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
Bush and Brown now BFF. Puerto Rico appeals to U.N. for greater economic autonomy from U.S. Russia swears it never sent an astronaut up drunk, though a little cognac now and then isn't so bad. DeLoreans re-enter production with a limited run of 20 new
Inside Baghdad's Rule of Law Complex, where dangerous suspects stand trial, and judges and their families live in safety. Employees plot against their coworkers, some tried to smuggle bombs into the computer department--Iraq's Ministry of Interior is a factional hotbed. The U.S. agency overseeing
Suicide bombing, rioting follow government's attempt to reopen Islamabad's Red Mosque. U.S. and E.U. finally settle how to share airline passenger data; next fight, visa waiver restrictions. Venture capitalists overcome their inhibitions and dip their toes into online "adult entertainment." Accidental explosion
Mueller contradicts Gonzales, says surveillance program was discussed at Ashcroft's bedside. New Nasa scandals: drunk pilots, sabotaged wires. How Japan's population has transformed from tree to kite. Before, it was all propaganda about the nation. Now it is propaganda about religion. Stories of artists in Iraq,
Latest Tour de France doping casualty is Michael Rasmussen, yellow jersey-bearer for the past nine days. Team Type 1 hopes to field an entire team of diabetic cyclists within five to seven years. They both saw the same thing at detonation--the bones in their arms. Former Marines remember
Iraqi celebration of soccer win over South Korea darkened by two car bombs that killed at least 50. U.S. military in Iraq wonder if attackers' improved aim is the result of training in Iran. Democrats on the hunt for votes find ways to appeal to the antiabortion movement-
Taliban kills one Korean hostage, releases an unknown number, and continues to hold the rest. Civil contractors working in Iraq find that "workers comp" doesn't quite cut it for battle wounds. Chinese, Mexican, and Wheaton, MD worlds collide in "the largest single drug cash seizure
With limited results but many discussions of God, Bush and Maliki have been video conferencing. Putin juices his rhetoric with U.K., accuses Brown and Co. of "colonial thinking" for desiring suspect in polonium poisoning. Female protesters in Zimbabwe face arbitrary arrest, beatings, torture. Former U.S. ambassador
Spanish cartoon mocks royal family, draws public wrath, official confiscation; cartoonist claims it was Tom and Katie, not the royals. (Here's the NSFW image.) Older, but interesting: American-style parent-child play is a distinct feature of wealthy developed countries. Does naming a school after a bird, not
