Winners & Losers

Posted By Henry Bowles Friday, April 13, 2007 - 7:00 PM Share

Winners

Fidel Castro: Healthy again.

Lesbians: Synthetic sperm cells derived from a woman's bone marrow tissue could make male participation irrelevant for women who wish to conceive.

Iraqi chauvinism: The Islamic Army in Iraq, a Sunni nationalist group, splits with al Qaeda.

Mr. Bean: Bizarre appearance in the Tehran 15 controversy catapults film to box office smash.

Lost expats: Beijing corrects lousy English translations of 6,500 street signs.

 


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Losers

Don Imus: Fired twice in two days for his comments about Rutgers' women's basketball team.

The Emerald City: The most fortified four square miles in Iraq appear more penetrable than anyone could've imagined.

Vonnegut fans: Lose a great one.

Paul Wolfowitz: May lose his job after preferential treatment for his girlfriend ignites mutiny among Bank employees.

Algeria: Back to the bad old 90s?

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