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Bob Quine RIP . The guitarist for The Voidoids died the other day @ 61
Ray Charles RIP @ 73

Taliban suspected in the killing of 11 Chinese workers in Afghanistan.
The workers were part of a group of 100 engineers and construction workers who had recently arrived to build the road North from Kabul to the Tajikistan border.

Dozens Dead in Days of Pakistani Clashes .
Pakistani troops fought with militants at the entrance to the Shekai Valley up in the 'lawless regions' of Southern Wazaristan, close to Afghanistan border.

Top Pakistan military official escapes assasination attempt as gunmen fire Kalasnikovs at his motorcade rolled by near the Clifton Bridge

US State Dept. wrongly reported drop in worldwide terrorism in 2003.
The report , called "Patterns Of Terrorism" carried the news that 190 acts of terrorism had been commited in 2003,
down from 198 in 2002 .
The actual number was 346 reported attacks for 2003 .

Halliburton under investigation by the SEC for Nigeria bribery accusations , some which occured between 1995 - 2000.
During that period, Vice Prez / 'Presidential attack dog' Dick Cheney was head of good ol' Hallib'

Mice eating contest . 2 men chewed the tails off mice in a contest at The Exchange Hotel in Brisbane and won $346