Disease isn’t the only thing governments are worried will run rampant in the wake of one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. The United States and Australia have made the humanitarian challenge in the tsunami disaster zone a security priority and plan to pour billions of dollars into the region to stop it [...]
Grumpy old men and PLO Arab leader Mahmud Abbas (AP)
Idi Amin: Murderer. Tyrant. Good samaritan? In one of the more unlikely and misjudged diplomatic interventions of modern times, brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin offered in 1974 to act as a peace broker in Northern Ireland, official British records showed on Saturday. The offer, while privately dismissed as “preposterous” by officials in London, was [...]
My favourite show has apparently trodden on some toes. The first new episode this season of Fox’s “24″ has yet to hit the screen and already the network has offended a Muslim group. After viewing a portion of the first episode included on a DVD in Entertainment Weekly, officials from the Council on American-Islamic [...]
Here’s a story guaranteed to make your blood boil. In 50 years, he says, he has married 58 women and has forgotten the names of most of them. He knows he has had 10 sons, but ask about daughters and he counts on his fingers: 22. No, no, 28. No, that’s too many. He settles [...]
Mahmud’s puppet master inserts his hand – does Mahmud smile? — Answer: Yes (AP)
