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► 29 April 2014 : It's vital that you remain as patient as you can be today -- otherwise, you're sure to end up in trouble with someone important. It's a really good time to deal with old issues that have started to pile up. You can talk yourself into anything if you know it's important. Right now, though, you're trying to convince yourself to hold still and wait -- which has never come easily to you, especially when it relates to communication. If you can hang on for just another day or so, the rewards should be worth it.
► 30 April 2014 : A new obstacle blocks your path and keeps you from pushing forward as quickly as you would like. That's fine, though -- new information is coming your way that is sure to change your mind about your work. Most people do whatever they can to avoid stress, in any of its many forms. Some folks, on the other hand crave it -- even thrive on it. You know someone who fits that bill, someone who just can't stand it when things aren't overdramatic. If you wake up feeling like they're trying to stir things up between you and someone close, listen to your instincts. You know how they operate, and your instincts are itching like crazy. Try confronting this directly.
► 30 April 2014 : A new obstacle blocks your path and keeps you from pushing forward as quickly as you would like. That's fine, though -- new information is coming your way that is sure to change your mind about your work. Most people do whatever they can to avoid stress, in any of its many forms. Some folks, on the other hand crave it -- even thrive on it. You know someone who fits that bill, someone who just can't stand it when things aren't overdramatic. If you wake up feeling like they're trying to stir things up between you and someone close, listen to your instincts. You know how they operate, and your instincts are itching like crazy. Try confronting this directly.
► DAILY MAIL 27 April 2014 : First born and female? Why being the eldest girl means you are more likely to succeed
► FISCAL TIMES 27 April 2014 : Putin's Obsession to Reunite the USSR Can Destroy Russia
► CS MONITOR 28 April 2014 : New Russia sanctions: Who's calling the shots, the US or Europe?
► BGR 28 April 2014 : How to tell if any of your accounts have been hacked
VLADIMIR PUTIN
■ BBC 29 April 2014 : Vladimir Putin: Why some admire Russian leader's image
■ TELEGRAPH 29 April 2014 : Gerhard Schroeder's birthday party with Vladimir Putin angers Germany
■ BLOOMBERG 30 April 2014 : Google Warning on Russia Prescient as Putin Squeezes Web
■ CNN 28 April 2014 : Ukraine crisis: Who will blink first, Vladimir Putin or the West?
■ FORBES 28 April 2014 : Here's How Obama's Russia Sanctions Will Destroy Vladimir Putin
■ RUSSIA TODAY 29 April 2014 : Putin: Washington behind Ukraine events all along, though flying low
■ SLATE 28 April 2014 : The Sanctions Illusion. Obama has chosen to go after Putin's cronies. But do sanctions ever really work?
■ DAILY MAIL 29 April 2014 : 'I hope Salmond never has death squadrons walking on his land': First Minister faces global backlash over praise for Putin
■ TELEGRAPH 28 April 2014 : Alex Salmond: I admire 'certain aspects' of Vladimir Putin's leadership
■ GUARDIAN 28 April 2014 : Alex Salmond reveals views on Putin, Farage and Merkel
■ NY TIMES 27 April 2014 : Putin Rival (Khodorkovsky) Takes Message to East Ukraine
■ NEW STRAITS TIMES 30 April 2014 : Putin's war of the words
■ NY TIMES 28 April 2014 : Putin's Useful Idiots
■ HUFFINGTON POST 29 April 2014 : Americans Think Putin Would Just Let Obama Drown
■ TIME 28 April 2014 : U.S. Sanctions Push Putin Toward His Dream of A New Financial System
■ RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY 30 April 2014 : From 'Darth Vader' To 'The Wolf': A Who's Who Of Putin's Sanctioned 'Insiders'
■ NATIONAL POST 29 April 2014 : Kelly McParland: Europe can’t be saved from Putin if it lacks the will to save itself
► BLOOMBERG VIEW 28 April 2014 : Europe's Armies Don't Scare Putin
► BLOOMBERG 29 April 2014 : U.S. Drip of Sanctions Risks Putin Backlash
► FISCAL TIMES 28 April 2014 : Putin Divulged His Plot to Reunify the USSR Years Ago
► ABC NEWS 29 April 2014 : A Look At Vladimir Putin's 'Bromances' With World Leaders
► WIRE
■ 29 April 2014 : Another Poll, Another Reason for Democrats to Panic
■ 28 April 2014 : 2016 Republicans Target Black Democrats and Poor White Republicans with One Magic Bullet
► CS MONITOR
■ 29 April 2014 : Erdogan seeks to extradite US-based cleric, testing US-Turkey ties
■ 28 April 2014 : Donald Sterling comments: Is racism hiding in plain sight? (+video)
► MEDICAL NEWS TODAY 28 April 2014 : Laughter may be the best medicine for age-related memory loss
► US NEWS 29 April 2014 : Should Babies and Kids Take a Multivitamin?
► INDEPENDENT 27 April 2014 : Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton named Britain's richest sportsman || ► TELEGRAPH 28 April 2014 : Lewis Hamilton Britain's richest sportsman with £68m fortune ahead of wealthiest footballer Wayne Rooney
► GUARDIAN 29 April 2014 : George Clooney resigns from United Nations peacekeeping role || ► INDEPENDENT 29 April 2014 : George Clooney resigns from United Nations peacekeeping role because he's just too busy
► FORBES 29 April 2014 : Google's Driverless Cars Will Just Kill High Speed Rail Like HS2 || ► THE STAR 28 APril2014 : Google: Driverless cars are mastering city streets
► BLOOMBERG 29 April 2014 : Noma Returns to Top Spot in World's 50 Best Restaurants List || ► NY DAILY NEWS 29 April 2014 : Denmark's Noma reclaims world's best restaurant title. American restaurants to crack the top 10 best eateries include New York's Eleven Madison Park and Chicago's Alinea.
► LIVESCIENCE
■ 29 April 2014 : In Harsh Conditions, Men Don't Want a Pretty Face
■ 29 April 2014 : See-Through Frog Embryos Know When Dad's Not Watching
■ 29 April 2014 : Eating Fiber May Help Prolong Life After Heart Attack
■ 29 April 2014 : Disaster Survivors: How Stress Changes the Brain
■ 29 April 2014 : Mars: Is it Just Like Us?
■ 28 April 2014 : Mysterious 'Man-Eating' Holes Appear in Sand Dune
► SCIENCEDAILY
■ 29 April 2014 : Herschel discovers mature galaxies in the young Universe
■ 28 April 2014 : Loss of Y chromosome can explain shorter life expectancy, higher cancer risk for men
■ 29 April 2014 : Girls make higher grades than boys in all school subjects, analysis finds
■ 28 April 2014 : Simply being called 'fat' makes young girls more likely to become obese: Trying to be thin is like trying to be tall
■ 28 April 2014 : Origin of Huntington's disease found in brain; insights to help deliver therapy
■ 28 April 2014 : Strategic thinking strengthens intellectual capacity
■ 23 April 2014 : Male or female? First sex-determining genes appeared in mammals some 180 million years ago
■ 25 April 2014 : More Coffee May Reduce Risk of Type II Diabetes (VIDEO) || (NEWS : Increasing consumption of coffee associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds)
► SCIENCEMAG : SCIENCESHOTS
■ 29 April 2014 : Genetic 'App' Tells You Where You’re From
■ 29 April 2014 : Better Fingerprint Mapping, Thanks to Sweat
■ 24 April 2014 : 'Chameleon' Vine Discovered in Chile
■ 23 April 2014 : Physics Predicts U.S. Voting Patterns
■ 4 April 2014 : How to Make Speedy Sperm
► NEWS & POLITICS : Muslims slaughtering Christians like chickens in Central African Republic. BANGUI, Central African Republic -- France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops into embattled Central African Republic, as thousands of Christians fearing reprisal attacks sought refuge from the Muslim former rebels who now control the country after days of violence left nearly 400 people dead -- and possibly more. Published on Dec 9, 2013 by WW3
► NEWS & ; POLITICS : Bodies burnt in street in Central African Republic. A Christian mob in the Central African Republic capital Bangui has killed and burned two Muslims in the street, in the latest sectarian clash. The gangs told the BBC they would carry on killing Muslims in their area. French and African Union soldiers are struggling to contain sectarian violence that erupted after largely Muslim rebels took over the country.
MPs are due to select a new interim president on Monday, a week after rebel leader Michel Djotodia quit the post. Mr Djotodia became CAR's first Muslim ruler after his rebel group Seleka overthrew the government in March last year. The coup helped plunge CAR into sectarian conflict between the majority Christians and the minority Muslims. He quit on 11 January having failed to stop the violence.
Although the clashes seemed to die down immediately after he quit, reports emerged later in the week of more violence. On Friday, aid agencies said at least 22 people were killed in an attack on a convoy evacuating Muslims to neighbouring Cameroon. In Sunday's attack, a Christian mob killed two Muslims and set their bodies alight at a roundabout in the capital. They told the BBC's Thomas Fessy that they were avenging the murder of a Christian overnight. It is unclear whether the men had any part or were targeted simply for being Muslim.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had taken 25 very seriously injured people to hospital in Bangui. In a statement issued from its headquarters in Geneva, it added that fresh inter-communal violence had flared up in north and north-western areas of the country. Red Cross workers had buried 50 bodies discovered over the past 48 hours in the north-west, it said.
The ICRC expressed concern that much of the population, fearing reprisals, was hiding in the bush with no-one to protect them. The UN Security Council approved a French troop deployment to CAR late last year as part of a plan to restore order and hold an election by early 2015.
The temporary parliament finalised a list of eight candidates for interim president on Sunday. Officials said the candidates met stringent criteria, including stipulations they had not been members of a militant group, and that they had never worked for Mr Djotodia or his Seleka rebel group. The candidates include Bangui mayor Catherine Samba Panza, and two sons of former presidents, Sylvain Patasse and Desire Kolingba. Published on Jan 19, 2014 by WORLD Breaking NEWS
► New sanctions on Russia - By Maria Tsvetkova and Thomas Grove
DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - The U.S. imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompting Moscow to denounce "Cold War" tactics amid more violence in eastern Ukraine.
* Video: Mayor of Ukraine's second largest city shot
* Slideshow: Clashes in Donetsk
* Lloyd: For Russia, it can only get worse
* Khrushcheva: Searching for George Kennan
► Searchers dismiss possibility wreckage in Bay of Bengal is from MH370
► OPINIONS
■ The revolution in Putin's head - by Mark Leonard
■ The EU-U.S. love-hate relationship - by Nicholas Wapshott
► NEWS
■ Analysis: Obama Not Alone in Having Doubts About Russia Sanctions
■ JOHN KERRY: 'If I Could Rewind The Tape, I Would've Chosen A Different Word'
■ Russia condemns new U.S. sanctions, says U.S. back in Cold War
■ Israel's Netanyahu says Iran wants 'our destruction'Ssh ... please calm down, everything will be fine. Do not be afraid, you must rid your paranoid symptoms. Iran will never destroy you from the earth, because there is no law to justify genocide to happen again. Iran probably just a little upset because you often disturb the Palestinians.
After all, why do you always tease Palestinians, hm?
■ Putin's oil tsar emerged from shadows to wield vast power
■ Russia says concerned about Ukrainian firepower in southeast
■ U.S. imposes sanctions against seven Russians, 17 companies it links to Putin
■ EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
■ Why you need to watch for a Ukraine 'flashpoint'
■ New Russia sanctions will grab Moscow's attention: Lew
■ Russia can replace defense imports lost due Ukraine crisis: Putin
■ Obama: US to levy new Russia sanctions Monday
■ Sanctions to target Russia's defense industry, others: USHaa ... so clear, so real! Dearest Russia, the U.S. is very jealous of your military strength and defense, very jealous.
■ A who's who of Putin's friends hit by US sanctionsMOSCOW (AP) — The seven people from Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle targeted with U.S. sanctions on Monday include men who have helped Putin restore Kremlin control over Russia's economy and its political system. They have been tasked with carrying out some of Putin's most ambitious projects, most notably his plans to make Crimea an integral part of Russia after seizing the peninsula from Ukraine.
There were already 20 people on the list. The United States also added 17 Russian companies.
Putin publicly has scorned the West's efforts to pressure him over the crisis in Ukraine, where a pro-Russia militia has been working to undermine the new Western-supported government in Kiev. "No sanctions can be effective in the modern world and they never produce the desired effect," Putin declared last week.
Still, the first round of sanctions has harmed Russia's economy, as Putin acknowledged, and the only positive news from the new round was that many feared they would be even worse.
Here is a list of the Russian officials and companies targeted:
OLEG BELAVANTSEV
Belavantsev, 64, was a political unknown until Putin appointed him to be his envoy to Crimea last month, on the same day that Russia formally annexed the Ukrainian peninsula. He graduated from a naval institute in Sevastopol, the Crimean port that is the home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and his career has been closely tied to that of Sergei Shoigu, now the Russian defense minister.
SERGEI CHEMEZOV
Chemezov has known Putin since the 1980s, when they lived in the same apartment complex in Dresden, East Germany, where Putin served in the KGB. Since 2007, he has headed Rostec, an immense state-owned holding company formed around arms exporter Rosoboronexport. In 2011, the U.S. Defense Department awarded Rosoboronexport a controversial contract to supply 63 Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan's security forces that swelled to more than $1 billion. Rostec itself has not been sanctioned. Chemezov, 61, joined the board of state oil company Rosneft in 2013.
DMITRY KOZAK
A deputy prime minister since 2008, Kozak has often been chosen by Putin to pull off his major projects. Kozak, 55, was the government point man overseeing preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a priority of Putin's presidency and the most expensive games in history with a price tag topping $50 billion. No sooner had the Olympics come to an end than Putin found another project for him: managing the integration of Crimea into Russia.
YEVGENY MUROV
As head of the Federal Protective Service since 2000, Murov, a 68-year-old army general, oversees thousands of officers charged with protecting the Russian president and other high-ranking officials. The agency traces its origins to the KGB directorate that guarded the Kremlin and the ruling Communist Party's offices in Soviet times.
ALEXEI PUSHKOV
The chairman of the international affairs committee in the lower house of Russia's parliament, Pushkov is best known as the longtime anchor of the weekly television political show "Postscriptum," which serves as a platform for his hawkish, anti-Western views. Pushkov, 59, also expresses his opinions on Twitter, as in this post from last week: "Calling Russia a 'regional power,' Obama has only shown the depth of this despair over the growing global role of Russia from Syria to Ukraine."
IGOR SECHIN
Now president of state-owned oil company Rosneft, Sechin has worked for Putin since the early 1990s and is known for his total loyalty. Sechin, 53, was seen as the mastermind behind the 2003 assault that bankrupted private oil company Yukos and sent its billionaire founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky to prison for 10 years. The most lucrative parts of Yukos ended up with Rosneft, making it Russia's largest oil company. Under Sechin, Rosneft took over BP's Russia venture and formed a major partnership with ExxonMobil that gives the Russian company access to ExxonMobil's projects in Alaska.
VYACHESLAV VOLODIN
As first deputy chief of the Kremlin staff since late 2011, Volodin, 50, has overseen the Kremlin-managed political system. His tenure has coincided with a wave of legislation cracking down on civil society and anti-Kremlin protests. The U.S. Treasury said that Putin's decision to move into Crimea was believed to have been based on consultations with his closest advisers, including Volodin.
COMPANIES
Most of the 17 companies on the list are controlled by three businessmen with close links to Putin: Gennady Timchenko and brothers Boris and Arkady Rotenberg, all of whom were targeted by the first round of U.S. sanctions imposed in March.
One of the companies Timchenko owns is Stroytransgaz, a construction company that has amassed millions in contracts to build pipelines for state-owned Transneft. The company has recently expanded and won lucrative deals to build highways and soccer arenas for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Among the other companies on the Treasury Department list is the Volga Group, Timchenko's investment vehicle.
Stroygazmontazh is a construction company owned by the Rotenberg brothers. The company has won a handful of contracts to build gas pipelines for state gas giant Gazprom, including the South Stream pipeline to go under the Black Sea. Gazprom's contracts account for the most of the company's revenues. The Rotenbergs also own InvestCapitalBank and SMP Bank, which also were hit by Monday's sanctions.
Two of the sanctioned companies are owned or controlled by Bank Rossiya, the only business targeted by the first round of sanctions and described by the Treasury Department as the personal bank for senior Russian officials.
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■ Obama warns China, backs Philippines
■ US sanctions raise concerns for foreign investors
■ Russia says EU should be 'ashamed' over sanctions
■ Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police
■ US and EU sanctions: same goal, different targets
■ Gazprom warns sanctions could bite back
■ NBA bans Los Angeles Clippers owner for life over racist comments
■ Boehner assures Republicans he won't push immigration reform
■ Billy Joel tells Howard Stern about trying heroin
► YAHOO SHINE : Kate Middleton's Favorite Picture of Prince George from Australia Is..
► MAGAZINE
■ Rich and confused - It's the wealthiest country in the world - but is it happy?
■ Twister tech (VIDEO) - How drones may soon assist in search and rescue efforts
► HEALTH
■ Dementia Facebook app to raise awareness of the illness
■ Saudi Mers death toll passes 100
► FUTURE
■ Does mixing alcoholic drinks cause hangovers?
■ How faecal transplantation is gaining credibility
► Today's African Proverb : "Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime" - Sent by Don M Dasan, Kampala, Uganda
► Russia and Iran set to strike $10bn energy deal
► Cop's wife kills bicyclist, then sues him for 'emotional distress'
► Egypt's death sentences against Islamists an 'intimidation tactic' ahead of election
► Britain, France deploy 8 fighter jets to Lithuania and Poland
► Turkish journalist sentenced to 10 months for tweet 'typo'
► Disclosure of drone-strike victims dropped from Senate bill
► 'Who are you defending?!' Taxi driver stands up to Ukrainian soldiers (VIDEO)
► Rare eclipse will make Sun look like 'fat banana' from Earth on Tuesday morning
► Prosecutor General seeks tougher punishment for corruption
► Deadly tornadoes ravage US Gulf-coast, leaving at least 34 dead
► OP-ED : Ukraine: What de-escalation means
► Putin: Washington behind Ukraine events all along, though flying low
► Kiev did nothing to fulfill Geneva agreements – Russia's UN envoy
► Russia won't repeat 'Crimea scenario' in southeastern Ukraine - Russian Deputy FM
► Moscow will not bargain with Kiev over Crimea's water supply – Russian resources minister
► EU 'should be ashamed' after sanctions on Russia - Moscow
► Reform bill would require Voice of America to trumpet US policy objectives – report
► Brunei adopts Sharia law despite international criticism
► Gunmen raid Libyan parliament, stop crucial vote on next PM
► 'They went through some form of hell': Psychiatrist for Gitmo detainee testifies
► 'Robin Hood of the Banks' to RT: We'll create different world with our own rules
► VIDEOS
■ Fierce football ultras attack anti-govt protesters in eastern Ukraine
■ CrossTalk: Containment 2.0? (ft. Stephen Cohen & John Mearsheimer)
■ Neo-Nazi march video: Lvov stages rally to commemorate Ukrainian Waffen SS division
■ Mayflower Arkansas tornado drone footage shows scale of devastation
■ Afghanistan's boom bust cycle: Easy money bubble bursting. Afghanistan is preparing for a Presidential election run-off, with the country's former Finance and Foreign ministers competing for the seat of power, but whoever claims the position will be faced with an economy going rapidly downhill.
■ Konstantinovka police station barricaded by pro-federalization forces
■ 'Last thing US wants in the world is democracy. It wants control'
■ Sanctions Round 3: Fresh batch targets Russian politics, energy & aviation players
■ Blasts, fierce fighting in Donetsk as pro- & anti-Kiev demos clash
■ Ukraine checkpoint: 'Who are you defending yourself from?' - 'We don't know.'
■ Eyes on the Road: UK CCTVs score councils £312mn in fines. Motorists in England and Wales are paying the price for controversial CCTV technology. In the last five years over 300 million pounds worth of traffic tickets have been issued. And campaigners say councils are using spy cars and cameras to fill their coffers rather than to improve road safety. RT's Sara Firth has more.
■ Anti-Obama protest water-cannoned in Manila, Philippines
■ Word Apartheid: 'Why can't John Kerry stand behind his statement on Israel?'
■ Pro-Russian activists storm Lugansk govt HQ, police escape building
■ Immediate aftermath of Lugansk govt HQ storm as RT's stringer walks into building
■ US deploys troops to Estonia
■ Military muscle in central Moscow by night during parade rehearsal
■ Massive clashes erupt on Kiev's Independence Square
► Is the MERS virus worrisome?
► TechKnow - Carmen's face transplant
► Drug firms: protecting profits and products? Pharmaceutical companies offer a new prescription to keep the industry in good health. Hazem Sika speaks to Gustav Ando, Director of Life Sciences for IHS, and a specialist on mergers and acquisitions and Rohit Malpani, Director of Policy and Analysis for Doctors Without Borders' Access Campaign.
► Access Restricted: Abortion in Texas
► Harvest Time. An estimated million people earn their living as seasonal workers in Turkey, many of them ethnic Kurds. The work is built on the exploitation of casual labour, including children, and these seasonal workers have no benefits or insurance. Living conditions are poor and transport is dangerous. This character-led, observational film tells the story of a family of 22, living in a two-roomed house in the outskirts of the southeastern Turkish city of Batman.
► Russia: We Won't Enter Ukraine
► HEALTH : A Breathalyzer For Lung Cancer May Be On Its Way
► WORLD : Obama argues against use of force to solve global conflicts
► LOCAL
■ L.A. County sheriff's deputy to plead guilty to building assault rifle
■ Blind architect sports an upbeat vision. Blind architect Chris Downey says that city planners and property owners should view future construction projects through a different set of eyes.
► SCIENCE & HEALTH : L.A., Central Valley have worst air quality, American Lung Assn. says
► OPINION : Why the rich are rattled
► JACKET COPY- BOOKS
■ Can you say Laszlo Krasznahorkai?
■ McSweeney's 46 looks at crime fiction from Latin America
■ Radicals fight over a Karl Marx copyright
A child wearing a bandage around his head sits as a vehicle loaded with people and goods prepares to leave Bangui, Central African Republic, as part of a convoy to relocate about 1,300 Muslims who have been hiding on the city's outskirts to avoid attacks by predominantly Christian militias. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP/Getty Images
An orangutan enjoys a chunk of frozen orange juice at Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand. PHOTOGRAPH BY: PONGMANAT TASIRI / European Pressphoto Agency
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