News Headlines (227) 28 April 2013

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► Vi 2M 22M: There are two bridges: Rabbits (Data please sorted) and War / display: a white nurse's cap.

► DAILY MAIL 30 March 2010 : Warning to religious groups after traces of pig's blood found in cigarette filters

► LIVESCIENCE 26 April 2013 - Belief in God May Boost Treatment of Mental Illness. Denise Chow, LiveScience Staff Writer

► LIVESCIENCE 19 April 2013 : Dinos (Trodon)  Sat on Nests Like Birds Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), Shells Reveal  ||  ► PICTURES || ► HISTORY.com 22 April 2013


► SCIENCE DAILY

■ Apr. 22, 2013 : Antibody Transforms Stem Cells Directly Into Brain Cells. In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells.
■ Apr. 23, 2013 : Humans Feel Empathy for Robots: fMRI Scans Show Similar Brain Function When Robots Are Treated the Same as Humans
■ Apr. 23 2013 : Jupiter's Atmosphere Still Contains Water Supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact  — Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ago. ||  ► Sci.ESA 23 April 2013 :  Herschel links water in Jupiter's stratosphere to 1994 comet impact  ||  ► ESA. INT 23 April 2013 : Herschel links Jupiter's water to comet impact - ESA || ► NASA 23 April 2013  : Herschel Links Water Around Jupiter to Comet Impact

► PHYS.org 28 April 2013 : The discovery of fossils of ancient animals in Panama  ||  ► SCIENCE DAILY 5 March 2013 : New Fossils of Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species from Panama


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■ ScienceShot: Bees Age Faster When They Raise Offspring by Paul Gabrielsen on 17 April 2013
■ ScienceShot: Heavy Stubble Makes Men More Attractive by Paul Gabrielsen on 24 April 2013
■ ScienceShot: Hard Food Better for Your Teeth by Elizabeth Norton on 24 April 2013

► E ONLINE 25 April 2013  | ► NY DAILY NEWS 25 April 2013 : Beyonce and Jay-Z take 15-month-old daughter Blue Ivy to lunch in Paris

(After comparing the artists babies with my baby  --- Suri is like her father / Tom Cruise, Blue Ivy is like her father / Mr. Carter , meanwhile my baby's face is not at all like my partner's face --- then for a while before the research / further testing will be done, I conclude that maybe my baby's face is a recessive gene inherited from his father's face as a creeping creature, but occasionally has flexible backbones. ehehehehe. Hello, Dahling.)

► DAILY MAIL 26 April 2013 : Designer golf bags, crystal statues and a $450 bathrobe: Sarkozy and Carla gave Obama and Michelle $40,000 worth of gifts in just one year. List of gifts given to Obama by foreign governments in 2011 revealed. Former French President renowned for extravagant lifestyle

► DEMOCRACY NOW 20 November 2012 : Killer Robots: HRW and Nobel Laureate Jody Williams Urge Ban on Modern Warfare’s Next Frontier ||  ► COMPUTER WORLD 14 July, 2010 : South Korea deploys robots armed with machine guns at DMZ border. South Korea has recently bumped up security on its side of the DMZ with a machine gun-equipped robot  ||  ► SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST 29 March 2013 : The pros and cons of robot weapons. Robot weapons raise questions of conduct, morals and accountability on the battlefield

► RIA NOVOSTI 27 April 2013: Putin Opposes Free Gun Sales in Russia  ||  ► RIA NOVOSTI 27 April 2013 : Putin Makes Another Child’s Dream Come True

► GUARDIAN 21 April 2013: The evolution of nude nail varnish. Polish up on how 'skin tones' have taken on new meanings

► President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN). President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Published on Apr 27, 2013 by CSPAN



► Agression d'Alain Soral - Le 5 avril 2013. Published on Apr 23, 2013 by iamdieudo

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► Obama pokes fun at critics, media at annual press dinner
► Russia detains 140 in sweep at Muslim prayer room: reports
► Mississippi man linked to ricin letters charged with biological weapons use. 27 Apr 2013 -  TUPELO, Mississippi - A Mississippi martial arts instructor was charged on Saturday with attempting to use a biological weapon after a ricin-laced letter was sent to President Barack Obama earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
► Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 352.  27 Apr 2013 -DHAKA - Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.
► Venezuela's Maduro pledges continued alliance with Cuba
► Japan's ANA takes its first 787 back into the air since grounding
► VIDEOS

■ Four arrested as Bangladesh building death toll rises
■ No extra security at Moscow marathon two weeks after Boston bombings
■ Mississippi man arrested in ricin case
■ Billion euro project to recreate the human brain gets underway
■ Undead couple get wedding to die for. A couple get their dream wedding with a zombie theme, courtesy of a new video game.

► After elBulli closure, super chef 'busier than ever'. Two years after shutting down elBulli, Catalan superchef Ferran Adria has a new project: to transform his globally renowned restaurant into a foundation he describes as "part Cirque du Soleil, part Dali Museum, part MIT Medialab". To fund the new foundation, he is selling elBulli's wine collection at auction at Sotheby's in New York.
► Bomb blast near Pakistan party office kills at least six
► Obama calls Syria's use of chemical weapons a 'game changer''
► Warner Bros. welcomes royals for magical day
► Boeing says Dreamliners now safe to fly
► Dutch love their Argentine queen
► Peru's first ever international art fair opens
► Hopes fade for missing in Bangladesh disaster  ||  ► 29 pulled alive from collapsed Bangladesh building
► Old Sanaa: An endangered UNESCO heritage site
► S. Korean workers quit troubled joint factory zone
► Iceland votes with EU talks hanging in the balance
► Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday

► Obama on Syria: 'Have to Act Prudently'
► Raw: Tourists Swim for 14 Hours After Boat Sinks
► NYPD: 'Assumption' 9/11 Plane Landing Gear Found
► FBI: Miss. Man Arrested in Toxic Letters Case
► Bangladesh Factory Collapse Death Toll Nears 350
► Obama Jokes About Radical 2nd Term Changes

► SPORTS : Former Marseille player eats a rat on live radio after losing Cesar Azpilicueta bet

► 6 Ça y est, c'est fait. Malheureux perdant d'un pari avec Daniel Riolo au sujet d'une possible sélection d'Azpilicueta en équipe d'Espagne, Eric Di Meco a prouvé qu'il n'avait qu'une parole. L'enjeu était pourtant de taille : manger un rat en direct à l'antenne au cas où le latéral de Chelsea recevrait un jour une convocation. Et bien grâce à la gentillesse de deux fidèles auditeurs de l'After, Aurélien et Hervé (chef de l'Auberge du taureau à Laguiole), spécialistes en gastronomie, Eric s'est exécuté. Un coup de fourchette, puis un autre. L'honneur est sauf. Pas l'estomac. Published on Apr 23, 2013 by RMCSPORTCHANNEL



► SPORTS : Michael Jordan married girlfriend Yvette Prieto, celebrated in a really big tent

► OMG! : Gwyneth Paltrow's Stylist Defends Sheer No-Underwear Dress: "This Girl Has Taste, This Girl Has Confidence"

► GOOD MORNING AMERICA : Pet Doberman and Baby Girl Play Together



► SHINE : 10 Things Never to Say to Singles
► SHOPPING : 10 books from the 21st century every man should read
► Mansome 164: HOW TO LOOK BETTER IN PHOTOS
► SCREEN : Watch Your Mouth!

► Dhaka building collapse: Frantic effort to reach survivors
► Obama tickles audience at Correspondents' Association dinner
► Iceland vote: Centre-right opposition wins election
► Hungary's rawest nerve: Learning to love the Roma
► Antarctic nematodes and climate change

► Massive explosion rocks Marathon Detroit Refinery
► Mississippi man arrested in ricin letters investigation
► Tsarnaevs' mother 'on terror watch list', accuses police of murdering son 

[This is outrageous! A mother who was crying with anger and sadness over the death of her son who was accused of being a terrorist is also listed as a suspect? It makes me wonder, "Are they going to put me on the list of suspects just because I sympathize with the fate of a grieving mother?" Oh, come on, America! Change your personality, if you do not want anti-American stance will be more widespread in the world."]

► Anti-drone protest in UK over domestic opening of Reaper control center 
► Israel hits Palestinian militant targets in response to reported Gaza rocket fire
► Official number of Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers jumps to 100
► Russia to change agreement with France to prevent adoption by same sex couples
► VIDEOS

■ Profits before people, workers disposable - Celente on Bangladesh
■ Lamestream Media: TV titans lose US viewers over slanted storie
■ On The Money: Macro Russia
■ Ukrainian ex-PM Tymoshenko may face life in prison for 'ordering murder'

► Inside Story - Bhutto and the undoing of Pervez Musharraf
► Inside Story Americas - Young and in debt

► Listening Post - Boston: When the media gets it wrong. The post mortem is out on news organisations and social media sites on the way they covered the bombings.

► Hitler's Food Taster Tells of Poisoning Fears
► ECOCENTRIC : From Texas to China: When Man-Made Problems Make Natural Disasters Worse
► HEALTH & FAMILY

■ Babies' Brains: When Does Consciousness Emerge?
■ Vitamin E May Boost Return to Healthy Hearts in Former Smokers
■ Skin Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Other Cancers
■ One Sugar-Sweetened Soda A Day Boosts Diabetes Risk
■ Depressive Thinking Can Be Contagious
■ Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages

► People: The World's Most Beautiful
► Photo Gallery: At the White House Correspondents' Dinner

► HEALTH : Of course you're stressed. Just look at you.
► FOOD : Master Class: Nancy Silverton opens up to olive oil in desserts
► L.A. Walks : Santa Monica Beach, with a power-up option
► Mayoral race 2013: The Times' video interview with Eric Garcetti

► FRAMEWORK

■ Pictures in the News | April 26, 2013. Posted By: Marc Martin 
■ The Week in Pictures | April 22 – April 28, 2013 -  Posted By: Marc Martin

  Konjic, Bosnia — Visitors walk on a broken mirror on the floor of an installation by Italian artist Alfredo Pirri, which is being displayed in the once-secret bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia's leaders from a nuclear war. For three months, the bunker will become one of the world's quirkiest contemporary art galleries. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Amel Emric / Associated Press


  Cologne, Germany — A woman rides her bicycle past blooming cherry trees. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Federico Gambarini / Associated Press

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A horseman waves during an amateur riders races in the Belarus village of Mezhdurechie, some 55 km west of Minsk, on April 27, 2013. AFP/VIKTOR DRACHEV


Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, tries out a magic wand on the set used to depict Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films, during the inauguration of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in London on April 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Paul Rogers/POOL)


A man plays the bagpipes in a cemetery during the dawn service to mark the 98th ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) commemoration ceremony at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France on April 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)

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News Headlines (226) 27 April 2013

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► DIGITAL TRENDS 26 April 2013 : Dell brings XPS 10 Windows RT tablet with LTE to AT&T, starts at $600 - By Gloria Sin — April 26, 2013

► SCIENCE DAILY 25 April 2013 : Forced Exercise May Still Protect Against Anxiety and Stress  — Being forced to exercise may still help reduce anxiety and depression just as exercising voluntarily does, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder

► ABC News 23 April 2013 : Stonehenge Seeks New Druid-in-Chief  ||  ► NEWSER ||  ► NEWSER : Click to read about a mystery even bigger than Stonehenge  ||  ► EXAMINER ||  ► WAPO - Wanted: Stonehenge manager for $99,229 a year

► COOKING CHANNEL TV : RECIPE BEAUTY SHOTS: BEFORE AND AFTER

► Espressogossip : What Were They Thinking? (19 Photos)

► EXAMINER 30 October, 2012 : Kate Upton photos: model shows off nearly NSFW-cleavage in V magazine spread (Video) ||  ► EXAMINER : Kate Upton shows off her Sports Illustrated bikini while dancing the 'Cat Daddy' (Photos)

► EXAMINER 15 Amrch 2013 : Fokkens news: 70 year old prostitutes retire after sex with 355,000 men (Photos)

► JUSTFORMETODAY : What Men Really Think About Your Body  ||  ► CAPTURE HIM : 3 Steps To Make a Man Love You



► The AUSTRALIAN 26 April 2013 : No clothes, but Austrian emperor Franz-Josef's hair for sale

► US MAG 22 April 2013 : Halle Berry Conceals Baby Bump in Storm Costume on X-Men: Days of Future Past Set

► ABC NEWS 26 April 2013 : Billy Currington Charged With Elder Abuse

► RIA NOVOSTI 26 April 2013 : Fire at Psychiatric Clinic Near Moscow Kills 38 ||  ► RIA NOVOSTI  26 APril 2013: Putin Urges Attention to Fire Safety After Hospital Deaths


► TODAY in HISTORY

■ 27th April 1865 :: Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered

► GUARDIAN 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh building collapse: voices in the rubble cry for help as rescuers toil. Anxious relatives await news of those still missing, while survivors describe deafening bang and then darkness  ||  ► REUTERS 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh factory building collapse kills more than 10  ||  ► REUTERS 25 April 2013 : Bangladesh building tragedy down to West's cost squeeze: NGOs  ||  ► REUTERS  26 April 2013 : Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for second night, 260 dead


► ECONOMIST 27 April 2013 : Chechnya and Dagestan. Islamists in Russia - The Boston bombs have put new focus on Russia’s Islamist republics


► Kavkazcente 30 April 2012 : Angel or hero? An interesting video clip recorded in Syria has been posted on the Internet. The video shows a wounded man who lays on a road. People are hiding and can not approach him as the street is shelled by the Alawites. There are shouts, and people rushing around, not knowing how to help the wounded. At this moment, a person in completely white clothes appears at the background. He behaves unnaturally quiet and shows no emotions.   The man in white approaches the wounded man (whose weight is not less than 80 kg.) slowly, without quickening his steps, and calmly, without a visible effort, picks him up. Then he carries the wounded man with one hand only and brings to the crowd of people. After that, he disappears in the video. As pointed out by the witnesses of the incident, the unidentified person was dressed in impeccably white robe, which obviously does not dock with the situation of war, dirt, dust, incessant shellings and destruction. Sources in Syria say that this was not the only case when witnesses saw some persons in white clothes, who participated in battles against the Alawites and helped Muslims. This story is just one of those rare occasions when such incidents were videotaped. The Muslims are asking: Who are these persons - angels or heroes? Allah knows better! | Department of Monitoring Kavkaz Center.Publication time: 30 April 2012 © Copyright 2001-2012 KavkazCenter.com

► SANDS OF IWO JIMA. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win.  John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker's from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker's CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker's increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the squad is landed at Tarawa in November 1943 and Stryker risks his life to blow up a Japanese bunker that has slaughtered Marines trapped at a log wall. The now battle-tested squad becomes more closely-knit and Stryker's relationship with the men warms as the squad eventually finds itself in the bloodiest island battle of the war, at Iwo Jima. Uploaded on Feb 14, 2011 by jeffduce55

► Our War: Ambushed. As a prior-service U.S. Marine currently serving in the U.S. Army, I found this doc to be an eye opener. Chronicling the exploits of the British 1st Battalion Royal Anglian as captured by the Soldiers themselves, the footage shot by these men was only recently declassified by the MoD. It has since been compiled to tell their story via a BBC documentary series titled "Our War". Watch. Reel. Learn. Dedicated to the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian, the International Security Assistance Force, and those who did not make it home. Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011 by Bryan Ott.

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► North Korea says American tourist it is holding will face trial

► Two arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 325  ||  ► VIDEO

► Obama talks tough, waits to act on Syria

By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick - WASHINGTON - President Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad that any use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would be a "game changer" but cautioned that intelligence assessments that such weapons had been deployed were still preliminary.

    * Factbox: What is the chemical weapon sarin?

► VIDEO : Five-year-old rape victim in India puts spotlight on child abuse
► U.S. sues Novartis over kickbacks

► PICTURES

■ Photos of the week
■ Building collapse in Bangladesh
■ Surreal art
■ Living without sight
■ Best in baguette. More than 200 Parisian bakers compete to see who will win the coveted Best Baguette of Paris prize. 

► How To Make a French Baguette. Uploaded on Oct 21, 2009 by Howcast || La tradition française

► H a c k i n g

► State public deficit. Spain's government, seeking to cut its deficit amidst a double-dip recession, is to unveil new measures Friday aimed at reviving the economy. VIDEOGRAPHIC  ||  ► Spanish unemployment tops 27%, protests near parliament 

► Dubai police show off Ferrari

► Begging becomes business in Pakistan 

► Garment workers protest as Bangladesh toll tops 300  || ► International brands denounced for Bangladesh fire 

► Japanese shrine visits stir raw emotions in S Korea 

► Syrians make gas masks after chemical weapon claim. The US has said that growing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime was "extremely serious." On the ground, in Latakia province, members of a rebel brigade are taking no chances, making homemade gas masks to protect themselves in case of an attack.

► Madagascar's artists rapping to a different beat. A group of rappers in Madagascar is trying to modernise their island's music by blending traditional genres with Western-style rapping, slamming and beat boxing. They recently organised a Malagasy hip hop festival, and hope to export their unique style of music abroad. 

► Fire at Russia psychiatric hospital kills 38  ||  ► Fire at Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38

► Nigerian singer Femi Kuti back on tour 


► BBC HARDtalk - Femi Kuti - Nigerian musician and political activist (9/7/12). As Africa's most populous nation and one of its biggest oil producers, Nigeria is a giant on the African stage. But in terms of prosperity it has never fulfilled the expectations of its people.

Zeinab Badawi talks to musician and political activist Femi Kuti, son of the late, legendary musician Fela Kuti. He is a constant thorn in the side of the authorities and uses his songs to criticise government and speak up on behalf of the poor and dispossessed. But with fantastic rates of growth in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, is Femi Kuti being overly pessimistic about Nigeria's prospects?

Credits : Interviewed Guest - Femi Kuti |  Presenter - Zeinab Badawi. Published on Aug 3, 2012 by BBC HardTALK 


► Samsung releases new smartphone, posts record gain
► Greek bees holding their own...for the moment   || ► SIMILAR VIDEO : My Older post 21 April 2013 / AFP video
► The Dutch prepare big party to welcome new king 
► No need for concern over US-China relations: US 
► Iranian bomb suspects testify in Thai court 
► Iceland centre-right opposition poised for election win

► Hindu devotees mark birthday of monkey-god Hanuman

► Raw: US, Skorea Hold Joint Military Drill. Thousands of US and South Korean troops are taking part in a joint military drill. North Korea denounced the exercise, calling it a war practice drill. (April 26)


► ShowBiz Minute: Bieber, Currington, Billboard 

► A Royal Visit to the Harry Potter Experience  ||  ► Raw: Prince William Hops on Batman Bike 

► New Video Show Bangladesh Cracks Before Collapse

► Obama Vows to Fight for Planned Parenthood. President Barack Obama vowed Friday to fight with Planned Parenthood against what he said were efforts across the country to turn women's health back to the 1950s. (April 26)

► Four arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 341

► Fossilized bird egg sells at auction for more than $100,000

► Tampa Woman Swallows $5,000 Diamond

► HOMES : The most and least stressed-out states

► MOVIES Halle Berry's New Look as Storm in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

► OMG! : Could Prince Harry Have a Broadcasting Job in His Future? 


► OMG! : Celebrity Brides Who Ditched the White Dress

► SHINE 20 September 2011 : How NOT to Get Shot on the Playground: Cassandra Barry on the drawbacks of sticking up for your kid ||  ► More Stories About Some Kid  - With Joel Stein

► PICTURES

■ Tough shell to crack: Turtle fends off Gator's attack
■ Henry Payne || Henry Payne  is an American editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News
■ Pat Oliphant || Pat Oliphant is the most influential cartoonist now working by The New York Times
■ Jeff Stahler || Jeff Stahler This is the unique language of veteran Ohio political

► VIDEO

■ Kew reorders collection of seven million plants. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the world's first DNA Bank for plants. Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, it was the start of efforts around the world to use DNA sequencing to probe the genetic secrets of the world of flora. Two decades on, and new technology has transformed botany - turning what we thought we knew about plants on its head, as well as paving the way for new technologies such as GM and genomics.  But the findings have led to some plants being re-categorised according to their DNA rather than their appearance, and for links to be made between plants that were previously thought to be unrelated. All of that has meant that Kew's seven million preserved plant specimens have had to be reorganised - no small task. Video Journalist: Tom Beal. Some stills courtesy Kew Gardens.
■ Bangladeshi workers pay price for West's cheap clothes
■ Cuba's former MLB star Marrero turns 102
■ Rio to use new test for early diagnosis of leprosy

► Boston bombings: Was Dagestan the starting point?
► FUTURE : Home truths for online falsehoods
► TRAVEL : Carousing in the cocktail capital of South America ||  ► Escaping the heat in Far North Queensland
► AUTOS : With JCW, Mini Paceman moves upmarket ||  ► Aston Martin Rapide S: Four-door ferocity

► PICTURES

■ Sony World Photography Awards 2013

■ Best science and technology pictures of the week

  A zoo employee holds up a partially hatched Griffon Vulture chick at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, Israel. Only 100 of the birds are thought to remain in Israel. (Copyright: Reuters)


  Griffon vulture

► OP-ED : West is using possibility of chemical weapons to encourage intervention in Syria
► OP-ED : 'US domestic security turned massive failure'
► Bloomberg: New Yorkers will 'never know where our cameras are'
► White House says the US may use military force against Syria
► West must think twice about Syrian military invasion' ||  ► 'Clampdown on Islam in Europe drives young Muslims to Syrian war'
► Chemical inspection stalled: UN team can't be trusted 'politically' without Russian experts – Syrian information minister  
► Dozens dead in psych ward fire near Moscow, 3 survive 
► Dutchman arrested in Spain for 'largest ever' Spamhaus cyber-attack
► Pentagon in PR fight over F-35 fighter jets' cyber vulnerabilities
► North Korea loses popularity among Russians amid ongoing crisis
► BUSINESS : Latin Americans seen as most probable nominees to lead WTO

► VIDEOS

■ Video: Joint US-S. Korea war games amid growing nuclear tension
■ CrossTalk: Proliferating Hypocrisy
■ 140 detained in Moscow extremist-Islam raid, 30 reported to be foreigners
■ Profits before people, workers disposable - Celente on Bangladesh 

■ Rebel Rise? EU-born jihadis flock to Syria to fight Assad. The EU's anti-terror chief is sounding the alarm over the number of young Europeans going off to the Syrian war. Hundreds of volunteers are already fighting alongside rebels - and could pose a serious security threat when they return home, according to the official. As RT's Tesa Arcilla reports, Europe is increasingly worried about the terror threat from within.



Ouch, ouch, Glad to see Rory wearing pink shirt paired with gray suits. That is the color milemium in the early 90s.

► Inside Story Americas - The political cost of Mexico's reforms
► Talk to Al Jazeera - Najib Razak: Malaysia's election challenge
► Secret of the Seven Sisters - Episode 4: A Time for Lies 

► Are chemical weapons being used in Syria? ||  ► Al Jazeera talks to Ralf Trapp about chemical weapons in Syria  ||  ► Suspicion grows over Syria chemical weapons

Listen to me. The Muslims need awareness and solidarity to face the conspiracies and threats against the Islamic world. United States with its CIA, Israel and its Mossad are the parties which arming and training the terrorists who roam the regional countries.

To the Muslims, do not be fooled by their doings, let alone issue a decision to support a terrorist militia to attack fellow Muslims. Their goal is to create friction among Muslims, to dominate the oil market and to sell weapons to the Islamic countries.

► Counting the Cost - Austerity debunked
► South2North - Tackling 'the big three'

► HEALTH : Alzheimer's Advance: Gene Could Help to Clear Brain Plaques Responsible for the Disease
► EDUCATION : The Illusion of the 'Gifted' Child
► ECOCENTRIC : Earth Daze: What Happened to the Environmental Movement?
► U.S.: Americans Abroad: When Goodwill Turns Into Gaffe

► PHOTOGRAPHY

■ Pictures of the Week: April 19 – April 26. From funerals and prayer vigils in Boston and a deadly garment factory collapse in Bangladesh to the legalization of gay marriage in France and a giant inflatable pig in China, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
■ Photographer Spotlight: Andreas Feininger
■ Hundreds Dead as Garment Factory in Bangladesh Collapses

► The 2013 TIME 100 Red Carpet with Joel Stein 

► COLUMN ONE :14-year-old 'Albanian Bear' is up for a fight. Reshat Mati, a friendly teen from Staten Island, is a fierce boxing and martial arts competitor. He's gained international notice and an Internet following.
► DISH : Is that rose petal in my beer? Brewers are trying some unexpected flavors
► Heart of Boston : Marathon sneakers form iconic image
► iPod, putting gear, $52,695 mask included in Obama's foreign gifts
► Congress passes bill to reduce flight delays; Obama will sign it
► Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors
► Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation
► Alan Wood dies at 90; provided Iwo Jima flag in World War II. A Navy officer in World War II, Alan Wood provided the flag that was raised on Iwo Jima and that was captured in an iconic photo.
► Paris photo fair comes to Hollywood

News Headlines (225) 26 April 2013

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► SPIEGEL 25 April 2013 : Oversexed Education: First-Graders Shown Explicit Sex-Ed Book

► SCIENCE DAILY Feb. 16, 2011: Losing Hair at 20 Is Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer in Later Life, Study Finds  — Men who start to lose hair at the age of 20 are more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life and might benefit from screening for the disease, according to a new study published online in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology.

► MASHABLE  25 APril 2013 :World's First 'Braille Smartphone' in Development

► US MAGAZINE 13 April 2013 : Shakira on Motherhood: "Nobody Told Me It Would Be This Hard" :: ||  ► Latest Gallery : Halle Berry's Second Pregnancy: See Her Growing Baby Bump! ||  ► Beyonce and Blue Ivy Step Out in Paris, Gwyneth Paltrow Wears a Sheer Dress and No Underwear: Today's Top Stories

► ATLANTIC WIRE  24 April 2013 : Gwyneth Paltrow Is the 'Most Beautiful Woman' Alive — and You Can't Stop Her || ► REUTERS : Gwyneth Paltrow named People's most beautiful woman

Wow! This headline is so undermining the existence of fellow women. But, I never care about the beauty of other women, as long as my partner keeps saying that I am the most beautiful woman for him. Actually I never believe his words about my beauty, but I see my baby, my mother, the elderly, the children of our neighbors like the way I greet them. I have always felt the eyes of children and elderly are the most honest eyes in seeing something. So I think my partner's opinion is objective enough. He is not a womanizer man, he's also not a Venustraphobia. He said he was just a very confident man because of his love to me.

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ Apr 26, 1954: Polio vaccine trials begin
■ 26th April 1962 : The Moon Ranger IV Crash Lands On Moon. The first US rocket lands on the moon Ranger IV three years after the first Russian landing of Lunik II in 1959.

► Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997). Uploaded on Dec 1, 2011 by bluecinderella4



► The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997. Uploaded on Mar 17, 2011 by BardandQueen



► HARRY POTTER DELETED SCENES. Uploaded on Nov 19, 2010 by smosh



► Eminem & Rihanna - I Love the way you Lie - Igor Presnyakov - acoustic cover

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► In Guantanamo hunger strike, courts favor Obama

WASHINGTON/MIAMI - As detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, widen their hunger strike, President Barack Obama's force-feeding policy is under fire. But the law is on his side, an analysis of court rulings shows.

* More medics sent to Guantanamo as hunger strike grows
* U.S. condoned torture after 9/11, must close Guantanamo: report
* Yemeni man describes force feeding in New York Times op-ed

► Hollande arrives for sales trip in China
► Paris ringroad, 'Le Periph', is 40
► French fashion uses power of 'knitting grannies'
► M a l a r i a

► Roma take centre stage at Budapest music school. A school set up by renowned guitarist Ferenc Snetberger is giving young people from poor backgrounds a chance to make it in music.



► Australia, NZ remember war dead on ANZAC Day
► Spanish unemployment rate at record 27.16%
► Elderly, women and young bear brunt of China quake
► Tokyo's leafy Yasukuni shrine stirs raw emotions
► US military chief says ready for N. Korea threat

► Putin vows no return to 'Stalinist' repressions

[Putin looks young and handsome, because he was not a smoker.]



► Greenpeace 'polar bears' protest Arctic oil
► Hagel: Syria used chemical weapons on 'small scale'
► Synchronised yoga world record set in Bangkok
► Britain opens first embassy in Mogadishu in 22 years
► Ex-presidents at opening of George W. Bush library  || ► Obama, ex-presidents honor Bush at library opening

► Baby gorilla born at Tokyo zoo

► Salvador Dali show lights up Madrid museum. Salvador Dali is the subject of a new exhibition at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, with over 200 works by the Spanish painter and master of surrealism on show.



► Brazil's boom creates billionaires. According to the "World Wealth Report 2013" put together by luxury estate agents Knight Frank, Sao Paulo in Brazil comes ninth in global rankings of the cities with the most millionaires. AFPTV met one of them. || ► Cozete Gomes
► US anti-doping chief (Travis Tygart) tells French how it's done
► Protesters target gun lobbyists in Washington 
► Five dead, eight injured in Karachi bomb blast
► Dozens found alive in collapsed Bangladesh building 

► 2 Boys, 3 Adults Shot to Death in Illinois Town
► Bill Clinton: 'I Like President Bush' ||  ► Obama: Bush Compassionate and Generous ||  ► Bush: Honor of a Lifetime to Lead the U.S. ||  ► Presidents Praise George W. Bush at New Library

Ahaha this scene reminds me of their hypocrisy, the cigarette business. After they sell cigarettes and make people suffer from various diseases due to tobacco use (Although you may argue by saying that the business of selling cigarettes is also a source of income for the cigarette factory workers and government also reap considerable tax on the business of selling cigarettes, and I think for this debate should involve the economists, sociologists and health expert ) then perhaps to cover up the feelings of guilt to (dunno whoever, whatever) they give scholarships to schools and colleges. Maybe people will think it is a good action, but I see it as harassment. As if they say, "See? We give scholarships to education community which have failed to teach the students about the importance of anti-smoking awareness, because our business is selling cigarettes. Tadaa ..." ||  ► Damn right, George Bush should face criminal proceedings for waterboarding. Though signatory to the convention against torture, Canada neglected to investigate George Bush. Will the UN now act? - GUARDIAN 17 November 2012

► Giant Floating Head Found in Hudson River

► OMG! : Shakira Admits Losing Baby Weight Was 'Stressful' and Motherhood is 'Hard'


► TV - Daytime in No Time
► SHINE : Bikini Body in Four Weeks? Believe It
► HOMES : Manhattan's Most Expensive Home Officially Hits the Market at $125 Million

► PICTURES

■ Chernobyl today - Ukraine will mark the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst civil nuclear accident, on April 26. A look at life inside the exclusion zone today.<br>

■ What Seven Million Tulips Looks Like

► MAGAZINE : The fashion world's silver stylistas

► DNA: the 'smartest' molecule in existence?
Researchers revisit measurements to determine the temperature of the Earth's core, finding it to be 6,000C - as hot as the surface of the Sun.

* X-rays journey to centre of Earth
* 'New metal type' at Earth's core

► Earth's core far hotter than thought
► VIDEO : Malaria cases on rise in Nairobi
► FUTURE : Darpa: The element of surprise  ||  ► Space deflector shields inspired by the Moon
► TRAVEL : In Istanbul, raki and a bottomless pit of gluttony || ► The ethics of asking strangers to pay 
► AUTO : Aston Martin Rapide S: Four-door ferocity
► PICTURES

■ World historical sites damaged in conflict
■ Hand-bike riders summit Cadair Idris in Snowdonia
■ Joint Warrior war games in Scotland
■ Dark Pripyat

► Today's African Proverb : "Advice is a stranger - if he is welcome, he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day" - A Malagasy proverb sent by Lasu Morris, Juba, South Sudan

Welcome, advice. A cleric dies, leaving a question, "I always advise people, but who will advise me?"

► Putin says no Stalinist tendencies in society, confirms Berezovsky's letters
► Russian 'smokers' rights' movement holds founding convention

Oh, right to smoke? Sounds democratic, is not it? Okay. You want to die because of smoking? Go ahead! Die from the toxins in cigarette smoke is the choice of your life, not our business. But believe me, your phrase will be broken by the right of our right to a healthy life: smoke-free.

► VIDEOS

■ Putin on Boston blasts: We suffered from terrorists, called 'insurgents' by West. The deadly bombing of Boston Marathon confirms Russia's position that terrorists are a common threat to all nations and must never be supported for political gains, says Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin was commenting in Moscow during his annual Q&A session on the flood of comments in the US, many of them from common people, which blamed Russia, where the suspects in the bombing were born, over the crime.

ehehehe ...Such a scenario is typical American style. Beware of that, Russia! Actually the U.S. respects you. Its problem is it does not know how to put itself beside you.

■ Boston bombing facts & fantasies: Tsarnaevs felonious or framed?

■ Insult to Injury: UK's disabled must 'prove' handicaps to get benefits. Life as a disabled person in Britain could soon become a lot harder. They're now being asked to prove, face to face, that they deserve the help that until recently had been taken for granted.



■ I just write, "I'm glad to see my favorite presenter, Rory Suchet, is not appointed to present news about Boston clowns. "Tit for tat or inner contact? He presented it!  'Why did they need to kill my son?' - Tsarnaev's mother
■ US Defense Sec. Hagel 'confident' chemical weapons used in Syria
■ Deadly Blaze: Dozens killed, 3 survive fire at Moscow mental hospital
■ Drums of War: US claims chem weapons used in Syria, red line crossed? . This video has been removed by the user. Sorry about that.

► People & Power - America's War Games. The United States' military expenditures today account for about 40 percent of the world total. In 2012, the US spent some $682bn on its military - an amount more than what was spent by the next 13 countries combined. Now that the war in Iraq is over and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will be complete in 2014, the stage might therefore appear to be set for a decrease in US defence spending. Even in Washington DC, many have argued that the defence budget can be cut substantially and the resulting "peace dividend" could be diverted to more pressing domestic concerns, such as dealing with the nation's continuing economic problems.




► George W Bush's presidential library, museum and policy centre has opened in Dallas, Texas. All modern-day presidents have been honoured with such libraries in their home states, including Richard Nixon, whose library draws about 100,000 visitors a year with its exhibits and research opportunities. The complex, which opened in 1991, is built around the thirty-seventh president's childhood home in southern California. Nixon is best remembered for the Watergate scandal, an illegal spying operation on his political enemies, and the cover-up that followed, events extensively dealt with in the library's exhibits.  Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from California. || ► Bush Waterboarding

► Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR). How does it feel to be "aggressively interrogated"? Christopher Hitchens found out for himself, submitting to a brutal waterboarding session in an effort to understand the human cost of America's use of harsh tactics at Guantánamo and elsewhere. VF.com has the footage. Uploaded on Jul 2, 2008 by Vanity Fair



► Guantanamo Bay interrogation video released - 15 July 08. Lawyers for a Canadian prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay have released a videotape showing him being interrogated. The pictures offer the first glimpse inside the secretive and isolated US prison in Cuba. In the video, a Canadian Security Intelligence Services agent is shown grilling Omar Khadr in 2003, when he was 15. The video shows him weeping, his face buried in his hands. Khadr also tells his captors he's been tortured. The Canadian citizen is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier during a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan. Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan tells the story. || ► Inside Story Americas - Has torture become acceptable? The European Court of Human Rights condemns CIA torture and members of the US Senate intelligence committee calls it "a terrible mistake". But will such criticism be overshadowed by a film that falsely suggests that the use of torture led to the killing of Osama bin Laden?



► Putin fields questions during annual phone-in. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been speaking to the nation in one of the live televised question and answer sessions that have become a trademark of his presidency. Almost two million people sent in questions to the president, with many tackling him on Russia's current economic issues. Al Jazeera's David Chater has been gauging the reaction in Russia's eastern outpost Vladivostok.



► The Stream - Water wars?

► Inside Story - The fight for global vaccinations. Global vaccination programmes are offering children a better start in life. It is universally recognised as one of the most successful and cost effective health programmes in the world. Immunising children against a range of diseases that can cause serious illness, disability or death. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that immunisation prevents up to three million deaths every year, but it says an estimated 22 million children worldwide are missing out on basic vaccines.

► Study: Porn May Not Be Such a Bad Influence on Sexual Behavior

► Syria's Possible Chemical Weapons and a Reminder that Intel Isn't Always Right
By Mark Thompson

* The Thick Red Line: White House Cautious on Syria's Chemical Weapons Use
* Why Reports of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria May Never Be Confirmed
* Syria: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack

► The 20 'Most Well-Read Cities' in America, According to Amazon.com
► Can Frozen Food Companies Make TV Dinners Cool Again?
► The Epic Vistas of the World's Largest Algae Farm
► Jewel of Manhattan: LIFE in Central Park, Summer 1961

► COLUMN ONE : Watch out! Angry little girl is sharing her feelings

► Pictures in the News | April 25, 2013 - Posted By: Marc Martin 


  Paris — A room called "Le Nuage," or The Cloud, designed by French art distributor Zébra3/Buy-Sellf. Le Nuage has four single beds and can be rented for a night or more. PHOTOGRAPH BY: PIERRE VERDY / AFP / Getty Images


  New Delhi — An Indian Hindu devotee dressed as a monkey participates in a religious procession during Hanuman Jayanti, a celebration of the birth of Hindu monkey god Hanuman. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Tsering Topgyal / Associated Press


  Miyashiro, Japan — White tiger cubs play around in their enclosure at Tobu Zoo Park. Four cubs, three males and one female, were born at the zoo, marking its first-ever cubs. PHOTOGRAPH BY: KIYOSHI OTA / EPA

You tired to curb the passions and to endure the pain. Also waiting for the changes you want. I understand how scratched your heart. And how your self-esteem trampled. Thrown out. Those who embrace you when you are needed. However, compassion touches me. In your weary you stand tall. Although as wasted, you are calm and silent like coral. In your silence, still upright. Like sheer cliffs that often you rock. Abstinence cry if you do not need it. Although cornered you keep waiting. Stoic. Smiling while injured.

My tigress, they will burst when you are cornered. However, keep patient, conquer yourself. Don't be afraid. Even if you know that they are allied. Because one day the mountain will explode. Even the smallest mountain. And, at that time they will know how ferocious a wounded tiger if her revenge is fueled. Therefore my beautiful tiger, uprise again. Running and clawing this cruel life. And do not complain. Keep the spirit.
***

Q : What is this, Cisca? Do you imagine learning as a tigress?
A : Nope. This is a poem by Reinhold Messner posted by him to me. When reading it I was reminded to you, tigress.

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