July 31, 2004

WTO Strikes Trade Deal (Reuters). Reuters - Rich and poor nations struck a historic deal on Sunday to slash billions of dollars in farm subsidies, create more open industrial markets and revive stalled world trade talks that could boost global growth. [Yahoo! News - Business] 11:03:56 PM

Webster adds 'MP3,' 'pleather' and others Seattle Post Intelligencer - 'Teensploitation's' time has come - at least in the dictionary. 'Pleather,' 'body wrap,' 'MP3,' and 'information technology' are among the other words and phrases that have gotten the nod from the editors at Merriam-Webster in the annual update of their Collegiate Dictionary.  10:58:25 PM

Islamists involved in Uzbek suicide bombings Reuters - Uzbekistan's president says a London-based Islamist group that wants to set up a pan-Islamic state in Central Asia was likely involved in Friday's suicide bombings against US and Israeli embassies. Islamists behind plot to kill Pakistan PM Guardian - An Islamist extremist group with links to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility yesterday for the failed suicide bomb attack on Pakistan's prime minister designate. It looks like we can use the word Islamist everywhere except Israel, or Iraq.  Then the same enemy is called 'miltants'. 10:50:41 PM