Anna Paquin Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Google + :

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Anna Paquin Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Google + :

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Latest American Idol Season 13 Betting Odds - Top 12

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkXIhIpz8h3B7Mn4jDlJW-DHFl2bXGrxMC_xYC2pS8LlZVj4_d5Olz_T4W-FsrvphxIAoF3TVpV9ym_lc5qpE0aAImrPeMS3ffWJzCwJVtXc95omILz-yWjpNPOSyHXdmclVMs6hBghGP/s1600/bovada-20140304.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkXIhIpz8h3B7Mn4jDlJW-DHFl2bXGrxMC_xYC2pS8LlZVj4_d5Olz_T4W-FsrvphxIAoF3TVpV9ym_lc5qpE0aAImrPeMS3ffWJzCwJVtXc95omILz-yWjpNPOSyHXdmclVMs6hBghGP/s1600/bovada-20140304.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Now that Kristen O'Connor was not so surprisingly <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/02/28/idol-exit-interview/" target="_blank">eliminated</a> from Season 13 of American Idol, the <a href="http://sports.bovada.lv/sports-betting/tv-film-movie-props.jsp" target="_blank">Bovada odds</a> on the remaining twelve contestants have been updated. With Malaya Watson and MK Nobilette landing in the Bottom 3 with Kristen, they now have the highest odds at 25/1 and 20/1 respectively. If we look at the three week trends we can see how the odds have been changing on the contestants:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgz_V2SeSc2T8pOYKor8KW5KL78uF5zEB4uKEGwZr6Zsft0UKh6Yf4e7N6YNhRHKP6g3FX6s0qJlDd2sZwnP2rNq5Ns9hRLQnMnivnrZSBCIkewcVk36306ikB6Ym1VfDOC7nzoVYjTdF/s1600/aiodds-chart-20140304.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgz_V2SeSc2T8pOYKor8KW5KL78uF5zEB4uKEGwZr6Zsft0UKh6Yf4e7N6YNhRHKP6g3FX6s0qJlDd2sZwnP2rNq5Ns9hRLQnMnivnrZSBCIkewcVk36306ikB6Ym1VfDOC7nzoVYjTdF/s1600/aiodds-chart-20140304.png" width="400" /></a></div>Sam Woolf has seen his position as the favorite solidify with his odds going down every week. As resident cute, young, white guy (with guitar) he has a lot going for him. Majesty York and Alex Preston seem to be fighting it out for the 2 and 3 positions. The middle section of Caleb Johnson, Jess Meuse, Jena Asciutto, Ben Briley and CJ Harris are probably safe for a few weeks, but they need to step it up to make it into the Final 3. Dexter Roberts has kept his odds consistent at 14/1 all three weeks, but he needs to find a way to stand out more if he wants to survive. Many people thought he would be in the Bottom 3 last week, and his not being there has kept his odds from falling. The biggest drop was for MK who few people were expecting to be in the Bottom 3. Her fan base must not be as strong as people thought, so she needs to improve and draw in more fans if she wants to survive (hint number one: drop the baseball hat!) And lastly now is Malaya Watson who is now the long shot at 25/1.

Latest American Idol Season 13 Betting Odds - Top 12

Now that Kristen O'Connor was not so surprisingly eliminated from Season 13 of American Idol, the Bovada odds on the remaining twelve ...

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Couverture territoriale des facilitateurs de la clause d'insertion en région Centre

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Couverture territoriale des facilitateurs de la clause d'insertion en région Centre

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Planning de la semaine du 05 au 09 mars 2014

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 05 mars de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 06 mars de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 07 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 08 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 09 mars de 13h30 à 17h.<br /></li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> - vendredi 09 mars de 09h à 12h30 (sur rendez-vous)</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 06 mars de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 07 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /></li><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 06 mars de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Préparation à l'entretien</span> - jeudi 08 mars de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 09 mars de 10h à 11h30<br /></li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 09 mars de 14h à 16h</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Information collective</span></strong></h2><ul><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Boutique de Gestion</span> - lundi 05 mars à 14h</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 05 au 09 mars 2014

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Planning de la semaine du 04 au 08 mars 2014

<br /><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong><br /></h2><ul><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 04 mars de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 05 mars de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 06 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 07 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 08 mars de 13h30 à 17h.</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> (sur rendez-vous)<br />- lundi 04 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br />- vendredi 08 mars de 09h à 12h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a></strong> - mercredi 06 mars de 10h à 12h30</li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>CV</b> - mardi 05 mars de 09h à 12h30</li><br /><li><b>Lettre de Motivation</b> - mardi 05 mars de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 08 mars de 10h à 11h30</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 08 mars de 14h à 16h</li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Information collective</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>Boutique de Gestion</b> - lundi 04 mars à 14h</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 04 au 08 mars 2014

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 04 ma...

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Sécurisez votre parcours professionnel : réunion le 10 mars 2014

<BR><br />Vous êtes intéressé(e)s par la validation des acquis de l’expérience (VAE) ?<br /><br />La Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans organise en partenariat avec le <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/formation_professionnelle_et_technologique/vae/">DAVA</a></span> (Dispositif Académique de la Validation des Acquis) une réunion d'information collective sur la VAE : <span style="font-weight:bold;">comment valider et certifier ses compétences par un diplôme ?</span> (démarches, financement ...)<br /><br />Cette réunion a lieu <ul><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">le jeudi 10 mars 2014 à 14h </span><li>à la <span style="font-weight:bold;">Maison de l'Emploi</span>.<br /></ul><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&safe=off&ie=UTF8&q=maison+de+l'emploi+orleans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=maison+de+l'emploi&hnear=Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&safe=off&ie=UTF8&q=maison+de+l'emploi+orleans&fb=1&gl=fr&hq=maison+de+l'emploi&hnear=Orl%C3%A9ans&cid=0,0,16374211102988293771&iwloc=A&ll=47.836154,1.932756&spn=0.006295,0.006295&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Agrandir le plan</a></small><br /><br />Pour en savoir plus et pour s'inscrire, prendre contact avec la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans : 02 38 24 18 03 ou <a href="mailto:accueil@news-these-days.fr">accueil@news-these-days.fr</a><br /><BR>

Sécurisez votre parcours professionnel : réunion le 10 mars 2014

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Darren Sharper Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges

<header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"> Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges<a href="http://www.crunktastical.net/2014/02/28/nfl-star-darren-sharper-surrenders-police-faces-rape-charges/" rel="bookmark" title="11:18 am"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-02-28T11:18:49+00:00" pubdate=""></time></a><span style="height: 20px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 78px;"></span> </h1> </header> <img alt="darren sharper zps4cabf0ec Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges" border="0" height="349" src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/coachmeupfresh/darren-sharper_zps4cabf0ec.png" style="border: 0px none;" title="Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges" width="569" /><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As much as I enjoy sharing a good cackle with your guys and dolls, the following is no laughing matter. It also would be tacky for me to go into detail about how I could see Tyler Perry working this into the plot of his next film project, so I am going to stop while I’m ahead.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Former NFL star <strong>Darren Sharper</strong>, suspected of raping nine women in five states, has turned himself in to Los Angeles authorities. Sharper made arrangements to surrender to Los Angeles police and did so without incident Thursday evening (February 27), a source tells <strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/28/justice/louisiana-darren-sharper-arrest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CNN</a></strong>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Arrest warrants had been issued in New Orleans for Sharper and an acquaintance for the alleged rapes of two women there last September. The Orleans Parish district attorney’s office said Sharper, 38, and <strong>Erik Nunez</strong>, 26, each face two counts of aggravated rape.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span id="more-363666"></span>If convicted, the two men face a possible sentence of life in prison without parole. Last week, Sharper pleaded not guilty to the California charges, which included two counts of rape by use of drugs.</div>

Darren Sharper Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges

Former NFL Star Darren Sharper Surrenders To Police, Faces More Rape Charges As much as I enjoy sharing a good cackle with ...

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New York City Mayor De Blasio to Join Drag Queen at Gay St. Pat’s Parade after parade was bullied into GAY AGENDA

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> New York City Mayor De Blasio to Join Drag Queen at Gay St. Pat’s Parade after parade was bullied into GAY AGENDA </h3> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>It's amazing that a St. Patrick Day Parade can be FORCED AND BULLIED into a HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA PARADE! We are truly at END TIMES!</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xKBhLhWnJiqyEaYcrUV5_RabIT3EPGxcnyDWL6n1AaX4n13QT3WvIuAAFM7mEHiDF6BEJSDUtjcYqMvhgSt3SdMg_ZtZg8EsSnAUh62jDjx5r6TkAvOr1wMA3ez7OMC0_1FCfEXjdGo/s1600/d9a83f289b5142ebb6f77f65d20fb545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xKBhLhWnJiqyEaYcrUV5_RabIT3EPGxcnyDWL6n1AaX4n13QT3WvIuAAFM7mEHiDF6BEJSDUtjcYqMvhgSt3SdMg_ZtZg8EsSnAUh62jDjx5r6TkAvOr1wMA3ez7OMC0_1FCfEXjdGo/s1600/d9a83f289b5142ebb6f77f65d20fb545.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For the first time in two decades, the mayor of New York City will not march in the annual St. Patrick Day’s Parade on March 17 but will instead join the “St. Pat’s for All” parade in Queens that will feature gay marchers, including Irish drag queen Pandora Panti Bliss.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I am not planning on marching in the parade,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a City Hall press conference on Feb. 4, as reported by the New York Daily News on Feb. 5.</div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/de-blasio-join-drag-queen-gay-st-pat-s-parade#sthash.ogfAT0p5.dpuf" target="_blank">Read more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/de-blasio-join-drag-queen-gay-st-pat-s-parade#sthash.ogfAT0p5.dpuf</a></b></span>

New York City Mayor De Blasio to Join Drag Queen at Gay St. Pat’s Parade after parade was bullied into GAY AGENDA

New York City Mayor De Blasio to Join Drag Queen at Gay St. Pat’s Parade after parade was bullied into GAY AGENDA It's amazing th...

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Kelly Blazek news for bank job

<h4 class="caption" itemprop="description"> Kelly Blazek, the job bank’s self-described ‘House Mother’ and communications professional, has scrubbed all traces of herself from the Internet.</h4> <div class="story-body p402_premium" itemprop="articleBody"> This email response is decidedly unprofessional.<br /> The keeper of a Cleveland job bank online posting group is under fire after she ridiculed, embarrassed and trash-talked at least two job seekers who sought the woman’s help in getting admitted to the group’s email listserv.<br /> Kelly Blazek, the group’s self-described “House Mother” and communications professional, has scrubbed all traces of herself from the Internet after the web erupted when her vitriolic emails went viral.<br /> <strong>RELATED: CANADIAN MOM TOLD TO ‘EUTHANIZE’ AUTISTIC SON LASHES BACK</strong><br /> It all began when Diana Mekota wrote Blazek about her qualifications so she could use the listserv to find a job after relocating to the Ohio city from Rochester, N.Y., <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/job_bank_head_kelly_blazeks_sc.html?xrs=RebelMouse_tw" target="_blank">the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.</a><br /> Mekota also sent an “invitation to connect” on LinkedIn with the well-networked Blazek.<br /> But Blazek, who once said she wanted her “subscribers to feel like everyone is my little sister or brother, and I’m looking out for them,” instead wrote back with a scathing email telling Mekota off.<br /> <strong>RELATED: SINEAD O'CONNOR FIRES BACK AT MILEY CYRUS AGAIN</strong><br /> “Apparently you have heard that I produce a Job Bank, and decided it would be stunningly helpful for your career prospects if I shared my 960+ LinkedIn connections with you — a total stranger who has nothing to offer me,” Blazek wrote to the John Carroll University graduate. "Your invite to connect is inappropriate, beneficial only to you, and tacky.”<br /> <div class="story-img"> <img alt="Kelly Blazek, a Cleveland woman who ran the city’s Job Bank newsletter and resource center, has basically gone into hiding after her harsh letters went viral." src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1706855.1393631582%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/blazek1n-2-web.jpg" /> <h4 class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> </h4> <h4 class="caption" itemprop="description"> Kelly Blazek, a Cleveland woman who ran the city’s Job Bank newsletter and resource center, has basically gone into hiding after her harsh letters went viral. </h4> </div> The scorned Mekota posted the nasty letter to imgur.com, posted under the headline “Your humility lesson for the year from a ‘professional.’”<br /> <div class="ym-inline"> </div> “Guess us twenty somethings should bow down to senior professionals because clearly we have nothing to offer,” Mekota wrote alongside her post.<br /> <strong>RELATED: PUNCH-LINE! WASHINGTON JOURNALIST PUNCHED BY COMEDIAN AFTER SLAMMING PERFORMANCE ON TWITTER </strong><br /> <a href="http://imgur.com/71sQ92K" title="Your humility lesson for the year from a 'professional'"><img alt="Your humility lesson for the year from a 'professional'" src="http://i.imgur.com/71sQ92K.png?2" title="Hosted by imgur.com" /></a><br /> The email quickly went viral — and sent Blazek, who won a local “Communicator of the Year” award in 2013, scrambling.<br /> <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/job_bank_head_kelly_blazeks_sc.html?xrs=RebelMouse_tw" target="_blank">The contrite communicator sent the Plain Dealer an apology, writing, </a>“My Job Bank listings were supposed to be about hope, and I failed that.”<br /> <strong><a href="http://harga-detail.blogspot.com/search?q=update" target="_blank">RELATED: UPDATE</a></strong><br /> “In my harsh reply notes, I lost my perspective about how to help, and I also lost sight of kindness, which is why I started the Job Bank listings in the first place,” Blazek wrote. “The note I sent to Diana was rude, unwelcoming, unprofessional and wrong.”<br /> <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/job_bank_head_kelly_blazeks_sc.html?xrs=RebelMouse_tw" target="_blank">It was a far cry from just last year,</a> when the Cleveland Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators wrote that “Blazek is not just a headhunter or a recruiter, but a senior communications executive who enjoys helping others in the profession," in announcing she had won the communications award.<br /> <div class="story-img"> <img alt="Diana Mekota is one of the at least two job seekers that Kelly Blazek sent EXTREMELY harsh rejection letters to." src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1706856.1393631583%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/blazek1n-1-web.jpg" /> <h4 class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> PettieBettie/via Twitter </h4> <h4 class="caption" itemprop="description"> Diana Mekota is one of the at least two job seekers that Kelly Blazek sent EXTREMELY harsh rejection letters to. </h4> </div> And the story of one rebuke brought out another job seeker who says he, too, was verbally beat down by Blazek.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/google-sends-not-so-subtle-message-russia-rainbow-logo-article-1.1605667">RELATED: GOOGLE SENDS NOT-SO-SUBTLE MESSAGE TO RUSSIA WITH RAINBOW LOGO</a></strong><br /> "My December Job Bank had a five paragraph rant about what a poor job my subscribers do when telling others to sign up for my service — explaining one's career field is paramount to entry. Period. I promise to deny any requester who made me guess what they do. Congratulations — you're another one,” Blazek wrote to Rick Uldricks late last year.<br /> “This is the most bizarre response I've ever gotten from a Yahoo group, but maybe she's just having a bad day," Uldricks told the Plain Dealer.<br /> But when he heard Mekota’s story, he came forward with the snarky, rude email.<br /> "I provide an amazing free service to an entire industry that needs to remember I have no idea, nor do I want to know, the personal resume behind 7,300 e-mails or 2,700 Twitter handles. People are removed from my list for spamming me, for annoying me (you're doing a great job), and perhaps you were removed on purpose?" she wrote.<br /> “I suggest you sign up for the other Job Bank in town. Oh, guess what — there isn't one," Blazek, signing off with, "Done with this conversation, and you."<br /> Blazek has deleted her LinkedIn, Twitter and blog accounts and other LinkedIn users named Kelly Blazek are distancing themselves from the Job Bank one, including a Wisconsin woman who wrote she is not the Blazek “in the news.”<br /> Blazek parody Twitter accounts have popped up and a new Cleveland job bank service, “run by a couple of millennials,” sprouted under the handle <a href="https://twitter.com/OtherNEOJobBank" target="_blank">@OtherNEOJobBank.</a></div>

has scrubbed all traces of herself from the Internet. Kelly Blazek the job bank’s self-described ‘House Mother’ and communications professional Kelly Blazek news for bank job

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American Idol Voting Season 13 : The New Math!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6reu8KF9EqUWc179WuGVLsY_LFl4PVI9WFfsJca6nbLRig1bY_lsZ_QINF5vfwnVGpC-OWke46pVwa6cWXeBjNBRxiTgjp99WcHZ1QOMdcYBsdqWnBwE6KVq2C7nLYGvobs34037Zgqk4/s1600/aivoting-after-week01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6reu8KF9EqUWc179WuGVLsY_LFl4PVI9WFfsJca6nbLRig1bY_lsZ_QINF5vfwnVGpC-OWke46pVwa6cWXeBjNBRxiTgjp99WcHZ1QOMdcYBsdqWnBwE6KVq2C7nLYGvobs34037Zgqk4/s1600/aivoting-after-week01.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Wow, <a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/02/27/american-idol-results-recap-randy-jackson-bad-mentor/" target="_blank">71 million votes</a> were cast for <a href="http://www.americanidol.com/" target="_blank">American Idol</a> this week for the Top 13 contestants this week! But how many people could that really have been? With <a href="http://www.americanidol.com/faq" target="_blank">voting caps</a> finally placed this year, I thought I would try to figure out the minimum and maximum number of people who could have generated those 71 million votes using all the different ways to vote, and assuming people were not using multiple Facebook accounts. Google accounts, cell phones to text or phone numbers for calling the 800 numbers. For simplicity's sake I will assume one person has one Google account, one Facebook account, one texting cell phone number and one different land line or other voice number they can use to dial the 800 number.<br /><br />Another point is that for each voting method you can vote up to 50 times for each contestant, which means 13 x 50 = 650 votes for each method, but why would anybody vote 50 times for all 13 contestants? That does not help any of them. In reality you can now vote to try to eliminate some particular contestant by voting 50 times for everybody else except that particular undesirable person. For this week, that meant placing 50 votes for 12 of the contestants , or 600 votes cast using each of the four methods (the mobile app and Facebook share the same 50 vote per contestant limit.) That would mean 2400 votes cast in total by this one voter to try to eliminate one contestant. If we divide the "71 million votes" Ryan proclaimed by 2400 votes, the number amazingly drops to about 30,000 people.<br /><br />I doubt too many people will actually vote that many times, but I can easily see people voting at least for five contestants using both Facebook and Google (the fastest and easiest ways). I personally only voted using Google for five of the contestants and it took me maybe a minute to cast 250 votes. So if I had voted using Facebook too for the same five contestants (50 votes each) that would have been 500 votes I could have cast in just a few minutes. If we divide those 71 million votes by 500 that is still only 142,000 people. From the approximately 10 million people who watched the show, that would be a measly 0.14% actually bothering to vote. And I did not even watch the show myself!<br /><br />Even if people were voting for just one contestant, I am sure if they voted via Google, they would also vote via Facebook (or the mobile app) which means 100 quick votes for that one person. Text messaging would be pretty fast for one person just 50 times, and even the 800 voice calling 50 times would not take that long. I remember when I was voice dialing the toll-free numbers back in Season 9 (go Crystal Bowersox!) I could get out about 5 calls in about a minute, so voting 50 times via voice line for a contestant should only take 10 minutes. So I cannot imagine anyone who cared enough to vote would vote less than 100 votes to any contestant. That would set the maximum number of people voting to be 71 million divided by 100 or 710,000. Would anyone really just vote once or twice by phone and then stop?<br /><br />The other big question is how many die hard fans would use multiple Facebook or Google accounts, or multiple cell phones or land lines to vote? How much is the vote skewed by just a small number of people who would place thousands upon thousands of votes using multiple accounts and numbers? I do not think Idol could track, for example, if someone was voting from different cell phones with different carriers and different Facebook/Google accounts all at the same time. There are too many permutations people can use, borrowing other people's phones and accounts to vote multiple times.<br /><br />The bottom line? That "71 million votes" number is completely meaningless (as if we did not already realize that.) I would, however, love to see the actual data that comes in from all the votes and see how the votes are all distributed. I think that would be fascinating!

American Idol Voting Season 13 : The New Math!

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"Music Speaks" by Candice Glover Enters at #14 on BillBoard 200 Album Chart

<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/AVvXsEjWZKyN-IvKRai_oEaVNZsHQAZhoomwIE1DLd3mEdjmdHX11XcKdjtAuPtF_GEVzHOoCeRNKpoM5fqQBcZk4irof4QsQVqdrvLLCfMT4sr9Eqe2VhHNkeIihKVM0IozeWYEzjWmEkQjWRKN/s1600/bb200-20140228.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZKyN-IvKRai_oEaVNZsHQAZhoomwIE1DLd3mEdjmdHX11XcKdjtAuPtF_GEVzHOoCeRNKpoM5fqQBcZk4irof4QsQVqdrvLLCfMT4sr9Eqe2VhHNkeIihKVM0IozeWYEzjWmEkQjWRKN/s1600/bb200-20140228.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blue plus = Candice, orange= Daughtry, red= Scotty, yellow = Ruben, green = Mandisa, lt blue = Carrie</td></tr></tbody></table>Despite selling only about half what Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" sold in the fall of 2010, Candice Glover's "Music Speaks" actually enters the <a href="http://www.mjsbigblog.com/billboard-chart-date-03082014.htm" target="_blank">BillBoard 200 album chart</a> higher at #14 (the blue plus on my chart)  <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-low-american-idol-180603971.html" target="_blank">compared to Lee's #19 entry</a>. Blame it on lower sales now than in 2010 and also releasing the album at the end of February instead of the beginning of November when a lot other albums are being released. After Candice's performance on the show last night in front of millions of viewers, hopefully a large number of them will be impressed enough to go buy a copy of "Music Speaks". If she is lucky she may actually peak higher than #14, we will have to wait and see.<br /><br />Interestingly two other American Idols popped back onto the chart, two other ladies to give Candice some company. Mandisa's "Overcomer" re-entered again (it has done so several times) which was #198 two weeks ago, off the chart last week and #167 this week. Carrie Underwood's 2012 release "Blown Away" also decided to re-enter the chart at #189. It was released about 22 months ago but still selling -- amazing!<br /><br />The other three Idols on the chart (six total this week!) are the same three guys from last week. Daughtry's "Baptized" again leads the guy Idols at #90 (from #99 last week), a nice improvement for him. And Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" is holding perfectly steady with a second week at #107. Ruben Studdard's "Unconditional Love" is sliding a bit however, from #106 last week to #141 in its third week.

"Music Speaks" by Candice Glover Enters at #14 on BillBoard 200 Album Chart

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France Bleu, Pôle emploi, l’AFPA & RégionsJob lancent le site emploi.francebleu.fr

<BR><br />France Bleu, Pôle emploi, l’AFPA et RégionsJob lancent le site <a href="http://emploi.francebleu.fr/">emploi.francebleu.fr</a><br /><br />Les 5 rubriques du site emploi.francebleu.fr :<ul> <br /><br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">« un emploi maintenant »</span> : un moteur de recherche d’offres d’emploi répertoriées par Pôle emploi est proposé aux internautes;<br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">« un emploi demain par la formation »</span> : un catalogue de formations est fourni par RégionsJob ; les formations de l’AFPA y sont incluses ;<br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">« déposez vos offres »</span> : les employeurs et professionnels sont invités dès le lundi 27 février à déposer leurs offres d'emploi. Elles seront validées par Pôle emploi et publiées dès le mardi 6 mars, lors de notre journée spéciale ;<br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">« les journées emploi »</span> : pour accéder à l’ensemble des dossiers réalhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifisés par les 43 antennes de France Bleu lors des Journées Emploi France Bleu ;<br /><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">« nos conseils »</span> : une liste de conseils et astuces pour faciliter les recherches d’emploi.</ul><br />Dès le lundi 27 février, les employeurs sont invités à se connecter à <a href="http://emploi.francebleu.fr/">emploi.francebleu.fr</a> afin de mettre en ligne leur(s) offre(s) d’emploi. Et dès le mardi 6 mars, lors de la Journée Emploi France Bleu, les auditeurs internautes pourront retrouver toutes les offres déposées.<br /><BR>

France Bleu, Pôle emploi, l’AFPA & RégionsJob lancent le site emploi.francebleu.fr

France Bleu, Pôle emploi, l’AFPA et RégionsJob lancent le site emploi.francebleu.fr Les 5 rubriques du site emploi.francebleu.fr : « un emp...

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American Idol Odds - One Week Change!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcJ8DtcamlcvhffxTA35lTO_2otMOPL0FkmTmYGr-YFBosLvchSTO6po5mvygSuzv38kqARhmaF1R2vadk-HUHktsoR0eQdoTNtdKvCUlK29tC6T1-VF-UCQWqMdCnMiyMeA8SVydV554/s1600/aiodds-20120227.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcJ8DtcamlcvhffxTA35lTO_2otMOPL0FkmTmYGr-YFBosLvchSTO6po5mvygSuzv38kqARhmaF1R2vadk-HUHktsoR0eQdoTNtdKvCUlK29tC6T1-VF-UCQWqMdCnMiyMeA8SVydV554/s1600/aiodds-20120227.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Aha, we have some real American Idol Season 13 numbers! <a href="http://sports.bovada.lv/sports-betting/tv-film-movie-props.jsp" target="_blank">Bovada</a> has updated betting odds on the remaining 13 contestants and the shift from last week is not very surprising.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-6G0qwDUy8j_VBvG1riSV7hhDX3DmXImHAvuJC80eUmpPILkj83uyqghIv_la4UXNmmyasJ5O1GTVcVN4IfVSVPtL4FpEyHuaAUW-ai832KQxkUpsxLUqLma4FcMC2eHDO3PqbrgVcu_/s1600/bovada-20120227.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-6G0qwDUy8j_VBvG1riSV7hhDX3DmXImHAvuJC80eUmpPILkj83uyqghIv_la4UXNmmyasJ5O1GTVcVN4IfVSVPtL4FpEyHuaAUW-ai832KQxkUpsxLUqLma4FcMC2eHDO3PqbrgVcu_/s1600/bovada-20120227.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Sam Woolf and Alex Preston remain the favorites and Kristen O' Connor is the longshot with Dexter Roberts the next one in line. Only Sam, Alex and Caleb saw their odds improve (get lower). MK, Majesty, CJ, Jess and Kristen saw theirs get worse (get higher.) It is interesting that all the ones seeing improvement are guys and all the ones (except CJ) seeing odds increase are female.

American Idol Odds - One Week Change!

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American Idol Season 13, Wake Me Up When It Starts, Oh, It did!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQm9JTc9X7xfyboqpRILY1n2qqt5cSJmPbANpKnA9EzORJMie_8MEr0CWhXLQMqu1wuuWcVKFhOd-YMOmnkeIQa8Vfuv3i7eS0qtb4NfTzcCL0My1pWcYC8gBoNn2gfFCZ3cFr5IiMDia/s1600/mjs-eliminiationpoll2-20140227.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQm9JTc9X7xfyboqpRILY1n2qqt5cSJmPbANpKnA9EzORJMie_8MEr0CWhXLQMqu1wuuWcVKFhOd-YMOmnkeIQa8Vfuv3i7eS0qtb4NfTzcCL0My1pWcYC8gBoNn2gfFCZ3cFr5IiMDia/s1600/mjs-eliminiationpoll2-20140227.png" width="328" /></a></div>Last night I did not watch American Idol on the television, deciding to watch some weird movie from the library with my wife instead. So I thought I should take a quick look at what actually happened last night. I think <a href="http://www.dialidol.com/" target="_blank">DialIdol</a> is pretty useless now that power voting is limited and the number of people calling with analog telephones has become pretty insignificant, especially at these early rounds. Instead I just took a look at the <a href="http://www.mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-xiii-top-13-recap-videos.htm" target="_blank">brief synopsis from MJsBigBlog</a> to catch up more more quickly. It sounds like the show did not actually kick into gear until the second half of the performances. From what I saw and from the two polls on MJ's, there are still quite a few contestants who can be easily eliminated without losing much talent on the show, but there are others that actually show some promise. I always find it interesting to see the difference in the polls to who people think should and will be eliminated.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkfg6sjqoL_dAXlb-rBazqLW_hSLiHR1J2BYRHKERwxjUASxFuc60tJdQ5Ik-wkESg0E1X2VxhULJnjBNopXE10U9HAMAbCmbz7KxfihT8BflNRF7YYjMg3HPvezI2YdiAU5GaXuSyPln/s1600/mjs-eliminationpoll-20140227.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkfg6sjqoL_dAXlb-rBazqLW_hSLiHR1J2BYRHKERwxjUASxFuc60tJdQ5Ik-wkESg0E1X2VxhULJnjBNopXE10U9HAMAbCmbz7KxfihT8BflNRF7YYjMg3HPvezI2YdiAU5GaXuSyPln/s1600/mjs-eliminationpoll-20140227.png" width="287" /></a></div>In this case everyone seems to agree on Kristen for both being the one who should and will be eliminated. I really do not mind if she goes, but I could easily see it being Dexter or Malaya too, or even CJ or Ben. All of those named are pretty expendable at this point without much of a chance of winning. It would be nice if we could just get rid of all five of those contestants to give more air time for the others who might still have a shot of winning and having a real musical career.

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Planning de la semaine du 27 février au 02 mars 2014

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 27 février de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 28 février de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 29 février de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 1er mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 02 mars de 13h30 à 17h.<br /></li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> (sur rendez-vous) <br />- lundi 27 février de 13h30 à 17h<br />- vendredi 02 mars de 09h à 12h30</li></ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 28 février de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 29 février de 13h30 à 17h<br /></li><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 28 février de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 02 mars de 10h à 11h30<br /></li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 02 mars de 14h à 16h</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 27 février au 02 mars 2014

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Les couveuses, un outil à élargir à d'autres publics ?

<br /><br />Le 14 février 2014, la <a href="http://www.ccomptes.fr">Cour des comptes</a> a rendu public un rapport d’évaluation sur les dispositifs de soutien à la création d’entreprises réalisé à la demande du président de l’Assemblée nationale pour le comité d’évaluation et de contrôles des politiques publiques (CEC). <br /><br />Parmi ses recommandations, le rapport préconise de "procéder à une évaluation des résultats des couveuses, qui pourrait conduire à élargir l’utilisation de cet outil à d’autres publics que ceux de l’insertion".<br /><br />Le <a href="http://www.ccomptes.fr/Publications/Publications/Les-dispositifs-de-soutien-a-la-creation-d-entreprises">rapport d’évaluation sur les dispositifs de soutien à la création d’entreprises</a> est téléchargeable sur le site de la Cour des Comptes en intégralité. <br /><br />Plus localement, la <a href="http://couveuseentreprises-pes45.fr">Couveuse d'entreprises PES45</a> avait organisé un colloque le 19 octobre 2014 sur la thématique <b>"un territoire solidaire de ses créateurs d'entreprises"</b>. Les <a href="http://couveuseentreprises-pes45.fr/uploads/Lesactesducolloque.pdf">actes du colloque</a> sont à télécharger sur le site de la couveuse. <br /><br />

Les couveuses, un outil à élargir à d'autres publics ?

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Planning de la semaine du 28 février au 04 mars 2014

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Permanences<br /></span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 28 février de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 1er mars de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 02 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 03 mars de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 04 mars de 13h30 à 17h.<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> (sur rendez-vous)<br />- lundi 28 février de 13h30 à 17h<br />- vendredi 04 mars de 09h à 12h30</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Atelier</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 1er mars de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 02 mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 1er mars de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 04 mars de 10h à 11h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 04 mars de 14h à 16h</ul>

Planning de la semaine du 28 février au 04 mars 2014

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World News Briefs -- February 26, 2014 (Evening Edition)

<iframe frameborder="0" height="234" src="http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/02/26/x-pleitgen-ukraine-crimea-region-tensions.cnn" width="416"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Russia Flexes Military Muscle As Tensions Rise In Ukraine's Crimea Region -- CNN</b></span></div><br />Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Russia ordered surprise military exercises on Ukraine's doorstep Wednesday as tensions in that country's southern Crimea region simmered, with pro-Russian demonstrators facing off against rival protesters in the city of Simferopol.<br /><br />As the mood soured among the thousands rallying in front of the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol, some scuffles broke out.<br /><br />One group waved Ukrainian flags and shouted "Crimea is not Russia," while the other held Russian flags aloft and shouted "Crimea is Russia," images broadcast by Crimean TV channel ATR showed. As the crowd became more agitated, a line of police moved in to divide the groups.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/world/europe/ukraine-politics/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MIDDLE EAST</b></span></div><br />Islamists demand levy from Christians <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-syria-crisis-raqqa-idUSBREA1P1TY20140226">in Syrian city</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia condemns rumored Saudi plans to arm Syrian rebels<b><a href="http://rt.com/news/syria-saudi-missiles-russia-741/"> with anti-air missiles.</a></b><br /><br />Scores of Syrian fighters killed in <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-syria-crisis-ambush-idUSBREA1P0TP20140226">army ambush near Damascus</a></b>. State media says Syrian Army <b><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/leader-syrian-militant-group-challenges-rivals-22665172">killed 175 rebels.</a></b><br /><br />Syria al-Qaeda group gives <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26338341">rival jihadists ultimatum</a></b>.<br /><br />Exclusive: Iranian oil exports rise in February, <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-iran-oil-idUSBREA1P1GD20140226">more to ally Syria</a></b>.<br /><br />U.N. authorizes sanctions regime for Yemen,<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-yemen-un-idUSBREA1P1XI20140226"> leaves blacklist blank</a></b>.<br /><br />Iraq: Sunni Arabs <b><a href="http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/iraq/articles/20140225.aspx">turn on Al Qaeda again</a></b>.<br /><br />Hezbollah seeking advanced weapons,<b><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.576370"> says Israeli Navy.</a></b><br /><br />Hezbollah vows revenge for Israeli <b><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/26/hezbollah-vows-revenge-israeli-attack-its-position/">attack on its positions</a></b>. Hezbollah says no casualties <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/hezbollah-says-no-casualties-israeli-raid-201422691722960482.html">in Israeli raid.</a></b><br /><br />China becomes Iran’s <b><a href="http://freebeacon.com/china-becomes-irans-largest-trade-partner/">largest trade partner.</a></b><br /><br />Sinai gas pipeline struck <b><a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/02/sinai_gas_pipeline_struck_for.php">for 4th time in 2014</a></b>.<br /><br />Turkey president signs <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/turkey-president-signs-judiciary-control-law-2014226104856594551.html">judiciary control law.</a></b><br /><br />Calls for Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan <b><a href="http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/25/calls-for-turkey-pm-recip-tayyip-erdogan-to-resign-in-leaked-tape-scandal/">to resign in leaked tape scandal.</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ASIA</b></span></div><br />Indian Navy chief resigns hours after <b><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/26/c_133145623.htm">submarine mishap off Mumbai coast</a></b>.<br /><br />NATO chief still hopes to<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-afghanistan-nato-idUSBREA1P20M20140226"> salvage new Afghan mission</a></b>.<br /><br />Pakistan outlines <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/pakistan-outlines-new-internal-security-policy/1859544.html">new internal security policy.</a></b> Pakistan draws up <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/pakistan-draws-up-tough-anti-taliban-strategy-2014226155430738880.html">tough anti-Taliban strategy.</a></b><br /><br />Pakistan launches military operation <b><a href="http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/25/pakistan-launches-military-operation-against-militants/">against militants</a></b>.<br /><br />Kerry says there is no <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/kerry-says-there-is-no-let-up-in-us-asia-pivot/1858949.html">let up in US Asia pivot</a></b>.<br /><br />Obama plans complete troop withdrawal <b><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/25/obama-karzai-us-troops-prepping-leave/">from Afghanistan by year’s end</a></b>.<br /><br />U.S. quietly whittles down foreign detainee population<b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-quietly-whittles-down-foreign-detainee-population-at-facility-in-afghanistan/2014/02/25/ea52adfc-9a43-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html"> at facility in Afghanistan</a></b>.<br /><br />Pakistani official: US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 <b><a href="http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140225/DEFREG02/302250036/Pakistani-Official-US-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan-2014-Means-Civil-War-">'means civil war'.</a></b><br /><br />Pakistan court orders end to blockade <b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/pakistan-court-orders-end-to-blockade-on-nato-supply-route-1.270003">on NATO supply route.</a></b><br /><br />Gunfire by night becomes new norm <b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/02/26/world/asia/26reuters-thailand-protest.html?ref=world&_r=0">in downtown Bangkok</a></b>.<br /><br />North Korea and Iran explore <b><a href="http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/pyongyang-tehran-discuss-deepening-relations/">broadening relations</a></b>.<br /><br />China's toxic air pollution <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/china-toxic-air-pollution-nuclear-winter-scientists">resembles nuclear winter, say scientists</a></b>.<br /><br />Fukushima radiation could <b><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Fukushima-radiation-could-reach-Pacific-coast-by-5264277.php">reach Pacific coast by April</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AFRICA</b></span></div><br />Two humanitarian workers injured in <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-mali-landmine-idUSBREA1P1Y620140226">landmine explosion in Mali.</a></b><br /><br />Arab Spring will fail unless Tunisia <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-france-tunisia-idUSBREA1P1I120140226">transition succeeds: foreign minister</a></b>.<br /><br />Nigeria’s President, UN’s Ban <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-26/nigeria-s-jonathan-condemns-school-massacre-in-northeast-town.html">condemn school massacre.</a></b><br /><br />MSF reports 'disturbing' attacks <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/doctors-without-borders-reports-disturbing-attacks-on-south-sudan-hospitals/1859414.html">on S. Sudan hospitals</a></b>.<br /><br />Egypt's Sisi to remain<b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/egypt-sisi-remain-as-defence-minister-2014226112953694656.html"> as defence minister.</a></b><br /><br />Egypt sentences 26 to death <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/egypt-sentences-26-to-death-for-alleged-suez-terror-plot/1859436.html">for alleged Suez terror plot.</a></b><br /><br />Tunisian navy rescues nearly <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-tunisia-migrants-idUSBREA1P0WH20140226">100 migrants off Jerba</a></b>.<br /><br />Uganda donors cut aid after president <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/25/uganda-donors-cut-aid-anti-gay-law">passes anti-gay law.</a></b><br /><br />South Africa presents cautious budget<b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-presents-cautious-budget-despite-elections-130103771.html"> despite elections.</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>EUROPE</b></span></div><br />Protest leaders pick candidates <b><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304071004579407372408125640">for new Ukraine government</a></b>. Ukraine's interim leaders <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/ukraines-interim-leaders-propose-yatsenyuk-as-new-pm/1860078.html">propose Yatsenyuk as new PM.</a></b><br /><br />Vladimir Putin orders test of combat readiness, <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/26/ukraine-new-leader-disbands-riot-police-crimea-separatism">raising fears over Ukraine</a></b>. Tensions high in Ukraine's Crimea <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-ukraine-crisis-crimea-parliament-idUSBREA1P0PI20140226">as rival crowds gather.</a></b><br /><br />Ukraine 'set to<b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/02/ukraine-set-unveil-new-government-201422692657721108.html"> unveil new government'</a></b>.<br /><br />Ukraine disbands police unit <b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/ukraine-disbands-police-unit-accused-of-violence-1.270020">accused of violence</a></b>.<br /><br />Moscow slams Ukraine’s bill <b><a href="http://en.ria.ru/world/20140226/187893079/Moscow-Slams-Ukraines-Bill-on-Curtailing-Russian.html">on curtailing Russian</a></b>.<br /><br />U.S. experts in Ukraine to help tackle <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-ukraine-crisis-burns-idUSBREA1P0UZ20140226">economic crisis: U.S.'s Burns</a></b>. EU hoping that Russia can be involved <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-ukraine-eu-assistance-idUSBREA1P0Q820140226">in aid to Ukraine.</a></b><br /><br />U.S. warns banks to watch for ousted <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-ukraine-crisis-us-treasury-idUSBREA1P07G20140226">Ukraine leader moving looted funds</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia to expand its <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-expand-worldwide-military-presence-194113119.html;_ylt=AwrBEiHHRA5TQxwAqu_QtDMD">worldwide military presence</a></b>.<br /><br />Growth forecast prompts hope <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/growth-forecast-prompts-optimism-euro-crisis-is-fading/1859950.html">for end to Euro crisis</a></b>.<br /><br />Swiss bank accused of helping clients <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-bank-accused-helping-clients-evade-us-taxes-004852389.html;_ylt=AwrSyCSfTg1THTcAfUbQtDMD">evade US taxes</a></b>. Credit Suisse 'cloak-and-dagger' tactics <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/25/credit-suisse-offshore-tax-senators">cost US taxpayers billions – senators.</a></b><br /><br />Reforms, presidential vote in focus <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-romania-politics-idUSBREA1P0VA20140226">after Romania coalition splits</a></b>.<br /><br />Peter Robinson quit threat <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-26352967">over IRA Hyde Park bomb case</a></b>.<br /><br />Germany Karlsruhe court <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26351565">scraps EU vote threshold</a></b>.<br /><br />Ex pope Benedict denies <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-pope-benedict-resignation-idUSBREA1P0KV20140226?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637">he was forced to resign</a></b>.<br /><br />Muslim converts who hacked British soldier <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-britain-soldier-idUSBREA1P1KH20140226">to death jailed for life</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AMERICAS</b></span></div><br />US senators press to keep some<b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/us-senators-press-for-accord-to-keep-some-troops-in-afghanistan/1859941.html"> US troops in Afghanistan</a></b>.<br /><br />Carnaval could <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/carnaval-could-sap-venezuela-protests/2014/02/26/50088b96-9f10-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">sap Venezuela protests</a></b>.<br /><br />In Venezuela protests, both sides <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/americas/venezuela-protests/">draw battle lines -- but call for peace.</a></b><br /><br />Obama seeking $300 billion <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/obama-seeking-300-billion-for-roads-railways/2014/02/26/5b6e7580-9edf-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">for roads, railways</a></b>.<br /><br />Mexican drug kingpin Guzman <b><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-guzman-extradition-20140225,0,984221.story">dodges U.S. extradition for now</a></b>.<br /><br />Mexican war on drugs: 5 drug lords still at large following the arrest <b><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/mexican-war-drugs-5-drug-lords-still-large-following-arrest-sinaloa-cartel-kingpin-el-chapo-1557400">of Sinaloa cartel kingpin ‘El Chapo’</a></b>.<br /><br />Pope pleads for <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26353651">'end to violence' in Venezuela</a></b>.<br /><br />Quebec parties in a candidate-recruiting race <b><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-parties-in-a-candidate-recruiting-race-as-election-call-nears/article17108086/">as election call nears.</a></b><br /><br />Saddle Ridge Hoard: <b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26349136">Buried gold coin stash 'worth $10m'</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR</b></span></div><br />Surge in Syria Jihadist arrests prompts <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/surge-in-syria-jihadist-arrests-prompts-security-fears-in-europe/1858507.html">security fears in Europe</a></b>.<br /><br />EXCLUSIVE: FBI had human source in contact with bin Laden<b><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/25/fbi-source-had-contact-with-osama-bin-laden-in-199/"> as far back as 1993</a></b>.<br /><br />Stealth search: Embattled Al Qaeda hunts<b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/stealth-search-embattled-al-qaeda-hunts-new-bin-laden-n37656"> for a new Bin Laden.</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS</b></span></div><br />Russia's largest banks halt new loans in Ukraine <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-ukraine-crisis-bank-idUSBREA1P1WR20140226">eyeing political risk</a></b>.<br /><br />Rolls-Royce drone ships challenge <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/rolls-royce-drone-ships-challenge-375-billion-industry-freight.html">$375 billion industry: Freight</a></b>.<br /><br />Apple’s serious security issue: <b><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/apples-serious-security-issue-update-your-iphone-or-ipad-immediately/?src=me&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Most%20Emailed&pgtype=article">Update your iPhone or iPad immediately.</a></b><br /><br />Bitcoin value <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/value-of-bitcoin-drops-sharply/1858734.html">drops sharply</a></b>.

World News Briefs -- February 26, 2014 (Evening Edition)

Russia Flexes Military Muscle As Tensions Rise In Ukraine's Crimea Region -- CNN Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Russia ordered surprise military...

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Political Pressure Builds To Keep Some U.S. Soldiers In Afghanistan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140226-D-VO565-008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140226-D-VO565-008.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses questions from service members on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2014. Dempsey traveled to Afghanistan to talk with troops and commanders to assess the mission's status. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Senators Press To Keep Some US Troops In Afghanistan -- Voice of America</b></span></div><br />CAPITOL HILL — American lawmakers reacted sharply Wednesday to President Barack Obama’s directive to the U.S. military to prepare for the withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan if no long-term security agreement is finalized with Kabul.<br /><br />Many legislators would like to see a residual force remain in Afghanistan, for training and other puposes, but some concede that may not be possible.<br /><br />Obama took action Tuesday to back up what his administration has been saying for months: absent a bilateral security agreement, or BSA, between the U.S. and Afghanistan, all American troops will depart the country by the end of this year.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/us-senators-press-for-accord-to-keep-some-troops-in-afghanistan/1859941.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: I can understand why .... from a U.S. military/intelligence perspective .... on the wisdom of keeping some US military/intelligence forces in Afghanistan. But this wisdom must be tempered with the acceptance that Afghanistan is now an Afghan problem, and if their elected President is not interested in accommodating U.S./NATO requests on security guarantees .... we must accept this position and leave. My prediction .... Afghan President Karzai will not sign this security agreement .... but the man who will replace  him after this spring's election will.

Political Pressure Builds To Keep Some U.S. Soldiers In Afghanistan

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses questions from service members on Bagram Airfield, Afghan...

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Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 26, 2014

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMuEZhn-jKjRvYQa6ALzZRKAtqYhaDRYDXMY8sW3syuYlQNH5o8_oqDjXG0ynw3b8AqQGRx9-WCgRGbFwa7CrhO9KozARbI4Om9zvu4mJE57ZiBPVyGvDsYeH_hOCAQRtST-4xpGO3aSH/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMuEZhn-jKjRvYQa6ALzZRKAtqYhaDRYDXMY8sW3syuYlQNH5o8_oqDjXG0ynw3b8AqQGRx9-WCgRGbFwa7CrhO9KozARbI4Om9zvu4mJE57ZiBPVyGvDsYeH_hOCAQRtST-4xpGO3aSH/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gen Martin Dempsey has urged the Afghan government to sign a security agreement</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>US Army Boss: Afghan Pullout Talk May Encourage Taliban -- BBC</b></span></div><br /><i>US Army boss: Afghan pullout talk may encourage Taliban</i><br /><br />Read more .The highest-ranked US military officer has said speculation over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan could "encourage the enemy".<br /><br />Maj Gen Martin Dempsey said talk of a full withdrawal could lead some Afghan forces to align with the Taliban.<br /><br />President Barack Obama warned on Monday the US may pull all US troops out of Afghanistan in 2014 if a bilateral security agreement was not signed.<br /><br />But Afghan President Hamid Karzai has so far refused to sign the agreement.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26358860">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Afghanistan</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/dempsey-military-has-job-despite-withdrawal-talk/2014/02/26/c4506af4-9ef3-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121726">Dempsey, U.S. Leaders Discuss Obama’s Afghanistan Decision</a> -- US Department of Defense<br /><a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121713">Dempsey: Past Year ‘Surprisingly Positive’ for Afghan Forces</a> -- US Department of Defense<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/general-u-s-afghan-focus-will-be-very-different-after-n39211">General: U.S. Afghan Focus Will Be 'Very Different' After 2014</a> -- NBC<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/politics/us-afghanistan-troops/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+Politics%29">No bluff: U.S. planning possible withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan</a> -- CNN<br /><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/news/military/us-military-prepares-full-afghan-withdrawal/ndcqB/">U.S. military prepares for full Afghan withdrawal </a>-- AJC<br /><a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121710">Contingency Plans Begin for Possible Full Afghanistan Withdrawal </a>-- US Department of Defense<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579405112343045736?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304834704579405112343045736.html">Obama Warns Karzai of a Pullout, But Keeps U.S. Options Open</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/world/asia/obama-keeps-options-open-in-afghanistan.html?gwh=120522722E9EC12F12DEE4441BFDEB45&gwt=pay">Obama Tells Karzai He Is Moving Ahead Without Him </a>-- New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/25/obama-karzai-us-troops-prepping-leave/">Obama to Karzai: U.S. troops prepping to leave </a>-- Washington Times<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-pentagon-to-prepare-for-complete-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/2014/02/25/cfae2206-9e49-11e3-a050-dc3322a94fa7_story.html">Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for complete withdrawal from Afghanistan </a>-- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-readies-plans-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan-n38396">Pentagon Readies Plans For Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan</a> -- NBC<br /><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/25/219294/obama-speaks-with-karzai-presses.html">Obama speaks with Karzai, presses on post-combat security agreement</a> -- McClatchy News<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/25/Obama-tells-Karzai-US-will-plan-for-2014-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan/5381393353979/">Obama tells Karzai U.S. will plan for 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan</a> -- UPI<br /><a href="http://www.dw.de/us-warns-afghanistan-of-complete-troop-pullout-without-security-deal/a-17456971">US warns Afghanistan of complete troop pullout without security deal</a> -- Deutsche Welle<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-tells-pentagon-to-prepare-for-complete-afghan-pullout/1859012.html">Obama Tells Pentagon to Prepare for Complete Afghan Pullout</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-25/obama-asks-pentagon-to-ready-full-afghan-withdrawal-this-year">Obama Asks Pentagon to Prepare for Full Afghan Withdrawal</a> -- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140225/obama-warns-karzai-security-deal">Obama warns Karzai on security deal</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/obama-pentagon-us-troops-withdrawal-afghanistan">Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan</a> -- The Guardian<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-karzai-discuss-stalled-security-agreement/2014/02/25/f4bc74a4-9e39-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-afghanistan-usa-obama-idUSBREA1O1B420140225">Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014</a> -- Reuters<br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/129697/106-taliban-die-in-separate-operations-in-afghanistan">106 Taliban die in separate operations in Afghanistan </a>-- World Bulletin<br /><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/26/352404/dozens-of-taliban-killed-in-afghanistan/">Security forces kill 57 Taliban across Afghanistan</a> -- Press TV<br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/37-taliban-militants-killed-8-injured-in-afghan-operations-2837">37 Taliban militants killed, 8 injured in Afghan operations</a> -- Khaama Press<br /><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022989486_apxafghanistan.html">Official: Suicide bomber kills 8 in Afghanistan</a> -- Seattle Times<br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/7-killed-37-injured-in-uruzgan-suicide-attack-2833">10 killed, 40 others injured in Uruzgan suicide attack</a> -- Khaama Press<br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/coordinated-attacks-foiled-in-western-ghor-province-2834">Coordinated attacks foiled in western Ghor province</a> -- Khaama Press<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-afghanistan-usa-militants-idUSBREA1O1SV20140226">Eyeing Afghan exit, U.S. intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26341651">Afghan army officers dismissed over Kunar attack </a>-- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140225/afghanistan-sacks-officers-after-taliban-kill-21-soldiers">Afghanistan sacks officers after Taliban kill 21 soldiers</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://www.dw.de/afghans-protest-inaction-after-taliban-attack/a-17457103">Afghans protest inaction after Taliban attack</a> -- Deutsche Welle<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3xepZwtW_VAwWnCRUb2nc0YTAXw?docId=4f1627a5-fa47-4750-944e-a24f6dcaaec5">Kabul protest after Taliban kill 21 Afghan soldiers</a> -- AFP<br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/taliban-financed-and-equipped-outside-afghanistan-haidari-2836">Taliban financed and equipped outside Afghanistan: Haidari</a> -- Khaama Press<br /><a href="http://rt.com/op-edge/us-troops-in-afghanistan-654/">‘US to keep its troops in Afghanistan only for intelligence purposes’</a> -- RT<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-quietly-whittles-down-foreign-detainee-population-at-facility-in-afghanistan/2014/02/25/ea52adfc-9a43-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html">U.S. quietly whittles down foreign detainee population at facility in Afghanistan</a> -- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/02/26/Detainees-face-uncertainty-as-US-withdraws-from-Afghanistan/UPI-18991393429425/?spt=rln&or=5">Detainees face uncertainty as U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan</a> -- UPI<br /><br /><a href="http://www.khaama.com/first-case-of-polio-in-kabul-since-2001-2830">First case of Polio in Kabul since 2001</a> -- Khaama Press<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26335410">'Deepening' medical crisis in Afghanistan</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/world/asia/aid-group-in-afghanistan-says-many-still-lack-access-to-health-care.html?hpw&rref=world">Aid Group Sees Daunting Obstacles to Health Care for Afghans</a> -- New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/afghans-violence-medecins-sans-frontieres">One in four Afghans has lost someone to violence in past year, says charity</a> -- The Guardian<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/survey-afghans-support-central-government-but-path-to-peace-is-unclear-1.269826">Survey: Afghans support central government, but path to peace is unclear </a>-- Stars and Stripes/McClatchy News<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/unveiling-afghanistan/khadija-ghaznawi-the-key_b_4858385.html">'The Key to Peace Lies Within Afghanistan, Not Outside'</a> -- Khadija Ghaznawi, Huffington Post<br /><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100261276/obama-is-preparing-to-abandon-afghanistan-to-its-fate/">Obama is preparing to abandon Afghanistan to its fate </a>-- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/25/at-least-2174-us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-since-2001/">At least 2,174 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001</a> -- FOX News/AP

Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 26, 2014

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