Wednesday, May 04, 2005


Former CIA Agent: al-Libbi Arrest 'Good Victory'
ABC News - 27 minutes ago May 4, 2005 -- Former CIA operative Gary Schroen led the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Schoen, who has chronicled that mission in a new book, "First

Mocking the Maestro
CNN International - 6 hours ago Alan Greenspan and the Fed still think inflation's a major concern -- bond investors beg to differ. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – How many more interest rate hikes are in the cards this year That's hard to answer

Update 9: WTO Ministers Agree on Farm Deal
Forbes - 1 hour ago Trade ministers lifted a serious obstacle from the path to a much-delayed global trade deal on Wednesday, breaking a deadlock on agriculture tariffs that had pitted the European Union against influential trade powers like Brazil and Australia.

Bush Pitches Retirement Plan to Workers
ABC News - 7 hours ago Bush Pitches Remodeled Social Security Plan to Blue-Collar Workers at Auto Plant in Canton, Miss. President Bush speaks at the 2005 Latino Small Business Economic Conference at the JW Marriott Hotel, Wednesday, May 4, 2005 in Washington.

Mistrial declared in England case
Japan Today - 47 minutes ago FORT HOOD — A judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the court-martial of Lynndie England, the female US soldier who became the face of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, after he rejected her guilty plea.

No message is hidden in Bush visits, aide says
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON As President George W. Bush prepares for a weekend trip to Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II there, a spokesman denied that the president had felt compelled to include on his itinerary two countries once under

'Awakened' patient stuns family
The Olympian - 13 hours ago The Buffalo, NY, firefighter who started speaking after nearly 10 years might one day help scientists unravel the mysteries of coma and consciousness. On Saturday, after almost a decade locked in his own world

States wrangle over right to nuclear technology
Daily Times - 44 minutes ago By Carol Giacomo. At the heart of this month’s United Nations nuclear non-proliferation conference is a fundamental question: Do countries have an unambiguous right to peaceful nuclear energy It used to be assumed the answer was yes, as Iran insists.

Pentagon analyst charged in data leak
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON US agents arrested a Pentagon analyst Wednesday on charges of illegally disclosing a highly classified document about possible attacks on American forces in Iraq to two employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Could the US military handle another war
Christian Science Monitor - 6 hours ago Media reports in the US and around the world have taken note of a new classified report from the top US military advisor, which indicates that the US military's current commitments overseas may prevent it from adequately fighting future conflicts.