Intl-Briefs
Zimbabwe Changes Name to AAA Zimbabwe
Harare, AAA Zimbabwe (SatireWire.com) – Zimbabwe today officially changed its name to AAA Zimbabwe, vaulting 188 places in the United Nations Membership Directory in an attempt to catch the eye of anyone browsing for country-related products and services. “The [Read More]
Bin Laden Hit Hard By News Of His Death
Washington, D.C (SatireWire.com) – News this week from the FBI’s top official for counterterrorism that Osama bin Laden was “probably not with us anymore” has shaken the al Qaeda leader, who had spent the past 10 months believing he was alive. The [Read More]
Spain, Morocco Fight Over, Have Same IQ As, Rock
Bel Younech, Morocco (SatireWire.com) – Morocco and Spain said today they would not reoccupy a tiny outcropping of rock the two government have been fighting over in a dispute over which side has the lower IQ. Morocco struck the first blow, gaining full zeroes for its [Read More]
Arabs Slyly Building Wall Around Israel
Tel Aviv (SatireWire.com) – Israel today continued to believe it was building a massive fence to seal off the West Bank instead of unwittingly footing the bill to construct the first stage of an 800-mile-long wall meant to seal off the entire state of Israel from [Read More]
Savvy Balloonist Starts Round-World Trip Halfway Round World
Northam, Australia (SatireWire.com) – American tycoon Steve Fossett, making his sixth attempt to circle the globe alone in a balloon, predicted this trip will be successful because it’s starting in Australia, which he noted was “halfway around the world [Read More]
Americans Told to Have Sex with the Dutch
Washington, D.C. (SatireWire.com) – Reacting to a new report claiming young people in the Netherlands are less likely than their American counterparts to get pregnant or carry sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials today announced that America’s [Read More]
Bush: “Dad Left Wallet in Iraq”
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (SatireWire.com) – Arab leaders today said they were skeptical of George W. Bush’s latest assertion regarding Iraq: that his father left his wallet in Baghdad and the United States just wants to dash in with 100,000 troops and get it. [Read More]
Debate Rages Over Physician-Assisted Suicide Bombing
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 elderly and terminally ill should be allowed to end their [Read More]
John Howard Says Name Not Euphemism
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 to respond to the rumors after the Prime Minister was caught in a Parliament House [Read More]
French Successfully Increase Enmity Toward French
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 Jacque Chirac for president. Le Pen, who has called the holocaust [Read More]
