For Friday, January 9, 2009

UN ceasefire call goes unheeded

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7820027.stm

Air strikes after ceasefire call

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7819453.stm

Gaza aid held as U.N. truce plan rejected

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28404637/

Israeli Jets Continue To Punish Gaza

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/world/main4709370.shtml

U.N. human rights chief wants investigation of Gaza abuses

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1013290

World Watch : Obama To Open Dialogue With Hamas?


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/link/main4709220.shtml

Oak. Mayor: "I Don't Want Anybody Killed"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/09/national/main4709360.shtml

Could Toxic Spill Be Warning Sign?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/08/eveningnews/main4708740.shtml

Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_go_ot/coal_ash;_ylt=Au0z1m_.MqfKVNkTJ9b543.s0NUE

Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28539642/

Questions loom over use of Treasury bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28577991/

Salmonella outbreak: 1 in 5 victims in hospital

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28567096/

Unemployment rate jumps to 7.2 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574446/

US job losses hit record in 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7820164.stm

Mechanic? Barista? Trader? Jobs on All Fronts Slashed in 2008

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6606593&page=1

Canada's jobless rate up to 6.6% in December

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/09/unemploymentdec.html

Did Bush cause the financial crisis?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7814704.stm

Obama team prepares bailout overhaul

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574416/

Democrats attack Obama on economy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7819941.stm

FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_ot/fda_dissidents;_ylt=AlnerMv5NcxjfMjXXVZGSFus0NUE

Ford learning to 'think like an electronics company,' Mulally tells CES crowd

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/09/tech-ces-ford.html

S Korea cuts rates as woes deepen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7819706.stm

Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108144745.htm

Heat may spark world food crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817684.stm

Campaigners highlight 'toxic TVs'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7820229.stm

TV stations to broadcast to mobile devices

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28566256/

Chip maker aims to connect home media

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28560357/

A web of intrigue as Obama appears in Spider-Man comic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7819726.stm

Animals in Bulgaria zoo shiver without gas heating

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_ukraine_gas_zoo;_ylt=ArcvhOosbaCOB_.iYjaZVJwPLBIF

UK e-mail law 'attack on rights'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7819230.stm

Activist blog closed amid China's porn sweep

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28577927/

Obama urges delay in digital TV transition

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28562781/

EU gas monitors arrive in Ukraine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7820315.stm

Saudi tanker 'freed off Somalia'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7820311.stm

Spanish industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7819569.stm

Pakistan al-Qaeda leaders 'dead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7819305.stm

Canada expels US woman deserter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7817078.stm

Madoff had $173 million in checks ready, U.S. says

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_madoff_bail;_ylt=AhsYZxDRBtqa4.UGYP1SrjMDW7oF

Floods To Become Commonplace By 2080

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101627.htm