Politics
All the News That Fits. . . UK’s Exit Plan, Wal-Mart Finally Loses, Bush Flunks the World And More
- Head General of the British Army advocates speedy withdrawal of UK forces in Iraq. "We are in a Muslim country and Muslim's views of foreigners in their country are quite clear."
- As the US cuts back on aid to southern Colombia, cocaine cultivation consumes the countryside. Economy is such that profitable alternatives to the illicit crop are vanishing while the US government wages a $4 billion war to squash production in the region.
- Gunmen in police uniforms bust into Iraqi TV station, kill 11.
- Pennsylvanian jury finds Wal-Mart broke state labor laws, denying workers rest breaks, working them off the clock. Damages start at the $60 million mark.
- Schwarzenegger flip-flops on overturning gay marriage proposition. His position? "I will get back to you on that."
- In blunt, broad terms, frustrated Bush describes world around him as "unacceptable."