Monday, 1. January 2007

U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000


American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows little sign of abating.

The latest death came during one of the most violent periods during which the Pentagon says hate and revenge killings between Iraq's sects are now a bigger security problem than ever.

U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000

thestar.com

nytimes.com

Calendar of 3,215 US Military Dead [cryptome.org]

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World Map of Countries where Marijuana is Legal


Image:World-cannabis-laws

wikipedia.org

Worldwide Marijuana Travel Guide, Marijuana Prices, Spots & Legalization Status

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Web users driving change in 2007


It is often said the only constant in the world of hi-tech is change - a fact that makes prediction notoriously difficult. But here three tech veterans give their view about what will drive change over the next 12 months and beyond.

bbc.co.uk

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P-Funk. Uncut Funk. The Bomb.


The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership First, there comes the Brides, followed by stretchin' out with Casper the Holy Ghost and some Horny Horns. Next, with people standing on the verge, the Wizard of Woo opens the Maggot Brain. A devil-dance later, all are witnesses to The Landing. The recovery of funky stuff commences, and the mother is summarily turned out, with subsequent damage to the roof.

metafilter.com

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Lost tape could be Hendrix version of Welsh anthem


He famously played his own screeching version of the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock but it has emerged that Jimi Hendrix may also have had a bash at another national anthem: the Welsh one.

The version of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Land of My Fathers, was discovered on the end of a dusty eight-track tape which had languished for years in a forgotten tea chest in a north London recording studio.

guardian.co.uk

The ‘Lost Hendrix National Anthem' [embedded audio]

Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

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