News Headlines (287) 28 June 2013

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► DAILY MAIL 26 June 2013 : Tourists left disappointed as the Eiffel Tower AND the Colosseum are both closed by industrial action across Europe || ► DAILY MAIL 26 June 2013 : Eiffel Tower strike goes into a second day as Rome's Colosseum workers plan walkout

► ABC News 20 June 2013 : 'Make Love Not Porn': New Movement Gaining Popularity. With hard-core porn just a click away, one entrepreneur is crusading to show sex in a softer light.

► BBC SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT 25 June 2013 : Star is crowded by super-Earths ▬ By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News ||   ► SCIENCE DAILY 25 June 2013 : Three Planets in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star: Gliese 667c Reexamined || ► SPACE 25 June 2013 : Potentially Habitable Planets of Star Gliese 667C Explained (Infographic)

► ABC News 26 June 20123 : Halle Berry Testifies for Stronger Anti-Paparazzi Laws ||  E ONLINE 25 June 2013 : Pregnant Halle Berry Testifies in Favor of California's Anti-Paparazzi Bill

► INDEPENDENT 26 June 2013 : Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity Top 100: Oprah Winfrey regains her crown as Johnny Depp crashes out  || ► TELEGRAPH 26 June 2013 : Oprah Winfrey regains crown as Forbes most powerful celebrity. Oprah Winfrey has been named Forbes most powerful celebrity, heading a list of six women and four men in the top 10.

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ 28 June 1838 : Queen Victoria was crowned with a new crown 
■ 28 June 1953: Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan

► REUTERS 26 June 2013 : James Bond watch with geiger counter sells for $160,000

► ENTERTAINMENT

■ Saturns Moon Titan - A Place Like Home BBC Documentary. Published on Feb 28, 2013 by  DocumentaryKingHD
■ Neanderthals: Human Extinction | BBC Documentary | Animal & Nature. Published on Feb 15, 2013 by DocumentaryManiac

► SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY : Elbit Systems DIRCM Family Solutions. Published on Jun 17, 2013 by defenseupdate 

► NEWS & POLITIC : Les intellectuels intègres. Pascal Boniface est l'invité de l'Esprit d'actu à l'occasion de la parution de son dernier livre « Les intellectuels intègres ». Directeur de l'Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques, et enseignant à l'Institut d'Etudes européennes de l'Université de Paris 8. Published on Jun 16, 2013 by OummaTV

► GAMING : The Last Of Us Gameplay - Part 13 - It Can't End This Way. Published on Jun 26, 2013 by PewDiePie

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► BIKES - Crashing into love

► Senate passes sweeping immigration legislation

► Asian shares edge higher on global equity gains

► Obama jabs Russia, China over Snowden
By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal - DAKAR - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not start "wheeling and dealing" with China and Russia over a U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

* Top officer rejects comparison of U.S., Chinese cyber snooping

► Obama heads to South Africa with Mandela on his mind || ►  VIDEO : Obama returns to South Africa as Mandela's health remains uncertain || ► VIDEO : Michelle Obama pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

► Clashing visions weigh on drive for Taliban talks
By Matthew Green - ISLAMABAD - As the United States makes a fresh attempt to start talks with the Taliban, competing visions in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over what an eventual peace process might look like have emerged as one of the biggest hurdles.

* Afghan Taliban attack in Kabul throws peace talks into further doubt

► Leopard filmed snatching dog from Mumbai residence 
► Joy in New York as US top court gives gay marriage boost 
► Rudd sworn in as Australia's new prime minister 
► Obama seeks to calm tensions over US leaker Snowden

► Raw: German Zoo Shows Off Rare Baby Tiger. Frankfurt Zoo has been showing off its newest addition, an almost three-month-old rare Sumatran tigress called Berani. (June 27)



► Obama on Snowden: I Will Not Be Scrambling Jets ||  ► Ecuador: Snowden Asylum Document Unauthorized

► Obama 'Won't Be Scrambling Jets' to Nab Edward Snowden
► Debate over president's approach to finding Edward Snowden
► OMG! : Matthew Morrison Is Engaged! Glee Star, Girlfriend Renee Puente Set to Wed
► HEALTH : Summer Foods You Should Avoid

► MAGAZINE

■ Pierre Borghi: How I gave the Taliban the slip
■ The rise of Turkish soap power

► CULTURE : The D-Type Jaguar: A wonder of style and engineering

Jaguar XKSS - Villa d'Este 2013. Published on Jun 1, 2013 by BabyloNordschleife   ||  ► 1956 Jaguar D-Type Start & Revs SOUND.



► FUTURE

■ What will be the next global transformers?
■ Robot subs beam the oceans to your homes

► VIDEOS

■ Mouse cloned from one blood drop
■ Dudley Zoo's snow leopard cub shown to public

► OP-ED : Wanted: Russia and China as villain in Snowden affair
► Spy games: Inventor of World Wide Web accuses West of hypocrisy
► Obama: US won't send fighter jets to intercept Snowden flights
► Megaupload's Kim Dotcom mulls legal action over Leaseweb 'data massacre'
► Obama's Africa visit: US playing catch-up with China
► 'Hypocrite of the century': Irish MP blasts US president's G8 visit
► New NSA leaks show email surveillance under Obama 
► Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with multiple murders, WMD use 
► Leaked: CIA aims crackdown at internal leaks
► US Senate passes immigration reform bill
► US-Japan war games off the California coast imitate Chinese invasion

► VIDEOS

■ Celente: PRISM just prep for something bigger, hunt for undesirables on
■ Ecuador can't grant Snowden asylum as he's not on its soil 
■ 'American Empire stands naked by Snowden leaks but not ashamed'
■ Chasing Snowden: Don't Shoot The Messenger

► Mongolian president set for second term. Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has been re-elected for a second term, the country's election commission has said quoting preliminary results. The commission announced on Thursday that Elbegdorj got 50.23 percent of the votes, beating a former wrestling champion, Bat-Erdene Badmaanyambuu of the People's Party, and health minister Udval Natsag, of the People's Revolutionary Party. Al Jazeera's Divya Gopalan reports from Ulaanbaatar.



► Inside Story : Americas - A major victory for gay equality?



► Ex-US general under investigation for leaks. A four-star general who used to be second in command in the United States military is reported to be under investigation for leaking secrets. General James Cartwright was in charge of a computer virus which was used to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington.

► China: Just as Desperate for Education Reform as the U.S.
By Rana Foroohar - While China is churning out plenty of university graduates, they don't have the skills they need to satisfy potential employers

► Cambodia Election Campaign, Little Change

► Most Americans Are Unhappy With Their Jobs

► CHILD DEVELOPMENT : Building Kids' Vocabulary Doesn't Have to Involve Words 

► HEALTH : Unique Brain Pattern Could Predict Autism in Youngest Children

► VIDEO : Lions and Tigers and Wonks: Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist at the Zoo

► Eric Garcetti inauguration: little pomp but plenty of people power





► SCIENCE : Voyager 1's journey to solar system's edge upends theories

► Cronut in L.A.: Semi Sweet Bakery to introduce the Crullant

► FRAMEWORK : South Africans hold vigil outside hospital treating Nelson Mandela -  Posted By: Marc Martin