World -

UN asks for $600 million to avert crisis in gaza
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5611951.ece

BLago to speak at impeachment trial
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ga4r6Ic7fPOykfh6cdeLeKYKO6vwD960S3382

Liberals going along with budget - for now
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090128/budget_clement_090129/20090129?hub=Canada

Germans want China to talk with Dalai Lama
http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKLT74508920090129

culture -

Stan Lee Gets Sued for $750 Million
http://io9.com/5140445/with-great-success-comes-great-lawsuit-potential

Harry potter's stuntman in serious accident on set
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090129/en_top_eo/81322;_ylt=AjHU2pT8VbT5MtDMthgEWiRxFb8C

environment -

Canada's Winter Wackiness: Toronto could see snowiest winter in 70 years
http://www.680news.com/more.jsp?content=20090129_071905_53400
http://www.theliberal.com/News/Richmond%20Hill/article/87233

scientist invents waterproof rice
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/waterproof.rice/index.html

tech & biz -

layoffs: starbucks laying off 6,700, closes 300 stores
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-starbucks-laoyffs-jan28,0,3694564.story

google tracking internet blockers
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50R6W020090128

nintendo cutting profit forecast by %33
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158549/nintendo_baffles_market_cuts_profit_forecast_by_33.html

style -

Obama relaxes white house dress code
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29whitehouse.html?_r=1

Adidas launching star wars trainers
http://www.retrotogo.com/2007/08/adidas-supersta.html

health -

britain 'sickest' country in europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1129964/Britain-sickest-country-Europe-worst-rates-obesity-teenage-pregnancy.html

US senate expects to pass bill on kids health insurance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/28/AR2009012803455.html?hpid=moreheadlines

sports -

Samples link Barry Bonds to Steroids
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/88571-source-urine-samples-link-bonds-to-steroids?eref=fromSI

Serena Williams and Safina Meet in Australian Open final
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus09/news/story?id=3868015

strange -

top brit politician vows to open UFO files
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484157,00.html

skateboard school opens in afghanistan
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/27/skateistanorg-a-skat.html

Dk's stories -

      Ferry scare as lorry breaks free
      Nationalist rule may collapse in Scotland
      British parents told no alcohol for under-15s
      Police shoot man in London

SJ's stories -

Octuplets given letters A to H instead of names
UK Tamil procured war material, funds for LTTE, court told
50-yr-old gets RI for rape, abduction in Delhi
Over 80 flights affected by fog in Delhi
Sri Lanka rebels holding 300 patients hostage
Afghanistan to hold presidential polls Aug. 20
France faces ‘Black Thursday’ of strikes, protests
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/france-faces-black-thursday-strikes-protests
Moderate quake strikes north of Andaman Islands
Four prisoners executed in Japan