Fact x Importance = News (Dec 8)

• American counterterrorism officials say Pakistan's ISI provided assistance to the Mumbai attackers.


• Lebanon is immune to the global financial collapse.


• One blogger fears a Yugoslavia-style break-up for Canada.


• Fox News is up in arms about "A Lego-style figurine resembling an Islamic terrorist strapped with explosives and made by a small American company." The company, which also produces Nazis, spies, World War 2 marines and a plethora of tiny weaponry, has currently stopped taking orders due to overwhelming demand.

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Fact x Importance = News (Dec 1)

Mumbai has dominated the news, but what other stories have we been reading?:

• 'Al-Qaeda' has switched its focus from Iraq to Pakistan.


• Some al-Qaeda supporters are unhappy with the international media's pro-Obama bias.


• Vladimir Putin may be considering a return to the presidency.


• Meanwhile Russian warships have been deployed to the Caribbean for the first time since the end of the Cold War, as guests of Venezuela.


• And a Russian investigator claims that Georgia employed foreign female mercenary snipers during last summer's conflict.


• Fewer than 1% of airline passengers singled out by TSA screeners for suspicious behaviour are arrested.