22 October 2004 By The Morning News — 22 Oct 2004 New York's currently: wonderful this time of year Iraq's insurgency comprised of thousands of soldiers, dozens of groups, with gigantic financial resources. Big, remarkable summary of White House's successes and failures in fighting al Qaeda. U.S. finishes a "strong second" in Iraq war. More than 10,000 Nepalis have died in a civil war defined by disappearances and torture, overseen by a brutal Maoist movement--and the world doesn't have a clue. Singapore goes gay-friendly to harvest pink cash and seem less authoritarian. Don't have time to read the hot new thriller? Have the ending spoiled for you instead! Op-eds: Friedman: Conservatives have failed their own test of patriotism; Voters for whom religious faith makes a difference can have good reason to distrust candidates' talk about their faith. At least eight inmates released from Guantanamo returned to fight the U.S. in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Video: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog takes on Washington spinsters. 29 North Koreans flee to South Korean school in Beijing, seeking asylum. Iraqis unprepared to send Hussein to trial. PDF: Bell Atlantic's Record magazine introduces its Picture-Phone service in June, 1969. The electoral college calculator. How Eliot Spitzer has risen to become Wall Street's titan and terrorizer. William Grimes becomes third Times book critic, eating cake with Janet Maslin and Mcihiko Kakutani. The Baghdad Blogger goes to Washington. How many Spaniards does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Juan. And other good jokes of recent note.