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…
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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.
North Korea threatens war over sanctions
North Korea threatens war over sanctions – Yahoo! News SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea stoked regional tensions Wednesday, threatening more nuclear tests and saying additional sanctions imposed on it would be considered an act of war, as nervous neighbors raced to bolster defenses and punish Pyongyang. South Korea said it was making sure its…
Police find burgers sprinkled with pot – Yahoo! News
Ouch. It sucks to get caught, but the intent still deserves a round of applause. cd LOS LUNAS, N.M. – Three workers at a Burger King restaurant were arrested after two Isleta tribal police officers discovered that the hamburgers they ordered were sprinkled with marijuana. The Isleta Police Department officers ate about half of their…
Urinetown
I really should have written about this while it was still showing. We loved it. The cast was incredible. The content offensive. The message relevant in today’s world. The old people sitting near us were not amused. Here is a link about it at the Honolulu Star Bulletin