Recently added articles from The Christian Science Monitor:
A Season of Gifts.(Books)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp If ever there were a character whose time has come, it is Grandma Dowdel. Able to bamboozle a banker into forgiving a widow's mortgage and feed a train's worth of hungry men from one day's fishing, Grandma Dowdel should replace Superman as national hero for ...
The political stakes of Obama's Afghanistan war speech.(national)(Barack Obama)
Dec 01, 2009; Feldmann, Linda ... Byline: Linda Feldmann Staff writer President Obama has his work cut out for him Tuesday evening when he addresses the nation on the Afghanistan war. The president is expected to announce an escalation of the US presence there by some 30,000 troops. But he will ...
In the Haut-Jura.(THE HOME FORUM)(Poem)
Dec 01, 2009; Brand, Gabriella ... In the Haut-Jura If you say Monsieur Ernest too quickly pushing a liaison with your tongue it sounds like Monsieur rare nest and he laughs because he gets the joke, although he hides his English so ...
Iran: healing the history of conflict.(THE HOME FORUM)
Dec 01, 2009; Stevens, Ryder ... Byline: Ryder Stevens One aspect of the many conflicts going on in the world is historical. Over time, differences between groups, regions, and countries often fuel longstanding problems. For people who aren't affected by those ongoing issues, the hatred and fury can seem ...
Israel rejects European Union plan to divide Jerusalem.(WORLD)
Dec 01, 2009; Prusher, Ilene R. ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Jerusalem -- Israel's foreign ministry said Tuesday that a Swedish-led push for the European Union to call for the division of Jerusalem and the recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian ...
Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout.(WORLD)
Dec 01, 2009; RIdge, Mian ... Byline: Mian Ridge Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor New Delhi -- Sri Lanka's government freed hundreds of thousands of Tamils from vast internment camps in the north of the island Tuesday - prompted as much by upcoming elections as concerns over human rights, say ...
In Israeli settlements, residents and builders push back on 10-month freeze.(WORLD)
Dec 01, 2009; Mitnick, Joshua ... Byline: Joshua Mitnick Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Oranit, West Bank -- Israeli officials shut down construction work in this town and dozens of other settlements throughout the West Bank on Monday, the first step in Israel's 10-month settlement freeze. But ...
World AIDS Day: South Africa to treat all HIV children.(WORLD)
Dec 01, 2009; Baldauf, Scott ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Johannesburg -- South African President Jacob Zuma, during his World AIDS Day speech, announced that South Africa would provide treatment for all HIV-positive children, a dramatic step forward for a country with ...
Obama's speech on Afghanistan war: Will Europe send more troops?(WORLD)(Barack Obama)
Dec 01, 2009; Quinn, Ben ... Byline: Ben Quinn and Dan Murphy Correspondent | Staff writer London -- President Obama's speech from West Point Tuesday night will be about more than convincing the American people that his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is in the national interest. He needs ...
Top universities: Britain pushes Oxford and Cambridge to recruit more widely.(WORLD)(Oxford University and Cambridge University)
Dec 01, 2009; Quinn, Ben ... Byline: Ben Quinn Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor London -- When the summer sun shines down on the "dreaming spires" and elegant architecture of top universities Oxford and Cambridge, it's almost possible to forget they are more than just picturesque tourist ...
Iran threatens detained British sailors.(WORLD)
Dec 01, 2009; Chick, Kristen ... Byline: Kristen Chick * A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Iran threatened Tuesday to take "serious measures" against the five Britons detained in the Persian Gulf, deepening tensions that are already running high after international confrontation ...
What's Obama's exit strategy for the Afghanistan war?(OPINION)(Barack Obama)
Dec 01, 2009; Reiter, Dan ... Byline: Dan Reiter Atlanta -- A new Democratic president must decide whether to increase US military support of a corrupt government in a poor Asian nation. That government is fighting a distressingly persistent, foreign-supported, ideologically motivated insurgency. ...
Stupak, Hatch, and health care: Government shouldn't answer the abortion question.(OPINION)(Stupak amendment)
Dec 01, 2009; Lange, Mark ... Byline: Mark Lange San Francisco -- There is no issue more divisive or distressing - or more manipulated in service to bloc-headed politics - than abortion. As the Senate debates healthcare reform this week, abortion confronts us like an unwanted pregnancy itself ....
Supreme Court case: Florida v. beach property owners.(USA)
Dec 01, 2009; Richey, Warren ... Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- A group of beachfront property owners in Florida are set to argue on Wednesday at the US Supreme Court that Florida's highest court stripped them of their property rights and undercut the value of ...
Seattle cop-killer case - the exception, not the rule.(administration of criminal justice)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board The case of the ambush and killing of four police officers in a coffee shop near Seattle on Sunday is exceptionally troubling - emphasis on exceptionally. Four police officers shot, execution-style. Their families struggle to ...
Obama's Afghanistan speech: five key points.(USA)
Dec 01, 2009; Lubold, Gordon ... Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- President Obama's Afghanistan speech announced a new, historic chapter for the mission there, announcing the deployment of 30,000 additional troops in the "epicenter of the violent extremism ...
Pilot fatigue in the cockpit? Congress takes FAA to task.(USA)(Federal Aviation Administration)
Dec 01, 2009; Trumbull, Mark ... Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Members of Congress tried to crack the whip on airline regulators Tuesday, complaining of delays in safety rules covering pilot fatigue. "We're just out of patience here," Sen. Byron Dorgan (D) of ...
Five reasons for hope in the Obama Afghanistan plan.(Editorial)
Dec 02, 2009; ... Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan should once again give that disheartened country a "reason to hope," as he put it, in gaining a life free of violent extremists. But it should also give Americans - also disheartened ...
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.(Books)(Book review)
Dec 02, 2009; Zipp, Yvonne ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp Dorothy - with her gingham dress, silver shoes, and little dog - may be the most instantly recognizable heroine in classic American literature. It turns out you can take all that away from her, whirl her away to ancient China, and never mistake her for a ...
Outdoor cats are easy prey for coyotes.(Environment)
Dec 02, 2009; Clayton, Mark ... Byline: Mark Clayton Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Cat lover Lisa Harris used to let her seven felines roam outdoors - until she saw a coyote waltzing across her front yard. Since then, Dr. Harris, a wildlife biologist who lives in Tucson, Ariz., has kept her ...
