In a bold stroke aimed at winning the championship, the
Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the
Phoenix Suns in a multiplayer trade that will have
ramifications across the N.B.A. The deal gives Cleveland a
second star to share some of the offensive burden with LeBron
James.

WHICH MEANS HE WILL BE TWO HOURS CLOSER TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION IF OBAMA NEEDS HELP FIGURING OUT WHICH BUTTON TO PUSH. LET US HOPE THE RED BUTTON HAS BEEN DISABELED. HATE TO HAVE HIM PUSH THE WRONG BUTTON.

Admin, would you consider removing the Bush into Obama photos on the side? I just can’t stand looking at his face. As it is, I turn off the TV every time he’s on. I wonder if anyone else feels the ssame way?

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If I didn’t already have Opera browser (free), I’d download it for the purpose. It is totally easy to toggle images on or off for each separate page, any time. The icon is always at the bottom of the screen.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was leading in early results from Iran’s presidential election Friday, the election chief said.

With polls closed and about 20 percent of ballots counted, Election Commission Chief Kamran Daneshjoo said Ahmadinejad was ahead with just over 69 percent of the vote.

Daneshjoo said Ahmadinejad’s chief rival, reformist candidate Mir Hossain Moussavi, had 28 percent.

Both candidates, however, were claiming victory.

By Toby Harnden in Washington
Published: 12 Jun 2009

David Miliband has telephoned Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, to express the government’s disappointment at the deal.

British officials were informed the four Chinese Uighurs were heading to the United Kingdom’s oldest dependency only as they boarded their plane for Bermuda on Wednesday night. A British diplomat said: “The Foreign Secretary registered his surprise. It was a regrettable mistake. Bermuda, the UK and the US now need to work together to fix it and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

A senior State Department official said this diplomatic understatement masked a real anger over the Obama administration’s oversight among British officials, telling ABC News: “They’re pissed”.

The State Department denied it had bypassed Britain but admitted that it dealt directly with Bermuda, a territory under the sovereignty of the UK, which is responsible for foreign policy and security. Ian Kelly, State Department spokesman, said: “We understand that there are some concerns about some of the details of the resettlement, and we’re confident that we can work these things through with the government of the UK.”

Britain’s anger is directed principally at Ewart Brown, the Bermudan premier. But the UK’s responsibility for the security of Bermuda is well known to US diplomats and the decision to ignore this could be a sign of diminished British clout in Washington. Mr Brown said that the Uighurs, a Muslim minority from China’s Xinjiang province would be “provided with the opportunity to become naturalised citizens and thereafter afforded the right to travel and leave Bermuda, potentially settling elsewhere”.

Adbul Nasser, one of the four freed Uighurs, hailed Bermuda’s decision.

“Today you have let freedom ring,” he said in a statement.

telegraph.co.uk/news/5517458/David-Miliband-calls-Hillary-Clinton-to-voice-anger-over-Guantanamo-inmates-transfer-to-Bermuda.html