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... )

It's amazing how long it's been since I've sat round a proper log fire and got smoke in my eyes and done fun things like roasting stuff. Used to do it ALL the time as a kid in Russia - especially during the summer months - but realised today that I couldn't even remember a single 'to sing by the fire' song from those days ( Read more... )

Yes, I managed it, without too much of a problem - though my coach WAS delayed by 2 1/2 hours by the time we got to Den Haag, meaning that instead of having plently of time to get home and change and get to class etc, I had to go straight there. But it also means I got a teensy bit of sleep which I may well not have done otherwise, so can't be ALL ( Read more... )

Yes, this is the promised political rant - and the time has been distorted even further [given the time it took me to write the last entry + general procrastination/developing addiction to TheFacebook...]
( see here for actual reaction + interesting BBC articles on this and other stuff... )