27 Percent Drop in Immigration to Israel ‘Only 14,900 new immigrants arrived in Israel in the first half of 2002 – a 27 percent drop compared to the corresponding period in 2001 and 45 percent below the number that arrived…

Afghanistan is on the brink of another disasterAnother Vietnam in the making? Kabul is alive with the kind of rumours that can never be substantiated but that stick in the mind, just as the dust of Kandahar stays in the…

Bush goes hunting for himselfBush vows to ‘hunt down’ errant CEOs

Follow the Bush family money to Sept 11?This long, meticulously documented article details Bush family money, Dubya’s tangled financial dealings, and wonders if 9/11 could have been prevented. There is a thread running through George W. Bush’s biography that connects family…

How Kwasi Setu, DC activist, Disappeared for 11 MonthsVia DC IndyMedia Environmental activist Kwasi Setu disappeared last year during a trip to the South. He managed to get word out that he had been kidnapped by sheriffs in Georgia who…

Wow, a country where they accept global warming is happening… AND they are doing something about it. Heat Island’ Tokyo Is in Global Warming’s Vanguard [New York Times: International News]

Goodbye discussion boards, hello blogsMSNBC Embraces Blogs. “MSNBC.com, consistently ranked among the top news destinations on the Web, is about to invest a chunk of important virtual real estate into the blog concept. MSNBC.com has killed its discussion boards, with…

Attack of the killer smog cloudAsian Smog Cloud Threatens Millions, Says U.N. [New York Times: International News]