Post by SyZyGy on Apr 30, 2006 5:19:01 GMT -5
There's a bigworld out there, beyond the Buds & Lights!
TODAY'S HEADLINES in the
The New York Times
Sunday, April 30, 2006
TOP STORIES
U.S. Says It Fears Detainee Abuse in Repatriation
By TIM GOLDEN
The release of suspects from Guantánamo Bay has been stymied by concerns that the prisoners may not be treated humanely by their own governments.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Iran Strategy: Cold War Echo
By DAVID E. SANGER and ELAINE SCIOLINO
The nuclear dispute between the U.S. and Iran resembles the brinkmanship of the cold war, but with some decidedly new twists.
WORLD:
Berlusconi Concedes Italy Defeat, Without Saying 'Concede'
By IAN FISHER
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admitted defeat in Italy's close national elections, but his party will still wield considerable power.
100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
The new estimate of the number of Iraqi families displaced by sectarian violence far outstrips previous projections.
U.S. Pays for 150 Iraqi Clinics, and Manages to Build 20
By JAMES GLANZ
Lax oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers, poor accounting, and rapid turnover of U.S. personnel in Iraq led to the $243 million program's failure.
U.S.
As Gas Prices Go Up, Impact Trickles Down
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A $50 fill-up for a 15-gallon tank? A look at the ripple effect of rising gas prices at pumps across the country.
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society
By HOLCOMB B. NOBLE and DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Galbraith, an iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat, was one of the most widely read authors in the history of economics.
WASHINGTON
In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Bush administration is exploring the criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws.
Democratic Hard Chargers Try to Return Party to Power
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
The Democratic congressional campaign leaders, Representative Rahm Emanuel and Senator Charles E. Schumer, are fast-talking urban brawlers.
G.O.P. Moderates Rebuff Lobbyists, Then Woo Them
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Nothing in a new package of lobbying restrictions would stop an alliance of Republican moderates from continuing to court corporate lobbyists with some unusually explicit invitations to lunch.
WHAT'S ONLINE
Maybe the Heirs Aren't Apparent
By DAN MITCHELL
A recent report says that 18 superwealthy families are largely responsible for financing the lobbying campaign aimed at repealing the estate tax.
MAGAZINE
Ministering to the Upwardly Mobile Muslim
By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO
Amr Khaled's many followers in the Middle East and Europe are looking for an alternative to secular liberalism on one side and radical Islamism on the other. Is a former accountant with no formal religious training the right man to help them find it?
The Rehabilitation of the Cold-War Liberal
By PETER BEINART
Maybe what the Democrats need post-9/11 is exactly what they rejected after Vietnam.
EDITORIALS
Challenge for a New Iraqi Leader
There are some reasons to hope Iraq's new prime minister-designate, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, can be a more effective leader than Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
NASA's Greedy Overseers
Forcing items into the NASA budget by earmarking causes real harm to important programs.
Now You See It, Now You Don't
The inclusion of something termed "ethics training" in a pending lobbying reform bill is clear notice that Congress has no intention of doing anything serious about reform.
OP-ED
OP-ED COLUMNIST
TimesSelect Bush of a Thousand Days
By FRANK RICH
President Bush's victory jig on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and the publication of the so-called Downing Street memo bracket all that has gone wrong for this president.
TODAY'S HEADLINES in the
The New York Times
Sunday, April 30, 2006
TOP STORIES
U.S. Says It Fears Detainee Abuse in Repatriation
By TIM GOLDEN
The release of suspects from Guantánamo Bay has been stymied by concerns that the prisoners may not be treated humanely by their own governments.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Iran Strategy: Cold War Echo
By DAVID E. SANGER and ELAINE SCIOLINO
The nuclear dispute between the U.S. and Iran resembles the brinkmanship of the cold war, but with some decidedly new twists.
WORLD:
Berlusconi Concedes Italy Defeat, Without Saying 'Concede'
By IAN FISHER
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi admitted defeat in Italy's close national elections, but his party will still wield considerable power.
100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
The new estimate of the number of Iraqi families displaced by sectarian violence far outstrips previous projections.
U.S. Pays for 150 Iraqi Clinics, and Manages to Build 20
By JAMES GLANZ
Lax oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers, poor accounting, and rapid turnover of U.S. personnel in Iraq led to the $243 million program's failure.
U.S.
As Gas Prices Go Up, Impact Trickles Down
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A $50 fill-up for a 15-gallon tank? A look at the ripple effect of rising gas prices at pumps across the country.
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society
By HOLCOMB B. NOBLE and DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Galbraith, an iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat, was one of the most widely read authors in the history of economics.
WASHINGTON
In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Bush administration is exploring the criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws.
Democratic Hard Chargers Try to Return Party to Power
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
The Democratic congressional campaign leaders, Representative Rahm Emanuel and Senator Charles E. Schumer, are fast-talking urban brawlers.
G.O.P. Moderates Rebuff Lobbyists, Then Woo Them
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Nothing in a new package of lobbying restrictions would stop an alliance of Republican moderates from continuing to court corporate lobbyists with some unusually explicit invitations to lunch.
WHAT'S ONLINE
Maybe the Heirs Aren't Apparent
By DAN MITCHELL
A recent report says that 18 superwealthy families are largely responsible for financing the lobbying campaign aimed at repealing the estate tax.
MAGAZINE
Ministering to the Upwardly Mobile Muslim
By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO
Amr Khaled's many followers in the Middle East and Europe are looking for an alternative to secular liberalism on one side and radical Islamism on the other. Is a former accountant with no formal religious training the right man to help them find it?
The Rehabilitation of the Cold-War Liberal
By PETER BEINART
Maybe what the Democrats need post-9/11 is exactly what they rejected after Vietnam.
EDITORIALS
Challenge for a New Iraqi Leader
There are some reasons to hope Iraq's new prime minister-designate, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, can be a more effective leader than Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
NASA's Greedy Overseers
Forcing items into the NASA budget by earmarking causes real harm to important programs.
Now You See It, Now You Don't
The inclusion of something termed "ethics training" in a pending lobbying reform bill is clear notice that Congress has no intention of doing anything serious about reform.
OP-ED
OP-ED COLUMNIST
TimesSelect Bush of a Thousand Days
By FRANK RICH
President Bush's victory jig on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and the publication of the so-called Downing Street memo bracket all that has gone wrong for this president.