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Date Sent: 2009-12-26
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for December 26, 2009 Saturday edition

Al Qaeda bomber tries to blow up Detroit plane -- Obama's unending credit line for Fannie, Freddie

U.S. banks fight plan to share information abroad -- Schwarzenegger Seeks Obama’s Help for Deficit Relief -- Madoff fell out of bed, injured -- OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WARN OF CRASH-INDUCED UNREST -- The Massive Accounting FRAUD That SHOULD Sink Obamacare -- CANADIAN NEWSPAPER CALLS FOR POPULATION REDUCTION -- National Irish Bank Stop Handling Cash -- Pakistan police: Americans may face terror charges -- Deal-maker Reid bought votes to pass U.S. health bill -- Taliban release video of captured US soldier -- Woman tackles pope at Christmas Eve Mass

News Link • TERRORISM
Al Qaeda bomber tries to blow up Detroit plane, sets self on fire
12-25-2009 • CBS News
A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passeng Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Obama's unending credit line for Fannie, Freddie
12-25-2009 • Reuters
The Obama administration pledged on Thursday to back beleaguered mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac no matter how big their losses may be in the next three years. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Privacy Rights
U.S. banks fight plan to share information abroad
12-25-2009 • Reuters
A US financial crime agency's plan to let foreign police and U.S. state and local law enforcement authorities seek information from American banks about their customers is drawing opposition from groups representing US financial institutions. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • China
China jails dissident Liu Xiaobo for 11 years
12-25-2009 • Reuters
China's most prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was jailed on Friday for 11 years for campaigning for political freedoms, with the stiff sentence on a subversion charge swiftly condemned by rights groups and Washington. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Obama Administration
Mao on the White House Christmas tree
12-25-2009 • LA Times
The latest fiasco is the Great Christmas Ornament Scandal. Breitbart's Big Government blog got its knickers in a twist over one of the Obama White House's Christmas trees decorated with the face of Chinese Communist dictator, Mao Zedong. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Anthropology
Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food
12-25-2009 • BBC News
The apes' use of tools can be surprisingly sophisticated. "For example, nut-cracking in the Bossou chimpanzee community in Guinea involves the use of a movable hammer and anvil, and sometimes the additional use of stabilizing wedges to make the anvil Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Anthropology
Booze formed communities
12-25-2009 • der Spiegel
Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? The expert on identifying traces of alcohol in prehistoric sites reckons the thirst for a brew was enough of an incentive to start growing crops. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • TAXES: State
Schwarzenegger Seeks Obama’s Help for Deficit Relief
12-25-2009 • Bloomberg
CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, anticipating a $21 billion state budget deficit, plans to ask President Barack Obama to ease mandates and minimums on social programs to save as much as $8 billion. The Republican governor plans to seek the relief Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Criminal Justice System
Source: Madoff fell out of bed, injured
12-25-2009 • ABC News
ABC News first reported Bernie Madoff had injuries consistent with an assault. Now, the source says Madoff was not attacked in prison, but that he fell off a bed onto his face. There was a lot of facial bleeding and, Madoff came with facial fractures Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • China
China’s Top Ten 2009 Oddest Stories Plus a Few Even Odder Stories from China
12-25-2009 • Ginn
China Daily’s Top Ten 2009 Oddest Stories--plus a few “odd” and quite funny 2009 stories from a Chinese blog. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Randy Ricochet

News Link • Obama Administration
White House: President Obama Monitoring Failed Terror Attempt From Hawaii
12/25/09 • Fox News
As President Barack Obama vacations in Hawaii, officials say he's keeping up to date on what's described as a terror attempt on board a Northwest Airlines plane that was about to land in Detroit. A Nigerian man was detained on the flight from Am Read Full Story
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Reported by: Anonymous Watchman

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WARN OF CRASH-INDUCED UNREST
12/25/2009 • godlikeproductions.com
****pay close attention to what the Army War College and Director of National Intelligence have to say as well as what Zbigniew Brzezinski (Obama's Adviser) has to say about what is coming. Links to other predictions and forecasts by many notables a Read Full Story
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