“American officials in Iraq have announced that nearly all the Baghdad Museum’s priceless antiquities are intact, despite initial fears that they had been lost to looters during the war.” (BBC)

Those wacky Malaysians! “Around 30 unmarried couples were targeted for holding hands in public, while one student was penalised for talking to a friend of the opposite sex in a municipal library.” (BBC)

“A spokesman for the Catholic Church said: “To suggest same-sex couples should have the same rights as married couples is a step in the wrong direction.”” (Sunday Times)
It’s that compassion that makes the Catholic Church so special. That and the Pope’s refusal to condone condoms or contraception, causing children to be born to certain death and AIDs to spread even further. Ooh, I’m cheery today.

So much for gratitude for Australian support and resources in the invasion of Iraq: “US Wheat Associates has written to Secretary of State Colin Powell to suggest that Australian wheat should not be included in new supply contracts with Iraq” (BBC)