I never ordered any combatant to eat anyone

At his war crimes trial, Charles Taylor today again denied that cannibalism: “it makes you feel like throwing up.” So no seconds for you? For you foodies out there, the transcript will be a must: “Mr Marzah went into detail as to how the victims were sliced up for cooking and seasoned.”

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OH NO, HOW WILL WE OVERTHROW CASTRO NOW? The ticker the Bushies put in the building of the US interests section in Havana will no longer flash their messages of freedom to the enslaved Cuban masses. From the Guardian: “The ticker made little visible impact on Cubans but became a tourist attraction. Cumbersome technology, however, diminished its impact. The sign was slow-moving, difficult to read and lacked Spanish accents and tildes. For instance ‘año’, which means year, appeared as ‘ano’, which means anus.”