According to the Guardian, Iraqis are running out of patience with the deficiencies in their power supply. and other problems. In other news, Iraqis blow up their own oil pipelines. An Iraqi sociologist "blames the violence in his country on a multitude of sources and causes in which politics, ideology, culture, poverty and blunders by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)." Well that's incisive analysis. Everything is to blame--therefore no-one is to blame.

Travel warning: If you die while on vacation in Spain you may come back minus your internal organs.

What the LA Times calls militants and the Hindustan Times calls terrorists have killed 34 people indiscriminately in North-East India. If this list, admittedly a couple of years old, can be trusted, there may be more to come.

California teachers' union leaders are expecting their members to pressurize them for guidance on the Gray Davis recall ballot. Oh great leaders, give us guidance. More likely, California teachers are expecting their union leaders to pressurize them on how to vote and where to send their money.

Now scientists have discovered that men and women are different.

Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, a woman is beaten unconscious by other women for taking their pictures with her cellphone. I guess some people really don't like having their picture taken.

Turns out that cattle breath is a greenhouse gas. What about the rest of us?

So the only winner in the affair of the comedian who kissed the prince is the hairy comedian. According to the BBC, "the chief inspector in charge on the night has been moved to another post, and eight are under disciplinary investigation", but Aaron Barschak, who dressed up as Osama bin Laden and planted a kiss on Prince Willam's cheek at his 21st birthday party, "has been told he will not be prosecuted over his actions". Mr Barschak "was happy his antics could lead to improved security around the Royal Family." What a public servant.