Headlines from July 31, 2007

Afghan police recover body of second South Korean hostage to be shot and killed by Taliban.
Today marks the end of Britain's longest military operation--a 38-year police presence in Northern Ireland.
U.N.-backed Cambodian genocide tribunal questions its first suspect, former head of Phnom Penh's 16,000-person prison.
In India, elephants are a posh birthday party necessity, though on the streets of Mumbai they're less welcome.
"On their wish list...a Nintendo Wii comes way ahead of democracy." China's young "Me" Generation seems less concerned with politics than ever.
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni dies, age 94.
Video: Clips of Antonioni's best scenes.
Summary of U.S.-Canada, Canada-U.S. immigration statistics, perfect for dinner table discussion.
Inside the cut-throat world of California's bargain basement Chinese foot massage.
Study finds health risk of smoking marijuana is "equivalent to smoking between 2½ and five cigarettes at one time."
Office space printer dust is pretty bad for you, too.
In today's feature, Nicole Pasulka reaffirms that all things cigarette-related make for great news.
Half-vice and half-virtue combination of caffeine and exercise fights skin cancer; sunbathing does a number on multiple sclerosis, too.
Embiggen: I first came across this word in "The Simpsons," a source of knowledge for all serious theoretical physicists.
According to Novak, the U.S. and Turkey are capturing Kurdish leaders to forestall Turkey from invading Iraq.
Rice rolls through Mid-East towns on a major arms-for-allies jaunt.
Iraq won the 2007 Asian Cup, and citizens ignored the threat of suicide bombers to celebrate with guns (four died from "happy fire").
Ivory Coast leaders set fire to stockpiled weapons in a stadium, though serious doubts and obstacles remain before elections.
Africa, still the continent of the future, but also for some a vertiginously lucrative investment.
African development slightly hampered by sub-Saharan power shortages.
Among notes about junk mail: Microsoft maintains 130,000 Hotmail accounts specifically for trapping dross.
Paean to Philippe de Montebello as his swan song sounds, striking fear he must ultimately be replaced.
If death is not extinction, what might it be like?
Humans' ability to run long distances is supported by duplicate genes, study suggests.
Russian women race in high heels to compete for shopping voucher.
Not finished with your IKEA shopping by closing time? Consider staying the night.
That old Matthew Baldwin chestnut, the IKEA walkthrough v2.3.1.
This editor flummoxed by BBC story: context, facts, even first two paragraphs too stunning to describe.
Less stunning, but still, how to build Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull.
The difference in being mates in Australia and being cool in the U.S.
Not for mates: The new national corporate office sport known as Faceball.
TMN's new design intern will absolutely not have to play Faceball with beer bottles.