Author: sybil

Summary of New York Times article by Joseph Nocera: Memo to the United States of America regarding Canada 1.Softwood lumberUnfortunately for our side, the North American Free Trade Agreement arbitrators have consistently ruled...

In an earlier diary I posted the news that Sean Penn, who is credentialed as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, was making a trip to Iran to report on the election there. The five-day series is now available online at...

That’s the title of a Financial Times article that begins: Wall Street often flocks to Big Pharma as a port in the storm when the markets turn south, but this time round it may be sailing into trouble. Many investors cite...

This is a short follow-up to my diary on US war correspondent Steven Vincent’s death. Vincent was shot to death August 3 after being kidnapped the night before. Witnesses saw him and his interpreter forced into a white...

US journalist in Basra, kidnapped and executed, his body dumped on the side of the highway. His interpreter was shot and is in serious condition in hospital. He is the 64th media person killed in Iraq, the first American...