Saturday, November 10, 2012

News Headlines (63) 9 November 2012






Raw: Baboon Adopts Stray Kitten






Tearful Obama Credits Staff for History-Books Campaign - By Devin Dwyer. Obama breaks down while speaking to staff, volunteers | ABC OTUS News


Raw: Obama Tears Up While Speaking to Staff



Raw: First Family Leaves Chicago
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► Obama speaks with several world leaders after winning second term - By The Associated Press | Associated Press  :: WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with more than a dozen world leaders following his re-election and expressed his desire to continue to have close co-operation with them.  Obama spoke Thursday with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and several other world leaders. The calls came in the aftermath of Obama's winning of a second term against Republican Mitt Romney.  The White House says the president thanked them for their friendship and partnership and interest in maintaining close co-operation between the U.S. and their country.  Obama also spoke with the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, France, India, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The president also spoke with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

ELECTION WATCH: Obama: 'I have listened to you' - Associated Press – Wed, Nov 7, 2012 

Election results 2012: Who won it for Obama? Exit polls find that a key to Obama's victory was winning 93 percent of African-Americans, 71 percent of Hispanics, and 73 percent of Asians. Mitt Romney took most of the white vote, which is 72 percent of the electorate. But it wasn't enough. -By Peter Grier | Christian Science Monitor – Wed, Nov 7, 2012 

Obama win shows demographic shifts working against Republicans - By Susan Heavey | Reuters 

Latin Americans love Obama – so why the 'collective shrug' on reelection? Obama is considered more popular in Latin America than his predecessor. But the region's self-confidence makes it feel far less buffeted by a particular president's outlook. - By Sara Miller Llana | Christian Science Monitor – Wed, Nov 7, 2012

Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term - By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press
Kenyan mother names twins Barack Obama and Mitt Romney - By Ron Recinto | The Sideshow 
Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote -By DESSIANING ARIYANTI | Associated Press
Iran temporarily bans import of some luxury goods: report - Reuters 
Iranian warplanes fired on U.S. drone over Gulf: Pentagon - By Phil Stewart and David Alexander | Reuters
Russia hopes for US flexibility on missile shield - By MAX SEDDON | Associated Press
What should Mitt Romney do next? By The Week's Editorial Staff | The Week
Turkish generals angered by Kurd militant testimony - By Daren Butler | Reuters 




A Hobbit House Made Completely From Balloons - By Sarah Bernard | Trending Now


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Danger Danger: Most Dangerous Places on Earth 
2-Ton 'Alien' Horned Dinosaur Discovered - By Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer - LiveScience.com : || in LIVESCIENCE 
Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Princess Discovered in Unusual Spot - By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor - LiveScience.com   || in LIVESCIENCE 
Women Face Their Fears By Skydiving in Their Underwear - By Eliza Murphy | ABC News Blogs 
Wiggins in hospital after collision with van - Reuters – Wed, Nov 7, 2012 
The Dangerous Lives of Combat Photographers in Michael Mann's "Witness" - By Christiane Amanpour, Mary-Rose Abraham, David Miller & Mark Monroy | Around the World – Wed, Nov 7, 2012 





9 November 2012 - Obama to make historic Burma trip
Fresh from his election victory, Barack Obama will this month become the first US president to visit Burma, as part of a three-leg tour.
* US set to ease Burma import ban
* Burma: Next Asian tiger?
    * Q&A: Unrest in Rakhine state
* Why Obama is making time for Asia
9 November 2012 - Viewpoint: China and the world 

9 November 2012 - Thousands join Argentina protest
Thousands march through the streets of Argentina's capital, in one of the largest protests against the policies of President Fernandez.
* Buenos Aires protest Watch 
* Profile: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner 
* Testing times for Fernandez 
* Argentina profile 
'World's first toilet theme park' opens in South Korea
8 November 2012 - Banana war ends after 20 years  || in LATIMES - The evolution of the banana, star of the Western fruit bowl -July 12, 2012 By Rosie Mestel 
( Banana war ... nanana, come on ... please do not make a fuss. I always eat 6 bananas every day, morning noon evening. They are my source of carbohydrates. Dahling, if banana prices skyrocketing, mmm .... let us grow bananas in our gardens.)

















The Banana Trade War - by Anup Shah | This Page Last Updated Sunday, January 03, 2010
July 1, 2012 - Please, No More Bananas. The story of Sam Zemurray's rise from peddler to power broker has been told many times, but for want of reliable sources, factual details vary.
Assault and battery. Mark Cocker on Peter Chapman's Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution, and Hattie Ellis's Planet Chicken: The Shameful Story of the Bird on Your Plate, two books that explore the complex moral journey that our food makes -  Mark Cocker |  The Guardian, Saturday 7 July 2007

9 November 2012  -  In pictures: Desperate battle to save India's children 
9 November 2012 - Ferran Adria: Bullipedia takes chef from bites to bytes - By Ferran Adria World-renowned chef and founder of El Bulli Foundation 







France relaxes stance on immigration






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