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By Justin PetersPosted Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at 5:25 AM ET

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Hundreds of rock-wielding Somali citizens marched on Mogadishu yesterday to protest their transitional government's week-old demand that citizens give up their weapons or face house-to-house searches, everyone reports. Although the program was scrapped at the last minute, many Somalis, scorning a government they feel is the puppet of Ethiopian interlopers, were not mollified. "Unless we do this, the Ethiopians will never leave," said one woman.

The NYT goes inside with a piece on how Congress' delay in passing a budget is adversely impacting the pace of scientific research at laboratories that rely on government funding. In some cases, already-established projects are shuttering until funding is secured. "The message to young scientists and industry leaders, alike, will be, 'Look outside the U.S. if you want to succeed,' " said one scientist.

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel warm: Is global warming to blame for the unseasonably warm weather that's sweeping much of the country? According to the uninformed opinions of D.C.-area passersby (recorded by the Post), the answer is a resounding yes. "It makes me think we might not be here too much longer, because of global warming," said one jogger. Others expressed similar opinions. The National Weather Service, sounding slightly aggravated, explains that El Niño is the real culprit. "It's very dangerous to blame climate for weather," said a Penn State weather scientist, who should know. Talk about an inconvenient truth!

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