New instruments could provide advanced earthquake warnings

"Although measurement methods have improved enormously over the last few decades, it has remained very difficult to measure changes in the crust that could enable earthquake prediction. Now, the field has...

Israel reportedly 'agrees to 30 days of quiet' with Hamas

Interesting if true."srael is demanding that a formal calm with Hamas be preceded by a 30-day "feeling the pulse" period, the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Tuesday.

Bush, officials made 935 false statements on Iraq

"A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years...

Study: False statements preceded war

If this isn't a smoking gun then I don't know what is.  The question is, who is accountable for this colossal blunder?"The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches,...

Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style

"Mediation Bush-style Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami Click to view caption OFFICIAL VERSUS POPULAR:...

US Jews toughest foes of Iraq war.

"The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition US Jews toughest foes of Iraq war Haviv Rettig, THE JERUSALEM POST Feb. 26, 2007 Jews are more strongly opposed to the Iraq War - and have been since before it began - than any other American religious group, according to an analysis of...

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