Death Toll in China Keeps Rising:

The government in China has now raised the death toll from the recent quake to nearly 29,000, according to The New York Times, and millions are now fleeing the area in fear of flooding. Evidently, the quake dammed up 13 rivers and lakes, and water is rising by several feet.

A word from the Dude from Yesteryear: "After all, a week ago, there were—Yasser Arafat was boarded up in his building in Ramallah, a building full of, evidently, German peace protesters and all kinds of people. They're now out. He's now free to show leadership, to lead the world." — George W. Bush, Washington, D. C., May 2002.