News Headlines (366) 15 September 2013

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► Your reputation is your top concern right now, but is such an obsessive focus keeping you from making deeper emotional connections with other people? It certainly can be difficult to balance your goals with your personal relationships, but you need to do it. You can master the art of being yourself and being there for others if you try. Luckily, you have an older relative who has some helpful insight. Talk to them today and see what they tell you to work on first. Don't despair -- things are good, and you can push through the latest wave of weirdness to make it out the other side. You should be able to show that one doubter what you're really made of!

► LIVESCIENCE 2 September 2013 : Weird! Tiny Frog Uses Its Mouth to Hear

► SPACE 9 September 2013 : NASA Loses Contact With Comet-Hunting Deep Impact Spacecraft ::  || ► DISCOVERY NEWS 10 September 201 : In a Spin? NASA Loses Contact with Comet Chaser

► SPACE 13 September 2013 : NASA Moon Probe Performs 1st Big Maneuver of Lunar Trek ||  ► REUTERS || ► MASHABLE

► NEWSCIENTIST 5 September 2013 : The whole internet can't identify this mystery cocoon

► eSCIENCENEWS 12 September 2013 : Alzheimer's patients show striking individual differences in molecular basis of disease

► PHYS  22 August 2013 : Researchers find mother beetles eat young that beg too much

► NEWSCIENTIST

■ 10 September 2013 : Fossilised dinosaur battle expected to fetch millions
■ 13 September 2013 : Genes linked to left-handedness identified

► SCIENCEMAG 9 September 2013 : ScienceShot: Earliest Unfrozen Ancient DNA Reveals Some Bear Facts

► FOXNEWS

■ 14 September 2013 : Gun control advocates say Colorado recall stifling effort in Congress
■ 15 September 2013 : Obama to warn GOP in economy speech ahead of debt ceiling, shutdown battles

► HOSTED AP  14 September 2013 : Analysis: Russia wants seat back at Mideast table

► MICHELLE MALKIN 14 September 2013 : No Obamacare exemptions for Big Labor? We'll see

► DAMNINTERESTING 8 August 2013 : Otokichi’s Long Trip Home

► ENGADGET 14 September 2013 : Japan's Epsilon rocket with onboard AI successfully launches

► GUARDIAN

■ 14 September 2013 : David Cameron's bid to curb 'benefit tourism' meets setback
■ 14 September 2013 : Detainees at Yarl's Wood immigration centre 'facing sexual abuse'
■ 15 September 2013 : Colorado floods: rescuers warn of weeks without power
■ 14 September 2013 : Paddy Ashdown says Liberal Democrats could work again with the Tories

► PC WORLD 14 September 2013 : NSA chief shared only part of the story at Black Hat

► SLASH DOT 14 September 2013 : 45% of U.S. Jobs Vulnerable To Automation

► EDUCATION : The Ape That Took Over the World (Documentary).  In 2001, scientists announced an amazing discovery: the oldest skull of a human ancestor ever found. The 3½ million year old fossil was remarkably complete, and unlike any previous fossil find. Its discovery - by a team led by Meave Leakey of the famous Leakey fossil-hunting family - has revolutionised our understanding of how humans evolved.

The great mystery of our evolution is how an ape could have evolved into the extraordinary creature that is a human being. There has never been another animal like us on the planet. And yet ten million years ago there was no sign that humans would take over the world. Instead the Earth was dominated by the apes. More than 50 different species of ape roamed the world - ten million years ago Earth really was the planet of the apes. Three million years later, most had vanished. In their place came something clearly related to the apes, but also completely different: human beings! Published on Jan 14, 2013 by EducationaITV

► Silent Transitions

► Assad's forces on attack after U.S.-Russia arms 
BEIRUT - Syrian warplanes and artillery bombarded rebel suburbs of the capital on Sunday after the United States agreed to call off military action in a deal with Russia to remove President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons. | Video - International community expresses caution over U.S.-Russian deal on Syria

* Obama says U.S. remains prepared to act on Syria if diplomacy fails
* U.S.-Russia deal will allow Assad to 'delay and deceive': McCain, Graham say

► Mubarak back in Egypt court over protest deaths
► Syria rebels reject US-Russia chemical arms deal
► US, Russia in landmark deal on Syria weapons

► US: Assad Must Show Concrete Actions on Weapons
► US-Russia Reach Agreement on Syria Weapons

► NEWS

■ Assad's forces on attack after U.S.-Russia arms deal
■ Syrian rebel leader says U.S.-Russian deal a blow to uprising
■ Guns, clans, rogue Muslim rebels undermine south Philippine peace
■ Netanyahu gives guarded response to Syrian chemical weapons deal

■ U.S., Russia agree on Syria weapons, Obama says force still option

So here it goes, Syria agrees to this deal because Syria wants to meet the demand of its close ally, Russia, and not because of fear of the U.S.. And I feel Obama thinks the U.S. is obliged to be feared. Mr. Obama, you are a bit narcissistic!

■ Obama Ends Longest Week at Crossroads on Syria
■ Japan's 1st Epsilon Rocket Launches Into Space On Maiden Voyage
■ Russia MP in racism row over 'Obama banana' image
■ World's oldest man dies at age 112 - Salustiano "Shorty" Sanchez-Blazquez was known as a talented self-taught musician.

► FINANCE : Top 1% Getting 95% of Income Gains: Is Washington Responsible?

► Syria hails weapons deal 'victory' 
A Syrian minister hails the US-Russia agreement on destroying the country's chemical weapons as a "victory" that averts war.

* Analysis: Unlikely deal offers hope
* Kerry: Political solution needed - VIDEO

Actually we do not mind if you keep talking, Kerry, as long as what you say is true! I also do not mind if you make a speech with different draft text, as long as its core includes one thing: a peaceful solution, not war! Now we want to sleep normally. Please do not wake us with another concept that is different from the achievement today, okay?

(Dahling, let's sleep. Please hug me up to a sunny morning comes to wake us. I love you.)

* Lavrov: No mention of force - VIDEO
* Q&A: Syrian chemical weapons
* Views: Can Russian plan work?
* Daunting task of destroying weapons

► MAGAZINE

■ Great pretenders - Why people sometimes prefer lies to the truth
■ Damascus diaries - Ordinary Syrians write about their lives in a state of crisis

► FUTURE : How and why do we snore?

► ANALYSIS : Surprise success? - Unlikely US-Russia deal offers Syria glimmer of hope

► US-Russia reach landmark deal on destruction of Syria chemical weapons arsenal 
► 'US prepared to act' if diplomacy fails on Syria – Obama 
► US, Russia contacted Syria directly to get chemical weapons data – Lavrov
► US military intervention in Syria is not off the table
► Russia to expand Mediterranean fleet to 10 warships – Navy chief 
► Disarming Syria brings Israel's suspected WMD arsenals into focus
► Argentina, Brazil agree on cyber-defense alliance against US espionage
► NSA gets data from Germany's domestic security agency - reports  
► Japan 'to measure cesium levels' off crippled Fukushima to assess sea damage
► Russian military resumes permanent Arctic presence


► VIDEOS

■ Farage: 'Time before EU elex chance to cause earthquake'.  There's little good news in the Eurozone's latest unemployment statistics. Bloc-wide joblessness has grown every month for two and a half years - ever since Greece was given its first bailout. But now, with Merkel's government about to stand the test - it could be crunch time for the single currency.



■ Landmark Deal: US, Russia agree on dismantling Syria chem weapons
■ Diplomatic Rollercoaster: 'US's Syria military option off table - but only for now'
■ 'Syrian rebels have no chance to win without intervention'
■ Academic Big Brother: UK universities track students' web trails
■ The Day the Markets Died: '5 years on, Wall St learned nothing' (E7)
■ 'US could live with Saddam & without war', but can it live with Assad?

► South2North : The right to health
► US and Russia seek Syria peace talks revival
► Syrian activists losing hope over uprising
► US and Russia push for new Syria talks
► Proof of Syria's chemical weapons use sketchy
► Counting the Cost : Lehman Brothers - five years on
► Inside Story : India: The price of change
► Talk to Al Jazeera : Frans Timmermans: 'Assad is not off the hook'
► Featured Documentary -- Black France: The immigration problem
► Deal reached on Syrias chemical weapons
► Israel quietly treats Syrian patients 

► Ambitious Syria Deal Poses Real Challenges
A high-stakes diplomatic summit has yielded a plan to rid Syria of its chemical weapons in 2014

► The U.S. Economy Is Still Weak - Rana Foroohar responds to the Treasury's criticism

► Syria's chemical stockpile easy to find, hard to get to
By Patrick J. McDonnell - Secretary of State Kerry says Syria's chemical arsenal is concentrated in government-held zones, but routes to these sites are unsafe.

► FRAMEWORK :  The Week in Pictures | Sept. 9-15, 2013 - Posted By: Marc Martin



A photographer captures the moment in the reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial as the sun rises in Washington, D.C. PHOTOGRAPH BY: J. David Ake / Associated Press