Bush Aides Can Be Compelled to Appear In Congressional Hearings | Anthrax Suspect Suicide | John McCain Bashing Obama When He Is Not Praising Him | Global Recession On The Way | More Bank Writedowns | China To Censor Web During Olympics, IOC Kowtows | Paris and Britney Lash Back (Not Really) | Much More

Will the Bush Administration pull a new Middle East peace deal out of its moth eaten hat?
PEACE OR PIECES?
Nadia Hajib writes:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has convened Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in Washington this week. Under a rumored deal, Israeli leaders will agree to keep only part of land that doesn’t belong to them […]

The Games have inspired other games….
WEB TO BE CENSORED IN CHINA
Beijing, China (AHN) - Chinese officials on Wednesday confirmed that journalists covering the Olympic Games will not have free access to Internet sites, as they will block some Websites.
A senior government spokesman said the Falun Gong spiritual group’s Website will be blocked. However, some unspecified […]

Critiquing The Housing Bill | Congressional Battle With Karl Rove Possible | How Journalists Can Cover Human Rights While At the Olympics | Taliban Resurgent | The Case For Prosecuting Sudan’s President on Genocide | The Protest Vote Could Be A Big Surprise | More

NEWSWEEK: The Taliban’s Baghdad Strategy Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau
The insurgents are closing in on Kabul, not in order to overrun the capital but to terrorize its residents and drive away investors. It’s working.
Faridoon stares in alarm at the two NEWSWEEK reporters who just walked into his shop. “You guys better get out of town […]

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SENDS ADVICE TO JOURNALISTS AT THE GAMES
With less than two weeks to go to the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the human rights situation in China has never been such a burning issue. The government’s all-out focus on security and its crackdown on human rights activists are as important as […]