NEWSGRID MAY 2005

May 31, 2005

WAR IRAQ On the ground:
Eleven dead in KFC riot, Al-Qaeda-linked mosque blast in Pakistan + Zarqawi bolsters insurgents, troops killed in Iraq air crashes + Body of Provincial Iraqi Governor Found + 4 Americans, 4 Italians Dead in Iraq Crash + Iraq attack kills 27 in Shiite area + Basra Out of Control, Says Police Chief + 3 bombers kill 31 police commandos at protest. U.S.-led forces detain, free Sunni leader in Baghdad + Orders of battle + Juan Cole reports

Iraq government: Iraqi president expects Saddam trial in 2 months + Iraq PM vows extra security as nine killed in air crashes

War prisons: Gitmo Detainees Say They Were Sold + Three trials, three whitewashes: US military ratifies murder of Iraq prisoners

AFGHANISTAN: Afghans raid desert 'drug bazaar' + Circus at last comes to Afghan capital

MIDDLE EAST: Saudi King Fahd is well and progressing - defense minister

Egyptian women demand apology from Mubarak

Israel, Palestine: Hamas boycott halts Gaza re-vote + Palestinian revote postponed, defusing Hamas boycott threat + Israel able to defend if they pull out of Golan + Israel, South Africa revive defense ties +  Israel's 'Mr. TV' Gets Political

RUSSIA: Russia's Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years + Exiled in Israel, former oil tycoon denounces verdict in Russian trial + Pravad: Yukos case ends with 9 years for its former CEO + Details on the Guilty Verdict  + From Bottom to Top and Back Down Again, Khodorkovsky's Life an Allegory of Modern Russia

Russia and Syria sign deal on Syrian debt repayment

Russia agrees to pull troops from Georgia by 2008

EUROPE: Blair in battle for heart of Europe

France:  Chirac appeals for French unity + Analysis: France blows a fuse + Q&A: EU constitution - next steps + Profile: Dominique de Villepin + Chirac appoints Villepin as new prime minister after EU debacle + There may be no going back to 'old' Europe + France refuses to grow up + Is There Life After a Dutch No? + 'No' vote well ahead on last day of Dutch EU constitution campaign

Stardom:  AN FU TO THE EU

EU Trade Chief Says Negotiated Settlement to Textiles Dispute With China Is Possible

U.S. bringing trade case against EU over Airbus

Pope backs boycott of Italy's referendum on assisted fertility

Billionaire George Soros Downplays Role in Georgia's Rose Revolution

CENTRAL ASIA: Oil pipeline completed: a sign of rising great power rivalry in Central Asia

AFRICA: Sudan Conflict Leaves Millions of Refugees in Limbo

ASIA PACIFIC: No progress in China-Japan talks + China's farmers fear currency change + Modern China draws inspiration from its greatest explorer

Long fight back for Malaysia's invisible man

AMERICAS: Row over El Salvador Arafat park

Peru's poor -- waiting for water

Record seizure of ammunition in Colombia

Russia Buys Its Way Into Latin America

Norway's Statoil Temporarily Halts Drilling at Venezuela Oil Well

Blood for pork....

Cash is no longer king: Iraq launches credit card

LEAKGATES  Tom Flocco: Missile & remote control systems added to small jets at remote civilian airport before 9-11; same parts found at Pentagon

INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....

Click. Greg Mitchell: Woodward & Bernstein confirm: Felt was "Deep Throat"

Click.  Who is W. Mark Felt? (Deep Throat)

Getting inside al-Zarqawi's message + US Confirms Zarqawi's Voice on New Tape

Terror Suspects Held Without Bail + NY terrorism case 'desperate prosecution' - lawyer

Police see al Qaeda link in Karachi mosque bombing

Al-Qaeda poised in Saudi Arabia

Musharraf indicates Pakistan Qaeda bigwig with U.S. + SPIEGEL Interview with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf: "Who Is Fighting al-Qaida other than Pakistan?"

C.I.A. Expanding Terror Battle Under Guise of Charter Flights

Ex-Shin Bet chief: Israeli assassination policy led to period of calm

New doubts about validity of Hicks charges

Intelligence teams track evolution of enemy bombs

London couple remanded in Israel's biggest industrial espionage case + Bank of Israel Governor Worries on Scandal+ The Bottom Line: Is spying on rivals a crime?+ Computer spy scandal rocks Israel's business community (CCT Reg) + Bezeq Int'l CEO under house arrest in spy case

Justice Dept. to indict two AIPAC staffers under U.S. Espionage Act + Pentagon Analyst In Israel Spy Case Is Called a 'Patriot'+ Franklin admits information disclosure

China Says Hong Kong Journalist It Holds Is a Spy + China: Detained Reporter Admits Spying

Legion of Amateurs: How China Spies

Book: Into al Qaeda's Lair

Her secret life was working with spies

Hans Jorgens Jensen, 79; 1948 Olympic Medalist, CIA Specialist

Security Official Robert H. Johnson Dies

HOW LOW
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LAW GOES....

Supreme Court Overturns Arthur Andersen Conviction re: Destroying Enron documents

Supreme Court Sides With Inmates in Prison Religion Case

Golden years tarnished by abuse. Society begins to pay more attention to mistreatment of elderly

All is not lost in default on SBA loan, bankruptcy

Britons held in £225m drugs raid

Judge's Offer: Church Or Jail

The infuriating but ingenious world of voice recognition

Runaway Bride To Pay $13K

Bullet database cracks '95 murder

Do Search Engines Compete with - or Simply Publicize -- Online News Outlets? Calculating Damages If Copyright Infringement Occurs

Department of Justice Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Caremark

CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS....

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Students Imagine Design's Future

Intel installs processor plant in Sichuan

IRobot: from sci-fi to practical tools (SJM Reg)

Are we ready for robot cars?

Alex Ross on recording technology

AI Seduces Stanford Students

RSS Updates Moving Beyond Pings

Meet You at MySpace

Intel, AMD in Dual-Core Duel

The Best Mac Dashboard Widgets

How Apple Will Change Podcasting

Europe Home to Majority of Zombies

New way to open Aladdin's Cave

Google monster spreads web as rivals struggle for breath

Unveiling The High Energy Milky Way Reveals 'Dark Accelerators'

Lab Simulator Packs Teaching Power Of Electron Microscope At The Expense Of A Textbook

Harvard, Texas A&M Scientists Develop New Laser

Monster Super Star Cluster Discovered In Milky Way

Researchers Pursue Blast-resistant Steel Using New Tomograph

CONNECT THE DOTS....

The booming and bizarre business of embryo adoption + Catholics Split on Embryo Issue

Mayors from around the world, set to address environment at San Francisco conference

History is littered with lots of hoaxes

The vexed status of valedictorians

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

United Airlines' Mechanics Ratify Deal to avert strike

How to create a billion-dollar movie franchise

With Live8, Geldof urges G8 to stamp out poverty + World's 'biggest music event' in two decades to be unveiled in London + Full line-up

A Summer of Discontent for Labor Focuses on Its Leader's Fitness for His Job

Microsoft faces fines as EU deadline looms

Bank of China to sell 10 billion dollar stake to investors

Asia's exports slip on oil

BIOWARFARE  WATCH....

Brazil Orders Slaughter of 17,000 Chickens Suffering From Mystery Illness

How Bad is Bird Flu for Birds?

Treated Fabric Kills Anthrax Spores + Antibodies From Plants Protect Against Anthrax

MILITARY Willits: Missing Vietnam-era pilot's remains verified. DNA tests show bones kept by militiaman farmer are Lee Adams'

Injured soldier's treatment criticized (SB Reg)

Japan can't verify reports about WWII soldiers

New Twist In Cadet Sex Scandal

DOD's Isolationist Tactics + Tangle over US bases + US military in a twilight zone

Defense Transformation in Iraq and Afghanistan

Top brass not expected at Hackworth funeral 


Study calms fears over stem cells

Statins under prescribed

How drug companies keep tabs on physicians

Cruel disease turns sufferers into statues. UCSF starting world's 2nd center on rare disorder that causes crippling bone growth + Families dig deep for research funds

Hospitals use video technology to help patients

Kaiser's Prescription for Medicine is Digital (LAT Reg)

Hoping to Beat Valley Fever (LAT Reg)

Doctor: 'Mermaid' Baby Ready for Surgery

Surrogate Mom Delivers Eight Babies in Seven Years

'Complicated Grief' Goes Beyond Depression

Canada Red Cross used HIV blood

Indonesia starts anti-polio blitz

Fast-freeze 'boosts egg survival'

Llamas 'offer path to new drugs'

Evidence that psychopaths are born not made

Cancerous Or Harmless? Three Genes Might Tell The Tale

Researchers Trace Evolution To Relatively Simple Genetic Changes

Risky Surgery Not Always Necessary To Treat Cervical Disease

Neuroimaging Confirms The Greater Vulnerability Of Women's Brains To Alcohol

Inner Life Of Sea Squirts: Innovative Study Finds Way To 'Bio-synthesize' An Anti-cancer Compound

When Young People Get Parkinson's Disease

Weathering the Extremes of Bipolar Disorder

Beyond Lithium For Bipolar Disorder

Benefits Of Lung Cancer Screening With CT Questioned

RIT Takes Eye-tracking Research To Next Level

Don't Believe The Hype -- Mineral Oil Won't Give You Zits

New Insight Into People Who 'See' Colors In Letters And Numbers

Infant Vernier Acuity Is Comparable To That Of Adults

Scientists Identify New Model Of NK Cell Development

How Australia's ice age mega marsupial met its match

Deep-sea Tremors May Provide Early Warning System For Larger Earthquakes

Researchers Estimate Polluted O.C. Beaches Cost Public $3.3 Million Annually

Targeting Mutant B-Raf Protein Reduces Melanoma Development

New Research Indicates A 'Troubled' Greenhouse Is Brewing

What's Really Making You Sick? Plant Pathologists Offer The Science Behind Sick Building Syndrome

THE BUSHWORLD...

Cheney: Iraq War to End by 2009

Bush Tells Reporters: Yes, Iraq Is America's 'Golden Moment' + Bush denies losing clout, vows to press on + Calls Human Rights Report 'Absurd' + Is pleased with progress in Iraq

Bush faces GOP shift on stem cells

U.S. Official Urges Russia Investment Laws

The President's eyes, ears and dog-sitter

Iran: Iran 'tests new missile engine' + Buying time on Iran + Perle's statements re: bombing Iran

Syria, Lebanon: Senator Biden has a unique chance to encourage Lebanon's democratic process + Mr. Assad, take down our wall + Syria moves briskly toward stalemate

N. Korea: Bush says diplomatic options remain on North Korea + Cheney hits Kim for push on nukes

Other foreign: French vote is bad news for U.S - analysts + Washington protects anti-Castro Cuban terrorist from Venezuelan authorities

Domestic: Mississippi: Wilderness Site May See Oil Drilling + Washington: Federal buildings barely open to the public + States say $5.15 an hour too little + Parents sought as new political force, i.e. lobbyists

Social Security: $2,000 savings ends SSI eligibility + Robert Rubin Urges Dems To Hold Firm On Social Security

Congress: Judicial Compromise Leaves Bitterness + GOP Hid Wilderness Drilling Approval In War Supplemental + Congress Faces New Task: On the Subject of `Strategic Bankruptcy' + The "Charitable Choice" Bill That was Recently Passed by the House

Democrats: Math Doesn't Add Up for a Democrat-Run Senate (LAT Reg) + Expose: Bill White House a madhouse + The Democrats' Woman Problem

GOP: Florida: Waiting for Harris has GOP antsy + Spokane Mayor Goes on TV to Deny Newspaper's Charges

Washington election trial: Elections director biased, GOP suggests + Cross-examination resumes + Reporter's Notebook: 2 who've appeared before Judge Bridges call him "fair"

OPINIONS:

Is Bush using up "political capital" on early second-term battles?

Bushism of the Day

Palestinian president fawns on Bush

GOP vs. National Health Agency

Okrent vs. Krugman: The Latest (and Last) Round

Test Syndication of 'Huffington Post' Begins Monday

'Deep Throat ' Story Put Woodward on Spot, But He Sticks to His Guns

Was It Proper for 'WP' Reporter to Talk to Plame Prosecutor?

Frist Blew It

Laura Bush's happy face shtick falls flat in the Middle East

American mythology: Kansas is the Land of Oz

Jeffrey Steinberg: U.S. Nuclear First-Strike Doctrine Is Operational

State of the State Secrets: Justin Raimondo

Paul Wolfowitz, Trigger Man: Andrew Bacevich

Molly Ivins: Catapulting the propaganda


HP stakes bid to dominate ID market

FEC treads into sticky web of political blogs

Judge OKs Seize Of Minors' Records from Planned Parenthood

Terry Schiavo legal team joins religious fight over Napa school mural (CCT Reg)

Chico: New Marin recruitment center draws protests

The Proposal to Reauthorize and Expand Parts of the USA PATRIOT Act: Why It's Unnecessary and, In Some Respects, Dangerous

San Francisco gay marriage and beyond: Israel: One in four young homosexuals were physically attacked in 2004 + Texas lawmakers kill gay foster parent ban + Anglican Church of England Will Allow Gay Clergy to “Marry” + Gay Marriage in Native America + Group Launches Boycott Of Ford Over Gay Issues

The Pen Is Mightier.... 

Fox News Admits Bias!

Newspapers face up to new media

Random format comes to radio to please iPod generation

Confessional blogs

Hong Kong Reporter Being Held By China

Top 100 Speeches by Rank

Diane targets Tiara

Today's papers



Vincent van Gogh, The Painter on his Way to Work Enlarge
 

Daily picture from the Metropolitan

Lodi: New kid on the tourism block

Marin Profile: Broadcaster Barry Tompkins

Antioch: County fair set to open Thursday

Oakland: Tough past can't hold rapper back

Carmel: Growing up with artistic giants

Baseball reliquary (LAT Reg)

The Cutting and Pounding You Hear Is a Brachiosaurus in the Making (LAT Reg)

Cartoonists' Convention in Sacramento

Elaborate 4.5-acre Chinese garden planned

NYC Ballet premiers 4 new works

Mystery of the smiling Buddha that arrived as a gift from the tsunami

Feminism & Art : Louise Bourgeois

Happy 60th Birthday, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Work begins on medieval siege catapult

Mack White: Plan 9 from Nellis Air Force base

It's Paris match for life

Rush & Molloy: New tower-power on the block: Ivana

Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: An Ice-capade makes club definitely hot

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Liz Smith

Cindy Adams

Your daily braindrop

Word of the day

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

The Governor:  Gov, announces plan to train more teachers + Business helps fund state's math/science teacher initiative + Gov. speaks at UC Irvine (OC Reg) + Two measures take drastic aim at unions' clout + Unions rally to protest Schwarzenegger budget + Editorial: Beyond outrageous. Public pension unions back at pension trough (SB Reg) + Dan Walters: How many and who would turn out for a special election? (SB Reg) + Spending Plans Fall Victim to Politics + The buzz: Gov.'s ad called a commercial for donors (SB Reg) + Demonstrations against prison spending target Fresno, 3 other cities (FB Reg) + Trying times for teachers (RP Reg) + California screaming (at Gov.) + Dan Walters: Arnie, Jerry and Willie: Capitol's political theatrics get ever better (SB Reg) + California's 'Gov. Moonbeam' still stirring things up + Shelter plan has neighbors unhappy

Audit finds Dept General Services could cut prescription drug bills by being savvy about buying medications for other state agencies (SB Reg)

State a leader in curtailing flow of waste to landfills, incinerators

Forest Service May Sell Some Staff Facilities (LAT Reg)

Legislature: Some lawmakers feel uncomfortable about accepting raise + Lawmaker Torlakson wants 2 years of gym for students + Speier bill to require records encryption on state employees' laptops + Legislatures may fill gap left by expired piercing law

Indian tribes: Study blasts San Pablo bingo plan + [I. Nelson Rose] Study Blasts Bingo Plan. Electronic form of game becomes the center of battle for Casino San Pablo + Sweet spot for high rollers. Revenue play includes selling luxury to big money players + Tribal council: Casino still on. Council sees Schwarzenegger proclamation as no obstacle + JAMES MAY: Schwarzenegger Proclamation On Off-Reservation Gaming Issued

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CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS...

Inmate worker program faces test (SB Reg)

California winemakers seek state solution

Diabetic's road tragedy raises thorny questions (SJM Reg)

TV, Radio Give Legal Advice to Immigrants (LAT Reg)

Sex offender data base often outdated, incomplete (RP Reg)

Minority judgeships still rare (RP Reg)

Sacramento & north: Yuba City: Thieves target farm labor (SB Reg) + R.E. Graswich: City pursues program to pair social workers with police on patrols (SB Reg) + San Mateo home prices No.1 in U.S. + Stockton family supporting Nedow's Pledge suit leaves town

San Francisco, San Mateo: Crackdown nets hundreds of DUI arrests + Redwood City: Coroner releases name of man on Caltrain tracks + Estranged son returns to rip off mother

Alameda: Romanowski pays $415,000 to Williams + Program designed to ease court process for elderly + Juvenile hall rape may have roots in budget + Transient found dead after Oakland stabbing + Police search at tower for caped crusader fruitless + Oakland police rookies shot at

Santa Clara: Police reforms lag in East P.A. (SJM Reg) + Drunken driving arrests up (SJM Reg) + 1 dead, 3 hurt in shooting (SJM Reg)

Sonoma: Sebastopol police seeking missing man

Napa: Long weekend for suspect in '96 murder

Solano: Still no suspect in Grant murder + Vallejo Police Calls + Benicia Police Calls

Monterey: Five arrested in Lake San Antonio brawl + Fugitive won their hearts -- and wallets

Central Valley: Prosecutors in Peterson case kept close tabs on media + Police tight-lipped about girl's death + Law & Order

Southern California: OC: secret data on priests' treatment released (CCT Reg) + Suspect in Thousand Oaks double slaying allegedly wounds deputy + Bakersfield: Ex-vice principal's hearing to begin re: murdering his family + Lynwood: Spate of Violence Leaves 6 Dead, 8 Hurt (LAT Reg) + San Bernardino Mountains: Skull, Bones May Be Those of Missing Elsinore Boy (LAT Reg) + Orange County: Jury awards $1.6 million to fired whistleblower employee who says county investigator harassed him at home (OC Reg)

Michael Jackson: Alcohol charge against Michael Jackson is reduced + Jackson 'may never befriend another child' + Jackson's father says family devastated + Trial has Left Jacko 'A Nervous Wreck'

MORE ONLY IN CALIFORNIA....

LOCAL NEWS:   Separation of church, state contested in fight to preserve California's Missions (CCT Reg)

Vallejo: Wild horses, burros up for adoption

Hospital giant Sutter Health plays hardball on many fronts + Sutter Health CEO to move on

Editorial: Calling all tree huggers (SB Reg)

Toxin causing illness, death among California's sea lions

Sacramento & north: Six drown over holiday (SB Reg) + Take note: New CDs hit library (SB Reg) + Editorial: Delta diplomacy (SB Reg) + News in brief from Northern California + Washington Market condemned + Chico: Bidwell Park, the park that never was

San Francisco, San Mateo: SF General and Alameda County Hospital to share interpreters (CCT Reg) + SF could go ‘green' with purchasing + Muni budget heads toward final hurdles + SF: Hotel owners ready to make contract pitch + P.J. Corkery: North Beach, N.Y.C. and Cannes capers + + Menlo Park: Driver killed after slamming into SUV + Strike threats loom over United Airlines + + Burlingame: Reality TV bounty hunter comes to town + + San Mateo County brush fires could be first of many

Alameda: Parcel taxes on ballot in 3 cities next week. Palo Alto, Alameda, Piedmont will vote on school funding + Exercise is God's Gym commandment (CCT Reg) + Castro Valley farmers market opens (CCT Reg) + Union City bans July 4 block parties + Uncertain future for union of Fox and Paramount theaters + Oakland Port's budget outlook is good + Oakland: New academic leader is hired for city schools + Livermore seeks Vulcan gravel plan studies + Grove pays tribute to war's casualties + Mirassou wine family to bid adieu to San Jose and move to Livermore + Alameda gossip + Moral Values Come to the Bay Area

Santa Clara: End of San Jose's oldest winery + New S.J. centers to strain resources (SJM Reg) + Teenagers showcase talents in S.J. show (SJM Reg) + Tech should work here of all places (SJM Reg) + Ways to burn less gasoline and spend fewer dollars (SJM Reg)

Contra Costa: Concord's base plans accelerate (CCT Reg)+ Three-car accident on Highway 4 snarls traffic (CCT Reg) + Danville dedicates All Wars Memorial

Marin: Changes ahead for schools in Mill Valley + New MV school chief excited

Sonoma: Global warming tackled on county level + 'Deep Throat' mystery points to SR man + Safe holiday weekend on North Coast + Sebastiani joins push to restrict teen abortions + Adobe soil holds this former drifter + If you park there, you'll be watched + Windsor sees pool dreams evaporate + One last Mondavi vintage + 'Incubator' envisioned for former Agilent site

Napa: School safety program at the crossroads + Bicyclist dies in accident + Controversy over mural grows + Still feeling ripples from Measure P + Competing measures in Congress on immigrant labor + Napa's has a new rolling pet-mobile

Solano: Free CDs aren't a big thrill to county libraries, schools + Vallejo school budget to be unveiled + Vallejo council calls off meeting + County prepares for massive computer switch + A family affair--Grandparents provide nest for several generations

Monterey: Occupancy condition for purchase of home + Your town + Carmel: Growing up with artistic giants

Central Valley: School books may go on diet + Aging Latinos' future clouded + A year later, slain teen's family still feeling pain + Tenet says Doctors center to stay open + Picnic an Assyrian family reunion + Credit cards are the real threat with student debt + Outdoor education + Paramedic students learn ropes + Blogger in Senegal has roots in valley + Former Turlock publisher, 71, dies + Owners not digging costs to clean up Jamestown pit + News & Notes + Stanislaus: Affordable apartments show the possibilities + Walls going up around older homes, newer Modestans

Central Coast: Back to Basics: Physicians take tools, supplies, skills to Peru’s wilderness + Sacrifice remembered, honored at historic Santa Cruz cemetery + Longtime colleagues at Gateway School leaving a way of life + Woof to Woof hopes to fetch donations for visually impaired + Arts Commission honors students for poetry entries + Coast Lines + News briefs from California's Central Coast

Southern California: Roads shut as Glendale awaits storm funds + News briefs from San Diego County + Villaraigosa's Big Team (LAT Reg) + Sudanese Refugees Reunite to Plan Future (LAT Reg) + News briefs from Southern California + San Diego: No turning back once City employee opts for DROP

School days: On-campus housing studied as way to retain faculty + McClatchy High students trying to educate others about Darfur (SB Reg) + Changes ahead for schools in Mill Valley + New MV school chief excited + Fremont schools receive once-over + Oakland: New academic leader is hired for city schools + Tracy: Trustees get first look at Kimball + For class of 2006, exit test for keeps + The day the music died in Redwood City schools (SJM Reg) + San Francisco: Summer school cuts challenge parents + Vallejo cool budget to be unveiled + Alumni Go to the Head of the Class as Teachers (LAT Reg) + Stockton districts fight dropout rates

May 27, 2005

WAR IRAQ On the ground:
Rebels down US chopper as Baghdad shield is raised + Iraq Qaeda says Zarqawi recovered from wounds - Web + Overlapping Rotations Will Raise Troop Numbers in Iraq + IRAQ: Why Operation Thunder Was Announced in Advance + Marines Return to Fight in Haditha + Iraq will use 40,000 troops, police to lock down Baghdad. New violence claims child, Marine, 2 GIs -- copter shot down + Many Iraqis See Sectarian Roots in New Killings + Iraqi Bombers Claim They Were Deceived + Pressure builds on Iraq's insurgents + A Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq + US puppet government announces state of siege in Baghdad + Coyotes sniff out insurgents throughout Iraq + Orders of battle + Juan Cole reports

Iraq government: Iraqis wary of new prime minister's strategy + Schools enjoy rejuvenation, but they're still vulnerable + Kurds Still Without Govt: Mhd. Abdulqadir + Sunni elite moves toward an accommodation with US occupation of Iraq

War prisons: Probe finds Quran was not flushed. Military inquiry cites mishandling of Muslim holy book + U.S. SEAL innocent of abusing Iraqi suspect lawyer+ U.S. general assails 'shrill' Guantanamo criticism + No Accountability for Bagram

MIDDLE EAST: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Is Taken to Riyadh Hospital, Saudi Press Reports + Saudi King Fahd doing well in hospital

EUROPE: "Yes" camp campaigns furiously in France ahead of EU treaty vote + Turmoil as Chirac Plans to Disregard 'No' Vote

Germany ratifies EU constitution, hopes to boost French 'yes' lobby

Blair wins Italy's support for G8 plan but challenges remain

Stardom: PORTUGAL: A COUNTRY IN CRISIS

Belfast sees hope for unity in Titanic project

Turnabout for Turkey

AFRICA: Annan Meets With Sudanese Officials on Darfur as Women Say War Crimes Suspects Should Be Tried at Home

SUDAN: Europe Will Equip African Union Peacekeepers

ASIA PACIFIC: Former President Clinton Says Enough Money Is Available for Tsunami Recovery Rebuilding

Islamabad Bombing Kills 50, Injures 200 at Shrine, Ambulance Service Says

India digs deep for commerce and security

AMERICAS: Bolivia gas protesters cut capital's airport road, clash with police + Permanent unrest splits Bolivia

Thousands of People March Against Disappearance, Killings in Mexican Border City

Russian Trials: What Justice?

Intelligence vital to stable democracy


Senate Intel Committee Considers PATRIOT Act Expansion Bill in Secret

Marine tank's biblical name draws hefty criticism

Drama students learn tough lesson: Dubya's no joke

Congressman wants anti-Semitic rhetoric banned from Arab textbooks

A motorcycle Mecca stirs up questions of race

Vampire bat debate: To kill or not to kill

Photographing the 60's Revolution

INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....

Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev claims responsibility for Moscow's blackout

Regents vote to make a bid for Los Alamos. Northrop Grumman drops out, leaving field to UC and Texas + UC faces just one challenger in fight for lab

Homeland Security Deports Member of Terror Group Linked to Al-Qaida

Xymphora: Who are the insurgents?

INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS: JSTARS Roams the Wild West

FBI has OKC bomb documents it is reluctant to give up

Pentagon Analyst In Israel Spy Case Is Called a 'Patriot' + Franklin Affidavit

Executive charged with corporate espionage against rival firm

KCIA Chief Ordered Predecessor’s Killing

Russia: 'Names That Should Have No Place On The Map Of Russia'

Think before you sing `Hatikva'

Russian Trials: What Justice?

Intelligence vital to stable democracy

HOW LOW
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Amerindo's Alberto Vilar Is Charged With Stealing $5 Million From a Client

British doctors offer blunt tip on knives

U.S. funds fraud case costs Mayo Clinic $6.5 million (SB Reg)

U.S. Indicts 4 Tennessee Lawmakers in Corruption Case + Tenn. Lawmaker Placed Under House Arrest

Ohio Official Resigns Amid Coin Scandal

California turns toward rehabilitating juveniles

Pacific Northwest salmon plan violates species act, judge says

Suspect in Stabbing of Two Children in Nevada Enters Surprise Guilty Plea

Cayman Islands, U.S. Exchange US$2 Million Recovered in Fraud Prosecutions

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Intel Launches Dual-Core Chips for PCs

Google CEO hunts in Microsoft's back yard

Microsoft: Netscape 8 Breaks IE

Mighty Morphing Power Processors

Physicists Control The Flip Of Electron Spin In New Study

NCAR Researcher Sheds Light On Solar Storms

Solid-state Lighting Sources Getting More Energy Efficient And Smart

Rice Unveils 'Green' Microcapsule Production Method

CONNECT THE DOTS....

Astronaut a big booster for careers at NASA. Ex-space station chief reaches out to Asian Americans

Jesuits in the Sciences 1540 - 1995

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Krugman: What happens when housing goes flat?

US economy strong, but relies on 'unprecedented borrowing': IMF

U.S. softens stance on China's Yuan

As TV Moves to the Web, Marketers Follow

SEC gets a taste of its own medicine (SJM Reg)

General Electric sees $5 bln revenues from India by 2010

MILITARY Yuba City church's Vietnam drama helps soldiers put war's trauma behind (SB Reg)

For the Wounded, No Miracle Is Small

Japan Probes WWII Soldiers in Philippines

Anencephaly case tests military's rule on abortion

From tiny Pacific islands comes outsized sacrifice

Tillmans Not Alone Fighting War Secrecy

ARMORED WARFARE: The Need for Speed

Air Force tells commanders to ensure 'religious respect'

C-130J still taking figurative heavy flak

Gold Star Mothers Bar Noncitizen + Incoming President Says Gold Star Organization Could Change Citizenship Rule After Mother Rejected

BIOWARFARE  WATCH....

Bioscientists: Gods or Monsters?

Click. China says 2 epidemics spreading among livestock and birds.

What Does the Bird Flu Mean For the Birds?

Indonesian pigs have avian flu virus; bird cases double in China


Pfizer Says FDA May Require Viagra Label Warning After Links to Blindness + Blindness reported in some taking impotence pills

Recreational Use Of An Erectile Dysfunction Drug Can Be Risky For Some

Studies link chemicals to genital, breast development

British Medical Experts Campaign for Long, Pointy Knife Control

From Us to Science -- Three Embryos (LAT Reg)

Stem cells as tools to test cardiac drugs (LAT Reg)

The House Call Redux

Ovarian cancer?

Gene therapy could change sports world

Tax May Drain World's Top Sperm Bank

At Long Last, Scientists Figure Out How Plants Grow

Infants With Rare Genetic Disease Saved By Cord Blood Stem Cells

Scientists Inhibit Cancer Gene: Potential Therapy For Up To 30 Percent Of Human Tumors

New Haptics Systems Challenge Stroke Patients To Grasp, Pinch, Squeeze Their Way To Recovery

The Lopsided Brain: Attention Bias Is Shared By Humans And Birds

Duke Engineers Develop New 3-D Cardiac Imaging Probe

Nitric Oxide Finding May Yield Better Cancer Treatments And Blood Substitutes

Patients' Favorite Music During Surgery Lessens Need For Sedative

Grasping Metaphors: UC San Diego Research Ties Brain Area To Figures Of Speech

Home Care Patients Suffering High Rate Of Pneumonia, Complications

Difference In Talking Louder, Talking Over Noise Depends On Verbal Cues, Internal Targets

Increase In Heart Surgery Mortality From SSRIs Or Depression?

Boston University Psychologists Find Neurological Mechanism For Subliminal Learning

Defender Potato Makes Fabulous Fries, Foils Late Blight

Acoustic 3-D Imaging Unveils Swimming Behavior Of Microscopic Ocean Plankton

Drink Less Rather Than Shower Less To Save Water

Largest Red Tide Outbreak In 12 Years In Massachusetts Bay Monitored

Discovery Returns To Vehicle Assembly Building For New Tank

THE BUSHWORLD...

Bush tells USNA grads US winning war on terror

Bush endorses plan to close military bases at Navy graduation + Bush: Money Being Wasted on Unneeded Bases

CBS Poll: Bush increasingly out of touch with American public

U.S. rejects Venezuelan move to extradite Cuban

What Bush is saying when he's talking

After Lashing U.S. Inquiry, Galloway Plans Antiwar Tour

Time is short for a deal with Israel, Abbas tells Bush in symbolic meeting + U.S.: Our position towards Israel is unchanged + Bush: End expansion of settlements

Bolton: Rice Says Bolton Has "rough Edges" but Deserves Confirmation

Iran: U.S. relents on Iranian membership in world trade group. Nuclear activities on hold, Tehran says + Khamenei's Muscle (LAT Reg) + The one-man Rafsanjani show

Syria, Lebanon: Candidates worry about apathy with Lebanon elections set to begin + In Syria, Weighing Risks

Other foreign: Nuclear arms conference collapses without deal

Domestic: Wyoming Opal Find Causes Headaches for Federal Land Managers + Summary Box: Precious Opal Highly Valued Gemstone

Social Security: Social Security card plan aims to curb fraud + NEW PLAN WOULD PUT PICTURES ON SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS

Congress: GOP senators promise new immigrant worker bill + Senators can't agree on expanding FBI power. Intelligence Committee must meet after recess + Offshore drilling bill makes way to Senate floor + Court rules against DeLay PAC official. Critics say decision bolsters other cases tied to GOP leader + Trade bill delayed in Congress (SJM Reg) + 'Pork barrel' projects: A battle of will, wallet + Work on nominees could return Lott to ranks of GOP leadership

Democrats: Former Clinton aide acquitted + Tourists Making 'Billgrimage' Help Put Clinton's Birthplace Back in the Black

GOP: The Frist Problem (LAT Reg) + Gonzales, GOP court Hispanics

Washington election trial: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Challenge to Washington Governor's Election + Clark County admits ballot-reconciliation problems + Cannonfire analyzes vote fraud

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