The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America

Joe Ortiz

	The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America
	Published: 01 March, 1997
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The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America

Iraqi cleric links truce, US withdrawal timetable (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080807/i/r2957417168.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2xhLfDPG0gMIF8Lsn1r9nA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A tent that has been sprayed with foam insulation is pictured at the Army National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California July 31, 2008. Tents with this foam insulation which are air-conditioned and used as sleeping quarters, are being used in forward operating bases in use in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. The foam insulation saves almost 180,000 gallons of fuel per day, which is used to generate power to run the HVAC systems. The U.S. military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the Internet. Now, Pentagon officials say their green energy efforts will help America fight global warming. Picture taken July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops but may lift the order if a planned Iraq-U.S. security agreement lacks a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces, a spokesman said Thursday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,134 (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_us/iraq_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080807/i/r2957417168.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2xhLfDPG0gMIF8Lsn1r9nA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A tent that has been sprayed with foam insulation is pictured at the Army National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California July 31, 2008. Tents with this foam insulation which are air-conditioned and used as sleeping quarters, are being used in forward operating bases in use in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. The foam insulation saves almost 180,000 gallons of fuel per day, which is used to generate power to run the HVAC systems. The U.S. military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the Internet. Now, Pentagon officials say their green energy efforts will help America fight global warming. Picture taken July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - As of Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at least 4,134 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_bases"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080807/capt.cbb91d408d1d403f8bf5a25d93906696.mideast_iraq_us_bases_bag106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FBc2UY0UZd60ZAgmbuvang--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the US Army on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, G Troop, Task Force 1-35, 2nd Brigade Combat Team move out on patrol in search of weapons caches with an attachment of Iraqi Army soldiers during Operation Iron Pursuit on Monday, July 28, 2008 in 7 Nissan village, Diyala province, Iraq. Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later. (AP Photo/US Army, Sgt. Eric C. Hein, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.

U.S. agrees to set withdrawal date with Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080807/wl_mcclatchy/3012370"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080807/i/r2838093012.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=rWb7eOPf6hF7XzHEBAQoaw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S. military vehicles line up next to Iraqi military vehicles during security operations in Diyala province August 7, 2008. U.S. and Iraqi forces have routed al Qaeda in Baghdad and Western Iraq, and the Sunni Islamist group has since regrouped in Iraq's north, including Diyala, where a major security operation is underway to crush insurgents. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (IRAQ)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD? The United States and Iraq are nearing completion of negotiations on a security agreement that would pull American troops out of Iraqi cities by next July and foresees all U.S. combat troops gone from Iraq by 2011, according to two Iraqi officials who are familiar with the negotiations.

U.S. plans surveillance buildup in Iraq, Afghanistan (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080807/ts_nm/usa_military_surveillance_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080808/2008_08_07t183319_450x304_us_usa_military_surveillance.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=NLW4kPcYy_bAVjKpuJSHwg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="U.S. soldiers from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment walk towards a military vehicle during security operations in Diyala province August 7, 2008. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend $2.2 billion on a new fleet of spy planes and unmanned drones for Iraq and Afghanistan that would greatly enhance the ability of U.S. forces to track militants, officials said on Thursday.

McCain calls for probe of company he once aided (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_dhl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080807/capt.cb82315a92dc4e08910fd991f8115ff9.mccain_2008_ohma111.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=TGkqoU41udFOltytcmQtXw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a merger in 2003 that led to its current plans.

U.N. Iraq mandate renewed; Baghdad wants more U.N. help (Reuters)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080807/wl_nm/iraq_un_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080807/i/r2957417168.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2xhLfDPG0gMIF8Lsn1r9nA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A tent that has been sprayed with foam insulation is pictured at the Army National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California July 31, 2008. Tents with this foam insulation which are air-conditioned and used as sleeping quarters, are being used in forward operating bases in use in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. The foam insulation saves almost 180,000 gallons of fuel per day, which is used to generate power to run the HVAC systems. The U.S. military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the Internet. Now, Pentagon officials say their green energy efforts will help America fight global warming. Picture taken July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to keep the United Nations mission in Iraq for another year, as Baghdad urged the world body to do more to help it transform into a functioning democracy.

Security Council renews mandate of UN mission in Iraq (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_mideast_afp/iraqdiplomacyun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080807/capt.cps.nfk19.070808224138.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1ceUkoYfZj9XZnMgFKIKkg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The UN Security Council, pictured here during a June 2008 meeting, voted unanimously Thursday to renew for one year the mandate of the UN mission for Iraq.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The UN Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to renew for one year the mandate of the UN mission for Iraq.

Iraq delays provincial polls in reconciliation blow for US (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_afp/iraqpoliticsvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080807/capt.cps.nfj57.070808201452.photo00.photo.default-349x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=E3neVZyV1d9fRjIsY9zcJg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Iraqi Turkmen chant slogans and hold a portrait Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (L) during a demonstration in the northern city of Kirkuk. Iraq on Thursday postponed provincial elections due in October after MPs failed to agree the necessary legislation in time, in a blow to US-backed efforts to consolidate national reconciliation.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq on Thursday postponed provincial elections due in October after MPs failed to agree the necessary legislation in time, in a blow to US-backed efforts to consolidate national reconciliation.

Who Gets Billed for a New Baghdad? (Time.com)

Time.com - The capital of Iraq has big dreams for improving services and quality of life. But it doesn't seem to be willing - or able - to spend its large oil profits

Iraqi official defends spending, surplus (AP)

AP - An Iraqi lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki defended the government's record on reconstruction spending, saying Thursday that U.S. critics of its multibillion dollar surplus were overlooking Baghdad's progress over the past three years.

Eight Iraq family members killed by old landmine (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestnasiriyah"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080807/capt.cps.nfg15.070808125152.photo00.photo.default-391x512.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=uLtAc1tjiW_RL5llX2oGIw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="An unexploded mine lies on the ground at the scene of a car bomb in the Baladiyat district of Baghdad, 2006. Eight members of one Iraqi family, including three woman and two children, were killed when an old mine brought home by one of their children exploded inside their house.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Eight members of one Iraqi family, including three woman and two children, were killed Thursday when an old mine brought home by one of their children exploded inside their house, police said.

In Iraq, troops balance fighting and lending a hand (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - A few months ago, Sgt. First Class Robert Rollheiser and his platoon were locked in fierce battle in Sadr City with the Mahdi Army (JAM), a Shiite militia. Today, they're surrounded by a group of locals just a few miles from the city where a woman has accused some local boys of belonging to JAM.

McCain wants Iraq-style 'surge' to right US economy (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/ts_alt_afp/usvoteeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080807/capt.cps.nfd59.070808044048.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Th0Bq109QwUlmH3h1mpVHw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A one dollar chrome printing plate. White House hopeful John McCain called Wednesday for a policy "surge" to right the teetering US economy, but was scorned by his Democratic rival Barack Obama as a creature of Washington.(AFP/File/Shawn Thew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - White House hopeful John McCain called for a policy "surge" to right the teetering US economy, but was scorned by his Democratic rival Barack Obama as a creature of Washington.

US military works to keep out Iraq militia leaders (AP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_baghdad_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080806/capt.f76d5a1e58e64a8abf53cba0eb8c2e2b.iraq_sadr_city_wall_bag101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rthY_jHKEdqOulVPDVDX3w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A painter decorates a security wall sealing off the southern section of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian-backed Shiite militiamen who fled U.S.-Iraqi operations in Baghdad hope to return, but the U.S. military is confident they won't receive a warm homecoming, officials said Wednesday.

Iraqi parliament adjourns without setting elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD? After weeks of late-night negotiations and under intense U.S. pressure, Iraqi lawmakers failed to pass a much-debated provincial elections law Wednesday before adjourning for the month.

Hundreds of Shiite worshippers pack bombed Iraqi mosque (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestsamarrareligion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080806/capt.cps.nfc01.060808204932.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=3igJR2yQZAltYN_At_W98g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Workers prepare a metal beam during restorations to repair the Shiite Al-Askari shrine in the city of Samarra, 125 kms (80 miles) north of Baghdad. Hundreds of Muslim worshippers on Wednesday visited a revered Shiite shrine in northern Iraq that is being rebuilt after a deadly bomb blast which triggered bitter sectarian bloodshed.(AFP/Mahmud Salih Khalil)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hundreds of Muslim worshippers on Wednesday visited a revered Shiite shrine in northern Iraq that is being rebuilt after a deadly bomb blast which triggered bitter sectarian bloodshed.

Iraq spends little on rebuilding despite huge surplus: US report (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqbudgetoilreconstruction"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080806/capt.cps.nfb52.060808192052.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FzowJP5vdBTTlX0aoQ6TXA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqis work at a new construction site in Baghdad on August 5, 2008. Iraq is amassing a huge budget surplus of soaring oil export revenues, but is spending little on reconstruction, for which the United States is bearing the financial burden, a US government report said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq is amassing a huge budget surplus of soaring oil export revenues, but is spending little on reconstruction, for which the United States is bearing the financial burden, a US government report said.

U.S. diplomat rejects criticism of Iraqi spending (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraq is making strides in using oil revenues to rebuild its shattered infrastructure, a senior U.S. embassy official said on Wednesday, disputing a critical report from Washington.

Iraq nets three women would-be bombers in anti-Qaeda sweep (AFP)

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestwomen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080806/capt.cps.nex97.060808122109.photo00.photo.default-402x512.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=tZB5Yvx4uagc4JM7EuGShg--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="An Iraqi police commando stands guard in Baquba, 45 kilometers north of Baghdad. Iraqi forces have arrested three women who were plotting suicide bombing missions against soldiers and police involved in a vast offensive against Al-Qaeda, officials have said.(AFP/File/Str)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraqi forces have arrested three women who were plotting suicide bombing missions against soldiers and police involved in a vast offensive against Al-Qaeda, officials said on Wednesday.

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