Which of these three news items is the most important, and what has been missed here? What are the really important news items of this year 2010? I mean not just for you here in Japan but for everyone in the world?
- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"People are starting to see it like drunk driving, and that's the comparison we need to continue to make."
- STEVE FARLEY, an Arizona state representative from Tucson who in 2007
first proposed banning texting while driving.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/technology/02distracted.html?th&emc=th

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- WORLD --
Photographs: Between War and Peace
A fragile calm has settled in Darfur, Sudan's western region that has become synonymous with conflict.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/01/world/20100101DARFUR_index.html?th&emc=th

- OPINION -
The Thread: The Homeland Secretary's Job Security
Is 'the system worked' this White House's 'heckuva job, Brownie'?
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/the-homeland-secretarys-job-security/?th&emc=th