- Simple blood test may detect Alzheimer's - study "...opens access to anyone. Any clinic can do it. Even home healthcare nurses could do it," Yup; any insurance company can require it, too. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n13207947.htm 5 comments technology
- Israel says Iranian reactor use "totally unacceptable" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lde67k0an.htm 90 comments worldnews
- UN rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade: "Israel maintains that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights does not apply to the occupied West Bank and Gaza, although it says that the treaty does apply to Jewish settlers there, committee member Christine Chanet said [...]" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lde66t18i.htm 5 comments worldnews
- Turkey: Hundreds of Kurdish children jailed on terror charges http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lde6640uy.htm 22 comments worldnews
- Iran places middle finger directly in front of Israel's nose: offers to supply naval escort for cargo ships trying to break Gaza blockade http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lde655077.htm 11 comments politics
- Iran places middle finger directly in front of Israel's nose: offers to supply naval escort for cargo ships trying to break Gaza blockade http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lde655077.htm 196 comments reddit.com
- US Embassy warns against any travel to Bangkok http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/sge64e02r.htm 8 comments worldnews
- Venezuela vice president, defense minister resigns http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n25197091.htm 8 comments worldnews
- The French navy captured 12 suspected pirates off the coasts of Somalia and the Seychelles on Thursday, an army spokesman said on Friday, as part of Europe's anti-piracy mission in the area. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ld13589.htm 5 comments worldnews
- NATO seeks more Russian help in Afghanistan http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l7615125.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Afghan soldier shoots dead two American troops http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/sp459159.htm 13 comments worldnews
- Strong Indonesia quake kills 15, toll may soar http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/sp479072.htm 12 comments worldnews
- Hundreds of children in northern Uganda have been affected by a rare and unexplained "nodding disease" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/irin/5677f08394d166eba09eefe80ba4134f.htm 8 comments worldnews
- Iranian cleric says "rioters" should be executed to teach a lesson to the thousands who have protested http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/lp896551.htm 9 comments worldnews
- Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites "danger to health" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n10470891.htm 5 comments worldnews
- CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak (WTF?) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/24443479.htm 4 comments science
- CDC Says Swine Flu Outbreak in United States Too Late To Contain http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/24443479.htm 4 comments politics
- Swine Flu Outbreak in United States Too Late To Contain http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/24443479.htm 3 comments politics
- Fire destroys building at CCTV Beijing headquarters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/pek193732.htm 2 comments worldnews
- Iran says Israel stops its aid ship to Gaza http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/bla345704.htm 6 comments worldnews
- Kashmir city "has now become a prison, every second day they impose a curfew without announcing it" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/sp396975.htm 3 comments worldnews
- "...dry mushrooms' ability to decrease carbon emissions might offset 10 percent of the entire amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities..." http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n03342529.htm 2 comments science
- 12,000 year-old gravesite of the earliest known shaman found in Israel. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l3146544.htm 2 comments science
- 12,000 year-old gravesite of the earliest known shaman found in Israel. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l3281551.htm 4 comments science
- Serbia failed to protect minorities after Kosovo declared independence, and to prosecute Serbians who targeted them, says Human Rights Watch report. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/hrw/4c533a9840b84ef620c100a74b1e1c80.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Israel would use "disproportionate" force to destroy Lebanese villages from which Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets at its cities in any future war http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l3251393.htm 15 comments worldnews
- Mexico seeks to legalize smalltime pot, cocaine use http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n02297503.htm 173 comments worldnews
- U.S. sees threat from Afghan-Pakistan border area http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n19514112.htm 2 comments worldnews
- Russian Foreign Minister Calls Georgian President "Fucking Lunatic" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/le580545.htm 3 comments worldnews
- Seventy-six civilians, most of them women and children, were killed today by coalition forces http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/isl280781.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Cheney: U.S. will complete its mission in Iraq http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l18823307.htm 3 comments politics
- Reuters: Anti-war protesters chant "war criminal" at Rice http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n12204353.htm 4 comments politics
- More than 130 Muslim scholars called on Thursday for peace and understanding between Islam and Christianity, saying "the very survival of the world itself is perhaps at stake". http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l11627874.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Ron Paul gets turn in spotlight at U.S. Republican debate http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n15471542.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- UN to assume responsibility for dangerous asteroids (we're f*d!) http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n17363374.htm 2 comments science
- Our noble enemies: Taliban fighters use children as human shields to flee http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/isl291396.htm 4 comments reddit.com
- Jeffrey Sachs: Aid for poor guarantees security for rich http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/l17857615.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Genetically altered cottonseed could feed millions http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n20300910.htm 4 comments reddit.com
- U.S. evangelical support for Iraq war slipping http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n25168944.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/n15414885.htm 4 comments reddit.com