All entries for Saturday 18 February 2006

February 18, 2006

A.K.A. Things i learnt today whilst not watching Final Destination on TV…

14 members of the new Palestininan parliament had to be sworn in via videolink… because they're in jail.
It looks unlikely the New Orleans levee will be repaired in time for the next hurricane season, and even if it is the levees aren't being constructed properly – according to prominent engineers.
We're not the only ones struggling to pay council tax – in the US, rising house values mean higher property tax, so people are constantly trying to downsize.
President Bush has at last realised the African Union isn't managing to keep the peace in Darfur and is calling for a doubling of the international peacekeeping force.
VW's announcement that 20,000 jobs will go and that the remaining workers will have to work longer – for no extra pay – made their share price shoot up 15%.
London accounts for 18% of Britain's GDP.
eBay has 181,000,000 registered users.

Why is there another (supposedly bigger) protest in London today against the cartoons that were printed in foreign newspapers?

While I have some – conditional – sympathy for their cause, there was one last weekend, and hasn't the story passed now?

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