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REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)
Malaysia’s Tooth King Breaks World Record
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s Tooth King, Rathakrishnan Velu broke a new world record today when he completed a successful attempt using his teeth to pull three Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) commuter coaches, weighing 297.1 tonnes, for a distance of 2.8 metres.
The feat is his […]
Brian DePalma Airs “Redacted” Iraq Images in New Film
By E&P Staff
Published: August 31, 2007 5:05 PM ET
NEW YORK Critics of the war in Iraq have long charged that the press has usually whitewashed the death and violence of the conflict by refusing to publish or air some of the most graphic images. Now a famous […]
Into Thin Air
He’s still out there. The hunt for bin Laden.
By Evan Thomas
Newsweek
Sept. 3, 2007 issue - The Americans were getting close. It was early in the winter of 2004-05, and Osama bin Laden and his entourage were holed up in a mountain hideaway along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Suddenly, a sentry, posted several kilometers away, […]
Friday August 31, 9:42 PM
Bush to Hear Military’s Concerns on Iraq
President Bush is expected to hear deep concerns Friday from top Pentagon generals about continuing the military buildup in Iraq, as yet another grim independent report emerges finding lack of progress in the conflict.
Iraq was to be the main topic at a meeting scheduled so […]
should stay in office, because the jackals’ calling for his ouster
are far more unpleasant than thoughts of his alleged encounter at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport or
Berlin’s Tempelhof Aerodrome…for that matter.
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German Unification Day eve…
Images: (Aerodrome) commons.wikipedia.org; (man on ladder) dkimages.com; (lightbulb changer) Unger via shoplet.com;
The reactionary radio talker minions usually provide reinforcements by braying outrage at women who would dare breast-feed in public.
Why do these folks feel threatened by this?
HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads
Formula Industry Urged Softer Campaign
By Marc Kaufman and Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 31, 2007; A01
In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low […]