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Look out, Henry Kissinger, someone else may be hogging all the wattage at the next Council on Foreign Relations meeting. The prestigious foreign-policy organization, with members like Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and Alan Greenspan, has nominated globetrotting actress and tabloid fixation ANGELINA JOLIE for membership. Selection of members is based on their demonstrated interest in world affairs. Jolie, who spent Oscar weekend visiting refugees in Chad for the United Nations and who has adopted a son from Cambodia and a daughter from Ethiopia, clearly fills that bill. Frankly, we can't imagine anyone better to disarm a rogue state...
Syria wants more than bromides for its openness. The humanitarian crisis in Iraq could be the issue that brings Syria out of international isolation and into semi-respectability. Although the Bush Administration has long resisted diplomatic engagement with Syria, cracks are appearing. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has authorized the U.S. embassy in Damascus to talk with Syrian officials as long as their discussions are limited to the refugee crisis. Syrian officials say their willingness to take in so many refugees has helped stabilize the region. Now they want something in return: a softer U.S. line on Syrian involvement...
Scientists at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln are developing ways to make textiles from farm leftovers like rice straw, chicken feathers and corn husks. These newfangled fabrics are part of a trend of eco-sustainable synthetic materials. In fact, clothes made from things you might eat are already in stores. Here are a few ways to get some fiber in your fibers...
...When we were negotiating, I said these are my conditions. Even if they shatter this palace, I am not going to change. When [Rice] was in Israel and planning to come here following the massacre in Qana, I told her, "I am not ready to receive...
...Israel to withdraw and put it under the custodianship of the United Nations. There isn't any official in the world who hasn't had his ear punched by my seeing him or calling him and mentioning Shebaa Farms. I talked to President Bush about it, and Secretary Rice, and Vice President Cheney. They are showing readiness and this is the way I will really test the support [for] the government. They express a great deal of appreciation for what I'm saying. I want pressure on the Israelis to withdraw. They say they are doing [that], but I want...