NATO to discuss bolstering Afghan operation, Georgia   U.S. copter unit in Okinawa gears up for Afghan rescue missions+   Gates asks allies to send troops to Afghanistan   Nobel awarded for fluorescent jellyfish protein   6 central banks, including Fed, ECB, cut interest rates+   China to cut key interest rate by 0.27 percentage point+   Fed orders emergency rate cut to 1.5 percent      2ND LD: Malaysia's Abdullah says he will step down in March+   Fed leads global coordinated rate cut, eases by 1/2 point   Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 9 in Baqouba   AP NewsAlert   Extreme Networks Schedules Financial Results Conference Call   Thetus to Present at Burton Group Catalyst Conference   CEVA, Inc. Schedules Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call   Harris Corporation Names Leadership Team to Head New and Existing Business Units within RF Communications Division   BIO-key(R) Biometric Identification Solution Deployed by McKesson   IOC to retest all doping samples from Beijing   Disasters kill more in 2008 than in tsunami: UN   European markets tumble after Asian slide