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Grants to promote democracy in Iran delayed
23 Oct 2005 at 8:27pm
Six months after announcing a plan to give $3 million to promote democracy in Iran, the State Department has yet to spend the ...

At Least 17 Iraqis Killed in a Day of Scattered Bombings and Gunfire
by KIRK SEMPLE
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
A bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood in Tikrit, killing an Iraqi police colonel and four children.

Bush Choice Gets Criticisms Rare for Nominees to Court
by DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Harriet E. Miers's nomination to the Supreme Court has provoked a range of opposition that some scholars say may have no modern precedent.

Poachers Looting National Parks of Treasures
by Juliet Eilperin
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. -- A self-described "old-timer," Skip Wissinger has spent 32 years traversing the park's 300 square miles and identifying its natural treasures. But now many of the park's most prized resources -- its American ginseng plants, black bears and unusual butterflies -- are...

The Miller Mess: Lingering Issues Among the Answers
by BYRON CALAME
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The Times must now face up to three major concerns raised by the C.I.A. leak investigation.

[TS] How Scary Is This?
by BOB HERBERT
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
If nothing is done about the current state of affairs and the incompetence of the government, things are going to get much worse.
Show Me the Money
by ELIZABETH WARREN
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Punishing debtors with the new bankruptcy law won't put money in creditors' pockets.
We're All Preppies Now
by CAROL McD. WALLACE
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The popular plaids and polos of today are a pure fashion revival, with little reference to the original subculture that spawned them.
Gas Taxes: Lesser Evil, Greater Good
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
By increasing the federal gasoline tax, the government can make America less vulnerable to all manner of threats.
The Worse U.N. Scandal
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The clearest possible message needs to be sent at every level that sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers will not be tolerated.

NYT > National

A Trail of Ruin as Storm Churns Toward Florida
by JOSEPH B. TREASTER, ABBY GOODNOUGH and JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The leading edge of the hurricane poised to strike the Gulf Coast of Florida as a Category 3 storm.
Longing for Home in a Sealed New Orleans Ward
by DEBORAH SONTAG
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Residents of the Lower Ninth Ward worry that outsiders might view their neighborhood as not worth the expense of rebuilding.
Engineers Point to Flaws in Flood Walls' Design as Probable Cause of Collapse
by CHRISTOPHER DREW and JOHN SCHWARTZ
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Some experts say the decision not to hammer steel pilings deeper probably led to the collapse of the walls on both the 17th Street and London Avenue canals in New Orleans.
Republicans Testing Ways to Blunt Leak Charges
by RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DAVID JOHNSTON
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Allies of the White House may pursue a strategy of attacking any criminal charges as a disagreement over legal technicalities.
Number of Women in Prisons Is on Rise
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Women made up 7 percent of inmates in state and federal prisons last year and accounted for nearly one in four arrests.
On Trip to South, Rice Uses an Atypical Topic: Herself
by STEVEN R. WEISMAN
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest trip to the South illuminated the roots and evolution of her world politics.

NYT > International

U.S. Widens Campaign on North Korea
by DAVID E. SANGER
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The Bush administration is urging nations to deny overflight rights to aircraft the United States says are carrying weapons technology.
Son of Slain Lebanese Seeks Special Tribunal
by HASSAN M. FATTAH
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Saad Hariri's call came as the U.S. and Britain stepped up a campaign to place international sanctions on Syria.
Plane Crashes in Nigeria; All 117 Aboard Are Probably Dead
by LYDIA POLGREEN and TONY IYARE
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
No survivors were found in the flaming wreckage of the 737 Boeing aircraft, the Nigerian Red Cross told Reuters.
Israel Retreats From Objection to Hamas Role in Elections
by STEVEN ERLANGER
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Israel began to back away from its opposition to participation of the armed Islamic group Hamas in Palestinian elections.
Quake Strains 58-Year-Old Fault Line
by SOMINI SENGUPTA
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The latest face-off between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Oct. 8 earthquake centers on the question of how to deliver aid across the Line of Control that divides Kashmir.

NYT > Washington

Ukrainian Sees No Russia Block on NATO Entry
by THOM SHANKER
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The defense minister told a touring U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that the people of his country may harbor Soviet-era suspicions.
Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems
by SAM DILLON and STEPHEN LABATON
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
A U.S. order aimed at facilitating court-ordered monitoring of Internet activity could cost billions, opponents say.

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Educating Virginia, '05
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
PRACTICALLY EVERY poll conducted in the course of Virginia's gubernatorial race suggests that voters put education at or near the top of their list of priorities, a fact worth noting as the candidates brawl over the death penalty, abortion, immigration and other wedge issues that have come to dominate the campaign. In fact, Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the Democrat, and former attorney general Jerry W. Kilgore, the Republican, have some intriguing things to say about education. What sets the two apart is the question of credibility: Mr. Kaine, whom we have endorsed, has some. Mr. Kilgore doesn't.
Our Choices in Virginia
by Post
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
THIS YEAR'S gubernatorial race in Virginia has lacked a compelling theme or personality. Much of the contest has been driven by wedge issues and other distractions divorced from most voters' central concerns. Both major candidates have avoided straight talk about the cost of improving the state's road network and other priorities. But all that should not obscure this basic conclusion: Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the Democratic candidate, would make a much better governor than former attorney general Jerry W. Kilgore, the Republican.
Accountability for Syria
by Post
21 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
THE BUSH administration rightly reacted quickly to a report by the United Nations that compellingly links the Syrian government to the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. President Bush said yesterday the U.N. Security Council should convene "as quickly as possible" to respond to the investigation; the United States and France are reportedly discussing two resolutions that would demand accountability from the government of Bashar Assad.
PAC or Piggy Bank?
by Post
21 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
THE D.C. OFFICE of Campaign Finance is conducting an audit of a political action committee known as the D.C. Fund (formerly the "Jack PAC"), which should be of more than passing interest to District voters because of the involvement of Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans (D). At issue is whether Mr. Evans, an announced candidate for council chairman next year, violated D.C. campaign finance law and regulations in the use of a political action committee's funds. Given his senior status on the council and his aspiration to higher office, the outcome of the audit could have a bearing on Mr. Evans's political future.
Alexander Yakovlev
by Post
21 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
THE DEATH THIS WEEK of Alexander Yakovlev, the intellectual inspiration for Mikhail S. Gorbachev's reforms of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, comes as a sharp reminder of what Russia might have been. Mr. Yakovlev, 81, lived most of his life as a faithful Communist. He fought in World War II, joined the Communist Party during Joseph Stalin's reign and rose through the ranks to become its "chief of ideology" under the stagnant leadership of party boss Leonid I. Brezhnev.
Saddam Hussein on Trial
by Post
20 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
GIVEN THAT it is taking place in a country at war, and that it is being run by the Iraqis he once terrorized, the trial of Saddam Hussein, which opened Wednesday in Baghdad, was never going to be easy. Predictably, Iraqi politicians have tried to manipulate the trial, with some wanting it to become part of an ethnic campaign against the Sunni Arabs who in some cases supported Saddam Hussein, and others wanting to get it over with as soon as possible, precisely to avoid antagonizing those same Sunni Arabs. Security concerns have marred the trial, too. Most of the judges will not appear on the televised images from the trial, for fear of reprisals. Witnesses and some judges say they are terrified even to be in the same room as the dictator who brutally murdered so many of their countrymen.

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Motown's Ominous Message
by Sebastian Mallaby
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
It's tempting to blame Detroit's problems entirely on dumb managers. They produced clunky designs. They refused to see that one day -- surprise! -- gas prices would reward foreigners' investment in hybrid engines. But policy types in Washington have no right to sneer. Government encouraged some of the carmakers' mistakes. The trouble in Motown should be a wake-up call to Washington.
An Oil-Rich Test for Bush
by Jackson Diehl
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
In the past two weeks the Bush administration has launched a concerted attempt to translate its pro-democracy rhetoric into action in two little-known Eurasian countries whose importance is about to soar. Within six weeks, it could pull off a political feat that would electrify a region, and energize the president's freedom doctrine. Or it could find itself with yet another messy and possibly dangerous foreign policy dilemma.
Injustice for Immigrants
by Janet Murguia
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Even as the federal government is attempting to learn its lessons and correct its many tragic mistakes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it stubbornly insists on endangering a segment of those affected by the storm, undermining its own relief effort and that of private agencies. For some of the storm's victims, it seems, even our shelters are not a safe harbor.
Poor Marriages, Poor Health
by William Raspberry
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Black women are sick of marriage.

Put Iraq's Story on The Stand
by Jim Hoagland
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Saddam Hussein's lawyers have announced their intention to make past U.S. complicity with the Iraqi dictator an essential part of the defense in his Baghdad trial. Let's hope they keep their poisonous word.
Bush and Miers: A Tale of Missteps
by David S. Broder
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
For a whole range of reasons, the con-
Alabama's Daughter
by Gene Robinson
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
BIRMINGHAM -- It wasn't quite Oprah's couch -- Condoleezza Rice doesn't go there -- but it was close. On Friday afternoon, as the secretary of state walked into Brunetta C. Hill Elementary School for the first time since she was a precocious sixth-grader, if you watched her eyes you could see the memories register one by one -- old classrooms, old teachers, old friends.
Defending The Indefensible
by George F. Will
22 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Such is the perfect perversity of the nomination of Harriet Miers that it discredits, and even degrades, all who toil at justifying it. Many of their justifications cannot be dignified as arguments. Of those that can be, some reveal a deficit of constitutional understanding commensurate with that which it is, unfortunately, reasonable to impute to Miers. Other arguments betray a gross misunderstanding of conservatism on the part of persons masquerading as its defenders.

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FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations
by Dan Eggen
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
The FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months at a time without proper paperwork or oversight, according to previously classified documents to be released today.
Study Notes Upswing In Arrests of Women
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
Women made up 7 percent of all inmates in state and federal prisons last year and accounted for nearly one in four arrests, the government reported yesterday.
Modern Solar Death Ray Fails
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 2,000 years after Greek mathematician Archimedes was credited with having torched a fleet of invading Roman ships by reflecting the sun's powerful rays with a mirrored device made of glass or bronze, researchers could not duplicate the feat.
D.C.-Bound United Pilot Removed From Plane
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
MIAMI, Oct. 23 -- A United Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit and questioned by police after security screeners at Miami International Airport reported smelling alcohol, police said.
Investigators Link Levee Failures to Design Flaws
by Joby Warrick and Michael Grunwald
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
NEW ORLEANS -- Within a space of 15 hours on Aug. 29, three massive, concrete floodwalls in separate parts of the city suddenly fractured and burst under the weight of surging waters from Hurricane Katrina. The breaches unleashed a wall of water that swept entire buildings from their foundations...

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Namibia Chips Away at African Taboos on Homosexuality
by Emily Wax
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
WINDHOEK, Namibia -- As a boy of 14, Petrus Gurirab worried that he was gay. Seeking advice from a trustworthy adult, he went to see a teacher who had treated him kindly.
Brazilians Reject Measure To Ban Sale of Firearms
by Monte Reel
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 23 -- Brazilian voters on Sunday decisively rejected a proposal to outlaw the sale of firearms and ammunition following an aggressive campaign by opponents who argued it would leave citizens defenseless against armed criminals.
Wilma Comes Ashore Across South Florida
by Peter Whoriskey, Henri E. Cauvin and Fred Barbash
24 Oct 2005 at 4:39am
NAPLES, Fla., Oct. 24 -- Driving rain, whipping winds and gusts up to 75 MPH pounded Southwest and South Florida Monday morning as the center of Hurricane Wilma, a strong Category 3 storm, accelerated toward imminent landfall near the city of Naples.
WORLD IN BRIEF
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman Zawahiri, urged Muslims in a video broadcast Sunday to help Pakistan's earthquake victims even though its government was an "agent" of the United States.

Suicide Blast Kills Four At Square in Baghdad
by Lee Keath
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- A suicide bomber blew up his car in a Baghdad square Sunday, killing four people in the first significant suicide bombing in the capital in weeks. More than a dozen Iraqis died in other attacks across the country, including a bombing that killed a police colonel and four...
Pope Names Five Saints As Bishops' Synod Ends
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 23 -- Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints Sunday at a Mass closing a three-week meeting of the world's Roman Catholic bishops at which the church's positions on many of its central teachings were reaffirmed.
Warsaw Mayor Wins Runoff In Polish Presidential Race
by Post
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
WARSAW, Oct. 23 -- The mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczynski, won Poland's presidential runoff on Sunday, partial results showed, sealing the rise of a party headed by his twin brother that pledges to uphold Roman Catholic values and strong welfare state protections.
Nigerian Churches Tell West to Practice What It Preached on Gays
by Craig Timberg
23 Oct 2005 at 10:00pm
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Little more than a century ago, legions of Christian missionaries arrived here from Europe with an imposing agenda for changing traditional African practices. Worshiping animistic gods, they told people, was sinful. So was keeping carved idols at home. And in a land where polygamy...

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Coalition Partners Face Barriers to Progress
24 Oct 2005 at 9:57am
Official talks on forming a grand coalition between the Germany's bloc of conservatives and outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder?s Social Democrats will be going into a second round on Monday.
Ozone Hole Could Grow Bigger Than Ever
24 Oct 2005 at 6:52am
Ozone levels looked like they were stabilizing, but this year a bigger than normal hole could open above the South Pole.
Conservative Kaczynski Wins Polish Election
24 Oct 2005 at 7:50am
Poland on Sunday elected the conservative, staunchly Catholic Lech Kaczynski president by a definitive margin, bucking pre-vote surveys that had given his liberal rival the lead.
EU Considers Wild Bird Import Ban
24 Oct 2005 at 6:41am
The European Commission is facing increasing pressure to ban all wild bird imports after new cases of bird flu appeared in Russia, Croatia and British quarantine.
EU Leaders to Avoid Tough Topics at Summit
23 Oct 2005 at 10:16am
European Union leaders will broach the "challenges of globalization" at an informal summit this week -- while strenuously avoiding awkward topics which have dragged the bloc to the brink of all-out crisis.
Art and the Beautiful Game
23 Oct 2005 at 1:08pm
Outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and German soccer's glitterati were on hand in Berlin to open a major exhibit on the "beautiful game."
The BOBs Want Your Vote
24 Oct 2005 at 8:03am
As the nominees for the second annual Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards prepare for international scrutiny, Iranian jury member Hossein Derakhshan described the special attention he's received in the past.
German Students Play Chicken
23 Oct 2005 at 11:35am
Three German university students are in a race with a hen to see who can hatch an egg first.

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Hurrican Wilma hits Florida
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
No survivors in Nigerian plane crash
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
Brazilians reject gun ban
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
Kaczynski elected Polish president
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
Britain confirms H5N1 strain of bird flu
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
India and Pakistan to reopen rail link
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
Turkish author wins German book prize
24 Oct 2005 at 10:00am
Official Investigated in Concorde Crash
21 Oct 2005 at 4:58pm

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Ann versus the Man: Boxing's Battle of the Sexes
Ann Wolfe has enjoyed an illustrous boxing career, winning titles across four weight classes. But, women no longer want to fight her. Wolfe turned to Bo Skipper. In December, they'll fight boxing's first "Battle of the Sexes."
Legislative Onslaught in Italy: Silvio Berlusconi's Parliamentary Games
What to do when polls show you might lose the next elections? If you're Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, you just change the rules. He's on a legislative rampage and more changes are just around the corner.
Eco-Friend or National Foe?: A Gringo Buys South America One Ranch at a Time
Douglas Tompkins made his fortune by starting North Face and Esprit. He's now spending it by buying vast quantities of ranch and farmland in Chile and Argentina and returning it to nature. In doing so, however, he has raised the hackles of the state. His national park in Patagonia now splits Chile in two.
Frankfurt Book Fair Special: Orhan Pamuk and the Turkish Paradox
Orhan Pamuk, 53, Turkish author and this year's winner of the German Book Trade Peace Prize, discusses his life in Istanbul, threats to his personal safety, the urge to take a political stand, Turkey's identity in Europe and his latest novel.
SPIEGEL's Daily Take: Racing to Get their Tamiflu
As bird flu spreads, German consumers, rarely known as the most optimistic of buyers, indulge in stockpiling the drug Tamiflu. Over in Ireland meanwhile, the country rejoices as abducted reporter Rory Carroll is released in Iraq. The U.N. accuses Syrian leaders of involvement in the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister. And in Berlin a poisonous snake is sent in the mail.
SPIEGEL Surfs the Web: Berlin, Splashed in Color
An annual festival puts the German capital's landmarks -- from Olympic Stadium to the Brandenburg Gate -- under a new light. We've collected the best online photo albums of the "Festival of Lights."
German Papers: German Sick Man of Europe Still Unwell
Everyone knows the German economy has been struggling in recent years. On Thursday, leading economists said the struggle will continue. Growth predictions were revised downward by the country's six leading economic institutes and on Friday, the German government officially followed suit. What can be done?
C.I.A.: Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby Jr. sought to conceal their actions.

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Pressure builds on Syrian regime
Another UN report this week could further push for sanctions.
Mexico picks up after Wilma
As locals and tourists in Mexico catch their breath, Florida braces for the storm.
Katrina casts light on the poor
The hurricanes shed light on the growing US population that subsists below poverty level.
Security funding: New York vs. Wyoming
This week lawmakers are considering how risk of attack should factor in allocation of security funds.
Bush's tipping point with Syria
Preventing Syria from harming Iraq or Lebanon is more urgent than ousting Assad or forcing democracy there.

Christian Science Monitor | Commentary

Bush's tipping point with Syria
Preventing Syria from harming Iraq or Lebanon is more urgent than ousting Assad or forcing democracy there.
Traveling home to a new Syria
There are signs of social and economic changes, but are they coming soon enough?
Airline mergers won't benefit travelers
Promoting competition among efficient smaller carriers could be the answer the industry needs.
Simplified tax code: a tough sell
Major tax reform isn't likely, an expert says, even though it's needed.
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