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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
Pedro Carmona, the businessman who briefly claimed the Venezuelan presidency during the failed coup last month, has been granted asylum in Columbia. The news of asylum comes on the evening that right-winger Álvaro Uribe Vélez won the election to become the next Columbian president. American ambassador Anne Patterson already met with Uribe last night and promised close relations between the United States and the new government. Sources: BBC News, 27 May 2002; New York Times, 27 May 2002.

**This week's columns**
Right-Wing Radio Paul Corrigan The Boston Globe recently published an article that called Mike Barnicle's politics "Urban Democratic" and Don Imus's politics "Democratic/Opportunistic." These two men could be mistaken for good-looking women before they could be mistaken for Democrats. Are the editors at the Globe on strike? Go to article!	Kashmir Sweating Tim Francis-Wright As India and Pakistan continue a deadly pas de deux in Kashmir, the Bush administration needs to figure out how to rein in its friends in Islamabad. Go to article!

Coleen Rowley's Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller: This memo from a Minneapolis FBI agent shows how the FBI prevented a lawful attempt to stop the Al-Qaeda hijackers (Time magazine).
FBI's 'Phoenix' Memo Unmasked: This memo from a Phoenix FBI agent reveals not what Bush knew, but what he should have known (Richard Behar, Fortune.com).
There is a Firestorm Coming, and It Is Being Provoked by Mr Bush: Anti-American feeling throughout the Middle East is palpable (Robert Fisk, The Independent).
Thanks for the Heads-Up: Recent warnings from the White House only hide how low a priority Al-Qaeda was before 11 September (Frank Rich, New York Times).
Rebel With a Cause: Joseph Stiglitz is unafraid to say just what is wrong with the World Bank. He should know: he worked there (Eyal Press, The Nation).
Pakistan Missile Test Stacks Odds Against Kashmir Peace: Mistrust and confusion have created a crisis that threatens millions (Luke Harding and Jason Burke, The Observer).
Ice Reservoirs Found on Mars: Mars turns out to have substantial amounts of ice: perhaps life is not unique to Earth (David Whitehouse, BBC News).

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