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May 22, 2012

IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, Mar 22, 2012

EURO GOVT-Spain, Italy debt up on hopes of EU summit action
Reuters
Italian and Spanish 10-year yields fell 13 basis points each to 5.81 percent and 6.16 percent respectively but Irish and Portuguese equivalent yields rose, showing nerves over Greece remained stretched. Ireland andPortugal are seen as vulnerable ...
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EURO GOVT-Spanish, Italian yields fall on summit hopes
Reuters
Ireland and Portugal are seen as vulnerable should Greece leave the euro zone. "What we've seen is really some short covering related to Italian bond futures, and Spain being dragged along behind," a trader said. "I can't tell we've seen much real ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, May 22, 2012

IMF tells Britain: Do more to drive growth
Chicago Tribune
Britain has not fully recovered from the slump caused by the 2007-2009financial crisis, and the economy fell back into recession around the turn of the year. "Growth is too slow and unemployment, including youth unemployment, is too high," IMF ...
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ENTERTAINMENT News, May 22, 2012

How the Deal for AMC Entertainment Furthers China's Culture Agenda
BusinessWeek
... on May 22, 2012 In China Inc.'s biggest move yet into the US, Dalian Wanda, the largest entertainment group in China, yesterday announced a $2.6 billion purchase of AMC Entertainment Holdings, the second-largest operator of American movie theaters.
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Jackie Chan Has (Not) Made His Last Action Film
TIME
By Tim Newcomb | @tdnewcomb | May 22, 2012 | + Jackie Chan arrives to take part in the TV show "Le Grand Journal" on the set of French TV Canal+ during the 65th Cannes film festival on May 19, 2012 in Cannes. The big entertainment news over the weekend ...
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DIED, May 22, 2012

Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96
The Olympian
By CARLA K. JOHNSON | AP • Published May 22, 2012 CHICAGO – Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of ...
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Former WVU coach Stewart dies
STLtoday.com
AP | Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:00 am | ( Loading… ) comments. Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has died, apparently of a heart attack, the school reported in statement posted on its athletics website.
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BUSINESS News, May 22, 2012

BUSINESS
TradingPartners CEO Mark Barnekow Named as Finalist in 2012 AmericanBusiness ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mark Barnekow has been named a Finalist as Executive of the Year in the 2012 AmericanBusiness Awards. Mark is CEO of TradingPartners ( www.tradingpartners.com ), the leader in spend management ...
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Right Management : Global Strategic Workforce Expert to Advise IrishBusiness ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DUBLIN, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Owen Sullivan, global CEO of strategic workforce consultancy Right Management and President of Specialty Brands for ManpowerGroup, will advise human resource andbusiness executives in Dublin at an American ...
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BIOLOGY News, May 22, 2012


BIOLOGY


Frog and flatfish, in stages of metamorphosis
Biologist passes along his fascination with metamorphosis
North Country Public Radio
His St. Lawrence University biology lab teems with frogs and fish in various stages of development. His enthusiasm for his subject sends him off campus to local grade schools. And at SLU, it attracts even English majors like our intern, Roger Miller.
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IGERT Online Video Competition Offers Public View Of Scientific Research And ...
Sacramento Bee
Through this competition, up-and-coming scientists use videos and posters to communicate their innovative, interdisciplinary research, which bridges traditional disciplines such as physics, engineering, nanotechnology, computer science, biology, ...
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ARTIFICIAL HEART Transplant in baby, Italy, May 22, 2012

Italian heart surgeon Antonio Amodeo

World's smallest artificial heart implanted in Italian baby
Mother Nature Network
By Agence France-PresseMon, May 21 2012 at 2:41 PM EST CAREFUL SURGERY: Italian heart surgeon Antonio Amodeo poses on October 2, 2010. Amodeo's hospital performed the operation that implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby.
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Baby's Life Saved By World's Smallest Artificial Heart
Gizmodo
Which is why a 16-month-old Italian baby was able to become the recipient of the world's smallest artificial heart—and have its life saved in the process. Back in March, Italian doctors were faced with a situation in which a baby—who hasn't been ...
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BEST Anything, May 22, 2012

BEST
Bordeaux Dominates the Top 25 Lots, Burgundy Hits 30 New World Records in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- France's great Bordeaux and Burgundy estates remain the global standards and the highly sought-after winners in Acker Merrall & Condit's third New York auction of 2012. Theworld's leading rare wine auctioneer ...
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Unilever Supply Chain Breaks into World Top 10
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON & ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Unilever achieved 10th place in the 2012 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25, announced today. The result is Unilever's best-ever performance in the index and an improvement of five places ...
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ASSOCIATED PRESS News, May 22, 2012

Devils happy to frustrate Rangers By The Associated Press • Tuesday, May22, 2012
Laramie Boomerang
If you have any doubt the New Jersey Devils are frustrating the New York Rangers in their Eastern Conference finals, just look at Game 4. Forget that Zach Parise scored two goals and set up another in the Devils' 4-1 win that evened the series at 2-all ...
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Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado By The Associated Press ...
Laramie Boomerang
The May 22, 2011, twister was the nation's deadliest in six decades, killing 161 people, injuring hundreds more and destroying thousands of buildings, including the city's only public high school. Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled at three sites ...
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EUROVISION Videos, May 22, 2012

Ivi Adamou - La La Love (Cyprus) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Official Preview Video

powered by www.eurovision.tv Ivi Adamou will represent Cyprus in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "La La Love".

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ASEAN News, May 22, 2012

Smart Insights Report "eID in South-East Asia" Anticipates Over 470 Million ID...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Marseille, France (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 Intelling publishes a new Smart Insights Report "eID in South Asia" to bring its readers detailed information about the numerous innovative identity projects taking place in the ASEAN(Association of Southeast ...
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CP believes AEC will benefit Thailand
Pattaya Mail
BANGKOK, 21 May 2012 – Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) has urged the government to come up with clear strategies in leading the Thai private sector into the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, believing Thai entrepreneurs could greatly benefit from the ...
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MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, May 22, 2012


'Most Beautiful Woman in the World' Bullied Over 'Double Chin'
Hollywood.com
For her part, the former Miss World and L'Oreal spokesperson, who was named TheMost Beautiful Woman in the World, says she's trying not to stress out and just wants to "enjoy motherhood." What do you think? Hasn't this whole baby weight pressure ...
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EXTRA TV - Bar Refaeli Tops Maxim Hot 100 List, May 22, 2012

Bar Refaeli Tops Maxim Hot 100 List
 "For the first time, Maxim allowed its readers to pick the sexiest stars of the year.
Refaeli tweeted her thanks on Monday. "So happy and honored to be #1 on #Maximhot100! thank you @maximmag! This is very exciting!"
“Magic Mike” star Olivia Munn came in second, while “Friends with Benefits” actress Mila Kunis, pop star Katy Perry and “House” star Olivia Wilde rounded out the rest of the top five, respectively.
Also included on this year's list of the world's most beautiful women are Kate Middleton's little sister, Pippa (No. 81), buxom “Jersey Shore” star Jenni "JWoww" Farley (No. 74) and "Can't Be Tamed" singer Miley Cyrus (No. 68), who showed up to the 2012 Billboard Music Awards Sunday wearing nothing but a tuxedo jacket."Products and Services

BULGARIA Earthquake News, May 22, 2012


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Magnitude-5.8 Earthquake Srikes Bulgaria, No Casualties
BusinessWeek
By Elizabeth Konstantinova on May 22, 2012 An earthquake of a magnitude of 5.7 to 5.9 struck the Bulgarian city of Pernik, 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) northwest of the capital Sofia. The quake, the worst in the Sofia area since 1917, shook the country ...
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Western Bulgaria Earthquake Strongest for Sofia since 1858
Novinite.com
A file photo shows destruction from the 1928 earthquake in Chirpan; the small Bulgarian town was hit by another quake in 1942. Photo from LostBulgaria The earthquake that the Bulgarian capital Sofia experienced at 3 am on Tuesday has been the ...
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CELEBRITIES Gossip, May 22, 2012

 CELEBRITIES

Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block
San Jose Mercury News
A horror-meets-satire take on celebrity culture in which eager fans pay a clinic to infect them with their idols' illnesses, the film is competing in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, which focuses on emerging film talents. Father-son comparisons are ...
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