News Headlines (154) 13 February 2013

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►Susan Rice (United states of America) on Non-proliferation/DPRK - Security Council Media Stakeout.12 Feb 2013 - Informal comments to the media by H.E. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations on Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). ||   ► UN Security Council slams DPRK's nuclear test  ||  ► Obama vows to take "firm action" against DPRK

( Is this North Korea's efforts to accomplish the purpose of building a nuclear warhead? Or is Jong-un just testing Xi Jinping leadership? Will North Korea's actions be at risk to further expand the spread of weapons of mass destruction? Is this unacceptable? All said no. So ...? So. But recent developments in the Korean Peninsula must be addressed with a cool head and do not be hasty. Need for immediate resumption of Six Party Talks and the use of dialogue and consultation mechanisms include the ASEAN Regional Forum.)

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Monsters University - New UK Trailer - Disney Pixar Official HD. Published on Feb 11, 2013 by WaltDisneyStudiosUK :: The brand new full UK trailer for Monsters University is here.

Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer—and he knows better than anyone that the best scarers come from Monsters University (MU). But during his first semester at MU, Mike's plans are derailed when he crosses paths with hotshot James P. Sullivan, "Sulley" (voice of John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. The pair's out-of-control competitive spirit gets them both kicked out of the University's elite Scare Program. To make matters worse, they realize they will have to work together, along with an odd bunch of misfit monsters, if they ever hope to make things right.

Screaming with laughter and oozing with heart, Disney•Pixar's "Monsters University" is directed by Dan Scanlon ("Cars," "Mater and the Ghostlight," "Tracy"), produced by Kori Rae ("Up," "The Incredibles," "Monsters, Inc.") and features music from future Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame--inductee and award winning composer Randy Newman ("Monsters, Inc.," "Toy Story 3"). The film opens in U.K. cinemas on July 13, 2013, and will be shown in Disney Digital 3D™ in select cinemas.



► More benefits to praising child' s effort, not the child, study finds. How parents praise their children can have vastly different outcomes on how motivated the child grows up to become: study. - By: Isabel Teotonio Living reporter, Published on Tue Feb 12 2013

►The Ferrari Enzo WRC (Oh dear .. its cool muffler )



► Contest seeks underworldly names for 2 Pluto moons - By MARCIA DUNN. Associated Press –  Mon, Feb 11, 2013

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Helicopter Crash Caught On Camera - Top Gear Korea - Top Gear. Published on Feb 10, 2013 by TopGear :: This was an accident that was caught on camera during filming for Top Gear Korea. Thankfully no one was seriously injured. The original challenge pitted presenter Kim Jin Pyo in a Corvette ZR1 against an AH1 Cobra helicopter in true Top Gear style.



► Adventurers re-enact Shackleton's Antarctic voyage - By NICK PERRYA. ssociated Press –  Mon, Feb 11, 2013 ||  ► Explorers to retrace Shackleton's epic Antarctic journey - By Stuart McDill - Sun Dec 2, 2012

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Short film directed by Guy Ritchi starring David Beckham - H&M Spring 2013.  Published on Feb 6, 2013 by hennesandmauritz ::Exclusive short film directed by Guy Ritchie to celebrate the launch of the updated David Beckham Bodywear for H& M collection.






► North Korea carries out third nuclear test. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: North Korea stages its most powerful nuclear test yet, claiming a breakthrough with a "miniaturised" device in a striking act of defiance to global powers including its sole patron China.   ||   ► North Korea defies world opinion with nuclear test. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: North Korea stages its most powerful nuclear test yet, claiming a breakthrough with a "miniaturised" device in a striking act of defiance that drew condemnation from global powers including its sole patron China. Meteorological and seismological agencies in Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo announce the tremor caused by the nuclear test. ||  ► SKoreans react to NKorea nuclear test.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: South Koreans are worried after North Korea stages its third nuclear test defying criticism from global powers including its sole patron China.  ||  ► UN Council strongly condemns N.Korea nuclear test.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: The UN Security Council on Tuesday "strongly condemned" North Korea's third nuclear test amid US demands that it face new sanctions to halt its weapons development.  ||  ► Panetta : N.Korea a 'serious threat' to US. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: North Korea is a "serious threat" to the United States and Washington must be prepared to deal with it, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Tuesday after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test.



► Quebec City hosts world's largest winter carnival. Published on Feb 11, 2013 :: Quebec City offers a winter carnival complete with an Arctic Spa, snow sculptures and an all-night party in an ice palace.


► Westminster hopefuls get star treatment. Published on Feb 11, 2013 :: Dogs competing in the world-famous Westminster Kennel Club show get their workout and beauty regime at a Manhattan hotel before the big competition.


► Thai couples try to break kissing record. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: Thai couples compete to break the Guinness World Record for the 'Longest Continous Kiss'.  ||  ► Longest kiss :: The longest kiss lasted 50 hours, 25 minutes and 1 second and was achieved by Nonthawat Charoenkaesornsin and Thanakorn Sitthiamthong (both Thailand) at an event organised by Ripley's Believe It or Not! Pattaya, in Pattaya, Thailand on 12-14 February 2012. The event started with 7 couples but ended with only 1, after they dropped out one by one. In accordance with the guidelines, couples drank water out of a straw whilst making sure their lips stayed sealed. || Watch also - Largest natural breasts :: The largest breast belongs to Annie Hawkins-Turner (aka Norma Stitz) (USA) who has an under breast measurement of 109.22 cm (43 in) and an around chest-over-nipple measurement of 177.8 cm (70 in).


► Graffiti tours turn London into an open-air museum.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: The streets of London might not be paved with gold, but a number are home to precious pieces of street art. In the city's east end, Street Art London gives tours of the capital's unique creations, turning the capital city into a veritable museum of artwork.

► Tyre dump blights Spanish countryside. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: Spanish environmentalists have denouned the dumping of thousands of tyres on land with panoramic views, 30 kilometres south of Madrid.

► Sadness and enthusiasm in pope's German hometown. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: Germans shared their disappointment at the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation at the end of the month, but enthousiasm and pride for the German-born pope remained in the tiny village of Marktl am Inn, his birthplace. ||  ► Topless women celebrate pope's resignation.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: Eight feminists flashed their breasts in the heart of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday to celebrate Pope Benedict XVI's shock resignation announcement. || ►SNAP's Fight for Survivor Confidentiality 

► Rio Carnival reaches its crescendo. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: Rio's Carnival festivities reached their crescendo late Monday with a final night of samba school parades, part of a contest appropriately dubbed the greatest show on earth.

► Disabled cruise ship with 4,200 aboard to head for US port. Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  A cruise ship packed with 4,200 travelers was adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for a third day on Tuesday waiting to be towed into the US port of Mobile, Alabama, a company spokesman said.





► North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon. Published on Feb 11, 2013 :: North Korea announced on Tuesday that it tested a nuclear weapon. The country said it used a lighter, smaller bomb that resulted in a stronger explosion than the ones used in previous tests.(Feb. 12) ||  ► US Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  The UN Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, to discuss North Korea's latest nuclear test. (Feb. 12) ||  ► UN: 'Strongly Condemn' North Korea Nuke Test. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea's nuclear test and pledging further action. North Korea says its nuclear test was its 'first response' to U.S. threats. (Feb. 12)  ||  ► Condemnation After North Korean Nuke Test. Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  As world leaders denounce North Korea's third nuclear test, analysts said the latest test showed that Pyongyang was moving closer to developing a nuclear missile capable of hitting the United States. (Feb 12) 


► Police: Minn. Child Killed in Random Shooting.  Published on Feb 11, 2013 :: A gunman apparently firing randomly at vehicles killed a 10-year-old and wounded the child's mother and another woman near Minneapolis, authorities said. The suspect was in custody. (Feb. 12)

► Chocolate Passion Takes Shape of Designer Shoe. Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  A Dallas-based chocolate maker has turned her love of chocolate into replicas of what fashionistas crave - authentic designer shoes. For Valentine's Day, she is busy filling orders, but her best customers might surprise you. (Feb. 12) ::

► Abandoned Lion Cubs Bottle-fed in Georgia. Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  Two African lion cubs born at Tbilisi zoo last week are being hand-reared after their mother rejected them. (Feb. 12)

► Raw: Carnival Orchestra Parties in Rio.  Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  On the fifth and final official day of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, revelers showed no sign of fatigue as they gathered by the thousands on the Flamengo park overlooking the Sugarloaf mountain for more music dance and costumes. (Feb. 12)

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Obama: Consensus for More Checks for Gun Buyers. Published on Feb 12, 2013 ::  President Barack Obama is emphasizing the need for more background checks for gun buyers in his State of the Union address, saying that overwhelming majorities of Americans favor the proposal as a way to keep firearms from criminals. (Feb. 12)

► Obama uses SOTU message to push Congress on jobs, spending, guns

► U.S. withdrawing 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year

► Readers on SOTU: Obama's Address was 'Lofty,' 'Forward-Thinking,' 'Disingenuous'

► Rubio's State of the Union response: Obama must drop 'obsession' with raising taxes

► Fate of fugitive LA ex-cop unclear as manhunt reaches fiery climax

► Stinking Carnival cruise ship being towed to Alabama ||  ► Passengers Text About Dire Conditions on Cruise Ship

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Spy-camera robot penguins infiltrate bird colonies. A BBC documentary team unleashed 50 spycams into penguin colonies, including cameras that served as eyes for robotic penguins, to capture stunning close-up footage of the unusual birds. By Amanda Kooser | CNET.com



► Chocolatier pumps out edible heels for Valentine's Day. In Dallas, chocolatier Andrea Pedraza, who loves designer high heels, molded her pedestrian passion into chocolate form. Her most well-known creations are chocolate pumps done in the style of Christian Louboutin shoes. Prices for the pumps range from $30 to $55, but more if you fill the heel with more chocolates. (PHOTOS)

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► SEAL Team 6 shooter calls Jessica Chastain's 'Zero Dark Thirty' performance 'awesome'



► Amazon Beats Apple As Most Trusted Company in U.S.: Harris Poll

► Go Directly to Success: Monopoly's Lessons

► You'd Be Surprised at What's Tax Deductible 

► Amateur Photographer Captures Moment Glacier Ruptures on Film

► Westminster Dog Show Press Conference (PHOTOS)

► Rio's Carnival - Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations kick off with a explosion of color and wild pageantry (PHOTOS)

► 13 February 2013 - Viewpoint: Down with romantic love

► Obama pledges to reignite economy

President Obama urges Congress to back his plans for government action to revive the sluggish US economy in his annual State of the Union speech. 104
* Speech in full - VIDEO
* Mardell: An aggressive lecture
* Rubio's Republican rebuttal - VIDEO
* Full text of speech

► UN condemns nuclear test as North Koreans celebrate. 12 February 2013 - The United Nations has strongly condemned North Korea's decision to carry out a third nuclear test. Nuclear monitors based in Vienna said the underground explosion had double the force of the last test in 2009. In a statement, the Security Council said the action posed a "clear threat to international peace and security". The US has promised to "augment the sanctions regime" against Pyongyang. However locally, the news appeared to be celebrated. | The BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports

* North Korea a 'serious threat' to US
* Uranium concern at North Korea test
* North Korea tests nuclear device
* North Korea’s nuclear test: Third time unlucky?

► 13 February 2013  - Test 'isolates North Korea further'

North Korea's actions only isolate it further, US President Barack Obama warns, hours after the UN Security Council condemned its nuclear test.
* Obama: Test 'provocation' -VIDEO
* Regional media: Anger over test
* Test raises uranium concerns
* Analysis: Third time unlucky?
* North Korea's nuclear tests
* Timeline: Nuclear stand-off

► 13 February 2013  - Viewpoint: Time for heftier sticks for North Korea 

► 12 February 2013 - Pope resignation: Who speaks Latin these days? By Robin Banerji BBC News Magazine

► The psychology of why cyclists enrage car drivers

► Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd on Apatow film, This is 40. 13 February 2013 - Producer, writer and director Judd Apatow hired his entire immediate family for his latest film, This is 40. Leslie Mann, who stars as 40-year old Debbie, says the film was inspired by some elements of her real-life marriage to the director. Paul Rudd, who became part of the Apatow family for the project, told the BBC's Rachel Curtis about being in the director's familiar cast. 

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► 13 February 2013 - Sea slug's 'disposable penis' surprises | By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter


► 13 February 2013 - Early life care shapes African elephants' future | By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News

► 12 February 2013 - Peru archaeologists find ancient temple in El Paraiso



► 12 February 2013 - Day in pictures: 12 February 2013

► Richard Hammond's icons: the Shelby Cobra

1965 Shelby Cobra vs. 2013 Shelby GT500, C63 AMG, Viper SRT-10 - CAR and DRIVER



► Today's African Proverb : "No matter how low a cotton tree falls, it's still taller than grass" - A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US

► NATO airstrike kills 10 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children - officials

► Dorner manhunt: Charred body remains found in cabin

► Iran urges destruction of world's atomic weapons after N. Korea nuclear test

► North Korean nukes: Testing Washington's resolve?

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N. Korea nuke test against 'outrageous US hostility' condemned worldwide. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: North Korea has successfully carried out its third nuclear test, Pyongyang has confirmed. UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the move, along with Britain, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the US.  ||  ► VIDEO : North Korea announces 'successful' underground nuclear test



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'Survival of N. Korea regime depends on nuclear weapons'. Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: The UN Security Council has issued a stern rebuke to North Korea over its third nuclear test - as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test, which was in defiance of international regulations. The organisation says it plans to beef-up the sanctions already in place for the country's previous atomic exercises. China was among those who criticised North Korea's nuclear test. However, war correspondent and columnist Eric Margolis thinks the relations between the two allies are unlikely to sour.



► Moscow hopes N. Korea nuke test won't be pretext for regional militarization

► Russian cop faces 5 years in jail after leaving disabled man to die on street in - 40°C

► DIY justice: Russians pay to castrate paedophiles

► $1mln diamond found in Russia

► 'Wild child of British fashion' Galliano up for some fashion mentoring

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Inside Story - Somalia: Arms race vs arms embargo? Published on Feb 12, 2013 :: We examine how the unrest in the Horn of Africa is being exacerbated and who stands to gain from it. can ending the 20-year-old arms embargo on Somalia be a solution or yet another problem in an emerging arms race in the region? And who stands to benefit from the turmoil? Inside Story, with presenter Mike Hanna, discusses with guests: Peter Kagwanja, the director of the Africa Policy Institute; Roland Marchal, a senior research fellow at the National Centre for Scientific Research, at the Paris Institute of Political Science; and David Shinn, a former US ambassador to Ethiopia, and a professor of international affairs at George Washington University.



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Al Jazeera World - Going Against The Grain. Published on Feb 13, 2013 :: Gideon Levy is someone who evokes strong emotions from fellow Israelis. The writer and journalist has made weekly visits, over the past three decades, to the occupied Palestinian territories, describing what he sees - plainly and without propaganda. For some Israelis, he is seen as a brave disseminator of the truth. But many others condemn him as a propagandist for Hamas. And his columns for the Tel Aviv-based Haaretz newspaper have made him, arguably, one of the most hated men in Israel. Going Against The Grain follows Gideon Levy on one of his assignments in Hebron, and meets some of the ordinary Palestinians whose lives he has described in his regular column for Haaretz.



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Inside Story - North Korea: Altering the balance of power? Published on Feb 13, 2013 :: North Korea has carried out its third nuclear test in defiance of international criticism. The test could bring North Korea one step closer to developing a warhead small enough to arm any of the many missile types it has stockpiled, which in turn would lead to other powers increasing their levels of nuclear deterence in a new and deeply dangerous arms race. Many had hoped that Kim Jong Un would distance himself from the "military first" policies of his father.

► State of the Union: No Obama Doctrine on Foreign Policy - By Jay Newton-Small

* State of the Union: Signs of Unity in a Divided Congress
* Live Reactions: Obama's State of the Union Speech 

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The 2013 State of the Union Address. Published on Feb 12, 2013 by whitehouse :: President Obama delivers the 2013 State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.  || NYT video

► Rogue Ex-LAPD Officer Believed Dead After Standoff

* Key Events in Manhunt for Fugitive Ex-L.A. Officer 

► Spy Fail: Why Iran Is Losing Its Covert War with Israel

► Was bin Laden's Killer 'Screwed' by the U.S. Government?

► Is Iran a Bigger Threat than North Korea?

► France's Lower House Pushes Through Gay-Marriage Legalization — Now What?

► At the Largest Gathering of Humanity, Who Takes Out the Trash?

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► Rocker Ted Nugent calls Obama's gun violence proposals 'nonsense'

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► Republicans dismiss Obama's 'false promises' in State of the Union

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► Dorner manhunt: Charred human remains found in burned cabin. Forensics team to see if it is Dorner

By Los Angeles Times Staff - San Bernardino County Sheriff says investigators will use forensic means to try to determine whose body was discovered.
* Statement
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* Victim of carjacking says suspect pointed gun at him 
* Questions remain after fiery standoff  
* Maids stumbled on suspect, were tied up, then called 911 
* Wounded deputy will need several surgeries
* Fish and Wildlife officers engaged in white-knuckle chase
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► Westminster's Best in Show: An affenpinscher named Banana Joe

► Grammys 2013: Best and worst dressed

► P o p e (PHOTOS) 

* Benedict XVI announces resignation
* Did Benedict do enough on sex abuse?
* Pope faced worldwide challenges
* Revealed Pope has pacemaker
* Cardinals who may be pope
* Scandal, speculation surround past popes who resigned 
* In Vatican City, mixed opinions on Pope's decision

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► FRAMEWORK  - Mardi Gras 2013 shifts into high gear with Fat Tuesday in New Orleans - Posted On: 10:28 a.m. | February 12, 2013 - Posted By: Marc Martin