BBC News - Russia warns US against publicising Magnitsky list, Apr 12, 2013

 "A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said publication of the names would have a very negative impact. The US imposed the sanctions after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitski died in jail in 2009 in disputed circumstances. He was arrested after accusing officials of embezzling cash. The Magnitsky Act passed by Washington in 2012 blacklists Russian officials accused of involvement in his death. The names - which have up to now been kept secret - are due to be made public on Friday."
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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA - Putin unveils US$50b drive for Russian space supremacy, Apr 12, 2013

"MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new US$50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade. Fifty-two years to the day since Yuri Gagarin became the Soviet Union's greatest hero by making the first human flight into space, Putin inspected the new Vostochny (Eastern) cosmodrome Russia is building in the Amur region of the Far East. Putin said in a live link-up with the multinational crew of the International Space Sation (ISS) that Russia hoped to have the first launches from Vostochny in 2015 and the first manned launches in 2018. "It's going to be a great launch pad. It took a long time to choose but now work is fully underway," said Putin in comments broadcast on state television, adding that Vostochny would be fully operational by 2020."
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RFERL - Iranian Scientist Invents 'Time Machine', Apr 12, 2013

 "Iranian scientist Ali Razeghi has registered a time machine with the country’s Center for Strategic Inventions. Razeghi, 27, cites algorithms as the source of the device’s ability to "predict five to eight years of the future life of any individual with 98 percent accuracy." The invention, dubbed "The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine," produces printed reports that contain details about the future, according to "The Telegraph," which cites an Iranian news agency report. “My invention easily fits into the size of a personal computer case,” said Razeghi, “It will not take you into the future, it will bring the future to you.”"
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BANGOR DAILY - ‘Hermit’ burglar compound littered with batteries, ‘tons and tons’ of propane tanks, Apr 11, 2013

"When it was reported Tuesday that Maine State Police arrested a man last week who is suspected of committing more than 1,000 burglaries, slipping into camps at night to steal supplies to support his existence as a hermit, many people had the same question: Is it really possible that the “Hermit” burglar, 47-year-old Christopher Knight, survived in the Maine wilderness for more than a quarter of a century? Without a campfire? Without any human contact? Jodie Mosher-Towle, newsletter writer and board member of the North Pond Association Jodie Mosher-Towle grew up in Smithfield and has been talking with neighbors about the “North Pond Hermit” for the past 20 years. The legend grew as owners of camps and homes on the southern end of North Pond reported being burglarized repeatedly."
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SYRIA: At least 4,300 Syrians killed in airstrikes, rights group says, Apr 11, 2013

 "BEIRUT - The Syrian regime has carried out indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate airstrikes against civilians that have killed at least 4,300 people since last summer, an international human rights group said today. Human Rights Watch said Syrian fighter jets have deliberately targeted bakeries, breadlines and hospitals in the country’s northern region. Parts of northern Syria - especially areas along the border with Turkey - have in the past months fallen under the control of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Al Assad, including several neighbourhoods of the northern city of Aleppo, which is the country’s largest urban centre."
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