Wednesday, May 05, 2004

In the news

Three bombs exploded in Athens. Apparently the bombs were intended to produce casualties, but luckily didn't. Local terrorist groups are suspected.

CNN says that Disney has banned Miramax from distributing Michael Moore's new movie, 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. Having seen Moore's previous movie, Bowling for Columbine, I could understand if Disney made such a decision based on the movie's artistic merit, but the article says "The reason? According to today's edition of The New York Times, it might 'endanger' millions of dollars of tax breaks Disney receives from the state of Florida because the film will 'anger' the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush." Inquiring minds want to know what kind of tax breaks Disney receives from the state of Florida that depend on the good will of Jeb Bush.

Heads are finally rolling in the US Army for the prisoner torture, and UK is investigating their own allegations, too. Good. It would be nice to read the list of names of those who are about to be court-martialed.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid has nice pictures of the yesterday's lunar eclipse. Needless to say, it was cloudy here in Helsinki so I did not see it.


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