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Tomorrow's protest will argue that a change at the Capitol Power Plant should be only the beginning of a national shift from coal power. Organizers say they plan to form human chains to block the plant's entrances, and accept arrest if they have to.

By Jimmy Carter

Wall Street as we know it is kaput. It is not just that Merrill Lynch agreed to be purchased by Bank of America or that the legendary investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy or that the insurance giant AIG is floundering.

A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change. By Steven Mufson

The Bush administration won't

Antiwar veterans passed out leaflets and carried signs opposing the war in Iraq yesterday after winning a last-minute right to march in this city's annual Veterans Day parade. By Valerie Richardson

A study of U.S. veterans suffering from depression finds that their risk factors for suicide differ in surprising ways from those of other depressed Americans. Specifically, the risk for suicide appears highest among younger veterans -- the reverse of what's seen in the general population.

The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country, according to new assessments by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other U.S.

Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion. Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start. And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles. By 12 former Army captains

The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on large banners in cities na

Habitat loss, climate change and infectious diseases are pushing a growing number of species toward extinction, according to a report yesterday by the World Conservation Union. By Juliet Eilperin

U.S. Special Forces are to work with the Turkish Army to suppress the Kurds' guerrilla campaign. / by Robert Novak

Parents who lose children, whether through accident or illness, inevitably wonder what they could have done to prevent their loss. When my son was killed in Iraq earlier this month at age 27, I found myself pondering my responsibility for his death. By Andrew J. Bacevich

McConnell Calls Security Review 'Appropriate'; Some GOP Leaders Oppose Idea. By Walter Pincus

Negotiators seek modifications. By Juliet Eilperin

As delegates to a climate conference here debate how to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems _ and a possible solution _ lies in the rice fields that cover much of Thailand, the rest of Asia and beyond. By Michael Casey

The 'secular' opposition and military try to prevent the free election of a new president.

Menacing Poses And Bitter Words In Mailing to NBC. By Michael E. Ruane and Chris L. Jenkins

While the Bush administration struggles to stabilize Baghdad, a major new threat is emerging in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq. By David Ignatius

Al Gore won an Academy Award last week and, who knows, may rack up a Nobel Prize for describing the perfectly obvious. Not the future, but stuff that happened years ago. Go watch his dull, plonking, painfully backward documentary. You see those ice caps melting? That has major consequences.

More than 3,000 Americans have been killed in Iraq, while 22,000 others have been wounded. Billions of dollars that could have been invested here at home have been spent there, a lot of it wasted, some of it stolen, plenty of it unaccounted for. By Colbert I. King

President Plans to Expand Army, Marine Corps to Cope With Strain of Multiple Deployments. By Peter Baker

As Nobel Goes to Turk, France Takes Up Armenian Genocide. By John Ward Anderson. By John Ward Anderson

Speeches Show Resentment of Idea of Forced Democracy. By Glenn Kessler

Technology and Voluntary Cutbacks Urged. By Juliet Eilperin

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out peace negotiations with Syria and rejected criticisms of the Lebanon war as reserve soldiers expanded their protests over the government's handling of the conflict. By Doug Struck

The debate is over: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war. Indeed, the only thing standing between Iraq and a descent into total Bosnia-like devastation is 135,000 U.S. troops -- and even they are merely slowing the fall. By Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

Hizbullah zafer iddiasında ama Lübnan'da ve bölge çapında başkaları örgütün aşırılığının gerçekte neyi başardığını kendilerine soruyor: Yerinden yurdundan olmuş yüz binlerce insan. Yok edilen evler ve altyapı. Kaybedilen yüzlerce masum hayat. Condoleezza Rice

Two full-blown crises, in Lebanon and Iraq, are merging into a single emergency. A chain reaction could spread quickly almost anywhere between Cairo and Bombay. By Richard Holbrooke