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- ANSA: Ilva: Federacciai, scelta sbagliata
- ANSA: Indesit:4 ore sciopero in tutti impianti
- ANSA: Fmi:fermi crediti imprese Italia,Spagna
- ANSA: Fmi: Eurolandia avanti a velocita' zero
- Financial Times: EU plan to remove Libor from London
- Aljazeera: Suu Kyi keen to run for Myanmar president
- Financial Times: UK alarm at Huawei telecoms deal
- Aljazeera: US soldier pleads guilty to Afghan massacre
- Financial Times: Kasparov leaves Russia fearing prosecution
- Aljazeera: North Korea proposes talks with South
- Financial Times: WPP follows Twitter trend with ad move
- Huffington Post: 'Ozama' Shipwreck: 19th Century Steamer Identified Off Carolina Coast, May Hold Gold
- Huffington Post: Syrian Rebels Reportedly Capture Golan Heights Crossing
- Huffington Post: Debbie Stabenow Pledges To Oppose Monsanto Protection Act Extension Without Full Debate
- Huffington Post: Campaign Finance Reform Coalition In New York Steps Up Efforts In Legislature's Last Weeks
- Aljazeera: NASA's Curiosity approaches biggest stride
| ANSA: Ilva: Federacciai, scelta sbagliata Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:59 AM PDT Commissariamento precedente pericoloso per tutta l'industria |
| ANSA: Indesit:4 ore sciopero in tutti impianti Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:59 AM PDT Da domani assemblee dei lavoratori decideranno modalita' |
| ANSA: Fmi:fermi crediti imprese Italia,Spagna Posted: 04 Jun 2013 10:06 AM PDT Periferia euro in recessione, disoccupazione alta |
| ANSA: Fmi: Eurolandia avanti a velocita' zero Posted: 04 Jun 2013 10:12 AM PDT In 2013 contrazione 0,3%.Risanamento proceda a giusta velocita' |
| Financial Times: EU plan to remove Libor from London Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:59 AM PDT Draft regulation calls time on era of self-regulation for hundreds of benchmarks and would move supervision from London to France-based Esma |
| Aljazeera: Suu Kyi keen to run for Myanmar president Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:25 AM PDT Opposition head wants change to constitution blocking those whose spouses or children are overseas citizens from post. |
| Financial Times: UK alarm at Huawei telecoms deal Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:35 AM PDT Intelligence and Security Committee calls for overhaul of way Whitehall assesses foreign investment in telecoms infrastructure |
| Aljazeera: US soldier pleads guilty to Afghan massacre Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:41 AM PDT Robert Bales avoids death penalty for murdering 16 Afghans, including nine children, after judge accepts guilty plea. |
| Financial Times: Kasparov leaves Russia fearing prosecution Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:26 AM PDT Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov cites the growing number of activist prosecutions for his decision to not return to Russia in the meantime |
| Aljazeera: North Korea proposes talks with South Posted: 06 Jun 2013 05:09 AM PDT South Korea unification ministry take offer positively and announce they will hold meetings on June 12 in Seoul. |
| Financial Times: WPP follows Twitter trend with ad move Posted: 06 Jun 2013 07:18 AM PDT The advertising agency will integrate Twitter into its analytics platforms and launch new data products and services for its clients |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:38 AM PDT The wreck of a fabled 19th-century gunrunner that may also contain a treasure in gold has been identified off the coast of South Carolina. The SS Ozama, a 216-foot-long (66 meters) iron-hulled steamship, had a colorful history, according to Discovery News. Launched in Scotland in 1881 as the Craigallion, the ship was active in the Caribbean Seas and helped build the Panama Canal. The ship suffered a wreck in the Bahamas in 1885 and was rechristened Ozama after a river in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, a frequent port of call. But in 1894, on its way to Charleston, S.C., the Ozama struck the shoals off Cape Romain, S.C. [Shipwrecks Gallery: Secrets of the Deep] A New York Times report from 1894 describes how the wreck "stove a hole in the engine-room compartment. The water quickly filled the fire rooms, rendering the engines useless. The steamer floated off the shoals soon after striking, and at 2 a.m. sank in six and a half fathoms of water." The captain and crew were saved, but the ship was declared a total loss. Guns, gold and mutiny Fast-forward to 1979, when the wreck of an unidentified ship was seen off the South Carolina coast during a magnetometer survey on other shipwrecks conducted by renowned underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, WBTV News 13 reports. "The secret is out. We've discovered the wreck of the SS Ozama," Spence wrote on his Facebook page. But Spence said what "definitely has me excited" is the opportunity to find a bounty in gold and other treasure on the Ozama due to its checkered past in illegal smuggling operations. "Her colorful history is packed with events such as a mutiny and extensive gun and money smuggling to Haiti," Spence said, as quoted by Discovery News. Indeed, a New York Times report from 1888 claims the ship was carrying "1,000 stands of arms, 3 Gatling guns and 500,000 cartridges to Cape Haytien [a Haitian port] … doubtless for the use of Hyppolyte's soldiers," referring to the president of Haiti. President Florvil Hyppolyte and his supporters were at the time locked in a power struggle for control of Haiti. In poor health, Hyppolyte's supporters desperately needed arms and money to fend off political rivals, so it's likely the Ozama was carrying gold as well as arms. Smuggled treasure "Newspaper accounts said she was traveling in ballast, without cargo," Spence said. "Ships reporting themselves as traveling in ballast often carried money and even other cargo. When you are smuggling, the smuggled cargo often isn't listed or is intentionally mislisted." On one trip to Haiti, the Ozama was seized by authorities, according to WBTV, sparking a diplomatic row until the captain of a U.S. warship threatened to bomb the city of Port-au-Prince unless the ship was released (it eventually was). And Spence would own any treasure found on the wreck. "Yes I would own it," he said during an interview on Night Talker Radio Network. "This ship had a long history of smuggling and of carrying large amounts of money, and I became the owner of it last year whenever I laid claim in federal court to this wreck and other wrecks that I found off Cape Romain, South Carolina. But I had no idea when I laid claim to it what it was, and it was just recently that I discovered its identity." He added, "I believe she may have a considerable amount of gold on it and that's what I'm hoping. And we're going to be digging into her and hopefully raising a great deal of gold." Spence's exploration of the wreck, which will begin after mapping and ensuring the hull's integrity, may yield historical treasures beyond gold. "While reports of the ship's cargo and passengers' effects make the Ozama wreck intriguing, it is also a virtual time piece of history that has not been disturbed by careless salvage," Spence told Discovery. Follow Marc Lallanilla on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on LiveScience.com.
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| Huffington Post: Syrian Rebels Reportedly Capture Golan Heights Crossing Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:38 AM PDT Syrian rebels fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime have taken over the Quneitra crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights, army radio reported on Thursday, quoting military officials. "The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) confirms that Quneitra crossing has fallen to the rebels," the radio said. Contacted by AFP, a military spokesman refused to comment on the report which refers to a crossing point in the central part of the strategic plateau. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that has been monitoring Syria's two-year conflict, also said the rebels seized the Quneitra crossing after attacking and clashing with Syrian government troops. Both the Observatory and the Israeli radio station said fierce fighting was still under way in the actual town of the same name, which lies close to the crossing. Israeli security sources confirmed there were exchanges of fire in the area of the crossing, but said it was not yet possible to say whether it had been taken over. "They are exchanges of fire there," one source told AFP. "The incident is ongoing so it's very hard to say who is in control there." He said the military had warned farmers not to approach the area and that an unspecified number of Syrian government troops had been taken to a hospital in northern Israel for treatment. "There are apparently also those who are badly injured among the Syrian (army) forces who have been taken to hospital in Safed," he said. A spokeswoman for Ziv hospital in Safed was unable to confirm or deny the report, referring all enquiries to the military. In the past three months, at least 16 people wounded in the civil war which has gripped the country have crossed the border and received medical treatment at the hospital, which is located in the northern Galilee town of Safed. Israel seized a large section of the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1981, in a move never recognised by the international community. Israel and Syria are still technically at a state of war.  Read More... More on Syria    |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:41 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), the chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, pledged to oppose the extension of the so-called the Monsanto Protection Act, a victory for advocates who have been pressing for its repeal. Stabenow made her pledge in a conversation with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who has been pushing the Senate to vote on an amendment to the farm bill that would repeal the provision. That vote was blocked by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and on Thursday morning the Senate voted to end debate and move to final passage. When two senators have a pre-arranged public conversation on the Senate floor, it's known as a colloquy and is typically the bow that ties up a deal struck beforehand. While Merkley was unable to get a repeal vote, the colloquy is a significant concession, with Stabenow promising she will oppose any attempt to extend the Monsanto Protection Act in backroom negotiations. Read More... More on Roy Blunt    |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2013 08:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Fake hundred dollar bills rained down on the New York State Senate in Albany on Wednesday as protesters called for the passage of campaign finance overhaul measures. Just one week earlier, hundreds of protesters from around New York state came to Albany to rally in the Capitol's Million Dollar Staircase in support of campaign finance reform. With two weeks remaining in the 2013 legislative session, the largest and most active coalition in the state's history is increasingly staging actions such as these in an effort to overhaul New York's notorious campaign finance system. "It's definitely a much bigger effort than it's ever been before," said Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, one of the co-leaders of the pro-reform coalition under the Fair Elections For New York banner. Read More... More on Campaign Finance    |
| Aljazeera: NASA's Curiosity approaches biggest stride Posted: 06 Jun 2013 09:58 AM PDT Curiosity is finishing investigations in area smaller than a football field and will head 8km away to base Mount Sharp. |
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