Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Syrian defense minister and deputy killed by suicide bomber in Damascas

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 The deputy is Assad's brother in law. Analysts say this could be end of the Assad regime.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala