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15. December 2009 | 13:48

UK’s X Factor winner faces Xmas No 1 battle

LONDON, Dec 15 - The latest winner of the hugely popular British TV talent show “X Factor” faces a battle to top the pop charts this Christmas amid a determined Internet campaign to keep him off the number one spot. Around 20 million viewers tuned in to watch teenager Joe McElderry triumph in Sunday’s live final, and his debut single, a cover of American Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb”, was expected … (News Source: The Malaysian Insider - 12:09:31)

Get Behind Me, Santa! Sufjan Stevens for Xmas charts?

DiS would like to bring to your highly-valued attention the alternative alt-xmas single. Does that make it an alternative alternative? Maybe. As you’ve probably heard Sony/Columbia Records’ Rage Against the Machine have been spearheading a campaign to try to beat X Factor’s Joe McElderry single (also via Sony/Columbia) to the top of the Christmas chart. (News Source: Drowned In Sound - 08:52:17)

3 billion have suffered Slade’s ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’

Noddy Holder tortures 42 per cent of world’s population The PRS for Music has chillingly announced that Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody could have been heard by 42 per cent of the world’s population - a cool three billion souls whose lives have been enriched by Noddy Holder and chums’ ubiquitous Yuletide anthem…. The power of collaboration within unified communications (News Source: The Register - 13:57:42)

Nigeria : Between Lepa And Orobo Xmas Hamper

It is natural in human beings to show appreciation when someone renders some help in any form meant to either elevate the person assisted to move to the next level in life or redeem him from a terrible situation that would have perhaps affected the individual negatively. (News Source: AllAfrica.com - 09:22:11)

Scrooged: 12 Xmas-themed Scams

While the risk of being hacked, conned or having sensitive information stolen is possible all through the year, most security experts agree that the holiday… (News Source: PC World - 21:00:57)

BA passengers face Xmas misery

BRITISH Airways passengers face travel misery over Christmas and New Year period after cabin crew voted to strike over job cuts and pay. (News Source: Herald Sun - 00:38:19)

East Africa : Trees Are Not Just for Xmas - a Call to Copenhagen

Arusha - East Africa has some 63 out of the total number of some 100 species of Acacia trees that are to be found in Africa. (News Source: AllAfrica.com - 15:36:21)

Black nativity angers Italy’s ‘White Xmas’ party

ROME: A nativity scene featuring a dark-skinned Jesus, Mary and Joseph that has gone on display in a Verona courthouse has created heated debate in a city with strong links to Italy’s anti-immigration Northern League party. (News Source: China Daily - 01:20:33)

Kmart receives pesky Xmas present

A MELBOURNE shopping centre has received a nasty early Christmas present with the discovery of a cane toad lurking in a pot plant. (News Source: Northern Star - 02:24:47)

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