Agrochemical giant Monsanto is suing the state of Maine to ban small organic farmers from advertising their milk as having "NO ARTIFICIAL HORMONES." [more]

"The nightmare scenario unfolds like this: Shortly after U.S. forces invade Iraq, Saddam Hussein realizes that the end is nigh. Faced with imminent defeat and near certain death, Saddam decides to authorize one final, gruesome act of terror. At the highest levels of the U.S. government, officials seriously believe [this] is possible." [more]

"Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its paramilitary operations. But the war on terrorism has brought it back into the business." [more]

"These are the new faces of the peace movement, a motley collection of activists who would seem to have little chance of changing popular sentiment but have started to make their voices heard all the same." [more]

"Iraqis, resigned to war, are trying hard to get on with their lives." [more]

"The resolution against a war could still be overturned should a government member file a motion for a new vote. So the antiwar students continue to make their case." [more]

"Bin Laden broke cover at a particularly awkward time for President Bush, raising doubts about the success of phase one of Bush's antiterrorism war just when he's pushing to launch phase two against Saddam Hussein." [more]

"Long before the tragic events of September 11th, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda. It didn't happen and soon it was too late. The saga of a lost chance." [more]

"The U.S. may have won, in the accepted sense of the word, but the enemy hasn't surrendered. Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces have split into smaller and smaller groups, which survive by mixing with civilian populations. That's exactly what a big, heavily armed superpower with a taste for making war from the air doesn't want; it makes the chance of accidents like Kakarak much more likely." [more]

"Inside the clandestine operations center where the CIA tries to anticipate what al-Qaeda will do next." [more]