[From BBC News]
The US administration has no authority to try Guantanamo suspects by military tribunal, the Supreme Court rules.
Continue reading US Guantanamo tribunals ‘illegal’ at BBC News

[Now as a pacifist, I would prefer that folks oppose all wars, but the points made below are well taken. -RS]
[From Mystery Pollster]
Last Sunday, Bush press secretary Tony Snow speculated about what polls might have shown during World War II: “If somebody had taken a poll in the Battle of the Bulge, I dare [...]

[From Independent Online Edition]
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
In one of the most remarkable signs yet of the advance of global warming, Britain’s first olive grove has been planted in Devon.
Temperatures have risen so far in recent years that it is now considered possible to grow the iconic fruit of the Mediterranean countries commercially in southern [...]

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