China Intervenes in Organ-Sale Business
SHANGHAI, China - China’s Health Ministry has explicitly banned sales of human organs in an apparent attempt to clean up the country’s lucrative but laxly regulated transplant business. How little progress China has made away from its communist roots — if it were a capitalist country, they’d figure out how to tax the transplant biz.

Why Do Some Dictators Escape Justice?
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The spotlight of international justice has shone on Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic to hold them accountable for alleged war crimes. But many are asking: What about Suharto in Indonesia, Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile and Charles Taylor of Liberia? And what about George W. Bush?

Berlusconi Warns Against Multiculturalism
ROME - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he does not want Italy to become a multiethnic, multicultural country, drawing plaudits from a right-wing ally and criticism from center-left opponents. The rest of Europe quickly rallied behind Berlusconi, mounting a campaign called “Leave Italy to the Italians!”

Arab Nations Urged to Enter Nuclear Club
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Secretary-General Amr Moussa called on Arab leaders Tuesday to move toward a goal of “entering the nuclear club” and making use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. By “peaceful purposes,” Moussa explained, he meant “blow Israel to Jehovah’s doorstep.”

Ex-Liberian President Taylor Disappears
ABUJA, Nigeria - Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, wanted for war crimes, has “disappeared” from the haven Nigeria had granted him, Nigerian officials said Tuesday. Surprise!

And, in unrelated dematerialization news:

Afghan Convert Is Released, Then Vanishes
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity will be freed from prison and has asked for asylum in another country, U.S. and U.N. officials said Monday. Let’s just hope he can run faster than a fatwa.