Day September 23, 2005

From Lefti on The News. I’ve participated in dozens, possibly even hundreds, of demonstrations over the years, and helped organize more than a few, but since I’ve never lived in a big city like New York or San Francisco I’ve…

Germany’s conservative leader Angela Merkel has failed to reach agreement with the Green party on forming a coalition government, increasing the likelihood that she will forge an alliance with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democrats to end the country’s post-election stalemate.…

The New York Mercantile Exchange said Friday it declared force majeure on remaining September natural gas deliveries due to the closure of the Sabine Pipeline which operates the key Henry Hub delivery point in Erath, Louisiana. This means those under…

Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, has said that he has been warning the Bush administration in recent days that Iraq is hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into war. Faisal, who was…

Award-winning actor Martin Sheen (“The West Wing”) Senate Majority Leader, Gloria Romero Vietnam Veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic West Hollywood Mayor Abbe Land UNITE HERE Local 11 President, Maria Elena Durazo Gold Star…