News Headlines (85) 5 December 2012

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► 20 самых ожидаемых игр 2012 года по версии Zarium Games. Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
► Zarium Game News. Выпуск 2 (06.02.2012). Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012
► Видео на Games.Zarium.ru: Темная сторона игр. Первый выпуск. Published on Mar 2, 2012 
► Zarium Game News. Выпуск 5 (19.03.2012). Published on Mar 19, 2012
► Видео на Games.Zarium.ru: Темная сторона игр. Второй выпуск. Published on Mar 28, 2012
► Zarium Game News. Выпуск 6 (02.04.2012). Published on Apr 2, 2012
► Видеопревью Metro: Last Light от Games.Zarium.ru.  Published on Apr 18, 2012
► TOP-10 лучших игр про Вторую мировую войну от Games.Zarium.ru. Published on May 8, 2012
► 20 самых ожидаемых игр 2012 года по версии Zarium Games. Часть 2.Published on Aug 3, 2012
► Лайв-стрим Dishonored от Zarium Games. Published on Oct 19, 2012


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Dolphin bite at SeaWorld. Published on Dec 1, 2012 by jlthomasjr :: On November 21, 2012 our daughter was bitten by a dolphin at SeaWorld Orlando. We wanted to share this video so others can make an informed decision about whether or not the risks to yourself or your child are worth the experience.



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Is The 5-Second Rule True? Published on Nov 30, 2012 by Vsauce



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Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun! Published on Apr 23, 2012 by FPSRussia



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The new GameKlip™, now available for all Android phones! Published on Dec 3, 2012 by ryanlfrench - The GameKlip™ attaches your phone to a real full sized controller for a full mobile gaming experience. The new GameKlip™ is available worldwide at http://thegameklip.com



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♪ Screw the Nether (Moves Like Jagger Parody). Published on Aug 13, 2012 by BlueXephos





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Ford Is Reinventing an Old Classic.  Published on Dec 3, 2012 - After years of dismal sales, Ford's Lincoln luxury brand is reintroducing itself with a new name and a new midsize sedan.



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ABC News Samples DNA-Altered Salmon; No Difference in Taste.  Published on Dec 4, 2012 by ABCNews -  Jim Avila visits AquaBounty and notes no difference in taste.



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Fiscal Cliff: What Republicans, Democrats Agree on So Far.  Published on Dec 4, 2012 by ABCNews - Jake Tapper on Washington budget negotiations.




► Kate Middleton Pregnant: Princess Diana Remembered as Duchess of Cambridge Announces Pregnancy.  Published on Dec 4, 2012 by ABCNews - How will the Duchess of Cambridge fare as the mother of Prince William's child? (VIDEO) 

► Myanmar's Moment: A Former Dictatorship Readies for President Obama.  Published on Nov 27, 2012 by TheNewYorkTimes -After 20 months of radical economic and political changes in Myanmar, President Obama visits the country. But the reform process there is far from complete. (VIDEO)

► The Plane of the Future: Flying on the New Boeing 787 Dreamliner.  Published on Dec 3, 2012 by TheNewYorkTimes - Stephanie Rosenbloom, the Getaway columnist for The New York Times, talks about the experience. (VIDEO)

► 100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace - By By HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWY 

► Russia May Finally Be Willing to Push Assad Out of Syria - By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire

Hmmm .... I think it's not that easy. Look at how the international geopolitical constellation of Syria: it is between Russia, China and Iran who are often involved in international political rivalry with the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. China considers Syria is important because Syria is one of China's top oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and Iran. Syria also serves as an entry point for Chinese commodity export markets to the Middle East countries. China also wants to maintain good relations with Iran (as the main supplier of China's oil), that its political stance is very supportive to Bashar al-Assad regime. While Russia is the main heir to Soviet Union's heyday  which has a long history of political conflict with Western countries.

Diplomatic relations between Syria and Russia strengthened also by Russian naval base in the port of Tartus which has existed since Soviet times and it is still used to this day. Russia is also known as military weapons exporting countries, with Syria is one of the importers of Russia weapons in large quantities. Of course, Russia does not want to lose by the cancellation of the contract for the weapons sale to Syria, especially in the midst of Europe's economic crisis. Then, as the country's oil demand is also mostly imported from Iran, Russia are concerned about maintaining diplomatic relations with Iran, because Iran is Syria's main ally.

Russia also has a high desire to be 'World Police' to expand its political influence to other countries so that the balance of power at the international level can be maintained. This is why Russia and China are often involved international political competition with other Western countries, especially with their status as member countries of the UNSC  with veto power.

The alliance between the three major powers are very influential in the international world, especially Russia, China and Iran, which reject all forms of foreign military intervention against Syria has been going very effective to prevent Syria will experience similar events such as Libya. Bashar al-Assad still survives as President of Syria. So the only way to stop the conflict is a truce between the government and Syrian opposition factions, then this should be followed by a process of political settlement in an honest, fair, and acceptable by all parties.
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► Britain warns Syria of "serious consequences" if chemical weapons used - Reuters 
► NATO warns Syria not to use chemical weapons - By Dominic Evans and Adrian Croft
► Palestinians warn Israel must be held accountable over settlements - Reuters
► US slams Israel on new settlement plan - By By MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press – Mon, Dec 3, 2012 
► Obama is right to oppose new sanctions on Iran - By D.B. Grady | The Week
► Obama: No Deal Without Higher Tax Rates On Rich - By Mary Bruce | ABC OTUS News
► Toddler's Hilarious Reaction to the Fiscal Cliff - By Katie Kindelan
► Is Your Marriage in Trouble? By Katie Couric
► Dog theft case ripples through New Mexico town - By By JERI CLAUSING | Associated Press

► Odd architecture just for dogs - Cool home furnishings for man’s best friend. Thirteen teams of architects and designers designed unique accoutrements for a variety of canine breeds as part of a new venture, Architecture for Dogs. The designs are part of an exhibit in the Miami Design District . The designs are also available for free download. The designers only ask that if you do build one of the structures, you share a picture of it.

► Why a Falling Birth Rate Is a Big Problem - By Rick Newman | U.S.News & World Report LP  



► Daily Shot: Secrets for a Lifelong Honeymoon! - By Daily Shot  

► 5 December 2012 - Anti-Morsi protests to carry on 

Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi say they will remain outside his office to protest against a draft constitution and his new powers.
* Police 'close to losing control'  - VIDEO 
* Egypt divisions likely to deepen
* Old and draft charters compared 
* Who holds the power?

► 5 December 2012 -  Why al-Qaeda finds no recruits in India | By Andrew North BBC News, Mumbai and Delhi
► 5 December 2012 - DR Congo's rebel kaleidoscope | By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent
► 5 December 2012 - Razed temple highlights Pakistan Hindu woes By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad 
► 5 December 2012 - How can India stop people urinating in public? By Rahul Tandon Calcutta

(ehehehhee .... Indian men also love brushing their teeth in public. They also like to eat while standing. Mmm ... The Airport in Bangalore smelled of urine ... ehehehe ... and they shake their heads to say "yes".)

► 5 December 2012 - Sleep: Your stories of weird sleep behaviour

► 5 December 2012 - French sperm count 'falls by a third' | By Anna-Marie Lever Health reporter, BBC News

► Sperm counts drop in France. Published on Dec 5, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Al Jazeera's David Foster speaks to Dr Allen Pacey, reproductive expert at the University of Sheffield, about a new study that has found the sperm count of an average French man has dropped by one-third.

(You should stop your habit to drink too much wine. We will be hard to have a baby. I'm afraid, your sperm die of alcohol heat. Meanwhile, I need sperm to get pregnant, ...damn it! Je suis désolé. Pardonne-moi pour toujours.)

 
► 4 December 2012 - Who, What, Why: Will the Pope's tweets be infallible? | By David Willey BBC News, Rome
► 4 December 2012 - Nurses in drive for 'compassionate care'
► 5 December 2012 - Agreement is reached to end a strike at the port of Los Angeles which has been disrupting the busiest shipping complex in the US, the mayor says 'Deal reached' to end LA strike.

► 5 December 2012  - New contender for oldest dinosaur 

Palaeontologists identify what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur specimen, patching a 10-15-million-year hole in dinosaurs' evolutionary history.
* Oldest dinosaur nest site found
* Earliest dino embryos identified

► 4 December 2012 - Eating using all your senses | By Anna-Louise Taylor BBC Food 


► 4 December 2012 - Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020|  By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, San Francisco
Nasa says it will launch a new rover to Mars in 2020, to be based on its Curiosity robot, which landed on the Red Planet in August.

* 4 December - Mars rover's big Sam lab up and running | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, San Francisco 
* 16 November 2012 - Dust-devils flirt with Curiosity Mars rover | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News 

► Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020. 5 December 2012  - The US space agency (Nasa) says it will launch a new rover to Mars in 2020. The vehicle will be based on its Curiosity robot, which landed on the Red Planet in August. It is hoped that the robots will pave the way for a manned mission to Mars.| The BBC's Jonathan Amos reports. (VIDEO)

► 4 December 2012 - Alaskan black guillemots fight ice retreat  By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco 

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Escobar: Patriot missiles, chem weapons hype aim to intimidate Syria.  Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - NATO foreign ministers have approved the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey. Ankara had asked its Alliance partners for the weapons, after several deadly cross-border fire incidents with Syria. Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey is designed to further intimidate Damascus.



► 'NATO weakens Arab world to wage war on Iran'. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - The situation in Syria has deteriorated in recent days, prompting the UN to order "all non-essential international staff out of Syria" and halting aid missions outside Damascus. For more on what's going on in and around the war-torn country RT talks to political analyst Sukant Chandan. (VIDEO) 

► Who's Lying? US denies Iran captured ScanEagle drone over Gulf. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - Tehran has claimed it captured a US spy drone in the Persian Gulf after the unmanned aircraft entered Iranian airspace, Iran's Press TV reported. The US Navy denied the claim, saying that none of its drones in the Gulf region were lost. (VIDEO)  || NEWS -Tehran claims capture of US spy drone in Iranian airspace 

► Israel's 'denied' nuke sites: UN demands atomic arsenal access. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - Israel is under pressure from the UN to open up to the world the nuclear arsenal it denies even exists. In an overwhelming vote, the General Assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities. (VIDEO) || NEWS - Israel rejects UN call for nuclear transparency

► Morsi flees as angry crowd storms palace in Cairo, battles riot police. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - Egypt's President, Mohammed Morsi, has been forced to flee his Cairo residence by a wild mob demanding an end to his rule. Riot police have struggled to keep crowds from storming the leader's palace and fired tear gas at protesters. Bel Trew has been at the heart of the action. (VIDEO)  || NEWS - Morsi flees as angry crowd storms Cairo palace in clash with riot police 

► Youth unemployment at highest level since World War II
► London's mayor wants UK out of 'intellectually and morally wrong' EU
► British media puts Russia in the crosshairs - Published: 04 December, 2012
► Feds covering security flaws with Fukushima-like potential, nuclear whistleblowers claim 

► 'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower  || VIDEO  

► Made in Russia: Officials obliged to source locally 

► Новая LADA Kalina 2. Published on Aug 31, 2012 by tvzrru

► The Stream - Life in Syrian refugee camps (VIDEO) 

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Inside Story - Online freedom: Who should control what? Published on Dec 4, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - We ask if the governments of the world are in danger of over regulating the use of the internet. Inside Story with presenter James Bays discusses with Paul Conneally, head of communication for the International Telecommunication Union, the ITU; Ahmed Mansoor, a human rights activist. He was arrested last year on charges of running a website that the UAE government clamped down on; and Richard Rogers, professor of new media and digital culture at the University of Amsterdam. Richard is also author of an upcoming book called "Digital Methods".



► Inside Story Americas - How does the US treat its whistleblowers? Published on Dec 4, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Bradley Manning's trial is once again postponed. A US military judge says more time is needed to determine whether the US soldier's treatment while in custody was too harsh. We examine Manning's case and how the US treats its whistleblowers. (VIDEO)

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Obama warns Assad over chemical weapons. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Barack Obama, the US president, has warned Syria's President Bashar al Assad against using chemical weapons on his own people. The US president has said there would be consequences if he did so. Syrian State TV is reporting that its foreign ministry insists it would "never under any circumstances" use such weapons, "if such weapons exist". Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from Washington DC.



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NASA reveals Mars rover findings. Published on Dec 3, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Less than four months ago, the US space agency's (NASA) Curiosity rover landed on Mars. Since then, scientists have been testing the rover's instruments and taking samples of Martian soil, in order to analyse the compounds and send its data back here to Earth. They have just given their first full update on what they have discovered. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.



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Democrats and Republicans teeter on fiscal cliff.  Published on Dec 4, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - For two years, Democrats and Republicans in the United States have been arguing over how to lower the country's deficit. Now, they are at it again. But this time, they have a new deadline, as they teeter on the edge of the so-called Fiscal Cliff - an imminent wave of tax increases and spending cuts. Al Jazeera's White House correspondent Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC.

Latest Headlines

■ Germany Close to Ban on Far-Right Party 
■ Survey: Greece Seen as Most Corrupt in EU
■ Suicide Bombers Kill 3 Soldiers in Pakistan 
■ Arson Fire in Clothing Factory in China Kills 14 
■ 100,000 Protest at Egypt's Presidential Palace 
■ Senate Passes $631 Billion Defense Bill 
■ Tea Party Group Chief Quits, Cites Internal Split 
■ Official: NATO OKs Patriot Missiles for Turkey
■ Syria Says 29 Students Killed in Mortar Attack 
■ Ship Sinks off Istanbul; Some Crew Still Missing
■ Navy: No U.S. Drones Missing After Iran Claim
■ GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan Echoes Failed Budget Talks
■ After Sandy, NYC Pins Housing Hope on Repairs 
■ CNN: 'Horrific Abuses' Detailed in Yemen 

■ CNN: Alaska Suspect Tied to Other Killings 

► The Nanny Who Was a Princess: How a Kindness Turned Controversial

By Mark Lewis / Stavanger, Norway
* Surrogacy Gone Wild: British Woman Keeps Giving Babies Away 
* India's Growing Surrogacy Trade 

► Egypt's Constitutional End Game: Chaos Is the Rule

* Cover Story: Mohamed Morsi, the Middle East's Most Important Man

► Confessions of a Sniper: A Rebel Gunman in Syria

* Syria: Bashar Assad's Chemical-Weapons Calculus

► North Korea Wants to Launch A Satellite: Why Now?
► More than 200 Dead in Philippine Typhoon 

► Deadly Typhoon Bopha rips rooftops in Philippines as thousands flee. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by RussiaToday - Fourty three people have died and more than 56,000 were forced to evacuate to shelters as the powerful Typhoon Bopha continues to batter the southern Philippines. Bopha is the strongest typhoon to hit the country in a year. MORE INFO and PHOTOS 




► Typhoon Bopha toll jumps in the Philippines. Published on Dec 4, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - The scale of the damage caused by Typhoon Bhopa to the southern Philippines is becoming clearer. More than 200 people have been killed; but that total is expected to rise as rescuers try and get to remote mountain villages cut off by floods and landslides. Al Jazeera's Meareana Hond has more.

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► Conservatives dismiss Boehner's 'fiscal cliff' offer
► Obama rejects GOP 'fiscal cliff' offer, says tax rates must rise 
► What's slower in Florida, counting ballots or fixing flawed system? 
► Governors meet with Obama, members of Congress on fiscal cliff 

► 2nd judge refuses to block ban on sexual-orientation 'conversion' therapy 

► Morning shows go crazy over royal pregnancy

* Prince William visits pregnant Kate at the hospital
* The royal baby: 5 fab things to look forward to
* Photos: Outrageous royal wedding hats

► Mexico: Cabo resort lets guests swim with whale sharks 

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Mexico's poor in contrast to glitzy G20. Published on Jun 19, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish - Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has welcomed world leaders at the G20 summit in the hills above the resort of San Jose del Cabo. The summit has been dominated by a spiralling European debt crisis that is scaring markets and paralysing growth. While heads of the 20 biggest economies discussed the eurozone crisis, addressing the plight of some of the world's poorest people, some metres away from the conference centre, was not on the agenda. | Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Los Cabos, Mexico.


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