News Headlines (135) 25 January 2013

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► Audrina Cardenas -- Baby Born with Heart Outside Her Chest --  Goes Home from Hospital. By Dahvi Shira 01/24/2013 ||  Baby Born With Heart Outside Her Chest Saved by Surgery. By DINA ABOU SALEM - Nov. 21, 2012  ||  ► Miracle baby born with heart that beats OUTSIDE her body now recovering after life-saving surgery. Audrina Cardenas suffered from extremely rare condition where heart grows outside of chest cavity. For those suffering from condition, mortality rates are high. Doctors giving optimistic prognosis, but said Audrina will need constant check-ups throughout her life - By Daily Mail Reporter. PUBLISHED: 21 November 2012

► Clearer food labels might help with healthy food choice: study. Wed Jan 23, 2013

► Phone 6 release date, news and rumours. Updated Everything we've heard so far about iPhone 6- By Dan Grabham, January 18th

► Joan Chen: Once a sexy vixen in Hollywood, now seen as a dragon woman

► North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests. By Ju-min Park and Choonsik Yoo -  SEOUL Thu Jan 24, 2013 || PICTURES || VIDEO 

► Panetta concerned about North Korean threat. Jan. 24 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. is prepared to deal with a ''provocative'' missile test from North Korea.  | Deborah Lutterbeck reports. North Korea announces that it will carry out more rocket launches and a nuclear test targeting the United States. It's a move raising concerns for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA, SAYING: "We are very concerned with North Korea's continuing provocative behavior North Korea is not believed to have the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead capable of hitting the United States. However its December launch showed it had the capacity to deliver a rocket that could potentially put San Francisco in range. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA, SAYING: "The United States is--, we are fully prepared, we remain prepared to deal with any kind of provocations from the North Koreans. But I hope in the end that they determine that it is better to make a choice to become part of the international family." North Korea's announcement came after the U.N. agreed to a U.S.-backed resolution to censure and sanction North Korea for its rocket launch in December that breached U.N. rules.



► Eric Schmidt's daughter lifts lid on 'very strange' North Korea. Sophie Schmidt , the teenage daughter of Google chairman Eric Schmidt has shed some light on her father's secretive trip to North Korea, in a first-hand account of the visit to a "very, very strange" country. ||  RAW STORY:: Google chief Eric Schmidt's teenage daughter on 'very strange' North Korea visit. By Agence France-Presse - Monday, January 21, 2013   ||  ALJAZEERA - Google's rare window into North Korea. Eric Schmidt calls for North Korea to end its technological isolation.

► REUTERS PHOTOS

■ Starlings in the sky
■ A whisky world
■ Women in the military
■ Paris Fashion Week
■ Do-it-yourself war
■ Profile: Hillary Clinton

► British PM promises referendum on EU by 2017. Published on Jan 23, 2013 :: Prime Minister David Cameron promises to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 giving British people the choice of staying in or leaving the EU if his party wins the next election. || ► Cameron promises EU referendum for British voters. Published on Jan 23, 2013 ::Prime Minister David Cameron's call for a renegotiation of Britain's EU obligations and pledge for a subsequent referendum may appease some members of his Conservative party but he risks alienating his European partners who warn against "a la carte" union. ||  ► Britain not turning its back on Europe: Cameron. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Britain was not turning its back on Europe, after angering his EU partners by announcing plans for a referendum on membership.

■ Cameron wants another EU
■ Opinion: 'In-out' referendum is no real choice
■ Cameron's Speech: 'The Danger Is that Europe Will Fail'
■ Opinion: Europe's Scaredy-Cat -  By Christoph Scheuermann in London 
■ The World from Berlin: 'It Would Be Wrong to Give Cameron the Cold Shoulder'
■ Cameron's Collison Course: London Takes Major Gamble with EU Referendum -  By Carsten Volkery in London
■ David Cameron and Europe - Review of a speech not given | Jan 18th 2013
■ The Dutch and David Cameron - Not wanted here. The Netherlands is happy not to be linked to Britain’s European wishes | Jan 26th 2013
■ David Cameron's EU speech - The big question | Jan 23rd 2013.  Our correspondents discuss what the Prime Minister's speech means for the future of Britain's relationship with Europe (VIDEO) 
■ Britain and the European Union - The hand of history :: David Cameron has given a landmark speech on Europe, delighting his party. He now needs to change the subject | Jan 26th 2013

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Berlin, Paris to present eurozone proposals by May. Published on Jan 22, 2013 :: Germany and France will put forward joint proposals on strengthening the eurozone by May ahead of a European Union summit the following month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a joint press conference with French President François Hollande on Tuesday.


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Penguin head-cam captures bird's eye view of hunt. Published on Jan 22, 2013 :: Miniature cameras attached to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills, the lead researcher says.


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Traditional wrestling on wane in Pakistan. Published on Jan 23, 2013 :: Wrestlers used to be the pride and joy of Pakistan. But the sport that once won medals for the country has been declining for several decades and the mud rings where champions once practised for heavyweight fights are often abandoned.|| NEWS - Traditional wrestling loses its grip on Pakistan  ||  Faded glory: Traditional wrestling loses its grip on Pakistan 


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Breasts to bums, Thais suffer in pursuit of beauty. Published on Jan 23, 2013 :: From gold thread face-lifts to 'breast-slapping' and vaginal whitening creams, exotic treatments in image-obsessed Thailand are all the rage for those willing to go to ever-greater -- and sometimes dangerous -- lengths to look good.

For a moment, Thailand in my mind is the equivalent of beach, sexy girls, prostitution, and pretty sissy. Well, in the early days we were dating, we visited Thailand in 2005. We had no idea when those beautiful dancers smiled at my partner. I thought they liked the look of my handsome boyfriend. Anytime, anywhere, I am proud if other women like my partner's appearance. It adds a sense of my confidence that I'm good at choosing a companion.

But then, I was laughing when we knew that the beautiful dancer that looked like beautiful women were the men who had genital and breast surgery. They smiled as the women, but when they said, "Ten dollars, please," the voice of their Adam's apple could not be fooled. Men!... ehehehe..., My boyfriend said, "Honey, I'm not going to haphazardly fall in love with the women here!" ... ahahaha, get it!

(PS: Regarding good at choosing a companion, you might be so smart, Cisca.  Well. Nobody doubts the fact. Well. And the only man in this world who is stupid in choosing his companion is your beloved partner ... ehehhee ....)


■ Gagee - Part 1. Published on Apr 9, 2012 :: [Thai-Movie] Gagee

► Rogge: Armstrong doping scandal sad and disappointing. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: President of the International Olympic Comitee Jacques Rogge hopes that fight against doping is "continued and intensified" after the Lance Armstrong scandal. (VIDEO)






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Cameron: Pledges "In-Out" Referendum on EU. Published on Jan 23, 2013 :: British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will offer citizens a vote on whether to leave the European Union if his party wins the next election expected in 2015. (Jan. 23)



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Hidden Art: World Trade Center Graffiti. Published on Jan 24, 2013 ::  Workers and visitors to the new One World Trade Center building are leaving their personal marks on the concrete and steel. Graffiti appears on beams, walls and stairwells of the skyscraper that's rising to replace the destroyed twin towers. (Jan. 24)


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Kerry: US Must Get Fiscal House in Order. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, said Thursday that the United States must get its fiscal house in order to lead worldwide, as lawmakers signaled his confirmation was a foregone conclusion. (Jan. 24) ||  ► Raw: Protester Interrupts Kerry Hearing. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: A lone protester shouting about the Middle East interrupted the hearing. Just as Sen. John Kerry completed his prepared testimony, the woman began shouting about the Middle East and was escorted from the room. (Jan. 24)


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'Apps for Apes,' Orangutans Use IPads. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington has started the 'Apps for Apes' program, allowing orangutans to play music, draw and even communicate with each other remotely via the iPad's video chat technology. (Jan. 24)

► 10 Things to Know for Friday - By The Associated Press

► Obama visit to Kenya? Only 1 day in Africa so far - By JASON STRAZIUSO

► 4.5% of NRA Members Still Like President Obama, Says NRA - By J.K. Trotter | The Atlantic Wire

► Obama vs the fly. Call it a draw? - By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News

► Obama Swats Fly during CNBC Interview.  Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009 :: Obama Swats Fly during CNBC Interview


► Biden on self-defense: Get yourself a shotgun - By Olivier Knox

► New York Post says Clinton 'exploded with rage' in Benghazi testimony || NY POST :: Congress' Hillary-hearing bungles - by JAMES ROSEN Last Updated January 24, 2013  ||  NY POST :: Clinton's exasperation can't cover the fact that administration bumbled in pursuit of terrorists - By JOHN PODHORETZ | Last Updated January 24, 2013

► Unmarried Couple Doesn't See Eye To Eye On Living Together - By Abigail Van Buren | Dear Abby 

► New Genetic Twist: 4-Stranded DNA Lurks in Human Cells - By Jeanna Bryner | LiveScience.com

► Spain newspaper sorry for "false photo" of Chavez - By Fiona Ortiz

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Chilling! Arctic Air Invasion Captured in Animation - By Andrea Thompson, OurAmazingPlanet Managing Editor | LiveScience.com


► Cat's cradle: 'Flipper' the feline walking to different beat (VIDEO)

► Couple has been living under a rock, quite literally - By Rusty Weston | Spaces  ::
► LA teacher suspected of molesting 20 children - Associated Press (VIDEO)



► 7 clever kitchen gadgets 

► Babbling Baby Video Gets Anchors Chatting on 'GMA LIVE!' - By Eliza Murphy | ABC News Blogs – Wed, Jan 23, 2013

► N Korea warn South over UN sanctions

North Korea issues another warning - this time to Seoul - a day after announcing plans for a third nuclear test.
* Pyongyang thumbs nose
* North Korea's nuclear tests 
* Q&A: N Korea nuclear programme
* Timeline: Nuclear stand-off

► Japan-China in talks to calm row

An envoy for Japanese PM Shinzo Abe meets China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, amid a growing territorial dispute.
* Q&A: China-Japan islands row
* Taiwan activists in islands bid

► 25 January 2013 - Why did men stop wearing high heels? | By William Kremer BBC World Service

► Dolphin rescue caught on underwater camera. 24 January 2013 - An underwater camera has captured the moment a dolphin that became entangled in a fishing line was freed by a diver in Hawaii. Martina Wing, who filmed the footage, said that the dolphin seemed to "communicate" with the diver to ask for help. Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay and Louise Minchin from Hawaii, she described the experience as "mind-blowing". Pictures courtesy of Martina Wing, Ocean Wings Hawaii, Inc. (VIDEO) 



► 24 January 2013 - The Ghanaian woman who made millions fighting skin-bleaching 

► 24 January 2013 -  Viewpoint: Canada no stranger to al-Qaeda 

► Plutocrats: Who are the richest of the rich? 24 January 2013  - The super-rich are often referred to as the richest 1% of the population - whose wealth surpasses the other 99%. But now there is a separate elite, the 0.1%, who tower above even the multi-millionaires. Chrystia Freeland - author of Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else - and Anup Desai, a City University of New York professor involved in the Occupy movement, spoke to the BBC's Mishal Husain about the growth of the billionaire class, and what that means for the wider economy. (VIDEO)


► Scientists discover how pet dogs evolved from wolves. 24 January 2013  - Domesticated dogs evolved into man's best friend much more recently than previously thought, according to a new analysis of their DNA. A new study of dog genetics published in the journal Nature reveals differences in dog genes involved in starch metabolism, compared with those of wolves. It backs the idea that those animals better able to digest human farmed cereal crops evolved into dogs as we know them today. - Pallab Ghosh reports.  || NEWS - 23 January 2013 Dog evolved 'on the waste dump' -  By : Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News


► 24 January 2013 - Dung beetles guided by Milky Way |  By : Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

► 24 January 2013 - World's unknown species 'can be named' before they go extinct | By Melissa Hogenboom BBC News

► 24 January 2013 - South African crocodiles 'in mass escape' during floods  || in DAILYMAIL - Did a shark decapitate this crocodile? Reptile's head discovered on beach sparks fears over huge great white. Gruesome scene captured in South Africa - By Daily Mail Reporter. PUBLISHED: 13 January 2013 

► Year of stagnation predicted for Belgium. 25 January 2013 - While senior officials are confident that Europe is emerging from its economic crisis, in Belgium it's predicted that 2013 will be a year of stagnation. Bankruptcies have hit record levels and there are growing concerns about unemployment and poverty. | The BBC's Matthew Price reports from Genk.(VIDEO)

► 25 January 2013  - Selling the Olympics to the Swiss | By Anthony Reuben Business reporter, BBC News, Davos 

► Will we ever… understand quantum theory?

► Becoming biohackers: The long arm of the law 

► Roads without limits 

► Chariot racing in the ancient Roman city Jerash

► Should we build new cities at sea? 25 January 2013 - As the world faces up to the threat of rising sea levels, could building new cities entirely out at sea offer an alternative way of living? That is the idea being tested in the Netherlands where huge swathes of land already lie below sea level. Architects are creating prototype neighbourhoods of sustainable floating houses which could withstand future flooding. Anna Holligan has been to see the technology and find out if it could work in other countries too. 

► Corvette's hidden delight  || First Drive: Jaguar XJ AWD

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24 January 2013  -  Day in pictures: 24 January 2013

American artist Daniel Arsham displays his sculpture, Figure with Arms Crossed, at the Art Stage Singapore 2013 exhibition. || SNARKITECTURE  (Snarkitecture is a collaborative practice operating in territories between the disciplines of art and architecture. Established by Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen, Snarkitecture aims to make architecture perform the unexpected.)


► BBC FAST TRACK - Top travel ideas including China's city of ice. Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China - where by day artists work to create a city of ice and by night visitors can see it spectacularly lit in bright colours. Europe gets two new capitals of culture - Marseille Provence in France and Kosice in Slovakia and in Amsterdam the Stedelijk Contemporary Art Museum reopens after a nine-year renovation.

► BBC HARD TALK  - UK faces 'uncertainty premium' over possible EU exit. The head of US-based investor Pimco Mohamed El-Erian says Britain economically would be less well off if it left Europe. He told Stephen Sackur on HARDtalk that investors would "start putting in an uncertainty premium" due to the possibility of an EU exit.

► BBC iPlayer

■ Assignment - Libya - life after revolution. Can Libya ever be united again after its revolution in 2011? 
■ From Our Own Correspondent - Return of the King of Bunga Bunga. With Kate Adie. Italy's bunga bunga king is back, but will the electorate give Berlusconi another term as prime minister? Plus, other despatches from reporters across the globe. 

► 27 November 2012  -  Cristina De Middel's Afronauts: An African space fantasy (PHOTOS) 

► Today's African Proverb :: "Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat" - Sent by Maurice K Amulundu, Khartoum, Sudan

► Kim Dotcom wants to encrypt half of the Internet to end government surveillance (FULL RT INTERVIEW) 

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Kim Dotcom: 'I want to encrypt half of Internet, total govt spying must stop!' Published on Jan 25, 2013 :: In an in-depth interview, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom discusses the investigation against his now-defunct file-storage site, his possible extradition to the US, the future of Internet freedoms and his latest project Mega with RT's Andrew Blake 



► Royal torture ring: Bahraini princess on trial 

►World on a string: DNA to be used for data storage

► Assault weapons ban introduced in the Senate

► 'US should realize that world has changed' – Venezuelan VP (RT Exclusive)

► Can Iran make a difference in Syria? Russia says 'yes'

► N. Korea threatens military action against 'southern puppets'

► Target US: N.Korea warns of new nuclear missile launch. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: North Korea has warned of 'a full-fledged confrontation' with Washington, promising to conduct a rocket launch and a nuclear test targeting the US. The threats come a day after the UN Security Council expanded US-backed sanctions against Pyongyang for its rocket launch in December. Political analyst Nile Bowie says Washington is keeping up pressure because North Korea's isolation benefits Barack Obama's Asia policy.

For some reason, while cradling my baby (Note : His weight increased 4 kilo grams in 2 months after his birth) yesterday I told my fiance, "There will be no North Korean nuclear test, dahling. At least, China will react."

But then he did not respond to my babble seriously. He always thought of North Korea as a "freak", as they have nuclear but its people live in hunger; idolize man (Kim Jong Il) like God, technological limitations, etc., etc..

► Russian, Georgian PMs have first meeting 

► Baby girl tossed from car crash, narrowly escapes being run over by truck (VIDEO) 

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Baby's miracle escape goes viral after car crash on snowy Russian road 



► Antibiotic Armageddon: Drug resistant diseases could trigger UK apocalypse

► Opposition blogger flees Russia after paedophile charges – report

► Just Depardieu it! Putin granted citizenship to famous actor Gerard Depardieu, which may seem like a pointless piece of media distraction but this could actually be the start of a big trend, if the Russian side is willing to finally learn how to do PR. Published: 10 January, 2013 - by Tim Kirby  

► Homeless man threatened to kill Obama to get free health care in prison 

► Maestro Valery Gergiev to head Munich Philarmonic. Acclaimed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev is to take over as chief conductor at one of Germany's leading orchestras, the Munich Philharmonic in 2015.

► Inside Story - Who will win the battle over birth control? Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: The Catholic church in the Philippines has declared war on birth control following a new landmark law that makes sex education and contraception more widely available. So who will win? Guests: Mitos Magsaysay, Gerard O'Connell, Elizabeth Angsioco. (VIDEO)

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Tutu's Children - Episode 3: Getting to the heart of leadership. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: It has been four months since a group of young African leaders first met in Cape Town and they are reuniting for the final part of their leadership coaching - this time at Oxford University's business school in the UK.



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101 East - A curse in the family. Published on Jan 24, 2013 :: In remote parts of India, illness, poor harvest and bad luck can sometimes mean only one thing - a curse in the family. 101 East unveils a volatile world of land conflicts and abuse of power in India where women and their families fall prey to false accusations and are driven off their land.

Latest Headlines

■ Greek Police Storm Metro Depot to End Strike
■ Dutch, Britons, Germans Warned to Leave Benghazi
■ Doubts Raised About Fairness of Delhi Rape Trial
■ Murder in Pakistan Sparks Anger at Country's Elite
■ Afghan Police: Suicide Bomber Misses NATO, Kills 5
■ 10 More China Officials Sacked in Sex Tape Scandal
■ Al-Qaeda's No. 2 in Yemen Succumbs to Wounds
■ Envoy: SKorea's Park Open to Dialogue with NKorea 
■ Crews Again Can't Reach Downed Plane in Antarctica
■ CNN: Zuckerberg to Fundraise for Chris Christie

► Is al-Qaeda on the Offensive in Africa?

By Fareed Zakaria
* Algeria: Fighting Al-Qaeda Is Like Fighting Narcos 
* Algeria's Hostage Crisis: What Was Behind a Militant Leader's Plot? 

► France Celebrates Return of Convicted Kidnapper from Mexican Prison

► North Korea Takes Aim at U.S. — Vows Nuclear Test 

► Delhi Rape Aftermath: Panel Calls for Legal Changes

► Ready or Not, Japan to Ease Rules on Foreign Intervention 

► Afghanistan in Retrograde: The U.S. Prepares to Withdraw

► 'What I Went Through Was Real': Manti Te'o Speaks Out on Hoax


    ► After Newtown, Democrats Propose Assault-Weapons Ban

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► Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate 
► Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday
► Modest filibuster changes taking shape in Senate
► Kerry pledges as secretary of State to highlight the good America does
► Review: Frank Gehry fishes for the perfect form at Gagosian

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News Headlines (100) 20 December 2012

► A Three-Mile-Long Asteroid Buzzes the Earth 

► Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End - NASA

► Q: Is NASA predicting a "total blackout" of Earth on Dec. 23 to Dec. 25? A: Absolutely not. Neither NASA nor any other scientific organization is predicting such a blackout. The false reports on this issue claim that some sort of "alignment of the Universe" will cause a blackout. There is no such alignment (see next question). Some versions of this rumor cite an emergency preparedness message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. This is simply a message encouraging people to be prepared for emergencies, recorded as part of a wider government preparedness campaign. It never mentions a blackout. (VIDEO)




► Bullying leaves its mark on mood gene, study finds - By karen seidman, GAZETTE universities reporter December 18, 2012
► 18 December 2012  - King Ramesses III's throat was slit, analysis reveals By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online
► Politicians Breaking Ranks, Meaningful Gun Control Gaining Momentum - Major Defections Stun Lawmakers; Sources: President Soliciting Proposals | December 18, 2012 
► For Immediate Release - December 19, 2012 | Remarks by the President in a Press Conference - James S. Brady | Press Briefing Room
►The Politics Of Gun Control On Capitol Hill - December 19, 2012 | NPR
► Gun control movement tries to shed election losing reputation 
► Democrats vow to push for gun control measures in Congress
► After shooting, some Republicans more open to gun controls

► Utah sixth grader placed .22-caliber handgun to classmate’s head after 'encouraged by his PARENTS to carry a gun after Sandy Hook' || LATIMES - Utah sixth-grader brings gun to school, fearing another Newtown
► Gunman released hours before murder suicide in Longmont, Colorado 
► Grimm brothers' celebration awakens saga of fairy tale link to German culture -Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and roots of Nazism on agenda at Kassel congress for 200th anniversary of brothers' classic tales | Kate Connolly in Berlin - Wednesday 19 December 2012

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A Decade of Injustice - UK. Published on Sep 10, 2012 by journeymanpictures :: Shaker Aamer has been held in Guantanamo Bay since 2002. He's a legal UK resident, married to a British national, with four children. He's also yet to face trial or be charged. So why is he still behind bars? Through conversations with activists and former detainees, this film paints a picture of Aamer and his extraordinary situation; from the injustices he has endured to what his life has involved for the last decade. From Bagram to Guantanamo Bay, his story illustrates the "unlawful" measures that the US and UK governments continue to use to justify their War on Terror, "ignoring international law, Geneva conventions, and their own Constitution." - Spectacle


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Entretien Islam&Info - Alexandre Douguine (Géopolitique, Islam, Tradition, Occident. Published on Dec 6, 2012 by IslametInfo. Islam&Info est heureux de vous présenter son entretien avec Alexandre Douguine, penseur et géostratège russe de renommée. Partisan d'un monde multipolaire respectueux de leurs différences, Alexandre Douguine nous donne ici sa vision de son monde, l'Eurasia. Il s'entretient également de sa vision des autres grands espaces, de l'Islam, de l'Occident et des partis dissidents européens ... Et évidemment du NWO américain.

Face à un nouvel ordre mondial global porté par le libéralisme, le messianisme, la finance cosmopolite et l'armée américaine, seul un réveil des anciennes civilisations paraît à la hauteur de cette menace ultime. Le stratège esquisse ici, avec nous, les contours de ce futur front commun des mondes qui viendra à bout de l'anticivilisation US. Ces paroles et cette échange pourraient paraître déconnectés et désuets si Alexandre Douguine n'était pas écouté jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères du pouvoir russe. Alors entrez vous aussi dans l'ère de la jihadocroisade multidimensionnelle.



► by VICE
Suicide Forest in Japan. Published on May 9, 2012 :: The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza pays homeless people to sneak into the forest and rob the corpses. The authorities sweep for bodies only on an annual basis, as the forest sits at the base of Mt. Fuji and is too dense to patrol more frequently.



► Interview with a Cannibal. Published on Jun 29, 2012 :: Issei Sagawa murdered an innocent woman and spent three days eating her flesh. Due to loopholes in the law, Issei is a free man to this day.

On the afternoon of June 13, 1981, a Japanese man named Issei Sagawa walked to the Bois de Boulogne, a park on the outskirts of Paris, carrying two suitcases. The contents of those suitcases, to the lament of a nearby jogger, was the dismembered body of a fellow student -- a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt, whom Sagawa had shot three days prior and had spent the days since eating various parts of her body. He was soon arrested. According to reports, Issei uttered, "I killed her to eat her flesh," when they raided his home, whereupon they found bits of Renne still in his fridge.

Sagawa was declared insane and unfit for trial and was institutionalized in Paris. His incarceration was to be short, however, as the French public soon grew weary of their hard-earned francs going to support this evil woman-eater, and Issei was promptly deported. Herein followed a bizarre and seemingly too convenient set of legal loopholes and psychiatric reports that led doctors in Japan declaring him "sane, but evil."

On August 12, 1986, Sagawa checked himself out of Tokyo's Matsuzawa Psychiatric hospital, and has been a free man ever since.

► Funerals become a routine in shattered Newtown -By DAVID KLEPPER | Associated Press 
► Shooting renews argument over video-game violence  By LOU KESTEN | Associated Press 
► Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January - By JULIE PACE | Associated Press
  ► Obama: Give Me Gun Proposals by January. Published on Dec 19, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer "concrete proposals" to curb gun violence no later than January, in the aftermath of the horrific massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. (Dec. 19)



► Latin Americans rank as happiest people on planet - By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN 
► Fear slows Libyan probe into attack on U.S. mission in Benghazi - By Marie-Louise Gumuchian, Hadeel Al Shalchi and Ghaith Shennib
► US hits Israel hard on settlement plans - By MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press –  Tue, Dec 18, 2012 
► 10 Scientists Who Mattered in 2012 - By Tia Ghose and Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience 
► Alan Alda: Scientists Should Learn to Talk to KidsBy Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 
► Venezuela VP hopes Chavez can be sworn in Jan. 10 -By VIVIAN SEQUERA | Associated Press 

► Miss USA Olivia Culpo is crowned Miss Universe - By HANNAH DREIER and MICHELLE RINDELS 

► Official quits over Libya attack

A senior US official quits and others are suspended following a damning report into their handling of September's killing of the US envoy to Libya.
* Envoy admits Benghazi error 
* US security in Libya 'was cut'
* 'No warning' of attack
* Timeline: Benghazi attack 

► Obama calls for 'action' on guns 

US President Barack Obama calls for "concrete proposals" on gun control by the end of January, saying "words need to lead to action". || VIDEO - Newtown shootings: Obama 'backs assault weapons ban'
* 'Words need to lead to action' - VIDEO
* Mardell: Obama's gun control fight 

► 20 December 2012 - S Korea faces 'grave' North test New

South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye highlights a "grave" security challenge from the North, a day after her election win.
* Park wins election - VIDEO
    * Profile: Park Geun-hye
* Chaebol debate rages

► 20 December 2012  - Military satellite heads skyward :: 19 December 2012 - UK's Skynet military satellite launched | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

A powerful new telecommunications satellite for the UK military is launched on an Ariane rocket from the Kourou base in French Guiana.

* MoD satellite's classified tech - 19 December 2012 - A powerful new telecommunications satellite is being launched on Wednesday for the British military. The Skynet-5D spacecraft is the final piece in a multi-billion-pound system that enables UK forces to stay connected wherever they are deployed in the world. Because it is a military system, Skynet has been designed to evade enemy jamming and eavesdropping, and as such contains a number of classified technologies. BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos was granted special access to the spacecraft before its launch. (VIDEO)

* Ariane rocket ready to do battle - 23 November 2012 by Jonatahan Amos

► Crocodile's flying leap at swimmer in Australia. 9 December 2012  - Three Swedish tourists had a surprise while swimming in a national park in Australia when a crocodile leapt from rocks landing on one of them. Felix Andersson, Jakob Hellberg and Ulrik Bergsland were testing new underwater camera kit when they spotted the creature and moved in for a closer look. The crocodile suddenly launched itself from rocks in the Litchfield National Park, landing on Felix Andersson's shoulder.  Speaking to the BBC News Website, Mr Andersson said he was surprised but unhurt by the crocodile. (VIDEO) 

► A flying crocodile jumps at Felix!  Published on Dec 12, 2012 by Ulrik Bergsland :: Ulrik Bergsland (me) Jakob Hellberg (holdin the camera) and Felix Andersson (the one getting faceslapped by the crocodile) were going for a swim in Litchfield national park in northern Australia when suddenly supercrocdile appeared!



► 19 December 2012 - X-47B stealth drone targets new frontiers

► Sao Paulo's police turn hi-tech to fight crime 

► Los Angeles's icy surprise

► Episode 8 - Barcelona

► 19 December 2012  - Day in pictures: 19 December 2012 

► Going After Guns: 'You can't have police state & armed population'. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: President Barack Obama has made a move towards stronger gun control in the U.S. The proposal comes after the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school that took the lives of 26 people, including 20 children (VIDEO) || NEWS

► Video: Huge volcano erupts, shoots giant ash column in Ecuador. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: (NOTE VIDEO IS MUTE) Residents living near Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano have been advised to voluntarily evacuate after an increase in activity created at least three moderate explosions and ash fall on nearby villages. The first explosion generated a column of ash that reached two kilometers (1.24 miles) in height and fell over various communities, among them the tourist city of Banos. A third explosion generated a column of ash nearly five kilometres (3.1 miles) tall.



► Crazy Russian Winter: What happens to boiling water at -41C? Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: An illusionist has made surviving the cruel Russian winter much more entertaining through science and a little bit of magic, by showing the world what happens when boiling water meets -40 degrees Celsius winter temperatures || COURTESY || NEWS



► Time names US President Obama Person of the Year, again. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: Time magazine has once again chosen US President Barack Obama as 'person of the year.' He beat seven other shortlisted contenders, including his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Morsi and Pakistani activist for women's education Malala Yousafzai. (VIDEO)  ||  NEWS

► CrossTalk: Charity Cliff. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: ­Can government welfare be replaced by private charity? How much of an impact do rich people in America make on the lives of the less fortunate? To what degree does the tax code stimulate individuals and companies into making more charitable contributions? And should it? Does charity attempt to replace poor public policy? CrossTalking with Richard Land, Stephen Pimpare and Leslie Lenkowsky. (VIDEO) 

► NDAA 2013 - Indefinite detention without trial is back  
► Adequate or faulty? Russian lawmakers vote for US adoption ban amid criticism 
► US Army to seek death penalty for soldier charged with Kandahar massacre
► Clinton's 'Sovietization' comment attracts Kremlin's ire
► A New Earth? Potentially habitable planet discovered orbiting nearby star similar to our sun
► Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits (PHOTOS)
► Russians in Syria are 'legitimate targets' - key opposition group member 
► Newtown massacre motives: likely factors behind school-shooting emerge 
► Historical images of lost Russian royal jewels rediscovered
► LGBT begin kissing protest as Duma readies to vote on gay propaganda bill 
► 'Swan Lake' in 3D: 'Avatar' director to work on blockbuster ballet in Russia

► Life goes on despite 'Mayan Apocalypse'. Published on Dec 19, 2012 ::Thousands of tourists are flocking to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to be part of the so-called "Mayan Apocalypse". Many of them believe the world is coming to an end this Friday, when a major cycle of the Mayan calendar ends. Some say the 5000-year-old Mayan civilization is entering a new era. So what do the Mayan people think themselves? Al Jazeera's David Mercer visited a Guatemalan highland village to find out. (VIDEO)

► People & Power - The Organ Traders Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: An investigation into the loose but interconnected multi-million dollar international criminal enterprise of human organ trading. People & Power tries to find out how this trade continues to flourish and the challenges law enforcers are faced with. (VIDEO) 


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Obama says stricter gun laws necessary. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: In the wake of a shooting at a primary school in Connecticut that resulted in the deaths of 20 children and six adults, President Obama has been working on ways to prevent another mass killing. Obama has put Vice-President Joe Biden in charge of coming up with plans - which focus mainly on tightening up gun laws. He says there is already a growing consensus that a ban on automatic, military-style weapons must be put into place. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC. || ► Obama calls for gun law reform. Published on Dec 19, 2012 :: President Barack Obama has urged US politicians to "have the courage" to seek compromise and reform the nation's gun laws. He's appointed Vice-President Joe Biden to head a task force charged with seeking policy solutions. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane has more details.

Latest Headlines

■ Russia Gives Initial OK to American Adoption Ban 
■ YPF, Chevron Sign Argentina Shale Pact 
■ Fear Keeps Egypt's Christians Away from Polls 
■ Mikulski to Head Appropriations, Senator Says
■ Senators Write Sony, Criticize 'Zero Dark Thirty'
■ FBI Offers $50k Reward in Chicago Jail Escape
■ Obama Pressing for Policy Changes After Shooting
■ State Dept. Security Chief Resigns After Benghazi
■ Snowstorm Hits Rockies, Heads to Midwest 
■ General Motors to Buy Back 200 Million Government Shares 
■ In Cold Blood Killers Exhumed in Second Murder Investigation
■ Dictator's Daughter Becomes South Korea's First Female President
■ Benghazi Review Finds Systematic Security Faults
■ CNN: Obama Pledges Action on Guns By January
■ CNNMoney: Dumbest Moments of 2012 

► Person of the Year: Barack Obama, Architect of the New America 

'The American people have rightly been frustrated at the pace of change, and the economy is still struggling, and this President we elected is imperfect,' Obama says. 'And yet despite all that, this is who we want to be.'
By Michael Scherer

* Exclusive: The Person of the Year Interview
* Inside the White House: Never-Before-Seen Photos
* Re-Election: The Data Miners Who Helped Obama Win
* Obama Photo Diary: 48 Hours with the President 
* Runner-Up: Malala's Journey — A Timeline 
* Runner-Up: Tim Cook and Apple's Greatest Moments
* Runner-Up: TIME Sits Down with Morsi
* Runner-Up: What Is the 'God Particle'? 
* 2012 In Brief: The People Who Mattered Most - BASHAR ASSAD
* Those We Lost: TIME's 2012 Tributes
* President Obama, Driller-in-Chief
* Joe Klein: The 2012 Awards for Political Courage
* Joel Stein: 2012's Coolest Person Is...
* Live Reactions: What You're Saying About #POY2012
* Take the TIME Person of the Year Quiz 


Short List

* Malala Yousafzai
* Tim Cook 
* Mohamed Morsi 
* Fabiola Gianotti 

Featured

* South Korea Elects First Female President 
* Autism Backlash: Guilt by Association?
* A New Financial Bubble—or Three?
* This Is 40 Minutes Too Long 

► Connecticut Community Copes After School Shooting
► TIME Picks the Most Surprising Photos of 2012
► Inside a Nazi Christmas Party, 1941

► L.A. mayoral election a wide-open contest

► China cracking down on doomsday group 

► Waiting for 'Doomsday' - Dec. 21, 2012: Fearful 'end of world' callers flood NASA December 19, 2012

* Merida Mexico, says: Hope to see you after Dec. 21
* China cracking down on doomsday group
* TV shows, movies tap into fear of the big fall
* More: Are you equipped for end of the world?

► Raw: Rocket With 3 Astronauts Takes Off for ISS. Published on Dec 19, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts, NASA's Tom Marshburn, Russia's Roman Romanenko, and Canada's Chris Hadfield, took off atop a towering Russian rocket on Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station. (Dec. 19)

► Sen. Feinstein will not become Judiciary Committee chair
► Clinton accused of faking illness to avoid Benghazi testimony
► House Democrats push on gun control 
► Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on voter suppression
► Pictures in the News | December 19, 2012 - Posted By: Marc Martin 

News Headlines (90) 10 December 2012

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Slaves of Dubai.  Published on Aug 8, 2012 by vice :: Most people know Dubai for its massive skyscrapers and luxurious hotels, but few know that the city was built by modern-day slaves. For months, the BBC's Ben Anderson hung out around the glittering, insane towers springing up in Dubai trying to infiltrate the community of expatriate workers who are putting them up. What he found when he finally got in was that the jewel of the Arab world is almost entirely built upon imported slave labor.






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Raw: Obamas Attend Annual Holiday Concert. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: President Obama and his family attended the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert, which benefits Children's National Medical Center. Before the concert, he presented a basket of books to four former patients, who were dressed as elves. (Dec. 9)



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Raw: Croatia's Heaviest Snow in Decades.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Severe weather conditions with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have hit Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia and Romania this weekend, killing at least six people and causing travel chaos in southeastern Europe. (Dec. 12) 


► 3 Hour Medley of Christmas Songs.  Published on Nov 20, 2012 by Halerman444 :: A 3 hour long collection of Christmas songs. Expand the description to see a full list. NOTE: I do not own any of these songs, they are all owned by their various respective copyright holders.

0:00 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Bing Crosby
3:05 Feliz Navidad -- Beth and Scott
5:32 The Christmas Waltz -- Frank Sinatra
8:33 Winter Wonderland -- Aretha Franklin
10:41 The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year -- Andy Williams
13:09 Jingle Bells -- I have no idea who the artist is
15:25 Sleigh Ride -- Johnny Mathis
18:20 Carol of the Bells -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
20:45 Santa Claus is Coming to Town -- The Andrews Sisters
23:25 Silver Bells -- Bing Crosby
26:27 The Christmas Song -- The Osmond Brothers
29:07 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus -- Andy Williams
32:15 Wonderful Christmastime -- Paul McCartney
35:59 Santa Claus -- Harry Connick Jr
40:35 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Gene Autry
43:46 Rockin Around the Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee
45:49 Sleigh Ride -- Jack Jones
48:31 Blue Christmas -- Elvis Presley
50:36 White Christmas -- Bing Crosby
53:32 Jingle Bell Rock -- Bobby Helms
55:41 The Christmas Song -- Nat King Cole
58:47 Jingle Bells -- Frank Sinatra
1:00:45 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
1:04:09 Sleigh Ride -- Ella Fitzgerald
1:07:04 Winter Wonderland -- Tony Bennett
1:09:14 Let It Snow -- Dean Martin
1:11:08 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- Johnny Mathis
1:13:51 Home for the Holidays -- Perry Como
1:16:40 Little St Nick -- The Beach Boys
1:18:46 A Holly Jolly Christmas -- Burl Ives
1:20:57 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer -- Elmo and Patsy
1:24:23 Merry Christmas Darling -- The Carpenters
1:27:26 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Elvis Presley
1:29:20 Happy Christmas -- John Lennon
1:32:47 Jingle Bells -- Diana Krall
1:34:57 Deck the Halls -- Ottmar Liebert
1:37:57 Mr. Heatmeiser -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
1:42:18 Winter Wonderland -- Johnny Mathis
1:45:30 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) -- Mariah Carey
1:48:00 Frosty the Snowman -- The Beach Boys
1:49:51 Let It Snow -- Harry Connick Jr
1:52:22 A Marshmallow World -- Dean Martin
1:55:00 Christmas Canon -- Trans Siberian Orchestra
1:59:16 Silent Night -- Sarah McLaughlin
2:03:00 Sleigh Ride -- Arthur Fielder
2:05:59 We Need a Little Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:07:53 Santa Baby -- Madonna
2:10:26 O Holy Night -- Placido Domingo
2:14:21 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Bobby Vinton
2:17:26 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas -- Johnny Mathis
2:19:38 I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas -- Gayle Peevey
2:22:14 Stille Nacht -- The King's Singers
2:25:25 Joy To The World -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:27:58 Ave Maria -- Luciano Pavarotti
2:32:50 Waltz of the Flowers -- Leopold Stokowski
2:37:15 White Christmas -- Frank Sinatra
2:39:48 Frosty the Snowman/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -- Henry Mancini
2:42:12 O Holy Night Luciano Pavarotti
2:46:16 Hallelujah Chorus -- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2:50:05 Mistletoe and Holly -- Frank Sinatra
2:52:21 The Christmas Song -- Mel Torme
2:54:25 The Chipmunk Song -- The Chipmunks
2:56:44 Here Comes Santa Claus -- Gene Autry
2:59:13 We Need A Little Christmas -- Percy Faith
3:01:20 White Christmas -- The Drifters
3:05:33 The Magic of Christmas Day -- Celine Dion
3:08:11 Silver Bells -- Johnny Mathis
3:11:41 Suite from The Polar Express -- Alan Silvestri

► Obama met Boehner on Sunday over fiscal cliff: aides - By Jeff Mason 

► Russia denies holding talks on future of Syria's Assad - Reuters

► U.S. and Russia still back Syria settlement: UN envoy - By Erika Solomon | Reuters 

► New talks on Syria involving Russia, US - By By LYNN BERRY 

► Divided over Israel, Palestinian groups call for unity - By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Noah Browning 

► Israeli PM: Hamas leader seeks to destroy Israel - Associated Press 

► Islamist-leaning draft constitution divides Egypt - By HAMZA HENDAWI

► Egypt's military returns to the political fray-  By HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEB 

► More Egypt protests called after Morsi concession - By By HAMZA HENDAWI 

► Italy's Monti to call it quits after Berlusconi withdrew support; waiting to pass budget law - By Frances D'Emilio, The Associated Press

► Italy's PM Says He Intends to Quit Over Crisis. Published on Dec 8, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: Premier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday he plans to resign following the sudden loss of support from Silvio Berlusconi's party, paving the way for early elections. (Dec. 8) ::



► Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again-  By IAN JAMES 

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Hugo Chavez Says He Needs Cancer Surgery Again. Published on Dec 9, 2012 by AssociatedPress :: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez named his vice president as his chosen successor and was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer after announcing that the illness returned. (Dec. 9)



► Hope and Fear in Gay Marriage Cases at High Court - ABC OTUS News

► Historic gay marriage vote - A law legalizing same-sex matrimony took effect in Washington state Dec. 6. Washington made history last month as one of three U.S. states where marriage rights were extended to same-sex couples by popular vote, joining Maryland and Maine in passing ballot initiatives recognizing gay nuptials. (PHOTOS)

► 2013 10Best: Cars - By Car and Driver Staff | Car and Driver – Wed, Dec 5, 2012
► The best used cars for your money - By Jim Gorzelany | Forbes.com – Thu, Dec 6 



► Nine Beers Americans No Longer Drink - by Michael B. Sauter and Alexander E.M. Hess | 24/7 Wall St – Fri, Dec 7, 2012
► Worth it or Not: A Gift Guide - From portable grills to bathroom scales, we weigh the competition | By MarketWatch | MarketWatch – Fri, Dec 7, 2012
► As "fiscal cliff" nears, market complacency sets in - Reuters
► Even Santa Can't Find a Job - The saint beloved by children is struggling in this economy | By Quentin Fottrell | MarketWatch – Fri, Dec 7, 2012




► GOOEY CINNAMON BUNS - Mon, Dec 3, 2012  | This dessert is so good you'll want it all day long.




► Microwave Secrets: Perfect Steamed Veggies - By Chow Ciao | Shine Food – Tue, Nov 27, 2012

► Meet Linda of Spicebox Travels, Our November Supper Club Winner! - By Sarah McColl, Shine staff | Shine Food – Thu, Nov 29, 2012 

► 10 December 2012 - Secession petitions: Why Americans don't really want to break up | By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine, Washington DC

► 10 December 2012  - Morsi call to army in vote run-up

President Morsi orders Egypt's military to maintain security and protect state institutions as tensions rise in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution.
* 'Major compromise' - VIDEO
* Voices from a divided Cairo 
* Government 'pressuring media' - VIDEO
* Egypt's polarised politics 

► President declared Ghana winner

Ghana's incumbent President John Mahama is declared the winner of Friday's election, but the opposition says the poll was fraudulent.
* In pictures: Ghana votes

► 9 December 2012 - Italy's political crisis unfolded with operatic background | By David Willey BBC News, Rome

► 10 December - India: Why land is at the centre of all scandals | By Alam Srinivas Business analyst

► 10 December 2012 -  Mexico singer Jenni Rivera dies in plane crash

► Singer Feared Dead in Mexican Plane Crash.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 by AssociatedPress ::  The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying singing superstar Jenni Rivera was found in northern Mexico on Sunday. Authorities said there were no survivors. (Dec. 9) 



► Laser weapons shine on

► 7 December 2012 - A Point of View: Which comes first - trust or trustworthiness? 

► 7 December 2012 -  Nasa's 'Oppy' rover could be rolling on Martian clays  | By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco 

► Rebel Yell: 700,000 Americans sign secession petitions to White House. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Hundreds of thousands of Americans say they want to break away from Washington. Residents across the land, have signed internet petitions, saying they don't want to be part of the United States anymore. Marina Portnaya has the story. (VIDEO)

► Morsi backs down: Revokes power grab, referendum on constitution still up.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Egypt's President has scrapped the decree that gave him sweeping new powers and effectively put him above the law of the land. But the opposition says that's not enough - as a referendum on the controversial draft Constitution is still scheduled for next week. (VIDEO)

► 'US secretly pushing for Islamic fascist regime in Egypt'.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Egypt's opposition is calling for more protests, after President Morsi insisted on ploughing ahead with a referendum on the new constitution, which is viewed by many as discriminatory. Even his decision to scrap the decree which had granted him almost absolute power, was dismissed as a play on words. The U.S. has made no comment on Egypt's draft constitution, even though it's criticised for undermining basic freedoms. Geopolitical analyst F. William Engdahl says Washington is secretly supporting Muslim Brotherhood to turn Egypt into an Islamic dictatorship. (VIDEO)  || NEWS -  Egyptian opposition formally rejects constitutional referendum 

► Iran launches own video site to compete with 'inappropriate' YouTube 

► Rise of the machines: Hitachi joins robot race to dismantle Fukushima ruins 

► Burning Man : King, Chimp & the Playa (RT Documentary).  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: ­Burning Man is an annual festival that began in 1986. Tens of thousands of people gather at the 'Playa' in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create a temporary wooden city dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. They depart a week later, leaving no trace whatsoever. Let it burn!



■ Desert storm! World's wildest party underway at city in the sand as 60,000 gather in searing Nevada heat for Burning Man festival - By Emily Anne Epstein | PUBLISHED: 31 August 2012
► True danger from Syrian chemical weapons is if militants acquire them – Russian FM

► Russian conductor Valery Gergiev nominated for Grammy 

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Inside Syria - How real is Syria's chemical weapons threat? Published on Dec 9, 2012 ::  We ask if the West is exaggerating Syria's chemical weapons menace to justify a future military intervention. Watch Inside Syria with presenter Hazem Sika as he speaks with Lale Kemal, a military analyst and the correspondent for Jane Defense Weekly; Joel Rubin, a former US State Department official; and James Denselow, a Middle East analyst and founder of 'New Diplomacy Platform'.



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Al Jazeera Investigates - The Hidden Genocide.  Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: Earlier this year a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered in western Myanmar. The authorities charged three Muslim men. A week later, 10 Muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. What happened next was hidden from the outside world. Bloodshed pitted Buddhists against minority Rohingya Muslims. Many Rohingya fled their homes, which were burned down in what they said was a deliberate attempt by the predominantly Buddhist government to drive them out of the country.

"They were shooting and we were also fighting. The fields were filled with bodies and soaked with blood," says Mohammed Islam, who fled with his family to Bangladesh. There are 400,000 Rohingya languishing in Bangladesh. For more than three decades, waves of refugees have fled Myanmar. But the government of Bangladesh considers the Rohingya to be illegal immigrants, as does the government of Myanmar. They have no legal rights and nowhere to go. This is a story of a people fleeing the land where they were born, of a people deprived of citizenship in their homeland. It is the story of the Rohingya of western Myanmar, whose very existence as a people is denied.

Professor William Schabas, the former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says: "When you see measures preventing births, trying to deny the identity of the people, hoping to see that they really are eventually, that they no longer exist; denying their history, denying the legitimacy of their right to live where they live, these are all warning signs that mean it's not frivolous to envisage the use of the term genocide."   This video has been removed by the user.



► Berlusconi announces comeback bid. Published on Dec 8, 2012 :: Italy's former Prime Minister Berlusconi, who was forced to resign last year amid a sex scandal and a debt crisis, says he will run for office again next year. Hours after his announcement, current PM Mario Monti said he will resign once next year's budget is approved. Al Jazeera's Cahrlie Angela reports. (VIDEO)

► Arab League pledges aid to Palestinians. Published on Dec 9, 2012 :: The Arab League says it will give the Palestinian Authority $100m a month in financial aid. Israel has stopped transferring the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinians, after their successful bid for upgraded membership at the UN. The announcement was made at an Arab League meeting in Doha. Al Jazeera's Omar al-Saleh reports. (VIDEO) 

Latest Headlines

■ No Sign of Imminent Rocket Launch in North Korea 
■ Plane Believed to Be Singer's Found in Mexico (Jenni Rivera)
■ Suspect in Reservation Shooting Dies of Wounds
■ Chavez Faces New Cancer Battle, Surgery in Cuba 
■ After Climate Talks, Eyes On U.S. for Next Round 
■ Palestinian President Appeals for Urgent Arab Aid
■ Same-Sex Couples in WA Start Taking Wedding Vows
■ Activists: 9 Syrian Judges Defect
■ New Egypt Protest Call After Morsi Sticks to Draft
■ New Talks on Syria Involving Russia, U.S.
■ South African President Visits Mandela in Hospital
■ Pakistan: U.S. Drone Kills Senior al-Qaeda Leader
■ CNN: California Campus Cops Kill Grad Student 
■ CNN: Abducted American Doctor Rescued in Afghanistan

► Women's Rights at Odds in Egypt's Constitution Wars

By Vivienne Walt
* Post-Revolution: Arab Spring's Women (PHOTOS) 
* The Price of Sexism
* Silent No More: The Women of the Arab Revolutions

► Morsi Under Siege: Will His Concession Calm Egypt? 

► 'Enough Death': France Marks Its Exit from Afghanistan 
   
► Knocked Out: Will Manny Pacquiao's Fans Lose Faith?

* Could Pacquiao's Career Be Over?

► Box Office: Bond Holds, Butler Bombs on a Sleepy Weekend

► How Far Will Roger Goodell Go to Protect the NFL?

* Manziel Is First Freshman Heisman Trophy Winner 

► Cancer and Foggy Thinking: Is Chemotherapy Really the Cause? 

► Spartacus': LIFE Behind the Scenes of a Kubrick Classic (PHOTOS) 

► Kirk Douglas on "Spartacus" at The Last 70mm Film Festival. Published on Aug 17, 2012 by Oscars ::Actor/executive producer Kirk Douglas gets a big audience reception and discusses the making of "Spartacus," with moderator Pete Hammond and Academy President Hawk Koch at The Last 70mm Film Festival screening on August 13, 2012.

► Obama attends Psy performance despite 'Dear American' flak

► More young American adults are leaving the nest - As the job market improves, more people in their 20s and early 30s are renting and buying, according to real estate experts and government statistics. 

► What did you eat this weekend? (PHOTOS)   || Top 5 fast-food holiday menu items (by calories) 

► Lights, camera, action

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Participants in the annual "Santa Speedo Run," a charity race through the streets of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts leave the starting line December 8, 2012.(REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as "snow monkeys", take an open-air hot spring bath, or "onsen" at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on December 7, 2012. Some 160 of the monkeys inhabit the area and are a popular tourist draw. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

People walk behind Christmas lights during snowfall in the city centre of Frankfurt on December 7, 2012. (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner)

A worker controls a tapping of a blast furnace at Europe's largest steel factory of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in the western German city of Duisburg on December 6, 2012. (REUTERS/Ina Fassbender)

A child reacts to a reveller dressed as a devil at the Old Town Square in Prague, on the eve of Saint Nicholas Day on December 5, 2012. Revellers dressed as Saint Nicholas and a devil approached children on the streets as part of a tradition to determine if they had behaved well during the past year and depending on their answers, would receive presents, sweets or coal accordingly. (REUTERS/David W Cerny)

A figurine of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine is seen being painted in a shop at San Gregorio Armeno street in Naples on December 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Ciro De Luca)