http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/7161557.stm

“Members of rival Christian orders have traded blows at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, with four people reported wounded in the fray.

Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests were sweeping up at the church following the Christmas rites of the Western churches earlier in the week.

Reports say some Orthodox faithful encroached on the Armenian section, prompting pitched battles with brooms.

Intense rivalries at the jointly-run church can set off vicious feuds.”

Oh how lovely, the real spirit of Christmas

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.sharif/index.html?=rss

Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died after a suicide bombing that killed at least 14 of her supporters, ex-government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan and Pakistan’s primary television networks said.

http://www.techipedia.com/2007/internet-marketing-best-blog-posts/

250+ links on SEO, link building, social media, blogging, copywriting, and much, much more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataline_Sarkisyan

A 17 year old girl, murdered by CIGNA who denied her life saving treatment despite her being fully insured.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2007/12/07/boy_wins_10000_for_toy_roller_coaster/

http://performancing.com/digg/new-economy-digg-blackmail

Interesting story about digg blackmail.

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/human-branding-tattoo

“Now that tattoos can be removed through laser surgery, people wanting to permanently modify their bodies are turning to branding. Using an ultra-hot iron, people are literally sizzling their skin to create burns so deep, the scars will remain for life.”

In this video a chap gets branded with a cocktail glass design.

Perhaps his next one should be “I’m a wanna-be player” or “alcoholic in training” across his forehead?

http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/97AA696BD2A49770CC2573B70079A28C

From the page: “The hacker who posted an exploit last week that threatened a large swath of Hewlett-Packard’s laptop lineup followed up with new attack code that can “brick” nearly every HP laptop.

In a post to the milw0rm.com Web site, a Polish security researcher who used the alias “porkythepig” spelled out a pair of vulnerabilities in an ActiveX control used by HP’s Software Update, the patch management program bundled with virtually every HP- and Compaq-branded laptop.

According porkythepig’s post, the Software Update bugs let an attacker corrupt Windows’ kernel files, making the laptop unbootable, or with a little more effort, allow hacks that would result in a PC hijack or malware infection. In either case, a drive-by attack could be conducted by feeding users an e-mail message with a link to a malicious Web site”

http://store.artlebedev.com/_i/catalog/tlodpyhv.jpg

I wonder if there’s a Linux one. I’m much happier with a ls -lA than a dir

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/iu-mme121907.php

People only use 10 percent of their brains – Nope, we use it all.
Hair and fingernails continue to grow after we die – nope, the body “shrinks” as it dries out.
Eating turkey makes you sleepy – no more so than other meat
People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day – Nope you need 64 ounces of water, but that figure includes tea, coffee and food.