The Earth Times Daily Web Edition: Environment, business, health/UN Notebook

	Michael Littlejohns is a longtime correspondent for The Financial Times who covers the United Nations and international diplomacy.
	Iraqis weigh pros and cons of war
	Successes and failures spotted in rich states' schools
	Annan cites civil liberties risks in war on terror
	Women called wars' biggest losers
	Annan taps "most powerful woman" for high post
	India's Shashi Tharoor Shines in the Worlds of Literature and Global Diplomacy
	Those who say, "I could shoot myself" likely won't
	Killer kids called global problem
	Headquarters rebuilding proposed for late 2004
	Water worries in an Iraq war
	Reformer Annan tries again
	Fallout from falling out
	Rudeness rules
	Iraq debate shifts to tense New York
	"Prague spring" veteran named to top UN post
	More trouble in Afghanistan
	Hot button item, gender bigotry
	"Seinfeld," funniest Arab on US TV?
	Food factor's effects are far-reaching
	Promises unkept pose problem
	Kabul gets a MASH
	Powell is upbeat on development
	"Acts of God" take heavy (yet avoidable) toll
	Chief UN arms monitor called a spy by Iraq
	US, UN at odds on Iraq arms inspection bid
	UN response restrained as Iraq seeks talks
	We have seen the enemy, and it is us . . .
	Save the children -- and their mothers
	UN staff vulnerable to terrorism; states let most killers go
	UN settles for half a loaf at food summit
	Globalization, 9/11 tied in Annan speech
	Economic cost of West Bank war hit both sides hard
	Aspirin, move over; here's another low-cost life saver
	Europe may have wrong reasons for swing to right
	Annan names an author to tell UN tale
	Work is sickening, says UN body; a killer, too
	Ten million needy kids amid US plenty
	An untimely UN mailing causes a scare
	Al Jazeera at the UN
	Let's hear it for the natives, UN pleads
	Out of Africa. Report on a UN peace bubble
	States paper over differences on child issues
	AIDS plays no favorites, UN aide warns
	Working children called an urgent challenge
	War crimes maybe, but no Jenin massacre, probe finds
	China's boom year was a bust for US
	Israel short-circuits UN's Jenin inquiry
	Press prize for African freedom fighter
	US regains seat on key UN rights panel
	Uncle Sam set to get his groove back
	Happy talk from the UN, but with caveats
	Megabucks approved to combat 3 big killers
	UN's Jenin fact-finding mission in trouble
	"Massacre" at Jenin? Annan team will find out
	Angry words from over the border
	Investing in kids offers rewards, UN says
	Foreign troops, aid urged after a West Bank truce
	Don't quit job for age reasons, ILO says
	Annan wants Mideast peacekeepers, but no UN force
	Hate the sin, love the sinner?
	A new world court comes to life
	US-led quartet voices new peace plea
	Young at heart, Annan, 64, speaks on aging
	Message to Earth: Move
	UN fears for refugees under Israeli fire
	A fast-track court readies to bow
	Annan fears widening Mideast conflict
	UN Council sides with Arafat in standoff
	Belt tightening causes discomfort all round
	Media heroes honored for defense of freedom
	Terror threat to UN called very high
	Billions march to big city beat
	The Iceman Cometh: A tale of retribution
	UN rights aide quits after riling powerful members
	Empty bellies block development
	Post September 11, a ringing endorsement by the United States
	World Bargains in Development
	UN rights aide quits after riling powerful members
	US and UN, partners in a world of trouble
	A dough running out of yeast?
	Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan. It's a small world
	In US-backed measure, free Palestine is envisioned
	Silence in court -- of a sort
	Cautious Annan calls Iraq arms talks "good start"
	Doubling aid to poor called smart anti-terror move
	United Nations and New York City: Is this the beginning of a new relationship?
	An Everest tie to the Hudson? It's possible
	An uplifting message holds a warning
	Who's in charge here? UN has easy solution
	Affluent Britons told of poor states' plight
	UN warns Europeans to watch what they eat
	Travel bug bite you? UN has a cure
	Annan advisor was crucial to Bush victory
	Full-bore Middle East war risk scares UN
	Saudis taste sweet success, with a UN assist
	NY landlords, US travel curbs rile diplomats
	Belatedly, EU acts after Zimbabwe ousts plucky Pierre
	Annan hits up Uncle Sam for more AIDS aid
	US gets to keep top UN food post
	"We wuz robbed": UN riles an ex-president and US
	A definition failure by UN duck hunters
	Zimbabwe's press curbs called rights violation
	UN hopes for closer ties to Bloomberg's city
	Europe frets, but not over threats Bush failed to cite
	Hamid Karzai, superstar, wows UN Council
	Using too much when there's too little creates a crisis
	Hoax or real? Letter to Annan, with powder, is seized
	Barking didn't budge Mugabe, so where's the bite?
	UN agency zeroes in on a reeling industry
	Kitchen talk from near and far
	Zero growth with a difference: megabucks for Kabul
	At UN, freedom to speak irks some
	Razing of Arab homes, Sept. 11 attacks equated at UN
	A return to normal. But what's normal?
	Savvy outsiders advise Annan on 2002 plans
	Osama, Omar missing, but Kabul news still not bad
	These stars perform in a long-running Off Broadway play
	Mike and Kofi, "good friends," in early get-together
	Speak softly, UN's big sticks are urged
	Too poor to surf the Web, Africans rely on radio
	Readying for Kofi's new term, advice worth following
	Authority on human kindness OK's aid to con artist