World Press Round-Up

Elsewhere in the World:

We’re all aware of the big important things happening in the world these days, such as Microsoft launching its Xbox 360. But some small things also deserve attention. Here’s your round-up of the news around the world, starting on Wednesday January 18, 2006:

As of everything in life, we should always start with the ladies. And thus you may or may not be aware of the fact that Chile has elected its first female President, Ms. Michelle Bachelet. A divorced mother of three, who studied military strategy and lost a father to prison because he was opposed to General Pinochet's regime, she comes with a lot of hope. We (or at any rate I) wish her goodluck.

Otherwise,...

German cannibal Armin Meiwes is on retrial for having killed and eaten Bernd-Juergen Brandes. He claims he didn’t want to kill him. "I wanted to eat him, but I didn't want to kill him." I suppose that extra drop of Tabasco was the fatal blow, eh Armin?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4618216.stm

French policeman Roland Montoya had two MiG-23 fighter planes and three Mi-18 helicopters in his home, in Togo. I have a deflated soccer ball in my garage. Care to exchange?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4617002.stm

In Lithuania, the prices of vegetables and apples have fallen.
http://www.elta.lt/sablonas1.php?kalba=en

According to Kire writing for the Macedonian Digest, Macedonia is occupied by Greeks after the partitions during the early 20^th century. Until that occupation is over, Macedonia will never earn its true name, “Aegean Macedonia”.
http://www.maknews.com/html/articles/stefov/digest_1.html

In Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Biman cricket team beat the Kalabagan Krira Chakra team with a comfortable seven-wicket victory at Bogra. Who are we rooting for? http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidDate=2006-01-19&hidType=SPT

In Suriname Judge John von Niesewand has ordered De West newspaper to advertise a correction about one of its articles in the pages of another newspaper, De Ware Tijd. De West will be fined US $1,800 per day until it complies. The problem is, De Ware Tijd doesn’t want to publish the correction. That’s how you wear out the competition. http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/suriname/suriname.htm

Still in Suriname, bad cops are supposedly no longer welcome in Suriname police force. Sorry guys… http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/suriname/suriname.htm

In Lesotho: Rankolopane Letsoara, a veteran journalist, retired at the end of December 2004. His last job had been to edit Litsoakotleng, the newspaper of the Christian Council of Lesotho. He retired in international anonymity, since most people can’t even tell you which country Lesotho is inside of.
http://www.trc.org.ls/events/events20051.htm#Journalist%20Rankolopane%20Letsoara%20Retires

Still in Lesotho, a visitor in the Queen Elizabeth II hospital shot dead a patient in the conclusive episode of the Thaba-Tseka feud. The patient had already been shot and stabbed by the same assailant, which explains why he was in the hospital in the first place.
http://www.trc.org.ls/events/events20051.htm#Patient%20Murdered%20at%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%20Hospital

There is a 1993 Blue Grey Mitsubishi Montero on sale in the Caribbean island of St. Kitts-Nevis for the price of $17,000. It’s a manual shift and, according to the owner, has 0 miles on the meter. Still a bit expensive, I’d say…
http://www.sknvibes.com/Autos/AutoSearch.cfm?Tz=%21%23%40%20%20%0A&ssz=11

Do you know that famously stinky French blue cheese, the Roquefort? Well it comes from the village of Roquefort, and the village’s soccer club, FC Roquefort, will name its stadium Alain Ransinan. Cool, isn’t it?
http://www.sudouest.com/180106/reg_lotetgar.asp?Article=180106a103645.xml

In Papua New Guinea, the Aopi Centre building at Waigani was evacuated during the lunch hour yesterday after the fire alarm went off. It was a false alarm. Now imagine someone was in the bathroom and came out to find all that free food and no one to claim it…
http://www.thenational.com.pg/011806/nation21.htm

Well folks, that’s all for this week’s round-up of news around the world. I hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, ciao ciao.