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Separated at birth?

Radovan Karadzic, the butcher of Bosnia, vs. Cesare Bonizzi, the heavy metal monk.

New Project to Develop GPS-Like System for the Moon

He described incidents during past lunar missions when astronauts were traveling to a target site such as a crater, and got within a few yards of it — but couldn’t see the crater because of difficult terrain.

“They were so close, but they had to turn back for safety’s sake,” he said.

Canada’s spreading cannabis crop

Somali pirates seize Japanese ship

US troops train Georgians amid tension
Georgia says S.Ossetia ‘kidnaps’ were arrests by police

Kosovo moves to issue passports

Blackwater Plans Exit From Guard Work
A cynic might wonder if they’ll just shift the security operations to a different subsidiary, or maybe a corporation that’s not legally connected at all, and keep a lower profile. Do you know a cynic like that?

Advertising: A Product’s Place Is on the Set
Read the article, folks. It’s about product placement on the news.

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