Asia Summit Pushes WTO Talks, Free Trade The Herald-Sun
President Bush and Pacific Rim leaders meeting here this weekend will issue an SOS for stalled world trade talks, while mulling a region-wide free trade agreement, officials said Monday.
Sleater-Kinney Set U.S., UK Dates Pitchfork
Sleater-Kinney have a busy summer ahead. They'll continue supporting last year's Sub Pop debut The Woods with a slew of festival dates in both America and Europe, as well as scattered headlining shows.
D.C. Schools Washington Post
Robert Bobb, newly elected president of the D.C. Board of Education, will discuss his plans for the city's schools.
Harper's China policy to come under scrutiny CTV.ca
The Conservative government's ambiguous relationship with China will be under the microscope this week when Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes his first major trip to Asia.
Franz Ferdinand Cover Air on New Single Pitchfork
Looks like you could have it so much better with Franz F AIR dinand. That’s right, Franz Ferdinand are covering French chillout icons Air on their new single, and it’s gonna be one y affair.
Business calendar The Idaho Statesman
Business Fundamentals Workshop — 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Boise State University's Engineering Technology Building, 1375 University Drive, Room ET-103. Registration is set for 7:45 a.m. $50, includes lunch and a business planning workbook. Register: 334-1696, Ext. 338.
Too hot to handle Boston Globe
LAST SPRING, ON AN UNUSUALLY WARM AND HUMID AFTERNOON in May, I found myself sandwiched into a Volvo sedan with several young Arab-Americans, students from MIT. All of us were sweating. The young woman to my left, Iman Kandil - who wore jeans and a black head scarf - fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat as the car's air conditioner droned
Security hindering free trade, biz leaders say CTV.ca
Canada has thus far benefited from its free-trade agreement with the United States, but post-9-11 security is making trade more difficult on both sides of the border, business leaders say.
Affaires Publiques EUActiv
Tous les pays peuvent participer aux projets européens d'infrastructures de recherche et tous les scientifiques peuvent y accéder, une fois qu'elles sont opérationnelles. C'est le meilleur moyen d'attirer des "cerveaux étrangers" en Europe, indique John Wood dans un entretien avec EurActiv.com.
Cash creates controversy Miami Herald
Former executive vice president of World Championship Wrestling and current World Wrestling Entertainment personality Eric Bischoff pulls no punches in his book Controversy Creates Cash, a chronicle of the meteoric rise from a floundering student at the University of Minnesota who sold meat from a truck to a man revolutionizing the pro wrestling business.