News Headlines (186) 18 March 2013

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► JAPAN TIMES Mar 18, 2013  - Revelers near and far celebrate St. Patrick'sDay

► History of St. Patrick's Day |  TV-G - Distinguish St. Patrick's Day myths from reality and find out why this holiday is celebrated by millions of Irish people around the world.



► WAPO  March 17, 2013 - St. Patrick's Day around the globe

► CS MONITOR March 17, 2013  :  More an immigrant holiday, St. Patrick's Day has come home to Ireland

► DAILY MAIL - Was this the Pope's first - and last  tango? Childhood sweetheart claims she turned down his marriage proposal, so he became a priest



► DAILY MAIL 16 March 2013  - Paedophilia is an illness NOT a crime, says cardinal just days after papal conclave

► UCA News October 04 2010  - Church press urged to take on bigger role ||  ►  Vatican congress examines the state of Catholic press.  Media professionals from around world discuss challenges, opportunities in time of rapid changes - By Greg Erlandson - OSV Newsweekly, 10/24/2010

► 247 Wallst - Ten Countries That Hate America Most  (Serbia, Greece, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Palestinian Territories, Pakistan )

The problem is, why do we hate something? It could happen, you hate something, but it's very good for you, and it could be (too) ye dislike a thing, but it is very bad for you. God Almighty knows everything, while you do not know everything about it. There is some wisdom and secrets as well as for our beneficiaries. Because, actually, if we know that something we hate sometimes takes something we love, as what we like  sometimes brings something we hate, we would not feel safe to hit by something harmful that accompanies something fun. And we would not be desperate to get something nice that accompanies something harmful. We do not know the result of a case, for verily God is more to know something unknown to us.

► HUFFINGTON POST 17/03/2013 : Giorgos Katidis' 'Nazi Salute' Earns Greek Footballer Lifetime National Ban (PICTURES/VIDEO)

► WAPO March 16, 2013 : China installs Cabinet of party veterans, technocrats to overhaul economy, boost global role 

► THE ECONOMIC TIMES Mar 16, 2013  : China names North Korea, Japan expert as foreign minister 

► JAPAN TIMES Mar 17, 2013 : Japan needs to humor its old teacher: China

► SKY NEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 - Jessie J Has Hair Shaved Off For Charity ||  ► DAILY MAIL 15 March 2013 - 'It's the weirdest feeling': Jessie J shows off a bald head after having her head shaved for Comic Relief, and she totally pulls the look off 

► SHOWBIZ SPY March 16, 2013 : JENNIFER Aniston is considering adoption

► CONTACT MUSIC - Carrie Underwood: cows have feelings 

► STRAIT TIMES  Mar 17, 2013  -  Malaysia wants Sulu militant leader extradited 

► Giorgos Katidis Soccer Player Brings Hitler Nazi Greeting After Goal. Published on Mar 17, 2013 by Vidsvalley 
► National Geographic Megastructures Worlds Fastest Rollercoaster. Published on Jan 18, 2013 
► MegaStructures: South Pole Station | National Geographic Documentary. Published on Dec 21, 2012 
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► Anonymous - Message to the American People. Uploaded on Dec 3, 2011 
► Dr. Norman Finkelstein "Israel and Palestine: Overcoming the Impasse" 8-2-2013 The Hague. Published on Feb 9, 2013

► The Spirit of America is Slipping Away 

► Under Xi, China seeks to cool island row with Japan
► China formally appoints top diplomats, defense minister
► BUSINESS - Investors back startups to curb gun violence

* Small business confidence, capital spending plans rise 

► VIDEOS

■ Biden arrives in Italy ahead of Pope Francis inaugural mass
■ Argentine Catholics flock to mass to honor new Argentine pope 
■ Washington celebrates St. Patrick's Day
■ FACTBOX: China military spending jumps while America's slumps

► China's new president calls for 'great renaissance'
► Philippines bets on joining gaming elite with mega casino
► Pakistan govt makes history but record chequered 
► Ex-HK politician's (Henry Tang) wine sells for $6.2 mn
► Pope Francis delivers first Angelus 
► Israel's Netanyahu forms new government
► Life returning to normal in northern Mali

► Today in History March 17

► Pope Wades Into Crowd Before Window Debut. Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of his papacy. (March 17)



► Raw: William, Kate Celebrate St. Patrick's Day 

► China replaces Britain in world's top five arms exporters: report 
► OMG! - Madonna Kisses Anderson Cooper at the GLAAD Awards

Anderson Cooper receives the Vito Russo Award from Madonna at the #glaadawards



► OMG! - Duchess: Hoping for baby boy, William wants girl
► SHINE - DIY Classics: Homemade Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups
► Five-organ-transplant-patient-gives-birth (PHOTOS)

► Pope Francis: St Peter's crowds hear Angelus prayer
► Culture shock for Amazon chief's son who left rainforest for New York
► Iraq: The Spies Who Fooled the World
► Karzai rebuke to US: What maddened the Afghan leader?
► What if everyone had a car?
► Resentment still felt beneath calm in Port Said
► A better way to learn Chinese?
► Reforming China's gulags

► VIDEOS

■ Marwa's story: Ten years since the bomb fell
■ New Mount Etna eruption paints sky red in Sicily 
■ World records boost for Middle East


■ One-minute World News 

► PICTURES

■ Week in pictures: 9-15 March 2013
■ Red Nose goes into space
■ Day in pictures: 15 March 2013 
■ HMS Belfast at 75 
■ F1 Classic 
■ Pretending to live on Mars 
■ Day in pictures: 13 March 2013 
■ India's Parsis 
■ Our favourite images of the week 

► Cyprus may raise deposit levy to 12.5% for large accounts – report  
► Gitmo Hunger Strike: 'Prisoners put their lives on the line in a medieval torture chamber' 
► Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea
► Cairo police use tear gas to disperse protesters outside Muslim Brotherhood HQ
► Palestinian hunger striker released, exiled to Gaza 
► No retreat: Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President, appears in public 
► Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima nuclear plant
► Iran 'indicts' 18 suspects over multiple nuke scientist murders 
► Will the 'Pussy Riot' sisterhood storm the Sistine Chapel?
► 'Fueling the violence': Humanitarian intervention in Syria in full swing?
► Anti-drone devices for sale: Military contractor claims to have counter-UAV technology
► VIDEOS

■ Why You Should Care: Gay Spy Ring (E30)
■ Israelis divided over IDF conscription for ultra-orthodox 

■ 'Govts intimidate journalists, whistleblower hunt worrying'



■ 'Britons manipulating justice': Displaced Chagos Islanders' bitter reality 

It has been a long time since I did not see Rory Suchet, my "Sylvester Stallone of RT's presenter", ... who's this new face? Why is his face also like Mork's face in "Mork and Mindy?" Is he Robin William in the RT version? eehhehe ... Mork and Mindy! Mork And Mindy! Mork. Andrew "Mork and Mindy" Farmer? ehhhehee....

■ Surviving the Cold (RT Documentary)



■ Dumped-on Bedouins' health hazard with Israeli landfill near village 

► Inside Story Americas

■ Are US banks getting off too lightly?
■ Improving food safety in the US
■ Gauging South America's biggest economies
■ Revisiting a dark chapter in Canada's history
■ Taking down The Teacher

► Washington nuclear site leaks alarm environmentalists
► New China leader vows to tackle hedonism
► Catholics hope new pope will restore order  ||  ► Thousands greet pope for first Angelus prayer 

► Argentine penguin colony under threat. Magellanic penguins migrate to the same part of southern Argentina at the same time each year to have their chicks. Fishing has forced the penguins to go further away for food and they are at risk from oil that washes up from offshore oil rigs. There are no official figures on how many chicks have died this year, but sources have told Al Jazeera that the survival rate could be as low as 15 percent. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Punta Tombo in Argentina.

► Cyprus parliament delays debate on EU bailout  || ► Cyprus president defends tax bailout decision  

► Russians celebrate the beginning of Lent. True to its pagan origins, the faithful have burnt female effigies of winter and consumed vast quantities of pancakes. But there is a serious side, as more Russians embrace Orthodox Christianity. Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the ancient Russian town of Suzdal.



► UN to debate global arms treaty. Diplomats from around the world are to gather at the United Nations for talks on an international arms trade treaty, in an effort to stop the sale of illegal conventional arms. Similar talks held last July failed, mainly due to the objections of the United States and Russia, the world's two largest arms exporters. The talks will kick off at the UN headquarters on Monday and will last two weeks. Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from the UN.



► Australia to engage Myanmar military in dialogue  

► China Becomes World's Fifth Largest Arms Exporter 
► Japanese Architect Toyo Ito Wins Pritzker Prize 
► Why Marriage Is Good for Your Health — Until You Get Sick 
► 10 Ideas That Make A Difference 
► Pictures of the Week: March 8 – March 15 
  ► Giants at Play: LIFE With Jazz Legends

► Forging a delicate and healing bond
► The shooting victim who took down cheap gun makers

► SCIENCE

* Quasar discovery a milestone that revealed a violent universe
* California's earthquake early warning system passes major test
* Paraplegic will leave wheelchair behind for Tel Aviv marathon
* Using the here and now to get a handle on the hereafter

► Before the L.A. Marathon, bicyclists get in their own road race
► There's no immediate debt crisis, Boehner says, agreeing with Obama
► Obama to head to California to raise campaign cash for Democrats
► In signal to allies and N. Korea, U.S. to add missile interceptors
► Before conservative activists, Romney touts defense 

► FRAMEWORK  - Judge goes the distance for friends on skid row. Posted on Mch 15, 2013 By: Marc Martin