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08 Aug 2007 06:41:02 PM |
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OT: Masters of the Economy |
Masters of the Economy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
1288.html
By Robert J. Samuelson
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A15
It's no secret that the housing industry is in a deep downturn. In its
heyday, the real estate boom added 30,000 housing-related jobs a month
(construction workers, mortgage brokers, real estate agents). Now, the
bust is subtracting 15,000 a month, says Moody's Economy.com. In 2005,
housing starts reached almost 2.1 million; Economy.com expects starts
of 1.4 million this year. By mid-2008, it forecasts, median prices for
existing homes will be down almost 9 percent from their peak.
But the housing bust is really a small part of a larger story. Call it
the tyranny of capital markets -- global markets for stocks, bonds and
other financial instruments. Our economy is increasingly under their
sway. These markets are, of course, huge. At last count, the U.S.
stock and bond markets alone were worth roughly $18 trillion and $24
trillion, respectively. Consider the impact on the "real" economy of
jobs and production:
Think Tanks Talk Back
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A15
Last week, Robert J. Samuelson criticized think tanks as failing to
offer reasonable ways to address "the huge budget costs of aging baby
boomers" ["Making the Think Tanks Think," op-ed, Aug. 1]. Below are
three responses to Samuelson's argument; more can be read at Think
Tank Town, which features a regular lineup of such organizations
debating public policy.
For almost two years, U.S. Comptroller General David Walker and I have
traveled the country with analysts from two of Robert J. Samuelson's
targets, the Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation. On our
"Fiscal Wake-Up Tour," we make the same points and use the same
numbers that Samuelson used in his column. We define the magnitude of
the problem and the trade-offs that must be confronted. In question-
and-answer sessions, we describe our respective ideas on specific
solutions. And we all emphasize, as Samuelson did, the adverse
generational consequences of doing nothing. One newspaper observed,
"This group was clear, to the point, and scary as hell."
Ourselves in Shakespeare
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By Michael Gerson
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A15
It is a disturbing experience to watch your own brother, your flesh
and blood, dabble in the occult, become consumed by ambition and then
descend by stages into murder. And the last straw was when he ordered
the slaughter of those children.
But it was even harder for my younger brother Christopher to play
Macbeth 13 times at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona,
Minn., giving sympathetic life to a moral monster, under seven layers
of Scottish armor while carrying a 20-pound spear. It is a tribute to
his skill that when Macbeth's head was finally brought on stage in a
bloody sack, it did not feel like justice done but like the departure
of the play's vital, lawless center.
Attack Ads You'll Be Seeing
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By Ruth Marcus
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A15
Here's an emerging line of attack you can expect to hear more of in
the 2008 congressional campaigns -- especially if you live near a
vulnerable Democratic incumbent: Democrats vote to give welfare
benefits to illegal aliens.
Or, even better: Democrats vote to take benefits away from deserving
senior citizens to pay for welfare for illegal aliens.
Ugly? Absolutely. Devastating? So Republicans hope. True? No.
Countdown to Beijing
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The Choice for China: Propaganda or Positive Change?
By Victor D. Cha
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A15
One year from today, Beijing will host the opening ceremonies for the
2008 Summer Olympics. For two weeks we will be treated to athletic
performances that animate dreams and inspire the world, set against
the backdrop of one of the world's most ancient and celebrated
civilizations. That, at least, is the way Beijing would like to sell
the Games. For better or worse, they will mark a critical crossroads
in China's development as a responsible global player.
The Olympics have historically been a political event. Fascist and
communist regimes tried to use the Games in Berlin in 1936 and
Helsinki in 1952 to demonstrate the superiority of their political and
social systems. The U.S. and Soviet boycotts of the 1980 (Moscow) and
1984 (Los Angeles) Olympics, respectively, were hardly the first time
the Games were used politically. Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon did not
participate in 1956 (Melbourne) because of the Suez crisis; Germany
was banned from the 1920 Games for its actions in World War I; and
South Africa faced bans because of its apartheid policy, to cite a few
examples.
A 'Path Forward'?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
1660.html
The White House softens, slightly, its hard-line stance on officials
testifying before Congress.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A14
IT'S NOT exactly a watershed moment, but the Bush administration
appears to be easing up a bit in its tug of war with Congress over the
questioning of executive branch officials.
Saharan Shakedown
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
1527.html
Moammar Gaddafi acting like Moammar Gaddafi
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A14
EUROPEAN LEADERS claimed an important step toward bettering Libya's
still-shaky relations with the West. But the North African
dictatorship deserves no plaudits for its release last week of five
Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, all locked up for the past
eight years on flimsy charges. Nor should European negotiators take
pride in an episode that, by all indications, is a clear-cut case of
international extortion.
U=2ES. Anti-Drug Aid Would Target Mexican Cartels
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2114_pf.html
Deal to Include Training, Gear
By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Juan Forero
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A01
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7 -- The Bush administration is close to sealing a
major, multiyear aid deal to combat drug cartels in Mexico that would
be the biggest U.S. anti-narcotics effort abroad since a seven-year,
$5 billion program in Colombia, according to U.S. lawmakers,
congressional aides and Mexican authorities.
Negotiators for Mexico and the United States have made significant
progress toward agreement on an aid plan that would include telephone
tapping equipment, radar to track traffickers' shipments by air,
aircraft to transport Mexican anti-drug teams and assorted training,
sources said. Delicate questions remain -- primarily regarding Mexican
sensitivities about the level of U.S. activity on Mexican soil -- but
confidence is running high that a deal will be struck soon.
Temperatures Headed Toward the Hundreds
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0849_pf.html
But Forecasters Say Relief Is on the Way
By Darragh Johnson and Delphine Schrank
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A01
You thought yesterday was bad?
Today could be worse. A lot worse.
Oh, the air might feel a little less steamy. But the westerly winds
that promise to dry things out also might heat things up. And up.
States Feel Left Out Of Disaster Planning
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By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A01
A decision by the Bush administration to rewrite in secret the
nation's emergency response blueprint has angered state and local
emergency officials, who worry that Washington is repeating a series
of mistakes that contributed to its bungled response to Hurricane
Katrina nearly two years ago.
State and local officials in charge of responding to disasters say
that their input in shaping the National Response Plan was ignored in
recent months by senior White House and Department of Homeland
Security officials, despite calls by congressional investigators for a
shared overhaul of disaster planning in the United States.
Warming Draws Evangelicals Into Environmentalist Fold
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1910_pf.html
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A01
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- At 8 on a Saturday morning, just as the heat was
permeating this sprawling Orlando suburb, Denise Kirsop donned a white
plastic moon suit and began sorting through the trash produced by
Northland Church.
She and several fellow parishioners picked apart the garbage to
analyze exactly how much and what kind of waste their megachurch
produces, looking for ways to reduce the congregation's contribution
to global warming.
Pressed by U.S., a Wary U.N. Now Plans Larger Iraq Role
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1076.html
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A01
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 7 -- The United Nations has offered to increase
its presence in Baghdad for the first time in more than three years,
after repeated appeals from the Bush administration for the world body
to play a more active role in mediating Iraq's sectarian disputes.
B=2E Lynn Pascoe, the top political adviser to Secretary General Ban Ki
Moon, told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the United
Nations was prepared to boost its personnel in Iraq over the coming
months. The organization is also seeking $130 million to build a
heavily reinforced compound in Baghdad to house the growing U.N.
mission.
Vacancies Whittle Away Right's Hold On Key Court
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By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A01
Four years ago, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz challenged the conservatives
who dominated the federal appeals court in Richmond, urging her
colleagues to reverse a decision backing the Bush administration's
detention of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant." She called the
ruling unprecedented and "chilling."
Her arguments went nowhere.
Obama and Clinton Take the Gloves Off In AFL-CIO Debate
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Democratic Hopefuls Court Union Support
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A02
CHICAGO, Aug. 7 -- Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came
under sharp attack from their Democratic presidential rivals in a
highly spirited debate here Tuesday night, with Obama rebuked as
irresponsible on foreign policy and Clinton accused of being too cozy
with corporate America and Washington lobbyists.
The debate, which was sponsored by the AFL-CIO, turned into the most
animated encounter of the Democratic campaign, suggesting that the
battle for the party's nomination may be entering a new phase, one
that is likely to grow increasingly contentious after Labor Day.
When a Poll Is Not Really a Poll
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By Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A03
High on the list of superpowers a campaign might wish for would be the
ability to manipulate opinion surveys, and on Saturday in Ames, Iowa,
Republican presidential contenders will get to live that dream through
the Iowa straw poll.
The event, a tradition in election cycles in which there is no GOP
incumbent, is billed as an indicator of how party members will vote in
the Republican caucus in January. But while no one can stage-manage a
random telephone poll, it is open season when any voting-age Iowan or
Iowa college student with a $35 ticket has a say.
Study Says Storms Displaced More People Than Estimated
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Poorest Evacuees' Conditions Are Said to Have Worsened
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A04
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7 -- Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused far more
dislocation to Louisiana's population than previously estimated, with
tens of thousands more people being forced to relocate than previous
population counts have suggested, according to a study released
Tuesday by the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
While other population studies reflected changes in overall
population, they did not capture the vast amount of churning that
occurred not only as people left wrecked homes but also as they were
forced to leave intact dwellings to find jobs elsewhere and as others
moved in to abandoned homes, researchers said.
Effort to Aid Miners 'Too Slow'
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Men Won't Be Reached for Days, Company Owner Says
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A04
An intensive effort to rescue six men trapped deep underground in a
Utah coal mine is at least three days away from reaching them, and
officials do not know if they are alive or dead, one of the mine's
owners said today.
"Progress has been too slow, too slow," said Robert E. Murray, whose
company, Murray Energy Corp., owns part of the Crandall Canyon mine
near Huntington, Utah. "It will take . . . three days, if everything
goes right, to get to these miners. At that time, we will know whether
they are alive or dead."
Before Olympics, a Call for Change
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0659.html
Chinese Dissidents Join Foreign Appeals for Beijing to Honor Rights
Commitments
By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A09
BEIJING, Aug. 7 -- A group of prominent Chinese dissidents and
intellectuals called on the Communist Party government Tuesday to
honor its human rights commitments out of respect for the Olympic
spirit and next summer's Beijing Games.
The unusually blunt appeal, in an open letter to the party's top three
leaders, added respected Chinese voices to a chorus of foreign
complaints over human rights abuses as China begins the one-year
countdown to the Olympic Games scheduled to open here Aug. 8, 2008.
The letter came as government officials are striving to make the Games
an international endorsement of China's swift development under
Communist Party rule.
Afghan-Pakistani Parley Seeks Unity Against Extremism
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1989.html
Leaders Hope to Allay Old Suspicions
By Pamela Constable and Imtiaz Ali
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A09
KABUL, Aug. 7 -- Banners have been strung up showing two hands in a
firm, brotherly grip. A giant air-conditioned meeting tent is being
readied, hundreds of guest rooms are being prepared on a college
campus, and welcome speeches are being written.
But as 700 tribal elders and officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan
gather here this week for a four-day peace conference aimed at finding
ways for the quarrelsome neighbor countries to collaborate in the war
against Islamic insurgents, the weight of historical suspicions will
be battling the common urgency of the moment.
Britain Asks U.S. To Free 5 Detainees
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
0288.html
U=2EK. Alters Policy on Foreign Residents
By Karla Adam
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A10
LONDON, Aug. 7 -- The British government on Tuesday asked the Bush
administration to release from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
five foreign men who were longtime residents of Britain before being
taken to the U.S. detention facility.
David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary, wrote to Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday asking for the release of Shaker
Aamer, Jamil El Banna, Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed and Abdennour
Sameur, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Restrictions on Palestinians Decried
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
2000.html
Israeli Rights Group Calls for Partial Removal of Barrier
By Samuel Sockol
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A10
JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 -- An Israeli human rights group charged Tuesday
that Israel has used concrete barricades, fences, checkpoints and
other measures to impose restrictions on Palestinian movement in the
West Bank that are "unprecedented in scope and duration."
The group B'Tselem called on Israel to remove the parts of its 456-
mile separation barrier that dip into the West Bank, evacuate Jewish
settlers from the territory and eliminate restrictions on internal
movement. As it is, B'Tselem said in its 100-page report, restrictions
imposed since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in
September 2000 have made Palestinian freedom of movement "a privilege
that Israel grants or withholds as it deems fit."
Russians Fired Missile At Village, Georgia Says
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0198.html
By Anton Troianovski
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A10
MOSCOW, Aug. 7 -- Georgia on Tuesday charged that a Russian warplane
fired a large missile at a Georgian village Monday in an act of
"undisguised aggression." Moscow sharply denied that any of its
warplanes were in the area, as the two former Soviet republics entered
a new crisis in their long-volatile relations.
Citing radar records and eyewitness accounts, Georgia claimed that at
least one Russian attack plane entered its airspace from the north on
Monday evening and shot a one-ton guided missile toward a village
about 35 miles northwest of the capital, Tbilisi. The missile struck
near a house but failed to explode, according to the Georgian account.
No one was reported killed or injured.
General Blames Clerical Errors In the Case of Missing Arms
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1726.html
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A10
Bookkeeping deficiencies allowed thousands of weapons issued to Iraqi
security forces in 2004 and 2005 to then go missing, Gen. David H.
Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said yesterday.
"Some percentage" of weapons the U.S. military provided to the Iraqi
army and Iraqi police units were not tracked by serial number because
there were no procedures in place to do so within the Iraqi units,
Petraeus said in an interview broadcast last night on Fox News Radio's
"Alan Colmes Show."
Across Globe, Extremes of Heat and Rain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
1728.html
In Another Warm Year, a U.N. Agency Sees Unusual Weather and More to
Come
By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A12
A monsoon dropped 14 inches of rain in one day across many parts of
South Asia this month. Germany had its wettest May on record, and
April was the driest there in a century. Temperatures in Bulgaria
reached 113 degrees last month and 90 degrees in Moscow in late May,
shattering longtime records.
The year still has almost five months to go, but it has already
experienced a range of weather extremes that the United Nations' World
Meteorological Organization said yesterday is well outside the
historical norm and is a precursor of much greater weather variability
as global warming transforms the planet.
Activists Urge Sudan To Release Key Rebel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR200708070=
1987.html
Ailing Leader Seen As Vital to Peace
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A12
U=2ES. legislators and activists intensified their appeals for the
release of a key west Sudan rebel leader and humanitarian coordinator
who was once a vital link between relief organizations and insurgents.
Meanwhile, Sudanese officials indicated yesterday they would release
Suleiman Jamous if given guarantees he would not rejoin armed rebels
in Darfur.
Analysts and scholars remained skeptical that the Sudanese government
would abide by a pledge not to rearrest Jamous. But the presence of
U=2EN. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who is expected in Khartoum on
Saturday, would likely deter such an action.
That's SIIC -- or Is It?
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1652_pf.html
By Al Kamen
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; A13
The administration is engaged in a never-ending struggle over
acronyms. Loop Fans may recall that senior officials a couple of years
ago wanted to stop talking about a Global War on Terrorism, the GWOT
or the WOT, and come up with something that would comport with the
realities of the fight against international terrorism.
One leading option was to change the name to GSAVE -- Global Struggle
Against Violent Extremism. Clearly not as catchy as GWOT, but it had
the singular virtue of more accurately describing the battle, some
officials felt. Then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld even used
the GSAVE abbreviation publicly.
A Weak Dollar and the Fed
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08wed1.html?_r=3D1&oref=3Dslogin
How did the Fed lose room to maneuver? The answer is rooted in the
Bush administration's misguided economic policies.
Secrets of the Police
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08wed2.html
The city of New York is waging a losing and ill-conceived battle for
overzealous secrecy surrounding nearly 2,000 arrests during the 2004
Republican National Convention.
Giving Bottles a Second Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08wed3.html
Of the mountain of individual plastic water bottles created by
Americans each year, less than one-fourth are sent to the recycling
industry for a second round.
The Return of Foot-and-Mouth
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08wed4.html
The best strategy for dealing with a highly contagious disease is to
enclose it within a moat of vaccinated animals - or dead ones.
Forget the States - Let the Regions Pick the Candidates
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08graham.html
By BOB GRAHAM
In front-loading the primary calendar, Florida and some other states
have unintentionally damaged the presidential election process.
Why Terrorists Aren't Soldiers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08clark.html
By WESLEY K. CLARK and KAL RAUSTIALA
Since 9/11, the Bush administration has sought to categorize members
of Al Qaeda and other jihadists as "unlawful combatants" rather than
treat them as criminals.
An Ice Cold War
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08borgerson.html
By SCOTT BORGERSON
Disputes over maritime boundaries, particularly in the complex icy
geography of the Arctic Ocean, require international solutions.
Ancient Nomads Offer Insights to Modern Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08nomads.html?ref=3Dworld
By ILAN GREENBERG
Recent American foreign policy setbacks can be traced partly to an
American misunderstanding of how nomadic traditions shape attitudes in
Central Asia.
For an Iraq Contractor, Duty, and Then Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08contractor.html?ref=3Dworld
By ALAN FEUER
Officials estimate that there are 125,000 contractors working in Iraq,
nearly the number of American troops. As of June 30, 1,001 have died
there.
32 Killed in U.S. Raid in Iraq Shiite Stronghold
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/middleeast/08cnd-iraq.html?ref=3Dwo=
rld
By DAMIEN CAVE
U=2ES. officials described it as the latest assault on a network linking
Iraqi militants with money and bombs from Iran.
Georgia Offers Evidence That Russia Fired Missile
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/europe/08cnd-georgia.html?ref=3Dwor=
ld
By C. J. CHIVERS
The strike, the second mysterious raid with sophisticated, Russian-
made weapons on Georgian soil this year, inflamed tensions anew
between the two countries.
Leaders of 2 Koreas Will Meet in the North
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08korea.html?ref=3Dworld
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
The leaders of North and South Korea will hold their second-ever
summit meeting in Pyongyang this month.
Britain Asks to Take Back 5 Guant=E1namo Detainees
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/europe/08britain.html?ref=3Dworld
By RAYMOND BONNER
The request is a policy shift for Britain, as the Blair government
insisted it had no obligation to help the detainees because they were
not citizens.
Police Fight to Remove West Bank Settlers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/middleeast/08mideast.html?ref=3Dwor=
ld
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Israeli riot police officers on Tuesday forcibly removed Jewish
settlers from houses they had been occupying illegally for months in
the West Bank city of Hebron.
In Bridge Collapse, Refugee Group Faces a New Ordeal
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08bridge.html?ref=3Dafrica
By MONICA DAVEY
Among the hardest hit in the bridge collapse was a group that survived
war in its homeland, Somalia, and a move across the world to settle in
Minneapolis.
Sudan Seen as Cool to Rebel Demands
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/africa/08sudan.html
By REUTERS
Sudan's government is not enthusiastic about some elements of a joint
Darfur rebel negotiating platform agreed to during talks on Monday.
Deported in Error, Missing and Months Later Home
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08border.html?ref=3Damericas
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
An American missing in Mexico for nearly three months after being
wrongfully deported has been found and reunited with his family here.
Cute Kitty Is Pink Badge of Shame in Bangkok
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08thai.html?ref=3Dasia
By SETH MYDANS
Wayward police officers in Bangkok will be punished by having to wear
an embarrassing armband adorned with Hello Kitty and a pair of linked
hearts.
Hollywood Starts Making Bollywood Films in India
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/movies/08boll.html?ref=3Dasia
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
The studio behind the forthcoming "Saawariya," Sony Pictures
Entertainment, is the first in a wave of American studios to produce
their own Bollywood musicals.
Abuses Belie China Pledge on Rights, Critics Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08china.html?ref=3Dasia
By JIM YARDLEY
Human rights groups accused China of failing to improve its record on
civil liberties, despite official promises to make rights a
centerpiece of the 2008 Olympics.
Families of South Korean Hostages in Afghanistan Seek Solace, and a
Solution
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08hostages.html?ref=3Dasia
By CHOE SANG-HUN
The families have issued a joint statement addressed to President Bush
and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.
Warming Threatens Farms in India, U.N. Official Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08floods.html?ref=3Dasia
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Climate change could ultimately affect food production and add to the
woes of already desperate peasants in India, the official said.
Ancient Nomads Offer Insights to Modern Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/asia/08nomads.html?ref=3Dasia
By ILAN GREENBERG
Recent American foreign policy setbacks can be traced partly to an
American misunderstanding of how nomadic traditions shape attitudes in
Central Asia.
The Almighty Ruble
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/worldbusiness/08ruble.html?ref=
=3Deurope&pagewanted=3Dall
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Lifted by high oil prices and a wave of foreign investment, the once
humble ruble is showing its muscle, and fueling a consumer boom.
Sorry, It Won't Fit in the Car
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/world/europe/08lego.html?ref=3Deurope
By REUTERS
A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the North Sea on Tuesday.
Georgia Accuses Russia of Missile Attack; Moscow Denies It
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/europe/08georgia.html?ref=3Deurope
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and JON ELSEN
Relations between Russia and Georgia, already strained, have become
even more tense because of the accusation.
Tale of Ruling Class Privilege Touches a Nerve in Italians
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/europe/08italy.html?ref=3Deurope
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
A new book on Italy's political class has become somewhat of a
phenomenon, catching the wave of a widespread national malaise.
Music Found in Moscow May Be Hitler's
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/europe/08hitler.html?ref=3Deurope
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
A recently discovered cache of nearly 100 records includes works by
Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Rachmaninov.
For an Iraq Contractor, Duty, and Then Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08contractor.html?ref=3Dmiddleeast
By ALAN FEUER
Officials estimate that there are 125,000 contractors working in Iraq,
nearly the number of American troops. As of June 30, 1,001 have died
there.
Army Says Soldier's Articles for Magazine Were False
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/washington/08diarist.html?ref=3Dmiddleeast
By PATRICIA COHEN
An Army investigation into the "Baghdad Diarist" - a soldier in Iraq
who wrote anonymous columns for The New Republic - has concluded that
the reports were false.
Ethanol Is Feeding Hot Market for Farmland
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/08farmers.html?ref=3Dus
By MONICA DAVEY
Skyrocketing farmland prices are stirring optimism, but for young and
small-scale farmers, the news is grim.
Court Rejects the Right to Use Drugs Being Tested
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/health/08cancer.html?ref=3Dus
By ANDREW POLLACK
A federal appeals court ruled that patients with terminal illnesses do
not have a constitutional right to use medicines that have not won
regulatory approval.
Court Papers Said to Show Added Payments by Reporter
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/media/08paper.html?ref=3Dus
By RICHARD P=C9REZ-PE=D1A
A former New York Times reporter who wrote an article about a teenager
who operated a pornographic Web site may have sent more money to the
young man than he had previously acknowledged.
Clinton and the Bankruptcy Law
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/clinton-and-the-bankruptcy-la=
w/
Although the Democratic presidential candidate said she had fought the
banks during last night's debate, her record is a bit mixed on that
point.
F=2E Thompson Hires Top Staff
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/f-thompson-hires-top-staff/
The Republican-candidate-to-be brings on some experienced hands to add
to the would-be campaign.
Early Primaries Now Even Earlier?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/early-primaries-now-even-earl=
ier/
The South Carolina Republican party is reportedly about to announce an
earlier date for its primary election - a move that is likely to push
up the primary calendar in other early states.
Clinton Calls for More Spending on Infrastructure
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/clinton-calls-for-more-spendi=
ng-on-infrastructure/
Mrs. Clinton called this afternoon for spending $10 billion in federal
money over 10 years to redesign and rebuild roads, waterways,
seaports, and some of the more than 60,000 bridges that have been
identified as structurally deficient.
A=2EF.L.-C.I.O. Sidesteps Endorsements - for Now
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/afl-cio-sidesteps-endorsement=
s-for-now/
The executive council gives the nod to its member unions to go ahead
and make their own choices.
2008: The Day Between Debates
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/2008-the-day-between-debates/
Last night's A.F.L.-C.I.O. presidential forum in Chicago offered the
Democratic candidates a chance to make a pitch to union members and
American workers, and while they addressed issues like health care and
trade, some of the most heated exchanges were over foreign policy.
Labor Sets the Stage for a Democratic Forum
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/labor-sets-the-stage-for-a-de=
mocratic-forum/
CHICAGO - Labor groups are ready to hand out 10,000 rain ponchos, but
hope their members won't have to use them tonight when the Democratic
candidates and thousands of union members and leaders gather at
Soldier Field.
War on Terror Takes Focus at Democrats' Debate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/us/politics/08dems.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By JEFF ZELENY and STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Three senators seeking the presidency clashed over Iraq and Al Qaeda
at a debate sponsored by the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Democrats Campaign on Mortgage and Trade Issues
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/us/politics/07edwards.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By PATRICK HEALY and MICHAEL COOPER
Two Democratic presidential candidates are moving to tap into the
economic anxieties of working Americans.
City Is Rebuffed on the Release of '04 Records
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/nyregion/07police.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
The documents detail covert surveillance of protest groups before the
Republican National Convention.
U=2ES. Set for a Crackdown on Illegal Hiring
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/washington/08immig.html?ref=3Dwashington
By JULIA PRESTON
Federal authorities are expected to announce rules that would require
employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers.
A Spy Chief's Political Education
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/washington/08intel.html?ref=3Dwashington
By MARK MAZZETTI
Mike McConnell, the nation's top intelligence official, has brought
criticism as the White House's most visible advocate for changing a
surveillance law.
Court Rejects the Right to Use Drugs Being Tested
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/health/08cancer.html?ref=3Dwashington
By ANDREW POLLACK
A federal appeals court ruled that patients with terminal illnesses do
not have a constitutional right to use medicines that have not won
regulatory approval.
Summer Reading Programs Gain Momentum for Students About to Enter
College
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/education/08books.html?ref=3Deducation
By TAMAR LEWIN
A certain canon of college-assigned summer reading is emerging: books
that are readable, short, engaging, cheap.
Serve Breakfast in Class, Advocates for Poor Urge
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/education/08schools.html?ref=3Deducation
By JULIE BOSMAN
Advocates said that the practice of serving breakfast in cafeterias
failed to attract most of the children who need it.
Some Wonder if Cash for Good Test Scores Is the Wrong Kind of Lesson
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/education/08education.html?ref=3Deducation
By JOSEPH BERGER
Should cash be used to spur children to do better on reading and math
tests?
More Generics Slow Rise in Drug Prices
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/08generic.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By STEPHANIE SAUL
Prescription bottles bearing catchy brand names are being pushed aside
by cheaper, tongue-twisting generics.
Free Lunch on Health? Think Again
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/08leonhardt.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By DAVID LEONHARDT
No one really knows whether preventive medicine will save money in the
long run, let alone free up the billions of dollars to help pay for
universal health insurance.
Cooking Up More Uses for the Leftovers of Biofuel Production
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/business/08biodiesel.html?ref=3Dbusiness&=
pagewanted=3Dall
By HILLARY ROSNER
Scientists, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are becoming
increasingly interested in making more than fuel out of the raw
materials for biodiesel fuel and ethanol.
A Subtle Shift in Pentagon Technology
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/a-subtle-shift-in-pentagon-technol=
ogy/
Darpa's director pushes for something more than killing machine
technology.
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