Related threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030546/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030546/posts
The article first appeared in the Intl. Herald Tribune (yesterday), which is the overseas print of the NYT.
Sorry - posted the same thread twice.
Here’s the other:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029833/posts