News Headlines (202) 3 April 2013

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► LIVESCIENCE - Article: Men Get Ego Boost From Workplace Power. By Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor  -  Date: 28 March 2013

► CS MONITOR April 2, 2013  - Heidi Klum saves drowning son: Supermodel supermom vs. the good enough mother (+video)||  US MAGAZINE April 1, 2013  - Heidi Klum Saves Son Henry From Drowning: "We Were Able to Get Everyone Out Safely"  ||  ► DAILY MAIL 9 March 2013 : It's a love match! Heidi Klum tenderly strokes boyfriend Martin Kristen's head as they watch her children's soccer game

► SPACE 02 April 2013 :  A toy plane that Neil Armstrong is said to have played with as a child — years before he became a naval aviator, research pilot and the first astronaut to walk on the moon — will be auctioned off this month in Dallas.

► TODAY IN HISTORY

■ STALIN  in office - 3 April 1922 

► Stalin's Purges. The leader of Communist Russia, Joseph Stalin, was paranoid of opposition. It was this paranoia that led to the Great Purge where millions of people were executed or sent to labor camps in Siberia.  ||  ► Cold War is over, but what it left behind may surprise you.

► RUSSIA TODAY April 01, 2013 : 2,000-year-old Damascus synagogue destroyed

► CS MONITOR March 27, 2013 - Rest easy, Spain: Your money's safe in a mattress safe. With a debt crisis still stalking Europe, a Spanish entrepreneur (Francisco "Paco" Santos) has a new idea to protect your euros: a mattress with a safe inside. - By Whitney Eulich  || NPR  2April2013 : In Spain, A Mattress That Lets Your Money Rest Easy

► RETIRE WORLD WIDE -By Michael Manville on August 8, 2011  : Is Your Money Safer Under Your Mattress?

► YouTube's ready to select a winner. Thanks for all your great entries.  YouTube finally has enough videos to begin selecting a winner.  What do you think is the #bestvideo on YouTube? We've been thrilled with all of the diverse, creative entries we've seen so far, and we can't wait to begin the process of selecting the best video. We'll be announcing the winner in 10 years. Published on Mar 31, 2013

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► North Korea to restart Yongbyon nuclear reactor

By Ju-min Park - PAJU, South Korea - North Korea closed access to a joint factory zone that earns $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished state but will allow hundreds of South Koreans to return home, officials said, allaying fears they could have been held hostage.
* North Korea pressures South by halting entry to industrial zone
* China expresses "serious concern" over Korean peninsula
* South Korea considering options if safety threatened in Kaesong
* Meet North Korea's new Kim, same as the old Kims?

► Muslims vanish as Buddhist attacks approach Myanmar's biggest city    ||  ► Private dailies re-emerge in Myanmar, face difficulties

► VIDEOS

■ North Korea factory zone block
■ Mouth of a deadly sink hole
■ Second US warship moving toward Asian Pacific
■ Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after prisoner death
■ U.N. approves first-ever global arms trade treaty

► PICTURES

■ Shooting Canada
■ Circus comes to town

► In north Syria, eating grasses to survive    || ► WFP food deliveries under attack in Syria
► French 'Survivor' doctor kills himself after contestant dies
► The electronic cigarette. 
► Djotodia asks his rebels to liberate police stations
► No 'untouchables' in corruption fight: Putin aide
► 13 teens dead in blaze at Myanmar Muslim school
► Apple apology an April Fool think some Chinese iPhone users
► Palestinians in Gaza welcome Meshaal's reelection as Hamas chief
► Zuma rejects criticism against S.African troops in C.Africa
► France, Egypt agree there's no miltary solution in Syria
► NRA task force calls for armed guards
► Lessons learned from Cyprus bailout: World Bank president
► Obama heaps praise on Singapore
► US vows to defend South amid N. Korea threats
► UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade

► Obama Proposes Brain Mapping Project. Seeking to "revolutionize our understanding of the human mind," and capitalize on new job prospects, the White House pushes a new BRAIN Initiative. (April 2). Published on Apr 2, 2013

Did you know that the power of faith is 100 times more powerful than the power of the brain (mind / intellect)? Humans Are Slowly but Surely Losing Intellectual and Emotional Abilities, Article Suggests. 5 ways you're losing brain power. Researchers find 'complicated' prose can give 'rocket-boost' to brain. So, Read Shakespeare! ehehhehee...

► Raw: Animals Get Frozen Treats to Cool Off. As Thailand sizzles into high summer there's been some relief from the heat for the animals at Bangkok's zoo. They've been getting ice cream, yogurt and frozen vegetables to try to help in temperatures edging 104 degrees. (April 2)



► Raw: Video Shows Giant Sinkhole That Killed Man 

► Kerry: North Korea's Rhetoric Is 'Unacceptable' || ► US Warns NKorea on Reckless Provocations
  ► Raw: Pope Francis Prays at John Paul II's Tomb. Pope Francis prayed before the tomb of Pope John Paul II on Tuesday on the eighth anniversary of his death. It was John Paul II who made Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the then-Archbishop of Buenos Aires, a cardinal. (April 2)

Despite doomsday, but if it only happens in the heart, there's no one who knows it. Dear Pope, what did you say in your heart? Sorry, we can not hear your prayers. But one thing -- to me -- recalling the day of death is the most intelligent thing that should be done by humans every minute of their lives. Thus, life will appear more clearly.

Am I the brave?  Honestly. I am scared to death, but why do I still continue on with my life until death will come to pick me?

► AUTOS - The pitch Angels' C.J. Wilson has to make for a $1.15 million McLaren P1

► Cat who loves high school to be honored with art show



► Scientists reportedly discover gate to hell

► OMG! - Rumer Willis Wears Bruce's Face on Her Chest



► HOMES - Why you need two kinds of smoke alarms

► Parents: Speechless after Pope hugged disabled son

► PHOTOS

■ Behind-the-scenes-images-of-president-george-w-bush
■ Smithsonian-photo-awards
■ Meet-boom-the-pitbull-who-loves-bird
■ Ny-politicians-arrested-in-bribery-scheme

► Trotting off. Rome's latter-day charioteers ride into the sunset
► Crying game. Should parents give babies drugs on long flights?
► Game over? What does the future hold for Cyprus?
► Been and gone. Beatles animator and the trumpeter on every Bond theme
► Counterfeit clients. Teaching Indian sex workers how to spot fake banknotes
► Forgotten children. Inside the grim institutional world of Russia's orphanages || VIDEO - Rare access to the closed world of Russia's orphanages
► Powerful enemies.Fresh questions over MI6 involvement in Congo killing
► Wrong kind of restart. Kim Jong-un's Yongbyon switch-on ramps up tensions
► The pain of southern Europe's unemployed
► Five-legged lamb born at Whitehouse Farm, Morpeth
► Al Worden: 'The loneliest human being'
► Olivetti's typewriter: 'The iMac of its day'
► TRAVEL - Va-va-Valparaiso    ||  ► World's best beaches for wildlife

► PICTURES

■ Day in pictures: 02 April 2013
■ Week in pictures: 23-29 March 2013

  Newly elected Pope Francis (left) met his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict, for lunch, the first time such a meeting has been possible for more than 600 years. The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church is usually elected after the death of his predecessor, and there is no public record of any previous meeting between an incumbent pope and a former pope.

Haa, White. Soutane. Vestment. White. Looks clean. I'm reminded of a powdered detergent ad. I kinda forgot when and where I was watching it. Understandable only, I used to watch anything. So, here's the ad. Most mothers into trouble because they have to wash their children's clothes which become dirty after the kids play all day. "Do not worry!" said that detergent product. "Use our product and you do not need to worry because the dirty clothes from your kids. Remember, dare to dirty is smart!"

Then the kids played ball with great happiness in a field. The sky was raining. The ground became muddy. No problem. They remained active and cheerful, though dirty, because children who dared to dirty for active play were more intelligent than children who just passively sitting at home and their clothes were kept clean.

Mother looked happy and smiling from the window. (Mommy, why don't you play ball with the kids? Are you worried about your white clothes get dirty?)

Mom did not seem to feel anything but happy with her detergent products. Tadaa. Then the music to end the ad aired. NangNingNungTengTengTengTeng. THE END.

■ In pictures: Inside India's oldest Muslim university

► Today's African Proverb : "Every day is for the thief, one day is for the owner" - A Yoruba proverb from Nigeria sent by Raymond Obeng, Boston, United States

► US law says no 'oil' spilled in Arkansas, exempting Exxon from cleanup dues   
► Israel strikes Gaza for the first time since truce
► N. Korea suspends access to crucial jointly-run industrial zone with South  
► Karzai: Taliban leader can run for the Afghan presidency in 2014
► Cyprus bailout inside info? 132 companies pull out over $900mn in deposits   ||  VIDEO - 'Cyprus precedent set, will be repeated in bleeding Europe, America' ||  PHOTOS  : Cyprus Aid: People help where government fails 

► OP-ED : Hey, Cyprus… Let's go back to basics! - Adrian Salbuchi  

► Starving sea lions rescued from US shores. Thousands of starving young sea lions have been washing up on the beaches of California in recent months. They are in bad shape - weak, dehydrated, and near death. Almost 1,000 have been rescued in the past three months alone, and scientists say as many as 45 percent of the pups have died. As rescuers try to save the pups, scientists are trying to get to the bottom of why so many are in trouble. Some experts say that their food sources out at sea - sardines, mackerel and other fish - have virtually disappeared. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Playa del Rey in California. Published on Apr 2, 2013



► Venezuela's presidential race kicks off. Campaigning is set to begin for Venezuela's upcoming presidential election, a month after the death of Hugo Chavez. His chosen successor Nicolas Maduro has vowed to honour the late president's socialist legacy. However, he could face a strong challenge from opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Caracas.



► Inside Story Americas - The controversial Monsanto Protection Act
► Palestinian students learning to speak Hebrew 

► Poker on the Korean Peninsula: Kim Jong Un Keeps Raising the Stakes

By Austin Ramzy *North Korea Refuses to Let South Koreans Enter Joint factory
* North Korea Ratchets Up Tension on the Peninsula

► Exclusive: 'President's Club' to Reunite at April Opening of George W. Bush's Library

* The Presidents Club

► Francis Marks Anniversary of John Paul II Death

► BUSINESS - Samoa Air to Charge Passengers by Weight

► PHOTOS

■ How to Make Charcoal in Gaza

► Palestinian youth work in making charcoal. Uploaded on Aug 9, 2011



■ LIFE With Bardot: Rare and Classic Photos of the Original 'Sex Kitten'

■ 'Devour': Christopher Jonassen's Remarkable Frying-Pan Still Lifes

► LAX's revamped international terminal debuts on a smaller scale
► Virginia judge dismisses voter fraud felony charges
► Sen. Mark Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
► NRA-backed task force unveils sweeping school safety proposal
► Obama calls for funding for brain science initiative
► Pictures in the News | April 2, 2013