Friday, July 22, 2005
NEWS
Guantanamo Detainees in Hunger Strike - Many of the prisoners at Guantanamo have been held for more than three years. Only a handful have been charged.
Gang of 14 Pre-empts Roberts Process, Roe Ruling Key - The seven Democrats and seven Republicans in the "gang" represent enough votes to prevent Democrats from mustering the 41 votes they would need to sustain a filibuster.
House Votes to Make Patriot Act Powers Permanent - The House voted Thursday to extend permanently virtually all the major antiterrorism provisions of the USA Patriot Act after beating back efforts by Democrats and some Republicans to impose new restrictions on the government's power to eavesdrop, conduct secret searches and demand library records.
Police Shoot Man in London Subway a Day After Bomb Attempts - The shooting deepened a sense of nervousness, anger and uncertainty in the city after two days of bomb attacks, the first on July 7, when 56 people died including four suspected bombers, and the second on Thursday, just two weeks later.
Britain's Muslims: The Sidewalks Where Terror Breeds - Outside a small, red-brick mosque, a young Muslim in sneakers and a white robe is lecturing a cluster of young men gathered on the sidewalk. "The London bombings ... were about striking terror into the heart of the enemy," he thunders, just one week after the 7/7 attacks that killed 56 people and wounded hundreds more.
Pentagon Proposes Rise in Age Limit for Recruits - Some commanders question whether older soldiers will be able to perform on par with younger peers, particularly as they age or when they are deployed in Iraq's desert heat or in the high altitudes of Afghanistan.
Paul Krugman | China Unpegs Itself - China's unpegging the yuan from the dollar could be simply a piece of theater. It could also be the start of a process that will turn the world economy upside down - or, more accurately, right side up.
Rove, Libby May Have Misled Prosecutor in Plame Case -The discrepancies may be important because special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is investigating whether administration officials made false statements about their role in revealing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
Gang of 14 Pre-empts Roberts Process, Roe Ruling Key - The seven Democrats and seven Republicans in the "gang" represent enough votes to prevent Democrats from mustering the 41 votes they would need to sustain a filibuster.
House Votes to Make Patriot Act Powers Permanent - The House voted Thursday to extend permanently virtually all the major antiterrorism provisions of the USA Patriot Act after beating back efforts by Democrats and some Republicans to impose new restrictions on the government's power to eavesdrop, conduct secret searches and demand library records.
Police Shoot Man in London Subway a Day After Bomb Attempts - The shooting deepened a sense of nervousness, anger and uncertainty in the city after two days of bomb attacks, the first on July 7, when 56 people died including four suspected bombers, and the second on Thursday, just two weeks later.
Britain's Muslims: The Sidewalks Where Terror Breeds - Outside a small, red-brick mosque, a young Muslim in sneakers and a white robe is lecturing a cluster of young men gathered on the sidewalk. "The London bombings ... were about striking terror into the heart of the enemy," he thunders, just one week after the 7/7 attacks that killed 56 people and wounded hundreds more.
Pentagon Proposes Rise in Age Limit for Recruits - Some commanders question whether older soldiers will be able to perform on par with younger peers, particularly as they age or when they are deployed in Iraq's desert heat or in the high altitudes of Afghanistan.
Paul Krugman | China Unpegs Itself - China's unpegging the yuan from the dollar could be simply a piece of theater. It could also be the start of a process that will turn the world economy upside down - or, more accurately, right side up.
Rove, Libby May Have Misled Prosecutor in Plame Case -The discrepancies may be important because special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is investigating whether administration officials made false statements about their role in revealing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
