horticultural event in Pyongyang held in honor of the 60th anniversary of the North Korean Communist Party provided viewers with the first glimpse of the newly hybridized floral axis of evil. Crowds looked upon richly adorned floats covered with two special flowers named after the impoverished but nuclear equipped nation's last two despots, current eccentric, despot, and man about town, Kim Jong-Il, and the former leader of the rouge nation, Kim's father, Kim Il Sung .

A Dominican priest in Poland has introduced a new Catholic prayers aimed at teenagers, including a prayer for God's assistance to avoid trash talking when drunk. The prayer reads, "Lord, if in an unsober state, and under the influence of those around me, I say something stupid, please give me strength to retract my words. Protect me against senseless bravado and pride. "

A Nigerian man suspected in the murder of his brother told the police that his attack was actually aimed at a goat. The man says the supposed goat, which he attacked with an ax, magically turned into his sibling's corpse, authorities said.

Osama bin Laden is obsessed with singer Whitney Houston, even though her music is "evil," claims a Sudanese poet and novelist. The writer, Kola Boof, says bin Laden told her he had a "paramount desire" for Houston, wanted to possess her, and talked about having her husband, Bobby Brown, killed. The 37-year-old writer's autobiography, Diary of a Lost Girl, is excerpted in the magazine Harpers' Bazaar.