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Nov 4, 2010

EPOXI Will Fly By Comet Harley 2, Thursday, November 4, 2010

Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are excited to announce that the EPOXI spacecraft will be conducting a close flyby of the Comet Harley 2 on November 4, 2010.

France tightens security measures after Bin Laden threats

PARIS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- France has decided to tighten security measures after Bin Laden threatened to kill French people for its government's support of the war in Afghanistan and banning Muslim full-covered veils, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Wednesday

Flood death toll across Thailand rises to 122

BANGKOK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Thursday confirmed that 122 people lives were claimed by nationwide flooding in northern, northeastern, eastern, central and southern regions.

Iran arrests "UK-linked terrorists"

TEHRAN, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested four UK-linked terrorists in the western city of Marivan, who carried out five assassinations in the last two years, the local satellite Press TV reported on Thursday.

Australia's Qantas suspends A380 flights

A Qantas Airways 380 passenger plane flight QF32 is sprayed by rescue services after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
SYDNEY, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Qantas Airways suspended all of its A380 aircraft service after one of its A380 jumbo jets made a dramatic

Greek police detonate suspicious parcel addressed to French embassy

ATHENS, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) - Greek police detonated on Thursday a suspicious package addressed to the French embassy in Athens, and are examining four suspicious parcels newly found in a courier company in an Athens suburb, according to local media reports.

KOREA's Global Daily News, Nov 04, 2010

'A chance to show Korea’s potential'

Actress Han Hyo-joo, a goodwill ambassador of G20 Seoul Summit
With just a week remaining before the G20 Seoul Summit, the streets are refurbished, media outlets are all abuzz with news associated with the historic meeting and residents of the capital are being asked to smile to incoming guests.

'Hermione' Emma Watson finally shows her tears

Popularity gives ‘Hermione’ stress.
Earned her fame playing Hermione in the movie Harry Potter, top actress Emma Watson, 20, has shared her distress of being well-known.
In a recent interview with Vogue megazine, she revealed there was time her campus life was a little tough.
Currently a student at Brown University, she had wanted to enjoy her life as a normal student without getting too much attention from others.
However, she freaked out when a number of classmates asked for her autograph.

Police inspect mails, parcels for G20 summit

Workers undergo a security inspection at Coex, the main venue of the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit, before entering the multi-purpose facility in southern Seoul, Thursday. / Korea Times photo by Kim Ju-sung

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Canada drops to 8th in quality of life ranking

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Canada falls four spots in UN quality of life ranking, as developing nations make gains in health and education. (1)

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Memo to tenants: Snake missing in your building

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Website says metre-long pet snake missing in the St. James Town area building is not poisonous. (0)

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Readers share their Maple Leafs pain in our haiku contest

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Qantas passenger: “The scariest thing I’ve seen”

Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet on Thursday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore. Parts of the plane's engine broke off. Here residents of Batam, Indonesia inspect a piece of the engine casing. (Nov. 4, 2010)
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Passengers on a Qantas jet say they heard a loud bang and saw pieces of one of the engines fall off soon after take-off for Sydney. (3)
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Megamind: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a riff

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The superhero parody Megamind is a comic pile-on that riffs on Superman and many other pop-cult attractions.

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Lotto winners’ generosity touches hearts at home and abroad

2010/11/04 12:43:00
The phone hasn't stopped ringing at Allen and Violet Large's Nova Scotia home over news the “plain, old country folks” gave away almost $11.2 million. (0)

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Toronto restaurants still waiting for G20 compensation

2010/11/04 12:07:00
Restaurant owners say federal compensation process is so bureaucratic that many have abandoned their requests. (0)

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As Indonesian volcano spews, worst may be yet to come

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YouTube video points police in Mexico to mass grave

2010/11/04 08:27:00
A new feature in Mexico’s drug violence are videos like the one that has led police to 18 bodies believed to be a tourist group kidnapped in Acapulco a month ago.

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Campbell says he lacked support of public, not party

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B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell says he feels he has the support of his party and his caucus but will step down because his plummeting popularity with voters is overshadowing the real issues facing the province.

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New eye implants for the blind restore some sight

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Ottawa school survey to ask students about sexual orientation

2010/11/04 10:32:00
A survey by the Ottawa-Carleton Public School Board will ask Grade 7 to 12 students about their sexual orientation.

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Defeated Bussin biggest spender on city council

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Defeated Councillor Sandra Bussin is council’s biggest office spender while mayor-elect Rob Ford is, always, the stingiest. (43)

Microsoft’s Kinect debuts today, and it's a game changer

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Microsoft has a new and immersive gadget up its sleeve aimed at Xbox 360 players. The Star's Raju Mudhar reviews the new Kinect. Video by Randy Risling.
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With Thursday’s launch of Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360, the videogame motion controller wars are fully under way now that all three major console players are in the game. Like any arms

Montreal - Arson guts deli import plant in Montreal

It took firefighters a little more than two hours to put out the fire which was deliberately set.
It took firefighters a little more than two hours to put out the fire which was deliberately set. (CBC)
A fire has heavily damaged a deli import business in Montreal's Saint-Leonard district.
Berchicci Importing Ltd., which bills itself as the 'Italian Specialty Market' on its website, sells a wide selection of cheese, deli meats and sweets.

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Permalink Obama, Republicans prepare for joint assault on American workers

In back-to-back press conferences Wednesday, the day after sweeping Republican gains in the 2010 midterm election, victorious Republican Party leaders and Democratic President Barack Obama took their first tentative steps towards an open political partnership directed against the American working class. The man who will become speaker of house in January, Ohio Republican Congressman John Boehner, made an appearance on Capitol Hill, flanked by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Permalink YEARS OF DECEIT: US OPENLY ACCEPTS BIN LADEN LONG DEAD

Conservative commentator, former Marine Colonel Bob Pappas has been saying for years that bin Laden died at Tora Bora and that Senator Kerry’s claim that bin Laden escaped with Bush help was a lie. Now we know that Pappas was correct. The embarrassment of having Secretary of State Clinton talk about bin Laden in Pakistan was horrific. He has been dead since December 13, 2001 and now, finally, everyone, Obama, McChrystal, Cheney, everyone who isn’t nuts is finally saying what they have known for years.

Permalink Gridlock is Good America the Clueless

The American people have spoken, but it’s impossible to decode their incoherent message. Drunk with their capture of the House of Representatives, the Republicans thunder that the verdict of ballot boxes from Maine to Hawai’i is clarion-clear: the ultimate evil in America is government, specifically government as led by President Barack Obama. But when exit pollsters questioned voters on their way to those same ballot boxes, as to who should take the blame for the country’s economic problems, 35 per cent said Wall Street, 30 per cent said Bush and 23 per cent Obama.

Permalink Colussus: the giant Gazan prison

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Permalink A FEAR MONGER AND A WAR MONGER

Despite your claims and twisting of the truth, Mr. Murdoch, the threats faced today are not “part of an ongoing war against the Jews.” The threat is the fear mongering which supports your war mongering.

Permalink One Democratic State Is The Way Forward - Video Gilad Atzmon

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BBC News - James Cameron: 3D conversion best for classic films

James Cameron
By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent,
BBC News James Cameron is working on two Avatar sequels
James Cameron has taken a swipe at studios who add 3D to films in post-production, saying that 3D retro-fitting should only be used for classic movies like Jaws or ET.
The Avatar director said it had been a ..

American Ballet Theatre performs in Cuba

Dancers from The American Ballet Theatre
The US and Cuba are searching for common ground through culture
The American Ballet Theatre has staged its first performance in Cuba for 50 years, in a mark of cultural diplomacy between the two countries.
The dancers staged a tribute to 89-year-old Cuban ballet star Alicia Alonso, the company's lead dancer in the 1940s and 50s.
They stopped visiting Cuba when relations soured between the two countries after the 1959 revolution.
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Conductor Rudolf Barshai dies aged 86

Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Barshai studied at the Moscow Conservatory
Russian-born conductor Rudolf Barshai, who was a contemporary of composers Shostakovich and Prokofiev, has died at his home in Switzerland aged 86.
He had been in ill health for some time but continued to work until the final days of his life, his agent said.
Barshai studied composition with Dmitri Shostakovich and later recorded a complete cycle of his symphonies.
He left his homeland in 1975 after Shostakovich's death and went on to conduct in London, Paris and Berlin.

BBC apologises over Band Aid money reports

Live Aid
The BBC has apologised over reports claiming millions of pounds raised by Band Aid was used to buy arms.
In March, World Service's Assignment said cash raised by charities to help Ethiopia had been diverted by rebels.
The BBC has admitted that Assignment gave the impression that Band Aid and Live Aid money had been diverted despite

Probe sweeps past 'space peanut'

Hartley
By Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, BBC News
The first pictures to show good detail of the nucleus were taken by the medium resolution camera
Nasa's Deep Impact probe has flown by Comet Hartley 2.
The first pictures revealed a roughly 1.5km-long, peanut-shaped object with jets of gas streaming from its surface.

Electric current to the brain 'boosts maths ability'

Applying a tiny electrical current to the brain could make you better at learning maths, according to Oxford University scientists.

They found that targeting a part of the brain called the parietal lobe improved the ability of volunteers to solve numerical problems.

FTSE hits two-year high on US Fed move

Trader's screen
US markets closed higher after the Fed's announcement
The FTSE 100 has hit a two-year high as global stock markets react positively to the decision by the Federal Reserve to pump $600bn (£373bn) into the US economy to try to boost its recovery.
The FTSE gained 109 points, or 1.9%, to 5,858, while leading indexes in the US, France and Germany rose .

Fiddler on the Roof composer Jerry Bock dies

Jerry Bock (right) with songwriting partner Sheldon Harnick
Jerry Bock (right), pictured with songwriting partner Sheldon Harnick in 2004, was 81
Jerry Bock, who composed the scores for some of Broadway's most successful musicals including Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, has died.Composed with lyricist Sheldon Harnick, Fiorello! earned three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize after opening in 1959.

  [TEVYE]
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.

I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
(Insert)Squawking just as noisily as they can. (End Insert)
With each loud "cheep" "swaqwk" "honk" "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double-chin.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.

The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!

And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
When you're rich, they think you really know!

If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

Lord who mad the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am.
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
If I were a wealthy man.

Burma hit by massive net attack ahead of election

Graph of net attack, Arbor Networks
Huge amounts of traffic easily overwhelmed Burma's links to the net
An ongoing computer attack has knocked Burma off the internet, just days ahead of its first election in 20 years. The attack started in late October but has grown in the last few days to overwhelm the nation's link to the net, said security firm Arbor Networks.

A perfect day in Toronto

Hockey Hall of Fame
Detail of sculptures outside the Hockey Hall of Fame (Corey Wise/LPI).
Facing off against New York State, far across the slate-grey waters of Lake Ontario, Toronto walks the line between American cultural osmosis and staunch Canadian independence. Masters of this balancing act, Torontonians shift between both worlds with verve,

Yemen parcel bomb 'was 17 minutes from exploding'

Photo released by Dubai police of what they said was printer containing ink cartridge loaded with bomb - released 30 October 2010
One of the two parcel bombs intercepted last week after being sent from Yemen was defused 17 minutes before it was due to explode, France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has said.
Mr Hortefeux was speaking to France-2 television but did not reveal his source for the information.
The two bombs were being sent via air freight to the US but intercepted in Dubai ...

BBC News - In pictures: Qantas Airbus emergency

Irish bond yields hit record high

A homeless man sits on O'Connell Bridge in the centre of Dublin
The Irish Republic faced one of the deepest recessions in the eurozone
Yields on Irish 10-year bonds have reached a new high of 7.69% ahead of a government announcement on plans to cut its huge deficit.The move reflects increasing scepticism about the Republic's ability to tackle its problems without outside help.
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will reveal later the scale of spending cuts ..

Zimbabwean eaten by lions while having a shower

A lion in southern Africa (Archive shot November 2006)
Conservationists say poaching and illegal hunting in the national parks is upsetting the animals
A Zimbabwean man has been killed by a pride of lions while having a shower in a safari camp near the Zambezi River, a conservationist group has said.It happened last Friday afternoon, but details of the attack in the Mana Pools National Park are still emerging....

Germany's new female rabbi sign of growing Jewish community

The BBC's Stephen Evans meets Alina Treiger

History is being made in Germany with the ordination of the first female rabbi since World War II. Alina Treiger came to Germany from Ukraine, as the BBC's Stephen Evans reports from Berlin.

Why would a Jew migrate to Germany? You would think the ghosts would be too powerful.

Can you trust a leader who cries?

House Minority Leader John Boehner who broke down in tears during his speech, gives a thumbs-up at the end of his address to a Republican election night results watch rally in Washington,
By Olivia Lang, BBC News
Mr Boehner cried during his acceptance speech
Celebrating the Republican - and his own - victory, the incoming speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner's voice choked with emotion. "I spent my whole life chasing the American dream. I put myself through school… working every rotten job there was and every night shift I could find," he sobbed.

Sri Lanka to build park for romantic young lovers

Kissing couple
By Charles Haviland, BBC News, Colombo
If you must do it, say the authorities, do it in the park
The Sri Lankan government says it will construct a park for romantic young couples who want freedom to be together without being victimised by police.

Rare Afghan gold collection to be displayed in UK

Golden belt
By Quentin Sommerville
BBC News, Kabul
This golden belt is one of the highlights of the hoard
The Afghan government and the UK have signed an agreement allowing a priceless gold collection to go on display at the British Museum.
The "Lost Treasures of Afghanistan" or Bactrian gold will be revealed to the British public next year.

BBC News - Iran holds four 'UK-linked men' for killings, Nov 04, 2010

Iran says it has arrested four men allegedly paid by a man based in Britain to carry out assassinations, an official state TV station reports.
Press TV said the four "Britain-linked terrorists" were detained in the western city of Marivan.

Haiti braced as Tropical Storm Tomas sweeps in

Evacuation advice at Corail-Cesselesse relocation camp. 3 Nov 2010
Refugees have been advised to leave the camps, but many have nowhere to go
Haiti has been placed on high alert as a powerful storm sweeps in, threatening thousands of earthquake survivors still living in camps.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Tomas is gaining strength and will begin to lash Haiti by late Thursday, reaching full force by Friday.

Greek police explode 'bomb' addressed to French embassy

Police investigators in Athens (4 Nov 2010)
A controlled explosion was carried out and investigators searched the scene for evidence
Police in Athens have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious package addressed to the French embassy.
A police spokesman told Reuters news agency it was an "explosive device".
Fourteen packages have been sent to ...

China's Hu Jintao to sign big deals on France visit

Hu Jintao (file picture)
French officials say Hu Jintao will commit billions of euros to contracts
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to honour his Chinese counterpart with extravagant state events as he arrives to seal huge business deals.
Hu Jintao is expected to sign billions of euros-worth of contracts with Airbus and French firms including oil firm Total and nuclear engineer Areva.

Serb leader Tadic apologises for 1991 Vukovar massacre, Nov 04, 2010


President Boris Tadic arrived in Vukovar on a ferry which crossed the River Danube
President Boris Tadic has become the first Serbian leader to pay his respects to Croatian victims of a notorious 1991 massacre. During a visit to a memorial to 260 people murdered at  
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Ivory Coast set for presidential election run-off

President Laurent Gbagbo (l) and Alassane Ouattara (r)
Laurent Gbagbo (l) prevented Alassane Ouattara (r) from competing in previous polls
The presidential election in Ivory Coast is set to go into a second round after neither of the two top candidates reached 50% of the vote. With all the ballots counted from Sunday's first round, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo won 38% and opposition leader Alassane Ouattara 32%, the election ...

Little Ted's was 'ideal' place for Vanessa George abuse

A Plymouth nursery where a worker sexually abused children "provided an ideal environment" for her to abuse, an inquiry has found.

The review into abuse at Little Ted's nursery found that a lack of formal staff supervision was partly to blame.

Qantas grounds A380s after Singapore emergency landing

Damaged wing of Qantas jet, seen from window in flight
The Australian airline Qantas has grounded its six-strong fleet of Airbus A380 airliners after one of the superjumbos made an emergency landing.
Qantas flight QF32 experienced engine trouble shortly after taking off from Singapore on its way to Sydney.
One of the engines exploded with a bang, a passenger told the BBC, and debris was found on an island below.

President Barack Obama invites party leaders to meeting

Barack Obama
Barack Obama will have to work with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives
US President Barack Obama has asked Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders to come to a meeting at the White House.
The 18 November meeting will include House Speaker-elect John Boehner, Senate Republican leader Mitch

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GM’s $10.6 Billion IPO Could be an Enticing Opportunity For Investors

General Motors in an initial public offering (IPO) this month will price its shares at a level that could regenerate investor interest, and even throw off generous returns over time.
At least that's the hope of the U.S. government, which is likely to see its taxpayer-owned stake fall to less than the symbolically important 50% level when it sells approximately $7 billion of its shares in the IPO.