News Headlines (217) 18 April 2013

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► SCIENCE DAILY 8 April 2013 : Increased Sleep Could Reduce Rate of Adolescent Obesity

► INQUISITR 16 April 2013: British Man Resigns By Cake



► DAWN 12 April 2013 : Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Joe Perry honored for songwriting

► Joe Perry 'back in the Saddle' With New Album. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry talks about his new solo album and touring plans. (Oct. 8). Uploaded on Oct 8, 2009 by AssociatedPress ||  ►  EXTRA MINUTES | AEROSMITH (Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on Wall This Way). Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry talk about the hit song 'Walk This Way'. Published on Feb 26, 2013 by 60Minutes9



► TODAY in HISTORY

■ Apr 18, 1915: Germans shoot down French pilot Roland Garros
■ Apr 18, 1942: Doolittle leads air raid on Tokyo (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto)

► MARXIST : In the Cause of Labour | Chapter 24: "The Enemy Within" : Rise, like lions after slumber.  In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth, like dew. Which in sleep had fallen on you: Ye are many – they are few!

► BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING

■ CHICAGOTRIBUNE 16 April 2013:  Boston bomb scene pictures show remains of explosive device. One picture shows a few inches of charred wire attached to a small box, and another depicts a half-inch nail and a zipper head stained with blood. Another shows a Tenergy brand battery attached to black and red wires through a broken plastic cap.
■ HUFFINGTON POST 16 April 2013 : Boston Bombs Were In Pressure Cookers And Hidden In Black Duffel Bags, Says Person Briefed On Probe


■ WASHINGTON POST 16 April 2013 : Al Qaeda magazine on pressure cookers: 'Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom'



■ DAILY MAIL 16 April 2013: Home-made devices in Boston Marathon attack were made from pressure cooker bombs - al Qaeda's 'most effective weapon' - and featured in terror guide 'Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom'.
■ CNN 17 April 2013 : Boston Marathon bombs have hallmarks of 'lone wolf' devices, experts say

► WEEKLY STANDARS 15 March 2006 :The Problem of the Lone-Wolf Terrorist.  Why Mohammed Taheri-azar cannot be prosecuted for a terrorist offense, and why it matters.

► Dead Men's Secrets: The Mysterious Death of Admiral Yamamoto. On April 18, 1943, the aircraft carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was shot down by U.S. fighters. Yamamoto--chief architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor--was visiting the forward Japanese bases at Bougainville, some 650 miles from the nearest U.S. base.His clash with U.S. fighters so far from their territory was more than simple bad luck--the pilots must have known where and when to find their target. We talk to the U.S. pilots and find out why the mission had to remain secret until war''s end. Published on Feb 25, 2013 by History Feed



► THE CROODS - Official Trailer 2. THE CROODS is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures - and their outlook is changed forever.

US Release: March 22, 2013. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman. Directors: Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco. Published on Dec 5, 2012 by DreamworksAnimation

 

► Kung Fu Cooking Girls



► [the films of] Pixar Animation Studios



► Bless You



► The Last Train



► The Butterfly Effect

► Bomb suspect spotted on video, no arrest made
By Tim McLaughlin and Mark Hosenball - BOSTON - Investigators have spotted a Boston Marathon bombing suspect from security video taken before two blasts ripped through central Boston on Monday, a law enforcement source said in what is potentially the biggest break in the case yet.

* Americans fear random violence more than foreign terrorism: poll

► Deadly explosion, fire rips through Texas fertilizer plant
By Regina Dennis - WEST, Texas - A deadly explosion ripped through a Texas fertilizer plant near Waco late on Wednesday, injuring more than 100 people, leveling dozens of homes and damaging other buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities said.

*Woman confesses to involvement in killing Texas prosecutors
*Fire at Exxon's Beaumont, Texas, refinery injures 12 workers

► Senate reveals scale of gun control challenge
By Samuel P. Jacobs - NEW YORK - In the end, nothing could persuade enough senators to approve the most significant gun legislation in two decades. Amid their anger, it was clear that those driving the gun control agenda were already taking aim at the 2014 and 2016 elections.

* Obama blames "shameful" politics for defeat of gun measure

► Maduro trades barbs with U.S. over election
By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis - CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition leaders feared persecution over post-election protests while the U.S. government backed their calls for a recount and said it was still deciding if it would recognize President-elect Nicolas Maduro.

* Pots or fireworks? The symbols of Venezuela's political divide

► VIDEOS

■ Debris from bomb site recovered
■ Two simple bombs, one "complex" attack
■ Hundreds believed injured in TX explosion
■ Obama: 'shameful' politics to blame for defeat of gun measure
■ Arrest made in ricin case
■ U.S. holds back recognition for Venezuela's Maduro

■ Pope Francis prays for Iran earthquake victims



■ Anti-Thatcher protesters turn their back on funeral procession

► PICTURES

■ Boston bomb revealed
■ Funeral for Thatcher
■ Becoming American. Inside a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles.
■ Profile: Justin Trudeau

► Margaret Thatcher's Funeral - starts at 9:30 GMT || ► Mourners gather at Saint Paul's ahead of Thatcher funeral || ► Margaret Thatcher makes final journey || ► Guests arrive at St Paul's to mourn Thatcher || ► Thousands bid farewell to Britain's Thatcher  || ► Margaret Thatcher peacefully laid to rest   ||  ► Thatcher death: Miners say 'she killed it all'  || ► Miners town of Goldthorpe Thatcher's funeral

► Surrogate mothers

[Wow, technological advances have made woman's womb can serve as a home that can be rented for fetus. I have not asked, yet, whether there a penis for rent, too? ehehehe .... dahliiing please do not protest and does not need to be discussed. From the scent of the situation, I know: it is a problem.]

► Boston in tearful tribute to marathon dead  ||  ► US steps up hunt for Boston 'pressure cooker' bombers 

[To the good and kind-hearted American, I have no excuse for anti American stance. But we have enough to know, not all Americans are good.]

► US Senate rejects gun background check measure || ► Obama slams US Senate 'minority' for blocking gun reform 


► US won't recognize Venezuela's Maduro yet: Kerry

[Ahahaha, they do not need your prayers and blessing, USA! Do you think the sovereignty of other countries (as your neighbors) are  recognized  because they have been recognized by you? eehehehhe.... Funny the Kerry]

► Tech-savvy Vietnam coffee farmers brew global takeover

► Tracing the origin of beef products

► Russian Foreign Minister visits Turkey for talks on Syria ||  ► Lavrov says Friends of Syria undermines dialogue

► Russian opposition leader goes on trial 
► Hindu refugees from Pakistan and activists protest in New Delhi
► Hundreds rally in Gaza to mark Prisoners' Day
► Taiwan shows force in biggest live-fire drill since 2008
► Italy to elect new president amid govt deadlock
► Pakistan extends Musharraf bail over Bhutto killing 
► Africa must stop blaming China for economic woes
► Students make the world's longest roll cake. Confectionery college school students make the world's longest roll cake in Tokyo on April 17, 2013. Some 90 patissiers and students made a 130.68m long roll cake, using 54kgs of flour, 43kgs of sugar and 2,682 eggs, which was certificated as the world's longest roll cake by Guinness World Records, beating the previous record of 115.09 metres.

► French graffiti artist JR at work in Berlin. French graffiti artist and self-coined "photograffeur" JR, known only by his initials, is currently working on a number of murals in the German capital as part of his "Wrinkles of the City" project. His new work includes portraits of elderly individuals who have over time witnessed and experienced the upheaval and transformation of the city of Berlin, after Cartagena, Shanghai and Cuba.

► JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out

► BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING

■ Kerry: Boston Will Not Be Intimidated by Bombing
■ Boston Doctor: Bomb Victims Had Much Shrapnel
■ Boston Bomb Victims Face Difficult Recovery
■ Raw: Crowd Gathers at Boston Courthouse 
■ Official: Boston Video Shows Suspect With Bag
■ Raw: Boston Court Evacuated Briefly

■ Former FBI Agent: Investigation 'Takes Time'




Ah, this sounds romantic, just like the lyrics of the song.

► Raw: Texas Explosion Injures Dozens
► Britain's 'Iron Lady' Has Been Laid to Rest 

► Ex-Baseball Catcher Rehearsing for Ballet Role. Mike Piazza knows that some people think it's funny for a baseball player to take up ballet, but the former catcher hopes to turn whoever is jeering him now into dance fans when he takes the stage with Miami City Ballet next month. (April 17)

► Hagel: US Sending Army Planners to Jordan
► CDC: US Risk 'Low' for Bird Flu 
► American Expects Flights to Return to Normal

► Senate Dems on Guns Vote: It's "Not Over". The U.S. Senate rejected a bill to tighten restrictions on firearms sales by a vote of 54 to 46, well short of the 60 needed. Following the vote, Senator Joe Manchin alongside other Senate Democrats vowed to push on for gun restrictions. (April 17)  ||  ► Obama Slams Senators Who Opposed Gun Measure. President Barack Obama says the Senate's opposition to a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers marks a "shameful day" in Washington. (April 17)  ||  ► Gun Shop: Restrictions Create 'black Market'. A gun shop owner in Phoenix says enhanced background checks would create an "instant black market for firearms". He says banning certain assault rifles would do more harm than good. (April 17)



► Intercepted Letters Show Ricin, So What Is It?  || ► White House: Obama Briefed on Ricin Letters ||  ► Ricin in Obama Letter, Packages Scramble Hill ||  ► Suspect Arrested in Ricin - Tainted Mail Case

► What Is Ricin? || LIVE SCIENCE Article: What Is Ricin? - Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor Date: 17 April 2013 ||  Factbox - Ricin: deadly, easily concealable poison

► OMG! : Pamela Anderson Never Felt Beautiful and Plans to Tone Down Her Look

► SHINE : Married Names vs Maiden Names

► SHINE : The Pampered Life of a "Toddlers and Tiaras" Star

► Man Creates Frozen Waterfall on Side of Building After Leaving Tap Running

► TRAVEL : Best new hotels in the U.S.


  Palihotel (Photo: Courtesy of Palihotel)

► OMG! : Robert Downey Jr. Confirms 'Avengers' Payday, Predicts Oscar

► Galaxy S4 Release Date: Samsung Announces Seven Carriers For Launch In Late April

► PHOTOS

■ Boston Marathon Bombing
■ Victims of Boston Bombing Remembered
■ Boston Deals with Aftermath
■ Life Like Sculptures Boggle the Eye - Ron Mueck
■ Britain Thatcher Funeral
■ Venezuela's Presidential Election

► Boston 'bombs suspect' seen on film
Images of a potential suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings have been found on surveillance camera footage, officials say.

* How video helps find suspects
* Who was responsible?

► MAGAZINE

■ Caught on film? Searching video in the hunt for the Boston bomber
■ How flash mob flamenco took on the banks

► FEATURES

■ Coffee and qahwa: How a drink for Arab mystics went global
■ Investors bet on breeding success
■ 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place
■ Brazil inflation: Surging tomato prices create political headache

► VIDEOS

■ Kenyan athlete Wesley Korir on Boston marathon blasts
■ How terror attacks changed the US

► AUTOS : In Milan, cars as furniture

► Today's African Proverb :: "You cannot look through the neck of a bottle with both eyes at the same time" - Sent by Emma Nii Lamptey, Accra, Ghana

► OP-ED : 'Boston bombing organizers clearly very serious professionals who know what they're doing'

► Putin lays down law to officials in leaked video

► VIDEOS

■ Hopeless at Gitmo: 'Torture & desperation with no end in sight' 

■ Marathon Manhunt: No responsibility claimed, still no suspects in Boston bombing. The twin bombs that killed 3 and injured more than 170 in Boston were reportedly homemade, and designed to maim as many people as possible. Officials say there are still no suspects in what's the worst terror attack in the US since 9/11. The tragedy took place at a major public event - despite years of tough, multi-billion dollar security measures.



Lisha, you look very pretty with the green dress. I like its edge design.

■ CCTV: Chinese driver zooms off with cop on hood 
■ CrossTalk: Iron Legacy
■ Afghanistan expects record opium harvest despite US crop kill rhetoric
■ Texas fertilizer plant explosion: Dozens believed killed, hundreds injured

► Inside Story Americas - Torment, torture and terror
► The Stream - Who speaks for Muslim women?
► The Stream - High stakes for marijuana
► Al Jazeera World - Syria: The Reckoning

► Secret of the Seven Sisters - Episode 2: The Black El Dorado. At the end of the 1960s, the Seven Sisters, the major oil companies, controlled 85 percent of the world's oil reserves. Today, they control just 10 percent. New hunting grounds are therefore required, and the Sisters have turned their gaze towards Africa. With peak oil, wars in the Middle East, and the rise in crude prices, Africa is the oil companies' new battleground. But the real story, the secret story of oil, begins far from Africa.

In their bid to dominate Africa, the Sisters installed a king in Libya, a dictator in Gabon, fought the nationalisation of oil resources in Algeria, and through corruption, war and assassinations, brought Nigeria to its knees. Oil may be flowing into the holds of huge tankers, but in Lagos, petrol shortages are chronic. The country's four refineries are obsolete and the continent's main oil exporter is forced to import refined petrol - a paradox that reaps fortunes for a handful of oil companies.

Encouraged by the companies, corruption has become a system of government - some $50bn are estimated to have 'disappeared' out of the $350bn received since independence. But new players have now joined the great oil game.

China, with its growing appetite for energy, has found new friends in Sudan, and the Chinese builders have moved in. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is proud of his co-operation with China - a dam on the Nile, roads, and stadiums. In order to export 500,000 barrels of oil a day from the oil fields in the South - China financed and built the Heglig pipeline connected to Port Sudan - now South Sudan's precious oil is shipped through North Sudan to Chinese ports.  In a bid to secure oil supplies out of Libya, the US, the UK and the Seven Sisters made peace with the once shunned Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, until he was killed during the Libyan uprising of 2011, but the flow of Libyan oil remains uninterrupted.

In need of funds for rebuilding, Libya is now back to pumping more than a million barrels of oil per day. And the Sisters are happy to oblige.  ||  ► The Secret of the Seven Sisters - Episode 2: Desert Storms. The first part of a four-part series that reveals how a secret pact formed a cartel that controls the world's oil. Throughout the region's modern history, since the discovery of oil, the Seven Sisters have sought to control the balance of power.  They have supported monarchies in Iran and Saudi Arabia, opposed the creation of OPEC, profiting from the Iran-Iraq war, leading to the ultimate destruction of Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The Seven Sisters were always present, and almost always came out on top. Since that notorious meeting at Achnacarry Castle on August 28, 1928, they have never ceased to plot, to plan and to scheme.



► Breast implants trial begins in France

► Boston Marathon bomb suspect 'identified' ||  ► Boston united in grief after marathon blasts

► New Zealand legalises gay marriage 

► Boston's Third Victim Emerges: China Grieves for Graduate Student Lu Lingzi
By Hannah Beech / Beijing

* Bombing Probe: Boston Officials Focus on Man in Video
* Remembering 8-Year-Old Martin Richard
* Friends and Family Mourn Krystle Campbell

► Richard DesLauriers: The Special Agent In Charge
► A Photographer's View of the Carnage: "When I Look at the Photos, I Cry"
► Apollo 13: LIFE With the Lovell Family During 'NASA's Finest Hour'
► North Korea Ratchets Up Tension on The Peninsula

► Pizza for Boston: Compassionate Redditors send pies -- a lot of them -- after tragedy

► How To Make a Pizza. Published on Apr 30, 2012 by HowToBasic



► LA at HOME : Grow your own plantains, tropical cousin of the banana
► FRAMEWORK : Pictures in the News | April 17, 2013 - Posted by Marc Martin

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Makuxi Indian children play in the patio of the ruins of a farmhouse built by non-Indian settlers before the demarcation of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory, in Roraima on April 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)


A woman poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting at an exhibition in Guiyang, Guizhou province on April 14, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)


A dog and a woman are seen in a flooded courtyard as water from the Prypyat river overflows its banks during spring flooding in the village of Khlupin, some 270 km (168 miles) south of Minsk, April 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)


A woman looks at an artwork by Turkish artist Turgut Yuksel "Personal Development/Talk to Plants" made from mixed media on iron, lightbulb and electric wire, during the Christie's media preview of Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art at Emirates Towers in Dubai, April 14, 2013. The piece is on exhibit as part of Christie's Dubai auction, to take place on April 16 and 17. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh