January 17, 2003

UN prepares to let fox guard henhouse The Globe and Mail, Canada -  Barring a diplomatic coup, the chairmanship of the UN Commission on Human Rights will pass next week to the Libyan dictator, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. Yes, that would be the same Col. Gadhafi whose political opponents are tortured and killed, whose agents have planted terrorist bombs in Europe, and whose police have been implicated in racist attacks on black African refugees. By any rational measure, Libya should be one of the last countries anyone would consider to lead the international crusade for human rights, said Joanna Weschler of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch. The regime has in the past kept United Nations human-rights investigators out of the country, she said. 4:35:47 PM

Report: Saudi Arabia encouraging Iraqi generals to topple Saddam Albawaba.com - Arab leaders are planning a coup to oust Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, reported Time magazine. Saudi Arabia is reported to be behind the plot which proposes encouraging Iraqi generals to topple Saddam and his inner circle. 12:04:47 PM

Boy Babies Make for Complicated Births Discovery Channel - Mothers who claim that giving birth to a boy is a tougher job than bringing a girl into the world have been backed by statistical evidence in a study published in Saturday's British Medical Journal (BMJ).   Sorry Mom... 11:48:04 AM