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• South Sudan Women, Children Hard Hit as Violence Spreads: Aid Agencies
• NSA Leaker’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Comment Derided by Lawmaker
• Divisive Election Year Ahead in U.S. Politics
• Clashes in Gaza between Israel, Palestinians
• Snowden Says “Mission Accomplished,” Criticized by Lawmaker
• Study: Pregnant Women Need Not Avoid Peanuts Over Allergy Fears
• Syrian Airstrikes HIt Aleppo for 10th Day
• Indian, Pakistani Army Commanders Meet after 14 Years
• US Positions Troops to Enter South Sudan
• Doctors Group: 200 Wounded Since Friday in CAR
• Ukraine Receives $3 Billion of Russian Bailout Funds
• Bomb Blast Hits Egyptian Police Building
• Laser set to help expand broadband capabilities in space
• Australian scorpion venom could be potential painkiller
• New breakthrough could help maximize bandwidth from communications networks
• Scientists find `runaway` mechanism in earthquakes occurring 50 km below surface
• South Sudan: Army Retakes State Capital from Rebels
• N. Korea Nuke Restart ‘More Extensive’ Than Expected
• Explosion Kills 13 at Egyptian Police Building
• Motor excitability helps predict working memory

South Sudan Women, Children Hard Hit as Violence Spreads: Aid Agencies Posted: 24 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST KAMPALA — United Nations officials and aid agencies warned Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating, with women and children the hardest hit. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan said some 100,000 people have been internally displaced by fighting that broke out nine days ago in Juba and has spread across […]

NSA Leaker’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Comment Derided by Lawmaker Posted: 24 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST WASHINGTON — Fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's comments that he "already won" his battle with the National Security Agency have provoked a strong reaction from a lawmaker who oversees America's intelligence-gathering programs. The Washington Post quotes Edward Snowden as saying his "mission is already accomplished" as far as unveiling extensive U.S. snooping activities at […]

Divisive Election Year Ahead in U.S. Politics Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:55 PM PST WASHINGTON — 2013 was a contentious year in U.S. politics, and public approval ratings for President Barack Obama as well as Democrats and Republicans in Congress were all down at year's end.  Political analysts say the prospects for 2014 are not much better, especially since both major political parties will be positioning themselves for midterm […]

Clashes in Gaza between Israel, Palestinians Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:55 PM PST Israel has launched a series of attacks in the Gaza Strip, in apparent retaliation for the cross-border killing of an Israeli civilian by a Gaza sniper. Israel said it launched the attacks from the air and on the ground, targeting what it called “terror sites” in Gaza — including a weapons manufacturing facility and a […]

Snowden Says “Mission Accomplished,” Criticized by Lawmaker Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says he is satisfied with the results of his leaking of details of NSA surveillance programs. Snowden, who is living under temporary asylum in Moscow, told The Washington Post he feels his “mission is already accomplished” because Americans are now aware of the programs and can address them […]

Study: Pregnant Women Need Not Avoid Peanuts Over Allergy Fears Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:52 PM PST Women had been advised to avoid peanuts while they were pregnant or nursing, to lessen the chance their child could develop a peanut allergy. But a new study indicates that restriction may not make a difference, and that eating nuts may be what lowers the risk. The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed a peanut-free diet […]

Syrian Airstrikes HIt Aleppo for 10th Day Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo continued for a tenth straight day, leaving at least 15 people dead. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian aircraft dropped so called “barrel bombs” on the Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo Tuesday. The group says more than 300 people have been killed since the […]

Indian, Pakistani Army Commanders Meet after 14 Years Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:48 PM PST Army commanders of nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan met Tuesday for the first time in 14 years in a bid to reduce tensions in the disputed region of Kashmir after a year of intermittent clashes. The meeting between the director generals of military operations (DGMOS) from both countries took place on the Pakistani side of […]

US Positions Troops to Enter South Sudan Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:47 PM PST The United States has moved 150 U.S. Marines to Djibouti to respond, if required, to the crisis in South Sudan. A spokesman for the U.S. military’s Africa Command tells VOA the Marines would be used to help evacuate Americans and protect U.S. facilities in the troubled country. Fighting between supporters of President Salva Kiir and […]

Doctors Group: 200 Wounded Since Friday in CAR Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:45 PM PST A medical aid group says renewed violence in the Central African Republic has wounded nearly 200 people over the past five days. Doctors Without Borders says increased violence in the capital, Bangui, began on December 20, when the group treated 49 people for gunshot wounds. Much of the fighting in the CAR is between mostly […]

Ukraine Receives $3 Billion of Russian Bailout Funds Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:44 PM PST Russia has transferred the first $3 billion of a financial rescue package to Ukraine as part its plan to help the struggling Ukrainian economy and keep Kiev out of the European Union. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Mykola Azarov, Tuesday in Moscow and said Russia had purchased the first batch […]

Bomb Blast Hits Egyptian Police Building Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:44 PM PST A powerful bomb has ripped through a police headquarters in Egypt’s Nile Delta region. Authorities say at least 13 people were killed and 130 were wounded. Officials say most of the blast victims in the city of Mansoura were police. They believe a car bomb was used. The attack is one of the deadliest against […]

Laser set to help expand broadband capabilities in space Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:44 PM PST Washington : Researchers have said that the completion of the 30-day Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration or LLCD mission has revealed that the possibility of expanding broadband capabilities in space using laser communications is as bright as expected. Hosted aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer known as LADEE, for its ride to lunar orbit, […]

Australian scorpion venom could be potential painkiller Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:43 PM PST Sydney : A team of researchers has found that unique compounds present in the venom of Australian scorpions have the ability to alleviate pain and therefore can be used in pain management drugs. Bryan Fry from the University of Queensland's school of biological sciences along with his teammates caught and milked 1500 Australian scorpions, including […]

New breakthrough could help maximize bandwidth from communications networks Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:43 PM PST Washington : A new approach to understanding a basic concept in graph theory, known as "vertex connectivity," could lead to communications protocols – the rules that govern how digital messages are exchanged – that coax as much bandwidth as possible from networks, researchers have claimed. A communications network, for example, can be represented as a […]

Scientists find `runaway` mechanism in earthquakes occurring 50 km below surface Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:43 PM PST Washington : Researchers have identified a mechanism that helps these deeper quakes spread ore than 50 km below surface. Nearly 25 percent of earthquakes occur more than 50 kilometers below the Earth's surface, when one tectonic plate slides below another, in a region called the lithosphere. A team from MIT and Stanford University analyzed seismic […]

South Sudan: Army Retakes State Capital from Rebels Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:43 PM PST South Sudan’s government says its army has retaken one of two state capitals seized by renegade soldiers last week. The government said in a Twitter message that its forces have retaken Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, and are clearing out rebel forces. Bor, South SudanBor, South Sudan A local radio station, Radio Tamazuj, reported […]

N. Korea Nuke Restart ‘More Extensive’ Than Expected Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:42 PM PST A U.S.-based research group says North Korea has likely made “a more wide-ranging, extensive” effort to restore its main nuclear site than previously thought. The analysis by the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University is based on recent satellite images of the Yongbyon nuclear complex in the country’s northwest. A five-megawatt plutonium reactor at the […]

Explosion Kills 13 at Egyptian Police Building Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST Egyptian authorites say a powerful car bomb blast has hit a police headquarters in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, killing at least 13 people and wounding 130 others. Officials most of the victims of the blast in in Mansour were police officers. The interim government blamed the attack on the Muslim Brotherhood, classifying the group of […]

Motor excitability helps predict working memory Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST Washington : Researchers have claimed that humans with a high motor excitability have a better working memory than humans with a low excitability. In the study, that included 188 healthy young subjects, the scientists were able to show that subjects with a high motor excitability had increased working memory performance as compared to subjects with […]

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