03/10/10 - These world events have made news during the past twenty-four hours...

* The U.N. Secretary-General condemned Israel's plans to construct 1,600 new homes for Israelis to live in East Jerusalem. He called the settlement construction a violation of international law.

* Haitian President Rene Preval visited Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, according to BBC radio. He expressed thanks to President Barack Obama and the American people for their assistance following the earthquake.

* Iranian President Ahmadinejad visited Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. He held a press conference and warned that U.S. troops cannot bring peace to the Central Asian country, according to VOA.

* On Wednesday, forecasters predicted that many cities in the southeastern U.S. could see thunderstorms on Thursday. These include Birmingham, Huntsville, Lexington, Macon, Nashville, and Tallahassee.

03/03 (LWN) Some of the mainstream media, including ABC News, has been attributing the decline in U.S. Postal Service mail volume during the past few years to use of the Internet, particularly e-mail. However, they have neglected the facts that people didn't begin using e-mail only three years ago, and the U.S. is in a long-term recession with the following effects:

* Companies sending less advertisements, catalogs
* Fewer items sold through mail/telephone/Internet
* People unsubscribing from services, magazines

The mainstream media has remained intent upon promoting the idea that the "recession is over" in recent months. This may explain why it would rather brand the postal service as "obsolete" than acknowledge the recession's effect upon mail volume and shipping.

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