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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared that yesterday’s incursion across Israel’s Northern border by Lebanese Hezbollah terrorists – who killed 3 Israeli soldiers and kidnapped 2 more – was an act of war. He then ordered his air force and army to retaliate with a “painful and far-reaching response” that has Israeli warplanes and tanks now… Read more.
I feel obliged to preface today’s whinging by declaring that I’m not one of those cultural snobs who look down their noses at people who enjoy a little celebrity gossip. And, my previous articles on Lil’ Kim, Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner will attest to this fact. That said; here goes: The look of a… Read more.
A week ago today, after all votes were officially counted, Mexico’s Federal Election Institute declared Felipe Calderón, 44, of the National Action Party (PAN) the winner – by a razor-thin margin of 243,000 votes out of 41 million or 0.57% – over Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 52, of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), with Roberto… Read more.
As I readily conceded in this article, I had no great expectations that my sentimental pick, Trinidad and Tobago, would advance very far in this year’s World Cup. Therefore, their failure to make it out of the first round did not disappoint me too much. But my heart was soon broken when my serious pick… Read more.
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Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali no longer lives in the Netherlands – having been constructively exiled after the country’s immigration minister, Rita Verdonk, revoked her citizenship. Yet, so much political controversy attended her exile that the national row and (soul searching) she left behind finally caused the Dutch government to fall last week. Regular… Read more.
Ken Lay died yesterday and I’m obliged to comment. But since my Mummy told me many years ago to never speak ill of the dead, I shall avoid being disrespectful by being brief. In this previous article, I wrote about Lay’s criminal trial for the labyrinthine fraud he lorded over at Enron. In fact, by… Read more.
Perhaps it was a good omen (or just a fortuitous opportunity to display the independent spirit of 1776 that could not be missed) that – after 2 aborted attempts – the Space Shuttle Discovery finally blasted off yesterday – on Independence Day. As I understand it, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent these… Read more.
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