news news news – sneaky animals, more georgia, etc
News of the weird kicks it off tonight, with two entries by way of Fortean Times and another one that’s not:
Teenager finds baby bat in her bra
Pictured: The moment an unsuspecting shopper is attacked by a hungry seagull
Naked man hijacks bus
I think Jim Lobe’s got this one right:
Despite Fireworks, War Clouds Recede
But while those events, as with Wednesday’s missile launches, which sent the price of oil up two dollars, grabbed the headlines, the back pages suggest a somewhat different story – that, in advance of a period of intensified diplomacy, all sides are seeking to gain as much leverage as possible.
US Secretary of State in Georgia Hours After Deadly Georgian Firefight
Su-25 fighters detected in skies over Georgia-S Ossetia zone
US, Russia trade charges over Georgia amid war warnings
Space shuttle gets its final assignments
U.S. Finds It’s Getting Crowded Out There: Dominance in Space Slips as Other Nations Step Up Efforts
Pirates free German ship off Somalia
“The ship and its 15 crew members were released on Tuesday afternoon after pirates received a ransom of $750,000,” Ali Farah Warfa, the acting district commissioner of the Somali coastal town of Eyl, told The Associated Press by telephone.
He said the ransom came in by another ship and was paid to 18 pirates, most armed with AK-47s and heavy machine guns, in Eyl, 2300 miles north of Mogadishu.
