SOURCE: NY TIMES On Italian Isle, Migrant Plight Draws Scrutiny By IAN FISHER and RICHARD BERNSTEIN Published: October 5, 2004 OME, Oct. 4 - Hundreds of migrants from Africa in rickety boats have landed in the last few days on Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island, and the Italian government is responding quickly and contentiously, sending most of them back to Libya almost immediately, by airplane. The crossing to Italy is a treacherous one for the thousands of poor and desperate...

SOURCE: MSNBC ‘Batman’ held for scaling Buckingham Palace wall Fathers' rights protester spends more than 5 hours perched on ledge The Associated Press Updated: 3:25 p.m. ET Sept. 13, 2004LONDON - Holy intruder! A protester dressed in a Batman costume scaled the front wall of Buckingham Palace on Monday and perched for more than five hours on a ledge near the balcony where the royal family appears on ceremonial occasions. The protester’s success in climbing the wall in fro...

SOURCE: MSNBC Global sing-along to rouse unity in Mexico Ads call on Mexicans to belt out national anthemThe Associated Press Updated: 3:01 p.m. ET Sept. 13, 2004 MEXICO CITY - Warning: If a co-worker or stranger suddenly jumps up and starts singing Wednesday, don’t be alarmed. They aren’t crazy. They are just Mexicans participating in a worldwide call to song to celebrate 150 years of their national anthem. An ad campaign is calling on all Mexicans — wherever they are — to st...

Political imagery at its finest. There have been many that have caught the imagination of a country at many times in history and this is one of them: Image Source: Cox and Forkum (That Day)