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• Aljazeera: Report: CIA misled US on torture of prisoners
• ANSA: Cina: rallenta manifattura a marzo
• ANSA: Facebook: compenso Zuckerberg cala, -67% nel 2013
• ANSA: Scaroni condannato, si complica la partita delle nomine
• Aljazeera: Jamaican police officers charged with murder
• Financial Times: Indonesia shines in post-tapering world
• Aljazeera: Tunisian policemen jailed for rape
• Aljazeera: Uganda president leads anti-gay rally
• Financial Times: Ecobank’s new chief to calm nerves
• Financial Times: Paradox awaits a Prime Minister Modi
• Huffington Post: Catholic Monastery Vandalized In Israel Ahead Of Pope Francis Visit
• Huffington Post: Stem Cell Researcher Accused Of Falsifying Data & Images
• Huffington Post: Watch An Exclusive Clip Of The 'Are You The One?' Reunion
• Huffington Post: '60 Minutes' Admits 'Audio Error' In Tesla Story
• Financial Times: South African mining: Stuck in the past
• ANSA: Eurogruppo a Italia: faccia le riforme e rispetti le regole

Aljazeera: Report: CIA misled US on torture of prisoners Posted: 31 Mar 2014 08:52 PM PDT Senate report, obtained by newspaper, says "enhanced interrogations" contributed almost nothing in war against al-Qaeda.

ANSA: Cina: rallenta manifattura a marzo Posted: 31 Mar 2014 11:14 PM PDT Indici in calo o stabili a marzo

ANSA: Facebook: compenso Zuckerberg cala, -67% nel 2013 Posted: 31 Mar 2014 11:15 PM PDT L'amministratore delegato ha guadagnato 'solo' 653.165 dollari

ANSA: Scaroni condannato, si complica la partita delle nomine Posted: 31 Mar 2014 11:24 PM PDT Renzi: rispetto sentenza. Direttiva Tesoro non impedisce conferma

Aljazeera: Jamaican police officers charged with murder Posted: 01 Apr 2014 12:02 AM PDT Investigators say officers from Clarendon parish were involved in unlawful killing of civilians.

Financial Times: Indonesia shines in post-tapering world Posted: 01 Apr 2014 02:04 AM PDT After last year's turmoil, foreign investors are again flocking to the country's markets as election hopes fuel economic optimism

Aljazeera: Tunisian policemen jailed for rape Posted: 01 Apr 2014 04:43 AM PDT Two policemen sentenced for raping woman in September 2012 case that outraged women's rights activists.

Aljazeera: Uganda president leads anti-gay rally Posted: 01 Apr 2014 06:03 AM PDT Yoweri Museveni tells supporters his country can live without aid that donors suspended in protest at controversial law.

Financial Times: Ecobank’s new chief to calm nerves Posted: 01 Apr 2014 07:26 AM PDT Albert Essien seeks to maximise returns after a bruising dispute at Africa's most geographically diverse bank with assets worth over $20bn

Financial Times: Paradox awaits a Prime Minister Modi Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:04 AM PDT Success in steering the Indian economy will depend on a readiness to wield power

Huffington Post: Catholic Monastery Vandalized In Israel Ahead Of Pope Francis Visit Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:28 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) - Vandals scrawled hate graffiti on a Catholic monastery in central Israel and slashed the tires of nearby cars weeks before Pope Francis visits the Holy land, Israeli police said Tuesday. Slogans against Mideast peace talks with the Palestinians as well as graffiti disparaging Jesus and Mary were found on the outer walls of the Deir Rafat monastery close to Jerusalem. Israeli police are investigating and searching for suspects, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Read More... More on Israel

Huffington Post: Stem Cell Researcher Accused Of Falsifying Data & Images Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top research body on Tuesday accused the lead writer of stem cell papers hailed as a game-changer in the field of medical biology of misconduct involving fabrication, but the scientist called the findings unacceptable. Two papers published in the scientific journal Nature in January detailed simple ways to reprogram mature animal cells back to an embryonic-like state, allowing them to generate many types of tissues. Such a step would offer hope for a simpler way to replace damaged cells or grow new organs in humans. But reports have since pointed out irregularities in data and images used in the papers, prompting RIKEN, a semi-governmental research institute and employer of the lead writer, to set up a panel to look into the matter. The panel said, for example, that one of the articles reused images related to lead writer Haruko Obokata's doctoral dissertation, which was on different experiments. "Actions like this completely destroy data credibility," Shunsuke Ishii, head of the committee, told a news conference. "There is no doubt that she was fully aware of this danger. We've therefore concluded this was an act of research misconduct involving fabrication." In a statement, Obokata said she would soon file a complaint with RIKEN, challenging the findings. "I'm filled with shock and indignation," she said. "If things stay as they are, misunderstanding could arise that the discovery of STAP cells itself is forgery. That would be utterly unacceptable." Obokata, 30, refers to the reprogrammed embryonic-like cells in her team's research by the term Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency, or STAP, cells. RIKEN may reinvestigate the matter if a complaint is filed. It has not decided what penalty may be imposed on the researcher, the research body said. Obokata became an instant celebrity in Japan after the publication of her papers, with television broadcasting images of her wearing a traditional Japanese apron, rather than a lab coat, and working in a laboratory with pink-painted walls. RIKEN did not confirm or deny the existence of STAP cells, but said it planned to launch a verification process to see if they were real. That will take about a year to complete and will be led by RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori, a 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry. "This is truly regrettable," Noyori said, referring to the probe panel's conclusions. "I would like to apologize afresh that articles RIKEN researchers published have damaged the credibility of the scientific community," he said, bowing to reporters as camera flashes went off. According to the Nature papers and media briefings, Obokata and other researchers took skin and blood cells, let them multiply and then subjected them to stress "almost to the point of death" by exposing them to events such as trauma, low oxygen levels and acidic environments. Within days, the scientists - Japanese researchers joined by others from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the United States - said they had found the cells had not only survived but had also recovered by naturally reverting to a state similar to that of an embryonic stem cell. These stem cells were then able to differentiate and mature into different types of cells and tissues, depending on the environments they were put in, they said. RIKEN said outside researchers had been unable to replicate the research. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) Read More...

Huffington Post: Watch An Exclusive Clip Of The 'Are You The One?' Reunion Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:31 AM PDT Being reunited doesn't always feel so good. In this sneak peek of the "Are You The One?" reunion, things get pretty messy among cast members Jacy, Scali and John. Even though Jacy and Scali were a "perfect match," according to the show's formula, it was clear that Jacy still had feelings for John. Judging from this exclusive clip, the love triangle is nowhere near over. Yikes. The "Are You The One?" reunion airs Tuesday at 11 p.m. EDT on MTV. Read More...

Huffington Post: '60 Minutes' Admits 'Audio Error' In Tesla Story Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:33 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says an editor made an "audio error" in dubbing the sound of a loud traditional car engine over footage of the much quieter Tesla electric car in a story that aired Sunday. Spokesman Kevin Tedesco said Tuesday that the loud car audio has been edited out of the online version of the story on Tesla founder Elon Musk. Anchor Scott Pelley reported the story, and CBS said he wasn't aware of the added audio ahead of time. The revving sound, as opposed to the much quieter windlike noise of a Tesla, was noticed by the auto enthusiast website Jalopnik.com. Read More... More on 60 Minutes

Financial Times: South African mining: Stuck in the past Posted: 01 Apr 2014 09:49 AM PDT Critics warn that the migrant labour system at the core of the industry threatens the stability of important gold and platinum producers

ANSA: Eurogruppo a Italia: faccia le riforme e rispetti le regole Posted: 01 Apr 2014 10:31 AM PDT Dijsselbloem, presto per valutare annunci di Roma. Rehn, 'rispetterà i vincoli'. Draghi, ripresa graduale ma modesta

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