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Middle East
So who in Iran made the decision to set the 15 captive sailors free? It’s believed that Ali Larijani had a significant hand in the collective events revolving around the incident.
The Iraqi security drive is expanding from Baghdad. Hopefully they’ll take care to not leave a gaping hole behind them for the insurgents to flow into.
A UK diplomat speaks with Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, the talks stressed to be limited to securing the release of kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston and nothing else.
Africa
Claims of rape being used as a weapon in Sudan. Claims I easily believe, the accused being Sudan’s own government soldiers.
Eritrea bans female circumcision. Good to know, though will it be enforced? Several African countries have such laws, but they’re not always enforced.
The US openly admits to funding the opposition in an bid to undermine Robert Mugabe. So it looks like Mugabe was right. The US is trying to effect regime change in Zimbabwe.
Asia/Pacific
South Korea promises to send North Korea food aid even if they miss the deadline to shut down a key nuclear plant. I have to give it to South Korea for their flexibility when it comes to dealing with peace moves.
Chinese TV launches the country’s very first gay issues program. This is a pretty big step for a country that had homosexuality marked as a mental illness until 2001.
Europe
Chronic pollution happens in the Serbian town of Norilsk. It’s reducing the health of the local populace, including newborn children. The deputy director of the company producing the pollution takes responsibility, but says they’re working on improving. Lets hope so.
So, did Rome police go too far dealing with a soccer riot recently? Hard to make such distinctions from the outside, I’d say, since when you’re in the middle of the din of hundreds, even thousands of potentially aggressive people, one’s ability to limit response tends to drop.
Americas
Asshat makes an ad inviting people to a house to take whatever they wished. Problem is, the owner of the house didn’t put the ad up. People came and emptied out the house. Right down to and including the kitchen sink or so I’ve heard.
Amnesty International says that conditions for prisoners at Gitmo are getting worse. Personally, if I had been held in a place like that for upwards of five years with my status being pretty much null, I might have some mental issues too. Especially if I were held in near Supermax conditions as is suggested. Considering most of these people are subsequently released, this treatment is all the more uncalled for.
Obama Messiah Watch: Part 7
General
Conjoined twins with linked hearts and livers are separated, a groundbreaking advance in the complexity of separating to joined lives. It’s amazing how far our medical techniques are coming.
A new HIV drug is making a promising showing. No cure, but something to help those who are already inflicted to lead a more normal life.
Hackers open up the Apple TV and make it into a $300 computer. That would make it the cheapest Mac on the market.. sorta.
The copycats aren’t paying attention when they try and mimic the iPhone. For sure, if it becomes an option for me, I’ll probably be getting one of them as my next phone, though that won’t be for a few years. Perhaps by then T-Mobile will have em and not just Cingular.
The Blogs look at Nancy Pelosi in Syria, Barack Obama’s campaign fund-raising receipts and strangeness on Saturn.
Today’s Papers has a discounting of Iraq’s prewar ties to alQueda, a story on a federal official who held a financial stake in a student loan company that he was overseeing as a member of the Department of Education, airport safety problems and more in the one page news.
Amusements
Neurotically Yours: Feeling the Heat
Mark Fiore: A Plotless Conversation
If you plan on stealing from your place of employment, please refrain from placing the items on Ebay. This holds especially true if you work with one-of-a-kind Civil War documents
Japanese naval officer accidentally took home military secrets. He actually thought he was taking home some porn. No, really
Pictures of Halle Berry going down on a young Hollywood star
Idaho sportsmen are taking potshots at Idaho National Guard tanks. “There’s a segment of the shooting community that will shoot at anything that moves”
Rosie on Bill O’Reilly: “A fattish… man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms….” Which leads one to think Rosie must have fun house mirrors in her dressing room
New Hampshire baseball team asks fans to shovel out stadium, offering free tickets to a game. One person shows up
Always remember to wait until you leave the pawn shop to start showing your two-year-old how to use your new AK-47
Gay marriage legalized in… Disneyland. Wait, what?
Homeless man gets his post delivered to “The Disabled Toilet, The Lower Pleasure Gardens, Bournemouth”
Fark Photoshop Challenge: Photoshop this cheerleader
Fark Photoshop Challenge: Photoshop this famous Bezerkley unicyclist
Fark Photoshop Challenge: Farker’s friend deals with his losing March Madness bet