NEWS ROUND-UP: India liked what

NEWS ROUND-UP: India liked what it heard from Pakistan yesterday, but they're waiting to see some action before stepping down their military posture. An Iraqi poll has named bin Laden as man of the year, although I have to question the reliability after reading the following line: "Thirty percent of those polled were men, and 40 percent were women." I would really like to know what the other 30% were. Does Iraq have a huge transexual population or something? Argentina is still trying to figure out how to bail itself out of its economic black hole. And finally, for those who think I'm just Islam-bashing when I talk about Saudi Arabia, check out this article about the Turkish Muslims who are protesting the House of Saud's latest architectural improvments in Mecca.