For Friday, December 19, 2008

Bush unveils $17.4bn car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7791999.stm

Hotsheet: Read Bush's Auto Bailout Plan

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/link/main4677016.shtml

US city of cars feels global chill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7781052.stm

Lack of investment in Detroit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7734226.stm

U.N. divided over gay rights declaration

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh7ew-us-un-homosexuality/

Mugabe insists 'Zimbabwe is mine'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7791574.stm

People 'still willing to torture'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7791278.stm


Investor warned regulators about Madoff's Ponzi scheme in '99

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004523

Obama announcing Republican pick for Cabinet position

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004534

Panasonic to buy Sanyo in $9 billion deal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28310493/

EU agrees deal on fishing quotas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7792088.stm

Heat Waves And Crop Losses Predicted For California

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215091019.htm

Safety probe of plastics chemicals urged

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh4wk-us-plastic-usa/

Census: More than 54 million disabled in U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28311124/

Iraqi shoe-thrower 'was beaten'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7791965.stm

Gas Misers Unite: Kiwi's MPG Boost

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/story?id=6334966&page=1

British Scientist Warns We Must Protect The Vulnerable From Robots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218141724.htm