Amazon diary
Marathon swimmer on the verge of setting a new world record
Smart fabrics to take the pulse Advanced textiles that record data about the wearer - on display at Cebit - could soon be used by US soldiers.
DIA still feels a wisp of winter chill
Rocky Mountain News -Frank Franklin Ii © AP. Plow crews help clear snow at LaGuardia Airport on Friday in New York. Snow and sleet forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights across the Northeast, including more than two dozen to and from Denver International Airport.
Iran Is Playing a Growing Role in Iraq Economy
By EDWARD WONGIranian goods are flooding Iraqi markets and Iraqi cities are looking to Iran for basic services.
Chlorine Gas Sickens 356 in Iraq Bombing BAGHDAD (AP) -- Three suicide bombers driving chlorine-laden trucks struck in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, killing two policemen and forcing about 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops to seek treatment for exposure to the gas, the military said Saturday.
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Fallujah
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber driving a tanker truck detonated his explosives in a line of cars waiting to enter Fallujah, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, police said Saturday.
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Communing With Irish Spirits
By ERIC FELTENMarch 17, 2007; Page P10; WSJ
In November 1960, a few weeks after John F. Kennedy won the presidential election, celebrated Irish novelist and critic Frank O'Connor came to Washington and blasted the millions of Irish-Americans who "do absolutely nothing for Ireland." Not only didn't they support foreign aid, but "they don't even drink Irish whiskey," O'Connor lamented.
