The AP has some analysis of the growing unease sweeping over the GOP Senatorial Caucus

Ethiopia Is Said to Block Food to Rebel Region By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern part of the country are at risk of starvation, diplomats and humanitarian officials say.

Major Aids forum opens in Sydney

Sydney hosts the world's largest HIV/Aids forum, which confirms that male circumcision can cut infection.

Editorial: Vetoing Children’s Health

The New York Observer has a nice take on Bob Kerry’s thoughts about Rudy Giuliani.

“When he turned and said to Bernie Kerik, ‘Thank God George Bush is President,’” said Mr. Kerrey, echoing one of Mr. Giuliani’s favorite (but now retired) 9/11 anecdotes. “What he should have said was, ‘Why the fuck didn’t George Bush call us and tell us this was going to happen?’ That was a more appropriate response.”

Stinging Rebuke: Court Tells Bush Admin To Hand Over Detainee Information

TMZ: Romney Photographed Holding Up Sign Comparing Clinton, Obama To Bin Laden

Rudy Played Racial Hardball

Iraq's new coalition: the insurgents | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited

http://www.guardian.co.uk/inte...

Seven of the most important Sunni-led insurgent organisations fighting the US occupation in Iraq have agreed to form a public political alliance with the aim of preparing for negotiations in advance of an American withdrawal, their leaders have told the Guardian.

Daily Kos: Conyers: 3 More Congress Members and I'll Impeach

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/21/192812/090

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has said that if three more Congress Members get behind impeachment he will start the impeachment proceedings.

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool | Tech News on ZDNet

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool | Agency used novel surveillance technique on alleged Mafioso: activating his cell phone's microphone and then just listening. |

Kensington Tells Retiree to Button Up or Pay Up - washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...

The left-leaning town of Kensington would seem fertile ground for Alan McConnell to peddle his little green buttons.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy police raid 'terror school'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/eur...

Twenty foreign students were also arrested in a related dawn raid and police said that those without residence permits would be deported.

Rules Lay Out C.I.A.’s Tactics in Questioning - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07...

Officials said the C.I.A. could proceed with an overseas interrogation program that has been in limbo since last year.

Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guant�namo - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07...

In a stinging legal challenge to the administration’s detention policies, a ruling requires virtually all information to be shared with defense lawyers.

Flooding strands Amtrak train

Warming lets malaria reach Kenya's highlands

By Edmund Sanders | 7:28 p.m.

In central mountain regions once too cool for the carrier mosquitoes, millions are suddenly at risk.

Iraqi PM: Parliament should cancel break

Iraq's prime minister urged parliament to cancel or shorten its summer vacation to pass laws Washington considers crucial to Iraq's stability. (AP)

Swimmers undeterred by murky water
Despite concerns that algae would force the suspension of the first organized swim in the Charles River in more than 50 years, nearly 70 hardy souls took the plunge. (Globe)