Nancy Kricorian:
It Takes A Village to Start World War III
Katrina Vanden Heuvel:
Five Years On…
Susan Lenfestey:
What If They Had a Peace Rally and (Almost) No One Came?
Nick Turse:
Slum Fights
John Atcheson:
Democrats: Slack-Jawed Yokels at a Three Card Monty Festival
Joyce Marcel:
Tell the Damn Truth Already
Ruth Coniff:
The Republican Debate: Who Needs the Constitution?
Suzanne Nelson:
What’s Really in Your Food?
Barbara Ehrenreich:
John Templeton’s Universe
Joe Brewer:
Who’s Afraid of Sick Kids?
Mark Weisbrot:
Why the ‘Free Trade’ Agenda is Losing Steam
Seumas Milne:
Claims of a Turning Point in Iraq Are Just Wishful Thinking
Maureen Dowd:
Bomb, Bomb Iran
Rosa Brooks:
Too Much Cloak and Swagger

Gore Wins Peace Prize: Now What?
Al Gore and UN climate body win Nobel Peace Prize

Headlines from the Arab press, MET
Corruption and partition are the headlines in another dismal week in occupied Iraq, Al-Ahram
Plans to partition Iraq are causing a political earthquake, Al-Ahram
The future of the Arab world for generations to come hangs on whether or not the US succeeds in partitioning Iraq, Al-Ahram
Outraged Iraqis condemn killings by foreign guards, MET
Editorial: Blackwater Goons, Arab News
At last, some good news from Iraq, Asia Times
Abbas Asks for Return of All Occupied Land, Arab News
Mearsheimer, Walt and the Israel Lobby: Two knights and a dragon, Arab News
Israeli Land Seizure to Cut West Bank in Two, Arab News
Jordan slams Israeli land grab, MET
Route 443 – West Bank road for Israelis only, B'Tselem
Israeli security conditions the health of sick Palestinians on their becoming informants, Al-Ahram
The Arabs' possible gains and concessions in the next peace meeting, Al-Ahram
There is little chance of Israel and the PA bridging divisions, Al-Ahram
The clock is ticking in the search for a Lebanese president, Al-Ahram
Ahmadinejad scores 'fair' in mid-term report, Asia Times
Bullying impedes dialogue between Islamic and Western world, Tehran Times
War Cries Against Iran, Arab News
From Washington to war in Waziristan, Asia Times
Benazir Bhutto interview: 'How we plan to control the military', Arab News
Turkey set to attack Kurds in Iraq, Asia Times
Turkey is rightly furious at Sunday’s killing of 12 soldiers by Kurdish rebels, Arab News
Turkey plans long stay in northern Iraq, Zaman Daily
Turkey mobilizes to take on Kurdish terror group, Turkish Daily News
Oil Should Be Above $100, Qatar Says, Arab News
Western conceptions of gender and feminism are skewed towards imposing Western values on the non-Western world, Al-Ahram
Depleted uranium an enduring risk, Uruknet

Rudy's Dirty Money
Blackwater Sued
Politics: Pre-empt Preventive War
Politics: Iraq: The Other Surge
Politics: Rudy's Bird of Prey
Books & the Arts: Boys (and Girls) of Summer
Books & the Arts: Kings of the Road

United States

New York Times

Supreme disgrace: Masri should go to the ICC & swear out a warrant against Bush, Ed
Too timid for tax increases: Dems walk the fine line between 'timid' and 'corrupt' , Ed
The rotten heart of the U.S. attorney scandal: using the DOJ to elect GOP governors, Cohen
Who's the most asphyxiating of them all? Why its Fred Thompson, Collins
Beijing Olympics bring Chinese pressure to bear on Burmese monk-killers, Cohen
How China got religion: soon Tibetans will be like Native Americans in the US, Zizek
Another sad teen opens fire at school: why doesn't this happen in other countries?, Maag &Urbina
Profs sue Oral Roberts Pres: another GOP/Evangelical corruption eruption, Blumenthal
A little mercy: LA to permit sleeping on sidewalks until housing is up, Archibold
Judge suspends key Bush effort in immigration, Preston
Panel sees water problems in ethanol production from corn, Dean
Only in America could there be an 'industry' specializing in torturing & breaking teens, Schemo
Marines press to get out of Iraq: all things considered, they prefer Afghanistan, Shanker
Turkish fury at Armenian genocide vote: when will the House condemn Bush for Iraq genocide?, Arso &Myers
Blackwater massacre case highlights difficulties in calling mercenaries to account, Rubin &von Zielbauer
Two innocents gunned down by contractors mourned far beyond Iraq, Kramer
Turkey's PM wants parliamentary authorization to attack Kurds in Iraq, Reuters
Syria (one of our torture shops) tells journalists Israeli raid 'did not occur', Naylor
Gates says the Army needs to prepare for more 'unconventional' wars, Cloud
Bush argues Gitmo detainees are not fully human & have no habeus corpus rights , Greenhouse
White House accused of using phony charge to jail Dem governor of Alabama, Shenon
The British are leaving, the British are leaving: the midnight ride of Gordon Brown, Ed

Clinton vows to check executive power, Bombardieri
Release the torture memos, Ed

Nooses hang across America , Haines
State Department may cancel deal with Blackwater, CST
Bush: U.S. 'does not torture people' , Loven
GIs, we got yer back. Stabbing it., Smith

Minority areas hit hardest by eminent domain , Page
Bush takes page from Bill Clinton playbook , Silva
Giving soft bigotry a break , Page
Jena 6 defendant out of jail , Simpson
Cleaning up after Bush: It was 'childrens do learn' , Silva

'God' Now Allowed on Certificates for Capitol Flags, Rosen
All's Quiet on the Golan Heights, for Now, Nissenbaum
Gates: British Drawdown in Iraq Due to Improved Conditions, Youssef
As Olympics Near, Beijing Highlights the `Wow Factor', Johnson
After Disdaining Arms Control, Bush Seeks to Engage Moscow, Landay
Wars Have Cost Africa an Estimated $284 Billion since 1990, Bengali
House Panel Approves Armenian Genocide Measure, Doyle
Increased Violence Continues in Iraq, Price
U.S. Children Often Lack Quality Medical Care, Pugh

L.A. Times - National News

Superferry sets off the battle of Kauai
Wisconsin town mourns 6, and killer
Bush faces GOP foes on budget cuts
Return to the moon -- via Arizona
2 Americans, Briton share Nobel in medicine
Quick treatment key after minor strokes
Clinton talks trade and mortgages in Iowa

L.A. Times - California | Local News

The trouble with rehab, Malibu-style
Handling of obscenity cases disputed
Private-school scout gives parents the lowdown
Friend of actor Seagal criticizes the FBI
Women in Catholic abuse cases speak out
Buying at a local bookstore provides more than books

Los Angeles Times - Opinion

The grim reality of torture
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: abandoned to fanatics
Cheap HIV drugs are more important than patents
Belgium: Europe's canary in a coal mine?
The 'standy-by' electricity vampires
Even the British are leaving Iraq

SFGate: Top News Stories

Physics Nobel Goes to German, Frenchman
Egyptian bloggers expose horror of police torture / They're posting graphic v...
Bolivia marks capture, execution of 'Che' Guevara 40 years ago
/ The fall of Your Black Muslim Bakery
Britain will pull out half of its Iraq force / Prime minister says calm arou...

SFGate: Chronicle Op-Ed

Meyer's Toon Take
The melting pot is NOT broken
It's time for new ways to give
Anti-Military? In Ess Eff, some facts get in the way
THE CHRONICLE RECOMMENDS: CAMPAIGN 2007 / Micromanaging City Hall
Pakistan on edge

SFGate: Mark Morford

Britney Spears sucks Blackwater / Showdown! White-trash diva versus mercenary...
Is it OK to love Whole Foods? / The overpriced ultra-yuppie grocery wonderlan...
The great American hypocrisy tour / Larry Craig's bathroom stall! Haggard's m...
The Republican who likes gays / Behold, an extraordinary event, the most asto...
The fall of the Godmongers / Praise Jesus, it's the collapse of evangelical C...
Eat this, you fat, sad idiot / Who, pray who, is still sucked in by grotesque...
Iraq, deep in your bones / A war that isn't really a war, the great humiliati...

washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns

'Socialized Medicine' Quackery
A Dutch Retreat on Speech?
Bridges to Somewhere
North Korean Mystery
Why Is This GOP Strategist Smiling?

washingtonpost.com - Nation

Nuclear Power Primed for Comeback
Record Heat Halts Chicago Marathon
US, UK Scientists Win Nobel in Medicine
As War Dragged On, Coverage Tone Weighed Heavily on Anchors
A Knell for Lobsters On Long Island Sound
Case Tests Boundaries of Prayer in Sports
Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules
Utah Men Accused of Trying to Export Fighter Jet Parts to Canada; Iran is a B...

washingtonpost.com - World

Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. Goal
Costa Ricans Vote on Trade Pact
Chopper Escorting Musharraf Crashes
Iraqi Probe Faults Blackwater Guards
Gorilla Habitat Seized By Rebels in Congo
WORLD IN BRIEF:Egypt Demonstration
Russians Honor a Crusading Journalist
Darfur Town Held by Army Is Burned

washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook

The Protocols of the Elders of Turkey
5 Myths About Sick Old Europe
Forget Easy Money. Try Saving a Few Bucks.
I Hear America Talking
Who Made Hillary Queen?
Chill out.
Sure, He's Got Guns for Hire. But They're Just Not Worth It.
More Torture Memos

Globe and Mail

News Top Stories

Reject MMP, Conservatives tell voters
Heeding hungry moose's call
McGuinty predicts victory, draws fire

From the Editorial page

Electoral reform fraught with risk
Cutting rates is job one
Full speed along a dead-end road
Liberals credible on energy policy
Giving on Thanksgiving
Failing grades for booming Calgary
A brutal report card on Calgary's failing quality of life could be the watershed moment that defines our future.

Guardian

Doris Lessing: Nobel for Literature: 'It's me? After all these years?', Allardice
Gaza goes hungry as Israeli sanctions bite, Urquhart
Six women, nine children killed in Iraq by US airstrikes, Goldenberg
Morality vs. RealPolitik with Turkey/Armenia genocide, Beam

Armenian murders:A reign of terror which history has chosen to neglect, Robert Fisk
Blackwater faces war crimes inquiry after killings in Iraq, Penketh
Morality forged in Hell: review of The Counterfeiters (German film), Quinn
Why Americans vote against their own self-interest, Doyle
Genocide or not: Turkey must accept responsibility (which it has not), Editorial

Torture, starvation and death: how American boot camps abuse boys, Reid
Republican visciousness: Boy, 12, becomes pawn in health row, Reid
US airstrike kills 15 Iraqi women and children, Reid
Giuliani campaign funded by vulture funds that feed on poor countries, Baldwin
Republican rats scrabble to take over the sinking ship, Baker

ABC, news

policymakers the world over have boosted the profits of drug lords and fostered narcostates that would frighten Al Capone., foreignpolicy.com
Arrested `Drug Queen' Enthralls Mexico, AP
Bush a 'windshield cowboy,' Mexico's Fox says, Arizona Republic
US-Mexico claim drugs blitz 'success' after 25 years of failure, BBC
Possible Guatemala Presidents Compete, Prensa Latina
Costa Rica: CAFTA under threat as Vice-President resigns for using dirty tricks, inforpressca.com
Costa Rica United against Trade Deal, Prensa Latina
Cuba's Che Guevara still inspires, four decades after death, Caribbean NN
Church Backs Cuban Literacy Program for Haiti, Prensa Latina
Strike Paralyzes the Dominican Republic, Prensa Latina
Terrorist Accomplice Enjoys Impunity in El Salvador , Periodico 26
The Great Powers' Enmity Against Aristide, National Catholic Reporter
Dozens of Colombia politicians killed ahead of vote, Reuters
While Ambassadors Lie, the Drug War in Colombia Is More Destructive Than Ever, Narco News
Venezuela Responds to US Secretary of Defense, Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuela's Foreign Minister on Democracy Now!, Venezuelanalysis
Using Oil Diplomacy to Sever Venezuela’s Dependence, Venezuelanalysis
Powerful corporations Brazil's landowning elite a new lease on its degenerate lifestyle, Brazzil
The Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest $ 200 Billion from their US trade surplus in Brazil, Brazzil

Europe

Inter Press Service

Cuba: Social Beefs, Proposals Voiced in Widespread Debates , Grogg
Politics: U.S. Asked to Curb Military Excesses in Iraq , Deen
Health-Swaziland: Septic Tanks Preferred to the Latest in Sewage Treatment , Hall
Death Penalty: Guarded Optimism for Moratorium Vote , Kher
Mauritius: ‘‘Exporting Monkeys for Research Helps Conservation’’ , Ackbarally
Environment: Latin America Has Turned Its Back on the Sea , Valente
Argentina-Spain: Letters from Political Prisoners , Drago
Rights-Burma: Buddha's Peace Prevailed in Mandalay , Moe+Macan-Markar
Egypt: After Summer Shortages, Promise of Water Runs Dry , Morrow+al-Omrani
Bulgaria: Luxury Hotels Coming Up in National Parks , Ciobanu
Poland-Russia: Once an Enemy, Always an Enemy , Dujisin
Sri Lanka: Women Battered Despite Domestic Violence Law , Samath

New Racist Assault: Skinheads Beat Up Three Greeks in Eastern Berlin
SPIEGEL Interview with Spokesman for Burmese Opposition in Exile: 'The Regim...
The Dark Past: Germany's FBI Examines its Nazi Roots
Picture This: Running in Blur-lin
Battle of the Bahn: Train Strikes in Germany Approaching
The World from Berlin: Bavarian Power Shift
Ukraine Elections: Tymoshenko Poised to Become PM
Germany Wins Women's World Cup: 'We Have the Best Women in The World'

See no evil, speak no truth
Still out in the cold
The trauma after the trauma
Prolonging the honeymoon
9/11 is over
Is Hillary Clinton the new old Al Gore?
Blogging Ahmadinejad
Language: Translating the lingo of adultalescence

Middle East

Haaretz

Israel takes land to ease way to build in E-1 area, cut West Bank in half, Akiva Eldar
A Brit deminer, six-year-old boy and a shepherd killed by Israeli cluster bombs this week, Reuters
Undercover forces kill Fatah militant near Jenin, Amos Harel
Military Intelligence assessment: Mideast peace summit likely to fail, Amos Harel
Haaretz survey: 51% of Israelis back Olmert's talks with Abbas, Yossi Verter
Senior Fatah official rules out reconciliation with rival Hamas, Reuters
East Jerusalem Arabs oppose division of the city, Meron Benvenisti
One teacher's story / Fighting for the country's future, Vered Zadok

Iraqi women killed by security firm, Agencies
US base in Iraq attacked, staff
Turkey prepares for raids into Iraq, Agencies
Israel to confiscate West Bank land, Al Jazeera
British prime minister Brown announces Iraq troop cut, Al Jazeera
Pakistan tribesmen bury dead, Al Jazeera
US blamed for Pakistan insecurity, Al Jazeera
US convoy in Kabul hit by blast, Agencies

US frets at Iran's 'strategic dominance' over a country on its doorstep, Asia Times
The Secret Air Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Z
US Vote on Division of Iraq Blasted, Arab News
US Security Firms in Iraq to Be More Closely Monitored, Arab News
Iraq: Travel restrictions considered as cholera spreads, IRIN
Blackwater business leaves Iraq reeling, Asia Times
'We'll revoke Al-Maliki's licence before he revokes Blackwater's licence,', Al-Ahram
Israel kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza, MET
Onslaught in Gaza: Israel Kills 11 Palestinians, Palestine Chronicle
Israeli incursion into West Bank refugee camp causes destruction, fear, IRIN
Crawling on hands and knees is wearing out Abbas's kneecaps, Al-Ahram
The Israeli lobby has enlisted US university presidents to its cause led by Ahmadinejad basher Bollinger, Al-Ahram
Kingdom Calls on Israel to Freeze Settlements, Wall, Arab News
Spectre of partition in Lebanon, Al-Ahram
Syria: Oil price rises could provoke unrest, IRIN
Ahmadinejad Lauded for ‘Lion’s Den’ Visit, Arab News
President Ahmadinejad calls for global “coalition for peace”, Tehran Times
170 Killed as NATO, US Warplanes Pound Taleban Hide-Outs, Arab News
Afghanistan: Thousands flee Taliban, aerial bombing in south, IRIN
Afghanistan: Increasing armed robberies, abductions in Herat, IRIN
Are women intruders in this country?, Arab News
Yemen: Rebellion in north causing psychological problems, say aid workers, IRIN
Egypt's largest workers' action in 20 years, Al-Ahram

Asia

China

China Announces Gains in Air Defense , The New York Times
A U.S.-China War? , Los Angeles Times
How China Got Religion , The New York Times
China Condemns US Award for Dalai Lama , Reuters UK
Sex Can't Sell in Puritan China, Telegraph.co.uk
Chinese Corruption 'Astonishing', BBC News

Search increases for cameras and mobiles in Rangoon, Mizzima News
Buddhists don't kill: ' The soldiers are soldiers first and Buddhists last.', Mizzima News
Aung San Suu Kyi is the last hope, Mizzima News
UN envoy meets Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Mizzima News
Cracks emerge in Myanmar military unity, Asia Times
Myanmar defends crackdown, Al Jazeera
Hints of Myanmar power struggle, Al Jazeera
Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers, IPS
Blast hits Thai army headquarters, Al Jazeera
Coordinated bombings rock the South of Thailand, Bankok Post
Doesn't anyone have a policy in Thailand?, Bankok Post
Indonesia can push for major reform in Myanmar, Jakarta Post
Philippine Elections Chief Resigns Amid Bribery Allegations, Arab News

US Africa Command: Aid crusader or meddling giant?, Mail and Guardian
Fierce fighting rocks Somali capital, Mail and Guardian
Somalia: Ethiopian troops seen in new places, shabelle.net
Worries over increasing African exodus to Yemen, IRIN
Somalis face worsening plight, Al Jazeera
Somalia: Living in fear of more floods, IRIN
Ethiopia: Ogaden Crisis Strikingly Similar to Darfur, allAfrica.com
Sudan: Darfur attackers 'committed war crimes', IRIN
Darfur attack: 'The fighting was terrible', Mail and Guardian
Senegal threatens Darfur pullout, Al Jazeera
Mandela's Elders group including Jimmy Carter. First mission: Darfur, allAfrica
A deadly cholera epidemic has broken out in several regions of Sierra Leone. , IRIN
Sierra Leone: Salimatu Thoronka, “I have given birth to four children since losing my legs”, IRIN
Nigeria: Court Adjourns Killer Drug Case Against Pfizer, allAfrica
Nigeria readies for Pfizer battle, Al Jazeera
President Yar'Adua condemns killing of Nigerian soldiers in Sudan, Guardian (Nigeria)
Last surviving nationalist leader: Our Dream for Nigeria Not Realised, This Day
Aircraft crashes in DR Congo. Safety record an embarrassment, Al Jazeera
DR Congo: Review of Mining Contracts Marred By Lack of Transparency, allAfrica
The logging industry in DR Congo is out of control, greenpeace
Great Lakes army chiefs meet for security talks, Mail and Guardian
Uganda: More house girls taking DNA tests, claim bosses deny offspring, Monitor
Why women in Isingiro will ‘always’ deliver babies in the bushes, Monitor
Uganda: Picking up the pieces as Lord’s Resistance Army war winds down, IRIN
Kenya: Private agony of public clinics, IRIN
Kenya: Debt Blamed On Graft, The Nation (Nairobi)
Tsvangirai calls for free polls in Zimbabwe, Al Jazeera
Zimbabwe's inflation rate 6,592 per cent, Aljazeera
Rescue of thousands of trapped S Africa miners under way, Al Jazeera
'It is made so clear that the poor slum dwellers are not Citizens', allAfrica

Drug Corp Watch

Wyeth Ordered To Pay 134.5 Million In Hormone Therapy Lawsuit, Catharine Paddock
Wyeth Hit With $134.5 Million Verdict, Sarah Rubenstein
Michigan: CDC Error Fueled Measles Scare, More Tests Coming, Doug Guthrie and Darren A. Nichols
CDC Says Oregon Deaths from Toxic Drug Underscores Problems , Sarah Skidmore
Baby Cold Medicines Pulled Off Market, Lauran Neergaard
FDA Puts Black-Box Warning On Bristol-Myers Imaging Drug, Jennifer Corbett Dooren
Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription Human Drug Products, FDA
In Regard to Gardasil’s Approach to Cervical Cancer, I’d Rather “Be One More” , Dr. Grace
Drug Makers Pull Infant Cold Medicines , Matthew Perrone
October is Breast Cancer Propaganda Month: Pinkwashing, Breast Cancer Action and Vitamin D, Mike Adams
Multiple Cancer Patients Killed by Improperly Programmed Chemotherapy Pump, David Gutierrez
First Placebo-Controlled Study of Cognitive Impairment Due to Chronic Lyme Disease, Elizabeth Streich
Under Pressure, FDA Reveals Deadly Drug Side Effects , Dr Joseph Mercola
Attorney General Sues Drug Company over OxyContin, News Democrat
Study: Majority of States Bar HIV Tests, Mike Stobbe
Congress Grills Officials Over Biosafety Boom, Ewen Callaway
Taxol Doesn't Treat Common Breast Cancer , Marilynn Marchione
Breast Cancer Deception: New Tell-All Report Reveals Profit Motive Behind the Pink Ribbons, Mike Adams

Iraq: 2 Women Killed in Security Shooting Are Buried in Iraq, Kramer+Glanz
China: China Takes Aim at U.S. on Quality Control Amid Criticism Over Recalls, Zamiska
Germany: Siemens Settlement Sets Off Criticism of German Inquiries, Crawford+Esterl
US: CEO pay disparity rears its head, Guerrera+Pimlott
Old Perils Resurface as Trapped S African Miners Emerge Alive, Russell
US: Wal-Mart Workers Win $62 Million, Dale

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