June 23, 2008
News Bits

- After the opposition party leader dropped out of the "run-off" in Zimbabwe, the party's headquarters were targeted and the leader is trying to seek refuge at the Dutch embassy.
- UN finally acknowledges rape as a war crime.
- EU imposing financial sanctions on Iran.
- Ferry from the Phillipines carrying 800 passengers overturns in a typhoon.
- Obama has campaign advisors with strong ties to the ethanol industry.
- The national economy may be headed downhill, but Houston's making out alright (we know you were worried).
- Less than a week after it was announced that he would be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, George Carlin has died.





