Bush: 'We're not leaving while I'm president'
• Raw StoryAt a news conference today, Bush also indicated that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and that the nation will be offering $230 million in aid to Lebanon.
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In awe of super Woods
• Andrew Both, Medinah, ChicagoAustralians Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott admit they have to improve, both physically and mentally, if they ever want to beat Tiger Woods regularly. He's better than us.
New Sandisk 8GB Flash MP3 Player
• www.dailytech.comWith flash prices on the steady decline, Sandisk is able to offer the player at a relatively reasonable $249. With 8GB of storage space at its disposal, the e280 can accommodate up to 2,000 songs.
Israel sours on troop contributors
• Jonathan Pearlman, JerusalemISRAEL says countries which do not recognise it should be excluded from peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, amid faltering efforts to persuade countries to send troops to enforce a fragile UN-brokered truce.
Republicans for Lieberman?
• By Huma Zaidi - NBC NewsRepublicans have determined that they can gain more politically by supporting Lieberman and casting him as the victim of an anti-war, liberal-dominated Democratic party than they can gain from backing their own candidate, Alan Schlesinger.
Iran 'will continue' nuclear programme
• www.bangkokpost.comIran will continue "with might and decisively" its nuclear programme despite all the international outcry, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday.
Defiant Saddam refuses to enter a plea
• By RAWYA RAGEH Associated Press WriterSaddam Hussein shouted at prosecutors and refused to enter a plea Monday at the opening of his second trial, where he faces charges of genocide and war crimes
CIA's secret UK bank trawl may be illegal
• The GuardianA covert programme under which confidential information about British banking transactions is passed to the CIA with the full knowledge of the government may breach both British and European law, the Guardian has learned.
Sept. 11 plaintiffs wait for answers, resolution
• Boston GlobeIn the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, a tiny percentage of people who lost loved ones or were injured in the attacks sued the aviation industry, spurning a federal compensation fund that ultimately distributed more than $7 billion to more than 5,500 vi
Poodle feels betrayed by Master on Lebanon
• Daily MailThe alliance between George Bush and Tony Blair is in danger after it was revealed that the Prime Minister believes the President has 'let him down badly' over the Middle East crisis.
Iraqi sniper kills 22, injures over 300
• APSnipers lurking on buildings and in a cemetery sprayed bullets into Shiite Muslim religious processions in the capital, killing at least 20 people in another spasm of sectarian bloodletting that many Iraqis fear is pushing them toward civil war.
McCain: More troops on the ground in Iraq
• UPIU.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and he still thinks more troops are needed on the ground.
U.S. Measures Anti-Terror Laws vs. Britain's
• LA TimesSome Republican lawmakers contend the U.S. should emulate parts of the British model because it gives agents more flexibility in monitoring and detaining suspects. But critics say such expansive powers come at a great cost: British laws are generally
Israeli Incursion Strains Truce With Hezbollah
• LA TimesIsraeli commandos dropped deep into Lebanon on Saturday, clashing with Hezbollah fighters in a raid here that left one Israeli soldier dead and put the first serious strain on the region's 6-day-old cease-fire.
Military Recruiters Cited for Misconduct ... Disciplined
• APMore than 100 young women who expressed interest in joining the military in the past year were preyed upon sexually by their recruiters. Women were raped on recruiting office couches, assaulted in government cars and groped en route to entrance exams
Are you sure you want to remove that?
• ReutersAn Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said.
Troops Long Out-Of-Uniform Sent to Iraq
• AP"I thought it was crazy," said Carlson, who has found himself protecting convoys on Iraq's dangerous roads as part of a New Jersey National Guard unit. "Never in a million years did I think they would call me back."
Teens defend polygamy
• APCalling their lives blessed, more than a dozen children and young adults from polygamist families in Utah spoke at a rally, calling for a change in state laws and the right to live the life and religion they choose.
FDA approves viruses for treating food
• APA mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, officials said in granting the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive.
Cheney receiving suspect briefings
• Raw StoryThe Bush administration continues to bypass standard intelligence channels and use what some believe to be propaganda tactics to create a compelling case for war with Iran, US foreign policy experts and former US intelligence officials tell RAW STORY
Hezbollah hands out $12,000 stacks
• ReutersHezbollah volunteers proceeded with a vigorous and fast-paced reconstruction campaign, handing out grants of $12,000 - in stacks of American dollars - to families whose houses had been destroyed in the past month.
Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision
• NY TimesEven legal experts who agreed with a federal judge’s conclusion that a National Security Agency surveillance program is unlawful were distancing themselves from the decision’s reasoning and rhetoric yesterday.
Colombia’s Coca Survives U.S. Plan to Uproot It
• NY Times[The Bush Years.] The latest chapter in America’s long war on drugs — a six-year, $4.7 billion effort to slash Colombia’s coca crop — has left the price, quality and availability of cocaine on American streets virtually unchanged.
Sun's Next Stormy Cycle Starts
• Space.comSolar activity is near the low point in the cycle now. Few sunspots appear and solar flares are rare. But on July 31, a tiny sunspot appeared and then vanished after a few hours. It was a normal event, except that it was magnetically backward.
Could a blimp improve cell phone coverage?
• APBob Jones has a lofty idea for improving communications around the world: Strategically float robotic airships above the Earth as an alternative to unsightly telecom towers on the ground and expensive satellites in space.
Antigunners start new media blitz
• ReutersExplanations vary -- from softer gun laws to budget cuts, fewer police on the beat, more people in poverty and simple complacency. But many blame a national preoccupation with potential threats from abroad.
Raised age limit has older recruits filling out Army ranks
• APMargie Black had wanted to enter the military as a teenager, but having her first child at 19 put off her ambitions. So when she learned the Army raised its enlistment age, Black, now a 41-year-old grandmother from West Columbia, Texas, didn't he
Ask for a police complaint form - get arrested and physically assaulted
• PoliceAbuse.orgWatch this video to see how Independence, Missouri police officers handle a request for a police complaint form...
The Jury that took on the IRS
• Mark YannoneGather your friends and family and listen as juror Marcy Brooks recounts what happened when two prosecutors, a judge, and the IRS meet an intelligent, responsible jury in the tax trial of Whitey Harell.
Pirates and Emperors (same thing) - Video
• www.piratesandemperors.comFun Annimation that makes a very good point
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