Bush doctrine makes waves overseas. International reaction to new policy of preemptive strikes casts a suspicious eye on “imperialist” designs. [Salon.com]

Number of People Living in Poverty Increases in U.S.. The proportion of Americans living in poverty rose significantly last year, increasing for the first time in eight years, the Census Bureau reported. By Robert Pear. [New York Times: Politics]

Puzzlehunt was last weekend. It was extreamly cool.

Bush to Arab world: Drop dead. Driven by right-wing ideologues and his own zeal, President Bush has taken Ariel Sharon’s side in the Middle East even while plotting a war with Iraq. Foreign policy experts say that’s a dangerous combination. [Salon.com]

BBC: “Some critics have been less than impressed with Google’s news service.”
NY Times: “Google’s automated editors appeared to match the work of human competitors.”[Scripting News]

News.Com: At the center of the patent storm. Q&A with Danny Weitzner, W3C. The critical concern that has led us to push so hard for a royalty-free policy is that for all the different Web software implementers it would be terribly hard to negotiate with the parent holders. They don’t have their own patent portfolios or intellectual property lawyers. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Scoble: “I’m just not that excited by much that Microsoft is doing.” [Scripting News]
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