NY Times: Powell Admits No Hard Proof in Linking Iraq to Al Qaeda. “Secretary of State Colin L. Powell conceded Thursday that despite his assertions to the United Nations last year, he had no “smoking gun” proof of a link between the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and terrorists of Al Qaeda.” #
BBC: Richer, stouter, and no happier. “The Worldwatch Institute says more than 25% of the world’s people now enjoy the style which used to belong to the rich. But it says rising obesity and debt, and increasing pressures on time, are reducing many people’s quality of life.” #
Guardian: An unnatural disaster. “Climate change over the next 50 years is expected to drive a quarter of land animals and plants into extinction, according to the first comprehensive study into the effect of higher temperatures on the natural world. The sheer scale of the disaster facing the planet shocked those involved in the research. They estimate that more than 1 million species will be lost by 2050.”