Stem Cell Research (Washington Post) Washington Post science writer Rick Weiss was online Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the latest in stem cell research....more...Washington Post: Venezuela is on her way to dictatorship (El Universal) According to the editorial of daily newspaper The Washington Post released on Thursday, Venezuela is on her way to turn into a dictatorship due to the changes to the Constitution sought by President Hugo Chávez....more... Washington Post: reforma convierte a Chávez en autócrata (El Paso Times) WASHINGTON?El diario The Washington Post dijo el jueves que el presidente Hugo Chávez con su reforma constitucional está dando "un golpe" a Venezuela debido a que así el país "terminará de transformarse en una dictadura"....more... WRITER ADMITS CALLING MARION BARRY 'CRACK ADDICT': Washington Post's Tim Page apologizes for remark. (Eurweb) *A Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic for The Washington Post has apologized to former mayor Marion Barry for calling him a "crack addict" in an e-mail last week to Barry's aide....more... Musharraf a bullet away from bye-bye? (Online Journal) The ?take-him-out? notion was reported by Wayne Madsen . It comes from a speech made at the National Press Club in Washington by Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas) who said Pakistan?s Prime Minister Musharraf could be "one bullet away from not being in power,? given present tensions....more... 11/20/07 Letters to the Editor (Yakima Herald-Republic) To the editor -- Initiative 747 tax law unconstitutional? The Washington state Supreme Court judges consider the electorate incapable of understanding....more... Congress Gets Ready to Flub Farm Subsidy Reform Again (AG Weekly) These are good times for American farmers. Net farm income in 2007 will be more than $87 billion, a record, according to the Agriculture Department?s latest projections. And in 2006, the average farm household already earned $80,000, about 20 percent more than the average non-farm family....more... Washington Post Critic Apologizes for 'Crack Addict' Remark (Fox News) A Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic for The Washington Post has apologized for sending an angry e-mail in which he called District of Columbia Council member Marion Barry a 'crack addict.'...more... FACTBOX-US presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani (AlertNet) Source: Reuters Nov 19 (Reuters) - The former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, much hailed for his post-9/11 performance, is leading Republican rivals for the 2008 presidential nomination in national polls ... ...more... |