Haiti continues to be among the top stories today, with allegations that former President Aristide was effectively kidnapped by the United States. The Bush administration has come out flatly denying the accusation, but a columnist in the Financial Times asks us not to believe the spin. Prime Minister Paul Martin has assured Canadians that despite how stretched thin the armed forces are by other peacekeeping missions, Canada will play a role in Haiti.

Bombs went off during Shiite ceremonies in Iraq, killing at least 143 people. At the same time, the Iraqi governing council approved an interim constitution for the country. This document that will be signed on Wednesday, will serve until a full constitution can be drafted after elections.

In addition:
- It seems that we're finding a new 'most distant' galaxy every few days now. The VLT has just discovered the latest one, about 13.2 billion light years away.
- Pictures taken from European Space Agency's Mars Express show channels around volcanic activity that could have been produced by water.
- A report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences casts some doubt on the current mass extinction theories we have about dinosaurs.
- On the environmental front, researchers at Penn State have come up with a system that cleans the water while using bacteria from the sewage to produce electricity.
- The city of Berkeley is planning on implementing a special tax on people who own more than three cars.
- Catholic Charities were forced by the California Supreme Court to provide medical coverage for birth control in accordance with state law.
- Protesting the Israeli government's plans to evacuate the Gaza Strip, settlers erected an 'outpost' outside of the Knesset.
- A conference on human rights held in Israel discussed how Israelis don't like whistleblowers.
- But apparently you can hack into the Mossad's website and get away with it.
- The United Nations is restarting a repatriation program in Afghanistan after one of its workers was murdered last year.
- The United Nations has sent an envoy to Burma in an attempt to reconcile the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, currently held under house arrest, and Prime Minister Khin Nyunt.
- Deutche Welle editorializes about the Chancellor Schröder's SPD's poor state of affairs.
- Is Google search having issues?
- An interesting story about infighting in the Dean campaign.
- Canada's women's soccer team are getting close to an Olympic berth!