More War on Drugs idiocy, this time British.

CIA honors official Terry Ward whose firing Congress compelled for failing to report rights violations in Guatemala and allegedly condoning torture by his informants. Protests outside the award ceremony are led by human rights activist Jennifer Harbury, whose Guatemalan husband was tortured and executed by the Guatemalan military in 1992; her hunger strike outside the White House in 1995 led to disclosures that the murder of her husband had been ordered by a CIA operative. The ensuing public uproar led Congress to demand Ward’s firing.

More Bodies Found From Uganda Cult; Murder Is Suspected [New York Times]

More on the Fools Festival, April 1, 2000; and more on

the holy fool.

British police said Friday they were hunting a thief who had stolen a secret service computer containing

confidential information on Northern Ireland.

Repetitive

transcranial magnetic stimulation (RTMS) to the part of the brain that processes auditory and linguistic information can ease auditory hallucinations in patients suffering from schizophrenia.

Testosterone replacement may help post-andropausal men, a British scientist says.

Floating away: another urban planning nightmare from Tokyo.

Boston may see a replay of the December WTO outburst in Seattle this weekend.

‘Big Mama’ Presumed Dead “She’s a goner,” police Lt. John Skipper told APBnews.com. “Sadly, I am certain she’s dead.”