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Vincent Vlemx : "As I watched the president walk on camera like a failing jazz musician stating 'We will not default..' Default? We were never going to default! Face it, we are all screwed. We are now the U.S.G.A. (United States of Greece America)"

Ameneh Bahrami: Iranian blinded in acid attack spares Majid Mohavedi from same fate | Mail Online : "'I have been trying for seven years to get the qisas [retribution] sentence, but today I decided to pardon him,' Ms Bahrami was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. Spared: Majid Mohavedi will not be blinded despite his vicious crime She said the international interest in the case was one reason for deciding to drop her demand for the sentence of retribution to be carried out: 'It seemed like the entire world was waiting to see what we did.' The case attracted international media attention, and the rights group Amnesty International urged Iran not to inflict the retributive form of punishment. The concept of 'qisas' also applies to other crimes in Iran, such as murder. A victim’s family can demand the death of a convicted murderer or commute the sentence in return for financial compensation from the criminal."

Norway shooting: Anders Behring Breivik had plastic surgery to look more Aryan | Mail Online : "Using the name 'andersbrei', Breivik bought a pound of sulphur from a supplier in north London, while the 'hazmat' suit he wore to mix chemicals was purchased from a Briton now living in the U.S. Andrew Christou, who sold Breivik the sulphur, said that when he realised his unwitting involvement in the attack, 'my shock and horror was multiplied 10-fold'. Breivik, who is believed to have considered targeting other high-profile sites in Norway such as a royal palace and the headquarters of the Labour party, has made bizarre demands about his time in prison and in court. He has requested not to be given halal meat and, having been refused permission to wear a military uniform, he says he will only wear a red Lacoste jumper during his public appearances."

News from The Associated Press : "Evan Clayson came out as gay to his Mormon congregation from the pulpit in Houston earlier this year. 'I was asked to talk about how the Holy Ghost can be a comforter,' the 24-year-old software developer said. 'I talked about relying on the Holy Ghost to boost my self-esteem ... It got a positive reaction. I had a couple of members give me hugs.' But like many gay Mormons, Clayson wasn't always so open, given the church's stance on homosexuality."

News from The Associated Press : "Letters written by Helen Keller. Forty-thousand photographic negatives of John F. Kennedy taken by the president's personal cameraman. Sculptures by Alexander Calder and Auguste Rodin. The 1921 agreement that created the agency that built the World Trade Center. Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives, destroying planes and reducing buildings to tons of rubble and ash, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed tens of thousands of records, irreplaceable historical documents and art."