News Headlines (150) 9 February 2013

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Funniest Super Bowl Commercials of 2013 (Top 10 Super Bowl Ads) Best 2013. Published on Feb 3, 2013 by CodByNight



► Eat to Dream: Study Shows Dietary Nutrients Associated With Certain Sleep Patterns. Feb. 6, 2013 — "You are what you eat," the saying goes, but is what you eat playing a role in how much you sleep? Sleep, like nutrition and physical activity, is a critical determinant of health and well-being. With the increasing prevalence of obesity and its consequences, sleep researchers have begun to explore the factors that predispose individuals to weight gain and ultimately obesity.


► Tel Aviv woman's car painted into handicapped parking spot and towed. Hila Ben Baruch posts video evidence on Facebook of Tel Aviv municipal workers repainting her legal spot, and wins apology and cancellation of unjust ticket. - By Ilan Lior | Feb.05, 2013




► Whitney Houston's hit voted best love song in U.S. poll. Thu Feb 7, 2013


► John Mayer calls himself a 'jerk'. In an upcoming television interview the singer details the backlash of being candid in past interviews and living without a voice. - By Zayda Rivera / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Thursday, February 7, 2013  || ► John Mayer Admits 'I Was Just a Jerk' - By Sarah Michaud - 02/07/2013


► Japan may release data proving Chinese radar incident: media -Fri Feb 8, 2013  ||  ► China, Japan engage in new invective over disputed isles -Tue Feb 5, 2013  ||  ► Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel -Tue Feb 5, 2013


► Prioritise diplomacy, not military. - Samuel J. Locklear


► Beware Year of the black snake - February 7, 2013




► Family love awaits weary New Year traveller.  Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: AFPTV follows one migrant worker as she travels 1,000 miles across China to spend the Lunar New Year holiday with her family.

► North Korea's nuclear programme. Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  Key dates and facts on North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes. VIDEOGRAPHIC ||  ► Underground nuclear tests. Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  North Korea has vowed to carry out a third nuclear test, but scientists and concerned foreign governments may have a tough time verifying the actions of the reclusive state. After foreign detection of its 2006 test, Pyongyang carried out its 2009 explosion deep underground, which gave scientists far less information. Most observers expect North Korea to be even more careful this time.VIDEOGRAPHIC.


► France funded Mali foes with ransom payments: US envoy.  Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: France channelled millions of dollars in ransom payments to the Al-Qaeda-linked militants its troops are currently fighting in Mali, according to a former US ambassador in the region who was citing rumours. ||  ► First EU military trainers arrive in Mali: French army. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: The first group of 70 EU military instructors, deployed to train Mali's deeply divided and underfunded army to take on Islamist rebels, arrived Friday in the capital, a French officer said.

As I joke, I asked my boyfriend, "Dahling, the soldiers assume the task this time is a holiday to Africa ... or what?"

He did not answer but instead he laughed harder. "What did you say? Holidays? While carrying a gun? ahahaha ... "

I did not answer him but instead looked at him with a quizzical expression, as I feel he has addressed two issues in one of my questions.  Perhaps because he felt awkward for laughing alone, then he stopped laughing and stared back at me. I tried to wink, but you know ... I can not do it. What happens was my eyes blink both.  Felt so idiot. Finally, I laughed. I laughed because he stopped laughing.

If you come from the military, then you have a gun is like having your lover when you are away from your wife. There is no awkwardness if you enjoy the atmosphere of a vacation in your military duty. But if you are not a member of the military and you go on vacation while you carry a gun, ... ehehehhee .... What did you say? Vacation? Do you really want to vacation? Want to really relax? Do you know that what's in your hands can make your holiday mood will be not be relaxed but scary? By always carry a gun with you, you make your holiday mood into the atmosphere on the battlefield.

► Colombia ships 500 mln flowers to US for Valentine's Day.  Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: In Colombia, Valentine's Day is a serious business -- the country exports 500 million flowers to the United States alone every year. The trade is estimated to create ten thousand seasonal jobs at this time of year, mostly in Cundinamarca, where 70 percent of export flowers are grown.

► Olympics: Russia marks one year to Sochi. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: President Vladimir Putin vowed Russia would justify expectations when it hosts the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in one year, after ruthlessly firing an official blamed for delays in building infrastructure. 

► Berlusconi the showman fires up Rome election rally.  Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi showed off his famous stage skills at a lively election rally in Rome, where star-struck supporters spoke admiringly of the scandal-tainted former premier.





► Debate: Legal Device Mimics Machine Guns. Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  In the gun control debate, perception is everything. If something fires like a machine gun, does that make it one? "Bump" stocks, designed for the disabled who enjoy shooting sports, are being used by anyone looking for a rapid-fire thrill. (Feb. 8)

► Dolphins Are Dying, Race on to Protect Them. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Someone is killing and mutilating dolphins along the Gulf Coast, leading wildlife groups, business owners and beachcombers in one Florida tourist enclave to band together to protect the animals from attacks. (Feb. 8)

► Rogue Former Officer Manhunt Focused on Big Bear. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Southern California authorities are focusing on the Big Bear area, as they search for a rogue former police officer suspected of killing three people. (Feb. 8) ||   ► Sheriff: No Sign of Calif. Shooter. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Law enforcement officers are continuing to search a snow-covered mountain near a Southern California ski area for fired Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner suspected of three murders. So far, there is no sign of him. (Feb. 8)  ||  ► Raw: Police Search Calif. Ski Resort for Suspect.  Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  More than 100 police officers have been searching for Christopher Dorner in the Big Bear Lake area of the mountains east of Los Angeles. Dorner has threatened his former colleagues on the police force and is already suspected in 3 deaths. (Feb. 8)   ||   ► Dorner 'One of the Most Dangerous Fugitives'. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Officers from various agencies were searching for Christopher Dorner, an LA police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree. Clint Van Zandt, Former Supervisor in FBI's Profiling Unit, says he could be one of the most dangerous fugitives. (Feb. 8)

► Raw: Asia Prepares for Lunar New Year. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Final preparations are underway across Asia for lunar New Year beginning Saturday. This year will be the year of the snake, or little dragon, which is believed to bring good fortune. (Feb. 8)

► Kerry: Iran Must Be Serious at Nuclear Talks. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Secretary of State John Kerry is warning Iran to come to upcoming nuclear talks prepared to talk seriously with world powers about addressing concerns over its nuclear program. (Feb. 8)

► 'Ice, slush and all kinds of yuck': Residents' stories from the storm - By Tim Skillern 

► Hunt for ex-officer goes on amid Calif. snowstorm - By GREG RISLING and TAMI ABDOLLAH | Associated Press 

► Islamic summit backs Syria dialogue - By HAMZA HENDAWI and ZEINA KARAM | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 7, 2013

► Syria says 'no truth' Israel targeted convoy - By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 7, 2013

► Palestinian officials: Obama must pressure Israel - By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 7, 2013 

► Iran's Ahmadenijad entices Egypt into alliance - By HAMZA HENDAWI | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 7, 2013

► Did politics prevent President Obama from arming Syria's rebels? - By Ryu Spaeth | The Week

► Hacker gains access to Bush family emails, photos - By MICHAEL GRACZYK | Associated Press

► After Myanmar violence, almost 6,000 Rohingyas arrive in Thailand - By Amy Sawitta Lefevre | Reuters – Thu, Feb 7, 2013

► China, Japan engage in new invective over disputed isles - By Michael Martina | Reuters

► 7th-grader's Hello Kitty figure journeys to outer space

► Rare white tiger cubs make their debut - Adorable eight-week-old white tiger cubs were in playful spirits after their vet check-ups at Bratislava Zoo. Three rare white tigers, a male named Adzaj and two females Adisa and Asira were presented to the media for the first time on Feb. 8. (PHOTOS)

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► Toucing Photos Show The Meaning of Love






► Kelly McGillis recalls 'Top Gun' love scene and 'a lot of partying' while filming - By Meriah Doty





► Jones Quintuplets Reunited at Home After 5 Months

► 8 February 2013 - 1984: George Orwell's road to dystopia

► Orwell Rolls in his Grave (Full 3HR Documentary). Uploaded on Dec 25, 2010 by WarCrime911 :: 3 Hour Documentary explaining a portion of the information about media censorship, consolidation and propaganda. 



► Police on beach in Acapulco - Acapulco horror : The beach house gang rape that has left Mexico in shock 

► 8 February 2013 - Viewpoint: Pakistan civil society under threat

► Cameron touches raw nerve - by Mark Urban

► 9 February 2013  - Italy youth unemployment becomes major election issue  | By Alan Johnston BBC News, Rome :

► Chile poet Pablo Neruda's body to be exhumed. 9 February 2013  - A judge in Chile judge has ordered the remains of the poet and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda to be exhumed as part of an investigation into the cause of his death. Pablo Neruda died in 1973, twelve days after the military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power. The poet's family has always maintained that he died in a Santiago clinic of advanced prostate cancer, aged 69. In 2011 Chile started investigating allegations that he may have been poisoned. The BBC's Gideon Long reports from Santiago.    ||  ► NEWS - 8 February 2013 - Chile judge orders exhumation of Pablo Neruda's remains

► 9 February 2013 - Chinese New Year: Quirky gadgets ease getaway pain |  By Celia Hatton BBC News, Beijing 

► 8 February 2013 - The cost of Obama's secret drone war | By PJ Crowley Former US Assistant Secretary of State 

► Will we ever… simulate the human brain?

► Cycling the high-altitude Himalayan highway

► Can cheap Caribbean air travel take off?

► UK vets have 'repeatedly raised concerns' over bute in food  

► 8 February 2013 - Best science and technology pictures of the week

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► Trainee cosmonauts stage forest crash for first test. 8 February 2013 - In 2012 Russia's space agency announced its first ever competition where anyone could apply to become a professional cosmonaut. Now the successful candidates have been given their first real endurance test at the specialist cosmonaut training centre just outside Moscow. | Oleg Boldyrev reports from Star City near Moscow. 

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► Ford's new 3 cylinder Ecoboost engine.  Published on Mar 30, 2012 by fordofeurope :: Details of Ford's innovative new three cylinder 1.0 liter Ecoboost engine. Small, efficient, powerful. Awarded "International Engine of the Year" 2012.

► Farage: PR against online critics makes EU no better than a banana republic. Published on Feb 7, 2013 :: "The words 'legal' and 'European Union' don't fit together. Nothing matters here, there are no rules" - says the UK Independence Party's Nigel Farage of the European Parliament's plan to spend huge sums of taxpayer money on social network smear campaigns against those who speak out against it.  ||  NEWS

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The Truthseeker: You're Being Watched Now (E8). Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: You, not terrorists, are the target for American spooks; Obama's Adventures in Murderland; and why the Police State makes a pedophile's paradise. Seek truth from facts with Endthelie.com editor Madison Ruppert, Truthout lead investigative reporter Jason Leopold, Law Professor Neil Richards, cyber security expert Rich Mogull, Kade Crockford of the American Civil Liberties Union and web multimillionaire Kim Dotcom.

Ah yaa .....after I tried hard to remember, I finally saw that Daniel Bushell's profile reminded me of Mr. Spock in Star Trek.

► Cop-killer on the run: Largest manhunt in LAPD history spreads to three US states and Mexico 

► CIA was lying about torture even to its own staff - CIA veteran John Kiriakou 


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CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou: Torture was official US policy. Published on Jan 31, 2013 :: Former CIA agent John Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison for revealing the identity of a covert officer to a reporter. But originally he was pending charges on the violating the espionage act. Kiriakou is the first CIA official to publicly confirm the use of waterboarding and other tactics he describes as torture under the Bush administration. His supporters believe he has been unfairly targeted and punished. John Kiriakou and his attorney Jesselyn Radack join us for the details.  ||  ► Whistleblower John Kiriakou sentenced for exposing CIA torture. Published on Jan 25, 2013  :: On Friday, former CIA official John Kiriakou was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for his involvement in exposing the CIA's interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. Kiriakou was persecuted by the Obama administration for violating the Espionage Act of 1917. RT's Meghan Lopez has more.



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'CIA lies even to those inside agency' - ex-spy John Kiriakou. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: RT talks to John Kiriakou - former CIA official who blew the whistle on the agency's torture practices. After 9/11 John Kiriakou served as chief of counter-terrorist operations in Pakistan. And now, years later, John Kiriakou is heading to prison. He was just sentenced to two and a half years in jail.

I wonder. If the answerer answers the questions from the interviewer, then the answerer sentenced. Meanwhile, the questioner was not sentenced. ... ehehehhe ... and they proclaim that the person who has been questioned has been sentenced. Dang! .... Without the plea of the asker at all? He answered their questions because he was asked, didn't he? Why they ask in such a way as to make him get caught? eheheh.... can you feel that sometimes the question has provided its own answer before you ask it to others?

► Secret Service on the hunt after Bush presidents hacked

► Video: Whale hits canoe, nearly capsizes it off Maui Island. Published on Feb 8, 2013. A couple was whale watching near the Hawaiian island of Maui in the Pacific Ocean when a humpback whale breached, hitting the bow of their canoe. Laurent Lebihan from Arizona caught the astounding moment on camera. Luckily no one was hurt as a result of the incident.  || Video Courtesy: Laurent Lebihan

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Brennan Blueprint: US drones people for what they haven't done?. Published on Feb 9, 2013 :: President Obama's choice to become the next chief of the CIA went through a tough confirmation hearing at the US Senate. But it wasn't the lawmakers who put John Brennan under the spotlight over his role in the controversial US drone program. The session was interrupted several times by protesters who put up signs with slogans such as 'Stop CIA Murder'. They were addressing the issue of US drone use for targeted strikes against suspected terrorists. John Brennan defended the program which he helped develop, saying it is "ethical and just" and claiming the strikes are carefully vetted. However human rights groups claim the program has in fact led to a large number of civilian deaths. So did US lawmakers hold Brennan accountable for his counter terrorism policies? RT's Gayane Chichakyan has the details.



► 'You have to put your pride aside' – Vincent Perez 

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Inside Story - Tunisia in turmoil. Published on Feb 7, 2013 :: Tunisia has been thrown back into turmoil following the assassination of a leading opposition politician. The murder has brought violence back to the birthplace of the Arab Spring. There is also growing anger over the slow pace of reform. It is dividing political leaders, and fuelling calls for yet more change. Tunisia's revolt was hailed as a blueprint for the Arab uprisings; the removing of a long time dictator and the transition to democratic parliamentary elections. But Tunisia's journey along the road to reform is unravelling. What does the assassination mean for the birthplace of the Arab Spring? And is the country's transition towards democracy in danger of being derailed?



► 101 East - Down and Under. Published on Feb 7, 2013 ::  Australia is one of the richest nations in the world. Yet there is a growing poverty gap which can be seen in suburbs like Claymore. The New South Wales government built this public housing estate in the 1970s and filled it with people from Sydney's poorest families, creating a welfare ghetto. Today, Claymore is one of the most disadvantaged suburbs in Australia with the highest proportion of young children anywhere in the country. But poverty in wealthy Australia is not limited to Claymore. According to surveys and reports, 2.2 million Australians live below the poverty line, while more than 600,000 children under 15 live in households where no one has a job. 101 East hears the heart-wrenching stories of the economically disadvantaged children from modern Australia and asks why the cycle of poverty has not been cracked in this rich nation.

► Inside Story Americas - Will 'charter cities' help or hurt Honduras?. Published on Feb 8, 2013 :: Honduras revives the idea of the charter city - free-market enclaves where corporations can operate virtually under their own rules. The idea is to create at least two so-called super-cities that, although on Honduran land, would be planned and run by private companies and free to make up their own laws. Can charter cities bring investors to Honduras? Will charter cities change the image of Honduras? And is it a bold economic opportunity or 21st century colonialism?

► South 2 North - The technology transforming Africa. Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  How do we use technology to change our lives? Does it just make things easier and more efficient, or can we use it to change the way we interact with the world around us? On this episode of South2North, Redi tackles her technophobia as she welcomes Google Africa's policy manager and cyber-activist Ory Okolloh. Redi is also joined by technology writer and editor of the South African edition of Stuff magazine, Toby Shapshak. Joining the two guests are four young techies - Dominik Obojkovitz, Raymond Rampolokeng, Evan Robinson and Dinesh Balliah - who challenge Ory and Toby on the various technology problems they are facing in their fields of tourism, tax, gaming and journalism.

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Counting the Cost - Gunning for business. Published on Feb 8, 2013 ::  The gun control debate is nothing new. And, sadly, it finds new life every time there is an unnecessary death caused by someone with a gun. This week on Counting the Cost, we take a look at gun control, focusing on the money trail; the way money moves in and out of the system, at both a corporate and political level, and the influence it has.



► Listening Post - News media: The new frontline. Published on Feb 9, 2013 ::  Hacking is nothing new. Some do it for profit, others for secrets. Self-styled "hacktivist" groups such as Anonymous do it for causes they believe in. But what if the target is a newspaper and the hackers have a grudge? On January 30, the New York Times revealed that hackers based in China had waged a four-month-long cyber onslaught against the paper soon after it published an article exposing the fortune amassed by the family of outgoing premier Wen Jiabao, a fortune that for the Chinese Communist Party has turned out to be -- quite literally -- an embarrassment of riches. Soon after the Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post admitted that they too had been attacked. Bloomberg News and Associated Press are also on the list of media outlets targeted by China-based hackers, raising the spectre of a new front in the global cyber war -- one that puts journalists and their sources in the firing line.

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Inside Story Americas - US and Iran: Can talks take place? Published on Feb 9, 2013 :: Just days after US Vice President Joe Biden said his country was willing to have direct talks with Iranian officials, Washington imposed more sanctions on Iran. The economic penalties have left the country with a depreciated currency, rising unemployment, and a shortage in medicine. Despite the impact of the sanctions on their lives, a recent Gallup poll found that 63 percent of Iranians surveyed want their country's nuclear programme to continue. And nearly half say responsibility for the sanctions lies with the US. In a statement released this week, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the US to explain "what it means to offer talks while simultaneously continuing pressure and threats".

So, can direct talks be successful amidst sanctions and "all options" remaining on the table? To discuss this, Inside Story Americas with presenter Shihab Rattansi is joined by guests: Flynt Leverett, a professor of international affairs at Penn State University, and the co- author of the book, Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran; Ali Reza Eshraghi, a media and communication consultant at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting; and Ambassador John Limbert, the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran.

► Viewpoint: Chris Christie's Weight Isn't A Big Issue 

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► Oscars 2013: Great Performances

► Reviving the Yurok language -  Posted On February 6, 2013 | By: Marc Martin 

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