On Monday, the International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir for genocide. He is charged with killing hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan and its Darfur region, and corralling the surviving women and girls into terrifying camps where they are being quietly and systematically raped until their peoples are destroyed.
SAVE ZIMBABWE FROM MUGABE
In elections this March, the people of Zimbabwe sent a clear message: Morgan Tsvangirai, not Robert Mugabe, should lead their government.
Since then, through a campaign of violence, fraud, and intimidation, Mugabe's government has undermined any hope for a legitimate run-off on June 27. The MDC has, appropriately, withdrawn. But this is not a concession of victory -- it is an acknowledgment of reality.
Petrol Queues Cost Drivers £1000s
And waste fuel by the car load
12 June 2008
Drivers queuing at petrol stations for fear of shortages could collectively lose thousands of pounds and waste tonnes of fuel needlessly, warns the AA. While most of the UK kept its head yesterday, drivers in a few areas queued unnecessarily.
Fuel for Thought
a warmed-up petrol car uses three-quarters of a litre of fuel every hour it sits stationary with its engine running;
with UK petrol averaging 117.28 pence per litre yesterday, the car loses 1.5p in wasted petrol every minute;