This article concerns the recent influx of imigrants to France. The increase of immigrants has caused unrest in France. Some of this unrest has lead to riots. This article explains Frances new plan to control imigration and limit the number and type of imigrants entering France, hopefully settlingany unrest.
Of course there is unrest and something needs to be done to stop it, but is selective immigration fair? Will this acctually help? Is imigration a bad thing? Our country was built on immigration and we had unrest to. Is this the same thing?

This article talks about a serious problem in a hospital in Kolkata, India involving ants attacking a patient. I think it is sad that these patients in pain have to go through more and can't do anything about it. It is a short article and I don't have much to say except that hopefully this problem can be solved soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051115/od_nm/india_ants_dc

This article talks about how the Senate wants reports on the progress of the war in Iraq but has also turned down the Democratic plan to require President Bush and his administration to make a timeline for the U.S. troops to withdrawal. The Senate wants the Bush administration to give a good explaination to not only them, but the American people as well, a successful plan of action to end successfully the war in Iraq. There are a few opinions in the article as well. I just want to know what you truly feel about this topic. Do you really think the war in Iraq is aimless, or is it a successful war for our country?

This article is about how one family is leasing out a hydrogen car. The company wanted to see how the car held up to daily driving. Do you think this is a major step in everyone having hydrogen cars even though the technology has been there for ten years? Do you think this is cost effective?

http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/02/Autos/fuelcellcar/index.htm

The following two articles relate to the Smoking ban which is presenlty being voted on by west Lafayette officials. If the final vote goes through, smoking shall be banished from resturants and other public places. What are your feeling about the banishment of smoking? Also they are holding a 15 feet radius of non-smoking on all public areas. Are they now segregating the smokers from the non-smokers? Please place your views on the topic.

I thought this article was perfect for this week because we are doing a project dealing with wikipedia! This article is about wikipedia being made into print for readers in the developing world. Tell me what you think of this idea, and if you think it would be beneficial.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/01/wikipedia.reut/index.html

For the first time since the Vietnam War, the US military has decided to release the death toll of enemy forces, mostly in the Iraq War. A link to the article can be found here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102301273.html . Do you guys think this is a good idea? Is this the only way to show progress in a war with unclear goals? Or is this just an attempt

http://www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/flash.htm
This site is about a consperacy theory that on 911 it wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon, but was actually a missile and our government hid the truth. I think that this theory puts up an interesting argument, but for sure needs more research. After checking out the site and if it were found to be true, I think that it shatters our whole belief that this nation is safe and strong, that we should never live in fear.