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Phil John:
SYLLOGY XXXIII:
VIDYAA - REALITY XI:
(PART II)
Germany / United States / France / Italy / Croatia, Jan 1st, 2007 - Dec 31st, 2007 - P#365
Reading a newspaper is like reading a novel
whose author has abandoned any thought of a coherent plot.
--- Benedict Anderson. Imagined Communities. p. 33
EXPOSITION:
IANVARIVS
FEBRVARIVS
MARTIVS
APRILIS
MAIVS
IVNIVS
IVLIVS
AVGVSTVS
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
W E E K O N E
I. Monday, 1 Jan 2007
the butcher of Baghdad is buried and mourned
meanwhile, poor Paris skipped paying her drinks
by now, it's three thousand American troops who've deceased in Iraq
the Krauts now rule Europe's vingt-sept, plus Eight Great ones
II. Tuesday, 2 Jan 2007
an ice shelf breaks free in the Arctic of Canada
on global a scale, a Korean takes lead of all nations united
the madman from Tehran's once more full of angry radiation
and Washington silently hails the departure of Ford
III. Wednesday, 3 Jan 2007
methanous rain fills lakes on moon Titan
more education lets you live longer, statistically
a boy of fourteen just crossed the Atlantic alone on a sailboat
in Germany, there still is no winter in sight (slow news day today)
IV: Thursday, 4 Jan 2007
in Saxony, a mother poisons her eight-year old daughter
in Texas, a ten-year old hangs himself, mimicking Saddam's demise
in Libya, they plan to erect Saddam's statue
in Cambodia, they start a tribunal on the Khmer Rouge
V: Friday, 5 Jan 2007
the UN starts to discover Darfur after two hundred thousand already dead
a cartoon-hating submissive disciple calling for violence is sentenced in Britain
a bus in Sri Lanka went up in flames by a car bomb attack
and Britney wants to come back in style, what a relief
VI: Saturday, 6 Jan 2007
the US Congress gets a Second Life that is virtual
while Word for Windows reaches the age of eighteen
Marilyn Manson is being divorced by his stripping wife
and fat dogs can hope for treatment with pills, what a relief
VII: Sunday, 7 Jan 2007
a man returns a library book after 37 years
new stem cells are found in the fluid of the womb
in Assam, the rebels kill Indian workers
a Polish bishop resigns once his sins are revealed
W E E K T W O
VIII: Monday, 8 Jan 2007
a strangest smell lies over Manhattan
while David Bowie's reaching sixty
Steven Hawking wants to see space
and Putin cuts Lukashenkov's line
IX: Tuesday, 9 January 2007
Bush wishes Ortega well
last year's been the warmest ever recorded
Apple's phone is finally shown
and tea's only healthy if consumed without milk
X: Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007
Britney and Paris lack style, it's official
"socialismo o muerte" cries the would-be king of Caracas
Depardieu looks for blissful delirium
to top it all off, there's been a scorpion on a plane (ain't that a movie...)
XI: Thursday, 11 Jan 2007
Leo DiCaprio ceases to smoke
while losing support, George Dubya cedes flaws
Mengistu gets life, dictated by prison
a state of emergency hits Bangla Desh
XII: Friday, 12 Jan 2007
Bavaria's boss is surrounded by foes
while health in Germany's being reformed
a stem cell bill passes the House
in thirteen years, millions of Chinamen won't find a woman
XIII: Saturday, 13 Jan 2007
in Thailand, a sugarcane truck gets robbed by an elephant mob
Somalia calls for emergency
the Earth opens wide in Sao Paolo
dianetical nuts set foot in Berlin
XIV: Sunday, 14 Jan 2007
Sarkozy gets a go to run
everyone's looking for peace in Somalia
rebels in Chad have captured a town
jihadis blame Quaida for fighting the Shiites
W E E K T H R E E
XV: Monday, 15 Jan 2007
two more of Saddam's butchers killed
Gates wants the Persians be more constructive
Orbiter finds Pathfinder on Mars
and Libby's going to trial for lies on Iraq
XVI: Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007
Obama wants to be President
an ice storm hits the US
Russia sells weapons to Iran
Biermann is honored by Berlin
XVII: Wednesday, 17 Jan 2007
an Abu Sayyaf leader is killed
Castro's health still ain't improved
a Congo general wants peace
Nepali rebels cede their weapons
XVIII: Thursday, 18 Jan 2007
a major storm hits North-Central Europe
Bavaria's boss will step down in September
a British Muslim yearns to drink blood of the infidels
the Chinese shot down a satellite last week
XIX: Friday, 19 Jan 2007
the world's oldest woman died at 115 years
an Armenian-born journalist is killed in Turkey
a Chachapoya town is found in the jungle
daydreaming is the natural state of the mind, it is found
XX: Saturday, 20 Jan 2007
Hillary wants to be President
Litvinenkov's killer's been spotted
a naked guy with an ax scares tenants in Saarbrücken
a warlord in Somalia surrenders his guns
XXI: Sunday, 21 Jan 2007
Al Sadr ends his boycott of politics in Iraq
a minor quake hits Turkish villages
ex-FEMA boss says White House played party politics with Katrina
Muslims are tired playing the villain on 24
W E E K F O U R
XXII: Monday, 22 Jan 2007
the American economy pressures Bush on the environment
Winter starts to come to Europe
Serbia's voted less radical, still wants to keep Kosovo
Germany's EU commissioner pushes against the environment
XXIII: Tuesday, 23 Jan 2007
Guinea's president strikes against strikers
Israel's Katzav faces a rape charge
Norway's king hunts moose for fun
China fights against spitting cabbies
XXIV: Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007
Japanese fishers find an rare shark from the deep
Bush's speech quite disunites
Al-Sawahiri spits his wrath
Eva's been the snake goddess
XXV: Thursday, 25 Jan 2007
the US army now has a microwave gun
a KKK butcher gets thrown before court
new pictures of Paris exposed on the web
Iraq's VP calls US invasion idiotic
XXVI: Friday, 26 Jan 2007
Hamas and Fatah still fight to the death
in the drug war in Rio, youth are tortured and killed
Madrassa supporters threaten photographer
an Abu Ghraib colonel is charged in court-martial
XXVII: Saturday, 27 Jan 2007
the American government seeks drastic measures against global warming
tens of thousands protest more troops to Iraq
Michael Jackson returns to the US after a year of exile
a father forbids a school to show Al Gore's film about global warming
XXVIII: Sunday, 28 Jan 2007
Chemical Ali stands before court
a guy from Chicago now looks like Bruce Willis
a Colombian fisher thought dead has returned
Sinn Fein now supports North' Ireland's police
W E E K F I V E
XXIX: Monday, 29 Jan 2007
a suicide bomber from Al Aqsa hits a bakery in Eilat
Libya chooses to spare nurses falsely accused
bird flu has been found in Hungary
a child molester gets 152 years in prison
XXX: Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007
Windows Vista hits the stores
a pair accused of adultery is stoned in Pakistan
a suicide bomber kills pilgrims in Iraq
Sinti and Roma ask for help at the UN
XXXI: Wednesday, 31 Jan 2007
Philip Glass gets to be 70 today
Chavez gets to use more power
Lombardy gets to bury embryos
Berlusconi gets to apologize publicly to his wife
XXXII: Thursday, 1 Feb 2007
Hamas breaks the cease-fire with Fatah
France forbids smoking in public buildings
Karadzic may be in Russia
the US raises its minimum wage
XXXIII: Friday, 2 Feb 2007
a groundhog this day predicts early spring (so it goes)
a Florida village gets ate by the wind
US defense says, no plans for a war on Iran
a hundred die protesting fraudulent elections in Congo
XXXIV: Saturday, 3 Feb 2007
a suicide bomber murders more than a hundred in Baghdad
bird flu hits turkeys in Britain
severe rains flood Jakarta
Al-Sistani urges for religious peace
XXXV: Sunday, 4 Feb 2007
Hamas and Fatah still fight to the death
last week, a thousand died in Iraq
a Taliban leader is killed by an air strike
three million Muslims pray for peace near Dhaka
W E E K S I X
XXXVI: Monday, 5 Feb 2007
the late pope is said to have worked a miracle
Giuliani wants to be President
Merkel promotes a two-state solution (for Israel and Palestine)
there are clouds on Mars
XXXVII: Tuesday, 6 Feb 2007
the end of Potter has his writer depressed
Gates wants to pull out troops from Irag by the end of the year
creationist nutters set foot in Kenya, fighting Turkana boy
illegal logging in Indonesia threatens Orangutans
XXXVIII: Wednesday, 7 Feb 2007
dead lovers are found embraced for over 5000 years
Brits and Americans reject control over hedge funds
a child porn ring's found of over 2000 perverts
Hamas and Fatah talk over peace
XXXIX: Thursday, 8 Feb 2007
Anna Nicole Smith has died
Hamas and Fatah agree to peace (amongst themselves)
North Korea offers to freeze its nuclear program
Winter hits Western Europe now, finally
XL: Friday, 9 Feb 2007
Hamas still denies the existence of Israel
bird flu hits chickens in Turkey
a man saves his grandson from the grip of an Anaconda in Brazil
supporters want Al Gore to run for president
XLI: Saturday, 10 Feb 2007
Nasdaq fails to take over the London Stock Exchange
Putin revels in Cold War rhetoric
Obama fails to be seen as black
Harvard is set to name a woman its president
XLII: Sunday, 11 Feb 2007
Iran's envoy in Munich denies the Holocaust
the Russians deescalate their warring talks against the US
negotiations in North Korea might come to a halt
Portugal now allows for abortion
W E E K S E V E N
XLIII: Monday, 12 Feb 2007
two Germans are kidnapped in Iraq, a mother with son
a minor quake shakes Portugal
a tentative deal's made with North Korea
Iran is accused of delivering weapons into Iraq
XLIV: Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007
a bill in Pakistan wants to strengthen women's rights
a college newspaper op-ed calls rape something "magical"
in industrialized countries, British children suffer the worst
Barbers in Pakistan are warned not to shave off beards
XLV: Wednesday, 14 Feb 2007
Maliki strengthens Baghdad security
Canada wants to leave Afghanistan if others refuse to help
the Serb parliament wants to keep Kosovo
Cleopatra's beauty is a mere myth
XLVI: Thursday, 15 Feb 2007
Cyprus wants parents have a third child
Qaida's El Masri got wounded in Iraq
Putin promotes Ivanov to Deputy Prime Minister
the trial on the bombers of Madrid now begins
XLVII: Friday, 16 Feb 2007
Mojahedin terrorists bomb a girls school in Iran
the co-inventor of the TV remote is dead
Turkmenistan has its first internet café
lakes are found beneath Antarctica's ice
XLVIII: Saturday, 17 Feb 2007
a four-legged duckling is born to an English farmer
Britney Spears had her head shaved clean
the UN are planning for the case of an asteroid crash
Bird flu hits Moscow
XLIX: Sunday, 18 Feb 2007
more than 50 killed by two car bombs in Baghdad
a bomb in McDonald's wounds 6 in St. Petersburg
Albanian elections are seen as test for moving to Europe
the Senate Majority leader calls Iraq war a bigger blunder than Viet Nam
W E E K E I G H T
L: Monday, 19 Feb 2007
Al-Qaida restructures itself in Pakistan
Rice meets with Israeli and Palestinian leaders
Armani wants to sell his fashion empire
Somalia eliminates freedom of speech
LI: Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007
Britney Spears checks herself into rehab
racism is on the rise in Europe, a study says
Mugabe threatens he won't step down
a Pakistani minister is killed by a fanatic, she didn't dress piously
LII: Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007
Italy's Prodi lost a vote and might resign
Iran will continue to pursue nuclear power
Brits and Danes will slowly pull out of Iraq
Britney Spears checks herself out of rehab
LIII: Thursday, 22 Feb 2007
UK forbids junk food ads for children on TV
Chimps have been seen to make spears to hunt monkeys
a German bishop spills his wrath against daycare
Britney Spears checks herself into rehab, again
LIV: Friday, 23 Feb 2007
the US military wants 24 to stop showing torture
a blogger gets jailed in Egypt for critical writings
Windows Vista excludes Firefox and Photoshop
the Democrats want to pull out if Iraq in a year
LV: Saturday, 24 Feb 2007
beavers return to the river of Bronx in New York
the State of Virginia profoundly regrets its slavery past and Indians conquered
Guinea's parliament ends the state of emergency
the king of Jordan asks Palestinians to stop the violence and recognize Israel
LVI: Sunday, 25 Feb 2007
four razzies hit the second Basic Instinct
Iran insists on its nuclear program, all brakes are off
a European probe makes a fly-by of Mars
and the Oscar goes to… Scorsese, oh, finally!
W E E K N I N E
LVII: Monday, 26 Feb 2007
what happened in Bosnia was genocide, say the UN
however, Serbia is found not responsible (yet didn't prevent it either)
Iraq settles the question of how to share oil wealth
Al Sharpton must know if he's related to late Senator Thurmond
LVIII: Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007
a former German terrorist still pours out Stalinist propaganda
a Taliban tries to bomb Cheney, misses, kills others though
the Dow Jones plummets after Shanghai's market crashed
the Jesus-tombs "found" by James Cameron are hardly worth any comment
LIX: Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007
Castro appears on TV, seemingly healed
San Diego's bishopric is bankrupt due to molesting charges
Chinese scientists are able to remote-control pigeons
Germany plans to send a probe mapping the moon
LX: Thursday, 1 Mar 2007
Arthur M. Schlesinger is dead
New York forbids use of the N-word (even the hip one)
the EU wants to pull out its troops from Bosnia
Pakistan catches a high-ranking Taliban
LXI: Friday, 2 Mar 2007
Mogadishu is rocked by bombs
a fat Chinese dies, having sat too long in front of the net
both Koreas want to resume their reunions
Afghanistan harvests more opium than ever
LXII: Saturday, Mar 3 2007
more partners might help blockading Iran
more violent fighting in the streets of Copenhagen
anti-Putin protests are broken up in Russia, violently
Airbus is cutting more and more jobs
LXIII: Sunday, 4 Mar 2007
women protesting discrimination in Iran are arrested
Pakistan successfully tests a short-ranged missile
Cherokees want to unenrol their black slave descendents
Mandaeans in Iraq are facing extinction
W E E K T E N
LXIV: Monday, 5 Mar 2007
talks begin between North Korea and the US
Ghana celebrates its 50 years of independence
a moose brings down a helicopter, yet dies in the end (poor thing)
scientists in Berlin have built a machine that can read minds, just a little
LXV: Tuesday, 6 Mar 2007
the Israeli ambassador points out anti-Semitism of German bishops
the US concedes it is not perfect with regards to human rights
virtual pornography is now punishable by law
at least 90 Shiite pilgrims are killed by a suicider in Iraq
LXVI: Wednesday, 7 Mar 2007
Jordan's king wants the US pushing for peace
South Korea addresses the pressing question of robot ethics
alleged black magic sparks tribal violence in Vanuatu
aid to Darfur is prevented by Sudan
LXVII: Thursday, 8 Mar 2007
Dems want to abandon Iraq in 16 months
Norway's Nazi children sue for discrimination
less Germans now go traveling for the US
Michael Jackson says, people were out to get him
LXVIII: Friday, 9 Mar 2007
the Europeans agree to push renewable energy
the US and Brazil are looking for biofuels
Farrakhan says he has been evolving
South Park is praised for saying the N-word 40 times
LXIX: Saturday, 10 Mar 2007
negotiations have failed in the Kosovo
Bush wants to trade more with Uruguay
Chavez attacks US "domination"
non-married couples and gays demonstrate for more rights in Italy
LXX: Sunday, 11 Mar 2007
Chirac won't be running another time
Zimbabwe's opposition leader is being held captive
Bush is visiting Colombia
Olmert meets Abbas, they want to talk yet some more
W E E K E L E V E N
LXXI: Monday, 12 Mar 2007
Uganda lawyers strike for a stronger judiciary
UN investigators smash Sudan for its murder and rapine in Darfur
Syria wants a dialog with the US on Middle East matters
Police brutally end the protest of thousands in China's province of Hunan
LXXII: Tuesday, 13 Mar 2007
South Africa calls for citizens' rights in Zimbabwe
Viacom's suing Google's YouTube
the home of Somalia's president has been attacked
Bush is planning immigration reforms
LXXIII: Wednesday, 14 Mar 2007
Morgan Tsvangirai goes on defying Mugabe
violence in Iraq has decreased dramatically
Gazprom's rule now extends to the Romans
Hamas and Fatah agree on forming a government
LXXIV: Thursday, 15 Mar 2007
Mugabe blames the opposition for his violent rule
new sanctions against Iran are put before the UN
Maoist rebels kill 50 policemen in India
Khalid Mohammed, of 9/11 infamy, admits to having beheaded Daniel Pearl
LXXV: Friday, 16 Mar 2007
Mugabe wants to expel critical diplomats
one hundred and fifty different species are dying each day
a film on the battle of Thermopylae has Persians worried 'bout public relations
Spanish winter strawberries are said to endanger the natural environment
LXXVI: Saturday, 17 Mar 2007
the African Union appeals to Mugabe to behave like a human
protest for and against the war in Iraq in US and Europe
lawyers protest in Pakistan over the ousting of a supreme judge
caves have been spotted on Mars
LXXVII: Sunday, 18 Mar 2007
Zimbabwe stops the opposition from leaving the country
Germany blames the US for blocking environmental progress
Israel worries about the new Palestinian government
political violence hits the South of Nepal
W E E K T W E L V E
LXXVIII: Monday, 19 Mar 2007
coal miners are killed in Siberia
the US let Ahmadinejad travel to New York
the Taliban free their Italian hostage
Chavez wants his allies to form a unified party (here we go again)
LXXIX: Tuesday, 20 Mar 2007
the skywalk over Grand Canyon is opened by the Hualapai
Italy cracks down on the Camorra in Naples
Schwarzenegger calls Limbaugh irrelevant
genetically modified mosquitoes might help fight malaria
LXXX: Wednesday, 21 Mar 2007
a German lawyer defends wife-beating with the Quran
a Saxon school bans Harry Potter, it's magic offends Christian parents
the UN deems German schools discriminatory towards minorities and disabled
arsonists light up a construction site for a mosque in Berlin
LXXXI: Thursday, 22 Mar 2007
an archbishop in Zimbabwe calls for resistance against Mugabe
explosions shatter Mozambique's capital
France opens its UFO archive for all kinds of nutters (and researchers)
Scotland Yard arrests suspects for the 2005 attacks in London
LXXXII: Friday, 23 Mar 2007
Iran captures 15 British sailors allegedly in its waters
the US house votes to pull out of Iraq by fall 2008
government troops regain Kinshasa after oppositional violence
Symantec says: Microsoft Windows is now the safest OS
LXXXIII: Saturday, 24 Mar 2007
the EU celebrates its 50th birthday
Iran says to UN: we don't care what you think
Sudan bars the UN humanitarian chief from visiting a refugee camp in Darfur
Mormons are pissed by the sight of angel Moron-i on a tee-shirt for coffee
LXXXIV: Sunday, 25 Mar 2007
Iran plans to play poker with the lives of its British hostages
Tamil Tigers attack a Sri Lankan airport
Jemenites attack a gas plant, someone said someone there tore up a Quran
Germany frees a former RAF terrorist
W E E K T H I R T E E N
LXXXV: Monday, 26 Mar 2007
Catholics and Protestants agree to share power in Northern Ireland
the UN wants independence for Kosovo
Japan's prime minister makes an apology for enslaving women in World War II
Egyptians were given no choice but to vote for strengthening their government
LXXXVI: Tuesday, 27 Mar 2007
UK and Iran talk discreetly about the 15 sailors
Prodi wins the vote to keep Italian troops in Afghanistan
up to 600 may have died in the recent Congolese clashes
Burma's military junta reveals their new capital of Naypyidaw
LXXXVII: Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007
Mugabe once again attacks the opposition
the US loses its technological leadership to Denmark and Sweden
mammal rise may not be linked to dinosaurs' demise
San Francisco intends to ban plastic grocery bags
LXXXVIII: Thursday, 29 Mar 2007
the US senate pushes for a pullout from Iraq
a schoolboy dies from binge drinking in Berlin
Turkey's restored a former Armenian church as a museum
Secretary Gates urges Congress to close Guantanamo
LXXXIX: Friday, 30 Mar 2007
Mugabe's party wants him to "run" once again
breastfeeding alone nutrition may cut babies' HIV infection risk
EU ministers pressure Iran on returning the British soldiers
Putin seeks no third term, despite campaigns to change the rules
XC: Saturday, 31 Mar 2007
protests in Kiev are torn between support for Yushchenko or Yanukovych
a French architect says inner ramps were used to build the pyramid of Cheops
Peru is urged to protect isolated Amazonian tribes from logging thugs
an Australian interned at Gitmo is returned home, must serve 9 more months
XCI: Sunday, 1 Apr 2007
Israel wants to talk with Arabs about their offer of peace
Maoists are sworn into Nepali government
a tsunami hits the Solomon islands
Russia bans all foreigners from working in retail
W E E K F O U R T E E N
XCII: Monday, 2 Apr 2007
Paul Watzlawick has died
Yushchenko dissolves the Ukrainian parliament
the US Supreme Court pushes environmental policies
five AU peacekeepers are killed in Darfur
XCIII: Tuesday, 3 Apr 2007
Britney Spears made the list of "Most Foolish Americans" (Dubya is 4th)
protests in Ukraine turn against Yushchenko
Ivanov says: don't buy Estonian, they hate Soviet statues
fossils in China hint to a mating of Sapiens and Neanderthals
XCIV: Wednesday, 4 Apr 2007
Iran lets go his 15 hostages
the EU wants to scrap its tariffs on exports from former colonies
Daimler confirms its intentions to sell Chrysler
Pope Inquisition decries atheists and Western culture as "empty"
XCV: Thursday, 5 Apr 2007
a UN report documents changes in the climate already today
the Ugandan Constitutional Court rejects its adultery laws as sexist
conditions at camp Guantanamo are worsening, says AI
Eritrea outlaws female "circumcision" and makes it punishable by law
XCVI: Friday, 6 Apr 2007
Philippinos let themselves be crucified on Good Friday again
Alger Hiss, accused of Cold War espionage, was innocent
Saddam did not work with Al Qaida, Dick Cheney begs to differ though, still
the British sailors held in Iran had been forced to wrongly confess
XCVII: Saturday, 7 Apr 2007
two are still missing after a cruise ship sank near Santorini
China starts regulating its organ donor practices
a Mexican TV reporter is shot in Acapulco on the street
Disney lets gays have their wedding in Cinderella's Castle
XCVIII: Sunday, 8 Apr 2007
ETA says it wants peace and blames the man
Charles Simonyi blasts off into space
Newt Gingrich recommends that Gonzales step down
Al Sadr wants attacks to focus on the GIs, not the Iraqis
W E E K F I F T E E N
XCIX: Monday, 9 Apr 2007
Iran claims it can produce nuclear fuel on a bigger scale now
Shiites in Najaf protest against American troops in Iraq
Sudan's war in Darfur spills over to Chad
an eloped white mouse stops a plane in Viet Nam
C: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007
four terrorists are killed in Casablanca, three blew themselves up
thirteen prisoners on hunger strike in Gitmo are force-fed
Chad admits its troops have been on Sudanese soil
the World Bank aids in saving the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan
CI: Wednesday, 11 Apr 2007
the atmosphere of gas giant HD 209458b contains water
al Qaeda undertakes bomb attacks in Algiers
Cannabis consumption increases the chances for schizophrenia
Ecuador warns that the Galapagos islands may be at risk
CII: Thursday, 12 Apr 2007
Kurt Vonnegut is dead
bombs hit Iraq's parliament in the assumedly safe zone
scientists find a clear genetic link to obesity
the Chinese PM urges Japan to admit its guilt in World War II
CIII: Friday, 13 Apr 2007
chickens are shown to be distant cousins of Tyrannosaurus Rex
Japan's PM wants to deploy Japanese troops more easily
Egypt rejects Amnesty's claim it's a center of torture
scientists push for more and sincere protection of oceans
CIV: Saturday, 14 Apr 2007
Moscow police break up am anti-Putin demonstration with violence
Daimler wants to keep parts of Chrysler still
teaching abstinence won't deter kids from sex (a study was needed for that)
a German governor defending a dead Nazi judge still won't back down
CV: Sunday, 15 Apr 2007
a Catholic archbishop calls for the fight against Mugabe
scientists with NASA and Stanford confirm Einstein's relativity
the US military starts using the Osprey
high blood pressure may be caused by the brain, scientists say
W E E K S I X T E E N
CVI: Monday, 16 Apr 2007
33 die at a campus shooting in Virginia
Moqtada Al Sadr pulls his ministers from the Iraqi cabinet
Russia presses the UK to extradite an oppositional politician
Muslims groups press Philippine rebels and the government to stop the fighting
CVII: Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007
Islamists attack Nigerian police
a man in the Sudan who had sex with animals is forced to marry a goat
the mayor of Nagasaki has been shot dead (by the mob?)
protestors in Kyrgyzstan rally for new elections
CVIII: Wednesday, 18 Apr 2007
at least 160 died in car bomb attacks in Baghdad
Iran starts with the enrichment of uranium
Sudan abuses the UN logo for military aircraft and smuggling weapons
three employees in a Christian publishing house in Turkey were cut their throat
CIX: Thursday, 19 Apr 2007
NATO says, Russia shouldn't fear missile defense
Abbas says, the abducted BBC reporter is still alive
Police say, NBC should not have published the Virginian campus shooter's video
EU ministers say, incitement to racism is a crime (not holocaust denial though)
CX: Friday, 20 Apr 2007
McCain, for fun, sings "bomb, bomb Iran" while campaigning
the US increase their security in Germany
there is no purgatory, the Vatican says now officially
Abu Sayyaf decaptitate seven Christian hostages on Jolo
CXI: Saturday, 21 Apr 2007
Nigeria votes amidst protests and violence
Charles Simonyi safely returns back from space
the Taleban use a 12-year old boy to behead a man
Bhutan holds mock elections to practice democracy
CXII: Sunday, 22 Apr 2007
two major opposition candidates reject Nigeria's poll
Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal will run for French president
gunmen kill 23 Yazidis in Mosul
an Icelander saving Atlantic salmon received an environmental award
W E E K S E V E N T E E N
CXIII: Monday, 23 Apr 2007
Boris Yeltzin is dead
The EU agrees on sanctions against Iran's nuclear program
India launches its first commercial rocket into space
Mel Brooks is freed from the Producers finally, after 2500 shows
CXIV: Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007
a man cuts off his penis in a London restaurant (it got reattached later)
China may surpass the US in its greenhouse gas emissions this year
rap label Def Jam's founder wants to clean lyrics of niggers, bitches and hos
Mexico City intends to vote to legalize abortion
CXV: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007
an Earth-like planet is found 20.5 light years away
Nigeria's opposition want a new vote
Argentina cancels pardons for past junta leaders
minorities in China fail to benefit from its economic boom
CXVI: Thursday, 26 Apr 2007
the whole of Congress approves the pullout from Iraq
Russia wants to increase its conventional weapons arsenal
the EU parliament tells Polish leaders to stop their homophobia
a lesbian who just married has to flee from the police in Nigeria
CXVII: Friday, 27 Apr 2007
a senior US Army officer says, they repeated the mistakes of Viet Nam
Blair wants the EU to concern itself with more practical matters
the Euro is up to 1,36667 Dollars
the Saudis claim to have thwarted a major terror attack
CXVIII: Saturday, 28 Apr 2007
the Turkish government warns the army not to interfere in elections
more than 55 die in an attack in Karbala
Israel kills at least 3 Hamas fighters
the Peruvian president gets emergency powers to deal with drugs and crime
CXIX: Sunday, 29 Apr 2007
people rally to defend secularism in Turkey
Modbury in England forbids the use plastic grocery bags
a Dutch nut has finished building a replica of Noah's ark
US scientists succeed in simulating half of a mouse's brain on a computer
W E E K E I G H T E E N
CXX: Monday, 30 Apr 2007
the US refuse the Russian offer to join forces regarding the Lunar base
the THC in cannabis is shown to contribute to psychosis and brain damage
British Prince Harry will be sent to Iraq
Al Qaeda tells Hamas to be more violent
CXXI: Tuesday, 1 May 2007
the US and the EU have started working towards a common market
Bush vetoes a Congressional bill for withdrawal from Iraq
the US want to give North Korea more time to disarm
Arctic ice is melting faster than projected
CXXII: Wednesday, 2 May 2007
more than half of Mars may contain ice
a gladiators' graveyard has been discovered in Ephesus
the International Criminal Court issues warrants for a Sudanese minister
an Australian senator says, "deliberately barren" women shan't govern
CXXIII: Thursday, 3 May 2007
pioneering astronaut Walter Schirra is dead
Israelis want PM Olmert to resign
the foreign ministers of the US and Syria are talking
a UN climate conference in Bangkok agrees something needs to be done
CXXIV: Friday, 4 May 2007
Iran bashes US policy in Iraq
the new mayor of Mogadishu forbids people to carry weapons on the streets
two journalists in Azerbaijan are jailed for allegedly insulting Islam
rumors say Microsoft approached Yahoo for takeover
CXXV: Saturday, 5 May 2007
a tornado destroys a small town in Kansas and kills 9
Paris Hilton has to go to jail for 45 days
Al Qaeda's Al Sawahiri regrets that the US want to pull out of Iraq
a Kenyan Boeing crashes in Cameroon with 114 passengers
CXXVI: Sunday, 6 May 2007
a calf of bovines has been born a hermaphrodite with six legs (2 days ago)
Sarkozy wins the French presidency
mass graves of more than 100 people are found in Colombia
grey whales in the Pacific are thinner than usual, a harbinger of news to come?
W E E K N I N E T E E N
CXXVII: Monday, 7 May 2007
20'000 pose nude for an art project in Mexico, DF
Queen Elizabeth is received by President George
the German president refuses to pardon two RAF terrorists
an explosion blows a hole in a gas pipeline in the Ukraine
CXXVIII: Tuesday, 8 May 2007
East Timor has its first presidential election since independence
a radical nationalist is chosen as the speaker of the Serb parliament
China and Russia deny Amnesty's claims they would deliver weapons to Sudan
an MP in India gets life in prison for kidnapping a rival
CXXIX: Wednesday, 9 May 2007
the pope is visiting Brazil
electricity is rationed in Zimbabwe
Chad's beginning to demobilize their child soldiers
Bush announces to veto any new Iraq bill
CXXX: Thursday, 10 May 2007
Blair will retire June 27
indigenous Tasmanian remains will be returned to Australian Aboriginals
Bush will veto a bill making war spending dependent on progress reports
new Terminator films will have to do without the Governator
CXXXI: Friday, 11 May 2007
the pope finds the first holy person in Brazil
a lower-caste party wins elections in Uttar Pradesh
both Koreas work on a joint railroad link
new documents prove Japan used "comfort women" during the war
CXXXII: Saturday, 12 May 2007
James Doohan's ashes have been lost, beamed into the desert sand
gunfire by rivaling political groups hits the streets of Karachi
anti-gay protests hit the streets of Rome
Serbia wins the Euromerde song contest
CXXXIII: Sunday, 13 May 2007
Malietoa, the High Chief of Samoa has died
ruling parties win the election in Armenia, the opposition speaks of fraud
a cat survives on a 35-day sea trip from China without water or food
the Serb parliament speaker steps down as demanded by the ruling parties
W E E K T W E N T Y
CXXXIV: Monday, 14 May 2007
Daimler divorces Chrysler
Fatah and Hamas agree to a new truce
Condoleezza Rice rejects talk of a new cold war
Rome's ruins are becoming more and more fragile
CXXXV: Tuesday, 15 May 2007
the hate-mongering evangelist Jerry Falwell is dead
Bush appoints Gen. Lute as a war czar
scientists find a ring of dark matter billions of light years away
the US government praises Wolfowitz and won't hear of firing him
CXXXVI: Wednesday, 16 May 2007
new violence breaks out between Hamas and Fatah
Prince Harry can't prove his manhood in Iraq due to threats
Sarkozy takes power in France
Wolfowitz refuses to step down on his own
CXXXVII: Thursday, 17 May 2007
the Moskovite patriarchy rejoins with orthodox Russians abroad
the new Scottish prime minister favors secession from the UK
the EU and Russia talk, relaxedly, about their problems
Bush ceases to support Wolfowitz, who may now resign in June
CXXXVIII: Friday, 18 May 2007
Merkel angers Putin by talking about human rights
the Polar oceans will retain less CO2 than initially projected
the founder of Doctors Without Borders joins Sarkozy's cabinet
13 die in an explosion at a historic mosque in Hyderabad
CXXXIX: Saturday, 19 May 2007
Blair visits his troops in Iraq
3 German soldiers, 5 Afghan civilians are killed in Kundus
fringe German leftists and the old Stalinists form a "new" party
pseudo-leftist Michael Moore has manufactured another film for Cannes
CXL: Sunday, 20 May 2007
a car bomb kills a woman in Beirut
Israel hits the house of a leader of the militant Hamas
Lebanese troops fight extremist refugees from Fatah Islam
more than sixty Kassam rockets from Gaza have hit Sderot in the last days
W E E K T W E N T Y - O N E
CXLI: Monday, 21 May 2007
a BBC film on Sex Crimes and the Vatican creates a furor in Italian media
an exploding meteoroid may cooled down North America 13000 years ago
Democratic Governor Richardson of New Mexico is running for president
Sikhs prepare for a general strike in Punjab after an act of alleged blasphemy
CXLII: Tuesday, 22 May 2007
thousands of refugees flee from the fighting in Lebanon
Tarantino shows off his new film at Cannes
rainforest in Uganda is temporarily saved from a sugar cane plantation
6 die and 80 are wounded in a terrorist attack in Ankara
CXLIII: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Naples continues to be piling up with garbage
Amnesty International sees a rising erosion of human rights, world-wide
12 men are found guilty for the murder of Djindjic in Serbia
Scientists find that Mars has been much wetter in the past
CXLIV: Thursday, 24 May 2007
Japan wants a global reduction of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2050
36 are killed in a mining accident in Siberia
McDonald's in the US wants to get rid of trans-fats
dolphins are found to have different accents
CXLV: Friday, 25 May 2007
Bush won't have nothing of Merkel's plans against global warming
the Ukrainian president takes charge of troops of the interior ministry
Al-Sadr demands that US troops leave Iraq
a test for the American missile defense system fails miserably
CXLVI: Saturday, 26 May 2007
thousands of Dalits are set to convert to Buddhism to escape persecution
Bishop Tutu says Anglicans should turn to real problems instead of gay priests
Al-Sadr says he wants to cooperate with the Sunnis against the Americans
Paul Newman says goodbye to acting after 50 years
CXLVII: Sunday, 27 May 2007
people rally in front of a critical TV station Chavez wants closed
the US and Iran will have their first formal talks in 27 years
Ukraine's president and prime minister have reached a compromise
Gays demonstrating for their rights are beaten in Moscow, the mayor rejoiced
W E E K T W E N T Y - T W O
CXLVIII: Monday, 28 May 2007
the new creation museum near Cincinnati makes telling lies a fun activity
Humpbacks Delta and Dawn are on their way to the open seas again
the US army discovers an Al Qaeda prison site in Iraq with hints at torture
Iran says it wants to support the stabilization of Iraq (so they say)
CXLIX: Tuesday, 29 May 2007
scientists may have found an antibody for bird flu in humans
Sarkozy won't be stopping talks with Turkey about EU accession
Bush announces to toughen sanctions against the Sudan over Darfur
Russia successfully tests a new intercontinental ballistic missile
CL: Wednesday, 30 May 2007
a UN court is appointed to try the murder of Rafik Hariri (Syria protests)
great apes are increasingly threatened by the changing climate
India warns of growing HIV infections in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
a Malayan Sharia court denies the conversion of a former Muslim to Christianity
CLI: Thursday, 31 May 2007
General Mladic's aide Tolomir is arrested in Bosnia
the Blue Whale might become more populous (still at fractions of times all past)
the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter will open in Orlando in 2009
Bush claims to want a new climate-saving initiative
CLII: Friday, 1 Jun 2007
fighting intensifies around the refugee camp in Lebanon
public-sector workers are on strike in South Africa, demand better wages
Japan wants to kill more whales, threatens to walk from the IWC
Teletubby "Tinky Winky" mayn't be gay, Polish experts assure their government
CLIII: Saturday, 2 Jun 2007
a plot by four people to blow up JFK airport has been uncovered
rioters protesting the G8 summit in Rostock hurt 150 police
Putin sees himself as democrat and attacks the West for human rights abuses
Paris Hilton has to be in jail by Tuesday, and her record deal went kaput
CLIV: Sunday, 3 Jun 2007
Putin wants to point missiles at Europe if America builds her missile defense
Tamil rebels posing as police kill two Sri Lankan Red Cross volunteers
Australia's PM Howard promises an own scheme to cut CO2 emissions
UK's future PM Brown promises not to cut civil liberties when tough on terror
W E E K T W E N T Y - T H R E E
CLV: Monday, 4 Jun 2007
a Roma girl in Romania suicides: her parents forced her to marry, leave school
debating Democrats demand that the troops be pulled from Iraq
the war crimes trial against butcher Charles Taylor starts in The Hague
astrophysicists discover the coldest Brown Dwarf star ever seen
CLVI: Tuesday, 5 Jun 2007
former White House aide Libby gets 30 months jail for perjury and obstruction
Bush criticizes Russia and China for a lack of democracy
ETA declares the cease-fire with Spain to be over by midnight
Columbia makes a gesture of goodwill by freeing 56 imprisoned rebels
CLVII: Wednesday, 6 Jun 2007
the G8 summit has begun
a man tries to board the papamobile, the pope is well, the man was insane
Oetzi the ice man died thru an arrow 5300 years ago, scientists conclude
the genetic basis for several diseases has been revealed
CLVIII: Thursday, 7 Jun 2007
a wheelchair driver gets picked up by a truck, drives 50 mph by accident
Putin offers to use Azerbaijan as a joint base for European missile defense
a new road bridge is opened between Liberia and Sierra Leone
the police evict hundreds of Tamils from Colombo (reasons of security)
CLIX: Friday, 8 Jun 2007
Paris Hilton has to return to jail after put to house arrest yesterday
Atlantis is set to fly to the space station to day
31 workers, enslaved for a year at a Chinese mill, are freed by the police
the UN chief condemns Ahmadinejad's recent threats against Israel
CLX: Saturday, 9 Jun 2007
700 people cycle nude in the UK to promote cycling (and nudity?)
heavy storms have killed 6 people in New South Wales
Turkey's allegedly shelled Kurdish parts in Northern Iraq
Bush calls for independence for Kosovo
CLXI: Sunday, 10 Jun 2007
Bush is at least loved in Albania
Sarkozy wins the parliamentary elections
Conservatives win in Belgium, too
Sao Paolo celebrates gay pride (more than 2000 gays killed in Brazil last year)
W E E K T W E N T Y - F O U R
CLXII: Monday, 11 Jun 2007
philosopher Richard Rorty has died last Friday
media theorist Rudolf Arnheim has died last Saturday
US Attorney General Gonzales won't have the confidence of the Senate
a Virginia court grants an "unlawful" combatant habeas corpus (finally)
CLXIII: Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007
Hamas and Fatah are locked in a deadly civil war
Ehud Barak will lead Israel's Labour party
Sudan agrees to a hybrid AU/UN force in Darfur
Bush keeps pushing his immigration reform
CLXIV: Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007
Hamas continues to push Fatah out of Gaza
Shimon Peres is Israel's new President
the Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra is bombed
anti-Syrian politician Walid Eido is killed by a car bomb in Beirut
CLXV: Thursday, 14 Jun 2007
Kurt Waldheim has died
Abbas cancels the coalition government after Hamas takes over Gaza
computer problems at the ISS force Atlantis to stay longer
former planet Pluto isn't even the biggest of the dwarf planets (Eris is bigger)
CLXVI: Friday, 15 Jun 2007
Abbas nominates a new Palestinian Prime Minister
Salman Rushdie's now a knight (the Mullahs have to call him Sir now)
Indonesia claims to have captured the chief of the Jemaah Islamiah
Russia warns NATO (again) it wants to increase conventional troops
CLXVII: Saturday, 16 Jun 2007
Fatah now conquers Hamas positions in the West Bank
North Korea claims to shut down its reactor if funds return
a new source for the Amazon may make it the longest river in the world
bird flu kills a man in Viet Nam
CLXVIII: Sunday, 17 Jun 2007
French winemaker-terrorists demand higher prices for wine
Poland threatens a veto on EU voting reform, wants higher share
the Iranian government is harassing critical professors and students
Hamas denounces the new Palestinian cabinet as illegal
W E E K T W E N T Y - F I V E
CLXIX: Monday, 18 Jun 2007
US, EU and Israel resume aid to Palestinians (but not to Hamas)
a global ring of more than 700 pedophiles is smashed, 31 kids saved
a big oilfield is discovered offshore off Ghana
a Pakistani minister sees terror as appropriate reaction to Rushdie's knighthood
CLXX: Tuesday, 19 Jun 2007
Atlantis is on her way back home
the Vatican felt it necessary to issue Ten Commandments for better driving
Gordon Brown wants to sponsor the sciences in Britain
Nigeria's trade unions will undertake a general strike starting tomorrow
CLXXI: Wednesday, 20 Jun 2007
the EU constitution may be put to rest
Venezuelan oppositional TV may air out of Mexico
Abbas claims Hamas wanted to assassinate him
Iran's government plans to reintroduce stoning as capital punishment
CLXXII: Thursday, 21 Jun 2007
German pseudo-left Lafontaine has fans amongst the Neonazis
the EU starts their little reform summit amidst heightened agitation
Hillary's campaign associates the Clintons with the Sopranos, on video
Australia bans alcohol and porn for Aboriginals in Northern Territory
CLXXIII: Friday, 22 Jun 2007
Okinawans protest against planned distortions of history textbooks
People in Ivory Coast will be compensated for toxic waste disaster
North Korea is apparently ready to shut down their reactor
Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor
CLXXIV: Saturday, 23 Jun 2007
the EU find their reform compromise after may a setback
45 people die from rain and flood in India
Hamid Karzai urges NATO to cause less civilian deaths in Afghanistan
Elwood from California is voted world's ugliest dog
CLXXV: Sunday, 24 Jun 2007
Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as Labour chief
six UN peacekeepers are been killed in Lebanon
more than 200 are killed by storms in Pakistan
Nigerian unions conclude their general strike
W E E K T W E N T Y - S I X
CLXXVI: Monday, 25 Jun 2007
Bombs kill six Sunni Sheiks in Baghdad
Israel will free 250 jailed Fatah followers if they swear off violence
Mexico suspends 300 cops in a fight against corruption
Robert Zoellick is elected chief of the World Bank
CLXXVII: Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007
Russia wants to build new intercontinental missiles
Tony Blair may become a special envoy for the Middle East
Iran rations gas for private motorists (who ain't so happy)
Paris Hilton leaves jail (happily)
CLXXVIII: Wednesday, 27 Jun 2007
Gordon Brown is the new British Prime Minister
18 people die in a fight between police and thugs in Rio de Janeiro
Egyptologists identify a recently found mummy as Hatshepsut
Maoists incinerate a train station in West Bengal
CLXXIX: THURSDAY, 28 Jun 2007
Bush's immigration reform fails in the senate (it was too liberal)
Portugal says, if Turkey fulfills conditions, they may get into the EU
Egypt completely bans female genital mutilation
Scientists succeed in killing an HI virus with gene manipulation
CLXXX: Friday, 29 Jun 2007
two car bombs are defused in London
the US supreme court will admit Guantanamo appeals
Canadian natives protest poverty and social issues
Hundreds of thousands are hit by a cyclone in Pakistan
CLXXXI: Saturday, 30 Jun 2007
Rockets are fired at the plane of the Ivorian PM (they missed him)
Ugandan rebels sign a deal for peace
Apple's iPhone hits stores in the US
the Turkmen "president" gives himself a medal for his 50th birthday
CLXXXII: Sunday, 1 Jul 2007
Bush and Putin are meeting for talks
Hugo Chavez meets Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (quite the couple)
England enacts a public smoking ban (finally)
Israel releases funds to the Palestinian authority
W E E K T W E N T Y - S E V E N
CLXXXIII: Monday, 2 Jul 2007
Bush commutes Libby and saves him from jail - but not from conviction
a bomb in Yemen kills 7 Spanish tourists and 2 locals
police have arrested the eighth man regarding the London bombing attempts
300 unpaid migrant workers on strike are beaten by armed men in China
CLXXXIV: Tuesday, 3 Jul 2007
a 1000 slave workers have been freed in Brazil
The AU summit sees divergent views on African unification
Charles Taylor appears at court at The Hagues for the first time
North Korea's Kim urges everyone to commit to nuclear disarmament
CLXXXV: Wednesday, 4 Jul 2007
Russia will host the Olympic games in 2014
Hamburg forbids smoking in public buildings
the UN will send 20.000 troops to Darfur
Bill Clinton criticizes Bush for leniency towards Libby
CLXXXVI: Thursday, 5 Jul 2007
scientists show that men speak as much as women
the rebels in a Pakistan mosque are set to surrender
Turkey's high court favors election reforms that would benefit the Islamists
a former Rwandan major is found guilty of murdering Belgian peacekeepers
CLXXXVII: Friday, 6 Jul 2007
in South Africa, a girl is born with four legs
in Somalia, 5 children die when playing with a land mine
in Colombia, thousands protest against kidnappings and civil wars
in India, a baby survives being buried alive by her grandfather
CLXXXVIII: Saturday, 7 Jul 2007
a suicide bomber kills 117 people in the market of Amerli in Northern Iraq
the US Navy investigates possible wrongdoing by Marines in Falluja in 2004
a Malaysian Hindu woman was forced to eat beef at a Muslim clinic
German pseudo-leftist Lafontaine applauds Chavez' closing of a TV station
CLXXXIX: Sunday, 8 Jul 2007
Moqtada Sadr's followers attack PM Maliki for supporting a "US agenda"
Israel's Foreign Minister Livni meets with Palestinian PM Fayyad
officials in Hunan province have violated the one-child-rule since 2000
London's terror attempts can be linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq
W E E K T W E N T Y - E I G H T
CXC: Monday, 9 Jul 2007
the US army chief in Iraq warns that the conflict could go on for decades
the FARC leader is found guilty of kidnapping Americans
226 Guatemalan migrants are found in one truck in Mexico
Antidepressants are the number one prescription drug in the US
CXCI: Tuesday, 10 Jul 2007
the Red Mosque in Pakistan is stormed, the leader killed
Al-Qaeda "condemns" Rushdie's knighthood and threaten retaliation
the Libyan HIV trial ends with financial compensations
the Pope tells protestants, they are not really churches
CXCII: Wednesday, 11 Jul 2007
a man flies to his friend's wedding a year early
an almost complete baby mammoth is found frozen in Siberia
Hongkong vows to create democracy
the UK vows to fight against female genital mutilation
CXCIII: Thursday, 12 Jul 2007
a German bishop approves introducing creation myth into biology classes
Bush wants to go on in Iraq, believes in success
Liberia starts seizing the funds of former president Taylor
drinking tea may be better than drinking water
CXCIV: Friday, 13 Jul 2007
the US senate doubles the reward for Osama bin Laden to 50 Million Dollars
Turkey raises their troops to 200'000 along the Iraq/Kurdish border
Pygmy musicians are housed in a zoo in Brazzaville for a festival
GOP senators push Bush for a pull-out from Iraq
CXCV: Saturday, 14 Jul 2007
a baby is born in Poland with 1.2 blood alcohol (the mother was drunk)
a guy in DC went to rob a house, got offered wine, hugged them all, and left
North Korea says they've shut down their nuclear reactor
Russia suspends the pact to control and reduce conventional arms
CXCVI: Sunday, 15 Jul 2007
Taleban militants in Pakistan end their truce
66 people are arrested over child porn in Spain
Marines in Iraq were ordered to "crank up the violence level"
the AU and the UN talk in Libya about the future of Darfur
W E E K T W E N T Y - N I N E
CXCVII: Monday, 16 Jul 2007
at least 80 die in terrorist attacks in Iraq
after problems in a nuclear plant, Vattenfall fires a leading executive
an Al Qaeda member is arrested in Poland, attacks are feared
the deputy head of Bertelsmann in Russia is found dead
CXCVIII: Tuesday, 17 Jul 2007
Russia punishes Estonia with cutting exports in coal, steal and oil in half
Serbia, supported by Russia, wants no further negotiations over Kosovo
Libya condemns the falsely accused Bulgarian nurses to life
an airbus in Sao Paolo slides into a gas station, 200 are dead
CXCIX: Wednesday, 18 Jul 2007
a transformer blast shakes up Manhattan, just steam, but 1 dead
a suicide bomber kills seven in North-West Pakistan
underground water is found in Darfur, which is hoped to bring peace
Florida resumes its practice of murdering people legally (i.e. death penalty)
CC: Thursday, 19 Jul 2007
Israel commences the release of 250 Palestinians
a Columbian drug baron is flown to the US to stand trial
the Darfur conflict is spilling over to the Central African Republic
women still get paid much less than men in the EU
CCI: Friday, 20 Jul 2007
the UN resolution over Kosovo has failed
Bush forbids torture (but insists on interning "unlawful combatants")
the ancient lake under Darfur is discovered to have dried up ages ago
the sixtieth moon of Saturn has been discovered
CCII: Saturday, 21 Jul 2007
Pratibha Patil is India's first female president
President Bush is back in power after having had ass surgery
dust storms on Mars threaten the roving probes
General Musharraf "respects" the court's reinstating the chief justice
CCIII: Sunday, 22 Jul 2007
Erdogan's Islamist party wins the Turkish parliamentary elections
a new Israeli textbook acknowledges the Arab view of things
Pakistan rejects US raid, says, Bin Laden's not there
Chavez will kick out foreigners who publicly criticize him
W E E K T H I R T Y
CCIV: Monday, 23 Jul 2007
the medics wrongly accused of transmitting HIV return to Bulgaria
the candidate for Belgian PM thinks the Marseillaise is the Belgian anthem
China postpones a pollution report and keeps quiet about statistics
the world may be losing the fight against aids, says a Bush aide
CCV: Tuesday, 24 Jul 2007
500 have died in a heat wave in Hungary
the iPhone may have been sold less than expected
a militant rocket kills 14 in Bannu in north-west Pakistan
the Russians are sending a sub to the north pole to stake a claim
CCVI: Wednesday, 25 Jul 2007
the Arabian League officially talks with Israel for the first time
more than 50 soccer fans die in Baghdad through bombing fanatics
agreement with suicide attacks has fallen sharply amongst muslims
Kazakh doctors blame the health system for rise in HIV infections
CCVII: Thursday, 26 Jul 2007
Sarkozy wants to deliver nuclear and weapons technology to Libya
il maximo lider (or Führer) can not attend revolutionary celebrations this year
Libya protests the pardons of the falsely accused medics
hundreds of African migrant children in the Canaries are abused and beaten
CCVIII: Friday, 27 Jul 2007
US Congress approves a new anti-terror bill
Fatah wants to refrain from violence from now on
the UN warn about a rise of lynchings in Haiti
the UN probe into killings of mountain gorillas in DR Congo
CCIX: Saturday, 28 Jul 2007
a mechanical toe has been found on an Egyptian mummy
Liberia lifts its ban on mining diamonds
two TV choppers covering a car chase collide in Arizona
the US prepare a $20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
CCX: Sunday, 29 Jul 2007
Ingmar Bergman is dead
China wants to create a big automotive enterprise
the number of severe hurricanes has doubled in the 20th century
the Lebanese army moves into a refugee camp to fight Islamists
W E E K T H I R T Y - O N E
CCXI: Monday, 30 Jul 2007
Brown expresses his loyalty to Bush
two Korean hostages are found dead in Afghanistan
the US pushes Japan to apologize for whoring women in WWII
Ivory Coast officials burn weapons to hail the end of civil war
CCXII: Tuesday, 31 Jul 2007
Michelangelo Antonioni is dead
Rupert Murdoch buys the Dow Jones (and the WSJ)
cannabis is found more dangerous than tobacco (if consumed equally)
Mexico warns that the planned fence to the US disrupts the ecosystem
CCXIII: Wednesday, 1 Aug 2007
a bridge in Minneapolis crashes into the Mississippi, kills 7
Fisher Price recalls a million toys made in China with leaded paint
the Serb foreign minister thinks a compromise possible for Kosovo
an Australian Aboriginal legally stolen from as a child wins compensation
CCXIV: Thursday, 2 Aug 2007
a sheep born with seven legs in Australia has to be killed
too little sex may lead people to become workaholics
a night train in Congo crashes, kills 100
an Australian grand-grand-mother finishes her studies with 94 years
CCXV: Friday, 3 Aug 2007
a US marine gets 15 years for killing an Iraqi civilian
Bush announces a conference on climate change next month
abstinence programs don't work , Oxford scientists find
1800 Chinese officials confess to have been corrupt
CCXVI: Saturday, 4 Aug 2007
a US soldier gets 110 years for raping and murdering a girl in Iraq
LA citizens hold a massive anti-gang rally
the Phoenix probe lifts off on a nine-month voyage to Mars
the chief of Burundi's central bank is arrested for embezzlement
CCXVII: Sunday, 5 Aug 2007
three youth are killed execution-style in a New Jersey parking lot
fires threaten the city of Dubrovnik
Poland's government is facing new elections
"Bio"diesel plantations in Ethiopia are threatening an Elephant habitat
W E E K T H I R T Y - T W O
CCXVIII: Monday, 6 Aug 2007
AI warns over human rights abuses in China during the Olympics (duh!)
Côte d'Ivoire's presidents wants elections, he says
the US is losing track of weapons it gave to Iraqi security forces
Spielberg may quit directing the Olympic games over China's Sudan policies
CCXIX: Tuesday, 7 Aug 2007
the Chinese river dolphin Baiji may now be extinct
Iraq pledges to fight Kurdish rebels after Turkish demands
the two Koreas are planning a summit later this month
the Israeli army forcibly removes "settlers" from Hebron
CCXX: Wednesday, 8 Aug 2007
Pakistani President Musharraf may consider declaring a state of emergency
a strong earthquake hits the Indonesian capital of Jakarta
Kenyan scientists finds a fish that fights Malaria by eating mosquito larvae
homo habilis and homo erectus may have coexisted simultaneously
CCXXI: Thursday, 9 Aug 2007
Ulrich Plenzdorf is dead
Gaddafi's son confirms the nurses and doctors had been tortured
protection of a bat species may delay the projected Elbe bridge in Dresden
Russian fighter planes fly to Guam to greet US fighters "visually"
CCXXII: Friday, 10 Aug 2007
50 die in clashes between army and Islamic militants in the Philippines
youth gangs burn homes in East Timor over appointment of a prime minister
a Danish mission prepares to claim the North pole
the Canadians plan two more arctic military bases, claiming the pole as theirs
CCXXIII: Saturday, 11 Aug 2007
proof is found that the GDR shot indiscriminately at its refugees
in Connecticut, a woman strangles a rabies-infected raccoon
a bomb kills the governor of Diwaniya province in Iraq
Putin wants to build a Russian missile defense near St. Petersburg
CCXXIV: Sunday, 12 Aug 2007
US and European stock exchanges are nervous about US credits
the AU says the Darfur force will be all-African
46 stolen children - snatched for adoption - found in Guatemala
an EU envoy suggests Kosovo partition
W E E K T H I R T Y - T H R E E
CCXXV: Monday, 13 Aug 2007
Karl Rove steps down (ding, dong)
the Dow Jones opens friendly
a girl nearly ODs after seven espressos
Chinese factory boss kills himself, too much leaded paint in toys
CCXXVI: Tuesday, 14 Aug 2007
the US, as well, send a research ship into the arctic
French police find ETA weapons in Biarritz
At least 200 die at an attack against the Yazidi sect near Mosul
Obama and Clinton push Bush to clarify his notions around draft
CCXXVII: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2007
the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta kills 6 people in Duisburg, Germany
the Baltic sea may be on the brink of ecological collapse
Vampire bats in Latin America have switched to domesticated livestock
Matt Damon says, James Bond is dated
CCXXVIII: Thursday, 16 Aug 2007
at least 437 die in an earthquake in Peru
the suicide rate amongst US troops is as high as 1980
more than 220 are killed in a flood in North Korea
Botswana pilots are angry they could be fired if they had AIDS
CCXXIX: Friday, 17 Aug 2007
the WHO warns Olympics travelers about pollution in Beijing
Uganda's "Ethics" minister rejects equal rights for gays
Scientists bash the EU for promoting "bio"fuels
Russia resumes long-range bomber patrols from Cold War times
CCXXX: Saturday, 18 Aug 2007
a hijacking attempt of a Turkish plane ends peacefully
Kazakhstan has held early parliamentary elections
South Africa won't put any pressure on Robert Mugabe
a German woman is kidnapped in Afghanistan before the eyes of her husband
CCXXXI: Sunday, 19 Aug 2007
the woman kidnapped in Afghanistan has been freed by the police
Toys "R" Us recalls baby bibs made in China, too much lead
Hurricane Dean is hitting Jamaica
a leading Somali clan elder has been shot, endangering the peace
W E E K T H I R T Y - F O U R
CCXXXII: Monday, 20 Aug 2007
Chavez changes the clock, Venezuelans get up 30 minutes earlier next year
the Shiite governor of Muthanna province in Iraq is killed
France wants to help out in Iraq
a young Australian camel kills a woman by wanting to mate with her
CCXXXIII: Tuesday, 21 Aug 2007
Endeavor has safely landed despite minor damage
Hurricane Dean has slowed down before reaching Yucatán
18 men are arrested in Nigeria under Sharia for wearing women's clothes at a party
Bloomberg said he won't be a candidate for the Presidency in 2008
CCXXXIV: Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007
Bush compares Iraq to Viet Nam, a pullout would create chaos
after violence between students and police, Bangla Desh imposes a curfew
Kenya's leader refuses to sign a bill limiting the press
after chasing Indian immigrants, the German village of Mügeln stays silent
CCXXXV: Thursday, 23 Aug 2007
resistance against al-Qaida grows amongst Iraqi Sunnis
a newspaper altered an image of Sarkozy to not show his love handles
scientist have found a way to create out-of-body experiences
Iran shuts down "Western-style" barber shops in Teheran
CCXXXVI: Friday, 24 Aug 2007
Nigeria rebuffs European criticism of their presidential election
Georgia shoots at a Russian plane entering its airspace
Noriega's extradition to France is not being stopped by a US judge
Storms and floods kill at least 25 in the American Midwest
CCXXXVII: Saturday, 25 Aug 2007
46 die in wildfires (laid by arsonists) in Greece
34 die in terrorist attacks in Hyderabad
Bollywood star Salman Khan is arrested for poaching
a curfew is exposed in Baghdad before a Shiite festival
CCXXXVIII: Sunday, 26 Aug 2007
the German government is pissed at Chinese spy programs on their computers
the fires in Greece now burn in Olympia
the AU once again urges for peace in Darfur
ASEAN and Japan agree on a preliminary free trade pact
W E E K T H I R T Y - F I V E
CCXXXIX: Monday, 27 Aug 2007
Russia deems Putin innocent in the murder of Anna Politovskaya
a 17-year old sleepwalker in Germany falls 10 stories, continues to sleep
Justice Secretary Gonzales is quitting
the "Weekly World News" are at an end
CCXL: Tuesday, 28 Aug 2007
Islamist Abdullah Gül is elected Turkey's president (at the third try)
Shiites kill 50 other Shiites in Kerbala
the Taleban free 19 South Korean hostages
Yahoo! asks to dismiss a lawsuit deeming them complicit in Chinese dictatorship
CCXLI: Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007
Moqtada Sadr will freeze the activities of his Mehdi Army for half a year
2 Chinese miners have survived a collapsed pit by eating coal and drinking urine
scientists observe Einstein's spacetime-bending through a neutron star
an anti-gay Republican Senator is busted while probably soliciting gay sex (oops)
CCXLII: Thursday, 30 Aug 2007
the EU plans to protect its energy market against outside investors
8 die in a train crash near Rio de Janeiro
the Taleban free the remaining Korean hostages
Toys "R" Us recalls crayon boxes made in China, too much lead
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