"We fear that any such decision on the part of foreign powers to give assistance to one side or the other in Afghanistan is a recipe for great suffering for the people of Afghanistan, " he said.

CNN: Pakistan rules out military role

Another provision requires companies to give even the lowliest janitor on the other side of the globe a way to blow the whistle on financial wrongdoing, anytime day or night.

FORBES: Criminalizing Capitalism

Still more intrusive checking will be needed to give each side confidence that the other cannot suddenly disrupt this dwindling balance.

ECONOMIST: Disarming again

Call people, because there's lawyers who are trained, who are there for no other purpose but to help you vote on the other side, and can give you all the information you want.

NPR: Thousands of New Orleans Voters Can't Get to Polls

There is too much at stake the future of Iraq, nuclear crises in Iran and North Korea, atrocities in Sudan for either side to give up on the other entirely.

ECONOMIST: Bush stands by his controversial man | The

The next it was the humpbacks again, as two detached themselves from the main pod to give us the once over, drifting first down one side of the ship, then the other, and finally surfacing right under the bow as we watched with increasing incredulity.

BBC: Cruising into Gold Rush country

Giteau skewed another penalty wide, while at the other end, Carter landed a kick from 45 metres out to give his side a five-point half-time lead.

BBC: Australia 26-24 New Zealand

Some doctors have been using Vytorin as a first-line therapy because it's so easy to give: The lowest dose of this combo pill lowers cholesterol better than higher doses of the other medicines, with fewer side effects.

FORBES: The Vytorin Consensus