Newly elected chair of the Republican National Committee Michael S. Steele is determined to reach out to young Latinos and Blacks and boy does he have a plan. His "off-the-hook" public relations strategy apparently banks on applying the parties principles to "urban Hip-Hop settings". Steele told the Washington Times that he will be using the Internet and advertisements to update the parties image and "surprise everyone". 

The story shocked her compatriotas when it was reported all over Brazilian newspapers last week: Paula Oliveira, pregnant with twins, had been viciously attacked by Skinheads outside a local train station in Zurich and was sadistically carved all over her abdomen and legs with the initials of the far-right Swiss People’s Party. The assault caused her to miscarry her babies. "What they did to my daughter is like a horror movie," her outraged father quipped to national and international newspapers.