Conan O’Brien is fairly popular here in Finland. One of his recent sketches was about the Finns, it was actually shown on TV here at least twice. Anyway here are clips of the Finnish sketch from the show (Swedes might be interested too): http://koti.mbnet.fi/dredge/conan.avi http://www.nodalpoint.net/doc/media/conan_obrian_hates_finland_part2.mpeg

The interim government in Iraq has been handed sovereignty 2 days ahead of schedule. “a historic and happy day for us in Iraq” according to President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar. In reality it will mean “sfa” for ordinary Iraqis as the body count continues to rise. Less than an hour later Paul Bremer, the former Administrator [...]

One of the weirdest stories of recent times. In Iran a woman has given birth to a frog. Strange … but true?

You are probably already aware of this issue: “The European Union has condemned Catholic Church “bigotry” over the use of condoms to fight HIV.” As much as I detest the word “bigotry” especially when it’s used to label the church I belong to [though i'm not religious] I can’t help but ask what is to [...]