'Cos you know you love them...

Firstly, an amusing one from the BBC Online Magazine on Facebook: here
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Yep, I've not really managed to do much at all today. Oh well!

Here are some articles from the BBC site I thought were interesting...

Iran war could triple oil price

Latvian strip club ban considered

Charles Taylor flown into The Hague

Russia and Italy to continue co-operation under Prodi

Australian Mint worker jailedAnd this one isn't recent ( Read more... )

Well, since I'm not really getting anywhere with the trusts stuff today (having finished the essay that was supposed to be done by yesterday this afternoon), here's a few links to some news stories that I found interesting (mainly from the BBC site).EUROPE ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm bored and browsing on the BBC site. So, sue me...
In any event, I've found some interesting stuff I thought I ought to share:

Worryingly, Iraq now has about 65,000 people internally displaced [the full story]

Also worryingly, but a lot closer to home: the Glorification of Terrorism offence has finally been passed and is now law... [the ( Read more... )

Yep, the 'ooh, look, a fun article' feature is back. From the BBC, naturally:

The Chancellor's 'Little Bag'", obviously in honour of it being Budget Day!

Will put some more up if I find them... :)

Have now caught up with the latest on the American politics scene (see this interesting overview of the latest on the lobbyist corruption scandal), as well as the news in the UK - the PMQs (see the verdict by a BBC commentator, which gives me SOME hope of having the LDs as some sort of a political force - after all, if THEY're the ones asking the ( Read more... )