What Presidents Don't Know
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By Anne Applebaum
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A15
"You're not going to have time in January '09 to get ready for this
job."
"If the position of president was a street, someone would have to hold
Obama's hand while he crossed it."
An Unjust Judge
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By Nan Aron
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A15
To understand the furor over President Bush's nomination of Leslie
Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, one should
start with the Goode family of Mississippi.
A propane heater exploded in their house, killing their granddaughter.
The Goodes sued the manufacturer. After the trial, new evidence
emerged demonstrating that the company had provided inaccurate
information about servicing the heater. Yet, in a dissenting opinion,
Southwick argued that the Goodes didn't deserve a new trial.
Down Under, an Echo of Restlessness
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By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A15
MELBOURNE, Australia -- In describing the average voter's view of the
economy, which opposition party politician said, "If things are going
so well, why am I finding it so tough?"
Guessing Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards would be
reasonable but wrong. The words are those of Kevin Rudd, the leader of
the Australian Labor Party, who, if current polling numbers hold, will
be elected this fall as Australia's next prime minister.
Egypt's Unchecked Repression
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By Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A15
This month marked the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of
Egyptian journalist Reda Hilal. Rumors about the involvement of a
secret government death squad tasked with silencing detractors of the
ruling Mubarak family in this and other disappearances -- such as that
of Libyan dissident Mansour Kikhia in Cairo in 1993 -- have spiked in
recent weeks.
On Aug. 8, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights reported that it
had confirmed more than 500 cases of police abuse since 1993,
including 167 deaths -- three of which took place this year -- that
the group "strongly suspects were the result of torture and
mistreatment." The organization previously found that while Egypt's
population nearly doubled during the first 25 years of Hosni Mubarak's
regime, the number of prisons grew more than fourfold and that the
number of detainees held for more than one year without charge or
indictment grew to more than 20,000.
Undue Advantage
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The House was right to scale back the insurance industry's subsidies
for seniors.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A14
KAREN IGNAGNI, chief lobbyist for the health insurance industry, had
an important point. Testifying before Congress in 1999, Ms. Ignagni
argued that private insurance plans offering coverage for seniors
ought to operate on a "level playing field" with regular fee-for-
service Medicare, under which doctors are reimbursed directly by
Medicare. Back then, the private plans were being paid less than what
regular Medicare providers were making. Ms. Ignagni decried what she
called the "fairness gap" and argued that the private plans "should
not receive disproportionately low government payments."
Paying the Price
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Finding money for bridges, highways and much else that America needs
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A14
THE CAUSE of the deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1 is
still unknown. But since the span plunged into the Mississippi River,
the question of how to finance a generation's worth of needed
infrastructure repairs and new construction for the nation has begun
to get the attention it deserves.
Tougher on Iran
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The Revolutionary Guard is at war with the United States. Why not
fight back?
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A14
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps is a sprawling organization involved
in myriad activities, including guarding borders, pumping oil,
operating ports, smuggling, manufacturing pharmaceuticals, building
Iran's nuclear program -- and supplying the weapons that are killing a
growing number of American soldiers in Iraq. According to the
Pentagon, one-third of the U.S. troops who died in Iraq last month --
23 soldiers -- were killed by "explosively formed penetrators,"
sophisticated bombs supplied by Tehran. Iran also delivers rockets and
other weapons to Shiite militias; on Sunday, Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch said
that about 50 members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps were operating
in the area south of Baghdad, where they are "facilitating training of
Shiite extremists."
Senator Calls for Maliki's Ouster
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Levin Urges Iraqis To Replace Leaders
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A01
Declaring the government of Iraq "non-functional," the influential
chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that
Iraq's parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his
cabinet if they are unable to forge a political compromise with rival
factions in a matter of days.
"I hope the parliament will vote the Maliki government out of office
and will have the wisdom to replace it with a less sectarian and more
unifying prime minister and government," Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.)
said after a three-day trip to Iraq and Jordan.
For Wall Street's Math Brains, Miscalculations
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1846_pf.html
Complex Formulas Used by 'Quant' Funds Didn't Add Up in Market
Downturn
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A01
They are the powerful, cerebral and offstage actors of Wall Street,
but the recent turmoil in the financial markets has yanked them into
the light.
They are the math geniuses of the quant funds.
Border Crackdown Has El Paso Caught in Middle
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By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A01
EL PASO -- Leaders of this sunny desert city peppered Homeland
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff during a recent visit with
complaints about trade-crimping border-crossing delays, unwanted calls
to enlist local police in enforcing immigration laws and recent deaths
of immigrants at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents.
"Second-guessers and hindsighters," Chertoff retorted, defending such
agents against critics who he said "have no idea how difficult it is
here at the border."
Impatient Kosovo Albanians Press For a Declaration of Independence
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By Jonathan Finer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A01
MEDEVCE, Serbia -- Past cornfields and gentle hills in hard-luck
corners of Kosovo that politicians rarely see, Veton Surroi was
mobilizing support for independence. On foot. The time to negotiate is
nearly through, he repeated in ethnic Albanian homes that still bore
battle scars. Independence is never freely given. It must be claimed.
In the farming village of Medevce, mile nine on a recent dawn-to-dusk
hike, he made his pitch to a few local men on the cushioned floor of a
small stone house. With the electricity out, they sipped mud-black
coffee by the soft light of a curtained window. Sweat soaked their
shirts in the 90-degree heat.
Cheney's Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents
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By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A02
Vice President Cheney's office acknowledged for the first time
yesterday that it has dozens of documents related to the
administration's warrantless surveillance program, but it signaled
that it will resist efforts by congressional Democrats to obtain them.
The disclosure by Cheney's counsel, Shannen W. Coffin, came on the day
that the Senate Judiciary Committee had set as a deadline for the Bush
administration to turn over documents related to the wiretapping
program, which allowed the National Security Agency to monitor
communications between the United States and overseas without
warrants.
The Caped Crusader From Vermont
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By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A02
"Sen. Patrick Leahy has a part in the next Batman movie." --
Associated Press, Aug. 19.
"Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) holds a media
availability on the deadline for subpoenas for documents relating to
the ... Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program." --
Reuters, Aug. 20.
Michigan Weighs Moving Primaries To Mid-January
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Iowa, New Hampshire Consider Dates Closer to New Year's Day
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A03
Michigan is poised to move its presidential primaries to Jan. 15 or
earlier, becoming the latest state to leapfrog to the front of the
voting calendar in the ongoing battle for relevance in choosing the
next White House occupant.
The move by Michigan lawmakers is the latest to push the campaign
season ever closer to New Year's Day and the holiday season, and
renews the possibility that Iowans could be gathering to vote in
December, despite pledges from state leaders to keep their caucuses in
January.
Army Drops More Charges in Officer's Abu Ghraib Case
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By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A04
Military prosecutors dropped two charges against Army Lt. Col. Steven
L=2E Jordan yesterday, hours before his court-martial for allegedly
abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was set to begin at
Fort Meade.
The dismissal of allegations that Jordan lied to investigators in the
2004 probe of the notorious abuses was a last-minute surprise in the
military courtroom at the Maryland Army base. Based on new evidence
that surfaced over the weekend, prosecutors determined that Jordan had
not been read his rights before giving detailed statements to Maj.
Gen. George R. Fay, who led the seminal investigation into the Abu
Ghraib scandal. Those statements are therefore inadmissible in the
proceedings.
New Bush Policies Limit Reach of Child Insurance Plan
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By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A04
The Bush administration, engaged in a battle with Congress over
whether a popular children's health insurance program should be
expanded, has announced new policies that will make it harder for
states to insure all but the lowest-income children.
New administrative hurdles, which state health officials were told
about late last week, are aimed at preventing parents with private
insurance for their children from availing of the government-
subsidized State Children's Health Insurance Program. But Democrats
and children's advocates said that the announcement will jeopardize
coverage for children whose parents work at jobs that do not provide
employer-paid insurance.
Activist's Arrest Highlights Key Immigrant Issue
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She Is Deported; Son Is Left Behind
By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A05
The arrest and deportation to Mexico of an illegal immigrant who took
sanctuary in a Chicago church to remain near her U.S.-born son has
become the latest flashpoint in the nation's immigration debate, with
proponents of more liberal immigration laws criticizing the action as
heartless and unnecessary, and opponents praising it as long overdue.
Elvira Arellano, 32, was holed up with son Saul, 8, in Adalberto
United Methodist Church in Chicago for a year before announcing at a
news conference last week that she was leaving the church to lobby
U=2ES. lawmakers. She was arrested Sunday in downtown Los Angeles after
speaking at a rally and attending a Mass.
Norway Debates the Promise, Costs of New Drilling
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Oil Means More Revenue But More Climate Change
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A08
TROMSO, Norway This small country, which has a vast treasure of
undersea oil and an intense civic concern about global warming, is
struggling with a dilemma -- but it is one that most nations would
envy.
In little more than two generations, oil and gas have transformed
Norway from a country recovering from World War II occupation into an
economic powerhouse. But now its citizens and politicians are debating
whether it should take advantage of Earth's warming to drill for more
oil above the Arctic Circle, knowing that consumption of that oil will
accelerate climate change.
Dissident Returns After Long Struggle
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Beijing Accused U.S. Resident of Spying
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A08
A Chinese political dissident and longtime U.S. resident whose
imprisonment attracted the attention of the Bush administration
finally made his way home from China over the weekend, after five
years in Chinese jails and a four-month struggle to gain Beijing's
authorization to leave the country.
Yang Jianli, a green-card holder and permanent resident of the United
States, was arrested while traveling across China in 2002 for holding
a fake identification card and traveling on a friend's passport. He
was accused of spying for Taiwan, sentenced to five years in prison
and -- in April of this year -- released into what he described as a
Kafkaesque maze of red tape as he tried to obtain permission to rejoin
his family in Boston.
Freed Ethiopians Describe Threats
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Journalists Detail Abuse, Intimidation
By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; A10
NAIROBI -- Three Ethiopian journalists who had been held for almost
two years in an Addis Ababa prison said that days after being cleared
of all charges and released this spring, they each received death
threats from government security agents.
In lengthy interviews here in the Kenyan capital, the journalists also
described being subjected to psychological torture during their
confinement with other political prisoners in a stifling cell on the
outskirts of the Ethiopian capital. They said that after their release
they had had high hopes of starting a new life, but government agents
almost immediately began hounding them, harassing them with phone
calls and otherwise terrorizing them into fleeing their country for
Kenya.
North American Summit Convenes
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By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A10
MONTEBELLO, Canada, Aug. 20 -- President Bush met Monday with the
leaders of Mexico and Canada, starting a two-day summit aimed at
solidifying security and economic ties among the North American
allies.
The meetings, being held at a luxury resort between Montreal and
Ottawa, are focused on problems that have cropped up as the countries
have lowered trade barriers while also moving to tighten border
security.
Beijing's Pollution Rises in 4-Day Test Of Restricted Driving
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By Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A10
BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- Despite a move by authorities to slash the number
of motorists in Beijing by more than a million during a pre-Olympics
pollution test, the city's skies remained a hazy white Monday evening
and pollution levels showed a slight increase over the four-day trial
period, Beijing's Environmental Protection Bureau said.
A top Chinese environmental official attributed the increase to humid
weather and said pollution levels had been higher just before the test
began.
Reprisal Indicated In a U.N. Program
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Agency Rebuffs Whistle-Blower Inquiry
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A12
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 20 -- The top U.N. ethics official has found
preliminary evidence that the U.N. Development Program retaliated
against an employee who exposed abuse and rules violations in the
agency's programs in North Korea.
But the UNDP has refused a request from the ethics chief, Robert
Benson, to submit to a formal investigation, saying it would appoint
its own independent investigator. Benson's findings, detailed in a
confidential letter obtained by The Washington Post, dealt a blow to
the United Nations' top development agency, which has long said that
the subject of Benson's inquiry, Albanian national Artjon Shkurtaj, is
not a whistle-blower.
Governor Assassinated In Iraq's Oil-Rich South
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Violence Swells Among Region's Shiites
By Megan Greenwell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A12
BAGHDAD, Aug. 20 -- The governor of Muthanna province in southern Iraq
was killed Monday by a roadside bomb, police said. He was the second
provincial governor to be assassinated in 10 days.
Mohammed Ali al-Hassani was traveling from his home in Rumaitha to the
provincial capital, Samawah, a few miles to the south, when a bomb
exploded next to his nine-car convoy, police said. One of Hassani's
bodyguards also was killed.
Wall Street Paying High Price to Keep Cash
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By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A13
The nascent fight over whether to raise taxes on Wall Street hot shots
has become one of the year's biggest lobbying bonanzas.
In order to defeat what amounts to two pieces of tax legislation,
those new high rollers of finance -- private equity firms and hedge
funds -- have been flooding Washington with money. Even though
legislation was introduced just this spring, the buyout firms have
already distributed at least $5.5 million in lobbying fees, quadruple
what they spent in all of 2006, according to Bloomberg News.
Not Paying for Medical Errors
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Medicare's plan to stop paying hospitals for the extra costs of
treating patients whose illnesses are compounded by preventable errors
should promote better care.
Another Deadly Tower Downtown
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The deaths of two New York firefighters magnified the dangers of
deconstructing a skyscraper in the middle of a city.
Losing Patience
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Some of the Bush administration's allies on public lands policies have
finally had enough.
Editorial Observer: Hey, I Wrote That! But the President Said It - Out
Loud!
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By CAROLYN CURIEL
There's never been a speechwriter tell-all quite like the one in the
current issue of The Atlantic.
Take Al Qaeda to Court
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By KELLY ANNE MOORE
The United States does not need a new and untested detention system
for terrorists.
For Russians, Summer in the City Means a Freeze on Hot Water
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By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
For all its new wealth and aspirations, Moscow remains saddled with an
often decrepit infrastructure and every summer residents get a taste
of old-style deprivation.
Discovering How the Maya Fed the Multitude
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By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Archaeologists have reported finding what could be the earliest
evidence for domestication of manioc in the Americas.
In Africa, China Is Both Benefactor and Competitor
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agewanted=3Dall
By LYDIA POLGREEN and HOWARD W. FRENCH
Manufacturing has suffered in Africa as cheap Chinese goods flood the
market, eliminating needed jobs.
South Africa Official Is Accused, but Not Investigated
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By MICHAEL WINES
President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman dismissed explosive allegations
against South Africa's minister of health as unworthy of
investigation.
Bush's Talks With Neighbors Are Overshadowed by Storm
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By JIM RUTENBERG
Hurricane Dean's expected landfall on the Yucat=E1n Peninsula in Mexico
threw into doubt three-way talks that were scheduled for Tuesday.
Former Seoul Mayor Is Picked as Presidential Candidate
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By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Lee Myung-bak is now the clear front-runner to succeed President Roh
Moo-hyun in the election scheduled for Dec. 19.
Thai Vote Shows Division Among Classes Is Simmering
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By SETH MYDANS
As Thailand returns to democracy after nearly a year of military rule,
rural areas will play a more assertive role in politics than in the
past, analysts say.
British Civics Class Asks, What Would Muhammad Do?
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By JANE PERLEZ
A civics class in Britain uses the Koran to answer questions about
daily life, with the aim of reaching students who might be vulnerable
to Islamic extremism.
For Russians, Summer in the City Means a Freeze on Hot Water
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By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
For all its new wealth and aspirations, Moscow remains saddled with an
often decrepit infrastructure and every summer residents get a taste
of old-style deprivation.
It's Lonesome in This Old Town, Until You Go Underground
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By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
Houston may be alone in the extent and nature of its pedestrian
circulation system, which becomes particularly popular on scorching
days.
Clinton and McCain Differ on Iraq at Veterans' Meeting
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/politics/21vets.html?ref=3Dus
By JEFF ZELENY
In speeches at a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator John McCain presented starkly
different views of the war.
2005 Incomes, on Average, Still Below 2000 Peak
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By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
The average income in 2005 was $55,238, nearly 1 percent less than the
$55,714 in 2000, after adjusting for inflation.
Yes, Deep-Fried Oreos, but Not in Trans Fats
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21fat.html?ref=3Dus
By MONICA DAVEY
The leaders of the Great Indiana State Fair have banned oils with
trans fats from all its fryers.
A Hospital, Pulse of a Neighborhood, Is Mourned
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=3Dall
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Los Angeles's Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, which was
erected in response to the Watts riots and is now closing, has played
a vital role in the life of Watts.
Illegal Immigrant Advocate for Families Is Deported
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21immigrant.html?ref=3Dus
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
The authorities said that the deporting of a woman who had sought
refuge in churches did not signal a crackdown on religious groups that
help illegal immigrants.
Rules May Limit Health Program Aiding Children
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ted=3Dall
By ROBERT PEAR
The Bush administration has adopted new standards that would make it
much harder for states to extend coverage to children in middle-income
families.
Plenty of Apples, but Possibly a Shortage of Immigrant Pickers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/nyregion/21apples.html?ref=3Dus
By LISA W. FODERARO
The Hudson Valley in New York has had near-perfect weather for apples
this season, but there are fears that there aren't enough hands to
pick the crop.
Thompson Targets Giuliani on Guns
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/thompson-targets-giuliani-on-=
guns/
Former Senator Fred D. Thompson is not only testing the waters for a
run for president - he's stirring the pot.
2008: Obama Speaks
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/2008-obama-speaks/
The Illinois Senator and presidential candidate weighs in on black
voters, the Cuban-American community and why some Americans might have
to "stretch" to think of him as president.
Iraq Vet/Congressman Endorses Obama
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/iraq-vetcongressman-endorses-=
obama/
The Pennsylvania lawmaker - cited by Senator Clinton just yesterday -
has played a prominent role in the debate over the war on Capitol
Hill.
Romney Ad Takes on Immigration and Giuliani
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n-and-giuliani/
A new radio ad by the former Massachusetts governor attacks policies
that offered protections to undocumented residents.
Dodd on the Mortage Lending Crisis
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/dodd-on-the-mortage-lending-c=
risis/
After meeting with the Fed chairman and Treasury secretary today,
Senator Chris Dodd, spoke about volatility in the mortgage market - an
issue that is reverberating in the presidential campaign.
Presidential Candidate Blames Killings on Newark Sanctuary Policy
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By KAREEM FAHIM
Representative Tom Tancredo denounced Newark's leaders as complicit in
a recent triple murder because they declared the city a "sanctuary"
for immigrants.
Obama Wants to Ease Cuba Family Travel
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Illinois senator leapt into the long-running and often bruising
debate over U.S.-Cuba policy with an op-ed piece published in The
Miami Herald.
Obama on 'Obama Girl'
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By Michael Falcone
The "Obama Girl" video - that spicy homage to Illinois Senator and
presidential candidate Barack Obama - has been steaming up computer
screens since its debut in June. The clip has racked up more than 3.1
million views on YouTube.
Messing With Iowa
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/obamas-camp-traced-to-wiki-er=
ror/
Here's a bit of news that cannot make Senator Barack Obama happy as he
goes about wooing the all-important Iowans: His campaign delayed their
state's entry into the Union by two years.
Senator Threatens to Charge White House With Contempt
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/washington/21nsa.html?ref=3Dwashington
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Senator Patrick J. Leahy threatened to pursue contempt charges against
the White House over its response to a subpoena for documents on a
surveillance program.
Two Senators Call for New Leader in Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/washington/21cong.html?ref=3Dwashington
By THOM SHANKER and MARK MAZZETTI
Two U.S. senators said that the government of Prime Minister Nuri
Kamal al-Maliki should be voted from office.
Illegal Immigrant Advocate for Families Is Deported
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21immigrant.html?ref=3Dwashington
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
The authorities said that the deporting of a woman who had sought
refuge in churches did not signal a crackdown on religious groups that
help illegal immigrants.
Democrats, Blaming a Hands-Off Approach, Press for Action to Aid
Homeowners
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/21housing.html?ref=3Dwashington
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Democrats in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail are
seizing on the turmoil in mortgages to criticize the Bush
administration's laissez-faire approach.
A Fear of Foreign Investments
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21wealth.html?ref=
=3Dwashington&pagewanted=3Dall
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
At a time of global financial instability, the Bush administration has
started to worry that funds held by foreign governments could
destabilize markets.
Lawmaker Charged After Airport Event
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/washington/21filner.html?ref=3Dwashington
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Representative Bob Filner, Democrat of California and chairman of the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, has been summoned to court on assault
and battery charges.
More Students Finish School, Given the Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/education/21highschool.html?pagewanted=3D=
all
By JENNIFER MEDINA
New York City is at the forefront of a movement to recognize that for
a significant number of students, high school might take more than
four years.
As Japan and India Forge Economic Ties, a Counterweight to China Is
Seen
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21rupee.html?ref=
=3Dworldbusiness
By HEATHER TIMMONS
As Beijing's influence around the world has grown, common interests
have forced Tokyo and New Delhi to begin warming their historically
chilly relationship.
Policy Will Let More Chinese Invest in Hong Kong Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21yuan.html?ref=3D=
worldbusiness
By KEITH BRADSHER
By making it easier for Chinese investment to leave the mainland, the
government hopes to offset some of the money pouring into the mainland
through corporate investments.
Investors, on Edge, Grab Up Treasury Bills
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/21stox.html?ref=3Dworldbusiness
By JEREMY W. PETERS
In a sign that investors are fleeing investments that carry even the
slightest hint of risk, the price of short-term government debt soared
Monday.
Nasdaq to Sell Stake in London Exchange
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21exchange.html?re=
f=3Dworldbusiness
By JULIA WERDIGIER
Abandoning its effort to buy the London market will allow Nasdaq to
focus on its bid for the Swedish exchange operator OMX, where it faces
a challenge from the Borse Dubai.
HSBC in Talks to Acquire a Big Stake in Korean Bank
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21lone.html?ref=3D=
worldbusiness
By CHOE SANG-HUN
The company said it was in talks with the Texas-based private equity
fund Lone Star to buy a majority stake in the Korea Exchange Bank.
Trade Panel Supports Request to Put Duties on Chinese Tires
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21titan.html?ref=
=3Dworldbusiness
By BLOOMBERG NEWS
The United States International Trade Commission said Titan
International and other American producers were being harmed by the
low-cost Chinese imports.
Restarts Cited in Skype Failure
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/business/worldbusiness/21skype.html?ref=
=3Dworldbusiness
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A two-day system failure that left millions unable to the popular
Internet phone service was caused by an abnormally high number of
restarts after people had downloaded a Windows security update.
Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/health/psychology/21gender.html?ref=3Dsci=
ence&pagewanted=3Dall
By BENEDICT CAREY
J=2E Michael Bailey is at the center of one of the most contentious and
personal social science controversies in recent memory.
Sleights of Mind
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/science/21magic.html?ref=3Dscience&pagewa=
nted=3Dall
By GEORGE JOHNSON
Some magicians have intuitively mastered some of the lessons being
learned in the laboratory about the limits of cognition and attention.
The Pernicious Allure of Lead
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/science/21angi.html?ref=3Dscience&pagewan=
ted=3Dall
By NATALIE ANGIER
The 82nd item on Mendeleev's menu of the elements showed signs of
trouble from early on.
To Reap Psychotherapy's Benefits, Get a Good Fit
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/health/psychology/21beha.html?ref=3Dscien=
ce
By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.
If the outcome may be months or years away, how can a person tell
whether his psychotherapy is any good?
Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/health/21tren.html?ref=3Dscience&pagewant=
ed=3Dall
By JAN HOFFMAN
Annelisa Purdie is an administrator, a teacher, scold, backstop,
cheerleader - within the limited number of visits allotted by
insurance.
Telltale Isotopes in Marijuana Are Nature's Tracking Devices
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/science/21mari.html?ref=3Dscience&pagewan=
ted=3Dall
By HILLARY ROSNER
Jason B. West is creating a model that can identify the geographic
origin of cannabis plants based on certain chemical calling cards.
Ancient Protein Tells a Story of Changing Functions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/science/21prot.html?ref=3Dscience
By KENNETH CHANG
Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that
transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
Walk a day in my shoes: Barack Obama/Pauline Beck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DmiUS7WnMgBw
OUTRAGE! The NY Times lies about Obama and military funerals!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/21/17450/1176
by redglare
Tue Aug 21, 2007 at 02:14:54 PM PDT
I just fired off this letter to the editor of the New York Times. If
enough of us respond, perhaps we can get them to stop the lies about
Obama and anti-war protesters before this web story makes the leap to
print.
Guts: Obama Calls for Easing Cuba Embargo (w. Poll) - UPDATED
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/21/13859/9674
by viralvoice
Mon Aug 20, 2007 at 10:54:14 PM PDT
In a column about to be published by the Miami Herald, US presidential
candidate Barack Obama takes on the "conventional wisdom" once again.
And it's a big one.
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