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The Palestinian president ordered his security services today to find the kidnapped soldier as the Israeli prime minister warned of a military action in Gaza.
With Jill Carroll's account of her kidnapping in Iraq while working as a freelance reporter expected to be published soon, a number of foreign editors spoke with me recently about how the young woman's terrifying experience early this year has affected their use of independent correspondents in the increasingly dangerous country.
Consumer-products giant Johnson & Johnson says it has reached a definitive agreement to buy Pfizer's consumer healthcare business for $16.6 billion in cash. Among the well-known brands included in the segment are Listerine mouthwash, Sudafed decongestant, and Nicorette smoking- cessation products. J&J, based in New Brunswick, N.J., sells consumer products such as Band-Aid, Tylenol, and Neutrogena. Its winning bid reportedly beat out rival offers from two British companies, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and household products company Reckitt Benckiser.
Each day in Iraq a new savagery is committed by terrorists: roadside bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, and mutilation. Most recently, two U.S. soldiers were captured in an insurgency stronghold, tortured and beheaded. In that madness, the American military now is faced with a problem that may seem like a perversion of reality–that is, dealing with allegations that in some instances its own troops are using barbaric means to kill Iraqis and detainees in the three-year-old conflict. But the political and propaganda implications are enormous and the military is taking it very seriously–and stirring up pained reactions in the process.
AP - New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito broke a tie Monday in a ruling that affirmed a state death penalty law and also revealed the court's deep divisions over capital punishment.
AP - President Bush said Monday that U.S. troop levels in Iraq will be determined by military commanders, the new Iraqi government and conditions on the ground. His spokesman said a Pentagon troop withdrawal plan is among options being considered.
Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday his decision to leave most of his wealth to charity was "logical." "I'm not an enthusiast for dynastic wealth, especially when the alternative is six billion people much poorer (than we are) having a chance to benefit from the money," said the second richest man in the world. The bulk of his donations will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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