In the News Today

Unshackled by the U.S. State Department, maybe? Well, that would be my guess.
It took an Indian naval ship to free the hijacked boat, the Mozambique-flagged Vega 5. Pirates had captured it in December last year and had since used it as a base for attacks on other ships.

Political Correctness Strikes Again
Midsomer Murders creator was suspended for political incorrectness.
In the 14th season, Nettles has been replaced by Neil Dudgeon, who plays Tom Barnaby's cousin DCI John Barnaby.

Stunning picture of the reactors that have been damaged.
From the Daily Mail (UK). These pictures put the news stories in perspective.

Why we don't want socialized medicine.
Parents wanted the Ontario (Canada) hospital to allow a tracheotomy to be performed on their 13-month old baby in order for them to take him home. He is suffering from a fatal congenital disease that had earlier killed another child. They wanted him to be in comfort while he died. Doctors "refused to do the surgery, saying it was an invasive procedure designed for patients with a prospect of surviving." They highhandedly gave the parents four days to consent. The parents refused. A Canadian Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the Canadian hospital, ordering life support removed. An independent Ontario tribunal, the Consent and Capacity Board, agreed with the hospital.

Today, the baby, accompanied by his father, was airlifted to Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Centre in St. Louis, Mo. The New York group Priests for Life is footing Joseph's entire U.S. medical bill, family accommodations, and costs for the medically supervised private flight from London to Missouri.
They have raised $150,000 (U.S.) to cover the costs.

The Canadian media viewpoint is best illustrated by this quote from an article about the transfer.

However, with news that the child was in hospital south of the border came a continuing wave of commentary from outspoken anti-euthanasia advocates —an especially strong political force in the U.S. — including a foundation named after Terri Schiavo, which lauded the baby's "rescue" from Canada.

The parents know the child is going to die. They just don't want bureaucrats pulling the plug as if he was an abandoned refrigerator.