] A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel fleet attacked and sank a
] vessel carrying Chinese workers fishing off Sri Lanka's
] eastern coast, killing 17 people, a navy official said
] yesterday

Tiger fleet sinks Chinese vessel, killing 17 on board

Opinion roundup.

United Kingdom, Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian
Saudi Arabia, Nicolas Buchele in the Arab News
Philippines, Adrian E. Cristobal in the Manila Bulletin
Australia, Editorial from the Sydney Morning Herald
Ghana, Editorial from Accra Mail
Israel, Editorial from Haaretz
Russia, Boris Kagarlitsky in the Moscow Times
News Iran, Parviz Esmaeili in the Tehran Times

Salon.com | The world on the war

] The Iraq invasion is the first major war on the Web. Now
] that the tanks have started rolling, millions of
] Americans are crowding the Internet to catch up on the
] latest news, see pictures, and send e-mail to loved ones
] in danger. After you've checked out Slate -- it was your
] first stop, right? -- here's where you should you go for
] updates, speculation, on-the-ground blogging, official
] statements, and even war comedy.

Link-o-rama from Slate.

The War on the Web - Sites to see on the road to Baghdad. By Avi Zenilman

] Traces of the poison ricin have been found at a railway
] station in Paris, according to the French interior
] ministry.
]
] Two vials of the potentially deadly substance were found
] inside a locker at the Gare de Lyon, according to
] ministry officials.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Ricin found in Paris

] This weekend 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel
] Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried
] to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza
] Strip. In a remarkable series of emails to her family,
] she explained why she was risking her life.

Prepare to be angry and sad.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Rachel's war

] The US has offered $10bn to Israel, to bail it
] out of the worst economic crisis in its history.
]
] Israel's Finance Ministry said the package consisted of
] $1bn in direct military aid and $9bn in loan
] guarantees.

What about _our_ economic crisis?

] The US will deduct from the loan guarantees any Israeli
] expenditure on settlement activities in Palestinian areas.

I'd like to see something more then a deduction. Something that hurts, like loosing $200 million in aid for every new settlement.

US offers Israel billions in aid

] The BBC's unrivalled team of correspondents is bringing
] you news from the Gulf and reaction from around the
] world. On this page BBC News Online logs their
] impressions and personal experiences as they watch events
] unfold.

This page contains the most current updates from BBC reporters.

BBC NEWS | In Depth | Reporters' Log: At war in Iraq

] Some of the biggest rallies this month have endorsed
] President Bush's strategy against Saddam Hussein, and the
] common thread linking most of them is Clear Channel
] Worldwide Inc., the nation's largest owner of radio
] stations.
]
] In a move that has raised eyebrows in some legal and
] journalistic circles, Clear Channel radio stations in
] Atlanta, Cleveland, San Antonio, Cincinnati and other
] cities have sponsored rallies attended by up to 20,000
] people. The events have served as a loud rebuttal to the
] more numerous but generally smaller anti-war rallies.
]
] The sponsorship of large rallies by Clear Channel
] stations is unique among major media companies, which
] have confined their activities in the war debate to
] reporting and occasionally commenting on the news. The
] San Antonio-based broadcaster owns more than 1,200
] stations in 50 states and the District of Columbia.
]
] While labor unions and special interest groups have
] organized and hosted rallies for decades, the involvement
] of a big publicly regulated broadcasting company breaks
] new ground in public demonstrations.
]
] "I think this is pretty extraordinary," said former
] Federal Communications Commissioner Glen Robinson, who
] teaches law at the University of Virginia. "I can't say
] that this violates any of a broadcaster's obligations,
] but it sounds like borderline manufacturing of the news."

Media Giant's Rally Sponsorship Raises Questions

Backup Link: (Use if CNN.com is slammed)
http://robots.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/war.tracker/index.html

The "War Tracker" has CNN's current news on the battles, air strikes, etc. Not too much information there right now.

CNN.com | War Tracker

] A DC-3 aircraft on a flight out of Cuba was hijacked
] Wednesday evening with 35 people aboard but landed safely
] in Key West, Fla., under military escort.

] THE AIR TRAFFIC Center in Miami observed an unknown
] aircraft headed northbound toward the United States at
] 7:45 p.m. ET, according to Kathleen Bergen, a public
] information officer with the Federal Aviation
] Administration.

DC-3 hijacked from Cuba