Scott Ritter:
On the Eve of Destruction
Marjorie Cohn:
Michael Mukasey: Another Loyal Bushie
Ira Chernus:
New Pieces Changing the Iraq Puzzle
Holly Sklar:
Billionaires Up, America Down
Stephen Zunes:
US Denial of the Armenian Genocide
Michael Parenti:
Mother Teresa, John Paul II, and the Fast-Track Saints
Madeleine Bunting:
Beware Synthetic Biology
Mariann Lloyd-Smith/Jo Immig:
Homes Turned Into Toxic Zones
Katrina Vanden Heuvel:
Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke
James Carroll:
Forgotten Faces of War
Michael Tomasky:
Is the US Just Tired of Bush, or Have Conservatives Had It?
Greg James:
Self-Righteous Warmongers Phony Patriots
Sunday, October 21
John Pilger:
Who’s Afraid of Michael Moore?
Glenn Greenwald:
The False Beltway Script Never Changes
Sally Kohn:
Whose Values?
Antonio Zerbisias:
Model Vanishing Act Echoes Cultural Famine
Richard Glover:
Desire and the Green Cure
Rick Wilson:
Nobel Prize Sees What Market-Fundamentalists Don’t
Tariq Ali:
A Massacre Foretold
Phillip Bannowsky:
The Left That Gets Left Out
Adil Shamoo/Bonnie Bricker:
The Costs of War for Oil
Robert Kuttner:
Banking on a Bailout
Christopher Cooper:
I Swear I Found The Key to the Universe
Kelly Toughill:
Press Must Remain Proud and Free
Tim Watkin:
Cruel Intentions
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Children in Prison: Locked-Up Forever
Olga Bonfiglio:
9/11 Fatigue
David Michael Green:
Al Gore's Inaugural Address: January 20, 2009
John Nichols:
An Assault on Media Diversity and Democracy
Mark Weisbrot:
IMF Misses Epoch-Making Changes in the Global Economy
Elizabeth Holtzman:
Mukasey Should Be Confirmed Only If He Agrees to Appoint a Special Prosecutor
John Dean:
Why, Even If You Have Nothing To Hide, Government Surveillance Threatens Your Freedom
Edward Mast:
Palestinians’ Lives Invisible to Israelis
Rahul Mahajan:
A Tale of Two Atrocities — Blackwater and Haditha
Conor Foley:
Will Adminstration That Tortures Ever See A Courtroom?

Turkey's Parliament back attacks on Iraqi Kurds, Howard
Turkish Military Shells Northern Iraq & Amasses 60,000 Troops on Border a...
Iraq fears action 'may escalate', BBC
Iraq warns Turkey against raids, BBC
Bush Presses Turkey Not to Invade Iraq, Lightman
Conflict between Turkey and the US intensifies, Schwarz

Triangular Trouble: Euro, Dollar and Yuan, Asia Times
China’s Bubble May Burst but the Impact Will Be Limited, The Financial Times
Can China Deflate Its Stock Bubble?, PINR
China Surplus Bolsters Currency Critics, FT
China's Communists to Endorse Hu Jintao's Economic Model , AFP

Al Gore rules out presidential run after Nobel prize
Gore Wins the Norwegian Primary
Paul Krugman: Gore Derangement Syndrome
Al Gore wins Nobel peace prize. This time, no one can take it away from him, Pilkington
An Oscar. The Nobel Peace Prize. Now, can Al Gore win the presidency?, Cornwell
Al Gore’s Nobel peace prize seen as a rebuke for Bush , Reid
Green giant: Al Gore, editorial
Rooting for Al Gore is a sentimental self-indulgence, Kettle
Smearing Al Gore: Here We Go Again, Parry
Jeff Cohen: Can Al Gore Be Trusted?
Al Gore: Freedom & Security: 2003 Speech to MoveOn.org
Gore Wins Peace Prize: Now What?
Al Gore and UN climate body win Nobel Peace Prize

A mixed message for Rudy from the Christian right
How the Christian right could defeat Rudy -- and make Hillary president
Giuliani's Christian-right foes to meet again
The Iran hawks
Clinton Leads in Iowa, But That Makes Her The Target, Thomma
Clinton shows femininity to court key constituents, Bombardieri
The real actors on the GOP stage, Venocci
Entering crucial stretch, Mitt Romney has less cash available than rival Giuliani, Levenson
Pundits say Fred Thompson's Social Security plan is risky, fellow candidates keep mum, Kranish
Clinton vows to check executive power, Bombardieri
How Obama is playing in Iowa, Jackson

Blackwater's run for the border
What you missed while watching the Red Sox win
Earth to PETA
Tancredo pushes for more nuclear energy R&D
The healthcare war
Don't think of a sick child
Nuclear hypocrisy
Arthur M. Schlesinger's playbill for the American century
My letter to the most important man in American politics
American flag pins are for idiots
Let's abolish the Electoral College
"Seven countries in five years"

United States

New York Times

Welcomed by bombs:the return of Benazir Bhutto, Ed
China's economic puzzle: Beijing needs to tame its economic Godzilla, Ed
Without full disclosure, bundlers are turning '08 into a gross pie-eating contest, Ed
Death of the machine: Bushies' lethal amateurishness horrifies corporate elite too, Krugman
Mike Huckabee: note the differences between real conservatives &wolves dressed as conservatives, Brooks
Don't fear Big Beer: the big boys now try to copy fine craft beers, Oliver
Fix rates to save loans, Bair
New Coast Guard task in Arctic's warming seas, Wald &Revkin
When Big Pharma quacks: complex pediatric cold remedies are dangerous, ineffective, Harris
Reading of verdict in charity- terror case is delayed (while Bush pressures judge?), Eaton
Air Force officers to be fired for violating nuclear safety, AP
Panel finds no drugs that work for post-traumatic veterans' stress, Reuters
Experts urge exchange of scientific talent: bring America back to the leading edge, Reuters
A new political chapter for Bhutto opens with ecstasy and suicide bombs , Gall & Masood
Shiite refugees fleeing violence feel forsaken in their holy city, Rubin
Both Labor and Mme Sarkozy have had it with Nicolas, Sciolino
What can Iraq's feeble government do about Turkey's planned attack on Kurds?, Rubin
Q&A with Putin displays detailed knowledge: calls Iraq war 'absolutely pointless', Levy
Dems lost the kids health battle to Warhog Scrooge but Pelosi vows they'll win the war, Pear &Stolberg
We said there was a whiff of brimstone around Mukasey: Leahy smells it too, Shenon
Panel approves eavesdropping compromise, Shane &Lichtblau
Trying to decipher the state of the death penalty: is needless pain &suffering a problem or not?, Greenhouse
We don't control Iraq,we just die & lose money there. Iraqi contracts with Iran, China concern U.S, Glanz
Overhaul of Afghan police is new priority, Rohde
Bush plays it 'stark': if 'WWIII' happens it will be because Bushco incites it, Stolberg
Putin, in extraordinary meeting with Ayatollah Khameni, brokers the nuke crisis, Fathi
Attorney General pick treads careful line at hearing, Shenon
Scary plan would ease limits on media owners, Labaton
Senate deal on immunity for phone companies, Lichtblau
No veto override but this legislation will haunt Bush. Sick children are not going away, Pear

Hillary Clinton was reshaped by turmoil in the 1960s, Bombardieri
Iran's nuclear negotiator resigns ahead of EU meeting , Mostaghim

FBI quietly rebuilding Gitmo terror cases to avoid embarrassment , Meyer
Snatch victory from kids' health bill defeat, Page

Romney's Ahead in Iowa, But His Rivals Haven't Attacked Yet, Thomma
Bush Works to Avert Turkish Military Incursion in Iraq, Landay
Congressman: Blackwater Evaded Federal Income Taxes, Neff
Iraqis Place Sadr City Toll at 17 as Confusion over Sunday Fighting Continues, Calvan
Edwards' Southern Style Plays Well in New Hampshire, Beckwith
U.S. Says Sadr City Raids Kill 49 Militants; Iraq Says Civilians Died, Calvan
Old Leaders Step Aside in China, Reshuffling in Favor of Youth, Johnson
Blackwater to Be Phased Out of Guarding U.S. Diplomats in Iraq, Strobel
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/20708.html, Abdullah

Globe and Mail

News Top Stories

Reject MMP, Conservatives tell voters
Heeding hungry moose's call
McGuinty predicts victory, draws fire

From the Editorial page

Electoral reform fraught with risk
Cutting rates is job one
Full speed along a dead-end road
Liberals credible on energy policy
Giving on Thanksgiving
Failing grades for booming Calgary
A brutal report card on Calgary's failing quality of life could be the watershed moment that defines our future.

BBC

A quarter of a million Californians flee as fires rage, BBC
'Bin Laden call' to Iraq fighters, BBC
US dollar touches a new euro low, BBC
Economy woes leave stocks mixed, BBC
Cheney in new warning to Iran, BBC
New Iranian nuclear negotiator's debut will be scrutinised, Jon Leyne, BBC
Turks sending to envoy to Iraq, BBC
Bush eyes Mexico drug fight funds, BBC
Supermarkets using too much packaging, BBC
US raid kills forty-nine Iraqi 'criminals', BBC
Two marines face Haditha trial for connection to deaths of 24 Iraqis, BBC
Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2', BBC
Big share falls feared on Monday, BBC
US lawmakers' apology to Canadian, BBC

Turkey bombards northern Iraq after ambush, Howard
Poland votes against the little Napoleonic twins, Traynor
Steep decline in oil production worldwide brings risk of war and unrest, Seager
Attack on Iran will strength the Iranian president, Kalaji
Hillary Clinton woos Drudge Report.. man who nearly ruined her husband, Goldenberg
Bin Laden tape urges insurgents to unite against US coalition, Black
Diego Garcia island to be investigated as CIA jail site, Cobain
Would-be military whistle blowers on Iraq should speak out or resign, Baer
Is the US tired of the Conservatives, or just of George Bush?, Tomasky
UN Secretary-General doing the bidding of the US, Williams

Another Bush buddy-- Howard in Australia-- looking at defeat, Sydney
Turkey steps up attack on PKK in Iraq..Bushies urge restraint, Cockburn
Bush has to choose between Kurdish Iraq and Turkey, Editorial

Climate change models have been too optimistic, Smith
Turkey seeks lost troops as pressure for action grows, Erdem
A billion here, a billion there: Iraq War nears half a trillion, Baldwin
Gramps Thompson bumbles along 'just being me', Reid
Mama Oprah’ Winfrey to Africa amid abuse claims at her school for girls, Clayton
Turkey's PM says US has filed in Iraq:' We will invade Iraq', Fletcher

US Treasury secretary predicts more damange to come, White
Pelosi takes on Bush over child health bill, Luce

ABC, news

policymakers the world over have boosted the profits of drug lords and fostered narcostates that would frighten Al Capone., foreignpolicy.com
Arrested `Drug Queen' Enthralls Mexico, AP
Bush a 'windshield cowboy,' Mexico's Fox says, Arizona Republic
US-Mexico claim drugs blitz 'success' after 25 years of failure, BBC
Possible Guatemala Presidents Compete, Prensa Latina
Costa Rica: CAFTA under threat as Vice-President resigns for using dirty tricks, inforpressca.com
Costa Rica United against Trade Deal, Prensa Latina
Cuba's Che Guevara still inspires, four decades after death, Caribbean NN
Church Backs Cuban Literacy Program for Haiti, Prensa Latina
Strike Paralyzes the Dominican Republic, Prensa Latina
Terrorist Accomplice Enjoys Impunity in El Salvador , Periodico 26
The Great Powers' Enmity Against Aristide, National Catholic Reporter
Dozens of Colombia politicians killed ahead of vote, Reuters
While Ambassadors Lie, the Drug War in Colombia Is More Destructive Than Ever, Narco News
Venezuela Responds to US Secretary of Defense, Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuela's Foreign Minister on Democracy Now!, Venezuelanalysis
Using Oil Diplomacy to Sever Venezuela’s Dependence, Venezuelanalysis
Powerful corporations Brazil's landowning elite a new lease on its degenerate lifestyle, Brazzil
The Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest $ 200 Billion from their US trade surplus in Brazil, Brazzil

Europe

Rights-Argentina: Tortured Labour, Stolen Newborns , Valente
Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code , Arsenault
Paraguay: Environmentalists Up in Arms Over Mega-Port , Vargas
Finance: World Bank Confronts Pygmy Challenge Over Logging , Aslam
Romania: When a President Discriminates , Ciobanu
Iran: Benetton Gets Lessons in Shock Advertising , Sanati
Czech Republic: A Century of Welfare Nears Its End , Dujisin
Culture-Vietnam: Drawing Tourist Dollars - Sans Noise, Sleaze , Clark
Development: IBSA Summit a 'Political Endorsement' for Future Plans , Murinzi
Development: Farming Faces Phosphate Shortfall , Osava
Environment-Asia: Deforestation Symptomatic of Corrupt Regimes , Macan-Markar
Environment: Biofuels - Great Green Hope or Swindle , Leahy
Development: Farming Boost Could Lift a Billion People , Aslam

New Racist Assault: Skinheads Beat Up Three Greeks in Eastern Berlin
SPIEGEL Interview with Spokesman for Burmese Opposition in Exile: 'The Regim...
The Dark Past: Germany's FBI Examines its Nazi Roots
Picture This: Running in Blur-lin
Battle of the Bahn: Train Strikes in Germany Approaching
The World from Berlin: Bavarian Power Shift
Ukraine Elections: Tymoshenko Poised to Become PM
Germany Wins Women's World Cup: 'We Have the Best Women in The World'

See no evil, speak no truth
Still out in the cold
The trauma after the trauma
Prolonging the honeymoon
9/11 is over
Is Hillary Clinton the new old Al Gore?
Blogging Ahmadinejad
Language: Translating the lingo of adultalescence

Middle East

Haaretz

FM calls for post-summit peace team to deal with 'core issues', Barak Ravid
IAEA head warns against rushing to use force to curb Iran nukes, Agencies
PM Olmert and Sarkozy meet in Paris for first official tete-a-tete, Aluf Benn
Rabin assassin's wife: Yigal Amir sacrificed himself for his people, staff
Jewish Republicans as an oppressed minority, Bradley Burston
Putin is walking a nuclear tighrope in Iran, Yossi Melman
Christian-Jewish group bringing dozens of Iranian Jews to Israel, AP

Turkey weighs PKK raid response, Al Jazeera
Scores killed in US Iraq raid, Agencies
Lebanon presidential vote postponed, Agencies
Palestinian factions clash in Gaza, Agencies
Caspian summit rejects Iran attack, Al Jazeera

Headlines from the Arab press, MET
Corruption and partition are the headlines in another dismal week in occupied Iraq, Al-Ahram
Plans to partition Iraq are causing a political earthquake, Al-Ahram
The future of the Arab world for generations to come hangs on whether or not the US succeeds in partitioning Iraq, Al-Ahram
Outraged Iraqis condemn killings by foreign guards, MET
Editorial: Blackwater Goons, Arab News
At last, some good news from Iraq, Asia Times
Abbas Asks for Return of All Occupied Land, Arab News
Mearsheimer, Walt and the Israel Lobby: Two knights and a dragon, Arab News
Israeli Land Seizure to Cut West Bank in Two, Arab News
Jordan slams Israeli land grab, MET
Route 443 – West Bank road for Israelis only, B'Tselem
Israeli security conditions the health of sick Palestinians on their becoming informants, Al-Ahram
The Arabs' possible gains and concessions in the next peace meeting, Al-Ahram
There is little chance of Israel and the PA bridging divisions, Al-Ahram
The clock is ticking in the search for a Lebanese president, Al-Ahram
Ahmadinejad scores 'fair' in mid-term report, Asia Times
Bullying impedes dialogue between Islamic and Western world, Tehran Times
War Cries Against Iran, Arab News
From Washington to war in Waziristan, Asia Times
Benazir Bhutto interview: 'How we plan to control the military', Arab News
Turkey set to attack Kurds in Iraq, Asia Times
Turkey is rightly furious at Sunday’s killing of 12 soldiers by Kurdish rebels, Arab News
Turkey plans long stay in northern Iraq, Zaman Daily
Turkey mobilizes to take on Kurdish terror group, Turkish Daily News
Oil Should Be Above $100, Qatar Says, Arab News
Western conceptions of gender and feminism are skewed towards imposing Western values on the non-Western world, Al-Ahram
Depleted uranium an enduring risk, Uruknet

Asia

China

China to Launch Lunar Probe This Week, The Associated Press
China Blocks US Request for WTO Panel on Film, Music Imports, AFP
China Shrugs Off G7, IMF Pressure on Yuan, MarketWatch
A Rule Of Law In China?, Forbes
China's Communist Party approves leadership changes, International Herald Tribune
World Bank Wants to Work with China in Fighting Poverty, AFP
Help with U.S. DSllar sag, Flaherty Tells China, The Globe and Mail
U.S. Upholds Tax on Chinese Goods, NY Times
Basic Healthcare for All by 2020, Govt Pledges, China Daily
PetroChina Could Soon Be World's Top Company, FT
China's Most Powerful 'Princelings', China Brief
Hu's Impasse at the 17th Party Congress, China Brief
China Summons U.S. Eenvoy over Dalai Lama Award, Reuters

Search increases for cameras and mobiles in Rangoon, Mizzima News
Buddhists don't kill: ' The soldiers are soldiers first and Buddhists last.', Mizzima News
Aung San Suu Kyi is the last hope, Mizzima News
UN envoy meets Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Mizzima News
Cracks emerge in Myanmar military unity, Asia Times
Myanmar defends crackdown, Al Jazeera
Hints of Myanmar power struggle, Al Jazeera
Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers, IPS
Blast hits Thai army headquarters, Al Jazeera
Coordinated bombings rock the South of Thailand, Bankok Post
Doesn't anyone have a policy in Thailand?, Bankok Post
Indonesia can push for major reform in Myanmar, Jakarta Post
Philippine Elections Chief Resigns Amid Bribery Allegations, Arab News

Fifteen years of conflicts have cost Africa around $300bn, Oxfam
First global Arms Trade Treaty would particularly benefit Africa, IRIN
Eritrea President says Ethiopia border issues 'must be resolved', IRIN
Eritrea: Eid Al-Fetir Colorfully Celebrated Nationwide, Shabait
Mogadishu: Ethiopian base in a former spaghetti plant attacked overnight, Shabelle News
Somalia: Ministers demand confidence vote, IRIN
Disintigration of Somalia makes it a perfect place to dump European nuclear waste, Ethiopian Reporter
Sudan: Darfur attack by government forces 'targeted women and children', IRIN
Rebel Pullout from Sudan Talks Sparks War Fears Among Neighbors, Monitor (Kampala)
Sudan: Partition as Possible Alternative to Conflict [editorial] , Monitor (Kampala)
Mali: Rural youth rarely find fortunes in the city, IRIN
Niger: Uranium - blessing or curse?, IRIN
Liberia: Post-conflict dilemma – should health care be free?, IRIN
Ghana: Country Loses $772.4 Million to Malaria Yearly. Health is not produced in hospitals., Public Agenda (Accra)
The culture of electoral fraud in Cameroon , The Post (Buea)
Nigeria Accuses Eastern Europe over Arms in Niger Delta, This Day (Lagos)
Criminal Politics: Violence, “Godfathers” and Corruption in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch
Nigerian Federal Government Faults Human Rights Report, This Day (Lagos)
Nigeria: Unknown Number Burnt to Death in Shell Pipeline Fire, Vanguard (Lagos)
DR Congo: Thousands of youth risk forced recruitment into militia, IRIN
DR Congo rebels in standoff, Al Jazeera
Uganda: 'Corruption rampant at borders' - Report, New Vision (Kampala)
Urban conflict - fighting for resources in Nairobi slums example of global problem, IRIN
We now have to contend — yet again — with the spectre of vote-buying in Kenya, The Standard (Nairobi)
Scenes of extra-judicial ‘executions’ shock outlying districts, The Standard (Nairobi)
Robert Mugabe’s succession crisis deepened yesterday, Zimbabwe Independent
Southern Africa's Bushmen face threat to hunter-gatherer lifestyle, Mail and Guardian
US court gives nod to apartheid claims against dozens of major companies, Mail and Guardian
Aids affecting Mozambican education, killing 1,000 teachers each year , Al Jazeera

CorpWatch

US: F.D.A. Panel Urges Ban on Medicine for Child Colds, Harris
US: Fight Against Coal Plants Draws Diverse Partners, Moran
US: Clinton Bucks The Trend and Rakes in Cash From The US Weapons Industry, Doyle
US: V.A. Is Limiting Use of Diabetes Drug, NY Times
US: Homeland Security's Use of Contractors Is Questioned, Hsu

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