News below the fold

The Pope has issued an encyclical.
(word version download Here

The NYTimes summarizes
------------------------
Negotiate with Hamas? Michael Totten interviews Jeffrey Goldberg:

Goldberg: .... it’s very important – and you know this better than almost anyone – to go over there yourself and tape it, get it down on paper, and say “this is what they actually say.”
... But (I) take them at their word. I believe Hamas when it says it wants to eradicate Israel. Why shouldn’t I believe them?

----------------------------
Two million refugees from the Swat valley may go home soon.
They need aid but donors know most of the aid money will end up in the bank accounts of local politicians.

---------------------------
Swine flu cases up to 90,000...