News Headlines (323) 3 August 2013

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► You might not even have time to eat today -- there's quite a lot going on! Try your best to take care of yourself, as you can't help anyone if you're weak or shaky. Take things one step at a time.




► ABC Au 2 August 2013 : Camping turns night owls into early birds

► SHAKIRA

■ NEWS SKY 2 August 2013 : Shakira: Lawsuit By Ex-Boyfriend Dismissed
■ NY DAILY NEWS 2 August 2013 : Shakira wins legal victory as judge dismisses lawsuit filed by ex-boyfriend seeking over $100M
■ DAILY MAIL 2 August 2013 :'I have moved on in my life and could not be happier now': Shakira celebrates as $100 million lawsuit by ex-boyfriend Antonio de la Rua is rejected by Superior Court judge
■ DAILY MAIL 1 August 2013 : A glimpse inside her family album! Shakira shares intimate photos of her boyfriend and their cute son with fans
■ DAILY MAIL 30 July 2013 : A glimpse inside her family album! Shakira shares intimate photos of her boyfriend and their cute son with fans :Three's not a crowd! Pique and Shakira share a kiss while swimming with dolphins

► DAILY MAIL 28 June 2013 : Love me tender: Heidi Klum gives boyfriend Martin an affectionate pat on the head as she takes children on a shopping trip

► LIVE SCIENCE 1 August 2013 : Cosmetic Surgery Subtracts Years, Doesn't Add Beauty

► Don't Grow Old (BBC Documentary). For centuries scientists have been attempting to come up with an elixir of youth. Now remarkable discoveries are suggesting that ageing is something flexible that can ultimately be manipulated. Horizon meets the scientists who are attempting to piece together why we age and more vitally for all of us, what we can do to prevent it. But which theory will prevail? Does the 95-year-old woman who smokes two packets of cigarettes a day hold the clue? Do blueberries really delay signs of ageing or is it more a question of attitude? Does the real key to controlling how we age lie with a five-year-old boy with an extraordinary ageing disease or with a self-experimenting Harvard professor? Could one of these breakthroughs really see our lives extend past 120 years? Published on Jan 14, 2013 by EducationaITV



► FOXNEWS 1 August 2013  : Keith Urban returning as judge on 'American Idol' next season

► MIRROR 2 August 2013 : Royal baby news: Kate Middleton registers Prince George's birth - giving her occupation as "Princess of the United Kingdom" || ► HOLLYWOOD LIFE 1 August 2013 : Kate Middleton: Hooray For Breastfeeding & Being A Hands-On Mom || ► HUFFINGTON POST 31 July 2013 : Vanity Fair's Best Dressed List 2013 Stars Kerry Washington & Kate Middleton, Natch

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ 3 August 1949 : NBA is born
■ 3 August 1958 : Nautilus travels under North Pole

► KSAT 3 August 2013 : U.S. issues travel alert, to close embassies

► GUARDIAN 2 August 2013

■ Silvio Berlusconi threatens Italy with political turmoil in battle with judges
■ US issues travel alert for Americans in response to al-Qaida threat
■ Yemen: British nationals told to leave
■ How low-paid workers at 'click farms' create appearance of online popularity

► GLOBAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 2 August 2013 : NSA tool collects "Nearly Everything You Do On the Internet"; Targeting Journalists; What Google Knows About You; Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Upheld

► CBC Ca 2 August 2013 : Don Murray: How Russia gains from sheltering Edward Snowden

► CNN 2 August 2013 : What's behind timing of terror threat

► TECHDIRT 2 August 2013 : NSA-To-English Dictionary: I Don't Think These Words Mean What You Think They Do

► DAILY KOS 2 August 2013 : Democrats introduce Supreme Court Ethics Act to helpfully suggest the Supreme Court have some 

► MICHELLE  MALKIN 2 August 2013 : Rotten to the Core: Jeb Bush’s Crony Republicans Against Higher Standards

► DAILY KOS 2 August 2013  : Colorado newspaper joins NRA in targeting Giron

► SLASH DOT 2 August 2013 : Duke Energy Scraps Plans For Florida Nuclear Plant, Forced To Delay Others

► MAC RUMORS 2 August 2013 : Bob Mansfield to Focus on New Products, Other Execs Take Over Management Duties

► GAMING : I HAVE NEW HANDS! - (Surgeon Simulator 2013 w/ Razer Hydras). Published on Aug 2, 2013 by PewDiePie

► EDUCATION : 'State Of Mind - the Psychology of Control' - full length movie. Published on Jul 18, 2013 by gvloanguy



► NEWS & POLITIC : Syria:Winners and Losers. Published on Jul 11, 2013 by SimonWiesenthalCtr

► Agent Provocateur - "Love Me Tender" in HD

► Insurgents attack Indian consulate in Afghanistan
KABUL - A suicide bomber attacked the Indian consulate in the eastern Afghan capital of Jalalabad on Saturday, Indian officials and local police said, killing six people and wounding 22.

* U.S. issues global travel alert, cites al Qaeda threat
* U.S. to close some embassies Sunday for security reasons
* Video: U.S. embassies close on security concerns

► Ramadan slows Guantanamo hunger strike
By Jane Sutton - GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The hunger strike that began nearly six months ago at Guantanamo Bay and spread to include two-thirds of its 166 prisoners has slowed with a pardon allowing some prisoners to gather during Ramadan.

* Yemen's president meets senators grappling with Guantanamo

► Russia gives Snowden asylum, Obama-Putin summit in doubt || ► History shows Snowden may face tough exile in Russia

► VIDEOS

■ Pro-Mursi protesters signal no plans to quit
■ Japan robot astronaut ready for space launch 

► Italians react to Berlusconi verdict || ► Italy's Berlusconi loses final appeal in landmark case
► Incoming Iranian president marks Quds day with remarks on Israel
► Iconic French knife continues to look sharp despite its age

► US-Russian Relations Strained by Snowden Asylum  ||  ► Lawyer: Snowden Has a Place to Live in Russia
► Ark. AG: Schools Can't Arm Teachers, Staff
► Beauty Secret Revealed: Bird Poop. Men and women are flocking to a spa in New York for a special facial to reinvigorate their skin. The traditional Japanese treatment uses ground rice bran and nightingale poop.
► Dying Boy to Be Best Man at Parents' Wedding
  ► Raw: Bear 'Dumpster Dives' for the Bratwurst



► Pelosi: 'Congress Falling Into Chaos'
► Dialysis Patients Hopeful for Artificial Kidney
► US Issues Global Travel Alert, Citing-al Qaida

► GAMES : The 5 biggest video game disappointments of 2013 (so far)

► NEWS

■ U.S. declares new push to defuse Egyptian crisis
■ U.N. rights chief calls for investigation into Syria massacre
■ Iran Claims Israel 'Wound' Comments Distorted
■ See the Curiosity Rover's 1st Year On Mars in 2 Minutes (Video)
■ Fox Versus the Islam-Boosting 'Mainstream'
■ Al Qaeda leader tells Mursi supporters democracy not the way

My question is, "Why do not you just shut up, Al Qaeda? Do you sometimes feel a kinship with America, hm? Don't you know that you've been labeled by the media all over the world as a terrorist group? Is there a rule that justifies terrorist group has the right to contribute comments about democracy? What are you doing today, Al Qaeda? Being benign? When are you going to terrorize again? Just think of your main job: to terrorize, ok? Do not interfere with Egypt crisis, ok? America will always miss you. Mwah!

■ Gaza's Hamas worries as Egypt turns cold shoulder
■ Iran's incoming president calls Israeli occupation of Palestine a 'wound'
■ Iran's Rouhani misquoted in remarks on Israel: state TV
■ Russia's Putin says sentences in fraud case involving top critic Navalny were 'strange'
■ John McCain: From foe to ally for Barack Obama in political brawls with Republicans
■ Security forces to cordon off pro-Morsi sit-in sites in bid to disperse street rallies

► SCREEN : These Acting Animals Have a 'Hair' for the Dramatic

► TV :  Kim Kardashian comes out of hiding

► OMG! : Another Good-Looking Baby on the Way for Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green

► 10 things we didn't know last week
► Iran's Hassan Rouhani: Key challenges
► PICTURE : Africa Fashion Week London 2013
► HEALTH : Biting back: Taking the sting out of spider venom
► ANALYSIS : Berlusconi: playing in fading light
► ENTERTAINMENT : Bruce on action heroes and royal baby gifts

► Telecom giants give GCHQ unlimited access to networks, develop own spyware – Snowden leaks   
► 'Russia is not a colony, US has no legal basis to claim Snowden' – lawyer
► US issues global travel alert over al-Qaeda attack threat
► Germany scraps old surveillance pact with US, Britain over NSA leaks
► Thousands protest freeing of Spanish pedophile in Morocco (PHOTOS)
► Evidence suggests Pro-Morsi protesters tortured opponents - Amnesty
► FBI pressuring telecoms to install undisclosed surveillance technology

► OP-ED

■ War on secrecy will be won by whistleblowers, but they'll have to sacrifice
■ NSA surveillance 'has no legal basis whatsoever'
■ Western governments don't have any end game strategy in Syria

► Putin opposes communist initiative for government dissolution

► VIDEOS

■ Wire Transfer: NSA paid $150 mln to GCHQ to spy on UK citizens. Snowden's leaks continue to span the Atlantic. The latest revelations published by the Guardian show not only was Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) spying extensively on UK citizens - but it was receiving funds from Washington to do so. RT's Polly Boiko takes a closer look at the US role in it



■ Snow Storm: US slams Russia for granting temporary asylum to Snowden. Russia's granting of temporary asylum to Edward Snowden has infuriated Washington. The White House hinted September's summit between President Obama and Vladimir Putin may now be cancelled. That's as some Republican senators called for a major rethink of relations between the two countries. RT's Gayane Chichakyan gauges the US response.



■ Snowden Sidestep: Latest NSA leaks fall on deaf ears in Washington. Backlash from Snowden's latest leaks as expected the UK and the US government are diverting public attention from the much-criticized practices. People's discontent is simply being ignored. RT's Gayane Chichyakyan takes a closer look.



■ CrossTalk: War On [redacted]
■ 'UK spy agency GCHQ prostitues itself to NSA in corrupt relationship'

■ Blood & Honor (RT Documentary). In the Caucasian mountains people like tradition, no matter how violent it may be. In the 1990s public executions were common in Chechnya and Ingushetia. They have their own concept of justice and their own methods to carry it out. But times are changing, as people seek forgiveness rather than revenge. But it's not always easy to forgive a murderer, as the echo of one shot reverberates through the centuries.

► The Frost Interview - Daniel Barenboim: 'Spaces of dialogue'

Piano Concierto nº1 Tchaikovsky - Daniel Barenboim Zubin Metha



► Counting the Cost : A middle class revolution?

► CLOSE UP : The Week in News, Through the Photographer's Lens - From violence in Egypt and gay marriages in New England to Zimbabwe's elections
► BUSINESS & MONEY : Waffles and Pretzels: Fast Food's Latest Trends
► MANUFACTURING : Reliving the Heyday of American Manufacturing
► IRAN : Remembering Mahmoud: Iran's Ahmadinejad Rides Into a Nuclear Sunset
► RUSSIA : 7 Things Edward Snowden Should Do in Russia

► IDEAS : I Just Don't Want A Child

Oh, a difference in perception is I just do not want to get married. For me, it is easier to have children and raise them with all my responsibilities as their parents than tying myself fully to a man forever. For long life is a terrible word for a thousand uncertainties in life itself.

► SCIENCE & HEALTH : As millions of Americans go gluten free, FDA sets the standard

► LOCAL

■ Gay teacher at Glendora Catholic school fired after marrying partner
■ Filner has few defenders left amid sexual harassment charges

► "This warning is the government equivalent of parents telling their kids not to talk to strangers." — Paul Whitefield on the U.S. terror alert 

► ARTS & CULTURE : Review: A city's unrealized ambitions in 'Never Built Los Angeles'

► JACKET COPY - BOOKS : Surf-loving historians find 'The World in the Curl'

► The Week in Pictures | July 29 – Aug. 4, 2013

► 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest winners



Merit: Sakura — "Cherry blossom is called Sakura in Japanese. Cherry blossom is Japanese symbolic flower. There are various kinds in a cherry tree and an especially old cherry tree has many kinds called Edo-Higan." Hideyuki Katagiri / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Hideyuki Katagiri



Merit: Portrait of an Eastern Screech Owl — "Masters of disguise. The Eastern Screech Owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these little birds of prey. Graham McGeorge / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Graham McGeorge