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Breaking news on CNN right now is the riots in Serbia protesting Kosovo’s newfound independence. It did seem a little too easy, didn’t it? Apparently the British embassy was also targeted by mobs. Oh, pictures.
Apparently constant messianic rhetoric is one of President Ahmadinejad’s favorite tools (news to me, anyway), as he insists on preparing for the return of the 12th Imam. He must really be crazy about it if an Iranian cleric is criticizing him for it. I think I’ll have to reread Dune side-by-side with some Shi’a theology, since I do love me some messianic prophecy.
Medvedev is so assured of his future position as Russian President that he’s not even spending money or going on TV. A pity that all that campaign money he collected is going to just have to be scattered among his associates. Man, I wish I was in Russian politics.
On the positive side, seems that Pakistan is doing well after their recent elections. It’s going to be interesting to see how Musharraf responds to a united opposition.
Yeah I’m still scratching my head about Pakistan. I heard Musharraf was trying to get Switzerland to press corruption charges against Zardari, Bhutto’s widower, but I doubt that’ll get much traction.