May 8th News Roundup, Stuff You Don't Want To Miss
 Thursday, May 8th, 2008
US Marines Leave Afghan Opium Poppy Fields Untouched.
The Taliban can make up to $100 million per year
from the harvesting of poppy fields in Afghanistan -
money that will buy weapons for use against US, NATO and Afghan
troops. But as the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit moved into
southern Helmand province last week - the world's largest opium
poppy-growing region - Marines reassure villagers that the poppies will be
left alone.
Reuters Writer Cut Off From Western Banks For Living In
Iran. As UN and US sanctions tighten in Iran, even
European Union citizens feel the sting.
Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari says
$200 per barrel of oil is "not out of
reach."
Clay Aiken on The View, talks about his music, his
foundation, Mother's Day, and fans that call themselves "Claysians"
and "Claynadians," and performs his title track "On My Way Here." We think he lightened his hair? Clay says his
mother was always right...what a Mother's Day Gift that is!
This may be one of Tyra Banks' strangest guests yet.
Peter is a guest that likes to be "stomped" by women, and Tyra
has a bunch of audience get up on stage and walk all over the guy.
He calls it a fetish and says his last girlfriend dumped him after
finding heel marks all over his chest. Needless to say, he's single.
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