The evil media edition
STAYING BEHIND BARS:After word spread that Myanmar's military may be releasing democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi within six months, a Singapore newspaper is reporting that the allegation was a 'misunderstanding,' Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital, lashing out against the new western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, who faces a long stay in custody with old friends and enemies.
A Pittsburgh woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her
baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of
hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage.
TASER: An adult male died after being Tasered during a confrontation with Winnipeg police, the first such death in the city.
PLANTING THE SEED: Afghan farmers are reporting record profits from a crop
that does not kill, does not fund militants and does not place their
farm at risk of being destroyed by the state. In short, this crop is
everything the opium poppy is not.
THE MEDIA DID IT: A popular Quebec
comedian, who turned the high-profile case of a missing girl into a
punchline, claims he is being shunned by neighbours and has become the target of death threats after the media made the joke an issue, and the United States media is catching some flak for going ga-ga over Barack Obama and turning the senator's foreign tour into a presidential-scale event.
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE: Strikingly large numbers of Chinese are happy with their country's direction and booming economy, yet are deeply worried about rising prices, pollution and the gap between rich and poor, according to a newly released poll.
TERROR TACTICS: In a chilling reminder of an earlier attack, a Palestinian rammed a construction truck
into three cars and a bus near a Jerusalem hotel, injuring five people
before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, and a senior Sudanese official said he could not guarantee the "well-being" of international peacekeepers and aid workers if an arrest warrant is issued for the country's president.
MEDICALLY ENHANCED: A German documentary report showing a Chinese doctor offering gene doping to a reporter posing as an American swim coach has shocked doping experts, and even though Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing in the past, a new study found that those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills.
