Headlines from August 20, 2007

Over objections of human rights groups, Israel returns Sudanese refugees to Egypt.
Video: Ambassadors from failed states on statehood, failing, failed statehood.
Bush's bid to spread democracy and end tyranny worldwide might not be implemented by end of fiscal year.
Also: Researchers conclude increase in disease diagnoses might not equal increase in disease.
Inside the Spider's Web, Hezbollah's Lebanese war museum.
A few injuries, a little fake blood, and 58 arrests later, climate change protesters outside Heathrow disperse.
Leona Helmsley pays out her estate tax.
Evita á la Hillary: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's first lady, wants to be its next president, too.
An interview with Helen Fisher, the anthropologist behind Chemistry.com.
Gangsta rap, once "capitalism with a beat," is on the decline.
Art at San Quentin extends beyond Johnny Cash.
In today's Gallery, Charlie White shows us where the Wild Things currently are.
Here's hoping the First Little Pig gets design credit for houses made of straw.
A camel story to disturb you for the rest of your days.
Stability of the Kurdistan region threatened by Iranian forces.
Gaza's main power plant shuts down after the EU halted financing of fuel deliveries.
Today's big read: How border violence is overflowing and bringing havoc into Southwestern cities.
Illuminating details on Iowa's non-illuminating straw poll.
A review of the various guide books--Wasps! Jews! Blacks!--we use to break one another down.
How exactly does one inject money into the economy?
Some suspect that Sarkozy's secret strength in resolving the French economic "crisis" may be that there is no crisis. Gopnik on Sarkozy and his plans for le bomb humain.
Putin orders resumption of long-range bomber patrols, hopefully less Tom Clancy, more "The Russians Are Coming!"
Pilots and passengers fled hijacked Turkish plane.
Formerly separate institutions, museums and auction houses now regularly hijack employees from each other's holdings, though it may mean tough business for museums down the road.
How photographer Martin Parr can improve your dinner conversation, even if you hate him (see Parr's TMN gallery).
Index of law articles of interest to visual artists.
Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei, creator of the new Beijing National Stadium, denounces the Olympics and "shitty foreign directors" for moral cluelessness.
Tom Green's resurrection, filmed live in his living room.
Young Frankenstein, the musical, quietly prepares to embark from Seattle for New York.
Where do most of the world's tigers burn bright? Why, Texas of course.