The British Labour party has started giving potential candidates for local councils literacy and math tests. Not everyone is passing.

Stupid website of the week: www.lindatripp.com. See if you are inspired to give money to this poor beleaguered woman.

Imelda Marcos has signed to do commercials for Harvey Nichols's new shoe departments.

British zoos and wildlife parks are selling off ostriches, bison, wild boar etc to be sold (or bred) as exotic food.

In Britain, a 92-year old is divorcing his wife of 70 years. No, the children are not dead.

I said the Asian economic situation would produce racism, but it gets worse. Malaysia has started poisoning the water of the refugee camps it interns Indonesians in. The sweep is subtly named Operation Go Away.