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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
May 3rd, 2013

Three earthquakes hit off North Coast
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit just off the North Coast at 2:03 p.m. Wednesday. A 2.8 magnitude earthquake shook nearby two minutes later. At 5:30 p.m, a 2.5 magnitude earthquake hit.

China could hold Israel-Palestinian talks if asked
The Chinese government says it is willing to set up a meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president when the two leaders visit Beijing next week, if the sides expressed interest in doing so.

WSJ: U.S. beefs up super bomb to wipe out Iran nuke site
The Pentagon has beefed up its biggest "bunker buster" bomb so it can destroy Iran's most heavily armed and protected nuclear site, U.S. officials said. The administration believes the enhanced Massive Ordnance Penetrator, the Pentagon's largest conventional bomb, will decrease the chances Israel will launch a unilateral bombing campaign against Iran, at least for this year and maybe next year too, the officials told The Wall Street Journal.

Russians Should Not Visit China - Top Public Health Official
Russia’s chief public health official Gennady Onishchenko has recommended the country’s nationals not to visit China where a new strain of bird flu is spreading. “Now there’s not need to ban [visits to China] but please do not go there if there is such a chance,” Onishchenko said on Echo Moskvy radio.

Anti-EU mood goes local: Election surge for UK Independence Party
The UK Independence Party is enjoying further election successes, bringing them into ever-increasing prominence in UK politics. One candidate claimed second place in the South Shield’s by-election, with local election successes still coming in.

Benjamin Netanyahu says any Israeli-Palestinian peace plan would be subject to a national referendum
Israel’s chief peace negotiator said Thursday it’s “good news” that the Arab peace initiative is negotiable and that Arab nations are supporting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians at a difficult time in the region.

Floridians Encouraged to Report Neighbors Who "Hate Government"
Bradshaw makes it clear that the kind of behavior which could prompt a visit from the authorities includes anti-government political statements that may be deemed a prelude to violent action. “We want people to call us if the guy down the street says he hates the government, hates the mayor and he’s gonna shoot him,” Bradshaw said. “What does it hurt to have somebody knock on a door and ask, ‘Hey, is everything OK?’” OH?

Vatican invites Buddhists to help build culture of life
In his annual letter for the feast of Vesakh, Cardinal Tauran highlighted the two faiths’ “noble teachings on the sanctity of human life” but lamented that “evil in different forms contributes to the dehumanization of the person” in society, “by mitigating the sense of humanity in individuals and communities.”

Poll shows 29 percent of voters think 'armed revolution' might be needed
We knew distrust of government was high. But a new poll shows that suspicion reaching new levels. According to a survey from Fairleigh Dickinson University, nearly a third of registered voters -- 29 percent -- believe an "armed revolution" might be necessary in the next few years in order to protect liberties.

US Hired al-Qaida-Linked Group to Defend Benghazi Mission
The Libyan militia group that the State Department hired to defend its embattled diplomatic mission in Benghazi had clear al-Qaida sympathies, and had prominently displayed the al-Qaida flag on a Facebook page for months before the deadly attack.

Red Flag Warning: Wildfires Spread in California
Fires are spreading in two different areas in California, one spreading to more than 6,000 acres as of Thursday afternoon. The main fire spread about 50 miles outside of Los Angeles as hundreds of firefighters tried to stop it. Evacuation orders included the smoke-choked campus of California State University, according to the Associated Press.

Senior scientists attack Chinese researchers for creating new strains of influenza virus in veterinary laboratory
Experts warn of danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global pandemic killing millions of people. ...Senior scientists have criticised the “appalling irresponsibility” of researchers in China who have deliberately created new strains of influenza virus in a veterinary laboratory.

Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Malibu
According to the USGS, the epicenter was six miles from Malibu Beach, nine miles from Agoura Hills, 10 miles from Agoura and 349 miles from Sacramento. In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

France 'to enter recession' as eurozone growth slows
The eurozone economy will shrink more than expected this year with France sliding into recession, according to a gloomy European Commission report. The Commission forecast says euro-area growth will shrink by 0.4% this year, down from 0.3% forecast in February. France will go into recession this year with negative growth of 0.1% and unemployment rising to 10.9% in 2014 from 10.6% this year.

Analysis: Egypt, Iran in power struggle over Gaza
Egypt and Iran are locked in a power struggle over their influence and conflicting aims in the Gaza Strip, and Egypt appears to have the upper hand. While Tehran is dissatisfied with the relative durability of the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, and is pushing Palestinian armed factions to violate the truce, Cairo is doing its utmost to reinforce the calm, which it views as serving Egypt’s national interest.

US Headed For The Coldest Spring On Record
The forecast for the first two weeks of May is well below normal, so odds are that the spring of 2013 will be the coldest on record in the US.

Dozens dead as Assad's forces storm coastal village
State forces and militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stormed the coastal village of Baida on Thursday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The pro-opposition monitoring group said the final death toll was likely to exceed 100. Many of those killed appeared to have been executed by shooting or stabbing, it said, and other bodies were found burned.

'US upgrades bunker buster to thwart Israel strike on Iran'
The US has upgraded its biggest bunker buster bomb specifically to enable the destruction of Iran's underground Fordow uranium enrichment plant near the city of Qom, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. According to the report, the Pentagon sees the move as critical to convincing Israel that the US will indeed prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons and possesses weaponry to do so that Israel does not have.

China emerging as new force in drone warfare
Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar.

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