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Nonlocal news roundup 12/11 - Our solar system is dented

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Published: December 11, 2007

U.S.

Director Michael Hayden will soon testify on the CIA's destruction of about 100 interrogation tapes. The city council in Pasadena, CA looks to ban protests. An ex-CIA agent reports thatuse of waterboarding on terrorist suspects comes from "top officials."

Outside the bubble:

With the Wall Street Journal under his belt, Rupert Murdoch sets his sights on your soul. On Sunday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said British combat operations in Basra, Iraq will end “within two weeks”. This guy was stuck in a toilet for four days. Al-Qaeda is believed to be responsible for a bomb that exploded outside a U.N. office on Tuesday in Algeria, killing 22 people. Former deputy Defense secretary, former president of the World Bank, former Iraq war architect Paul Wolfowitz is considered to become chairman of the International Security Advisory Board.

The government of Myanmar (aka Burma) defends its violent crackdown. The U.N.'s rights envoy to Sudan might be cut loose. A prisoner in Israel is awarded compensation for bunking with cockroaches. Our solar system is all banged up. Meanwhile, close your eyes for a second. Do you hear that sound? It's evolution, man. And why do people talk about Britney Spears? Neuroscience holds the answer.

UPDATE:

A: This form of cardiac arrest was recently experienced by famed Jeopardy host Alex Trebek.

Q: What is a 'heart attack,' Alex? Alex??

Published: December 11, 2007

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