A judge pronounced five death sentences on the man Iraqis know as Chemical Ali for his role in the gas attacks on Kurdish villagers but Iraqi public interest in the trials has flagged.
Bill Gates and Steven A. Ballmer of Microsoft, along with other high-tech executives, are lobbying for more visas for temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants.
Five summers ago, on June 24, President George W. Bush, in a landmark speech, offered the Palestinians his and America's commitment to support "the creation of a Palestinian state." America was in the throes of a campaign against terrorism; the Iraq war, as we now know, was in the planning phase. It was important for the Bush administration, or so it seemed, to set the stage for these two campaigns by a generous and forthcoming policy toward the Palestinians. This was claimed to be nothing less than an American equivalent of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which had pledged Britain's support for the creation of a Jewish "national home." Bush's pledge drew the right moral and political parameters. America's support was contingent, the president said, on leaders "not compromised by terror." The vision was generous and held out to the Palestinians the promise of normalcy: "You deserve democracy and the rule of law. You deserve an open society and a thriving economy."
As children burst into the long, lazy days of summer-on wakeboards, roller coasters, and all-terrain vehicles-parents may want to bone up on precautionary measures. Injuries in kids under 15 spike during the summer months, resulting in more than 2.4 million visits to emergency rooms and more than 2,100 deaths each year, according to Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. The good news is that the death rate has decreased by more than 40 percent over the past two decades, thanks to bike helmets, seat belts, and alarms that sound when a toddler slips into the pool. But much can go wrong short of tragedy. Here are some ways parents can keep kids healthy without spoiling the fun:
Investing in "stuff" has been a pretty profitable way to play the ongoing world economic boom. Prices of needed raw materials—everything from oil to copper to lumber—have surged thanks to a commodity-gulping, global growth machine expanding at a zippy 5 percent annual rate over the past four years. And 2007 looks as if it's going to be more of the same. (Xie xie, China! Thanks, that is.) Mining stocks, natural resources mutual funds, and commodity-linked exchange-traded funds remain popular options for individual investors looking for hard-asset action. But those choices now have a rival: exchange-traded notes. "They look and act like an exchange-traded fund, but they're not a fund," says Morningstar senior analyst Dan Culloton.
AP - Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.
AP - The U.S. commander of a new offensive north of Baghdad, reclaiming insurgent territory day by day, said Sunday his Iraqi partners may be too weak to hold onto the gains.
Hours after the body of Jessie Davis, a pregnant woman who had been missing since June 13, was identified, authorities arrested a second person. Myisha Ferrell is charged with obstruction of justice, a sheriff's spokesman says. FBI agents broke down her door and searched her home last night, according to Ferrell's neighbor.
Clad in what appeared to be an explosive vest, kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston warned Sunday that his captors would turn their hideout into a "death zone" if any rescue attempt is made.
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