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I don't know that having more US soldiers there would have helped much. More British soldiers maybe. .< 4:17:03 PM  >U.S. Pulls Diplomats From 17 Countries A combination of war, terrorist threats and the spread of the respiratory disease known as SARS has resulted in the largest withdrawal of American diplomats. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 4:15:47 PM >Wrong people for the job Famine diary: The task of delivering aid to the population of Iraq must be taken away from the military and handed to the UN, says Christian Aid's Dominic Nutt. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 4:11:52 PM >What the Arabic papers say Press review: Reaction in the Arab press to the downfall of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime in Iraq. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 4:08:48 PM >Paris 'ricin' find is harmless Tests show a substance found in a Paris railway station locker last month is not the deadly toxin but a wheat-barley mix. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Ahem. .< 4:06:13 PM >CBC News: Charest makes big gains in Quebec: polls 'Before the debate, the PQ enjoyed a 20-point lead among francophone voters. After the debate, the PQ lead among francophone voters dropped to five percentage points. Francophones account for more than 80 per cent of Quebec voters.' .< 3:51:17 PM >Dances With Wolfowitz 'The success of this war should not leave us infatuated with war. Americans' tolerance for these casualties should not be mistaken for a willingness to absorb endless American sacrifice on endless battlefields." .< 3:39:29 PM >The News We Kept to Ourselves ' I felt awful having these stories bottled up inside me. Now that Saddam Hussein's regime is gone, I suspect we will hear many, many more gut-wrenching tales from Iraqis about the decades of torment. At last, these stories can be told freely.
Eason Jordan is chief news executive at CNN.' Whoah!! .< 1:13:46 PM >Island of the Blessed by Harry Thurston 'Canadians leading an archaeological dig in Egypt's Western Desert are at the forefront of an amazing scientific detective story as they uncover 400,000 years of human history and examine the fragile balance between humankind and our environment. Award-winning author and journalist Harry Thurston combines elements of adventure travelogue, scientific detective story, and environmental chronicle to offer a uniquely modern, ecological perspective on the story of humanity, entwining it with a fascinating portrait of Egypt from prehistory, through ancient times, to the present.' Doubleday's page on Harry's new book being launched this evening at the ROM. .< 11:06:35 AM >A riveting op-ed in today's NY... A riveting op-ed in today's NY Times raises basic issues of editorial integrity at CNN and a new window into the tyranny of Saddam's Iraq. Technically there's no doubt that Eason Jordan has admitted a major breach of editorial integrity at CNN. CNN withheld a major conflict of interest, the Iraqi government was torturing and killing their employees and their families. We are told that this did change what they reported. It's understandable that they didn't disclose, but it's probably not okay. It immediately raises the question of what other information is CNN withholding that might color their coverage of news in Iraq and elsewhere. [Scripting News] .< 2:31:49 AM >Hold Your Applause 'This was a scene of humiliation, not liberation. We must do better.' .< 2:19:37 AM >Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | This war was not worth a child's finger 'Do you honestly believe that the staggering bombardment of Iraq, televised live throughout the Arab world, has made Britain, America, and the home town of Torie Clarke, safer from the threat of terrorism? And if so, let me remind you of another statement by your war leader, Mr Blair. He told us, in full seriousness, that once Saddam was eliminated, it would be necessary to "deal with" North Korea. Are you getting hot for the next one - the humanitarian attack on Pyongyang?' .< 2:05:27 AM >Eyewitness: Baghdad after Saddam BBC correspondents describe the scene after Iraq's long-time leader loses control. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 2:05:00 AM >Coalition 'will select Iraqi leaders' The US and its coalition partners will chose leaders for an interim Iraqi authority, US Secretary of State Colin Powell tells a US newspaper. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 2:04:23 AM >Instability plagues Baghdad Civil order breaks down in the Iraqi capital with homes and hospitals being ransacked as fighting continues. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 2:03:52 AM >Human cloning 'flawed' Human cloning may never be possible because of a quirk of biology, a scientific study suggests. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 2:03:14 AM >US urges World Bank to aid Iraq The US treasury secretary calls on rich countries to cancel Iraq's debts and assess its reconstruction needs. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 'We blew up the joint and you have to pay for it.' .< 2:01:58 AM >SARS sends HP workers home in Canada In what may be the first case of North American tech operations affected by the mysterious virus, Hewlett-Packard has sent about 200 workers home from a Toronto-area office. [CNET News.com] Some moron who works for HP and who had SARS symptons decided to go to work. Now Walmart is forbidding their people to travel to TO. It's hard to legislate against stupidity. .< 2:00:19 AM >Sliding towards anarchy UN and aid officials warn of potential humanitarian disaster in Iraq. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 1:58:15 AM >In Saudi Desert, '91 Iraqi Refugees Long to Return For Iraqi refugees, the fear of going home to houses and towns that were obliterated runs almost as deep as the desire to leave. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 1:57:20 AM >Heavy Fighting for Desert Base at Syria Border The tenacity with which Iraqi forces in Al Qaim defended a compound against U.S. troops made officials think it hid illicit weapons. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 1:56:08 AM >Assign multiple genres to one song in iTunes In iTunes, it's possible to put audio files in multiple genres by separating the genres with commas. For example, for genre-transcending music, use "Ambient, Electronic." You don't need a space after the comma. [macosxhints] .< 1:55:53 AM >Editorial MSNBC proclaims Bush a visionary, makes me wonder how this war is changing my country. What vision does it require to start a war? Have we lost our minds? [Scripting News] Dave's got a great editorial today. This is just a snippet. .< 1:55:53 AM >Mac OS X Combo Update 10.2.5 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for: AirPort, Bluetooth, Classic compatibility, FireWire, Graphics, Image Capture, Mail, and OpenGL. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads] 40 MB |
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