Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:43 AM PDT
MTV
on Wednesday, August 15 officially launched Artists.MTV, a new music
initiative created by the network to showcase a rage of artists both
signed and unsigned, old and new, on a unique, more advanced web
platform. The artist will be in complete control of their own
Artists.MTV page and can use it to connect with [...]
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Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:39 AM PDT
By
David Trilling “I’ll be the first corpse,” says Sveta Filatova when
asked about initiatives to terminate Kyrgyzstan’s methadone programs. A
heroin addict for 10 years, Filatova has been taking the opioid
substitute for three and says it’s changed her life, enabled her to
reconnect with family, and hold a job. Filatova is one of [...]
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Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:36 AM PDT
The
head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All
Russia, will on Thursday arrive in Poland on an official four-day
visit, the Moscow Patriarchate reported. The patriarch will take part in
a number of divine services, meet with Polish Orthodox Christian clergy
and the country’s top officials, as well as sign [...]
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Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:32 AM PDT
By
Nirettin Yigit Tunisia is one of the most secularist countries in the
Arab World and can look back on this tradition since 1956. The Code of
Personal Status (CPS), a series of progressive laws was introduced under
the first President of the Republic of Habib Bourguiba, which
established equality between women and men, abolished [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:29 PM PDT
Reuters
reports: A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces
operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that
scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osama
bin Laden and argues that high-level leaks are endangering American
lives. Leaders of the group, the Special Operations OPSEC Education
[...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:19 PM PDT
Branded
a ‘failed state’, the Somali Region has become known for kidnappings of
international aid workers, being the training ground for terrorists,
and a base for piracy operations and its recurrent humanitarian crisis.
This common view overshadows a different dynamic on the ground: a
population that is gradually redefining their context and mobilizing
behind the [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:18 PM PDT
A
new, in-depth report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research
(CEPR) and Rights Action has found glaring inconsistencies in the
accounts of what occurred on May 11, 2012, when four people were shot
and killed in a DEA-related counternarcotics operation in the Moskitia
region of Honduras. The report notes that while U.S. State [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:14 PM PDT
(EIA)
— On July 2, the average price at the pump for regular gasoline in the
United States was $3.36 per gallon, the lowest level since the first
week of 2012. Since then, retail prices have increased more than 36
cents to reach $3.72 per gallon on August 13 (Figure 1). The major
driver behind [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:04 PM PDT
Following
months of public consultation and revision, the National Development
Plan 2030 has been handed over to President Jacob Zuma by the
Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Minister Trevor Manuel.
The handover of the thick document was conducted during a Joint Sitting
of both Houses in Parliament on Wednesday. Cabinet, led by the
President, [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT
Police
in Karnataka yesterday took into custody a Catholic priest for
allegedly insulting the Indian flag on the country’s Independence Day.
Fr. Vincent of Puttur Syro-Malankara diocese unfurled the flag on a pole
with a cross atop at the bishop’s residence at Parladka in Puttur.
Since Bishop Geevarghese Mar Divannasios was away, Fr. Vincent,
assistant [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:57 PM PDT
Iran’s
Young Reporters Club is accusing Reuters of “recruiting spies” to
operate in Iran. On Tuesday, the Young Reporters Club, an organization
tied to state broadcaster Seda va Sima, reported: “Mr. A. E., an
anti-Revolutionary activist and intelligence adviser to the Zionists, is
in the process of attracting spying agents, using the ploy of
recruiting [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT
The
next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers
will take place later this month. The Russian news agency Ria Novosti
reports that Sebastian Brabant, a spokesman for the European Commission,
said in Brussels on August 14 that the six world powers and Iran will
hold a new round of talks on [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:53 PM PDT
By
Michelle Bauman Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York defended his
decision to invite President Barack Obama to a traditional fundraising
dinner as being an effort to engage, not endorse, the president.
Cardinal Dolan explained that “an invitation to the Al Smith Dinner is
not an award, or the provision of a platform to [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:48 PM PDT
Long-term
methadone treatment can cause changes in the brain, according to recent
studies from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The results show
that treatment may affect the nerve cells in the brain. The studies
follow on from previous studies where methadone was seen to affect
cognitive functioning, such as learning and memory. Since it [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:45 PM PDT
New
research from Umeå and Uppsala universities has found high rates of
sleep apnoea in women, despite the condition usually being regarded as a
disorder predominantly of males. The study, published online (16 August
2012) ahead of print today in the European Respiratory Journal, also
suggested that women with hypertension and/or obesity were more likely
[...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:43 PM PDT
(CORDIS)
— The increasing use of ICT for business, leisure and public services
is leading to the accumulation of mountains of structured and in many
cases unstructured data. But this so-called ‘big data’ should be seen as
an opportunity not a problem. EU research and efforts to promote open
data are helping to make sense [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:39 PM PDT
Although
we often associate the term entrepreneur with profit seeking, the
healthcare field is teeming with innovators who are largely motivated by
altruism. As I wrote in my new book Priceless: Curing the Healthcare
Crisis, take Dr. Jeffrey Brenner of Camden, New Jersey.* In any other
field, Brenner would be a millionaire, but because he’s [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:37 PM PDT
Taxpayer
and ratepayer subsidies, coastal zone permits and crony capitalism
spell big trouble By Lindsay Leveen In November 2011, BloomEnergy
applied for permits to build an energy center in a Delaware protected
coastal zone area. The center would employ solid oxide fuel cells
powered by natural gas and housed in casings that look like huge [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:33 PM PDT
Since
the climate liars cannot make their case on the basis of the known
science, taking it into a court of law with a passionate appeal to
emotion in order to impose restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions has long been a Green goal. The claim that CO2 causes “climate
change” which is the new [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:26 PM PDT
By
Monia Ghanmi As many as 9,000 women demonstrated on Monday (August
13th) in Tunis against Ennahda-proposed constitutional changes that
refer to woman’s “complementarity to man”. Article 28 of the new draft
constitution says, “The state protects women’s rights and gains based on
the principle that they complement with the man in the family and [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:22 PM PDT
By
Siham Ali Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane reassured MPs
Monday (August 13th) over the country’s economic situation. While he
said the economy was certainly a concern, it was still manageable
despite the difficulties. The head of government said the precautionary
credit line extended to Morocco by the IMF, totalling 6.2 billion
dollars, would make [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:18 PM PDT
Leader
of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for
an enthusiastic participation in demonstrations marking International
Quds Day. Ayatollah Khamenei said that a high turnout on Quds Day would
give a crushing response to the enemies of Islam and Palestinians. The
Leader described the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the
formation [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:15 PM PDT
By
John J. Mearsheimer There is abundant speculation these days about
whether Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. It is widely
believed in both Israel and the United States that this would be a
remarkably foolish move. I share that sentiment. Yet Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu and his Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, seem to
disagree [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:09 PM PDT
By
Hadaf Zubi As China’s economy matures, GDP growth is based more on
domestic consumer demand and less on exports. This shift is
increasingly reflected in China’s capital and financial account, which
measures investment flows. China is now investing more abroad than
foreign companiesare investing in China, and the capital and financial
account has gone [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:04 PM PDT
By
Devider Kumar The massive failures of India’s power grid in July 2012
have not only forced more than 600 million people to plunge into
darkness, but also underlined grave challenges ahead for the country’s
ambitious emerging economy. Even before the power outages, India’s
outdated power supply was hurting its economy. India’s prestigious
Planning Commission [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT
By
Ernest Corea Governor Mitt Romney’s selection of long-serving
Congressman Paul Ryan as the presumptive candidate for Vice President –
technically, both have to be confirmed at the forthcoming Republican
Party Convention – has perked up the party more than most recent events.
Among the wider public, the reaction was not so ecstatic. Ryan was,
[...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:53 PM PDT
Tapping
the talents of returning Overseas Singaporeans may be a way to reduce
our reliance on highly mobile foreign talent and to reward both
returning and local Singaporean loyalties. By Valerie Teo Much public
angst and Government concern have been expressed about the overflow and
integration of immigrants of late. While foreign and local talent [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:48 PM PDT
Somali
pirate and hostage-taker Mohammad Saaili Shibin, a/k/a “Khalif Ahmed
Shibin,” a/k/a “Shibin,” the man convicted of being the Somali kidnapper
who also negotiated the ransom demands for the release of U.S. citizens
onboard an American yacht, the S/V Quest, as well as the Marida
Marguerite, a German-owned vessel, was sentenced late Monday afternoon
in [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:44 PM PDT
By
Kate Kelly Burma’s new foreign investment law may be more restrictive
than its predecessor, experts said, after an updated draft of the
much-anticipated foreign direct investment (FDI) bill was leaked to
Reuters last week. Experts have labelled the government’s move to limit
foreign investment in certain sectors as “retrograde” and fear
protectionist economic policies, [...]
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Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:41 PM PDT
By
Polina Chernitsa Moscow will do everything to ensure the objective
assessment of the upcoming parliamentary polls in Belarus, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday after talks with
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He slammed the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe for trying to impose tighter
election monitoring rules on Belarus and [...]
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