10 Jun 2005
Releases ordered in rape case

I was going to file this under 'Islamic Justice" but that's apparently an oxymoron, eh?

Twelve men held in connection with one of Pakistan's most notorious rape cases must be released , a court orders.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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The American Taliban

For any of you who still don't believe that that we are, in fact, engaged in a mighty struggle for the very essence of the American Republic, I offer these quotes from noted American political and religious leaders. Read'em and weep...

via Sannion's Journal

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US animal tests positive for mad cow (Reuters)

Here we go again ...

Reuters - A U.S. animal has tested positive for mad cow disease and additional tests will have to be done at a British laboratory to confirm the results, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Friday.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Police arrest killer cow

This came in from my news watcher as a "mad cow" story... not exactly what I had in mind!

Nigerian police have arrested a cow that killed a bus driver who was urinating on a highway, a police spokesman said Thursday.
The horned African cow, which was wandering stray in the Ojo district of Nigeria's biggest city Lagos, also injured several bystanders after killing the man.

(link) [Yahoo!: Odd News]

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Pope rejects condoms for Africa

Christianity is so wrapped up in the notion of "sex = sin" that ther're bound, ideologically, to stick with positions such as this. This time, however, the obsession may seriously impair their growth in the last place on earth with a growing Christian population.

Africa's Aids battle should be fought with abstinence not condoms, says the Pope in his first comments on the issue.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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