It was a strange way to wake up on a Sunday morning, but at least it wasn’t the Japanese attacking. We woke to a minor shake that turned into a violent rattle in our clap board bungalow. We spent an absolutely lovely day without power and without having to hear all the noise pollution that…
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First U.S. lawmaker convicted in lobbying scandal
First U.S. lawmaker convicted in lobbying scandal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican congressman pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting meals, drinks, gambling chips and other items worth tens of thousands of dollars, becoming the first lawmaker convicted in the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal. Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio, who abandoned…
U.S. troops unlawfully killed UK journalist: coroner
U.S. troops unlawfully killed UK journalist: coroner OXFORD (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a British inquest into his death ruled on Friday, prompting calls for the perpetrators to be tried for war crimes. Veteran war correspondent Terry Lloyd, 50, who worked for British television…
U.S. wasted chance to improve the world: Gorbachev
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a key role in ending the Cold War, said the United States had squandered an opportunity to improve global politics after the Cold War, a paper said on Friday. In comments that were among the harshest he has made about the United States, Gorbachev compared…
Bangladesh bankers to the poor win Nobel Peace Prize – Yahoo! News
OSLO (Reuters) – Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for grassroots work to lift millions out of poverty that earned him the nickname “banker to the poor.” Yunus, 66, set up a new kind of bank in 1976 to lend to the neediest,…
Canada troops battle 10-ft Afghan marijuana plants
Leave it to the Canadians to find the weed. cd OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet (three metre) high marijuana plants. General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defence staff, said on Thursday that Taliban fighters were…
Cat o'Nine Tails
I wish this sort of punishment were administered more often. Especially in a crime like this one… cd By John Marquis A man convicted of trying to rape an 83-year-old woman was sentenced to eight lashes with a cat-o’-nine-tails, a punishment used by the British Navy in the 18th century and reinstated in the Bahamas…
Two killed in Manhattan aircraft crash
This must feel like a horrible flashback to a lot of New Yorkers. We’ll keep you updated. cd Two killed in Manhattan aircraft crash NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least two people were killed when a small aircraft crashed into a 52-story building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Wednesday in what appeared to be…
More than 1/2 million Iraqis Dead
This is what your tax dollars are paying for America. Congratulations on an efficient government. cd LONDON (Reuters) – American and Iraqi public health experts have calculated that about 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion and subsequent violence, far above previous estimates.