Newsification http://www.newsification.com For those who must know first Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs (OneWorld.net) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/WZufNt7ElTM/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/standing-up-for-homeless-vets-at-stand-downs-oneworld-net/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:30 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/standing-up-for-homeless-vets-at-stand-downs-oneworld-net/ OneWorld.net – SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) – More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed
in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a “Stand Down,” where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.

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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/standing-up-for-homeless-vets-at-stand-downs-oneworld-net/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/standing-up-for-homeless-vets-at-stand-downs-oneworld-net/ 33 miners in Chile are alive, but stuck for months (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/fhCHaYFPAAM/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/33-miners-in-chile-are-alive-but-stuck-for-months-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/33-miners-in-chile-are-alive-but-stuck-for-months-ap/ Chile's President Sebastian Pinera holds up a plastic bag containing a message, from miners trapped in a collapsed mine, that reads in Spanish 'We are ok in the refuge, the 33 miners' in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday Aug. 22, 2010. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP – For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months it may take to carve a tunnel big enough for them to get out.


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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/33-miners-in-chile-are-alive-but-stuck-for-months-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/33-miners-in-chile-are-alive-but-stuck-for-months-ap/ 2 of 9 trapped dolphins rescued in Bolivia river (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/8N2f8jjuiXc/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/2-of-9-trapped-dolphins-rescued-in-bolivia-river-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/2-of-9-trapped-dolphins-rescued-in-bolivia-river-ap/ After being rescued, a pink dolphin (Inia Boliviensis) is transported by Colombian biologist Mariana Escobar and rescue worker team leader Runny Callau, top, form the Pailas river to the Grande river in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 22 , 2010. According to Bolivian biologists, heavy sedimentation and droughts have cut the communication between the Amazonian Pailas and Grande rivers, leaving some 12 dolphins stranded on a drying pond of the Pailas river. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri)AP – Dozens of biologists and environmental activists rescued two freshwater dolphins Sunday among nine that have been trapped in a river by low water levels for more than a month.


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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/2-of-9-trapped-dolphins-rescued-in-bolivia-river-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/2-of-9-trapped-dolphins-rescued-in-bolivia-river-ap/ Israel's Netanyahu scores big victory with direct peace talks – for now (The Christian Science Monitor) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/P4uFSkCD79s/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/israels-netanyahu-scores-big-victory-with-direct-peace-talks-a%c2%80%c2%93-for-now-the-christian-science-monitor/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/israels-netanyahu-scores-big-victory-with-direct-peace-talks-a%c2%80%c2%93-for-now-the-christian-science-monitor/ The Christian Science Monitor – Savoring the diplomatic victory of renewed direct peace talks announced last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet today that a peace treaty with the Palestinians would be “a difficult thing, but it is possible.”

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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/israels-netanyahu-scores-big-victory-with-direct-peace-talks-a%c2%80%c2%93-for-now-the-christian-science-monitor/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/israels-netanyahu-scores-big-victory-with-direct-peace-talks-a%c2%80%c2%93-for-now-the-christian-science-monitor/ Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/SOEfor-5j9M/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/iran-inaugurates-nations-first-unmanned-bomber-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:28 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/iran-inaugurates-nations-first-unmanned-bomber-ap/ This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry, shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second from left, applauding during a ceremony inaugurating the Karrar drone aircraft, at Malek-e Ashtar University on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. Ahmadinejad Sunday spoke about the country's first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an 'ambassador of death' to Iran's enemies. (AP Photo/Iranian Defense Ministry,Vahid Reza Alaei) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.


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(AP)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/iran-inaugurates-nations-first-unmanned-bomber-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/iran-inaugurates-nations-first-unmanned-bomber-ap/ Kigali — from sleepy backwater to Africa's Singapore (AFP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/VgzdynqhNL0/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/kigali-from-sleepy-backwater-to-africas-singapore-afp/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:28 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/kigali-from-sleepy-backwater-to-africas-singapore-afp/ People on motorcycles ride past a poster for Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Timichanga road in Kigali on August 7. Rwanda's capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP – Rwanda’s capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.


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(AFP)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/kigali-from-sleepy-backwater-to-africas-singapore-afp/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/kigali-from-sleepy-backwater-to-africas-singapore-afp/ Australian Voters Face Hung Parliament in Close Election (Time.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/QYMtV4iCzxQ/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/australian-voters-face-hung-parliament-in-close-election-time-com/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:27 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/australian-voters-face-hung-parliament-in-close-election-time-com/ Time.com – Australia has its first hung Parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal-National Coalition nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national election

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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/australian-voters-face-hung-parliament-in-close-election-time-com/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/australian-voters-face-hung-parliament-in-close-election-time-com/ NATO: Bombs kill 2 foreign troops in Afghanistan (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/6VIwKlbrEwc/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/nato-bombs-kill-2-foreign-troops-in-afghanistan-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:26 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/nato-bombs-kill-2-foreign-troops-in-afghanistan-ap/ Razor-wire lines a barrier wall at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, operated jointly by the Afghan Army's 1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade and the U.S. Army 2- 502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. The 101st Airborne's 2-502 and their Afghan Army partners operate in a distrct which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP – NATO says roadside bombs have killed two members of the international security force in Afghanistan, including one American.


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(AP)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/nato-bombs-kill-2-foreign-troops-in-afghanistan-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/nato-bombs-kill-2-foreign-troops-in-afghanistan-ap/ Faith Evans arrested on drunken driving charge (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/iWEU3_y_JZg/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/faith-evans-arrested-on-drunken-driving-charge-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:25 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/faith-evans-arrested-on-drunken-driving-charge-ap/ In this Jan. 7, 2009 photo singer Faith Evans attends the premiere of 'Notorious' in New York. The Grammy-winning Evans was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving, after being stopped in the Marina del Rey section of Los Angeles on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)AP – Grammy-winning singer Faith Evans has been arrested after being stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint in the Los Angeles area.


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]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/faith-evans-arrested-on-drunken-driving-charge-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/faith-evans-arrested-on-drunken-driving-charge-ap/ Lifetime's "Bond of Silence" a missed opportunity (Reuters) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/Gjo6Dcukl2w/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/lifetimes-bond-of-silence-a-missed-opportunity-reuters/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:24 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/lifetimes-bond-of-silence-a-missed-opportunity-reuters/ Reuters – One learns over the years not to expect too much from a Lifetime original movie.

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(Reuters)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/lifetimes-bond-of-silence-a-missed-opportunity-reuters/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/lifetimes-bond-of-silence-a-missed-opportunity-reuters/ Van Gogh painting stolen in Egypt, fate unclear (Reuters) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/qSpkkU81244/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/van-gogh-painting-stolen-in-egypt-fate-unclear-reuters/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:23 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/van-gogh-painting-stolen-in-egypt-fate-unclear-reuters/ Reuters – A Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million was stolen from a Cairo museum on Saturday and after reporting it had been recovered, the state news agency quoted a minister as saying it was still missing.

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(Reuters)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/van-gogh-painting-stolen-in-egypt-fate-unclear-reuters/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/van-gogh-painting-stolen-in-egypt-fate-unclear-reuters/ Wiesel's `Sonderberg Case' is tale of family ties (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/wEhKeQVj5sU/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wiesels-sonderberg-case-is-tale-of-family-ties-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:23 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wiesels-sonderberg-case-is-tale-of-family-ties-ap/ In this book cover image released by Alfred A. Knopf, 'The Sonderberg Case' by Elie Wiesel is shown. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf)AP – “The Sonderberg Case” (Alfred A. Knopf, $25), by Elie Wiesel, translated by Catherine Temerson: After more than 60 years, over 50 books and a Nobel Peace Prize, Elie Wiesel is still struggling with what it means to be a Holocaust survivor.


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(AP)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wiesels-sonderberg-case-is-tale-of-family-ties-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wiesels-sonderberg-case-is-tale-of-family-ties-ap/ Stallone's 'Expendables' retains crown with $16.5M (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/oqASQMS7qbo/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/stallones-expendables-retains-crown-with-16-5m-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:22 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/stallones-expendables-retains-crown-with-16-5m-ap/ In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate Entertainment, from left, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture are shown in a scene from 'The Expendables.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Entertainment, Karen Ballard)AP – Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again.


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(AP)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/stallones-expendables-retains-crown-with-16-5m-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/stallones-expendables-retains-crown-with-16-5m-ap/ Jennifer Aniston and Motherhood at "The Switch" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/2g8PO5_qPp0/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/jennifer-aniston-and-motherhood-at-the-switch-premiere-fashion-wire-daily/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:21 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/jennifer-aniston-and-motherhood-at-the-switch-premiere-fashion-wire-daily/ FWD101 Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Film Premiere of Fashion Wire Daily – Motherhood was on everyone’s mind on Monday, Aug. 17, at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood, where Jennifer Aniston introduced her latest romantic comedy “The Switch” to the world. The film is all about a single, 40-year-old woman who decides to use artificial insemination in order to have a child.


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(Fashion Wire Daily)


]]> http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/jennifer-aniston-and-motherhood-at-the-switch-premiere-fashion-wire-daily/feed/ 0 http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/jennifer-aniston-and-motherhood-at-the-switch-premiere-fashion-wire-daily/ Wyclef Jean: I'm not giving up my bid for prez yet (AP) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Newsification/~3/b3qvfkqe3cg/ http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wyclef-jean-im-not-giving-up-my-bid-for-prez-yet-ap/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:26:21 +0000 admin http://www.newsification.com/2010/08/22/wyclef-jean-im-not-giving-up-my-bid-for-prez-yet-ap/ ** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF ** Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP – Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision disqualifying him from the race.


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(AP)


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