For Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008

Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 Humanitarian Crises

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/

Military 'seizes power' in Guinea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7796902.stm

Dictator's death sparks coup in Guinea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366192/

Lansana Conte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansana_Conte

Guinea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea

Fear at army takeover

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7797371.stm

World Watch : Russian Missile Test A Dud

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/23/link/main4684076.shtml

US Warns Russia Against Selling Missiles to Iran

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_russia_iran;_ylt=AjcCITEr0IXQ0xfKF30kxj0DW7oF

Ex-Clinton adviser pleads to child-porn charge

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28363279/

Wade Sanders

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Sanders

Official: Calif. could be broke in 2 months

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28359987/

Economy slows some areas' population growth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355559/

Governments must be ready to spend more on stimulus: IMF

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm1th-us-financial-imf-economist/

GDP shrank in third quarter as economy chilled

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm2wi-us-usa-economy-gdp/

Economy, consumer spending shrank in Q3

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365353/

World economies limp to Christmas

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b70me-us-financial/

Existing home sales plunge 8.6 percent in November

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bm3f0-us-usa-economy-housing-1/

Home prices take record tumble

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365973/

Retirement Woes: Forced to Work to Death?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=6513517&page=1

ABC News: Your Complete Guide to Refinancing

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ConsumerFinance/story?id=6498727&page=1

When mortgage rescues go bad

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/23/real_estate/new_modifications_same_problems/index.htm?cnn=yes

Contraction of UK economy speeds up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7796960.stm

Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796806.stm

Interpol 'not given Mumbai data'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7796993.stm

US questions net overhaul plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7797206.stm

Motorists plucked from flood water in US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7797727.stm

Investigators: Doomed jet made odd noise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28330517/

NY Times sued over copyright issues

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28366260/

Vatican says 'amen' to iTunes prayer book

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28357287/

EU's new digital library is back online

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365676/

Europeana

http://www.europeana.eu/

Coming soon to a home near you: 3D printing

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/22/tech-printers.html

More companies look to cloud computing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28350442/

Wind power picks up in Wales

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South Korean sites indicted over online piracy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28365678/

Health Monitoring With Your Cell Phone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221600.htm

Cognitive Computing: Building A Machine That Can Learn From Experience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081221215537.htm

Robotic Technology Improves Stroke Rehabilitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203084306.htm

Artificial Human Bone Marrow Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221558.htm

In America, Millions Breathe Too Much Soot

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/22/tech/main4683513.shtml

Even a tiny bit of flab raises heart failure risk

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4io-us-heart-obesity/

FDA warns of 28 diet pills sold online

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355841/

Too many pain pills can make migraines worse

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28354911/

Drug shields mice from chronic lung disease: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bl4ys-us-lung-drug/

Examination Of Widely Used Antimicrobial Compound Reveals New Strategies To Fight Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210121910.htm

Racial Tension In A 'Split Second'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124146.htm

Genes May Influence Popularity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222074607.htm

Blocking The Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141730.htm

Men more responsive to caffeine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7797132.stm

Pollen Grain Study Yields New Picture Of Ice Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222113522.htm

Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7796312.stm

Rare rhino calves found in Indonesian jungle


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indonesiawildlifeanimalspeciesrhino;_ylt=AuMCVIkhBH84QOkh4rsyNSADW7oF

Baby Fish In Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted And Deformed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209100940.htm

Protea Plants Help Unlock Secrets Of Species 'Hotspots'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221539.htm

South African Protea Plants List

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Protea&submit=Search&sp-a=0002249e-sp00000001

Origin Of Life On Earth: Simple Fusion To Jump-start Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218213634.htm

Evolution: Life On Earth Got Bigger In 2-million-fold Leaps

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221537.htm

Quantum Computing Closer To Reality As Mathematicians Chase Key Breakthrough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222100700.htm

Galactic halfway house discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355265/

Bad bonbons: 9 tonnes of counterfeit chocolate seized in France

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/23/counterfeit-chocolate.html

Rare disease causes people to pull out their own hair

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=Al6ZSQyJwqatNkBsdCp0E9qbvZx4/SIG=1256g3pq7/**http%3A//cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226723%26cl=11211819

More than 100 passengers stuck on world's largest ferris wheel

http://m.www.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApGxOLHbVwFqQzbo4czadbibvZx4/SIG=12a3vf07t/**http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_singapore_flyer

Chinese arrested for fake uniforms and starch scam

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081223/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_counterfeits;_ylt=AnoDq.lHRmMiskDh8j0CuJPtiBIF

Why Some of Us Hate to Cry

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081223/sc_livescience/whysomeofushatetocry;_ylt=AjiPk6wsrWzA4ufiz68oKgUPLBIF