Wednesday News Driveby

Hey, folks. I made good time on a variety of tasks last night, so I was short of time. Here's today's news.

Popular Science: Mysterious Object Rips Through One of Saturn's Rings

CNN: DNA tests to identify World War I bodies - I'm all about this, but let's think objectively. Does the MoD really have the money to spend exhuming men for whom few of their loved ones are even left alive, when they're having such a difficult time fielding helicopters and armored vehicles to their troops in Afghanistan?

BBC: Discontent among Afghan farmers who gave up poppy

BBC: The frustrated aspirations of young Egyptians

Medvedev lambasts Ukraine leader for 'anti-Russian' moves (BBC, Press TV)

Guardian: Australia culling camels

Guardian: Goodbye Guardian. Hello the Guardian Experience

Times: Opium barons at top of US 'kill or capture list'

Times: What is ArmorGroup?

AFP: Russia to bolster law on using military abroad: Kremlin - Oh, good, the Russians want to play abroad again. Fantastic.

AFP: US_commander_says_Taliban_gaining_upper hand report

UPI: Commentary: Al-Qaida's navy - This is an excellent article about piracy off the coast of Africa, and the pirates' historical predecessors.

Mathaba: In kingdom, Saudi prince's coup 'fails' - If this is true, it's very interesting - however, Mathaba is only a semi-reputable news source.

Taqadoumy: Suicide bombing in Mauritania - Another bit about the recent suicide bombing in Nouakchott, but from a Mauritanian news source.

Ebert: G.I. Joe - Retooling G.I. Joe as an international peacekeeping force results in a lousy, incoherent movie that nobody wants to go see? Perish the thought.

Cracked: How Socialized Health Care Works in Canada - A hilarious (and only semi-fictionalized!) account of socialized health care in Canada, just in time to help people understand (in a hilarious way) how lousy The One's health care reforms are likely to be if they pass.

Wired Danger Room: Air Force to get new light fighter - This is fantastic, and aside from retiring some of the Air Force's A-10 Thunderbolt II's, I couldn't be more thrilled to see the Air Force joining the team and gearing up for a real fight, vice the Star Wars style war they had been trying to prepare for over the course of the last decade.

Check in tomorrow for more, and have a great day.