1. cruel, illogical, stupid: a catch-22 type for 55 south Asian medical workers in Saudi, currently unable to return home and with no income.

"This week, despite the risk of arrest, they protested at a local police station because they have run out of money to buy food."
(my italics)

2. Spanish journalists weren't allowed in to cover the election in Equatorial Guinea but everybody knows about this appallingly bone-headed manoeuvre- does Obiang's niece think tree bark can combat the AIDS virus?

the official govt site is pretty.
look at how those images change at the top!

3. Ciara Leeming on dealing w' Travellers in Stockport
posted by s at 9:00 PM