Archive for December 20th, 2008

≡ Kidnap notes plague Mexico pupils

A series of anonymous notes have been posted outside schools in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez threatening to kidnap pupils if money is not paid.
The notes state that teachers should hand over their end-of-year bonuses to avoid the threat to their students.
No arrests have been made over the threats, but drug cartels […]

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

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≡ The virgin and child with st. anne

Taliban blow up lorry carrying Christmas turkeys for British troops

army chiefs tease flown out a special consignment of christmas turkeys to replace the ones destroyed when taliban insurgents attacked a lorry packed with the birds confined for british troops in afghanistan.
500M PROBLEMS FOR MADAME SECRETARY
Wake island
at the moment that bill clinton has re leased the […]

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

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