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Oct 23, 2005 The Catch

QUOTE: Thanks to the free-market policies of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, southern Chile would end up being one of the first new territories to bear the brunt of the displaced international fleets. As part of what the Pinochet junta called the Apertura, or "Opening," foreign trawlers were granted cheap access to the fertile waters of the Chilean continental shelf. Within a few years they began wiping out stocks of hake and other codlike fish, pushing local Chilean fisherman, known as los artesanales, off their traditional fishing grounds.

 New York Times
Oct 21, 2005 U.N. Body Endorses Cultural Protection: U.S. Objections Are Turned Aside

QUOTE: The measure passed at a time of growing fear in many countries that the world's increasing economic interdependence, known as globalization, is bringing a surge of foreign products across their borders that could wipe out local cultural heritage.

 Washington Post
Oct 20, 2005 Group Sues Navy to Limit Sonar It Says Harms Marine Life

QUOTE: "Military sonar needlessly threatens whole populations of whales and other marine animals...In violation of our environmental laws, the Navy refuses to take basic precautions..."

 Washington Post
Oct 20, 2005 Maryland Group Moves to Get TB Vaccine for World's Poor

QUOTE: Development of a tuberculosis vaccine has long been seen as a crucial step in combating health problems in those countries, where tuberculosis -- brought under control in most rich countries by the 1950s -- is still killing 1.8 million people every year.

 Washington Post
Oct 16, 2005 Dispute Over Farm Subsidies Stalls Global Trade Negotiations

QUOTE: [US Trade Representative Rob] Portman criticized the European Union and a group of developing countries led by Brazil and India, accusing them of failing to respond with proposals that are "even close to comparable" in scope to what the United States had offered.

 Washington Post
Oct 11, 2005 Militia Violence Escalating In Darfur, U.N. Envoy Says

QUOTE: Khartoum has not abided by a long-standing Security Council order to establish a "plan to disarm" the Sudanese-backed Arab militiamen, who stand accused of driving more than 2 million tribal Africans from their homes since 2003.

 Washington Post
Oct 06, 2005 Senate Supports Interrogation Limits: 90-9 Vote on the Treatment of Detainees Is a Bipartisan Rebuff of the White House

QUOTE: Forty-six Republicans joined 43 Democrats and one independent in voting to define and limit interrogation techniques that U.S. troops may use against terrorism suspects, the latest sign that alarm over treatment of prisoners in the Middle East and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is widespread in both parties.

 Washington Post
Oct 05, 2005 Nano Scratches Nothing New(s)

QUOTE: anti-iPodders have been running something of a smear campaign against Apple, with a gamut of complaints...

 PC Magazine
Oct 05, 2005 Social Responsibility Doesn't Much Sway the Balance Sheet

QUOTE: ...when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions or raising wages in developing nations -- tougher problems that result in lower returns for investors or higher costs for consumers -- the market for corporate virtue remains limited....If we want them enough to pay the price -- and that's always a question -- the only fair and reliable way to get them is still through old-fashioned government regulation.

 Washington Post
Oct 01, 2005 What’s in a Name? Does “refugee” depict the desperate plight of Katrina’s victims, or does it insult U.S. citizens?

QUOTE: Does “refugee” depict the desperate plight of Katrina’s victims, or does it insult U.S. citizens?

 American Journalism Review (AJR)
Sep 23, 2005 Vatican Readies Policy on Gay Priests:Document to Forbid Ordination but Not Clearly Define 'Homosexual'

QUOTE: ...the document's symbolic impact is already rippling through the Roman Catholic Church and beyond, hailed by some as a much-needed antidote to a gay clerical subculture and derided by others as a misguided attempt to blame homosexuals for the church's pedophilia scandals.

 Washington Post
Sep 22, 2005 England's Lawyer Says Army Is to Blame

QUOTE: [England's lawyer Capt. Jonathan] Crisp noted that the service recruited England despite her lifelong struggle with mental and learning disorders, and assigned her to [Abu Ghraib,] one of the world's most dangerous prisons even though she lacked training in police work or corrections.

 Washington Post
Sep 14, 2005 U.N. Scales Back Plan of Action: Assembly Approves Declaration on Goals, Internal Reform

QUOTE: The U.N. General Assembly ... adopted a declaration on the need to combat world poverty, promote human rights and strengthen management of the organization, but only after negotiators scaled back the document because of intractable disagreements among nations on sensitive issues.

 Washington Post
Sep 13, 2005 U.N. Members Undercut Annan's Quest for Reform: Bold Initiatives Not Part of 60th-Anniversary Summit

QUOTE: ...Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed the most far-reaching changes for the organization since its founding 60 years ago...But six months of contentious negotiations by governments have stripped out many of the boldest initiatives...

 Washington Post
Sep 06, 2005 Avoiding a lawsuit over credit card debt

QUOTE: Can a credit card company really take me to court over a credit card?

 Bankrate.com
Aug 27, 2005 Apple, Digital Music's Angel, Earns Record Industry's Scorn

QUOTE: Apple started its iTunes service in Japan without songs from the two major companies... leaving artists like Avril Lavigne, Beyoncé and Rob Thomas out of the catalog because the companies refused to license their music to iTunes... That gap in the Japanese music market... is considered a harbinger of what may await American consumers...

 New York Times
Aug 24, 2005 Wave of Marine Species Extinctions Feared

QUOTE: Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist at the advocacy group Oceana, said he has repeatedly seen government officials provide shifting estimates of how many threatened or endangered sea turtles can acceptably die each year in eastern scallop fisheries.

 Washington Post
Jul 28, 2005 Reader Voices: Advantage Microsoft

QUOTE: Some readers have reported that Windows installations that they have every reason to believe valid show up as illegitimate in Microsoft's validation process.

 InfoWorld
Jun 07, 2005 A Bitter Pill for Sugar Beet Farmers: Powerful Lobby Takes Aim at President Bush's Proposed Trade Pact

QUOTE: "The industry is using its muscle against Bush's top trade priority this year, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would create a NAFTA-like free trade zone between the United States and five Central American countries plus the Dominican Republic."

 Washington Post
Apr 24, 2005 Hospitals Services Performed Overseas: Training, Licensing Questions Raised

QUOTE: NightHawk and several other companies providing the offshore radiology services say they hire only U.S.-trained doctors who are licensed in every state where they have clients and credentialed at the hospitals they serve. But policing the services remains a concern.

 Washington Post
Jan 25, 2005 Microsoft: Legit Windows or no updates

QUOTE: ...Microsoft analyst Michael...Cherry said it is not necessarily Microsoft's responsibility to protect people who aren't paying the company for its products. He likened the situation to buying a fake Rolex and then expecting warranty service if the product breaks.

 News.com
Nov 12, 2004 Novell sues Microsoft for sinking WordPerfect

QUOTE: Novell filed suit against Microsoft on Friday, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics in the desktop software market during the 1990s.

 ZDnet
Nov 08, 2004 Microsoft to pay Novell $536 million settlement

QUOTE: [Microsoft--Ed.] said it has reached a $536 million settlement with rival Novell over legal claims between the two companies related to Novell's NetWare operating system.

 ZDnet
Oct 09, 2004 Ocean Exploitation Surfaces as Crisis: Widespread Pollution, Overfishing Spur Presidential Panel to Urge New Rules

QUOTE: For centuries, the various studies note, Americans have treated coastal waters as theirs for the taking, seeking bounty with little government oversight. Fishing boats trawled and trapped at will, oil companies built huge rigs to tap offshore resources, and cruise ships crisscrossed sensitive habitats so tourists could gawk at marine life.

 Washington Post
Sep 29, 2004 Getting real about fake designer goods

QUOTE: If something gets hot, and expensive, cheaper copycat versions are likely to follow.

 Bankrate.com
Aug 04, 2004 What, Me Register?

QUOTE: There's no law that says we have to tell them the truth about ourselves, and news is news: I can get it from any number of sources on the Net. But I'm tired of living a lie every time I log on to one of these sites...

 Wired
Jun 16, 2004 Fair play: You love all your children. But does that mean you should leave the same amount to each of them?

QUOTE: Equal vs. equitable? What is fair? It's a question that has stumped families for generations. Do you treat your children equally no matter what, or do you take into account that one child is a struggling artist and another an investment banker? What about the hard-luck child? Or the proverbial black sheep?

 CNN/Money Magazine
Apr 30, 2004 Unpicking cotton subsidies

QUOTE: On Monday April 26th, the Lilliputians succeeded in fastening another restraint to the giant they distrust so much. Brazil won a ruling at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against America’s gargantuan cotton subsidies.

 Economist
Feb 05, 2004 Sarajevo massacre remembered

QUOTE: A mortar shell landed in the crowded market place just after noon, scything down the mainly civilian shoppers and traders between the tightly packed stalls...A report by United Nations peacekeepers at the time was inconclusive, although there have been persistent rumours that a secret UN report later pointed the finger of blame at the government.

 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Sep 02, 2003 Genes' Sway Over IQ May Vary With Class: Study: Poor More Affected by Environment

QUOTE: a groundbreaking study of the interaction among genes, environment and IQ finds that the influence of genes on intelligence is dependent on class....results suggest that early childhood assistance programs such as Head Start can help the poor and are worthy of public support.

 Washington Post
Aug 15, 2003 Travel insurance: Are you already covered?

QUOTE: If ever there were a purchase that calls for research and reading the fine print, travel insurance is it, says Edward Hasbrouck, author of "The Practical Nomad" series of travel books.

 Bankrate.com
Jun 26, 2003 The Politics Around Your Cup of Coffee

QUOTE: "If we are going to advocate a policy of free trade, it has to be universal. It cannot pick up certain products."

 Washington Post
May 29, 2003 Lives Lost: 'The real killers are poverty, ignorance, fear, and corruption. Disease just administers the coup de grace.'

QUOTE: "To die from a preventable or treatable disease...is [an] injustice more fundamental than mere inequities of wealth. These lives are stolen."

Boston Globe
Mar 03, 2003 Panel on Nazi Art Theft Fell Short

QUOTE: A Clinton administration commission on Nazi plunder failed to examine critical records pertaining to traffic in looted art before, during and after World War II, some leading scholars who worked on the inquiry now say.

 New York Times
Nov 17, 2002 More's the Pity: Not Every Victim Ought to Be a Charity Case

QUOTE: ...uncomfortable questions about whether we should be so quick to seek charitable resources for every new group of victims that violence and terror create.

 New America Foundation
Oct 03, 2002 Microsoft zaps Xbox-hacking chipmaker

QUOTE: Microsoft appears to have shut down one of the world's largest distributors of "mod chips"--gray-market add-ons that allow Microsoft's Xbox and other video game consoles to play pirated games.

 CNET
Feb 15, 2002 All Hail Creative Commons: Stanford professor and author Lawrence Lessig plans a legal insurrection

QUOTE: ...Creative Commons will make available flexible, customizable intellectual-property licenses that artists, writers, programmers and others can obtain free of charge to legally define what constitutes acceptable uses of their work. The new forms of licenses will provide an alternative to traditional copyrights...

 San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 03, 2002 Can Do

QUOTE: ...the extraordinary instability of disability is both a promise and a threat: it can give shelter and solace to people with mental illness just as easily as it can consign people with high blood pressure or mild cerebral palsy to a stigmatized identity with which they do not want to identify.

 New York Times
Jan 31, 2002 Weeding In the Garden Of Good E-Mail

QUOTE: Rather than using software to sort through the good and bad [email], the "trusted sender" program aims to identify messages from merchants that agree to abide by a set of marketing rules.

 Washington Post
Jan 31, 2002 The Compromise Effect. . . And the New Thinking About Money Is That Your Irrationality Is Predictable

QUOTE: Homo economicus is supposed to make intelligent, rational choices... Reality, of course, turns out to be quite different from theory. As economic actors, people are as likely to be governed by their emotions as by reason, by prejudices as by careful cost-benefit analysis.

 Washington Post
Jan 30, 2002 U.S. Athletes Must Guess on Supplements

QUOTE: contradictory and, to some critics, hypocritical messages American Olympic officials send their athletes. While leaders of the United States Anti-Doping Agency have bluntly told the athletes, ''Do not take a vitamin and put it in your mouth, period,'' some critics believe the United States Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake Organizing Committee have undermined that message by granting sponsorships to companies that market supplements.

 New York Times
Jan 12, 2002 Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims: Boston Archdiocese Sets New Policy

QUOTE: "I was aware there had been prior instances" of alleged sexual abuse by Geoghan when he reassigned the priest to new parishes, but that he had relied on psychiatric evaluations in deciding that the assignments were safe.

 Washington Post
Jan 06, 2002 The Rule of Law: Indispensable to a Wider War

QUOTE: ...the United States will have to show that its war effort continues to be not just moral, but legal -- in other words, that it is fighting to uphold the rule of law against terrorists who are trying to destroy it. How well America can convince the international community that it is acting within the law will be crucial to the level of allied support it can command worldwide.

 Washington Post
Dec 25, 2001 Trying to Keep Young Internet Users From a Life of Piracy

QUOTE: ...America's rush to the online world has created an enormous population of ever-younger computer pirates, say experts in the field.

 New York Times
Dec 23, 2001 A Coming Together We Must Take On Faith

QUOTE: ...challenging Islam's doctrine of dhimmi -- which grants protected but second-class status to Christians and Jews under Muslim rule....premised on submission to Muslim sovereignty, is hardly an adequate response in a pluralistic world.

 Washington Post
Dec 19, 2001 Russian Hacker Has a Party

QUOTE: ...government's decision to drop criminal charges against Dmitri Sklyarov....The case inflamed simmering resentment over the DMCA's prohibition of software that cracks encryption: a clause that critics of the law say is a gag on code that amounts to a violation of free speech.

 Wired
Dec 15, 2001 EPA Calls for Pause in Pesticide Tests On Humans: After Evaluating Results of Three Such Trials, Agency Seeks Advice On Ethics and Utility of Practice

QUOTE: Three trials evaluated by the agency this year subjected some volunteers to doses of pesticides hundreds of times greater than levels that EPA regulators had deemed safe for the general public...

 Washington Post
Dec 09, 2001 The Ethicist: Body Work

QUOTE: quandary some U.S. physicians face when a patient has received an organ transplant from an executed prisoner in China. To treat such a patient may condone and encourage this practice. But can a physician deny care to a patient in need?

 New York Times
Nov 10, 2001 The Freedom to Innovate Includes The Freedom to Obfuscate: Why Microsoft's New "Security Framework" is Just Another .Net Vulnerability

QUOTE: In other words, Microsoft is saying "Please don't publish anything about security flaws you find in our products. All this does is spread viruses, and makes us and our products look flawed, exploitable, and bad." Or, as George Orwell once wrote, "your" ignorance is "our" strength."

 Infowarrior.org
Nov 05, 2001 Patents or Poverty? A New Debate Over Poor AIDS Care in Africa

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New York Times

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