NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, but let the Somali hijackers go because they had no authority to arrest them.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_af/af_piracy
Iran convicted an American journalist of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, complicating the Obama administration's efforts to break a 30-year-old diplomatic deadlock with Tehran.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_us_journalist
Iraq: "They kill the gays, they beat them up… I have a lot of friends that have been killed - 15 or 16"
http://www.jihadwatch.org:80/archives/025728.php
New Afghan law does not allow marital rape... but lets men refuse to feed wives who deny them sex, says clerichttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1170175/New-Afghan-law-does-allow-marital-rape--lets-men-refuse-feed-wives-deny-sex-says-cleric.html
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Just wanted to say "Hi Bob" (your email link didn't work).
ReplyDeleteI remember you as a state Senator back in the day. I am a Fitchburg native (now in NH), & I believe we had met at one time in the 70s.
Got here from a friend's blog "Too Old to Work...", small world department.
Be well,
DT