June 2006

"June 26th is the date that the United Nations has marked as the International Day in Support of Survivors and Victims of Torture"

"The logo of Tux the penguin in monk's robes is so cute it alone should motivate you to run Dzongkha Linux"

"From cores of ancient Greenland ice, researchers have identified at least 20 sudden climate changes in the last 110,000 years, in which average temperatures fluctuated as much as 15 degrees in a single decade."

"The Taliban has expressed its thanks to the U.S. Air Force for greatly increasing its popular support"

"Firing a missile to get some bad guys in an urban area is questionable, at the very least, Shooting a second one seven minutes later is terrorism, pure and simple."

"the development equivalent of greenwashing - an initiative guaranteed to grab headlines, but surprisingly unfriendly to the goals it seeks to achieve"

"There were rumours that some conservative bishops had voted for Bishop Schori as a means of accelerating the disintegration of the church."

"Pro-whaling countries still need 75% of votes in the IWC to end the moratorium but last night's vote was seen as a big step towards that goal"

"Over the years, the relationship between Stephen Joyce and the Joyceans has gone from awkwardly symbiotic to plainly dysfunctional."

"What we would say of the slave is, not that he lacks regard for human life, but that he shows precisely that regard which is appropriate to it."

"a billion bottles of French and Italian wine are to be turned into disinfectant and biofuels because no-one is prepared to buy and drink them"

"a garment worker in Bangladesh received only 6c as wage per hour, when the figure is 20c in India and Pakistan, 30c in China, 40c in Sri Lanka and 78c in Thailand"

"Admiration for the students is nearly universal, with some 87% of Chileans polled saying they support the movement."

"Attractive film and stage actors are cast in the roles of cheerful-looking parents and their angelic children, recreating scenes of domestic bliss to impress buyers."