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A seven-month-old girl survived for three days alone with a bullet in her chest after being shot by her parents as part of a suicide pact over their fears about global warming…

Her parents said they feared the effects of global warming in a suicide note discovered by police.

Update: UK Daily Mail provided the following additional details.

Their son Francisco, two, died instantly after being hit in the back.

But their unnamed daughter cheated death after the bullet from her dad’s handgun missed her vital organs.

Paramedics rushed her to hospital covered in blood when police alerted by worried neighbours discovered the massacre three days later.

The youngster is recovering in hospital in the town of Goya in the northern Argentine province of Corrientes, where doctors say she is out of danger.

Guardian newspaper reports on Obama’s first medical examination since becoming president.  Whilst pointing to general good health, it recommends that he stop smoking and “moderation of alcohol intake”.  If the stress of work is leading to alcohol dependency then there is only one piece of advice for Obama – you ain’t seen nothing yet.

This is what Lyndon Johnson’s Day-timer looked like in January 1968.

January 17 – Lyndon B. Johnson calls for the non-conversion of the U.S. dollar.
January 21 – Vietnam War – Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8.
January 21 – A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs.
January 23 – North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying.
January 30 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins, as Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam.

That is enough to make any man drink.

Obama’s first year consisted of others taking measure of the man.  Now things will get interesting.