Monday, June 28, 2004

In the news

The power in Iraq has been handed to the interim government two days ahead of schedule. Hope they do better than us (the US), but am not holding my breath. As an ex-Russian, for me the words "interim government" tend to ring an alarm bell. We all know what happened in Russia after the 1917 interim governemnt. Hope Iraqis fare batter. They could hardly fare worse.

Khat plant (a mild drug used by Somalis) boost sperm power, says BBC. Heh. Now we know why there are 6.91 children per women born in Somalia, the highest number in the world.

Taliban is expressing its own opinion on the upcoming national elections in Afghanistan by blowing up a bus with election workers and murdering at least 14 men for having voter registration cards.

An Australian man who killed another Australian man by making him drink hydrochloric acid at gunpoint just died in a Thai jail. How does one make somebody drink hydrochloric acid at gunpoint, and why would anyone drink it? It's probably much safer to throw the acid in the eyes of the person holding the gun. You'd probably get a bullet for your efforts anyway, but it sure beats drinking the acid.

Israel has killed the West Bank commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and five more members of the same organization. Good riddance.

"Civility Low in Congress", said a Boston Globe headline a few days ago. Tell me something I don't know...


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