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<br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NqByj5o7kJgpeBA08yEKbKibGYEMzfItRTfLiHGbA2Ybax_yvbR9C5Ldj9rWoBbvtJZum2p0cCySg1IU0vTlwIYNO0oxOmMmMfDcgAHibD50ff-Fqi8TIAdI2q94PibXkia6smFT5QDQ/s1600/ilv4V6ZmBeEI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NqByj5o7kJgpeBA08yEKbKibGYEMzfItRTfLiHGbA2Ybax_yvbR9C5Ldj9rWoBbvtJZum2p0cCySg1IU0vTlwIYNO0oxOmMmMfDcgAHibD50ff-Fqi8TIAdI2q94PibXkia6smFT5QDQ/s320/ilv4V6ZmBeEI.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UN Chemical Weapons Inspection Team in Damascus</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 653px;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">  <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 489.5pt;" width="653"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">  </span></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">WHO REALLY USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THAT IS THE QUESTION </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIAN   opposition figures based in Istanbul, TURKEY, have claimed that up to 1,400   people have been killed in chemical weapons attacks</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">!!!</span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Could it be that the BRITISH and FRENCH stance and eagerness of military action in SYRIA  is because </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">that the two are former  imperialist, colonialist powers in that region, thus resurrecting colonial ambitions and   distant memories of the</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> SYKES–PICOT AGREEMENT?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(See: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement</a>)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="watch-title  yt-uix-expander-head" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Chemical Weapons False Flag Against Syria Update">Chemical Weapons False Flag Against Syria?</span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbMdll58lis?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This video clip was posted on YouTube April 2012</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  The coincidence couldn't be more telling. No sooner than the UNITED NATIONS chemical   weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus - within 72 hours, in fact - the SYRIAN   opposition figures based in Istanbul, TURKEY, have claimed that up to 1,400   people have been killed in chemical weapons attacks by the government forces   on the outskirts of the SYRIAN capital. <br />  <br />  The media blitzkrieg has been equally stunning - press conferences, video   presentations by opposition activists, "expert opinion" from   Western capitals and instantaneous reactions by western politicians. <br />  <br />  The UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, the EUROPEAN UNION and the ARAB   LEAGUE are among those who have demanded for urgent action. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The UN Security Council promptly held a closed-door   meeting to consider the allegation against the SYRIAN government.   Unsurprisingly, the SYRIAN government itself has strongly refuted the   allegation calling it a "dirty" media war, which reflected the   "hysteria, disorder and breakdown" of the rebels who have suffered   a string of devastating military defeats in the recent days and weeks. <br />  <br />  <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SWEDISH</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WEAPON INSPECTOR SELLSTROM:</b> <b>IRAQ DÉJÀ VU? </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  What is the game plan? One vital clue lies in the appointment of the SWEDISH   expert Ake Sellstrom as the head of the UN team that landed in Damascus three   days ago. Sellstrom served in the select band of UN weapon inspectors in IRAQ. <br />  Reuters quoted Sellstrom backing the demand that the alleged attacks in   Damascus suburbs should be investigated and he even mooted a plan of action.   Sellstrom suggested, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It [SYRIAN opposition claim]   sounds like something that should be looked into. It will depend on whether   any UN member state goes to the secretary general and says we should look at   this event. We are in place.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PiW4lZnbmBkmiv_Dz7D0L5t9AeFN_QE2B-EUKoIAqWdDqQHOAbwrsUsAmb1nj76ywxQXvN7BZVkO43ibmxfMgWD0a8QwzZREfJmIZZjRm8LBI2IOJn1WvP6uS2JDnCmZ6YQKcU-Vg7Og/s1600/iraq_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PiW4lZnbmBkmiv_Dz7D0L5t9AeFN_QE2B-EUKoIAqWdDqQHOAbwrsUsAmb1nj76ywxQXvN7BZVkO43ibmxfMgWD0a8QwzZREfJmIZZjRm8LBI2IOJn1WvP6uS2JDnCmZ6YQKcU-Vg7Og/s320/iraq_b.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BRITISH Foreign Secretary William   Hague picked up Sellstrom's excellent idea and said, I call on the SYRIAN   government to allow immediate access to the area for the UN team currently   investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use ... The UK will be   raising this incident at the UN Security Council. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">France concurred within no time.   President Francois Hollande too felt that the allegations "require   verification and confirmation" and Paris would ask the UN to go to the   site "to shed full light" on the allegations. GERMANY nodded in   agreement. <br />  <br />  The TURKISH foreign ministry had a full-fledged statement ready, which said   Ankara is "deeply concerned" and the team of UN inspectors already   in SYRIA "must investigate the allegations in question and present its   findings" to the security council. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KKrkokQIx9g?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Interestingly, the much-awaited statement by the White House in Washington   turned out to be an endorsement of the EUROPEAN-TURKISH demand - stopping   short of confirming the incident but adding it was working to gather   additional information, while demanding, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is today, as we speak, on   the ground in SYRIA, a UNITED NATIONS team with a specialty in investigating   the use of chemical weapons. So, let's give this team the opportunity to   investigate what exactly occurred and get to the bottom of this so that we   can hold accountable those who were responsible. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Indeed, an emergency meeting of   the UN Security Council has taken place in New York. The council did not   explicitly demand a UN investigation but agreed that "clarity" was   needed and welcomed UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon's calls for a prompt   investigation by Sellstrom's team. <br />  <br />  In the words of Ambassador Cristina Perceval of ARGENTINA, currently   president of the Security Council, there is "strong concern among the   Council members" about the allegations, and "a general sense that   there must be clarity on what happened" and that the situation has to be   followed carefully''. <br />  <br />  Meanwhile, Ban's spokesman told journalists in New York that Sellstrom is   already "in discussions with the SYRIAN Government on all issues   pertaining to the alleged use of chemical weapons, including this most recent   reported incident''. <br />  <br />  <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>CAMEL IN BASHAR'S TENT</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  In sum, the UN inspection team which is mandated to be in SYRIA up to 14 days   - as agreed between the SYRIAN government and the UN - "with a possible   extension" to probe the use of alleged use of chemical weapons at Khan   al-Assal and two other undisclosed cites may just be getting an enhanced   mandate. <br />  <br />  If so, it becomes a diplomatic coup of sorts for the Western powers and their   MIDDLE EASTERN allies who have been persistently seeking some form of UN   intervention in SYRIA. <br />  <br />  In essence, Sellstrom may well be on an open-ended mission now since the SYRIAN   opposition will endeavor to make fresh allegations in other places in SYRIA   as well. Most important, Sellstrom may tiptoe at some stage toward the   chemical weapon stockpiles of the Bashar Al-Assad regime. <br />  <br />  Clearly, the camel has entered Bashar's tent. Sellstrom will now begin filing   reports to Ban, which the latter will be obliged to bring to the notice of   the Security Council and that, in turn, could mean the opening of a SYRIAN   file in New York, which the West all along wanted. <br />  <br />  What does it all add up to? Three things emerge. One, the momentum of   stunning successes by the SYRIAN military over the rebels is almost certainly   going to be punctuated. The SYRIAN regime will need to turn attention to the   diplomatic battle that lies ahead. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEY   HAS NOW REALIZED ITS STRATEGIC MISTAKE AND LEFT THE FRONT</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  <br />  The government forces have won successes in key battlefields such as in the   central and coastal regions of Homs and Latakia and the suburbs of Damascus.   General Yahya Rahim Safavi, the influential military aide to IRAN'S Supreme   Leader Ali Khamenei, claimed in Tehran that the "[SYRIAN] terrorists   have been almost defeated from the military perspective." Savafi added, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What   is left is the Geneva 2 conference. On one side there will be the US, ISRAEL,   FRANCE, ENGLAND, TURKEY and some ARAB states, which supported the opposition.   As a result of its domestic issues, TURKEY has now realized its strategic   mistake and left the front. SAUDI ARABIA is dealing with its EGYPT project.   The rest of the front is present but defeated. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RUSSIA’S   REACTION?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  But on the other side of this front, there reside RUSSIA, CHINA and IRAN,   which aided SYRIA. Of course, IRAN and the LEBANESE Hezbollah aided SYRIA politically   and internationally as they support restoration of peace, stability and   tranquility to SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Did Safavi speak one day too soon?   Is Iran fully in the loop? Is its triumphalism warranted? The answers will unfold   soon. <br />  <br />  Meanwhile, Moscow is maintaining deafening silence over the latest   allegations on chemical weapons, presumably taken aback by the lightning   speed with which the Western powers and their regional allies got the SYRIAN   file into the agenda of the Security Council. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">TECTONIC   PLATES IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST SHOW SOME MOVEMENT</span><br />  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov had a telephone   conversation with the SAUDI spy chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud to   "discuss the situation in EGYPT and SYRIA ... [and] the relations   between the two countries''. Bandar is a delightful bag of tricks, and at any   rate, by Wednesday evening, Riyadh sang a different tune, with Foreign   Minister Saud al-Faisal saying, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The UN Security Council should   work out a clear resolution to put an end to the tragedy. We are shocked by   the massacre in SYRIAN cities with the use of chemical weapons, which are   prohibited under international law.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the second thing. The   tectonic plates in the geopolitics of the MIDDLE EAST were beginning to show   some movement in recent weeks over developments in EGYPT. The disharmony   amongst the erstwhile allies who were until recently collaborating over the SYRIA   project was becoming too obvious to be papered over. <br />  <br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TURKEY began openly criticizing the EGYPTIAN   junta and its GULF Cooperation Council (GCC) supporters and taunting the WEST   over its much-vaunted democracy project in the new MIDDLE EAST. QATAR   vanished from the SYRIAN frontline. Washington still wouldn't call the EGYPTIAN   coup by its real name, while the EUROPEAN UNION is dithering on imposing any   embargo on EGYPT, with SAUDI ARABIA threatening to make up for any Western   embargo on EGYPT. </b><br />  <br />  <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>STALLING A RESET </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">But the most sensational part of the   realignment is the nascent proximity between RUSSIA on the one hand and SAUDI   ARABIA and its GCC allies (especially the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) on the other   hand in their shared antipathy toward Muslim Brotherhood. <br />  </b><br />  At the very least, the SYRIAN chemical weapon controversy puts a sudden break   on the incipient moves of a "reset" in the political alignments in   the MIDDLE EAST. The Western powers have circled the wagons and their restive   ARAB allies - SAUDI ARABIA, in particular - are being told to stay put, with   the signal that the SYRIAN project is work in progress. <br />  <br />  <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE HEART OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE   WEST SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD A REGIONAL ASCENDANCE BY RUSSIA, CHINA AND IRAN</b>.   </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nor is the West comfortable with   the increasingly maverick ways in which its regional allies are behaving. <br />  <br />  Paradoxically, the chemical weapons controversy provides a vital lifeline for   TURKEY'S beleaguered Recep Erdogan to break out of acute isolation over EGYPT.   Erdogan is at his wit's end in coping with the KURDISH problem, which has   been surging lately as the leitmotif of the SYRIAN conflict. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HUgF79x9IK2GSysqWuZVW4d-qePrGbyz8H-M7tRIPluRofLNZwkVvRU0WUfppBV0eepV1-oRAxZqYFPeQcebkGYxduFEswc5a_8GaIRDGTzE4VOLYK43YRIMdMsQaikZXErSRnIYEvL0/s1600/734px-Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_%25281992%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HUgF79x9IK2GSysqWuZVW4d-qePrGbyz8H-M7tRIPluRofLNZwkVvRU0WUfppBV0eepV1-oRAxZqYFPeQcebkGYxduFEswc5a_8GaIRDGTzE4VOLYK43YRIMdMsQaikZXErSRnIYEvL0/s1600/734px-Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_%25281992%2529.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; 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padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">KURDISH EQUATION AND TURKEY</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/libya-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/10/libya-syria.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE   KURDISH INDEPENDENCE GAMBLE WITH TURKEY </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/double-dealing-in-iraq-and-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/double-dealing-in-iraq-and-syria.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TURKEY'S   GAMBLE ON KURDISTAN OIL</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-erratic-foreign-policies-all.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">KURDISH   MARCH TOWARD AUTONOMY GAINS MOMENTUM</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/turkeys-syrian-policies.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The SYRIAN KURDS have frontally   challenged Ankara's covert nexus with the al-Qaeda affiliates operating in   northeastern SYRIA bordering TURKEY, which puts Erdogan in a tight spot. <br />  <br />  A tantalizing question, however, arises. The EUROPEAN powers - BRITAIN and FRANCE   in particular - and TURKEY are evidently spearheading the latest controversy   over chemical weapons. But how far and how real is the Obama administration's   involvement in it? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comment by Geopolitical   Analysis and Monitoring:</span></i></b></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUAgEj1qR7eRFvmz9yN5p28Q0-Zyb-MXgPrnpLl6hlSh3Mhhp05tCH1PPtdl9_BZ1X1fbcYB_j6-XA82mSXmalmpYj4p65i4Znn_8aOFz9b7A2rAQuNGFxEXKrizWwXckBXRXjIsvshVE/s1600/MPK1-426_Sykes_Picot_Agreement_Map_signed_8_May_1916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUAgEj1qR7eRFvmz9yN5p28Q0-Zyb-MXgPrnpLl6hlSh3Mhhp05tCH1PPtdl9_BZ1X1fbcYB_j6-XA82mSXmalmpYj4p65i4Znn_8aOFz9b7A2rAQuNGFxEXKrizWwXckBXRXjIsvshVE/s200/MPK1-426_Sykes_Picot_Agreement_Map_signed_8_May_1916.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SYKES–PICOT AGREEMENT</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Could it be that the   BRITISH and FRENCH stance on SYRIA and use of Chemical Weapons is all about   the resurrection of colonial ambitions and distant memories of the </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">SYKES–PICOT AGREEMENT? (See:</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement</a>)</span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of   Staff, General Martin Dempsey, went on record that the Obama administration   is opposed to even limited military intervention in SYRIA because it believes   that the rebels fighting the Assad regime wouldn't support AMERICAN interests   if they were to seize power right now. <br />  </b><br />  He wrote with brutal frankness in a formal letter addressed to US Congressman   Eliot Engel (Democrat - New York), </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA today is not about choosing   between two sides but rather about choosing one among many sides. It is my   belief that the side we choose must be ready to promote their interests and   ours when the balance shifts in their favor. Today, they are not. <br />  <br />  It is a deeply rooted, long-term conflict among multiple factions, and   violent struggles for power will continue after Assad's rule ends. We should   evaluate the effectiveness of limited military options in this context. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Comment by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Worthwhile to mention is that the SYRIAN conflict will most   probably continue for some time, similar to the civil war in LEBANON, which   lasted 15 years.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The use of US military force can   change the military balance. But it cannot resolve the underlying and   historic ethnic, religious and tribal issues that are fueling this conflict. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dempsey concluded that the Obama   administration is on course with its current policy of focusing on   humanitarian assistance and bolstering the moderate opposition in SYRIA,   since such an approach "represents the best framework for an effective   US strategy toward SYRIA''. <br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />  <span style="color: #cc0000;">SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONTROVERSY OPENS AN EXIT DOOR OF SORTS FOR THE   WESTERN POWERS (AND TURKEY) IN SYRIA</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />  </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All in all, therefore, the   chemical weapons controversy opens an exit door of sorts for the western   powers (and TURKEY) in SYRIA. The western powers have been dodging the issue   of arming the SYRIAN rebels after making verbal pledges while Assad's forces   have been gradually gaining the upper hand militarily. <br />  <br />  The SYRIAN opposition is in a mess and EGYPT'S strongman General Abdel Fatteh   el-Sisi told its leaders who were based in Cairo to get lost. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">On the other hand, the Brotherhood, which   dominated the SYRIAN opposition, is under heavy SAUDI artillery fire all   across the region</b>. <br />  <br />  In sum, the compass of the "regime change" project in SYRIA has   shifted in favor of the Salafists. Besides, these are still early days in   Egypt and what happens on the Nile banks would ultimately rewrite Middle   eastern politics. In the present situation, Assad will negotiate from a   position of unassailable strength at the "Geneva 2" negotiating   table, which is untenable. <br />  <br />  This is where the chemical weapons controversy and the opening of a SYRIAN   file at the UN Security Council offers a breather to break the momentum of   Assad's army and the swagger of the Hezbollah and IRAN and end the look of   smug satisfaction on the RUSSIAN face. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SELLSTROM   DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A MANDATE TO NAME THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span><br />  <br />  Is this a prelude to an IRAQ-like scenario? The chancelleries in Moscow,   Tehran and Beijing will be assessing. No doubt, Sellstrom is tiptoeing   dangerously close toward Bashar's WMD stockpiles, something, which the US   (and ISRAEL) always wanted to fasten. <br />  <br />  The only task assigned to weapon inspector Sellstrom when he landed in   Damascus three days ago with his team was to inspect three specific sites to   determine whether chemical weapons were used in SYRIA. He didn't have a   mandate even to name the party responsible. <br />  <br />  Now, all that is history. The plain truth is that Sellstrom's footfalls are   beginning to echo in the memory. One could visualize Sellstrom going down the   passage towards the door "we never opened into the rose-garden''. <br />  <br />  Maybe, as T. S. Eliot wrote, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"But to what purpose<br />  Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves<br />  I do not know."</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But we know that what was an   abstraction until the dawn broke on Wednesday is becoming a perpetual   possibility in today's world of speculation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By M K Bhadrakumar </span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table>

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<base href="data:">Richard Nixon launched the so-called War on Cancer on December 23, 1971, in what was supposed to be a "moonshot" effort to cure the disease. Two years later, a Time magazine cover read, "Toward Control of Cancer." Two decades after that, it announced, in bold red letters, "Hope in the War Against Cancer," surmising that "a turning point" may have been reached. In 2001, its cover asked if the blood cancer drug Gleevec "is the breakthrough we've been waiting for." And this past April, the newsweekly pronounced "How to Cure Cancer." Yet roughly one hundred and forty thousand Americans have died from the disease in the last three months.<br><br>Outrage over our paltry victories against cancer informs the forthcoming book, "The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer—and How to Win It," by Clifton Leaf, who wrote a much-discussed essay on the same topic for Fortune in 2004. The title comes from a 1959 pamphlet that tells doctors to trickle out information to cancer-stricken patients, since most of them "couldn't stand" to know the truth: the disease would kill them and there was little that could be done about it. Today, draped in ribbons of every hue, blinded by the promises of targeted therapies and antioxidants, we have, according to Leaf, neglected a basic truth: "'the cancer problem' is, in reality, as formidable a challenge as ever." (Jerome Groopman discussed the progress in cancer cures, particularly immune therapy, in the magazine last year.)<br><br>Leaf is not an oncologist, but he became acquainted with the profession at an early age; he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease at fifteen years old. In the book's most poignant moment, Leaf orders his father into the corner of his hospital room to atone for having dozed off while sitting bedside. When Leaf woke up the next morning, "the biggest man I had ever known" was still standing in the corner.<br><br>As an editor at Fortune, Leaf became enthralled by the promise of Gleevec, an enzyme inhibitor that, since its release in 2001, has proven highly effective at battling chronic myeloid leukemia. Many thought a new age was coming, in which the chaotic spread of cancer would be hindered by drugs that would be precision-targeted to block the replication of rogue cells. It seemed far better than indiscriminately killing both cancerous and healthy cells, as chemotherapy had been doing for the past half-century.<br><br>But Gleevec is the exception, not the rule—and C.M.L. is a relatively simple cancer compared to solid-state tumors of the lung, colon, pancreas, or breast. Once they metastasize, most cannot be cured. Those, like Leaf, who have faced cancer have good reason for their impatience: it takes an average of thirteen years to bring a new cancer drug to market. Many of these drugs are pellets fired into cancer's flank. A recent article in the New York Times titled "Promising New Cancer Drugs Empower the Body's Own Defense" hailed a new melanoma drug whose median survival rate was 16.8 months. An editorial this winter in The Lancet, the august British medical journal, put the matter even more bluntly: "Has cancer medicine failed patients? In the words of cancer experts, the answer is yes."<br><br>Leaf argues we should be closer to an all-out cure, considering our investment in the effort. The National Cancer Institute receives roughly five billion dollars per year from the federal government. If both public and private investments are to be accounted for, then Leaf estimates the United States spends about sixteen billion dollars a year on cancer research. Nor is there a lack of political will to eradicate cancer, as there is to, say, reducing carbon emissions. Leaf calls it a "bipartisan disease" that a Republican from Alabama would want defeated as much as a Democrat from Illinois. President Barack Obama said in 2009 that he would "launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American, including me, by seeking a cure for cancer in our time."<br><br>In Leaf's telling, oncology is a hidebound field averse to risk, a culture that "has grown progressively less hospitable to new voices and ideas over the past four decades." He yearns for the likes of Sidney Farber, the unorthodox pathologist who invented chemotherapy in the late nineteen forties at Boston Children's Hospital by injecting children stricken with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with aminopterin, which prevents cancer cells from replicating. A hero in Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies," Farber is largely responsible for the fact that childhood A.L.L. is a manageable disease today. But his methods had a high cost: he disobeyed superiors, conducted his own trial-and-error studies, and foisted unproven drugs on sick, vulnerable children.<br><br>What made Farber an iconoclast is that he wanted to cure cancer even more than he wanted to understand it. As he would come to argue, "The three hundred and twenty-five thousand patients with cancer who are going to die this year cannot wait; nor is it necessary, in order to make great progress in the cure for cancer, for us to have the full solution of all the problems of basic research…the history of Medicine is replete with examples of cures obtained years, decades, and even centuries before the mechanism of action was understood for these cures."<br><br>Few new bold projects are being funded now, writes Leaf, noting that in 2010, the N.C.I. used the bulk of its two billion dollars in research grants on existing projects. He is as incensed that the same institutions get most of the money, writing that "in 2011, the top 43 research centers got more funding ($12 billion) than did the bottom 2,574 institutions receiving any kind of NIH support." To some, this is the price of science that is both sound and safe. To others, it is a culture of scientific inefficiency, an I.B.M. mindset in a field that desperately yearns for Apple.<br><br>Oncologists in the field with whom I spoke agreed with this overall assessment of the War on Cancer. Andrea Hayes-Jordan, a pediatric surgical oncologist at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told me that "Our strategic attacks are improving, and we are winning some battles, but not the war yet." Silvia Formenti, who chairs the radiation oncology department at New York University's Langone Medical Center, was even more negative in her assessment of the War on Cancer. She wrote to me in an e-mail, "We have managed to make cancer a huge business, and a national 'terror,' but the progress in reducing mortality is quite questionable."<br><br>The book suggests some remedies, foremost among them preventing cancer before it strikes. At Stage 0, a cancerous growth can be detected and removed before it has diversified and spread. By the time a tumor is the size of a grape, it has as many as a billion cells. Those cells become increasingly heterogeneous, and once they break through the basement membrane that acts as a final barrier between organs and tissues, they are free to metastasize throughout the body via the bloodstream or the lymphatic system.<br><br>The book finds great promise in the chemoprevention pioneered by Dartmouth researcher Michael Sporn, who wants to treat pre-invasive lesions as seriously as full-blown cancers. This seems to fly in the face of the cautious watch-and-wait philosophy popular with many oncologists, who have become convinced (not without reason) that the cure—toxic chemotherapy, high doses of radiation—could be worse than the disease.<br><br>However, other than the breast cancer drug tamoxifen and the H.P.V. vaccine—both of which can reduce the risk of getting cancer, not cure the disease—the promise of chemoprevention remains largely unrealized. A recent paper by two preventative oncologists concluded, "There have been numerous chemoprevention trials in the past 10 years, but the number of approved chemoprevention drugs is still quite small."Another recent study on older men with prostate cancer suggested that "watchful waiting" was often the best route, noting that many patients opted for expensive treatments they didn't need, thus leading to impotence and incontinence. And a federal task force ruled four years ago that women should delay getting mammograms until age fifty (ten years later than the previous recommendation) because of the procedure's own potential dangers.<br><br>Leaf acknowledges these dangers, and also points out an even more serious problem with chemoprevention: biomarkers that would signal carcinogenesis in its earliest stages have not been found. So while he is correct to highlight the potential promise of a prophylactic approach, Leaf's own description of "the failed biomarker hunt" is, indirectly, a defense of why oncologists today are left with no choice but to wait until the disease develops.<br><br>The desire for an accelerated approach to cancer has antecedents in the AIDS activism of the nineteen-eighties. As Mukherjee describes in his book, organizations like ACT UP "made the FDA out to be a woolly bureaucratic grandfather—exacting but maddeningly slow." That had repercussions in cancer medicine, where patients also demanded quicker access to potentially life-saving therapies. Especially en vogue by the early nineties was "megadose chemotherapy" for breast cancer, complemented by a bone marrow transplant. (The original marrow would have been destroyed by the high toxicity of the purported cure.) Yet as Mukherjee notes, by early 2000, the procedure was discovered to have been supported by fictional studies. One of its main proponents, a South African oncologist named Werner Bezwoda, had charmed his fellow practitioners with astounding results that masked the true, fatal dangers of this excessive approach. Mukherjee calls Bezwoda's influential drug trials "a fraud, an invention, a sham," yet he was hardly the lone cheerleader for megadose chemotherapy. Any urge to hasten the War on Cancer—however justified that urge may be—must grapple with the risk of promising anecdotes curdling into hideous truths.<br><br>Of course, some approaches are neither terribly controversial nor difficult, at least from a medical standpoint: Debu Tripathy of the University of Southern California's Norris Cancer Center told me that he believes that ninety per cent of all lung cancers could be eliminated through the cessation of cigarette smoking. Studies have shown a link between red meat consumption and an elevated risk of cancer. Here, then, may be cancer prevention in its simplest form.<br><br>On the whole, Leaf is much less optimistic than Mukherjee. Surveying the state of cancer medicine as it was in 2005, Mukherjee concludes, "The empire of cancer was still indubitably vast…but it was losing power, fraying at its borders." Surveying some three thousand years of humanity's battle with cancer, Mukherjee's is the more meditative work. Leaf's book is more urgent, more insistent—the voice of a frightened patient who yearns for a cure, rather than of the sober oncologist concerned with getting the science right. "Emperor" is a story; "Truth" is an argument.<br><br>Earlier in June, researchers discovered a tumor of the rib bone of a Neanderthal believed to be a hundred and twenty thousand years old. What plagued him then still plagues us today, much as it plagued Atossa, the ancient Persian queen who is believed to have suffered from breast cancer, as well as the London chimney sweeps stricken with scrotal malignancies. This war has been a long one.<br><br><i>Alexander Nazaryan is a writer living in Brooklyn.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/world-war-cancer.html">http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/world-war-cancer.html</a><br><br>

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<p>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tech/<br>The latest Tech news headlines from Yahoo News UK. Find videos, pictures and in-depth Tech coverage from the UK and around the world.en-GBCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSat, 09 Nov 2013 00:02:23 +00005http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tech/<br>http://l.yimg.com/rz/d/yahoo_news_en-GB_s_f_p_bestfit_news.png<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/google-mystery-barge-artistic-high-tech-exhibition-venue-000223217–sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TiS6hpckrlR2oGt74QroGg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-09T000223Z_1_CBRE9A8004200_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-MYSTERY.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Mysterious structure built on floating barge is seen in San Francisco Bay" align="left" title="Mysterious structure built on floating barge is seen in San Francisco Bay" border="0″ /></a>By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Able-bodied seamen, decorative sails meant to evoke fish fins and dozens of security cameras will eventually make up the on-board complement of a mysterious four-story barge being built by Internet company Google Inc. The barge is actually a &quot;technology exhibition space,&quot; that Google will move between several piers in the San Francisco Bay area and other West coast locations over the next two years, according to a 36-page information packet submitted in August to the Port of San Francisco. an experience unlike any other that celebrates community, local organizations and the history of San Francisco,&quot; reads the document, which lists the project as being spearheaded by By and Large LLC. The floating structure built of stacked shipping containers, and a twin vessel in Portland, Maine, have stirred intense speculation about their purpose ever since reports of their existence surfaced last month. Google has gone to great lengths to keep the details of the barges secret, requiring at least one U.S. Coast Guard employee to sign a non-disclosure agreement.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/google-mystery-barge-artistic-high-tech-exhibition-venue-000223217–sector.html  Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:02:23 +0000Reutersgoogle-mystery-barge-artistic-high-tech-exhibition-venue-000223217–sector<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/google-mystery-barge-artistic-high-tech-exhibition-venue-000223217–sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TiS6hpckrlR2oGt74QroGg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-09T000223Z_1_CBRE9A8004200_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-MYSTERY.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Mysterious structure built on floating barge is seen in San Francisco Bay" align="left" title="Mysterious structure built on floating barge is seen in San Francisco Bay" border="0″ /></a>By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Able-bodied seamen, decorative sails meant to evoke fish fins and dozens of security cameras will eventually make up the on-board complement of a mysterious four-story barge being built by Internet company Google Inc. The barge is actually a &quot;technology exhibition space,&quot; that Google will move between several piers in the San Francisco Bay area and other West coast locations over the next two years, according to a 36-page information packet submitted in August to the Port of San Francisco. an experience unlike any other that celebrates community, local organizations and the history of San Francisco,&quot; reads the document, which lists the project as being spearheaded by By and Large LLC. The floating structure built of stacked shipping containers, and a twin vessel in Portland, Maine, have stirred intense speculation about their purpose ever since reports of their existence surfaced last month. Google has gone to great lengths to keep the details of the barges secret, requiring at least one U.S. Coast Guard employee to sign a non-disclosure agreement.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printed-liver-survive-40-days-153900181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8gm_2_3Dd00xN6y5iBPUWw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpiygqn3.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="3D printed liver is here and it can survive for up to 40 days" align="left" title="3D printed liver is here and it can survive for up to 40 days" border="0″ /></a>This particular liver printing example comes out of a San Diego startup, Organovo, who can generate a slice of functioning, long-lasting liver by printing layers of living cells.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printed-liver-survive-40-days-153900181.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:39:00 +0000Pocket-lint3d-printed-liver-survive-40-days-153900181<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printed-liver-survive-40-days-153900181.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8gm_2_3Dd00xN6y5iBPUWw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpiygqn3.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="3D printed liver is here and it can survive for up to 40 days" align="left" title="3D printed liver is here and it can survive for up to 40 days" border="0″ /></a>This particular liver printing example comes out of a San Diego startup, Organovo, who can generate a slice of functioning, long-lasting liver by printing layers of living cells.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telefonica-profit-drop-overshadows-debt-reduction-125503723–finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pI4_HP050yctI9cplPu3Og–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-08T125503Z_1_CBRE9A70ZVU00_RTROPTP_2_TELEFONICA-SPAIN.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A man speaks by a mobile next to Telefonica&#039;s tower in Barcelona" align="left" title="A man speaks by a mobile next to Telefonica&#039;s tower in Barcelona" border="0″ /></a>By Julien Toyer MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish telecom group Telefonica on Friday posted a sharp drop in nine-months earnings, overshadowing its progress on cutting debt and efforts to revive a loss-making investment in Telecom Italia. Telefonica, which is one of Europe&#039;s most heavily indebted major companies, said it had met its target to cut debt below 47 billion euros ($  62.9 billion) by the end of the year, three months early. Scaled-down operations as a result of the sale of non-core assets in Europe and Latin America to help meet that target were another reason for falling revenue. Telefonica on Thursday backed an overhaul of Telecom Italia&#039;s finances in a bid to reverse years of sliding growth at the Italian group and eventually recoup some of the 1.6 billion euros in writedowns it has taken on its investment.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telefonica-profit-drop-overshadows-debt-reduction-125503723–finance.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:41:45 +0000Reuterstelefonica-profit-drop-overshadows-debt-reduction-125503723–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telefonica-profit-drop-overshadows-debt-reduction-125503723–finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pI4_HP050yctI9cplPu3Og–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-08T125503Z_1_CBRE9A70ZVU00_RTROPTP_2_TELEFONICA-SPAIN.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A man speaks by a mobile next to Telefonica&#039;s tower in Barcelona" align="left" title="A man speaks by a mobile next to Telefonica&#039;s tower in Barcelona" border="0″ /></a>By Julien Toyer MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish telecom group Telefonica on Friday posted a sharp drop in nine-months earnings, overshadowing its progress on cutting debt and efforts to revive a loss-making investment in Telecom Italia. Telefonica, which is one of Europe&#039;s most heavily indebted major companies, said it had met its target to cut debt below 47 billion euros ($  62.9 billion) by the end of the year, three months early. Scaled-down operations as a result of the sale of non-core assets in Europe and Latin America to help meet that target were another reason for falling revenue. Telefonica on Thursday backed an overhaul of Telecom Italia&#039;s finances in a bid to reverse years of sliding growth at the Italian group and eventually recoup some of the 1.6 billion euros in writedowns it has taken on its investment.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/magellan-echo-smart-running-watch-sale-now-bluetooth-131700098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/exlKnIZy6AsKdzH_6RkEUA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpk1r80g.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Magellan Echo smart running watch on sale now with Bluetooth heart rate monitor" align="left" title="Magellan Echo smart running watch on sale now with Bluetooth heart rate monitor" border="0″ /></a>Outdoor GPS specialist Magellan has created a smart sports watch called Echo which is now on sale. The Echo is designed for runners and intelligently works with your smartphone via Bluetooth. The Echo can be used as a general wristwatch, with a read-out displaying time, day and date, but any fitness data from the compatible apps can also be shown on screen. The Magellan Echo is out now in black, blue or orange and will cost £130, or £170 with the Bluetooth Smart Heart Rate Monitor.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/magellan-echo-smart-running-watch-sale-now-bluetooth-131700098.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:17:00 +0000Pocket-lintmagellan-echo-smart-running-watch-sale-now-bluetooth-131700098<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/magellan-echo-smart-running-watch-sale-now-bluetooth-131700098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/exlKnIZy6AsKdzH_6RkEUA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpk1r80g.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Magellan Echo smart running watch on sale now with Bluetooth heart rate monitor" align="left" title="Magellan Echo smart running watch on sale now with Bluetooth heart rate monitor" border="0″ /></a>Outdoor GPS specialist Magellan has created a smart sports watch called Echo which is now on sale. The Echo is designed for runners and intelligently works with your smartphone via Bluetooth. The Echo can be used as a general wristwatch, with a read-out displaying time, day and date, but any fitness data from the compatible apps can also be shown on screen. The Magellan Echo is out now in black, blue or orange and will cost £130, or £170 with the Bluetooth Smart Heart Rate Monitor.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/willing-merge-machinery-120800558.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NgkApooNVB_zHH9QwIaAZw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-08/b9d46f03-b0eb-4798-b478-cb4eadffc1f6_Screen-Shot-2013-11-08-at-14-34-42.png" width="130″ height="86″ alt="British Boy Gets First &#039;Robot Leg&#039;" align="left" title="British Boy Gets First &#039;Robot Leg&#039;" border="0″ /></a>The boy in question, Eddy Parry, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at a very young age, and was sadly forced to have his leg amputated. After all, it is human intelligence that will have to build artificial intelligence, no matter how far it develops once this initial process has been completed.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/willing-merge-machinery-120800558.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:08:00 +0000Yahoo Contributor Networkwilling-merge-machinery-120800558<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/willing-merge-machinery-120800558.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NgkApooNVB_zHH9QwIaAZw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-08/b9d46f03-b0eb-4798-b478-cb4eadffc1f6_Screen-Shot-2013-11-08-at-14-34-42.png" width="130″ height="86″ alt="British Boy Gets First &#039;Robot Leg&#039;" align="left" title="British Boy Gets First &#039;Robot Leg&#039;" border="0″ /></a>The boy in question, Eddy Parry, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at a very young age, and was sadly forced to have his leg amputated. After all, it is human intelligence that will have to build artificial intelligence, no matter how far it develops once this initial process has been completed.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-64-bit-chip-16-megapixel-111600226.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DrE025eyO5QDhFxJL_x24Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpecq960.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Samsung Galaxy S5 to get 64-bit chip and 16-megapixel camera?" align="left" title="Samsung Galaxy S5 to get 64-bit chip and 16-megapixel camera?" border="0″ /></a>Since Apple unleashed its iPhone 5S with 64-bit A7 processor the rumour mill has been spinning out stories of Samsung bringing a 64-bit chip to its next flagship Galaxy S5. The latest evidence to support this comes from Digitimes. Admittedly the track record of Digitimes isn&#039;t great so we&#039;re taking this one with a pinch of salt. It&#039;s reported that Samsung Display and Japan Display will begin making its WQHD displays soon and 64-bit CPUs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-64-bit-chip-16-megapixel-111600226.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:16:00 +0000Pocket-lintsamsung-galaxy-s5-64-bit-chip-16-megapixel-111600226<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-64-bit-chip-16-megapixel-111600226.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DrE025eyO5QDhFxJL_x24Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpecq960.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Samsung Galaxy S5 to get 64-bit chip and 16-megapixel camera?" align="left" title="Samsung Galaxy S5 to get 64-bit chip and 16-megapixel camera?" border="0″ /></a>Since Apple unleashed its iPhone 5S with 64-bit A7 processor the rumour mill has been spinning out stories of Samsung bringing a 64-bit chip to its next flagship Galaxy S5. The latest evidence to support this comes from Digitimes. Admittedly the track record of Digitimes isn&#039;t great so we&#039;re taking this one with a pinch of salt. It&#039;s reported that Samsung Display and Japan Display will begin making its WQHD displays soon and 64-bit CPUs.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-apps-parental-control-100000474.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FuHiZnWnbpVzDf5SQeETog–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-08/11a05d04-e36d-4991-b356-54699aa963ad_rexfeatures_2863464a.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Boy on bed using a tablet" align="left" title="Boy on bed using a tablet" border="0″ /></a>Carphone Warehouse published a report in 2012 stating that 1.2 million school children have accessed inappropriate content on their mobile phone so we have rounded up five apps, available for your phone or tablet, to make sure they only see what you want them to see. You&#039;ll have to make the McGruff browser your default browser, but after that you can block by age or category and there are over 100 categories to allow or block. There is also a YouTube filter that filters YouTube videos based on title, description or key words and safe search, which is compatible with popular search engines.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-apps-parental-control-100000474.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:07:44 +0000Pocket-lintfive-apps-parental-control-100000474<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-apps-parental-control-100000474.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FuHiZnWnbpVzDf5SQeETog–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-08/11a05d04-e36d-4991-b356-54699aa963ad_rexfeatures_2863464a.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Boy on bed using a tablet" align="left" title="Boy on bed using a tablet" border="0″ /></a>Carphone Warehouse published a report in 2012 stating that 1.2 million school children have accessed inappropriate content on their mobile phone so we have rounded up five apps, available for your phone or tablet, to make sure they only see what you want them to see. You&#039;ll have to make the McGruff browser your default browser, but after that you can block by age or category and there are over 100 categories to allow or block. There is also a YouTube filter that filters YouTube videos based on title, description or key words and safe search, which is compatible with popular search engines.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-4k-tablet-panasonic-toughpad-4k-sale-104500386.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9RcugTri6rijfRUj5_O.qg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/php7xcgft.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="World&#039;s first 4K tablet, Panasonic Toughpad 4K, to go on sale for $  6000″ align="left" title="World&#039;s first 4K tablet, Panasonic Toughpad 4K, to go on sale for $  6000″ border="0″ /></a>We got to play with the world&#039;s first 4K tablet at CES but didn&#039;t think we&#039;d see it on sale after hearing nothing about it for a while. Now Panasonic says it will be selling the 4K Toughpad for $  6,000 (£,3773). …</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-4k-tablet-panasonic-toughpad-4k-sale-104500386.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:45:00 +0000Pocket-lintworlds-first-4k-tablet-panasonic-toughpad-4k-sale-104500386<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-4k-tablet-panasonic-toughpad-4k-sale-104500386.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9RcugTri6rijfRUj5_O.qg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/php7xcgft.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="World&#039;s first 4K tablet, Panasonic Toughpad 4K, to go on sale for $  6000″ align="left" title="World&#039;s first 4K tablet, Panasonic Toughpad 4K, to go on sale for $  6000″ border="0″ /></a>We got to play with the world&#039;s first 4K tablet at CES but didn&#039;t think we&#039;d see it on sale after hearing nothing about it for a while. Now Panasonic says it will be selling the 4K Toughpad for $  6,000 (£,3773). …</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/asda-unveils-5-pay-phone-103635000.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8UVCQJ6pinJvZFapc4meKQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology081120131046292-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Asda has unveiled a new basic and cheap mobile phone deal" align="left" title="Asda has unveiled a new basic and cheap mobile phone deal" border="0″ /></a>Supermarket giant Asda has launched what it claims is the UK&#039;s cheapest mobile phone – at just £5 on a pay-as-you-go deal from T-Mobile.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/asda-unveils-5-pay-phone-103635000.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:36:35 +0000Press Associationasda-unveils-5-pay-phone-103635000<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/asda-unveils-5-pay-phone-103635000.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8UVCQJ6pinJvZFapc4meKQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology081120131046292-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Asda has unveiled a new basic and cheap mobile phone deal" align="left" title="Asda has unveiled a new basic and cheap mobile phone deal" border="0″ /></a>Supermarket giant Asda has launched what it claims is the UK&#039;s cheapest mobile phone – at just £5 on a pay-as-you-go deal from T-Mobile.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pioneer-announces-range-lightning-dock-speaker-systems-december-095100270.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vLlEkolcGq5SB89Sytpcbg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phptbtuhl.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Pioneer announces range of Lightning dock speaker systems for December release" align="left" title="Pioneer announces range of Lightning dock speaker systems for December release" border="0″ /></a>Just in time for Christmas Pioneer will be releasing its first range of speaker docks with Lightning connections for new iPhones and iPads. There will be the X-SMC 11DAB and a more expensive X-SMC55DAB models announced.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pioneer-announces-range-lightning-dock-speaker-systems-december-095100270.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:51:00 +0000Pocket-lintpioneer-announces-range-lightning-dock-speaker-systems-december-095100270<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pioneer-announces-range-lightning-dock-speaker-systems-december-095100270.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vLlEkolcGq5SB89Sytpcbg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phptbtuhl.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Pioneer announces range of Lightning dock speaker systems for December release" align="left" title="Pioneer announces range of Lightning dock speaker systems for December release" border="0″ /></a>Just in time for Christmas Pioneer will be releasing its first range of speaker docks with Lightning connections for new iPhones and iPads. There will be the X-SMC 11DAB and a more expensive X-SMC55DAB models announced.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/buy-very-own-google-glass-now-ebay-091200652.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/U5iK6DTRawDfHaD4_CnMww–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phppo7mma.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Buy your very own Google Glass right now, on ebay" align="left" title="Buy your very own Google Glass right now, on ebay" border="0″ /></a>We learned, just last night, that Google had relaxed its rules on Glass Explorers by, sort of, allowing them to sell their headsets – something that would have had them deactivated in the past. The Google Glass Explorer Edition (XE) is the charcoal model but the white pair claims to be model 2.0, hence the higher price. Don&#039;t confuse that with Google Glass 2 – that hasn&#039;t even been released officially yet. When asked if it is OK for Explorers to try to sell their devices online and whether Google would disable the device if sold, Google says it is still against its terms of service to sell the device.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/buy-very-own-google-glass-now-ebay-091200652.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:12:00 +0000Pocket-lintbuy-very-own-google-glass-now-ebay-091200652<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/buy-very-own-google-glass-now-ebay-091200652.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/U5iK6DTRawDfHaD4_CnMww–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phppo7mma.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Buy your very own Google Glass right now, on ebay" align="left" title="Buy your very own Google Glass right now, on ebay" border="0″ /></a>We learned, just last night, that Google had relaxed its rules on Glass Explorers by, sort of, allowing them to sell their headsets – something that would have had them deactivated in the past. The Google Glass Explorer Edition (XE) is the charcoal model but the white pair claims to be model 2.0, hence the higher price. Don&#039;t confuse that with Google Glass 2 – that hasn&#039;t even been released officially yet. When asked if it is OK for Explorers to try to sell their devices online and whether Google would disable the device if sold, Google says it is still against its terms of service to sell the device.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/motorola-moto-g-handset-leaks-official-photo-ahead-085600020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HaeJ4G8ZX8VUSos4ftOrRg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpjmwqif.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Motorola Moto G handset leaks in official photo ahead of 13 November launch" align="left" title="Motorola Moto G handset leaks in official photo ahead of 13 November launch" border="0″ /></a>The latest Motorola handset, the Moto G, will be unveiled at an event on 13 November where it&#039;s rumoured to sell for a meagre £135 off-contract. Now we&#039;ve been granted a look at the multi-coloured mid-range smartphone options.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/motorola-moto-g-handset-leaks-official-photo-ahead-085600020.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:56:00 +0000Pocket-lintmotorola-moto-g-handset-leaks-official-photo-ahead-085600020<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/motorola-moto-g-handset-leaks-official-photo-ahead-085600020.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HaeJ4G8ZX8VUSos4ftOrRg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpjmwqif.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Motorola Moto G handset leaks in official photo ahead of 13 November launch" align="left" title="Motorola Moto G handset leaks in official photo ahead of 13 November launch" border="0″ /></a>The latest Motorola handset, the Moto G, will be unveiled at an event on 13 November where it&#039;s rumoured to sell for a meagre £135 off-contract. Now we&#039;ve been granted a look at the multi-coloured mid-range smartphone options.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-sell-argentina-unit-towers-strategy-021659081–finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aNwrBCVntM7Sag1ne0UC6w–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T221808Z_2_CBRE9A61PVO00_RTROPTP_2_TELECOMITALIA-TELEFONICA-GOVERNMENT.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Telecom Italia phone booth is pictured in downtown Rome" align="left" title="Telecom Italia phone booth is pictured in downtown Rome" border="0″ /></a>By Danilo Masoni and Leila Abboud MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Telecom Italia will sell its Argentina unit and other assets while issuing a convertible bond, aiming to raise around 4 billion euros ($  5.3 billion) to stave off a credit rating downgrade and strengthen operations in Italy and Brazil. Italy&#039;s biggest telecoms operator, which is in the middle of a strategy shift under new Chief Executive Marco Patuano, said it had received an unsolicited offer for its 22.7 percent stake in Telecom Argentina and planned to sell. Argentine newspapers Clarin and La Nacion said late on Thursday that the buyer would be investment fund Fintech, which already holds shares in Telecom Italia&#039;s Argentine unit. Telecom Italia also plans to sell and lease back more than 17,000 mobile towers it owns in Italy and Brazil, and unload an Italian digital broadcasting unit, aiming to reap more than 2 billion euros from these deals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-sell-argentina-unit-towers-strategy-021659081–finance.html  Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:16:59 +0000Reuterstelecom-italia-sell-argentina-unit-towers-strategy-021659081–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-sell-argentina-unit-towers-strategy-021659081–finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aNwrBCVntM7Sag1ne0UC6w–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T221808Z_2_CBRE9A61PVO00_RTROPTP_2_TELECOMITALIA-TELEFONICA-GOVERNMENT.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Telecom Italia phone booth is pictured in downtown Rome" align="left" title="Telecom Italia phone booth is pictured in downtown Rome" border="0″ /></a>By Danilo Masoni and Leila Abboud MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Telecom Italia will sell its Argentina unit and other assets while issuing a convertible bond, aiming to raise around 4 billion euros ($  5.3 billion) to stave off a credit rating downgrade and strengthen operations in Italy and Brazil. Italy&#039;s biggest telecoms operator, which is in the middle of a strategy shift under new Chief Executive Marco Patuano, said it had received an unsolicited offer for its 22.7 percent stake in Telecom Argentina and planned to sell. Argentine newspapers Clarin and La Nacion said late on Thursday that the buyer would be investment fund Fintech, which already holds shares in Telecom Italia&#039;s Argentine unit. Telecom Italia also plans to sell and lease back more than 17,000 mobile towers it owns in Italy and Brazil, and unload an Italian digital broadcasting unit, aiming to reap more than 2 billion euros from these deals.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/trove-adobe-user-data-found-breach-security-firm-215451284–sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nMR_PXQxnUrsdLyX.ehxRw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T232322Z_1_CBRE9A61SYZ00_RTROPTP_2_US-ADOBE-CYBERATTACK.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Picture illustration shows Adobe company logos, in Vienna" align="left" title="Picture illustration shows Adobe company logos, in Vienna" border="0″ /></a>A computer security firm has uncovered data it says belongs to some 152 million Adobe Systems Inc user accounts, suggesting that a breach reported a month ago is far bigger than Adobe has so far disclosed and is one of the largest on record. LastPass, a password security firm, said on Thursday that it has found email addresses, encrypted passwords and password hints stored in clear text from Adobe user accounts on an underground website frequented by cyber criminals. Adobe said last week that attackers had stolen data on more than 38 million customer accounts, on top of the theft of information on nearly 3 million accounts that it disclosed nearly a month earlier. The maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software confirmed that LastPass had found records stolen from its data centre, but downplayed the significance of the security firm&#039;s findings.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/trove-adobe-user-data-found-breach-security-firm-215451284–sector.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:23:22 +0000Reuterstrove-adobe-user-data-found-breach-security-firm-215451284–sector<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/trove-adobe-user-data-found-breach-security-firm-215451284–sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nMR_PXQxnUrsdLyX.ehxRw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T232322Z_1_CBRE9A61SYZ00_RTROPTP_2_US-ADOBE-CYBERATTACK.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Picture illustration shows Adobe company logos, in Vienna" align="left" title="Picture illustration shows Adobe company logos, in Vienna" border="0″ /></a>A computer security firm has uncovered data it says belongs to some 152 million Adobe Systems Inc user accounts, suggesting that a breach reported a month ago is far bigger than Adobe has so far disclosed and is one of the largest on record. LastPass, a password security firm, said on Thursday that it has found email addresses, encrypted passwords and password hints stored in clear text from Adobe user accounts on an underground website frequented by cyber criminals. Adobe said last week that attackers had stolen data on more than 38 million customer accounts, on top of the theft of information on nearly 3 million accounts that it disclosed nearly a month earlier. The maker of Photoshop and Acrobat software confirmed that LastPass had found records stolen from its data centre, but downplayed the significance of the security firm&#039;s findings.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ibms-cfo-loughridge-retire-end-213022183–finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7mwAWCLrf7iaULFvhqPHRA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T213022Z_1_CBRE9A61NQT00_RTROPTP_2_TECH-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York" align="left" title="Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York" border="0″ /></a>(Reuters) – IBM&#039;s Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge is retiring at the end of the year after almost a decade on the job as the technology services provider struggles with declining revenue and weakness in emerging markets. Loughridge, who joined International Business Machines in 1977 as a development engineer, will be succeeded by Martin Schroeter, who was previously IBM&#039;s head of global finance, the company said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. In December, Loughridge will turn 60, IBM&#039;s traditional retirement age, a spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ibms-cfo-loughridge-retire-end-213022183–finance.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:40:25 +0000Reutersibms-cfo-loughridge-retire-end-213022183–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ibms-cfo-loughridge-retire-end-213022183–finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7mwAWCLrf7iaULFvhqPHRA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T213022Z_1_CBRE9A61NQT00_RTROPTP_2_TECH-SUMMIT.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York" align="left" title="Mark Loughridge, IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York" border="0″ /></a>(Reuters) – IBM&#039;s Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge is retiring at the end of the year after almost a decade on the job as the technology services provider struggles with declining revenue and weakness in emerging markets. Loughridge, who joined International Business Machines in 1977 as a development engineer, will be succeeded by Martin Schroeter, who was previously IBM&#039;s head of global finance, the company said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. In December, Loughridge will turn 60, IBM&#039;s traditional retirement age, a spokesman said.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-reviews-strategy-telefonica-tightens-grip-175010340–finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zHlqlxUsJxW7JbGSAGIEbA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T175010Z_1_CBRE9A61DJQ00_RTROPTP_2_TELECOMITALIA.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A man uses a Telecom Italia phone booth at a bus stop in Rome" align="left" title="A man uses a Telecom Italia phone booth at a bus stop in Rome" border="0″ /></a>Telecom Italia announced on Thursday a string of assets sales and other extraordinary measures aimed at boosting its finances by around 4 billion euros ($  5.35 billion) to concentrate on its operations in Italy and Brazil. Italy&#039;s biggest telecoms operator, which is in the middle of a strategy shift after the departure of former chairman Franco Bernabe, said it was planning to sell Telecom Argentina, adding it had received an unsolicited offer for the unit. The group also said it was planning to lease more than 17,000 towers it owns in Italy and Brazil and sell Italian multiplex platforms, aiming to reap more than 2 billion euros from these deals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-reviews-strategy-telefonica-tightens-grip-175010340–finance.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:48:20 +0000Reuterstelecom-italia-reviews-strategy-telefonica-tightens-grip-175010340–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/telecom-italia-reviews-strategy-telefonica-tightens-grip-175010340–finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zHlqlxUsJxW7JbGSAGIEbA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T175010Z_1_CBRE9A61DJQ00_RTROPTP_2_TELECOMITALIA.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A man uses a Telecom Italia phone booth at a bus stop in Rome" align="left" title="A man uses a Telecom Italia phone booth at a bus stop in Rome" border="0″ /></a>Telecom Italia announced on Thursday a string of assets sales and other extraordinary measures aimed at boosting its finances by around 4 billion euros ($  5.35 billion) to concentrate on its operations in Italy and Brazil. Italy&#039;s biggest telecoms operator, which is in the middle of a strategy shift after the departure of former chairman Franco Bernabe, said it was planning to sell Telecom Argentina, adding it had received an unsolicited offer for the unit. The group also said it was planning to lease more than 17,000 towers it owns in Italy and Brazil and sell Italian multiplex platforms, aiming to reap more than 2 billion euros from these deals.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ie-11-available-windows-7-200620682.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XLK84C3JK07wIkoo3aSSBQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120132006312-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 11 available for users of Windows 7″ align="left" title="Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 11 available for users of Windows 7″ border="0″ /></a>Microsoft has made its latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, available to users of Windows 7 machines.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ie-11-available-windows-7-200620682.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:06:20 +0000Press Associationie-11-available-windows-7-200620682<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ie-11-available-windows-7-200620682.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XLK84C3JK07wIkoo3aSSBQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120132006312-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 11 available for users of Windows 7″ align="left" title="Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 11 available for users of Windows 7″ border="0″ /></a>Microsoft has made its latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, available to users of Windows 7 machines.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16-twitter-shares-sale-054621288.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/goMKzZP2qbIHmpsyZRNkCg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120131703481-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Twitter shares opened at 45.10 US dollars (£28.05) on the New York stock exchange (AP)" align="left" title="Twitter shares opened at 45.10 US dollars (£28.05) on the New York stock exchange (AP)" border="0″ /></a>A Twitter storm on Wall Street saw the micro-blogging site add billions of dollars to its value as the company made its market debut.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16-twitter-shares-sale-054621288.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:02:54 +0000Press Association16-twitter-shares-sale-054621288<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16-twitter-shares-sale-054621288.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/goMKzZP2qbIHmpsyZRNkCg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120131703481-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Twitter shares opened at 45.10 US dollars (£28.05) on the New York stock exchange (AP)" align="left" title="Twitter shares opened at 45.10 US dollars (£28.05) on the New York stock exchange (AP)" border="0″ /></a>A Twitter storm on Wall Street saw the micro-blogging site add billions of dollars to its value as the company made its market debut.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/netflix-scores-shows-disneys-marvel-151237998–finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L.fZcfuvU4eElqqSqKHPDg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T151237Z_1_CBRE9A6169500_RTROPTP_2_NETFLIX-RESULTS.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California" align="left" title="The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California" border="0″ /></a>Netflix is ramping up its original programming lineup with four new television series and one miniseries from Disney&#039;s Marvel unit, known for its success with &quot;The Avengers&quot; franchise based on super hero comic books. The deal with Marvel will start in 2015, the companies said in a press release and last &quot;multiple years.&quot; Each of the four series will focus on Marvel characters, &quot;Daredevil,&quot; &quot;Jessica Jones&quot;, &quot;Iron Fist&quot; and &quot;Luke Cage.&quot; Netflix and Marvel were unavailable for comment on financial details on Thursday. Marvel has committed to a minimum of four 13-episode series and has also agreed to make a mini-series called &quot;The Defenders.&quot; The series will be produced by Marvel Television and ABC Television Studios.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/netflix-scores-shows-disneys-marvel-151237998–finance.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:12:37 +0000Reutersnetflix-scores-shows-disneys-marvel-151237998–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/netflix-scores-shows-disneys-marvel-151237998–finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L.fZcfuvU4eElqqSqKHPDg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T151237Z_1_CBRE9A6169500_RTROPTP_2_NETFLIX-RESULTS.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California" align="left" title="The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California" border="0″ /></a>Netflix is ramping up its original programming lineup with four new television series and one miniseries from Disney&#039;s Marvel unit, known for its success with &quot;The Avengers&quot; franchise based on super hero comic books. The deal with Marvel will start in 2015, the companies said in a press release and last &quot;multiple years.&quot; Each of the four series will focus on Marvel characters, &quot;Daredevil,&quot; &quot;Jessica Jones&quot;, &quot;Iron Fist&quot; and &quot;Luke Cage.&quot; Netflix and Marvel were unavailable for comment on financial details on Thursday. Marvel has committed to a minimum of four 13-episode series and has also agreed to make a mini-series called &quot;The Defenders.&quot; The series will be produced by Marvel Television and ABC Television Studios.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/htc-m8-pops-casing-photos-slimmer-sleeker-htc-145200107.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ibaEoYVxYOH534MpVfcI0Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/php1sxk0g.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="HTC M8 pops up in casing photos, slimmer and sleeker than the HTC One?" align="left" title="HTC M8 pops up in casing photos, slimmer and sleeker than the HTC One?" border="0″ /></a>The yet-to-be officially announced and named HTC M8 has allegedly appeared in some hastily taken photos emerging from China. Tech site chinese.vr-zone.com has posted a couple of pics of what it claims to be the rear casing of the new HTC flagship phone and although they don&#039;t reveal much, they do show that the next device could be slimmer and more rounded at the sides than the HTC One, its current top-of-the-range handset. If genuine, it seems the HTC M8 – or HTC One 2 as it could be called (would be a hit with roadies for sure) – will be encased in aluminium, not just the rear section.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/htc-m8-pops-casing-photos-slimmer-sleeker-htc-145200107.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:52:00 +0000Pocket-linthtc-m8-pops-casing-photos-slimmer-sleeker-htc-145200107<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/htc-m8-pops-casing-photos-slimmer-sleeker-htc-145200107.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ibaEoYVxYOH534MpVfcI0Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/php1sxk0g.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="HTC M8 pops up in casing photos, slimmer and sleeker than the HTC One?" align="left" title="HTC M8 pops up in casing photos, slimmer and sleeker than the HTC One?" border="0″ /></a>The yet-to-be officially announced and named HTC M8 has allegedly appeared in some hastily taken photos emerging from China. Tech site chinese.vr-zone.com has posted a couple of pics of what it claims to be the rear casing of the new HTC flagship phone and although they don&#039;t reveal much, they do show that the next device could be slimmer and more rounded at the sides than the HTC One, its current top-of-the-range handset. If genuine, it seems the HTC M8 – or HTC One 2 as it could be called (would be a hit with roadies for sure) – will be encased in aluminium, not just the rear section.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/driverless-cars-hit-towns-roads-134312350.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0CHKwdiBtabIkUTGbZ7uag–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120131343532-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A new driverless car scheme is to be launched" align="left" title="A new driverless car scheme is to be launched" border="0″ /></a>Driverless cars will transport people through the streets of a British town in a £1.5 million project aimed at boosting green technology.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/driverless-cars-hit-towns-roads-134312350.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:43:12 +0000Press Associationdriverless-cars-hit-towns-roads-134312350<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/driverless-cars-hit-towns-roads-134312350.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0CHKwdiBtabIkUTGbZ7uag–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/pressass/Technology071120131343532-1.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="A new driverless car scheme is to be launched" align="left" title="A new driverless car scheme is to be launched" border="0″ /></a>Driverless cars will transport people through the streets of a British town in a £1.5 million project aimed at boosting green technology.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-phones-under-70-132807047.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZPPihXYSg70L9itYMacW7g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phprw3f8m.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Six phones under £70″ align="left" title="Six phones under £70″ border="0″ /></a>Asda has just announced the Alcatel 1010 for £5, so skip lunch for the day and you can afford yourself an emergency phone. The Alcatel 1010 comes with a 400mAh battery, which promises 2 hours of talk time and up to 333 hours of standby time. Running on a single core processor with 4MB RAM under the hood, the Alcatel 1010 has a music player and built-in radio so you won&#039;t miss out on the latest news and tunes. Samsung&#039;s E1200 comes with a 800MHz battery giving you up to 720 hours on standby and up to 7 hours talk time.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-phones-under-70-132807047.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:28:07 +0000Pocket-lintsix-phones-under-70-132807047<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-phones-under-70-132807047.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZPPihXYSg70L9itYMacW7g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phprw3f8m.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Six phones under £70″ align="left" title="Six phones under £70″ border="0″ /></a>Asda has just announced the Alcatel 1010 for £5, so skip lunch for the day and you can afford yourself an emergency phone. The Alcatel 1010 comes with a 400mAh battery, which promises 2 hours of talk time and up to 333 hours of standby time. Running on a single core processor with 4MB RAM under the hood, the Alcatel 1010 has a music player and built-in radio so you won&#039;t miss out on the latest news and tunes. Samsung&#039;s E1200 comes with a 800MHz battery giving you up to 720 hours on standby and up to 7 hours talk time.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printing-coming-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toy-fresh-125000471.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lJukRcEguhTX.Oi8ZN.W5Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpztkgeg.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="3D printing coming to McDonald&#039;s? Get your Happy Meal toy fresh off the press" align="left" title="3D printing coming to McDonald&#039;s? Get your Happy Meal toy fresh off the press" border="0″ /></a>McDonald&#039;s could consider offering 3D printing in store some time in the future, according to Mark Fabes, UK director of IT for the fast food chain.  In a recent interview, Fabes said  the idea of 3D printing a toy for your Happy Meal is something he could see happening, in an attempt to bring technology to customers in store. &quot;As we know, you don&#039;t always get every toy in a set. McDonald&#039;s is currently focused on testing tablets in stores.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printing-coming-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toy-fresh-125000471.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:50:00 +0000Pocket-lint3d-printing-coming-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toy-fresh-125000471<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3d-printing-coming-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toy-fresh-125000471.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lJukRcEguhTX.Oi8ZN.W5Q–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpztkgeg.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="3D printing coming to McDonald&#039;s? Get your Happy Meal toy fresh off the press" align="left" title="3D printing coming to McDonald&#039;s? Get your Happy Meal toy fresh off the press" border="0″ /></a>McDonald&#039;s could consider offering 3D printing in store some time in the future, according to Mark Fabes, UK director of IT for the fast food chain.  In a recent interview, Fabes said  the idea of 3D printing a toy for your Happy Meal is something he could see happening, in an attempt to bring technology to customers in store. &quot;As we know, you don&#039;t always get every toy in a set. McDonald&#039;s is currently focused on testing tablets in stores.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lenovo-profit-leaps-extends-shift-smartphones-servers-071455538–finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0gS1ltxNkS1hP.PXRWSjxQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T071455Z_1_CBRE9A60K4X00_RTROPTP_2_BLACKBERRY-LENOVO.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="People walk past a Lenovo shop in Hefei, Anhui province" align="left" title="People walk past a Lenovo shop in Hefei, Anhui province" border="0″ /></a>By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – China&#039;s Lenovo Group Ltd, the world&#039;s biggest personal computer maker, is reinventing itself as a growing force in mobile devices and data storage servers to beat the slump in the PC market that is crippling less agile rivals. Lenovo said on Thursday net profit beat estimates, jumping over a third in July-September to a quarterly record of $  219.7 million (136.7 million pounds). Now the world&#039;s fourth-biggest smartphone maker, the company also said it&#039;s looking for new businesses to buy as it remoulds itself. The progress at Lenovo, with a 17.7 percent share of worldwide PC shipments according to research firm IDC, is in sharp contrast with that of other PC makers like Acer Incorporated.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lenovo-profit-leaps-extends-shift-smartphones-servers-071455538–finance.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:35:16 +0000Reuterslenovo-profit-leaps-extends-shift-smartphones-servers-071455538–finance<text type="html"><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lenovo-profit-leaps-extends-shift-smartphones-servers-071455538–finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0gS1ltxNkS1hP.PXRWSjxQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-07T071455Z_1_CBRE9A60K4X00_RTROPTP_2_BLACKBERRY-LENOVO.JPG" width="130″ height="86″ alt="People walk past a Lenovo shop in Hefei, Anhui province" align="left" title="People walk past a Lenovo shop in Hefei, Anhui province" border="0″ /></a>By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – China&#039;s Lenovo Group Ltd, the world&#039;s biggest personal computer maker, is reinventing itself as a growing force in mobile devices and data storage servers to beat the slump in the PC market that is crippling less agile rivals. Lenovo said on Thursday net profit beat estimates, jumping over a third in July-September to a quarterly record of $  219.7 million (136.7 million pounds). Now the world&#039;s fourth-biggest smartphone maker, the company also said it&#039;s looking for new businesses to buy as it remoulds itself. The progress at Lenovo, with a 17.7 percent share of worldwide PC shipments according to research firm IDC, is in sharp contrast with that of other PC makers like Acer Incorporated.</p><br clear="all"/></text><p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/radio-times-discovertv-ipad-hits-uk-listings-recommedations-114500662.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4rBZvLRphlYUvtkxFI4qIA–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/PocketLint/phpibxqve.jpg" width="130″ height="86″ alt="Radio Times DiscoverTV for iPad hits UK: Listings, recommedations and on demand access" align="left" title="Radio Times DiscoverTV for iPad hits UK: Listings, recommedations and on demand access" border="0″ /></a>The Radio Times is still the biggest selling quality magazine in the UK, with an average of 812,500 copies sold every week. But publisher Immediate Media realises that the rise in digital platforms will more than likely eat away at those figures in time, so has released an iPad TV listings guide that it hopes will sate the needs of the more tech-centric generation. Radio Times DiscoverTV offers 14-day customised TV and radio listings, but it also does much more than that. The brand dabbled with an iPad version of its Christmas TV guide last year, but the new app is cut from a different cloth.</p><br clear="all"/>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/radio-times-discovertv-ipad-hits-uk-listings-recommedations-114500662.html  Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:45:00 +0000Pocket-lintradio-times-discovertv-ipad-hits-uk-listings-reco</p>   jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();});<br><br>

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