World
Oil pressure
September 22, 2006“The oil belongs to the Iraqi people. It’s their asset,” declared President George W. Bush in a press conference on the White House lawn in June. He had just returned from a surprise visit to Baghdad,...
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Solar power in space, why not on Earth?
September 22, 2006For years NASA insisted it couldn’t be done. Beyond the orbit of Mars, NASA said, solar energy could not be used to generate electricity for onboard power on space devices. So the agency used the extremely...
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EDITORIAL: Independence for Puerto Rico
September 22, 2006Today, Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony. In the final document of its just-completed summit conference in Havana, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries reiterated its support for the right of the Puerto Rico nation to independence...
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EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war
September 22, 2006Pope Benedict XVI stirred worldwide outrage when he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor calling Islam “evil and inhuman,” a faith that has been “spread by the sword.” In apologizing, he claimed the quote was taken out...
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Cuban life, beauty and complexity in black and white
September 22, 2006Cuba Photographs by Jack Kenny Corazon Press, 2005 Hardcover, 120 pp., $65The island nation of Cuba is one of the most fabled places on earth. Just the mention of its name evokes a plethora of images,...
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