August 11, 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- East Africa famine yet to peak, hundreds of thousands of people face starvation.
- State Dept. indirectly intervenes in Somalia, financing mercenaries to train troops.
- EDIT CONPLAN 3502 is the U.S. military's plan for assisting state and local authorities in the event of a riot.
- Polish, Turkish, Somalian, other immigrants are the heroes and martyrs of the London riots.
- Darcus Howe to the BBC: "Stop accusing me of being a rioter because you wanted for me to get abusive."
- BBC apologizes to Howe for "poorly phrased question."
- Hitchens: Private Eye magazine has waged guerrilla war against Britain's power elite for 50 years.
- Urban Indians continue to consider benign dictator to beat corruption, terrorism.
- Chinese artists drawn to Berlin as a place where memories of dictators' victims are preserved.
- After wash, Nazi T-shirt alters to a message offering help exiting the far-right scene.
- After the Iron Curtain fell, songbirds with bigger brains thrived amidst rapid socioeconomic change.
- Philosophers set up publishing house, offer mind yoga to promote rigorous, relaxed thought.
- Give me your number and I'll throw in a Google+ invite. I'd put you in my 'Babe' Circle.
