The Guardian | Feminism as imperialism
"George Bush is not the first empire-builder to wage war in the name of women ."

Space alien porn in Scotland?
Is this the best Weekly World News story ever?

Socialist bloggers
Alister Black has written an article on socialist blogging for the Scottish socialist magazine Frontline.

Independence Bar
I want one of these chocolates!

US military bases attacked in Afghanistan
"Two US bases in Afghanistan came under attack on Wednesday, just hours before ceremonies to commemorate the attacks on the United States last September 11. No damage or casualties were reported from a rocket attack on an airfield used by US Special Forces in the eastern town of Khost nor from an attack by a gunman on Bagram air base, the US military headquarters in Afghanistan."
Via Remco Brink.

Many dead in Indian train crash
Railway officials were quick to blame the naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War. However, the police and the Prime Minister say it was a result of a lack of maintenance of the bridge. The naxalite angle is of course perpetuated in Norwegian news...

Bertelsmann to drop online books and music
"Bertelsmann, the privately owned German media group, is considering the outright sale or closure of its online books and music operations - the second largest in the world - in the latest phase of its restructuring."