Norman Solomon:
Sputnik, 50 Years Later: The Launch of Techno-Power
Cindy Sheehan:
Imagine Peace
John Dear:
The Martyrdom of Burma’s Marching Monks
Ramesh Thakur:
US, Iran Play with Fire
Charlie Cray:
Blackwatergate
Cecilie Surasky:
Dissenting at Your Own Risk
Adrian Hamilton:
Sanctions Won’t Bring Down Burma’s Government
Megan Tady:
Recipe for Disaster
David Lebedoff:
New Quiz Should Leave Prospective Immigrants at a Loss for Words
Leonard Pitts:
A Thousand Ways to Disconnect, and Now a Hugging Ban, Too
James McGovern:
The Iraq Money Pit
Peter Spalding:
Myanmar: It is Time to Play the Olympics Card.
Matthew Yglesias:
Who’s Giving Money to Bill Clinton?
Patt Morrison:
Blackwater: Not in Our Backyards

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

Taking Church To School
Phony Patriotism
Not A Christian Nation
Republican Rank-And-File Increasingly Opposed To Unfettered Trade
EPA Asked To Regulate Ship Emissions
New Orleans Corruption Cases Multiply
Bush Says Iraq Exit Would Bolster Iran
Progressive Allies Fracture Over No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

United States

New York Times

Score one for diplomacy: Bush thinks the deal in N.Korea will shield his Iraq project, Ed
Bush & strongman Chertoff conduct brutal,incompetent raids in NY suburbs, Ed
The legacy of Sputnik: progress in space means working with other nations, Ed
The big spill: Exxon Mobil has spilled 30 million gallons of oil at Newtown Creek, Ed
Ah Newtie, we hardly knew ye: the GOP league of extraordinary turkeys, Collins
The new L-word: neocon, Cohen
The 'values' test: Bush-duped evangelical conservatives seek party, Dobson
Secret U.S. endorsement of severe interrogations: read it and weep for America, Shane, Johnston &Risen
Bush vetoes child health bill behind closed doors as override gathers force, Stolberg &Hulse
E.P.A. is petitioned to limit ship emissions, Barringer
Security bulletin problem creates message flood, Lipton
For Baltimore, housing slump slows a revivalCooper, Uchitelle
N. Koreans agree to disable nuclear facilities, Cooper
Pledging peace, Koreans agree on economic projects, Onishi
Monks are silenced, and for now, internet is too, Mydans
Ex-paratrooper is suspect in a Blackwater killing, Broder
Bombs kill two, wound Polish envoy in Baghdad as Iraq politicians condemn US, von Zielbauer
Kurds reach new oil deals, straining ties with Baghdad, Oppel Jr.
Pakistan talks are stalled, Bhutto says, Masood
Syria, seeking investors, turns cautiously to Iran, Naylor
Dems won't block Mukasey : too much posturing, not enough truth, Shenon
Senate approves military spending: military-industrial complex eats America's wealth, AP
Another Big Gop, Pete V. Domenici, will retire leaving Senate opening for Dems, Herszenhorn
Dems split on ways to ease foreclosure crisis, Andrews

Admiral Mullen reports for duty , Jackson
Playing the Myanmar name game , Greenway
Foreign firms take advantage, Weisman
The cancer of bad policy, Ed
Groups urge US oversight, Bender
Family of soldier killed in Afghanistan say she raised concerns before her death , Levinson + Bierman
Greener policy in the pipeline , Ed.

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

Nuclear Accord with North Korea Hailed by U.S., Strobel+Johnson
Maverick GOP Presidential Contender Ron Paul Pulls In Serious Cash, Talev
Democrats to Hammer GOP over Bush's Latest Veto, Pugh+Talev
New Military Leaders Question Iraq Mission, Youssef+Schoof
Gallup Releases First Survey of Well-Being Worldwide, Greve
Iraqi Judge: Corruption Undermines Iraq's Future, Schoof
Recruiting Gets Tougher for Army During Wartime, Montgomery
Craig Says He'll Stay until End of Term, Bolstad
Clinton Vows Billions for Science Research, Stearns
In Basra, Vigilantes Wage Deadly Campaign Against Women, Price+al Basri
House Votes to Bring All Iraq Security Contractors Under U.S. Law, Barrett

washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns

Bush's Unhealthy Veto
What We Owe the Burmese
Pink Panic In the GOP
Ecuador's Hugo Chavez?
A Democratic Transition at Treasury
Clinton's Game of Dodgeball
Dangerous Logjam on Surveillance
Echoes of Tiananmen Square

Los Angeles Times - Opinion

A veto on kids' healthcare
Iraq: You can't win with civil wars
Less Amish, no one is safe
The unspeakable American culture
The academic struggles of Latinos in the U.S
Pay what you want for Radiohead
Darfur deadly for peacekeepers

63% turnout in Ukraine election / Orange Revolution looks like winner, but co...
Iraqi politicians blast vote in U.S. Senate on partition / Shiite and Sunni A...
Fixing small problems helps reduce fatal airline crashes
14,000 rally in Oakland to hear Hillary Clinton speak
Supreme Court convenes to crowded, controversial docket
Folks in leather, chaps and thongs throng Folsom Street Fair
In S.F., presiding U.S. Episcopal bishop affirms same-sex unions
Leather and corsets and whips, oh my / Folsom Street Fair draws the bondage c...

SFGate: Chronicle Op-Ed

New Zealand charges ahead in race to address climate change
Preserve education reform law
Our fraying Internet infrastructure
Halo 3's halo
In the path of disaster
What money hasn't bought

SFGate: Mark Morford

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...
Welcome home, have some gunfire / Nothing like returning from vacation to the...
Just How Gay Is The GOP? / Sen. Larry 'Wide Stance' Craig, just another in a ...
I Hate You I Hate You I Hate You / There's nasty, there's puerile, and then t...

Globe and Mail

TORONTO STAR: News Top Stories

Canada's worst public health disaster: Accused exonerated
Tory backtracks on schools

From the Editorial page

Tory opens door to two-tier care
Warning signs for Toronto
Bush's leap very small step for planet
Genuine progress in past four years
People-friendly streets
Health advice free and contradictory

BBC

US approves N Korea nuclear plan, BBC
Blackwater boss grilled by Congressional committee over Iraq, BBC
US homes sales plumb record low, BBC
Ford leads drop in US car sales, BBC
Kabul hit by another suicide bomb, BBC
Israel admits air strike on Syria, BBC
UK PM, Gordon Brown, visits Iraq and announces troop cut in Basra, BBC
Syria restores Iraqi visa limits, BBC
Iran college asks Bush to speak, BBC
US claims success in war on drugs, BBC

Move along, nothing to see: No murder charges for Haditha massacre, MacAskill
First Husband wants to be America's GoodWill Ambassador, Burkeman
Republican sleight of hand on voting not yet dead in California, MacAskill
Bill Clinton in London to raise money for Hillary, Burkeman
Latin American unites against Bush-Blair patronization, Foley
Mercenaries, murder and mayhem: The Blackwater Portfolio, Blumenthal
US Supreme Court docket: more decisions for the powerful?, Roosevelt
The fallout from Iran attack will be devastating, Milne
Does anyone read dreary, boring Roger Cohen?, Tomasky Guardian

Middle of the road Hillary: a radical?, Abramsky
Obama's grassroots appeal, Flanders
America's corporate censorship: your phone calls may be censored, Kennedy

US wants to aerial crop spray all poppy fields in Afghanistan, Sengupta
Californian cities vote on smoking ban in apartments, Gumbel
The Big Question: Are North and South Korea working towards reunification at last?, Penketh
British Prime Minister backs Bush's plans for Iran strike, Doyle
Obama refuses to engage in attack politics, Doyle
he great American economic horror story-- Trust is missing, King
President Guiliani? He's be worse than Bush, Hari
Burma lies bleeding as West's feeble efforts are useless, Smith

US drug laws condemned as racist, Baldwin
EU envoy hurt as three are killed in co-ordinated bomb attacks, Haynes
Who wouldn't pay good money to see this? Rudy vs. Religious Right, Reid
Thousands of monks said to be in Burma's gulag, Denby
Neo-con godfather says 'Bomb Iran' in meeting with Bush and Rove, Baxter
Putin's plan to stay in power as Prime Minister, Halpin
Bloggers who risked all to reveal Burma junta's crackdown, Denby
Judge Thomas: Book reveals one angry, bitter, disturbed man, Baxter
Jenna defends her Dad against criticism, Baxter

ABC, news

Mexican president calls migration 'inevitable,' should be accommodated, Houstaon Chronicle
Why Many Immigrants Say 'We Are All Elvira' Now, New American Media
Indigenous Rights Violated Every Day in Mexico, Prensa Latina
Mexicans Move on Drug-Violent Tijuana, Prensa Latina
Guatemala's police chief quits over killings of 5 youths by police, Houston Chronicle
Along the side of the road in Guatemala, UDW
Salvadorans Can't Afford Medicines, Prensa Latina
Ortega Decries World Capitalism at UN, Prensa Latina
A brief political history of DR-CAFTA in Costa Rica, UDW
Cuba says Bush lacks moral authority to judge anyone, Caribbean NN
Dealing with the crime monster, Jamaica Observer
Colombian elites fear Chavez' growing influence, UDW
Venezuela at the UN: Global Warming a Product of Capitalism, Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation before Brazilian Congress, Merco Press
Brazilian Banks Grow 130% Charging Customers 74 Different Fees, Brazzil
Brazil Holds First Carbon Auction. Netherlands Bank Wins It, Brazzil
Lula's push for biofuel criticised, Al Jazeera
Paraguay's Hour of Change, UDW
Chinese Donation to Rebuild Peruvian Schools, Prensa Latina
Bolivian VP Warns against Closing Constituent Assembly, Prensa Latina
Bolivia, Iran Parliaments Link, Prensa Latina
Bolivia ignores US warnings and reaches out to Iran, Merco Press
Evo Morales on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, Bolivia Rising

Europe

Inter Press Service

Politics: Global Public Favours More Immigration Controls , Lobe
Corruption-Chile: Pinochet’s Family in Jail , Estrada
Environment: EU Troubling Fishy Waters , Cronin
Cliamte Change: Entire Landscapes on the Move , Leahy
Finance: Critics Press IMF on Social Spending , Aslam
Guatemala: Concern Over Bill that Would Restrict Definition of ‘Family’ , Benítez
Cuba: Providing the Tools for an Active, Fruitful Old Age , Acosta
Death Penalty-US: Executions Across Country On Hold , Roy
Trade: Exports Should Be Priority for African States , McGregor
Burma: Fear Over the Country , Moe+Macan-Markar
Politics: Mideast Meet Has Ambiguous Agenda , Akhavi
Health-Paraguay: Hopes of Meeting Millennium Goals Slipping Away , Vargas
Burma: Criticism of Total Operations Grows , Deibert
Romania: Villagers Resist a Corporation , Ciobanu
Solomon Island: 'Australian Peacekeeping Has an Agenda' , de Tarczynski
Energy: Report Challenges EU Subsidies for Biofuels , Cronin
Paraguay: Hunger Follows Worst Fires in History , Vargas
Latin America: Nine Roads Through the Virgin Wilderness , Valente
Cuba: Citizen Action Transforming the Barrio, Acosta
Poland: Populism Seen behind Death Penalty Talk , Dujisin
Portugal: Black Actors Coming Into Their Own , de Queiroz
Politics-Iran: Islamist, Socialist Revolutions Don't Mix , Sanati

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

PA demands all prisoners freed within few months, staff
Ahmadinejad calls Israel 'insult to human dignity' on Al-Quds Day, AP
Government drafts multi-faceted plan to fight trafficking in women, Ruth Sinai
Thousands of Palestinians crowd checkpoints to reach Ramadan prayer site, AP
IDF troops kill armed Palestinian near Israel-Gaza border fence, staff
For Olmert, the lives of Sudanese refugees are cheap, Ben Lynfield
Olmert and Abbas' mission much harder than that of Barak and Arafat, Editorial
Report: Iran worried over Syrian air defense failure in IAF strike, Yossi Melman
Alaa Oudeh, whose legs were amputated after he was forbidden entry to Israel., Yuval Azoulay

US raid in Iraq kills (more) civilians, Agencies
No one will face murder charges in the biggest case involving Iraqi civilian deaths, Agencies
Iraq sheikh killed in roadside bomb, Agencies
Hamas men wounded in Gaza blast, Agencies
Iran marks Jerusalem Day, Agencies
Afghanistan death toll rising, Al Jazeera
Egypt Brotherhood chief to be freed, 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

Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police , The Washington Post
Can Fukuda Improve Ties With China? , The Japan Times
More China-Made Products Pulled from US Shelves , CBC
Chinese Media Go Easy on Junta, Asia Times
Dousing Fires in China's Economy, Asia Times
House Backs Sale of F-16s to Taiwan, McClatchy
China May Win New Space Race, NASA Says, The Associated Press
China's Economic Clout Could Curb Taiwan's Dream, Embassy
North Korea May Begin Nuclear Declaration Next Week , Reuters UK
A Giant Trade Partnership of Unequals, Asia Times

South East Asia

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

FDA warns Genzyme about French plant problems, Mass High Tech
FDA Asks Eli Lilly to Stop Promotion of Cymbalta, AP
FDA Mulls Expanding US Drug Sales, Lauran Neergaard
FDA Denies Plan in Works to Restrain Cough and Cold Medicines , Neil Osterweil
FDA seeks to bypass doctors with behind-the-counter drug sales via pharmacists, Mike Adams
American Labs Mishandle Deadly Germs; More than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, AP
US Supreme Court will Decide Pharmaceutical Co.'s Lawsuit Protection, Edmund A. Normand
Screening Kids Poses Risk of Harm, Dr. Daniel B. Fisher
When is a Conflict of Interest a Conflict?, Brandon Keim
U.S. Labs Mishandling Deadly Germs , Larry Margasak
Flu Shots Cause Autism and Alzheimer's , John Best
Nigeria: Pfizer - Civil Groups Demand Compensation, Sani Babadoko
Cymbalta Promotion Halted by FDA, Robert J. Binstock
FDA rebukes Lilly for Cymbalta promotion — pigs fail to fly, hell remains unfrozen, PAL
CDC Considering Surprise Checks for Labs that Handle Dangerous Germs, AP
CDC Study Links Thimerosal In Vaccines To Motor/Phonic Tics And Deficits In Attention, Behavior Control, Verbal IQ, Medical News Today.com
Kentucky Sues Makers of OxyContin , Samira Jafari
Mylan Acquires Generics Business of Merck KGaA, Datamonitor
Tamiflooey: Flu Med Survives Waste Water , Ed Silverman
Mishandling of Germs on Rise at US Labs, AP
South Beach Diet Author Blasts U.S. Sick-Care System, M.T. Whitney
FDA Conducts Safety Review Of Bone-Building Drugs, Jennifer Corbett Dooren
FDA Warns Against Cold and Cough Remedies Made for Children, Pharmaceutical News
Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research , FDA
What Killed Rebecca Riley?, CBS
FDA Officials Sued Over Conflict of Interest Part II, Evelyn Pringle
Women Not Warned About SSRI-Related Lung Birth Defect, Evelyn Pringle
FDA: Kids' Medicines NOT Recommended, Liz Marlantes, Greg McCown and Mary Bruce
IG Finds FDA Fails at Overseeing Drug Testing Sites , Amy Doolittle
FDA to Fight Cough Supressant Industry Over Ingredient, Brian White
Inside the FDA, Maggie Mahar
FDA Warns Physicians Against Prescribing Fentora for Off-label Uses, AAFP
Deal Set to Cut Prescription Drug Abuse, Andrew Jack
Drug's Price Up More Than $21,000, Karl Stark
Not Again! More Diabetes Drug Dangers, Dr Joseph Mercola
The CDC's Point-Three Problem, Dan Olmsted
Will Doctors Shut Down In-Store Clinics or Let the Market Decide?, Adam Chavez
Hospitals Rip Off Self-paying, Poor Customers with Triple Prices Compared to Insurance Reimbursements, David Gutierrez
We Can Do Without TeenScreen, Tony Zizza
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay $515 Million for Doctor Kickback Scheme , Jonathan Saltzman
Vaccine, Disorder Link Debated, Adrianne Flores
CDC Study Misleading About Vaccines Safety, NAA
The C-Section Epidemic, Jennifer Block

US: Billions over Baghdad; The Spoils of War, Barlett +Steele
US: Green Group Attacks Oil Giant on Climate Research , Benjamin
US: Software Maker Admits to Taking Bribes, Kirchgaessner
US: Cribs Recalled After Deaths of 2 Children, Grynbaum
US: Graft in Military Contracts Spread From Base, Thompson+Schmit

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