News links

News stories:

• Some current news stories from the Middle East:
  
  • A racist war in Sudan (a tribal war between Muslims, not to be confused with the conflict between the north and south) [via Crooked Timber]
  
  
  • Chris at Crooked Timber notes that events in Rafa are not getting much attention in the blog world, so here are some links:
    
    • Zoo destroyed in refugee camp
    
    
    • Three year old girl shot in refugee camp
    
    [links via antiwar.com]
    
    
  • Are American forces in Iraq out of control?
  [via antiwar.com blog]
  
  • Attack on US ship remembered, questions remain unanswered

Computers to mark essays [via LRC blog]

For teenage girl readers, here's an interview with Avril Lavigne

The Sunday Times can't resist one more Brenda Fassie headline story. A related story: "Cocaine use in Britain soars as prices crash."

British children are terrified of the outside world