Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response: An unprecedented asteroid scare in January 2004 has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts.
BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact: The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch: Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.
CNN - Scientists Want to be Ready to Block Asteroid from Hitting Earth: Scientists gather to discuss ways of aggressively defending the planet from an asteroid, including detonating nukes in space.
Impact: Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
Impact Parameters: Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
Meteor Defense: An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.
The SpaceGuard UK Portal: National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan: A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it.