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US Rebuffs Iran Offer of Nuclear Talks

July 14, 2003
Although Iran has indicated its willingness to open direct talks with the US regarding its nuclear program, the Bush administration has not shown any interest. The Administration seems content to work with Europe and Japan to keep economic pressure on Iran. This latest offer of talk is seen as an...

Cases of New Bird Flu in Hong Kong Prompt Worldwide Alerts

February 22, 2003
Improvements in transportation have resulted in a physically interconnected world, but it is also now a world more susceptible to the spread of disease. The discovery of a new bird flu causing two human deaths in Hong Kong, although posing "no risk at the moment" has prompted the World...

US Backs First-Strike Attack Plan

March 16, 2006
The Bush administration has released a document outlining its national security strategy - one that touches on many sensitive points all over the world. The document is released as polls continue to show a majority of US citizens questioning the war in Iraq and the direction of their own country....

Demands for Crackdown on Biofuels Scam

April 2, 2008
Traders have a knack for finding loopholes in subsidies and other policies to gain more profits. The European Biodiesel Board has uncovered a trading scheme that exploits US agricultural subsides, designed to encourage biofuel products made from corn and soy beans, reports Terry Macalister for the...

Web Ads Present New Front in Hacker Wars

June 15, 2006
“Pay-per-click” online advertising, how many websites charge customers, is a new target for computer hackers. Illegal software, which can be surreptitiously attached to private PCs, generates false clicks in massive numbers. The potential for false accounting could place advertisers in financial...

Reflections on the Post-9/11 Middle East (Q&A)

Thomas L. Friedman
January 30, 2003

France Urging U.N. to Suspend Iraq Penalties

April 23, 2003
The French ambassador to the UN called for the suspension of non-military trade with Iraq today, offering what some see as an olive branch to the US. Since taking control of Iraq, Washington has sought the complete lifting of sanctions on the country. France's latest move may be a way to...

Ecologists Fear Disaster as Oil Rush Takes Grip in Quake Zone

August 25, 2003
The Russian island of Sakhalin will soon be home to the largest energy project in the world, and there is fear, possibly the largest disaster. The oil rich island borders Japan and lies directly on top of an active seismic fault line, a fact that has environmentalists up in arms. They fear that...
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