SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 29, 2011

Listening telescope for space aliens shut down by cutbacks
Reuters
Astronomers there were anticipating a slew of potential new research targets from the dozens of potentially life-supporting "exoplanets" newly detected by NASA's Kepler space telescope to be orbiting distant stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. ...
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Have Some Blooming Fun This Weekend
The Daily New Canaan
Here's the rundown to help you assemble your own bouquet: No lions or tigers or bears but, for astronomy buffs, a more compelling trio: "Black Holes, Space Warps and Time Twists" in a thoroughly novel presentation at Yale's Peabody Museum in New Haven. ...
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The Daily New Canaan
Astronaut Love: An Interview With Spacewalker Stanley Love
Scientific American
On the eve of the launch of the penultimate space shuttle mission, STS-134, Scientific American astronomy editor George Musser talks to veteran astronaut Stanley Love about being in space and the future of spaceflight. On the eve of the launch of the ...
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Just wild enough for a novice
Boston Globe
... I brought clothes for the newly opened spa, the dining room overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the four-story silo observatory with its Celestron CGE Pro 1400 deep-space telescope. Bathing suit and goggles? Check. Astronomy book? Check. ...
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UA likely won't be solar observatory HQ
Arizona Daily Star
The UA had also played up the efficiency of keeping the NSO in Tucson, where it shares office and machine-shop space with its sister organization, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. The UA had proposed adding four faculty positions, ...
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Shuttle Endeavour
UPI.com
... anti-matter and questions of extragalactic astronomy, NASA said. The astronauts are scheduled to conduct four spacewalks to perform space-station maintenance. The mission could be extended two days to perform more upkeep, NASA said. ...
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The 'Idea Man' comes to town
Mountain View Voice
by Nick Veronin Space enthusiasts, computer engineers, software designers, neurologists, astronomers, cancer survivors and aspiring entrepreneurs all had good reason to fork out $32 to attend Monday night's event at the Computer History Museum. ...
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Families: Walks, arts and wildlife this weekend
Lincoln Journal Star
Prizes, hands-on activities about space, science and astronomy for all ages. Regular museum admission. Train Expo -- 10 am-5 pm May 7, 8, Lincoln Children's Zoo. Specials on train rides, demonstrations by Lincoln Area Model Railroad Club and Conductor ...
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Macquarie Fields High School students to fly to space camp
Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
The students were also offered a free one-year membership to the society and provided with show bags of astronomy merchandise. The society also offered to hold an astronomy night at the school in addition to its original donation. ...
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Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
Low-energy astrophysics: How scientists are trying to save the Earth
Boing Boing
Phil Marshall and his co-authors estimate that astronomy represents only about .001% of that energy use.* This isn't about reining in a science that's set to doom us all. Instead, when Marshall and his cohorts ask other astrophysicists to use less ...
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Boing Boing
Inspiring girls to become new era astronauts
Medill Reports: Chicago
The space program inspired Melroy at a young age—specifically the Apollo missions that took the first humans to the moon. “I was always interested in the sciences, and astronomy was the one that interested me the most,” Melroy said. ...
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SFIFF 54: Critic's Notebook 1.
GreenCine
The astronomers in the film consider themselves archaeologists of space in a way, only dealing with far more time separation than earth bound historians. "We manipulate the past," says one. The energy from the past takes millions or billions of years ...
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GreenCine
Astronomers Unveil Portrait Of 'Super-Exotic Super-Earth'
RedOrbit
The research, based on observations from Canada's MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) space telescope, was released online April 28 at arXiv.org and has been submitted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. ...
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First Contact: Investigating Astrobiology
Space Daily
I liken it to the long-held hypothesis in astronomy that the cosmos is filled with exoplanets; a theoretical conclusion that had to wait for confirmation until the technology and knowledge needed to find them came along. With that confirmation - and ...
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Apple off track
Asia Times Online
... signals from space that may indicate that we are not alone in the universe. Despite being funded by SETI, the $50 million array, now managed and operated by the radio astronomy lab of the University of California, Berkeley, has run out of cash. ...
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Venturing into the Beyond
Patch.com
In addition to speakers, there will be solar viewing at the museum every Saturday night, planet presentations at Santa Rosa Junior College and tours given to school kids by members of the Sonoma County Astronomy Society, to help them understand the ...
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Bucknell Magazine: Take me to the river
Bucknell University
The Bucknell University Environmental Center officially opened in early 2005 and has since settled into its own space at RitterHouse on the far end of Fraternity Row, across from the astronomy building. With help from a $450000 grant from the Henry ...
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Bucknell University
Professor: Mayan Calendar May Be Way Off
FOX 9 News
Kunkel, an astronomy professor in Minneapolis, said the stars and planets just aren't lining up according to the Mayan myth, which states the Earth and Sun will align with the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Yet, another local professor says ...
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KAFM NOTES: Miss Sakamoto's legacy
Grand Junction Free Press
It wasn't the only science-based song in that group's repertoire; they have also sung about the wonders of electricity (“Birdhouse in My Soul”), astronomy (“See the Constellation”), geometry (“Particle Man”) and archaeology (“The Mesopotamians”). ...
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NASA's Swift and Hubble probe asteroid collision debris
Astronomy Magazine
NASA/Swift/DSS/D. Bodewits (UMD) Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and it was sporting short-lived plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite and Hubble Space Telescope showed these changes likely ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 29, 2011

Honda's ASIMO Demonstrated at FIRST® Championship for First Time
Business Wire (press release)
“Honda and FIRST share many of the same values, including inspiring students to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering,” said Erik Wedin, ASIMO North American project leader. “We think a student robotics competition is the perfect ...
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Utilities Gird for New Regs as EPA Studies Toxicity of Hex Chromium
New York Times
Robert Renner of the Water Research Foundation, which conducts studies for water utilities, said hexavalent chromium has been on his group's radar for a decade. "Research on chromium-6 has been conducted and open for years," Renner said, ...
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Biodesix Supports Unique Lung Cancer Research Initiative
PR Newswire (press release)
VeriStrat has been validated in clinical studies with over 1500 patients. Biodesix is engaging in additional studies to further validate the test and to explore the clinical utility of VeriStrat in other solid epithelial tumors and with other EGFRIs. ...
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Peabody Energy Appoints Randy M. Tucker Vice President - Information ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Tucker earned a Master of Science degree in management from Baker University School of Professional and Graduate Studies in Overland Park, Kan., and a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. ...
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New master's degree in STEM education approved for fall
Boise State University The Arbiter Online
ROBBY MILO/THE ARBITER Liliana Mellor, a post-doc student, grows cell cultures for research with Oxford. The university received permission to offer a new master's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education from the ...
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Boise State University The Arbiter Online

Acura Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Product ...
Stockhouse
Marketing expenses during first quarter 2011 and 2010 consisted primarily of Aversion(R) Technology customized market research. Our general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of legal, audit and other professional fees, corporate insurance ...
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European study takes issue with cage free
Feedstuffs
In doing so, HSUS emphasizes that all of the most recent 10 studies drew similar conclusions but fails to disclose that those studies were done in Europe and did not consider US management and technology. To this point, De Vylder said his team was ...
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Universities as Drivers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ECNmag.com
Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, the former Minister for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and new Dean of Leipzig's Graduate School of Management (HHL), shares his insights on the role of the university in a ...
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Driving green costs green, says study
Toronto Star
Quoting other studies, the Conference Board of Canada, a non-profit, independent research firm, said the extra costs could range from a few thousands dollars for a hybrid up to $20000 more for a long-range plug-in model to even a higher expense for a ...
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'Earth observation for ocean-atmosphere interactions science', Frascati, Italy
Cordis News
The project has a range of stakeholders and sponsors, including European Cooperation in Science and technology. SOLAS brings together interdisciplinary research and studies, requiring marine and atmospheric scientists to work together with Earth ...
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'Test tube' reef a key to understanding coral disease
PhysOrg.com
Microbial ecologist and UTS Research Fellow Dr Justin Seymour is part of an international team that will apply emerging technology to investigate the causes of bacterial disease in coral. The Strasbourg based International Human Frontier Science ...
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Exhibition of thesis, research papers held at FUUAST
Daily Times
KARACHI: An exhibition of PhD and Mphil thesis and research papers was held at the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Wednesday. Registrar FUUAST Prof Dr Qamarul Haq performed the inauguration. ...
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Reportlinker Adds RFID Case Studies Knowledgebase - the largest in the world
PR Newswire (press release)
By collating this database of case studies, we are able to present a wealth of RFID knowledge to tell you who the main protagonists are, what technologies they are using, what status their projects are, are they succeeding? ...
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Incoming enrollment lags at New Technology High
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Research a nonprofit and create a proposal for a $5000 grant using written, oral and video elements. Write stories about the first year at New Technology High and create a one-page newspaper that will serve as a personal freshman yearbook. ...
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America's education footprint in the Middle East
Marketplace
It boasts satellite campuses and study abroad programs offering computer science and business studies from Carnegie Mellon University, training in medicine from Cornell University, international affairs from Georgetown University, journalism from ...
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Marketplace

Best Job Market for US Grads Since 2008 Leading to Multiple Offers
Bloomberg
The turnaround is being driven by gains in finance, energy and technology, said Edwin Koc, who heads research at the association. Companies are filling a backlog of jobs after two years of stagnant hiring and looking to younger workers to fill ...
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Stem cell research is threatened by EU morality law
Daily Mail
The scientists claim few, if any, 'new' cells are used in research. Instead studies rely on vast banks of cells that have multiplied in labs for years. But a spokesman for the campaign group Comment on Reproductive Ethics said: 'There are innumerable ...
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Daily Mail

Usability, Enterprise Agility Key ERP Concerns, IFS Study Says
TMC Net
The study was conducted by an independent research company in early 2011 among more than 200 executives with manufacturing operations with greater than $100 million in revenue. Complete study results are now available online at ...
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New Zealand Technologies Facilitate the Care of Elderly and Chronically Ill at ...
Business Wire (press release)
For example, research led by Prof. Olaf Diegel, director of the Creative Industries Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology, has led to the development of user-friendly health monitoring devices, like a blood pressure monitor that ...
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Study finds regular Twitter users have shorter relationships
LSU The Reveille
Lovebirds are not tweeting for daily Twitter users, according to a recent study by OkTrends, a website that compiles research from dating website OkCupid. The study, which compiled data from more than 800000 users, found that people aged 18 to 50 who ...
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Hamilton: Wind turbines don't have to kill bats
Toronto Star
A study published in this month's issue of the journal Science estimated that bats save the agricultural sector many billions of dollars a year in pest-control services — in fact, as much as $53 billion (US). It warned that over the next five years ...
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Epilepsy Therapy Project Invests in ICVrx's Drug Delivery Technology for the ...
PR Newswire (press release)
These investments are unique in that they focus on projects demonstrating a clear path from research in the laboratory to the commercialization of new treatments for epilepsy. ICVrx has completed preclinical work and will now start clinical studies of ...
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Indiana University Supports Researchers, Inspires Innovation and Secures More ...
Marketwire (press release)
High Performance Systems (HPS), part of the Research Technologies division of the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute, provides a number of database-related services -- including database hosting, Web services, application building and ...
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Regulus Therapeutics and Collaborators Present New Results from Preclinical ...
Business Wire (press release)
Our studies with Regulus show that miR-33 specifically targets genes involved in HDL-C biogenesis, cholesterol efflux and fatty acid oxidation, and its antagonism results in direct upregulation of these pathways with clear potential for therapeutic ...
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Bio-Path Holdings Appoints Dr. Ana M. Tari Director, Preclinical Operations ...
Business Wire (press release)
Dr. Tari was a key member of the research team that performed the basic research and preclinical development of the liposomal delivery technology that Bio-Path has licensed from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and is at the core of ...
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Snagging a summer job tough for teens
Tullahoma News and Guardian
According to a July 2010 research study by the Employment Policies Institute, a non-profit research organization that studies employment policy issues, the unemployment rate for Tennessee teens ages 16 to 19 is 26.3 percent. ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Apr 29, 2011

Syrian opposition calls on regime to lead democratic transition or be 
overthrown
Link TV
The participants affirmed their rejection of any form of foreign
intervention in Syria. A UN delegation arrived in the Libyan capital
Tripoli to investigate the alleged human rights violations during the
military operations in the country. ...
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'Bahrain regime at war with own people'
Press TV
If Bahrain had been on the other side around Syria or if it had been around
Yemen or if it had been in Africa, I think we would have seen much better
response to what is happening but Bahrain is part of the [Persian] Gulf
Cooperation Council which is a ...
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Egypt Central Bank Keeps Key Interest Rates Unchanged
Wall Street Journal
In its statement, Egypt's Central Bank said deteriorating regional
political circumstances, including a civil war in Libya as well as violence
in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, could drive up oil prices and further slow the
continuing global economic ...
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Syria's future still a guessing game
ABC Online
Firstly, unlike Egypt, Libya and Yemen, and despite isolated reports of
defections (mainly on opposition websites) the military appears to be
unified behind the government - the senior military leadership has as much
to lose as the political ...
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The Obama doctrine: Leading from behind
Washington Post
Moreover, for a country so deeply reviled, why during the massive unrest in
Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and Syria have anti-American
demonstrations been such a rarity? Who truly reviles America the hegemon?
The world that Obama lived in and ...
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Bernique: The revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Stock, Economic and Financial Crisis, Apr 29, 2011

Eight key proposals for another Europe
Aliran Monthly
With the governments currently in office, and the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and IMF all aiding and abetting, the financial institutions responsible for the crisis are making lots of money while speculating on government ...
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Aliran Monthly
Russia's Currency Policy Struggles
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The CBR's lack of a clear objective, the banking system's high exposure to foreign-exchange risk, and the economy's emerging signs of overheating made the CBR's policy decisions more difficult during the global financial crisis and increased the scale ...
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Doug Casey: Precious Metals vs. the USD
InvestorIdeas.com (press release)
In fact, the Fed will have to buy much more and, therefore, create more money. That's what happens. TGR: This currency crisis isn't unique to the US You just brought up Japan. And aren't all the European countries doing the same thing? ...
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Review of John Mauldin's Endgame
Benzinga
Americans, their financiers, and their elected representatives made a series of irresponsible decisions (or perhaps more accurately failed to make responsible decisions) over the past thirty years that culminated in the greatest financial crisis in a ...
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Could Secret Silver Buys Lead to Comex Default?
Resource Investor
Investment demand for silver jumped 40% in 2010 as inflation rose, currencies lost value and Europe's debt crisis escalated, said researcher GFMS Ltd. Industrial use gained 21% last year and may climb to a record this year, London-based GFMS said. ...
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Adjusted For Inflation, Dollar Hits Fiat-Era Low
CNBC.com
“In our risk scenario, little progress on the fiscal front raises the probability of a fiscal crisis and the odds that the Fed becomes the buyer of the last resort,” said David Woo, currency strategist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ...
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CNBC.com
Window on Wall Street: The declining worth of a good name - Fullermoney
Proactive Investors UK
The reason is unfortunate and partly attributable to why we got into the financial crisis: People simply do not matter as much on Wall Street as they used to, and instead size and technology carry the day. Wall Street today is not the Wall Street of ...
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Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG): Performance Report for Period Ended 31 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
TFG continues to hold the economic rights to 3 of these written-off transactions. (3) Excludes TFG's investments in LCM Asset Management LLC and GreenOak Real Estate LP (4) Equivalent to Investment in Securities at Fair Value in the US GAAP Financial ...
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RPT-UPDATE 5-Deutsche Bank acquisitions drive near-record profit
Reuters
DE) posted near record first-quarter profit, driven by investment banking market share gains and acquisitions in retail banking and wealth management. The additions made in the wake of the financial crisis, including retail lender Deutsche Postbank and ...
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Currency Dead End Paradoxes
Gold Seek
The Japanese natural crisis has mushroomed into an economic and financial crisis. They have responded by selling rafts of USTBonds, which is their right. The G-7 Accord is a stopgap, nothing more. They cannot divert their attention, but they already ...
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NBR for April 27, 2011 - Full Episode
PBS Nightly Business Report
During the annual shareholder meeting, CEO Jeff Immelt called GE much stronger and safer than just before the financial crisis. The health care sector was among the market leaders, thanks to this trio, all raising their outlooks. ...
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US Stocks Rally as Federal Reserve Signals Low Interest Rates
Bloomberg
(Source: Bloomberg) April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Nouriel Roubini, the economist who in 2006 predicted the financial crisis, speaks with Bloomberg HT's Cuneyt Basaran in Istanbul about the outlook for the US economy. Roubini also discusses expectations for ...
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The "Greatest Trade Ever:" Three Reasons That Silver Prices Still Have Room to Run

By Peter Krauth, Contributing Editor, Money Morning

Silver is better than gold.
In fact, it's poised to be the "Greatest Trade Ever."

I know that's a big statement. I'm certain that it grabbed your attention. Perhaps you're even considering arguments that would shoot it down.

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LIBYA News, Apr 29, 2011

29.04.2011 00:48 Will Syria be the next Libya? As violence and protests rage in Syria, and America begins to take notice and call for sanctions, many are beginning to wonder if Syria may be the next Libya. Arab world protests		28.04.2011 14:28 6 comments Women whip off shirts in Gaddafi's support Half-naked girls descended on the European Commission in Moscow to protest against the war in Libya. They brought mattresses with Gaddafi portraits, claiming the European leaders started the war because they do not sleep well. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
27.04.2011 16:15 1 comment “Gaddafi’s money” in Moscow Two citizens of Cameroon have been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of trying to pull off a classic black dollar scam. They used a topical cover story, Gaddafi’s funds, to convince their victim he could get rich quick.		27.04.2011 15:56 6 comments “You will like” the decision on who will run for presidency, Putin promises journalists Prime Minister Putin has said it is premature to talk about the 2012 presidential vote, but assured journalists they will like the eventual decision on the presidential runner. Election 2012
27.04.2011 10:10 1 comment From sanctions to a Libya-style showdown in Syria France and Italy are urging the UN to put pressure on Syria to end its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. Washington is also considering imposing sanctions, which is raising fears that Syria could be the next Libya. Arab world protests		26.04.2011 18:58 31 comments Putin states the West has no legal right to execute Gaddafi Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that the Western forces taking part in the military operation in Libya are not entitled to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi, as doing so is against international law. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
26.04.2011 18:20 6 comments Gaddafi awarded “anti-NATO resistance fighter” title by Ukrainian party The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine has awarded the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi an honorary title for his fight against Western powers. Libya's Odyssey Dawn		26.04.2011 14:15 5 comments EU troops would guard aid throughout Libya – report German newspaper Bild has given a sneak peek of operation EUFOR Libya, the plan to use EU ground troops to protect humanitarian convoys on the request of the UN. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
26.04.2011 09:31 5 comments NATO playing with fire in Libya – analyst Italy has approved the use of its fighter jets in NATO's airstrikes in Libya, despite its earlier refusal to join the bombings. Fighting perseveres in the besieged town of Misrata in western Libya. Libya's Odyssey Dawn Arab world protests		25.04.2011 16:44 2 comments From Russia, with dire warnings on Libya Moscow has harshly rebuked the latest NATO attack against forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying that the Western military bloc has given the militant opposition “dangerous ideas,” while stoking the flames of unrest elsewhere. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
25.04.2011 12:02 12 comments NATO hits Gaddafi compound as violence escalates in Libya Moscow says it is ready to assist peace and dialogue efforts in Libya if all sides of the conflict adhere to the UN resolutions. Despite this, violence has yet to subside in the country torn between opposition and pro-Gaddafi forces. Arab world protests Libya's Odyssey Dawn		25.04.2011 10:27 10 comments Libya is not worth an ounce of British blood – British journalist Columnist and the former editor of the Sun newspaper, Kelvin McKenzie, says there is no reason Britain and France should meddle in Libya's internal affairs. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
25.04.2011 02:16 Kuwait donates $180 million to Libyan rebels Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the Libyan Transitional National Council, declared on Sunday that the council has received $180 million from Kuwait. Libya's Odyssey Dawn Arab world protests		24.04.2011 16:55 7 comments Russia ready to help Libyan settlement on condition of ceasefire – Russian Foreign Minister Moscow says it is ready to assist in peace and dialogue efforts in Libya in order to prevent further civilian casualties on condition of an immediate ceasefire. Arab world protests Libya's Odyssey Dawn
23.04.2011 00:33 4 comments UK committed for long haul in Libya The UK Ministry of Defense sending military advisors to Libya is seen by many as the most significant step so far towards deploying ground troops. Once that happens, many see Libya turning into another Afghanistan – ten years and counting. Libya's Odyssey Dawn		22.04.2011 22:58 1 comment Today's high oil price is the norm - political expert There is nothing unusual in the gasoline hike in the US and the investigation into the energy market is purely for political purposes, according to Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, Robert Naiman. Arab world protests
22.04.2011 15:54 10 comments UN ignores its own resolution on Libya - political analyst Russia insists the UN resolution is being violated by allied forces, but these are not purely Russian concerns. There is widening frustration over how the operation in Libya is being conducted, according to political analyst Sergey Strokan.		22.04.2011 03:27 2 comments NATO may send military advisers to Libyan rebels Rebel forces have claimed a key city on the Tunisian border, in a rare victory over Gaddafi troops, but the win was overshadowed by shelling in Libya's third-largest city Misrata. It has been under siege by pro-government forces for seven weeks. Libya's Odyssey Dawn
21.04.2011 19:39 3 comments Obama sends drones to Libya US President Barack Obama has approved the use of unmanned military predator drones in Libya to join the NATO air campaign the US once said it was leaving.		21.04.2011 07:11 6 comments NATO air strikes hit Tripoli - Libyan state TV NATO aircraft has bombarded south-western parts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, killing seven civilians, reports AFP, quoting Libyan state television.

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