I HAVE read that the feet of the protesting Burmese Buddhist monks were bruised and bloodied after several days of marching.

SUCH was the delight of the US administration on hearing that Saddam had been hanged that one could almost visualise these wonderful upholders of democracy and freedom dancing in a big circle around the White House and singing ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’.

A GREAT day for Iraq, said the Bush administration after learning that Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging — a sentiment echoed by the US-backed puppet government of Iraq.

RECENT newspaper and magazine articles have implied that all people who claim to be psychic are liars, frauds and charlatans.