Blog - Seth Godin - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:27 A journalist asked me, Most people have a better standard of living today than Louis XIV did in his day. So why are so many people unhappy? What you have doesn't make you unhappy. What you want does. And want...
Seth Godin
CNN World - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:11 For the first time sumo wrestling's governing body can recall, one of its revered athletes has been nabbed for drug possession.
CNNMoney.com - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:10 Shares of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae on Monday suffered their worst day since a mid-July free fall and plunged to their lowest points in nearly two decades.
Reuters International - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:09 KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A wave of Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attempted to attack the main U.S. base in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday but were repelled by ground troops and attack helicopters, NATO-led forces said.
CNN World - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:05 Forecasters dropped hurricane warnings as Tropical Storm Fay failed to strengthen before making landfall in southwestern Florida early Tuesday.
CNN World - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:04 Foreign ministers from NATO members are gathering in Belgium for a Tuesday emergency meeting over the crisis between Russia and Georgia which will also involve U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Reuters International - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:00 ALGIERS (Reuters) - A bomb attack east of Algiers killed 43 people and wounded 38 on Tuesday, the Algerian interior ministry said, in one of the bloodiest incidents in years in the OPEC member state.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Russian forces blockaded the main commercial port in the Black Sea town of Poti on Tuesday and took Georgian soldiers prisoner.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Senator Barack Obama has all but finalized his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate roll-out plan for his decision, beginning perhaps as soon as Wednesday.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 More than 24 hours had passed since Usain Bolt's redefining of the 100 meters, and some are increasingly warning that the record in the 200 meters is on borrowed time.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Party leaders in the coalition government were set to gather for the start of what could be a drawn-out tussle over Pervez Musharraf's replacement.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Ten French soldiers were killed and about 20 wounded in two days of fighting near Kabul in the single biggest loss for international forces here in more than three years, officials said.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 The trigger Tuesday was Lehman Brothers, the U.S. investment bank, which is considering the sale of all or part of its prized money management division.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 The Algerian Interior Ministry says a suicide car bombing targeting a police academy has killed dozens of people.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 The major Western oil companies are finding it harder than ever to find new prospects even though they are enjoying strong profits and eager to expand.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 "The Terror Cell," a show about a bunch of losers in a gang that can't shoot straight, is scheduled to debut on Danish television next year.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Winners do quit. The trick, of course, is to know when it's right to walk away and when it's not.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 The Marburg town council's decision to require solar-heating panels has triggered a vehement debate over the boundaries of ecological good citizenship.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Thousands of children work long hours at often dangerous jobs in hundreds of primitive mines scattered through the West African bush.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 Even as it receives a billion pounds of free food from international donors, Sudan is growing and selling vast quantities of its own crops to other countries.
International Herald Tribune - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:59 In a cultural shift, credit cards have become commonplace in Turkey and other middle-income countries, but so has the curse of debt.
CNN World - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:53 An attack on a military school in Algeria killed 43 people and wounded another 38 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
