The first known kidnapping of a foreigner in Iraq since the Jan. 30 election is now on the books.

It's with Shamil Basayev, who masterminded the assault on the school in Beslan, Russia. And Russia's not happy about it. Here's the Reuters story via globeandmail.com:

This is a very interesting story from The Globe and Mail about a split developing within the federal Tories over social issues like abortion and gay rights.

But they aren't the only federal parliamentary caucus having trouble getting along!

This BBC story is about a radio show produced exclusively by patients of a mental hospital in Argentina.

Ian Fleming's first novel, then made into a spy spoof movie, will be the next James Bond flick, the BBC is reporting.

It will be directed by Martin Campbell, who did Goldeneye, the 1995 ...   more »

An odd story out of the Russian Duma, or Parliament, by the the BBC about a piano player banned after playing music with (gasp!) criminal undertones.

This is a story about a wildly creative chef in Chicago who makes dishes out of edible paper.

That's the alarming observation of one practitioner of the plate-carrying arts in this NYT piece that looks at the online bitching of those who bring us our chow.