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An important clarification was already delivered by the experts: As to the question whether the bomb was on a timer or remote control, the answer already came in: Remote control. This fact has huge ramifications. WarGonzo blogger Semyon Pegov points out that the person who pressed the remote-control button to ignite the bomb, would have been in visual contact with the car and its occupant: “In other words, the terrorists who were supposedly out to blow Dugin up in his own car, would have observed, how Darya got into the car instead. Not the original target. And then they would...

Jump to the Navigation Bar America's Unsustainable Current Account Deficit America's Unsustainable Current Account Deficit "Never in the history of modern economics has a large industrial country run persistent current account deficits of the magnitude posted by the U.S. since 2000." The amount of foreign capital inflows required to sustain an American economy in which both the government and individuals eschew savings and spend beyond their means -- and imports far exceed exports --has soared to record highs. But even if the foreign appetite for U.S. Treasury securities and other U.S. assets continues to grow, a day of reckoning...

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Wife sent packing for not serving chicken gizzardBy Aggrey Nshekanabo Every Christmas is marked with merry making. But to village folks, Christmas is more than that. In this particular case, one Pulinare of Kyakatwanga in Kyegegwa, Kyaka had bred his cock for Christmas. On the big day, he slaughtered and cut it into pieces enough for his family of four. At 10 O’clock, the whole family set off for prayers. After the service, while the rest of the family went home, Pulinare branched off to a nearby bar. He made merry with other folks until 6.00p.m. He then remembered that...

Snake Causes ChaosThe Vision ReporterA huge snake slithered into a church forcing people to abandon prayers and flee for their dear lives. The incident happened at Musese Church in Busui sub-county, Mbale district recently. Sarah kainza, one of the Christians who attended the service said they had closed their eyes in prayer and when they opened them, a snake had coiled around the leg of the priest’s chair. On seeing the huge reptile the congregation scattered in disarray although it was making no movement. The priest convinced the frightened Christians to remain calm as he suspected that it was possibly...

Python, Hyena Fight To DeathBy Denis OcwichA STRANGE event took place at Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Kamwenge district last week. A python and a hyena fought each other over a water buck and in the end, all the three animals were dead. It is the python which killed a young water buck. But as it started swallow it, the hyena pounced on it to snatch it from the python’s mouth. “The two fought fiercely and it seems the python seriously injured the hyena, which also bit off the snake’s tail and parts of the head,” Joseph Ogwal, the warden at Kibale...

Old Man Stops To Buy Fresh Cow’s HeadBy Umaru NsubugaAn old man alarmed the taxi conductor and passengers when he stopped a taxi, not to get off, but to buy the head of a cow that had just been slaughtered by the road side. The taxi was moving from Kalerwe to Gayaza when the man saw the head at an ungazetted butchery near Mpererwe. “He shouted at the conductor to tell the driver to stop,” one of the passengers said. As soon as the vehicle came to a halt, he jumped out and hobbled towards the place where the head...

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AIDS drugs get new package By Geoffrey Kamali DRUG barons engaged in the illicit ‘export-back’ business of highly subsidised anti-retroviral drugs to Europe from Africa, are in for a shock. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), German producers of Crixivan, one of the HIV drugs, has introduced new packaging for its low priced products to Africa. The anti-retrovirals are sold by major producers to a number of developing countries under the Accelerated Access Initiative, managed by the UNAIDS programme. It is expected that other major producers of antiretrovirals will take similar action, making it difficult for middlemen to sell back the...

Superstitious man divorces hubby over birthdayBy Roger Mugisha Some people are extremely superstitious. Residents of Wobulenzi county, Wakiso district laughed their hearts out as one Ssebugwawo chased his wife from his home because she had given birth on her own birthday. According to the residents, Ssebugwawo’s wife was born on September 28 and that also happened to be the same day that she gave birth to his first baby. Sebugwawo didn’t hesitate to start showering her with insults and accusing her of having evil spirits in her family. When the LC chairman asked him what the problem was, he told...

Budundumula Robbers Torture Man’s Goats In Order To Attract His AttentionBudumbuli village in Bugembe, Jinja is rife with talk of thieves who battered a man and stole his money. The thugs lured him out of his house by squeezing the testicles of his goat tethered in the compound outside. The incident happened in the early hours of September 20. In a statement to local authorities, Awali Muganza, a grain dealer said he was beaten into submission when he came out to check what had happened to his goats which were bleating incessantly in the middle of the night. “I heard...

Drunken man scandalizes womenMany women left the party when an old man, a father-in-law to one of them, inadvertently exposed his private parts during a dance. Justus Mwero was tuned to Konjo dance at Kasese’s noisy pub on Main Street on Saturday. He stood up to dance and did not realise that his zipper was open and his wrinkled private parts were moving with the pace of the Awilo number. He continued unconcerned even when he was tipped off by a young man. He was too drunk to care or understand. The female guests were scandalised and sneakedaway one by...

Kasenge LC1 Chairman in Sembabule district Derrick Mukwata is of the view that masturbation is the solution to all those who want both the future and sexual relief. He told a group of unmarried youths March 9 that masturbation is the only safe way for them to survive AIDS and live to enjoy the future fruits. “Now why should you especially unmarried people die of AIDS while chasing for girls or girls moving with boys yet one can masturbate, get satisfaction and call it a day with even 100% confidence in life,” he said. Masturbation is the manipulation of ones...

You might think it strange, however, that the same man was able to get yet another replacement passport five months later, but this time at the British consulate in Brussels. He gave no particular reason this time, except that the one he had received in July had become ragged and was missing a few pages. He surrendered it, as required, and took the new one away with him. This eager traveller was Richard Reid, 28, who is now in Boston as a guest of the US justice system, for allegedly trying to blow up an American Airlines passenger jet bound ...

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Wife fakes illness, eats pig’s faeces as first aid A PIG’S faeces were recently used as first aid to “save” the life of the woman suspected to have drunk poison after a quarrel with her husband in a drinking place. The woman was identified as Mariam Amoding wife of Olinga, a resident of cell 4 at Camp Swahili in Soroti town. Amoding, after the quarrel, left for home and straightaway went to bed. When her husband arrived home, he found her gnashing her teeth. This scared him and threw him into confusion. He suspected his wife to have taken poison ...

AMERICA CHALLENGES SADDAM HUSSEIN The coming victory of the anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan is like a super inspiration to the Americans. There are battles in Kandahar taking place currently, but the US is already intending to open the second front in the Middle East. The target is Iraq, of course. The Americans simply can not get used to this idea that Iraq is situated on the planet Earth. Ten American senators and congressmen sent a letter to President Bush today with a request to start the anti-terrorist war in Iraq. “While we are working in Afghanistan and destroying al-Qaeda, we ...

12:40 2001-12-07 BIN LADEN OUTWITTED WASHINGTON Al-Qaeda’s main terrorist base in mountain region Tora Bora, at a distance of 55 km towards Jelalabad has been captured by the Northern Alliance. This was reported by RIA ‘Novosti’ referring to CBS information from Kabul. The battle was been carried long and had a variable success. Though, finally, anti-Taliban forces managed to capture caves of the lowest level. According to Mojahedi’s descriptions, the entrance to the caves is very narrow, so only one person could hardly squeeze into it. Though, inside, there is much space, ammunition depots and living rooms are situated ...

11:02 2001-12-05 FIRED FOR SAYING FATHER CHRISTMAS DOESN’T EXIST The school in Corowa, 500 kilometres south-west of Sydney, was the scene of the incident. Children ran home crying after the substitute teacher, on her first day at work, told the children that it was their parents, and not father Christmas, who brought them their presents. The director of the school, Ian Paynter, declared that the teacher would not be returning to the school. A spokesperson for the New South Wales Department of Education stated that there was no clear policy on Father Christmas but encouraged teachers to tell the children ...