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Saddam On Finding A Good Wife

[Saddam] was particularly phobic about germs. Even top generals summoned to meet him were often ordered to strip to their underwear and their clothes were then washed, ironed and X-rayed before they could get dressed to see him … [he] ordered mosques constructed around Baghdad on a scale not seen since it was the medieval capital of the Muslim caliphate [one] mosque held a Koran written with 28 gradually donated liters of Mr. Hussein’s blood … Some of his former American guards … said he acted in a fatherly way, offering advice on finding a good wife — “neither too smart nor too dumb, not too old nor too young”.

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Sic Transit

Prime Minister al-Maliki said in statements released Friday that those who opposed the execution of Saddam were insulting the honor of his victims. His office said he made the remarks in a meeting with families of people who died during Saddam’s rule. “Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him”.

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Dolphin Mania

Snaked out in a boat today past mangroves and into ocean. Was tracked by a school of dolphins swimming under the boat and jumping all around. They really do look happy. They remind me of big aquatic cats, hunting. A guy with us jumped in and tried to go swimming with them… I was waiting for a messy dolphin rape scene. Also got into University of Chicago Pritzker medical school. A good day.

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Holy Vanishing Magic Foreskin Batman!

Not since the Middle Ages, when lopped-off body parts of divine do-gooders were bought, sold, and traded, has relic theft been big news. But the mysterious disappearance of Calcata’s beloved curio is different … It was the foreskin of Jesus Christ, the snipped-off tip of the savior’s penis, the only piece of his body he supposedly left on earth … Some suspect the village priest sold it for a heavenly sum; others say it was stolen by thieves and ended up on the relics black market; some even suggest Satanists or neo-Nazis are responsible. But the most likely culprit is an unlikely one: the Vatican.

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Back Of The Bus

A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc “modesty patrol” on a Jerusalem bus last month … says she was traveling to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City early on November 24 when a group of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men attacked her for refusing to move to the back of the Egged No. 2 bus … Shear, an American-Israeli woman who currently lives in Canada, says that on a recent five-week vacation to Israel, she rode the bus daily to the Old City to pray at sunrise. Though not defined … as a sex-segregated “mehadrin” bus, women usually sit in the back, while men sit in the front.

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Silicon Dynasty

[YouTube] Chad was also lucky to meet his future wife, Kathy Clark, at a party in 2000. Clark shared his interest in technology and in starting a family. She also turned out to be the daughter of James Clark, the legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded or co-founded three billion-dollar-plus companies: Silicon Graphics, Netscape and Healtheon. His daughter, 36, is an intensely private person … She asked that I not reveal the names of the kids. Kathy and Chad have never before publicly discussed her father’s identity. Their reluctance is understandable: Jim Clark is one of the valley’s most revered figures, and because he runs a media-sharing website—Shutterfly, founded in 1999—it would be tempting to think he was the real force behind the video-sharing site his son-in-law was starting.

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Little Miss Moonshine

The Miss Universe Organization, owned by Trump and NBC, scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss Miss USA Tara Conner, who has come under fire amid reports she has visited bars, though she is not yet 21 … Conner, a 5-foot-5 blonde, has been competing in pageants since age 4 … “I am an easygoing, down-to-earth girl … Throughout my life, hardships and different experiences have made me a very humbled, yet strong individual. It is because of these life lessons that I have become the person I am today.”

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Democracy Is So Messy

Violence has flared since Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for new elections, a move the Hamas-led government branded a “coup” … While Fatah … controls the presidency, Hamas, which won elections in January, runs the government. Fighting between the factions has paralysed Hamas’ administration, which has also been crippled by an international embargo against it. Hamas refuses to renounce violence or recognise Israel - a crucial demand of the international community.

Tony Blair, visiting the West Bank on Monday, declared, “If the international community really means what it says about supporting people who share the vision of a two-state solution, who are moderate, who are prepared to shoulder their responsibilities, then now is the time for the international community to respond.”

After talks with Mr Blair, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said “everything should be done” to strengthen the PA leader.

Gunmen opened fire on the convoy of the [Hamas] Palestinian foreign minister … in the tense aftermath of President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for early elections. Hours later a mortar attack on the presidential compound in the Gaza Strip wounded five people and a Palestinian civilian was killed in running gun battles.

[Foreign Minister] Zahar, a surgeon by training, is a Hamas hard-liner whom the Israeli government has tried to assassinate … For much of the past week, the armed wings of Fatah and Hamas have engaged in reprisal killings following the fatal shooting of the three young sons of a [Fatah] senior Palestinian intelligence officer … On Thursday evening, gunmen attacked the convoy of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding his son, a political adviser and others.

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K-9!

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Cannibal Nostalgia

Knight, who had worked as a meat slicer in abattoirs, skinned Price with such expertise and a steady hand that his skin, including that of his head, face, nose, ears, neck, torso, genital organs, and legs, was removed to form one pelt. “The excised parts of Mr. Price were then taken to the kitchen and at some stage, after she peeled and prepared various vegetables, she cooked Mr. Price’s head in a large pot with a number of vegetables she had prepared so as to produce a sickening stew,” he told the court. “The gruesome steaks were then arranged on plates together with the vegetables which she had baked and left as meals for the son and daughter of the deceased accompanied by vindictive notes.”

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