New York's currently: blustery, gray, anglophilic Two suicide blasts in Baghdad's Green Zone--the first major attacks inside the guarded area. In the weeks before the first debate the Bush campaign did an effective job of caricaturing John Kerry as a wishy-washy hippie. Perhaps too
New York's currently: rooting for good games even if it means rooting for the Boston hobbits Explosions in Baghdad's Green Zone, following civilian killed by bomb, plus judge, journalist, and two army officers killed by gunmen. Fact-check for last night's debate. Bush'
New York's currently: crisp! Iraqi PM Allawi pushes to allow Baathists back into politics, meets with strong Shiite, Sunni resistance, as top Shiite cleric calls upon all Iraqis to register to vote. Local insurgents in Fallujah, hoping to avoid military strikes, turn against foreign Islamic fighters, who they
New York's currently: sunny and cold, with everyone in blazers Senate passes $137 billion paycheck for lobbyists, a corruption nightmare any way you look at it. Germans work hard to improve their manners. Karzai's challengers in Afghanistan agree to election inquiry. How 29 high-school freshmen
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.
New York's currently: wondering if we skipped fall New CIA report definitively states Saddam Hussein has not had weapons of mass destruction since Iraq's programs were "essentially destroyed" during the first Gulf War, in 1991. (Report available here.) The report also shows that, even
New York's currently: quickly remembering winter Karzai's VP running-mate bombed but not injured, marking third attack on Karzai's supporters before this weekend's elections. (Rival gains by appealing to anti-Soviet vets.) Reporters agree Farnaz Fassihi's email was correct about
New York's currently: 500 years away from a bionic lovebot Four car bombs, two in Baghdad, leave 20 dead, 113 wounded in Iraq. Paul Bremer says U.S. never deployed enough troops to Iraq and didn't do enough to contain public violence. Race for the White
New York's currently: committed to ignoring polls for six weeks 14 killed, dozens injured by two car bombs attacking lines of police recruits in Baghdad. U.S. regains control of Samarra, prepares to hand over control to Iraqi security forces. The big story: How the White House used
New York's currently: totally ready to vote In their first debate, Bush and Kerry show strong differences in direction and opinion. The candidates may have said more when they weren't saying anything, but still found time to exaggerate and omit certain facts. (Transcript here) Spin: Key
