For Friday, January 23, 2009

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Suspected US missile strikes kill 18 in Pakistan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=Aj9LI85gr58NyR8_DD8C7ems0NUE

UK in recession as economy slides

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7846266.stm

UK in recession after worst GDP drop in 30 years

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m2au-us-britain-economy/

Report: Former Gitmo prisoner fights again

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28800516/

Ex-Gitmo Detainee May Be Al Qaeda Leader

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/23/terror/main4749326.shtml

Stem Cell OK Gives Paraplegics New Hope

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6714423&page=1


Green light for US stem cell work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7847450.stm

FDA allows first test of human stem cell therapy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m2u9-us-stemcells/

Analysis: Abrupt end to 'war on terror'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28807952/

Obama asks lawmakers to back stimulus bill

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_economy;_ylt=AnMcS5t6gcImBY3D_fWXqvqs0NUE

Obama removes restrictions on abortion funding

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m3pq-us-obama-abortion/

FDA: 31M lbs of peanut products recalled

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_he_me/med_salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=AkAwtFIC91VYqnghi7pexnqs0NUE

Peanut product recall keeps spreading

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28749159/

Peanut popularity complicates salmonella probe

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/peanut.probe.salmonella/index.html

Kentucky leads nation in smoking deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28801743/

Obama acts fast on Mideast, but substance familiar

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m32g-us-obama-arabs/

Did Israel Use A Banned Weapon?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/22/eveningnews/main4748346.shtml

Retailers at risk of closing

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1019193

GE profit down 44 percent, shares fall premarket

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m2nc-us-ge/

Russia says ready to work with U.S. on Afghanistan

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m3da-us-russia-usa-afghan/

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7846339.stm

Group: Migrants abandoned at sea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28810185/

Spain's jobless rate hits 13.9%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7846895.stm

Red Tape: Credit card hackers find new targets

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/credit-card-hac.html

Judge orders Illinois TB patient into isolation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_us/tuberculosis_patient;_ylt=ApbxgrJuzNljVGMsulsh5wKs0NUE

Racial Bias Can Be Reduced By Teaching People To Differentiate Facial Features Better In Individuals Of A Different Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120204759.htm

China closes 1,250 sites in online porn crackdown

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_pornography;_ylt=AjCQP55lTeSVMYt_acxxgj6s0NUE

Anti-Counterfeiting Money

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0901-anticounterfeiting_money.htm

Obama musicians were live but the music you heard was not

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7846472.stm

Revisiting The Anthrax Attacks Of 2001

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122100832.htm

Farmers slash planting due to drought

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808767/

Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_sc/sci_dying_forests;_ylt=Al8ip1lYQtlRHNEtW22lifys0NUE

Antarctica Warming More Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144049.htm

Treeline Advances In Canada’s Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122162332.htm

French farmers raise stink over U.S. tariff on Roquefort cheese

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/23/roquefort-cheese.html

Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_nigeria_robbery_goat;_ylt=AioynFHg9u.Kjhk6wRZjDhHtiBIF