Intl-Briefs

Jenin, West Bank (SatireWire.com) – Having nearly exhausted its supply of young martyrs, the militant group Hamas today asked a Palestinian court to approve of physician-assisted suicide bombing, arguing the… Read more

Islamabad, Pakistan (SatireWire.com) – High-ranking Taliban official Sohail Shaheen challenged the United States to launch a major ground assault on his country on Friday, insisting that “15 or 20 (U.S.)… Read more

Sydney (SatireWire.com) – Australian Prime Minister John Howard today insisted his name is real and is not a euphemism or nickname for any part of his anatomy. Howard was forced… Read more

Paris (SatireWire.com) – Angered over reports that California’s economy has surpassed that of France, dozens of French labor unions staged a massive, nationwide strike Friday, demanding the government investigate possible… Read more

Paris (SatireWire.com) – The French, apparently concerned that the world’s antipathy toward them might soften, handed a victory Sunday to ultra nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen, who will now take on… Read more

Buenos Aires, Argentina (SatireWire.com) – Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo, who last week said he wanted to tie the Argentine peso to both the dollar and the euro, changed his… Read more

Woomera, Australia (SatireWire.com) – In a deft maneuver that effectively puts an end to protests over its policy of mandatory detention for refugees, the Australian government today declared the confinement… Read more