News Headlines (171) 3 March 2013

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► Inflatable shower curtain to cut your shower time? So mad it might just work - by Nicolas Frankcom on 17 Aug 2012 :

► Oops, I read with feeling a bit disgusted,... sorry . Robert W. MacDonald In Defense of Guns : If God Did Not Intend for Us to Have Guns, They Wouldn-t Have Been Invented - January 7th, 2013

Gun control. The Newtown, Connecticut school shooting has triggered a new debate about gun control in the United States. At the same time, defenders of the Second Amendment stand behind their Constitutional right to gun ownership. How can the government control a feature of American life that has, historically, kept that very government in check? And what lessons can be learned to prevent future tragedies from happening? Published on Feb 21, 2013 by RT Documentary



► SCIENCEDAILY - Eating Junk Food While Pregnant May Make Your Child a Junk Food Addict - Feb. 28, 2013 — Here's another reason why a healthy diet during pregnancy is critical to the future health of your children: New research published in the March 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, suggests that pregnant mothers who consume junk food actually cause changes in the development of the opioid signaling pathway in the brains of their unborn children.

► DAILY MAIL 28 February 2013 -  The coolest beach in America: Hundreds of giant ice boulders weighing 75 POUNDS wash ashore in Michigan || YAHOO SIDESHOW - Pretty cool: Massive ice boulders make waves on the Web

► 'The Simpsons' Do the 'Harlem Shake'

► REUTERS 1 March 2013 - Actress Jennifer Lawrence's "Silver Linings" clothes fetch $12,000 || REUTERS 26 FEBRUARY 2013 - Jennifer Lawrence's clothes from "Silver Linings" up for auction 

► CTV News - Michelle Obama not surprised by reaction to Oscars appearance

► SCIENCEDAILY 1 March 2013 -Shark Fisheries Globally Unsustainable: 100 Million Sharks Die Every Year.  The world's shark populations are experiencing significant declines with perhaps 100 million -- or more -- sharks being lost every year, according to a study published this week in Marine Policy. || SCIENCEDAILY 20 February 2013  - Migratory Behavior of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks Revealed

► SPACE 27 February 2013 - Dennis Tito : Space Tourist to Unveil Private Mars Voyage Today  || SPACE  - Wanted: Married Couple for Private Mars Voyage in 2018 :: http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html ||  SPACE - Married to Mars: 9 Questions for Dennis Tito on Private Martian Trips || FOXNEWS - It's a date! Millionaire Dennis Tito to send couple on manned Mars mission on Jan. 5, 2018

I've published this news on February 28, 2013 / REUTERS video. Go to Mars? Married? Should I get married? Can not we just go to mars? Oh, Mars. Tito Tito, Mars. Dennis Tito, Mars. Dahliing, can you take me there? Yes. I really want to go. What about my baby? Will he come with me? Can I breastfeed him on Mars?

► Stem Cell Development Could Lead to New Nanoscale Bone Repair Technology  - By BiotechDaily International staff writers | Posted on 27 Feb 2013

► RIA NOVOSTI 9 JANUARY 2013 - India Tests Sea-Based Brahmos Missile || BrahMos celebrates 15 years of Friendship, Trust &Achievements

Indo-Russian Supersonic Cruise Missile, BrahMos - From Concept To Product [Aero India 2013]. 'Father Of Brahmos Aerospace', Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, speaking at the Aero India 2013 Airshow Seminar. Published on Feb 7, 2013 by Luptonga

Worlds fastest cruise missile. Joint Russian-Indian company, BrahMos Aerospace, is the producer of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that can travel almost three times faster then sound. Uploaded on Oct 20, 2008 by Russia Today



► Victorinox Night Vision

► HARLEM SHAKE

■ "Homer Shake" | THE SIMPSONS | Animation on FOX
■ NIGAHIGA - Brady Bunch Edition
■ Miami HEAT Edition

► National Geographic Nazi Supership
► Cold War Jets
► Top Ten - Tanks
► Oscar Pistorius The One Show. Published on Aug 29, 2012 
► NG Megastructures - Shanghai Super Tower
► Megastructures UK Super Train
► Megastructures Ultimate Oil Sands Mine
► National Geographic Megastructures North Sea Wall
► Superstructures Antonov 225

► PIWarsVideo

■ Steve Quayle MELTDOWN 1 of 3
■ Steve Quayle MELTDOWN 2 of 3
■ Steve Quayle MELTDOWN 3 of 3

► UKIP Nigel Farage - BBC Question Time Jan 2013


► North Korean Labor Camps by VICE Dec 21, 2011

■ Part 1 of 7 || ■ Part 2 of 7 || ■ Part 3 of 7 || ■ Part 4 of 7 || ■ Part 5 of 7 || ■ Part 6 of 7 || ■ Part 7 of 7

► RT Documentary channel

■ The Bomb Squad : Episode 1 ||  Episode 2 || Episode 3 || Episode 4 || Episode 5  || Episode 6  ||  Episode 7   ||  Episode 8 

■ Gaming 4 life 

► Coffee Time
► Defective Detective
  ► Le Royaume



► A Mystery: Why Can't We Walk Straight?
► The Employment
► A Family Portrait
► The Arctic Circle

► Venezuela's Chavez undergoing "tough" chemotherapy, VP says || VIDEO
► Violence spreads in Borneo as five Malaysian police killed
► Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali
► Netanyahu gets 14 more days to form new Israeli government
► Syria and Iran condemn U.S. plan to aid anti-Assad rebels
► The black swan sequester - By Zachary Karabell March 1, 2013
► Spending cut debate casts pall over Obama's second-term agenda


► VIDEO

■ Venezuelan vice president accuses U.S. of spreading false Chavez health rumours
■ No sign of Florida man swallowed by sinkhole
■ MISAO OKAWA - Guinness names world's oldest living woman
■ Moscow on the first day of Spring
■ Obama warns about cost of sequestration
■ Residents flee spectacular California wildfire
■ Smog returns to Beijing
■ Kerry calls on Egyptians to "come together" to tackle economy

Haiya .. Where were you, Kerry? Egypt is not America. Let the Egyptian leader who speaks so to his people. I, - let alone if I was the leader of a country --- even as the mother of my baby, I will not agree to another mother advises any thing about the goodness of my baby to my baby in front of me .... ehehhee ... sorry, because I will not do the same for her baby. So, just take care of your own baby. You do not need to be bothered because taking care of my baby. I am here and I am his mother, not you! .... ehehehhe ... oops! Oh, damn. Something flashed in my mind. Dahliiiing, ... actually I do not like the nanny was sleeping with our baby, yay! (All of this will culminate in an agreement with the IMF, right? Not just to bring in the IMF, but also other funds from the U.S., EU and Arab countries and private investment, right? And for all these matters require the IMF deal, right?)   Dahling, you should know what I want.

► PHOTOS

■ Detroit: Most miserable city
■ Suicides in China

Oops .... Somebody, please remind me to spend time with writing a story about Sakura flower that can only be seen for 15 days. "Look at that Sakura flowers!" you said, "If they do not dazzle when in bloom, just making the people who have been waiting to be disappointed, they will surely commit suicide, if they can. What is the use if the flowers grow but they do not appear the beauty?" you asked me. I felt there was melancholy that had become the eye of samurai sword, attacking you from different corners. (to be continued)

► Our Father, who art off-piste. It's the perfect getaway for those who like to mix hurtling downhill with contemplative prayer: 'ski-spi', or skiing-and-spirituality holidays, are now on offer in the French Alps



► Raila Odinga hoping for third time lucky (Related topic : My older post 23 February 2013/ Aljazeera English)

► Mexican factory that made Pope Benedict's red shoes ||  DAILYBEAST 1 March 2013  - Shocker: Pope Benedict's Red Shoes Weren't Prada - by Misty White Sidell Mar 1, 2013 || WAPO 26 February 2013 - The story of Pope Benedict's controversial red shoes, which he will give up



► Armed jihadists raise fears of new war in Syria
► US man 'swallowed' alive by Florida sink hole
► Malians vow to protect ancient Timbuktu manuscripts
► Australian tycoon (Clive Palmer) unveils Titanic II plans || (Similar Topic - My older post 28 February 2013 /FORBES)
► Clashes continue in Bangladesh over war crimes verdict

► Sinkhole That Swallowed Fla. Man 'Unstable'
► Moscow Skeptical About US Autopsy of Russian Boy

► Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremonial start
► FINANCE - The 10 States with the Cheapest Gas
  ► AUTOS - Mercedes-Benz reveals the G63 AMG 6×6, a six-wheel-drive luxo SUV



► SHINE - How to Fry an Egg
► SHINE - Harper Beckham's $2,200 Designer Shoe Collection: Not For Babies (PHOTOS)

► The poaching wars - Illegal killing of African rhinos is on the rise with at least 745 poached last year and over two a day being shot by poachers so far this year, the International Union for the conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports. (PHOTOS)

Rhinos under threat (Not recommended for children). This movie was produced by UNTV in collaboration with the CITES Secretariat in an effort to raise public awareness of the current crisis faced by rhinoceros through illegal killing and international trade in rhino horn. The movie was be first shown on 18 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the Rio+20 Conference. Published on Jun 13, 2012 by citesvd

► Rebels 'control most of Syria base' New

Rebels seize large parts of a Syrian police academy near Aleppo, killing at least 34 members of the security forces, activists say.
* Assad says Britain bullying Syria
* Rebels 'break into police academy' - VIDEO
* Frustration forces Western shift
* Battle fatigue?

► Can comedians ever be taken seriously?
► Living with Calcutta's record low temperatures
► Kenyan viewpoint: Too busy tweeting to vote?
► Afghan graffiti artist makes her mark in India
► Will Swiss 'fat cats' be put on diets?
► 27 February 2013 - African viewpoint: Dying to be armed
► Serb families honour their saints with slava celebrations
► CITES meeting to deal with species 'extinction crisis'
► Garden glory through a lens - WATCH
► BBC Space - Asteroids, meteors and meteorites
► Revealed: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible

► World economy to bear burden of Obama's sequester



► Why do Americans abuse food stamps?



► International Song Station: Astronauts play music in highest record studio || Similar topic - CNN 22 February 2013 - Peter Gabriel hears his song played from the International Space Station 



► VIDEO

■ 'Libya strategic target for too many players in region &worldwide'
■ 'US drifting away from blind allegiance to Israel'
■ One-Way Ticket: UK losing best minds despite tax cut plan

► Woman, 3 children die in snowed-in car as blizzards paralyze northern Japan
► Ethnic clashes in Macedonia leave dozens injured (PHOTOS)
► 'Screw the Troika': Hundreds of thousands protest austerity measures across Portugal
► Al-Qaeda leader behind Algeria gas plant hostage massacre killed in Mali – Chadian army
► 'Italy may abandon euro if debt not renegotiated' - politics kingmaker Grillo
► 'Tradition of bullying and hegemony': Assad lashes at UK's "shallow and immature rhetori" towards Syria
► Thousands rally in Moscow to support US adoption ban
► 2 Afghan children 'mistakenly' killed by Australian troops - NATO
► Afghanistan tops Russia's Security Council presidency agenda 

► 3D printing's dangerous downside. Capable of creating objects at the touch of a button by printing layers upon layers of plastic, metal and other materials, 3D printers could be the future of manufacturing. However, while the printers are still in the testing phase, a downside of the new technology is already becoming apparent.  A US company has come up with a blueprint to create gun parts using a 3D printer. One can now get the designs and "print" their own AR-15 assault rifle with just a click. Phil Lavelle reports from London.



► Inside Story - Curbing Europe's bank bonuses. European officials have struck a deal that could radically change the banking industry's bonus culture. Hazem Sika, discusses with guests: Alessio Rastani, a trader and founder of the leading trader dot com; Birgitte Andersen, director of the Big Innovation Centre. Birgitte is an economist specialising in innovation and EU policy; and Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, an American investment broker and author of several books on the financial crisis.



► Jewish women challenge Western Wall rules. A group of Jewish women are demanding to be allowed to pray in the same way men do at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Police arrested at least 10 women who tried to challenge conventional rules of worship at the revered site. Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports from occupied East Jerusalem. 

► Little justice for Afghan women prisoners. More than 10 years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan's justice system remains heavily stacked against women. According to Human Rights Watch half the women in jail are being punished for fleeing from domestic abuse and violence, and even rape victims are being imprisoned. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from a women's detention centre in Herat in western Afghanistan.

► Listening Post - Bangladesh: The ghosts of 1971. In 1971, Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan and fought a bloody war to establish itself as a fledgling nation. More than four decades on, a country born out of troubles and bloodshed is experiencing growing pains. A war crimes tribunal that was meant to bring closure has instead brought old wounds back to haunt a new generation. At the heart of the story is the country's main opposition party, the Jamaat-e-Islami.

► Counting the Cost - The price of a fast-food life. A special look at 'supply and demand' and whether profiteering retailers or hungry consumers are to blame.

► Malaysia demands surrender of Filipino fighters

► Campaigning period ends in Kenya elections  ||   ► Kenyan candidates make final election pitch

► 'Sequestration' : A term unclear to many in US ||  ► California to be hard-hit by US budget cuts

► Inside Syria - The hand of Hezbollah in Syria. Are there any truth to the reports that Lebanon's Hezbollah are supporting the Syrian regime in quelling the opposition? Hazem Sika is joined by Abu Rami, a spokesman of the Syrian Revolution General Commission; Reuel Marc Gerecht, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy. He is also a former Middle East specialist at the CIA; and Kamel Wazne, a political analyst and a professor at the Lebanese University. Wazne is also the director and founder of the Centre for American Strategic Studies in Beirut.

► U.S. Steps Up Aid, But Syria's Rebels Want Arms
► 5 Things We Hope Dennis Rodman Learned About North Korea
► Obama Issues Pardons to 17 For Minor Offenses
► Cartoons of the Week: February 23 – March 1
► War in Mali: France and African Allies Take on Islamist Militants

► Sleep deprivation has genetic consequences, study finds
► Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles