stuff in the news I didn't know

Yes, it was THAT Tongsun Park who was just convicted of money shenannigens in the Iraq Oil for food scandal...remember Koreagate?
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That earthquake south of Indonesia did spawn a small tsunami...luckily, only a few dozen killed this time...but more bad news for that country.

Other Asian disasters include floods in China
and the Mayon volcano in the Philippines is due to explode...but in the meanwhile in a typical Philippine story, thieves stole the telphone wires to the scientist's office...
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The Vikings are coming! the Vikings are coming! Norse ships make two headlines. First, a REAL Viking ship managed to get back to port..., Second: their ship is the first to arrive in Lebanon to take out stranded Europeans...

For stranded Pinoy maids, the churches will have to do for now...

And the BBC TV has it's knickers in a knot because Israel hit and destroyed a "paper tissue factory"...and a lot of pro Hezbollah coverage..."It's a strong and well organized organization and it seems confident that whatever Israel throws against it...(they will prevail)".
Yup...those strong and confident killers. Who just happened to "obtain" large complicated Iranian rockets...guess they bought them on EBay.... ---------------------------------------------------

Had trouble reading long, complicated government reports? Help is on the way...911 report:the Comic book...
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Another reason not to diet: Dementia heralded by weight loss.. one way to diagnose early dementia is to check the sense of smell, and when you can't smell food, you tend to eat less...
However, lack of smelling ability can be due to a lot of other things, including allergies, colds and head injuries...
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Finally: Father Heindl has died....his death won't make headlines outside of Rochester: how politically incorrect can you be? he was both a priest and a war hero....He won several medals for ministering to and rescuing soldiers under fire...