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Clinton advisers talk exit strategy

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

She's darting across the country like a full-fledged presidential candidate, but the conversation within Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's circle...


UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

The United Nations blasted Myanmar's military junta on Friday, calling its refusal to let in foreign aid workers "unprecedented" as survivors of a devastating cyclone waited for food, shelter and medicine.


Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.


3rd option: Dissolve bodies

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. A new option is generating interest: dissolving bodies...


UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.


3rd option in death: Dissolve bodies

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. A new option is generating interest: dissolving bodies...


Al-Qaida in Iraq leader's capture reported

May 9th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Iraqi police said they captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri — also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir — the leader of the Sunni insurgent...


Clinton's tactic now: Hold on and smile

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's greatest gift may be her ability to remain upright and smiling as chaos and chagrin surround her. On what probably was...


UN: Myanmar blocks UN emergency airlift for cyclone victims

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift food aid to cyclone survivors, U.N. officials said, as the hungry fought for what little food was available and drank coconut milk for lack of clean water.


Americans rated least green

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Americans rank last in a new National Geographic-sponsored survey released Wednesday that compares environmental consumption habits in 14...


Bizarre DNA of Platypus tells a story about us

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

When British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 — one with a mole's fur, a duck's bill and spurs...


Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Relief supplies from the United Nations began arriving in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone.


Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

There isn't anything metropolitan about this tiny unincorporated town in southwest Wyoming, where a few single-family homes and a volunteer fire station stand against a skyline of snowcapped mountains.


1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.


House passes broad housing rescue despite veto threat

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

The House has passed a housing aid plan to provide 0 billion in refinanced mortgages for struggling homeowners. President Bush says he'll veto the bill. It passed 266-154 with support from 39 Republicans.


House approves housing rescue plan, defying veto threat

May 8th, 2008 - Seattle Times

The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.


Aid slowly trickles into ravaged Myanmar

May 7th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Travel and visa obstacles on Tuesday hampered aid deliveries to the estimated 1 million people in Myanmar believed to be homeless after...


U.S. to trim forces in Iraq

May 7th, 2008 - Seattle Times

About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall...


Palestinian forces clash in northern West Bank

May 7th, 2008 - Seattle Times

At least three people were wounded Tuesday as Palestinian security forces, trained in a U.S.-funded program, battled gunmen in a northern...


75 students arrested in massive drug bust at San Diego State University

May 7th, 2008 - Seattle Times

Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested and six fraternities were suspended after a drug investigation found that some...


 






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