MyClipping: January 2005

BBC NEWS | Health | Vietnam bird flu deaths increase: "A 10-year-old girl has died of bird flu - the 12th confirmed victim in a month - Vietnamese officials say."

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | World leaders praise Iraqi poll: "World leaders have praised the conduct of Iraq's first multi-party elections for more than 50 years."

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Most Email Marketers Still Missing Out on Blog & RSS Revolution: "More Than 68% of Marketers Surveyed by WordBiz Report Are Concerned About Rising Email Inbox Clutter, Yet Only 23% Read Blogs via RSS Feed; Few Can Define RSS"

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Millions of Iraqis vote despite attacks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis have flocked to vote in a historic election, defying insurgents who killed 35 people in a bloody assault on the poll."

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iraq election declared 'success': "The first multi-party election in Iraq for 50 years has been declared a success at the end of polling."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "'Dangerous' global warming possible by 2026
OSLO (Reuters) - World temperatures could surge in just two decades to a threshold likely to trigger dangerous disruptions to the earth's climate, the WWF environmental group says."

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Iraq vote also a test for U.S.

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BBC SPORT | Tennis | Williams battles to Aussie title: "Serena Williams staged a remarkable recovery to beat Lindsay Davenport and win her second Australian Open title."

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Yahoo! News - One Dead, 83 Missing as Cyclone Hits Madagascar: "One Dead, 83 Missing as Cyclone Hits Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - One child drowned and 83 fishermen were missing after a cyclone swept across Madagascar at the weekend, officials said on Thursday."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "World leaders mark Auschwitz liberation
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - World leaders and elderly survivors of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will gather in Poland today to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation and to condemn resurgent anti-Semitism."

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The New York Times > International > Americas > S�o Paulo Journal: Brazil's Japanese Preserve Sumo and Share It With Others: "SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 20 - Like most Brazilians his age, Leonardo Soares dos Santos loves playing soccer with the youths from his neighborhood. But on Sundays, he prefers to hang out with what some of his friends disparagingly refer to as 'a bunch of Japanese men wearing diapers.'"

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Scientists to debate climate change
LONDON (Reuters) - World scientists will gather next week to discuss the climate change crisis threatening the planet amid stark warnings that the time for talking is over and action is urgently needed."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Bloodiest day for U.S. troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thirty-one U.S. troops have died in a helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent attacks yesterday, the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded the country 22 months ago."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Indonesia quake toll jumps again: "Indonesia has again raised its estimate of the number of people killed by December's earthquake and tsunami."

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Firefox breaks 20,000,000 downloads! - Spread Firefox: "In seventy six days, more than sixty three thousand of you have joined the effort to deliver Firefox 1.0 to more than twenty million thankful users!"

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Snowstorm socks Northeast
Up to 3 feet of snow forecast in some areas

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Yahoo! News - Bird flu claims two more victims as high toll worries Vietnam: "Bird flu claims two more victims as high toll worries Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - Bird flu has claimed two more victims in Vietnam, alarming authorities and international experts as the toll from the disease mounts, with five deaths announced in the past four days."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Rebel tension threatens Aceh recovery
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Accusations flying between the Indonesian military and rebels in tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have clouded prospects for recovery as aid workers begin to switch their focus from relief to rebuilding."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | New bird flu outbreak in Thailand
Thailand has found cases of bird flu in two provinces, prompting authorities to issue an alert to poultry farmers.

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | World urged to learn from tsunami: "An international conference on natural disasters has opened with calls on the world to heed the lessons of last month's Indian Ocean tsunami."

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The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog: Thailand: SOS to the world: Please visit: "Three weeks after the tsunami, the country's tourism industry is sending out a different kind of SOS to world travellers _ Please come to Thailand."

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Yahoo! News - Japan mourns Kobe earthquake victims 10 years later: "KOBE, Japan (AFP) - The western Japanese city of Kobe fell silent for one minute to mark an earthquake 10 years ago which killed 6,433 people in the country's worst post-World War II disaster."

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Yahoo! News - Ex-Chinese Communist Leader Zhao Dies: "BEIJING - Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese Communist Party leader who helped pioneer reforms that launched China's economic boom but was ousted after the 1989 Tiananmen Square prodemocracy protests, died Monday at a Beijing hospital. He was 85."

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Yahoo! News - Sri Lanka Troops, Rebels Worked Together
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels, deadly foes for two decades, worked together on tsunami relief efforts — but hopes are fading that the disaster will help heal the animosity.

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Yahoo! News - Thailand Begins Exhuming Tsunami Dead: "Thailand Begins Exhuming Tsunami Dead
KHAO LAK, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand has started exhuming hundreds of bodies hastily buried in mass graves after the Indian Ocean tsunami in an effort to find out how many are among thousands reported missing, many of them foreign tourists."

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The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog: Disaster Relief Blog for Phuket, Thailand

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The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog: Newly released video shows tsunami sweeping through Indonesian town: "A videotape shot as a tsunami swept through Indonesia's Aceh province aired for the first time Sunday and showed a roiling torrent of dark brown water engulfing a busy street, picking up cars and minivans and sending people scrambling up the sides of buildings."

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BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Divisions hinder Indonesia's aid relief: "Indonesian soldiers say their tsunami relief work in the province of Aceh is being hindered by clashes with the rebels who have been fighting a bitter separatist conflict. The rebels in turn accuse the military of using the disaster as a pretext for a renewed offensive."

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Yahoo! News - Asia Tsunami Death Toll Passes 150,000: "Asia Tsunami Death Toll Passes 150,000
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two weeks after a tsunami slammed into coastlines around the Indian Ocean, thousands of bodies were still being pulled out of the mud in remote villages, as the official death toll from the catastrophe rose above 150,000."

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The New York Times > International > International Special > Annan Calls Devastation in Sumatra Worst He Has Ever Seen: "Annan Calls Devastation in Sumatra Worst He Has Ever Seen"

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "World leaders hold summit on tsunami aid
JAKARTA (Reuters) - World leaders meeting to discuss aid efforts for Asia's tsunami-hit countries have been warned the death toll could double to about 300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "UN warns death toll could double
'I have been in war and I have been through a number of hurricanes and tornados...but I have never seen anything like this.'U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United Nations has warned Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about 300,000 unless survivors receive clean water and other basic services by the end of the week to prevent disease."

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The New York Times > International > International Special > Powell, in Indonesia, Describes Scenes of Devastation

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Tsunami carnage shocks Powell
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has taken a firsthand look at the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh by helicopter, saying he was shocked by what he saw.

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Yahoo! News - Gunmen Assassinate Baghdad Governor - Police: "Gunmen Assassinate Baghdad Governor - Police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri was assassinated by gunmen in the capital on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said."

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Yahoo! News - Calls to Postpone Iraqi Elections Grow: "Calls to Postpone Iraqi Elections Grow
BAGHDAD, Iraq - More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Tsunami toll hits 150,000
　BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United Nations has put the latest death toll in Asia's tsunami at around 150,000 and warned it could still soar as relief workers were confronted by huge devastated areas without roads, bridges and airstrips."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Music stars rally to raise tsunami aid funds
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Cliff Richard, pop star Boy George and other British music stars plan to release a song to raise money for victims of the devastating Asian tsunami, the song's composer said."

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Yahoo! News - Full Extent of Indonesia Disaster Slowly Revealed: "Full Extent of Indonesia Disaster Slowly Revealed
　BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Desperate survivors huddle in clearings without food or shelter above the water line all along the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, and corpses float as far as 20 miles out to sea."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Blair says tsunami a 'catastrophe'
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned it could take years of international support to repair the ravages of the Asian tsunami that killed at least 127,000 people."

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The New York Times > International > International Special > The Relief: From Heart of Indonesia's Disaster, a Cry for Help: "From Heart of Indonesia's Disaster, a Cry for Help"

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Yahoo! News - Japan pledges 500 million dollars for tsunami victims: "Japan pledges 500 million dollars for tsunami victims
　TOKYO (AFP) - Japan promised 500 million dollars to countries devastated by tsunamis, by far outpledging all other countries which are racing to help victims of one of the world's worst disasters."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Aid gives Tsunami victims ray of hope
　BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The new year has begun for millions of tsunami survivors with grieving and trauma, but a few of the luckier ones have seen a ray of hope after the outside world finally came to their rescue."

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