24 October 2007

sometimes brevity is the absence of wit

WP: check-in with Burma, where people are afraid.
NYT: check-in with the monks in Burma, who are also afraid.
Ind: check-in with the diplomats, who are "cautiously optimistic" for nearly unidentifiable reasons, indicating just how pessimistic the situation is.

LAT: Turkish Kurds on the border with Iraq and in the middle of everything

Ind: Hamas and Fatah both accused of torturing opponents

Ind: UN is concerned about women's safety in post-conflict countries

IHT: Bin Laden extends ire to proposed Darfur peacekeepers

BBC: students protesting against proposal to let Chavez run indefinitely get roughed up

USAT: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are really expensive.

BBC: sect members killed in Kenya; state police blamed, amidst rise in "vigilante" violence

BBC: 2 more candidates were killed in Colombia

BBC: a pro-gov't militia in Congo refuses to disarm

Slate: is our most promising presidential candidate breaking the law?

NYT: California burning, in incredible photos

Virginia Quarterly discovers a village of albinos in Argentina. seriously.

New Yorker: undergarments and absurdities in guatanamo.

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