http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3053376
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Australia and the
Netherlands ranked as the best countries in which to live in the 2003 U.N.
Human Development report on Tuesday but Canadians were miffed.
The United States ranked seventh and Canada was eighth in the report that
seeks to go beyond per capita income and include such factors as educational
levels, health care and life expectancy in measuring a nation's well-being.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"The constant loss of U.S. soldiers in Iraq--after the war is "won"--is a
tragedy. However, if this is what it takes to retire the Bush administration
at the next election, the sacrifice is justified."
- Arie L. Bleicher of Mill Valley, California, expressing leftist respect
for human life