THE WEEK THAT WAS - Editor's Notes

Britain has been under flood waters for the whole of this week...yeah right. That is what the news stories and the BBC will have us all to believe. The fact that water entered the homes of people and journalist waded in river bursts doesnt make a flood...not in the least. For the information of pragmatic Britian, floods killed more than a 100 people in China. Now, that is what I call a flood. Next week I hear the sun will be out. Thank God. But I believe the next thing we will hear is Britain is suffering a 'massive' heat wave. Poor Britain


The pastor of the 23 South Korean missionaries abducted in Afghanistan on July 19 was found dead with multiple bullet wounds on Wednesday. The Taliban is wrong in every sense for this and what is particularly annoying is that people who claim to believe so much in faith as to be ready to die for it did not consider that same faith and belief exhibited by these Christians. This brings into fore the classic case of Greed or Grievance. The mask removes and the Taliban can be seen for what they are; Criminals without a cause.

Australia has released Mohammed Haneef, the Indian Doctor held for almost four weeks because his mobile phone SIM card had allegedly been found in the burning car that crashed into Glasgow airport last month. It was found out that the phone was in a relative's Liverpool flat and prosecutors say the case should not have been brought at all. Talk about a persecuted race!

A cat at a dementia hospice in Providence, Rhode Island has been able to predict accurately 25 times, the death of a patient. This is no news because it is commonly known in Ghana, an African country that if a cat leaves the house of its owner suddenly that owner was on his way. Do I believe it? Truly, I don't give a toss. If the cats heals...or maybe kills them, well then we can talk about it.

Tour de France has been caught up in drugs controversy during the week. I dont want to say this, but whoever thought up the idea of hundreds of people riding a bicycle in seething heat for days, for one yellow shirt, was asking for it.