And now a weather report for…Taiwan?
Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) The edge of Typhoon Morakot made landfall in eastern and northern Taiwan early Friday, with wind and rain expected to intensify around the island, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported later that day.
Bad news for Darfur peacekeepers…
For nearly two years, the United Nations has appealed to its 192 member nations to provide 18 transport helicopters so the peacekeeping force in Darfur can quickly get troops to troublespots. But not a single country has pledged a chopper.
Chris is right! “American Idol” IS evil! People get *punched* over this stupid show!
Former American Idol finalist Constantine Maroulis apparently is among the many alumni disappointed about Paula Abdul leaving the show.
But he’s probably the only one who had to take a punch to defend her honor.
According to the New York Daily News, when the Rock of Ages star said something about hoping the “Forever Your Girl” singer would eventually return to Idol, a well-dressed man pushed him to the ground and started throwing punches.
The great thing about terrorists is, when they die, you can actually be happy.
New Delhi; and Islamabad, Pakistan – A US drone strike Wednesday probably killed Baitullah Mehsud, a senior Pakistan-based Taliban leader who organized dozens of terror attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His death may substantially weaken the Taliban insurgency within Pakistan, a country that some US leaders feared was careening toward collapse just a few months ago.
With an additional $2 billion in funding, the “Cash for Clunkers” program has a new lease on life until Labor Day. But it’s not clear if Clunkers, the sequel, will show the same robust results that the program did in its first week, quickly running through the $1 billion that was supposed to last until November.
Again, this was a great idea for the short term, but who knows what long-term effects it will have?
Some sad news…
Odds are you didn’t go to high school with John Hughes. Odds are it sure seemed like you did. Hughes, the popular, almost-mythical filmmaker who made teen angst hurt so good in biting comedies such as Sixteen Candles, only to leave Generation Xers largely on their own as the Molly Ringwald-ruled 1980s ended, died after suffering a sudden heart attack during a walk this morning in Manhattan. He was 59.
Along with writing and directing movies like “The Breakfast Club”, he wrote “Home Alone”, Glen’s favorite movie, “Home Alone 2”, “101 Dalmatians” with Glenn Close, and “Flubber”.
So I guess “Veni Vidi Vici” is a song fit for television. Virgin Mobile Canada uses the song, which is about religious conflict, in their latest cell phone commercial. Virgin carefully edited the track to project an image of the cell phone being the “greatest of them all.”
Reporting from Washington and Nairobi, Kenya — After years of worldwide outrage over suffering in Darfur, the Obama administration will soon launch a new policy that could soften some longtime U.S. sanctions against the Sudanese government implicated in the large-scale killings and displacement of African tribespeople.
How exactly will policy change?
White House officials say that specific conditions would have to be met before sanctions would be lifted, and that Sudan could face even tougher sanctions if its leaders act in bad faith. But President Obama’s handpicked envoy to Sudan, J. Scott Gration, said in an interview Monday that the Khartoum government, which expelled humanitarian groups this year after an international court accused Sudan’s president of war crimes in Darfur, has shown a willingness to work toward stabilizing Darfur in order to allow aid to be delivered.
“We see that there is a spirit of cooperation and an attitude of wanting to help,” Gration said.
Guess I spoke a little too soon in blasting Obama’s Darfur policy…
Former US President Bill Clinton has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during an unannounced visit to the country, state media have announced.
Mr Clinton is in Pyongyang to discuss the fate of jailed US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
Sanford goes to Argentina, Clinton goes to Korea…
Three Americans arrested after apparently straying into Iran are being questioned by police, Iranian state television has reported.
…why?
“We don’t know whether they are tourists or not. We are questioning them,” said a local security official.
Well come on. What kind of American would want to go to Iran for a *vacation*?
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