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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 12th, 2012

French Teacher Suspended After She Tells Students To Write Their Own Suicide Notes
An unidentified French teacher has been suspended after she issued a very unsettling homework assignment to her class at at the college Antoine-Delafonte in France. The students, which were reportedly around 13 and 14-years-old, were asked to pen their own suicide notes.

‘Death To Christianity’: Vandals Desecrate Jerusalem Church With Spray-Painted Messages Of Hate
Vandals have spray-painted “Death to Christianity” and “Jesus, son of a whore” on a Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem. Similar messages were plastered on the outside of another church in the area earlier this year. The overnight attack on the Monastery of the Cross was the latest in a series of vandalisms of Christian holy sites. Extremist Jews sympathetic to Israel’s settlement movement are suspected.

'Jedi' religion most popular alternative faith
Today's Census figures show that 176,632 people in England and Wales identify themselves as Jedi Knights, making it the most popular faith in the "Other Religions" category on the Census and the seventh most popular faith overall.

Jersey City Unveils 3-Story High ‘Eye In The Sky’ Surveillance Tower To Fight Crime
A warning to criminals in Jersey City: Every step you take, every move you make, police are watching. As part of a stepped-up effort to deter and detect criminal activity, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and Police Chief Tom Comey announced new initiatives Tuesday that they hope will be effective.

Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica
The USGS said the quake, which struck at 12:54 a.m. local time, had an epicenter about two miles (three kilometers) south-southwest of Naranjo, which is about 22 miles (35 kilometers) west of the capital San Jose. Its depth was 6.3 miles (10.1 kilometers).

US recognizes Syria's main rebel group, Obama says
"Obviously, with that recognition comes responsibilities," Obama said in an interview Tuesday with ABC News. "To make sure that they organize themselves effectively, that they are representative of all the parties, that they commit themselves to a political transition that respects women's rights and minority rights."

New Coronavirus Could Have Many Hosts
The new virus, hCoV-EMC, is blamed for five deaths and several other cases of severe disease originating in countries in the Middle East. The new study shows hCoV-EMC uses a different receptor in the human body than the SARS virus, which caused an epidemic in 2002 through 2003. HCoV-EMC can infect cells from a wide range of bat species and pigs, indicating there may be little to keep the virus from passing from animals to humans.

NKorea has fired its long-range rocket
South Korean defense officials said the rocket was fired from a west coast launch pad but there was no immediate word if the rocket was successful. North Korea had indicated technical problems with the rocket and extended its launch window. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules.

Kamchatka Volcano ‘Flexes Muscles’ in Record Lava Spill
The erupting Plosky Tolbachik volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula is spilling a record 1,200 metric tons of lava every second, local seismologists reported on Tuesday. The 3,085-meter Plosky Tolbachik, which is part of a volcanic complex located 343 kilometers from the region's capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, erupted on November 27 for the first time in 36 years.

Obama planning direct talks with Iran; US will strike in 4-5 months if they don’t bear fruit, Israeli TV report says
Obama had decided to bypass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and leave Israel out of the loop. Rosen said that Obama believed Netanyahu was personally behind a recent series of purported leaks from reports produced by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) about the Iranian program.

US to give Israel thousands of 'bunker-buster' bombs
The Pentagon has appealed to Congress in a bid to increase the United States' military aid to Israel by $647 million... According to a Bloomberg report, in wake of Operation Pillar of Defense, the Pentagon wants to arm the IDF with a tail kit system used to convert free-fall bombs into satellite-guided ordnance, as well as with missiles that can be mounted on F-15 and F-16 fighter jets and are capable of penetrating underground or fortified targets.

British government to legalize same-sex marriage
The British government announced Tuesday that it will introduce a bill next year legalizing gay marriage - but banning the Church of England from conducting same-sex ceremonies. Equalities minister Maria Miller said the legislation would authorize same-sex civil marriages, as well as religious ceremonies if religions decide to "opt in."

Obamacare just raised your health care premium by $63
If you’re a member of the mainstream media, you’re “surprised” by this in the same way that every bad jobs report is “unexpected.” Among the regulations being rushed out the door by the Department of Health and Human Services 32 months after Obamacare passed is a requirement that every plan in America be subject to a $63 fee.

526,421 family farms threatened by new death tax
New legislation that jumps the death tax to 55 percent of estates exceeding $1 million threatens 526,421 family farms...according to a Senate analysis. According to...the Senate Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Wyoming's John Barrasso: If President Obama and Senate Democrats do not act, the federal government will begin taking more than half the value of family farm estates exceeding $1 million beginning next year.

Putin warns of foreign meddling in politics in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested some opposition politicians are in the pay of foreign interests, saying it is unacceptable. In an annual state-of-the-nation address in Moscow strong on patriotic themes, he talked of the need to preserve Russian national identity. He urged more births, saying a family with three children should be the norm.

North Korea defies warnings in rocket launch success
North Korea has successfully launched a long-range rocket, defying international warnings. The rocket, launched at 09:49 local time (00:49 GMT), appears to have followed its planned trajectory, with stages falling in expected areas. North Korea says a satellite has been placed in orbit; the US confirmed an object had been put into space.

Egypt referendum goes ahead in foreign embassies
Egypt's referendum on a controversial draft constitution has begun in embassies abroad, days before the vote is due to take place at home. But with many judges refusing to oversee the process, it is unclear whether the vote will take place on one day or continue the next week. The opposition has called for the entire referendum to be scrapped.

Michigan passes 'right-to-work' legislation
Lawmakers in the state of Michigan, a cradle of the US labour movement, have passed a law limiting union power, amid mass protests at the statehouse. Republicans, who control the state legislature, have succeeded in banning a requirement that workers pay union fees as a condition of employment. Outside, police in riot gear used tear gas to control tensions among a crowd of more than 10,000 protesters.

Deadly Oregon shooting at Clackamas shopping centre
A gunman has opened fire at a shopping mall near the city of Portland, Oregon, killing two people and himself. One other person was seriously injured at the Clackamas Shopping Center and taken to hospital, Lt James Rhodes of Clackamas County Police said. Officials say the gunman killed himself after the shooting spree. Police who arrived at the scene did not fire.

Israeli leader mocks EU 'dismay'
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has mocked EU foreign ministers' "dismay" over his plan to split Palestine in three and to take away its capital. ..."I don't understand how people say that a Palestinian state cannot exist if Maalah Adumim is connected to Jerusalem ... These are the same people who say that you'll have a Palestinian state between Gaza and the West Bank, and they're divided by 60-70km," he said.

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