Pope refuses to meet Condi Rice: Italian newspaper (AFP)--Even the Hitler Youth has its standards.


Blackwater’s Shots Not Provoked, Iraq Concludes (NYT)--Shock & Awe was OK, however.


Dubai buys 20% of Nasdaq; Arab ownership of UK stock exchange (WorldNet) . . . Qatar and Dubai acquire big stakes . . . Dubai government buys minority stake in Carlyle Group (FT.com)--Cheney: "Call me Sheikh. I’ve just discovered my legislative niche."