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Children used as suicide bombers...hark. Listen to the loud voices of outrage....not

another report about Russia mad at Iran about unpaid bills...so may nost complete their reactor..I read somewhere that Iran was lousy at paying their bills to everyone, so it might not be Putin trying to help Bush and Israel...

Are the police turning against Mugabe? I wrote on my EvilMugabe blog that his latest violence against the prayer rally is overplaying his hand, since he has opponants in his own party, military recruits complaining about poor pay (due to inflation) and now the police upset. Alas, his "wild card" are his "green bomber" youth militia that have been trained in terror...IHT says it's the tipping point...well, maybe...

Coal disaster in Russia...there also have been a couple mine collapses and deaths in China. As the song goes: There's blood on the coal...

Stopping malaria by building a malaria resistant mosquito...and next, a dengue resistant mosquito...

Buzz Aldrin on the Grand Canyon skyway...why not Neil Armstrong? On the other hand, Jim Lovell got a movie made about him...