It's that time of the month again. Time for the monthly dose of baby pictures. Jade is growing ever taller... and ever bolder. For those not in-the-know, she'll be 17 months old on the 10th of October. She's not quite walking yet, but that's normal for a baby born 3 months premature! She's doing AWESOME! …
Democracy takes a turn for the worse in Iraq
Bad news from the New York Times yesterday: Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers have made a "clarification" to the rules on how the new Iraqi constitution will be passed: Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters - rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots - reject …
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EU agrees on talks with Turkey
Now we wait. Update, Turkey has accepted the deal... "Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Ankara had reached agreement on a draft deal, and was flying to Luxembourg for the start of the talks." Austria was the last hold out keeping the EU from opening talks with Turkey.. they have apparently, fallen into line. Now …