"The Read International" News Thread for 11/13/08: Sarkozy Slams Bush For Not Handing Russia-Georgia Conflict

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From the BBC:
1. Sarkozy scorns Bush over Georgia
2. In the third UN food story of the week, today features an inability to send more food to Gaza.
3. And pictures of planets outside of our solar system are taken.

From the CBC:
1. The followup to that brutal acid attack in Kandahar part of Afghanistan on Monday.
2. Pollution has caused brown clouds over parts of Asia, and has cause some concern from the United Nations.
3. And Canada is about to set a record on health care spending.

From Al Jazeera:
1. While talk in America escalates about this country being in a recession, that seems to be the case in Deutschland.

Germany, estimated to be the world's largest exporter, has officially fallen into recession, while markets across Europe have fallen on opening.

In a sign of the deepening global economic crisis, figures released on Thursday showed Germany's economy contracted 0.5 per cent in the third quarter.

And they will not be the only ones to be in that unwanted boat.

2. An Iran diplomat has been kidnapped in Pakistan.
3. And China's factory output has slipped to its lowest points in seven years.

That's "The Read International" for today, part of The Whole Delivery.