Fallujah is going to get a battering shortly - if it hasn't already started. And Kofi Annan has said that an attack would not be the best idea, which has got the Iraqi administration with a bee in their bonnet.
The big question of the day, well one of them, is Yasser Arafat in a coma or braindead? Has been mentioned to me twice over the past 24 hours, in situations where world events don't usually figure highly. Hmm, it's not looking good - not that the Palestinian situation ever looks good of course. And where will he be buried even if he actually DOES recover from whatever he's got? Especially with those always easy to negotiate with Israelis basically holding the keys to almost every site that Arafat would want to be buried.
Hmm, and another interesting article here, this one about the Peruvian Shining Path Maoist leader being put on trial. Well, retrial actually, after it was argued that the military tribunal that had put him away first time around was invalid. 70,000 people killed and he gets to spout Long Live The Communisty Party in front of the media, feck.
On a sunnier topic, the Mars rovers are still chugging along - they were only supposed to go for three months from January, seven extra months on, and reprogrammed for the Martian winter (longer down times soaking up solar energy) and they are still doing great things :)
Back to normality for the White House briefings, Washington Post report here. Or, if you didn't have enough of the billion dollar election, here is a rundown of how it could be in four years time - mmm, Schwarzenegger versus Hilary, now that would be a good contest :)
Ah, it's taken me just like three hours to find this, but I like it :) The Independent's front cover after the election was called. Had to trawl through lots of Euro hating conservative blogs to get it, but here, for your viewing pleasure. Very effective I feel, even though I'm not an Independent reader :)
Pauly
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