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When it gets down to it, a blog is really a more personalized source of information. Bloggers can express what they feel and what they have experienced with using their blogs. If Peter Jennings had a blog, it probably wouldn?t sound like his newscast.

Blogs can?t be compared with Wikipedia but the thing is, there are blog sites that are quite popular to online readers that they?ve been recognized online as authority bloggers in their niche. Such are known as ?Authority Blogs?. These blog sites are well know that online readers ?flock? these sites to gather relevant and accurate information. Expert bloggers will tell you to be like them. But to do that, you must know what makes authority blogs tick. Here now are the 5 tips on how you can be considered as an authority blogger.

1. Talk the talk ? Do you still remember when your college professor had a great impact on you because he or she had an excellent speech? If you want to be recognized as a niche expert, you have to talk like one . That?s all that is needed to be considered as an expert in blogging. Well, for your name isn?t ?Einstein? (who knows everything, get it?) because you also need to do some research. If readers throw you a difficult question, simply do your own research or straight out tell the reader that it?s an area you are still exploring.

2. Join the blogging community ? Birds of the same feather?. you know how the saying goes! Indeed, bloggers have their own online community. Typically, bloggers ?flock? according to the type of niche they have. It?s important to get to know other bloggers, authority ones or not, because these people help each other out. You can surely increase your authority as a blogger once you do guest postings and by exchanging links to other bloggers.

3. Be innovative ? Blog seniority is measured not just by blog age alone. Being a pioneer can also get your blog up on the pedestal. Mt. Everest has been summited numerous times but it doesn?t stop the many other people who climb it year after year. So what if the first summit record is taken? Some climbers are not bothered by the first record since they can climb the summit by their own way! This also goes with your blog because to be known, you have to implement unique ideas and methods. To do this, avoid being a ?copycat? and instead, be unique and apply the ?never been done? before in blogging.

4. Talk simple ? Would you want to ?run out of the bush? and have your readers hanging questions in their mind wouldn?t youWould you want to talk about the mundane while your readers would be left with questions in their minds? Remember, even if you are an expert in blogging, it doesn?t mean you have to write the ?extraordinary?. Some, would want simple ideas and tips that are applicable every day. Even if these ideas or tips are just simple; you can create your own expert advice on how to convey your message to readers. You may never know my friend, your blog about, making money as a mom can be ?hot? with stay at home moms who want to earn money!

5. Bring it ? If your weak in blogging then stop if you can?t do it. Is this an option(your weakness) you may want to consider? Take the challenge! Authority blogs carry a reputation that can easily be toppled by another newcomer. So, challenge yourself to outdo your last entry each time you update your blog. Aim for the best to be the authority in blogging.

Don?t just pretend that you?re an authority in blogging while it?s really not the case my friend. It?s all about being ahead to be on top of the competition and be a ?leader of the pack? in the world of blogging.

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Outgoing FSA chief to join Soros body - report

LONDON (Reuters) - The outgoing chairman of Britain's financial watchdog and one-time candidate to head the Bank of England (BoE) is expected to take up a post at a think tank founded by billionaire investor George Soros.

Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that Adair Turner, who heads the soon to be dissolved Financial Services Authority, will join the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York.

Dubbed by British media as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England", Soros reportedly made $1 billion by betting on the devaluation of Britain's sterling currency in 1992, helping to send it crashing out of the European Exchange Rate mechanism.

Hungarian-born Soros set up the think tank to devise new economic theories in response to deficiencies in current thinking demonstrated by the recent global financial crisis.

Board members include Nobel prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen.

The Sunday Telegraph gave no details of the nature of Turner's role at the think tank. The appointment has not yet been announced and spokesmen for Soros and Turner were not immediately available for comment.

The Sunday Telegraph said the FSA had confirmed Turner's appointment and quoted an FSA source as saying Turner's aim at the think tank was to "think big thoughts" and write "more learned papers".

Turner's FSA will be scrapped from April 1 amid reforms to fix a supervisory system criticised for failing to spot the financial crisis coming, forcing Britain to bail out banks.

Two new bodies will replace it - the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

(Reporting by Mohammed Abbas; editing by Anna Willard)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/outgoing-fsa-chief-join-soros-body-report-110402701--finance.html

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The truth behind N. Korea's threats

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and posters call for "death to the U.S. imperialists" and urge the people to fight with "arms, not words."

But even as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is issuing midnight battle cries to his generals to ready their rockets, he and his million-man army know full well that a successful missile strike on U.S. targets would be suicide for the outnumbered, out-powered North Korean regime.

Despite the hastening drumbeat of warfare, none of the key players in the region wants or expects another Korean War ? not even the North Koreans.

But by seemingly bringing the region to the very brink of conflict with threats and provocations, Pyongyang is aiming to draw attention to the tenuousness of the armistice designed to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula, a truce North Korea recently announced it would no longer honor as it warned that war could break out at any time.

It's all part of a plan to force Washington to the negotiating table, pressure the new president in Seoul to change policy on North Korea, and build unity at home ? without triggering a full-blown war if all goes well.

In July, it will be 60 years since North Korea and China signed an armistice with the U.S. and the United Nations to bring an end to three years of fighting that cost millions of lives. The designated Demilitarized Zone has evolved into the most heavily guarded border in the world.

It was never intended to be a permanent border. But six decades later, North and South remain divided, with Pyongyang feeling abandoned by the South Koreans in the quest for reunification and threatened by the Americans.

North Korean army officers punch the air as they chant slogans during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of North Koreans ... more? North Korean army officers punch the air as they chant slogans during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for the mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader Kim Jong Un's call to arms. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) less? In that time, South Korea has blossomed from a poor, agrarian nation of peasants into the world's 15th largest economy while North Korea is struggling to find a way out of a Cold War chasm that has left it with a per capita income on par with sub-Saharan Africa.

The Chinese troops who fought alongside the North Koreans have long since left. But 28,500 American troops are still stationed in South Korea and 50,000 more are in nearby Japan. For weeks, the U.S. and South Korea have been showing off their military might with a series of joint exercises that Pyongyang sees a rehearsal for invasion.

On Thursday, the U.S. military confirmed that those drills included two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers that can unload the U.S. Air Force's largest conventional bomb ? a 30,000-pound super bunker buster ? powerful enough to destroy North Korea's web of underground military tunnels.

It was a flexing of military muscle by Washington, perhaps aimed not only at Pyongyang but at Beijing as well.

In Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un reacted swiftly, calling an emergency meeting of army generals and ordering them to be prepared to strike if the U.S. actions continue. A photo distributed by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showed Kim in a military operations room with maps detailing a "strike plan" behind him in a very public show of supposedly sensitive military strategy.

North Korea cites the U.S. military threat as a key reason behind its need to build nuclear weapons, and has poured a huge chunk of its small national budget into defense, science and technology. In December, scientists launched a satellite into space on the back of a long-range rocket using technology that could easily be converted for missiles; in February, they tested an underground nuclear device as part of a mission to build a bomb they can load on a missile capable of reaching the U.S.

However, what North Korea really wants is legitimacy in the eyes of the U.S. ? and a peace treaty. Pyongyang wants U.S. troops off Korean soil, and the bombs and rockets are more of an expensive, dangerous safety blanket than real firepower. They are the only real playing card North Korea has left, and the bait they hope will bring the Americans to the negotiating table.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said North Korea's "bellicose rhetoric" would only deepen its international isolation, and that the U.S. has both the capability and willingness to defend its interests in the region.

Narushige Michishita, director of the Security and International Studies Program at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, isn't convinced North Korea is capable of attacking Guam, Hawaii or the U.S. mainland. He says Pyongyang hasn't successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

But its medium-range Rodong missiles, with a range of about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers), are "operational and credible" and could reach U.S. bases in Japan, he says.

More likely than such a strike, however, is a smaller-scale incident, perhaps off the Koreas' western coast, that would not provoke the Americans to unleash their considerable firepower. For years, the waters off the west coast have been a battleground for naval skirmishes between the two Koreas because the North has never recognized the maritime border drawn unilaterally by the U.N.

As threatening as Kim's call to arms may sound, its main target audience may be the masses at home in North Korea.

For months, the masterminds of North Korean propaganda have pinpointed this year's milestone Korean War anniversary as a prime time to play up Kim's military credibility as well as to push for a peace treaty. By creating the impression that a U.S. attack is imminent, the regime can foster a sense of national unity and encourage the people to rally around their new leader.

Inside Pyongyang, much of the military rhetoric feels like theatrics. It's not unusual to see people toting rifles in North Korea, where soldiers and checkpoints are a fixture in the heavily militarized society. But more often than not in downtown Pyongyang, the rifle stashed in a rucksack is a prop and the "soldier" is a dancer, one of the many performers rehearsing for a Korean War-themed extravaganza set to debut later this year.

More than 100,000 soldiers, students and ordinary workers were summoned Friday to Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang to pump their fists in support of North Korea's commander in chief. But elsewhere, it was business as usual at restaurants and shops, and farms and factories, where the workers have heard it all before.

"Tensions rise almost every year around the time the U.S.-South Korean drills take place, but as soon as those drills end, things go back to normal and people put those tensions behind them quite quickly," said Sung Hyun-sang, the South Korean president of a clothing maker operating in the North Korean border town of Kaesong. "I think and hope that this time won't be different."

And in a telling sign that even the North Koreans don't expect war, the national airline, Air Koryo, is adding flights to its spring lineup and preparing to host the scores of tourists they expect to flock to Pyongyang despite the threats issuing forth from the Supreme Command.

War or no war, it seems Pyongyang remains open for business.

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Lee is chief of AP's bureaus in Pyongyang, North Korea, and Seoul, South Korea. She can be followed on Twitter at twitter.com/newsjean. Eric Talmadge in Tokyo contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-nkorea-threat-may-more-bark-bite-132942749.html

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Loeb's Third Point outperforms hedge fund rivals again

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb outperformed his rivals again in the first quarter with returns that kept pace with the stock market's recent rally, a person familiar with Loeb's returns said.

The New York-based manager told investors late on Thursday that his flagship Third Point Offshore Fund rose 2.8 percent in March while the Third Point Ultra fund, the leveraged version of the Offshore fund, gained 4.2 percent.

For the year to date, the Offshore fund, with $5.6 billion in assets, is up 9.2 percent while the Third Point Ultra Fund gained 13.3 percent.

During the same time, the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index climbed 10 percent while it rose 3.6 percent during the month.

A spokeswoman for Loeb's fund declined to comment.

Low cost index funds, which oversee roughly $1.3 trillion worldwide, have been a hit with investors with the Vanguard 500 index, for example, gaining 10.57 percent this year.

Loeb, whose firm oversees roughly $11.6 billion, is traditionally among the first in the super secretive hedge fund industry to tell clients how he did during the month, carrying on a friendly rivalry with David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital to see who can be the first to inform investors. Hedge fund returns are rarely made public by their managers.

The Third Point numbers stand in contrast to many other hedge funds where returns have been tepid. Many investors have questioned why they should pay hefty management and performance fees for hedge funds at a time when straight stock investments are performing so well.

Einhorn also shared his returns with investors late on Thursday, reporting a 2.3 percent gain in his Greenlight Capital fund in March, leaving it up 6.1 percent for the year.

A spokesman declined to comment.

Star stock picker Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors was up 6.55 percent during the first two months of the year and his son Wayne Cooperman's Cobalt Offshore fund was up 3.63 percent through February. John Paulson's Advantage fund lost 2.63 percent in the first two months of the year.

Loeb and Einhorn calculated their returns very quickly, sending their monthly numbers out even before the month ended just hours after trading concluded on Thursday and before Friday's holiday when U.S. stock markets and most European markets are closed.

Most hedge fund managers take a few business days to calculate their numbers and longer to pen their quarterly letters, which are expected to be released later highlighting trends in the first three months of the year.

Early indications show that 2013 is not starting on a strong note for the an industry that used to pride itself in making money in all markets. Hedge Fund Research data show most funds nearly flat for the month with only a 0.69 percent gain, leaving them up only 3.11 percent for the year.

Loeb has won praise from investors in recent weeks for moving in and out of trades more quickly than some rivals, for example, making money as nutritional supplements company Herbalife and for his so-called Japan macro trade where he was betting against the currency.

Einhorn has a more U.S.-focused portfolio, with Apple remaining one of his biggest bets. Even though the stock was tumbling late last year, Einhorn stuck with his bet and this year squared off against the computer maker first by suing it and later convening a public conference call to suggest Apple should adopt perpetual preferred shares to send more cash back to investors.

(Reporting By Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Editing by David Gregorio)

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RIM success in 4Q, but too early to declare win

TORONTO (AP) ? Research In Motion Ltd., once written off as dead amid fierce competition from more modern mobile devices such as the iPhone, surprised Wall Street Thursday by returning to profitability and shipping more BlackBerry 10 phones than expected in the most recent quarter.

It will take several quarters, though, to know whether RIM is on a path toward a successful turnaround. RIM just entered the crucial U.S. market with the new phone last week. And despite selling a million BlackBerry 10 phones in other countries, RIM lost subscribers for the second consecutive quarter.

Thursday's earnings report provided a first glimpse of how the BlackBerry 10 system, widely seen as crucial to the company's future, is selling internationally and in Canada since its debut Jan. 31. The 1 million new touch-screen BlackBerry Z10 phones were above the 915,000 that analysts had been expecting for the quarter that ended March 2. Details on U.S. sales are not part of the fiscal fourth quarter's financial results because the Z10 wasn't available there after the quarter ended.

Investors appeared mostly happy with the financial results. RIM's stock rose as high as $15.55 as trading opened Thursday after the release of results, though it saw a sharp drop in the final hour of trading and closed at $14.45, down 12 cents.

Many analysts had written RIM off last year, but now believe the Canadian company has a future.

"I thought they were dead. This is a huge turnaround," Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said from New York.

Misek said the Canadian company "demolished" the numbers, especially its gross margins. RIM reported gross margins of 40 percent, up from 34 percent a year earlier. The company credited higher average selling prices and higher margins for devices.

"This is a really, really good result," Misek said. "It's off to a good start."

The new BlackBerry 10 phones are redesigned for the new multimedia, Internet browsing and apps experience that customers are now demanding.

The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, had been the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and other consumers before the iPhone debuted in 2007 and showed that phones can handle much more than email and phone calls. RIM faced numerous delays modernizing its operating system with the BlackBerry 10. During that time, it had to cut more than 5,000 jobs and saw shareholder wealth decline by more than $70 billion.

In the most recent quarter, RIM earned $98 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a loss of $125 million, or 24 cents a share, a year earlier. After adjusting for restructuring and other one-time items, RIM earned 22 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had been expecting a loss of 31 cents.

Revenue fell 36 percent to $2.7 billion, from $4.2 billion. Analysts had expected $2.82 billion.

RIM shipped 6 million BlackBerry devices, including 1 million on the new system. But RIM lost about 3 million subscribers to end the quarter with 76 million. It's the second consecutive quarterly decline for RIM, whose subscriber based peaked at 80 million last summer.

Bill Kreyer, a tech analyst for Edward Jones, called the decline "pretty alarming."

"This is going to take a couple of quarters to really see how they are doing," Kreyer said.

The company also announced that co-founder Mike Lazaridis will leave the company. He and Jim Balsillie had stepped down as co-CEOs in January 2012 after several quarters of disappointing results, but Lazaridis said he stayed on as vice chairman and a board director to help new CEO Thorsten Heins and his team with the launch of the BlackBerry 10. With that underway, Lazaridis plans to retire May 1. He said he has no plans to sell his 5.7 percent stake in the company.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Lazaridis said the board wanted both him and Jim to stay, but Lazaridis decided "it was the right time" to leave.

Heins, formerly RIM's chief operating officer, has spent the past year cutting costs and steering the company toward the launch of new BlackBerry 10 phones. Lazaridis said Heins has done an excellent job completing the BlackBerry 10 system and launching it around the world.

"The results speak for themselves," Lazaridis said.

Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said RIM returned to profitability much sooner than expected. He said it was driven by higher gross margins, cost reductions and the sale of the new BlackBerry.

In a research note, Wu wrote that RIM "is here to stay with stabilization in its business and balance sheet" but said the key question remains whether the company can maintain momentum in an industry dominated by Apple and Google's Android software.

The Z10 has received favorable reviews since its release, but the launch in the critical U.S. market was delayed until late this month as wireless carriers completed their testing.

A version with a physical keyboard, called the Q10, won't be released in the U.S. for two or three more months. The delay in selling the Q10 complicates RIM's efforts to hang on to customers tempted by the iPhone and a range of devices running Android. Even as the BlackBerry has fallen behind rivals in recent years, many users have stayed loyal because they prefer a physical keyboard over the touch screen on the iPhone and most Android devices.

RIM, which is changing is formal name to BlackBerry, said it expects to break even in the current quarter despite increasing spending on marketing by 50 percent compared with the previous quarter.

"To say it was a very challenging environment to deliver improved financial results could well be the understatement of the year," Heins said during a conference call with analysts.

Heins said more than half of the people buying the touch-screen Z10 were switching from rival systems. The company didn't provide details or specify whether those other systems were all smartphones. He said the Q10 will sell well among the existing BlackBerry user base. It's expected in some markets in April, but not in the U.S. until May or June.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rim-success-4q-too-early-declare-win-175330023--finance.html

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Do adults text and drive more than teens?

A new survey claims adults text more while driving than teens. (Yahoo!)As adults continue to mirror the social media habits of the nation?s youth, it appears some of the bad behaviors are being adopted as well. In fact, the grown-ups have apparently become the greater offenders when it comes to one particularly dangerous behavior: Texting while driving.

That's according to a new study conducted by AT&T, reported in USA Today, that shows adults text more while driving than their teenage counterparts.

The study finds that nearly half of all adults admit to texting while driving, with 98 percent of them saying they know the practice is dangerous. Conversely, 43 percent of teenagers admit to texting while behind the wheel.

"I was a little bit surprised," Charlene Lake, AT&T's senior vice president of public affairs, told USA Today.

But why do adults text while driving if they know it's unwise? The answers are complicated, but according to some adults who told Yahoo News about their own distracted driving, they feel shame, guilt and stubbornness when texting.

AT&T surveyed 1,011 adult drivers for its It Can Wait campaign, which seeks to educate drivers about the risks of distracted driving. The company has launched a free app that sends an automated and customizable reply text message to incoming texts when the vehicle is moving at 25 mph or more.

A similar study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 31 percent of all drivers in the U.S. text while driving, despite the practice being illegal in 39 states and the District of Columbia. In that same CDC study, 69 percent of all drivers admitted to using their cellphone while driving.

So, how bad is texting compared with other driving distractions? Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers say that sending or receiving a text breaks a driver?s concentration for an average of 4.6 seconds. And as USA Today notes, at 55 mph that?s enough distance to cover the length of a football field.

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Local Wheelchair Basketball Team Bowling Fundraiser on Sunday ...

Sunday, April 14, 2013, 4:30 pm

44650 Garfield Rd, Clinton Township, MI | Get?Directions??
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Local Wheelchair Basketball Team Bowling Fundraiser on Sunday, April 14^{th. ?}Check in at 4:30 p.m. and Games begin at 5:00 p.m. at Imperial Lanes in Clinton Township, 44650 Garfield Road - Just South of Hall Road (M-59) on East side. $20.00 per ticket includes 2 Games with Shoes and 2 Slices of Pizza and Pop. All proceeds of this Fundraiser will go to the Fusion Firestorm. The funds will be used to help cover all sorts of the team?s expenses, such as travel, tournament fees, NWBA fees, equipment, team apparel, etc.

Please e-mail firestormfundraising@gmail.comto reserve tickets or call Nicole at (586) 292-4307 to reserve tickets.? *If e-mailing, please include your name, phone number and the number of tickets you would like to reserve. Tickets will be available for pick up the day of the fundraiser with lane assignments pre-arranged (4-5 people per lane depending on the reservation size) and tickets can be paid for at the door.

Donations are welcome and greatly appreciated. Please make check payable to: ?Arcangeles USA? - a Tax Deductible 501(c)(3) corporation and can be mailed to 15644 Hemlock Drive, Macomb Twp., MI 48044. Please write:? ?Firestorm Fundraising? in the memo section. Tax ID No.: 26-4793441.

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Michigan residents could pay more for health insurance soon : News ...

LANSING -- A study says Michigan residents who buy their own health insurance could see the biggest driver of premiums rise 26 percent under the federal health care law.

The Society of Actuaries says medical claims costs will jump an average 32 percent nationwide.

The report concluded most states will see costs increase in markets where people purchase coverage directly from insurers, partly due to sicker people joining the pool. The Obama administration says the study ignores subsidies to help with premiums.

Middle-class households can buy subsidized insurance in new marketplaces starting Oct. 1, while more low-income people may get Medicaid.

Michigan's market will be controlled by the federal government because the Legislature rejected Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed partnership. GOP legislators also are wary of Snyder's plan to expand Medicaid coverage.

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Valuable Human Resources Career Info You Just Gotta Read ...

Posted on Thursday, March 28th, 2013

However, for a few organizations that have bigger sets of connections and extensions, there should be somebody or some?

Ab muscles purpose of each and every graduate would be to look for a good job. Every company knows the worthiness behind the work of qualified and skilled employees, on one other hand. They know that when they have applied the proper kind of worker and place them in their skills that can be best reflected by a position and competence is completely essential in organizational success.

Nevertheless, for many businesses that have bigger sets of connections and extensions, there must whilst the mediator between your two organizations be somebody or something that will serve. Where in fact the hr sets in that is. The recruiting office bridges the gap between the job hunters or personnel and the administration.

Because of this, every company, whether private or government-owned businesses are designed with highly competent human resource department that helps the training, hiring of job applicants, and other labor-related problems.

Before, the main work of anyone who is in the human resource department would have to conduct the clerical function of a company, like adjusting the requests of every employee or the administration of interviews, recruiting, and hiring of new workers or employees in conformity to the rules and regulations of the business.

Today, the human resource department acts independently and provides strategies. Hr these days can already make recommendations and change of the company policy, if before they?re concealed behind the very best executives of the company. Hence, folks are assured of a more capable and highly effective human resource department.

Hr Management

The main purpose of the human resource department would be to provide quality services to the general public by providing them jobs that work best for them. Ergo, it?s the work of the human resources department to monitor the human resources of the business.

Actually, experts say it is the most significant part of the work. The people behind this office ought to be to be able to reach out with the personnel so that the issues will soon be fixed and the needs met well equipped with the proper communication skills.

The duties of the human resources management include career development, hiring, payment, training, benefits, and other purposes.

Because building a great number of people isn?t an easy thing this is the very delicate part of the task. Why for folks who need to participate in this sort of job, it?s best that they try to complete a degree in Human Resource Management that is. S focus is very necessary to be able to remain knowledgeable in doing this kind of job.

Hr Careers

Notwithstanding the many issues that the human resources department might encounter, you can still find many possibilities of creating a job in this department as well.

Nevertheless, for individuals who need to produce a career in the human resources department, one must hold a bachelors degree that entails a fair set of courses in accounting, general business and data, behavioral sciences, business and labor law, and economics.

Essentially, you will find two forms of career in this department: the generalist and the hr consultant. Employing one over the other is obviously dependent on the size of the establishment. This is because the recruiting generalist does apply for a tiny establishment, while the consultant constitutes the wider horizon of the greater businesses.

The following position available may be the service of human resources. Anyone involved here manages largely the guidance of the different recruiting department in just a bigger firm.

Each recruiting department is supervises by the administrators. They?re those that are responsible in dividing different personnel according to their place and their specific area of expertise.

For recruitment, the recruiters are the people that handle the job. They are the ones who maintain an in depth connection in the culture, thus, they travel often. They are those that will conduct interviews, and assessments on the applicants. They?re also the people that the background checking as stated in the sources of the applicants.

These are only some of the available jobs within the human resources department. Indeed, this really is the part of the organization that best serve the primary component of an organization the folks. Without this type of team that specializes in controlling and employing people, the company might have been in disarray.

Hence, recruiting are not only mere work. It?s a tough duty that only the devoted and capable people should try to engage to.

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Stocks end day mixed; S&P slightly below record

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Stocks recovered most of their earlier losses to close narrowly mixed Wednesday, with the S&P 500 finishing slightly below its closing high, as ongoing economic and political concerns over Europe kept a lid on gains.

(Read More: It's Back! Dark Clouds From Europe Stall US Bull Run)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shaved most of its early losses. JPMorgan led the blue-chip laggards, while Intel gained. The Dow was down as much as 120 points earlier before recovering.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq erased most of their losses to close narrowly mixed. The S&P has zigzagged between gains and losses for the last seven sessions.

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, traded near.

Major averages ended near their best ever levels on Tuesday, with the Dow posting a new high and S&P 500 finishing less than 2 points from its closing peak.

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Among key S&P sectors, telecoms were lower, while health care rose.

On the economic front, pending home sales slid 0.4 percent in February, according to the National Association of Realtors. Economists polled by Reuters expected a 0.2 percent decline, compared with a 4.5 percent rise in the prior month.

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In Europe, political deadlock continued in Italy as the country's main leadership candidate Pier Luigi's Bersani reportedly said that only an "insane person" would want to govern the nation now, adding that Italy is "in a mess and faces a difficult year ahead."

Bersani made the remark after the anti-establishment "Five Star Movement" party headed by comedian Beppe Grillo again refused to form a coalition government with Bersani, thwarting his latest attempts to form a governing alliance.

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A political stalemate since its inconclusive elections in late February has spiked concerns over how the country will handle its growing debt problems. Italy paid more to borrow over five years than it has since October at its latest auction, indicating worries over its financial situation.

The euro extended its losses below $1.28 against the U.S. greenback, its lowest level since late November.

Elsewhere in Europe, Cyprus is finalizing financial control measures to prevent a run on its banks, which have been shut for a week since the country agreed to a conditional 10 billion euro ($12.8 billion) bailout from international lenders. Cypriots have been lining up to withdraw cash from ATMs, with limits at 100 euros a day for some banks.

"Banks will open on Thursday ... We will look at the best way to limit the possibility of large sums of money leaving, and not imposing punitive conditions on the economy, businesses and individuals," Cypriot Finance Minister Michael Sarris said in an interview on Cypriot television.

"Cyprus is a reason to remind investors that Europe is a source of risk, but I'm not sure Cyprus itself is going to be enough [for a market pullback from the recent run-up]," said Thomas Lee, chief U.S. equity strategist at JPMorgan. "The big picture still points to a major secular bull market being underway, with at least another four years left, led by durable goods."

Trading is likely to be thin ahead of the three-day Easter weekend. U.S. markets will be closed Friday for Good Friday.

Comcast edged higher after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the cable company in an antitrust case over how much the company charged subscribers. (Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal.)

Wal-Mart declined after the world's largest retailer said that probes into alleged foreign bribery at its stores are likely to result in a financial loss. Separately, the company said it would start using stores to get Internet orders to shoppers faster, amid growing competition from online rivals such as Amazon.com.

Boeing edged lower as its 787 Dreamliners face a temporary ban on some of the transocean flights, which would be a costly new challenge for the company.

Cliffs Natural Resources plunged to lead the S&P 500 laggards after Morgan Stanley downgraded the iron ore and metallurgical coal producer to "underweight" from "equal-weight." Rivals Alpha Natural Resources and Peabody Energy also traded lower.

Mattress Firm soared more than 10 percent after the mattress maker provided solid guidance for fiscal 2013. In addition, Raymond James upgraded the company to "outperform" from "market perform." Other mattress companies bounced higher, including Tempur-Pedic and Select Comfort.

Weekly mortgage applications rebounded last week as interest rates pulled back for the first time in three weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Paychex and Red Hat are among notable companies scheduled to report earnings after the closing bell.

Earlier, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren supported the central bank's asset purchase program, saying it is having the desired impact of speeding up the pace of the recovery and should be continued through the end of the year. Meanwhile, Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto said the Federal Reserve should consider tapering off the pace of its bond-buying stimulus plan if the U.S. economy continues to show signs of improvement.

And Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said the Fed should ease monetary policy further to bring the unemployment rate down at a faster rate. Kocherlakota expects the jobless rate to be close to 7 percent by the end of 2014, and forecasts growth around 2.5 percent this year and 3 percent next year.

Treasury prices held their gains after the government auctioned $35 billion in 5-year notes at a high yield of 0.760 percent. The bid-to-cover ratio, an indicator of demand, was 2.73.

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New Mexico Farmers Push to Be Made a Priority in Drought

[unable to retrieve full-text content]With the Pecos River desiccated, some in southeastern New Mexico are trying to force the state to distribute water in a way that would allow most farmers to benefit over big industries.

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Hate allergy shots? Oral allergy drops are a pretty good option for some allergy and allergic asthma sufferers, review suggests

Mar. 26, 2013 ? A scientific review of 63 published studies affirms that putting small amounts of purified grasses, ragweed, dust mites, pollen and mold, in liquid drops under the tongue is a safe and effective alternative to weekly injections of those allergens or the use of other medications, in treating symptoms of allergies and allergic asthma in some people.

Results of the review, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins, are contained in a report to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online March 27. The report is believed to be the largest synopsis of its kind, reviewing previous research comparing various therapies designed to stop the wheezing, sneezing and runny nose that accompany allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic asthma, researchers say.

Specifically, the Johns Hopkins team analyzed 63 studies, involving some 5,131 participants, almost all in Europe, where allergy drops, or so-called sublingual immunotherapy, have been widely available for nearly two decades. Sublingual therapies have not been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but physicians in the United States do use the drops "off-label" for some patients.

In eight of 13 studies evaluated, researchers found what they say is "strong evidence" that drop therapy produced a 40 percent or greater reduction in coughing, wheezing, and tightness in the chest compared with other treatments, including inhaled steroids.

In nine of 36 studies comparing allergy drops to other allergy treatments, including antihistamines and nasal steroid sprays, researchers found that allergy drops produced a 40 percent or greater reduction in symptoms of runny nose, sneezing and nasal congestion, results which they describe as "moderate evidence" in support of using sublingual immunotherapy.

"Our findings are clear evidence that sublingual immunotherapy in the form of allergy drops are an effective potential treatment option for millions of Americans suffering from allergic asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis," says senior study investigator Sandra Lin, M.D.

According to Lin, an associate professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, allergy drops are more convenient for many people because they can be taken at home, and allow such individuals to avoid the discomfort and travel time needed for regularly scheduled trips to the physician's office for an allergy shot. Lin says that, according to current estimates, as many as 40 percent of Americans suffer from some form of allergic rhinitis or allergic asthma.

Lin cautions that drop therapies may not be for all sufferers of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic asthma, but that many will want to weigh the risks and benefits of sublingual immunotherapy before deciding on long-term treatment options.

Study funding was provided by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The corresponding grant number is HHSA 290-2007-10061.

Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved include Jodi Segal, M.D., M.P.H.; Darcy Ward, B.A.; Yohalakshmi Chelladurai, M.B.B.S.; Catalina Suarez-Cuervo, M.D.; Murugappan Ramanathan, M.D.; Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H.; and Nkiruka Erekosima, M.D., M.P.H.

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1. Sandra Y. Lin et al. Sublingual Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis and AsthmaA Systematic ReviewImmunotherapy for Rhinoconjunctivitis and Asthma. JAMA, 2013; 309 (12): 1278 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.2049

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New evidence ancient asteroid caused global firestorm on Earth

Mar. 27, 2013 ? A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth's species, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

Led by Douglas Robertson of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, the team used models that show the collision would have vaporized huge amounts of rock that were then blown high above Earth's atmosphere. The re-entering ejected material would have heated the upper atmosphere enough to glow red for several hours at roughly 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit -- about the temperature of an oven broiler element -- killing every living thing not sheltered underground or underwater.

The CU-led team developed an alternate explanation for the fact that there is little charcoal found at the Cretaceous-Paleogene, or K-Pg, boundary some 66 million years ago when the asteroid struck Earth and the cataclysmic fires are believed to have occurred. The CU researchers found that similar studies had corrected their data for changing sedimentation rates. When the charcoal data were corrected for the same changing sedimentation rates they show an excess of charcoal, not a deficiency, Robertson said.

"Our data show the conditions back then are consistent with widespread fires across the planet," said Robertson, a research scientist at CIRES, which is a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Those conditions resulted in 100 percent extinction rates for about 80 percent of all life on Earth."

A paper on the subject was published online this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Co-authors on the study include CIRES Interim Director William Lewis, CU Professor Brian Toon of the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Peter Sheehan of the Milwaukee Public Museum in Wisconsin.

Geological evidence indicates the asteroid collided with Earth about 66 million years ago and carved the Chicxulub crater in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula that is more than 110 miles in diameter. In 2010, experts from 33 institutions worldwide issued a report that concluded the impact at Chicxulub triggered mass extinctions, including dinosaurs, at the K-Pg boundary.

The conditions leading to the global firestorm were set up by the vaporization of rock following the impact, which condensed into sand-grain-sized spheres as they rose above the atmosphere. As the ejected material re-entered Earth's atmosphere, it dumped enough heat in the upper atmosphere to trigger an infrared "heat pulse" so hot it caused the sky to glow red for several hours, even though part of the radiation was blocked from Earth by the falling material, he said.

But there was enough infrared radiation from the upper atmosphere that reached Earth's surface to create searing conditions that likely ignited tinder, including dead leaves and pine needles. If a person was on Earth back then, it would have been like sitting in a broiler oven for two or three hours, said Robertson.

The amount of energy created by the infrared radiation the day of the asteroid-Earth collision is mind-boggling, said Robertson. "It's likely that the total amount of infrared heat was equal to a 1 megaton bomb exploding every four miles over the entire Earth."

A 1-megaton hydrogen bomb has about the same explosive power as 80 Hiroshima-type nuclear bombs, he said. The asteroid-Earth collision is thought to have generated about 100 million megatons of energy, said Robertson.

Some researchers have suggested that a layer of soot found at the K-Pg boundary layer roughly 66 million years ago was created by the impact itself. But Robertson and his colleagues calculated that the amount of soot was too high to have been created during the massive impact event and was consistent with the amount that would be expected from global fires.

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These Android apps and games utilize your Galaxy?s S Pen

One of the neat features of the Galaxy Note, Note 2, and tablet Note 10.1 is the S Pen or stylus. The S Pen will work with a lot of current apps and games. I have tried with Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, to name a few. For the artists out there, the S Pen provides a lot of neat drawing options. Today?s post covers some new apps that utilize the S Pen. Please note, this post does not cover any drawing apps since there are enough on the Google Play store for an entirely separate write-up!

In Slice the Bombs, your job is to swipe (sorta like Fruit Ninja) with the S Pen to protect the bubbles from explosive destruction. As you move forward in the game, the difficulty increases due to more bombs, faster speeds, and the position of bubbles. You get three chances to complete each level.

The game comes with 18 levels and you need to progress in order and unlock them as you go. The graphics and music are well done. The first couple of levels are pretty easy but once the bubbles start moving around more, it gets harder. There were a few times that the game did not seem to respond well with the S Pen, but overall it is a solid little game.

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This game won the Grand Prize in the Samsung Smart App Challenge. Your job is to help the cute mouse find cheese, by following the scent vapors and drawing a line (with your S Pen) from the cheese to the mouse. The game?s perspective ?is a top down view, so you can see where you need to go and anticipate obstacles in your way. After a level or two, you will get the hang of it.

As you progress in the levels, there will be more challenges and obstacles for you to figure out how to get around. Having no words in the game does add to the challenge. The graphics are great and this version of the game comes with over 50 levels. You need to earn a certain number of stars to unlock future levels. There is another version of the game that you play without the S Pen. It comes free (with ads) and paid (no ads). No matter which you chose, you will dig this game.

This is another app that won an award from the Samsung Smart App Challenge. Papyrus is a handwriting and note-taking app. Being able to take notes using your S Pen is key. The Galaxy Note 2 comes with an app called the S Note but is very limited. With Papyrus, you can organize your notes in notebook (like Evernote) and it has a nice set of editing options such S Pen , eraser, shape, and text tools. You can also two finger scroll and pinch to zoom.

This app is free and clear of ads, but there is a paid version which comes with a few more features such as cloud service to back up your notes and extended tool packs. You can export your notes as PDFs, PNG, or JPEGs to services like Evernote or email. Papyrus also takes advantage of the multi-window support found in the Note 2 and Note 10.1. This is one of best apps I have found that really takes advantage of using the S Pen on the phone.

The calendar that comes with the Galaxy Note 2 is not terrible, but you cannot write notes by hand. Fit Tight Planner comes with a daily canvas or writing area, so you can write down notes and save them per day. Each month also gives you the ability to write down notes. Overall, this is a simple app that gets the job done.

Within the app you have the ability to change the color and style of pen ?ink.? If you do not want to write, you can also switch to text mode. You can take photos and even record a note and the undo button is extremely useful. As a relatively new app, I would be curious to see how it develops in the coming months.

These are just a few of the exciting apps out on the market that allow you to use the S Pen. On some you can use your fingers instead but where is the fun in that?

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Aye-ayes: Endangered lemurs' complete genomes are sequenced and analyzed for conservation efforts

Mar. 25, 2013 ? For the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes -- a type of lemur -- have been sequenced and analyzed in an effort to help guide conservation efforts. The results of the genome-sequence analyses will be published in an early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online during the week of March 25.

The team of scientists is led by George H. Perry, assistant professor of anthropology and biology at Penn State University; Webb Miller, professor of biology and of computer science and engineering at Penn State; and Edward Louis, director of conservation genetics at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and director of the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, NGO.

The aye-aye -- a lemur that is found only on the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean -- recently was re-classified as "endangered" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. "The aye-aye is one of the world's most unusual and fascinating animals," said Perry. "Aye-ayes use continuously growing incisors to gnaw through the bark of dead trees and then a long, thin, and flexible middle finger to extract insect larvae, filling the ecological niche of a woodpecker. Aye-ayes are nocturnal, solitary and have very low population densities, making them difficult to study and sample in the wild."

Perry added that he and other scientists are concerned about the long-term viability of aye-ayes as a species, given the loss and fragmentation of natural forest habitats in Madagascar. "Aye-aye population densities are very low, and individual aye-ayes have huge home-range requirements," said Perry. "As forest patches become smaller, there is a particular risk that there won't be sufficient numbers of individual aye-ayes in a given area to maintain a population over multiple generations. We were looking to make use of new genomic-sequencing technologies to characterize patterns of genetic diversity among some of the surviving aye-aye populations, with an eye towards the prioritization of conservation efforts."

Louis, with his team at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, worked to locate aye-ayes and collect DNA samples from three separate regions of Madagascar: the northern, eastern, and western regions. To discover the extent of the genetic diversity in present-day aye-ayes, the researchers generated the complete genome sequences of 12 individual aye-ayes. They then analyzed and compared the genomes of the three populations. They found that, while eastern and western aye-ayes are somewhat genetically distinct, aye-ayes in the northern part of the island and those in the east show a much more significant amount of genetic distance, suggesting an extensive period of time during which interbreeding has not occurred between the populations in these regions.

"Our next step was to compare aye-aye genetic diversity to present-day human genetic diversity," explained Miller. "This analysis can help us to gauge how long the aye-aye populations have been geographically separated and unable to interbreed." To make the comparison, the team gathered 12 complete human DNA sequences -- the same number as the individual aye-aye sequences generated -- from publicly available databases for three distinct human populations: African agriculturalists, individuals of European descent, and Southeast Asian individuals. Using Galaxy -- an open-source, web-based computer platform designed at Penn State for data-intensive biomedical and genetic research -- the team developed software to compare the two species' genetic distances. They found that present-day African and European human populations have a smaller amount of genetic distance than that found to exist between northern and eastern aye-aye populations, suggesting that the aye-aye populations were separated for an especially lengthy period of time by geographic barriers.

"We believe that northern aye-ayes have not been able to interbreed with other populations for some time. Although they are separated by a distance of only about 160 miles, high and extensive plateaus and major rivers may have made intermingling relatively infrequent," explained Miller. He added that the results of the team's data further suggest that the separation of the two aye-aye populations stretches back much longer than 2,300 years, which is when human settlers first arrived on the island and started burning the aye-ayes' forest habitat and hunting lemurs.

The team members hope that their findings will help to guide future conservation efforts for the species. "This work highlights an important region of aye-aye biodiversity in northern Madagascar, and this unique biodiversity is not preserved anywhere except in the wild," said Louis. "There is tremendous historical loss of habitat in northern Madagascar that is continuing at an unsustainable rate today. This study is an excellent example of how a comprehensive and coordinated effort in the field and laboratory can identify previously unknown patterns of biodiversity for an endangered species, which then can be used by conservation organizations to base their management strategies."

The authors added that, in future research, they would like to sequence the genomes of other lemur species -- more than 70 percent of which are considered endangered or critically endangered -- as well as aye-ayes from the southern reaches of the island of Madagascar.

In addition to Perry, Miller, and Louis, other scientists who contributed to this research include Stephan C. Schuster, Aakrosh Ratan, Oscar C. Bedoya-Reina, and Richard Burhans from Penn State; Runhua Lei from the Center for Conservation and Research at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium; and Steig E. Johnson from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

Funding for aye-aye sample collection was provided by Conservation International, the Primate Action Fund, and the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, along with logistical support from the Ahmanson Foundation and the Theodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard Family Foundation. Additional support comes from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State University.

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1. George H. Perry, Edward E. Louis, Jr., Aakrosh Ratan, Oscar C. Bedoya-Reina, Richard C. Burhans, Runhua Lei, Steig E. Johnson, Stephan C. Schuster, and Webb Miller. Aye-aye population genomic analyses highlight an important center of endemism in northern Madagascar. PNAS, March 25, 2013 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211990110

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Prosecutors accused Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of killing the 21-year-old Leeds University student during a drug-fuelled sexual assault. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/italy-court-orders-amanda-knox-retrial-meredith-kercher-091550180.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:05:06 -0400Reutersitaly-court-orders-amanda-knox-retrial-meredith-kercher-091550180<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-court-orders-amanda-knox-retrial-meredith-kercher-091550180.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/keeKGH3Bc77Ow5iOVuxIpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T093322Z_3_CBRE92P0PQI00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-ITALY-KNOX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate in Italy in November 2007, arrives at the court during her appeal trial session in Perugia" align="left" title="Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate in Italy in November 2007, arrives at the court during her appeal trial session in Perugia" border="0" /></a>By Virginia Alimenti and Catherine Hornby ROME (Reuters) - Italy&#039;s top court on Tuesday ordered a retrial of American Amanda Knox and a former boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, re-opening a case that prompted harsh criticism of the Italian justice system. Kercher&#039;s body, with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in the throat, was found in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia in 2007. Prosecutors accused Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of killing the 21-year-old Leeds University student during a drug-fuelled sexual assault. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-combat-posture-targets-u-mainland-065353437.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g_pUFLwlUcyfWFv5sw727w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T065353Z_1_CBRE92P0J5Z00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA-NORTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the second battalion under the Korean People&#039;s Army Unit 1973" align="left" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the second battalion under the Korean People&#039;s Army Unit 1973" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units have been ordered to be combat ready, targeting U.S. military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America after U.S. bombers flew sorties threatening the North. The order, issued in a statement from the North&#039;s military &quot;supreme command&quot;, marks the latest fiery rhetoric from Pyongyang since the start of joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces early this month. South Korea&#039;s defense ministry said it saw no sign of imminent military action by North Korea. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-combat-posture-targets-u-mainland-065353437.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 04:35:26 -0400Reutersnorth-korea-says-combat-posture-targets-u-mainland-065353437<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-combat-posture-targets-u-mainland-065353437.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g_pUFLwlUcyfWFv5sw727w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T065353Z_1_CBRE92P0J5Z00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA-NORTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the second battalion under the Korean People&#039;s Army Unit 1973" align="left" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the second battalion under the Korean People&#039;s Army Unit 1973" border="0" /></a>SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units have been ordered to be combat ready, targeting U.S. military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America after U.S. bombers flew sorties threatening the North. The order, issued in a statement from the North&#039;s military &quot;supreme command&quot;, marks the latest fiery rhetoric from Pyongyang since the start of joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces early this month. South Korea&#039;s defense ministry said it saw no sign of imminent military action by North Korea. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-suicide-bombers-kill-five-afghan-police-kerry-053550409.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IFE3r49XQzxqoXYB0Ao1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T091142Z_1_CBRE92P0PJM00_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People gather near pieces of broken glass at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad" align="left" title="People gather near pieces of broken glass at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad" border="0" /></a>JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban suicide bombers killed at least five policemen in Afghanistan&#039;s restive east on Tuesday, officials said, in a three-hour attack that coincided with a visit to the country by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The pre-dawn attack on a police compound in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan&#039;s largest city, came as the country braces for the beginning of the spring fighting season in the 11th year of the war. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-suicide-bombers-kill-five-afghan-police-kerry-053550409.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:23:02 -0400Reuterstaliban-suicide-bombers-kill-five-afghan-police-kerry-053550409<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-suicide-bombers-kill-five-afghan-police-kerry-053550409.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9IFE3r49XQzxqoXYB0Ao1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T091142Z_1_CBRE92P0PJM00_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People gather near pieces of broken glass at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad" align="left" title="People gather near pieces of broken glass at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad" border="0" /></a>JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban suicide bombers killed at least five policemen in Afghanistan&#039;s restive east on Tuesday, officials said, in a three-hour attack that coincided with a visit to the country by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The pre-dawn attack on a police compound in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan&#039;s largest city, came as the country braces for the beginning of the spring fighting season in the 11th year of the war. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brics-chafe-under-charge-imperialists-africa-113628391.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TA2M5oEAie7JdX6Jeqwapw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T113901Z_2_CBRE92P0W8W00_RTROPTP_2_SAFRICA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a floral display announcing the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban" align="left" title="A man walks past a floral display announcing the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban" border="0" /></a>By Pascal Fletcher DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - &quot;BRICS, Don&#039;t Carve Africa&quot; reads a banner in a church hall in downtown Durban where civil society activists have gathered to cast a critical eye at a summit of five global emerging powers. The slogan evokes the 19th Century conference in Berlin where the predominant European colonial states carved up the African continent in a scramble historians see as epitomizing the brash exploitative capitalism of the time. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brics-chafe-under-charge-imperialists-africa-113628391.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:39:01 -0400Reutersbrics-chafe-under-charge-imperialists-africa-113628391<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brics-chafe-under-charge-imperialists-africa-113628391.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TA2M5oEAie7JdX6Jeqwapw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T113901Z_2_CBRE92P0W8W00_RTROPTP_2_SAFRICA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a floral display announcing the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban" align="left" title="A man walks past a floral display announcing the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban" border="0" /></a>By Pascal Fletcher DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - &quot;BRICS, Don&#039;t Carve Africa&quot; reads a banner in a church hall in downtown Durban where civil society activists have gathered to cast a critical eye at a summit of five global emerging powers. The slogan evokes the 19th Century conference in Berlin where the predominant European colonial states carved up the African continent in a scramble historians see as epitomizing the brash exploitative capitalism of the time. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-citizens-kenya-told-cautious-during-vote-ruling-112224172.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_doMn7bBIbL5lzESdTGLVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T112224Z_1_CBRE92P0VLO00_RTROPTP_2_KENYA-ELECTIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Voter polling records are seen at the re-tallying centre for votes after the Kenya Supreme Court issued an order in the Presidential poll petition in Nairobi" align="left" title="Voter polling records are seen at the re-tallying centre for votes after the Kenya Supreme Court issued an order in the Presidential poll petition in Nairobi" border="0" /></a>By James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Kenya has warned its citizens of possible unrest this weekend when the Supreme Court is due to rule on a legal challenge to the outcome of the presidential election by losing candidate Raila Odinga. Odinga alleged &quot;rampant illegality&quot; in the first-round victory this month of rival Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya&#039;s founding president, who has said the voting was &quot;free and fair&quot;. The case is a fresh test of Kenyan democracy five years after a disputed vote ignited deadly tribal violence. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-citizens-kenya-told-cautious-during-vote-ruling-112224172.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:22:24 -0400Reutersu-citizens-kenya-told-cautious-during-vote-ruling-112224172<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-citizens-kenya-told-cautious-during-vote-ruling-112224172.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_doMn7bBIbL5lzESdTGLVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T112224Z_1_CBRE92P0VLO00_RTROPTP_2_KENYA-ELECTIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Voter polling records are seen at the re-tallying centre for votes after the Kenya Supreme Court issued an order in the Presidential poll petition in Nairobi" align="left" title="Voter polling records are seen at the re-tallying centre for votes after the Kenya Supreme Court issued an order in the Presidential poll petition in Nairobi" border="0" /></a>By James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Kenya has warned its citizens of possible unrest this weekend when the Supreme Court is due to rule on a legal challenge to the outcome of the presidential election by losing candidate Raila Odinga. Odinga alleged &quot;rampant illegality&quot; in the first-round victory this month of rival Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya&#039;s founding president, who has said the voting was &quot;free and fair&quot;. The case is a fresh test of Kenyan democracy five years after a disputed vote ignited deadly tribal violence. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/third-ex-treasurer-spains-ruling-party-charged-corruption-132129604.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FQ8xHgXh3k3i8oKMX5sY5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T132129Z_1_CBRE92P113X00_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Spain&#039;s PM Rajoy speaks to the media after a cabinet control session at Parliament in Madrid" align="left" title="Spain&#039;s PM Rajoy speaks to the media after a cabinet control session at Parliament in Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID (Reuters) - A third ex-treasurer of Spain&#039;s ruling People&#039;s Party (PP) was charged with money laundering on Tuesday in a scandal that risks undermining Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in his efforts to shore up the nation&#039;s economy. High Court Examining Magistrate Pablo Ruz said in a ruling he would question Angel Sanchis on April 10 over charges he helped Luis Barcenas, another former party treasurer, to hide up to 38 million euros ($49 million) in Swiss bank accounts. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/third-ex-treasurer-spains-ruling-party-charged-corruption-132129604.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0400Reutersthird-ex-treasurer-spains-ruling-party-charged-corruption-132129604<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/third-ex-treasurer-spains-ruling-party-charged-corruption-132129604.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FQ8xHgXh3k3i8oKMX5sY5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T132129Z_1_CBRE92P113X00_RTROPTP_2_SPAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Spain&#039;s PM Rajoy speaks to the media after a cabinet control session at Parliament in Madrid" align="left" title="Spain&#039;s PM Rajoy speaks to the media after a cabinet control session at Parliament in Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID (Reuters) - A third ex-treasurer of Spain&#039;s ruling People&#039;s Party (PP) was charged with money laundering on Tuesday in a scandal that risks undermining Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in his efforts to shore up the nation&#039;s economy. High Court Examining Magistrate Pablo Ruz said in a ruling he would question Angel Sanchis on April 10 over charges he helped Luis Barcenas, another former party treasurer, to hide up to 38 million euros ($49 million) in Swiss bank accounts. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congolese-warlord-appears-hague-war-crimes-court-101536866.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xTwejJhqyv61ReD.BFGCkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T111519Z_1_CBRE92P0V9L00_RTROPTP_2_WARCRIMES-NTAGANDA-COURT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda looks on beside a security guard during his first appearance before judges at the International Criminal Court in the Hague" align="left" title="Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda looks on beside a security guard during his first appearance before judges at the International Criminal Court in the Hague" border="0" /></a>By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord known as &quot;the Terminator&quot; who evaded arrest on war crimes charges for seven years, denied guilt when he appeared for the first time at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. Ntaganda unexpectedly gave himself up to diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda last week, walking in off the street and demanding to be handed over the ICC. Within days he was put on a plane to The Hague. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/congolese-warlord-appears-hague-war-crimes-court-101536866.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:03:26 -0400Reuterscongolese-warlord-appears-hague-war-crimes-court-101536866<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congolese-warlord-appears-hague-war-crimes-court-101536866.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xTwejJhqyv61ReD.BFGCkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T111519Z_1_CBRE92P0V9L00_RTROPTP_2_WARCRIMES-NTAGANDA-COURT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda looks on beside a security guard during his first appearance before judges at the International Criminal Court in the Hague" align="left" title="Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda looks on beside a security guard during his first appearance before judges at the International Criminal Court in the Hague" border="0" /></a>By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord known as &quot;the Terminator&quot; who evaded arrest on war crimes charges for seven years, denied guilt when he appeared for the first time at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. Ntaganda unexpectedly gave himself up to diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda last week, walking in off the street and demanding to be handed over the ICC. Within days he was put on a plane to The Hague. ...</p><br clear="all"/>CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt extradited two members of the regime of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi to Libya on Tuesday but did not hand over a third for reasons including his claim to Egyptian citizenship, officials said. Ali Maria, Gaddafi's last ambassador to Cairo, and Mohamed Ibrahim Mansour, the head of a Libyan state fund, were arrested in Cairo last week. They were put on a private plane to Libya on Tuesday morning, airport officials said. The third Libyan was Ahmed Gaddaf Alddam - a cousin of Gaddafi. ...http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-extradites-two-gaddafi-regime-figures-libya-124657741.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:46:57 -0400Reutersegypt-extradites-two-gaddafi-regime-figures-libya-124657741<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-election-rulings-show-influence-elderly-policy-103242095--business.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bQ10_UAC6.ygzhTCor8dqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T103242Z_1_CBRE92P0TAL00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Japan&#039;s PM Abe smiles during the ruling LDP annual convention in Tokyo" align="left" title="Japan&#039;s PM Abe smiles during the ruling LDP annual convention in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese court rulings declaring December&#039;s election invalid in some districts are highlighting an electoral system that critics say gives the rural elderly excessive influence compared with younger urbanites at elections. That inclines politicians to push policies that favor welfare and protectionism at the expense of measures to boost economic growth, the critics say, and so could act as a drag on efforts to reform the economy and lower barriers to trade. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/japan-election-rulings-show-influence-elderly-policy-103242095--business.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 06:32:42 -0400Reutersjapan-election-rulings-show-influence-elderly-policy-103242095--business<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japan-election-rulings-show-influence-elderly-policy-103242095--business.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bQ10_UAC6.ygzhTCor8dqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-26T103242Z_1_CBRE92P0TAL00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Japan&#039;s PM Abe smiles during the ruling LDP annual convention in Tokyo" align="left" title="Japan&#039;s PM Abe smiles during the ruling LDP annual convention in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese court rulings declaring December&#039;s election invalid in some districts are highlighting an electoral system that critics say gives the rural elderly excessive influence compared with younger urbanites at elections. That inclines politicians to push policies that favor welfare and protectionism at the expense of measures to boost economic growth, the critics say, and so could act as a drag on efforts to reform the economy and lower barriers to trade. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Shootings and blasts killed five people in Iraq on Tuesday, including two local politicians in a town north of Baghdad who died when a bomb attached to their car exploded, officials said.http://news.yahoo.com/shootings-bomb-attacks-kill-5-across-iraq-131722987.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 09:17:22 -0400Associated Pressshootings-bomb-attacks-kill-5-across-iraq-131722987MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Earthquakes shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets as an earthquake alarm sounded.http://news.yahoo.com/earthquake-shakes-mexico-city-131516728.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 09:25:50 -0400Associated Pressearthquake-shakes-mexico-city-131516728<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italian-court-orders-trial-amanda-knox-104649972.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WAjU9AmHmcDxwkbN4SNCdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8e8e4a9927ed2c0a2d0f6a7067000cce.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="** FILE PHOTOS COMBO ** File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was waiting anxiously Monday, March 25, 2013 in Seattle to hear if she will face trial again as Italy&#039;s top criminal court considered whether to overturn her acquittal in the murder of her roommate in Italy. Italian prosecutors have asked the high court to throw out the acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher and order a new trial. The court&#039;s decision has been postponed to Tuesday. (AP Photo/files)" align="left" title="** FILE PHOTOS COMBO ** File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was waiting anxiously Monday, March 25, 2013 in Seattle to hear if she will face trial again as Italy&#039;s top criminal court considered whether to overturn her acquittal in the murder of her roommate in Italy. Italian prosecutors have asked the high court to throw out the acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher and order a new trial. The court&#039;s decision has been postponed to Tuesday. (AP Photo/files)" border="0" /></a>ROME (AP) ? Italy&#039;s highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox&#039;s acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/italian-court-orders-trial-amanda-knox-104649972.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:00:57 -0400Associated Pressitalian-court-orders-trial-amanda-knox-104649972<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italian-court-orders-trial-amanda-knox-104649972.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WAjU9AmHmcDxwkbN4SNCdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8e8e4a9927ed2c0a2d0f6a7067000cce.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="** FILE PHOTOS COMBO ** File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was waiting anxiously Monday, March 25, 2013 in Seattle to hear if she will face trial again as Italy&#039;s top criminal court considered whether to overturn her acquittal in the murder of her roommate in Italy. Italian prosecutors have asked the high court to throw out the acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher and order a new trial. The court&#039;s decision has been postponed to Tuesday. (AP Photo/files)" align="left" title="** FILE PHOTOS COMBO ** File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Amanda Knox was waiting anxiously Monday, March 25, 2013 in Seattle to hear if she will face trial again as Italy&#039;s top criminal court considered whether to overturn her acquittal in the murder of her roommate in Italy. Italian prosecutors have asked the high court to throw out the acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher and order a new trial. The court&#039;s decision has been postponed to Tuesday. (AP Photo/files)" border="0" /></a>ROME (AP) ? Italy&#039;s highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox&#039;s acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/key-dates-amanda-knox-case-104815937.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0P.zn4aenHUi94QFhrJZfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5d1aa96e2598210a2d0f6a706700f2e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. The Court of Cassation on Monday March 25, 2013 is considering prosecutors&#039; contentions that the 2011 acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out and a new trial ordered. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. The Court of Cassation on Monday March 25, 2013 is considering prosecutors&#039; contentions that the 2011 acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out and a new trial ordered. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)" border="0" /></a>Key dates in the case of American student Amanda Knox, convicted in the slaying of British roommate Meredith Kercher.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/key-dates-amanda-knox-case-104815937.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:59:41 -0400Associated Presskey-dates-amanda-knox-case-104815937<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/key-dates-amanda-knox-case-104815937.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0P.zn4aenHUi94QFhrJZfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5d1aa96e2598210a2d0f6a706700f2e7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. The Court of Cassation on Monday March 25, 2013 is considering prosecutors&#039; contentions that the 2011 acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out and a new trial ordered. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This Nov. 2, 2007 file photo shows Amanda Marie Knox, of the U.S., left, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of Italy, outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. The Court of Cassation on Monday March 25, 2013 is considering prosecutors&#039; contentions that the 2011 acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher should be thrown out and a new trial ordered. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)" border="0" /></a>Key dates in the case of American student Amanda Knox, convicted in the slaying of British roommate Meredith Kercher.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-bank-shutdown-enters-second-week-090738411--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GxDB9NXe3vodgPu_HnEYeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f8b272d427e82c0a2d0f6a706700002d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man passes a sprayed entrance of a store that buys gold which reads in Greek &quot; thieves&quot; in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 25, 2013. Cyprus secured what its politicians described as a ?painful? solution to avert imminent bankruptcy, agreeing early Monday to slash its oversize banking sector and make large account holders take losses to help pay to secure a last-minute euro10 billion (US$13 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" align="left" title="A man passes a sprayed entrance of a store that buys gold which reads in Greek &quot; thieves&quot; in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 25, 2013. Cyprus secured what its politicians described as a ?painful? solution to avert imminent bankruptcy, agreeing early Monday to slash its oversize banking sector and make large account holders take losses to help pay to secure a last-minute euro10 billion (US$13 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0" /></a>NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ? Banks across Cyprus remain locked Tuesday after financial authorities extended the country&#039;s bank closure, fearing worried depositors will rush to drain their accounts. The shut-down is hammering businesses, which have been without access to their funds for more than a week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-bank-shutdown-enters-second-week-090738411--finance.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 05:38:29 -0400Associated Presscyprus-bank-shutdown-enters-second-week-090738411--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-bank-shutdown-enters-second-week-090738411--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GxDB9NXe3vodgPu_HnEYeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f8b272d427e82c0a2d0f6a706700002d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man passes a sprayed entrance of a store that buys gold which reads in Greek &quot; thieves&quot; in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 25, 2013. Cyprus secured what its politicians described as a ?painful? solution to avert imminent bankruptcy, agreeing early Monday to slash its oversize banking sector and make large account holders take losses to help pay to secure a last-minute euro10 billion (US$13 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" align="left" title="A man passes a sprayed entrance of a store that buys gold which reads in Greek &quot; thieves&quot; in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, March 25, 2013. Cyprus secured what its politicians described as a ?painful? solution to avert imminent bankruptcy, agreeing early Monday to slash its oversize banking sector and make large account holders take losses to help pay to secure a last-minute euro10 billion (US$13 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0" /></a>NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ? Banks across Cyprus remain locked Tuesday after financial authorities extended the country&#039;s bank closure, fearing worried depositors will rush to drain their accounts. The shut-down is hammering businesses, which have been without access to their funds for more than a week.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-puts-artillery-forces-top-combat-posture-095818312.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9fZ2ZvzQ0_dT9CN3tWcBhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4a9934684408370a2d0f6a706700f4b5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean conservative activists burn cutout pictures of North Korean national founder the late Kim Il Sung, right, and late leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the sinking of South Korean naval ship &quot;Cheonan&quot; which killed 46 South Korean sailors, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. A banner reads: &quot;Bomb at statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="South Korean conservative activists burn cutout pictures of North Korean national founder the late Kim Il Sung, right, and late leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the sinking of South Korean naval ship &quot;Cheonan&quot; which killed 46 South Korean sailors, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. A banner reads: &quot;Bomb at statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-puts-artillery-forces-top-combat-posture-095818312.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:25:39 -0400Associated Pressnkorea-puts-artillery-forces-top-combat-posture-095818312<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-puts-artillery-forces-top-combat-posture-095818312.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9fZ2ZvzQ0_dT9CN3tWcBhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4a9934684408370a2d0f6a706700f4b5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean conservative activists burn cutout pictures of North Korean national founder the late Kim Il Sung, right, and late leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the sinking of South Korean naval ship &quot;Cheonan&quot; which killed 46 South Korean sailors, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. A banner reads: &quot;Bomb at statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="South Korean conservative activists burn cutout pictures of North Korean national founder the late Kim Il Sung, right, and late leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the sinking of South Korean naval ship &quot;Cheonan&quot; which killed 46 South Korean sailors, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. A banner reads: &quot;Bomb at statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraq's top energy official says his country will sell crude oil to Egypt starting from next April.http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-ship-crude-oil-egypt-next-april-125329274--finance.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:53:29 -0400Associated Pressiraq-ship-crude-oil-egypt-next-april-125329274--financeCAIRO (AP) ? A prominent Egyptian blogger has handed himself in to authorities, a day after the country's prosecutor general ordered his arrest over his alleged role in instigating violence during clashes between supporters and opponents of the country's Islamist president.http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-prominent-blogger-hands-himself-131031263.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 09:10:31 -0400Associated Pressegypt-prominent-blogger-hands-himself-131031263<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit-090750331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SdYVwPmDgh5doGnEMdA1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9a9ba9ff44c73b0a2d0f6a706700ed4f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Syrian revolutionary flag, is seen in front of the empty seat of the Syrian delegation during the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)" align="left" title="The Syrian revolutionary flag, is seen in front of the empty seat of the Syrian delegation during the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)" border="0" /></a>DOHA, Qatar (AP) ? Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit-090750331.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 07:54:27 -0400Associated Presssyrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit-090750331<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit-090750331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SdYVwPmDgh5doGnEMdA1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9a9ba9ff44c73b0a2d0f6a706700ed4f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Syrian revolutionary flag, is seen in front of the empty seat of the Syrian delegation during the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)" align="left" title="The Syrian revolutionary flag, is seen in front of the empty seat of the Syrian delegation during the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)" border="0" /></a>DOHA, Qatar (AP) ? Syrian opposition representatives took the country&#039;s seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad&#039;s regime.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea-093236204--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6KQaRI8ENHa_Wa3dEUddew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e656a5eb44a13a0a2d0f6a70670082bd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 photo, nuclear power plants, Kori 1, right, and Shin Kori 2 are seen in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea?s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country?s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution _ reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again _ faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 photo, nuclear power plants, Kori 1, right, and Shin Kori 2 are seen in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea?s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country?s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution _ reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again _ faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>ULSAN, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country&#039;s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution ? reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again ? faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea-093236204--finance.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 06:23:15 -0400Associated Pressnuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea-093236204--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea-093236204--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6KQaRI8ENHa_Wa3dEUddew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e656a5eb44a13a0a2d0f6a70670082bd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 photo, nuclear power plants, Kori 1, right, and Shin Kori 2 are seen in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea?s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country?s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution _ reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again _ faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 photo, nuclear power plants, Kori 1, right, and Shin Kori 2 are seen in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea?s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country?s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution _ reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again _ faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>ULSAN, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country&#039;s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution ? reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again ? faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally.</p><br clear="all"/>Italy?s highest court has ordered that Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend face a retrial for their alleged roles in the murder of Meredith Kercher, potentially extending a highly emotional case that has already lasted six years for many more.http://news.yahoo.com/italian-court-ruling-could-extend-amanda-knox-murder-124444595.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:44:44 -0400Christian Science Monitoritalian-court-ruling-could-extend-amanda-knox-murder-124444595? A daily summary of global reports on security issues.http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-capture-strategic-no-mans-land-syrias-seat-122932499.htmlTue, 26 Mar 2013 08:29:32 -0400Christian Science Monitorrebels-capture-strategic-no-mans-land-syrias-seat-122932499Local and European leaders are expressing cautious optimism after having reached a last-minute deal on a bailout agreement for Cyprus. But independent analysts worry about the long-term economic consequences for the island.http://news.yahoo.com/plan-save-cyprus-eu-bureaucrats-prescribe-long-term-193908660.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 15:39:08 -0400Christian Science Monitorplan-save-cyprus-eu-bureaucrats-prescribe-long-term-193908660Bahrain, where the monarchy has more or less successfully crushed democracy protests that broke out in the wake of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011, is apparently not taking any chances by loosening the reigns on open discussion and debate.http://news.yahoo.com/us-ally-bahrain-blocks-medical-ethics-conference-185336060.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 14:53:36 -0400Christian Science Monitorus-ally-bahrain-blocks-medical-ethics-conference-185336060A mixture of anger and weary resignation swept over Cyprus on Monday in the wake of a eurozone bailout deal that could shrink the island nation?s economy by 10 percent and cause a sharp spike in unemployment.http://news.yahoo.com/bailout-deal-leaves-many-cypriots-apprehensive-future-181752657.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 14:17:52 -0400Christian Science Monitorbailout-deal-leaves-many-cypriots-apprehensive-future-181752657Whatever British police may finally conclude about the manner of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky's death Saturday at his home near London, most Russians say that they won't be grieving over him.http://news.yahoo.com/russia-no-love-lost-over-evil-genius-boris-161350625.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 12:13:50 -0400Christian Science Monitorrussia-no-love-lost-over-evil-genius-boris-161350625Hong Kong?s top court announced that foreigners can enter the city as maids and domestic helpers, but cannot expect to settle there as permanent residents.http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-court-rejects-filipino-maids-plea-residency-160705456.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 12:07:05 -0400Christian Science Monitorhong-kong-court-rejects-filipino-maids-plea-residency-160705456Just over two months after signing a power-sharing deal aimed at halting their lightning advance, rebels in the Central African Republic captured the capital city of Bangui Sunday, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee and opening the way for them to proclaim a new government.http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-capture-central-african-republic-now-govern-154301886.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 11:43:01 -0400Christian Science Monitorrebels-capture-central-african-republic-now-govern-154301886The press of humanity at Jerusalem?s Machane Yehuda market just might cause the uninitiated visitor to do a face-plant in a heap of eggplants.http://news.yahoo.com/interest-kosher-food-surges-chefs-gourmet-151358950.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 11:13:58 -0400Christian Science Monitorinterest-kosher-food-surges-chefs-gourmet-151358950While news reports, defectors, and human rights organizations are in close agreement on the harsh evidence of poverty, famine, and torture in secretive North Korea, Alejandro Cao de Ben?s paints a very different picture.http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-public-relations-man-spaniard-tough-job-145700881.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 10:57:00 -0400Christian Science Monitornorth-koreas-public-relations-man-spaniard-tough-job-145700881When Tammy Weitzman stood onstage to tell her story, she was afraid that the audience full of strangers would shout obscenities at her. She was describing what it had been like to move to Israel when she was 8 years old, a Jewish-Canadian kid in a foreign land full of conflict and animosity. She was taught to fear people not like herself ? particularly Palestinians and Arabs.http://news.yahoo.com/rewriting-story-polarized-debate-got-tea-party-occupy-134300252.htmlMon, 25 Mar 2013 09:43:00 -0400Christian Science Monitorrewriting-story-polarized-debate-got-tea-party-occupy-134300252US Secretary of State John Kerry made a previously unannounced stop in Baghdad today, and in the process unintentionally highlighted the difficult job he's been assigned in advancing the US diplomatic agenda as regards to the Syrian civil war.http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-wants-iraq-stop-arms-shipments-syria-why-212616447.htmlSun, 24 Mar 2013 17:26:16 -0400Christian Science Monitorkerry-wants-iraq-stop-arms-shipments-syria-why-212616447<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cyprus-scrambles-bailout-cypriots-fear-damage-already-done-192509477.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0VgbagFKRFx5rKHGcTncBg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9Zmls

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