Round the World
The two car bombs that exploded in Algiers yesterday have made anywhere from 31 to 60 victims, depending on the source. Gaddafi pitched a tent in Paris and signed billions of dollars’ worth of armament deals with France; Sarkozy and his government quickly forgot about Libya’s poor human rights record. Meanwhile, the Bush administration continues to put pressure on Iran, despite the latest National Intelligence Estimate. One could go on all day in this vein, so here’s an uplifting story, for a change: A Muslim college student breaks up train beating of two Jewish youths.
