Dateline: Portsmouth RI, 28 November 2004

I know it's a slow surfing weekend, but here's all the news I saw fit to comment upon. Like most people, I spent most of my weekend doing aimless things with my family. But thanks to our new puppy, I get up early no matter how late I go to bed (nor how many hours our baby keeps us up with her latest night terrorsóman, I see a sleep-walker here very much in my own vein). So here I catch up through yesterdayís Times Then I think itís duckpin bowling with the kids:

■ The stories of our times

■ How the world votes on our elections

■ The classic African plight

■ It gets ugly in Ukraine

■ The Iran-Iraq connection presents both danger and opportunity

■ Pakistan is the reason why we can't do Iran right now

■ China's people-driven connectivity spreads around the Pacific

■ Europe will get more interested in Gapówith age!

■ The tipping point on air pollution grows near in Asia

■ The myth about the myth about moral values

■ The very loose rule set on special ops inside the Gap

■ Smart Palestinians desperate to move beyond Arafat

■ Kansas: center of global freedom!