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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
March 25th, 2013

Temple Groups Practice Passover Sacrifice
Jewish groups held a mock Passover sacrifice on Thursday opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The ritual slaughter was not merely a historic reenactment, but, they say, practice in advance of the reconstruction of the Temple.

Temple Activists Expect Police to Block Ascent
Several Temple movement activists will try to make the Pesach sacrifice on the Temple Mount Monday, but they expect police to block their way, as has happened in previous years. The activists said they plan to assemble at the promenade near the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City at 1:30 p.m., with the goats and lambs they plan to sacrifice.

The dangerous drift towards world war in Asia
This is what the Japanese are brought up on, so different from the "Patriotic Education" campaign in China for the last twenty years. Beijing's policy has whipped up revanchist hatred against the Japanese for the sins of the 1930s and 1940s, no doubt to divert popular wrath away from a Communist Party tarnished by corruption.

Bloomberg: 'Big Brother. Get used to it!'
'You wait, in five years, they'll be cameras everyplace ... whether you like it or not'

Monument with ‘Palestine’ replacing Israel was hidden from Obama
Palestinian authorities in Bethlehem removed ‘State Monument,’ put peace dove in its stead, three days before president came to pray at Church of the Nativity

US reportedly suggests Israeli-Palestinian summit in May
Kerry met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday night and into Sunday morning, several hours after holding talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman. He is reportedly pushing a US-devised package of arrangements to pave the way for new negotiations.

Vial of deadly virus goes missing from Texas lab
Officials say a vial containing a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from a research facility in Galveston, but say there's no reason to believe there's a threat to the public. The University of Texas Medical Branch said Saturday that there was no breach in the security its Galveston National Laboratory and no indication of wrongdoing. Officials suspect the missing vial containing the Guanarito virus was destroyed during the lab's cleaning process but the investigation continues.

Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz
A bright meteor briefly outshined the lights of New York City Friday evening (March 22), according to reports by witnesses who used Twitter and the Internet to report sightings of the fireball streaking over a broad stretch of the U.S. East Coast.

NYC Warns of Deadly Meningitis Spread Through Gay Encounters
A deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that is reportedly spread through sexual encounters between men who meet through websites, iPhone applications, or bars has killed seven people in New York and sickened 22 others.

US and South Korea sign military plan against North Korea aggression
The United States and South Korea have signed a plan that paves the way for a joint military response to any future North Korean aggression. At a time of heightened tension in the region, the two allies sign the military agreement, which addresses the response to a low-level action such as a limited cross-border excursion.

Earthquake Swarm Continues North of Reno
The earthquake swarm continues to move the California side of Peavine Mountain near Bordertown. According UNR's seismology lab, equipment detected more than a dozen quakes Saturday and another dozen Sunday morning.

6.1 quake off Kamchatka, far east of Russia: USGS - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of far-eastern Russia early Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, which hit at 0418 GMT at a depth of 9.7 kilometres (six miles), was centred 269 kilometres from the eastern Russian city of Ozernovsky, on the southern tip of the Kamchatka peninsula.

Fertile locusts swarm into Israel on Passover eve
A day before Passover, farmers in southern Israel were suffering from another plague of locusts, entering the country from Egypt with biblical timing. The pests hit fields and greenhouses in the south; the Agriculture Ministry was working to prevent heavy damage to crops in the Negev and stop the insects from penetrating deeper into the country.

Arab League reportedly gives Syria’s seat to rebels
The move represents a blow to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose seat has been vacant since its suspension in November 2011, several months after the unrest in the country began.

McCain emerges as key senator in expanding background checks
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has emerged as a key player if Senate Democrats are to have any chance of passing legislation to expand background checks for private sales of firearms. McCain and Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) are at the top of a list of Republicans considered most likely to sign on to legislation expanding background checks after talks with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) stalled earlier this month.

Spain Brings the Pain to Bank Investors
The Spanish government will impose heavy losses on investors at nationalized banks and hire external advisers to help it manage these banks' assets, its latest efforts to overhaul a financial sector battered by the collapse of a decadelong housing boom. Forcing shareholders and bondholders to share the cost of restructuring the country's five nationalized banks...was required under the terms of a European Union bailout of Spain's...lenders.

Cyprus bailout: Deal reached in Eurogroup talks
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a 10bn-euro bailout deal for Cyprus to prevent its banking system collapsing and keep the country in the eurozone. Laiki (Popular) Bank - the country's second-biggest - will be wound down and deposit-holders with more than 100,000 euros ($130,000; £85,000) will face big losses. However, all deposits under 100,000 euros will be "fully guaranteed".

Michael Bloomberg funds $12m US gun law campaign
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is bankrolling a $12m (£7.8m) advertising campaign for tougher gun control laws. The television adverts will run in 13 states and urge voters to persuade their senators to back comprehensive background checks for gun buyers. Mr Bloomberg, a strong supporter of gun control, has said he is cautiously optimistic of winning over Congress, which votes on the issue next month.

Moderate face of Syrian uprising quits
The head of Syria's main opposition group resigned on Sunday, weakening the moderate wing of the two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule and complicating Western efforts to back the rebels.

North Korean leader Kim sings military's praises, oungum-style
Forget "Hail to the Chief". In North Korea, the army sing their leader's praises with a chorus of "We Will Defend General Kim Jong-un at the Cost of Our Lives", or the catchy accordion and tap-dance tune, "The Naval Port in the Evening". Kim, the third of his line to rule North Korea, praised musical instruments made by the North's 1.2 million-strong army on Sunday, state news agency KCNA reported.

Kerry warns Iraq on Iran flights to Syria
Just days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confronted Baghdad for continuing to grant Iran access to its airspace and said Iraq's behavior was raising questions about its reliability as a partner.

How Russia's Billionaire Oligarchs Got So Very Rich
Everyone's been talking about Russia's super rich oligarchs lately — first because of the banking crisis in Cyprus, and now because of the mysterious death of one oligarch, Boris Berezovsky, in London this weekend. Expect the talk to continue. Berezovksy's death will lead to questions for the Kremlin, his former partner Roman Abramovich and a whole host of other super wealthy, powerful individuals that inhabit the world of Russia's elite.

MOODY'S: Even With The New Deal, Cyprus Could Still Default And Leave The Euro
Cyprus finally reached a deal with the EU on how to bail out its troubled banking system tonight. Nonetheless, the events of the past week have likely shattered confidence in Cypriot banks.

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