23 August 2005

  • New York's currently: a Houellebecq girl
  • Iraqi leaders submit incomplete draft constitution before deadline--largely excluding Sunni involvement--and need three more days to finish it. (What they've got so far.)
  • Where are the Gaza evacuees going? For many, it's off to the West Bank.
  • Israel enters the final phase of its withdrawal as forces begin clearing out the two West Bank settlements slated for evacuation.
  • Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of Venezuelan President Chavez.
  • How jihadists are akin to anarchists--terrorism is their tool, but the politics don't last.
  • Debut novelist's heavy book comparable to three Da Vinci Codes or maybe one chihuahua.
  • California Supreme Court rules same-sex couples who raise children and then break up must continue to equally provide for their child.
  • Investigators back Iran's claim that traces of bomb-grade uranium were the result of contamination, not a weapons program.
  • Photos: Sit-proof areas.
  • What happens when a gadgets site imagines itself 20 years' back in time.
  • Music pioneer Robert Moog dies at 71; memorial celebration to be held in Asheville, N.C., on Wednesday.
  • Bush administration withholds federal grant to abstinence group under claims the money is used for religious activities.
  • Photos: Subway stations from around the world.
  • Listen: Meet the Golden Girls! The First Album by America's Phenomenal TV Combo.
  • Advise the U.S. Embassy where you are and how to reach you, and stay alert. Helpfully paranoid tips on travel to third-world countries.