Newsletter 204

[1]How Al-Qaeda Grabbed Iraqi Weapons Factory
Links:
1. http://b.rw/eos0Vm

Dominic Streatfeild | Guardian | 7 January 2011

Hair-raising. While American troops were pouring into Baghdad in 2003, and
despite warnings from IAEA, they left huge Al Qa'qaa weapons plant, 25km
west of city unguarded. Locals bagged up high explosive, sold it off to
Al-Qaeda

[2]The Self-Contempt Needed To Love Darts
Links:
2. http://b.rw/hAEIht

Howard Jacobson | Independent | 8 January 2011

"To sit in front of the television for hour after hour watching charmless
men with heart-attack colour in their cheeks and close-together eyes aim at
the same narrow band of red cork. Isn't that a strange thing to want to do?"

[3]Somali Doctor Holds Her Ground
Links:
3. http://b.rw/dHlUST

Mohammed Ibrahim & Jeffrey Gettleman | NYT | 8 January 2011

Inspiring profile of "Mama" Hawa Abdi, 63, who runs a hospital for 100,000
refugees outside Mogadishu. Faces down marauding militia when necessary.
Trained in Kiev. Does all the surgery herself. Recently survived a brain
tumour

[4]Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Links:
4. http://b.rw/e07QrR

Amy Chua | WSJ | 8 January 2011

"What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at
it. To get good at anything you have to work, and children on their own
never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override their
preferences"
[5]View full selection
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/best

Today's FiveBooks Interview

[6]Eloisa James on =ROMANCE WRITING=
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eloisa-james-on-romance-writing

Bestselling romantic novelist Eloisa James says romance novels are all
pretty feminist – even historical heroines (who couldn’t hold a job) are
forthright, strong women. [7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eloisa-james-on-romance-writing

Topic

[8]Crime & Thriller Writing
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing

Leading writers discuss their genre and select their top five essential
reads, plus selected articles on the murky world of thrillers and whodunnits
[9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing

Book of the Day

[10]Dark Lover
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/dark-lover-by-ward

-by J R Ward - Ward did a fantastic job of capturing the complicated
zeitgeist in America, post-9/11. This is a vampire book that plays directly
into the sort of fears raised by the terrorist attack: the ‘good’ vampires
fight ‘bad’ vampires, who merge into the general population and can’t be
detected (except by the smell of baby powder, hardly an infallible
attribute).

[11]More recommendations…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks

Browsings

[12]nickycrypt RT @[13]TheBrowser: Classic letter from 98 year old woman in
UK to her bank. Most entertaining read of the day?
#browsings[14]b.rw/hdph6y thanks @[15]henrylf
[16]
More user recommended #browsings…
Links:
12. http://twitter.com/nickycrypt
13. http://twitter.com/TheBrowser
14. http://b.rw/hdph6y
15. http://twitter.com/henrylf
16. http://thebrowser.com/browsings

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