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14 Dec 2006 06:06:31 AM |
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Early Mammals Took to the Air, Fossil Suggests |
Early Mammals Took to the Air, Fossil Suggests
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/science/14mammal.html?ref=3Dworld
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
A fossil of a gliding animal shows that mammals experimented with
flight around when birds first took to the skies.
The Milk of Evolution
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/opinion/14thu4.html
The dynamism of human culture has always seemed to move faster than
evolution itself, but a recent discovery suggests otherwise.
Somalia's Islamists and Ethiopia Gird for a War
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/world/africa/14somalia.html?pagewanted=3D=
all
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MARK MAZZETTI
The inevitability of war threatens to further destabilize the troubled
Horn of Africa.
Afghan Treasures, Hidden for Years, Shine Anew in Paris Exhibition
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/arts/design/14guim.html?ref=3Dasia
By ALAN RIDING
What is remarkable about the Afghan treasures on display at the Mus=E9e
Guimet in Paris is not their creation or their discovery - it is that
they still exist at all.
Dispute Over Immigration Throws Dutch Cabinet Into a Political Bind
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/world/europe/14dutch.html?ref=3Deurope
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three weeks after national elections, a departing minister's decision
has created a political crisis for the caretaker cabinet.
French Candidates Try Softer Touch to Woo Minorities
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/world/europe/14france.html
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
With the presidential election four months away, candidates are working
to seduce alienated and disadvantaged ethnic populations.
Carter Book Stirs Furor With Its View of Israelis' 'Apartheid'
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/books/14cart.html?ref=3Dmiddleeast
By JULIE BOSMAN
Jimmy Carter's new book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid," has
drawn outrage for its apparent equation of the plight of today's
Palestinians to the former victims of racial separation in South
Africa.
Stricken Senate Democrat Undergoes Surgery
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/washington/14senate.html?ref=3Dus
By KATE ZERNIKE
The news of Senator Tim Johnson's hospitalization highlighted the
fragility of the Democrats' new majority.
Uranium Is a Hot Commodity, and Claims Have Soared
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/us/14mines.html?ref=3Dus
By FELICITY BARRINGER
A fourfold increase in the price of uranium has led to a rush of new
claims by uranium companies, according to a new survey by an
environmental group.
Democrats Plan to Tighten Reins on Iraq Spending
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/washington/14budget.html?ref=3Dus&pagewan=
ted=3Dall
By CARL HULSE
Democrats said that they would move toward integrating the war spending
into the regular federal budget.
Panel to Focus on Civil Liberties
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/us/14oversight.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By DAVID JOHNSTON
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to create a Subcommittee on Human
Rights and the Law to examine issues like torture, war crimes and human
trafficking, Senator Patrick J. Leahy said.
If Israel Falls, the West Follows
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/saul_singer/2006/12/if_israel_fal=
ls_the_west_follo.html
Jerusalem, Israel - A radical Islamic front, led by Iran and including
Hezbollah, Hamas, and Al-Qaeda, is making a bid to expand its brand of
theocratic rule throughout the Muslim world, with the aim of dominating
the West as well. If the U.S. retreats in the face of this challenge,
militant Islamism will advance.
"New Caliphate" Nonsense
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/12/new_caliphate_is=
_nonsense.html
=BB M.J. Akbar | New Delhi, India - There is no revival of the
Caliphate. The idea is preposterous; it just gives Bush and Blair
another enemy. =BB More
Posted at 6:35 PM ET, 12/10/2006
U=2ES. Reaches its Global Limits
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/william_m_gumede/2006/12/us_has_r=
each_the_limits_of_its_2.html
=BB William M. Gumede | Johannesburg, South Africa- The Iraq Study
Group's damning report points to the waning influence of U.S. power in
the Middle East, and around the globe. =BB More
Posted at 8:57 AM ET, 12/10/2006
America the Irreplaceable
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/nils_udgaard/2006/12/america_the_=
irreplaceable.html
=BB Nils Udgaard | Oslo, Norway - Nothing can replace U.S. power in the
Middle East.... =BB More
Protecting Democracy Comes Before Promoting Faith
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/daniel_c_dennett/2006/12/a_pledg=
e_of_allegiance.html
This week's question could not be more important. Events around the
world in recent years amply demonstrate that the religious freedom we
enjoy in the United States is one of the essential building blocks of
our democracy.
What we tend to lose sight of, however, is the price we must pay for
this religious freedom: we must commit ourselves to the First Amendment
principle of separation of church and state even when the principle
works against the interests of our particular religion.
Run Now, Obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR200612130=
1901.html
By George F. Will
Thursday, December 14, 2006; Page A31
New Hampshire was recently brightened by the presence of Barack Obama,
45, who, calling the fuss about him "baffling," made his first trip in
45 years to that state, and not under duress. Because he is young, is
just two years distant from a brief career as a state legislator and
has negligible national security experience, an Obama presidential
candidacy could have a porcelain brittleness. But if he wants to be
president -- it will not be a moral failing if he decides that he does
not, at least not now -- this is the time for him to reach for the
brass ring. There are four reasons why.
First, one can be an intriguing novelty only once. If he waits to run,
the past half-century suggests that the wait could be eight years (see
reason four, below). In 2016 he will be only 55, but there will be many
fresher faces.
Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson Falls Ill, Undergoes Surgery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR200612130=
1509_pf.html
Control of Chamber Could Be in Question if He Cannot Serve
By Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 14, 2006; A01
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) was in surgery last night after falling ill
at the Capitol, introducing a note of uncertainty over control of the
Senate just weeks before Democrats are to take over with a one-vote
margin.
Johnson, 59, was taken to George Washington University Hospital shortly
after noon, where he underwent "a comprehensive evaluation by the
stroke team," his office said. Aides later said he had not suffered a
stroke or heart attack, but they offered no further comment or details
of the surgery.
Clinton and Giuliani Have the Early Edge For '08, Poll Shows
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR200612130=
1593.html
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 14, 2006; Page A03
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and former New York mayor
Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), who briefly competed against each other in a
Senate race in 2000, hold early leads over potential rivals for their
parties' 2008 presidential nominations, according to a new Washington
Post-ABC News poll.
Clinton has a clear head start over other prospective Democratic
candidates, with Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), who only a month ago
expressed interest in the 2008 race, running second and former senator
John Edwards (N.C.), the party's 2004 vice presidential nominee, in
third.
Incentives for peace
Faisal al Yafai
December 14, 2006 11:20 AM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/faisal_al_yafai/2006/12/giving_back_the=
_golan.html
Driving south-west from Damascus towards the border with Israel,
wind-turbines gradually slip into view. Perched on top of the Golan
Heights, they rotate slowly, a flash of technology amid the grass and
hills. "Look at that," gestures a Syrian friend I am driving with, "You
could give us the Golan for another 30 years and we wouldn't put up
more turbines." This may be unfair - Israel is a much smaller country
than Syria and receives far more foreign aid - but the point remains:
the Israelis have looked after the Golan Heights.
Unfortunately, they belong to Syria. Today is the 25th anniversary of
the Golan Heights Law, when the Israeli government extended the laws of
Israel to the Heights, denounced by many as illegally annexing it. The
Heights are a wide plateau between Syria and Israel, immensely
strategically important because they allow whoever controls them to
look down into their neighbour's country, and because the largest
freshwater lake in Israel, Lake Galilee (the historical Sea of Galilee)
is fed from the Heights. During the 1967 war, the Israelis captured the
Heights from Syria, were driven out in 1973 and then took it back
again. Israel's annexation is illegal under international law, and is
unrecognised even by the United States.
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