29 January 2007: Evening
By The Morning News
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African Union summit snubs Sudan for the chairmanship, pleasing Chad.
Q&A on Darfur, where two million live in camps and "no fewer than 200,000" have been killed.
Japanese scientist says, "the presence of the [elderly] husband is a physical and emotional burden on the wife."
Japanese women are "birth-giving machines," says health minister.
"Sushi police" to begin certifying "authentic" Japanese restaurants overseas.
More authentic old-time radio than you can spin a dial at.
Jessica Francis Kane in today's Digest reviews the most adorable little British books.
Sweden wasn't just a post-war haven for refugees during the Holocaust, and how that influences Swedish politics today.
Learn the ropes at Disney Studios, circa World War II.
There is no instruction manual for those who want to remove
their own limbs, but I always knew I would do it. Body
identity integrity disorder, dry ice, and one British woman.
Words that shouldn't be used on the grounds that doing so makes you sound like a pompous ass.
Mandatory testing in schools is leading to less civic education, discussion of current events [PDF].
National Geographic journalist gets tested for 320 chemicals.
Esquire sent napkins out to 250 writers. The napkins have returned.
What to do when you realize you've flushed the office toilet that everyone knows is broken.
