Six In The Morning

She Liked Jumping In Puddles

Tucson shootings: Let us heal together, Obama says at memorial event
TUCSON - President Obama comforted a community suffused with grief and summoned the nation to recommit to a more civil public discourse as he delivered a eulogy Wednesday evening urging Americans to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds."
Evoking memories of the six killed here Saturday, Obama seized upon the mass shooting at a congresswoman's supermarket meet-and-greet to tackle directly the subject of the nation's harsh political dialogue. He sharply decried the "politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away with the next news cycle."

But Global Warming Has Nothing To With It
Queensland premier Anna Bligh said the crisis was the worst natural disaster the state had experienced
Australian floods: rebuilding task will reach 'post-war proportions'
The task of rebuilding communities in Queensland submerged by floodwaters would reach that of "post-war proportions", the state's premier warned today, as the Brisbane river continued to surge through the city, and the death toll rose to 15, with at least 70 still missing.

The Queensland premier, Anna Bligh, referred to the flood crisis in Australia as the worst natural disaster the state had experienced and warned that clean-up and rebuilding costs could reach an estimated A$5bn (£3.1bn).

I Know What You Did

I've got secret files on Murdoch as 'insurance', claims Assange
A year thathas begun badly for Rupert Murdoch grew a little worse yesterday after the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, claimed to be in possession of secret documents damaging to the media mogul and his News Corp empire.

Mr Assange told John Pilger in the New Statesman he had withheld a cache of confidential US government cables and files relating to Mr Murdoch's business as "insurance". He has claimed that his life is in danger if he is extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault.

Somethings Should Go Away But They Don't

Global Nazi investigations rise for a second year

From April 2009 to March 2010 there were 852 investigations being conducted worldwide, compared with 706 during the same period in 2008/09.

The SWC also awarded Germany an A-grade for its efforts to prosecute ex-Nazis.

This is the first time its top grade has been given to any other country except the United States.

The period 2009/10 is the second consecutive year that the number of investigations into suspected Nazis has risen - there were 608 in 2007/08.

Why is Hezbollah So Afraid Of An Investigation?

Lebanese government collapses
Lebanon's unity government has collapsed after the Hezbollah movement and its political allies resigned from the cabinet over arguments stemming from a UN investigation into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, in 2005.

There has been growing political tension in Lebanon amid signs that Hezbollah members could be indicted by the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).

Ten ministers tendered their resignations on Wednesday after reports that al-Hariri's son Saad, the prime minister, had refused their call to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss controversial issues including the investigation.

An eleventh member, Adnan Sayyed Hussein, later stood down from the 30-member cabinet, automatically bringing down al-Hariri's government.

Remember It's Always Better To Blame Someone Else

Tunisian president sacks police chief over unrest
PRESIDENT Zine al-Abidine Ben Alii of Tunisia has fired his interior minister after a deadly wave of violent unrest, the biggest in decades, reached the capital for the first time.

Ben Ali - who just days ago accused the rioters of committing acts of terrorism - made a dramatic change of direction by ordering that all those arrested in weeks of clashes with police should be released.

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi yesterday confirmed the sack after protest violence that had killed at least 23 people and left the country’s leadership struggling to keep the country under control.