White House says Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON - The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints to the Justice Department about federal prosecutors who were later fired for what critics charge were partisan political reasons.

Halliburton to move its head office to Dubai  —  By David Wighton in New York and Simeon Kerr in Dubai  —  Halliburton, the oil services company once run by Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, on Sunday provided further evidence that the focus of many big US companies is shifting overseas …

Week in Review  —  Our reporters get their stories from a number of places, but much of the "meat and potatoes" coverage comes from the daily briefings at the White House, Pentagon and State Department.  —  These events, usually about an hour in length, permit the reporters to seek official comment …

Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden  —  WASHINGTON: An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders.  —  The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache.

Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'  —  Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.  —  They say the debate on global warming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians …

Do we really need a Gen. Pelosi?  —  Congress can cut funding for Iraq, but it shouldn't micromanage the war.  —  AFTER WEEKS OF internal strife, House Democrats have brought forth their proposal for forcing President Bush to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2008.

AP Photo PAR105, VM142  —  PARIS (AP) - Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as France's president, announced Sunday he will not seek a third term in elections this spring - a widely expected move given his low popularity, his age and a conservative rival who has siphoned off his political base.

Perverse Libby trial was revealing  —  A couple of days ago, Shane Gibson, the Bahamian immigration minister, resigned.  The Tribune in Nassau had published front-page pictures of him in bed with Anna Nicole Smith.  Could happen to anyone.  Riding high in February, shot down in March.

Colin McEnroe  —  Tim's Policy Offers Utter Impunity  —  OK, so it's early daylight savings or something.  You're awake now, and confused about what time it is.  It's as if the Lunesta moth picked up your bed while you slept and flew it out to somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean where it is one hour earlier.

Swiss paper says former Taliban defense minister free  —  GENEVA: A Swiss newspaper claimed Sunday that the Taliban's former defense minister was free two days after his reported capture by Pakistani security forces.  —  The Swiss weekly SonntagsBlick said one of its reporters spoke …

Progressive Opposition Fading On Iraq Supplemental  —  The buildup to war in Iraq from 2001-2003 is one of the main reasons I started working in politics full-time.  As such, when it came time for the fight over the supplemental appropriations bill under a Democratic majority, I could not just idly sit by.

It's Uphill for the Democrats  —  They Need a Global Strategy, Not Just Tactics for Iraq  —  The Democrats' victory last November obviously reflected popular sentiment against the war in Iraq, but nothing seems obvious now as Democrats try to exploit their new majority status in Congress.

The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals  —  When an angry Enrico Mattei coined the phrase "the seven sisters" to describe the Anglo-Saxon companies that controlled the Middle East's oil after the second world war, the founder of Italy's modern energy industry …

French Jews Fleeing Into Florida  —  Over the past few years there have been reports of French Jews relocating or even being urged to relocate by some Jewish groups and now there's a new twist:  —  French Jews are fleeing into Florida, the Miami Herald reports.

Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid  —  A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of United States citizens who have had difficulty complying with requirements to show birth certificates and other documents proving their citizenship, state officials say.

FOX NEWS, Crazy Right Wing Propaganda  —  UPDATE:  —  Thanks to DMAC we now know that Jurassicpork over at Pottersville (http://welcome-to-pottersville.blogspo t.com/ 2007/03/fox-news-at-its-finest.html) created the following masterpiece.  If you had any lingering doubt about the propaganda …

An 'Out of Control' Veep's Office  —  Conservatives are clamoring for a Libby pardon.  But don't count on Bush to go along—at least not yet.  —  For nearly two months, while his trial unfolded in a federal courtroom, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby seemed breezily confident.