I was listening to the BBC World Today as I normally do at midnight (it’s my lullaby since white noise helps me sleep) and the following headlines jumped out at me:

Vanunu prepared for jail release. Apparently, he enlightened the world to the fact that Israel had nuclear weapons. (“Nuclear”, by the way, is pronounced “new-clear”, not “nuke-you-ler” the way some unnamed world leaders pronounce it. My O-Chem professor threatened to fail us if we mispronounced it.)

Grameen Foundation allows loans to beggars. I couldn’t find a link for this but I thought it was interesting news. Apparently, the poor are much better about paying back the loans and the Grameen bank hasn’t lost a dime on the loans.

UN Darfur mission ‘within days’. This is good news as I had a Sudanese classmate at the seminary and since he went home, I’ve been doubly concerned about violence in Sudan. (I wonder how Ruben is doing…)

I actually like the BBC better than any US news source because their news actually tells me something about what is happening in the world. There’s always a story about something in the US, but I hear about Africa, Asia, and other interesting places that the American media tends to skip. One could say that their news is indeed “fair and balanced”.