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		Japan to monitor greenhouse gases from space TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency will launch a satellite later this month to monitor greenhouse gases around the world, officials said Wednesday, hoping the data it collects helps global efforts to combat climate change.

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World Headlines Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon At least three rockets are fired from Lebanon into northern Israel raising fears that the current conflict in Gaza could spill over. Brussels to broker gas row talks Top Russian and Ukrainian gas executives are due in Brussels as the EU seeks to end a row hitting Europe's gas supplies. Hard drive destruction 'crucial' The only way to protect old computer hard drives from fraud is to destroy them, preferably with a hammer, a study finds.

Balancing the stimulus and deficit The federal budget deficit for 2009 is projected to be three times the size it was in 2008. But one thing that amount doesn't account for is President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan. As Bob Moon reports, the deficit may limit what Obama can do to help the ailing economy. More job losses in the private sector A labor report released today shows that job losses continued to mount in December. That's when the private sector lost 693,000 jobs, a higher amount than expected. Jeremy Hobson reports. 'Performance' chief on familiar ground President-elect Barack Obama named a former Treasury official as chief performance officer, a newly created position aimed at reducing government waste. But as Nancy Marshall Genzer reports, the new position sounds awfully familiar.