LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen news, Jun 29, 2011

CNN's Arwa Damon On Libya War Opponents: 'Do They Really Want All That Blood ... Huffington Post Syria is the latest stop on Damon's Arab Spring tour. Since uprisings broke out across the region in January, she has been in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and now Syria, reporting on the historic tumult and change sweeping the Middle East. ... See all stories on this topic »

Assad deserves a swift trip to The Hague Financial Times Egypt is not Syria; Yemen is not Tunisia; Libya is not Bahrain – and so on. Each country is unique and what makes sense in one may or may not make sense in the next. At the same time, it is fair for the international community to lay down a marker that ... See all stories on this topic »

Arabs Divided on Prospects for Change The Media Line One of the key signs is that in the reality of the situation there is a huge disparity between Yemen, Libya and Syria on the one hand and Egypt and Tunisia on the other,” David Pollock, who is principal adviser to Pechter Middle East Polls. ... See all stories on this topic »

What's really at stake in Libya Asia Times Online Civilians have been bombed by both the Libyan army and by NATO. Yet there's no evidence the Libyan Air Force bombed "rebel" towns wholesale; and no proof of mass killing of civilians on the scale of Syria or Yemen. In a nutshell; the Gaddafi regime may... See all stories on this topic »

Dubai bonds posting best rally in Mideast as Bahrain trails ArabianBusiness.com Amid uprisings that ousted long-time leaders in Tunisia and Egypt and threaten others in Libya, Yemen and Syria, Dubai on June 15 sold $500m in 10-year bonds at the lowest interest rate since it required a $20 billion bailout from neighbouring Abu ... See all stories on this topic » ArabianBusiness.com

Dictator dossier: As exile options dwindle, deposed leaders fight to hold on Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) Regional tyrants, from Syria's Assad to Bahrain's Sunni monarchy, have been moved to use all measures necessary to put down unrest and cling to power. So then what? There may be no easy answers, experts who study democracy movements acknowledge. ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)

Networks and an Arab Summer Globla Brief (blog) In quick succession, the governments of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain,Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria have faced public demonstrations of varying magnitude and intensity. They have responded to this largely democratic impulse with a range ... See all stories on this topic » Globla Brief (blog)

Best Job in Town: Pimping for Gaddafi Salem-News.Com Problem is, the conspiracy theorists, the paid phonies, began long beforeSyria happened or Bahrain or even Yemen. While Gaddafi's diplomats were jumping ship, leaving only his stalwarts, the torturers and thugs that kept him in power for decades at ... See all stories on this topic » Salem-News.Com

Economic fallout from 'Arab Spring' Manila Bulletin But economic turbulence in the region has persisted, particularly as the uprisings inBahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen have been violently repressed. Tens of thousand of young Tunisians have also fled the country in the wake of the revolution in the ... See all stories on this topic »

SYRIA: Russian envoy suggests wavering support for Assad. Denver Post An adviser to Bahrain's king says there are no plans for a full withdrawal. EGYPT: Court orders end of local councils linked to Mubarak. A court ordered the dissolution of more than 1750 municipal councils, seen as one of the last vestiges of deposed ... See all stories on this topic »

Sunday Night Summary of Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and ... Sunday Night Summary of Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Egypt ...YEMEN: Voice of America News reports today that clashes in south Yemen kill 12 ... my.firedoglake.com/.../sunday-night-summary-of-libya-tunisi...

If Liz were Queen | News from Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria ... News from Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia and Libya ... Good! the UN condemns Bahrain for its political persecutation ... iflizwerequeen.com/?p=9276

Tunisia Daily » Sunday Night Summary of Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain ... Sunday Night Summary of Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Egypt – Firedoglake. June 19th, 2011 tunisia - Google News ... www.tunisiadaily.com/.../sunday-night-summary-of-libya-tuni...

News on: TGIF In Syria, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan ... News. North America Europe Africa Middle East Asia South America SW Pacific ...TGIF In Syria, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, ... www.liquida.com/.../egypt-pakistan-libya-osama-bin-laden/

Libya, Syria and Middle East unrest - live updates | World news ... Discussing #Syria & #Libya this afternoon with my Turkish counterpart ..... for not mentioning Syria / Libya / Bahrain / Yemen / Egypt and all the other ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../libya-syria-middle-east-unrest-live

مدن إيران قبل تصفية أهل السنة #egypt #syria #bahrain #ksa #kuwait ... مدن إيران قبل تصفية أهل السنة http://t.co/LHcHi9N #egypt #syria #bahrain #ksa # kuwait #jordan #turkey #sudan #yemen #libya #morocco #gcc : kuchikkhan. inagist.com/.../مدن_إيران_قبل_تصفية_أهل_السنة_egypt_syri...

Arab Spring exposes Nasrallah's hypocrisy And then Tunisia happened, and Egypt, and Libya, and Bahrain, and Yemen - and then, Hassan Nasrallah and Ali Khamenei's nightmare, Syria happened. ... english.aljazeera.net/indepth/.../2011618103354910596.html

Sierra Leone News-Global Time Online- At Large: Difficult To Finish Breaking News. All boxes in the middle and right columns can vary colors for titles and backgrounds. ... The desire of the citizens of Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, ... Egyptand Tunisia fell early and that could be the reason for the ... www.globaltimes-sl.org/at%20large136.html

Arab Spring exposes Nasrallah's hypocrisy | Ya Libnan | World News ... And then Tunisia happened, and Egypt, and Libya, and Bahrain, and Yemen – and then, Hassan Nasrallah and Ali Khamenei's nightmare, Syria happened. ... www.yalibnan.com/.../arab-spring-exposes-nasrallahs-hypocris...

On the 14th of June this year, the UNSC only spoke about Israel ... More Breaking News >. 0 0. On the 14th of June this year, the UNSC only spoke about Israel, and did not mention Lybia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and the ... www.haaretz.com/.../on-the-14th-of-june-this-year-the-unsc-o...

Will there be an Arab Summer? You are here: Home; › News. Mon Jun 27 16:04:30 PDT 2011 ... between what is happening in Libya and Syria, from what is happening in eg Bahrain or Yemen? ... ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&id=622202182

Exiled Thaksin seeks December return to Thailand - Yahoo! News News Photos Video/Audio. News Search. Yahoo! News Beta Unveiled ... Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria taking to the streets against their governments. ... news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110616/wl.../us_thailand_thaksin_1

Six months of Arab Spring | Jordan Times ... what followed in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria was totally different. ... inEgypt, crumbled, under the heavy pressure of the unarmed Egyptian ... www.jordantimes.com/?news=38718

Exiled Thaksin seeks December return to Thailand | Top News | Reuters You are here: Home > News > Top News > Article ... Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemenand Syria taking to the streets against their governments. ... ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE75F4AS20110616

Arab dominoes not falling to pattern | The Australian Compared to what has occurred since in Yemen, Libya, Syria and Bahrain, the speed of ... Then came Egypt. It looked just as straightforward, though violent. ... www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-e6frg6so-1226077357415

Slow recovery from Mena unrest for region's carriers Gulf News. Dubai The unstable geo-political situation in Middle East and North ... But it's not just the unrest in Bahrain, Libya, Syria, Egypt and Yemen ... https://www.zawya.com/mobile/default.cfm/sidGN.../actstory

Hezbollah preparing for war with Israel ynetnews.com ^ | Israel News. Posted on 06/27/2011 11:44:40 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 ...The radical Shi'ite group is watching the unrest in neighboring Syria with alarm ... Libya,Egypt, Bahrain, and Yemen has been pointed out by many as a ... www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2740904/posts

UN deeply concerned over lengthy sentences on Bahraini activists ... UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban ... The unrest followed similar movements in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria and Yemen. ... wireupdate.com/.../un-deeply-concerned-over-lengthy-sentenc...

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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, Jun 29, 2011

Welcome to the US Hall of Wonders Inventors Digest It explores this belief through works of art, mechanical inventions and scientificdiscoveries. The exhibit will feature more than 150 paintings, drawings sculptures, prints, survey photographs, zoological and botanical illustrations, patent models and ... See all stories on this topic »

Math, science education vital The Herald Journal Our society is surely on a downward spiral if we don't invest our best minds in math and science — these kinds of people propel societal advancement more than any others through their discoveriesand inventions. Therefore, I suggest the board and The ... See all stories on this topic »

New Energy Bolsters Patent Protection for SolarWindow(TM) Capable of ... MarketWatch (press release) An important precursor to commercial launch of these first-of-their-kind technologies is the protection of valuable intellectual property related to our underlying inventions," explained Mr. John A. Conklin, President and CEO of New Energy Technologies ... See all stories on this topic »

Quench your thirst with reads, recipes Kansas City Star “This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affections grow and valor is reborn,” DeVoto writes of that most civilized of inventions, the cocktail hour. If DeVoto sounds as if he comes from a different era, he does. ... See all stories on this topic » Kansas City Star

CULTURE & MAKING OF A NATION Frontline The interest of commercial capital drew adventurers out of their countries, which led togeographical “discoveries”. Scientific inventions and the interest of commercial capital coalesced to enable the “discovery” of Asia and Africa by Europe. ... See all stories on this topic » Frontline

BioPontis Alliance Enters Translational-Technology Development Agreement with ... NCTechNews (press release) Founded in May 2009, BioPontis is a first-in-kind hybrid investment-fund and scientific-development company, which selects promising scientific inventions from academic laboratories and invests in and develops a portfolio of technologies that address ... See all stories on this topic »

House Version of Patent Reform Poses Challenges for Biotech Inventors Genetic Engineering News John Conyers (D-MI) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) sought an amendment to delay first-to-invent unless a presidential finding held that the rest of the world had adopted grace periods to protect intellectual property between the time inventions occur and ... See all stories on this topic » Genetic Engineering News

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The Arctic's Monitor in Space, Jun 29, 2011

The extent of sea ice in the Arctic this spring was the third lowest recorded by satellites, according to the European Space Agency, whose new CryoSat mission has just released its first map of sea-ice thickness.

CryoSat's sophisticated imaging technologies enable researchers to measure the height of ice above the water line and to calculate its thickness. The objective of measuring changes at the points where ice meets the ocean is to monitor the effects of climate change.

The satellite's highly detailed data enable scientists also to see the effects of wind stress on the ice sheet. And CryoSat's wide range of view even includes parts ofAntarctica, allowing nearly pole-to-pole coverage.

Source: European Space Agency [Editor's note: Arctic specialist Lawson Brigham will be discussing the implications of such issues in his Saturday keynote luncheon on "The New Maritime Arctic" during WorldFuture 2011 in Vancouver. Details here.

Artificial Meat Cuts Beef Carbon Footprint Up to 96% , Jun 29, 2011

Techniques for producing meat without harming animals have been shown to produce fewer greenhouse gases than conventional livestock farming.

A new study from University of Oxford PhD candidate Hanna Tuomisto and her colleagues has shown that artificial or "cured" beef resulted in 78%–96% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and required 82%–96% less water.

Consumption of livestock and particularly beef has been on the rise in recent decades. The United Nations expects demand for livestock-based food to double between 2000 and 2050 as the developing world and countries like Chinaincrease meat consumption. In many respects, beef is an unparalleled source of protein, but livestock production currently accounts for 18% of GHGs worldwide, a larger portion than the transportation sector.

"The results show that cultured meat production emits substantially less GHG emissions and requires only a fraction of land and water compared to conventionally produced meat in Europe. Energy requirements of cultured meat production are lower compared to beef, sheep, and pork, but higher compared to poultry," the authors of the study write.

They deduce that an additional $160 million in research and development is needed before a commercialized product can be brought to market. The researchers' findings were published in the Environmental Journal of Science and Technology.

Source: Purchase the paper "Environmental Impacts of Cultured Meat Production" here. Further Reading: FUTURIST deputy editor Patrick Tucker and author Robert Frietas discuss the future of food, including artificial meat, with Wired magazine writer Eliot Van Buskirk: read more.

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Why Smokers Gain Weight When Quitting, Jun 29, 2011

If you guessed 'Nicotine, of course,' you'd be right. But now researchers have zeroed in on the exact brain cells that nicotine triggers to cut appetite and body fat.

It turns out that nicotine activates different kinds of brain-cell switches, or receptors, with very different effects, says study leader Marina Picciotto, PhD, of Yale University.

'We found that nicotine reduced eating and body fat through receptors implicated in nicotine aversion and withdrawal rather than reward and reinforcement,' Picciotto says in a news release."

Exercise Improves Sleep and Nighttime Breathing Troubles, Jun 29, 2011

June 14, 2011 (Minneapolis) -- Three new studies show that people who are more physically active sleep longer and more deeply than those who are sedentary.

For adults with sleep apnea, a condition that stresses the heart and repeatedly interrupts sleep when breathing briefly slows or stops, an exercise program that combined brisk walking and weight training cut the severity of their disorder by 25% -- as much as some kinds of surgery."

Can You Reverse Heart Disease (Coronary Artery Disease)? Jun 29, 2011

Imagine that you’ve just left your cardiologist’s office. He’s told you that you have to make some changes. Your blood pressure is way over the limit at 170 over 100 and your LDL cholesterol (that’s the “bad” kind) is hovering right around 200. He conducted an exercise cardiac stress test, putting you on the treadmill and increasing the speed and elevation periodically while monitoring your heart -- and he didn’t like the results."

Survey Finds Most Small Business Owners Plan on Hiring Next Quarter | SmallBusinessNewz, Jun 29, 2011

Survey Finds Most Small Business Owners Plan on Hiring Next Quarter | SmallBusinessNewz: "By Chris Crum - Mon, 06/27/2011 - 11:06am.
Positive outlook on revenue projections
TD Bank released the results from a new poll of 300 small business owners, aimed at gaining perspective on their outlook for the economy, hiring, revenue, etc. These business owners are all from within the Bank's region of coverage, which extends the length of the East Coast, from Maine to Florida.
The good news, is that most plan on hiring more and and meet or exceed revenue projections."