Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Stupid News at Random
Religious tolerance
"We will invite him again because the religion of Islam is one of tolerance. We will ask him if he has changed his mind. If so we will forgive him," the judge told the BBC on Monday.
But if he refused to reconvert, then his mental state would be considered first before he was dealt with under Sharia law, the judge added.
Abdul Rahman is charged with rejecting Islam and could face the death sentence under Sharia law unless he recants.
And he didn't know it was bad for his health
The lawsuit against the tobacco company [US$50 million awarded] had been filed in California state court by Richard Boeken, who said he smoked two packs of Marlboro cigarettes a day for decades. Diagnosed with lung cancer in 1999, he was 57 when he died in 2002.
We're making progress
As many as 700 people have been killed in sectarian violence since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra and the subsequent car bombings and mortar attacks in the Sadr City slum March 12.
Baghdadis voiced anger when asked about their lives as the war entered its fourth year.
"Since (U.S.-led troops) came into Iraq, we get nothing," said Ali Zeidan. "Three years have passed by for the Iraqi people and they are still suffering psychologically ... and economically."
Fiscal responsibility
US President George W Bush has signed a bill to raise the national debt ceiling to nearly $9 trillion (£5.12 trillion).
Mammy and Pappy Bell
Recreating a monopoly will help the consumer. (OK, this isn't a quote from the news like the others, but it's generally close. Remember when Ma Bell was divided to help the consumer way back when? Like having no competion today is going to help us peons. Bush and big business add another win to their coffers.)
