11 July 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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TMN is currently on vacation. See you Monday, July 21.
Former Iranian
student, tortured after appearing on Economist cover with fellow student's blood-soaked shirt, escapes to U.S.
Here's his blog, with a photo at the Capitol building.
Jesse Helms: great because he spurred the American Left into fierce fighting.
Op: Everyone knows it will take the hardest of hard power to remove the oppressors in Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan.
Bush is against human trafficking, but Justice is actively opposed to expanding anti-slavery efforts.
Facts to back the wisdom behind Obama's call to speak a second language.
PDF: The graph on how and why McCain won the week in politics.
Chess-boxing, "the biathlon of the 21st century," gains fans worldwide, including RZA.
British couple arrested, offer example why you should avoid coitus on Dubai beaches.
Video: A screaming reason why you shouldn't record video in the rain.
Video of a quite literal heart for Blogger.com, pumping to internet diarists' emotions.
Collection of poorly chosen photos from real estate listings, with love.
Alert to the geeks: Do you want the new iPhone, or do you want to be a millionaire?
Unrelated fish found to naturally swap proteins--similar to principles of genetic engineering--to survive in extremely cold waters.
Photos: Beijing's rapidly transforming architecture, including "The Egg," "The Bird's Nest," "The Watercube."
