First off is the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. My only hope is that he isn't replaced by a dude who will bomb Iran. Oh man would that blow.
Next, some good news, the ruling Turkish party - Justice and Development Party - (it sounds better in Turkish, I'm sure) has not been disbanded by the Supreme Court of Turkey. For an explanation on why this is good news, please call, or email me, because the reasons are long and complicated, and I don't feel like typing them out right now.
Well, this didn't happen today, but it's also really good news; Radovan Karadzic, the most wanted war criminal in Europe arrived at the Hague for trial for crimes against humanity, especially for ordering the deaths of 8000 Bosnian Muslims in July of 1995. The order was carried out. I'm pretty upset about that last bit.
Oh and you won't really find this fun little tidbit out unless you listen to a hour long discussion about world news on NPR last week (The Diane Rehm Show - July 25th 2008), but the reason that Karadzic was arrested, was that the head of the secret police (the same one who was there under Milosevic) was just replaced. This stinks of protection of wanted war criminals by the state, and I'm also more than a little miffed about this fact.
And finally, WTO trade talks collapsed today. Now my economics are a little shaky, but I'm pretty sure it's a bad sign when countries are more interested in protecting their own crop prices than solving a world food crisis.
PS: Does anyone actually read these posts, and/or the articles that are linked? Write your comment below!
(PPS It won't stop me posting if the answer is either positive or negative, blogging is too much fun.)
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2 comments:
Yes, Chip read!
Me am read too!
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