The Observer | Special reports | Army chiefs feared Iraq war illegal just days before start:

CNN.com - At the Razzies, it's a Bennifer sweep - Feb. 28, 2004

BBC - Radio4 - Book at Bedtime: "Deep Probings": Abridged and read by Ian MacPherson.

Five readings from the memoirs of Fiachra MacFiach - poet, man of letters and one of the most neglected figures in contemporary Irish culture.

"Living to Tell the Tale": Gabriel Garcia Marquez: read by Corin Redgrave, abridged by Alison Joseph.

From the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes a first volume of autobiography with magical glimpses of childhood and student days in Colombia during the 1950s.

Music India OnLine - Indian Americans upset with Tina Turner as Durga: ±ýÉ ¦º¡øÅÐ? ¿ÊôÒ ±ýÀÐ ¦¾¡Æ¢ø; ´Õ ¿Ê¨¸ Å¡ú쨸¢§Ä ±ôÀÊ þÕ츢ýÈ¡û ±ýÀ¨¾ô À¡÷òÐò¾¡ý À¡ò¾¢Ãò¾¢¨Éì ¦¸¡Î츧ÅñΦÁýÀÐ «Àò¾õ. À¼õ ±ôÀÊ À½Ã£¾¢Â¢§Ä ¦ÅüÈ¢ÂÇ¢ìÌõ ±ýÀо¡ý ¸ÅɦÁýÈ¢Õó¾¡Öíܼ «·Ð «Å¢ Å÷Á¡ þü¸¡É ¸Å¨Ä¡¸ þÕì¸ÓÊ¡Ð; þŠ¨Áø §Á÷îºñ𠯨¼Â¾¡¸§Å þÕì¸ÓÊÔõ. þãɡ þ§ÃÉ÷ þ¨ÉÅ¢¼ þó¾ôÀ¡ò¾¢ÃòÐìÌô ¦À¡Õò¾Á¡É ±ò¾¨É§Â¡ þó¾¢Â¡¨Åî §º÷ó¾ / þó¾¢ÂÅÆ¢Åó¾ À¢È¿¡ðÊø Å¡Øõ ¿Ê¨¸¸û þÕì¸, ²ý «Å¨Ã §Á÷îºñ𠧾÷ó¦¾Îò¾¡÷ ±ýÀÐ ±ÉìÌõ Ò¾¢Ã¡¸§Å þÕ츢ýÈÐ. ³ì þ§ÃÉ÷ þ¼ò¾¢§Ä þãɡ Àð¼ ÐýÀòÐìÌ §ÅñÎÁ¡É¡ø, ¿Ç¡Â¢É¢ À¡ò¾¢ÃòÐìÌô ¦À¡Õò¾Á¡¸Ä¡õ (What's love got to do with this!). ¬É¡ø, «·Ð ¾Â¡Ã¢ôÀ¡Ç÷ ±ýÈÅÇÅ¢§Ä «Åâý Å¢ÕôÀõ. ¾É¢ôÀð¼ Å¡ú쨸 ±ýÚÀ¡÷ò¾¡Öíܼ, ¾Á¢ú¿¡ðÊÖõ Áü¨È þó¾¢Â¦Á¡Æ¢ò¾¢¨ÃôÀ¼í¸Ç¢Öõ ¦¾öÅí¸Ç¡¸ ¿Êò¾ ¿Ê츢ýÈ ¿Ê¸¿Ê¨¸Â÷¸Ç¢Ä¢ÕóÐ þãɡ þ§ÃÉ÷ ±ó¾ÇÅ¢§Ä ¦À⾡¸ ´Õ ¦¸ð¼ À¢õÀò¾¢¨É Áì¸Ç¢¨¼§Â ¨Åò¾¢Õì¸ô§À¡¸¢ýÈ¡÷; Å¡úó¾¢Õì¸ô§À¡¸¢ýÈ¡÷. þôÀÊÂ¡É ±¾¢÷ìÌÃø¸û ±ØÅÐ þóÐÁ¾òÐìÌ ÁðÎõ ¯Ã¢ò¾¡É¾øÄ. þýÛõ ¦º¡øÄô§À¡É¡ø, þó¾¢Â/¬í¸¢Äò¾¢¨ÃôÀ¼í¸Ç¢§Ä ÁðÎõ ¿¢¸úžøÄ. ¬À¢Ã¸¡õ ¬¸ Richard Harris À¢Ã¾¢ÀÄ¢ì¸ô§À¡É§À¡Ðõ (Abraham) þо¡ý ¿¢¸úó¾Ð. The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ þ§Ä ¿¢¸úó¾Ð. þô§À¡Ð, The Passion of the Jesus Christ þüÌ ¿¢¸úÅÐܼ µÃÇÅ¢§Ä þôÀÊ¡Éо¡ý. ±ôÀÊ «ñ¨Á¢§Ä The Guru À¼õ þó¾ ±¾¢÷ìÌÃø¸ÙìÌ «¸ôÀ¼¡Á§Ä ¾ôÀ¢Â¦¾ýÚ ¦¾Ã¢ÂÅ¢ø¨Ä. ¬É¡ø, ¿¢Â¡Âõ ±ÐÅ¡É¡Öíܼ, þ¾üÌ §Á÷ºñð, þ§ÃÉ÷ ¬¸¢§Â¡÷Á£Ð Á¾îº¡Âõ ¾£ðÊ, þãɡ þ§ÃÉ÷ ¿Êì¸ÓÊ¡Á§Ä §À¡Å¾¢§Ä¾¡ý þÐ ÓÊÔ¦ÁýÚ ¿¢¨É츢§Èý.

WPVI.com: Ivy League Students Strike: "Ivy League Students Strike" At l(e)ast some have the right to raise the voice for the right to raise the voice.

frontline: the invasion of iraq | PBS: disturbing

Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing Interview with Roger Lowenstein on The Diane Rehm Show [ http://www.wamu.org/ram/2004/r2040224.ram ] Understood near to zero:-)

The Anatomy of Hope : How People Prevail in the Face of Illness An interview with Jerome Groopman on The Diane Rehm Show [ http://www.wamu.org/ram/2004/r2040223.ram ]

BBC - Radio 4 In Our Time - The Mughal Empire: "THE MUGHAL EMPIRE"; If BBC Radio 4 is my favorite "All-in-one-(web)radio", then "In our time" is my favorite "All-in-one-program". Since BBC-4 allows to download for the personal use, I do so, convert the programs into mp3, sort them out according to the categories, and make the In our Time CDs........not for myself, but for my kid(s) in the future :-)

The Connection.org : Transgenic Art

CNN.com - Howard Stern suspended for indecency - Feb. 25, 2004 Howard Stern joins Howard Dean...(peyarili was wrong. GOOD)

TamilNet: 24.02.04 Protest against attack by Indian poachers: þÐ ´Õ Àì¸òÐìÌâ ¸Õò¾¢¨ÉÁðΧÁ ¾Õ¸¢ýÈÐ ±ýÚ ¿¢¨É츢§Èý. þý¨ÈìÌ À¢À¢…¢ ¾Á¢§Æ¡¨º þÕÀì¸òÐ Á£ÉÅ÷ºí¸ò¾¨ÄÅ÷¸Ç¢ÉÐõ ¦ºùÅ¢¸¨Çò ¾ó¾¢Õ츢ýÈÐ. þó¾¢Â Á£ÉÅ÷¸û þÄí¨¸Á£ýÀ¢ÊÀÃôÀ¢Ûû§Ç ÅÕ¸¢ýÈ¡÷¸û ±ýÀ¨¾ ´òÐ즸¡ûÙÁ¢¼òÐ, þÄí¨¸Á£ÉÅ÷¸û þó¾¢ÂÁ£ÉÅ÷¸û ¸¼ó¾ þÕÀ¾¡ñθǡ¸î ¦ºö¾ ¯¾Å¢¸¨ÇÔõ ±ñ½¢ôÀ¡÷츧ÅñÊ «Åº¢Âõ þÕ츢ýÈÐ. ¾Á¢úÁ£ÉÅ÷¸û ±ýÈÇÅ¢§Ä§Â þó¾¢ÂÁ£ÉÅ÷¸û þÄí¨¸ì¸¼üÀ¨¼Â¢¼õ Àð¼ ÀÎõ ÐÂ÷¸¨ÇÔõ ¸ñΦ¸¡ûǧÅñʾ¡¸ þÕ츢ýÈÐ. ÁÚÒÈõ, ¡úôÀ¡½ò¾¢Ä¢§Ä º¢¨Ã¨Åì¸ôÀðÊÕìÌõ þó¾¢ÂÁ£ÉÅ÷¸Ç¢¨Éô ÀüÈ¢ þó¾¢Â¡Å¢ý «ÃºÀ¢Ã¾¢¿¢¾¢¸û þÄí¨¸Â¢§Ä¡ §Å¦Èí§¸¡ ¸¢ïº¢ò§¾Ûõ «ÄðÊ즸¡ûÇ¡Á§Ä þÕôÀÐõ «¿¢Â¡Âò¾¢Öõ «¿¢Â¡Âõ.
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BBC-4: Book of the week: "Science, Not Art - Ten Scientists' Diaries", Edited by Jon Turney, read by Jack Davenport.

The frustrations, comic moments and occasional breakthroughs revealed in the diaries of outstanding young scientists.
at last a book that pokes its node into the warying world of weirdos :-)
Ţ¡ÆÉýÚ À¢À¢…¢Â¢§Ä Å¡º¢ì¸ôÀ¼ ¸½¢¾Å¢ÂÄ¡Çâý ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢¨É ¸¡÷ÊÂý þ¾Æ¢§Ä Å¡º¢ì¸Ä¡õ. ±ÉìÌô À¢ÊòÐ즸¡ñ¼Ð «ñ¼Å¢Âø-Å¡ÉÅ¢Âø ¬öÅ¡ÇÃ¡É ¦Àñ «È¢Å¢ÂÄ¡Çâý ÌÈ¢ôÒ (¦ºùÅ¡ö Å¡º¢ì¸ôÀð¼Ð). ´ôÀ£ð¼ÇÅ¢ø µ÷ ¬ÃõÀ¿¢¨Ä ¬öÅ¡Çâý ¸ØòÐ ±ò¾¨É Å¢¾í¸§Ç þÚì¸ôÀ¼Ä¡¦ÁýÚ þÅâý þó¾ìÌÈ¢ôÒ Á¢¸×õ ¦¾Ç¢Å¡¸ «È¢Âò¾Õ¸¢ýÈÐ ±ýÀÐ ±ý ¸ÕòÐ.

CNN.com - Nader to run for president as independent - Feb. 22, 2004 Whether it is adding the salt in right amount or spoiling the soup, he has done it again:-)

CNN.com - Site posts low-tech hack for iTunes giveaway - Feb. 20, 2004

CNN.com - Profanity, partner's name hidden in leaked Microsoft code - Feb. 13, 2004

Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater: À¢À¢…¢-4 þø Å¢ò¾¢Â¡ºÁ¡É §¸ðÒ

Rise & Fall of Howard Dean and the American Psyche

BBC NEWS | Americas | Science wins ancient bones battle ¦ºýÈ ¬ñÎ þÐ ÀüÈ¢ ´Õ Å¢Åýõ À¡÷ò§¾ý . §ÁÖõ ¾¸Åø¸û þí§¸.

BBC governors spurned legal advice

CNN.com - Massachusetts court upholds same-sex marriage - Feb. 4, 2004 Way to go! Hope Bush and croonies/conservatives won't get succeed. In the same way, I hope "evolution" would survive in Georgia State.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bollywood music maestro speaks outBollywood?? Why on earth for these morons in the west everything in India either Hindi or Bollywood. After all, neither of them "snatches" the these guys' offshore-jobs:-(

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Vaiko granted bail

BBC NEWS | South Asia | The changing face of Bollywood

WBUR: MyDoom Knocks Down SCO Web Site, Microsoft Braced (2004-02-01)