Beirut is Cautiously Calm, while 7 Dead at Mount Lebanon

UPDATE 3   12:30 GMT - Hezbollah has just issued a communiqué saying that Waleed Jinbelat’s  Socialist Party militia had kidnapped three of its members, and executed two of them in...

Robert Mugabe ready for deal on power-sharing

Reports today say Robert Mugabe is ready to form a unity government in Zimbabwe. Only time will tell if this is genuine or if it is an attempt to stall for time and hope that international attention turns elsewhere."Robert Mugabe's regime signalled early today that it is...

Newsweek Looking for Hybrid Drivers

This posting comes from my friend Graham's Treehugger.com:"Newsweek is once again doing a story about hybrid cars and they've asked us to help them find the right people. Here are the criteria: I'm a New York...

U.S. Bans Sale of iPods to North Korea

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S. government's first-ever effort to use...

The Draft / Military Conscription

POLL:     "I would support the introduction of the draft so my country could achieve world domination." "I would support the introduction of the draft to prevent an enemy country from achieving world domination." "I would oppose...

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