| International
|
|
| Bush
vows America won't back down in Iraq |
 |
| US President George W. Bush vowed today
not to give in to Iraqi insurgents, but promised to adjust
his administration's tactics in the country to changing
circumstances. |
|
| |
| No
more atom bombs: N. Korea |
| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
arrived in Russia today for more talks on North Korea
after the secretive communist state reportedly said it
would not conduct another nuclear test. |
| |
| Vatican
reaches out to Muslims in Ramadan message |
| The Vatican has called on Muslims to
join Catholics in working to defeat terrorism as it intensified
efforts to improve relations with Islam following protests
over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam and violence. |
| |
| US
elections: A referendum on men behaving badly? |
| The news from some
of this year's political campaigns reads more like the
script for a tawdry soap opera. And that is inspiring
candidates and party leaders to execute some creative
campaign strategies to try to maintain the moral high
ground. |
| |
| From
war years to men in her life |
| By Bob Thomas |
|
| The fall book parade
brings two biographical works on the late, beloved Audrey
Hepburn: one a frank but sympathetic life story that tells
of her extramarital affairs; the other a coffee-table
book packed with memorabilia. |
| |
| Nose
jobs, tummy tucks the rage as India parties |
| By Nita Bhalla |
|
| Image-conscious Indians
have been flocking to cosmetic surgery clinics across
the capital for new noses, tummy tucks and larger breasts
in the run-up to the country's biggest Hindu festival,
Diwali. |
| |
| Orissa
chief minister riding high on MOUs |
| Do you know of an
elected chief minister who does not speak the language
of the state? |
| |
|
| At
Guantanamo, across-the-fence chat |
| By Carol J. Williams |
| GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL
BASE, Cuba - When U.S. military contractors were preparing
to erect wind turbines atop John Paul Jones Hill, the
commander of the U.S. naval base worried that the Cuban
sentries eyeing everything that goes on here would mistake
the 185-foot-tall cylinders for missile silos. |
