News – Might They Step Back?

Middle East

Hamas’ leading intellectual says that the group won’t attack settlers or troops there to withdraw them during the pullout from Gaza. “In order to guarantee a smooth withdrawal and get civilised control over the vacated areas Hamas will never ask its members to attack,” Salah al-Bardawil, the main columnist for the organisation’s weekly paper, Al Risalat, told the Guardian. We’ll see won’t we?

The body of the last of a group of four Navy SEALs that went missing in Afghanistan has been found. It’s closure at least.

Cyrus Kar, an -born filmmaker, U.S. Navy veteran and American in Iraq, was released from US custody after eight weeks. He was taken into custody when a search of the taxi he was being driven in found washing machine timers, a common component in improvised bombs. Likely the driver was the one to blame for those, rather than the passenger.

Asia

North Korea has agreed to talks again on it’s nuclear activities. It’s suggested that North Korea might try to shift the focus on talks from it’s programs to general disarmament.

California skateboarder Danny Way jumps over a 61-foot (18.6-meter) gap in the Great Wall of China on his skateboard, being the first to do so without motor aid. Way already holds the record for distance jumped on a skateboard as well as height jumped, 79 feet and 23.5 feet respectively.

Europe

A secret memo says that the UK and US have plans to draw out most troops from Iraq by early next year.

North America

Karl Roves lawyer has confirmed that Rove was one of those secret sources that spoke to reporters about a covert CIA operative whose identity was leaked to the media, according to Newsweek.

Wednesday is the day for the next shuttle launch, an event much looked forward to by NASA.

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid urges the president to name a Supreme Court nominee who will rule with “an open mind and a big heart.” I’m sure the conservatives prone to twist everything Democrats say will have a field day with that.

Looks like Jeb Bush has finally given up the ghost on the Schiavo case. I didn’t think he’d run himself into the ground politically over something that can give no net benefit to anyone.

The Feds want to monitor the use of broadband on flights, fearing that a terror attack could be coordinated using it.

General

A new drug that aims to banish diarrhea, a serious and deadly problem in third world countries.

Explainer details who owns a reporters notes.

Today’s Papers has the number of children entering the foster system because of methamphetamine use by their parents has skyrocketed as of late, an interview with Cyrus Kar, Hurricane Dennis and more in the one page news.

Amusements

Hay in truck catches fire. Idiot trucker tries to swerve to put out flames, then hay drops off truck setting 6 miles of freeway on fire

Building near Ground Zero in New York allowed to store 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel. For some reason, neighbours have a problem with this

Neighbors determine that man was really freaking out, since getting hit by a car didn’t seem to slow down the paranoid ranting one bit

Ice cream maker embarrassed after its new slogan, “Once tasted, never forgotten” is unveiled the same week that 14 people are hospitalized after eating its ice cream

“I’m sure there are some Quiet Riot fans who found the whole cheesy nightmare entertaining, but, to be perfectly blunt, most of the crowd didn’t”

Air Supply finally comes to Cuba. Coming soon: Food Supply, Medical Supply, Auto Parts Supply

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