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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the internet
December 1st, 2014

Cost Still a Barrier Between Americans and Medical Care
In U.S., 33% have put off medical treatment because of cost.

Gordon Brown 'to announce decision to stand down as MP tonight'
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce his decision to stand as an MP at the next general election, it has been reported. Mr Brown is the Labour MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and served as chancellor in Tony Blair's government between 1997 and 2003.

Time cloak used to hide messages in laser light
A "time cloak" that conceals events rather than objects can hide secret messages through a trick of light, making information invisible to all but the intended recipient. Like an invisibility cloak that makes something disappear in plain sight, a time cloak makes an event disappear in time. It works by manipulating light traveling along an optical fibre.

Wanted: A new strategy for Jerusalem
The green light given to Jewish settlement in Arab neighborhoods after Operation Protective Edge gave Hamas a unique opportunity to shake off the burden of its defeat in the Gaza conflict and instigate serious riots both in the capital and the West Bank.

Russia launches ‘wartime government’ HQ in major military upgrade
The new top-security, fortified facility in Moscow includes several large war rooms, a brand new supercomputer in the heart of a state-of-the-art data processing center, underground facilities, secret transport routes for emergency evacuation and a helicopter pad, which was deployed for the first time on Nov. 24 on the Moscow River.

Quake rattles northern Arizona
A moderate earthquake that struck near Sedona was widely felt in the area, but there were no reports of injury or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.7 temblor struck shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and was centered seven miles north of Sedona and six miles underground.

Israel's Radical Left Is Allied With Europe to Establish an Islamic State
Sweden and the United Kingdom have, at least on paper, recognized a Palestinian [sic] state. This recognition has no practical significance but its reverberations undermine the foundations of the State of Israel.

Fed rattled by elusive inflation, but loath to sound alarm yet
Interviews with Fed officials and those familiar with its thinking show the mood inside is more somber than the central bank's reassuring statements and evidence of robust economic health would suggest. The reason is the central bank's failure to nudge price growth up to its 2 percent target and, more importantly, signs that investors and consumers are losing faith it can get there any time soon.

China warns Britain to stay out of its affairs
Beijing has rejected criticism of its decision to bar a group of British MPs from travelling to Hong Kong, warning that foreign nations had no right to meddle in what China considered its “domestic affairs”. ...The Foreign Affairs Committee is currently holding an inquiry into the pace of political reform in Hong Kong, 30 years after the Sino-British joint declaration was signed, something that has infuriated Beijing...

Egyptian jihadis claim responsibility for killing American oil worker William Henderson
An Egyptian militant organisation allied with the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American oil worker. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which now refers to itself as the Sinai Province, said on its official Twitter account late on Sunday that it killed William Henderson. It published pictures of his passport and two identification cards. It did not say when or how it killed him.

Abbas Presents 'Plan of Attack' for Palestinian State
More details have been released regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's speech to the Arab League on Saturday revealing that Abbas has concocted a comprehensive plan to flatten Israel politically and bypass the need for bilateral negotiations to establish a Palestinian state.

US, Turkey Close to Deal on Joint Action against ISIS
US, coalition partners to receive access to Turkish air bases for launching air strikes. Citing officials from both the U.S. and Turkey, the paper reported that the proposed deal would allow the U.S. and its coalition partners access to Turkish air bases for launching air strikes.

CHANCE OF FLARES
Two sunspots poised to explode are turning toward Earth.

Earthquakes Shake Central Oklahoma
The U.S. Geological Survey reports three earthquakes in Oklahoma, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2. Sheriff's officials say there are no reports of injury or of significant damage, although there were reports of people being jolted awake by the temblors.

Khamenei tells Iran armed forces to build up 'irrespective' of diplomacy
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an apparent allusion to continuing nuclear talks with the West aimed at easing tension in the Middle East.

UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records
UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement. One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015's end. The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China.

Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread - UN's Tony Banbury
The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against Ebola, to be achieved by Monday, had been met. The targets were for the proportion of people being treated and for the safe burial of highly infectious bodies.

Cheap Oil A Boon For The Economy? Think Again
The oil industry is no longer what it once was, it’s not even a normal industry anymore. Oil companies sell assets and borrow heavily, then buy back their own stock and pay out big dividends. What kind of business model is that? Well, not the kind that can survive a 40% cut in revenue for long. Cheap oil a boon for the economy? You might want to give that some thought.

'We only die once ... It might as well be for Jesus'
Werner Groenewald dedicated 12 years of his life in Kabul, Afghanistan before he and his two children were killed by Taliban suicide bombers.

Hong Kong protesters clash with police at government HQ
Hong Kong police have clashed with pro-democracy activists trying to surround government offices, in some of the worst unrest in two months of protests. Protesters fought police armed with pepper spray and batons on roads around the camp in the Admiralty district. Police say 40 people have been arrested and a number of officers were injured.

Canada says citizen may have been captured in Syria
Canada is trying to confirm reports that a Canadian citizen has been captured in Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday. "Canada is pursuing all appropriate channels" to seek further information and is in touch with local authorities, the spokesman said in a statement.

Afghan forces ill equipped to fight Taliban without NATO
Afghan district police chief Ahmadullah Anwari only has enough grenades to hand out three to each checkpoint in an area of Helmand province swarming with Taliban insurgents who launch almost daily attacks on security forces.

WHO will miss Ebola targets it set for Dec 1
Two months ago, the World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely bury 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — by December 1.

Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence
Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.

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