20 March 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 20 Mar 2009 Gordon Brown can't watch his Obama DVDs due to "technical aspects." More than a million protested in France yesterday in defence of jobs and salaries. Behind the scenes as France says yes to bailouts for the auto industry, but no to layoffs. The French have found a new way to show their dislike of Sarkozy: by reading a 17th-century book he hates. Infamous tour guide Rick Steves talks candidly about Iran and terrorism, where to smoke pot in Europe, etc. Times map of dwindling newspaper figures. Israel erupts over soldier testimonies about killing innocents in Gaza. Researchers alarmed by statistics about fat firefighters. Photos: Underwater eruptions off the coast of Tonga. TMN's Tony Doerr answers the age-old question: Why Boise? Survey of episodes in American national planning. Study projects that Amazon made $2.7 billion by posing the question, "was this review helpful to you?" So why is it called March Madness? This Friday's Layer Tennis match to debut shortly; future of books being discussed in today's Tournament of Books.
