News Headlines (343) 23 August 2013

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► NY TIMES 22 August 2013 : Obama Officials Weigh Response to Syria Assault

► FOXNEWS 22 August 2013

■ U.S. tax dollars help fund UN 'hate camp' in Gaza: documentary
■ Muslim Brotherhood's bid to scapegoat Christians failing, say Egyptians
■ U.S. tax dollars help fund UN 'hate camp' in Gaza: documentary
■ Newly confirmed UN ambassador absent from Syria emergency meeting

► FOXNEWS 19 August 2013 : Russian meteor created new 'dust layer' in stratosphere, researchers say

► DAILY KOS 22 August 2013

■ Fox News bravely exposes President Obama's blatant support for murdering white people
■ Republicans decide they need a poll to find out whether a shutdown would be a political disaster
■ House Republicans consider creating yet another debt limit hostage crisis, this time over Obamacare

► HUFFINGTON POST 22 August 2013

■ Naked Breastfeeding Yoga Mom Says That Photo Was Not Staged
■ What Happened When I Had Sex Every Day For a Year
■ 23 Signs You're Secretly An Introvert
■ Detroit Receives Less Federal Money Than All Of These Foreign Nations (INFOGRAPHIC)
■ Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, Sees Bradley Manning's Conviction As The Beginning Of Police State (VIDEO)

► PCWORLD 22 August 2013 : NASA to test laser communications link with new lunar mission

► MICHELLE MALKIN 22 August 2013 : Mediation deal reached with San Diego Mayor Bob Filner

► SLASH DOT 22 August 2013 : For Overstated Claims, Gore, Tesla Upbraided By NWS, NHTSA Respectively   || ► WAPO 21 August 2013 : Al Gore explains why he’s optimistic about stopping global warming  ||  ► WAPO 22 August 2013 : The Category 6 hurricane: Al Gore's science fiction  ||  ► NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER : Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale || ► WAPO 20 August 2013  : Leaked climate report: Ten nuggets worth noting ||  ► NY TIMES 20 August 2013  : Could Climate Campaigners’ Focus on Current Events be Counterproductive?

► SLASH DOT 20 August 2013  : NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History  ||  ► GREEN CAR REPORTS 8 August 2013 : Tesla Model S Gets Five Stars For Crash Safety From NHTSA ||  ► SAFER CAR  || ► QUARTZ  20 August 2013 :  How the Tesla Model S scored the highest-ever government safety rating ||  ► TESLAMOTOR 19 August 2013 : Tesla Model S Achieves Best Safety Rating of Any Car Ever Tested ||  ► GREEN CAR REPORTS 22 August 2013 : NHTSA Rebukes Tesla Over Non-Existent "5.4-Star" Safety Rating

► NASA : NASA Astronaut and Research Pilot Gordon Fullerton Flies His Final Mission

► WALL STREET JOURNAL 22 August 2013 :  China's Manufacturing Sector Expands

► GUARDIAN 22 August 2013 : Kevin Spacey: television has entered a new golden age

► CBC CANADA 22 August 2013 : Arab-Canadians increasingly polarized by Mideast strife

► GIZMODO 22 August 2013 : NASA Resurrects a Dead Satellite to Hunt Asteroids

Then what? You will send it to Russia?... Ahhahaha ...... Astronomy is the only branch of science that can still soothe me to think well about you, America. Almost all the workers at NASA are not sexy (You can still see the sexy senator in American politics mainland, ... ahem ahem! But I never saw them wandering at the NASA complex, ehehhe..., it is not it?), but at least the good Americans can still be found in the fields of space science, so at least my conscience. At least, there is no conspiracy stuff can be found in outer space.

But, just maybe, when my mind was filled with conspiracy devil, I could delirious by saying that a meteor crashed in Russia in February 2013  was the other side of your crazy creativity, NASA!

► NPR 17 August 2013 : NASA: Meteor In Russia Threw Up Globe-Girdling Plume Of Debris

► HUFFINGTON POST 4 August 2013  : Russian Meteor May Have Sibling Asteroids That Pose Threat To Earth, Study Suggests

► NASA 15 August 2013 : NASA Tracks Russian Meteor Plume

► SPACE 22 August : 'One Way Astronaut' Film Follows Aspiring Mars Colonists

► SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : NASA | NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor. A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument on NPP to deliver unprecedented data and help them track and study the meteor plume for months. This video shows how accurately the model prediction coincided with the satellite observations. Published on Aug 14, 2013 by NASAexplorer



► SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : ScienceCasts: What Exploded Over Russia? Two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. This week's ScienceCast presents their latest results. Published on Feb 25, 2013 by ScienceAtNASA



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► NEWS & POLITIC : Bush on Snowden: He damaged the country. Published on Jul 1, 2013 by CNN 

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► Israel says bombed Lebanon in retaliation for rocket attack

► China's media calls Bo a liar as trial enters second day
By John Ruwitch - JINAN, China - China's state media called ousted politician Bo Xilai arrogant and a liar for his robust defense at his landmark trial, the country's highest profile court case since the Gang of Four was dethroned in the 1970s and put in the dock.

* I was framed, says China's Bo as he mounts feisty defense
* Divisive, dramatic case of China's Bo Xilai comes to trial
* The art of survival in China: how some of Bo's cronies cling on

► Fear of Egypt showdown in 'Friday of martyrs'
By Lin Noueihed and Maggie Fick - CAIRO - Supporters of Egypt's deposed president will stage a "Friday of martyrs" of mass protests, risking more potential bloodshed to show they can still claim the streets after a week in which hundreds were gunned down and their leaders jailed. | Video

* Column: What's next for the Muslim Brotherhood?

► Manning faces legal hurdles as transgender
By Ellen Wulfhorst - NEW YORK - Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted in the biggest breach of secret data in the country's history, could soon be entangled in another legal showdown over the stated desire to live as a woman called Chelsea.

* U.S. Army says does not provide sex-reassignment surgery

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■ NASA crew begins countdown for moon orbit mission launch
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■ Iran says Syrian government not behind possible chemical attack
■ Israel says world paying 'lip service' to alleged Syria gas attacks

"Oh yeah? Whatever the outcome of the investigation, is there a paragraph revelation that is able to appoint you as a masked perpetrator behind all these atrocities, Israel?" I was just asking you.

■ US pressed to react to violence in Syria, Egypt

What's the problem here anyway? The problem is the U.S. has always felt that its administration is a world-class police. And the U.S. does love to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries, including their political policies, and how a country should resolve the conflict in their own country.

Do you think the U.S. will be so concerned with how the Arabs died in the middle east? Not at all! They look as if they care about the Arab / Islamic / Arab democracy because there's Israel among the Arab world. So, Israel is the U.S. in Arab lands. That's it.

So, I guess no special skills are required to detect the cause why every time there is a conflict in the Arab land, America will always be there. Though you know, America is located in another continent, ehhhehe. This is ridiculous. And I have never seen this silliness will be done by Russia, for example. Why? Due to differences in national character. And so far, the Russian original character can be read clearly from the appearance of president Putin's character in all forums, especially in the international forums. So choose a head of state who can represent the image of a nation's character. Opss, sorry, slightly deviating from the original topic. Ok, back to the previous topic : Violence in Syria, Egypt.  Do Israel still miss you, Mubarak? And why Israel does not like you all, Syria / Lebanon / Iran / Palestine? Egypt, .... well, so-so. Turkey, ... mmm, it depends on the AKP/Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi. Ah, try asking the Palestinians. Well, ... Turkey to Israel, mmm...so-so, slightly?

■ Group: Egypt's churches targeted in attacks
■ U.N. chief asks Syria to allow speedy chemical attack investigation

■ Russian court rejects opposition leader's bid to oust election rival

Haiyaa ... control yourself, dude! Eventually I can see, there's the U.S.'s face in each of your gestures. What is your mission in Russia? Oh,   come on. You must learn a lot from what is experienced by Snowden, okay? Too often you get caught by the media lens with your fingers as if want to scratch the sky in your head. To convey your good ideas do not have to always make you look like a demon, okay?

■ Unrest delivers huge blow to Egypt tourism
■ NSA reveals more secrets after court order
■ Megalodon Myths Dispelled: Sharks Deserve Better than 'Shark Week' (Op-Ed)
■ Fear of new showdown on Egypt streets in 'Friday of martyrs'
■ Colombia's Santos seeks referendum to pave way for peace deal
■ Syrian forces bomb area of alleged chemical attack
■ Ohio man declared dead, comes back to life 45 minutes later
■ Bradley Manning says he wants to live as a woman
■ Why Texas Bans the Sale of Tesla Cars

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► Today's African Proverb : "Clouds do not always mean rain but smoke is a sure sign of fire" - A proverb from Djibouti sent by Nicky Kamau in Nairobi, Kenya

► Snowden leaks: UK operates secret Middle East web surveillance base
► Britain can look at Greenwald partner's seized electronic documents
► US, UK looking for pretext to escalate intervention in Syria
► OP-ED : Syrian rebels control alleged chemical attack site: Govt can't grant secure entry
► New radiation readings suggest more Fukushima tank leaks
► UN chief: Use of chemical weapons in Syria would be 'a crime against humanity'
► Fukushima operator pleads for international help as radiation crisis deepens 
► NYC Council overturns Bloomberg's veto on 'stop-and-frisk'
► Israeli Air Force responds to missile salvo from Lebanon, hits 'terror site'
► Manning heads to notorious Fort Leavenworth prison to serve sentence
► Washington insiders appointed to 'independent' NSA review panel - report
► Navalny faces exit from Moscow mayoral poll – official

► VIDEOS

■ Inland Sea: Aerial video of floods swamping Russia's Far East
■ Manning states he's 'female', wants to live as 'Chelsea'
■ Hellfire as flames engulf oil tank in Eastern Siberia
■ Jumping the Gun? US says Syrian rebels incapable of chemical attack
■ Miranda Rights: UK takes flak over detention of Greenwald's partner, file destruction
■ Ban for a Ban: Should gay propaganda law be addressed via Sochi boycott?

► Inside Story : The undoing of Bo Xilai

► The French African Connection - Episode 3: Turning tables

► MIDDLE EAST : Peace Talks Offer Signs of a Jerusalem Compromise. An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal might mean sharing the sacred city - By Ilene Prusher / Jerusalem

► SYRIA : Everything We Know About Syria's Chemical Attacks
The full truth may never be revealed.

* Graphic Video: Victims of Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria

► SOCIETY : Marissa Mayer's Princess Problem - She's unwilling to admit her own ambition

► WORK & LIFE :  Working Less Won't Make You Happy - New study shows few benefits in shorter workdays

► NATION

■ Obama backs college ratings based on affordability. In a bid to rein in costs, the president proposes a scorecard to rate universities according to 'value.'
■ Have we achieved racial equality? Whites say yes, blacks say no. 

► OPINION : "If chemical weapons are now being used on a major scale against civilians in Syria, the U.S. must act." — The Times editorial board on enforcing a "red line" in Syria

Ahahaha ... ... Read the headlines! Read many times and then digest it word for word. If chemical weapons are now being used on a major scale against civilians in Syria, the U.S. must act. Cute and very funny, is not it?

Illustrative analogy for this situation such as this : your children were physically injured because of one thing. You are their parents, then, the first most instinctive thing for you to do is to find out the cause of the incident, right?

And do you know what kind of the U.S. characterizations in this situation? The U.S. is another one that comes to beat you because your kids get hurt! Ahahahaa ... ... How laughable if diving a hero like you, America! I never find a country character that is so disgusting like you : shameless, but you act as if you are a hero to all the nations on this planet!

Bashar Al Assad is a Syrian leader. In the context of the example I mentioned above, he is a parent of his children. Let him investigate and solve a variety of problems in his own family. Assad is certainly not going to remain silent about the atrocities.

It's a terrorist act. And there is no country in this world like terrorism. So, you do not need to look like a world hero who is always busy pacing around the earth just to explain the ins and outs of terrorism to other countries. You do not look manly, but just as silly clown! Ehehehe, we suggest you should even get ready to run away to save your honor, because - it could happen - you are suspected by Assad government because you have indirectly made ​​Syrians killed by the use of Sarin gas. Or you should be concentrating on your own internal security with gun ownership regulations, okay?

(Additional Note: If you're a laughable figure who comes to me and makes ​​a variety of accusations here and there that I hurt my own children, then of course my natural reaction is I'll slap you! Understand?)

Mmm, there's one more thing. I could not help laughing when I told my predictions on what will be said by the media to us on my fiance.

"Dahling, if the results of this investigation will end in stalemate -- and you will understand secretly what I mean here, for which I am saying this to you --- deadlock --- that means, if you try to continue your steps and you will have to break down a strong limit -- then do not worry. A final word which quite powerful and capable of summarizing all the issues has been waiting for them."

"What is it?"

"A terrorist act."

"Al Qaeda?" he asked back.

"What? Ahahhaa ... why are you so naive sometimes?"

"Hmmm ...? What? Naive, you say?"

"Of course, you are so. Why do you always think that all terrorists are Al Qaeda? Ahahha ..." I was laughing so hard. A laughter which according to him was like the Sound of a Beautiful Devil in his bed, sometimes.

"Honey, you laugh like a demon. Ahahaha ..." he said with a laugh as well, then he shook my hand while we slept side by side in bed. We did not quite understand about terrorism, but could feel the sensation of humor behind all the serious things made us feel calmer. Suddenly, I felt the presence of Al Qaeda everywhere was like lightening the days here and there.

Do not be upset if they blame you, Al Qaeda! Eheheh, for that ye are, right? Maybe you are the terrorist, but I know, not every terrorist is you. But since you've already branded as a worldwide terrorist organization, so there is no awkwardness when you become the scapegoat for all of the terror events in the world. Ehehehe. And you can just feel sick from a distance. Ehehehe, that's why a strong stance must be affirmed. If your enemy is the West, then do not slaughter fellow Muslims. Because this gives a gap to the West for slaughtering Muslims in the name of you, understand?

[Shut up, Cisca! Here forbidden to talk to terrorists.]

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A party goer is splashed with water after winning a crab race at a pub called the 'Friend in Hand' in central Sydney on August 21, 2013. Crab Racing is held every night at several pubs across Sydney, with up to 30 crabs placed in the centre of a table and then being released to see which one reaches the edge of the table first and declared the winner. The events are popular mainly with overseas visitors who bet on the result to win t-shirts or glasses of beer. (REUTERS/Daniel Munoz)



A waxy monkey tree frog is weighed in a measuring device during a photocall to publicize the annual measuring of all the animals at the London Zoo, in central London on August 21, 2013. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)



A smooth dogfish is pictured after having being swallowed by a sand tiger shark, which in turn was caught by researchers at the University of Delaware's Ocean Exploration, Remote Sensing, Biogeography (ORB) Lab in this handout photo. The shark-within-a-shark situation occurred when researchers in Delaware Bay baited a hook with a menhaden, a common marine fish, in order to capture sand tiger sharks that had previously been tagged. The bait was taken by the dogfish, which in turn was swallowed by the tiger shark. (REUTERS/University of Delaware ORB Lab/Handout via Reuters)



Children play basketball in floodwaters caused by monsoon rains in Makati City, Metro Manila August 19, 2013. Heavy rain in the Philippine capital brought by monsoon rain, intensified by Tropical storm Trami, forced the closure of government offices, schools, banks and most private companies on Monday, and residents in parts of the city and nearby provinces had to flee from their homes because of floods. At least three people were killed and two were missing in accidents caused by the rain and flooding, disaster and gotttttvernment officials said. REUTERS/John Javellana

News Headlines (282) 23 June 2013

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► MSN 5 December 2012 : Women can tell a cheating man just by looking at him: study  || ► News.NineMsn.Au. 5 December 2012 : Women can pick cheating strangers: study. Love rats beware: women can spot a cheating stranger at a glance.

► GUARDIAN 21 June 2013 : London Collections: Men - reflections on the spring summer 2014 shows || ► GUARDIAN 18 June 2013 : 10 things we learned from the London 2014 menswear collections  ||  ► DAILY MAIL 17 June 2013: Leather straitjackets, poodle fringes and racy lace halternecks: More crazy fashion from the Men's Collections shows

► SCIENCE DAILY 17 June 2013 : Bullfrogs May Help Spread Deadly Amphibian Fungus, but Also Die from It — Amphibian populations are declining worldwide and a major cause is a deadly fungus thought to be spread by bullfrogs, but a two-year study shows they can also die from this pathogen, contrary to suggestions that bullfrogs are a tolerant carrier host that just spreads the disease.

► SCIENCENEWSFORKIDS 14 June 2013 Infection time - Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice

► SPACE 19 June 2013 : New Clues Into Mystery of Mars Meteorites & Rocks Revealed

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■ ATLANTIC 6 May 2013 : What Does Sarin Do to People? The "nerve agent" does not directly kill. Rather, within seconds, it turns our own nervous systems against us.

■ GOOGLE 6 May 2013 : Syrian rebels 'used sarin': UN rights investigator

■ BBC 6 May 2013 : UN's Del Ponte says evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin'

■ REUTERS 6 May 2013 : U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator

► CNN 21 June 2013 : Judge orders Texas actress held in ricin case to undergo mental evaluation

► INQUISITR 21 June 2013 : Afro Puffs And Braids Banned By Ohio School

► YAHOO CANADA OMG! 21 June 2013 : Star Splurge: Carlos Santana Spends $6 Million on Completely Automated Vegas Home

► INDEPENDENT 22 June 2013 : Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff breaks silence over unrest, promising reforms

► SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST 23 June 2013 : SNOWDEN LEAVES HONG KONG ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO MOSCOW

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► FILM : K-11 (2013) - Official Trailer [HD]. K-11" is a powerful new tense prison thriller - but this time it's no usual latino/creeps/blacks gangs - it's the transgender nightmare.  PLOT: Raymond Saxx Jr. (Goran Visnjic from "ER" "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Beginners"), a powerful record producer wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up in K-11, the section of the Los Angeles County Men's Central jail for gay and transgender inmates. Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey (Kate del Castillo, La Reina del Sur; "Weeds"), Raymond is truly a fish out of water. Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly (Portia Doubleday, Kimberly Peirce's Carrie, Almost Kings), a predatory child molester (Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, The Dark Knight) and the ruthless Sheriff's Deputy, Lt. Johnson (D.B. Sweeney, Hard Ball, Atlas Shrugged: Part II). Ray's struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible, so he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is ever going survive and regain control of his life.

Starring: Goran Visnjic,Kate del Castillo, Portia Doubleday, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, DB Sweeney

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► Brazil's president pledges to hold dialogue with protesters

► U.S. seeks Snowden's extradition, urges Hong Kong to act quickly
WASHINGTON - The United States said on Saturday it wants Hong Kong to extradite Edward Snowden and urged it to act quickly, paving the way for what could be a lengthy legal battle to prosecute the former NSA contractor on espionage charges.

* Snowden latest accused by Obama administration of leaking
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* Video: Snowden charged with espionage

► Former NSA contractor Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow: paper

► Malaysia declares emergency as Indonesia smoke pollution thickens

► Brazil president promises changes amid mass protests. Embattled president Dilma Rousseff admits in a televised address that Brazil can do better and pledges to do more to fight corruption, a day after more than a million people marched to demand better living conditions. Meanwhile, football officials say there are no plans to call off the Confederations Cup.

► Rescuers race against time as India monsoon toll nears 600. Relief teams are racing against time to rescue tens of thousands of stranded people in rain-ravaged northern India as the death toll from flash floods and landslides nears 600.

► Raw: Van Crashes Into Thai Restaurant. A drunk driver crashed through the front of a Thai restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, injuring a number of patrons most of whom were from the same family. (June 22)

► Hong Kong lets Snowden leave, with Cuba among possible destinations

► Obama to lay out climate change plan in speech on Tuesday

► 'Friends of Syria' discuss arming rebels

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■ How do you run a business despite civil war? Bakdash is an ice cream shop in the heart of Damascus - which before the civil war was popular with locals and tourists alike. The tourists are no more but business goes on - so what is it like running a company with fighting just streets away? Samir Bakdash, the manager at Bakdash, says times are hard but that the show must go on.



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► NSA leaker Snowden on flight to 'third country' via Moscow

► US urges Hong Kong to act soon on NSA whistleblower extradition

► New Snowden leak reveals US hacked Chinese cell companies, accessed millions of sms - report

► Colonel Gaddafi;s Legacy? Unregulated Libyan weapons 'flood' Syria


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■ Dark Times: Pakistan in energy crisis, global hitters hinder solution. Terror attacks, constant drone strikes, and vicious sectarian strife. Pakistan's newly-elected government faces a lot of ugly challenges. But amid the outbreaks of violence, many other issues such as an immense lack of energy, are left on the sidelines. However even when the government starts looking for answers to the shortfall, it stumbles upon a whole host of hurdles. RT's Lucy Kafanov reports.



■ CCTV: Van slams through restaurant wall in Australia. A drunk driver crashed through the front of a Thai restaurant in Melbourne injuring a number of patrons most of whom were from the same family. Incredibly no one was seriously hurt although a male and two women were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The 57 year old male driver who crashed into the restaurant is assisting police with their investigation. The driver was breath tested for alcohol and was found to be three times over the legal limit, local media reported.

■ British Big Bro: UK spy agency & NSA 'siblings', share mined data. With the US grappling with privacy debates over its recently exposed surveillance tactics President Obama has nominated James Comey to lead the FBI. He is a former high ranking Justice Department official under President George W. Bush. RT talks about this surveillance issue with Glenmore Treaner Harvey, editor in chief of the World Intelligence Review website. || ■ Revealing Reality: US & UK 'evolve into full blown police states'. The US government has filed criminal charges against Edward Snowden - the man who told the world about the scope of America's global surveillance network. Washington now wants help from Hong Kong officials - because Snowden's been hiding in the Chinese territory since unleashing the revelations about the National Security Agency. Julian Assange has meanwhile published a speech in which he severely criticizes President Obama for his handling of whistle blowers. RT is joined by geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser, stopimperalism.com.;

■ Alternative for Germany? Eurosceptic party ready to make waves in elections. There's a growing political threat to Angela Merkel in Germany - in the form of a Eurosceptic party. RT's Peter Oliver talks to the leader of Alternative for Germany, Bernd Lucke.

■ UN: Impossible to determine Syria chemical attack perpetrator. The UN has rejected Washington's claims the Syrian government used chemical weapons, saying it wasn't at all convinced. Meanwhile the ''Friends of Syria'' group of nations meeting in Qatar, have defended their efforts to arm rebels. U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry said America will increase political and military support to the Syrian opposition. Paula Slier reports and we are joined by Karl Sharro who writes extensively about the Middle East in his blog.

► Inside Story - Greece: Embattled but defiant. Will a political fallout derail the Greek prime minister's plans to push through austerity measures? David Foster discusses with guests: Petros Doukas, a former Greek deputy finance minister; Petros Fassoulas, the chairman of the European Movement in the UK; and Yanis Varoufakis, a professor of economics at the University of Athens.

► Listening Post - Edward Snowden: Shooting the messenger? Before Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's extensive surveillance programmes on American citizens, he travelled to Hong Kong to escape the reach of the United States' justice system.  Perhaps he was mindful of the fate of Bradley Manning, who faces life in prison for releasing thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks. But while Snowden may have outrun the long arm of the law, he could not avoid trial by media. Snowden has been described as a "weasel", a "narcissist" and a "punk" - not by US politicians or officials but by the journalists and newscasters leading the debate over his actions. And the discussion in the mainstream media seems more focused on Snowden's pole-dancing girlfriend and high school record than on one of the most comprehensive telephone and online surveillance programmes in human history.  It raises the question: Why focus on the character of the leaker and not the content of the leak? Is the media once again, shooting the messenger?

This week's News Divide takes US journalism to task over its treatment of Edward Snowden and those who dare to leak government secrets to the press. We interviewed former whistleblower Thomas Drake, who revealed classified information on NSA surveillance in 2010; Jesselyn Radack, from the Government Accountability Project; and reporters Hamilton Nolan of Gawker; and Dana Priest from the Washington Post.



► Inside Story - Inside Story Americas - Obama's choice: Continuity over change? How will the nomination of James Comey as FBI director impact civil liberties and US foreign policy? Kimberly Halkett discusses with guests: David Sirota, a columnist with Salon.com; Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democratic Network think tank; and Shahid Buttar, the executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.

► Counting the Cost - Turkey - an economic miracle under threat? The model for bail delinquents may be fraying at the edges as continued protests start to rattle the economy. We speak to Inan Demir, the chief economist at Finansbank, Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak and Airbus' chief executive Fabrice Bregier.

► Thousands of Iranians protest in Paris. Thousands of Iranians have rallied in Paris to show their opposition to Iran's newly elected president Hassan Rouhani.It is the annual gathering of a controversial anti-government group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran.But it has the backing of major international figures, including former Spanish leader Jose Luis Zapatero, ex-New York mayor Rudy Guiliani and a former CIA director.Al Jazeera's Renee Odeh reports.

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► Supermoon puts on quite a show; social media takes note

NASA | Supermoon 2013. Dr. Michelle Thaller answers questions about what a Supermoon is and talks about how NASA is studying the moon with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Published on Jun 21, 2013 by NASAexplorer



► LOCAL : Transgender pride festival celebrates freedoms but isn't carefree

Sssh, ... let them so. After all, they have to know themselves, right?

I have a story about a gay who killed by his/ her gay partner.

So, here's his story. After they were having sex, gay A asked his/her partner (gay B) to act as the "man". Gay B refused the request because he/she was too tired to take on the role as "the woman".

Gay A did not want to understand the situation and continue to force gay B to role as the "man". (Argghh, dunno..., is there a volcanic eruption? Can't wait?)

Gay B was getting mad. Gay A still continued to force gay B. Finally, gay B took a kitchen knife and repeatedly stabbing gay A until he/she died.

After killing gay A, gay B didn't feel regret. He surrendered himself to the police and made recognition of his deed.

When visiting him in prison I asked him, "Why do you kill your partner?"

B responded with laughter, "Huaahahaa, ...what's my problem? Now I am proud to be a man. Do you see that? I can kill a man, hahahha. Now I am the man"

Well, I finally concluded that B found his prowess as a real man by one thing, not to act as the "woman" in a gay relationship, but by killing gay A.

Done.

My fiance just shaking his head when he heard my conclusion. (As easy, huh? Thus, what is the problem?)

ehehehhee....I'm not insulting gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, not at all. But, well you know yourself. That's it. You do not have to create a lot of problems in order to seek attention and affirmation of existence. What exactly do you want? Mating? Already legalized, right? What else? Learn to recognize your self limitations. Yet you know your self.
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► POLITICS : Pelosi booed by activists after criticizing leaker Edward Snowden

(Now what, America? Want to find him as Bin Laden? Tsk! Ah, come on,... do your self introspection, ok?)