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Some Baby, Somewhere Soon, Will Become 300 Millionth American
Jan 13, 2006 With the population growing by one person every 14 seconds, the mark will likely be reached in October, say demographers. | storyBlogger Obtains Gen. Wesley Clark’s Phone Records For $89.95
Jan 13, 2006 AMERICAblog's John Aravosis says that his ability to do so is "outrageous." | entryCBS and NBC both chime in with reports on the issue.Al Qaeda Takes Increasing Aim at Israel
Jan 13, 2006 The terrorist group's recent rocket attacks likely signal the start of a broader war against the Jewish state, says the Christian Science Monitor.European MP’s Will Probe CIA Jails Claim
Jan 13, 2006 A committee will investigate whether the CIA operated secret prisons in Eastern Europe. | storyAlso, documents show that the U.S. Army may have ended some detainee abuse probes prematurely. | story
Let’s Try That Diplomacy Thing…
Jan 13, 2006 Bush and the new German chancellor are pushing diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear issue | story If this seems in stark contrast with the president's Iraq policy, read Truthdig's Robert Scheer or Juan Cole--who argue that we've lost leverage over Iran because the Iraq war has empowered the Shiites in both countries to link arms against us .Alito Appears Headed for Confirmation
Jan 13, 2006 As the hearings end, Democrats seem unlikely to filibuster the nominee. | storyAnd so much for a swing vote: Analyses of Alito's answers by both The New York Times and The Washington Post find the nominee most aligned with Scalia and Thomas.Author’s Fabrications Spark Debate Over Memoirs
Jan 12, 2006 Nan Talese, the publisher of admitted embellisher James Frey, spars with her husband, author Gay Talese, over the issue of falsehoods in memoirs. | storyAmericans No Longer Find Fat Unattractive
Jan 12, 2006 Despite the diet books, U.S. adults are much more accepting of overweight people, according to a study. | storyMandarin Challenging English As Tongue of Diplomacy
Jan 12, 2006 China wants to raise the number of foreigners studying Mandarin to 100 million by 2010 | storySo-called Confucius Institutes are popping up all over the world to teach the languagenytimescom/2006/01/11/international/asia/11chinahtml" title="story">story.Fresh Torture Claims Arise at Guantanamo
Jan 12, 2006 Amnesty International renews its request for the prison to be shut. | storyAlso, the U.S. general at the center of the detainee abuse scandal refuses to answer questions in a court-martial. | storyU.S. To Rely On Private Sector To Defeat Climate Change
Jan 12, 2006 Officials tell a global summit that fuel-efficient technologies will reduce greenhouse emissions | story Meanwhile, German scientists say that plants may be producing greenhouse gases | story.Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.