In an article entitled The most embarrassing moments in my diplomatic career, veteran Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner reminisces about the time he presented his ambassador’s credentials to the queen. Escorted into the queen’s chamber by a chamberlain dressed like the Duke of Wellington, I executed the rehearsed choreography with due aplomb: bowing at the door, [...]
Reuters reports: At a beachside camp run by the Islamist movement Hamas, youngsters race into the sea carrying the green flags of the group, which took over the territory in a civil war against the Fatah group of President Mahmoud Abbas two months ago. At a camp run by the secular Fatah, yellow flags dominate, [...]
Don’t blame the camel. The husband of a woman who was killed by her pet camel told mourners at her funeral yesterday they must forgive the beloved animal. Pamela Weaver died when her hand-reared camel trod on her in a paddock near their home at Mitchell, in outback Queensland, on Saturday. “You have to forgive [...]
Has to be this woman. Police arrested a woman who stole a pair of Crocs shoes when she returned to the store hours later to exchange them because they did not fit her son, a police spokesman said on Friday. “The store clerk identified her from security camera footage and called us,” said Amos Shimoni, [...]
A member of Mahmoud Abbas’ security forces, and an Aborigine with a didgeridoo (with apologies to my Aborigine readers).
This is the joke of the day. Despite its numerous calls for Israel’s destruction, and repeated denials of the Holocaust, Iran has been selected by the United Nations for a leading position in a committee that will plan the 2009 UN World Conference against Racism.
