VOA Daily Download Monday January 5, 2009

Today's Download: Traditions Charming and Confusing.
A swarm of diplomats descend on the mideast to try and end Israel's war in Gaza, the new cyber war-front between Israelis and Palestinians, praying for a more prosperous 2009 in Tokyo and hoping for an end to the annual "editorial" in Pyongyang, and a massive basalt rock off Taiwan that can only be called "awesome"

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