For Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Guantanamo Bay image licensed under Creative Commons by USMARINE0311

Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush 'abuses'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/democrats_bush;_ylt=AlIbpwCGdnMhQVGhCrFbNsoDW7oF
See our posting of January 12, 2009: "Did Bush Really Admit to Waterboarding?"

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/01/did-bush-really-admit-to-waterboarding.html

Israel pursues its Gaza offensive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7827919.stm

Gaza's water shortage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7802295.stm

Israeli Targets Gaza's Hidden Tunnels

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/eveningnews/main4719864.shtml

U.N. chief: 'No time to lose' in Mideast

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza/index.html

Guantanamo agents 'used torture'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7828126.stm

Detainee was tortured, U.S. official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28649218/

Bush declares 'emergency' for inauguration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28650363/

Science, law will rule at EPA, Obama pick says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653445/

Lisa P. Jackson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson

Veterans given wrong drug doses due to glitch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28655104/

Stork Craft recalls 535,000 baby cribs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28643081/


EU warns of legal action over gas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827829.stm

Newsweek: Why spendy stimulus isn't working

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179337

U.S. retail sales slump for 6th month in a row

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653868/

Sharp decline in US retail sales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7828718.stm

Ill. gov. to preside in Senate that will try him

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653514/


Deutsche Bank warns of big losses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7828370.stm

U.S. arrests wealth manager accused of faking death

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d123-us-usa-pilot/

Madoff to be in court as U.S. again seeks to jail him

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d3kt-us-madoff/

Mozambique in food crisis warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7827935.stm

Challenge to plant methane link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7827106.stm

World 'needs radical cuts' on CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826994.stm

China protest forces factory move

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7828003.stm

US 'fake death businessman' found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7827787.stm

New soil map for African farmers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826275.stm


Study Of Disease Risk Suggests Ways To Avoid Slaughter Of Yellowstone Bison

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201017.htm

Contamination fears over two-headed Australian fish

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/sc_afp/environmentaustraliafish;_ylt=AhOP9ScVUc0wNGwFZIOisncPLBIF

Black abalone latest endangered species in Pacific

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_us/black_abalone;_ylt=AjNjz3_Q1ACIvFIaW0LiOrwPLBIF

Haliotis cracherodii

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

Entrepreneur quiz: Do you have what it takes?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/01/07/entrepreneur.quiz/index.html

Archaeologist Uncovers Evidence Of Ancient Chemical Warfare

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114075921.htm


Here's looking at Europe - Czech art causes continent-wide anger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827738.stm

Court OKs sex between teachers, 18-year-olds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28654219/


China's population of Web users hits 298 million

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet_boom;_ylt=AgeZatSXNT5P6Q.DCaVAMfas0NUE

For Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Russian gas to Europe 'blocked'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7826142.stm

UN chief to meet Mideast leaders as Gaza conflict continues

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/13/gaza-tuesday.html

Diplomacy Resumes As Gaza Fighting Rages

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/world/main4717882.shtml

Israelis strike 60 Gaza targets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7825684.stm

Israelis, Hamas battle near central Gaza City

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28633969/

Ten conflicts the world forgot

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28584056/

Newsweek: Adm. Mullen on Pakistan, Afghanistan

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179149

Michael Mullen

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

Obama to act early on Guantanamo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7825902.stm

Newsweek: Obama faces national security dilemma

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178855

Report critical of former Justice Dept. official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/justice_civil_rights;_ylt=Aj0VJ3bs0eHWLP3PnutZS7qs0NUE

Bradley Schlozman

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

Obama plan 'would lift economy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7826552.stm

UK economy in 'frightening' decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825213.stm

Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825513.stm

Nov. trade gap lowest since 2003

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28636183/

China's exports in record decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825573.stm

Sony Shock: Giant to Report $1.1B Loss

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6634457

Bailed-Out Banks Still Generous to Execs

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Economy/story?id=6631288&page=1

Health insurer accused of overcharging millions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628880/

UnitedHealth Group

http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/

Thai troops 'torturing in south'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7825773.stm

Euro MPs back pesticide controls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7825552.stm

Nigeria's gas flaring under fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7820384.stm

Zimbabwe health crisis 'a crime'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7826304.stm

Financier hunted after mystery plane crash

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Marcus Schrenker

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

Officials: Toss salmonella-linked peanut butter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28635958/

Peanut butter may be linked to 3 deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28625983/

Pet food suspected of killing dogs in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28626069/

Dangerous coding errors revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7824939.stm

Cyber crime tool kits go on sale


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6976308.stm

Peddler of Cable-Hacking Modems Charged

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/FedCrimes/story?id=6632405&page=1

Digital rights war looms ahead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7825428.stm

What's stopping you? Shoddy Chinese brake pads gain market share

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/13/brakes.html

China closes 91 Web sites in crackdown

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28620639/

Pro-mafia Facebook pages cause alarm in Italy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28619999/