Parliamentarians say the darnedest things:

A tax row between Switzerland and Germany took a venomous turn on Thursday, with Nazi accusations against German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck after he likened the Swiss to cowed "Indians." 

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The January/February issue of Foreign Policy features a thorough review of think tanks throughout the world.  According to the data, nearly a third of all think tanks (32.5 percent) are located in the U.S.  The Economist put together a good graph illustrating their distribution.

No, you're not reading the Onion.  Professor Richard Crowther, a UN scientist with the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), has urged international cooperation to intercept asteroids that might hit Earth.  The UN is scheduled to meet in February of next year to discuss the issue. 

Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi continues to catch flack for his quip Thursday describing U.S.

The Quebec comedy team "The Masked Avengers" yesterday called Sarah Palin impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy.   According to Reuters correspondent Richard Valdmanis, the impersonator co

The Russians have turned down John McCain's written request for campaign money.

Last week Iceland was put up for sale on eBay allowing users "a unique opportunity to buy a Northern European country." The auction began at a modest 99p but soon rose to £10,000,000 ($18,000,000). Bids, however, plateaued around that mark after it was revealed that Björk was not included in the price.

Roman Abramovich, Russian oil billionaire and owner of the Chelsea Football Club in London, won a legislative seat in the Russian region of Chukotka, the Independent reported.  Abramovich was previously governor of the remote region, located across the Be