How to Lose an Ally
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902448.html
By Robert D. Novak
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A23
Colombia's president, ?lvaro Uribe, returned to Bogota this week in a
state of shock. His three-day visit to Capitol Hill to win over
Democrats in Congress was described by one American supporter as
"catastrophic." Colombian sources said Uribe was stunned by the
ferocity of his Democratic opponents, and Vice President Francisco
Santos publicly talked about cutting U.S.-Colombian ties.
Uribe got nothing from his meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
other Democratic leaders. Military aid remains stalled, overall
assistance is reduced, and the vital U.S.-Colombian trade bill looks
dead. Uribe is the first Colombian president to crack down on his
country's corrupt army officer hierarchy and to assault both right-
wing paramilitaries and left-wing guerrillas, but last week he
confronted Democrats wedded to outdated claims of civil rights abuses
and rigidly protectionist dogma.
The Planet NASA Needs to Explore
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902451.html
Shifting Priorities Imperil Satellites Crucial to Tracking Climate
Change
By Tony Haymet, Mark Abbott and Jim Luyten
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A23
Decades ago, a shift in NASA priorities sidelined progress in human
space exploration. As momentum gathers to reinvigorate human space
missions to the moon and Mars, we risk hurting ourselves, and Earth,
in the long run. Our planet -- not the moon or Mars -- is under
significant threat from the consequences of rapid climate change. Yet
the changing NASA priorities will threaten exploration here at home.
NASA not only launches shuttles and builds space stations, it also
builds and operates our nation's satellites that observe and monitor
the Earth. These satellites collect crucial global data on winds, ice
and oceans. They help us forecast hurricanes, track the loss of Arctic
sea ice and the rise of sea levels, and understand and prepare for
climate changes.
A Dayton Process For Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902447.html
By Rend Al-Rahim
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A23
Last June, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced a 24-point
plan for national reconciliation. Since then there have been meetings
of clerics, tribal elders, army officers, civic organizations -- all
with much fanfare but little result. Less-public meetings with
dissident Sunnis, especially in Amman, Jordan, have had little
tangible impact on the political and security situations.
The United States has placed much emphasis on laws deemed necessary
for Iraqi national reconciliation. Two significant laws, part of
Maliki's 24-point plan, are stalled. The draft of a new, less
draconian de-Baathification law has languished because Shiite factions
oppose it. A draft oil law, designed to ease Sunni fears, is opposed
by the Kurds. The review of the constitution, scheduled to be
completed by May 15, is another benchmark on the path to national
reconciliation, but the deadline probably won't be met. Dialogue with
armed Sunni groups is deadlocked because the parties to the coalition
government cannot agree on which groups are acceptable.
A Dayton Process For Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902447.html
By Rend Al-Rahim
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A23
Last June, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced a 24-point
plan for national reconciliation. Since then there have been meetings
of clerics, tribal elders, army officers, civic organizations -- all
with much fanfare but little result. Less-public meetings with
dissident Sunnis, especially in Amman, Jordan, have had little
tangible impact on the political and security situations.
The United States has placed much emphasis on laws deemed necessary
for Iraqi national reconciliation. Two significant laws, part of
Maliki's 24-point plan, are stalled. The draft of a new, less
draconian de-Baathification law has languished because Shiite factions
oppose it. A draft oil law, designed to ease Sunni fears, is opposed
by the Kurds. The review of the constitution, scheduled to be
completed by May 15, is another benchmark on the path to national
reconciliation, but the deadline probably won't be met. Dialogue with
armed Sunni groups is deadlocked because the parties to the coalition
government cannot agree on which groups are acceptable.
No Way to Choose a President
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902445_pf.html
By David S. Broder
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A23
The true insanity of the altered presidential primary schedule does
not become apparent until you actually lay out the proposed dates on a
2008 calendar.
The mad rush of states to advance their nominating contests in hopes
of gaining more influence has produced something so contrary to the
national interest that it cries out for action.
The Real World Bank Problem
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902446.html
By George F. Will
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A23
The kerfuffle over whether Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank's president,
behaved badly regarding the contract for his companion to facilitate
her departure from the bank involves no large issue. The bank's
existence does. The bank's rationale, never strong, has evaporated.
Born in 1944, at the apogee of confidence in governments and
international governmental organizations, the bank has a mission is
"to fight poverty with passion and professionalism." The great
prerequisite for curing poverty is, however, economic growth, and the
world has learned, during a 63-year retreat from statism, that the
prerequisite for growth is free markets allocating private capital to
efficient uses.
The Market for Ideas
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902312.html
Common sense can't be patented.
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A22
AMERICAN PATENT law should provide large incentives that reward
innovation. Otherwise drug companies would not have the reason or the
resources to invest billions in research and development, for example.
On the other hand, patents on "innovations" that are obvious to anyone
with average skill in a field, or those that contain claims so broad
they give the patentee monopoly control over huge swaths of an
industry, can easily stifle invention. Take, for example, the case of
an 1898 U.S. patent, eventually truncated in court, that issued
exclusive rights to a single inventor for adding a gasoline engine to
a car chassis -- an overly broad claim that would have resulted in
giving that inventor patent rights on virtually all automobiles ever
made.
For Blair, a Legacy Overshadowed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902717_pf.html
Briton's Decade of Achievements Dimmed by Embrace of Bush and Iraq War
By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A01
LONDON In July 2003, the U.S. Congress voted to award Prime Minister
Tony Blair a Congressional Gold Medal for being "a staunch and
steadfast ally of the United States of America." Since George
Washington earned the first medal in 1776, the legislature's most
prestigious award has been presented only 134 times, to figures such
as Ulysses S. Grant, Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa.
Nearly four years later, Blair has not picked up his prize.
Bush Told War Is Harming The GOP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902461_pf.html
A Warning on Eve Of Vote on New Bill
By Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A01
House Republican moderates, in a remarkably blunt White House meeting,
warned President Bush this week that his pursuit of the war in Iraq is
risking the future of the Republican Party and that he cannot count on
GOP support for many more months.
The meeting, which ran for an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon, was
disclosed by participants yesterday as the House prepared to vote this
evening on a spending bill that could cut funding for the Iraq war as
early as July. GOP moderates told Bush they would stay united against
the latest effort by House Democrats to end U.S. involvement in the
war. Even Senate Democrats called the House measure unrealistic.
The Terrorists Next Door?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902695_pf.html
Plot Suspects Lived Quietly in Suburb
By Anthony Faiola and Dale Russakoff
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A01
CHERRY HILL, N.J., May 9 -- From the front porch of her two-story home
on Mimosa Drive, Susan DeFrancesco looked out on the neighborhood she
calls "a little United Nations." Pointing from one house to the next,
she said: "They're Asian; that family's from Poland. They're from
Canada. She's from India. "
Living among those varied families for the past seven years were the
Dukas, a three-generational clan of ethnic Albanians. Their Muslim
religious garb, repeated minor run-ins with the law, and a brood of up
to 20 children, grandchildren and other relatives made them unusual,
but hardly unwelcome.
House Backs New Reins On Student Lenders
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050901871_pf.html
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A01
The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to bar student loan companies
from offering perks and financial incentives to universities to drum
up business, the first federal legislative response this year to
mounting criticism of the $85 billion-a-year industry.
The bipartisan bill, approved by a 413 to 3 vote, would increase
federal regulation of student loan companies. The industry has come
under scrutiny from federal and state investigators over its financial
ties with schools and government officials.
Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902718_pf.html
Dismissals Began Earlier Than Justice Dept. Has Said
By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A01
The former U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo., Todd P. Graves, said
yesterday that he was asked to step down from his job by a senior
Justice Department official in January 2006, months before eight other
federal prosecutors would be fired by the Bush administration.
Graves said he was told simply that he should resign to "give another
person a chance." He said he did not oppose the department's request,
because he had already been planning to return to private practice. He
did appeal to Missouri's senior senator to try to persuade the White
House to allow him to remain long enough to prosecute a final,
important case -- involving the slaying of a pregnant woman and
kidnapping of her 8-month fetus. Justice officials rejected the
request.
Katrina Hit Blacks Harder Than Whites, Study Finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902556.html
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A02
NEW ORLEANS, May 9 -- The catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina has cost
countless people here their homes, their jobs or their health. But
according to a survey being released Thursday regarding daily life in
the flood-ravaged city, the burden has fallen far heavier on blacks
than on whites.
The proportion of black respondents who described their lives as
"disrupted" more than a year after the storm (59 percent) was about
double that of whites who said the same (29 percent).
President Offers 'Prayers and Concerns' to Kansas Town
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050901054.html
Disaster Response Stressed in Visit To Ravaged Area
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A03
GREENSBURG, Kan., May 9 -- President Bush turned the corner Wednesday
afternoon at Lincoln and Bay streets in what until last week had been
a tidy residential neighborhood of one-story Cape Cod-style houses. He
headed toward what had been the home of Kaye and Dave Hardinger, now a
gutted red-brick shell.
In the front yard, a giant crane stood, an American flag flying atop
it. The family's camper was wrapped around a tree in the back yard. A
toolbox had settled upside down in another tree.
Reid Forces New Senate Debate on Immigration
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902492.html
He Would Revisit 2006, But GOP Is Warier Now
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A04
With bipartisan talks on immigration near a standstill, Senate
Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) moved yesterday to bring last
year's broad overhaul of immigration laws back to the floor of the
Senate next week, appealing to President Bush to save what could be
his last hope for a major second-term domestic achievement.
The legislation -- which couples a border security crackdown with a
guest-worker program and new avenues for undocumented immigrants to
work legally in the country -- passed the Senate a year ago this month
with the support of 62 members, 23 of them Republican, only to die in
the House. With Democrats now in control of Congress and with the
president eager for an accomplishment, immigrant rights groups believe
the prospects for a final deal are far better this year.
New Figures Show High Dropout Rate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902411.html
Federal Officials Say Problem Is Worst For Urban Schools, Minority
Males
By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A06
First lady Laura Bush and national education leaders yesterday
unveiled an online database that promises to provide parents across
much of the nation the first accurate appraisal of how many students
graduate from high school on time in each school system.
The statistics paint a dire portrait: Seventy percent of students
nationwide earned diplomas in four years as of 2003, the latest data
available nationally, a much lower rate than that reported by the vast
majority of school systems. According to the database, Washington area
graduation rates ranged from 94 percent in Loudoun and Falls Church to
a low of 59 percent in the District, with most other systems falling
in the 60s, 70s and low 80s.
Senate Approves Bill On Drug Monitoring
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902383.html
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A06
The Food and Drug Administration would have to establish new systems
to monitor the safety of medicines after they hit the market and for
the first time could fine drugmakers for false or misleading
advertising under a bill approved yesterday by the Senate.
The provisions are part of a major bill to reauthorize the current
system that charges drugmakers hundreds of millions of dollars in fees
each year to pay for speeded-up reviews of prospective new drugs. The
government's authority to levy those fees will expire Sept. 30 unless
Congress acts before then. The House has not yet taken up similar
legislation.
Romney and Sharpton Clash Over Mormonism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902359.html
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A08
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and civil rights
activist Al Sharpton traded angry, racially charged accusations
yesterday, with Romney alleging that Sharpton had uttered "bigoted"
comments about Mormonism.
On the campaign trail in Iowa, Romney was asked about Sharpton's
comment during a debate Monday that "those of us who believe in God"
will defeat Romney. The former Massachusetts governor told reporters
that such a comment "shows that bigotry still exists in some corners."
Richardson Interviews for Top Job
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902479_pf.html
By Politics
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A08
If running for president is nothing more than an extended job
interview, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) may well have a jump on
the field.
Richardson is set to launch an ad today in Iowa that takes the form of
a mock job interview. In it, an interviewer runs through Richardson's
resume -- member of Congress, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,
secretary of energy in the Clinton administration, diplomat, governor
-- before biting into a sandwich and asking: "What makes you think you
can be president?"
Four Officials Profited From Publishers, Report Finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902384.html
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A11
Four officials who helped oversee a federal reading program for young
students have pocketed significant sums of money from textbook
publishers that profited from the $1 billion-a-year initiative, a
Democratic congressional report disclosed yesterday.
The report from the office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) offers
fresh details on the extensive financial ties between publishers and
officials who helped implement the Reading First program. Over the
past several months, the program has faced numerous allegations of
conflicts of interest and cronyism.
Bush Changes Continuity Plan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902719.html
Administration, Not DHS, Would Run Shadow Government
By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A12
President Bush issued a formal national security directive yesterday
ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a surprise,
"decapitating" attack on the federal government, and assigned
responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White House.
The prospect of a nuclear bomb being detonated in Washington without
warning, whether smuggled in by terrorists or a foreign government,
has been cited by many security analysts as a rising concern since the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Virus Spread by Oral Sex Is Linked to Throat Cancer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902322.html
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A13
The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer also
sharply increases the risk of certain types of throat cancer among
people infected through oral sex, according to a study being published
today.
The study, involving 100 people with throat cancer and 200 without it,
found that those infected with the human papillomavirus were 32 times
as likely to develop one form of oral cancer than those free of the
virus. Although previous research had indicated HPV caused oral
cancer, the new study is the first to definitively establish the link,
researchers said.
CIA Cited for Not Disclosing Covert Action
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902396.html
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A13
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said yesterday
that the CIA violated the law last year when it failed to inform the
panel of "a significant covert action activity."
"Despite agency explanations that the failure was inadvertent, the
committee is deeply troubled over the fact that such an oversight
could occur, whether intentionally or inadvertent," the panel said in
its report on the fiscal 2008 intelligence authorization bill released
late yesterday.
Sailing Isn't So Smooth For Sarkozy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902622.html
As France's Incoming President Relaxes in Luxury, Critics Fume
By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A14
PARIS, May 9 -- Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidency Sunday, told
his countrymen to start working harder, then promptly took his family
for a cruise on a billionaire buddy's 200-foot yacht off the coast of
Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.
Thus the first scandal of the Sarkozy presidency was born. Political
opponents called the timing and the opulence of the vacation
"indecent." Wednesday's newspapers carried grainy front-page
photographs of President-elect Sarkozy in saffron shorts with his 10-
year-old son, Louis, standing on the deck of what one headline dubbed
"the floating palace."
Cheney Pushes Iraqis for Quick Action
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902460.html
Sectarian Reconciliation, Legislative Issues Stressed in Baghdad Visit
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A16
BAGHDAD, May 9 -- Vice President Cheney flew to Baghdad on Wednesday
to urge top Iraqi officials to move as quickly as possible toward a
political reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite factions, whose
bitter divisions underlie much of the country's violence.
Cheney, in an unannounced visit to the well-guarded Green Zone, met
with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and
other leading Iraqi government and military officials.
Iraq Seeks Time to Take Steps, but Levin Notes 'Disconnect'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902638.html
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A18
In a sign of growing tensions between Washington and Baghdad, Iraqi
national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said yesterday that the
United States needs to give Iraq more "time and space" to take pivotal
military and political steps and to stop making plans based on "the
Washington clock."
Although U.S. troops could eventually redeploy to forward bases in
Iraq and the region, he said, a U.S. presence will be needed until
Iraq builds not just an army, but also an air force and a navy, which
could take decades.
U.S. Faults Detention By Iran of Dual Citizens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050901677.html
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A18
The State Department yesterday sharply criticized Iran's detention of
Washington scholar Haleh Esfandiari and journalist Parnaz Azima and
acknowledged a growing problem with Tehran over its actions against
U.S. and dual U.S.-Iranian citizens.
"We want to see them returned back to their families," said State
Department spokesman Sean McCormack. "These two women are an academic
on the one hand, a journalist on the other. These people don't pose
any threat to the Iranian regime."
U.S., Iran Forge Bonds in Small Steps
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902154.html
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 10, 2007; Page A21
Mitra Kavian, an Iranian painter with dangling earrings and a bold
silver necklace, did not know what to expect when she and 13 other
young Iranian artists landed in the United States on Saturday. She
thought the security personnel would go through her suitcase and throw
much of her stuff away, damage her artwork and then interrogate her at
length.
"What surprised me and affected me was that it was no different than
going to Europe," the 46-year-old Kavian said yesterday. "I was
welcomed just the same -- and even more."
A Voice Against Presidential War-Making Now Leads a Chorus
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902562_pf.html
By Lois Romano
Thursday, May 10, 2007; A21
As Democrats brace themselves for yet another showdown with President
Bush over war funding, one legislator who stood alone for a long time
is now finding a crowd milling around her.
Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Barbara Lee, a liberal Democrat
from Oakland, Calif., was the lone member of Congress to vote against
the resolution authorizing the president to use force in pursuing
those responsible.
U.S. Attorneys, Reloaded
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10thu1.html
Another highly suspicious case has emerged in the appointment of
Bradley Schlozman, a controversial elections lawyer, to replace a
respected United States attorney in Missouri.
Shortchanging the Census
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10thu2.html
In its 2008 budget proposal, the White House allocated nothing - zero
- for the Census Bureau to begin a program that is central to its
strategy for the 2010 count.
Silence on Guns
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10thu3.html
Truly responsible lawmakers would put political survival on hold and
shut two of the most lethal loopholes in gun control created by the
Republican-controlled Congress.
Chefs Topped With Debt
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10thu4.html
Educators, lenders and the government regulators have to stop thinking
of students as revenue streams and start thinking of them as students
again.
A Player Who Never Found His Stage
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10wilson.html
By A. N. WILSON
Tony Blair, who is expected to announce his resignation date today, is
a figure vilified and loathed by his own party and disliked by people
in Britain at large.
Less Green at the Farmers' Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/opinion/10kummer.html
By CORBY KUMMER
New efforts to encourage food-aid recipients to eat more locally grown
fruits and vegetables could end up shutting out the small farmers who
are the backbone of these markets.
Zimbabwe to Ration Electricity for Homes to Four Hours a Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/africa/10zimbabwe.html?ref=africa
By REUTERS
The 20-hour daily electricity cuts come as supplies are shifted to
irrigate the winter wheat crop amid persistent food shortages.
Somali Police Seizing Veils
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/africa/10somalia.html?ref=africa
By REUTERS
Security forces are seizing Muslim women's veils to stop Islamist
insurgents from disguising themselves for attacks.
Pope Opens Trip With Remarks Against Abortion
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/americas/10pope.html
By IAN FISHER and LARRY ROHTER
Benedict XVI's strong words against abortion roiled a Catholic
continent increasingly divided by the issue.
China Stocks, Rising Steeply, Test New Highs
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/business/worldbusiness/10chinastox.html?ref=asia
By DAVID BARBOZA
Share prices broke records again, sending the benchmark Shanghai
composite index past the 4,000-point level for the first time.
House Panel Considers Cuts for Missile Defense
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/washington/10missile.html?ref=europe
By THOM SHANKER
Congress is moving toward budget cuts to slow the Bush
administration's plans for missile defense bases in Europe.
Putin Is Said to Compare U.S. Policies to Third Reich
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/europe/10russia.html?ref=europe
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
The comments were the latest in a series of sharply worded Russian
criticisms of American foreign policy.
Cheney Visits Baghdad and Presses Leaders on Political Progress
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/world/middleeast/10iraq.html?pagewanted=all
By JOHN F. BURNS
Vice President ***** Cheney told Iraqis that political progress in
Baghdad is essential if U.S. military support is to be sustained.
The Incredible Flying Granny Nanny
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/fashion/10granny.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By JENNIFER 8. LEE
Some affluent retirees don't mind dropping in by air to baby-sit.
Bill Clinton Ponders a Role as First Gentleman
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10clinton.html?ref=us
By PATRICK HEALY
Bill Clinton plans to be a post-modern presidential spouse who does
not earn an income of his own and does what he can to help the missus
down in the Oval Office.
Giuliani to Support Abortion Rights
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10giuliani.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MARC SANTORA
Rudolph W. Giuliani's campaign would focus on primaries in states more
likely to be receptive to his social views.
Indictment in '65 Killing That Inspired March
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/10alabama.html?ref=us
By ADAM NOSSITER
A retired trooper has long said he shot a black farmer at a protest in
self-defense.
Senate Approves Tighter Policing of Drug Makers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/washington/10drug.html?ref=us
By ROBERT PEAR
The bill would give the F.D.A. new power to police drug safety, order
changes in labels and regulate ads.
Gonzales Is Said to Seem Confident He Will Stay
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/washington/10gonzales.html?ref=us
By DAVID JOHNSTON and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
The attorney general has told aides he believes he has weathered the
storm over the prosecutor dismissals.
2008: Giuliani's Political Science Experiment
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/2008-giulianis-political-science-experiment/
Rather than walking the abortion tightrope, Mr. Giuliani plans to
express his support for abortion rights in upcoming appearances as he
focuses on bigger states like Florida.
Clinton as First Spouse
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/clinton-as-first-spouse/
Hanging out in the White House for no pay.
As Mayor Says No to '08 Bid, Revived Web Site Fuels Skeptics
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10mayor.html?ref=politics
By DIANE CARDWELL
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that he was dusting off his old
campaign Web site to promote his work, public and private, on the
issues he cares about.
Romney Accuses Sharpton of a Bigoted Remark
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10romney.html?ref=politics
By MICHAEL LUO
Mitt Romney said Wednesday that a comment by the Rev. Al Sharpton was
proof that "bigotry still exists in some corners."
Yankee Rings Become Issue for Giuliani
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10rings.html?ref=politics
By RUSS BUETTNER
Rudolph W. Giuliani found himself denying that his affection for the
Yankees had been returned in the form of discount diamond World Series
rings and free tickets.
Harvard Task Force Calls for New Focus on Teaching and Not Just
Research
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/education/10harvard.html?ref=education&pagewanted=all
By SARA RIMER
Nine prominent professors are leading an effort to rethink the culture
of undergraduate teaching and learning at Harvard.
Parents and District Settle Dispute on Teacher's Religious Remarks
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/nyregion/10school.html?ref=education
By TINA KELLEY
The Kearny Board of Education in New Jersey and the parents of a
Kearny High School student settled their dispute about a teacher who
proselytized in class.
A Sensible Solution to Thin Traffic, and One for Easing Concerns About
Fairness
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/business/10scene.html?ref=business
By ROBERT H. FRANK
Experience suggests that the economic benefits of what is known as
"congestion pricing" are substantial.
In praise of ... MF Husain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2076006,00.html
Leader
Thursday May 10, 2007
The Guardian
India will celebrate 60 years of independence this August. It is also
rejoicing in recently joining the club of the world's fastest-growing
big economies. Yet, for all its grown-up success, the subcontinent can
occasionally display a very childish petulance. It is in the middle of
one of these hissy fits at the moment, over a painting by Maqbool Fida
Husain.
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