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The Times - Britain too promiscuous for Misbah, father says

MOLLY CAMPBELL, the 12-year-old girl at the centre of an international custody battle, must grow up in a country where the preservation of her chastity will not be jeopardised, a court was told yesterday.

Unless one of her young male relatives gets into trouble, and [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

The Times - She drinks. She dances. She’s a DJ. And she’s Japan’s new First Lady

(Is the wife of a PM ever a First Lady or is this just a figure of speech?)

She has learnt flamenco dancing, spent a period of the late 1990s as a radio DJ (where she was known as [...]

Categories: Politics

The Western Standard (from 9.11.06) - A great and powerful Oz Of the two senior dominions, Australia’s a fraction of our size with double the global influence. Where did Canada go wrong? Mark Steyn

But countries that are apparently just like your own are much harder to get into the real rhythm of. On the [...]

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

First of all, he’s a snappy dresser. I love those green cloaks he wears. But enough of my fondness for the successful integration of traditional dress into a modern silhouette.

White House - President Bush Welcomes President Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House

And I love his accent. And I love that when [...]

Categories: War and Peace

Telegraph - This is why there is slaughter in Darfur. By Charles Moore

The reputation of what people call “the international community” is at stake. But what is perplexing is that our leaders, and most of the media, do not really explain why Darfur is as it is. As soon as [...]

Categories: History

BBC - Japanese PM Koizumi steps down

Junichiro Koizumi held the premiership for more than five years, and will be remembered for his economic reforms and his close relationship with US President George W Bush.

The BBC has this under the sub-header “Rich legacy”.

He came to power in 2001, promising to transform the [...]

Categories: Politics

Former PM Aznar, at Barcepundit:

It is interesting to note that while a lot of people in the world are asking the pope to apologise for his speech, I have never heard a Muslim say sorry for having conquered Spain and occupying it for eight centuries.

Hah!

Categories: History

So Hugh Hewitt’s playing tape from that now-infamous interview Bill Clinton did with Chris Wallace yesterday:

“The FB-Ah and the C-Ah-A refused to cer-tiff-ahhh”

Anyway, Bill Clinton has a strong Arkansas accent. I don’t know if this is how he talks in private, but it’s thick, and I don’t see how an Arkansas accent [...]

Categories: Politics

Telegraph - The shadow cast by a mega-mosque. By Philip Johnston

It will be called the London Markaz and it is intended to be a significant Islamic landmark whose prominence and stature will be enhanced by its proximity to the Olympic site. When television viewers around the world see aerial views of the stadium [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

So, I’ve noticed the story in England about the five-month-old baby girl mauled to death by a couple of Rottweilers, but it wasn’t really something I’d blog about since it’s just a tragic story. But now it’s gotten weird. And weird needs to be shared.

BBC - Mauled baby’s grandfather stabbed

A woman [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

Newsweek - Through Her Lens: In her new book, Annie Leibovitz, our most famous photographer, places celebs side by side with surprisingly personal images of love and loss. An exclusive.

[Angelina] Jolie, a pilot, suggested shooting on an old airfield near the desert, with motorcycles and small planes among the props. (She flew herself [...]

Categories: Science and Nature

Why are well always all “Oh, well, I’ll just put it on my blog…” Meanwhile Diebold still stole the election from single black mothers in Ohio and damnit everyone knows about it.

Tim Blair - SHOCK SPREADS

The New York Sun’s Alicia Colon observes assumed voting: A [...]

Categories: Politics

I may never recover.

The Sunday Times - New men, new madness, by India Knight

…according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, men are fuelling a new boom in cosmetic surgery. From injections to prevent baldness, coming soon at up to £50,000 a pop, via liposuction of the love handles, Botox, fillers and [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

My other Peter, the Rock upon which the Castle of common sense is built, has spoken again:

ABC - Muslim nations ’should separate church and state’

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has called on Islamic societies to disconnect church from state. Mr Costello has said Islamic states should adopt a secular view free [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

Yeah, this’ll end in tears.

The Sunday Times - France loses its head over the aristocracy

The comeback of the upper class after the bloodbath of the revolution has never been so apparent. From the worlds of politics to entertainment, nobility is suddenly chic and les aristos, as they are known, are inspiring respect. [...]

Categories: People and Current Events