SEPTEMBER 2005

September 30, 2005
 

WAR IRAQ On the ground:  A new market blast kills at least 8 in Iraq (9/30) + Iraq bombings intensify as poll nears + Explosions kill 85 in Iraq (Thursday 9/29/05) + Anglican Preacher Cliff Handford missing in Iraq, series of attacks + ‘Green slime’ invades Iraq + Iraqi police arrests female would-be suicide bomber in Baghdad + Eight Iraqis killed, 10 injured in Hilla booby-trapped car blast + Horror engulfs Baghdad as car bombs kill over 80 + Fight all but gone out of Iraqi Army + Insurgents play cat-and-mouse game with American snipers

Iraq government: The Swiss cheese Iraqi Constitution ... Stuffed with Kurdish relish + How the occupation authorities intervened in the writing of Iraq’s Constitution

War prisons: With Canberra's loyal support US to resume Guantánamo trial of David Hicks

AFGHANISTAN: British minister in Kabul for NATO expansion talks + General Kamiya's "to-do" list of American task force in Afghanistan

MIDDLE EAST: Jordan's king appeals for Muslim-Jewish cooperation

Algerians Back Amnesty Plan Aimed at Ending 13 Years of Islamist Violence + Algerian president wins massive support for peace charter + Reconciliation referendum in Algeria expected to pass + Weakest turnout for Algerian reconciliation in Kbyle area + 97 percent OF Algerian voters back partial amnesty for Islamist rebels

Arabs fail to win UN swipe at Israel over atomic arms

Gamal Mubarak moves closer to control of Egypt + Paris keen to bolster dialogue and cooperation with Cairo

Israel, Palestine: Fatah wins municipal elections in the West bank + Israel kills 2 gunmen, teen in W. Bank offensive + No More Unilateral Moves for Israel, Analysts Say + Fatah wins 65 of 104 councils in W. Bank elections + Palestinians: At least two Al-Aqsa Brigades men killed in IDF raid + Abbas: IDF jeopardizing any chance of peace

RUSSIA: New Ukrainian PM discusses natural gas, economic cooperation in Moscow + Russia, Ukraine to step up talks on natural gas supplies + Common Economic Space has great potential - Premier + Putin to pay working visit Britain on Oct. 4-5 - Kremlin + Moscow seeks solutions to "sore spots" in relations with Britain + IAEA to resume inspections of Russian reactors + Russian Railways to invest $600mln-plus in oil deliveries to China + Putin firmly defends Russia's sovereignty for Kurile Islands, Japan insists on their return

EUROPE: German rivals vie to win Dresden + Dresden Vote Could Budge German Stalemate + SPD continue to press for Schroeder as chancellor + The Prize Fight for the Chancellery + The coming grand coalition in Germany: illegitimate and undemocratic

French Foreign Minister hails al Azhar role, calls for training French imams in Egypt + France set for major disruptions Tuesday as unions call nationwide strike

Armenian Patriarch Says Turkish EU Bid Critical for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Towards the EU Police State: EU Criminal Law overrides Member States

Macedonia, Albania and Croatia to Cooperate Over NATO Membership

Croatia 'disappoints' UN tribunal over failure to arrest wanted general

Yushchenko: Tymoshenko Cabinet dismissal tough test for successors

CENTRAL ASIA: Relations with Russia a priority for Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz PM + Kyrgyz PM sees no obstacles to ex-president's return to the country + LUKoil continues advance to the south

Russia, unlike EU, to continue arms exports to Uzbekistan - Ivanov

Abkhazia will not allow U.S., EU to deploy peacekeeping forces

Lukashenko says West spreading anti-Belarusian propaganda

EU calls emergency talks over Turkey impasse

AFRICA:

France tinkers with its African troop deployment

29 refugees killed by Janjawid militia in Darfur; attacks into Chad

West African leaders discuss crisis in Cote d'Ivoire

South Africa: Was mining magnate Brett Kebble murdered or victim of car hijacking? + Life for S Africa lion murderer + Lion case echoes farm tensions

Ex-Chadian Dictator Indicted in Belgium, Faces Extradition

Kenya stand-off ends in MP arrest

Spain and Morocco will send troops to secure 2 Spanish enclaves on north African coast

White farmers hit by more land grabs in Zimbabwe

Sudan gov't rejects threat by faction to pull out of peace talks

George Weah Wants to Be Liberia's Next President

Rampant corruption threatens Yemen's democracy experiment

ASIA PACIFIC: China to enhance int'l co-op in anti-corruption drive + China's sock town workers on the front line of a trade war + Secrets of China's worst dams burst accident surface + Top science academy to build 10 innovation bases + Exiled Uighur group says China's action in Xinijiang risks sparking violence + 2 Chinese killed in Thailand's insurgent south + War plans set Tokyo at odds with China

Indonesia announces sharp hikes in fuel prices + Indonesian President urges calm as fuel protests turn violent

Koizumi rejects court ruling against shrine visits + Japanese court rules shrine visits unconstitutional + Japan presses China on gas fields

Southern Thailand's schools dispel military training base accusations

SOUTH ASIA: India, Pakistan to sign missile launch pre-notification pact + Russia's Gazprom keen to take part in Iran-India pipeline + India 'tops for Asian investment' + Community radio exposes India's corrupt officialdom + India's top detective agency carries out nationwide raids on gov't official suspected of corruption + 19 killed, 4 soldiers in firefight with rebels in Kashmir + India in new peace moves ahead of Pakistan talks + Indian police kill six student protesters in Meghalaya + India for boosting cooperation, relations with Syria + India: Police rebuked for failing to rescue child from kidnappers

Pakistan soldier policeman killed in offensive vs. militants in Pakistan tribal area + Clashes kill 11 Pakistan soldiers + Pakistani helicopters attack militants on border

Bangladesh seizes explosives from militant hideout + India, Bangladesh fail to resolve border fencing issue + India hands to Bangladesh list of 172 camps, 307 insurgents

AMERICAS: Reputations of Pinochet, Allende are changing

Venezuela's Chávez guarantees South Americans fuel + Venezuela to Insist on Cuban Militant's Extradition if U.S. Sends Him to Third Country + Chavez: Venezuela moves reserves to Europe+ Venezuela Denounces Bush Family Ties with Terrorists + El Salvador Arrests Criminal with Ties to Posada Carriles + Book on Posada´s Terror Circulates Again

Brazil and China fail to reach agreement about exports + Brazil overtakes Mexico on economic front

Chile proposes turning CSN into free trade area

South American Summit Overshadowed by Chavez Anti-U.S. Rhetoric

Mexican Leader Talks Up Free Trade, Takes Swipe at U.S. for Its Lumber Dispute With Canada + Mexico holds ex-army Guatemalans +Mexico Eliminates Water Debt With US After More Than Decade

CONNECT THE DOTS....

Some conspiracies truly exist

Former Canadian defense minister speaks out on extraterrestrial visitors

The icon of abuse

New US-Russian Crew Heads for Space Station + NASA chief warns that U.S. may end participation on Russian space flights + Plan for Euro-Russian space plane

Dutch Answer to Flooding: Build Houses that Swim + National Register Evaluation of New Orleans Drainage System -- New Orleans District History -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Doom Rocket Man Preps for Liftoff

The Trend Spotter

Nieman Marcus Sells 'Skycar'

NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets

Tools for the Ultimate High-Tech Survival Kit

Snowball Earth Theory Comes Under Fire

Apple Smart Phone 'Only a Matter of Time'

Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion

Room-temperature Transistor Laser Is Step Closer To Commercialization

INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....

US Review Leads to Upheaval in Spy Satellite Programs

The Threat of Information, Electromagnetic and Psychotronic Warfare

Seven Egyptians to be added on list of Al-Qaida sanctions panel

UK police delegation in Pakistan to seek extradition of three murderers

Four suspected Islamic radicals to go on trial in France

Australia: Ex-ASIO boss spills Fraser's top secrets + Spies, lies and terror at home

Larry Franklin to testify against two former AIPAC officials

I saw Nazis test A-bomb, says author, rewriting history

European Court takes action re: treason conviction of Russian environmental journalist Grigory Pasko

N. Korea says over 170 U.S. spy flights flown in September

US hedging against the China challenge

China turns to Russia for big-ticket military items

China's military buildup shakes up East Asia

MILITARY  Army recruits at low point

Kamikaze Images

Army won't pursue charges in posting of grisly war-zone photos

Okinawa sailors get training in new battlefield medical care system

LEAKGATES 

FDNY chaplain resigns after remarks about 9/11 conspiracy theory

Pentagon revokes officer's security clearance (Able Danger witness)


indigenous peoples urge action on Arctic thaw

No smile for Google's camera

The Wiretap Powers in the Patriot Act

Wrong Number: FBI Says It Makes Mistakes in National Security Wiretaps

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Wal-Mart Names Menzer, Duke Vice Chairmen, Setting Up Rivalry for Top Job

Harvard Cracks $25 Billion, Names Temporary Money Manager

Arizona casinos pull in $1.5 billion during last year

Wal-Mart to take majority control of Japan's Seiyu + Wal-mart takes wing in China

Australia: $100 a day - the child care dilemma

Realty unchecked in India

America's nightmare: Becoming Britain

Oracle President Says He's Eager to "crush" Rival Salesforce.com

BIOWARFARE  WATCH....

China reluctant to share bird flu samples + ASEAN agrees on bird flu action plan as UN warns virus could kill up to 150 million + ASEAN endorses anti-bird flu plan, creates fund + Flu pandemic 'will hit UK hard' + Bird flu fears grip Indonesia + Indonesia badly lacks bird flu drugs + WHO Tries to Calm Bird Flu Fears + WHO: Impossible to Predict Bird Flu Deaths + US Senate OKs $4B for Bird Flu Readiness + Brazil to Produce Bird Flu Vaccine + Surveillance Data Suggest That Preschoolers Drive Flu Epidemics

Brain Disease (Japanese Encephalitis) Takes a Thousand Lives in India


Frog Peptides Block HIV In Lab Study

Only One-third Of Women Take Vitamin To Help Prevent Serious Birth Defects, Survey Finds

Surveillance Data Suggest That Preschoolers Drive Flu Epidemics

Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Leading To Portal Hypertension

VCU Researchers Design New Receptor And Enhance Bioassay To Advance Drug Discovery Process

Say What? Bacterial Conversation Stoppers

Nano-vehicle in blood vessel invented

Study: Diabetic nerve change begins early

Study: New lifespan extension genes found

A Biomolecule As A Light Switch

Real-time MRI Helps Doctors Assess Beating Heart In Fetus

Structures Of Marine Toxins Provide Insight Into Their Effectiveness As Cancer Drugs

Novel Mechanism For DNA Replication Discovered

First Report Of Cancer Drug Gleevec As New Target Therapy For Pulmonary Hypertension

Evidence Of A New Hereditary Joint Disorder

Myelin Suppresses Plasticity In The Mature Brain

Statins Use Associated With Lower Risk Of Fractures

New Blood Transplant Method Stops Fatal Side Effect, Stanford Study Finds

Oral Contraceptives Associated With Reduced Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis

Wild gorillas seen to use tools + Apes 'extinct in a generation'

Hybrid Grass May Prove To Be Valuable Fuel Source

HOW LOW
THE
LAW GOES....

Big cases ahead for Supreme Court

Patent Office Deals Blow to Microsoft, Internet Explorer

Top Suspected Colombian Drug Trafficker Shielded From Extradition to U.S.

Blake on goofs: I'm 72

Appeals Court Reinstates Grasso's Libel Suit Against NYSE Chairman

THE BUSHWORLD...

Edgy W talks damage control with GOP bigs

W dead wrong on terror big, sez pro

Rice Says Iraq Must Not Be Given Up to 'merciless Killers'

Libby Is to Cheney What Cheney Is to Bush: Behind-the-Scenes Adviser and Problem Solver

Bush, Indian PM Manmohan review progress on nuclear pact

US efforts to ensure Iraq constitution referendum is adopted

Intensive talks to solve disagreement between US and Egypt over Free Trade Agreement

US-Uzbek cooperation against terrorism stops: newspaper

US concern at Saudi 'hate works'

US official says Israel withdrawal from Gaza not the last pullout

US rejects changes to Internet control demanded by EU

Bush Cronyism Excludes Experts, Weakens Agencies

Education Department Broke Propaganda Rules by Paying Columnist, GAO Says

Deadline for Bush's Tax-Simplification Panel Pushed Back Again

Plamegate Text of Judith Miller's remarks + David Corn: A CIA-Did-It Defense for Scooter in the Plame Leak Case? + 'NY Times' Attorney Says Subpoena Required Miller to Turn Over Notes + Miller Speaks to Reporters After Testifying, Cites 'Narrow Testimony' as Key + A Timeline in the Judith Miller/CIA Leak Case

Supreme Court Nominee: Politically weakened Bush under pressure on 2nd pick

Katrina/Rita: Fixing roofs on Gulf Coast proves costly for taxpayers + U.S. paying a premium to cover storm-damaged roofs + In a week, Navy Seabees build temporary housing for 74 families + FEMA's temporary trailer homes under scrutiny + Illegal immigrants cut off from many post-hurricane benefits + Carnival CEO Defends Cruise Ship Deal for Hurricane Refugees + Post-Katrina Real Estate Frenzy Threatens to Bust Blue Collar Neighborhoods + Mississippi, Other Gulf Ports Slowly Return to Business

Delay: DeLay PAC funds returned by 2 Republicans + E.J. Dionne: The shameless genius of Tom DeLay + In Washington, DeLay remains a force to be reckoned with + D.A. Who Charged Tom DeLay Gave a Film Crew Behind-the-Scenes Access

Iran: Parliament speaker: all activities at all Iranian facilities resume within Iran's legal right + Tehran to lobby India for vote in Nov. + 'Israel will act against Iran's nuke programme' + Rafsanjani: Iran's nuclear dossier ''mined and dangerous'' field + Iran to review nuclear treaty protocol

Syria, Lebanon: Al-Assad emphasizes press role in voicing citizens problems + Lebanese officials reject any US experts' role in probe + Talks between UN envoy Larsen and Mubarak on the situation in Lebanon + Lebanese premier says bombings not “ordinary’ crimes + Lebanon cabinet approves foreign help

N. Korea: Chinese vice premier to visit North Korea + North Korea plays politics with food aid

Domestic: Navajo president wants reauthorization of mining reclamation laws + Dairy farms fear for milk income loss subsidy + Marketers of prescription drug coverage told to play by the rules + Ranchers Still Waiting for Federal Disaster Payments

Congress: US Senate approves $4 bln to fight bird flu + House approves major overhaul of Endangered Species Act + Senate passes measures to help veterans

OPINIONS:

Paul Krugman: The way it is

David Ignatius: Iraq's precarious 'Arc of Stability'

Robert Rabi: Real message of US pressure on Syria

Sidney Blumenthal: Bin Laden's little helper

Robert Parry: Frog-marching Bush to the Hague

Chris Floyd: The good captain

Jeff Koopersmith: Karen Hughes, American rube

Ted Rall: Who did you torture in your war, Daddy

Tom Englehardt: Katrina will be Bush's Monica. And interview with Cindy Shehan

John Nichols: Roberts draws 22 Democratic votes

Xymphora: Miller on a Scooter

AIPAC and Espionage: Guilty, by Justin Raimondo

Skeptical on Bush's Democracy Crusade: Jim Lobe

Doug Thompson: A sick dying elephant

San Francisco gay marriage and beyond:   ACTUP Oral History Project + Jesuit Official Protesting Expected Vatican Ban on Gay Priests

The Pen Is Mightier.... 

Open Source Opens Doors to SNL

'Philadelphia Inquirer' Writers Scoop Gray Lady on its Own Story

GAO: Bush Administration Broke Law By Paying Armstrong Williams

Today's papers



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

Daily picture from the Metropolitan

'Aesthetic Computing' Turns Algebra Into Art; Teachers Intrigued

Uncovered Capote novel printed

Confucius has over 3 mln descendants worldwide

Out of Africa, architecture founded on art

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women, Coleridge, Utopia

Review: Polanski's version of Oliver Twist

New fiction by Sana Krasikov

The legendary Thelonius Monk - John Coltrane band, finally available on record

Prominent Afro-Brazilian Priestess Olga De Alaketu Dies at 80

Eye-Popping Streaming Film Debuts

Rush & Molloy: It seems Sienna's sadness is born of loss

Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: For poorer: Demi photos cost OK! $3M

Jennings left $50M to kin

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Word of the day

September 29, 2005

WAR IRAQ On the ground:  Car Bombs Kill 60 in Iraq, AP Says; Al-Anbar Bomb Kills Five U.S. Soldiers + Five US troops killed in W Iraq + Bombs kill at least 50 north of Baghdad + US Forces Raid Homes of Sunni Officials + Japan's Govt Hasn't Decided on Iraq Forces Extension + Iraq Anglican heads feared dead + Human Error Blamed in U.S. Chopper Crash in Iraq + Lethal Mix of Nationalism, Zealotry and Humiliation Drives Rising Suicide Attacks + Orders of battle + Juan Cole reports

Iraq government: Ex-army officers attack 'chaos' of Iraqi regime + Stuffing Iraq's ballot boxes

War prisons: Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Photos

AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan fears Iraq-style militant attacks + Suicide bomber kills nine in Kabul bike attack + Recent refugee influx ups pressure on aid agencies + Taliban intensifies activities in post-election Afghanistan + Afghan 'mass graves' investigated + Spiegel: Doing more to stop the drug trade

MIDDLE EAST: Mubarak junior tightens grip on Egypt + Mubarak’s new Egypt + Mubarak, Abbas talks cover coordination between two leaderships

Algerians vote on amnesty plans

Israel, Palestine: Israeli soldiers kill three in West Bank raids + Militants 'end West Bank truce' + Hamas seeks to limit damage from recent clashes with Israel + Israel troops kill three Palestinian gunmen + Sharon denies more unilateral moves by Israel + Israel puts talks with Abbas on ice + Israel assassinates Al-Aqsa brigades leader + Palestinians Enforce Ban on Weapons Displays, in Step Toward Ending Lawlessness

RUSSIA: Russia, U.S. against use of force in Georgia, South Ossetia + Ministry calls Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline study illegal + Russia's LUKoil, U.S. ConocoPhillips in joint search of new assets + LUKoil to start exports to China in 2005, early 2000 + Russia intentionally gave "wrong" data on crashed plane - Lithuanian minister + Kurils dispute is main issue in Russian relations - Japanese PM + Panel reviews Exxon's request to expand its Sakhalin I production area + Dutch court to rule on claims against Yukos + Gazprom says Russian govt to consider its liberalization plans "in next few days"

EUROPE: Blair apologizes to 82-year-old heckler + Don't mention the war

EU calls emergency Turkey talks

Venice 'will get protection dam'

German police arrest 'extremists'

Migrants in Morocco's forests will do anything to reach Europe

Likely agenda for Russia-EU summit in London + Russia, EU hope for visa agreement at October 4 summit

CENTRAL ASIA: Belarusian state security: No destabilization, revolution in country

American troops pull out of Uzbek base: will Uncle Sam find a worthwhile replacement?

AFRICA: Africans die in Spanish enclave

Violence Hindering Aid Effort in Darfur, Says UN

Zambia leader rejects HIV order

Stand-off at Kenya's parliament + Violence mars debate over a new constitution in Kenya

Somaliland in first vote for MPs

Namibia weekly regrets 'Nazi' ad

Oil and occupation in Western Sahara

ASIA PACIFIC: Unions strike across India against economic changes+ Iran denies shift in India ties + Gas deal with India still on: Iran + India, Pakistan to withdraw troops from Siachen: Pranab

Indian delegation meets Nepal opposition leaders + NEPAL: High-level ICJ mission under way + Nepal royalists stone Indian team + Nepal : Wellspring Of Renewal Lies Within

Deadly ambush in northwest Pakistan + India, Pakistan agree on Amritsar-Lahore bus link in November + Pakistani madrasahs in line of fire

Massive rallies against fuel price hike break out in Indonesia

Thai PM opens unfinished airport

Attacks on Chinese police rising + China, Japan to hold talks over disputed resources + China sets up investor protection fund + Michael Vatikiotis: China on the march

Disgruntled Tokyo plays money card re: UN

Vietnam boat people arrive in US

AMERICAS: Venezuela condemns US ruling against extradition of wanted exile + Venezuela accuses US of 'double standard' on terrorism + Venezuela to Check US Satellite Photo + Chávez to Eradicate Poverty in Venezuela by 2021 + Colombia, Venezuela Assess Border Security Commitment + Real effort to regulate Venezuelan land ... for the first time since 1821! + Chavez Expands Oil Initiative, and Influence, in South America

Ecuador President Sees Constitutional Reform Passing Soon

Trinidad seeks UK-US police help

Brazil's Lula still standing as scandal loses steam

Gold fever grips Chilean island

Bolivarian Parliament Frozen

Nicaragua's Somoza family reclaiming properties

Honduras: Iraq mercenaries recruited

Peru seeks damages from guerrilla group + Peru President Reduces VIP Security to Increase Police Presence on Lima's Streets

Colombian Authorities Launch Anti-Corruption Crackdown in Top Tourist Resort

INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....

Republicans See Signs That Pentagon Is Evading Oversight

Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin to plead guilty in spy case + Ex-Aipac Aide To Seek Dismissal of Case

Bin Laden tried to move to Britain in 1995 as he was planning 9/11 attacks

New London attacks warning

India seeks early lifting of nuke technology restrictions

Soviet spy in Delhi was CIA mole: Russian TV + Mitrokhin’s allegations are white lies: CPI Secretary + Russia Releases Documentary on Soviet Diplomat Who Was CIA Mole

Paul Buchanan Launches Security Book

Crackdown on militants, nets down suicide bombers in Pakistan + Pakistan Arrests Key Sunni Militant

Russian plotter passport probe

Chilean judge orders seizure of Pinochet's accounts in US

Sleeper cells feared in Australia + '300' jihadists in Australia in 2002 + Ruddock defends anti-terrorism measures

Miami Prosecutor Wants Cuban Case Reheard

'Ninoy' not a spook, his lawyer says

China a 'central' spying threat

FBI, Chinese to discuss intellectual property law

U.S. Won’t Sell Global Hawk Spy Drones to Korea

Judge: Posada to stay in U.S. for now

INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS: Timely Loops

COUNTER-TERRORISM: How to Win in the Horn of Africa

MARINES: More on American Naval Infantry

SPACE: Super GPS Satellite Goes Up

Top General Says Indonesian Fighters Involved in Thailand's Muslim Insurgency

NASA and Google to build research centre + The Future is Indexed: Thanks Google!

Enceladus, a Saturn moon, has fundamental chemical recipe for life

Hand-cranked $100 laptops to beat the digital divide

Probe set for asteroid landing

Duct Tape History - Invention of Duct Tape

The Future of Tablet PCs: Digitizing Ink Forever

Stardom: Subject: Evil-wishers are always around to spread rumors

Shocking Power-Grid Internet

Space Test For Swiss-designed Solar Antennas

Sailing The Planets: Exploring Mars With Guided Balloons

UNC Computer, Marine Scientists Collaborate To Predict Flow Of Toxic Waters From Katrina

World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System

Location System For Wireless Sensor Networks

MILITARY  American, Indian navies demonstrate sea partnership during Malabar 05

US troops upload photos of dead Iraqis for porn

Pentagon keeps GIs waiting for body armor reimbursements

Military wary of disaster role

Survey: 60 Percent of National Guard and Reserve Female Veterans Say They Were Sexually Harassed


Canadians win 'alternative Nobels'

A Bible course without the lawsuits? + Backdooring the Bible Into Classrooms

Brazil bishop makes river protest

OK, Now What?

CONNECT THE DOTS....

How a lonely, widowed polar bear got zoo in hot water with activists

The African-Americans who forsake worldly goods in Israel

Stardom: Older Women And Younger Men

Prof-Ratings Site Irks Academics

Jewish Organization Condemns Southern Baptist Affiliation With 'Messianic' Group

MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....

Ford Will Cut Half of Suppliers to Stem Costs; Delphi, Visteon Retained

India gets half of Silicon Valley's outsourced jobs

Kaiser signs historic deal with 29 labor unions

Survey: Location, location, location important to wine buyers

Dubai opens new stock exchange

Africa's Oil Giants Poised to Ride Wave of Rising Prices

China: Feeding frenzy for overseas banks+ Seven banks get ratings boost + BoA team arrives at CCB

The Pen Is Mightier.... 

Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Photos

Former US Marine to work for Al Jazeera TV: report

Product placement pushes into print

Kenya charges two journalists over coup article

Publisher Is Hard to Read + Some Say Paper Has Potential to Be Great Despite Its Mediocre Past Tom DeLay Drops the Hammer on Austin Newspaper, Which Hits Back

What Lurks in the Darkness? Reporters Work a Dire Beat

Today's papers

BIOWARFARE  WATCH....

Frist: America Unprepared For Avian Flu Outbreak

China lays out bird flu plan

Indonesia launches bird flu eradication campaign + Japanese bird flu experts begin work in Indonesia + Indonesia says at least 63 cases of suspected human bird flu + ASEAN asked to give weight to bird flu plan

Bats the 'likely source' of Sars

Secrets To Antibody's Success Against West Nile Virus Surprise Scientists

Physicians Ill-prepared To Diagnose, Treat Bioterrorism Diseases


Mighty Mice Regrow Organs

Potential New Treatment For Insulin-dependent Diabetes

Aids virus 'could be weakening'

India, best place for clinical trials

Lilly To Add Suicide Warning To Drug Strattera

Music training 'good for heart'

Married women 'suffer sexually'

DNA preserved in crystals of ancient bones

Spider Blood Found in 20 Million-Year-Old Fossil

Smoking Seems To Increase Brain Damage In Alcoholics

Flavanols Key To Potential Chocolate Benefits

Beauty Queens Urge Girls Not To Sacrifice Their Bones

Hopkins Geneticist Discovers Mutations In Cancer Cells That Suggest New Forms Of Treatment

Study Identifies Gene In Mice That May Control Risk-taking Behavior In Humans

Researchers Discover Gene Mutations Linked With A Type Of Chronic Pain And Weakness Syndrome

Bacteria Beam Cuts Factory-borne Food Poisoning

Sea ice melts to record low because of global warming

How A Zebra Lost Its Stripes: Rapid Evolution Of The Quagga

Penguin Chicks Exposed To Human Visitors Experience Spike In Stress Hormone

HOW LOW
THE
LAW GOES....

By portraying forensic science as exact, TV show CSI undermines criminal justice

More legal work moves to India

UCSF to pay $92,500 animal-rights settlement

Interpol expands activities to fight terrorism

Labor Department slaps Alaska in whistle-blower cases

Austin Activists Demand Taser Moratorium after another 'Taser Death'

Giddy Gotti is home free

Bayou's Israel and Marino Plead Guilty to Fraud at Collapsed Hedge Fund

New Bankruptcy Bill May Not Produce Payoffs Some Creditors Hoped

Cardiologist, Plaintiff's Son Testify in Suit Over Painkiller

THE BUSHWORLD...

Bush hails terrorist's death, expects pre-election violence

US generals say Iraq 'hard struggle;' senators worry

LOSS OF LEADER, TAINT OF SCANDAL IS A DOUBLE HIT FOR BUSH

Frist: America Unprepared For Avian Flu Outbreak

No US-China textile deal; more talks in October

Japan reproaches US over UN inequities

Gen.: Troop Withdrawal Hinges on Iraq Vote

Most Americans oppose use of force to promote democracy - survey

Bush lifts certain some weapons export restrictions on Libya

AP Interview: State Department Official Says Egypt Needs to Do More Toward Democracy

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S SCHEDULE 9/29/05

Tom DeLay: What's the Deal With the Tom DeLay Indictment? + GOP allies primed for DeLay's defense + How case could affect Hastings, McDermott + Ban on Corporate Funds Is a Fixture in Texas Election Law

Katrina/Rita: Katrina's Corpses Are Many, IDs Are Few + FEMA is still stumbling + New Orleans Police Launch Investigation Into Reports Some Officers Looted + Mrs. Bush gives victims an Extreme Makeover

Supreme Court: Roberts Sworn In as 17th U.S. Chief Justice; Focus Turns to Next Nominee + Text of the Swearing-in of John Roberts as Chief Justice + Hispanics, conservatives push court picks + W courts Hispanic, woman

Iran: UK rules out Iran military action + EU - US camp shrinks at IAEA ahead of Iran showdown + Iran to play cards carefully in nuclear dispute + Cuba, Syria, Belarus join IAEA Board, boosting Iran + Israel: MK Shteinitz denies he spoke of plan to bomb Iran

Syria, Lebanon: FBI agents probe Lebanon blast + Lebanon tightens measures against infiltrating persons + A meeting between Mehlis, Sinioura + Syrian remote areas enjoy development plans + Lebanese officials warn against foreign interventions + Syria's ambassador to Venezuela calls for investment in Syria + The real message of US pressure on Syria + Russia to supply Syria with ammunition, train officers

N. Korea: US opposes grace period for ending DPRK nuclear arms program + China, other nations split at North Korean nuclear talks + US, China clashing over UN statement on N. Korea + South Korea to Continue Sending Food Aid to North Korea

Congress: Senators Fume at White House Disdain for Katrina Healthcare Plan + GOP Divides Duties of Majority Leader Three Ways + Senators Seek Inquiry Into FDA Commissioner's Resignation

Democrats: Democrats decry "culture of corruption" + ‘Miller’s guy’ becomes Pelosi’s guy

GOP: A bad year for the party just got worse

OPINIONS:

Timothy Ash: To keep its dream alive, America must end its military obsession

Maureen Dowd: Dancing in the dark

Ray Takeyh: Why Iran isn't a global threat

War is coming to Venezuela ... and there is nothing you or I can do to stop it! + Hence, beware of capitalist, imperialist wolves, disguised under red berets!

Elmer Smith: When cronies become crooks

Josh Marshall: Abramoff is part of GOP's pay-for-play political machine

Margaret Carlson: Bush Presidency Exposed, Crumbling

Helen Thomas: Bush, as others before, escapes anti-war protests

Ari Berman: The Hammer Gets Hit, Hard

(WSWS) Posada Carriles to stay in US: Washington shields CIA terrorist from prosecution

(Capitol HIll Blue) Fear Factor Looms Large on Capitol Hill + So Much For Wanting to Be President

Xymphora: More barge tales

David Sirota: Blunt's record shows he's as corrupt as DeLay

Joe Conason: A stock explanation from Dr. Bill Frist

The Meaning of the IAEA Iran Vote: Jorge Hirsh

Posada Case Erodes US Credibility: Jim Lobe

Richard Cohen: Lynndie deserves an apology

Bob Herbert: Blood on Their Hands

Molly Ivins: Bush breaks first commandment of governing.

San Francisco gay marriage and beyond:  Legal battles loom in US gay marriage debate + Priest pulled from Mass after refusing to support anti-gay agenda + School Appoints "Heterosexuality" Officer + Episcopal parishes sue US bishop over gay prelate + Republicans replace gay Dreier with Blunt as House Majority Leader



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

Daily picture from the Metropolitan

French invite English wine tourists to do the hard work

Hoffman Overpowers as Truman in 'Cold'-Blooded Biopic

Israel to open ancient site near Jerusalem shrine

Mark Twain. Truly, madly, deeply American

Embargo hampering restoration effort of Hemingway villa in Cuba

Ice age 'twins' found in ancient burial ground

Long-sought Maya City found in Guatemala

Dave McKean Works Digital Magic

Ancient Roman seaman portrait found

Preserving A 460-Year-Old Wreck

Rush & Molloy: Jodie's 'Flight' has attendants stewing

Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Jayson rebounds nicely

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Liz Smith

Cindy Adams

Your daily braindrop

Word of the day

September 27, 2005

WAR IRAQ On the ground: Al-Qaeda's No 2 in Iraq is shot dead after betrayal + Zarqawi aide Abu Azzam killed in Iraq + US is logging gains against Al Qaeda in Iraq + Myers: Short-term benefit to Azzam's death + Al-Qaida denies aide to Zarqawi killed in Iraq + New terrorist group joins Al Qaeda in Iraq+ Iraqi police find bodies of 22 men + Shiites fleeing Sunni dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad + Judge in Basra reissues warrants to arrest two British soldiers + US forces fight Zombie army in Iraq + Orders of battle + Juan Cole reports

Iraq government: Nato opens Iraq training centre

War prisons: Witness: England deserves light punishment + Lynndie England Blames Former Boyfriend as She Faces Sentence for Abu Ghraib Conviction

AFGHANISTAN: Low government presence threatens disbandment of illegal armed groups + 3 Iranian citizens kidnapped in western Afghanistan released + Pak-Afghan accord on bus service likely + US team to visit Peshawar to discuss fencing Afghan border + Taliban threat looms again + Feasibility study on opium licensing in Afghanistan for the production of morphine, other essential medicines + Top Afghan minister submits resignation + Afghan resignation: Tough on drugs, tough on warlords - so why is top minister going?

MIDDLE EAST: Saudi King, Sudanese president hold talks on bilateral issues + Britain in secret talks with S Arabia over arms deal: report + Blair in secret Saudi mission

Israel, Palestine: Israel Sweep Collects 82 Suspected Militants + Israeli missiles hit Gaza + Hamas candidates caught in Israeli dragnet + Brown to lead EU-G8 mission to Middle East + As fire continues, Jihad renews pledge to truce + After victory, PM meets loyalists; Netanyahu: Sharon is a tyrant + Israel to continue targeted killings in Gaza + NBC analysis: A remarkable journey for Sharon

RUSSIA: Russia's Putin Rules Out Changing Constitution to Allow Third Term + Putin's orchestrated outreach + Russia ready to join US-led uranium fuel bank + Man Who Bought Main Yukos Subsidiary Decorated With Russia’s Major Order + Putin Rejects Negotiations With Japan Over Disputed Kurile Islands + Oil production monopolization in Russia should be avoided - Putin + Russia to seek solution to "non-citizens" issue in the Baltics-Putin

Moscow, Seoul to cooperate in space exploration + Talks on Transdnestr settlement conclude in Ukraine

EUROPE: Blair says reform must go further + Blair launches broadside against France, Germany

Germany's Schroeder says expects grand coalition + Germany's Eyes Set on Dresden Election + Schroeder sure of deal with Merkel + German election result causes consternation in the French political establishment

Parmalat trial to open in Milan

EU moves to cut knot of red tape

Migrants storm Spanish enclave

EU plans airline C02 reductions

Stardom:

Portugal: Conflicting Accounts About Drug Dealer Found In Freezer

CENTRAL ASIA: Ukraine's Orange Revolution leader tainted by scandal

Kazakh president: Kazakhstan to become leader in grain exports + Eighty held in Kyrgyzstan over political slaying + A bridge too far in Central Asia?

AFRICA: Belgium seeks Rwanda priest

Locals to replace foreign workers in Libya + US sees full relations with Libya

Chad says gunmen from Sudan kill 36 in border raid + Sudan's Turabi says new unity government a fraud

Nigeria acts on police sex abuse + Chevron restarts production at 2nd platform + The sorry nation of Nigeria