News Headlines (170) 2 March 2013

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► Scientists Unveil Secrets of Important Natural Antibiotic - Feb. 21, 2013 — An international team of scientists has discovered how an important natural antibiotic called dermcidin, produced by our skin when we sweat, is a highly efficient tool to fight tuberculosis germs and other dangerous bugs.

► Tobacco Cuisine on Display at Cuba Cigar Festival

► Dennis Rodman is North Korean leader's 'friend for life' - By Alan Duke, CNN March 1, 2013

► Boston Dynamics

BigDog handles heavy objects. The goal is to use the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of the arm. This sort of dynamic, whole-body approach to manipulation is used routinely by human athletes and will enhance the performance of advanced robots. Boston Dynamics is developing the control and actuation techniques needed for dynamic manipulation with funding from the Army Research Laboratory's RCTA program.  Published on Feb 28, 2013

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► World's smallest Pistol. Austrian SPY Weapon. #1 
► Smallest Revolver in the World
► Steve Quayle GENESIS 6 GIANTS Pt. II. Published on Feb 21, 2013 by PIWarsVideo
► Delete Facebook 
► Nathan Leal : Prophetic Fall of the USA. Published on Feb 18, 2013 by PIwarsVideo

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► ROBOT & FRANK - Hiking
► ROBOT & FRANK - Trailer

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► A day in PARIS
► Bridge



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► US Budget Cuts

Obama signs order for "sequester" budget cuts - WASHINGTON, March 1 - President Barack Obama signed an order that starts putting into effect across-the-board budget cuts known as the "sequester" after he and congressional leaders failed to find an alternative budget plan. Full Article || Live Coverage
■ U.S. weighs wiggle room for agencies to deal with spending cuts
■ Hagel says budget cuts put Pentagon missions at risk
■ As Washington frets, markets take spending cuts in stride
■ Federal worker unions negotiate for flexibility on furloughs
■ Hagel says budget cuts put Pentagon missions at risk
■ Obama: No "Jedi mind-meld" with Republicans

► SYRIA

■ West to send Syrian rebels aid, not arms
■ U.S. aid to Syria should be "non-lethal," new Pentagon chief says
■ Assad forces take Aleppo village, reopening supply line
■ Syria risks "dissolution", U.N. chief says
■ Russia says "Friends of Syria" encourage extremists
■ Kremlin says Putin, Obama seek "new initiatives" on Syria

► CHINA

■ Analysis: From builders to managers: educating China's leadership
■ China defense spending seen rising as territorial rows deepen
■ GLOBAL ECONOMY - Stalling European factories and slowing China leave world economy looking to America

► Turkish PM's Zionism comments "objectionable" - Kerry
► Analysis: U.S. economy, more than scary crashes, threatens Nascar
► Australia reef shallows may cross "damage threshold" in 30 years


► VIDEO

■ U.S. Secretary of State arrives in Turkey
■ Protests as Kerry meets Turkish leaders
■ "BigDog" learns a new trick
■ Obama: Could be "weeks" or "months" to fix budget
■ Obama: Spending cuts "dumb" but won't cause "apocalypse"
■ Dennis Rodman calls North Korean leader "an awesome kid"
■ White otter cub charms aquarium vistors

► PHOTOS

■ Blue Angels
■ Dennis Rodman befriends Kim Jong-un
■ Egypt's "Harlem Shake"

► Cajun cuisine, Louisiana's finger-lickin' staple



► Toulouse Shootings;
► Residents and artists battle to protect Berlin Wall
► Rodman lauds N. Korea's 'awesome' Kim Jong-Un
► Doors of papal residence close after final farewell
► Tunis mega 'Harlem Shake' all but rained out
► S. African biltong joins Europe's mislabelled meats
► Can reform push help gay foreigners to stay in US? 
► Obama blames Republicans for 'dumb' cuts

► Rendez-vous with French cinema in New York 



► Private US SpaceX rocket Falcon-9 launched 

► California Aerospace Industry Braces for Cuts 

Obama: 'Dumb, Arbitrary Cuts' Coming ||  Boehner After Obama Meeting: No New Taxes



► Obama, GOP Leaders Talk - Cuts Hit Anyhow
► Hagel: Cuts Won't Erode World's Best Force
► Obama Signs Order to Begin Spending Cuts
► Fla. Man Swallowed by Sinkhole, Presumed Dead

► Russia condemns Western help for Syrian opposition
► London zoo to create map of city's cats
► TRAVEL - America's must-eat sandwiche
► Elephants Vanish in Congo Reserve - By Megan Gannon, News Editor | LiveScience.com

► HOMES - Contemporary tubs make a splash in the bathroom. From quirky-shaped soakers to an extravagant golden hammock, these contemporary bathtubs are the latest bath indulgence. We’ve gathered a few of our favorites — and a few of the most luxurious — from Zillow Digs. Want to add one in your home? The cost to purchase and install a new tub can vary widely: Basic tubs range from $200 to $600, but the bathing beauties we showcase here can range from $2,000 on up. | By Madison Slinker, Zillow

► FINANCE - FAA Probes 'Harlem Shake' on Frontier Flight
► FOOD - How the Pros Curb Food Cravings
► First lady: Not surprised by reaction to Oscars
► Romney to Fox: Obama to blame for sequester stalemate; election was roller coaster
► AUTOS - Misers' models: 10 cheapest cars to own

► PHOTOS

■ NASA spacecraft photographs Mercury. NASA's Messenger, the first Mercury orbiter, has made its home around the closest planet to the sun since March 2011. From its close-up perch, the probe identified two distinct types of rocks that compose the planet's surface, which scientists were at a loss to explain. Now, experiments in a lab at MIT suggest Mercury's puzzling surface makeup is most likely explained by a huge ocean of magma that existed shortly after the planet formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

■ Humanoid robot comes to life. Meet Roboy, "one of the most advanced humanoid robots," say researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich. Over 40 engineers and scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look), so it will move almost as elegantly as a human. Roboy will be a "service robot", meaning it will execute services independently for the convenience of human beings, as in the movie Robot & Frank.

Roboy's First Handshake. Published on Feb 18, 2013 by Roboy Junior

► What is the chance of lightning striking St Peter's?
► Canada worries about US-EU free trade
► Israeli army ire over social media posts
► Could fitness be key to cancer surgery success?
► Making mobiles for the masses
► Best science and technology pictures of the week
► Colombia's valley of the palms
► AUTOS - Jaguar, with metal underpinnings

2014 Jaguar XFR-S - 2012 LA Auto Show -- Edmunds.com. Published on Nov 29, 2012 by Edmund.com



► VIDEO

■ Meet the six-fingered cats of Ernest Hemingway
■ France crowns pig squealing kings

► Today's African Proverb : "Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey" - Sent by Wadani Mogadishu, Somalia

'Spending cuts won't solve problems, will only damage US economy'. On Capitol Hill, there's still no deal in sight to avert the 85-billion-dollars' worth of cuts which will kick in later on Friday. It's known in Washington as the 'sequester' and would see significant reductions on military and domestic spending. But Republicans and Democrats just can't agree on what to do. President Obama says U.S. will get through the deep budget cuts if it has to, but admits the economy will get even worse. Economist Richard Wolff says the American people should prepare for the worst.



► Obama signs sequester bill
► Maksim Kuzmin's death was accidental - US officials
► Putin, Obama stress cooperation, pledge to 'avoid deterioration' in relations
► Iraqi army helped Syrian government retake border checkpoint - reports
► US help might see Syrian rebels form alternate govt
► "Hard to make ends meet on Main Street? Some bureaucrat is eating your lunch"
► If it wasn't for oil "Libya would be in the same situation as Egypt and Tunisia today"
► Eurozone unemployment hits record-high 11.9%
► 'Google News Tax' battle: German lawmakers back watered-down Internet copyright law
► Pentagon's DARPA researchers learn to control rat's brain over Internet
► Moscow Mayor says no to more mosques in the city
► Russian blogger (Rustem Adagamov) flees to Prague following paedophilia probe

Big Gun: World's largest firing revolver unveiled. A man in Poland has built the world's largest working revolver, according to Guinness World Record. The weapon, a Remington model 1859, was built by Ryszard Tobys, of Piotrkowo Drugie, west-central Poland. It took Mr Tobys around 2,500 hours to construct, since most of the parts had to be built by hand. The revolver, whose chamber holds six 136 gram bullets (4.8 ounces), shoots with great accuracy at a range of up to 50 meters. Published on Mar 1, 2013

► Obama warns US Congress as budget cuts loom
► Sequestration will damage US social safety net
  ► S Korea seeks to wrest island from Japan. South Korea has just opened a centre dedicated to explain the country's claims to a set of islands also claimed by Japan. The publicity campaign's aim is to pressure the Japanese government to peacefully surrender the claim to what Korea calls the Dokdo islands, which Japan calls Takeshima, that lie between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. South Korea protested last Friday against the Japanese government sending for the first time a representative to an annual rally that's held to promote Japan's claim to the island chain. The latest move by South Korea is likely to deepen the rift between the two countries. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Cheonan in South Korea.



► Talk to Al Jazeera - William Ruto: In a winning alliance?
► Rumours persist over Chavez's health
  ► 101 East - The Fight for Rapanui.Can the Easter Island's indigenous Rapanui win the battle for independence from Chile to protect their land and culture?



► Inside Story Americas - Can laws protect Native American women?
► Inside Story - Rwanda reinvented
► South2North - Choking and doping 

► What's Behind Obama's Latest Evolution on Gay Marriage

By Massimo Calabresi
■ The Coming-Out Election: How Gay Issues Became Mainstream
■ A Timeline of Gay-Rights History

► The Sequester Fight Was the Pregame. Here Comes the Main Event
► Legal or Not, Will Americans Ever Buy Horse Meat?
► The voting rights martyr who divided America 



► TIME Turns 90: All You Need to Know About Modern History in 90 Cover Stories

* Joel Stein: Advice for My Favorite 90-Year-Old
* Full Coverage of TIME's 90th Anniversary

► Pictures of the Week: February 22 – March 1

► U.S. budget cuts start 'slow grind'
► John Kerry finally gets to let his Europhilia loose ||  ► John F. Kerry embraces Europe

► FRAMEWORK -  The Week in Pictures | February 25 – March 3, 2013. Posted by Marc Martin

* Melbourne, Australia & An aerobatics team performs during the Australian International Airshow. PHOTOGRAPH BY: PAUL CROCK / AFP / Getty Images

Four ship F/A-18F Super Hornet display Australian International Airshow 2013. Published on Feb 27, 2013 by AirForceHQ

* Sibolangit, Indonesia & A pangolin  -- sometimes called a scaly anteater -- is released into the wild by conservation officials in North Sumatra. The animal is part of 128 pangolins confiscated by customs officers from a smuggler's boat off Sumatra island. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jefri Tarigan / Associated Press (Related Topic : My older post  - Astrid Adrienne (18))

With its giant digging claws, the pangolin is nature's backhoe. And a long, sticky tongue — capable of slurping up thousands of ants or termites every day — makes it the scourge of the bug world. Published on Dec 6, 2012 by NatGeoWild   ||   ► Rare Anteater Remains Discovered .Uploaded on Aug 8, 2008 by NTDTV

 

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Construction manager Mel Tarplee pushes a Tyrannosaurus Rex at Twycross Zoo near Atherstone, central England March 1, 2013. 15 dinosaurs will go on display at Dinosaur Vally, a new attraction at the zoo. See more dinosaur pictures REUTERS/Darren Staples


A Sydney Dance Company dancer performs during the media preview of 'De Novo' at Sydney Theatre in central Sydney on February 28, 2013. Picture taken with a long exposure. (REUTERS/Daniel Munoz)


A model presents a creation by AF Vandevorst designers as part of their Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on March 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)