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"...the prevailing political order in the Middle East is incompatible with America's interests. Changing it, whether by means of gradual political and economic liberalization, or through the removal of aggressive dictators such as Saddam Hussein, is a challenge that the United States must take up." - THE WASHINGTON POST
Selected Articles
A Truly Unusual Sexual Fetish
Do you have a fondness for stealing women's left shoes, but not the right ones? Well, if so, you have company!
Germans Criticize Leaders, Admire 'Arnold Effect'
By Erik KirschbaumBERLIN (Reuters)- October 11, 2003 - Call it the "Arnold Effect."
The straight-talking Hollywood action star's election win in California has had an electrifying impact on Germany, leading to calls on Friday for top politicians to voice clear ideas in simple language or be swept away at the polls.
Conservatives Dispute Bush Portrayal of Islam as Peaceful
Critics, including some policy advisers, call his stance politicalBy Dana Milbank
THE WASHINGTON POST
Cat Starts Fire, Alerts Family
Luedenhausen, Germany - October 21, 2002 - Mimi the cat saved herself and her family by raising the alarm after she accidentally started a fire.Mimi was playing in the kitchen when a misstep switched on an electric oven, which then ignited papers the family had unwisely stacked next to the oven.
But Mimi then awoke the family by meowing loudly and pushing heavy objects to the floor.
"Mimi saved the family. There would have been a major fire had she not raised the alarm," a local police spokesman said.
Actress Kate Winslet, Director Jim Threapleton, Separate
READING, England - Monday, September 4, 2001 - Actress Kate Winslet, 25, star of the blockbuster movie Titanic, has formally but amicably separated from husband Jim Threapleton.The couple has one child, Mia, whom they will continue to jointly care for.
Winslet met and fell in love with Threapleton during their work filming Hideous Kinky, a film made by a small independent producer. They married in 1998 and later bought a house in Winslet's hometown of Reading, England.
Winslet recently starred in the movie Enigma.
Teen Boys Whipped for Flirting with Women
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Friday, May 18, 2001 - Police recently whipped seven teenage boys for leering at women the newspaper al-Eqtisadiah reported on Wednesday.The paper quoted police sources as saying the teenagers, secondary school and university students, were given fifteen lashes each as ``educational punishment.''
It said the boys were nabbed at various shopping malls for following women around, trying to talk to them, passing on phone numbers, winking, and or whistling at women.
The newspaper did not say if the boys had learned a lesson or not, or what lesson they learned.
James Cameron Plans to Make and Film a Journey into Space
TOKYO - Movie maker James Cameron, whose last epic journey, into the depths of the ocean, resulted in the creation of the film Titanic, which sold more tickets than any other movie in history, is set to embark on another epic journey, this time into the depths of outer space.Cameron has an understanding with the Russians to accept him as a paying passenger on a flight into outer space and a visit to the international space station. He expects to go within two years.
Working with Sony in Japan on a new type of camera to film his voyage, Cameron plans on sharing the awe of space travel with the rest of the world, presenting it with his personal talent for communication, so that the public sees the grandeur of space in a way never before shown. He said: "It is our goal to do nothing less than revolutionize the way the citizens of planet Earth think about the human exploration of space."
Actress Kate Winslet bears first child, "Mia"
LONDON - Actress Kate Winslet, star of the international blockbuster ``Titanic,'' has given birth to a new baby girl, Mia.The 25-year-old star, married to assistent director Jim Threapleton, 26, gave birth in London in October.
``Kate and Jim had drawn up a list of 10 names but when the baby was born, none of them seemed right,'' her agent Robert Garlock said.
``Then Mia came to them, and it seemed just right. There is no family significance, they just thought it was a really beautiful name,'' he added.
Winslet is taking a seven-month break from her acting career to be with her baby. She met husband Jim while filming her movie, "Hideous Kinky"
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Monkey Business
A Feast for Monkeys
Pigs in the News
Lulu is a heroine.
Alligators in the News
Sleepwalking man disturbs gators; wakes to find himself up to his armpits in water with gators everywhere.
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