DIY tractor culture in Poland

This exhibition happened earlier in the year in Berlin, but I still love the concept."In the '60s Poland it was almost impossible to acquire a tractor in Poland. Agricultural machines produced by the country were available mainly for state-owned enterprises. For private...

Suppliers of cannabis chocolates escape jail

"Three people who supplied thousands of cannabis-filled chocolate bars to multiple sclerosis sufferers have walked free from court. Mark Gibson, 42, his wife Lezley, 42, who has MS, and Marcus Davies, 36, were each given a nine-month suspended sentence. All three defendants...

Necessity for Fiji coup 'non-existent'

"An opinion piece in the top British magazine Economist claims that the necessity for a coup in Fiji was non-existent. The article, which appears in this week's issue, says that while coupmakers claim they act only with great reluctance and say that an elected government will...

Bush: Vietnam Has Lessons for Iraq

" The President visits the capital of his least favorite analogy. But he says a lost war shows the necessity of steadfastness in a new one. When discussion in President Bush's White House has turned to Vietnam, it has usually been by way of what the Administration deems an...