BBC News - Huge demand for ECB's three-year loans, Dec 21, 2011

"Eurozone banks have rushed to take out cheap three-year loans offered by the European Central Bank, borrowing 489bn euros ($643bn; £375bn).
The central bank had originally hoped to lend up to 450bn euros to stop another credit crunch crippling the banking system.
Over 500 banks raced to borrow from the scheme, which was far beyond market expectations."

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BBC News - Kim Jong-il death: Did US intelligence fail? Dec 21, 2011

"Modern intelligence gathering, with its satellites and drones operating at the very cutting edge of technology, can often give decision-makers an extraordinary window on the world.
Think of the amazing images earlier this year of US President Barack Obama and his national security team in the White House, watching live video of the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan as it unfolded."

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BBC News - Iraqi PM asks Kurds to hand over Vice-President Hashemi, Dec 21, 2011

"Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to hand over fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi.
An arrest warrant was issued for Iraq's most senior Sunni Arab politician on Monday on terrorism charges.
Mr Hashemi denies the charges and his entire political bloc is boycotting parliament and the cabinet.
Tensions between Sunnis and the Shia Arab majority appear to be coming to a head, a BBC correspondent says."

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GAMASUTRA News - Gamasutra's Best Of 2011: Top 5 Console Downloadable Games, Dec 21, 2011

"[Gamasutra contributor Ryan Langley looks at a year that brought us standout downloadable titles and a flood of content alike, highlighting his favorite games for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and WiiWare.]
2011 was a weird year for the digital space for consoles, almost to the point of a backlash. With developers having issues with creators of the Xbox 360, and developers finding more incentive to leave for iPhone and PC marketplaces, it's been a difficult time to keep the enthusiasm high for the budding console digital indie developer."

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VANCOUVER SUN - Group again calls for ‘death reviews’ for domestic homicides after Claresholm shooting, Dec 21, 2011

"CALGARY — In the wake of a grisly high profile murder-suicide last week that saw three young people shot to death and another badly wounded, the Alberta government is coming under renewed pressure to set up a “death review” committee examining each domestic homicide in the province.
The formal review process was floated in Alberta last year, but advocates are now growing increasingly frustrated the idea has not appeared to gain traction."

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READ THE HOOK - Buckalew family killed in plane crash, Dec 21, 2011

"wo St. Anne's-Belfield School students have died along with their parents in the crash of a private plane along a busy highway in New Jersey. Jackson, a fifth-grade boy, and Meriwether, a first-grade girl, perished along with their mother, Corinne, and their father, Jeffrey F. Buckalew, who led an arm of a leading mergers and acquisitions firm.
The Buckalews divided their time between Manhattan and Eagle Hill, a sprawling estate in Free Union."

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USA TODAY - Five dead in plane crash on N.J. highway, Dec 21, 2011

The plane took off at 9:50 a.m. from Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., and was on its way to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters,who said three adults, two children and a dog were killed in the crash on Route 287.
"The plane took off at 9:50 a.m. from Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., and was on its way to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters, who said three adults, two children and a dog were killed in the crash on Route 287." ALEXANDER LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

LA TIMES - Warren Hellman obituary: San Francisco financier, bluegrass fan, Dec 21, 2011

"Reporting from San Francisco -- Warren Hellman, a San Francisco financier, philanthropist and bluegrass enthusiast who lavished his city with a free concert that grew into one of the nation's largest music festivals, died Sunday of complications from leukemia, his family said. He was 77.Hellman, co-founder of the San Francisco private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, built his wealth through fierce professional drive, while nurturing his penchant for ultra-distance marathons, endurance horseback riding and ski racing."

 

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THE STAR, World News: Former Miss Venezuela dies of breast cancer, Dec 21, 2011

"CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, whose struggle with breast cancer was closely followed by Venezuelans, has died at age 28.
Her family said Ekvall died Saturday at a hospital in Houston.
Ekvall was crowned Miss Venezuela at age 17 in 2000, and the following year she was third runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico. She went on to work as a model, actress and television news anchor.
She also wrote a book, “Fuera de Foco” (“Out of Focus”), about her struggle with cancer, which included images by Venezuelan photographer Roberto Mata."

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Top 10 Best Cricketers In The World, Dec 21, 2011

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Top 10 World Best Pop Songs -Last 20 years as voted by me Final, Dec 21, 2011

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Top 5 best goal keepers in the world, Dec 21, 2011

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Slim Dunkin Was Murdered After a Fight Over Stolen Candy in Atlanta, Dec 21, 2011

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