• Car Makers Plead for More Aid
• Activists Oppose Change in Mountaintop Removal Rule
• People's Inauguration Ball Planned
• Judge Considers Early Release to Relieve California Prison Overcrowding
• Troubled India-Pakistan Relations Threaten Region
• Peace Talks Continue in Congo Amidst Rwanda Threat

Car Makers Plead for More Aid

• Obama Keeps Gates in Cabinet
• 20,000 Troops to Be Deployed Within the US
• India Attack UpdateIndia-Pakistan Tensions Post Attacks
• Iraq Update
• Iraq's Parliament Passes Security Pact with US
• World AIDS Day
• Papua Seeks to Microchip HIV/AIDS CarriersCanadian Government Shake-Up

Obama Keeps Gates in Cabinet

Prison Labor: Made in the U.S.A.

No Place like Home

Obama Announces Economic Team
Food Stamp Use on the Rise
Gaza Families Under Seige Cook with Wood, Gasoline
Pakistan's Juniper Forest in Peril
Indonesia's Gas Drilling Victims

Thai Army Head Calls for Prime Minister Resignation
Indian Army Sinks Thai Fishing Boat, Not Pirate 'Mother-Ship"
Iraqi Parliament Pushes SOFA Vote Back Another Day
Greenland Votes for Greater Autonomy
Brazilian Flood Casualties Continue to Rise
Franken Absentee Recount Request Denied
USDA Looks to Allow GM Corn for Ethanol Production

Paulson Rolls Out New Plan
Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson has rolled out another plan to grapple with the economic
crisis, and deal with the credit crunch head-on. Meanwhile,
President-elect Barack Obama has named a new White House budget
director. FSRN's Karen Miller has more.

The Commons and Capitalism
While the Obama economic team continues to grapple with the financial
meltdown, some are calling for a challenge and an upgrade to the
system. Cinnamon Nippard takes a look at one alternative, which seeks
to change the focus from short-term gain, towards building in
protections for natural, social and cultural resources for future
generations.

Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Citigroup Gets More Backing from the Federal Bailout
After
late night negotiations, the federal government announced it will
inject an additional $20 billion investment in Citigroup, amid
plummeting shares in the banking giant – that's on top of $25 billion
already directed to the company from part of the $700 billion bailout.
Additionally, the FDIC and the Treasury will bsorb more than $300
billion of Citigroup's toxic mortgages and securities.  FSRN's Karen
Miller has more.

A Critical Look at Obama's Economic Team

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Colombia's Indigenous March to Congress
More than
10,000 indigenous people are marching into Colombia's capitol today,
demanding land reform. Demonstrators have walked hundreds of miles
through Colombia's countryside to make their voices and their demands
known to President Alvaro Uribe.  Manuel Rueda reports from Bogota.

Iraq Moratorium #15