The West Should Be Free To Criticize Islam
New York Sun - 1 hour agoBy DANIEL PIPES. "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.". These words, expressed ...

Spinach growers warned about product safety last year
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour agoJust 10 months before fresh spinach started sending people to the hospital, state and federal officials warned Salinas Valley growers and packers to clean up their act after a decade of deadly E. coli bacteria breakouts. ...

Refugee who fled Iran's mullahs becomes first woman space tourist
Times Online - 8 hours agoAS A young girl in Iran, Anousheh Ansari would stare in wonder at the stars and dream of joining them in the blackness of space. Yesterday, a week after her 40th birthday, she made her dream come true. At ...

Addressing the United Nations
FOX News - 8 hours agoPresident Bush and first lady Laura Bush were in New York City for a three-day trip that includes one-on-one talks between the president and six foreign leaders and a speech to the UN General Assembly that will focus on the Bush administration's outlook ...

Protests cancel Hamas PM's speech
BBC News - 14 hours agoPalestinian PM Ismail Haniya has postponed a speech to parliament after people protesting over unpaid wages mobbed his vehicle in Gaza City. One woman was hurt in clashes with Mr Haniya's bodyguards, who fired their guns in the air to disperse the crowd. ...

Canadians die in Afghan bombing
BBC News - 3 hours agoA suicide bomber has killed at least four Canadians in an attack on a Nato patrol in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, Canada's military says. Many civilians were also hurt when the bomber took a bicycle ...

Anna's Son Was Not Suicidal
People Magazine - 9 hours agoPEOPLE Top 5 are the most-viewed stories on the site over the past three days, updated every 60 minutes. By Nicole Weisensee Egan and Linda Trischitta. The forensic pathologist hired by Anna Nicole Smith to ...

World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings to Deal With Corruption, Poor ...
Voice of America - 13 hours agoBy Daniel Schearf. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund open their annual meetings in Singapore Tuesday. At the top of the agenda for two days of talks among the world's finance ministers are debt relief and corruption in the aid process. ...

Somalian president survives assassination attempt
Houston Chronicle - 53 minutes agoBy EDMUND SANDERS. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - The transitional president of Somalia narrowly escaped assassination Monday when a car bomb exploded as he left a converted grain silo that serves as the nation's makeshift Parliament. ...

Health dept welcomes WHO's backing of malaria drug
SABC News - 1 hour agoThe health ministry has welcomed the World Health Organisation's (WHO's) endorsement of DDT in the fight against malaria. DDT is a chemical that is sprayed inside houses to kill malaria carrying mosquitoes. ...

YouTube signs deal with Warner
San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours agoBy Ryan Blitstein. YouTube's deal to distribute the Warner Music Group's library of music videos represents a milestone in the video-sharing site's progress toward a business model and the music industry's shift toward the Internet. ...