domenica 30 giugno 2013

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ANSA: Marchionne a sorpresa a Pomigliano

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:32 AM PDT

Ringrazia lavoratori linee montaggio per sabati di recupero

ANSA: Sciopero benzinai autostrade 16-19/7

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:28 AM PDT

Proclamato stato agitazione categoria

ANSA: Petrolio: apre in calo a NY, 97,03 dlr

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:29 AM PDT

Quotazioni perdono lo 0,03%

ANSA: Fiat: Marchionne a Pomigliano

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:34 AM PDT

Ringrazia lavoratori linee montaggio per sabati di recupero

Financial Times: Syrian army launches assault on Homs

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:56 AM PDT

Attack follows gains by Assad's forces, backed by Lebanese Hizbollah militants, in villages in Homs province and towns close to the Lebanese border

Financial Times: Singapore tightens tax evasion measures

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 04:48 AM PDT

From Monday, anyone found guilty of assisting tax evasion in the Asian city state will be liable to charges normally reserved for money-laundering offences

Financial Times: China tightens security in restive Xinjiang

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:02 AM PDT

Troops have started round-the-clock patrols in the region ahead of the July 5 anniversary of the 2009 riots between local Uighurs and Han Chinese migrants

Aljazeera: Dozens killed in Uganda fuel tanker explosion

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:26 AM PDT

Victims are mostly motorcyclists who tried to siphon fuel after tanker crashed into car, say police.

Aljazeera: British PM discusses Afghan peace in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 05:43 AM PDT

David Cameron meets PM Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari in renewed push for peace in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Aljazeera: EU politicians demand probe into US bugging

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:32 AM PDT

US security agency spied on EU computer networks in Washington and at UN, according to German magazine Der Spiegel.

Financial Times: Chinese banks hit Hong Kong IPO hitch

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:34 AM PDT

Smaller commercial lenders planning IPOs likely to be locked out of the market due to little known capital-raising rules on price-to-book ratios

Aljazeera: Rosberg triumphs at eventful Silverstone

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:50 AM PDT

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg wins second F1 race of the year at British GP as Hamilton's hopes dashed by tyre woes.

Huffington Post: Dearborn Ponders Changing Garage Living Rooms Rules With New Ordinance, Arabs Concerned

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:55 AM PDT

DEARBORN, Mich. — As early summer days on Orchard Street draw to a close, sliding doors open, inviting fresh air and neighbors into side-by-side garages.

More patio than parking place or storage for power tools, Mariam Khalaf said her garage is primarily for "chilling purposes" – including smoking, eating and watching TV with family and friends, including next-door neighbors Muheeb Nabulsy and his wife, Fatima Mkkawi.


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Huffington Post: Michael Hayden, Former CIA Director: More Information Should Be Released On NSA Programs

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:56 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The former director of the CIA and National Security Agency says the government should release more information about its secretive surveillance programs to reassure Americans that their privacy rights are being protected.

Michael Hayden said Sunday he believes the public will be more comfortable with the programs that gather phone and Internet records from around the world if people know more about how they are carried out and why.


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Huffington Post: National Organization For Marriage President Brian Brown: DOMA Decision 'Absolute Travesty'

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:57 AM PDT

National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown called Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision striking down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act an "absolute travesty" that will be used in future attempts to expand gay marriage.

Brown was asked by George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" what he thought of Scalia's furious dissent in the DOMA case, which predicted that the court's ruling would pave the way for state laws banning gay marriage to be struck down.

"Well, I don't think that that is inevitable," Brown responded. "What Justice Scalia is pointing to is the absolute travesty of Kennedy's decision in the DOMA case, which really is incoherent. He doesn't even lay out the basis of what his legal reasoning is."


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Huffington Post: Will Massively Open Online Courses Transform The Way We Learn? (LIVESTREAM)

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:59 AM PDT

TIME: 4:40p-5:40p EST

The "MOOC" is perceived as a major disruptive force in teaching, clearly one that the education world is talking about as hundreds of thousands of students across the globe log on to courses from some of the best professors on the planet. On Sunday, June 30, the debate continues regarding quality, economic efficiency, sustainability, and global reach. Moderated by MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, a panel of edX President Anant Agarwal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, and co-founder of Coursera Andrew Ng ask have MOOCs live up to the hype? Are MOOCs a viable alternative to the college campus education experience? Will our love affair with technology disrupt that one-on-one connection that so frequently brings learning to life?

For more information and a schedule of events for the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival, click here. For real time tweets from the festival, see below:


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ANSA: Oro: in calo a New York a 1.212,50 dlr

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT

Minimi da 3 anni

ANSA: Petrolio: in rialzo a 97,14 dollari

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:24 PM PDT

Brent a 103 dollari

ANSA: Oro: ancora in calo, sotto 1.200 dollari

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:33 PM PDT

livello piu' basso da agosto 2010

ANSA: Cambi: euro in lieve rialzo a 1,3061 dlr

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:38 PM PDT

yen a 128,90

Financial Times: Gold bears eye fall towards $1,000 level

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:20 AM PDT

Bankers say Fed helped trigger selling by supposedly longer-term investors – wealthy individuals with Swiss bank accounts and pension fund managers

Financial Times: French minister in new attack on Barroso

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Bricq reignites row between Brussels and Paris saying EU executive head did 'nothing' and argues reappointment 'was not necessarily good'

Financial Times: Facebook to create ad ‘safe zone’

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Last month Nissan and Nationwide suspended ads on the social network after they appeared next to offensive posts, highlighting risks of 'targeted' advertising

Financial Times: Silicon Valley to make farming ‘smart’

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Investors say Salinas Valley is perfect testing ground for new agricultural technology aimed at improving efficiency and yields in fresh food system

Aljazeera: Kerry steps up Israel-Palestine shuttle talks

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:38 PM PDT

US Secretary of State meets Abbas in Jordan and Netanyahu in Jerusalem for second time in two days to push peace talks.

Aljazeera: California resumes gay marriages after ruling

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 01:04 AM PDT

Plaintiff couple, whose case against state ban Proposition 8 led to this week's Supreme Court decision, exchange vows.

Aljazeera: Ecuador tells US to explain its spy programme

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 04:12 AM PDT

FM Ricardo Patino says Washington should give thorough explanation to citizens of world after NSA surveillance scandal.

Huffington Post: Christie Prody, OJ Simpson's Ex-girlfriend, Sentenced In Drug Case

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:27 AM PDT

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- A former girlfriend of O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to 45 days in jail after a reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors in Minnesota.

Thirty-eight-year-old Christie Prody, of Moorhead, was accused of stealing prescription pills from a Moorhead couple while she worked as an in-home nursing assistant.


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Huffington Post: 'The Good Wife' Casts Melissa George, Juliet Rylance For Season 5

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:27 AM PDT

"The Good Wife" has cast Melissa George and Juliet Rylance to shake things up in Season 5.

According to TVLine, "Hunted," "Alias" and "Grey's Anatomy" veteran Melissa George will play Marilyn, Peter Florrick's new in-house ethics counsel. George will recur. TVLine reports the character is described as "smart, sexy and savvy."

In addition to George's casting, Juliet Rylance has also been tapped to recur on "The Good Wife." Rylance, who has appeared in "Sinister" and "Frances Ha," will play Holly, an Assistant State's Attorney. Look for Holly to have a history with Kalinda ... one that could be rekindled. Series creators Robert and Michelle King hinted at a new love interest for Kalinda in May.


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Huffington Post: Celebrity Baby Name Trend: Boy Names For Girls

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:30 AM PDT

Written by Linda Rosenkrantz for Nameberry

We're not saying that this trends is something completely new. Way back when, Diane Keaton named her daughter Dexter Dean and Kelsey Grammer had girls called Spencer and Mason and Miley Cyrus's parents named their second daughter Noah. But lately more and more celebs have been giving their daughters completely male -- not unisex -- names. The most recent example is, of course, North West. Here are 11 of the most extreme gender-benders. Take a look and let us know what you think of them in the comments! (And be sure to check out Nameberry's great new infographic showing just where every unisex name stands on the boy-girl spectrum.)


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Huffington Post: Sarah Murnaghan Health: 10-Year-Old Girl Doing Well After Second Lung Transplant

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:30 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA -- A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose parents sued to challenge national lung transplant rules received a second set of lungs after the first failed, and her family said she has taken some breaths on her own.

However, she faces another operation because of complications from previous procedures.


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Aljazeera: Kurdish mourners blast Turkish government

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:07 AM PDT

Hundreds of Kurds warn Prime Minister Erdogan to respect PKK peace process, a day after security forces kill protester.

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ANSA: Petrolio:NY,chiude in rialzo a 95,48 dlr

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Quotazioni salgono dello 0,17%

ANSA: Banche, accordo all'Ecofin su fallimenti

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 05:22 PM PDT

Dopo riunione fiume ministri trovano compromesso

ANSA: Petrolio: in rialzo a 96 dollari

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:12 PM PDT

Brent sale a 102,40 dollari

ANSA: Oro: in rialzo a 1.244 dollari

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:20 PM PDT

Dopo le nuove perdite di ieri

Aljazeera: South Africa awaits Obama on Africa tour

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:51 AM PDT

US president's trip to South Africa is likely to be overshadowed by former president Nelson Mandela's ailing health.

Financial Times: Vatican cleric arrested in €20m probe

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:05 AM PDT

Former member of Italy's secret service and a financial broker were also arrested as part of an investigation into a plot to smuggle money into Italy

Aljazeera: 'Impossible to win Tour without doping'

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:26 AM PDT

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong says it was impossible in his era to win cycling's showcase race without doping.

Aljazeera: EU to open membership talks with Serbia

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 06:02 AM PDT

European leaders agree on opening accession talks with Serbia by January, as bloc continues to enlarge to the east.

Financial Times: BlackBerry’s turnround falters

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 07:25 AM PDT

The Canadian smartphone maker's shares fall sharply in early trading after the group fails to report a profit in the first quarter

Financial Times: Cameron decries EU budget ‘ambushes’

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Prime minister complains about French-led bid to reopen talks on UK rebate at 1am, using cover of a technical issue of how payments are calculated

Huffington Post: Anderson Cooper Plus Cher Plus Andy Cohen Equals OMG (VIDEO)

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:20 AM PDT

Just in time for Pride, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen and Cher had a moment together on "Watch What Happens" on Thursday night.

Cooper popped in wearing one of his standard black t-shirts, and everyone was so happy. Just look at their happy faces!

He was so happy!

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Huffington Post: An Open Letter To The Worst Wax Museum In America | VICE United States

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:23 AM PDT

But it wasn't just your Tom Hanks that was awful. It was all of your waxworks. They look like something from the nightmares of a person who has been blind since birth and has no real concept of what human beings look like. 


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Huffington Post: Vanessa Hudgens Steps Out In Spandex Yoga Pants After Pilates Class (PHOTO)

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:24 AM PDT

It's clear that Vanessa Hudgens works hard for her toned body, as the "Spring Breakers" star was spotted after a pilates workout in Studio City, Calif., on Thursday.

Photographers snapped photos of the 24-year-old actress who was decked out in skin-tight spandex yoga pants and a grey tank top, and seemed to exhibit a post-workout glow. After getting her fitness on, Hudgens continued her health kick by picking up some juices over at Pressed Juicery.

No wonder the former "High School Musical" star looked so fit when she learned how to surf last week with pal Ashley Greene.


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Huffington Post: Is A Foot Orgasm Real? First Known Case Reported By Woman In The Netherlands

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:26 AM PDT

By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer
Published: 06/28/2013 10:13 AM EDT on LiveScience

A 55-year-old woman in the Netherlands visited the doctor with an unusual complaint: She experienced unwanted orgasms that started in her foot, according to a new report of her case.

The orgasmic sensations -- which occurred in her left foot -- were sudden, not brought on by sexual desire or thoughts, and occurred about five to six times a day, the report said. The sensation traveled up her left leg to her vagina, and she said the experience felt exactly like an orgasm achieved during sex.

These orgasms were very embarrassing and worrying to the woman, said study author Dr. Marcel D. Waldinger, who treated the woman and is a neuropsychiatrist and professor in sexual psychopharmacology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

"She felt terrible about it," Waldinger said.

Magnetic resonance images (MRI scans) of the woman's brain and her foot showed no abnormalities, although another test revealed some differences between the nerves of her left and right feet, Waldinger told LiveScience. Stimulating her left foot with an electric current induced a spontaneous orgasmin that foot, he said.

The woman was treated with an injection of anesthetic into one of her spinal nerves -- the nerve that receives sensory information from the foot -- and the orgasms stopped completely. The woman has not had any foot orgasms for eight months now, although she might need to return for another anesthetic injection if her symptoms return, Waldinger said.

The researchers believe the phenomenon was the result of a sort of mix-up in the brain.

About a year and half before the foot orgasms started, the woman spent three weeks in an intensive care unit — part of the time, in a coma — because of a sepsis infection. When she came out of the coma, she had tingling and burning sensations in her left foot, likely as a result of damage to tiny nerve fibers in the foot, Waldingersaid.

Interestingly, the nerve that registers sensory information from the foot enters the spinal cord at the same level as the nerve that registers sensory information from the vagina, Waldingersaid. Because of nerve damage in her foot, the woman's brain did not receive sensory information from her foot, but it did receive sensory information from the vagina.

After a year and a half, the nerve in the foot regenerated. When that happened, the researchers believe "the brain could not anymore differentiate between the foot and the vagina. So that it decided that every stimulus coming from the foot was actually coming from the vagina," Waldinger said. "And that means an orgasmic feeling," in the foot, he said. [See 7 Facts Women (And Men) Should Know About the Vagina].

The researchers called the woman's disorder "foot orgasm syndrome," and it is the only known case of its kind. (A foot orgasm has previously been reported in a man with a foot amputation).

Waldinger thinks there may be other people who have the condition, but are too embarrassed to talk about it. Waldinger wanted to publish the case report in part to reduce the stigma surrounding such conditions.

"It's not psychological," Waldinger said. "It's a neurological thing — we can explain it, we can treat it."

Waldinger is hoping to hear from more people who may have a similar condition, and has made a website for people to contact him

The study was published online June 19 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Follow Rachael Rettner @RachaelRettner. Follow LiveScience @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on LiveScience.com .


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Financial Times: Microsoft adds Time Warner TV to Xbox 360

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:36 AM PDT

A wave of Android-based consoles, including one from Google itself, is set to start a fresh bout in the contest for the coveted space beneath the TV

Aljazeera: French tycoon Tapie charged with fraud

Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:16 AM PDT

Bernard Tapie officially placed under investigation in case that may implicate IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

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ANSA: Ft,Italia rischia 8 mld perdite derivati

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 08:36 PM PDT

Contratti anni 1990 per ingresso euro. Perquisizioni gdf

ANSA: Petrolio: in calo a 95 dollari

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:17 PM PDT

Brent a 101,60 dollari

ANSA: Oro: nuovo ribasso a 1.247,24 dollari

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:21 PM PDT

cede il 2,3%

ANSA: Oro: nuovo ribasso a 1.247,24 dollari

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:30 PM PDT

Yen a 127,43

Aljazeera: US marine's murder conviction overturned

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Judges conclude sergeant's right to remain silent was violated while in custody for killing of Iraqi citizen in 2006.

Aljazeera: China urged to stop 'uprooting Tibetans'

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:48 AM PDT

Rights group says lives have been thrown into disarray after Beijing relocated two million Tibetans in past seven years.

Aljazeera: Mass cremations for Indian flood victims

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:23 AM PDT

Hindu priests and tonnes of logs airlifted to worst-hit town of Kedarnath for last rites of 300 people who died.

Financial Times: UK has far more shale gas than thought

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:45 AM PDT

The British Geological Survey says the Bowland Shale in the north of England has about 1,300tn cubic feet of gas, much more than previous estimates

Aljazeera: Mongolian president set for second term

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:57 AM PDT

Preliminary results put Tsahkia Elbegdorj ahead of rivals, but victory to be confirmed after ballots are counted again.

Financial Times: Analyst extradition ‘inhuman’, says lawyer

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 05:56 AM PDT

The case of a man kept in solitary confinement in Hong Kong raises questions about the rights of extradited suspects

Financial Times: China commits combat troops to Mali

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:14 AM PDT

China pledges to sending combat troops on a UN peacekeeping mission for the first time, marking a shift in Beijing's approach to conflict resolution

Financial Times: Mandela ‘much better today’, says Zuma

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:16 AM PDT

South Africa's president has cancelled his trip to Mozambique but says Nelson Mandela is 'much better today' than on Wednesday night

Huffington Post: Duggan, Spurred By Supporters, May Now Run For Detroit Mayor As Write-in Candidate | Crain's Detroit Business

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:24 AM PDT

Former Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan is considering re-entering the race as a write-in candidate.

Duggan cut short a vacation at the request of grassroots groups and individual voters to return to town and meet with them today, his campaign manager Bryan Barnhill confirmed.


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Huffington Post: LGBT Pride Films 2013: The Best Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgender Movies To Celebrate

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:26 AM PDT

Pride is here and if the Summer heat is a little too much for you to stand outside and wave as the parade crawls by, don't worry, you can still celebrate in front of your air conditioning with these gay film classics.

We've highlighted over 40 films that we feel represent the best of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cinema (and no there's no "Brokeback Mountain" or "How to Survive a Plague" because those they're great, these are supposed to be UPLIFTING feel-good movies for Pride).

If there's a movie that you think we should include, then feel free to add to the slideshow (instructions below) and we'll include your pick with the other films that fill us with the most pride!


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Huffington Post: James Gandolfini's Funeral To Take Place Today In New York

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:30 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- A funeral service for actor James Gandolfini is scheduled to take place in one of New York City's largest churches.

The ceremony at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine is planned for 10 a.m. Thursday. It comes after a private wake for the former star of "The Sopranos" on Wednesday in New Jersey.


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Huffington Post: How DOMA Ruling Affects Florida: 'We Still Have Quite A Bit To Fight For Here'

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:33 AM PDT

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered historic rulings advancing same-sex marriage on Wednesday, but they won't send couples shopping for rings, cakes and flowers for weddings in the Sunshine State.

For gays and lesbians in Florida who hope to marry, the law is unchanged, with a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state Constitution. And gay couples who married in states where it's legal and now live in Florida aren't suddenly better off.

"I'm sorry to say that it means that we still have quite a bit to fight for here in the state of Florida," said Elizabeth F. Schwartz, president of the Miami Beach Bar Association and chairwoman of the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association of Miami.


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