CNN
A series of earthquakes struck western Iran early Friday, killing dozens and flattening entire villages.At least 66 people were killed and 988 injured, a medical official in Lurestan province told the official IRNA news agency.
The state-run news service put the magnitude of the quake at 6.0, and the U.S. Geological Survey pegged the temblor at [...]
Forbes.com
Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear program, with help from Pakistani experts, the German magazine Cicero reported in its latest edition, citing Western security sources.It says that during the Haj pilgrimages to Mecca in 2003 through 2005, Pakistani scientists posed as pilgrims to come to Saudi Arabia.
Between October 2004 and January 2005, some [...]
George Will on Immigration (via Running for the Right)
Investor’s Business Daily reports a new study demonstrating that “over the past 30 years rising immigration led to higher wages for U.S.-born workers. Cities that served as migrant magnets did better than others. Why? Hiring one worker creates wealth with which to hire more workers.”The president, who [...]
Middle East Online
The world’s top powers banded together Thursday to warn a defiant Iran against pursuing sensitive nuclear research but Russia and China ruled out using sanctions or force.The meeting of the United Nations Security Council permanent members plus Germany in Berlin came after the council unanimously approved a non-binding statement Wednesday giving Iran 30 [...]
The Washington Times
A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).The five judges testifying before the committee said they could not speak specifically to [...]
CNN
The Afghan man who could have received the death penalty for his conversion from Islam to Christianity has arrived in Italy after leaving Afghanistan earlier Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced at a news conference.Earlier, Berlusconi said Italy would be happy to grant asylum to Rahman, and the Italian Cabinet approved an amnesty offer.
While [...]
Dale Carpenter writes about this at the The Volokh Conspiracy:
It’s one thing to say that a married mother and father are the ideal environment for raising children; it’s another thing entirely to say that no other environment is suitable when that ideal is unavailable, as it often is for children awaiting adoption. The proposals in [...]
Glenn writes about You Tube in TCS Daily
To the extent that the TV industry’s position is based on having better talent and products than anyone else, things like You Tube are no threat at all. To the extent, on the other hand, that the entertainment industries owe their position to technological and economic bottlenecks that [...]
Instapundit’s Grandmother has died.
I am sure he will get a ton of emails from people expressing their sympathy so I will express mine here rather than writing him directly.
Washington Post
Nigeria captured fugitive former Liberian President Charles Taylor on the border with Cameroon on Wednesday and deported him to Liberia, easing its embarrassment at his escape earlier in the week.The dramatic arrest and deportation came hours before President Olusegun Obasanjo was due to meet U.S. President George W. Bush, who has been pushing for [...]
