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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the internet
December 11th, 2014

Superbugs could kill 10mn per year by 2050, more than cancer – study
Superbugs with a high resistance to antibiotics could kill 10 million people worldwide each year by 2050 unless more action is taken, a study has warned. The figure is higher than the global impact of cancer, which currently kills 8.2 million.

If you would reap power, sow despair
You’ll notice that all those politicized “wars” on domestic issues are eternal – there are no victory conditions or exit strategies. Who feels a greater sense of despair than helpless civilians trapped in a series of endless wars? Statists reach through that gateway of helpless frustration to seize power and money.

Doctor-Prescribed Suicide May Become Reality in Georgia
Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) Director of Bioethics, Bethany Walker, said today she is deeply concerned about a push to adopt a doctor-prescribed suicide law in Georgia.

CIA torture report is a 'load of hooey', according to CIA’s torture adviser
“They had an agenda, the Senate Democrats have an agenda and it’s clear to any American that reads [it] that report is selectively produced in a way to produce outrage in the reader,”

Florida City's Commissioners Walk Out on Atheist Invocation
Members of the Lake Worth City Commissioners stepped out of their meeting last week when Miami atheist Preston Smith took to the stand to give an invocation.

Sheriff Joe scores victory against Obama's amnesty
A judge has sided with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the first clash in what is expected to be a major court fight over the legality – or not – of Barack Obama’s looming amnesty program, ordering a fast track for case arguments and hearings.

Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone hit by largely hidden outbreak; WHO says scores of bodies piled up
The WHO said on Wednesday that it had sent a response team to the diamond-rich Kono district following a worrying spike in reported Ebola cases in the district. "They uncovered a grim scene," the UN health agency said in a statement. "In 11 days, two teams buried 87 bodies, including a nurse, an ambulance driver, and a janitor drafted into removing bodies as they piled up."

All Senate GOP staff going on ObamaCare
Senate Republican staffers will be required to obtain health insurance through ObamaCare's exchanges under a rule passed Wednesday by the GOP Conference. The proposal from Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) means that Senate Republicans will designate their staff as "official," moving them automatically onto the marketplaces.

Another Earthquake Swarm Rattles Lakeview Area
Since mid-July, state and federal geologists have detected over 1700 earthquakes in the area where the Oregon, California, and Nevada borders meet.

Watchdog: Israel has chemical weapons, must disarm
Israel has chemical weapons and must reconsider its refusal to join the international treaty prohibiting the possession and use of such arms, a top official of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons told Israeli journalists this week.

Dozens arrested as Hong Kong police drive protesters from streets
China’s largest pro-democracy demonstrations in decades came to an end on Thursday, as hundreds of riot police poured into a once-bustling protest camp tearing down tents and arresting dozens. Police and bailiffs began entering the Admiralty protest site, on the edge of the former colony’s financial district, on Thursday morning, beginning a slow but steady push through the area.

Treasury Department Seeking Survival Kits For Bank Employees
The Department of Treasury is seeking to order survival kits for all of its employees who oversee the federal banking system, according to a new solicitation. The emergency supplies would be for every employee at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which conducts on-site reviews of banks throughout the country. The survival kit includes everything from water purification tablets to solar blankets.

Rosetta results: Comets 'did not bring water to Earth'
Scientists have dealt a blow to the theory that most water on Earth came from comets. Results from Europe's Rosetta mission, which made history by landing on Comet 67P in November, shows the water on the icy mass is unlike that on our planet. The results are published in the journal Science.

Jihadist violence 'killed 5,000 in November'
More than 5,000 people worldwide died in November as a result of jihadist violence, a BBC study has revealed. The four worst-affected countries were Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Syria, accounting for 80% of all deaths. The investigation - co-ordinated with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) - recorded a total of 664 attacks in 14 countries.

Russia raises interest rates to 10.5%
Russia's central bank has raised its key interest rate by one percentage point to 10.5% as it steps up the fight to tackle inflation. It comes just six weeks after it raised the rate to 9.5% from 8%. The bank's official website added that it would continue raising the rate "in case of further aggravation of inflation risks".

Russian Baltic military actions 'unprecedented' - Poland
Poland says the level of Russian naval and air force activity in the Baltic Sea region has been "unprecedented" this week. Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said most of the activity was in international waters and airspace and Sweden was the country most affected. Nato partners of the Baltic states, including the UK, have military jets on an air policing mission in the region, monitoring the Russian planes.

Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono
Health officials in Sierra Leone have discovered scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may have been underreported. The World Health Organization said they uncovered a "grim scene" in the eastern district of Kono. A WHO response team had been sent to Kono to investigate a sharp rise in Ebola cases.

US Congress edges closer to $1tn spending deal
US congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a $1.1tn (£701.6bn) spending bill ahead of a looming Thursday evening deadline. The agreement funds most of the government until September 2015, preventing a government shutdown. But one US agency would only be funded for several weeks as Republicans seek to confront President Obama over immigration policy.

An OPEC Minister Made A Surprising Statement About Who Controls Oil Prices
Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum Ali Al-Naimi made a surprising statement at a UN climate-change meeting in Lima, Peru. "Why should I cut production? You know what a market does for any commodity. It goes up and down and up and down,” Al-Naimi said, according to Bloomberg.

Obama quotes nonexistent Bible verse in immigration speech
While there are plenty of Bible verses to mention while discussing immigration, President Obama on Tuesday quoted one which isn't so great, mainly because it's not real. "The good book says don't throw stones at glass houses, or make sure we're looking at the log in our eye before we are pointing out the moat in other folks eyes," Obama said during a speech in Nashville. One problem, though: The Bible never mentions glass houses.

Israel minister says US censure slows settlements
JERUSALEM — U.S. criticism of Israel's settlement policies has slowed down construction in the West Bank, Israel's defense minister said in comments broadcast Wednesday, adding that he hopes the slowdown will be "temporary" because the Obama administration "won't be around forever."

Irish parliament backs recognition of Palestinian state
Dublin - Irish lawmakers urged their government Wednesday to recognise Palestine as a state in a symbolic motion that sailed through parliament unopposed. Ireland's parliament is the fourth European assembly to call for the recognition of Palestinian statehood since October.

Kerry, Israel's Netanyahu to meet in Rome for Middle East talks
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West Bank, the State Department said on Wednesday.

45-year physics mystery shows a path to quantum transistors
An odd, iridescent material that's puzzled physicists for decades turns out to be an exotic state of matter that could open a new path to quantum computers and other next-generation electronics.

Magnitude 6.1 quake hits off Taiwan
A strong, 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northeast off the island of Taiwan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake struck at 5:03 a.m. on Thursday...

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