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Bush Watch
Unholy Cartoons of the Prophets:
Abandoning Western History in the Name of Political Correctness, Lower
A View From Abroad: How Bush Is Failing Us, Partridge
Dr. Bushlove
Poll Says 57% of Americans Would Accept War With Iran To Stop Bomb Building, Beeston
2002: Bush Says "Evil" Iran Must Be Prevented From Threatening With WMDs, SOTU Transcript
News Roundup
Bush information suppression operative at NASA resigns when his falsified resume is exposed , Revkin
Bad start for Bush on energy, editors
The Lopsided Bush Health Plan, NY Times
Bush's HSA Proposal Hinges on Dubious Premise, Hall
Proposed Rule on Air Masks in Coal Mines Killed in 2001, Resurrected Today , Borenstein
CIA Goes After Leakers with Polygraph, Continues to Ignore Plame Case, Ross-Esposito
McCain mocks Obama, Sweet
Rumsfeld's eagle eye: Corruption hurting democracy efforts, Baldor
Gold Star Mother Sheehan dragged out of SOTU while 9/11 paymaster,
bin Laden chum al-Faisal enjoys the show, Scahill
New Orleans, the world's first global village?, reuters
Israeli PM Olmert seeks to set permanent borders without consulting Palestinians, Myre
The hell we've made in Iraq: Yesterdays bombings, aimed at Shiites, 5 Iraqis, 4 Marines die, Worth
Bomb attacks hit Baghdad market, BBC
Many killed in Afghan bomb blasts, BBC
UK troops rushed to Afghan riot over cartoons and attacks on peacekeepers, BBC
Israel unveils plan to encircle Palestinian state, McGreal
The evil fruits of power are democracy's biggest danger, Jenkins
Canada signs deal with loggers to save ancient rainforest, Cornwell
GM food must be allowed into Europe, WTO rules, Castle
Bush Rich Man's Budget
Assumptions in Bush's data may be flawed, some say, Kranish
Deep cuts sought for social programs, Klein
The deficit deceit, Lehigh
Young and old losers in President's budget, M Gawanda
White House to slash farm subsidies, G Elliott
Fantasy Budget, Dan Froomkin
Budget busters, Editorial
Bush's broken budget arrives, Editorial
It's a war on terrorism, not on the poor, Robert Scheer
Domestic Programs Take the Hit, The Washington Post
Who will feel budget's impact?, Feldman
Cutting Medicare will be tough sell in election year, Wolf, Jackson
Misleader Deletes Budget Impact Section for Political Reasons, Byrne
Bush Seeks to Slash Public Broadcast Funds, reuters
No new Katrina aid in Bush budget, A.P.
A department-by-department breakdown of Bush's 2007 budget, A.P.
Bush's Proposed U.S. job training cuts draw criticism, Alm
Gonzales At Domestic Wiretap Hearings: Tissue Of Lies
Above the law so help me fellow Repubs, wily Gonzales'testifies' oath-free, cohn
Artful Dodger Gonzales: master of the meaningless response, Ed
Eavesdropping on Congress, Howard Kurtz
In Quizzing a Reticent Gonzales, Senators Encounter a Power Shortage, Dana Milbank
Domestic Surveillance: Answering the secret question, editors
Warrantless Wiretaps: Ducking questions, Editorial
Put wiretaps to test, Bush urged, NY Times
Gonzales--Just Trust Us on Secret Searches, Torture, Presidential Power, Coniff
Secret Wiretaps Need Judicial Oversight, Scholfield
King Funeral
Bush honors Mrs. King -- in words only, Jackson
2004: Bush's uninvited visit to King's tomb was an insult, McDonald
A Eulogy for King, a Scolding for Bush, Richard Fausset and Peter Wallsten
Bush squirms as policies denounced at King funeral, Gumbel
At Coretta King's funeral Pres Carter says the Kings had endured govt wiretapping , Dewan
More churches torched in Alabama, Robertson
'Toon Tempest
Europe No Stranger to Blasphemy, Phalnikar
Europe's Blasphemy Laws , DW
The Cartoon Jihad: 'Satanic Verses Taught us a Lesson', Werbner
Danish Imams Propose to End Cartoon Dispute (with 'toons), Gudmundsson
Violence Escalates as West Calls for Calm, Spiegel
Iran paper seeks cartoon revenge with Holocaust cartoon contest, BBC
Denmark's PM describes Muslim reaction to cartoons 'global crisis', BBC
Cartoon row 'fanned by extremists': Denmark PM, Reuters
Four killed as crowd attacks Norwegian base, Reuters
Danes warned to leave Indonesia, AFP
Danish cartoons: Muslims in their own Dark Age, I Yusif
Media and religious groups meet about cartoons, Human Rights Commission
Criticism, violence, and the political Islamic movement, F Pooya
Bigotry as European Chic, Fawaz Turki
Radicals 'exploiting cartoon backlash', AP
U.S. turns to Riyadh to ease tensions of Prophet cartoons, staff
Violence escalates, positions harden in cartoon crisis, staff
The Danish cartoons: a neo-colonial slap, Rami G. Khouri
US Facing Tough Act in Cartoon Controversy, AFP
New York Times
We still haven't achieved the equality for women that Friedan envisaged, Warner
World community manages to unite against Iran nukes, Ed
Christcons come out against global warming, Goodstein
Gov. Blanco tries strongarming Washington for Katrina relief money, Rivlin
Radical iman al-Masri gets seven year sentence for soliciting murder and racial hatred , Van Natta
The hell we've made in Haiti: Four die in election day chaos and violence, Thompson
German court releases Qaeda member pending his appeal, Landler
Mesmerised, paralyzed,compromised Dems flip flop & prevaricate, Nagourney
Election Freebee? GOP Pol Heather Wilson calls for full investigation into wiretapping, Lichtblau
Senate drops opposition to asbestos justice bill, Labaton
Judge asked to rule against detention of naturalized US citizen in Iraq, Lewis
Washington Post
Busch A Thorn In Side Of GOP, Matthew Mosk
Attacks Rock 'Foundation' That Marines Built in Anbar, Nelson Hernandez
Gunmen Kill Head of Fallujah City Council, Jonathan Finer
Cartoon Furor Began Quietly Among Danes, Kevin Sullivan
Fiery London Cleric Found Guilty, Mary Jordan
King Funeral Site Reflects Changes in Black America, Darryl Fears
Boston Globe
GOP senators add heat on spying, Savage
The power of the political cartoon, Greenway
The woman warrior, Goodman
Having another go? Kerry doffs the gloves, Canellos
Christian Science Monitor
Senate toughens scrutiny of wiretapping, Chaddock
Conservatives ask: Is Bush still one of us?, Feldmann
USA Today
School systems face health care squeeze, Toppo
Wichita Eagle
Bush Team Blinded By Wishful Thinking, Rubin
Denver Post
Eavesdropping under scrutiny, editors
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mine Safety: Digging for solutions, editors
Los Angeles Times
The wrong weapons for the Long War, Max Boot
A terrorist on every corner?, James Bovard
Baghdad Bombings Kill 7; Fallouja Politician Is Slain, Borzou Daragahi and Raheem Salman
Lobbyist's Ties to Lawmaker Examined, Richard A. Serrano
San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. supervisors set to debate call for impeachment of Bush, Cheney, Matier & Ross
Seattle Post Intelligencer
It's no wonder we're a divided nation, Bonnie Erbe
Sunni leader killed by assassins as part of plot, Robert Reid, AP
Knight Ridder
State Department Sees Exodus of Weapons Experts, Strobel
Corruption Threatening Progress in Iraq, Rumsfeld Says, Brown
Protests Express Frustration with the West, Cleric Says, Schofield
Toronto Star
McGuinty pushes for handgun ban, Brennan and Josey
Iran calls cartoons a 'Zionist conspiracy', Staff
Park 'ideal for a stand,' inquiry told, Peter Edwards
Shock and awe, Tory style, S. Delacourt, S. Gordon
Agreement will shield B.C. coastal rain forest, Staff
Editorial: Harper shows a tough streak ..., Satt
Gonzales defends U.S. wiretaps, Tim Harper
U.K. cleric convicted of incitement, Tariq Panja
Globe And Mail
Norwegian troops fire on Afghan cartoon protesters, D. Cooney
Health group takes cigarette fight to court, Canadian Press
Foreign media barred from trial, James Rusk
Same-sex marriage, Pamela Young
Hormone therapy for menopause given green light, Canadian Press
CBC
New minister Fortier 'didn't want to run in the election', CBC News
Dutch to return looted Nazi art, CBC Arts
Age of consent, gun changes priorities for justice minister, CBC News
B.C. river's recovery from spill could take decades, CBC News
Saddam sculpture banned, painting investigated, CBC Arts
BBC
Controversial Muslim cleric jailed for seven years in UK, BBC
US consumer borrowing rate slows, BBC
Hitches hinder Haitian election, BBC
Texas hunting ranches thrive on killing endangered species, BBC, James Westhead
New species found in 'lost world' located in Indonesian jungle, BBC
GM chief agrees to halve salary to help struggling carmaker, BBC
GM sees loss after difficult year, BBC
Guardian
Guilty: the cleric who preached murder as a religious duty, Campbell + Dodd + Branigan
Inside the mosque: an academy for holy war, Dodd
Abu Hamza: Punishment, not martyrdom, Guardian Leader
UK troops will leave Iraq before insurgency ends, Norton-Taylor
Arab governments join fray over the cartoons for political reasons, Whitaker
Dial M for Morales: Bush's phone offensive, Tisdall
Independent
Violent protests are a 'growing global crisis' , Sengupta + McDowell + Duff
Muslim rally to condemn cartoons and extremists, Akbar + Evans + McSmith + Ebbutt
Cleric gets seven years in jail for soliciting murder, Milmo
Pantomime villain, political pawn, or key terrorist player?, Milmo
Olmert says West Bank settlements will stay , Macintyre
Taliban bomber kills 13 as British troops prepare for Afghan mission, Huggler
The Age
Bush's $2.7 trillion budget shows true cost of Iraq war, M Gawenda
Vocal 9/11 conspirator expelled from his trial, Reuters
Rice to visit Australia in March: report, AAP
Castro flies the flag in defiance of US messages, M Frank
Police kill Afghans amid cartoons rage, AAP
Lighten up, fellow Muslims, I Manji
British Muslim cleric guilty of inciting murder, Reuters
Ambassador meets US senator over AWB row, AAP
Abbott defends his RU486 powers, AAP
Sensible senators answer their conscience, M Gratton
Deputy Prime Minister drawn into oil-for-food inquiry, J Koutsoukis, D Silkstone
Court challenge to IR laws begins in May, AAP
Sydney Morning Herald
Troops add to instability, says US general, R Norton-Taylor
All is forgiven - Rice trip back on agenda, C Banham
Blind eyes of belief need even vile views, R Neville
Outrage born from a broader sense of alienation, C Eisenberg
Accusations fly in Labor advance, C Banham
Beazley barbs fail to wound Coalition, P Hartcher
US Senate keeps former ambassador in its sights, M Coulton
Tolerance urged on eve of Senate vote, S Peatling
A conscience vote that will decide the fate of a controversial drug, F Nash, C Fieravanti-Wells
A scary set of footprints, R Gittins
The Australian
Activists queried on Guantanamo trip, Washington correspondents
Saudi concern on US oil policy, C Baltimore
Free speech has liberals tongue-tied, G Albrechtson
Running up the white flag in the face of clerical fascism, M Phillips
Chucking hissy fits only encourages the bad-taste jokers, E Tom
Vaile 'met kickback executives', J Sexton, C Overington
PM told to apologise, S Lewis, C Hart
PM faces difficult times after first cracks appear, D Shanrahan
RU486 ads 'hysterical': Greens, AAP
Abolish Abbott's abortion pill veto, L Allison
New Zealand Herald
Cheney says Iran nuclear situation 'dangerous', Reuters
No official reaction yet over cartoons, says PM, G Tourelle
Iran newspaper holds Holocaust cartoon contest, Reuters
Stuff
Terror risk from WMD 'exaggerated', Reuters
Inter Press Service
Development-Cote D'Ivoire: Putting Urban Crime in the Cross Hairs , Zamblé
Politics: Fear of U.S. Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy , Porter
Society: 'Polygamy Could Supply More Russians' , Klomegah
Politics-Thailand: Thaksin Not Buddhist Enough Say Critics , Macan-Markar
China: 'Memoirs of a Geisha' Lost in Political Din , Bezlova
Asia: Thailand Uneasy Over China Free Trade Deal , Jagan
Latin America
Fox blasts attack on Nuevo Laredo paper, El Universal
Gov´t examining options against hotel that expelled Cubans at US behest, El Universal
Our recreational drug expenditures at work: a cartel hitman, El Universal
Can statesman Madrazo save Fox's reforms?, El Universal
Food Inaccessible in Northern Nicaragua as Prices Reach Unprecedented Levels, nicanet
Tatoo removal helps ex-gang members get jobs in Honduras, Honduras This Week
Costa Rica Waits for New Prez, Prensa Latina
Four dead, dozens injured as volatile Haiti elects new president, Caribbean NN
Dark storm brewing over elections in Haiti if Aristide protege wins, HIP
No Match for Rene Preval in Haiti, Prensa Latina
IRI Election Manipulation in Haiti, ZNet
Haiti: Democracy in Check, Telesur
US: Survey Rejects Anti-Cuba Policy, Prensa Latina
Colombia This Week, ABColombia
Colombia’s Failing Democratic Process, Colombia Journal
Democracy's 'Special Forces' Face Heat in Venezuela, Venezuelanalysis
Venezuelan Participatory Community Planning Councils to Receive $1 Billion, Venezuelanalysis
Quotas Are the Brazilian Way to Keep Things as They've Always Been, Brazzil
Chilean Mining Workers Back to Strike, Prensa Latina
Bolivia: Morales Asks U.S. to Reconsider Aid Cuts, Mercosur
Deutsche Welle
Convicted Terror Suspect Released from German Prison , DW
No Progress in German Hostage Crisis , DW
Der Spiegel
'America Has Enough on its Hands Right Now', NATO General James Jones
Motassadeq To Be Freed in Germany -- Again, Spiegel
Moscow Times
Taking a Stand for World Trade, Evans
Do Not Threaten Tehran, Lavrov Says, Isachenkov
Gazprom on the March in Ukraine, Belton
Pravda
Iran to take revenge on Denmark with Holocaust cartoons, Pravda
Russia and Georgia stand on the brink of war, Pravda
Iran will not shut down nuclear program because of international sanctions, Artyukov
St Petersburg Times
McCain Urges Boycott of G8, Bloomberg
NGO Head Found Guilty, A.P.
Haaretz
Kofi Annan: Targeted killings 'amount to executions without trial', Amos Harel
Hundreds of Palestinians attack int'l mission, try to set it afire, AP
Survey finds wide and varied responses to Hamas' political victory, Ephraim Yaar
Olmert: Israel will separate from most Palestinians, Aluf Benn
Arab parties in the Knesset, Yoav Stern
Good days for Netanyahu, Avirama Golan
Aljazeera
Afghan police fire on protesters, Reuters
Comments: Cartoon controversy, Aljazeera
Iraq official survives attack, Reuters
Afghanistan welcomes debt write-off, AP
Arab News
At Last, a Real Middle East Democracy Project, Ramzy Baroud
7 Iraqis, 4 US Marines Killed in Iraq, AFP
Suicide Blast Leaves 13 Dead in Kandahar, AFP
Daily Star
Hamas confident it can form government, control security, staff
Nasrallah and Aoun show that a little bit of work makes a world of difference, Editorial
Is Iranian power the Arab world's worst nightmare?, Iason Athanasiadis
Middle East Times
Review of Arab editorials, staff
Tehran Times
Islamic Revolution and the rising of Imam Hussein (AS) , Hassan Hanizadeh
MPs call for prompt resumption of enrichment, staff
All countries must work for world peace: Ahmadinejad, staff
Daily Times
Public universities will have vocational training cells, Ali Waqar
Committee to investigate train crashes, Anjum Herald Gill
Afghanistan ministers implicated in drug running, DT
Militants kill three in south Thailand, DT
China rejects US view of 'repression', DT
Arab countries to work with Hamas-led cabinet, Jonathan Wright
Relief goods destroyed in fire, DT
Dawn
Sugar crisis dominates assembly session, Raja Asghar
Retail sugar price soars, Khaleeq Kiani
Opposition criticizes use of force in Balochistan, Ahmed Hassan
Provincial security funding increased, Ihtasham ul Haque
India
Troop pullout to boost normality in Kashmir, Deccan Herald
J&K: First 100 days: A promising beginning, Kashmir Times
NGOs: water a fundamental right, The Hindu
Industrial livestock, a threat to ecosystems: FAO, The Hindu
Indian physics trio rewrites singularity, death of stars, The Indian Express
Essay: What's right about India: The Media, Tehelka
Essay: What's right about India: The Middle Class, Tehelka
Essay: What's right about India: Democracy, Tehelka
Indo-US nuclear deal stutters again, The Times of India
'The Fast Breeder program just cannot be put on the civilian list', The Indian Express
Moderate Islam has lost its voice, The Hindu
Poll: Americans fear Iran the most, The Indian Express
US oil addiction, The Hindu
Putin asks FSB to treat terrorists 'like rats', The Indian Express
Climate change: 'They burn and we die', Deccan Herald
An aboriginal writer tries to reach out to her own, The Hindu
Nepal
Nepal holds its first vote in seven years amid rebel threats, The Hindu
Prachanda unveils road map for change in Nepal, The Hindu
Maoists offer talks, float idea of a 'parallel government', The Indian Express
Eight security men killed Maoist attacks, The Hindu
China
China Firmly Opposes US Report Playing Up 'China Military Threat', Xinhua
Endangered Traditional Embroidery of Chinese Sui Minority Sees Revival, Xinhua
China Jails Five Tibetans after Olympic Boycott Call , NewKerala.com
American Prospect
A sensible plan for Iran, Yglesias
When democracy strikes back, Kuttner
Editor & Publisher
Joint Chiefs Fail to Protest Luckovich Cartoon--As Tom Toles Offers a New Comment, Astor
Counterpunch
Colin Powell's Career as a 'Yes Man', Roberts
The Problem with Mercury: A History of Regulatory Capitulation , Montague
Buzzflash
Some or all of what follows is true, farrell
Drug Corp Watch
Major Vaccine Manufacturer to Double Capacity, CSL Limited
Quarter of Tots Without MMR Jabs, BlackPoolToday
Ex-FDA Head Joins Food, Drug Lobbying Firm, Raw Story
Switch to Medicare Part D Raises Cost for Some, Ridgely Ochs
Report Urges More FDA, Drug Company Consultation, Lisa Richwine
Bird Flu Timeline: A History of Influenza From 412 BC – AD 2006, Mike Adams
Attorney: Vioxx to Blame for Man's Death , Janet McConnaughey
SSRIs - Nightmares by the Dozen , Evelyn Pringle
Group Pushes for Changes in Drug Company Immunity Laws, Tim Martin
The Media Assault on Mexico's Alternative Cancer Clinics, Mike Adams
FDA Eyes Heart Risks of ADHD Drugs, Aaron Smith