Thursday September 22, 2005

Daily Featured Stories

New York Times

Washington Post

Common Dreams

Yesterday's Feature Stories And Headlines

Respondents favored headlines first over features first, 55% to 45%, so the headlines will be listed first below. For those who prefer to read the features first, simply click on "Daily Featured Stories" above or "Today's Featured Stories" below.

Today's Featured Stories

Quack, Bush, Quack, bw
Will Bush Use Katrina To Create First Fed Vouchers?, bw
Bush Helping To Create Nuke Proliferation, bw
Probe This: Bush And Republicans Investigate Themselves, bw
Frist Insider Trading? And His Father's Not President (more), bw
Screwed In Bush's America, bw
Poverty In Bush's America, bw
Bushonomics: After Katrina, bw
China Watch: Rich, Poor, Dollar, bw
Bush's Iraq War, bw
U.S. Torture Watch, bw
Bush Security Failures, bw
Double Trouble: Here Comes Rita, bw
Supreme Court: Dem Vote On Roberts, bw
Global Warming Is Past The Point Of No Return (this month's story), bw

Senate minority chief opposes Roberts, Klein

Before the oil runs out: the search for alternatives, Dillin
A turn inward for US, Europe, LaFranchi

Category 5 Rita roaring across Gulf, AP
Pentagon forbids officer to testify on pre-9/11 knowledge, AP

Schwarzenegger defends border watchers, Carla Marinucci
Pelosi willing to give up S.F. funds for recovery, Edward Epstein
CMA pulls legal brief supporting gay bias, Wyatt Buchanan
Gay groups turn up heat on governor to sign marriage bill, Wyatt Buchanan

Iran Makes North Korea Look Easy, Tyler Marshall and Alissa J. Rubin
The business of race, Margaret Carlson

Iraq: Facing civil war, Editorial

FBI, building industry offer reward for capturing ecoterrorists, Gillespie
U.S. judge orders study of pesticides on frog, Staff
Senate Majority Leader Frist sold shares in family's hospital corporation shortly before its value fell, Katz

Damaged Levees Offer New Orleans Little Flood Protection, Corps Says , Carey
State, Local Officials Say They've Learned from Katrina , Borenstein+McCaffrey+Brown
As Rita Picks Up Steam, it's Deja Vu all over again for U.S. Energy Industry , Hall
Shiites Fleeing Sunni Dominated Neighborhoods of Baghdad , Youssef+al Dulaimy

More bodies expected in New Orleans as teams reach worst areas, Adam Nossiter
Public pressure mounts for Bush to curtail Iraq war after Katrina disaster , Beth Gorham
U.S. running out of space for Katrina trash, CBC News
More than 1 million ordered away from Texas coast - Rita hits cat. 5, CBC News

Time for Harper to go, Tory insider says, Canadian Press
Pettigrew urges UN to face up to challenges, Allison Dunfield
East Coast cold to Minuteman Project, Cara Anna

John Roberts a shoo-in for chief justice, Tim Harper
Canada has lessons for Russia, Paul Abelsky

New storm triggers mass US evacuation, BBC
Lethal storms batter South Asia, BBC
Rising temperatures makes plants warm planet, Richard Black, BBC
IMF cuts global growth forecasts, BBC
Number of Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike falls, BBC
Abu Ghraib soldier Lynndie England's re-trial begins, BBC

Haitian children sold as cheap labourers and prostitutes for little more than £50 , Younge
Organised crime is 'in control' of doping trade , Mackay
India and Iran: Nuclear nuances , Ramesh
Arabic channel demands reporter's release, Cozens
The guilt about Wales , Williams
Germany and France are the new sick men of Europe , Ash
High oil prices a risk to global economy, says IMF , Elliot
African journal: Follow the herd , Thomson
Lofty ambitions reduced to one: Iraq must not be seen as a failure , MacAskill
Continued anger on the streets of Basra as marchers denounce 'British aggression', Howard
'My family think I'm crazy to come back to (Iraq)' , Fadhil
Bishop admits church has received drug money , Tuckman
France plans to pay cash for more babies , Henley
Iran to rebuild spectacular tent city at Persepolis , Tait
War declared on designer drugs as Chinese middle class gets high , Watts
Killer heatwave may have fuelled global warming , Radford
Minister says tax could cut airline pollution, Adam and Gow

Chicken culls announced amid fears of bird flu epidemic, Brummitt
Angry Basra governor demands UK apology over jail storming, Settle
Hold on a minute Aristotle, how many Emmys did you ever win?, Bell
They say they’ll kill my children but I refuse to be silenced, McQuillan

Corruption-Kenya: MPs Face Prosecution for Failure to Declare Wealth , Mulama
Rights-Uganda: Army Denies Committing Atrocities against Civilians , Mulama
Balkans: Milosevic Sets Off a Media Debate , Zimonjic
Politics: North Korean Atomic Deal a 'Diplomatic Coup' , Bidwai
Politics-US: Uncertain Anniversary for Iraq War Champions , Lobe

Latin American Storm Victims Adrift, IPS
Safety chief Martín Huerta dies in crash , El Universal
Fox sends reform to Congress , El Universal
Jamaicans want the pork barrel, Jamaica Observer
Haiti's jailed ex-PM formally charged in killings, Reuters
Six Million Cubans Evacuated from hurricanes in Last Five Years, Prensa Latina
Brazil's Political Scandals Show a Land of Conmen and Schemers, Brazzil
In Brazil, Getting a Job Can Be Three Times Harder When You Are Poor, Brazzil
Lula's Lament, Znet
Brazilian Speaker of the House Resigns, Prensa Latina
Chile's finance minister calls for spending reform, Santiago Times
Chileans Trained in Honduras for Iraq Could Be Expelled, Prensa Latina
Bolivia Convulsed by Student Riots, Landless Campesinos, Prensa Latina

Annan opens nuclear test ban meeting, urges swift signing, AFP
Iraqis demonstrate against British troops in Basra, AFP
Dollar pressured by hurrican fears, oil prices, AFP

Park Hotel suicide attack mastermind convicted, staff
Poll: Likud members back early vote for party leader, Yossi Verter
IDF troops kill Palestinian trying to enter West Bank base, AP
Settlers stone jeep of GOC Central Command, Amos Harel
Everlasting love between the Jewish state and its supporters in America, Schmuel Rosner

Three US convoys attacked in Iraq; Journalists killed, Agencies
Iraq: Police colonel, US soldier killed; Pipeline attacked, Agencies
Abbas rejects plea to disarm groups, Reuters
Three Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey, AFP

Iraq, Britain Step Up Feud on Basra; 8 Die in Fighting, AP
Iraq Pointers, Editorial
Taleban Vow to Intensify War After Poll ‘Drama’, Reuters
Russia, China Warn West Over Standoff With Iran, Reuters
Joha’s Nail, Uri Avnery

Basra officials demand British apology, staff
OPEC decision to hike supply 'of no consequence', AFP
Middle East now threatened by ripple effect of Washington's misguided policies, Editorial

Russia denounces Security Council move on Iran, Agencies
EU troika’s new threat against Iran thwarted , Hassan Hanizadeh
Iraq: insurgents infiltrate police , CNN

China Gets Tougher on Foreign Media, LA Times
'Animal Spirits' with Chinese Characteristics, Asia Times
China and the Legacy of the 'Plaza Accord', Asia Times
China Frees Lawyer Jailed for Oil Well Protest Role, Financial Times
Majority of US Firms Report Profits in China, Xinhua
US Coal Firm Now in China, China Daily

US: Conrad Black's Right-Hand Man Pleads Guilty to $32M Fraud, Teather

Hurricane Katrina: a public health and environmental disaster, Levine
British troops in pitched battle in Basra, Marsden + Hyland

Leaked Documents Show Merck Knew of Vioxx dangers, Yet Hid Them for Years, Dani Veracity
Senate Eyes FDA Conflict of Interest Probe, The Associated Press
FDA Orders ViaCell to Stop Cancer Study, Reuters
FDA Rejects Liquid Cox-2 Painkiller, ScoutNews LLC
Jurors Hear of FDA Researcher's Concerns on Vioxx, Reuters
The Age of Autism: Adverse Events, Dan Olmsted
Two New Treatments to Undergo Clinical Trials, Associated Press

Two More Media Workers Killed in Iraq, AP

Military Recruiters: Counselors or Salesmen?, Marsical
British Agents in Local Drag Saved by Cavalry, Heard
NYPD Unplugs Cindy Sheehan, Frank
The Struts-and-Bull Presidency, Tristam
Brit Galloway Rebuts Palast Accusations, Galloway

Cuba's #2 blasts 'neoliberal' Katrina response, Alarcon+Goodman
Alarcon demands release of Cuban 5 - 'They are kidnapped', Alarcon+Goodman

Reluctant party-poopers, Staff

World Heath News, compilation

Pelosi Nixes Hastert GOP Kat -Comm., DCCC
Waco Univ Censors Gay Thoughts, SFGate
FDA Plays Hide&Seek with More 'Brownies', ThinkProgress
Dan Rather, ' Climate of Fear..' in Newsrooms, FreePress
1 Year, BushCo Doubles Stock , Halliburton Watch
BushCo Rife w/ Corruption, HalliburtonWatch
Atta Flew, Grover Norquist Knew ?, DCCC
Please God, Stop the Facade on Roberts, Reader Contr.
Deja Vu Bush 05-LBJ 67, ' Honor War Dead ', Yahoo
Sen Stevens: GOP Fishy Business in Alaska, Yahoo
Katastophe Probe's Townsend to Report to Rove, OlstroyReport
Leahy, Traitor to Women, Will Affirm ' Radical ' Roberts., VermontGuardian
Bolton + J Miller x Libby = Plame Leak, Huffington
EPA Panders to Rich on Olde Trees in Mo, J.St Clair
'55 US Chemical Corps Started Modern WMD , MemoryHole
BackGround to Brit Commando Iraq Jail Break ?, BBC

Richard Steiner:
We Can't Say We Weren't Warned
Arianna Huffington:
Plamegate: The John Bolton Connection
William Pfaff:
Iraq is Vietnam Without Honesty
Katrina vanden Heuvel:
Wellstone: "We Can Do Better"
David Sirota:
On Roberts, Who is More Pathetic: The Media or the Democrats?
Michael Klare:
More Blood, Less Oil
Dave Zweifel:
U.S. Failure No. 1: No Health Insurance
Danny Schechter:
Time to Also March on the Media?
Derrick Jackson:
Healthcare Swept Away
Dolores Huerta:
Why Roberts Should Not be Confirmed as Chief Justice
Tom Engelhardt:
Blood for No Oil
Simon Jenkins:
To Say We Must Stay in Iraq to Save it From Chaos is a Lie
Lorne Waldman:
U.S. Envoy Out of Line on Arar
Ted Rall:
Iraq War, Downgraded to a Box Score, is Lost
Matthew Rothschild:
Hollow Words From the Hollow Man
Lisa Martinovic:
Zero Tolerance for Pain, or, Whose Pain, Mr. Senator?
John Buell:
On Judicial Politics

[TS] Kerry and Edwards, 2005
by DAVID BROOKS
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The contrast between the speeches that John Kerry and John Edwards gave this week is characteristic of the argument that now divides the Democratic Party.
The Dark Side of the Moon
by ROBERT L. PARK
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Human space exploration is too expensive and provides too little return.
Country Girl
by JANA HENSEL
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Angela Merkel's — and Germany's — identity crisis.
The Afghan Difference
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
With luck and continued international cooperation, Afghanistan is one American-led intervention that could wind up actually making people's lives better.
>Older, cheaper drugs
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
A U.S. government-financed study has provided the strongest evidence yet that the system for approving and promoting drugs is badly out of whack.
The crime and the time
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
The persistent myth that a robber in a suit and tie instead of jeans and a T-shirt deserves a prison with better amenities should be put to rest for good.
Other Views: The Age, Jordan Times, Montreal Gazette
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
Opinions from around the world
Thomas L. Friedman: Staying the course
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
If President Bush wants to make anything of his second term, he should make a quest for energy independence the moon shot of our generation.
A New Deadly, Contagious Dog Flu Virus Is Detected in 7 States
by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and CARIN RUBENSTEIN
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The virus has killed racing greyhounds in seven states and has been found in shelters and pet shops in many places, including the New York suburbs.
Amtrak Reports Steady Ridership Despite Problems
by MATTHEW L. WALD
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Amtrak will end its fiscal year with "no measurable impact on our ridership" from the brake problem that sidelined the Acela fleet this year, the chairman of the railroad's board told Congress.
New Vatican Rule Said to Bar Gays as New Priests
by IAN FISHER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Homosexuals, even those who are celibate, will be barred from becoming Roman Catholic priests, a church official said.
2 Studies Find Flu Treatments Fall Far Short
by ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Two new surprising research papers have found that flu vaccine and antiviral drugs are far less effective than previously thought.
Israel Security Aide Now Expects More Attacks From West Bank
by GREG MYRE
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The director of Israel's Shin Bet security service said that armed Palestinian factions were increasingly likely to initiate attacks from the West Bank.
Sturgeon Stocks Are in Decline Around World, Survey Reports
by CORNELIA DEAN
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Sturgeon, the fish that produce black caviar, are severely depleted or threatened with extinction almost everywhere in the world, researchers are reporting.
Senators Accuse Pentagon of Obstructing Inquiry on Sept. 11 Plot
by DOUGLAS JEHL
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The complaints came after the Pentagon blocked several witnesses from testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a public hearing on Wednesday.
Lawyer of Ex-Official Sees Coercion in His Arrest
by PHILIP SHENON and ANNE E. KORNBLUT
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
A lawyer accused the Justice Department of trying to coerce David H. Safavian into cooperating with a criminal investigation of a once-powerful Washington lobbyist.
Amtrak Reports Steady Ridership Despite Problems
by MATTHEW L. WALD
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Amtrak will end its fiscal year with "no measurable impact on our ridership" from the brake problem that sidelined the Acela fleet this year, the chairman of the railroad's board told Congress.

Arnold's Drifting Audience
by George F. Will
SACRAMENTO -- His political strength hemorrhaging from multiple wounds -- some self-inflicted, others the result of a barrage of negative advertising -- the governor, his job approval rating below 40 percent, is nevertheless ebullient. He cannot be pretending. He is not that good an actor.
What Florida Can Teach Us
by Bruce Babbitt
Disasters such as the one that hit New Orleans are usually foreshadowed by similar events that can provide important lessons for the future. In 1928 one such precursor hurricane swept across Florida, taking dead aim at Lake Okeechobee. Storm waters smashed through the dikes, sweeping away the small agricultural communities south of the lake.
Shuttle Launch Not Likely Until May, NASA Boss Says
by Guy Gugliotta
NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin said yesterday the next space shuttle flight will probably not launch until May 2006, an additional two-month delay caused by the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the space agency's centers along the Gulf Coast.
Implant Maker Moves Closer To Open Sales
by Marc Kaufman
The Food and Drug Administration told a second manufacturer yesterday that it can resume unrestricted sales of its controversial silicone-gel implants for breast enlargement and reconstruction if it meets certain unspecified conditions.
Men in Land of Samurai Find Their Feminine Side
by Anthony Faiola
TAKAMATSU, Japan -- A rose by any other name is still a rose, but in the hands of Shogo Kariyazaki -- the celebrity florist who has bloomed into one of Japan's richest men -- a rose is as good as gold.
Grave May Hold Nazi Camp Slaves
by Post
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 21 -- Workers at a U.S. Army airfield have uncovered a World War II-era grave believed to contain the bodies of 34 Jewish slave laborers used by the Nazis, German authorities said Wednesday.
WORLD IN BRIEF
by Post
PARIS -- The French capital has revamped its emergency plans following the July 7 bombings of London's transit system, the newspaper Liberation said on Wednesday.
Copter Crash Kills Cabinet Minister, 8 Others in Mexico
by Post
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 21 -- Mexico's top federal law enforcement officer, a longtime ally of President Vicente Fox who led the war against a rising tide of national violence, was killed Wednesday along with eight others in a helicopter crash.

Lawrence Levy:
Dislike of Bush Could Hit GOP Closer to Home

Schwarzenegger tells president to stay away until after vote , Carla Marinucci
Bush's hard fall, Keillor
Bush Hits The Bottle Again, national enquirer

Voucher Jousting
by Post
IN EDUCATION funding as in much else, the devil lies in the details -- and no more so than in the case of the administration's proposal to pay 90 percent of the costs of educating students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The administration has provided no more than an outline of what it wants to do. Some narrower proposals about extra funding and loan forgiveness for college students forced to interrupt their studies have already been signed into law. But there is also talk -- still vague -- of spending $7,500 per displaced student, regardless of whether they choose public or private education. As a result, an argument is brewing about whether such a provision would constitute the first national voucher program, and, if so, whether the administration is trying to use the Katrina emergency to put one in place.

Grand Jury in Pa. Says Church Hid Sex Abuse
by Alan Cooperman
After a three-year investigation, a grand jury in Philadelphia reported yesterday that two leading figures in the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy, Cardinals John Krol and Anthony Bevilacqua, deliberately concealed the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by at least 63 priests in that city from 1967...

Schwarzenegger Seeks 'Bad Teacher' Stories, Juliet Williams
Hurricane aid used 'to test out rightwing social policies' , Borger

U.S. goes missing
by Bennett Ramberg
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
Bush's failure to endorse the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, while continuing to promote new nuclear weapons development, ill serves the nuclear peace that Washington has long sought to promote.

Still no breakdown
by Ralph A. Cossa
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
This week's agreement on North Korea's nuclear program is hardly a breakthrough — but it does make a future breakthrough possible.

U.S. and E.U. Make Plea On Iran Atomic Program
by John Ward Anderson
VIENNA, Sept. 21 -- The United States and European Union on Wednesday urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for nuclear treaty violations, but many members of the regulatory body expressed reluctance to take that step.

Northern exposure
by Jason Lim
22 Sep 2005 at 6:00am
By refusing to cooperate with the international donor community, the South Korean government is helping North Korea hide its human rights abuses.

Senators Accuse Pentagon of Obstructing Inquiry on Sept. 11 Plot
by DOUGLAS JEHL
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The complaints came after the Pentagon blocked several witnesses from testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a public hearing on Wednesday.

Panel Briefed by Spy Manager Who Quit
by Walter Pincus and Dafna Linzer
Robert Richer, the outgoing No. 2 official in the CIA's clandestine service, made an unusual appearance at a closed session of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday to answer questions about how his concern over a lack of leadership at the agency triggered his retirement.

The Anthrax Metaphor
by Post
SET ASIDE the "what if" speculation about bioterrorism. It already happened, and the response to the first bioterrorism attack on U.S. soil is less than reassuring. Four years after mail laced with anthrax bacteria took the lives of five people, sickened 17 others, brought the U.S. mail system to its knees, and forced the evacuation and shutdown of Congress and the Supreme Court, whoever was responsible for the attacks remains at large. What's more, another major terrorist attack in the Washington region, as Post writers Sari Horwitz and Christian Davenport report, would result in the kind of chaos witnessed in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. This area, with one major exception, is little safer today than it was in 2001.

Healthcare swept away, Jackson
Lawmaker cautions against eminent domain in rebuilding, Carolyn Lochhead
Testimony assails land seizures that benefit private developers, Holland, AP

Waiting for Action
by David S. Broder
Those were good words that President Bush spoke last week, when he pledged "bold action" to confront the poverty of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, which he correctly said "has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America."

Discovering Poverty (Again)
by Robert J. Samuelson
We Americans are now supposedly discovering poverty for at least the fourth time since World War II. The first occurred in 1962, when Michael Harrington's classic "The Other America" appeared. To a nation generally dazzled by its newfound suburban prosperity, Harrington described the grim realities of West Virginia shanties and inner-city slums. Then there was Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" and later what was often described, rightly or wrongly, as Ronald Reagan's war against the poor. Now Hurricane Katrina has purportedly raised America's consciousness once again.

For the Poor, Sudden Celebrity
by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher
DALLAS -- All of a sudden the poor have emerged from the shadows of invisibility, lifted onto a temporary pedestal by natural disaster. Whether it is because of guilt, pity or the nation's generosity in times of crisis, those who lost everything -- many of whom had little to begin with -- find...

Measuring Development
by Post
THIS WEEKEND'S meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund take place as interest in the problems of poor countries grows. In the past few years, the annual summits of the Group of Eight industrialized nations have focused repeatedly on Africa; this year's gathering was preceded by consciousness-raising Live 8 concerts in several cities. The stalled current round of global trade talks is also supposed to be about poverty reduction. The United Nations' worthy Millennium Development Goals have been endorsed even by a skeptical Bush administration, which threatened to blow up the recent U.N. summit over this issue but then backed down when it became clear that just about every other country in the world regards the goals as sacrosanct.

Senate Leader Explains His Sale of a Stock That Then Plummeted
by DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Senator Bill Frist sold his stake in the giant hospital company that his family founded as its shares peaked in June.

The Bush Harken Insider Trading Collection
by Buzzflash
Don't let Bush fool you, he's as slimy a businessman as any that ran Enron.

Bush Insider Trading
by Bush Watch
Documents Show Bush Violated SEC Insider Trading Law Four Times, Not Once. His Lawyer Ran The SEC Investigation On Late Harken Report And His Father's Gave The SEC Clearance Of Wrongdoing During Bush Presidency.

G.O.P. in House Plans Inquiry Despite Democrats' Boycott
by CARL HULSE
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
House Republicans plan to proceed with a special investigation into the government response to Hurricane Katrina despite resistance by Democrats.

A louder drumbeat for independent Katrina probe, Marks

Choose: Guns or Butter
by Richard Cohen
On Aug. 3, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent a message to Congress in which he said that the United States could not continue to fight a war in Vietnam and at the same time continue his Great Society programs without, among other things, raising taxes. George Bush ought to read that message. It was titled "The Hard and Inescapable Facts."

Storm's Costs Threaten Hill Leaders' Pet Projects
by Shailagh Murray
As Congress looks for budget cuts to pay for damage from Hurricane Katrina, lawmakers are facing the fact that many projects on the chopping block are dear to their constituents.

Gaming the Price of Leadership
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Incumbent treachery is under way in the Senate, where Republicans are using a big spending bill as cover to try to gut campaign donation limits.

Big and Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans, Chatterjee
As costs rise, lawmakers scramble to devise oversight plans, Bell

Anger Grows in Basra After British Raid
by ROBERT F. WORTH
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Iraqi police officers and politicians demanded an apology from Britain after British forces raided a police station.

NATO Reports All 26 Nations Are Aiding Iraq With Training
by WARREN HOGE
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
All 26 members of NATO now provide training and equipment to Baghdad, the secretary general of the group said this week.

Iraqi Forces Show Signs Of Progress In Offensive
by Jonathan Finer
Unlike many previous joint offensives, in Tall Afar it is the Iraqi army that has the majority of the soldiers on the ground -- 5,000 of the roughly 8,500 troops involved -- that does the most intense fighting and that pays the heaviest price.

G.I.'s Role in Detainee Abuse Is Starkly Contrasted at Retrial
by DAVID S. CLOUD
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
The lawyer for Pfc. Lynndie R. England appealed to the jury to look beyond the dozens of photographs made public since the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison came to light.

England's Lawyer Says Army Is to Blame
by T.R. Reid
FORT HOOD, Tex., Sept. 21 -- Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England, who appeared in iconic photos from the Abu Ghraib prison that shocked the world, is a "compliant personality" who abused Iraqi prisoners because military superiors told her to, her defense lawyer told a military jury Wednesday.

China Warns Gap Between Rich, Poor Is Feeding Unrest
by Edward Cody
BEIJING, Sept. 21 -- China's official media warned Wednesday that the gap between rich and poor has become alarmingly wide during two decades of economic liberalization, contributing to spreading unrest in towns and villages across the country.

U.S. Says China Must Address Its Intentions
by Glenn Kessler
Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick bluntly warned China last night that it must begin to take concrete steps to address what he called a "a cauldron of anxiety" in the United States and other parts of the world about Chinese intentions.

Gulf Hurricane of Top Strength Menaces Texas
by SIMON ROMERO
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Rita, with winds of 165 m.p.h., forced the evacuation of as many as a million people from Corpus Christi to New Orleans.

Texas Coast Braces For Rita
by Ceci Connolly and Sylvia Moreno
Hurricane Rita, packing 165-mph winds and destructive force equal to the might of Hurricane Katrina, tracked through the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders for more than 1.1 million Texans.

Faulty Levees
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Reports now suggest that the flood walls in New Orleans were so poorly constructed that they were easily breached by Hurricane Katrina.

Will the levees hold?, Paulson
Again, Under-Funded Levees Are to Blame, WaPo

Committee's Top Democrat Will Vote Yes on Roberts
by SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
21 Sep 2005 at 10:00pm
Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont announced he would vote to confirm Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as chief justice.

Global Warming 'Past The Point Of No Return', Connor