*ASIAN TSUNAMI*

Acheh Needs Help, Death Toll Expected To Exceed 400,000
1. www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php
2. snipurl.com/boj3


Tsunami death toll in Indonesia approaching 100,000
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/indo-d31.shtml

"A Sydney Morning Herald reporter who reached Meulaboh yesterday described the suffering as 'unimaginable'..."



On-the-spot report/Poverty-stricken Hambantota among the worst affected areas in Sri Lanka
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/hamb-d31.shtml



Death toll may top 125,000 (Rense):
snipurl.com/born

For current information on the 2004 tsunami catastrophe and organizations accepting donations for recovery efforts:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake.



*ASIA DISASTER: REACTION*

The Achenese Society of North America
www.achehtimes.com/news/2004/122704.htm

Speculation. Was the Asian tsunami caused by a bomb?:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/12/306992.shtml

Bush's response to South Asia disaster: indifference compounded by political incompetence
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/bush-d30.shtml

The Christian Right's compassion deficit:
www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Berkowitz1230.htm

US stingy?
www.counterpunch.org/lindorff12292004.html



*MEDICAID*

US: Bush administration targets medical care for the poor
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/medi-d31.shtml



*ALTERNATIVE CURRENCY PLANS (tx Nico)*

www.transaction.net/money/community/
Complementary Community Currency Systems

Reinventing Money
ReinventingMoney.Com/
A website which is the culmination of more than a quarter century of research, study, and xperimentation by Thomas H. Greco, Jr., a leading researcher on the subject of alternative monetary systems.

Alternative Money Systems
www.newciv.org/ncn/moneyteam.html

Local and Interest-Free or Alternative Currencies
www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/local.html

Solari Action Network, by Catherine Austin Fitts
www.solariactionnetwork.com/phpBB2/

Digital Cash and Net Commerce
www.cyphernet.org/cyphernomicon/12.html



*DETENTIONS*

Lee Hall--Globalizing Homeland Security. Part I: Doing Time for the Towers:
www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Hall1228.htm

Congress silent about abuse of detainees:
uruknet.info/



*US IMPERIALISM*

The Empire in the year 2005:
globalresearch.ca/articles/PET412A.html



*IRAQ: FALLUJAH*

Fallujah residents return to a destroyed city
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/fall-d30.shtml



*IRAQ*

Iraqi resists, despite US bombs and napalm:
www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14578.shtml

Was it worth it? Ask the child who lost his family’:
www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14198.shtml



*ISRAEL*

Mossad mulls new state setup in Iraq:
www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp

(Good luck!)


Israel's occupation kills 12 more Palestinian civilians last week:
www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp

The little town of Bethlehem:
www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14500.shtml



*TENNIS: FEDERER*

Fed named European player of the year. (Why add "European"?)
www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2004/federer_euro_award.asp



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