As many of you know, I am a current events freak. I’m definitely going to be giving that up when I move to Africa as my ‘connectedness’ will shrink considerably. But for the sake of having an outlet, I wanted to share with you some of the biggest news items over the past few days with international & tech flavoring.

Castro steps down from Presidency - Link (Cigar smokers rejoice)
HD DVD format by Toshiba is officially dead - Link
Pakistani elections finally happen - Link
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia - Link
President Bush tours Africa - Link