Author: Dean Pajevic

The French Come Through for Niger

FRENCH FOOD RELIEF ARRIVES IN HUNGER-RAVAGED NIGER FOLLOWING UN APPEALS New York, Jul 21 2005 12:00PM Following repeated appeals to the international community to help stave off a deepening hunger crisis in Niger, where 2.5...

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Larry Johnson on Al Franken Today

Update [2005-7-21 15:8:58 by susanhu]: Tune in via the ‘net to KUOW (Seattle NPR) to hear Slate’s Day to Day, noon-1PM PDT. The #1 story is about what it means to be “undercover.” Update [2005-7-21...

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Iraqi Blogger Jailed / Updates

From Raed’s blog, posted on July 16, 2005: My mom called me today at 7 in the morning, shouting with happiness: “Your brother is okay!”. Niki and I were the last members of the family to know the “happy...

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The “Tunneling to Canada” OPEN THREAD

A “professionally constructed” tunnel leading nearly 100 yards from an abandoned house in the Northwest Washington town of Lynden to a greenhouse just beyond the U.S.-Canadian border was shut down yesterday before it...

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