Bush Tracker Update

11May06

NYT: 10 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Ten American soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border, the United States military said Saturday.

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NYT: Ney(R) aide with Abramoff ties pleads guilty
A former top aide to Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring with the lobbyist [...]

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NYT on Bolivian Gas Nationalisation

11May06

Surprisingly, it's NYT that gives us a more balanced angle on the ongoing bruhaha over nationalisation of Bolivia's gas and petroleum production.
All Smoke, No Fire in Bolivia – NYT
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Latin America's newest populist leader, President Evo Morales, had just issued a decree nationalizing Bolivia's petroleum.
In reaction to the news, the European Union warned that the move [...]

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Using and synchronizing contacts

11May06

Most of you probably have a desktop computer, perhaps also a laptop, one or more hand-held device (Palm computer, iPod, etc), and a mobile/cell phone (and there is also the home phone, but I will ignore that here). The standard problem: keeping the information sync'ed up between all of them, without needing data re-entry.
What data?
At [...]

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