news- hugs, pot and pirates
I’m feeling like a hippie today, so I’ll start you off with these two:
Hugging benefits fractious chimps
Supermarket seeds lead to pot plant
Danny Williams said his young daughter, Lois, planted seeds from a bag of health food mix that was purchased at a store in Huyton and now a healthy marijuana plant sits in their backyard, the Liverpool Echo said Friday.
Unidentified warship captures 14 Somali pirates
3 ships thwart attacks by pirates off Somalia
Yemen to set anti-piracy center, US offers help
Denmark deters pirates off Gulf of Aden
Russia’s new Arctic station
In Canada the Arctic is winning issue
Artic Regulations Need Makeover
Nabucco pipeline ‘on track’ despite Georgia-Russia conflict – CEO
Russia aims to ‘corner’ energy market: US official
Storm Warning: Ike’s Impact Could Go Far Beyond Hurricane Season
The real problem is that thanks to hurricanes, the Gulf of Mexico will never live up to its promise as a mother lode of U.S. domestic oil production, leaving the country even more vulnerable to imports. Then the question becomes—imports from where?
Ukraine prime minister summoned by prosecutors
TROUBLE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS: Russia’s Restless Muslim Republics
OSCE Report: Poor rule of law still plagues Kosovo
Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces
Russians ‘agree Georgia deadline’
Russia, Georgia dispute in UN court
Should Georgia Become a Black Sea Hezbollah?
