Monday July 25, 2005

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U.S. Ray Gun Fine-Tuned
24 Jul 2005 at 10:04pm
Troops in Iraq will soon keep potential checkpoint violators at bay with an experimental weapon that fires an invisible beam ...

RoveGate

Karl Rove in a Corner
by Joshua Green
Karl Rove is at his most formidable when running close races, and his skills would be notable even if he used no extreme methods. But he does use them. His campaign history shows his willingness, when challenged, to employ savage tactics

12 Hour Gap: Gonzales Says He Told Card About Plame Probe, Nedra Pickler
White House aides' sworn testimony differs from reporters', CST
Bush has yet to address difficult questions on CIA leak, Stevenson
Liberals gather to 'demand answers' , Kelly St. John

What Bush Doesn't Know
by BOB HERBERT
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The war in Iraq is not making us safer here at home.

Uniform Sacrifice
by DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Americans are fighting, but the country is not at war.

The Best Army We Can Buy
by DAVID M. KENNEDY
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
American society has all but abandoned the link between citizenship and service.

Theories Of Terrorism Causes

The rise of a jihadi suicide culture
24 Jul 2005 at 9:16pm
What concerns counterterrorism experts is that tactics that once prompted fierce ideological debates within radical circles ...

Putting the Spotlight on Friedman, Faraj
Something Happened Between 'I Love You' and the Click of the Phone, Fisk
Invisible casualty of terrorist violence may be our civil rights, ds ed

Suicide Bombings Bring Urgency to Police in U.S.
by SARAH KERSHAW
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Across the country, police departments are preparing for a possibility once thought improbable and now feared to be inevitable.

Pressure rising for more video camera surveillance
24 Jul 2005 at 3:12am
Pressure is building for greater use of video cameras to keep watch over the nation's cities particularly in transportation ...

Camera-shy America weighs merits of video surveillance, AFP
Homegrown Risk Worries U.S. Muslims, Larry B. Stammer
Key Suspect in London Bombings Is Also Wanted in U.S., Richard A. Serrano
Cheney leading effort to thwart legislation on detainees, Schmitt

The rise of a jihadi suicide culture
The bombings in Egypt and London come as more terrorists adopt a tactic now commonplace in Iraq.

Bomber Targets Iraqi Police Post
by Naseer Nouri and Omar Fekeiki
BAGHDAD, July 25 -- A suicide bomber, blocked by a traffic jam from reaching his intended target, a police station in Baghdad, exploded a truck laden with explosives on the busy street outside Sunday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 30, Iraqi officials said.

Sunnis to End Iraq Charter Boycott; Bomb Kills Dozens
by EDWARD WONG
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The attack came as Sunni leaders said they were ready to end their boycott of the drafting of a new constitution.

Geoff Hoon: 'We failed to predict the sheer level of violence in post-war Iraq', Grice

WORLD IN BRIEF
by Post
KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than a dozen insurgents attacked a U.S. patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and the ensuing firefight left one American soldier dead and another wounded, the U.S. military said.

Aftermath: London Bombings

British Pursue Link Between 2 Sets of Bombers
by Glenn Frankel
LONDON, July 24 -- Investigators hunting four fugitives wanted for the abortive bombing of the city's transit system last week have linked them to the four presumed suicide bombers who killed 52 bystanders and wounded 700 others two weeks earlier, a British official said Sunday.

Searching for Footprints: Bombings Link Doubted
by ELAINE SCIOLINO and DON VAN NATTA Jr.
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Intelligence officials said that they would be surprised if the attacks in London and Egypt were operationally or directly linked.

Regrets, but No Apology, in London Subway Shooting
by ELAINE SCIOLINO
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
London's police commissioner expressed "deepest regrets" for the killing of a Brazilian man at a subway station.

U.S. suspects al-Qaeda in bombings
24 Jul 2005 at 4:40pm
The recent terrorist attacks in London and Egypt appear to be the work of al-Qaeda, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday. ...

Pakistani American Aiding London Probe
by Dan Eggen
It is safe to assume that most people would not react to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in quite the same way as Mohammed Junaid Babar. After all, the longtime resident of Queens, N.Y., told a Canadian television network that his own mother had been one of the survivors -- barely escaping from the...

3rd suspect arrested in failed London bombings, CBC News
Friday's shooting: The key questions, Staff
Met chief defends 'shoot-to-kill' policy for his officers, Benneto
'Someone else could be shot,' British police chief warns, CBC News
Invasion of Iraq ‘boosted’ terrorism threat, claims Cook, MacLeod
Investors (Carlyle Group) in line for 300m profit from Qinetiq (defense and security) flotation, Thornton

Police seek 6 Pakistanis in Egypt bombing probe
25 Jul 2005 at 3:43am
Police investigators said Monday that they were searching for six Pakistani men as the probe into the weekend's terrorist attack ...

U.S. suspects al-Qaeda in bombings
24 Jul 2005 at 4:40pm
The recent terrorist attacks in London and Egypt appear to be the work of al-Qaeda, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday. ...

Egypt arrests dozens in hunt for bombers who killed 88
24 Jul 2005 at 4:37pm
Egyptian police search for three suspected bombers in the wake of the nation's deadliest terror attacks, which killed 88 people, ...

Egypt Probe Seeks Ties to 2004 Blasts
by Anthony Shadid
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 24 -- Investigators probing Egypt's worst terrorist attack believe that three men, one of them still possibly at large, carried out the series of bombings in this Red Sea resort, and have determined that the explosives were similar to those used in an attack at another...

Sharm el-Sheikh rallies against terror, Matthew B. Stannard
Egyptian resort city now a terror target , Charles Levinson

The Gaza Gamble: A Way Out, or Another Dead End?
by STEVEN ERLANGER
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The debate over the pullout plan will decide if Gaza is a step toward real negotiations or a return to stalemate and violence.

Palestinians Kill 2 Israeli Civilians on Road From Gaza
by STEVEN ERLANGER
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Palestinian gunmen sprayed a civilian Israeli convoy with automatic fire, killing a husband and wife.

Off the Road to Burma
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cares about Southeast Asia, skipping the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a bad way to show it.

North Korea Nuclear Goals: Case of Mixed Signals
by DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID E. SANGER
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Behind the urgent view of North Korea's nuclear activities lies a complicated, and at times contradictory, picture.

U.S., N. Korean envoys to meet before nuke talks
24 Jul 2005 at 9:58pm
The U.S. envoy to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program said Monday he would hold a rare one-on-one meeting with ...

Diplomats State Modest Goals for Nuclear Talks
by Edward Cody
BEIJING, July 24 -- Key participants in long-stalled negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons program set out modest goals Sunday for a new round of talks opening Tuesday, saying they hoped for enough progress to get the negotiations moving again after a 13-month deadlock.

In North Korea talks, a glimmer of hope
Some experts expect the US to make a good faith effort to promote a perception of reasonableness.
South Koreans Weigh Burden of Massive Assistance for North
by Anthony Faiola
SEOUL -- Clusters of Korean War veterans were gathered at their favorite shady spot in downtown Seoul on a recent afternoon, arguing about a hot topic among South Koreans -- the massive cost of unification with North Korea.

World watch : Nuclear proliferation, Black

Toyota Shuns U.S. For Canada
by PAUL KRUGMAN
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Treating people decently is sometimes a competitive advantage.

You deserve a refund for fat CEO pay
The Sabo bill would bring relief, but Congress depends too much on executive donations to pass it.

A Bull in China's Shop
A 15 percent drop in the yuan's value by year's end would help ease US pressure on China.

China tightens grip on the global purse strings , Warner
Economic Nationalists Find New Anxieties, Ronald Brownstein

Accreditors Blamed for Overlooking Problems
by Gilbert M. Gaul
Second of three parts The creators of Medicare faced a problem. They were about to hand out millions -- eventually billions -- of dollars each year in tax money for hospitals to care for the nation's elderly. But how to make sure those hospitals were qualified? The joint commission, which is...

Bad Practices Net Hospitals More Money
by Gilbert M. Gaul
In Medicare's upside-down reimbursement system, hospitals and doctors who order unnecessary tests, provide poor care or even injure patients often receive higher payments than those who provide efficient, high-quality medicine.

At California Hospital, Red Flags and an FBI Raid
by Gilbert M. Gaul
REDDING, Calif. -- Don Frank, a California lumber salesman with broad shoulders and a modest demeanor, had no reason to question his doctor's diagnosis of a serious heart problem.

Supreme Decision

White House says it won't turn over Roberts' papers
24 Jul 2005 at 11:35pm
Citing privacy concerns and precedent, the Bush administration does not plan to turn over all the documents written by Supreme ...

Nomination Reopens Debate on Disclosure
by FELICITY BARRINGER
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The question is whether a onetime White House lawyer should, when nominated to the Supreme Court, open up his government writings and recommendations to public scrutiny.

Roberts blends low-key style, high ambition
24 Jul 2005 at 8:37pm
Looking back on it now, it's obvious that a president someday would pick Judge Roberts to sit on the highest court in the land, ...

Supreme Takeover

Welcome to Hotel Souter?
24 Jul 2005 at 10:48pm
People from across the country are getting behind a campaign to seize Supreme Court Justice David Souter's farmhouse to build ...

For Souter, Seizure Ruling May Hit Home
by Beverley Wang
WEARE, N.H., July 24 -- Near the foot of an unmarked, dead-end dirt road sits a humble, mud-colored farmhouse more than 200 years old. A sign on the mailbox reads "SOUTER."

Look to Virginia, Not China
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Thinking about ways to help workers whose jobs migrate overseas should be a top priority from Washington to state capitols.

Teamsters, SEIU decide to bolt AFL-CIO
24 Jul 2005 at 8:12pm
Jolting organized labor, the Teamsters and a massive service employees' union decided Sunday to bolt the AFL-CIO, paving way ...

Leadership Challenge Could Rend AFL-CIO
by Thomas B. Edsall
A battle over the future of the labor movement that will play out this week pits a 54-year-old iconoclast willing to break rules and tradition against two labor chieftains in their seventies who are deeply committed to union solidarity.

Black Families

Why Our Black Families Are Failing
by William Raspberry
"There is a crisis of unprecedented magnitude in the black community, one that goes to the very heart of its survival. The black family is failing."

Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery's Gaps in Family Trees
by AMY HARMON
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
DNA tests are fueling the biggest surge in African-American genealogy since Alex Haley's 1976 novel, "Roots."

Five Black Teens Are Charged In Racially Motivated Assault
by Post
BUFFALO, July 24 -- Five black teenagers are accused of roaming through a city neighborhood late Friday, shouting racially charged threats and, after an exchange of words, stabbing three young white men in a fight.

Boston Globe

Gauging Roberts's reverence, Goodman
The great conservative hope, Oliphant
US to test if passenger lists can ID 'sleeper cells', Miller, AP

Suicide bomber targets Baghdad police station, CST

Drug Firms' $50-Million California Prescription, Michael Hiltzik
Spending Cap Called Key to National Plan by Conservatives , Evan Halper
San Diego Voters Talking Tough, Tony Perry
White House Will Hold Back Some Papers Roberts Wrote, Paul Richter
Bulking up on ethics, Editorial

Militiamen Tied to Iraqi Government Involved in Killings, Sunni Says , Lasseter+al Baldawy
Centrist Democrats' Proposed Agenda Stresses Security, Values , Thomma

Egyptians, tourists, march in shocked resort, CBC News
U.S. labour federation faces split, CBC News

Canada works to restore beef trade, Canadian Press

Nine Catholic women to be 'ordained'; Officiating 'bishops' ousted from Church, Star Staff
Canada's dubious role in Haiti, Aaron Maté

Baghdad lorry bomb targets police and kills at least 25, BBC
UK Police chief 'sorry' over death, BBC
Arrests after Egyptian bombings, BBC
New push for North Korea progress, BBC

Death of an innocent man , Lead article
No tails or tridents: The bombers look like everyone else, Younge
Met chief warns more could be shot , Cowan, Dodd and Norton-Taylor
Denunciation doesn't work, Clark
Carlyle Group may net 300 million pounds in defence and security group QinetiQ's float, Milner
It's a long, bumpy road to the next Doha round - and there's still no real route map , Gillson
Germany: Leftwing icon's success hits Merkel's hopes , Diver
Private sector, government, must lead in solving Brazil's corruption, Balch
Tories told to take lead from Bush , Branigan
The BBC: Caught in a topical storm, Lawson
GM crops created superweed, say scientists , Brown
Man who linked smoking to cancer dies , Adam
Manchester United boss in US clash with Greenpeace , Brown

Mugabe discovers a Chinese remedy to his economic woes, Selva
Six months on, the appeal of Ukraine's 'orange revolution' is starting to fade, Dejevsky
Musharraf: 'Islam is taught by an obscurantist and illiterate segment', address
Bill Clinton is offered 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter, Selva
Co-op Bank turns down 'unethical' custom, Stevenson
Melting Greenland glacier may hasten rise in sea level, Connor
Britain's first purpose-built commune, Goff
Holidaymakers urged to 'offset environmental cost' of flights, Brown
Killer mice are driving island's rare birds to extinction, McCarthy

Defence executives in line for windfall, Winning
Farmers in China die of disease caught from pigs, AP
Is there anyone out there . . .Yes, 15,000 times, yes, Bruce

India: City Out of Bounds for Workers, Slum Dwellers. , Srinivasan

Telesur Hits the Airwaves, Prensa Latina
Latin America TV takes on US media, Aljazeera
Fox chides legislators for investigating wife , El Universal
A year before 2006 elections, presidential campaigns heat up, El Universal
Secret nuclear waste shipment to US should be campaign issue, El Universal
Bush adninstration interventions in Nicaragua, Znet
The War of Hunger: CAFTA Threatens to Eliminate Nicaragua's Small Farms, Narco News
Nicaraguan Army to Keep 400 SAM-7 Missiles despite US pressure, Prensa Latina
Haiti: Father Jean-Juste in Isolation & New Charges, Haiti Action
Elite is suddenly interested in fighting crime, JO
Nearly illiteracy-free, Venezuela to support LA literacy campaigns, PA
Radio Free Venezuela?, Narco News
Brazil Has the Best Candidate, But Bush Administration Colombia Heading IDB, Brazzil
Sweet experiment with organic sugar in Paraguay, IPS
Heart disease number one killer in Chile, fries, burgers, hotdogs favorites, Santiago Times

BAghdad truck bombing kills at least 25, AFP
New Latin American TV network to counter US hegemony, AFP

Ministers back army calls for speeding up of pullout, Yuval Azoulay
Refusals by rightist soldiers in Gaza could inspire refusals by leftist soldiers in West Bank, Amos Harel
Knesset Speaker Rivlin: Sharon showing signs of 'losing control', H staff
Sharon slams London mayor's 'ignorance' on Hamas and Likud, H staff
IDF's coed company to leave Hebron - for good, Amos Harel
A glimmer of hope that settler grip on Israeli society is weakenig, Avirama Golan
Seal Gaza hermetically to keep out disengagement opponents, Editorial

Egypt hunting Pakistani blast suspects, Agencies
Egyptians protest bombings: 'There is no God but God, and terrorism is the enemy of God', Reuters
Twin car blasts shatter Baghdad dawn, Agencies
Iraq seeks electricity from neighbours as sabotage continues, AP
UAE leader to build Gaza town as gift, Agencies

Scores Held for Sharm Blasts, Summer Said
Bomber Kills 25 in Baghdad Suicide Attack, Agencies
Task Force to Decide on Iraq Handover Plans, AFP
Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari Warns Turkey Against Pursuing Rebels Into Iraq, Reuters
Prisoners Were Tortured, Admits Iran’s Judiciary, AFP
US Soldier, Militant Killed in Afghan Clash, AFP
Rice in the Middle East, Editorial
America in Iraq: Comparison With Vietnam Is Increasingly Apt, Gordon Adams

Egypt bombings threaten tourism bonanza, AFP

Iran will definitely overcome nuclear challenge: foreign minister , TT staff
Peace caravan prevented from entering Palestine , TT staff

Indo-US cooperation: Beware the big brother, Kashmir Times
Pakistan committed to peace with India: Kasuri, The Hindu
Indo-Pak relations: The 'unsafe neighborhood' syndrome, The Hindu
Line of Control: Talking across the divide, India Together
Kashmir: Boys mistaken for Ultras, killed, The Times of India
Kashmir 'disappearances have come down', India Together
Stay focussed on the Iran pipeline, The Hindu
Indo-Iranian relations: Cultural cousins, The Indian Express
Backward Classes leaders launch new movement, The Hindu
Remote Adivasis (tribals) face health care chasm, India Together
Handicapped: Living in a gray zone, India Together
'Middle class' palaces, India Together
85% Britons say attacks linked to Iraq, The Hindu
British police under pressure, The Hindu
UK police defend shoot to kill, Deccan Herald
Combating terrorism: lessons from London, India Together
China's new exchange rate system, The Hindu
'Taliban recruiting children', The Times of India

Deuba supporters, police clash, Deccan Herald

Uranium Sales to China Criticised, The Age
Mugabe Turns to China for Help , ITV.com
Official: China Hopes to Boost Renewable Energy Cooperation with ... , China Daily

North, South envoys start to talk in Beijing, Lee

Pentagon Blocks Release of Abu Ghraib Images: Here's Why , Mitchell
Birth of Media Politics, Mitchell

Blair's Britain is Now a Mess, Thanks to Blair, Ali
New McCarthyism: Return of the Academic Witch Hunts, Lindorff

Unicorn Hunting In Nicaragua - Ignoring US Intervention, Solo
Framed Out: What Place for Women in the 'Anti-war Movement'?, Chew

Sexual abuse by Clergy: New State Rulings Against Victims Show Why The Law Must, Hamilton

Huge spy satellite set to launch to Mars, Young
How to beat spammers at their own game, Biever
Wealth does not always predict health, Vince
Has Huygens found life on Titan?, Battersby

U Doctor at Center of Vioxx Suits, Jeremy Olson
Mercury in Vaccines: The Appalling Truth Revealed, Dr Joseph Merola
Rate of Increase in Autism Down Since 02, Thomas H. Maugh II
Drug co. agrees to pay $1.7 million over price inflation charges, Associated Press
What's So Scary About Rice? , Arlene Weintraub

New York Times

When the Big Guys Fuss
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Gov. George Pataki and Comptroller Alan Hevesi should take a deep breath and get over their recent tit-for-tat.
Charles Colson and the Mission That Began With Watergate
by ADAM COHEN
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Charles Colson, the quintessential Watergate-era hatchet man, has taken a long, strange trip from dirty trickster to impassioned prison reformer.
Upheaval Continues in San Diego as 11 Vie for Mayor
by ANDREW POLLACK
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The candidates on the ballot for a special election on Tuesday have different views of the city's needs.
Senate Panel to Examine Use of Cover by U.S. Spies
by SCOTT SHANE
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The practice of intelligence cover has come under scrutiny during the investigation of the disclosure of the C.I.A. employment of Valerie Wilson.
Congressional Negotiators Are Nearing Agreement on Broad Energy Measure
by CARL HULSE
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The apparent settlement of the MTBE issue moves Congress closer to enacting an energy bill than it has been in years.

NYT > Washington

Senate Panel to Examine Use of Cover by U.S. Spies
by SCOTT SHANE
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
The practice of intelligence cover has come under scrutiny during the investigation of the disclosure of the C.I.A. employment of Valerie Wilson.
For Gore, a Reincarnation on the Other Side of the Camera
by JACQUES STEINBERG
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
On the eve of the launch of his new cable channel, Current, Al Gore says that he intends to reinvent himself as a media entrepreneur.
Licking and Salting War's Open Wounds
by ALLISON HOPE WEINER
24 Jul 2005 at 10:00pm
Steven Bochco's latest production takes direct aim at the single most polarizing subject in the United States: the war in Iraq.

Preempting Politics In Russia
by Masha Lipman
MOSCOW -- Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Russian prime minister, may be facing criminal prosecution. His name is mentioned in a case that involves "material damage by fraud." Whatever his alleged offense (the allegations concern an unlawful purchase of some formerly state-owned real estate), the case is almost unanimously interpreted by Russian observers as a warning to Kasyanov against further political activism. This view may have something to do with the nine-year sentence recently imposed on oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whom the Kremlin had come to regard as a political rival.
It Sprouts! It Climbs! It Strikes Without Warning!
by Juliet Eilperin
EASTERN NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Md. -- Eleven-year-old Robert Bennington stood in the midday heat, studying the global positioning system device in his hand. Eyeing a vine of "mile-a-minute" weed climbing six feet high on a nearby tree, the fifth-grader was plugging the growth's location into...