A Life Laid Bare- July 23, 2008 BELGRADE, Serbia, July 22 -- Dragan Dabic, as he called himself, lectured on spirituality, practiced alternative medicine and promised on his Web site to vanquish afflictions ranging from impotence to autism with his "energy healing treatment."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072200125.html?nav=r... A Fresh Face For the Olympics- July 21, 2008 BEIJING, July 20 -- Beijing, a city of 16 million that never seems to stop, slowed down Sunday and in some ways was unrecognizable.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072000257.html?nav=r... To Avoid Olympic Smog, Beijing Limits Traffic- July 20, 2008 BEIJING (AP) -- With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072000954.html?nav=r... Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus- July 20, 2008 When Paul Butler began hunting for planets beyond our solar system, few people took him seriously, and some, he says, questioned his credentials as a scientist.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901657.html?nav=r... Ashcroft Testifies on Interrogation Policy- July 18, 2008 Former attorney general John D. Ashcroft defended his approach to forestalling terrorist attacks but told lawmakers yesterday that he moved quickly to respond to concerns that some Justice Department memos employed shoddy reasoning.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701203.html?nav=r... In Obama Fundraising, Signs of a Shift From Online to In-Person- July 18, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama reversed a three-month fundraising slide by raising $52 million in June, a monthly total that has been surpassed only by his own performance in February in the history of presidential campaigns, aides announced yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071700187.html?nav=r... House Passes Intelligence Authorization Bill- July 17, 2008 The House yesterday passed by voice vote the fiscal 2009 intelligence authorization bill, which limits the funds available for covert actions next year until all members of the House intelligence panel are briefed on the most sensitive ones already underway.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071601444.html?nav=r... Gates Warns of Militarized Policy- July 16, 2008 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned yesterday against the risk of a "creeping militarization" of U.S. foreign policy, saying the State Department should lead U.S. engagement with other countries, with the military playing a supporting role.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502777.html?nav=r... Costly Weapon-Detection Plans Are in Disarray, Investigators Say- July 16, 2008 Bush administration initiatives to defend the nation against a smuggled nuclear bomb or a biological outbreak or attack remain poorly coordinated, costing billions of tax dollars while basic goals and policies remain incomplete, according to new reports by congressional investigators.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502874.html?nav=r... Lawyers Want Detainees To Testify in Terror Trial- July 15, 2008 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 14 -- Attorneys for Salim Ahmed Hamdan said Monday that they intend to call other detainees to testify at his upcoming military trial here, entangling the landmark proceeding in yet another difficult legal issue.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401446.html?nav=r... |