World Affairs: May 2005 Archives

I am in awe. Prior to this article, I believed this was only a theoretical position. Yet here it is, straight from the BBC:

Doctors' kitchen knives ban call - The researchers say legislation to ban the sale of long pointed knives would be a key step in the fight against violent crime. "The Home Office is looking for ways to reduce knife crime. We suggest that banning the sale of long pointed knives is a sensible and practical measure that would have this effect."

It's not that you can't make this kind of stuff up, it's just that I wish they were:

Zimbabwe, the human rights pariah accused of violence, intimidation and suppression of free speech against its people, has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Commission for a three-year term over the strong protests of Australia, the US and Canada. --Sydney Morning Herald (Hat tip to normblog)