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Headlines for 5 September 2003

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 U.S. faces strong Franco-German opposition to plans for multinational force in Iraq. Related: Another take: U.S. eats crow.

 Congress shocked by White House’s budget request for $60-70 billion for next year’s spending in Iraq. Related: Congress members approve their own 4.1 percent raise.

 Navel: Columbia Journalism Review says The Morning News is leading the pack of new online magazines.

 Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa abandons anti-subversion bill.

 Tribute (about the Tribute in Light) to air tonight on PBS at 10PM.

 Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker on why he loves painter John Currin.

 Bronx priests read, pray, contemplate, and then have their cocktail hour.

 Is debt straightedge? Message board pondering the dilemmas of a restrictive life.

 VICE publisher Gavin McInnes draws the line between liberals (equality first, truth last) and conservatives (truth first, everything else second).

 The Next Stanley Kubrick by Kathy Fish.

 Keeping tabs on the Bush administration’s environmental record.

 Peter Hertzmann on the elaborate history of blanc-manger. Related: Recipes and gorgeous design from lunch-at-noon.com.

 General Mills continues the tradition of great corporate art collections.

 Vivid street photography by Boogie. [via ak ]

 Swedish national bank bans natural gas by employees.

 Legal MP3s from new Fountains of Wayne album Welcome Interstate Managers.

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