Bad news comes in threes

1. Howard announces that he plans to stay on as PM to face the next election.
2. Over 60 civilians, including at least 34 children, were killed by an Israeli bomb while sheltering in the basement of a house in Qana, Southern Lebanon.
3. Blair announces that he and Bush plan to "revive the deadlocked World Trade Organization talks sometime in the next few weeks."

I may be forced to avoid the news for the next 24 hours in order to preserve my sanity.