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Some environmentalists say proposals don't go far enough

Oil Money Tantalizes, but Many Fear Effect on Way of Life. By Justin Blum

Hostility Bodes Ill For Efforts to Boost Americans' Image. By Karl Vick

Lying alone and listless on a snow-covered ridge, the large male wolf appeared injured, probably from a trap. Blood stained the snow near his front paws. By Blaine Harden

Heavy demands offset combat experience. By Ann Scott Tyson

Watching President Bush's speech Wednesday night, I thought of Irwin Allen, Hollywood's master of disaster, the man who gave us "The Towering Inferno," "The Poseidon Adventure" and a host of other films in which calamity follows catastrophe until everybody dies, except the extremely good-looking.

Many people have the impression that there is significant scientific disagreement about global climate change. It's time to lay that misapprehension to rest. By Naomi Oreskes

A confidential report to Army generals in Iraq in December 2003 warned that members of an elite military and CIA task force were abusing detainees, a finding delivered more than a month before Army investigators received the photographs from Abu Ghraib prison that touched off investigations into pri

Acute malnutrition among young children in Iraq has nearly doubled since the United States led an invasion of the country 20 months ago, according to surveys by the United Nations, aid agencies and the interim Iraqi government.

The intensity of this storm season has brought the issue of global warming to many minds. And with reason. So far, 2004 has been an extraordinarily potent one for hurricanes. But how much of it is due to global warming?

Ahmed Eisa sent his wife and two young children out of Najaf "to make sure there is someone to remember me after I die" and took up his post near the shrine of Ali, he said, with an old AK-47 rifle to shoot at U.S. soldiers.

Imagine that we could rerun the events that occurred in Rwanda 10 years ago. With the certain knowledge of horrific events to come, would the world's great nations again stand idle as 800,000 human beings faced slaughter?

Ah, the memories: Feasting on slabs of tender Argentine steak. Skiing at a resort overlooking a shimmering lake in the Andes. And late-night outings to a "gentlemen's club" in a posh Buenos Aires neighborhood.

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul set tough terms yesterday for Turkey to provide additional troops in Iraq, saying the government needs assurances of economic and business contracts and a "common understanding" with the Bush administration on Iraq's future.

On June 2, the five-member commission is scheduled to vote on changes that would allow broadcast networks to buy more television stations and would lift the 28-year-old ban preventing newspapers from buying television stations in the same city.

The annual Forbes 400 lists prove that -- with occasional blips -- the rich do indeed get richer. Nonetheless, the Senate voted last week to supply major aid to the rich in their pursuit of even greater wealth.

Even before the war began, the Bush administration swore to protect Iraq's "patrimony" for the Iraqi people. It turns out that the administration's definition of "patrimony" was exceedingly narrow, however.

Airspace Use to Require Parliamentary Approval

Osman Faruk Logoglu, Turkey's energetic and outspoken ambassador in Washington, had a list of reasons why his country's parliament, by a margin of only three votes, failed to allow U.S. troops to transit Turkey for a war with Iraq.

Once 'Stormin' Norman,' Gen. Schwarzkopf Is Skeptical About U.S. Action in Iraq

WiFi, a technology that provides wireless Local Area Network Internet access for cord-free, high-speed Internet surfing, is heralded as one of the few glimmers of hope for the otherwise lackluster tech sector.

Fetih hareketinin genel sekreteri Marwan Barghuti, "İsrailliler hem barışın hem de işgalin aynı anda var olabileceği mitine, köle ile efendi arasında barış dolu birliktelik sağlamanın mümkün olduğuna inanmaktan vazgeçmeliler" diyor.

California'dan ABD Temsilciler Meclisi üyesi Barbara Lee, Bush'a "güç kullanma yetkisi"ni devretme kararına "karşı oy" kullanan tek Kongre üyesiydi. Oylama sonrasında ağır saldırılara uğrasa da Lee, "yetki Kongre'nindir ve kimseye devredilemez," diyor.