New York's currently: crisping up real nice Bush declassifies parts of National Intelligence Estimate report, blames political sabotage meant to "create confusion in the minds of the American people." What the report says: Al Qaeda may not be the threat it once was, but the Iraq
New York's currently: wham, bam, thank you spamassassin White House chips away at objections to surveillance bill that would allow Bush to order domestic eavesdropping without a judge's approval. Egyptian president's son Gamal Mubarak points to his country's nuclear future and pokes
New York's currently: the land of Silk and Splenda Pentagon prepares for showdown after telling Rumsfeld the 2008 budget is billions of dollars short. The FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks continues, though slowly, and with an endless list of suspects. Life in Thailand after
New York's currently: designing a "More Ram Horn" T-shirt President and dissident Republicans agree they've come to an incredibly confusing pact on interrogation rules. Abbas says planned Palestinian unity government will recognize Israel, and Hamas says, um, no. Chomsky not offended Venezuela'
New York's currently: signed up for autumn Iran President Ahmadinejad's big day in New York: spent 40 minutes questioning the Holocaust, no time left to pick up a new blazer. At U.N. address, Chavez refers to Bush as "the devil," gets more laughs
New York's currently: briefing its boxers Military (though bloodless) coup in Thailand; general vows to appoint a new (less corrupt?) prime minister within two weeks. Thais realized something very unusual was happening when Channel 5, controlled by the Army, removed its usual program. Are we winning in Iraq?
New York's currently: no tengo dinero When slipshod Canadian intelligence and nightmarish U.S. interrogators work together, one innocent computer engineer pays the price. If John McCain wants to pick up Bush devotees' votes in 2008, he has to start singing a different tune about torture. The
New York's currently: 90 degrees, with a head cold that won't wither Pope Benedict says he's sorry that Muslims were offended and upset by his remarks, though it's not clear if he's sorry he said them. Speaking of offensive remarks,
New York's currently: keeping our heads above water E. coli outbreak in bagged, fresh spinach has killed one person, sickened 48 others. White House, Republican senators clash over how to interrogate terror detainees; Democrats say they expect to be blamed for this as well. Representative Bob Ney to
New York's currently: pronouncing "two" with a Baltimore accent Arctic ice has declined sharply, 2006 was the hottest American summer since 1936, and though private and state-level initiatives receive applause, the U.S. is still deaf to global warming. It may already be too late.
