Sunday, December 14, 2008

Had to make cookies last night, hence the delay.

We had our Christmas hayride and program at church today. All went well! Despite some forgotten lyrics and lost CDs and technological glitches.


Disaster Prediction Tsunami Just the Beginning of Earthquake Supercycle, Say Scientists
Magnitude 4.7 - CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Magnitude 5.1 - GREECE
Magnitude 5.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION(2)
Magnitude 5.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Magnitude 5.2 - SERAM, INDONESIA(2)
Magnitude 5.2 - SERAM, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.4 - WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
Magnitude 5.9 - WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
Moderate quake hits eastern Indonesia
Small earthquake shakes Canberra
’Earthquake-safe’ city sits on fault line

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This is Obama's chance to leave the world a lasting legacy
[gag]

U.S. troops' new mission America's 'special events'
[Pretty unsettling. Here's the text: Proposed Rule on Defense Support of Civil Authorities. Read it and decide, I guess. ]


Jimmy Carter backs partition of Jerusalem
[How very... biblical.]

Major financial events and developments of 2009
[Gack.]

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70 arrested over media law protest

Report: Both sides in Congo use rape as a weapon

Sarkozy rejects EU military intervention in DR Congo
Rwandan aide 'backs Congo rebels'
Victims of Zimbabwean diamond crackdown to be dumped in mass grave

Zimbabwe: Cholera introduced by West

Zimbabwe introduces $500 million note

The downward spiral that is Zimbabwe
Darfur groups pin high hopes on Obama team


Asian powers seek action on economy, NKorea

SKorea leader predicts new NKorea talks under Obama


1,000 kilos of double dead meat seized
Northeast Struggles After Storm Blacks out 1.25M

Thursday morning storm brings 'minor' twister to Blackshear neighborhood

Pikeville damage caused by tornado

Weak Tornado Blamed For Cabarrus County Damage

Dengue outbreak - Australia

Heavy rains trigger flooding in Guyana

Mayor expects flood damage to exceed $2.7 million

Rome escapes major flood damage

Rome on alert for Tiber breaking its banks

UK struck by flash floods

Storms batter drought-stricken state

Iraq in midst of ‘agricultural disaster’

Water Authority Head Promises Solution by 2012

Calif. Drought Means Layoffs for Farmworkers



IMF chief warns financial crisis will worsen in 2009

Lebanese banks get nod of approval from Moody's

China’s Economic Slowdown Is Deepening, Officials Say

GOP Senator Warns of 'Riots' if Automakers Are Bailed Out

IMF Says Ukraine Has Made Progress on Loan Conditions

Ruble Suffers Biggest Weekly Plunge Against Euro Since 2000

Russia, Kazakhstan to Coordinate Steps in Overcoming Crisis - Putin

World Bank to provide $14 bn to India for infrastructure projects

WTO Says Dispute Among U.S., Emerging Nations Scuttles Deal


Belgium arrests 14 in anti-terrorism sweep

Ukraine holds Black Sea naval security consultations


UN chief urges US to join UN rights body

GCC currency union unlikely to affect bond rating

U.N. Appoints Controversial 'Water Czar' to Form Policy on Water


A week on, protesters marks teen's death

Are the Greek riots a taste of things to come?

Paris protesters block Champs-Elysees

Riots lead to calls for Greek PM to resign

Greek fighting the eurozone's weakest link starts to crack

Greek riots Banks and cars burned by Greek mob

OPEC system 'not applicable' to Russia top Gazprom official

Canal route proves attractive

China, Russia jointly plot transportation routes on sea ice

COSCO Pacific to add investment in Suez Canal terminal

Falling Oil Production Threatens Pipeline Plans

Falling Steel Prices May Cut Nabucco Pipeline Investment Costs

Gazprom's oil arm may join consortium in Venezuela

Gazprom, Japan to build gas processing facilities

Libya OK's Gazprom Elephant

Local oil pipeline is to be built –Russia

New Alaska sen. doubtful on natgas loan guarantees

Putin Invites Kazakhstan to Participate in Intl Forum of Gas Producing Countries

Putin’s Baltic pipeline more political than economic

Russia to attend OPEC summit

SOCAR to supply Georgia with natural gas

South Stream Turns into Southern Dream The Great Game in the Balkans


EU, Israel Draw Nearer as Palestinian Question Lingers On

Waiting for a new dawn

Israel complains to UN of Iranian incitement

Israel expects Hamas to turn up heat on Gaza border

Israel ready to renew Gaza truce with Hamas official


Gates, Iranian MP to attend security meeting in Bahrain

Iran, Belarus to set up joint economic commission

Pakistan militants destroy US military vehicles police

Turkey keeping military option against Kurds minister

US diplomats banned from Yemen hotels over threats

US troops to stay in Iraqi cities after June

'US strike' kills six in Pakistan

Britain Reports Boy Conducted Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

Can Babylon be restored?
[Here's the deal with Babylon. I don't know if the Babylon of prophecy is the actual city, rebuilt and restored, or if it's a similar city ruled by the same spirit *cough*Dubai*cough*. But it's reputation has to be rehabilitated, in the eyes of the world, before that time. We're seeing that now.]

Carter predicts improved US-Syria relations

Dubai ruler buys stake in Dubai's Damac- paper

Iran, Egypt, Syria stress on helping Palestinians

Islamabad arrests militants' leader

Kashmir rebels slam UN, Pakistan over charity crackdown

Lebanese Druze leader accuses Syria of supporting terrorism

Lock on Dawa stirs quake-zone protest Swoop widens, silence on ban

Nato hard at work making deals to beat the Khyber Pass convoy trap

New opening in Turkey, Mexico ties, says Babacan

Pakistan cracks down on Lashkar, JuD

Pakistan militants destroy NATO vehicles police

Turkey evacuates Iraqis wounded in suicide attack

U.N. protects Lebanon mission convoys

UAE still keen on nuclear pact

US general- Iran backs off worst bombs in Iraq


OMG Russia entrepreneur looks for $$$ from ;-)

East Providence teen hospitalized in Russia

Explosion at Russian Arctic mine kills 12

Georgia FM Russian Troops Back in Georgian Village

Kasparov forms opposition group to dismantle Putin regime

Signs of dispute on Moscow's Solzhenitsyn Street

US, Russia to discuss missile shield in Moscow next week

Streets in S.Ossetia capital to be renamed after Medvedev, Putin

Russia-Serbia energy deal divides Serb lawmakers

Russian navy ships to visit Nicaragua


Indian Navy Captures 23 Pirates in Gulf of Aden

Blackbeard Apt to be Al Qaeda Operative with Global Objectives

U.S. says lacks intelligence to fight pirates in Somalia


Arson suspected in fire at Palin's church

Riot, hostage situation ends at West Texas prison

Second trooper dies after Oregon bank blast


Jellyfish gone wild ruin tourist spots, report says

Vicar bans 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'

Fullest Moon in 15 Years Tonight
[It was mucho pretty!]

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