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  1. CONTENT MAP
  2. December 2008
  3. December 23

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Monitor articles for December 23, 2008

  • Military coup follows death of Guinea's president
  • Recession, drug war foils Mexican migrants' holiday pilgrimage
  • Domestic politics fuels Gaza conflict
  • Garden reference books and miniature orchids
  • For kids: A perfect fit for a shoemaker
  • The Man Who Invented Christmas
  • The best Christmas ever? Often it was pared down.
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Obama's fusion cabinet
  • 'The Prince of Peace'
  • The worldwide jam session
  • Intelligent electric meter
  • In China, overambition reins in eco-city plans
  • Tokyo tests power-generating floor
  • EPA: 1 in 3 Americans breathing sooty air
  • Court reinstates EPA clean-air rule
  • Meet Lula Mae Walker, who’s been a foster parent to 300 kids
  • Can America spend its way to economic recovery?
  • USA
  • Azerbaijan threatens to muzzle independent radio
  • Reporters on the Job
  • Etc.
  • World
  • Grievances rise among young Europeans
  • Living through 'It's a Wonderful Life'
  • Corruption's cost, beyond Blagojevich
  • A Girl Named Zippy
  • Books as great last-minute gift ideas
  • iPhone looks more and more like a Kindle competitor
  • Holiday shenanigans at ICS
  • Dreaming of the proverbial white Christmas
  • Bush pushes Persian Gulf nuclear agreement
  • A surge of Special Forces for Afghanistan likely
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