I’m now in the land of fast internet (so fast, I forgot it could be so fast), which was a good thing since after just four days of not checking Google Readers, I already had 1000+ items.

Here are some of the more interesting things I read this morning in my grandmother’s kitchen, using wifi from an anonymous neighbor who hasn’t locked his or her signal. Yeah, my grandmother doesn’t have wifi.

A diplomat posted in Brazil and later in Congo had sex with teenage girls and taped it. He told the judge that sex with youngsters is okay in other cultures.

Afghanistan has one female athlete slated to participate in the Olympics this summer. But right now, she’s missing.

Doctors for MSF left a conflicted region of Ethiopia recently, citing their inability to actually help people because of government restrictions. The government responded by saying that MSF was lying and spreading propaganda. Wonder if most people will believe Ethiopia or MSF.

A doctor did an HIV test for a woman in Kenya without her knowledge or consent. He told her employers she was positive, before telling her, and she lost her job. She just won a $35,000 court case. I’m guessing that’s more money than she would make as a waitress (her old job) and hopefully enough to keep other doctors and empolyers from doing similar unethical things.

And speaking of AIDS, do donors spend too much on this epidemic to the exclusion of others? No answers here, but some interesting questions.

What’s up with those high food prices? A brief and reader-friendly explanation from IRIN.

“I have met many NGO workers who are incompetent but hide behind flashy cars with flags and behind posh offices,” Norbert Mao, a leader in Norhtern Uganda told the Daily Monitor. There is a plan to kick out all those NGOs who don’t really do much. Amen.