Day April 16, 2004

Al-Jazeera airs video of apparent…

Al-Jazeera airs video of apparent US soldier hostage The Arab television station Al-Jazeera aired footage Friday showing a 20-year-old U.S. soldier captured by insurgents, apparently unharmed and surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles. My name is Keith Matthew…

The vibe has changed

The vibe has changed A handshake that doesn’t help Israel President Bush is on a roll in the Middle East . . . backward. His embrace of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s positions on settlements and Palestinian refugees has needlessly…

Korea goes hard left

Korea goes hard left Analysts are talking of an historic step to the political left – it is the first time in more than 40 years that South Korea’s Parliament has been controlled by left-leaning politicians.