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...MEANWHILE IN SCOTLAND ... In-Law of the Land The Scottish executive announced plans to allow men to marry their former mothers-in-law, by revising centuries-old legislation based on the Old Testament injunction that if a man slept with his wife's mother, all three should be burned alive. The new legislation will also permit women to marry ex-fathers-in-law. It's not clear how many Scots want to pursue such unions; the ban remains in force in England and Wales...
...1990s, the city of Hoeryong, North Korea, bore testament to the privations of life under the country's Stalinist regime. Untold numbers of locals starved to death during a famine that may have killed some 2 million or more nationwide. But the outlook has brightened considerably for the estimated 100,000 residents, due to the arrival of a force the North Korean government has spent almost 60 years trying to keep out: capitalism...
...think it’s a testament to the pressure Northeastern put on us,” Stone said. “They were ready to go, they were pumped up, and we were a little hazy. Some of us didn’t take care of the puck as much as they could have and things didn’t click...
...shipwreck. It's over-the-top stuff, but so is the Book of Revelation itself, and while the dialogue is campy and portentous ("All the signs and symbols set forth in the Bible are currently in place for the end of days!"), it delivers a good old New Testament scare...
...course we should cheer the millions of Iraqis who braved the bombs and bullets to cast their ballots on January 30. The elections were a testament to human resilience. They were also proof of Iraq’s capacity for self-determination, as Iraqis showed the world they are able to make their own decisions about their affairs...