Friday, November 1, 2013

Mike Nova comments: Чем кумушек считать трудиться ("Иа-Иа!"), Не лучше ль на себя, кума, оборотиться? (!) | California driver gets ticket for wearing Google Glass | In front of the East Wing garden, 14 carved pumpkins spelled out the words 'HAPPY HALLOWEEN': Barack Obama and wife Michelle have celebrated Halloween with children and parents at a spooky event at the White House in Washington DC



» California driver gets ticket for wearing Google Glass - Hindu Business Line
01/11/13 10:13 from Top Stories - Google News
Hindu Business Line California driver gets ticket for wearing Google Glass Hindu Business Line A southern California woman has the dubious distinction of being the first driver cited for wearing Google Glass smartglasses while operating ...

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» Diplomatic Memo: One Casualty of Eavesdropping on Merkel: A Warm Rapport
01/11/13 06:30 from NYT > International
For President Obama, the collateral damage the National Security Agency surveillance has inflicted on his relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is, perhaps, a more painful cost of the episode.



But Ms. Merkel, declaring last week that “spying between friends is simply unacceptable,” said there had been a breach of trust that would have to be repaired. That may be hard, given how angry she is said to be, according to those who know her. A permanent chill would undoubtedly dismay Mr. Obama, for whom Ms. Merkel had become a sort of BFF in Europe.

Theirs is not a relationship of backslapping or bonhomie. When Mr. Obama and Ms. Merkel talk on the phone, aides say, they dispense with small talk and pick up where they left off in previous calls, speaking in English and dissecting the issue at hand with a matter-of-fact logic that comes naturally to a former law professor and a physicist.
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A year earlier, Mr. Obama awarded the chancellor the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At a state dinner in the Rose Garden, Ms. Merkel was served apple strudel and serenaded by James Taylor, who sang — what else? — “You’ve Got a Friend.” 
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For Mr. Obama, there is a silver lining in that experience. It shows that Ms. Merkel is, above all, a pragmatist — a master tactician, in fact, who for the second time will preside over a coalition with her chief opponents, the Social Democratic Party. Just as she did not succumb to American pressure during the European crisis, she is not about to allow personal grievances to hinder projects that she considers high priorities.
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Administration officials said the president would probably spend more time in Europe next year than he usually does. With a nuclear security summit meeting in the Netherlands, a Group of 8 meeting in Russia (-?! - Oh, Gosh; this glitch in a schedule gives me a toothache... - M.N.), and a NATO summit meeting in Britain, he will have several opportunities.
For now, though, his relationship with Ms. Merkel may be limited to formal encounters at those meetings. The days of apple strudel and “You’ve Got a Friend” in the Rose Garden seem a long time ago.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: November 1, 2013
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred to a meeting of the Group of 9 in Russia. It is the Group of 8.
Mike Nova comments: And who is "The Ninth" of the circle in this NYT "Freudian slip"? A little Snow White aka Masha Rybkina? Or some "mysterious apparition"? It could not possibly be me: I do not ware tails (and have just one, as the Very Special Agent At Large With No Charge) and do not always behave myself in a proper gastro-intestinal way (what else is there to do, though?). I would decline anyway: don't have time for all that nonsense, especially in the company of Russian bears. "Ekhe-ekhe...", with the well toasted upper crust's tongue in check or in chick's cheeks (- which-whose ones?)... 

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BFF - GS


  1. Urban Dictionary: bff

    www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bff

    Acronym - Best Friends Forever... Yo dude, that guy is my BFF, we have been friends our whole lives and we will until we die. Man that girl is such a BFF, she is ...


    apple strudel and apple pie


    Group of 8 meeting in Russia 2014 - GS



    1. G8, G20, BRICS Calendar - G20 Civil

      www.g20civil.com/calendar/

      10-12, Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting, Paris ... 

      2014. January. 1, Russia begins G8 Presidency. (Oh, Orror-or-or-or... - M.N.): 



      February. 22-23, G20 Finance Ministers and Central ...




      Italian libretto:

      Sola, perduta, abbandonata, Manon's aria from Manon Lescaut

      Sola, perduta, abbandonata...
      in landa desolata!
      Orror! Intorno a me soscura il ciel...
      Ahimè, son sola!
      E nel profondo deserto io cado,
      strazio crudel, ah! sola abbandonata,
      io, la deserta donna!
      Ah! non voglio morir!
      No! non voglio morir!
      Tutto dunque è finito.
      Terra di pace me sembrava questa...
      Ahi! Mia beltà funesta,
      ire novelle accende...
      Strappar da lui mi si volea; or tutto
      il mio passato orribile risorge,
      e vivo innanzi al guardo mio si posa.
      Ah! di sangue sè macchiato.
      Ah! tutto è finito.
      Asil di pace ora la tomba invoco...
      No! non voglio morir... amore, aita!


      Lyrics & English Translation

      Lonely forsaken and abandoned 

      All my hope then is over. 

      And in the heart of this desert 

      I'm dying. O wretched hapless woman! 

      I sought this region as a peaceful haven. 

      Ah! Through my fatal beauty 

      Torments afresh surround me 
      They would have severed me from him; 
      Mow all my past does haunt me 
      With fearful pangs of anguish, 
      And rises straight before 
      My eyes to rend me. 
      New dangers come to threaten 
      Only the tomb can release me from my burden. 
      No! Let me not die dearest help me!
         
    Published on Oct 8, 2009
    Maria Callas, soprano.
    Philharmonia Orchestra.
    Dir. Tullio Serafin.



    June
    4-5G8 SummitRussia, Sochi
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» China's Xinhua says "Peeping Tom" U.S. risks own security by spying on allies
01/11/13 10:10 from Reuters: International
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States country risks its own security by refusing to trust even its own friends and spying on its allies, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, labeling the latest revelations heart-stoppingly...



"Peeping Tom" - GS 


peep·ing Tom (ppng)
n.
A person who gets pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, from secretly watching others; a voyeur.

[After the legendary Peeping Tom of Coventry, England, who was the only person to see the naked Lady Godiva.]
Word History: In an age when we can speak of peeping Tom cameras or electronic peeping Toms we have indeed come far from the time of the legendary peeping Tom. Godgifu (fl. 1040-1080), Lady Godiva to us, pledged her legendary ride as a means of persuading her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes. In the original version of the story she was observed by all the townspeople as she disrobed, but in a much later version of the story a tailor or butcher named Tom was the only person to observe her as she rode by, everyone else having shuttered their windows as they had been asked. Peeping Tom, first recorded around 1796, has become a term for a voyeur, not at all a pleasant fate for this legendary fellow. As W.H. Auden has said, "Peeping Toms/are never praised, like novelists or bird watchers,/for their keenness of observation."

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Mike Nova comments: Чья бы корова мычала, а твоя бы молчала! (Ha! That's the pot calling the kettle black!) And now share this with your Russian friends and translate it into your simplified Mandarine - Orangerine for better digestion, and consume it with your chopsticks or from your melamine milk bottle. 

» China blames East Turkestan movement for Beijing attack, but offers no details - Fox News
01/11/13 09:58 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News China blames East Turkestan movement for Beijing attack, but offers no details Fox News BEIJING – China's top security official blamed a little-known militant group for this week's suicide car crash that killed five peop...

» China security chief blames Uighur Islamists for Tiananmen attack
01/11/13 09:31 from Reuters: International
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's domestic security chief believes a fatal vehicle crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in which five died was planned by a Muslim Uighur separatist group, designated a terrorist organization by the United States...

» Israeli planes strike Syrian military base, US official says - CNN
01/11/13 10:00 from Top Stories - Google News
National Post Israeli planes strike Syrian military base, US official says CNN (CNN) -- Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia this week, an Obama administration official told CNN on Thursday. An ex...

» Israeli airstrikes target Syria military bases - CBS News
01/11/13 07:57 from Top Stories - Google News
The Hindu Israeli airstrikes target Syria military bases CBS News Israeli warplanes conducted two strikes on military bases in Syria, U.S. officials tell CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. The airstrikes were conducte...



Syrian air defense base near Latakia - GS






» The White House Celebrates Halloween
01/11/13 09:57 from Voice of America
Ghastly webs with giant black spiders adorned an orange-hued White House on Thursday for the annual White House Halloween event in Washington.   Clad in orange and black, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama spent an hour...

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Ghastly webs with giant black spiders adorned an orange-hued White House on Thursday for the annual White House Halloween event in Washington.

Clad in orange and black, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama spent an hour passing out treats to thousands of kids from military families and local elementary schools as music, sometimes creepy and sometimes silly, played in the background.

Thousands of packages of jelly beans, dried fruit and White House cookies were given to children as they walked across the South Lawn, past stilt-walkers, jugglers and a giant.

Mingling with the children and their parents were White House staffers dressed as football players, vampires and princesses.


» President Obama Swaps Politics For Pumpkins
01/11/13 03:42 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
Barack Obama and wife Michelle have celebrated Halloween with children and parents at a spooky event at the White House in Washington DC.



Barack Obama and wife Michelle have celebrated Halloween with children and parents at a spooky event at the White House in Washington DC.


















Obama and first lady give Halloween treats to visiting children at the White House in Washington

The President and First Lady mingled with stilt-walkers, jugglers and White House staff dressed as vampires and princesses as they gave out Halloween treats to children on the South Lawn as a brass band set the mood playing creepy Halloween tunes.


















Obama and first lady give Halloween treats to visiting children at the White House in Washington

The celebrations marked the return of the annual tradition that was scrapped last year after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast.


















The White House glows orange with special lighting to celebrate Halloween in Washington

For the event the White House was lit in orange and adorned with giant spiders and webs as the President emerged in the evening to hand out jelly beans and dried fruit.


















Obama and first lady give Halloween treats to visiting children at the White House in Washington

In front of the East Wing garden, 14 carved pumpkins spelled out the words 'HAPPY HALLOWEEN' while other costumes present included Zebras, Snow White, Scooby-Doo, Indiana Jones, and the Wicked Witch and Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. 


















Obama gives a high five as he and first lady give Halloween treats to visiting children at the White House in Washington

The Obama's helped some 5,000 parents and children get into the spooky spirit, according to White House staffers.


» Deep cuts to country's food stamp program kick in as Congress debates more - Fox News
01/11/13 09:54 from Top Stories - Google News
Washington Post Deep cuts to country's food stamp program kick in as Congress debates more Fox News FILE: Feb. 4, 2010: A California family waiting to apply for food stamps at the Sacramento County Economic Development Department in ...

» US ends food stamp benefits as Congress debates more cuts - BBC News
01/11/13 05:14 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News US ends food stamp benefits as Congress debates more cuts BBC News US food aid benefits are being cut from Friday as an extension of the government programme expires, while legislators fight over further cuts. Benefits to the su...


» Grenade blast in Russian courthouse kills 2: Interfax
01/11/13 09:50 from Reuters: International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man detonated a grenade in a courthouse in Russia on Friday, killing himself and a court officer and wounding two other people, the Interfax news agency reported.

» UN Envoy: Syria Peace Talks Impossible Without Opposition
01/11/13 09:48 from Voice of America
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is making a fresh appeal for Syria's divided opposition to attend a proposed peace conference. Speaking in Damascus Friday, Brahimi said it would be impossible for the long-delayed Geneva talks to take...


» Islamist Rebels Take Fight to Suburbs of Syrian Capital
01/11/13 09:31 from WSJ.com: World News
Islamist rebels, including some with links to al Qaeda, are fast gaining strength in suburbs encircling the Syrian capital, despite a chemical-weapons attack two months ago on one of their strongholds.

» Political tension flares in Thailand over amnesty bill
01/11/13 09:00 from Reuters: International
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital on Friday after lawmakers approved a draft political amnesty bill that could allow the return of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Th...

» Kerry: US Surveillance Went 'Too Far'
01/11/13 08:57 from Voice of America
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the nation's surveillance activities went "too far" in some cases, and promised that it would not happen again. Kerry made the comments Thursday in Washington while speaking to a conference in Lond...

» Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Dad Sent to Lockup - ABC News
01/11/13 08:57 from Top Stories - Google News
San Francisco Chronicle Boy Who Killed Neo-Nazi Dad Sent to Lockup ABC News The boy, dressed up for court with his unruly blond hair slicked down, whispered with his lawyer but showed no reaction when a judge decreed that he be confined ...

A woman is arrested in Montreal after pumpkins she was carrying in her luggage are split open and drugs found inside.

» Halloween surprise: Woman arrested at airport with 3 pumpkins allegedly stuffed ... - Washington Post
01/11/13 06:32 from Top Stories - Google News
Montreal Gazette Halloween surprise: Woman arrested at airport with 3 pumpkins allegedly stuffed ... Washington Post MONTREAL — Canada's border services agency says it has stumbled upon a different kind of Halloween surprise in some ...

» Russian PM plays down talk of gas wars, warns Ukraine on EU
01/11/13 08:26 from Reuters: International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he saw no reason for Moscow to cut gas supplies to Ukraine over an unpaid bill for now, playing down talk of an imminent "gas war" that might disrupt gas flows to Europe.

» Russia's PM says U.S. hurt by evidence of "cynical" spying
01/11/13 08:16 from Reuters: International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States faces a tough task undoing the damage inflicted by allegations it has spied on leaders of allied countries, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, October 31, 2013. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor


Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, October 31, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/Grigory Dukor
MOSCOW | Fri Nov 1, 2013 4:16am EDT

(Reuters) - The United States faces a tough task undoing the damage inflicted by allegations it has spied on leaders of allied countries, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

The snooping scandal is a result of disclosures of U.S. secrets made to media organizations by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who fled the United States and has been living in asylum in Russia since August.
Spy scandals strained relations between Russia and the United States during Medvedev's 2008-2012 presidency and have continued to do so since Vladimir Putin returned to the Kremlin last year.
Former KGB spy Putin said Russia would shelter Snowden only if he stopped harming the United States, but the president ignored U.S. pleas to send the American home to face espionage charges.
The decision to grant Snowden asylum seemed to underscore Putin's accusations that the United States preaches to the world about rights and freedoms it does not uphold at home.
A German lawmaker said he met Snowden in Moscow on Thursday and that the former NSA contractor was willing to come to assist investigations into alleged U.S. surveillance of Merkel.

(Reporting by Stephen Adler and Timothy Heritage; Writing by Steve Gutterman, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

Medvedev told Reuters in an interview on Thursday - GS


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  1. Dmitry Medvedev - Events -The Russian Government

    premier.gov.ru/en/

    Dmitry Medvedev sends his greetings to participants and guests of 10th World ....OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks in an interview with Reuters - 

Dmitry Medvedev: Strictly speaking, we are already taking such measures. They are designed to stimulate economic growth to the extent to which we are able to influence economic growth at all. Of course, the problems in the world economy and in European economies are clear. Russia is an export economy, so this inevitably affects our economic development. Our GDP growth target for this year was initially 3%, or perhaps a bit higher. But actual growth is unlikely to exceed 2%.  This may seem quite good given that a number of European economies are in recession, but to us it’s not enough because our economic base is not as strong as other countries. And to be able to develop, we need to grow at a faster pace.

The important thing now is to make sure that Russian companies can access decent loans at decent interest rates. This is our primary task. Another high priority is changing the structure of the Russian economy as a whole.

But let me return to a point I made at the beginning: there’s no silver bullet or a single and unique method to revive economic growth.

I believe this is a matter of responsible economic policies: to ensure a normal balance of revenue and expenditures and an inflow of investment, at least for a predictable period, in order to guarantee macroeconomic stability...

We have adopted other decisions that should encourage people to abide by the law, because corruption is not only a set of violations and crimes but also a mindset – can or can’t I [do something unlawful]? Why is it believed that the level of corruption in Russia and many other countries is so high? Because many people say to themselves: Yes I can do it because I won’t get caught and because everyone else does it anyway.

So I believe that we have made progress in this area, though it would be premature to speak about any major achievements. 

Some forms of corruption that were widespread in 1990s and even the early 2000s have disappeared: officials no longer extort money for some things which they are obliged to do, or demand part of someone’s business for their assistance. However, new forms of corruption have appeared which we must fight

You see, I believe what we occasionally hear in this sense, I mean proposals to remove President Assad from power as a prerequisite to reaching an agreement, these proposals are unrealistic as long as President Assad remains in power. He is not a madman, and he should receive some guarantees, or at least some proposals concerning the development of a political dialogue in Syria itself, possible elections and his personal fate. As you might expect, when he thinks about the fate of President Mubarak or the fate of Col. Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan revolution, he is unlikely to feel elated. This is why it’s impossible to simply tell him to get lost...

No one likes being spied on, so the European leaders’ grudge is very understandable. I hear they tried to tap my telephones as well when I attended summits as president. You know, when they say this is common practice, everyone understands there is interest in the activities of foreign leaders and foreign countries, and that’s what secret services are for, but I don’t suppose this should be done in such a blatant and cynical manner. The situation you are talking about has simply exposed the problem, so Europe’s leaders took offense. Once again, I perfectly understand their feelings. Can this situation be resolved? I think so. Although, frankly, simple reassurances won’t work here.

Everyone is sweating, the secret services, and the government: the whole country is working hard to ensure absolute security during the Olympics.

Question: Thank you! Thank you for sparing time for this interview. Thanks again.
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Mike Nova comments: 



Russia Denies Reports It Spied on Group of 20 Officials

It rejected an Italian newspaper’s report that Russian spy agencies distributed special USB thumb drives to eavesdrop on participants at last month’s meeting in St. Petersburg.

» Russia denies G20 spying claims - BBC News
30/10/13 22:02 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Russia denies G20 spying claims BBC News President Putin's spokesman has denied that Russia spied on delegates at the G20 summit in St Petersburg in September. Dmitri Peskov said Italian newspaper reports that Russia had han...

31/10/13 01:00 from Top Stories - Google News
Toronto Star Russia denies Italy media reports over spying on delegates at G20 Oman Tribune ROME/ MOSCOW/ PARIS Russia has denied reports that its intelligence services spied on hundreds of foreign delegates at a Group of 20 summit in St...


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ЗЕРКАЛО И ОБЕЗЬЯНА

Мартышка, в Зеркале увидя образ свой
Тихохонько Медведя толк ногой:
«Смотри-ка», говорит: «кум милый мой!
Что́ это там за рожа?
Какие у нее ужимки и прыжки!
Я удавилась бы с тоски,
Когда бы на нее хоть чуть была похожа.
А, ведь, признайся, есть
Из кумушек моих таких кривляк пять-шесть:
Я даже их могу по пальцам перечесть».— 

«Чем кумушек считать трудиться, 
Не лучше ль на себя, кума, оборотиться?»

Ей Мишка отвечал.
Но Мишенькин совет лишь попусту пропал.

Таких примеров много в мире:
Не любит узнавать ни кто себя в сатире.
Я даже видел то вчера:
Что Климыч на-руку нечист, все это знают;
Про взятки Климычу читают.
А он украдкою кивает на Петра.

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» Russian PM sees Syria peace talks by end of year
01/11/13 08:07 from Reuters: International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes an international peace conference on Syria will be held before the end of this year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, despite reported differences with the United States over opposition representation.

» Developing Economies Outpace West in Attracting Investment
01/11/13 07:25 from WSJ.com: World News
A U.N. report found the lion's share of foreign direct investment in the first half of 2013 went to developing countries, although the U.K. jumped to the head of the list.

» NATO stages exercise as rearming Russia worries some allies
01/11/13 07:15 from Reuters: International
LONDON (Reuters) - When NATO forces start a major exercise in Latvia and Poland this weekend, they will be rehearsing how to oust an anonymous invading enemy from a fictional region.

» Toronto mayor: No reason to resign over 'drug video' - BBC News
01/11/13 07:08 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Toronto mayor: No reason to resign over 'drug video' BBC News Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has refused to quit after police said they recovered a video appearing to show him smoking from a crack pipe. Mr Ford, who has denied s...

» Rob Ford scandal: Toronto Police have video apparently showing mayor ... - Toronto Star
01/11/13 05:39 from Top Stories - Google News
Toronto Star Rob Ford scandal: Toronto Police have video apparently showing mayor ... Toronto Star Toronto Police have recovered the video that appears to show Mayor Rob For smoking crack cocaine, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said Thu...

» US, Mexico unearth new 'sophisticated' border drug tunnel
01/11/13 06:26 from Uploads by AFP
US, Mexico unearth new 'sophisticated' border drug tunnel US and Mexican authorities unearth a "highly sophisticated" tunnel used to smuggle drugs beneath their common border. Duration:01:09. From: AFP Views: 0 0 rating...

» Authorities Uncover Sophisticated Tunnel Linking US, Mexico
01/11/13 05:06 from Voice of America
U.S. officials have disrupted a major drug smuggling operation by shutting down a sophisticated tunnel linking warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico.   Federal officials say three arrests have been made and they're targeting more s...

» Cross-border drug tunnel equipped with rail system - Houston Chronicle
01/11/13 04:49 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Cross-border drug tunnel equipped with rail system Houston Chronicle SAN DIEGO (AP) — A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system, U.S...

» Tijuana Drug Smuggling Super Tunnel Found
01/11/13 03:34 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
A drug smuggling "super tunnel" has been discovered by US officials linking Tijuana in Mexico to San Diego.

» US-Mexico drug tunnel with rail system found - USA TODAY
01/11/13 03:11 from Top Stories - Google News
Washington Post US-Mexico drug tunnel with rail system found USA TODAY A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The...

» Tunnel for Smuggling Found Under Border; Tons of Drugs Seized
01/11/13 01:08 from NYT > International
The sophisticated underground passageway featured electricity, ventilation and an electronic rail system and took about a year to build, officials said.

» Border tunnel: 3 arrested; 8 tons of pot, 325 lbs. of cocaine seized - Los Angeles Times
01/11/13 00:52 from Top Stories - Google News
New York Times Border tunnel: 3 arrested; 8 tons of pot, 325 lbs. of cocaine seized Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities said Thursday they have shut down a major cross-border drug tunnel that traffickers had recently completed...

» Syria conflict: Israel 'carries out Latakia air strike' - BBC News
01/11/13 07:06 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Syria conflict: Israel 'carries out Latakia air strike' BBC News Israeli aircraft have carried out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, a US official has said. The official said the strike targeted Russian-m...

» Israel Said to Strike Syrian Base to Destroy Missiles - Bloomberg
01/11/13 04:51 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Israel Said to Strike Syrian Base to Destroy Missiles Bloomberg Israel carried out air strikes in Syria, according to a U.S. official who asked not to be identified discussing security matters. Israeli warplanes struck a Syrian ...

» Israeli Warplanes Strike Assad Base
01/11/13 02:19 from WSJ.com: World News
Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian city of Latakia in a bid to prevent weapons transfers to the regime's Lebanese allies Hezbollah.

» Syria Destroys Chemical Sites, Inspectors Say - New York Times
01/11/13 06:06 from Top Stories - Google News
New York Times Syria Destroys Chemical Sites, Inspectors Say New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria's ability to produce chemical weapons has been destroyed and its remaining toxic armaments secured, weapons inspectors said Thursday,...

» Syria Could Turn Into Somalia if Peace Talks Fail, Says UN - TIME
01/11/13 03:21 from Top Stories - Google News
The Guardian Syria Could Turn Into Somalia if Peace Talks Fail, Says UN TIME When Syrian President Bashar Assad met with the UN-Arab League envoy on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of peace talks that might bring an end to a civil w...

» Prosecutors Make Their Case in U.K. Phone-Hacking Trial
01/11/13 05:17 from WSJ.com: World News
Tabloid editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had a multiyear affair, prosecutors said during the U.K. phone-hacking trial, seeking to show the extent to which the two shared information about newsroom operations.

» NotW phone hacking trial to resume - Belfast Telegraph
01/11/13 04:36 from Top Stories - Google News
Belfast Telegraph NotW phone hacking trial to resume Belfast Telegraph Prosecutors will continue to lay out the case against former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson and other ...

» Amid NSA spying revelations, tech leaders call for new restraints on agency - Washington Post
01/11/13 05:03 from Top Stories - Google News
ZDNet Amid NSA spying revelations, tech leaders call for new restraints on agency Washington Post Mounting revelations about the extent of NSA surveillance have alarmed technology leaders in recent days, driving a renewed push for signif...

» Australia ambassador summoned amid Asia US spying reports - BBC News
01/11/13 04:48 from Top Stories - Google News
BBC News Australia ambassador summoned amid Asia US spying reports BBC News Indonesia has summoned Australia's ambassador amid reports that Australian embassies have been used as part of a US-led spying network in Asia. The Sydney Mo...

» FAA Says Fliers Can Use Devices During All Phases of Flight - Wall Street Journal
01/11/13 04:38 from Top Stories - Google News
Washington Post FAA Says Fliers Can Use Devices During All Phases of Flight Wall Street Journal FAA Administrator Michael Huerta discusses portable electronic device rules for flights on Thursday during a press conference at Ronald Reaga...

» Iraq Blames Violence on Civil War Next Door
01/11/13 03:34 from WSJ.com: World News
Iraq's prime minister said terrorism in his country is escalating because the Arab Spring failed. Some U.S. military officials attribute the rise to government missteps.

» Apparent security threat diverts United Express flight - CNN
01/11/13 03:25 from Top Stories - Google News
NewsNet5.com Apparent security threat diverts United Express flight CNN (CNN) -- United Express Flight 5573 from San Francisco to San Antonio was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Thursday afternoon when a crew member ...

» FBI: Plane diverted because of unspecified security threat - CNN
01/11/13 02:16 from Top Stories - Google News
Business Insider FBI: Plane diverted because of unspecified security threat CNN (CNN) -- The FBI has been called to Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport because of a threat discovered on United Express Flight 5573 from San Fran...

» Japan rejects Chinese protests over sea drills, denies interference
01/11/13 03:19 from Reuters: International
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Friday denied interfering with Chinese military exercises in the western Pacific after Beijing lodged a formal diplomatic protest, saying China's objections were unacceptable and it had acted in line with inter...

» At War Blog: Share Your Views for Veterans Day
01/11/13 03:17 from NYT > International
Our colleagues at Home Fires invite veterans, or friends or relatives of someone who served in the military, to share recollections, photographs and messages for a post on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2013.

» Venezuelan leader says construction workers see Chavez apparition
01/11/13 03:13 from Reuters: International
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his political idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, had appeared miraculously in the wall of an underground construction site.

» Contested Amnesty Bill Advances to Let Thai Ex-Leader Return
01/11/13 03:13 from WSJ.com: World News
Thailand's lower house rushed through a controversial amnesty bill in predawn voting on Friday that would allow former leader Thaksin Shinawatra to return home without serving a prison term.

» German Politician Meets With Snowden
01/11/13 03:04 from NYT > International
A member of the parliamentary committee that oversees German intelligence met Edward J. Snowden to explore whether he would testify in an inquiry of the N.S.A.’s monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calls.

» Syria meets deadline to destroy chemical production facilities
01/11/13 02:42 from Reuters: International
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament program, the international chemical weapons watchdo...

» Müller, an Architect of the Holocaust, Is Said to Be Buried in Jewish Cemetery in Berlin
01/11/13 01:51 from NYT > International
The head of an association that watches over memorials to German resistance fighters says a document indicates that Heinrich Müller was killed and eventually buried in a mass grave in the heart of the German capital.

» Europe Sparks Growth Fears
01/11/13 01:45 from WSJ.com: World News
The euro zone's inflation rate fell to its lowest in almost four years in October, raising pressure on the European Central Bank to ease the money supply and support the region's recovery.

» Batista's Empire Soared, Then Melted Into Bankruptcy
01/11/13 01:27 from WSJ.com: World News
The collapse of oil firm OGX, Latin America's biggest-ever bankruptcy, punctuates the Brazilian titan's breathtaking rise and fall.

» Finland Says Foreign Ministry Hacked
01/11/13 01:23 from WSJ.com: World News
A sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign had infiltrated the communications network of Finland's foreign ministry for a lengthy period, Finland's foreign minister said Thursday.

» Recovered Video of Mayor Roils Toronto
01/11/13 00:59 from NYT > International
The police said that technicians had recovered from deleted computer files a video that apparently showed Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.

» Senate bill would approve NSA program but try to curb it - Washington Post
01/11/13 00:35 from Top Stories - Google News
The Guardian Senate bill would approve NSA program but try to curb it Washington Post The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to advance legislation that would endorse a National Security Agency program to collect the phone reco...

» Big tech companies fight for new privacy laws - NBCNews.com
01/11/13 00:26 from Top Stories - Google News
New York Daily News Big tech companies fight for new privacy laws NBCNews.com Six major technology companies, including Facebook, Yahoo, Google and Apple, are calling for new privacy laws to stop U.S. intelligence agencies from breaking ...

» Two Nominees Of Obama Are Blocked In the Senate - New York Times
01/11/13 00:22 from Top Stories - Google News
Washington Post Two Nominees Of Obama Are Blocked In the Senate New York Times WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday thwarted the confirmation of two of President Obama's nominees, one to a powerful appeals court and another to...

» Official: Kansas school bus goes off bridge; children in water - CNN
01/11/13 00:20 from Top Stories - Google News
WXIA-TV Official: Kansas school bus goes off bridge; children in water CNN (CNN) -- A school bus went off a bridge into a creek near Douglas, Kansas, on Thursday evening, authorities said. The bus driver and children are being pulled fro...

» U.S. feels pressure to show progress in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians
01/11/13 00:18 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
Six months before an unofficial deadline for a final peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, the Obama administration is feeling pressure to show progress in U.S.-sponsored peace talks that both sides say have not made much headw...