes $1,000 contribution to a charity, they get $150 back on their taxes. Bill Gates makes that same contribution, $1,000 to the same charity, he gets $350 back on his taxes. All we're saying is the tax break for Bill Gates should be walked back a bit to $280.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you know it's not just Republicans who have a problem with this proposal. Key Democrats, like the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad, I think Senator Baucus, as well, have said, wait a second, we're not sure we can go along with this. If the Senate and the House will not go along with this proposal to shave deductions, does that mean you'll scale back your health care promises?
ORSZAG: Well, we hope they will go along with it. And what we have said is...
STEPHANOPOULOS: I know, but that's not what I asked.
ORSZAG: But let's be clear about the health reform. Health care is the key to our fiscal future. We are going to make sure that it is not only self-financing over the next 5 to 10 years, which means if that revenue stream isn't available, something else will have to be.
And in addition, those reforms to health care, making the system more efficient, will help bend the curve over the long term and vastly improve our long-term fiscal future.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So that's an important point. Just to be clear, then, you're saying you will not increase the deficit more than we have right now in order to pay for that health care? If the revenues don't come in, then you will not go forward with the health care?
ORSZAG: We need some other proposal. No, no, that's -- we're going forward with health care. We're going to get health care reform done this year. I think this proposal will get enacted. But if it -- if it doesn't, then we're going to need to come up with some other offset.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Congress will have to fill the hole. But what if they don't? ORSZAG: Look, we want to get health care reform done this year, and we want to do it in a way that doesn't add to the deficit and that also helps bend the curve over the long term.
STEPHANOPOULOS: A lot of people I talked to on Capitol Hill say, you know, they look at the scope of this, and they worry that you're going to overload the circuits in the House and the Senate in Congress. Can you really go forward with the kind of health care proposal you're talking about here, a more than $600 billion reserve fund, and go forward with the energy proposals, more than $600 billion in revenue? Can you do both this year? And if you can't, which one takes priority?
ORSZAG: I think we can. We face big problems, and we've got to -- we've got to tackle them. Clearly, this budget is changing course. It's, like, you know -- and the GPS system is recalculating the route and people are getting used to that. But we -- we have these big problems, and we need to tackle them.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And in order to get it, though, you saw how difficult it was to actually spend money, give benefits with the stimulus package. You're scrapping for those three Republican votes. Some key Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying, if you want to do all of these big projects this year, you're going to have to follow what is called the reconciliation process, put health care, put energy inside the reconciliation process so that the effect of it is you only need 51 votes, not 60. Is that the administration's intention?
ORSZAG: I think it's premature to be figuring out the legislative strategy exactly right now.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you're not ruling it out?
ORSZAG: It's not where we go first, but we have to keep everything on the table. We want to get these -- these important things done this year.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about on the bank bailout? The president was pretty clear on Tuesday night that more funds might be needed for the banks.
OBAMA: This plan will require significant resources from the federal government and, yes, probably more than we've already set aside. But while the cost of action will be great, I can assure you that the cost of inaction will be far greater.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You've put a $750 billion placeholder in the budget for the banks. Is that what you're going to be requesting from the Congress?
ORSZAG: No, let's again be clear about this. The budget is intending to be responsible. We put a placeholder in there just as an insurance policy should additional financial stabilization efforts become...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But he was pretty clear you're going to need more money.
ORSZAG: It's not -- look, let's -- if additional efforts become necessary, we'll work with Congress on the scale and scope of them. We wanted to put a placeholder in just in case, because there's a lot of uncertainty, obviously, and, again, just to be responsible, we thought it was better to put a placeholder than -- than nothing.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But the odds are that you're going to need something. The president was clear on that. We've gotten nothing but bad news out of the banks over the last week. And it was also clear from the last time the TARP, the bank bailout, was voted on that this is going to be a very tough vote. And I'm -- I know from my own reporting that, if this were put to a vote today, you do not have the votes in the House or the Senate. What's going to have to change to get congressional support?
ORSZAG: Well, again, we don't have a legislative proposal at this point. We have a placeholder just in case something becomes necessary. We would work with the Congress to craft a response, should one become necessary, that would pass.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The -- you've seen some bipartisan criticism over the long-term impact of this budget, real concern over the long- term increase to the debt from both the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and the Republican ranking member, Senator Gregg. Take a look. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. KENT CONRAD, D-N.D.: I'm concerned about the long-term build-up of debt. I'm especially concerned about the second five years of this budget.
SEN. JUDD GREGG, R-N.H.: This budget doubles the debt of the federal government in 5 years, triples the debt of the federal government in 10 years.
STEPHANOPOULOS: They want to solve the problem by creating a commission, similar to the base-closing commission, where Congress and the administration would come together, come up with a package of revenue increases, spending cuts, and then force an up-or-down vote in the Congress. The president told a group, according to the Wall Street Journal, of Blue Dog Democrats last month that he was for this proposal. Is he?
ORSZAG: Well, I think it's clear that we need some changes in the process, whether it's the one that Senators Conrad and Gregg have proposed or ones that are more focused on health care. And let's -- let's focus on that, because that is the key driver of those long-term deficits.
That's why we want to get reform done this year. We can make our health care system much more efficient, and that is the single most important thing we could do to get those long-term deficits under control.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So -- so to be clear on that, are you then, I mean, looking for a -- some kind of a commission for health care?
ORSZAG: Well, there are different ideas that have been out there on health care. For example, Senator Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has proposed a federal health board that would move a lot of the decision-making away from the Senate Finance Committee and the -- and the Congress in general towards a group of more politically insulated and technically skilled people.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you're for that, but not for a broader budget commission right now?
ORSZAG: Well, I'm just saying, there are lots of ideas floating around out there. And, obviously, one of the things that came out of the fiscal responsibility summit that we had last week is a discussion about the best way of moving forward. We will be exploring all of these ideas with the Congress. And, clearly, I think some changes are necessary, whether it's the focus on health care or -- or our broader...
STEPHANOPOULOS: So open to it, but no final decision?
ORSZAG: Yes. STEPHANOPOULOS: Finally, this week the Senate is going to be debating an omnibus spending proposal that has several thousand earmarks. The president was very clear that he wanted earmark reform during the campaign, said he wanted to get back to 1994 levels. Congressman Cantor, who's coming up, says the president ought to veto this budget because there are so many earmarks in it, yet the Democratic leaders in the Senate are defending the proposal.
SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV., SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: Since we've been a country, we have had the obligation as a Congress to help direct spending. We cannot let spending be done by a bunch of nameless, faceless bureaucrats buried in this town someplace.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I don't think he meant that personally to you, but there's a real showdown here between the president's priorities. There's a lot of spending in that bill, investments that he thinks are important. There are also several thousand earmarks. So does that mean he signs the bill or vetoes it?
ORSZAG: We want to -- this is last year's business. We want to just move on. Let's get this bill done, get it into law and move forward.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So he'll sign it?
ORSZAG: Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And what kind of earmark reform will he call for?
ORSZAG: We're going to be working with the Congress. We want to make sure that earmarks are reduced and they're also transparent. We're going to work with the Congress on a set of reforms to achieve those...
STEPHANOPOULOS: But he signs this bill this year?
ORSZAG: This is -- this is last year's business. We just need to move on.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Peter Orszag, thanks very much.
ORSZAG: Thank you.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Now, for the Republican perspective, we go to Congressman Eric Cantor. He comes to us from Richmond, Virginia.
Let's start where I just ended with Mr. Orszag right there. You heard it. The president's not taking your advice on the omnibus spending bill.
CANTOR: Good morning, George. Listen, I mean, the president was elected by the people of this country to institute change in Washington and to finally demand a federal government that is accountable to the people. We have a -- almost a $500 billion omnibus bill that came out of the House that will be considered by the Senate.
You know, I think that we need to put our money where our mouth is and not just do as I say, not as I do. We have got to institute reform so that the public can regain their confidence. The fact that there are 9,000 earmarks in this bill and the fact that the vetting process just doesn't take place the way it should, we ought to stand up and draw the line right now and stop the waste.
I mean, George, we cannot continue to afford to throw trillions of dollars out a week on the backs of the people of this country.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you oppose the president on the omnibus spending bill. Obviously, you opposed the president on the stimulus package. Your colleagues give you a lot of credit for executing the strategy whereby no Republicans in the House voted for the president's recovery package. Will any House Republicans vote for the president's budget?
CANTOR: Listen, George, this budget obviously has raised a lot of concerns and a lot of different areas. But let's remember what the priority should be right now. The priority should be focused on preserving and protecting creating new jobs.
I mean, I talk to small-business people in my district all the time. They're hurting right now. They're not even taking home a paycheck, and they're struggling to make the bills at the end of the month and to keep the lights on. That spells real danger for our economy.
So we need to focus our efforts to make sure that what we do in Washington does one thing and one thing first, and that is to focus on economic growth.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So the president...
CANTOR: And this budget -- this budget will have -- we will have to work on this budget a lot in order to get this spending plan into that type of focus.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So let me go back to the same question: Will any Republicans vote for this budget? CANTOR: Well, George, as you know, you know, this budget has to make its way through the House. And, again, we want to work with this president. We want people to regain their confidence in Washington. And what people are looking for is results.
Again, go back to that small-business person. People are hurting. They're looking for policies that finally will institute job growth, not just transfers of wealth.
And what we see in this budget, frankly, is an attempt, again, to try and stimulate the economy through government expenditure. And, you know, at best what that can do is redistribute wealth. It can't create jobs; it can't create wealth. We've got to get back to focusing on job creation and creating prosperity.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So it's clear that you're against this budget. You're not going to make a prediction. But let me move on to the broader political question here. Right now, you've made your views on -- on the economy, on these proposals pretty clear, but the public seems to be siding with President Obama. His approval rating is still quite high on the economy itself.
Who do you trust to handle the economy? According to our ABC News poll, 61 percent say they trust President Obama. Only 26 percent trust the Republican Party. That's the largest gap we've seen in a generation.
On who's reaching out to the other side, 73 percent say that President Obama is reaching out to work with the Republicans, but only 34 percent think that Republicans are reaching out to work with the president.
Are you worried that the impression that you're not working with the -- the president, you're not trusted on the economy, and you're rooting for him to fail is going to burn in and be burned in and locked in with the American public?
CANTOR: George, nobody -- no Republican, no Democrat -- wants this president to fail, nor do they want this country to fail or the economy to fail. What we did in the House during the first weeks of the stimulus debate is to come up with a plan. I personally handed that plan to President Obama at his suggestion. He said, "Bring us your ideas."
We developed a plan that, frankly, we felt could create twice as many jobs at half the cost. Now, that plan did not make its way into Speaker Pelosi's stimulus bill. But that doesn't mean...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Now, the White House -- let me just stop you there, because the president says and the White House says that they did incorporate some of your suggestions. They incorporated some of the tax cut suggestions you had; they also incorporated your ideas on government transparency to put -- to put the spending up on a Web site so everybody knew what was going on.
CANTOR: Well -- well, George, again, on the transparency issue, when I met with then-President-elect Obama, I suggested that we put everything up online immediately so we could have some ventilation of ideas in this country. Unfortunately, what went up online was the finished product once everything was hammered out, and the public did not have enough opportunity to, I think, opine on what they felt their taxpayer dollars should be spent on.
But, look, at the end of the day, the public is looking for results. They're tired of Washington just throwing money at a problem without having a well-thought-out plan.
That's what we need to do. We need to focus on how we can return to an era of job creation, of more confidence on the part of small- business people, so that the middle class in this country can regain the financial security that they lost through regaining job security.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, it's not just Democrats who say that the Republican response has been wanting. Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah made some -- made some headlines this week when he -- he talked about the approach of the Republican leadership here in Washington. Here's what he had to say.
GOV. JON HUNTSMAN JR., R-UTAH: I've not met them. I don't listen or read to whatever it is they say, because it's inconsequential completely. The future of our party will be based upon what happens in the laboratories and the incubators of democracy, make no mistake about it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Those are some pretty harsh words from a member of your own party, a governor of your own party.
CANTOR: Well, I cannot comment, because I haven't spoken to the governor. But let me -- let's say this, George. You know that the House Republicans have 178 members in the House out of 435. Speaker Pelosi does not need our votes to pass any legislation.
But what we need to do as a party is we need to be out there positing affirmative plans, positive alternatives to the problems facing this country. And, frankly, I believe that the people of this country think that we are spending entirely too much money, the money that we don't have. And as we see in this budget that has been presented last week, it is proposing massive tax increases on people and on businesses that can't afford to pay them.
So we need to get some balance. We need to have a focus on middle-class families to make sure that the uncertainty is lifted and they can regain their confidence, as well as the investing public, so we can see job creation again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But Governor Huntsman says that you're not going to be reaching out to broaden the base of the party, reaching out to young people who've left the Republican Party in droves, unless you do have that positive agenda on the environment, unless you move to the middle on issues like gay rights. Are you prepared to do that in the House?
CANTOR: There is no question the Republican Party has to return to be one of inclusion, not exclusion. And we are a party with many ideas. And we have in that a commitment to make sure that we have positive alternatives, if we don't agree with this administration or the House Democrats, and to continue to put those ideas forward.
And, again, the problems facing this country and the problems facing the working moms in the suburban office parks, the problems facing small-business people across this country are not just Republican or Democrat problems. They are so big, they are so challenging we all need to join together, not only in Washington, but around the country, to put the ideas forward and let's come up with solutions that actually produce results for a change, instead of making matters worse, which Washington is famous for.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?
CANTOR: George, absolutely not. And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges.
What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today. And our common-sense, conservative principles of limited government, and the belief in free markets, and the belief that really opportunity can only be created by the private sector are going to undergird our proposals going forward.
STEPHANOPOULOS: OK. Congressman Cantor, thanks very much for your time this morning.
CANTOR: Thank you, George.


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Researchers from around the world – and across the Internet – with gather at Canada's Perimeter Institute to discuss the future of physics during the Convergence conference, June 20-24, 2015.
In a live webcast on May 6, physicist Dr. Amanda Peet will describe how the "Legos" of string theory can help us study and understand the extreme physics of black holes.
On April 1, physicist Jon Butterworth will give a personal account of working at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and recount the excitement and tension surrounding the quest for the Higgs boson.
On March 4, dive into the fascinating physics of water with Dr. Marcia Barbosa, whose unique research seeks to solve a problem of global significance: the dangerous scarcity of fresh water for millions.
On February 4, join Dr. Kendrick Smith on a journey from the big bang to the farthest reaches of the cosmos, and learn how new research may shed light on some of our universe's deepest mysteries.
The Buchalter Cosmology Prize has been awarded to Lee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) and Marina Cortês (University of Edinburgh), for their work on causality and time.
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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics launches the 2014/2015 season of its renowned Public Lecture Series in October with a new twist – live, interactive webcast talks featuring some of the world's pre-eminent scientists.
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The company that published the article "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize, by Gilles Eric Séralini et al, in the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal, has retracted the article based on weak evidence to support that the herbicide and trait caused serious disease in rats as conducted by the authors of the study.
Immediately after the French molecular biologists at the University of Caen, France, gained publication of the article blaming rat tumors on the herbicide and traited corn (NK603) in 2012, most scientists of the world who research toxicology condemned the study as making an untrue conclusion that genetically modified (GM) corn caused tumors.
After another peer review post publication that has just recently been concluded, the journal's editor-in-chief wrote that the small number and type of rats used in the study should have resulted in red flags that "no definitive conclusions can be reached.
This retraction is only one of several rebuffs by the world's scientific community of the study results and report.
Of course, those activists against anything that might be classified as GMO are attacking the publishers of the journal. In actuality, it appears that the journal publisher appreciates all the attention generated by it being soft on the original peer review prior to publication.
Séralini is protesting the retraction and stands by his team's results. He refused to retract the article himself. One report has activists alleging the retraction is the result of the journal's editorial appointment of biologist Richard Goodman, who previously worked for biotechnology giant Monsanto for seven years. Goodman denies doing any of the new peer review although he let it be known when the research was released that he disagreed with the protocol and results.
The study claimed that rats fed for two years with Monsanto's glyphosate-resistant NK603 corn developed many more tumors and died earlier than controls. It also claimed that the rats developed tumors when glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide was used with the GM corn, by it being added to their drinking water.
The journal Food and Chemical Toxicolog, published by Elsevier, which produces more than 2,000 technical and medical journals and other information products and services in partnership with the global science and health communities, issued the following retraction statement:
"The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology retracts the article "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize, which was published in this journal in November 2012. This retraction comes after a thorough and time-consuming analysis of the published article and the data it reports, along with an investigation into the peer-review behind the article. The editor in-chief deferred making any public statements regarding this article until this investigation was complete, and the authors were notified of the findings.
"Very shortly after the publication of this article, the journal received letters to the editor expressing concerns about the validity of the findings it described, the proper use of animals and even allegations of fraud. Many of these letters called upon the editors of the journal to retract the paper. According to the journal's standard practice, these letters, as well as the letters in support of the findings, were published along with a response from the authors.
"Due to the nature of the concerns raised about this paper, the editor-in-chief examined all aspects of the peer review process and requested permission from the corresponding author to review the raw data. The request to view raw data is not often made; however, it is in accordance with the journal's policy that authors of submitted manuscripts must be willing to provide the original data if so requested. The corresponding author agreed and supplied all material that was requested by the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief wishes to acknowledge the co-operation of the corresponding author in this matter, and commends him for his commitment to the scientific process.
"Unequivocally, the editor-in-chief found no evidence of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of the data. However, there is a legitimate cause for concern regarding both the number of animals in each study group and the particular strain selected. The low number of animals had been identified as a cause for concern during the initial review process, but the peer review decision ultimately weighed that the work still had merit despite this limitation. A more in-depth look at the raw data revealed that no definitive conclusions can be reached with this small sample size regarding the role of either NK603 or glyphosate in regards to overall mortality or tumor incidence. Given the known high incidence of tumors in the Sprague-Dawley rat, normal variability cannot be excluded as the cause of the higher mortality and incidence observed in the treated groups.
"Ultimately, the results presented (while not incorrect) are inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication for Food and Chemical Toxicology. The peer review process is not perfect, but it does work. The journal is committed to getting the peer-review process right, and at times, expediency might be sacrificed for being as thorough as possible. The time-consuming nature is, at times, required in fairness to both the authors and readers. Likewise, the letters to the editor, both pro and con, serve as a post-publication peer-review. The back and forth between the readers and the author has a useful and valuable place in our scientific dialog.
"The editor-in-chief again commends the corresponding author for his willingness and openness in participating in this dialog. The retraction is only on the inconclusiveness of this one paper. The journal's editorial policy will continue to review all manuscripts no matter how controversial they may be. The editorial board will continue to use this case as a reminder to be as diligent as possible in the peer review process.


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Judicial activism
|Judicial activism and revolution
|If you want to perform a revolution, i.e. to fundamentally change the society and turn its values upside down, there are in essence three ways how to achieve for it:
Judicial activism is when courts do not confine themselves to reasonable interpretations of laws, but instead create law. Alternatively, judicial activism is when courts do not limit their ruling to the dispute before them, but instead establish a new rule to apply broadly to issues not presented in the specific action. "Judicial activism" is when judges substitute their own political opinions for the applicable law, or when judges act like a legislature (legislating from the bench) rather than like a traditional court. In so doing, the court takes for itself the powers of Congress, rather than limiting itself to the powers traditionally given to the judiciary.
In this regard, judicial activism is a way for liberals to avoid the regular legislative means of enacting laws in order to ignore public opinion and dodge public debate.
The cradle of judicial activism is USA.[1]
Courts in California — both state and federal ones — frequently engage in judicial activism. One major example of this is the relatively recent California Supreme Court decision In re Marriage Cases, wherein four California Supreme Court justices (who are appointed, not elected) unilaterally overruled the will of the people of the state of California, and legalized gay "marriage." Proposition 22, which recognized the traditional definition of marriage had previously been put in place by a majority of California voters, but this did not deter the liberal judges of the court from acting. In response, a majority of California voters passed Proposition 8, which amended California's Constitution to uphold the sanctity of marriage, stemming the tide of the liberal homosexual assault on marriage before it was too late.
Judicial activism should not be confused with the courts' Constitutionally mandated rule in enforcing limitations on government power and preserving the Constitutional structure of government, as they did in Bush v. Gore, Boy Scouts v. Dale, and D.C. v. Heller, and as the Supreme Court of the United States should have done with ObamaCare.
Judicial activism can occasionally have a positive impact, although this impact can typically be better achieved by other methods. Many have cited Bolling v. Sharpe, the companion case to Brown v. Board of Education, which desegrated schools in Washington, D.C. as an example. The Equal Protection Clause, which was cited in Brown, does not apply to the District of Columbia, only to the States. However, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregated schools in the city were still unconstitutional because it was also a violation of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. Although the impact was clearly desirable, the due process clause typically only applies to legal processes such as criminal trials, not to segregation. Also, the same result could have been achieved simply by an act of Congress, since they have control over the District's school system. Legal scholars Cass Sunstein and Randy Barnett agreed in a debate that it was hard to reconcile the ruling with the Constitution, in spite of its positive impact.[2] These rare cases are therefore among the hardest for the Supreme Court to decide.
The phrase Judicial activism was coined by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. in an article he wrote for Fortune Magazine titled The Supreme Court: 1947.[3]
- Griswold v. Connecticut - 1965 Supreme Court ruling establishing a constitutional right to possess, distribute and use contraception.
- Roe v. Wade - 1973 Supreme Court ruling claiming a constitutional "right" to abortion.
- Lawrence v. Texas - 2003 Supreme Court ruling claiming a constitutional "right" to sodomy.
- Obergefell v. Hodges - 2015 Supreme Court ruling claiming a constitutional "right" to same-sex "marriage".
- The Nicaraguan Supreme Court ruling allowing incumbent president Daniel Ortega to contest the 2011 election. The Nicaraguan constitution forbids an individual from serving as president for more than two non consecutive terms, disbarring Ortega from filing for reelection on both of these counts. Daniel Ortega, not willing to give up power, had the Sandinista-controlled Supreme Court overrule the current law as being in "violation" of human rights.[4]
- The Israeli Supreme Court is known for making ideologically based decisions and issuing rulings in favor of the country's Left camp and against its opponents.[5] Examples of this include forcing the Israelis government to recognize same-sex "marriages" performed abroad.[6]
Contract law
The Seventh Circuit has criticized as "judicial activism" an interpretation of a contract beyond its clear meaning. "Thus, when a contract is unambiguous, 'we refuse to indulge in judicial activism' by 'construing the [contract] beyond its clear and obvious language ....' See Heller v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y, 833 F.2d 1253, 1257 (7th Cir. 1987)." Grun v. Pneumo Abex Corp., 163 F.3d 411, 420 (7th Cir. 1998).
See also
- Judicial Restraint
- United States Supreme Court
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Breyer
- Anthony Kennedy
- Living Constitution
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimír Palko. "Revolucionári v talároch (Revolutionaries in gowns)" (in Slovak). Impulz 2009 (4). http://www.impulzrevue.sk/article.php?515. Retrieved 9 Jul 2016. "Ak chcete uskutočniť revolúciu, od základu zmeniť spoločnosť a prevrátiť jej hodnoty hore nohami, máte tri možnosti. Môžete vyzbrojiť seba a svojich spoločníkov a urobiť násilný prevrat. Boľševici tak urobili v roku 1917 v Rusku. Samozrejme, môžete pri tom prísť o život. Druhá možnosť je agitovať, získavať hlasy, vo voľbách získať väčšinu, a potom zmeniť zákony v parlamente. Pravda, kto bol v politike, vie, ako ťažko sa získava väčšina. Posledných päťdesiat rokov ukazuje, že najschodnejšia cesta uskutočnenia revolúcie ide cez súdy. Môžete byť iba malou skupinkou. Môžete byť dokonca úplne sám. Ak máte na najvyššom súde krajiny "svojich ľudí", ľudí, ktorí rozmýšľajú ako vy, máte vyhraté. Súd rozhodne a väčšina občanov, ktorá s rozhodnutím bytostne nesúhlasí, si nepomôže. Toto sa nazýva súdnym aktivizmom. Tí, čo si nedávajú servítok pred ústa, tiež hovoria o súdnom imperializme. ...Kolískou súdneho aktivizmu sú Spojené štáty americké.".
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Legal Innovations in Asia: Judicial Lawmaking and the Influence of Comparative Law
- ↑ Nicaragua's Presidential Elections: How Daniel Ortega Could Shame Democracy - The American Heritage Foundation
- ↑ The Threat to Israeli Liberties from the Israeli Supreme Court - The American Thinker
- ↑ Israel's Supreme Court Approves Same-Sex Marriages Performed Abroad - Associated Press


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NEW DELHI, India — Call it India's other mobile revolution.
With sub-$100 smart phones hitting the market and savvy entrepreneurs hawking downloaded clips, once-innocent Indians are watching hard-core porn like never before.
That smut flood is sparking a serious debate about the impact on society.
"We're raising up an army of rapists in India by not warring against internet pornography," Abishek Clifford, who runs a moral awareness program for Indian colleges called Rescue, told GlobalPost.
He's not the only one concerned.
Since the December gang rape of a Delhi student, who died from internal injuries sustained during the attack, the entire country has been wrestling with what many regard as a spike in sexual violence.
Although possessing or watching porn is permitted in India, distributing it is illegal. And now, the authorities are moving to crack down on web porn — even as in many other areas the country grows more liberal in its attitude toward sex.
Flood of free porn
Ancient India had no qualms about graphic depictions of sex. Consider the luxurious illustrations of the Kama Sutra, or the carvings on the 1,000-year-old temples of Khajuraho — which depict everything from threesomes to bestiality. But, until recently, modern India has been decidedly more prudish.
In the '80s and '90s, films with lascivious dialogue and a few shots of buxom women in wet saris were considered softcore porn. Bollywood didn't even dare show kissing until a few years back. And the country's first "real" porn star was a cartoon.
Now, suddenly, affordable smart phones have put hardcore porn in the palms of millions.
According to statistics from Manwin Holding, the Luxembourg-based owner of the world's largest free porn sites, YouPorn and Pornhub, India's 150 million-odd internet users visit those two sites alone at a clip of around 2 million hits per day. The presence of Indian-themed content ("naked desi babes in bath" is one of the few printable titles) and advertisements confirms that the multibillion dollar industry has taken note.
Meanwhile, reported incidents of rape have nearly doubled since 1995, when the internet first came to India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. More recently, rape reports have spiked 12 percent since cheap smart phones hit the market two years ago, although it's impossible to parse how much of that increase stems from the greater willingness of victims to come forward.
To some, that correlation signals causality.
"Pornography is en masse perverting the lifestyles and behaviors of young people in India," said Rescue's Clifford, citing Rescue surveys in which college students confessed that each week they watch an average of two hours of "violent porn."
More porn, more rape?
The media and the authorities, too, have been quick to draw a connection between the increased availability of pornography and the apparent increase in sexual violence.
A recent article in India Today, a leading weekly magazine, drew attention to the prevalence of rape fantasy porn and other violent clips at local "download centers" — kiosks where entrepreneurs illegally load porn onto customers' thumb drives and memory chips. And it cited Google AdWords statistics to point out that "Mobile phones were used nearly 4.1 million times a month on average to search with the keyword 'rape' over the past year" and "search keywords included 'Indian girls raped', 'raping video', 'raping stories', 'raped in public', 'little girl raped', 'raping mom', 'father raping daughter' and 'raped to death'."
In June, the department of telecommunications banned 39 websites, all hosted abroad, that allow users to share pornographic content.
And this month, a parliamentary committee was formed to explore ways to block internet pornography altogether in response to the latest of many petitions that have demanded a blanket ban.
But is the flood of smut really to blame for an epidemic of violent gang rapes?
If so, India may not exactly be an outlier.
The country's 4.1 million monthly searches for the keyword "rape" amounts to one search per month for every 30 internet users. In comparison, US mobile users also searched for "rape" an average of 4 million times per month last year, along with key phrases like "women getting raped," "men being raped" and "kids being raped." That's one search per month per 60 internet users.
For both countries, those figures include not only the apparently heinous phrases highlighted by India Today, but also every search for rape counseling, rape news reports, rape crisis centers and so on. In India's case, for instance, there were an average of around 100,000 searches for "raping video" (or one search per month for every 1500 internet users). The average was 246,000 searches for "Delhi gang rape" and 90,500 for "rape victims."
Incidentally, Google indicates that it removes suspected "commercial" and child pornography from its products, and reports criminal activity to the authorities. A quick search suggests the rape-related search terms don't return graphic pictures and videos — although a disturbing proportion of the YouTube results for "rape" are clips from mainstream Indian movies.
After years of debate, academics and psychologists both in India and abroad are still at odds over whether pornography turns men into rapists. Bangalore-based neuroscientist Sai Gaddam, co-author of "A Billion Wicked Thoughts," argues that there is precious little data to support most of the claims about the disastrous impact of ubiquitous web porn.
"We found that they're inversely correlated," Gaddam told GlobalPost. "The more easily available pornography is, the less the incidence of sexual crimes."
Still, nobody contends that the proliferation of smart phone smut is improving men's attitudes toward women.


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Women's Rights in India: "Emancipation of Men…"
For the e-book release of "Crimes Against Women: Three Tragedies and the Call for Reform in India," Journalist and Hoover Institution research fellow, Tunku Varadarajan, comments upon the need to educate and emancipate Indian men as well as women.
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24 hours in Hong Kong
One of the most exciting and vibrant cities in Asia, Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan jungle, with a show-stopping skyline, a legendary kitchen, a wild coastline and beautiful countryside. High finance and high fashion collide amidst the soaring skyscrapers of this culture capital, and charming colonial sights and exotic nightlife alike are dotted throughout the city. Heres how to make the most of a 24-hour visit, leaving you wanting more and more
Places to stay
Ritz Carlton Situated on the 103rdfloor, in one of the Worlds tallest buildings, on Hong Kongs Kowloon side with spectacular views over the city and Victoria Harbour the Ritz Carlton certainly has the wow factor. Facilities on site are spectacular, including the Worlds highest swimming pool and seriously sexy spa with Harbour View treatment rooms. Dining options include Michelin-starred Chinese and Italian restaurants and the rooftop bar, Ozone, is one of the citys most popular due to its location on the 118thfloor.
Upper House The Upper House is a slick, sexy property with some of the best views from the Hong Kong Island side. Interiors are the work of Chinese designed Andre Fu and the overall effect has a distinctly boutique minimalist feel, but with a homely warmth and charm. The exquisite rooms and suites are decorated in the best quality materials, and the clever design maximises space. Such luxuries as complimentary mini bars, cosy seating areas and a library enforce the companys house philosophy.
Landmark - Located in the heart of Hong Kongs business and fashion districts, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental is one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. This sleek urban hotel, set above the Landmark Mall exudes style, sophistication and serenity, and is famed for its impeccable customer service. Dazzling dining options are on offer at the contemporary French restaurant, Amber, and trendy Mo Bar, one of Hong Kongs hottest dining and drinking spots.
Where to eat
Mott 32 - Located in the basement of the Standard Chartered Building, you are transported into an unexpectedly chic and refined space. The menu consists of delicious and unique dim sum combinations, and some of the crispiest and best suckling pork youve will have tasted. And for those who didnt sample enough in Beijing, they also serve the best Peking duck in the city.
Otto E Mezzo - Located inside the fashionable Landmark shopping arcade, Otto E Mezzo serves some of the best Italian food in the city. The atmosphere is sophisticated, and it is a place where both businessmen and Hong Kong socialites alike gather for a late evening meal or drink at the bar.
Lung King Heen - Executive Chef, Chan Yan Tak was the first Chinese chef to receive 3 Michelin stars. Located inside the Four Seasons Hotel, the restaurant is elegant but still has the energetic buzz of a Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong.
Peninsula Hotel - Any first time visitor to Hong Kong will want to indulge in the afternoon tea at this Hong Kong landmark. Although this means that the queues are long, and the lobby is full of well-healed tourists wanting to partake in this tradition, it is a magnificent experience and one not to be missed!
The centre of town boasts some of the best shopping in the world, or there is spectacular antique shopping on Hollywood Road. On the far side of the harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui are a further range of boutiques, department stores and other retail outlets, all handily grouped under a single roof in Harbour City. After dark, the rowdy Temple Street Night Market in Kowloon comes alive with ample stalls selling weird and wonderful foodstuffs, counterfeit goods and obscure potions. Have your fortune told, listen to opera singers busking and watch games of Chinese chess played out with intense concentration.
Hong Kong has a dynamic cultural scene as well, which is traced back to its Chinese roots, colonial connections and the contributions of its home-grown talent, and the intertwining of all three elements. From Asias top film festival to Tai Chi at dawn, or reading the couplets of a local poet to the drumbeat of a dragon boat. Soak up indie music by the harbour or Chinese opera in a bamboo theatre, or watch one of the thousands of shows staged year-round at the citys many museums and concert halls.
The best time to visit is during October or November when it isnt too hot, and there is less chance of rain.Once youve spent 24 hours in Hong Kong, youll definitely want to come back!
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WASHINGTON - A Democratic congressman wants same-sex benefits for spouses of veterans and service members.
Rep. Adam Smith of Washington is top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. Smith is introducing legislation to make the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments recognize any marriage that has been recognized by a state, the District of Columbia, commonwealths or territories.
His bill would change the definition of spouse in the U.S. code to include same-sex marriages.
Gay marriage is now legal in the District of Columbia and six states - Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
Smith says spouses of service members should not be barred from receiving benefits because they are in same-sex marriages.
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Anvi Smart Defender Pro has some of its extra features and most essential protection like : Guard PC Privacy, Guard system start up, Guard background processes, Guard files, Monitors web traffic, Monitors system and software behavior, Guard external drives, Detects Ad wares, malwares, Optimizes PC for performances,[new] Cloud scanner scans for latest threats and removes them, Works in background without disturbing your work, can detect and remove the latest and difficult to detect malwares, monitors every process and stop malicious processes in background, Real time cloud based protection stops malwares and adwares effictively and timely, comes with toolbox for extra PC maintenance, and many more. Wow exciting nah !
I am excited for this giveaway! Please make my wish come true. I hope to win one license key.
Best Regards !
TONTHAT says:
Please count me in. I'm always using free anti-virus software.
relly says:
a real great giveaway ,sounds real interesting to try, hope to win one , thanks alot…..
Hiroshi says:
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Type correct email in 'email field', and that's it.
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Thanks for all the feedback.
Winnetou Haeberle says:
In the past I have used avira and and kaspersky free version. I want to test the pro for free, please count me in. Regards & thank you.
Solid Snake says:
Nice another giveaway! I am currently using a Bitdefender, malwarebytes, and a program called Panda cloud Antivirus.
I love that this can monitor Web traffic and software behavior. I have had to use Netlimiter to watch the incoming and outgoing traffic and to see which programs were connecting to the internet.
Thanks. I am excited for this giveaway!
gery says:
hi all and this is my real email address [email protected]
i like to add this AM software to my ******* of free software.
hope i am lucky . The best part of a pro software is the support.
sidd srk says:
Count me in.I am using Malwarebytes and Kaspersky for my system protection.
victor arreola says:
I've used macphee and microsoft security essentials…but I need something that will protect me fro the malware and that it won't interupt my computer use.so count me in…thanks for the giveaway
Bhavya says:
Plz give it to me
Andrey_I says:
Thanks for this giveaway.
My antivirus is Panda cloud Pro antivirus!
It needs minimum of resources and has best detection ratio
KaljuKalju says:
Now it would be nice to test the full version when it is finished. I tested if it was still free. I Also wrote to them a translation, but unfortunately they did not say even thank you, not to mention the license.
Then there was a very large number of errors and at times downright dangerous to use.
bodo2000 says:
Thank you for this offer.
I use free version of malwarebytes-anti-malware and Free version of SuperAntiSpyware.
Joseph Potter says:
This would be a Great Addition to my security set-up Hope I Win One :-)
asik says:
Please count me in
slav says:
I think a very good program. until now I was using free antivirus but these days it's not enough and started | drinking heavy to look for something better and I think I found. happy to move to the Anvi though please wykozystac free licenses to its full capabilities.
We thank you and greet
J.B. says:
I'm definitely in the market for a new full retail security suite. This would make for a nice early B-Day present for me. LOL
Since you ask for what we "have used" as opposed to "are using":
I've used Avast!, Avira, AVG, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, MSE mostly in suites.
I've used more anti-malware programs than I can remember, but I think this covers most: Ad-Aware, a-squared, Spybot S&D, Malwarebytes (retail), SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, SuperAntiSpyware, EULAlyzer (it's saved me from installing some real crapware), WinPatrol (retail), ThreatFire, GeSWall, IObit Malware Fighter (retail). Can't forget alternative browsers and their add-ons, but that's just too much to list.
Thanks for the giveaway
jimmy says:
hi my name is jimmy nassif from lebanon and this is my real email : [email protected] ,i used several programs that give protection against malware,trojan,adware and virus ,like superantispyware pro and eset smart security and kaspersky.these programs are so heavy on my pc and it take a lot of memory,so i think that your program will be beneficial for me because from it profile it look easy to access and powerful ,so please sign me in these 5 license ,i need one please….thank you for your hard work…good job and for more good info.thanks


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* Gunmen take police station
* Army bombards gunmen in bid "to encircle them"
* At least 50 rebels killed in earlier ambush across border in Syria
* Lebanon buffeted by regional sectarian tensions
* Arsal fighting sparked by arrest of Nusra commander (Adds prime minister statement)
By Alexander Dziadosz and Tom Perry
BEIRUT, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army battled Islamist fighters near the Syrian border on Saturday, killing 11 militants, a security official said, in a move against al Qaeda-linked gunmen who earlier had seized a police station and killed two soldiers.
The gunmen included fighters from the Islamic State, a radical Sunni group that has seized control of large areas of Syria and Iraq, Lebanese security officials said.
The fighting in the border town of Arsal marked some of the worst spillover violence since Syria's three-year-old war began, and risked exacerbating tensions in Lebanon among sectarian groups at odds over the Syrian conflict.
At least three civilians were also killed, and 16 members of the security forces were taken hostage after fighters from the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's branch in Syria, seized the security building, security source said. A local Lebanese official said the men who had been seized were in "a safe place".
"It's a war right now," said Ali Hujeiri, the local mayor, who spoke briefly to Reuters by telephone from the area. He gave no details on the whereabouts of the men.
The sound of artillery fire and gunfire were heard late into the night. The army said in a statement that soldiers were clashing with large numbers of gunmen who they were seeking to encircle.
Lebanese media said a total of seven soldiers had been killed in the violence, though the army responded with a statement warning against the publication of "erroneous information".
Lebanon has been buffeted by sectarian conflict across the region that has seen the rise of hardline Islamist factions such as the Nusra Front and the Islamic State from Iraq to the Mediterranean.
Lebanon has been hit especially hard by the civil war in Syria, where Sunni Muslim rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the Shi'ite-derived Alawite minority.
Arsal is a Sunni town sandwiched between Syrian government-controlled territory and a largely Lebanese Shi'ite area supportive of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that is fighting with Assad's forces in Syria.
Arsal's Sunni population has been largely sympathetic to the rebels in Syria.
Together with Syrian government forces, Hezbollah had taken part in an earlier ambush on militants on the Syrian side of the border. At least 50 rebels, including members of the Nusra Front and the Islamic State, were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the violence in Syria.
Hezbollah deployed forces heavily in the area of Arsal. They were on high alert but had not taken part in the battle, a source familiar with the situation said. A Syrian activist in Arsal said it was already taking part in the fighting.
Lebanon, which is still recovering from its own 1975-90 civil war, has suffered suicide attacks, car bombs, rocket fire, kidnappings and gun battles related to the conflict in Syria.
This was the first time militants had seized a government building. "It appears the armed operation was not spontaneous, but planned and studied, and the army will be firm and decisive in its response," the army said in a statement.
Prime Minister Tammam Salam said it marked an attack on the state by "non-Lebanese armed groups". The army would "restore security and stability to Arsal and the surrounding area", he said in a statement carried by the National News Agency.
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled to Arsal to escape fighting across the porous mountainous border. It has seen frequent spillover from Syria and has been a tinder box for domestic tensions in Lebanon.
Rebel fighters often cross the frontier, sometimes resting or seeking medical treatment in Arsal. Some 3,000 insurgents, beaten back by pro-Assad forces in Syria over the last year, are holed up in the mountains near the border, security sources say.
"In terms of repercussions for Lebanon, it is the most dangerous development since the eruption of the Syrian crisis," said Nabil Boumonsef, a commentator with the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar.
It risked further inflaming sectarian tensions in Lebanon, he said. "The army can still contain it, but it will be costly."
Two of the civilians killed in the violence died as they tried to prevent the Nusra Front fighters from storming the police station, security sources and Lebanese state media said.
The Lebanese army shelled militant positions in Arsal's environs, security sources said, while witnesses said Syrian warplanes had bombed rebel positions in the area.
Saturday's violence began after Lebanese authorities arrested a Nusra Front leader, Emad Jumaa, at a checkpoint near town, security sources said. In response, masked gunmen fanned out in the area and stormed the police station.
One Nusra Front fighter told Reuters the fighters would not leave the station until Jumaa was released.
The Lebanese army said soldiers and policemen had been seized from their homes by the gunmen, who had taken them hostage to demand the release of "one of the most dangerous detainees in army custody" - an apparent reference to Jumaa.
The Lebanese army said in a statement it "would not allow any party to transfer the battle from Syria to its land".
Local television showed military vehicles loaded with soldiers in fatigues rolling down the road in the area of Arsal as ambulances with sirens blaring drove in the other direction.
Officials across the political spectrum, divided largely along Lebanon's own sectarian fault lines, condemned the attack.
Nabih Berri, the Shi'ite speaker of parliament, urged Lebanese to "unite behind the army and security forces", in a statement published by the National News Agency.
Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, a Sunni, called for Syrian gunmen to withdraw from Lebanon and for Arsal to be put under control of the security forces - but also said Hezbollah fighters must leave Syria.
Perennial tensions between politicians have been worsened by Syria's war. Lebanon has been without a president since May because lawmakers have been unable to settle on a candidate suitable to both its main Sunni and Shi'ite-led factions.
In a statement on its Twitter account, the United States embassy condemned the attack and said "dissociation" was Lebanon's best defense against regional conflict. (Additional reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Gareth Jones, David Evans and Leslie Adler)
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Capital: Basse-Terre
The area of the country: 1629 km 2
Part of the world: Asia
Phone code: + 1-231
How to activate the "International calls" service?
The service is provided automatically to all Kyivstar customers. It doesn't need an extra activation.
How do we charge calls?
For the 1st and 2nd tariff zones, the fee for the full package is charged immediately at the first second of the outgoing call abroad. Non-charged minutes are accrued. The volume of package depends on the country tariff zone.
Minutes are valid till 11:59:59 PM of the connection day. The unused minutes will be canceled.
How many times per day a customer can order the package?
Depending on the direction of call forwarding, maximum 50 packages of 20 min or 5 min per day can be accrued. If you use the 1st package and continue calling, the next package of minutes will be provided and charged automatically.
If you use all the provided packages till the end of the day, a minute of conversation will cost 5 UAH.
Are there any numbers not covered by the service?
Tariffs will not apply when calling to the following numbering capacities in
Austria, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Jimbuti, Estonia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Italy, Cyprus, Ivory Coast, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mali, Morocco, Monaco, Niger, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Tajikistan, France, Chad, Montenegro, Switzerland and Jamaica.
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The cost of calls for these directions is 20 UAH/min.
Please, note. For subscribers of the "Unlim Social Nets", "Unlim Messengers", "Unlim Video", "Maximum Unlim 2019", "Maximum Unlim 300", "Maximum Unlim 400", "Maximum Unlim 500" and the packages "Call Home" when calling to The indicated number capacities of Italy, Poland and Russia are valid according to the terms of the tariff plan or service.
If prepaid customer have not enough money to get a package in his balance
In case you have not enough money in your balance to pay for the package, calls are charged per minute. One minute costs 5 UAH.
Are these tariffs apply to all customers?
Yes, tariffs are applied by default to all prepaid and postpaid customers, if other services/packages for calls abroad are not connected to the number.
International calls to certain destinations are charged according to the terms of the tariff plan for such users:
Connection fee when calling abroad – 0 UAH.
The fee for the package of the non-charged minutes is taking off from the first second of the outgoing call. The cost of the first second of every minute of a conversation equals the specified cost of a minute. The cost of all subsequent seconds of the specified minute within the conversation is included in the cost of such a first second of conversation.
How to save on international calls?
To make calls abroad profitable, connect the "World-in-touch" packages of minutes.
How much does it cost to send an SMS abroad from Ukraine?
The cost of sending a text message to international numbers depends on which tariff plan you're on.
How much does it cost to call to a satellite phone?
For satellite operators and operators providing telecommunication services while roaming on sea and air transport, regardless of the network host, fixed rate will apply:


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In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Mia Farrow says it's possible that Frank Sinatra — not Woody Allen — is the biological father of her son Ronan.
"We never really split up," Farrow tells Vanity Fair of her relationship with the iconic singer, to whom she was married from 1966 to 1968. The Sinatra family treats Ronan, 25, as one of their own, with the singer's daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., telling VF: "He is a big part of us, and we are blessed to have him in our lives."
Sinatra, who died in 1998, would have been 78 when Ronan was conceived. A DNA test has never been performed.
After the interview was published online, Ronan, a Rhodes scholar, human rights activist and lawyer who has served in the Obama administration, quipped on Twitter Wednesday: "Listen, we're all *possibly* Frank Sinatra's son."
Elsewhere in the article, Farrow's daughter Dylan, 28, whom she and Allen adopted, reiterates her accusations that Allen sexually abused her when she was 7. She refuses to speak the director's name, though she says Allen has made two attempts to reach out to her, including sending her pictures of the two of them during her senior year in college.
"I'm scared of him, his image," Dylan, who now uses a different name, tells Vanity Fair. "There's a lot I don't remember, but what happened in the attic I remember. ... The things making me uncomfortable were making me think I was a bad kid."
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Farrow's son Fletcher says he's digitally removed Allen from their family photographs. "We can look at them and be reminded of the good and not be reminded of the bad," he tells Vanity Fair. "I really do think he's got some blood on his hands."
Allen and Farrow were together from 1980 until 1992, but never married. Allen later married Farrow's daughter Soon-Yi, whom Farrow adopted in 1978 with her then-husband Andre Previn. Previn tells Vanity Fair that Soon-Yi "does not exist" to him.