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► LIVE SCIENCE 29 May 2013 : High Blood Pressure Linked to Declining Brain Function - Denise Chow, LiveScience Staff Writer
► ADAM LEVIN
■ US MAGAZINE 28 May 2013 : Adam Levine Dating Nina Agdal After Behati Prinsloo Split. Adam Levine is dating Sports Illustrated model Nina Agdal following his quiet split with Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo
■ FOXNEWS 29 May 2013: Adam Levine says 'I hate this country' on 'The Voice'
■ CBS NEWS 29 May 2013 : "The Voice": Adam Levine explains "I hate this country" remark
■ US MAGAZINE 29 May 2013 : Adam Levine's "I Hate This Country" Comment Sparks Controversy; Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Break Up: Today's Top Stories
■ US MAGAZINE 29 May 2013 : Adam Levine on Voice Comment: "I Obviously Love My Country Very Much"
■ DAILY NEWS 31 May 2013 : Adam Levine admits he can be 'impulsive’ with his word choices before 'I hate this country' comment
■ Done? Anything else? What is so hard to type, "I hate this country". " I also hate this country." And do not forget to put an exclamation point at the end of a sentence, for emphasis. Ehehheee even my partner is not concerned at all with the impingement of a sense of my disappointment, "I really hate this country, you know that? So, The Country, do you know why I hate you? Because you do not make yourself worthy to be loved. You do not love me, so why should I love you, huh? Oh oh oh how fun typing this. Ssh, do not wake my partner up. Let him sleep soundly.
► BOSTON HERALD 27 May 2013 : Oprah Winfrey to speak at Harvard commencement || ► BOSTON HERALD 30 My 2013 : Winfrey to Harvard grads: Learn from your failures
► NY DAILY NEWS 30 May 2013 : Harlem woman sues after getting herpes from Rihanna-endorsed MAC lipstick at pop-up shop at singer's Barclays concert
► ABC NEWS 31 May 2013 : Chicago Hotel Workers End Strike _ After 10 Years
► US MAGAZINE 30 May 2013 : Shakira: I'm Going to Breastfeed Milan Until "He Goes to College!"
► TODAY in HISTORY
■ 1 Jun, 1938 : Superman first appeared in Action
■ 1 Jun, 1965 : Coal mine explosion kills 236 in Japan
■ 1 Jun, 1980 : CNN launches
■ 1 Jun, 1997 : Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
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► President Obama Honors Carole King. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a concert in the East Room honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. May 22, 2013. Published on May 22, 2013 by whitehouse
► MUSIC : Eydie Gorme Con Los Panchos- CD Full
► Family stunned, confused over U.S. woman's death in Syria
* Saudi edges Qatar to control Syrian rebel support► U.S. rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says
► Sydney's oldest barmaid still pulling beers at 91. Sydney's oldest barmaid Lil Miles has never been a drinker, but after four decades in the job at her family's Bells Hotel in Woolloomooloo the 91-year-old still hasn't tired of pulling beers.
► The electronic cigarette. Tougher measures are needed to rein in tobacco use, which claims six million lives a year, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO called on governments worldwide to ban all forms of tobacco marketing ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2013. VIDEOGRAPHIC
► Starfish threatens famed Philippine coral reefs. A coral-killing starfish has begun infesting a channel of water in the Philippines famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world, the government says.
► Salvadoran woman's plea to abort malformed fetus. A chronically ill pregnant Salvadoran woman whose fetus likely will not survive has been barred from having an abortion.
► Cash-strapped French govt auctions presidential wines. President François Hollande has been accused of selling off France's national heritage with an auction of hundreds of bottles of fine wine from the cellars of his Elysee Palace.
► OMG! : This Is 40?!
► GOOD MORNING AMERICA : Conn. Woman Delivers Home-Alone Birth
► SCREEN : Wave hits Navy ship with massive impact
► OMG! : Beyoncé Dispels Pregnancy Rumors … One Sip at a Time
► It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's ... a drone? Drones to enter public skies in 2015: Will it be safe?
► TV : Sunday Fun Day Family Pageant: Housewives vs. Kardashians
► MOVIES : At Least Justin Bieber Likes 'After Earth'
► SMALL BUSINESS : 2 Non-caffeinated Ways to Wake Up at Work
► SCREEN : Cutest Baby Videos
► PHOTO : BIRD's EYES VIEW
► Shifts in Syria pressure reluctant Washington
► Chuck Hagel accuses China over 'cyber intrusions'
► New Oklahoma tornadoes 'kill five'
► Istanbul protests: Turkey braces for second day of unrest
► HEALTH : Avatars help schizophrenia patients talk back to voices
► 10 things we didn't know last week
► Ape-like feet 'found in study of museum visitors'
► MAGAZINE
■ Pareidolia: Why we see faces in hills, the Moon and toasties
■ One cup or 12? Readers' caffeine habits
► FUTURE
■ Why we need to bring nature back into cities
■ Have mechanical clocks' time passed?
■ Space Oddity, Chris Hadfield and the law in space
► VIDEOS
■ Will Russia's smoking ban be successful? [My post : 22 April 2013 & 2 May 2013]
■ Libya steps up fight against militias
► TRAVEL
■ Ecuador's high altitude haciendas► Today's African Proverb : "If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys " - A Cameroonian proverb sent by Irene Agwa in Vienna, Austria
■ Episode 5 - Yemen's mud city of Shibam
(ahahha ... I sincerely mean this literally, and I've get me laughing like a less civilized, even a monkey does not do it ahahahhaa .... laughing as I do now ahahahha
I love African proverbs. Every time I interpret its meaning makes me feel in lullabies. In the cradle of mom's warm hand. In the comfort of Dad's strong smile. Simple kitchen. Soft dish. White lily bud. Warmth of the sun. And so on and so forth.
(Yeah? Oh, I see. So, what's the most fitting personification for your fiance at that time? A Gape buffalo in the rice field, hm?)
► OP-ED
■ 'Western countries are coup makers and Syria is going to be the same'
■ 'I cannot force him to stop the hunger strike' - father of Gitmo hunger striker
■ Regime-change case for Poirot: Syria conflict as 'whodunnit?'
► VIIDEOS
■ Toxic Warfare: Rebels caught with sarin gas amid Syria arms supply scandal. Suspected Syrian militants have reportedly been detained in Turkey with a cylinder of highly poisonous sarin gas found in their possession. Those arrested are believed to be members of the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front. Earlier this month, UN investigators voiced suspicion the nerve agent was being used by opposition fighters. RT's Middle East correspondent Paula Slier reports.
■ Blockupy: Thousands of anti-capitalists occupy ECB in Frankfurt. Angry crowds have occupied the EU's main financial institutions in Frankfurt to protest against their handling of the crisis. The demonstration is expected to draw thousands throughout the day with people accusing the European Central Bank and others for the painful austerity measures which have caused misery across the continent. RT's Peter Oliver reports.
■ The Truthseeker: Manning Nobel Peace Prize nomination (E16).Why Bradley Manning's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; the duty to disobey orders; chilling charge 'terrorism by association'; and the first country in the world to make transparency, not secrecy, the rule. Saturday June 1 sees the biggest demonstration so far, buses bringing supporters of the whistleblower from all over the US to Ft. Meade. Manning's trial starts Monday. Seek truth from facts with Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir, who nominated Manning, lawyer Kevin Zeese, Marjorie Cohn co-author of Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent, courtroom artist Clark Stoeckley and MI5 whistleblower Annie Machon.
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■ 'Brit Gitmo: UK's camp Bastion extends US detention model'. Britain's embroiled in a row about its own Guantanamo clone after it was revealed that up to 90 Afghan nationals are being detained in secret - and without charge - at the UK's Camp Bastion base. Some have been held there for more than a year. British MP Jeremy Corbyn says similarities between the facilities are striking.
■ Mommy Wanted (RT Documentary). RT meets the director of an orphanage that specializes in finding children permanent families. The woman grew up in the orphanage herself and finds homes for 98 per cent of the children. What does she do to find the right families and help them afterwards?
■ CrossTalk: Eternal War. Is the neocolonialism project in the Middle East coming to an end? Is the region being formed by sectarian traditions? Is it wise for the West to remain so committed to the region's future? CrossTalking with Phyllis Bennis and Ziad Abdelnour.
■ Turkish police brutally disperse Istanbul park demolition protest. 12 people have been seriously injured and hundreds suffered respiratory problems after police attacked protesters with tear gas and water cannon in an attempt to break up an Occupy Gezi Park rally in central Istanbul || ■ Turkish Spring? Violent clashes rumble through the night in Istanbul || ■ 'Most violent in years': Istanbul protests spread across Turkey
► Inside Story Americas - Time for US immigration reform? Undocumented migrants were arrested outside an Obama fundraiser in Chicago as they demand a halt to deportations. They tried to take their fight directly to the US president on Wednesday calling for immediate action, but the US president declined a similar request to halt deportations earlier this year, saying that he is focused on "getting reform passed, and not easing up on enforcement." However more than 400,000 people were deported last year- a record high.
► South2North - Banking on Africa's economic boom. In the last 10 years, Africa has become one of the most dynamic regions in the world. A combination of natural and human resources has fuelled huge investments from both traditional and emerging powers. As the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) kicks off in Yokotama in Japan, South2North takes a look at how Africa can best benefit from its current economic boom. And we ask: Can Africa turn this boom into a repeat of Asia's economic miracle? Redi Tlhabi talks to Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, the former prime minister of Niger and current head of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
► Talk to Al Jazeera - Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: Combating Islamophobia. Immigrants in Sweden, many of them Muslims, have been rioting for several nights, saying they feel excluded from society. This quickly caused a rise in voices heard calling for more restrictions on immigration. Last week in the UK, a Muslim convert killed a British soldier on a London street, and this was quickly followed by several attacks on mosques in the country. When events such as these take place, and tensions rise, is there anyone around who speaks on behalf of all Muslims? One man says he does. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Headquartered in Saudi Arabia and funded by Islamic nations across the world, the OIC is the second largest inter-governmental organisation after the United Nations and has membership of 57 states spread over four continents. On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Jane Dutton sat down with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to discuss some hot topics in Europe at present: including discrimination, freedom of expression and religious persecution.
► Listening Post - Media, 'terrorism' and the Woolwich attack. It was one of those images that, once you saw it, you knew it would be everywhere in news media around the world: A knife-wielding man, hands stained with blood, making a confession -- that he had committed murder on a London street in an act of revenge for Muslims killed abroad. The victim, a British soldier, was hacked to death. The confession was filmed on a phone camera. In the coming days, no one with a television, smartphone or personal computer, or who walked past a newspaper stand, could have avoided the images. The message dictated by the killer himself was printed on the front page of the Guardian: "You people will never be safe."
In the age of YouTube and social media, perhaps it was inevitable that TV news channels would broadcast the killer's warning, complete with his bloodstained hands and knife. But the description of the event as an act of "terror" sparked debate. The terrorist's raison d'etre is to spread fear, foster hatred and inspire further violence. Thanks to the media, in this case it was mission accomplished. But did the word terrorism really apply in this case? And if not, in whose interest was it that the term be used? Did the media give the story the coverage it deserved, or was that coverage irresponsible?
This week's News Divide examines how journalists and broadcasters navigated the fallout from the Woolwich attack. We speak to Ian Burrell, Media Editor of the Independent; Charlie Beckett, director of the POLIS media think tank at the London School of Economics; Arun Kundnani, author of The End of Tolerance; and media lawyer, Korieh Duodu.
► Counting the Cost - A shot in the arm for Japan's economy? Can one man, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, revitalise the Japanese economy? It is rare for the leader of a nation to have a set of economic policies named after him. But Shinzo Abe is one rare example. This week, Counting the Cost looks at what is being called 'Abenomics', as hope gives way to volatility.
Japan desperately needed to end almost two decades of deflation, weak domestic demand and another recession late last year. So Shinzo Abe produced what he calls "three arrows" to take on the challenge: fiscal, structural and monetary. So far, there has been a commitment of around $117bn to infrastructure, health and education; an inflation target set at two percent by the Bank of Japan; and, in the footsteps of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, money printing, or "quantitative easing" as it is officially called - a massive $1.4tn programme to flood the markets with money.
Now, all said and done, that will actually increase Japan's debt, remembering that it is already the most indebted nation in the world with levels of 230 percent of GDP. So is this the right track? Counting the Cost examines the issue, and speaks to Dr Seijiro Takeshita, the managing director of Mizuho International. ::
► Inside Story Americas - GM Foods: Do we know enough? On Saturday, hundreds of thousands marched against the US food giant Monsanto, across the globe.In scenes reminiscent of the protests against US-led wars, both in Vietnam during the 1960s and Iraq in 2003, protesters took to the streets in what organisers said to be 436 cities in 52 countries in a 'March Against Monsanto'.
► NEWS
■ The Syrian Chess Board: Behind the Game Played by Russia, Israel, the U.S. and Other Powers
■ U.S., Germany to Russia: Don't Send Assad Missiles
■ More Than 23,000 Refugees Flee South Sudan Conflict
► HEALTH : Caffeine Withdrawal Is Now a Mental Disorder
► PHOTOS : Pictures of the Week: May 24 – May 31
► CULTURE MONSTER : Natural History Museum is set to dive into L.A.'s cultural scene
► COLUMN ONE : Pair of 'geeks' sifts through history for aviation ruins
► LOCAL : Signs of boy's abuse missed by L.A. County social workers
► JACKET COPY : The artful meditation of Karen Green, David Foster Wallace's widow
► POLITICS NOW : Rand Paul at Reagan Library: For Obama, "everywhere a scandal"
Green Valley, Calif. — The sun shines through smoke from the Powerhouse fire, which has burned more than 1,000 acres near Green Valley, just west of Palmdale. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Srinagar, India — Zareena, a Kashmiri Bakarwal bride, sits with her face covered during her wedding ceremony. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dar Yasin / Associated Press
