News Headlines (90) 10 December 2012

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Slaves of Dubai.  Published on Aug 8, 2012 by vice :: Most people know Dubai for its massive skyscrapers and luxurious hotels, but few know that the city was built by modern-day slaves. For months, the BBC's Ben Anderson hung out around the glittering, insane towers springing up in Dubai trying to infiltrate the community of expatriate workers who are putting them up. What he found when he finally got in was that the jewel of the Arab world is almost entirely built upon imported slave labor.






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Raw: Obamas Attend Annual Holiday Concert. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: President Obama and his family attended the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert, which benefits Children's National Medical Center. Before the concert, he presented a basket of books to four former patients, who were dressed as elves. (Dec. 9)



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Raw: Croatia's Heaviest Snow in Decades.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Severe weather conditions with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have hit Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia and Romania this weekend, killing at least six people and causing travel chaos in southeastern Europe. (Dec. 12) 


► 3 Hour Medley of Christmas Songs.  Published on Nov 20, 2012 by Halerman444 :: A 3 hour long collection of Christmas songs. Expand the description to see a full list. NOTE: I do not own any of these songs, they are all owned by their various respective copyright holders.

0:00 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Bing Crosby
3:05 Feliz Navidad -- Beth and Scott
5:32 The Christmas Waltz -- Frank Sinatra
8:33 Winter Wonderland -- Aretha Franklin
10:41 The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -- Andy Williams
13:09 Jingle Bells -- I have no idea who the artist is
15:25 Sleigh Ride -- Johnny Mathis
18:20 Carol of the Bells -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
20:45 Santa Claus is Coming to Town -- The Andrews Sisters
23:25 Silver Bells -- Bing Crosby
26:27 The Christmas Song -- The Osmond Brothers
29:07 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- Andy Williams
32:15 Wonderful Christmastime -- Paul McCartney
35:59 Santa Claus -- Harry Connick Jr
40:35 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Gene Autry
43:46 Rockin Around the Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee
45:49 Sleigh Ride -- Jack Jones
48:31 Blue Christmas -- Elvis Presley
50:36 White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
53:32 Jingle Bell Rock -- Bobby Helms
55:41 The Christmas Song -- Nat King Cole
58:47 Jingle Bells -- Frank Sinatra
1:00:45 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
1:04:09 Sleigh Ride -- Ella Fitzgerald
1:07:04 Winter Wonderland -- Tony Bennett
1:09:14 Let It Snow -- Dean Martin
1:11:08 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- Johnny Mathis
1:13:51 Home for the Holidays -- Perry Como
1:16:40 Little St Nick -- The Beach Boys
1:18:46 A Holly Jolly Christmas -- Burl Ives
1:20:57 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer -- Elmo and Patsy
1:24:23 Merry Christmas Darling -- The Carpenters
1:27:26 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Elvis Presley
1:29:20 Happy Christmas -- John Lennon
1:32:47 Jingle Bells -- Diana Krall
1:34:57 Deck the Halls -- Ottmar Liebert
1:37:57 Mr. Heatmeiser -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
1:42:18 Winter Wonderland -- Johnny Mathis
1:45:30 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Mariah Carey
1:48:00 Frosty the Snowman -- The Beach Boys
1:49:51 Let It Snow -- Harry Connick Jr
1:52:22 A Marshmallow World -- Dean Martin
1:55:00 Christmas Canon -- Trans Siberian Orchestra
1:59:16 Silent Night -- Sarah McLaughlin
2:03:00 Sleigh Ride -- Arthur Fielder
2:05:59 We Need a Little Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:07:53 Santa Baby -- Madonna
2:10:26 O Holy Night -- Placido Domingo
2:14:21 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Bobby Vinton
2:17:26 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:19:38 I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas -- Gayle Peevey
2:22:14 Stille Nacht -- The King's Singers
2:25:25 Joy To The World -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:27:58 Ave Maria -- Luciano Pavarotti
2:32:50 Waltz of the Flowers -- Leopold Stokowski
2:37:15 White Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
2:39:48 Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Henry Mancini
2:42:12 O Holy Night Luciano Pavarotti
2:46:16 Hallelujah Chorus -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:50:05 Mistletoe and Holly -- Frank Sinatra
2:52:21 The Christmas Song -- Mel Torme
2:54:25 The Chipmunk Song -- The Chipmunks
2:56:44 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Gene Autry
2:59:13 We Need A Little Christmas -- Percy Faith
3:01:20 White Christmas -- The Drifters
3:05:33 The Magic of Christmas Day -- Celine Dion
3:08:11 Silver Bells -- Johnny Mathis
3:11:41 Suite from The Polar Express -- Alan Silvestri

► Obama met Boehner on Sunday over fiscal cliff: aides - By Jeff Mason 

► Russia denies holding talks on future of Syria's Assad - Reuters

► U.S. and Russia still back Syria settlement: UN envoy - By Erika Solomon | Reuters 

► New talks on Syria involving Russia, US - By By LYNN BERRY 

► Divided over Israel, Palestinian groups call for unity - By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Noah Browning 

► Israeli PM: Hamas leader seeks to destroy Israel - Associated Press 

► Islamist-leaning draft constitution divides Egypt - By HAMZA HENDAWI

► Egypt's military returns to the political fray-  By HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEB 

► More Egypt protests called after Morsi concession - By By HAMZA HENDAWI 

► Italy's Monti to call it quits after Berlusconi withdrew support; waiting to pass budget law - By Frances D'Emilio, The Associated Press

► Italy's PM Says He Intends to Quit Over Crisis. Published on Dec 8, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: Premier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday he plans to resign following the sudden loss of support from Silvio Berlusconi's party, paving the way for early elections. (Dec. 8) ::



► Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again-  By IAN JAMES 

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Hugo Chavez Says He Needs Cancer Surgery Again. Published on Dec 9, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez named his vice president as his chosen successor and was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer after announcing that the illness returned. (Dec. 9)



► Hope and Fear in Gay Marriage Cases at High Court - ABC OTUS News

► Historic gay marriage vote - A law legalizing same-sex matrimony took effect in Washington state Dec. 6. Washington made history last month as one of three U.S. states where marriage rights were extended to same-sex couples by popular vote, joining Maryland and Maine in passing ballot initiatives recognizing gay nuptials. (PHOTOS)

► 2013 10Best: Cars - By Car and Driver Staff | Car and Driver – Wed, Dec 5, 2012
► The best used cars for your money - By Jim Gorzelany | Forbes.com – Thu, Dec 6 



► Nine Beers Americans No Longer Drink - by Michael B. Sauter and Alexander E.M. Hess | 24/7 Wall St – Fri, Dec 7, 2012
► Worth it or Not: A Gift Guide - From portable grills to bathroom scales, we weigh the competition | By MarketWatch | MarketWatch – Fri, Dec 7, 2012
► As "fiscal cliff" nears, market complacency sets in - Reuters
► Even Santa Can't Find a Job - The saint beloved by children is struggling in this economy | By Quentin Fottrell | MarketWatch – Fri, Dec 7, 2012




► GOOEY CINNAMON BUNS - Mon, Dec 3, 2012  | This dessert is so good you'll want it all day long.




► Microwave Secrets: Perfect Steamed Veggies - By Chow Ciao | Shine Food – Tue, Nov 27, 2012

► Meet Linda of Spicebox Travels, Our November Supper Club Winner! - By Sarah McColl, Shine staff | Shine Food – Thu, Nov 29, 2012 

► 10 December 2012 - Secession petitions: Why Americans don't really want to break up | By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine, Washington DC

► 10 December 2012  - Morsi call to army in vote run-up

President Morsi orders Egypt's military to maintain security and protect state institutions as tensions rise in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution.
* 'Major compromise' - VIDEO
* Voices from a divided Cairo 
* Government 'pressuring media' - VIDEO
* Egypt's polarised politics 

► President declared Ghana winner

Ghana's incumbent President John Mahama is declared the winner of Friday's election, but the opposition says the poll was fraudulent.
* In pictures: Ghana votes

► 9 December 2012 - Italy's political crisis unfolded with operatic background | By David Willey BBC News, Rome

► 10 December - India: Why land is at the centre of all scandals | By Alam Srinivas Business analyst

► 10 December 2012 -  Mexico singer Jenni Rivera dies in plane crash

► Singer Feared Dead in Mexican Plane Crash.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 by AssociatedPress ::  The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying singing superstar Jenni Rivera was found in northern Mexico on Sunday. Authorities said there were no survivors. (Dec. 9) 



► Laser weapons shine on

► 7 December 2012 - A Point of View: Which comes first - trust or trustworthiness? 

► 7 December 2012 -  Nasa's 'Oppy' rover could be rolling on Martian clays  | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco 

► Rebel Yell: 700,000 Americans sign secession petitions to White House. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Hundreds of thousands of Americans say they want to break away from Washington. Residents across the land, have signed internet petitions, saying they don't want to be part of the United States anymore. Marina Portnaya has the story. (VIDEO)

► Morsi backs down: Revokes power grab, referendum on constitution still up.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Egypt's President has scrapped the decree that gave him sweeping new powers and effectively put him above the law of the land. But the opposition says that's not enough - as a referendum on the controversial draft Constitution is still scheduled for next week. (VIDEO)

► 'US secretly pushing for Islamic fascist regime in Egypt'.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Egypt's opposition is calling for more protests, after President Morsi insisted on ploughing ahead with a referendum on the new constitution, which is viewed by many as discriminatory. Even his decision to scrap the decree which had granted him almost absolute power, was dismissed as a play on words. The U.S. has made no comment on Egypt's draft constitution, even though it's criticised for undermining basic freedoms. Geopolitical analyst F. William Engdahl says Washington is secretly supporting Muslim Brotherhood to turn Egypt into an Islamic dictatorship. (VIDEO)  || NEWS -  Egyptian opposition formally rejects constitutional referendum 

► Iran launches own video site to compete with 'inappropriate' YouTube 

► Rise of the machines: Hitachi joins robot race to dismantle Fukushima ruins 

► Burning Man : King, Chimp & the Playa (RT Documentary).  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: ­Burning Man is an annual festival that began in 1986. Tens of thousands of people gather at the 'Playa' in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create a temporary wooden city dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. They depart a week later, leaving no trace whatsoever. Let it burn!



■ Desert storm! World's wildest party underway at city in the sand as 60,000 gather in searing Nevada heat for Burning Man festival - By Emily Anne Epstein | PUBLISHED: 31 August 2012
► True danger from Syrian chemical weapons is if militants acquire them – Russian FM

► Russian conductor Valery Gergiev nominated for Grammy 

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Inside Syria - How real is Syria's chemical weapons threat? Published on Dec 9, 2012 ::  We ask if the West is exaggerating Syria's chemical weapons menace to justify a future military intervention. Watch Inside Syria with presenter Hazem Sika as he speaks with Lale Kemal, a military analyst and the correspondent for Jane Defense Weekly; Joel Rubin, a former US State Department official; and James Denselow, a Middle East analyst and founder of 'New Diplomacy Platform'.



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Al Jazeera Investigates - The Hidden Genocide.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Earlier this year a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered in western Myanmar. The authorities charged three Muslim men. A week later, 10 Muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. What happened next was hidden from the outside world. Bloodshed pitted Buddhists against minority Rohingya Muslims. Many Rohingya fled their homes, which were burned down in what they said was a deliberate attempt by the predominantly Buddhist government to drive them out of the country.

"They were shooting and we were also fighting. The fields were filled with bodies and soaked with blood," says Mohammed Islam, who fled with his family to Bangladesh. There are 400,000 Rohingya languishing in Bangladesh. For more than three decades, waves of refugees have fled Myanmar. But the government of Bangladesh considers the Rohingya to be illegal immigrants, as does the government of Myanmar. They have no legal rights and nowhere to go. This is a story of a people fleeing the land where they were born, of a people deprived of citizenship in their homeland. It is the story of the Rohingya of western Myanmar, whose very existence as a people is denied.

Professor William Schabas, the former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says: "When you see measures preventing births, trying to deny the identity of the people, hoping to see that they really are eventually, that they no longer exist; denying their history, denying the legitimacy of their right to live where they live, these are all warning signs that mean it's not frivolous to envisage the use of the term genocide."   This video has been removed by the user.



► Berlusconi announces comeback bid. Published on Dec 8, 2012 :: Italy's former Prime Minister Berlusconi, who was forced to resign last year amid a sex scandal and a debt crisis, says he will run for office again next year. Hours after his announcement, current PM Mario Monti said he will resign once next year's budget is approved. Al Jazeera's Cahrlie Angela reports. (VIDEO)

► Arab League pledges aid to Palestinians. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: The Arab League says it will give the Palestinian Authority $100m a month in financial aid. Israel has stopped transferring the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinians, after their successful bid for upgraded membership at the UN. The announcement was made at an Arab League meeting in Doha. Al Jazeera's Omar al-Saleh reports. (VIDEO) 

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Participants in the annual "Santa Speedo Run," a charity race through the streets of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts leave the starting line December 8, 2012.(REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as "snow monkeys", take an open-air hot spring bath, or "onsen" at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on December 7, 2012. Some 160 of the monkeys inhabit the area and are a popular tourist draw. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

People walk behind Christmas lights during snowfall in the city centre of Frankfurt on December 7, 2012. (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner)

A worker controls a tapping of a blast furnace at Europe's largest steel factory of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in the western German city of Duisburg on December 6, 2012. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)

A child reacts to a reveller dressed as a devil at the Old Town Square in Prague, on the eve of Saint Nicholas Day on December 5, 2012. Revellers dressed as Saint Nicholas and a devil approached children on the streets as part of a tradition to determine if they had behaved well during the past year and depending on their answers, would receive presents, sweets or coal accordingly. (REUTERS/David W Cerny)

A figurine of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine is seen being painted in a shop at San Gregorio Armeno street in Naples on December 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Ciro De Luca)