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January 05, 2009

gleans at 7:55 PM MT, 01/05

 

Victor H. Krulak, Marine Behind U.S. Landing Craft, Dies at 95

Madoff sightings cause heads to turn
Reuters - By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even in a city accustomed to notorious figures in its midst, the latest sighting of Bernard Madoff caused heads to turn.
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US Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever
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India hands Mumbai dossier to Pakistan to back extradition plea
guardian.co.uk - India handed a dossier to Islamabad yesterday giving evidence of alleged Pakistani links to the gunmen who led the bloody rampage through Mumbai in November, asking for those responsible to be extradited to face "Indian justice".
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Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accounts
Computerworld - By Gregg Keizer January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday, the company confirmed today.
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HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight
PC World - 1 hour ago
From multi-display laptops, HDTVs wired for broadband, to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
Video: Loaded: Happy New Year! CBS
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US President-elect Barack Obama says that America's economy is very sick and that the situation is worsening.
 
 
Barack Obama
Why Obama has stayed silent over the Gaza crisis
 
 
A Tasmanian Devil bares its teeth at a quarantine facility August 31, 2005 in Hobart, Australia
Australian scientists say they want to build a fence on Tasmania to prevent the spread of a cancer that could wipe out the Tasmanian Devil.
 
 
More than 50,000 people are expected at the Macworld show this week for the final year that Apple will take part.
 
 
 
Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.
 
 
Artist's impression of al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham (BBC)
The Islamic genius working 700 years before Newton
 
 

 

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