More Old News

This is a perfect story for today:

ISRAELIS RECEIVE ORGANS FROM PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT BY TROOPS
The father of a Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers has donated his son's organs to Israelis waiting for transplants.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/08/palestinian-organs051109.html

On Remembrance Day we remember the horror of war, and those who fought. The real goal is *peace*.

Ah-ha... for once, my weird dietary habits are good! (Cola makes me sick.):

COLA LINKED TO HIGHER BLOOD PRESSURE RISK IN WOMEN, COFFEE NOT
Women who don't have high blood pressure may not need to worry that drinking coffee will increase their risk of developing hypertension, but the picture is less clear for drinking cola.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/11/08/caffeine-bp051108.html

This is sad:

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN FRANCE
French President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency throughout his country Tuesday, shortly after France's cabinet invoked a 1955 law that will let local governments impose curfews in an effort to stop nightly riots.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/08/france-curfews051108.html

The dangers of lousy sex-ed:

TALK ABOUT EMOTIONAL SIDE OF SEX, TEENS TELL PARENTS, TEACHERS
Parents and teachers need to talk about the medical risks and emotional consequences of sex, say teenagers who define it differently than previous generations.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/11/10/teen-sex051110.html

A cautious "yay":

U.S. HOUSE DROPS ALASKA OIL DRILLING PLAN
Environmentalists have won a temporary victory after Republican moderates forced leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to abandon a controversial plan to open up an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/10/arctic_congress051110.html

A good idea:

GOVERNMENT TRAINING PRISONERS TO TATTOO EACH OTHER
Inmates at six Canadian prisons are practising the art of tattooing on each other as a result of a new $700,000 government training program.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/10/tattoo051110.html