Sorry about the lack of updates, I've been having internet problems.

Short and scrambled, since I'm making up for lost time:


ACLU sues Santa Rosa schools for promoting religion
(This is my local school district, btw.)


Report: Israel won't allow a nuclear Iran



Two thousand-year-old wall found in Jerusalem
Remains of a 2,100-year-old wall have been discovered on Mount Zion, outside the Old City of Jerusalem.


Ukraine government teeters amid President Yushchenko 'coup' claim


Opec agrees oil production curb
Opec has told its members to strictly limit their production to agreed quotas as Brent crude dipped below $100 a barrel for the first time since April.


Abbas pledges to reach peace by end '08


US warship confronts Russian military in ‘tinderbox’ port


Condoleezza Rice meets Gadafy in Libya
(*retch*)


Erdogan: Peace talks to commence in 2 weeks


Sudan army 'attacks Darfur towns'


Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia
Malaysia is sending three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy.


Storm-hit Haitians starve on rooftops


Mudslides bury Philippines homes


US Navy flagship delivers aid to Georgia


Venezuela, Russia May Hold Joint Naval Exercises


Japanese alarm at rise in Russian military activity
Japan has warned of an increasing Russian military presence in North-East Asia, with additional exercises and incursions into Japanese territory in the last 12 months by naval and airborne forces.


Russia plans 7,600 force in Georgia rebel regions


Fed Rescue of Lending Giants Imminent


Food crisis and silent famine to continue: World Bank


Mysterious Disease Causes Mass Exodus in Northern India


Two dead as fortnight of rainfall in 24 hours causes widespread flooding
Two people have been killed as as gale-force winds and torrential downpours saw parts of Britain soaked by more than two weeks of rainfall in 24 hours.


Indonesia mud lake draws tourists to disaster zone



7.0 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
No tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The quake, which occurred at 05:52 a.m. Tuesday Vanuatu local time (19:52 GMT Monday), was centered about 225 km north of Luganville on the island of Santo, northern Vanuatu, at a depth of121.8 km.
Another quake of 6.6 magnitude was recorded on Monday.


The Beer That Takes You Back . . . Millions of Years
Enterprising Scientist Finds New Use for Ancient Yeast


It's the end of the world as we know it...

Will the world end on Wednesday?

Bwahahaha!

Labor pains are indeed upon us, but time of the end has some very specific markers, many of which have not yet come to pass.

So just chill, let the mad scientists do their thing, and keep an eye out for the real end.