In the News: Feb-18

Two professors theorize on bin Laden hideout - 18 Feb 2009 at 2:30pm - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After all these years, where is Osama bin Laden? Two college geography professors think they know.

Border-patrolling aircraft irk Manitoba MLA - 18 Feb 2009 at 11:32am - Manitobans on the southeastern border between Canada and the United States aren't happy with the idea of being watched by American spy planes. Emerson MLA Cliff Graydo said constituents are calling him and expressing concern over their privacy. He believes the U.S. government should have consulted Manitobans when the plan for the remote-controlled planes was first being considered.

Court reverses ruling bringing 17 detainees to US - 18 Feb 2009 at 11:18am - WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States.

Thought for the day:
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)