Blair Re-Elected - Americans Still Undecided On Whether To Care Although Tony Blair was re-elected as Prime Minister of England a week ago, the verdict is still out on whether Americans care or not.>>> Laura Bush Travels To Israel, Fires Ceremonial Missile At Palestinians ISRAEL – The First Lady Laura Bush traveled to Israel Saturday in order to visit sites holy to both Jews and Arabs. After spending a meaningful few hours at the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, the President's wife took place in the ceremonial bombing of Palestinians. >>> Bush Outsources Remaining Democrats WASHINGTON – The four remaining Democrats in the Senate were outsourced yesterday by President Bush. Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Ted Kennedy all had their jobs outsourced to India. >>> Al Qaeda Believed Responsible For Suspicious Bag Of Garbage NEW YORK – A suspicious bag of garbage caused the Brooklyn Bridge leading into New York City to be closed for most of the day Sunday as officials examined the bag out of fear it was a bomb. >>> George Lucas To Complete Star Wars Phd Prequel CANNES, France - Amid a backdrop of hysterical Star Wars fans screaming for yet another installment in the never-ending saga, George Lucas quickly dashed hopes by dropping a bombshell while being interviewed by reporters. >>> French 967,000 Word Poll Question To Break All Records This Sunday the French will go to the polls to vote on the proposed European constitution. The question, to be posed to electors, includes, in the name of democracy, every word from the new proposed European constitution. >>>
NEW YORK - Newsweek magazine issued a correction Monday of a misspelled report that U.S. troops had desecrated the Koran, the Muslim holy book. The typo led to anti-U.S. riots in Islamic countries and the death of scores of people. The weekly news magazine had reported in its issue dated May 9 that interrogators in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ‘Flushed a Koran down the toilet’, whereas it should have read, ‘Flushed a Korean down the toilet.’ “Based on what we know now from our proofreaders, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay,” Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement, adding, “They weren’t abusing books at all, only people… I don’t think anyone will be unduly upset over a few Koreans. No-one has ever worried before...” The Pentagon called Newsweek irresponsible for its demonstrably bad quality assurance. It has offered to lend idle staff from its crack WMD Intelligence Gathering Unit to shape up Newsweek’s editorial process. >>>
