WHO AM I?

BBC News has an in-depth look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a profile of Ariel Sharon.

THE CHALLENGES TO NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

The Chicago Sun-Times sums up the NEA lawsuit.

The Guardian does the same about Utah's moves.

Here is the official government site about No Child Left Behind.

Learn more about Margaret Spellings here.

Here is an article about the effect of No Child Left Behind on Texas.

This InfoPlease.com article explains states' rights.

THE NEW POPE: BENEDICT XVI

Yahoo! News has full coverage of the Vatican.

THE NEWSCURRENTS "NEWS PERSON OF THE YEAR"

Yahoo!News has full coverage of the Bush administration, the papacy, and Martha Stewart.

Read about Condoleezza Rice at the State Department site.

MONARCHS IN DANGER

CNN has a story about the decreasing monarch population.

The Science Museum of Minnesota has a page about monarchs.

Find out more about the planned "monarch waystations" at this Kansas University page.

Monach Watch has lots of information about monarch butterflies.

A NATION WITHOUT A LEADER

Here is a BBC article about Silvio Berlusconi's resignation.

Read Berlusconi's official biography.

The Scotsman has a good article about Berlusconi's new government.

COUNTRY OF THE WEEK: ITALY

One of the best overviews of Italy is at this Wikipedia entry.

For information about ancient Rome, look no further than this BBC website for young people.

At this site you can read the famous speech that Giuseppe Garibaldi gave to his soldiers in 1860.

Italian Food Forever has lots of tasty recipes.

Cool stuff about gladiators at RomaClick.com.

A good guide to Venice and its canals can be found at Lonely Planet.

CARTOON OF THE WEEK

A site called ICasualties.org tries to keep track of the killed and wounded in Iraq.

This MathForum site explains one-point perspective and the concept of the vanishing point.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

To learn more about the sinking of the Lusitania look here.

To find out more about Captain William Turner look here.

For a tour of the luxury liner visit this site.

The BBC has a great website on World War One.

FACES AND PLACES

Jane Fonda.
Wikipedia has a good biography of Jane Fonda.

John Bolton
Read this CNN article about John Bolton's confirmation woes.

Spain
Reuters is very informative about Spain and Cervantes.

Iraq
Here is an article in the Guardian about al Qaeda and the plot to kill Iyad Allawi.