Newsround

1. US troops attempt to further liberate freed Italian hostage with bullet in shoulder. Successfully spread democracy to her bodyguard high-ranking secret service negotiator with a fatal gunshot

2. Ken Livingstone is still not an anti-semenist (see discussion at Lenin's Tomb)

3. Blunkett did not father Kimberley's baby, so that's cleared up. How soon till he rejoins the cabinet, official-like?

4. Observer blog thanks Harry's Place for tips

5. Big Pharma company sells crap drugs

6. Doubt about Election 2004 results simmer on-
Christopher Hitchens (!) in Vanity Fair (nicked from MLMB)
Lynn Landes in Counterpunch