Two U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
Two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday, pushing May to the brink of becoming the deadliest month for U.S. forces this year.
(Reuters/2007-05-28)
War Without End
As disjointed as the Democrats have been, their approach makes far more sense than President Bush’s denial of Iraq’s civil war and his war-without-end against terror.
(New York Times/2007-05-27)
Chinese challenge one-child policy
Rural Chinese use fertility drugs to get round one-child policy .
(BBC News/2007-05-27)
Greenspan Is Wary of China's Casino-Like Market
Rational decision makers would normally quake at warnings about the casino mentality in Shanghai. Greenspan, after all, is a very cautious fellow who doesn't utter a word before considering what damage it might do.
(Bloomberg/2007-05-25)
Fossilized tracks evidence that dinosaurs swam
Fossilized foot marks left by a big meat-eater on a lake bed in northern Spain 125 million years ago provide strong evidence that at least some dinosaurs were good swimmers.
(Reuters/2007-05-25)
France's new leader makes a quick break with the past
President Nicolas Sarkozy promised his countrymen a break with the past, and he has not wasted time.
(International Herald Tribune/2007-05-24)
Thaksin to fight public disclosure
A lawyer to deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday handed a letter objecting to the move by the Assets Examination Commit-tee (AEC) to make public the investigation file in the Ratchadaphsek land case.
(The Nation/2007-05-24)
Putin refuses to extradite suspect
Relations between London and Moscow fell to their lowest level in almost 20 years yesterday after Russia refused to hand over a businessman accused of poisoning the former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
(The Guardian/2007-05-23)
Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill
Congressional Democrats relented Tuesday on their insistence that a war spending measure set a date for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq.
(New York Times/2007-05-23)
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