BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jordan ‘not afraid’ after bombs Jordan, like Britain, Spain, the US, and many other countries, is not afraid. They’re literally in a difficult position in the Arab world: they’re between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Their young King Hussein II seems to be walking the tightrope as well as his father did. They made peace with Israel, and their country acts as both a gateway and getaway for people working or living in Iraq. This puts them high on the fundamentalists’ hit lists. Peace be upon all those who lost friends and family, and may…
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Coffee Might Help Women’s Blood Pressure – Yahoo! News Okay, so what this means on a personal level is: NO MORE POOPSI! SPOOT ONLY! And coffee, of course. Coffee has anti-oxidants. So does Red Tea (rooibos) and Green Tea. ::whispers:: …and chocolate.
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They’re not Sudanese refugees trying to make a new start. They’re blond, blue-eyed superfluous males from communities that are run more like a pride of lions or a troop of baboons than a town. Shurtleff helps revive ‘lost boys’ bill Legislation billed as a way to help youths evicted from polygamous homes – known as the “lost boys” – died in a Senate logjam last year. On Wednesday, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff told the Judiciary Interim Committee the bill, which would allow a judge to emancipate a minor at age 16, is among his top priorities. Shurtleff said hundreds…