During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, "You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you." [Note, that is actually incorrect English.]
But Mugabe may not be Africa's worst. That prize arguably goes to Teodoro Obiang, the ruler of Equatorial Guinea whose life seems a parody of the dictator genre. Years of violent apprenticeship in a genocidal regime led by a crazy uncle? Check. Power grab in a coup against the murderous uncle? Check. Execution of now-deposed uncle by firing squad? Check. Proclamation of self as "the liberator" of the nation? Check.
The American bodyguards of a Bush administration envoy who was dispatched to the region to monitor the implementation of the road map engaged in a violent confrontation with right-wing Israelis who sought to disturb a visit to Hebron on Friday, Israel Radio reported.
In its taxpayer-financed propaganda campaign, the Pentagon quietly courted about 75 flag officers with an expectation that they'd sell the Iraq war to the public in their on-air comments. These officials met regularly with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Joints Chiefs of Staff, had access to classified intelligence, and were flown on Pentagon-financed trips to Iraq and Guantanamo. Because their vested interests as consultants, board members, lobbyists or employees in the defense industry were never disclosed by NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and Fox, viewers had no way to fully judge their often up-beat assessments of the war. The statements often contradicted reports from Baghdad-based journalists.
As dumbness has been defined downward in American public life during the last two decades, one of the most important and frequently overlooked culprits is the public's increasing reluctance to give a fair hearing -- or any hearing at all -- to opposing points of view.
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With some 1,600 mothers dying per 100,000 births, Afghanistan has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world, as per the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).
A lot of parental worries about Internet sex predators are unjustified, according to new research by a leading center that studies crimes against children.
The media got most of the basics wrong. In fact, I have never before witnessed such a disgrace in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts, and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerful
