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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 17th, 2012

Upcoming UN Climate Change Report Leaked Online
I believe that the leaking of this draft is entirely legal, that the taxpayer funded report is properly in the public domain under the Freedom of Information Act, and that making it available to the public is in any case protected by established legal and ethical standards,” Rawls wrote on his website, while encouraging anyone interested in reading the report to download a copy in case it is “removed as a possible terms-of-service violation.”

Scientists Investigate Arctic Hurricanes’ Impact On Climate Models
According to scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the storms, which are also known as Arctic hurricanes, contain areas of extremely low barometric pressure and can produce massive waves capable of sinking smaller ships. They are difficult to forecast, occur frequently and tend to be absent from most existing climate models.

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near The Geysers
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon two miles from The Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:03 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 miles.

Tourists Flee, Residents Prepare As 'Monster' Cyclone Bears Down On Fiji Read more: http www.businessinsider.com/tourists-flee-residents-pr
Fijian authorities scrambled to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas Sunday as a monster cyclone threatened the Pacific nation with "catastrophic damage" after causing devastation in Samoa.

MSNBC Guest Says We Should Profile ‘White Men’ as School Shooters
“The issue with it will be, politically, I think; the profile is white men. That’s a profile that’s not, essentially, in America allowed to be profiled. That’s the one profile in America that’s not allowed to be profiled.”

David Brooks: "I Think If We're Going To Control Guns, We Really Have To Do It Massive"
I think I\'m all for getting rid of the assault weapons and machine guns and all that tough, but if we want to prevent something like this, we have to really think seriously about drastically reducing the number of guns in our society, and particularly -- this is an old Patrick Daniel Moynihan idea -- the number of bullets. It is very hard to control 300 million guns. The bullets are a little easier to control.

Sun storm threat to GPS: Space agency plans global network to study effects of \'solar max\' on satellite communications
Scientists are gearing up for fierce solar storms next year by setting up a worldwide chain of monitoring stations to study the so-called solar maximum'. Massive increases in the numbers of sunspots are expected to cause changes in the Earth's ionosphere, the shell of plasma at the top of our atmosphere.

Ecuador declares volcano alert
ECUADOR has issued an orange alert -- the second-highest warning level -- for towns near the Tungurahua volcano, as its level of activity rose, civil defence officials say.

Strong earthquake hits off eastern Indonesia
An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude has been detected off the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties. (AP)

"First we take Damascus, then Tel Aviv"
The leader of the radical Salafist movement in Jordan, whose organization actively supports the Syrian rebels\' efforts to topple President Bashar Assad's regime warned Sunday that once the Damascus opposition achieves its primary goal, it will set its sights on Israel.

Japan election winner fires early warning to China
Shinzo Abe, who returns to power after leading the Liberal Democratic Party to victory..., said there was no doubt about Japan's ownership of the islands, known as the Senkakus in Japan, but the Diaoyus in China... "China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory," said Mr Abe. "Our objective is to stop the challenge. We don't intend to worsen relations between Japan and China."

Attorney General Secretly Granted Gov. Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans
In a secret government agreement granted without approval or debate from lawmakers, the U.S. attorney general recently gave the National Counterterrorism Center sweeping new powers to store dossiers on U.S. citizens, even if they are not suspected of a crime, according to a news report.

Boehner offers debt-ceiling increase in cliff compromise
House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the budget battle but is breathing new life into stalled talks over the year-end “fiscal cliff.” The offer came Friday, according to people in both parties familiar with the talks...

Hungary's Jews face down new extremism
A week after a leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party called for lists of prominent Jews to be drawn up to protect national security, Janos Fonagy stepped forward. "My mother and father were Jewish, and so am I, whether you like it or not," the state secretary of the Development Ministry told parliament, explaining he did not have dual citizenship with Israel and was not religious.

EU in major free trade deal with Singapore
The EU and Singapore have clinched a free-trade agreement (FTA) - the second such deal between the 27-nation bloc and a major Asian trading partner. Last year EU-Singapore trade was worth about 74bn euros (£60bn; $97bn). Singapore is the second largest Asian investor in the EU after Japan. The EU Commission says the deal - not yet signed by politicians - will help EU exports of cars and financial services.

Pakistan blast: Market bomb 'kills 17' in Khyber
At least 17 people have been killed and more than 70 hurt in a car bomb attack on a market in the Khyber tribal area in north-west Pakistan, officials say. Women and children were among those killed in the blast at the market in Jamrud, the main town in Khyber. The explosion took place close to the offices of the tribal administration. The injured have been taken to hospital in the nearby city of Peshawar.

Libya orders borders in south closed
Libya's parliament has ordered the temporary closure of southern borders and declared seven southern regions restricted military areas. A parliament spokesman, Omar Humidan, said the move was aimed at stemming the flow of illegal immigrants and goods. There was no indication of how long borders with Chad, Niger, Sudan and Algeria would remain shut.

Newtown shootings: Obama says tragedies must end
President Barack Obama has said the US must do more to protect its children in the wake of Friday's shootings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. Speaking at an inter-faith vigil in Newtown, Mr Obama said he would use the powers of his office to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. He told residents that the nation shared their grief.

Gun control debate begins to simmer after massacre
Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of last week\'s elementary school shooting must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the nation deals with individuals suffering from serious mental illness.

2 Kansas officers fatally shot outside market
Two Kansas police officers were fatally shot outside a grocery store Sunday while responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. Topeka Police Chief Ronald Miller called the shootings of Cpl. David Gogian and Officer Jeff Atherly "unspeakable." He said both Gogian, 50, and Atherly, 29, were shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire on them within minutes of their arrival to investigate the vehicle.

Car Bomb Kills at Least 17 in Pakistan Tribal Region
A powerful car bomb exploded near government offices in a town in the northwestern tribal belt on Monday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, local officials said.

Japan election result knocks vulnerable yen
The yen fell to its lowest in more than a year and a half versus the dollar on Monday after a landslide election victory for Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which is committed to aggressive monetary easing.

Syrian vice president says neither side can win war
Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa said that neither the forces of President Bashar al-Assad nor rebels seeking to overthrow him can win the war which is now being fought on the outskirts of Assad's powerbase in Damascus.

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