A sensitive State Department official — notes North Korean sadness

Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Marian Houk

An unusually-sensitive U.S. State Department official has noticed North Korean sadness.
Yes.
The North Koreans were sad at having to blow up a cooling tower to show that it was sincere about “disabling” its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.

That’s what you get for testing nuclear weapons after withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The Associated Press reported today [...]

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The charm of brazen bimbos - or courageous heroines with irresistable life force?

Posted on December 15th, 2007 by Marian Houk

Is he a cad? Or is it just love, overwhelming, passionate, fascinating and endlessly amusing love? Britain’s former Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray left his wife and children for this woman, who is now telling her story in a one-woman show that will open in London in January, and in interviews with the [...]

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