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Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict, analysts warn

US strikes on Iran predicted as tension rises over arms smuggling and nuclear fears.

• Bush rallies troops to avert revolt in Congress

 

The beat goes on

Fifty years after On The Road, Timothy O'Grady finds America has changed little since Kerouac's time.

 

Articles of faith
Two US scholars who wrote about the 'Israel lobby' were vilified by colleagues and the press. Ed Pilkington hears their story.
More on Israel & the Middle East

 

Hope fading for missing aviator Fossett
Search goes on two weeks after disappearance as volunteers fly over desert and scan internet images.
More on technology

 

'Super Crunchers'

By IAN AYRES
Reviewed by DAVID LEONHARDT

Human beings put far too much faith in intuition, an economist argues.

• First Chapter

'Restless Virgins'

ABIGAIL JONES and MARISSA MILEY
Reviewed by TOURÉ

In this account of a sex scandal that rocked Milton Academy, the students discuss their lives in detail — the hookups, the weight obsession, the spoils of popularity.

• First Chapter

'Until Proven Innocent'

By STUART TAYLOR JR. and KC JOHNSON
Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN

A new book paints the Duke lacrosse rape case as a cautionary tale.

• First Chapter

Ayn Rand’s Literature of Capitalism ...431.) The book is Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand s glorification of the right of individuals...entirely for their own interest. For years, Rand s message was attacked by intellectuals...even if they don t agree with all of Ayn Rand s ideas, said John A. Allison, the chief... September 15, 2007 - By HARRIET RUBIN - Business

SCO, a Software Maker, Is Seeking Bankruptcy

The SCO Group , the software maker that sued International...partners that they can continue to rely on SCO products, the company s chief executive...to stay in business while it reorganizes. SCO, which had said it owned the rights to license...

September 15, 2007 - By BLOOMBERG NEWS - Technology

 

 

A Baghdad Book Mart Tries to Turn the Page ...together at once. He said he wished he could go back to acting, but lacked faith that there would be roles for him to play. Iraq , he said, was still emerging from a time of horror. Indeed, a day earlier, 11 bodies had shown up across Baghdad, bearing... September 15, 2007 - By DAMIEN CAVE - World Mutanabi Streets’s Slow Revival

 

Small islands from the Baltic to the Pacific are struggling to stay cuturally afloat in a tide of tourism ... [more]

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Make the roads safer by removing road signs and footpaths ... [more]

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You have to walk before you can run, especially if you lack an Achilles tendon ... [more]

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Take a look at the seven wonders of the IT world -- the biggest, most extreme and most unusual computers and projects ... [more]

 

 

The end of the world as we know it Naomi Klein's critique of neo-liberalism, The Shock Doctrine, is both timely and devastating, says John Gray. Exclusive extracts and more about Shock Doctrine

Adultery, my dear Watson Sir Arthur Conan Doyle betrayed his dying wife for a younger woman. Now his letters have been made available after more than seven decades. More about Arthur Conan Doyle

 

'You've gotta think, think BIG'
Robert Draper was granted extraordinary access when he was writing his book about George Bush. And the details he reveals - the strict routines, the obsessive exercise - are now the talk of Washington. Ed Pilkington meets the author.