Saddam Hussein is still in office, but it was disclosed this week that America's State Department is already inviting bids from organisations that could provide humanitarian relief in Iraq after he is ousted.(Brief Article)(Column)

Economist (US), The, August, 2002

Politics

Saddam Hussein is still in office, but it was disclosed this week that America's State Department is already inviting bids from organisations that could provide humanitarian relief in Iraq after he is ousted.

President George Bush took a break from his holiday to meet "ordinary Americans" at a carefully planned forum to discuss the economy in Waco, Texas. He promised to prevent Congress spending an extra $5.1 billion in an amendment to an anti-terrorism bill.

Oregon's biggest blaze for a century was fought back by more than 6,000 firefighters. So far this year, wildfires in America have burned 5.5m acres.

A biological-weapons researcher in Maryland denied having anything to do with the letters containing anthrax that...