National

1. FEC Treads Into Sticky Web Of Political Blogs (Chicago Tribune)
   Web loggers, who pride themselves on freewheeling political activism, might face new federal rules on candidate endorsements, online fundraising and political ads, though bloggers who don't take money from political groups would not be affected. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
2. French Blogger Is EU Cause Celebre (MarketWire)
   A high school teacher from Marseille has become famous across France and the blogosphere thanks to his one-person campaign against approval of the European Union constitution. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
3. Jeff Jarvis, On The Inside Blogging Out (Washington Post)
   Jeff Jarvis, a former critic for People and TV Guide and a founding editor of Entertainment Weekly, has moved from writing for millions to blogging for thousands, slinging opinions on subjects ranging from the war on terror to car stereos. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
4. MoveOn.org's Anti-Catholic Paranoia (FrontPagemag.com)
   Democrats lost the evangelical vote decades ago. As the last election showed, they are now in danger of permanently losing Catholics. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
5. The Gang Of 14, Blogged Down In The Middle (Washington Post)
   It was the perfect storm for the blogosphere, an issue on which both right-wingers and left-wingers could rise up in rare unison and smite the craven offenders. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
6. AmericanBlog.Org Announces FREE National 50 State Blog Infrastructure (MarketWire)
   The New Generation of Blogging. Bloggers, newbie writers and information seekers can now go to one site, AmericanBlog.org for information around the country, and enter the USA of blogging. (May  31, 2005)

International

1. Iran Crushes Blog Spring (Wired)
   Hossein Derakhshan is on tour. In the past few years, he has become the public face of Iran's beleaguered bloggers, more than a dozen of whom have been arrested for their politics. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
2. Hackers Attack Bali Ban Website (Boarder Mail)
   Hackers have forced the partial shutdown of a website urging Australians to boycott Bali because of Schapelle Corbys conviction on drug smuggling charges (May  31, 2005)
   
   
3. Cambodia's Ex-king Has Computer, Will Blog (Canada.com)
   Sihanouk has been a giant on the Asian political scene for 50 years. (May  31, 2005)
   
   
4. Bloggers Of Iran (Yahoo)
   Did you know that on the eve of the Iranian presidential election, that country--with 70 percent of its population under 30--has 75,000 bloggers? (May  31, 2005)