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| Darling says country 'far from through' the downturn: report (AFP) |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:28:10 GMT |
 AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said in an interview Wednesday that "we are far from through" the economic downturn, a sign that he will revise his forecast that recovery will begin in mid-2009.
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| Australian police hunt blow-up doll sex bandit (Reuters) |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:10:00 GMT |
| Reuters - An Australian man broke into three adult shops, had sex with blow up dolls named "Jungle Jane" and then dumped his plastic conquests in a nearby alley, local media reported on Wednesday. |
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| European Peace Efforts on Gaza Hit Roadblocks (Time.com) |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:04:48 GMT |
| Time.com - European efforts to broker a truce are hobbled by factors ranging from Israel's goals to the E.U.'s own positions on Hamas |
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| Wii boosts UK games sales, music resilient (Reuters) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:02 GMT |
| Reuters - British retailers sold a record combined number of DVDs, games and music in 2008 despite the economic gloom, boosted by the popularity of Nintendo's Wii and single downloads, trade bodies said on Wednesday. |
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| EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas (Reuters) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:31:40 GMT |
 Reuters - Europe faced a deepening energy crunch and more sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday, with Moscow and Kiev showing little sign of a swift resolution of a pricing dispute that has slashed Russian gas supplies to the West.
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| German mogul kills self over financial meltdown (AP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:04:30 GMT |
 AP - German billionaire Adolf Merckle threw himself in front of a train after his business empire, which included interests ranging from VW cars to pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said Tuesday.
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| British buses spread godless message in atheist campaign (AFP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:52:20 GMT |
 AFP - About 800 buses bearing the slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" set off on Britain's roads Tuesday in an atheist campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.
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