Time's Top 10 News Stories of 2008


	Time's Top 10 News Stories of 2008
Silkweaver
12-10-2008 6:02 PM
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Silkweaver says:
If you did not find the time to read news lately, this is a fair chance to catch up...
(Though I believe the real news happen in entirely different places)
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When We Realized the Sky Was Falling</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/AEE44B9D-3989-4417-B038-864EC351279B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855944,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855944,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855944,00.html"><H1>2. Yes, He Could!</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855944,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/3ED0DFE3-A848-4F90-A251-C6994A6C7295" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855943,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855943,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855943,00.html"><H1>3. Mumbai Held Hostage</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1855943,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/46261BAF-30CA-4A99-BD4C-68F640489070" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861802,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861802,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861802,00.html"><H1>4. Devastation in Islamabad</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861802,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/E0794A90-501D-4878-9018-C564999D0AFB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861805,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861805,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861805,00.html"><H1>5. Pirates Rule the Waves</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861805,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/176401D5-A254-4D73-BF4E-0260BF8E3C32" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861806,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861806,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861806,00.html"><H1>6. War in the Caucasus</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861806,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/3ACFE9F8-8BA9-43FC-8CA5-8B04E453D55E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861807,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861807,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861807,00.html"><H1>7. Chinese Spreads the Melamine</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861807,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/71ED4D4F-8BF4-4CF3-A20F-E2D528A24E4C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861808,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861808,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861808,00.html"><H1>8. Twilight of Cuba's Patriarch</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861808,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/0B9705F9-0B6B-4FE3-87F3-72EF14C86B40" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861809,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861809,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861809,00.html"><H1>9. An Audacious Rescue in Colombia</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861809,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/CE0AB858-1F3D-49CC-B1A3-3C539B288E70" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861818,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861818,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861818,00.html"><H1>10. Mother Nature's Double Whammy</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1855945_1861818,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/B2AEE071-2A88-4304-A504-FE1B2C3A176E" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A19F1BC5-8294-4265-AE75-FFD1D972A525/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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