SYRIA News, Jan 14, 2012

Qatar Supports Sending Arab Troops to Syria Voice of America Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, heads the Arab League committee on Syria. He has said the Arab League observer mission has made mistakes in Syria, and that UN assistance is needed to improve the monitoring of Assad's ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria defector to form military council AFP The accusations came after Britain sharply criticised Russia for refusing to support UN Security Council moves against President Bashar al-Assad. British Prime Minister David Cameron said during a visit to Saudi Arabia that vetoing a Security Council ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Hezbollah slams Ban, calls on regional powers to help end Syria crisis The Daily Star Damascus and its allies in Lebanon have maintained that “armed groups” are responsible for the violence in Syria, describing the uprising as part of a larger plot aimed at Assad's rule. The UNestimates that over 5000 people, mostly civilians, ... See all stories on this topic » The Daily Star

Syrians rally in support of army defectors Khaleej Times Russia's refusal to support UN Security Council moves against President Bashar al-Assad drew harsh words from British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said it amounted to standing by and watching the “appalling bloodshed.” The rallies came after the ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown: US officials AFP "The US government believes Iran has supplied Syria with munitions" for use in the military crackdown, he said. The United States has long suspected that Iran has been aiding Syria's purge against protesters as Assad tries to cling to power and avoid ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

'Neocons, Zionists out to topple Assad' Press TV The heavily-equipped forces known as the Free Syrian Army have taken up positions in the southern Turkish town of Antakya in the border province of Hatay. Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March and the UN said more than 5000 people have ... See all stories on this topic » Press TV

Why won't the UN Security Council intervene in Syria? CNN Western Diplomats admit that Russia has been using its close relationship withSyria to apply pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But their criticism of Churkin's conduct at the Security Council is unequivocal. "Churkin is practicing shoe ... See all stories on this topic »

Qatari emir favors sending Arab troops to Syria Albany Times Union Qatar, which once had close relations with Damascus, has been a harsh critic of the 10-month crackdown by President Bashar Assad's regime. The wealthy and influential Gulf state withdrew its ambassador to Syria in the summer to protest the killings. ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey Sounds the Alarm as Russia, Cyprus Enable Mass Atrocities in Syria Human Rights First “Turkey was right to criticize Russia and Cyprus for compromising the EU embargo as this enables the Syrian government to continue its brutal crackdown on civilians,” said Human Rights First's Sadia Hameed. “SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad's crackdown ... See all stories on this topic »

Sayyed Nasrallah on Arbaeen: Our Certainty of this Right Path Is Increasing Al-Manar TV If you were honest in your warnings, and if you were concerned with keeping Syria and our region away from civil and sectarian wars, you have to start by changing this attitude and make united Arab efforts, in cooperation with the Islamic Republic of ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Manar TV

Last day to get out of Syria, Ottawa warns Canadians Globe and Mail Fears of escalating violence, already sharp in a country where theUnited Nations estimates more than 5000 have been killed since March in a crackdown on opposition protestors, are heightened now. President Bashar al-Assad appeared at a rally of ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Effectiveness of sanctions dubious Winnipeg Free Press At the same time, history and current events also teaches us that negotiating with autocrats and dictators is destined to fail, as it did with Hitler, Mussolini, Saadam Hussein and, as it is most recently being played out, with Bashar AlAssad, Syria's ... See all stories on this topic »

US officials say Iran is supplying weapons to Syria; Obama, Erdogan affirm ... Al-Arabiya Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assadafter Friday prayers in Marrat Tahrama, near Adlb. The UN said that the Syrian regime crackdown left more than 5000 people dead since March. (Reuters) By Al Arabiya with agencies The ... See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

Is Turkey safe for Kurds? Kurdish Globe Recalling the remarks of Erdogan, who said that a government that kills its own people loses its legitimacy with respect to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Demirtas said that "If this massacre had taken place in other countries, he [Erdogan] ... See all stories on this topic »

Fragments, I'm Going Crazy in El-Marg Prison – 25 MidEastYouth.com Notice that all the sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict buy American arms (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey), only Syria is left which would start to buy the American arms after the collapse of Assad regime… Churchill didn't lie when he said that ... See all stories on this topic »

UK Prime Minister meets Saudi king amid grave tension in Gulf Business Recorder (blog) Asked about whether the United Nations would impose a tougher resolution on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over its violent repression of civilians, he said the Security Council needed to take a stronger line. "We've been unable to make ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian troops attack border town Khaleej Times Syrians have kept up a campaign to end four decades of Assad family rule since March despite a crackdown by the authorities that the United Nationssays has killed more than 5000 people. Some, including army deserters, have taken up arms in recent ... See all stories on this topic »

Ban Ki-moon concerned over Hezbollah arms indiablooms Beirut, January 14 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded the disarmament of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah, which had said his visit to Lebanon was not welcome. Ban also urged Syria to halt the killings that have turned a ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia refuses to budge on Syrian sanctions China Daily US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week accused Russia of refusing to negotiate changes to its draft to suit Western nations by placing blame for the 10-month crackdown on Assad. Gatilov said Russia firmly insisted that any UNaction rules out ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance Syrian security forces have maintained their deadly attacks on protesters ...week period of observation by the Arab League, a top United Nations official said. ... (Updates with today's deaths in fourth paragraph, Arab monitor's comments ... then redeployed them after the observers left, he told the Doha- based news channel. ... www.businessweek.com/.../un-says-syria-undeterred-by-monit...

Assad to address Syria on crisis, opposition slams Arab League News, Business, Opinion, Sports, Culture, Technology, Entertainment ...DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Assad will deliver a rare public ... on theUnited Nations to take charge of efforts to end a 10-month crackdown on ....Today's Paper ... www.dailystar.com.lb/.../159344-assad-to-address-syria-on-cri...

U.N. says Syria killings rise after monitors arrive - TODAY News ... BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad derided the efforts of Arab League monitors to halt violence against anti-government activists, and a senior U.N. ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../un-says-syria-killings-rise-after-moni...

Syria's Assad Blames Foreign Conspiracy For Uprising | Top US ... What is new in the US today?TOP US NEWS ... Syria's Assad: 'We Don't Kill Our People' Despite reports from the U.N. and witnesses in Syria, the...Syria's ... www.topusnewstoday.com/syrias-assad-blames-foreign-conspi...

UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance ... UN Says Syria Undeterred by Monitors as Assad Vows Defiance. ...BREAKING NEWS: Kodak Said to Be In Talks With Citigroup to Provide Bankruptcy Financing ... in Hama today, while a strike was under way in Idlib over living conditions. ... mobile.bloomberg.com/.../syria-s-arab-monitors-fail-to-preven...

A rare look inside Syria, under Assad's thumb - CBS News CBS Evening News: A rare look inside Syria, under Assad's thumb - CBSNews ... In Syria's first official comment on U.N. human rights reports alleging a brutal ... www.cbsnews.com/.../a-rare-look-inside-syria-under-assads-th...

Opposition calls al-Assad speech defending government 'worthless ... Syrian opposition activists called President Bashar al-Assad's defiant and rare... "hinder" the league's mission, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said.Syrian ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Ja'afari said the Syrian government has had no .... interactive map to see the roots of their unrest and where things stand today. ... www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/world/meast/syria.../index.html

  

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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jan 14, 2012

Astronomers announce discovery of oldest galaxy on record The State Column The space agency said the size of galaxy cluster, while relatively large, pales in comparison to our own Milky Way galaxy. NASA astronomers also say the brightness of the galaxy cluster is an indication that the galaxies remain fairly young and have ... See all stories on this topic »

Supernova traced to collision of white dwarf stars Los Angeles Times 25, Schaefer caught a glimpse of NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" on the Web. For a moment, he thought he'd been scooped. It was the supernova he'd been planning to study. Thankfully for Schaefer, the researchers who took the photo had been ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Space Chicago Tribune These 10 facts won't hurt either: 1 Where does Earth's atmosphere end and outer space begin? NASA defines an astronaut as someone who has flown 50 miles above sea level. But some international groups prefer to define space as the area beyond the Karman ... See all stories on this topic »

Q&A: UA astrophotographer receives continued recognition from NASA for space ... Arizona Daily Wildcat Another one of Block's photos, an image of stellar nursery Sh2-239, was featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on Dec. 8, 2011. According to the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter website, Block's work has been published onNASA's site more than 50 times. ... See all stories on this topic »

Boeing 747SP-Based Telescope Discovers Newborn Stars NYCAviation (Photo by NASA) Mounted inside the fuselage of a Boeing 747SP aircraft, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy, or SOFIA, is capable of searching the sky in infrared light with a sensitivity impossible from ground-based instruments.... See all stories on this topic » NYCAviation

Recommended: Night skies get a global checkup msnbc.com The issue should be of concern not just to astronomers, but to the wider public as well, Connie Walker of the National OpticalAstronomy Observatory said during this week's AmericanAstronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

At Boyertown High, assignment was otherworldly Reading Eagle Eight years ago, 29 budding astronomers at Boyertown High School were transformed from students to space explorers. Science teacher Peter Detterline's astronomy students were part of an elite team that NASA recruited from high schools nationwide to ... See all stories on this topic »

Leader: The case for fiscal astronomy Scotsman He might set up our own space agency. The US has Nasa, we need the Scottish Astronomical Development Organisation, which will be known as Sad-o for short. Matching the oil debate, the First Minister will look heavenward and declare, “its oor dark ... See all stories on this topic »

SDSU astronomers discover new kind of planetary system Cleveland News - Fox 8 By James Koh FOX 5 San Diego Reporter SAN DIEGO - The discovery of two new planets helped astronomy professors from San Diego State University to create a new classification of planetary systems. As part of NASA's Kepler missions, SDSU professor ... See all stories on this topic »

Star collision causes supernova StandardNet 25, Schaefer caught a glimpse of NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" on the Web. For a moment, he thought he'd been scooped. It was the supernova he'd been planning to study. Thankfully for Schaefer, the researchers who took the photo had been ... See all stories on this topic »

Journal Club: Dark Matter – The Early Years Universe Today Steve Nerlich is a very amateur Australian astronomer, publisher of the CheapAstronomy website and the weekly Cheap Astronomy Podcasts and one of the team of volunteer explainers at Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex - part of NASA's Deep ... See all stories on this topic »

Goldilocks Moons Universe Today He writes the astronomy and variable star blog, Simostronomy and is a cast member of the Slacker Astronomy podcast. An animated and enthusiastic speaker, Mike has given dozens of talks on stellar astronomy and variable star science for astronomyclubs, ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

DBKP Book Review: 'Extraction Point!' more fun than a barrel full of ... DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts Osborn is a former payload flight controller, a veteran of over twenty years of working in the civilian space program, as well as various military space defense programs and holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences: Astronomy, Physics, ... See all stories on this topic » DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts

What Does It Take to Build a Spacecraft for Human Flight? Universe Today Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast and works with the Astronomy Cast and 365 Days of Astronomy podcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Scientists Still Searching for the Beagle 2 Crash Site on Mars Universe Today Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast and works with the Astronomy Cast and 365 Days of Astronomy podcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

What you like The Guardian Clare Jones Cardiff I love Nasa's Apod site (Apod: "astronomypicture of the day"). Seeing something described as "only" X light years away puts everything else into perspective. Isobel Lane London SW16 For Christmas I got a "grow your own mushrooms"... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Astronomers See more Planets than Stars in Galaxy Sudan Vision NASA's new Kepler planet-hunting telescope in space is discovering exoplanets that are in a zone friendly to life and detecting planets as small as Earth or even tinier. That is moving the field of looking for some kind of life outside Earth from ... See all stories on this topic » Sudan Vision

Rare Ultra-blue Stars Found in Neighboring ... - science news daily By Editor-S Peering deep inside the hub of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, NASA'sHubble Space Telescope has uncovered a large, rare population of hot, bright stars. ... Astronomers were surprised when they spotted these stars because physical models show that only an unusual type of old star can be as hot and as bright in ultraviolet light. While Hubble has spied these ultra-blue stars before in Andromeda, the new observation covers a much broader area, revealing that these stellar ... Science News from SciGuru.com

NASA - NASA's Hubble Breaks New Ground With Distant Supernova ... NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has looked deep into the distant universe and detected the feeble ... "For decades, astronomers have harnessed the power of Hubble to unravel the mysteries of the ... The new results were presented on Jan. ... www.nasa.gov/.../HQ_12-011_Hubble_Farthest_Supernova.ht...

Apollo Astronauts Meet with NASA to Clear Claims on Space ... News: Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell and a few of his fellow Apollo astronauts ... Full Story »Update: NASA Discusses Rightful Ownership ofSpace Artifacts ..... China and India are catapulting to the forefront ofastronomy research with their ... news.yahoo.com/apollo-astronauts-meet-nasa-clear-claims-spa...

Astronomy news: NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Explores New ... Portal astronomiczny i sklep z teleskopami - Astronomia - Astronomy portal and on-line store. Astronomy news: NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Explores New ... astronomia.teleskopy.net/?idg=news&idd=1493

Astronomers announce discovery of oldest galaxy on record The space agency said the size of galaxy cluster, while relatively large, pales in comparison to our own Milky Way galaxy. NASA astronomers also say the ... www.thestatecolumn.com/.../astronomers-announce-discovery...

NASA's Kepler mission and UF astronomer find 2 new planets ... NASA's Kepler mission and UF astronomer find 2 new planets orbiting double suns - SpaceRef. www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=35734

Two new 'Tatooine' planets with two suns discovered Astronomers used NASA's Kepler space telescope to identify the two so-called ... Follow Space.com for the latest in space science and explorationnews on ... www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/

Images from space Astronomers, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have spotted a "dust factory" 30 million light-years away in the spiral galaxy M74. ... www.washingtonpost.com/images.../gIQAH8i3vP_gallery.htm...

Space and Earth Sciences News :: NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing ... (PhysOrg.com) -- After 16 years in space, NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer ( RXTE) has made its last observation. The satellite provided unprecedented views ... www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster12926562/

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: A Year Of Achievement And ... Home · Space · Astronomy News NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: A Year Of Achievement And Success - with video ... www.messagetoeagle.com/.../999-nasas-james-webb-space-tele...

NASA to mothball Langley wind tunnels | Alkaon Network SDSU astronomers discover new kind of planetary system – Cle… ... Thenews that a failed Russian Mars probe will come crashing back to Earth in the next few days ... Yes, he is a self-proclaimed space fan and a millionaire game developer. ... www.alkaon.net/2012/.../nasa-to-mothball-langley-wind-tunne...

Feelings about the cancellation of NASA's Constellation Program ... The problem being that the vast majority of the populace percieves NASA HSF as worthless. Go to any non space forum or news service and look at the letters ... www.astronomyforum.net/.../126176-feelings-about-cancellati...

NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Retires - Logo All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outerspace and science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images,... www.niksalihi.com/index.php?option...id...

Image: Active Galaxy Centaurus A - News All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outerspace and science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images,... www.bipolar.ir/index.php?option=com...id...

NASA Rover Mission Marks 8 Pioneering Years on ... - Yahoo! News News: While people on Earth have just finished celebrating the arrival of a new year, two NASA robots a world away are marking a big milestone of their own:... news.yahoo.com/nasa-rover-mission-marks-8-pioneering-year.

  

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