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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Syria bombs Damascus suburbs to keep rebels out
BEIRUT (AP) ? The Syrian government bombed areas around Damascus on Monday as part of its push to keep rebel fighters out of the capital, leaving many children among the dozens killed, anti-regime activists said.
An international aid organization cited such raids, along with rape and widespread destruction, as key factors in the exodus of more than a half-million Syrians to neighboring countries since the conflict began in March 2011.
The International Rescue Committee said it could be "months, if not years" before the refugees can return home and warned that Syria's civil war could enflame tensions in the Middle East.
After nearly two years of violence, it appears unlikely that the war will end soon. Although rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad have made gains in the country's north and east and outside of Damascus, they have yet to seriously challenge his hold on the capital or other parts of the country.
Earlier this month, Assad dismissed calls from the U.S. and others that he step down and vowed to keep fighting until the country is free of "terrorists" ? his government's shorthand for rebels.
International diplomacy has done little to bridge the gap.
In a report released Monday, the International Rescue Committee painted a grim picture of what life has become for Syrians in war-torn areas.
Syrians face brutal killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, frequent airstrikes, sexual violence and diminishing medical services, the report said.
The 32-page report, based on interviews with Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq in November 2012, said that many who fled the country cited rape as a primary reason.
"Many women and girls relayed accounts of being attacked in public or in their homes, primarily by armed men," the report said. "These rapes, sometimes by multiple perpetrators, often occur in front of family members."
The group did not say if the alleged perpetrators were rebels or government forces.
Anti-regime activists have reported rapes by government soldiers or pro-government thugs, and U.N. war crimes investigators reported in August that government forces and allied militias were responsible for murders, rapes and indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
The report warned that violence could keep Syria's refugees in neighboring countries for years, taxing the resources of host governments and enflaming domestic tensions, particularly in Jordan and Lebanon. It called for greater international aid in and outside of Syria as well as open borders to allow those threatened by violence to escape.
Violence continued inside Syria on Monday, as government fighter jets carried out lethal airstrikes on rebellious areas near the capital, Damascus.
One strike hit the suburb of Moadamiyeh, blasting the walls off apartment blocks and scattering rubble in the streets. Activist videos posted online showed residents searching for survivors and wrapping dead bodies in blankets. One video showed two corpses lying face down, one covered in gray cement dust. Another showed the bodies of six children laid out on a floor. The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 13 people were killed in the Moadamiyeh blast, eight children and five women. The group, which relies on contacts in Syria, also reported deadly airstrikes in two other suburbs, saying at least 45 people were killed in and around the capital Monday, including 10 rebel fighters.
The Syrian government offered its own account of the blast in Moadamiyeh, saying "terrorists" fired a shell at the neighborhood, hitting a residential building and causing an undefined number of casualties.
The destruction in the videos, however, appeared consistent with an airstrike, not a shell attack.
Rebel fighters said the strike on Moadamiyeh came amid a government offensive to push rebel fighters from there and the adjacent southwest suburb of Daraya.
Rebels moved into the two suburbs weeks ago, but have been bogged down in clashes with government troops since then. Both areas put rebel forces within striking distance of a key military airport in the Mezzeh neighborhood.
The Observatory said Monday that the government had blown up homes between the airport and the neighborhoods to establish a buffer zone.
One fighter in the area reached Monday said the government appeared set on pushing the rebels out.
"The noise from the bombardment is astounding today," said the fighter, who gave only his first name, Iyad, for security reasons. "The regime is using all kinds of weaponry."
The U.N. says that more than 60,000 people have been killed since Syria's crisis began with anti-regime protests. The conflict has since descended into civil war, with rebel brigades across the country fighting Assad's forces.
International diplomacy has failed to end the conflict.
On Monday, the secretary general of NATO said the alliance had no plans to intervene in Syria, warning that foreign intervention could have "unpredictable regional repercussions."
Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a defense conference in Sweden that Syria is more politically, religiously and ethnically complex than Libya, where NATO airstrikes in 2011 helped rebels overthrow Moammar Gadhafi.
Still, NATO is deploying Patriot missiles along Turkey's southern border with Syria to help the alliance member guard against spillover from the war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday reiterated his criticism of Western calls that Assad step down.
During a visit to Ukraine, Lavrov suggested that Assad's opponents propose their own solution to the conflict.
Syria's splintered opposition has never offered a unified view on how to end the conflict or what should follow, other than agreeing on Assad's ouster.
"If I were in the opposition's place, I would put forth my own ideas in response on how to establish a dialogue," Lavrov said.
Iyad, the fighter near Damascus, said the opposition's key demand hasn't changed.
"We have said a million times we will accept nothing less than Assad's resignation," he said.
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Associated Press writers Zeina Karam in Beirut and Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-bombs-damascus-suburbs-keep-rebels-194014228.html
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Ariel Pink,Trash Talk, Twin Shadow, Sky Ferreira, King Tuff and more playing the 2013 Festival Nrmal in Monterrey, Mexico
Festival Nrmal is happening again this year in Monterey, Mexico, expanding to a multiple day event from March 6 - 10 (just before SXSW if you're keeping track). The line-up for the fourth-annual event was just released and features Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Twin Shadow, Sky Ferreira, Mykki Blanco, Trash Talk, King Tuff, Parquet Courts, Kitty Pryde, Mortuary and many, many more. The whole line-up is in the flyer below.
Advance tickets are available via Nrmal's website (which at the moment is entirely in Spanish). Flyer with the 2013 line-up is below.
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Hundreds of Texas Flights Canceled Amid Ice, Snow
Hundreds of flights have been grounded in North Texas due to ice and snow that prompted Southwest Airlines to suspend operations at Dallas Love Field.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a winter weather advisory for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger says the airline halted all flights at its Dallas hub but hopes to resume operations later Tuesday morning. She had no specific number of flights canceled but says Dallas-based Southwest usually has 125 daily nonstop departures from Love Field.
American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan says the carrier canceled 231 flights Tuesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. She says American Eagle canceled 90 flights.
DFW airport remains open. Spokesman David Magana says carriers worked to de-ice their planes.
At Easterwood Airport in College Station, a Tuesday 6:40AM American Eagle flight departing to the Dallas-Fort Worth area was cancelled.
In addition a flight scheduled to arrive at Easterwood at 11:30 Tuesday morning was also cancelled.
You can check out other arrival departure times at Easterwood Airport by clicking here.
Source: http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Hundreds-of-Texas-Flights-Canceled-Amid-Ice-Snow-186932741.html
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Fast Foods Linked To Asthma, Eczema In Children | Your Health ...
From Your Health Journal?..?Great article today on Bloomberg News from Makiko Kitamura, who did an excellent job explaining some facts about fast food and your kids health. Please visit the Bloomberg News site (link provided below) to read the complete article. We all know that having too much fast food on a regular basis is going to contribute to obesity, heart disease, and other health risks ? for those who indulge too much too often. Now, research has shown that eating fast food three or more times a week is linked to a higher risk of severe asthma and eczema in children. The study examined a large sample of children who ate three or more servings weekly, and found these children had a 39% higher risk of asthma. The study didn?t prove that eating more fast food caused the increase in the conditions, which both can be linked to the overreaction of the body?s immune system. What?s clear from this study as that fruits and vegetables turned up as protective factors and fast foods turned up as risk factors. What is your opinion of this study? Are you convinced or do you want more research into this? Please visit the Bloomberg news site for the full article.?
From the article?..
Eating fast food three or more times a week is linked to a higher risk of severe asthma and eczema in children, researchers found.
Teens who ate three or more weekly servings had a 39 percent increased chance of developing severe asthma, while younger children had a 27 percent higher risk, according to a study of 319,000 teens in 51 countries and 181,000 children ages 6 and 7 in 31 countries. The research, led by scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, was published today in the British medical journal Thorax.
The study didn?t prove that eating more fast food caused the increase in the conditions, which both can be linked to the overreaction of the body?s immune system. Because fast food was the only dietary category shown to have an association with the disorders, the results suggest that such a diet may cause asthma attacks or eczema outbreaks, the authors said. Conversely, eating three or more servings of fruit a week showed reduced risk in developing those conditions, they said.
?What?s clear from this study as that fruits and vegetables turned up as protective factors and fast foods turned up as risk factors,? Gabriele Nagel, a senior researcher at the Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry at Ulm University in Germany, said in a telephone interview. ?Our study provides evidence toward giving dietary recommendations in order to prevent asthma and allergies in childhood.?
To read the complete article?..Click here
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HMV goes bankrupt after 91 years in the disc-selling business
The first time we mentioned HMV on Engadget was back in 2009, when the British retailer discounted the PSP Go -- ironically, one of the earliest devices to do away with disc-shaped media. As the picture above shows though, HMV's history goes back much further than that. Its first store opened in 1921 under an elaborate neon sign featuring the company's emblem of a dog listening to a gramophone beneath the words "His Master's Voice."
Fast forward to today and the old-school seller has suffered gravely from the same online shift that has affected many others. It has called in administrators after failing to negotiate new terms over its bank debt, and unless a buyer steps up to take over the chain's 240 stores then as many as 4,350 people will be let go.
According to Metro, the many HMV gift vouchers that would have been given and received over Christmas are now effectively "worthless." On the other hand, the British personal finance guru Martin Lewis reckons gift vouchers shouldn't be thrown away as they may be redeemable one day, or there may be a chargeback option if they were purchased with a credit card.
[Image credit: London Express / Getty Images]
Source: Martin Lewis (Twitter), Metro, Guardian
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Justin Timberlake: Suit And Tie (LISTEN)
Finally Justin Timberlake is making new music. It has been a looooooong time coming. His last album hit in 2006 – we are talking nearly a decade people! Withdrawal! PR Photos Justin is back and doing it again. He has collaborated with Timberland once again, and his first single off of his new album, The 20/20 Experience, features Jay Z. Suit and Tie has a different sound, almost classical, jazzy with a funky twist. He wrote about finding inspiration and where it came from on his blog: ?So, here goes: This year is an exciting one for me. As you probably have heard through the ?grapevine,? I?m gearing up for a big 2013. Back in June of last year, I quietly started working on what is now, my next journey with that thing I love called MUSIC. The inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn?t expect anything out of it. I just went into the studio and started playing around with some sounds and songs. It was probably the best time I?ve had in my career? Just creating with no rules and/or end goal in mind and really enjoying the process. What [...]
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