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DIGITAL TRENDS 26 April 2013 : Dell brings XPS 10 Windows RT tablet with LTE to AT&T, starts at $600 - By Gloria Sin — April 26, 2013

SCIENCE DAILY 25 April 2013 : Forced Exercise May Still Protect Against Anxiety and Stress  — Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder

ABC News 23 April 2013 : Stonehenge Seeks New Druid-in-Chief  || NEWSER || NEWSER : Click to read about a mystery even bigger than Stonehenge  || EXAMINER ||  WAPO - Wanted: Stonehenge manager for $99,229 a year

COOKING CHANNEL TV : RECIPE BEAUTY SHOTS: BEFORE AND AFTER

Espressogossip : What Were They Thinking? (19 Photos)

EXAMINER 30 October, 2012 : Kate Upton photos: model shows off nearly NSFW-cleavage in V magazine spread (Video) || EXAMINER : Kate Upton shows off her Sports Illustrated bikini while dancing the 'Cat Daddy' (Photos)

EXAMINER 15 Amrch 2013 : Fokkens news: 70 year old prostitutes retire after sex with 355,000 men (Photos)

JUSTFORMETODAY : What Men Really Think About Your Body  || CAPTURE HIM : 3 Steps To Make a Man Love You



The AUSTRALIAN 26 April 2013 : No clothes, but Austrian emperor Franz-Josef's hair for sale

US MAG 22 April 2013 : Halle Berry Conceals Baby Bump in Storm Costume on X-Men: Days of Future Past Set

ABC NEWS 26 April 2013 : Billy Currington Charged With Elder Abuse

RIA NOVOSTI 26 April 2013 : Fire at Psychiatric Clinic Near Moscow Kills 38 ||  RIA NOVOSTI  26 APril 2013: Putin Urges Attention to Fire Safety After Hospital Deaths


TODAY in HISTORY
27th April 1865 :: Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered


GUARDIAN 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh building collapse: voices in the rubble cry for help as rescuers toil. Anxious relatives await news of those still missing, while survivors describe deafening bang and then darkness  ||  REUTERS 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh factory building collapse kills more than 10  ||  REUTERS 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh building tragedy down to West's cost squeeze: NGOs  ||  ► REUTERS  26 April 2013 : Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for second night, 260 dead


ECONOMIST 27 April 2013 : Chechnya and Dagestan. Islamists in Russia - The Boston bombs have put new focus on Russia’s Islamist republics


Kavkazcente 30 April 2012 : Angel or hero? An interesting video clip recorded in Syria has been posted on the Internet. The video shows a wounded man who lays on a road. People are hiding and can not approach him as the street is shelled by the Alawites. There are shouts, and people rushing around, not knowing how to help the wounded. At this moment, a person in completely white clothes appears at the background. He behaves unnaturally quiet and shows no emotions.   The man in white approaches the wounded man (whose weight is not less than 80 kg.) slowly, without quickening his steps, and calmly, without a visible effort, picks him up. Then he carries the wounded man with one hand only and brings to the crowd of people. After that, he disappears in the video. As pointed out by the witnesses of the incident, the unidentified person was dressed in impeccably white robe, which obviously does not dock with the situation of war, dirt, dust, incessant shellings and destruction. Sources in Syria say that this was not the only case when witnesses saw some persons in white clothes, who participated in battles against the Alawites and helped Muslims. This story is just one of those rare occasions when such incidents were videotaped. The Muslims are asking: Who are these persons - angels or heroes? Allah knows better! | Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center.Publication time: 30 April 2012 © Copyright 2001-2012 KavkazCenter.com





SANDS OF IWO JIMA. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win.  John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker's from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker's CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker's increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the squad is landed at Tarawa in November 1943 and Stryker risks his life to blow up a Japanese bunker that has slaughtered Marines trapped at a log wall. The now battle-tested squad becomes more closely-knit and Stryker's relationship with the men warms as the squad eventually finds itself in the bloodiest island battle of the war, at Iwo Jima. Uploaded on Feb 14, 2011 by jeffduce55

Our War: Ambushed. As a prior-service U.S. Marine currently serving in the U.S. Army, I found this doc to be an eye opener. Chronicling the exploits of the British 1st Battalion Royal Anglian as captured by the Soldiers themselves, the footage shot by these men was only recently declassified by the MoD. It has since been compiled to tell their story via a BBC documentary series titled "Our War". Watch. Reel. Learn. Dedicated to the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian, the International Security Assistance Force, and those who did not make it home. Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011 by Bryan Ott.





North Korea says American tourist it is holding will face trial

Two arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 325  || VIDEO

Obama talks tough, waits to act on Syria
By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick - WASHINGTON - President Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad that any use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would be a "game changer" but cautioned that intelligence assessments that such weapons had been deployed were still preliminary.
    * Factbox: What is the chemical weapon sarin?

VIDEO : Five-year-old rape victim in India puts spotlight on child abuse
U.S. sues Novartis over kickbacks

PICTURES
Photos of the week
Building collapse in Bangladesh
Surreal art
Living without sight
Best in baguette. More than 200 Parisian bakers compete to see who will win the coveted Best Baguette of Paris prize. 
How To Make a French Baguette. Uploaded on Oct 21, 2009 by Howcast || La tradition française





H a c k i n g

State public deficit. Spain's government, seeking to cut its deficit amidst a double-dip recession, is to unveil new measures Friday aimed at reviving the economy. VIDEOGRAPHIC  || Spanish unemployment tops 27%, protests near parliament 

Dubai police show off Ferrari

Begging becomes business in Pakistan 

Garment workers protest as Bangladesh toll tops 300  ||International brands denounced for Bangladesh fire 

Japanese shrine visits stir raw emotions in S Korea 

Syrians make gas masks after chemical weapon claim. The US has said that growing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime was "extremely serious." On the ground, in Latakia province, members of a rebel brigade are taking no chances, making homemade gas masks to protect themselves in case of an attack.

Madagascar's artists rapping to a different beat. A group of rappers in Madagascar is trying to modernise their island's music by blending traditional genres with Western-style rapping, slamming and beat boxing. They recently organised a Malagasy hip hop festival, and hope to export their unique style of music abroad. 

Fire at Russia psychiatric hospital kills 38  ||  ► Fire at Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38

Nigerian singer Femi Kuti back on tour 


BBC HARDtalk - Femi Kuti - Nigerian musician and political activist (9/7/12). As Africa's most populous nation and one of its biggest oil producers, Nigeria is a giant on the African stage. But in terms of prosperity it has never fulfilled the expectations of its people.

Zeinab Badawi talks to musician and political activist Femi Kuti, son of the late, legendary musician Fela Kuti. He is a constant thorn in the side of the authorities and uses his songs to criticise government and speak up on behalf of the poor and dispossessed. But with fantastic rates of growth in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, is Femi Kuti being overly pessimistic about Nigeria's prospects?

Credits : Interviewed Guest - Femi Kuti |  Presenter - Zeinab Badawi. Published on Aug 3, 2012 by BBC HardTALK 



Samsung releases new smartphone, posts record gain
Greek bees holding their own...for the moment   ||SIMILAR VIDEO : My Older post 21 April 2013 / AFP video
The Dutch prepare big party to welcome new king 
No need for concern over US-China relations: US 
Iranian bomb suspects testify in Thai court 
Iceland centre-right opposition poised for election win

Hindu devotees mark birthday of monkey-god Hanuman





Raw: US, Skorea Hold Joint Military Drill. Thousands of US and South Korean troops are taking part in a joint military drill. North Korea denounced the exercise, calling it a war practice drill. (April 26)



ShowBiz Minute: Bieber, Currington, Billboard 

A Royal Visit to the Harry Potter Experience  ||  Raw: Prince William Hops on Batman Bike 

New Video Show Bangladesh Cracks Before Collapse

Obama Vows to Fight for Planned Parenthood. President Barack Obama vowed Friday to fight with Planned Parenthood against what he said were efforts across the country to turn women's health back to the 1950s. (April 26)





Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 341

Fossilized bird egg sells at auction for more than $100,000

Tampa Woman Swallows $5,000 Diamond

HOMES : The most and least stressed-out states

MOVIES Halle Berry's New Look as Storm in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

OMG! : Could Prince Harry Have a Broadcasting Job in His Future? 



OMG! : Celebrity Brides Who Ditched the White Dress

SHINE 20 September 2011 : How NOT to Get Shot on the Playground: Cassandra Barry on the drawbacks of sticking up for your kid || More Stories About Some Kid  - With Joel Stein

PICTURES
Tough shell to crack: Turtle fends off Gator's attack
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VIDEO
Kew reorders collection of seven million plants. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the world's first DNA Bank for plants. Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, it was the start of efforts around the world to use DNA sequencing to probe the genetic secrets of the world of flora. Two decades on, and new technology has transformed botany - turning what we thought we knew about plants on its head, as well as paving the way for new technologies such as GM and genomics.  But the findings have led to some plants being re-categorised according to their DNA rather than their appearance, and for links to be made between plants that were previously thought to be unrelated. All of that has meant that Kew's seven million preserved plant specimens have had to be reorganised - no small task. Video Journalist: Tom Beal. Some stills courtesy Kew Gardens.
Bangladeshi workers pay price for West's cheap clothes
Cuba's former MLB star Marrero turns 102
Rio to use new test for early diagnosis of leprosy
Boston bombings: Was Dagestan the starting point?
FUTURE : Home truths for online falsehoods
TRAVEL : Carousing in the cocktail capital of South America || Escaping the heat in Far North Queensland
AUTOS : With JCW, Mini Paceman moves upmarket || Aston Martin Rapide S: Four-door ferocity

PICTURES
Sony World Photography Awards 2013


 
A zoo employee holds up a partially hatched Griffon Vulture chick at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Israel. Only 100 of the birds are thought to remain in Israel. (Copyright: Reuters)



 
Griffon vulture





OP-ED : West is using possibility of chemical weapons to encourage intervention in Syria
OP-ED : 'US domestic security turned massive failure'
Bloomberg: New Yorkers will 'never know where our cameras are'
White House says the US may use military force against Syria
West must think twice about Syrian military invasion' ||  ► 'Clampdown on Islam in Europe drives young Muslims to Syrian war'
Chemical inspection stalled: UN team can't be trusted 'politically' without Russian expertsSyrian information minister  
Dozens dead in psych ward fire near Moscow, 3 survive 
Dutchman arrested in Spain for 'largest ever' Spamhaus cyber-attack
Pentagon in PR fight over F-35 fighter jets' cyber vulnerabilities
North Korea loses popularity among Russians amid ongoing crisis
BUSINESS : Latin Americans seen as most probable nominees to lead WTO

VIDEOS
Video: Joint US-S. Korea war games amid growing nuclear tension
CrossTalk: Proliferating Hypocrisy
140 detained in Moscow extremist-Islam raid, 30 reported to be foreigners
Profits before people, workers disposable - Celente on Bangladesh 

Rebel Rise? EU-born jihadis flock to Syria to fight Assad. The EU's anti-terror chief is sounding the alarm over the number of young Europeans going off to the Syrian war. Hundreds of volunteers are already fighting alongside rebels - and could pose a serious security threat when they return home, according to the official. As RT's Tesa Arcilla reports, Europe is increasingly worried about the terror threat from within.



Ouch, ouch, Glad to see Rory wearing pink shirt paired with gray suits. That is the color milemium in the early 90s.




Inside Story Americas - The political cost of Mexico's reforms
Talk to Al Jazeera - Najib Razak: Malaysia's election challenge
► Secret of the Seven Sisters - Episode 4: A Time for Lies 

Are chemical weapons being used in Syria? ||  Al Jazeera talks to Ralf Trapp about chemical weapons in Syria  ||  Suspicion grows over Syria chemical weapons
Listen to me. The Muslims need awareness and solidarity to face the conspiracies and threats against the Islamic world. United States with its CIA, Israel and its Mossad are the parties which arming and training the terrorists who roam the regional countries.

To the Muslims, do not be fooled by their doings, let alone issue a decision to support a terrorist militia to attack fellow Muslims. Their goal is to create friction among Muslims, to dominate the oil market and to sell weapons to the Islamic countries.
Counting the Cost - Austerity debunked
South2North - Tackling 'the big three'




HEALTH : Alzheimer's Advance: Gene Could Help to Clear Brain Plaques Responsible for the Disease
EDUCATION : The Illusion of the 'Gifted' Child
ECOCENTRIC : Earth Daze: What Happened to the Environmental Movement?
U.S.: Americans Abroad: When Goodwill Turns Into Gaffe

PHOTOGRAPHY
Pictures of the Week: April 19 – April 26. From funerals and prayer vigils in Boston and a deadly garment factory collapse in Bangladesh to the legalization of gay marriage in France and a giant inflatable pig in China, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Photographer Spotlight: Andreas Feininger
Hundreds Dead as Garment Factory in Bangladesh Collapses
The 2013 TIME 100 Red Carpet with Joel Stein 





COLUMN ONE :14-year-old 'Albanian Bear' is up for a fight. Reshat Mati, a friendly teen from Staten Island, is a fierce boxing and martial arts competitor. He's gained international notice and an Internet following.
DISH : Is that rose petal in my beer? Brewers are trying some unexpected flavors
Heart of Boston : Marathon sneakers form iconic image
iPod, putting gear, $52,695 mask included in Obama's foreign gifts
Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it
Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation
Alan Wood dies at 90; provided Iwo Jima flag in World War II. A Navy officer in World War II, Alan Wood provided the flag that was raised on Iwo Jima and that was captured in an iconic photo.
Paris photo fair comes to Hollywood


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