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Spiegel Online writes here: The glaciers on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro are melting, but nobody really knows why. Researchers have turned the peak into an extreme laboratory to find the answer. But it’s a race against time — the information archived in the ice must be unlocked before it melts.
And here: Water Scarcity As Africa’s Lakes Shrink: The rapid decline of Africa’s lakes is illustrated dramatically by satellite images from a United Nations Atlas. Many Africans now face a tough future without access to safe drinking water.

Devin Gordon comments here at the Newsweek website: America’s skiing cover boy Bode Miller has been a bust at these Olympics–and medals don’t have anything to do with it.

Spiegel Online reports here: Snake oil peddlers, shamans and scrupulous marketers are all popping up on eBay. This time they’re selling potions and protective gear to keep you from getting avian influenza. Unfortunately, this "protective gear" will do little for your health or your wallet.

In his debut column, Newsweeks nutrition expert Dr. Dean Ornish explains why all low-fat diets are not the same. You can read his first  titled The Facts About Fat here at the Newsweek website.

Sidney Blumenthal writes here at the Spiegel Online website: A three-year-old executive order that vastly expanded his powers illuminates how the vice president and his minions led us into war.

The Washington Post writes here: Faced with an unprecedented Republican revolt over national security, the White House disclosed yesterday that President Bush was unaware of a Middle Eastern company’s planned takeover of operations at six U.S. seaports until recent days and promised to brief members of Congress more fully on the pending deal.

CNN writes here: Kid Rock has won an initial victory in his attempt to stop a California company from releasing an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.

Read the story here at the Washington Post website and please let us know what you think about this issue: With President Bush’s credibility damaged and his political clout eroded, maybe it was just a matter of time before "trust me" didn’t hack it anymore — even with his most loyal supporters in Congress. Today, Bush faces a significant political test ever over a sleeper issue — the long-proposed turning over of operations at several U.S. ports to a company owned by an Arab country.

Spiegel Online writes here: The sky may not be falling but Germany’s media has ably slipped into the role of Chicken Little when it comes to bird flu. Speculation abounds that an outbreak of the virus could lead to the cancellation of the biggest sports event of 2006. But is the World Cup really under threat?