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Bush Watch
25 Bush Lies In 60 Minutes, Politex
Notes: Senate Surveillance Committee Hearings (on Bush warrantless spying), Politex
Bush War On Average Joe
Sadistic Bush budget calls for massive national self-harm, Ed
Tax Cut Lunacy, E. J. Dionne Jr.
Bush's Budget Would Increase Spending on Security, Cut Programs, Hutcheson
Bush's Budget Doesn't Address Long-Term Fiscal Worries, Experts Say, Hall
Defense, Tax Cuts Lead Bush Agenda, Joel Havemann and Janet Hook
Budget's Biggest Losers: Domestic Programs, Carolyn Lochhead
This is a budget for Orcs, Sanger
New federal budget cuts funds for schools and health research, Taylor
Bush proposes cutting dairy programs, A.P.
Bush Budget Proposal Calls for Lower Federal Pay Raise, Stephen Barr
Budget Plan Assumes Too Much, Demands Too Little, Jonathan Weisman
Bizarre Orc budget slashes domestic programs, Pear
After SOTU swagger, massive cuts to education, Schemo
News Roundup
Google, E-Bay back plan to let hotspot owners charge for Wi-Fi access, Peter Svensson
Washington digs in for a 'long war', Tisdall
Harry Reid inexplicably sabotaging asbestos justice bill, Ed
Sec. Snow must explain Treasury focus on punishing the poor via refund freezes, Ed
Behind the veil with Opus Dei, Goodstein
Medicare drug program off to a rocky start, Stark
Addicted to oil? So what else is new?, editors
We're all in hock — happy talk notwithstanding, editors
Anti-cartoon demonstrations are partly state-sponsored, Ed
Having restored chaos in Haiti we shouldn't expect much of today's election there, Wilentz
Danish paper published row cartoons 3 months ago, soj
US bullies IAEA into reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, Symonds
Rumplestiltskin is very very angry with Hugo Chavez, O'Keefe
Bush Domestic Spying Hearing
Adroit Gonzales shakes us a cocktail of lies and evasions on domestic spying, Lichtblau
Gonzales stuffs surveillance elephant into 2001 force regulation mousehole, Liptak
In Quizzing a Reticent Gonzales, Senators Encounter a Power Shortage, Dana Milbank
AG Hits Press for Reminding Terrorists U.S. Might Be Watching Them , Staff
Attorney General Says Criminal Probe Continues in Leak to 'NY Times', Staff
The president's mouthpiece, Editorial
Specter criticizes rationale for spying, AP
Security secrets, ED
Activists on Right, GOP Lawmakers Divided on Spying, Charles Babington
Where does spying end?, Editorial
Government Spying: Without oversight, abuses are inevitable, Wells
Most whose calls were tapped aren't terror suspects after all, Gellman, Linzer, & Leonning
Wiretaps violate 1978 law, Yen
US Senate hearings set to cover up domestic spying, Kay
'Toon War: Death Threats, Counterattack, England Reacts
Iranian paper to run Holocaust cartoons, Tait +Walsh+Bowcott
Scotland Yard sets up squad to track protesters, Branigan
UK Ministers to use 'toon anger to change law, Verkaik+Brown+Russell +Milmo
Gulf Arabs step up ban of Danish products, Reuters
Violence spreads over Prophet caricature, AAP
Making a caricature of freedom, J Button
Trampling others' beliefs in defence of yours, M Mughrabi
Iranians pelt Austrian embassy with fire bombs, Agencies
What the fuss is all about, B Zwartz
Igniting a tinderbox of intoleranc, Editorial
Canberra warns media on cartoons, B Nicholson
Muhammad cartoons 'legal' in Victoria, AAP
Cartoon protests continue, AAP
Calls for calm as embassies smoulder, J Button
Mainstream media takes a cautious line over blasphemous cartoons, M Brown
Those cartoons: In the interests of democracy, they must be published, A West
Leaders meet over cartoons, Washington correspondents
Free rein for extremists angers UK, D McGrory
Cartoon fury a Games security headache, AAP
New York Times
Judge expels Moussaoui for outbursts, Lewis
In scandal's wake Tennessee passes watered-down ethics & lobbying rules, Emery
Israel will engage with new Palestinian authority if Hamas is not represented, Erlanger
Mexican govt incensed as U.S. forces Cuban oil officials out of Mexican hotel, McKinley
Iran defies IAEA, walks away from negotiations, Agence France-Presse
Washington Post
Prophetic Provocation, Eugene Robinson
Tolerance Toward Intolerance, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
3 Myths About the Iran Conflict, Mel Levine, Alex Turkeltaub and Alex Gorbansky
NIH Warns AIDS Patients Against Stopping Therapy, David Brown
Divided Loyalties?, Tinker Ready
Boston Globe
A flimsy nuclear shield, ED
A homecoming, Carroll
Abramoff's grand aims came early, Easton
Christian Science Monitor
Bush budget a tough row, Grier
Russia and US as global nuclear waste collectors?, Weir
USA Today
Election officials fear '06 season of the glitch, Drinkard
Major deficit-reduction deal this year has hurdles, Wolf
Gonzales defends legality of surveillance, AP
Los Angeles Times
Budget Sets Risky Election Strategy, Ronald Brownstein and Janet Hook
Gonzales Defends Spying as 'Limited and Lawful', Maura Reynolds
Rejecting Cooperation, Iran Asks IAEA to Remove Seals, Cameras, Alissa J. Rubin
San Francisco Chronicle
Gonzales, Senators face off over spying , Edward Epstein
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Rumsfeld defends planned Pentagon changes, Lolita Baldor, AP
Knight Ridder
Senate Committee Questions Gonzales on Eavesdropping Program, Kuhnhenn
Iran tells Nuclear Agency to Remove Seals, Cameras, Landay
Senate Committee Questions Gonzales on Eavesdropping Program, Kuhnhenn
Medicare Seen as a Political Liability for Bush, Thomma
Pick to Oversee Highway Safety Faces Questions about Qualifications, Stearns
Toronto Star
Flaherty an arch conservative, Colin Perkel
Harper debuts his team, Andrew Mills
Top Liberal defects to Tories, Canadian Press
Another vote, same grim reality for Haiti, Reed Lindsay
Editorial: Calculus counts in new economy, Staff
Lawbreakers to lawmakers?, Mitch Potter
UN failing to police the police, Reed Lindsay
Globe And Mail
Israel to maintain ties with Abbas until Hamas takes control, Laurie Copans
Personal data on Americans faxed to Manitoba company, Steve Lambert
Dodge warns of global imbalances, Tavia Grant
Wiretaps under fire at U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee, Katherine Shrader
Iran ends co-operation with UN nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Dareini
CBC
Surprise! Cabinet includes defector and unelected minister, CBC News
Fewer women tapped for Harper cabinet, CBC News
Toronto 'hactivists' benefit from grant for internet censorship work, CBC News
Lebanese minister quits after rioters torch embassy, CBC News
Changes in behaviour help Zimbabwe fight HIV, CBC News
BBC
Bush seeks defence spending rise and Medicare CUTS in $2,770 billion budget, BBC
UK to millions in aid for safe abortions where US has denied aid for same, BBC
Iran cuts trade ties with Denmark, BBC
Iran nuclear fears fuel oil price, BBC
Fear and greed makes global markets shaky as 2006 begins, BBC, Jamie Robertson
US soldier killed in Afghanistan, BBC
Guardian
Media points finger at Syria, McCarthy
Moderate Muslims - We have lost our voice, Tabish Khair
No more fantasy diplomacy: cut a deal with the mullahs, Toynbee
US general maps out strategic refit, Norton-Taylor
Brothers in arms - Israel's secret pact with Pretoria, McGreal
The Betty I knew, Germaine Greer
Independent
Four die in Afghanistan as anti-Danish protests rage, Huggler+McDowall+Popham
USS 'Cole' bombers tunnel out of Yemeni jail, Sengupta
Death toll rises as Kenyan tribes battle over water, Selva
Haitians hope elections could be their salvation, Buncombe
Scientists hail discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea, Kirby
The Age
Risky strategy for 9/11 lawyers, R Serrano
American Army program teaches officers Arabic, AP
Bush proposes US Budget cuts, AAP
Bush budget cuts care, LA Times
Britain challenges US on abortion funds policy, S Boseley
Annan urges switch to clean energy, AAP
Canada Conservatives pledge tax cuts, AAP
Iran nuclear enrichment to be inspected, AAP
Iraq may buy US wheat, AAP
Palestinians arrest 25 over missing $900m, E O'Loughlin
DFAT 'knew about Iraqi kickbacks', J Koutsoukis
Fear and fury on eve of RU486 vote, J Topsfield, N Khadem
Papuans tortured, Jakarta admits, M Forbes
Peace activist slams ASIO treatment, AAP
Sydney Morning Herald
Makeshift bombs hit Pentagon budget, E Schmitt
War hardest on young: study, AAP
Minchin tips long RU486 debate, AAP
Ignorance is no defence, Editoral
The Australian
Bush Budget recycles nuclear fuel, Washington correspondents
Hawks and doves swap sides in trans-Atlantic alliance, G Baker
Russia last hope in Iran standoff, R Beeston, R Navai
Oil prices dip despite Iran fears, NY correspondents
US critic changes tune on wheat probe, NY correspondents
PM thrives on implausible deniability, P Adams
The Courier Mail
Military force 'an option', Berlin correspondents
New Zealand Herald
US Attorney General defends domestic spying against Al Qaeda, Reuters
Enron defence attacks credibility of key witness, M Daily
Governments are 'complicit in violence', Independent
Printing cartoons put Kiwis overseas at risk, says Clark, NZPA
Australia braces for Muslim backlash, G Ansley
Scoop
Fitzgerald Focuses on Missing White House Emails, J Leopold
Taking on the Wrong Enemy, R Baroud
What Would Jesus Do?, R Kanazi
International Herald Tribune
Bush's budget: A trillion little pieces, nyt
Bush stays tax-cut course in $2.77 trillion budget, Toner
Dying to tell the story? More than you know, Jordan
Inter Press Service
Politics-US: Guns Over Butter, Abroad and at Home , Lobe
Development-Kenya: Vehicle Saga Shows Parliament Has Few Budgetary Teeth , Mulama
Argentina: World's First Homeless TV Talk Show Host , Drazer
Politics: Snags Surface in India-US Nuclear Deal , Bidwai
Mideast: Egypt Finds Brotherhood with Hamas , Morrow
Nepal: Guinea Pigs in Hepatitis E Vaccine Trials , Logan
Mideast: Hamas Win Brings an Uneasy Partnership , Sheikh
Pakistan: Old Railway in the Running for Rapid Transit Plan , Ebrahim
Der Spiegel
Germany Denounces Violence in Mideast, Spiegel
A Clash of Caricatures, Hawley
Haiti Is at the End of the World, Glüsing
Hamas: 'Our People Will Never Rest', Mashaal
'Everyone Is Afraid to Criticize Islam', Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Relatives of Egyptian Ferry Disaster Attack Ship Owner's Offices, Spiegel
Deutsche Welle
Germany Calls for Dialogue of Cultures Amid Cartoon Conflict , DW
A Dialog between Cultures is More Important Than Ever , Sollich
Europe Concerned by Rising Violence Over Mohammed Cartoons, DW
Iran Issues Enrichment Threat But Considers Russian Proposal, DW
Civil Servants Strike in Southern Germany Over Working Hours, DW
Moscow Times
Chechen NGO Head Convicted, A.P.
Pravda
Exhibition of Prophet Muhammad cartoons to be organized in Moscow, Svetlov
Russia destined to suppress USA's global domination, Pravda
Russia's determination to join WTO in 2006 to bring serious challenges for the nation, Pravda
Why has the uproar in the Muslim countries occurred now?, Bubnov
Georgia accuses Russia of genocide, Pravda
Asia Times
Japan, North Korea all talk, no action, erkofsky
Middle East: US places guns before butter, Lobe
Making enemies friends over Iran, Shlapentokh
The Taliban's bloody foothold in Pakistan, Shahzad
Daily Times
Musharraf can be re-elected by assemblies, Shahzad Raza
India withdraws 5000 troops from Kashmir, Iftikhar Gilani
Russia ready for nuclear venture if Iran stops enrichment, DT
Hamas will be recognized, DT
Kashmir dispute could bring nuclear solution, Shahzad Raza
Benazir 'red notices' not warrants, Shahzad Raza
Lahore on high alert; bombings expected, Shahnawaz Khan
Dawn
Musharraf says peace linked to Kashmir, Tahir Naqash
Pakistan hopes talks will resolve Iran dispute, Qudssia Akhlaque
In Balochistan, no peace without rights, Dawn
Plebiscite urged in Kashmir, Ashfaq Yusufzai
Afghans seek Pakistani aid, Dawn
India
5,000 troops in J&K redeployed, The Hindu
'Japanese traders keenly watching labor issues in India', The Hindu
The spreading US shadow, Kashmir Times
Until debt do us part: cotton farmer and the money lender, The Indian Express
Protest in Delhi against Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, The Hindu
Question mark over Indo-US nuclear deal, The Hindu
Atomic Energy chief muddies water on nuclear deal, The Times of India
'Make public the nuclear deal with US', The Hindu
Divided NAM helped India get political cover at IAEA, The Times of India
Pak against use of force in Iran, The Hindu
Joint enrichment possible if Iran resumes moratorium: Russia, The Hindu
Russia warns international community against threatening Iran, The Hindu
Russia to push for nuclear deal with Iran, The Hindu
Israel backs strikes at Iran's nuclear sites, The Times of India
Iran tells IAEA to remove nuclear monitoring gear, Deccan Herald
Rebel attack in Nepal kills 7, injures 15, The Times of India
Asians in Dubai sleep in cars, Deccan Herald
Hamas and Zionists: False rhetoric of histories, Deccan Herald
China
China's Urban Income Gap Widens to Alarming Level, Financial Express
China's Pollution Galvanises Peasants to Action, Reuters.uk
China Versus India Transfixes Business World, Telegraph.co.uk
China Sets Modest Goal in Cutting Coal Mine Deaths, Stuff.co.nz
China 'Main Threat to UK Economy', BBC News
Editor & Publisher
Kristof of 'NYT' Starts Pledge Drive to Back Bill O'Reilly Trip, Staff
Counterpunch
Who Will Save America?, Roberts
Federal Judge Slams Whitman and EPA, Orkin
Don't Be Fooled This Isn't an Issue of Islam versus Secularism, Fisk
Mother Jones
Danger for Iraqi Journalists, Enders
The Weirdness of Bushworld, Engelhardt
Addicted to Oil: Ten Questions for President Bush, mj
Among the Allies, Rosen
ZNet
The Row over the Danish Cartoons, Walia
Punishing Denmark: Taking on the Wrong Enemy, Baroud
When Promoting Truth Obscures the Truth: More on Iraqi Body Count and Iraqi Deaths, Soldz
CorpWatch
Thailand: Thai PM Shrugs Off Shares Sale Protests, Kazmin
Africa: Mauritania and Firm Row over Oil, BBC News