In the News: May-02

Bush details $70 billion war funding request for 2009 - 2 May 2008 at 11:50am - President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy.

Major powers agree on new incentives offer to Iran - 2 May 2008 at 11:26am - LONDON (Reuters) - Major powers have agreed to make a new offer of incentives to Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday.

Medical journal calls for review of Taser safety - 2 May 2008 at 8:41am - An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for more study of the health risks posed by stun guns.

Thought for the day:
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. -John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)