Thursday, October 20, 2005

NO2 OVER EUROPE You can now monitor the daily measurements of tropospheric NO2 above Europe. Blue indicates low NO2 levels, red high and grey no data. The south of the Netherlands is one of the most polluted areas in Europe. Only on Sundays the levels are lower. 2:07:33 PM

HURRICANE ANYTHING Hurricane Anything by Mark Fiore. 1:42:59 PM

NAVY AND MARINES BLOCK EMAIL StarsAndStripes: "On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps blocked all access to commercial e-mail services, such as Yahoo!, Hotmail, America Online and Google, from overseas government computers." 1:39:18 PM

WHEN IS BUSH'S TRIAL? The Bush administration is being battered from all sides now. USNews: "Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice." CommonDreams: "In an unprecedented move, a UN committee has asked human and civil rights groups to submit reports and testify on U.S. breaches of international law, filling a gap left by the U.S. government's failure to submit its own report." Reuters: "A Spanish High Court judge issued international arrest warrants on Wednesday for three U.S. soldiers in connection with the death of a Spanish cameraman during the war in Iraq." SFGate: "A state court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Rep. Tom DeLay, requiring him to appear in Texas for booking on state conspiracy and money laundering charges." WiscNews: "Saddam Hussein's trial began today in Baghdad, drawing a firm no comment from President Bush. He should lay very low. Saddam Hussein is being prosecuted under the legal principle that leaders are personally accountable for the wars they start." 1:35:53 PM

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