Headlines: Cinco de Mayo 2008

• Baghdad Disneyland contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like 'drive-bys' in L.A.
  

  No, Disney is not building a theme park in Iraq.
  

• Two die in Somali currency riot
  

  Due to inflation caused by counterfeiting, vendors are only accepting American dollars, which the people don't have.
  

• Up to 10,000 feared dead in Burma cyclone
  

  The official count is at 3,934 dead, but yesterday's count was 350. This trishaw driver has it right:
  

  "Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians?"

Headlines: 23 April 2008

• Moqtada al-Sadr issues 'all-out war' ultimatum

• Sorry this article is a little old. Why are we walling off Sadr City anyways?

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• Petraeus to Be Nominated to Lead Central Command

• Because "staying [the] course is not a bad idea." Funny quote:

• Though the Central Command was created in 1983 to cover the "central" part of the globe between the European and Pacific Commands, according its Web site, its main headquarters is located not in its theater of operations, but rather in Tampa, Fla., at least in part because of the political sensitivity of basing it in the Mideast.

• You think?

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• $100 fill-ups arrive at gas pumps

• This Summer: $4/gallon: Coming to a gas station near you!

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• Sri Lanka suffers bloodiest clashes since 2006

• The minority Tamils want their own state; the majority Sinhalese government vowed to destroy the rebels before elections in May.

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• Violence mars Zimbabwe recount

• Robert Mugabe intimidates his political rivals as a recount determines which party controls Parliament. Zimbabwe, by the way, has the world's highest inflation rate, at an astounding 100,000%. And that's according to officials. The real rate might be higher.