Piracy by another name, BBC: [1]
Japan’s whaling fleet in the waters off Antarctica has been attacked again by protesters, Tokyo officials have said.
Activists from the Sea Shepherd group threw containers filled with a mild form of acid made from rotten butter at a Japanese ship.
Terrorism by another name:
WOODINVILLE, Wash. (AP [2]) – Three seven-figure dream homes went up in flames early Monday in a Seattle suburb, apparently set by eco-terrorists who left a sign mocking the builders’ claims that the 4,000-plus-square-foot houses were environmentally friendly.
The sign – a sheet marked with spray paint – bore the initials ELF, for Earth Liberation Front, a loose collection of radical environmentalists that has claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks since the 1990s
Master Sergeant. Woodrow Wilson Keeble:
WASHINGTON (AP [3]) – President Bush apologized Monday that the country waited decades to honor Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble for his military valor in Korea, giving him the Medal of Honor more than 25 years after he died.
Keeble is the first Sioux Indian to receive the nation’s highest military award. But it came almost six decades after he saved the lives of fellow soldiers. Keeble died in 1982.
“On behalf of our grateful nation, I deeply regret that this tribute comes decades too late,” Bush said at the White House medal ceremony. “Woody will never hold this medal in his hands or wear it on his uniform. He will never hear a president thank him for his heroism. He will never stand here to see the pride of his friends and loved ones, as I see in their eyes now.”
Better late than never.
Marion Cotillard: Moron, AFP [4]:
French actress Marion Cotillard, who picked up an Oscar for best actress in Hollywood last week, has admitted to having doubts about the official version of the September 11 attacks in the US.
“I think we’re lied to about a lot of things,” she said during a television programme first broadcast last year which has resurfaced on the Internet.The actress, who picked up the award for playing Edith Piaf in the French film “La Vie En Rose,” cited the attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 as one example, adding: “I tend to believe in the conspiracy theory.”
Knut no long kute, Daily Mail [5](UK):
A year ago, he was a cute and cuddly ball of white fur who captured the hearts of millions worldwide.
But Knut the polar bear has grown up fast – as this startled young visitor to Berlin Zoo discovered.
Knut now weighs 22 stone and has six-inch claws and a fearsome set of fangs to match.
And he seemed to be particularly keen to test them on the three-year-old boy lying on the ground next to his enclosure.