State secrets

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This photo, released by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and distributed by Agence France-Presse, hit the front pages of a slew of newspapers across the country, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, as part of a report about the country's controversial missile testing. Only problem? It was likely a fake. Or at least a, ahem, "photo illustration." Keen eyes spotted an extra missile — that second one from the right — that appears to have been Photoshopped into the pic. Not that this would be the first time Iran has been fingered for employing digital tricks in its official pix. So why'd they Photoshop this particular photo?

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Jul 10, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond
Is their approach to food, alcohol

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Reporting the death of 114-year-old Yone Minagawa of Japan, regarded as the world's oldest person:

AP: "'Her appetite had been declining recently and her energy fading,' [a nursing home official] said."

AFP: "Minagawa, who enjoyed good food and a bit of alcohol, died Monday at a nursing home in Japan's southwestern Fukuoka prefecture."

Aug 14, 2007 · posted by david · Link · Respond