News bytes
- Saddam Hussein likes soccer. So does Henry Kissinger.
- A disturbing tale of Romanian intolerance towards gay culture.
- Why are so many NGOs closing in Uzbekistan?
- The Guardian will expand its online and print presence in the US.
- Google acknowledges it has been too accommodating of the Chinese government.
- Vladimir Putin has a sense of humour and defends his government’s draconian press restrictions.
