The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Washington - President George W. Bush heads to the United Nations this week, cap in hand, trying to convince more nations to give money and troops to the Iraq effort. In a UN address and meetings with two vocal critics, France and Germany, Bush will try to make progress on a new resolution for a multinational force in Iraq that would take some pressure off U.S. soldiers, even if it fails to ease widespread resentment at home about the huge price tag. Finding a receptive audience will be tough. In the two years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, world views of the U.S. have transformed in many quarters from sympathy to suspicion, bitterness and anger about its use of unilateral military force. Much of the intelligence Bush used to justify the Iraq invasion has been discredited. The weapons of mass destruction have never been found London - Compared to Ontario's blackout last month it was a minor event, but London's recent 40-minute power cut still caused chaos, especially for 250,000 subway users left stranded in rush hour. Now the blackout is being used to sound dark warnings, literally, of things to come and focused attention on the state of Britain's privatized energy system. Amid fears the lights could go off this winter because of a lack of generating capacity, officials are reassuring people there is no reason to worry.
