News roundup

Headlines from the Middle East and around the world

And here are today's top stories. First, of particular interest to Kansans:

• UAE to negotiate free trade deal with Oz.*
  
  
• Bible Bashers arrested in Dubai for passing out Bibles. Actually, I think this is a mix-up. These people -- jailed here for 12 days -- were passing out the Bible because they love the Bible, not because they want to Bash it. I think the correct terminology here is "Bible Thumpers."
  
  
• Name of Dubai's ruling sheikh misspelled on a prominent sign inside Dubai's World Trade Center. No word yet on how dead is the guy who screwed that up.
  
  
• Camel milk chocolate on the way to market. I've had camel milk, people. If you own stock in camel milk chocolate: sell.

And finally, from the homeland:

• Satan possesses turtle, burns down pet shop. So things are exciting as always in Indiana. Ironically, the demonic turtle's name was Lucky. Lucky was unscathed by the fire, perhaps because he is evil incarnate and is thus impervious to flame. This theory is bolstered by the article's chilling conclusion: "Turtles can hold their breath quite awhile," Dora said. "He may have taken one breath just before and held it through the fire. Except that the fire went on and on for hours."
  
  Thank you Tim for forwarding this. For you skeptics, here is the irrefutable evidence:
  

* This is real. Check it out for yourself.