Violence Breakks Out In Iraq

In the southern part of Basra, a bomb exploded at a Shiite mosque. The explosion injured at least two people before praying. Shiites from all across Iraq visit this mosque because they believe that one of their twelve saints prayed there in the 9th century. This mosque is called the Emir Mosque. Later in the day, two U.S. soldiers were struck by a road side bomb and killed in western Baghdad. Another U.S. soldier was killed in central Baghdad by small arms fire. Almost 2,300 U.S. soldiers have died since the March 2003, when the war begun.

Village in the Phillipines almost completly wiped out

In Guinsaugon, Philippines, 1,800 people are reported either miising or dead due to a landslide within the village. Rescue workers had little hope of finding anybody saying that this town was swallowed by a wall of boulders and mud. There reports are that this village looks like a newly plowed patch of land. The lanslide was caused from weeks of rain. “Out of a population of 1,857, we have 57 survivors and 19 bodies,” Lt. Raul Fernacio said. “There are no signs of life, no rooftops, no nothing,” Southern Leyte province Gov. Rosette Lerias said. This village is 420 mile East of Manila.

Jesus Christ Anti-Existence Case Dismissed

In Rome, Luigi Cascioli, a 72 year-old retired agronomist, took Rev. Enrico Righi into court for violating two laws with asssertion, which he called a "deceptive fable propagated by the Roman Catholic Church". Cascioli claims that Jesus Christ never existed and Righi is violating 2 Italian laws which include: "abuse of popular belief" and "impersonation". “The Rev. Righi is very satisfied and moved,” Righi’s attorney, Severo Bruno, said. “He is an old, small-town parish priest who never would have thought he’d be in the spotlight for something like this.” Cacioli is now considering bring this case to the attention of the European Courts of Human Rights. Judge Gaetano Mautone said in his decision that prosecutors should investigate Cascioli for possible slander. The judge then dismissed the case. Is Cascioli correct in saying that Jesus Christ never existed?