4 October 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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News appears of a 2005 secret endorsement by Justice Dept. of CIA's torture tactics.
Unable to get the light weapons it needs from the U.S., Iraq takes $100 million to China for arms.
"The Wal-Mart era is drawing to a close" because "quality has a chance to gain on price."
Why are economists so misleading?
Op: Since the facts never speak for themselves, scientists must frame their studies to engage the public.
Your daily policy read(s), sponsored by the World Bank: 12 articles on whether or not aid works.
Internal World Bank report says it encouraged companies to destructively log world's second largest forest, endangering thousands of Congolese Pygmies.
As the drama in Burma fades--all protests crushed--the mundane misery of life for ordinary people continues.
Stallone on Burma: "A hellhole beyond your wildest dreams."
More than 100,000 protest Japan's attempt to edit out its military's mass-suicide order from textbooks.
More libel: Foreigners sue other foreigners in England, then use those judgments to intimidate authors in other countries, including the U.S.
Ten years later, the inquest into the death of Princess Diana finally opens, with 30 lawyers.
British "celebrities" that you've never heard of list their greatest regrets.
Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp, whom you loved/hated/read regularly, dies of lung cancer at 59.
Michael Townsend, artist who built a loft in a mall (see photos), has also been creating a stealth memorial for 9/11 around New York City for the last five years (images here).
What life looks like all the time for your tongue.
Completely unrelated: What Sherlock Holmes's PC might have looked like.
