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Wednesday, December 29, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Tsunami's Toll Surpasses 58,000 Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia in the aftermath of an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region. (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) On a Boulevard Of Destruction, The Smell of Sea And Swift Death (The Washington Post) Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists, Experts Say (The Washington Post) POLITICS Aid Grows Amid Remarks About Bush's Absence The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment Tuesday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. (By John F. Harris and Robin Wright, The Washington Post) House Ethics Panel Chief May Be Replaced (The Washington Post) Recount in Ohio Narrows Bush's Victory Margin (The Washington Post) FBI Names 6th Counterterrorism Chief Since 9/11 (The Washington Post) Report Criticizes Use Of Port Security Grants (The Washington Post) More Politics Add topics to this e-mail Make this e-mail your own by selecting the topics and columnists that interest you! Personalize this e-mail now. NATION Nuclear Capabilities May Elude Terrorists Experts point to enormous technical and logistical obstacles confronting would-be nuclear terrorists. Senior officials on President Bush's national security team believe al Qaeda has shifted its attention to other efforts, at least for now. (By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post) Dow Chemical Is Told to Curtail Pesticide Sales (The Washington Post) New Drug Is Approved To Treat Chronic Pain Synthetic Snail Venom Is Considered a Last Resort (The Washington Post) FBI Names 6th Counterterrorism Chief Since 9/11 (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Tsunami's Toll Surpasses 58,000 Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia in the aftermath of an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region. (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) Ukrainian Victor Backs New Protest (The Washington Post) 26 Die in String of Attacks on Iraqi Forces Insurgents Focus On Tikrit Area (The Washington Post) Calm Is Broken in Hussein's Home Town Working Closely With Tikrit Residents, U.S. Forces Kept the Peace for Months (The Washington Post) More World METRO Differing Bills Face Ehrlich's Veto Md.'s special legislative session got off to a discordant start Tuesday, as the Senate and House of Delegates considered dueling bills on medical malpractice -- both of which the governor opposes. (By John Wagner and Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) Effusion Of Prayers, Aid After Tsunami $10,000 Donations Are Among Area Generosity (The Washington Post) Competing for Elbowroom Area Officials Struggling to Find Enough Space for Growing Number of Activities, Athletes (The Washington Post) Woman, 55, Gives Birth to Grandchildren Surrogate Pregnancy In Va. Produces Triplets (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS US Airways Appeals To Workers for Help Trying to avert another round of flight disruptions, airline is asking for volunteers from its nonunion workforce to work for free at its Philadelphia operations over New Year's weekend. (By Caroline E. Mayer and Amy Joyce, The Washington Post) U.S. Seeks Assets of Ex-Riggs Executive Government Alleges Improper Transfers (The Washington Post) Auditor Found Recent Lapses At Fannie Mae 'Post-Closing Entries' Made After 3rd Quarter (The Washington Post) Canada Looks for Spot in the Big Picture (The Washington Post) U.S. Overestimated Small-Business Dollars Some Contract Awards Didn't Qualify (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Inaugural Plans Include Wireless Capacity Preparing wireless networks for an event like next month's presidential inauguration has become as critical as erecting the barricades and ordering the party platters. (By Yuki Noguchi, The Washington Post) Pentagon to Delay Lockheed Payments Fees Tied to Joint Strike Fighter Goals (The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Rebuilding Georgia Dennis Felton's Bulldogs, in the first of four years of NCAA probation for recruiting violations, have only seven scholarship players. (By Mark Schlabach, The Washington Post) Portis Is Stopped Short Of Goals Injured Redskin Looks Forward to Next Year (The Washington Post) BCS Has More Money Than Sense (The Washington Post) In Motown, Pistons Seem To Be Missing Their Mo-Jo Defending NBA Champions Can't Get It in Gear (The Washington Post) U.S. Soccer Postpones Start of Training Camp (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Thinking Woman Susan Sontag who died Tuesday at the age of 71 was an irresistible force among intellectuals. (By Henry Allen, The Washington Post) The Deadly Reason Behind Their Rhyme Youth Group's CD Raps Violence (The Washington Post) 'Get Lifted': A Legend In the Making (The Washington Post) Instant Community: No Assembly Required (The Washington Post) A Sweet Reprise Kevin Spacey's Ode to Bobby Darin (The Washington Post) More Style EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS A Response to Enormity THE DEATH COUNT has mounted with a horrifying momentum. The first reports of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated shorelines around... Terminally Stuck WITH A RETURN bout still to come, it's been hapless holidays for throngs of stranded, sleep-deprived airline passengers -- stopped cold in their tracks... Dithering on DNA WHEN MARK R. WARNER became Virginia's governor three years ago, we greeted him with the friendly suggestion that he order new DNA testing in the case... More Editorials, Opinions and Letters TODAY'S ... 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