For Clare and Jack

CONTENTS

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"BUSH SLUMPS TO NEW LOW IN POLLS"

PARIS CORRESPONDENT--LLOYD BURKO

"WORLD'S OLDEST LIAR DIES AT 126"

OBITUARY WRITER--ARTHUR GOPAL

"EUROPEANS ARE LAZY, STUDY SAYS"

BUSINESS REPORTER--HARDY BENJAMIN

"GLOBAL

WARMING

GOOD FOR ICE CREAMS"

CORRECTIONS EDITOR--HERMAN COHEN

"U.S. GENERAL OPTIMISTIC ON WAR"

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF--KATHLEEN SOLSON

"THE SEX LIVES OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS"

CAIRO STRINGER--WINSTON CHEUNG

"KOOKS

WITH

NUKES"

COPY EDITOR--RUBY ZAGA

"76 DIE IN BAGHDAD BOMBINGS"

NEWS EDITOR--CRAIG MENZIES

"COLD WAR OVER, HOT WAR BEGINS"

READER--ORNELLA DE MONTERECCHI

"MARKETS CRASH OVER FEARS OF CHINA SLOWDOWN"

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER--ABBEY PINNOLA

"GUNMAN KILLS 32 IN CAMPUS RAMPAGE"

PUBLISHER--OLIVER OTT