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	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:31:54 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:21:06 GMT US top court nominee steps down

Harriet Miers, the White House lawyer nominated to the US Supreme Court, withdraws, in a blow to President Bush.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:21:34 GMT Iraq scandal taints 2,000 firms

A UN inquiry into the Iraq oil-for-food scandal says 2,000 firms gave Saddam Hussein's government illicit payments.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:54:01 GMT George Best 'very seriously ill'

Football legend George Best remains "seriously ill" despite his internal bleeding easing, his consultant says.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:31:42 GMT

A new Sunni strategy in Iraq

After failing to defeat Iraq's charter, Sunni Arab parties are merging - with an anti-US agenda.

As oil profits soar, scrutiny rises

Some Democrats propose windfall taxes, which would make companies spend their money or send it to the US Treasury.

Their clout rising, blogs are courted by Washington's elite

Political blogs aren't just reacting to news anymore - they're making it.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:42:16 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT Miers Failed to Win Support of Key Senators and Conservatives

The president said he reluctantly accepted her decision, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT Name of Rove's Aide Appears in Two Washington Inquiries

Susan B. Ralston is a largely anonymous figure known for fiercely safeguarding her bosses, Karl Rove and Jack Abramoff.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT U.N. to Detail Kickbacks Paid for Iraq's Oil

More than 4,500 companies took part in the oil-for-food program and more than half of them paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:42:16 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:00:00 EST Refinery safety under fire

The U.S. oil refining business, still struggling to return to full operations after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, is under new scrutiny over safety practices. This week, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued an urgent safety recommendation—only the second one in its eight-year history—that the oil and chemical businesses adopt new standards to ensure that worker trailers be kept away from hazardous areas in refining or petrochemical complexes.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:00:00 EST Anesthesia awareness: Brain monitors get a 'tepid ' endorsement

In early August, U.S. News explored the unsettling phenomenon known as anesthesia awareness. It's just what it sounds like—finding yourself conscious while you're having surgery. The story looked into a brain-monitoring technology designed to prevent that from happening and whether the American Society of Anesthesiologists would put its collective muscle behind the technology at the group's annual meeting in October.

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:00:00 EST Scrounging for Tamiflu

It's the start of flu season, time to get a flu shot and stock up on tissues. It's the plain old seasonal influenza, the kind that strikes every year. But from the chatter at a pharmacy counter in Montgomery County, Md., you'd think it was avian flu season. All anybody wanted to talk about was the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:42:18 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:40:07 GMT Bush Abandons Push for Miers Nomination (AP)

AP - Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush abandoned his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court and promised a quick replacement Thursday. Democrats accused him of bowing to the "radical right wing of the Republican Party."

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:37:28 GMT Israel Troops Arrest Islamic Jihad Leader (AP)

AP - Israeli troops entered this West Bank town Thursday and arrested a top Islamic Jihad leader, pushing forward with what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a "broad and nonstop" offensive against the Palestinian militant group after a suicide bombing that killed five Israelis.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:56:13 GMT U.N.: Automakers in Illicit Iraq Deal (AP)

AP - About half of the 4,500 companies in the U.N. oil-for-food program, including Volvo and DaimlerChrysler, paid a total of $1.8 billion in kickbacks and illicit surcharges to Saddam Hussein's government, a U.N.-backed investigation said in a report released Thursday.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:31:43 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:42:32 -0400 Israel to Target Islamic Jihad Militants

Israel to Target Islamic Jihad Militants, Braces for More Militant Attacks

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:47:11 -0400 Program Promotes Conservation Through Pictures

In China's Himalayan Mountains, Personal Photographs Reveal Conservation Clues

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:00:24 -0400 Prince Albert's Take On Taking the Throne

Albert II Reflects on Leading Monaco, Parenthood and the Future

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:36:08 GMT

Miers withdraws court nomination

3pm: George Bush 'regretfully accepts' the withdrawal of his controversial nominee for the supreme court.

Partial smoking ban goes ahead

Government pushes forward with plans that its own advisers and doctors have described as unworkable.

Halting progress

Aid worker Jonathan Barden's diary from Darfur.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:31:44 GMT

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:38:19 EDT Miers withdraws nomination to Supreme Court

President Bush today "reluctantly accepted" Harriet Miers' withdrawal from her nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a statement from the White House. Miers, the White House counsel, said her nomination presented a "burden for the White House." The White House said Miers had to withdraw over concerns that senators wanted documents of privileged discussions between Miers and the president.

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:38:14 EDT AP: Report says 2,200 firms paid kickbacks to Saddam

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Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:58:35 EDT Gov. Bush: Floridians had ample time to prepare

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said relief agency response to Hurricane Wilma will "be better" Thursday after residents waited for hours the day before for basic supplies such as water, ice and gasoline.

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