For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

British pound sterling image licensed under Creative Commons by Cristiano Betta

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/10/iran.spy.arrests/index.html

US-led strikes kill Afghan police

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774939.stm

Report: Armor decision could have cost lives

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/us.iraq.ieds/index.html

Illinois scandal could have a ripple effect

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1708215.aspx

Sources Say Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1

State of Disarray: What is Wrong With Ill.?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6428980&page=1

Fla. Investigates Mass Grave at Boys School

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6428293&page=1

Strike adds to unrest in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774634.stm

Pakistan questions key militants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774912.stm

Brazil considers Indian land case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7774895.stm

Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774698.stm

Rio Tinto

http://www.riotinto.com

Wholesale inventories, sales plunge in Oct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157537/

Dow 4,000: 8 really, really scary predictions

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/index.html?cnn=yes

Office Depot cutting 112 stores, 2,200 jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_bi_ge/office_depot_strategic_review;_ylt=AgjITys5eFo37Al2Ta_3a3as0NUE



Chinese police detain protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7774693.stm

Chinese exports drop in slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774934.stm

Sterling hits new record euro low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7775191.stm

Somali piracy backed by international network

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28158455/

Agreement sealed on auto bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28108346/

Inaction on Big 3 would cost taxpayers billions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156558/

Congress to vote on car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774459.stm

Panel questions Treasury on bailout plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28155752/

Newsweek: How the Tribune deal went bad so fast

http://www.newsweek.com/id/173152

Smell of Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7771184.stm

IWF backs down on Wiki censorship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7774102.stm

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7775000/7775188.stm

Report finds nanotechnology safeguards inadequate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b94a5-us-nano-risks/

Panel Blasts Federal Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210103045.htm

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml

Peter Gabriel backs human rights website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7773004.stm

The Hub

http://hub.witness.org/

Massive World War II collection debuts online

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_wwii_collection;_ylt=AiVI2yBWIJo5yUQdIYCCkvqs0NUE

Footnote.com

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157293/

Robust Watermarking Offers Hope Against Digital Piracy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092114.htm

Chemists And Security Scientists Add New Technology To Redesigned Five Dollar Bill

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

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Assisted suicide in Zurich to air on TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7775465.stm

For Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Cyclone Nargis photo licensed under Creative Commons by guano

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24478247/

Myanmar cyclone death toll hits 22,000 - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7385662.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Burma's cyclone death toll soars

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radio - Yahoo! News

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

Cyclone Nargis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices;_ylt=AlA5F6nTMAgLquClmMOzhJys0NUE

Oil hits record $120.93 on fear of tight supply - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_he_me/child_health;_ylt=AobpnmK76YHhIgaVe6ShUxys0NUE

10M children worldwide die from lack of health care - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/hawaii_volcanic_gas;_ylt=AhcX2nma2mw23_u9hRdyN7Cs0NUE

Vog — volcanic smog — kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii - Yahoo! News

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

Vog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/everglades_reservoir;_ylt=AvCmgXozgIV2NnvRNQIivROs0NUE

Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades - Yahoo! News

http://www.evergladesplan.org/index.aspx

Welcome to the official website of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_sc/warming_tropics;_ylt=AlOo6jbIqmy7jRpqua0CBzys0NUE

Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7384807.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Tropics insects 'face extinction'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505211835.htm

Trouble In Paradise: Global Warming A Greater Danger To Tropical Species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_he_me/insulin_pumps;_ylt=AnLSMF82vkJmpS7aoNL1Wyms0NUE

FDA study: Insulin pumps linked to injuries, deaths in teens - Yahoo! News

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

Insulin pump - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080506/cm_usatoday/positionhaitiattheepicenterofauswaronhunger;_ylt=AloGiozZ.wDpfMCg2yQlnLGs0NUE

Position Haiti at the epicenter of a U.S. war on hunger - Yahoo! News




http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080504/sc_afp/sciencefarmfoodricegenes;_ylt=AsPD15GgC2dElFUIr0._GYoPLBIF

Is this the rice super-gene? - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/argentina_dinosaur_eggs;_ylt=AuOkWsMzD0tXvhteTaG4UQwPLBIF

US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs - Yahoo! News




http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080504194238.htm

Scientists Discover Why Plague Is So Lethal

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

Bubonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24454529/

Who should doctors let die in a pandemic? - Infectious diseases- msnbc.com

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

Aspartic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty

http://www.smartcrop.net/

Smart Crop

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24482591/

U.S., Russia sign civilian nuclear pact - Russia- msnbc.com