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The Times - Iraq’s demons Iraq has a Prime Minister with a plan; he must have what he needs to prevail

The cycle of revenge killings is not, as yet, a concerted nationwide phenomenon. It is a tribute to the tolerance, resilience and courage of the Iraqis that so many have resisted a brutally sustained [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Times Online - Rice says ceasefire ‘urgent’ as Blair hints at peace plan

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, paid a surprise visit to bombed-out Beirut today to kick off a diplomatic mission to resolve the crisis in the Middle East. But even as she landed in Lebanon, en route [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The Sunday Telegraph - Ignore the rhetoric, Westminster is fizzing with tension. By Matthew d’Ancona

It strikes me as no accident that the Economic Secretary to the Treasury should be focusing so keenly on the Middle East, just as Michael Gove, the 38-year-old shadow housing minister, has published a superb book on the threat [...]

Categories: Politics

The Australian - Great Aussie breeders: The Government’s procreation prod seems to have led to a mini baby boom, writes Caroline Overington

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello kicked off the campaign for larger families in 2004 when he beseeched Australian parents in a post-budget speech to do their “patriotic duty” and raise the birthrate by [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

The Sunday Times - How to make a man of a mummy’s boy, by Jeremy Clarkson

Last weekend I took my boy child to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. This is not something that would have happened if he’d been brought up by a heavily breasted feminist with greasy hair. [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The Sunday Times - Leading Article: Punching below weight

For days pundits of international etiquette have been offering advice on the right response when the president of the United States greets you with: “Yo, Blair! How are you doing?” Whether the prime minister should have exchanged high fives or a “Hi, George, how’s it [...]

Categories: Politics

Chicago Sun-Times - Failure to solve Palestinian question empowers Iran. BY MARK STEYN

Suppose this were true — that terrorists blew up Oz honeymooners and Scandinavian stoners in Balinese nightclubs because of “the Palestinian question.” Doesn’t this suggest that these people are, at a certain level, nuts? After all, there are plenty of IRA [...]

Categories: War and Peace

RC2 has requested a new survey to bounce off of the one asking you how much you pay for a gallon of gasoline:

How much do you tend to spend on a cup of coffee?

Extra points if you give it to me in ounces.

Bonus points if you give me coffee and espresso drinks.

Categories: Business & Media

Daily Mail - Outcry as border guards seize British ‘dirty bomb’ lorry heading for Iran

Border guards seized a British lorry on its way to make a delivery to the Iranian military - after discovering it was packed with radioactive material that could be used to build a dirty bomb. The [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

I was just debating whether I should post some pictures, when I saw this on the front page of The Telegraph:

I didn’t see it, but the guys did as they staggered back from their Buck’s Night at some point on Wednesday morning.

Categories: Science and Nature

Now, there’s a chance that she’ll still have an extremely successful and richly rewarding pop career, but so far she’s paying for the clubs she’s perpetually staggering out of from the money she got from being angelic, so this probably wasn’t the wisest move:

Cathoic Exchange - Catholic Publisher Pulls Charlotte Church Recordings

The California-based [...]

Categories: Entertainment

The Times - The race to destroy Hezbollah before the world calls for peace. Report by Times correspondents The Lebanese bodies are piling up and Israeli civilians are cowering in their bunkers, but the two enemies will stop at nothing

What began as a reprisal for the abduction of Israeli soldiers was yesterday explicitly defined [...]

Categories: War and Peace

First, two things I just read one after the other (funny how that works, too)

Power Line - Worse Than Incompetent

Some are calling for the United Nations peacekeepers to play a larger role in southern Lebanon, in the wake of current fighting there. So it’s a good time to be reminded of one of [...]

Categories: War and Peace

The Times - Heart of Africa Congo’s warlords are put to shame by the enthusiasm of first-time voters

Only by that?

Countless millions of Congolese, four million between 1998 and 2003 alone, have died of wounds or of starvation, millions more have been forc-ibly displaced, and, so abject is the general poverty, normal life for the [...]

Categories: War and Peace

So, all back now. Decent night’s sleep under my belt. I have my precious, precious internet back and no one’s trying to charge me 12 bucks a day for it. Lovely.

Peter and I went and saw Lady in the Water last night. And it was really good. I was a [...]

Categories: Entertainment