Aid workers freed

Here is a story from the Irish Times regarding Goal Aid Workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki freed after they were kidnapped and held hostage in Darfur.

The women were kidnapped this past July amidst a time when Aid work is becoming more and more dangerous. They underwent a series of mock executions - knowing that their captors could actually kill them at any time. Sharon Commins said that their friendship is what kept them positive.

Photo from the Irish Times

From people who write better than I do

- Things may be getting better in Mosul... Inshallah
- But people are still being killed at weddings
- UNRWA is going to teach children about the Holocaust despite Hamas' warnings. John Ging, Director of Operations for UN Gaza says: "No human-rights curriculum is complete without the inclusion of the facts of the Holocaust, and its lessons." Happy the UN stopped pandering to ridiculousness... In this case.
- And finally "It's all about liverty and the pursuit of good beer" says the owner of my favourite brew in the world - Taybeh

Just because I'm abroad does not mean I can't be be enraged by national politics

So my prime minister thinks women are a fringe left wing group... grrrrr