THEMIS: Image Detail

This spectacular view of the sunlit cliffs and basaltic sand dunes in southern Melas Chasma shows Mars in a way rarely seen: in full, realistic color. see it here

Happy, Uh, Uh, Uh, Birthday, Dude

A Dutch cannabis coffee shop, claiming to be one of the oldest in the Netherlands, invited media organizations to its 35th birthday party this month and enclosed a marketing gimmick in the envelope -- a joint.read it

Granny gorilla knows best on baby-care

A captive female gorilla has been spotted teaching her daughter how to tend to her newborn. read it here

Do you approve of George Bush's state visit to Britain next week?

This is just one small example of what people are truly feeling. vote here and see the results

City opposes Patriot Act

With the Sacramento City Council chambers packed to capacity by opponents of the USA Patriot Act, council members voted 8-1 Thursday to approve a resolution against the controversial anti-terrorism law.read more here

Virus synthesised in a fortnight

team has developed a new technique to assemble large pieces of DNA with relative ease and unprecedented speed. The technique, which will not be patented, allowed the complete genome of a small virus to be synthesised in just 14 days, the scientists revealed on Thursday.
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Bush unfazed by UK protests

U.S. President George W. Bush says he is prepared for widespread anti-war protests during his state visit to Britain next week. read it here

Warming could bring colder UK winters

Britain could be heading for a "big freeze" if global warming switches off an important ocean current in the Atlantic, some scientists say. read here

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. read more here

AlterNet: The Professor Takes the Gloves Off

Accustomed in economic circles to calling a stupid argument a stupid argument, and isolated (in Princeton, New Jersey) from the Washington dinner-party circuit, Paul Krugman has become the most prominent voice in the mainstream U.S. media to openly and repeatedly accuse George Bush of lying to the American people to sell budget-busting tax cuts and a pre-emptive and nearly unilateral war. read it here

Bush administration targets Greenpeace

In a move unprecedented in its history, the US government has indicted an entire organization - Greenpeace USA, Inc. (the Greenpeace entity in the US) - for the peaceful protest activities of its supporters. read more here

Windstorms Knock Out Power to One Million

Deadly windstorms gusting to more than 70 mph swept across the Midwest and the East, knocking out power to nearly a million customers and bringing flooding that flushed out buildings "like a toilet." read it here

Twenty-Six House Democrats Push to Fire Rumsfeld

"This resolution would make official what so many members of Congress already believe -- that the soldiers in Iraq and America's foreign policy would be helped greatly if Donald Rumsfeld would leave," Read it here...

Al Franken Considers Running for Senate

Comedian Al Franken, a Minnesota native, says he's considering moving back to the state to run against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008
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Freakish storm hits Southern California - Nov. 13, 2003

A freak storm pummeled parts of Southern California with up to five inches of rain and hail, forcing motorists to abandon swamped cars at the height of rush hour and leaving thousands of residents without power. read it here

Good Charlotte, Green Day, NOFX To Rock Against President Bush

"About a year ago I decided to use my influence to get bands together to speak out about the president," Fat Mike said. "I think it's our responsibility as citizens and musicians to do so.
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Barcelona readies for forum feast.

It is billed as a summit that will move the world, but the world's leaders are not invited.

The idea? Over the duration of the summit five million people from across the globe will meet in a huge new sustainably developed complex - and discuss the world's problems. read more here

ESA's First Step Towards Mars Sample Return

What is the next best thing to humans landing on Mars and exploring the wonders of the Red Planet? The answer: touching, imaging and analysing carefully preserved samples of Martian rock in a state-of-the-art laboratory on Earth.read more here

US Senate set for 'talkathon'

The camp beds are in, the coffee is brewing and politicians are ready for a rare all-night session in the United States Senate.
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Cubans plant trees to save soil

Cuban farmers are working to make good years of deforestation and soil loss by planting trees on sensitive hillsides. read it here

Battle over Bush's UK security

LONDON, England -- A three-way battle is shaping up among protesters, British police and U.S. agents for control of London's streets during President George W. Bush's visit to London next week. read it here

Happy Rememberance Day

The faces of U.S. soldiers who have fought and died for Bush's oil.
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Soros pledges $US15.5 million to oust Bush

It is the central focus of my life," he said. The 2004 presidential race is "a matter of life and death".
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Jessica Lynch Was Not Raped, Iraqi Doctors Say

Hazbar, now hospital director, said he was shocked by the rape allegations. "Who is saying this? In our culture, we protect women," he said. "Everyone was very sympathetic toward her. In our culture it is very unusual -- a woman, a soldier." read it here

The California Recall Plot

On April 12, 2003 while Issa was circulating recall petitions, Schwarzenegger conferred at the White House with Karl Rove, the man who has been called "Bush’s brain." He appears to be Arnold’s brain as well, for Schwarzenegger has surrounded himself with political consultants who are as ethically-challenged as any of Bush’s appointees. read it here

50 False News Stories By Bush Propaganda Machine

Colonel Sam Gardiner (USAF, Ret.) has identified 50 false news stories created and leaked by a secretive White House propaganda apparatus.
Bush administration officials are probably having second thoughts about their decision to play hardball with former US Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Joe Wilson is a contender. read it here

Iraq's real WMD crime

There are weapons of mass destruction all over Iraq and they were used this year. Iraqi children continue to find them every day. read it here

Shocking images shame US forces

A series of shocking pictures revealing US soldiers tying up Iraqi women and children in their own home has provoked international outrage. see it here

Pentagon keeps dead out of sight

Bush team doesn't want people to see human cost of war
Even body bags are now sanitized as `transfer tubes' read it here

Casualties of War

With the headlines full of grieving families and impatient reservists whose spouses, jobs and businesses are awaiting their return, the politics of Iraq could be the elephant in every voting booth. read it here

Baghdad George

I guess it was inevitable. Someone has compared President George Bush to "Baghdad Bob," the inadvertently comical Iraqi information minister who kept insisting Iraq was winning the war even as American tanks gathered outside his office.
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"Dude" #1, Three Weeks in a Row, on New York Times Bestseller List

It took one year for "Stupid White Men" to sell a million copies in the United States. It took "Dude, Where's My Country?" just three weeks. That should give you some indication of the level of concern/frustration/anger in the country right now over what the Bush administration is up to. read michael moore's message here

Filling a suit isn't enough any more

as the war in Iraq continues to go badly, sending back news of a daily casualty count, Bush's common-touch artifice is beginning to wear thinner than the backside of his Crawford jeans. Showing through is the real Bush, his swaggering arrogance, unidimensional understanding of issues, congenital lack of sympathy and intense pique at challenging questions. read more here

Gore Accuses Bush of 'Big Brother' Policy

"They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, 'big brother'-style government ? toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' ? than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America," Gore charged.

amen

Why We Should Fear The Matrix

On October 30, 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed simultaneous requests in Connecticut, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania for information about those states' participation in the "Matrix" program. read it here

Woman's Anti-Bush Obituary Draws Money

Gertrude M. Jones didn't want flowers or cards when she died. She wanted to get rid of President Bush