We’re bound to see an influx of groundbreaking men’s garb as Fashion Week struts into New York. But what do we call some of these brand new items? Fashion is hardly thought of as being manly. After all, what self-respecting dude would admit to admiring the way a shoe fits or the way a pair
Continue reading …Climate change and the acidification of the oceans—along with overfishing, coastal development, and pollution—will destroy the Earth’s coral reefs in as little as 30 years, reports the Independent . The mass-bleaching in the Indian Ocean in 1998 alone destroyed 16% of the world’s reefs in just a few weeks….
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Men detained in connection with death of Michael Dye, who was found with head injuries before Euro 2012 qualifier Three more men have been arrested over the death of a Wales football fan who was found with head injuries outside Wembley stadium on Tuesday evening. The trio remain in custody after they were detained by Scotland Yard officers on Sunday morning in connection with the death of Michael Dye. Ian Mytton, 41, from Redditch, Worcestershire, has already been charged with the manslaughter of Dye and will appear at Redditch magistrates court on Monday. Dye, 44, was found with severe injuries before Wales played England in a Euro 2012 qualifier. He was taken to Northwick Park hospital but later died. A postmortem showed the cause of death to be blunt trauma to the back of the head. Thousands of tributes have been paid to the Cardiff fan on a dedicated Facebook page, with several messages referring to his wife, Nathalie, and children. There was applause for Dye before Cardiff’s Championship match against Doncaster on Saturday, while both teams wore black armbands. The Cardiff chief executive, Gethin Jenkins, said Dye was “clearly a committed and passionate supporter” and that his death was “extremely sad”. Crime London Wales Cherry Wilson guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Kenya shooting leaves British man dead and wife missing, presumed kidnapped
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UK government calls for woman’s release after attack on couple staying at remote beach resort close to Somali border The UK government has called for the release of a kidnapped British woman whose husband was murdered during an attack at the Kenyan beach resort where they were on holiday. The couple, who have not been named, were staying at the remote Kiwayu Safari Village close to the border with Somalia when gunmen burst into their beach hut just after midnight on Sunday. The husband is believed to have been shot dead after trying to resist the assailants, who ordered the Britons to hand over their valuables. His wife was dragged to the speedboat on which the gunmen had arrived and has not been seen since. Kenyan police are refusing to speculate on who the attackers might be, but the Guardian has been told that officers fear the raid may have been carried out by members of the Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab rather than pirates. The Kenyan government has sent anti-terror and special crimes officers to the area as part of an enormous search and rescue mission, but Ndegwa Muhoro, director of the country’s criminal investigation department, said no word had yet been received from the woman’s abductors. “We believe it is a kidnap but we are yet to receive any communication from the alleged kidnappers, over 11 hours after they took her with them,” he said. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not releasing the names of the couple for fear of further endangering the woman, but says it is doing all it can to effect her release. “We have deployed a consular team from our high commission in Nairobi and are offering all possible support to the family of those involved,” said a spokesman. “Our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. “We are working to secure the safe and swift release of the British national who has been kidnapped and ask those involved to show compassion and release the individual immediately.” The FCO also repeated its warning against venturing within 18 miles (30km) of the Kenya-Somalia border, reminding travellers that there had been earlier attacks in Kenya carried out by Somali militia. Two western nuns were kidnapped in November 2008 and three aid workers were abducted in July the following year. Police said the couple were attacked on the first night of their stay and were the resort’s only guests. Attacks on tourists are unusual in Kenya, which is popular for its safari vacations and pristine beaches. According to its website, the secluded Kiwayu Safari Village takes “security and safety very seriously”. It says: “Our relationship with the local community, its fishermen and the local authorities is positive and mutually beneficial. “We regularly review our security and safety to ensure it is both comprehensive and current.” Kenya Somalia Africa Sam Jones guardian.co.uk
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Earlier this year, Christina Aguilera infamously flubbed the lyrics of the national anthem at the Super Bowl, and now Cyndi Lauper did the same at… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : PopEater Discovery Date : 11/09/2011 15:40 Number of articles : 2
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Letter urges professional bodies to stop co-operating with reforms it says most grassroots doctors do not support More than 150 top scientists, surgeons and other doctors, have written to NHS professional bodies calling on the medical establishment to demand the government withdraws its controversial health bill. Co-ordinated by the NHS Consultants’ Association, the medics have written to presidents of the royal medical colleges urging them to stop co-operating with the government’s proposed NHS reforms. The move comes as the British Medical Association begins to mobilise a public campaign against the bill, and coincides with the suggestion of Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, that family doctors hire lawyers to cope with the conflicts of interest they would face over the commissioning reforms. The letter says the health bill, devised by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, is not supported by the majority of the medical profession and is not in the best long-term interests of either patients, doctors or the royal colleges. The plans would, the doctors argue, lead to “marketisation and privatisation” of the English NHS, as well as promote competition with a new regulator, and remove the health secretary’s duty to provide a comprehensive health service. The letter highlights research from the BMJ, showing that 93% want Lansley’s bill withdrawn, and suggests there is a lack of democratic legitimacy for the reforms. The government needs to “reform its reforms”, following the public and professional backlash this year, and the changes have been expensive, the writers say – savings from the changes would bring in £4.5bn over the next four years, £700m less than the government first envisaged. The doctors are also concerned about the emollient tone of some of the royal colleges. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges told MPs there were too “many disadvantages” in delay, while Norman Williams, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said his body largely backed “the aims of the reforms to modernise the health care system”. The letter claims “colleges are out of touch with the views … of the majority of grassroots doctors”, and accuses them of failing to safeguard their own principles, a key role being to “promote the underlying principles of medical professionalism and leadership”. The bill, the letter says, cannot pass without the medical profession’s support. “The colleges have a rare opportunity to make a stand for the NHS, medical profession, and patients. We therefore call upon the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to act in the public interest by publicly calling for the withdrawal of the health and social care bill.” Clive Peedell, a consultant oncologist and BMA council member, who worked behind the scenes to circulate the letter, said that though the bill had passed through parliament there was a groundswell of medical opinion against it. “We are saying that the bill may have been passed by MPs but doctors are against these changes and we have to mobilise to stop it.” Peedell publicly praised the Liberal Democrats who voted against the bill, saying medics would be backing grassroots efforts to get the bill debated at the party’s annual conference. Evan Harris, the former Liberal Democrat MP, who has become the party’s most influential anti-NHS bill campaigner, noted that two-thirds of English Lib Dem backbenchers did not back the government – one of the biggest rebellions of Nick Clegg’s leadership. Among those who did not back the reforms were the party president, Tim Farron, the deputy leader, Simon Hughes, and John Pugh, chair of the Lib Dem backbench committee on health. The bill now goes to the Lords, where Baroness Williams is set to play a leading role, having voiced concerns over the influence of the private sector and warned of the battle being “far from over”. NHS Doctors GPs Health Health policy Andrew Lansley Liberal Democrats Shirley Williams Randeep Ramesh guardian.co.uk
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Turkey will offer aid to secure alliance with Egypt, while Binyamin Netanyahu speaks of ‘very near disaster’ averted Turkey’s prime minister arrives in Cairo on Monday amid speculation that he will attempt to stoke anti-Israeli sentiment following an assault on the Israeli embassy in the Egyptian capital on Friday night. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is embroiled in a separate diplomatic war with Israel over its refusal to apologise for killing of Turkish activists on a Gaza-bound ship 15 months ago, is seeking to strengthen Turkey’s alliance with Egypt to cement and extend its influence in the region. In the first such visit in 15 years, Erdogan is expected to offer the tinterim post-Mubarak government aid and trade deals. Rattled by diplomatic crises on three fronts, Israel fears it is becoming increasingly isolated in the region. The sense of embattlement is heightened by the Palestinians’ bid to have their state recognised at the United Nations in the coming weeks, a move supported by a majority of states. The defence minister, Ehud Barak, said that Israel must face up to its growing isolation. “There is a wide picture forming around us that includes what happened with Turkey, what is happening with Egypt, and what is happening with the Palestinians,” Barak told cabinet colleagues. “These events are not in our control but we can certainly affect the way we face them.” The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said the attack was a challenge to 32 years of peace between Israel and Egypt, and a “very near disaster” was averted. He told cabinet colleagues that the embassy “symbolises the peace between us and Egypt. This peace is being challenged, and those who are challenging it are challenging not only the policy but also the state known as Israel.” Israel airlifted 86 diplomats and family members from the Egyptian capital after thousands of protesters used sledgehammers to demolish a security wall built around the embassy, allowing a small group to breach the building. Six Israeli embassy staff were under siege for some hours until Egyptian commandos freed them after the White House intervened. Israel has shown restraint in its response to the attack, and is anxious to re-establish a full diplomatic presence to shore up delicate relations between the two countries. Officials were working with the Egyptian government to allow the ambassador, Yitxhak Levanon, to return to Cairo if guarantees regarding the safety of its diplomats were forthcoming. The Egyptian authorities said they had raised security around the embassy. At least 19 people were arrested over the clashes, in which three people died and more than 1,000 were injured. Egypt said those behind the violence would be be tried swiftly in emergency courts. Security was also increased around the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The clashes in Cairo followed the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by Israeli forces in the aftermath of a militant attack near the Egypt-Israel border last month. Israel issued a statement of regret and agreed to an investigation, but the incident led to a heightened anti-Israel mood. Further details of Friday night’s drama were disclosed. The Israeli prime minister had been closeted with the defence and foreign ministers, military chief-of-staff and heads of the security agencies in an operations room for most of the night and said that President Obama had become ” involved at a critical time in order to use America’s influence on the issue”. In a TV address on Saturday night, Netanyahu said: “I asked for [Obama's] help. This was a decisive and fateful moment. He said ‘I will do everything I can’. And so he did. He used every considerable means and influence of the United States to help us.” An Israeli security officer inside the embassy, identified only as Yonatan, spoke to the Jerusalem operations room by phone as protesters tried to break into the secure area of the building. He requested that if anything happened to him, his parents be told in person, not by phone. “I got on the phone and I said to him, ‘Yonatan, be strong. I promise you the state of Israel will do everything in its power and will use all possible resources in the world to rescue you’,” Netanyahu said. The security guards built barricades and fired warning shots to deter the protesters. They were eventually rescued by Egyptian commandos who instructed them to put on Arab headdress and clothing. However, an unnamed Israeli security source quoted by the Ynet news website said reports of a near-lynching were exaggerated: “I have spoken to [Yonatan] and the reports do not exactly reflect reality.” Egypt Israel Turkey Jordan Recep Tayyip Erdogan Binyamin Netanyahu Middle East Arab and Middle East unrest Barack Obama Harriet Sherwood guardian.co.uk
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President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were paying their respects at a 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon that was built in the path of the ill-fated flight, American Airlines Flight 77. (Sept. 11)
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