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Monday, August 5, 2013

Sudan President Blocked from Saudi Air Space

Laos News.Net - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Former Pakistan pace bowler Wasim Akram has tipped England bowler James Anderson to reach 450 Test wickets, who currently needs only six more wickets to pass Bob Willis to become England's second-highest Test wicket-taker. According to The Daily Star, Anderson is near Ian Botham's record tally of 383 and with his control of swing, both ways at pace, Akram expects the Lancashire bowler to reach ...

Canada changes course and closes Dhaka embassy

Middle East Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Canada Sunday closed its embassy in Bangladesh, joining the United States and other Western nations bracing for a possible terrorist attack. Canadian Foreign Affairs alerted its citizens in Bangladesh that the Dhaka facility would be shut down and provided a telephone number for assistance. Canada earlier had not opted to follow the lead of the Unites States, Britain and Germany in closing ...

Why is Obama meeting the president of Vietnam

Human Rights Watch - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding the Upcoming Meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan ...

Sudan President Blocked from Saudi Air Space

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Sudan says Saudi Arabia blocked the plane of President Omar al-Bashir from entering its airspace Sunday as he tried to fly to Iran. Sudan's state news agency reports that Bashir's plane was forced to turn around in mid-air and go back to Khartoum after Saudi aviation officials denied it permission to cross over Saudi territory. The report says Bashir, flying in a Saudi-chartered ...

Thai Government Opposition at Odds Over Amnesty Bill

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

BANGKOK -- Thailand is facing new political tensions as the government is preparing to submit an amnesty bill to parliament, along with key finance and infrastructure spending measures. Both anti-government and pro-government groups are preparing for political battle, but some analysts say there could be compromise on the amnesty measure. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces a new ...

Ship carrying motorcycle travelers arrives in Semarang

The Jakarta Post - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The KM Dobonsolo which had departed from Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, with 2,600 passengers and 1,515 motorcycles aboard, on Saturday, arrived in Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java, at 1:30 a.m. local time, on Sunday. The travelers later continued their homebound journeys on their motorcycles.Tanjung Emas Port's authority office head, Karolus Sengadji, said the Semarang Police ...

Vietnam?s FDI hits nearly $12b

Global Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached more than $11.9 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 19.6 percent, according to data posted by the Communist Party of Vietnam on its website on ...

Bank Danamon deal failure may deter Indonesia investors analysts

Global Times - Sunday 4th August, 2013

The collapse of Singapore lender DBS's $6.5 billion bid for Bank Danamon is further evidence of a "rising tide of economic nationalism" in Indonesia that may deter foreign investors, analysts warn.DBS unveiled its bid to buy 99 percent of the Indonesian lender with great fanfare in April last year, in what would have been Southeast Asia's biggest ever bank takeover.It seemed ...

Bangkok braces for possible unrest as street protests expected against moves to help ousted PM

Edmonton Journal - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a rally outside a park in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. About 1,500 people took part in the rally calling Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to withdraw the amnesty bill from parliament. The Thai capital is bracing for possible unrest this week, with street protests expected over moves in parliament that could eventually lead to a pardon ...

South Africa choose to bat against Sri Lanka

Fox News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

South African batsman JP Duminy plays a shot during the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka in the district of Hambantota on August 4,2013. South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bat in windy conditions in the second Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka in ...

Pakistan warns of more rain after flood deaths hit 45

Fox News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Pakistani rescuers form a chain as they prepare to evacuate residents from a flooded area in Karachi, on August 4, 2013. Pakistani disaster relief officials have issued fresh flood warnings after the death toll from heavy monsoon rains rose to 45 and waters paralysed parts of the largest city ...

Thai Premier League wrap Muang Thong cut gap Chonburi win thriller

soccerway - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Muang Thong United moved three points behind Thai Premier League leaders Buriram United with a 2-0 win at Songkhla United on Saturday. Rene Desaeyere's men kept the pressure on Buriram - who had the weekend off due to Sisaket's expulsion from the division - as goals from Edivaldo and Teerasil Dangda saw them over the line. Just behind the leading duo, third-placed Chonburi came ...

Stop Treating Burma with Kid Gloves

Human Rights Watch - Sunday 4th August, 2013

This is not to deny that important changes have occurred in Burma under the government of Thein Sein. More than a thousand political prisoners have now been released. Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party were elected to Burma's Parliament in by-elections in 2012, conducted without intimidation and violence. In major urban areas like ...

Australian Firm Fined in Aboriginal Site Desecration

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

SYDNEY -- An Australian mining company has been found guilty of desecrating a sacred Aboriginal site. OM Manganese was fined $130,000 for damaging an area in a remote corner of the outback. It is the first successful desecration case brought against a mining company under Australian law. OM Manganese was been found guilty of two charges of damaging a sacred site known as Two Women Sitting ...

Heavy rains bring flash floods to eastern Afghanistan levelling homes and killing 58

Globe and Mail - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Heavy rains swept across eastern Afghanistan, levelling homes and killing at least 58 people in five provinces, while an estimate 30 others remain missing, officials said Sunday.Provincial spokesmen in Nangarhar, Kabul, Khost, Laghman and Nuristan said that all the floods struck early Saturday. Flash floods are common in those provinces and all are fed by rivers that eventually intersect in ...

Iran makes Asian champ look ordinary

Inquirer Sports - Sunday 4th August, 2013

WITH its athletic forwards, gutsy guards and NBA center turning the Mall of Asia Arena into a playground of sorts, Iran roared to a third straight win, leaving traditional powerhouse China looking like a basketball program in disarray. The record of the continent's most successful basketball team says it all: 1-2. The defending champions got pipped by South Korea and then bamboozled ...

Canada closes embassy in Bangladesh Sunday

C News - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont. Wednesday July 24, 2013. Tony Caldwell/QMI Agency The Canadian embassy in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, will be closed Sunday for security reasons, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development said on its site. The decision comes after the U.S. issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday warning Americans that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks in ...

Pakistan flood toll rises to 45

News.com.au - Sunday 4th August, 2013

PAKISTANI disaster relief officials have issued fresh flood warnings after the death toll from heavy monsoon rains rose to 45 and waters paralysed parts of the largest city ...

Irans Rouhani Takes Presidential Oath

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Iran's new president, moderate Muslim cleric Hassan Rouhani, took the oath of office before parliament Sunday, a day after he was formally endorsed and confirmed in his new role by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rouhani pledged to uphold the constitution and protect the official religion of the Islamic Republic in a ceremony attended for the first time by foreign ...

Africa West At Odds Over Disputed Zimbabwe Election

VOA - Sunday 4th August, 2013

HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Sunday congratulated Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on his re-election, in sharp contrast to Western governments which questioned the credibility of a rushed, disputed vote. African monitors broadly approved the conduct of the election but Mugabe's main rival, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, ...

Malaysia recovers three bodies 37 missing at sea

West Australian - Sunday 4th August, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian rescuers on Sunday found three bodies at sea as hopes faded for 37 other Indonesians who went missing days earlier when their boat sank on their way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.The wooden boat was believed to be carrying 44 people including women and children from Malaysia's southern state of Johor to Indonesia's Batam island. It sank in heavy seas late ...

Ex-Finance Minister Suthee passes away

The Nation - Sunday 4th August, 2013

Suthee was finance minister on three occasions - during governments headed by Prem Tinsulanonda, Anand Panyarachun and Gen Suchinda ...

Source: http://www.laosnews.net/index.php/sid/216233233/scat/303b19022816233b

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Politics Today - Facebook's Zuckerberg Now Building a Political Network

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is building a new social network, and this time it's political.

While he?s better known as the hoodie-clad, Harvard dropout that launched a multi-billion dollar Internet company, Zuckerberg has emerged as a political player on the national stage.

After largely sitting on the political sidelines for a few years, the 29-year-old Facebook founder is using his clout as a top business executive and American success story to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

This week, Zuckerberg will publicly dive headfirst into the immigration debate that?s captivated Washington by joining forces with pro-immigration advocates outside of the tech industry.

On Tuesday evening in San Francisco, Zuckerberg will give introductory remarks at the premiere of ?Documented,? a documentary film directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that looks at the stories of young immigrants, known as "Dreamers," who came to the United States illegally as children with their parents.

FWD.us, the political advocacy group that Zuckerberg co-founded and helped finance with his former Harvard roommate Joe Green, is co-hosting the event with Vargas?s immigrant rights group Define American.

The premiere is expected to draw a who?s who crowd of top Silicon Valley tech stars, as well as undocumented workers and Dreamers. The diverse audience is intended to show a united push for immigration reform.

Green, president of FWD.us, will moderate a panel after the film screening that will feature Vargas, immigrant rights activist Gaby Pacheco, Groupon Founder Andrew Mason and FWD.us founder Ruchi Sanghvi, who was Facebook?s first female engineer and now serves as vice president of operations for Dropbox. The upcoming premiere is being viewed as a launch pad for the tech industry in the push to overhaul the country?s immigration rules.

?We?re thrilled that he?s engaged,? said Carl Guardino, chief executive of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a tech trade association that counts Facebook as a member. ?I?m really hoping that the opportunity is used by Mark and others to galvanize more of our tech community brethren to deeply engage immediately on immigration reform legislation during this recess in Congress.?

The tech industry has spent years pushing Congress to raise the cap for high-skilled work visas and make more green cards available for foreign graduates with advanced technical degrees from American universities. But with the rare momentum behind immigration reform this year, tech lobbyists have expanded their legislative push beyond the high-skilled piece of the debate to advocate for a comprehensive solution to the country?s broken immigration system. FWD.us has been a leader in that fight.

But the young political advocacy group has run into some public relations headaches right out of the gate and been forced to deflect some negative press, much like Zuckerberg did in his early days in the public spotlight. The tales of Facebook?s transition from a project launched in Zuckerberg?s dorm room to a Silicon Valley darling inspired the 2010 Aaron Sorkin drama ?The Social Network,? which negatively depicted the young Facebook founder as a wildly talented, yet self-centered computer programmer.

FWD.us, which counts top Silicon Valley tech leaders as donors, sparked the ire of liberal groups after it aired a set of controversial political television ads that touted the conservative bona fides of Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The ads for Begich and Graham lauded their support of the Keystone XL pipeline, prompting environmental and progressive groups to temporarily boycott purchasing ads on Facebook.

FWD.us also lost a high-profile contributor, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, after the ads aired. While comprehensive immigration reform is the first national policy issue that Zuckerberg has personally engaged in, he has previously been active in New Jersey politics.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, hosted a campaign fundraiser for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. in February, which drew a few dozen protestors to his neighborhood in the traditionally Democratic-leaning city, according to The San Jose Mercury News.

However, Zuckerberg, who has not declared support for any particular political party, also has plans to host a fundraiser for Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker?s (D) Senate run, Bloomberg reported. The Facebook chief executive appeared on ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? with Booker and Christie in 2010 after he pledged to donate a $100 million to Newark schools.

But he?s also recently been active at contributing to lawmakers at the federal level. Zuckerberg and his wife have each donated $5,000 to Facebook?s PAC, which has doled out more than $100,000 in campaign cash to members of Congress this year, including those who have played a role in the push for immigration reform, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Gang of Eight, picked up $10,000 from the social network?s PAC, which gave $5,000 each to his campaign committee and leadership PAC, CRP reported.

Two other Gang of Eight members, Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also received $5,000 each from Facebook?s PAC. It also wrote checks to members that will play key roles in the upcoming immigration fight in the House, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), CRP said.

Before that, Zuckerberg gave $5,000 to the company?s PAC in 2012 and 2011. ?I think people who try to figure out his politics, I don't think they?re going to see an ideological-driven young man, but one that wants what?s best for the nation,? Guardino said.

Jennifer Martinez writes for The Hill, from where this article is adapted.

Source: http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com//index.php?article=81024

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New Brunswick Launches Growing Forward 2 Agricultural Programs

MP Mike Allen, on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and New Brunswick Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Michael Olscamp, announced program details for Growing Forward 2 to the agricultural and agri-food sector in New Brunswick. New Brunswick producers will have access to new and innovative agricultural funding programs with the support of Federal and Provincial governments thanks to the signing of the Canada-New Brunswick Growing Forward 2 bilateral agreement.

$37 million in federal and provincial funding will be injected into modern and traditional programs covering research and innovation, market and business development and environmental stewardship over the next five years. ?Growing Forward 2 represents a significant investment in this important sector of our economy,? said Minister Olscamp. ?The new programs are tailored to meet the needs of New Brunswick farmers and focus on innovation, competitiveness and market development.?

Growing Forward 2 is a program designed to establish productivity and profitability for Canada?s agricultural sector. Growing Forward 2?s main focus is on innovation, competitiveness, and market development. The programs within it are meant to assist the agricultural industry to be able to better respond to future opportunities and to contribute to the Canadian economy.

Source: http://www.northbridgeconsultants.com/blog/2013/08/03/new-brunswick-launches-growing-forward-2-agricultural-programs/

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Dying 2-year-old is Pa. couple's best man

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) ? Looking dapper in a tiny tan pinstripe suit and orange shirt, a 2-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as the best man Saturday afternoon for his parents' Pennsylvania wedding.

Christine Swidorsky carried Logan Stevenson on her shoulder at the Saturday afternoon wedding in Jeannette, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.

Logan stood with his grandmother, Debbie Stevenson, during a 12-minute ceremony uniting Logan's mother and his father, Sean Stevenson. The boy has leukemia and other complications.

"We're married," Swidorsky exclaimed joyously after kissing her groom to applause from family and friends.

After a whirlwind week, the Jeannette couple tied the knot in a hastily arranged backyard ceremony that formalized their union and celebrated Logan's life, which doctors say will be cut short soon by cancer.

The Stevensons abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live. The couple wanted Logan to see them marry and to be part of family photos.

Logan, who was born Oct. 22, 2010, was diagnosed shortly after his first birthday with acute myeloid leukemia. He has Fanconi anemia, a rare disease that often leads to cancer.

He endured a stem cell transplant in July 2012. Last March, he underwent surgery to remove a kidney ravaged by a tumor.

During a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World in June, Logan fell ill. He was hospitalized in Florida before he was flown back to Pittsburgh.

During a trip to the emergency room last month, a test revealed a mass in his remaining kidney, which led to his terminal prognosis. Logan is spending his remaining days at home, where he is showered with attention from family members.

Swidorsky's daughter, Isabella Johns, 13, served as bridesmaid and the couple's 1-year-old daughter, Savannah, was her parents' flower girl.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dying-2-old-pa-couples-best-man-201005054.html

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Scientists decipher structure of NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies most human proteins

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Scientists have determined the structure of NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies one end of most human proteins and is made at elevated levels in numerous forms of cancer. Their findings, they believe, will allow them to create an inhibitor -- a potential drug -- that could knock out NatA in order to curb the growth of cancer cells.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/dJhEORJ4eVs/130804144521.htm

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Oil exploration threatens Africa's billion dollar World Heritage Site

Africa?s oldest national park could be worth US$1.1 billion per year if developed sustainably, rather than being given over to potentially-damaging oil extraction, a report released by WWF today has found.

Virunga National Park has the potential to generate 45,000 permanent jobs through investments in hydropower, the fishery industry and ecotourism, according to analysis conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, an independent consulting firm.

The Economic Value of Virunga National Park says exploitation of oil concessions, which have been allocated across 85 per cent of the World Heritage property, could bring pollution, cause instability and cost people their jobs.

?Virunga represents a valuable asset to Democratic Republic of the Congo and contributes to Africa?s heritage as the oldest and most biodiverse park on the continent,? the report says. ?Plans to explore for oil and exploit oil reserves put Virunga?s value at risk.?

In June, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee called for the cancelation of all Virunga oil permits and appealed to concession holders Total SA and Soco International PLC not to undertake exploration in World Heritage Sites. Total has committed to respecting Virunga?s current boundary, leaving UK-based Soco as the only oil company with plans to explore inside the park.

?Virunga?s rich natural resources are for the benefit of the Congolese people, not for foreign oil prospectors to drain away,? said Raymond Lumbuenamo, Country Director for WWF-Democratic Republic of the Congo. ?Our country?s future depends on sustainable economic development, and the livelihoods of over 50,000 people depend on this park. Oil extraction here could have devastating consequences for local communities that rely on Virunga for fish, drinking water and their other needs.?

Oil spills, pipeline leaks and gas flaring could contaminate the air, water and soil in the area with toxins, according to the report. It says studies of other oil producing regions have found that oil can cause health problems and fuel conflict.

Environmental impacts from oil extraction could threaten Virunga?s freshwater ecosystems, rich forests and rare wildlife, the study found. The park is home to over 3,000 different kinds of animals, including critically endangered mountain gorillas.

?This is where we draw the line. Oil companies are standing on the doorstep of one of the world?s most precious and fragile places, but we will not rest until Virunga is safe from this potential environmental disaster,? said Lasse Gustavsson, Executive Director of WWF International. ?Virunga has snow fields and lava fields, but it should not have oil fields.?

Today WWF is launching a campaign aimed at protecting Virunga National Park from oil extraction. The organization is calling on Soco to abandon its plans to explore for oil in Virunga and all other World Heritage Sites.

Source: http://wwf.panda.org?uNewsID=209516

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Japan launches talking humanoid robot into space

In this photo taken from video Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/JAXA via AP video) MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan's H-2B rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Japan successfully launched the un-manned cargo transporter Sunday carrying close to five and a half tons of supplies and equipment, along with a small robot which will serve as a companion to Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who is onboard the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

TOKYO (AP) ? Japan has launched the world's first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" toward the International Space Station.

Kirobo ? derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot" ? was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday from Tanegashima in southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.

The childlike robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth, according to developers. Wakata is expected to arrive at the space station in November.

Robot designer Tomotaka Takahashi, of the University of Tokyo, advertiser Dentsu and automaker Toyota Motor Corp. worked on the robot.

The challenge was making sure it could move and talk where there was no gravity.

Ahead of the launch, the 34-centimeter (13-inch) tall Kirobo told reporters, "one small step for me, a giant leap for robots."

Japan boasts the most sophisticated robotics in the world, but because of its "manga" culture, it tends to favor cute robots with human-like characteristics with emotional appeal, a use of technology that has at times drawn criticism for being not productive.

But Takahashi said sending a robot into space could help write a new chapter in the history of communication.

"I wish for this robot to function as a mediator between person and machine, or person and Internet and sometimes even between people," he said.

JAXA said the rocket launch was successful, and the separation of a cargo vehicle, carrying the robot to the space station, was confirmed about 15 minutes after liftoff.

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AP Video of the launch: http://bit.ly/183PkTG

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