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jfbBrazil's nuclear program: They're not letting weapons inspectors in. "No one" thinks they're trying to build a bomb, but some people think they'll export uranium to the wrong hands.
Phasing out unleaded gas in Africa. Edit: Phasing in, of course.
From the Islamic world: Al Qaqaa today, empty "like the end of the world" and in the hands of mujahedeen. Senior officials speak, mostly anonymously, about the obstacles to victory (and elections) in Iraq. Spanish prisons are prime recruitment centers for Islamic militants.
And in Canada, anti-Semitic comments from two prominent Muslims. One of them says his reference to Jews as "the brothers of monkeys and swine" was taken out of context. See if you can come up with a context that makes that one okay. Apparently the police are investigating these comments as possible hate crimes, which, for all that they're appalling and offensive, is completely bizarre to me. God bless the USA.
Phasing out unleaded gas in Africa. Edit: Phasing in, of course.
From the Islamic world: Al Qaqaa today, empty "like the end of the world" and in the hands of mujahedeen. Senior officials speak, mostly anonymously, about the obstacles to victory (and elections) in Iraq. Spanish prisons are prime recruitment centers for Islamic militants.
And in Canada, anti-Semitic comments from two prominent Muslims. One of them says his reference to Jews as "the brothers of monkeys and swine" was taken out of context. See if you can come up with a context that makes that one okay. Apparently the police are investigating these comments as possible hate crimes, which, for all that they're appalling and offensive, is completely bizarre to me. God bless the USA.
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