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26 Oct 2010 10:12

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World: Indonesia needs your prayers after massive earthquake

  • 7.7 the magnitude of the quake, which hit the country Monday
  • 40+ number of people reported dead in the wake of the quake, which hit near the Sumatra region
  • 380+ number of people reported missing; an entire village was swept away after a massive wave hit it source
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26 Oct 2010 10:02

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Politics: Bigger crime: Alex Sink’s texting or Rick Scott’s ignorance of Apple?

  • First, Alex, you say you always follow the rules. The rule was no one is supposed to give us messages during the break, and your campaign did with an iPad, all right, an iPod.
  • Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott • Pointing out that his Democratic opponent, Alex Sink, received a text message during the debate, a violation of debate rules. Sink’s make-up assistant has been fired for the incident, but we’re pretty sure everyone’s missing the real crime here: Scott had two chances to correctly name the device she was using (an iPhone) and blew it both times. We wouldn’t vote for him simply because it’s obvious that he doesn’t know one Apple device from another. source
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26 Oct 2010 09:51

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World: One of Saddam Hussein’s top aides sentenced to hang

Tariq Aziz was one of Saddam’s most public faces during the former Iraq leader’s regime of terror. Which explains why Aziz has been sentenced to a similar fate. source
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26 Oct 2010 09:34

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World: Highlights from Transparency International’s 2010 Corruption Index

  • 1st is Denmark, which suggests that very little is rotten there
  • 22nd is the U.S., which fell out of the top 20 due to the financial crisis
  • 78th is China, which may not like Google but is less corrupt than you think
  • 146th is Iran; they’re tied with Libya (both are too high on this list, honestly)
  • 154th is Russia, which makes a lot of sense if you know Russia
  • 164th is Venezuela, which at least has a fan in Oliver Stone, right?
  • 172nd is Sudan, which has Darfur and child soldiers to answer for
  • 175th is Iraq, what with their undecided election and everything
  • 176th is Afghanistan, what with their bags of money and everything
  • last is Somalia, which makes lots of sense considering it’s Somalia source
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