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• ANSA: Petrolio: debole a 101,78 dollari
• ANSA: Oro: in lieve rialzo a 1.279 dollari
• ANSA: Cambi: euro in rialzo a 1,3565 dollari
• ANSA: Spread Btp-Bund apre a 244 punti
• Financial Times: Oil processing: A refined model
• Aljazeera: Explosion hits hotel in Myanmar's main city
• Aljazeera: Beijing airport bomber gets six-year sentence
• Aljazeera: Nigeria urged to probe 'custody killings'
• Aljazeera: Explosion reported in Damascus mosque
• Huffington Post: LGBT History Month: 4 Queer Events On October 15
• Huffington Post: Europe's Air Pollution Spurred By Growing Use Of Wood Fires And Diesel Cars, Watchdog Group Says
• Huffington Post: Bill Clinton Endorses Philip Levine For Miami Beach Mayor (PHOTOS)
• Huffington Post: Why Your Thong May Be Bad For Your Health
• Financial Times: Homely lessons from a Tiger Mum
• Financial Times: South America’s golden era of growth dims
• Financial Times: Alitalia shareholders agree rescue deal

ANSA: Petrolio: debole a 101,78 dollari Posted: 13 Oct 2013 11:11 PM PDT Brent scende a 110,76 dollari

ANSA: Oro: in lieve rialzo a 1.279 dollari Posted: 13 Oct 2013 11:15 PM PDT Dopo i forti ribassi della scorsa settimana

ANSA: Cambi: euro in rialzo a 1,3565 dollari Posted: 13 Oct 2013 11:25 PM PDT Contro yen in lieve calo a 133,28

ANSA: Spread Btp-Bund apre a 244 punti Posted: 13 Oct 2013 11:34 PM PDT Rendimento al 4,28%

Financial Times: Oil processing: A refined model Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:04 AM PDT The European refining industry is undergoing a shake-out with more specialised entrants seeing opportunities as the oil majors retreat

Aljazeera: Explosion hits hotel in Myanmar's main city Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:49 PM PDT One US woman is wounded in the latest of a series of mysterious blasts in the country over recent days.

Aljazeera: Beijing airport bomber gets six-year sentence Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:58 PM PDT Wheelchair-bound man drew criticism and sympathy by detonating bomb to draw attention to alleged beating by officials.

Aljazeera: Nigeria urged to probe 'custody killings' Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:07 AM PDT Amnesty International says nearly 1,000 people with suspected Boko Haram links have died in military detention centres.

Aljazeera: Explosion reported in Damascus mosque Posted: 15 Oct 2013 03:06 AM PDT Warplanes bomb city's suburbs on Eid al-Adha holiday, activist group says, and reports of bomb blast in mosque.

Huffington Post: LGBT History Month: 4 Queer Events On October 15 Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:57 AM PDT In conjunction with the celebration of October as LGBT History Month, The Huffington Post will be providing you with "Know Your LGBT History" updates! Check back throughout the month for a brief overview of some of the landmark moments throughout the course of our journey as LGBT and queer-identifying individuals. 1970: Jet Magazine featured a lesbian couple, Edna Knowles and Peaches Stevens, in their publication under the headline "Two Women 'Married' In Chicago -- To Each Other." However, Jet noted that the Illinois marriage license bureau had no record of the union and the image caption refers to Stevens as the "bridegroom." (h/t Quist) Read More... More on LGBT

Huffington Post: Europe's Air Pollution Spurred By Growing Use Of Wood Fires And Diesel Cars, Watchdog Group Says Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:59 AM PDT * Report says EU pollution causes early deaths, crop damage * Levels of some pollutants falling more slowly than others * EU expected to propose tighter pollution limits (Adds Environment Commissioner on legislative proposals) By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening of EU limits on microscopic particles known as particulate matter (PM) and other pollutants, with legislative proposals expected before the end of the year. A total of 22 European countries including France, Italy and Poland exceeded the daily EU limit value for PM in 2011, while stricter, non-binding guideline limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO) were exceeded at most monitoring stations across continental Europe, according to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA). EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said it should be realistic for the European Union to achieve WHO guidelines by 2050 at the latest and debate was ongoing on what kind of interim targets the Commission would propose. "My main objective is to put the EU on a clear pathway towards achieving WHO guidelines," he said at a presentation of the EEA report. "It's a roadmap for how we can live longer, live healthier and protect our fragile ecosystems better." PROGRESS SO FAR In the last decade, tighter European regulations on power stations and other sources of pollution have seen a 50 percent cut in emissions of sulphur dioxide, which causes acid rain, while carbon monoxide emissions have fallen by a third. By contrast, the amount of harmful particles and ozone in the air has fallen only slightly. Combined with WHO findings that lower concentrations of air pollution can be more harmful than previously thought, pressure is building on the European Union to do more. "Air pollution is causing damage to human health and ecosystems. Large parts of the population do not live in a healthy environment, according to current standards," said Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the Copenhagen-based EEA. The tighter proposed limits on PM could pose problems for EU governments, many of which have struggled to meet the existing limits in force since 2010, resulting in up to a third of Europeans being exposed to dangerous levels of PM pollution. In its report, the EEA said PM pollution - particularly in urban areas - posed the greatest risk to human health because it can pass directly from the lungs into the bloodstream. Although struggling to meet the limits, cities in Europe - along with the Americas - enjoy relatively low average PM pollution levels compared with those in southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, WHO data showed. Ground-level ozone pollution - formed indirectly by a combination of sunlight and mixtures of other pollutants in the atmosphere - inflicts huge damage on EU crop production, particularly in Mediterranean countries such as Italy, France and Spain. It has been estimated that ozone pollution resulted in production losses of 27 million tonnes of grain in Europe in 2000. The increasing number of diesel vehicles on Europe's roads, particularly newer models, are a major source of nitrogen dioxide, one of the main precursor pollutants that form ozone, the report says. That is because while modern diesel exhaust after-treatment systems reduce fine particle and other emissions, they increase direct nitrogen dioxide emissions. (Additional reporting by Barbara Lewis; editing by Tom Pfeiffer) Read More... More on Pollution

Huffington Post: Bill Clinton Endorses Philip Levine For Miami Beach Mayor (PHOTOS) Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:59 AM PDT With a mayoral race complete with rapping candidates being trailed by MTV cameras, it's tough for the rest of the ticket to grab the media's attention. Yet Philip Levine has found a way to turn heads away from eccentric long shot candidate Steve Berke in the race for Miami Beach Mayor. Monday former President Bill Clinton spoke at a luncheon rally for Levine in an official endorsement. Read More... More on Celebs In Miami

Huffington Post: Why Your Thong May Be Bad For Your Health Posted: 15 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT They work wonders for panty lines, but sometimes we get the feeling that our thongs are bad for us. Sometimes they're too tight, sometimes they rub the wrong way and sometimes they just don't feel all that clean. But is the skimpy underwear really bad for our health? We called up Dr. Jill M. Rabin, an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany, an OB/GYN with Stamford Hospital, in Conn., to get the lowdown on those garments we wear low down. What are our undies really doing to us down there? Thongs aren't necessarily bad for you. Read More...

Financial Times: Homely lessons from a Tiger Mum Posted: 15 Oct 2013 07:11 AM PDT An increasing number of Chinese parents are shunning the gruelling demands of the school system and some are teaching their children at home

Financial Times: South America’s golden era of growth dims Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:40 AM PDT The commodity boom subsides and the region no longer has the capital it had but election prospects imply that democracy is more vigorous than ever

Financial Times: Alitalia shareholders agree rescue deal Posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT Airline's board members offer to resign to reflect Alitalia's new ownership structure after a €300m capital increase, which is part of rescue plan

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