Monday, January 22, 2007

Hillary Clinton joins race


Hillary Clinton joins race

By Dan Balz

The Wall Street Journal Europe

22 Jan 2007



THE WASHINGTON POST New York Democratic Sen. HillaryRodhamClinton launched a longanticipated 2008 presidential campaign that could make her the first female president in U.S. history and the only former first lady to follow her husband in the White... read more...

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Tunnels for hire as Gaza’s smugglers risk their lives

Tunnels for hire as Gaza’s smugglers risk their lives

Conal Urquhart Rafah

The Guardian

17 Jan 2007



The sun has dropped below the horizon and the muezzins in Gaza and Egypt produce two distinct walls of sound at either side of the deserted strip that buffers the border. Darkness falls quickly on the no man’s land that used to be patrolled by Israeli... read more...

Friday, January 12, 2007

Bush’s Iraq Plan Meets Skepticism On Capitol Hill

Bush’s Iraq Plan Meets Skepticism On Capitol Hill

By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers

The Washington Post

12 Jan 2007



President Bush’s proposal to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq encountered strong bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill yesterday, and his top national security advisers, dispatched to defend the strategy, were greeted with a skepticism not seen... read more...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

U.N. chief defends Hussein death penalty

U.N. chief defends Hussein death penalty

By Colum Lynch

The Wall Street Journal Europe

04 Jan 2007



THE WASHINGTON POST UUnited Nations .N. SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki Moon said that Iraq and other countries have the right to impose the death penalty, adding that the world should never forget Saddam Hussein’s “ heinous crimes.” Mr. Ban’s first public... read more...

U.N. chief defends Hussein death penalty

U.N. chief defends Hussein death penalty

By Colum Lynch

The Wall Street Journal Europe

04 Jan 2007



THE WASHINGTON POST UUnited Nations .N. SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki Moon said that Iraq and other countries have the right to impose the death penalty, adding that the world should never forget Saddam Hussein’s “ heinous crimes.” Mr. Ban’s first public... read more...