Day July 9, 2005

“Why should placing bombs be illegal and bombing civilians from the air not be?” — Martin Varsavsky, via his blog , 7/7/05 Link – isen [isen.blog]

The Group of Eight summit bowed to U.S. pressure on Friday by approving a declaration on climate change that avoided taking any concrete steps to fight global warming, such as setting targets or timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. All…

Investigators have concluded that the bombs that ripped through three subway trains and a bus on Thursday were relatively crude devices containing less than 10 pounds of explosives each. That finding supports a theory gaining momentum among the authorities that…