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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 11th, 2012

Huge Asteroid to Pass Earth Tonight: How to Watch Online
The near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide, will zoom within 4.3 million miles (7 million kilometers) of Earth during its closest approach early Wednesday morning (Dec. 12).

HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering case
— HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.9 billion to settle a U.S. money-laundering probe. Europe's largest bank by market value will pay the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank after facing accusations it transferred funds through the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations such as Iran that are under international sanctions.

Foxx jokes about killing 'all the white people' 2 weeks after calling Obama 'our lord and savior'
Two weeks ago, Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx made national headlines when he called President Obama “Our lord and savior.” ...in his new film “Django Unchained,” “I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?”

The Russians are fleeing Syria
It is estimated that the Russians drastically reduced their presence in anticipation of an imminent massive western intervention in Syria.

Telescope Gets Better View of Strange Thunderstorm Flashes
The high-energy outbursts that occur above thunderstorms are known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) and they last only a few thousandths of a second. But even in that brief flash, they rank among the highest-energy forms of light that occur naturally on Earth, according to a NASA release.

Texas Fireball, A Sign Of The End Of Days?
Some worry that as the Mayan calendar winds down, that an asteroid may collide with the Earth, effectively putting an end to our reign on this planet. Scientists have helped put an end to all theories about the end of the world in the coming weeks, but footage from a NASA camera may be kickstarting a whole new realm of worry. The footage from NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office in New Mexico shows a meteor streaking across the sky in Texas. Although the timing for the footage is oddly close to the December 21st Mayan calendar countdown, it is actually closer to this week’s Geminid meteor shower.

Assessing the near-term prospects as Syria enters post-Assad era
The FSA does not operate in large units that would be vulnerable to chemical weapons. Using them in cities would be a shocking human rights violation that would force Russia and China to reevaluate support for Assad and likely lead to immediate retaliation from Turkish or NATO air strikes on chemical weapons sites, air bases, and command-control centers.

Obama replaces Centcom chief as post-Benghazi shakeup continues
The United States intends to replace the chief of military operations for the Middle East in another personnel change following the killing of four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11.

Tornado in Yogyakarta Injures Dozen, Damages Hundreds of Houses
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman said on Saturday that the tornado — which had a radius of two kilometers at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour — lasted for 10 minutes and hit 10 villages in Sleman, with the Bromonila village in the subdistrict of Purwomartani reporting the most damages.

US prepares to recognise Syrian opposition
Officials say the administration is on track to recognise the new Syrian opposition council as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people at an international conference on the crisis in Morocco this week. The move will pave the way for greater US support for those seeking to oust Mr Assad and follows the blacklisting of a militant Syrian rebel group with links to al-Qaeda.

Earthquake shudders Timpson area once again
The earthquakes continue, but the question has remained on the minds of many as to what could be the cause of these shudders, especially after the 3.7 magnitude earthquake of May 10, 2012 which was followed by the aftershock on May 17 that measured at a magnitude of 4.3. Members of the staff at the Stephen F. Austin Geology Department in Nacogdoches have been working to track these earthquakes and discover if they are of a natural occurrence, or if they are of man-made origin.

Nature of strong quakes changing? 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes region of Banda Sea
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake in the Banda Sea off Indonesia has been felt more than 600 kilometres away in Darwin. Geoscience Australia says there could be more aftershocks from the quake that shook the Top End of the Northern Territory overnight.

Unexplained Light Formation Spotted Above San Francisco’s Mission Dist.
A viewer told CBS 5 about some surprising video captured early Sunday morning in San Francisco’s Mission District. In the video, a series of lights fly in formation above the city before appearing to take a diamond shape and eventually disappearing.

Mayan apocalypse: Serbia's mystic mountain targeted by believers
Hotel owners around the pyramid-shaped Mount Rtanj, in the east of the Balkan country, say that bookings are flooding in, with believers in the prophecy hoping that its purported mysterious powers will save them from the apocalypse. Adherents of the end-of-the-world scenario think the 5,100ft-high mountain, part of the Carpathian range, conceals a pyramidal building inside, left behind by alien visitors thousands of years ago.

Study Shows Soaring STD Rates In Many Areas Of New York City
A study by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has found that large parts of the city are plagued with soaring rates for multiple STDs – including HIV/AIDS. The study surveyed 181 city ZIP codes for concurrence in rates of HIV/AIDS, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis B, as well as two non-sexually-transmitted diseases – hepatitis C and tuberculosis.

Israel suspected over Iran nuclear programme inquiry leaks
Israel is suspected of carrying out a series of leaks implicating Iran in nuclear weapons experiments in an attempt to raise international pressure on Tehran and halt its programme.

PA Issues Ultimatum to Israel: Talk - or Else
The Palestinian Authority, feeling it is fully armed diplomatically after it won informal UN recognition, now says Israel has six months to talk – or else.

Syria Says it has 'Serious Fear' it is Being Framed
Syria has accused the United States of seeking to frame the country for using chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported. "The U.S. administration has consistently worked over the past year to launch a campaign of allegations on the possibility that Syria could use chemical weapons during the current crisis,"

China to overtake EU and US by 2030, US intelligence says
The era of American and European economic dominance has less than two decades left to run, according to a report by US intelligence services. The study - Global Trends 2030, out on Monday (10 December) - predicts the Chinese economy will overtake the US at some point between 2022 and 2030.

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