Baithak World May 11: Salaams, Headlines, cartoons

To the mothers the world over my Salaams. This is not a blanket or universal declaration. The mothers who bred Hitlers, Sharons, Osamas and like are excluded.

Headlines

Says it all: Who's who in Lebanese politics
Will Durst: It's Over for Clinton
They made a point? Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure
Compromise? Tsvangirai to run in second round
After McCain now Hillary: Once-secret memos question Clinton's honesty
Late-Night Jokes Of The Week (VIDEO)
Manufactured: A roadmap to nowhere
Domestic Abuse: Turkish wives battle culture of domestic abuse
M J Akbar's pontifications on International Media: Will we, Won't we?
Q&A: "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt"
Faux News: Where Fact Is Fiction
Moqtada al Sadr: Man in a Black Turban
Essay: 1958: The War of the Intellectuals
Robert Frost's life: All the Difference
Beirut: Hezbollah Eases up and Beirut Opens Its Shutters
Oil Futures: Mystery Indian analyst spooks world economy
Andy Worthington: Guantánamo: Torture victim Binyam Mohamed sues British government for evidence
Debate: The imam and the rabb
Now he comes out: Former manager says O.J. Simpson confessed
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
S Tharoor: Why Security Council is a distant dream

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