8 October 2004

  • New York's currently: overwhelmed by work and politics
  • Israel suspects al Qaeda behind bombs in Egypt that killed at least 31 and injured 122 at Red Sea holiday resorts.
  • "Soft" voters to question the candidates tonight, with each camp pre-claiming the other has the advantage.
  • Scientists, wealthy fishermen partner with Mongolian monks to save salmon.
  • Indonesian embassy in Paris bombed.
  • In stunning lack of bold headlines, U.S. newspapers allow administration to claim CIA report backs path to war; "pushing limits on facts" doesn't cut it.
  • Cheney's wife has 300,000 Education Department booklets destroyed for mentioning National Standards for History.
  • We made it possible for [Che] to be killed. Fascinating interview with Watergate-guilty spy E. Howard Hunt.
  • Fresh Direct driver admits to making filthy phone calls to female customers.
  • Photos: Soldier's candid shots from Iraq.
  • Think raw tuna is fresh when it looks cherry red? That's only because it was sprayed with carbon monoxide.
  • Videos: Flips and flops within the Bush administration, and related lies they're pushing right now. See also the remarkable fully linked résumé of George W. Bush.
  • Details of arms dealers and military suppliers who helped Saddam ignore the U.N. sanctions.
  • Known in the states for The Piano Teacher, Elfriede Jelinek wins Nobel for literature.
  • If Bush is re-elected, will Canada see a new flush of exiles?
  • If I don't rock the mask they might not believe it's me. Interview with MF Doom.
  • Interactive feature on Latino gangs shuttling between nations.
  • PDF: Viewer scorecards for the last two debates broken down by region.
  • Doodles the president drew during the first debate with John Kerry.
  • This weekend: Subway Centennial Film Festival.