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Continue reading …Sure, cigarettes are bad for you and addictive, but they’re really not that hard to quit—in the rose-colored world that belongs to Philip Morris CEO Louis Camilleri, who was responding to anti-tobacco comments at the cigarette maker’s annual shareholder meeting. Camilleri was in 2009 characterized as a “longtime smoker…
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The Wall Street Journal’s Number of the Week this week is $22,900 — the average debt among college students in the class of 2011. The sum gives this year’s graduating class the distinction of having the most debt of any graduating class in history. The total price tag for college grads this year is an
Continue reading …Donald Trump was just plain fibbing when he said he might announce his presidential run—or at least when he’d be announcing his presidential run—on the season finale of the Celebrity Apprentice , according to NBC. “There will be no announcement,” NBC publicity director Sharon Pannozzo tells the National Journal…
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Jason Bateman fans: today is all yours. We just saw a new theatrical trailer for The Change-Up, his body-switching comedy with Ryan Reynolds, and now here’s the first trailer for Horrible Bosses. This is a comedy where three friends (Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day) scheme, in seemingly moronic ways, to knock off their three bosses, played by Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston…. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 11/05/2011 22:28 Number of articles : 4
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Worst violence in months sees demonstrators and defected army faction clash with republican guard Yemeni forces have opened fire on demonstrators in three major cities, killing at least 18 and wounding hundreds in one of the fiercest bouts of violence witnessed in nearly three months of popular unrest aimed at toppling President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The clashes between a defected faction of Yemen’s army and the republican guard, have raised fears that Yemen may be reaching a critical juncture as public fury continues to mount at the president’s refusal to step down. Violence broke out in the capital when a throng of 2,000 protesters tore away from the main sit-in area at Sana’a University and surged en masse towards the cabinet building in downtown Sana’a with shouts of “God is great” and “Allah rid us of this tyrant”. As they neared their destination they were halted by republican guards who, after trying to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons, began firing live rounds at the crowd. Soldiers positioned on the balconies and roofs of nearby houses rained bullets down on the angry mob of protesters, who responded by hurling chunks of broken-off paving slabs. The standoff, which lasted for around four hours, climaxed when soldiers loyal to a defected general, Major Ali Mohsin, arrived in pickup trucks and began returning fire at Saleh’s troops. It was the first time the two sides have clashed in the capital since Mohsin declared his support for the opposition in late March. Local press reported that a lieutenant colonel, Yahya Muhammad al-Ansi, belonging to the rebel general’s first armoured division, was killed in the clashes. Women and children were amongst those caught up in the ensuing mayhem. Bushra Al-Surabi, a prominent female activist, apparently suffered from a bullet wound to the leg. A doctor presiding over a bloodied corpse in the corner of a nearby mosque-turned-field-hospital said he counted nine other bodies and that hundreds of others were suffering from bullet wounds. In the industrial city of Taiz, another centre of popular resistance, two teenage protesters were shot dead by snipers while trying to scale a government building. Protesters retaliated by torching a police building and blockading a number of ministerial offices. In the Red Sea port city of Hudaida, another protester was killed when security forces opened fire on marchers trying to occupy the city mayor’s office, witnesses said. With protests entering their consecutive third month and Saleh backing away from a Gulf-brokered initiative which would see him exchange power for immunity, Yemen’s youthful protesters have began tightening the bolts on their embattled president. In the past days the country has been brought to a standstill by nationwide strikes as well as blockades of roads and ports. A planned march on the presidential palace is expected on Friday. “Yemen is at a dangerous juncture,” says Gregory Johnsen, a Yemen analyst from Princeton University. “Every attempt at mediation, including a recently flawed approach by the GCC [Gulf Co-operation Council], has failed, as Saleh stalls and equivocates on public pledges, hoping to somehow survive in power.” The shootings suggest that Saleh may have given the army the green light to fire on protesters. “Yemeni Oil-Free blood is apparently invisible to the International Community,” said Ibrahim Mothana, a protest leader at Change square. “When will the west condemn this?” Analysts fear that failure to address Yemen’s swelling unrest, particularly its rising unemployment, may benefit al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula– an organisation which is already capitalising on lapsed security and an increasingly stretched army. “The last time al-Qaeda had this much time and space in which to operate, it put together the 2009 Christmas Day attack, which narrowly missed bringing down an airliner over Detroit,” said Johnsen. Yemen Protest Middle East Arab and Middle East unrest Tom Finn guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …It pains me to trot out my disgraced Lakers, blindly beloved since childhood, as the big bad bully who frightfully illustrates what is happening to us all. But it fits: The mega-rich Giant bludgeoning the hapless little guy until he goes splat on the ground. The Goliath Andrew Bynum, or at least the people who manage his cracked image, knew enough to apologize for his assault on the scrappy Lilliputian named J.J. Barea. And he will cough up $700,000 in fines and lost wages. The GOP? Not so much. While crippling the middle class, demonizing and de-funding the poor and the unemployed, while walling off the wombs of women like a condemned lot full of slums, even while killing Medicare, the Republicans and their billionaire puppeteers simply sneer all the more. Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Rick Scott, Dan Snyder, Boehner, Cantor, Bachmann and the Pauls seem genetically incapable of remorse or fair play. They will never stop throwing their vicious “Koch-ed” elbows into the neck of nearly every American. They will never apologize. And with their bought-and-corrupted legislatures and Supreme Court, they will never be fined or suspended. Splat, splat, splat we all go. It stings. It’s demoralizing. And still there is one thing that these bullies remain deathly afraid of: that we all pick our battered bodies off the hard floor again and again and vote them out of the game.
Continue reading …The stealth chopper that didn’t make it back from the Osama bin Laden raid is giving Pakistan a little diplomatic revenge. Pakistani officials made a point to tell ABC News they might let China “take a look” at the super-secret helicopter, which had to be left behind after a rough…
Continue reading …Today, a happier story from Mount Everest : A 51-year-old Nepalese climber nicknamed the “Super Sherpa” reached the summit for the 21st time, beating his own record. Apa Sherpa and five others climbed all night in conditions organizers called “perfect,” as part of the annual Eco Everest campaign to raise awareness…
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• Celtic manager attacked by fan from Tynecastle’s main stand • Mjallby says Lennon was badly shaken but unhurt Celtic’s manager, Neil Lennon, was attacked by a supporter during his team’s Scottish Premier League victory at Hearts last night in the latest incident involving the Northern Irishman this season. Lennon, around whom security levels are tight after threats to his life in recent months, was targeted after Celtic’s second goal in their 3-0 win. A man, who sprinted from Tynecastle’s main stand, grabbed hold of Lennon on the touchline before being wrestled to the ground by a combination of the Celtic coaching team, stewards and police. Lennon kicked out at his attacker while the man, who was led away by police, lay on the turf. Celtic’s manager was unhurt but visibly affected by an incident that continues a turbulent 2011 for him and Scottish football. In January a package containing bullets and addressed to him was intercepted in Northern Ireland. Two months later he was involved in a furious touchline row with the Rangers assistant manager, Ally McCoist, at the end of an Old Firm derby; a political summit was held partly as a consequence of that fracas. Since last month Lennon has been under 24-hour security after a viable explosive device intended for him was halted in the post but last night marked the first time he has come into direct danger when carrying out his work. Condemnation instantly arrived from across Scottish football. “It was an utter disgrace,” said the Celtic coach Johan Mjallby, who took care of post-match media duties on Lennon’s behalf. “It was shocking and I have never seen anything like it at this level. This is a dark day for Scottish football. You never know what the guy could have had in his hand.” Lennon’s assailant was arrested and is due in court. Mjallby recalled the moment the man came into view. “I saw it out of the corner of my eye, that someone was beside the dugout. [Celtic's coach] Alan Thompson was the first to react and to get hold of the guy. Neil was surprised and shocked. He is OK but shaken.” Hearts, who are certain to face sanctions from the Scottish football authorities, vowed to co-operate with whatever investigations take place into the volatile encounter. Immediately after the attack on Lennon a section of the Celtic support fought with the police. Hearts said in a statement: “An investigation into events which took place in the second half of tonight’s game against Celtic is now under way. Hearts is a club which prides itself on its ‘football for all’ policy and these sorts of actions have no place in the game of football. We will give our full support to the stewards and police authorities in the ensuing investigation into the events at tonight’s match.” Both teams had players sent off during a Celtic win which keeps alive Lennon’s faint hopes of winning the Scottish Premier League championship in his first full season in charge. Stewart Regan, chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, and his counterpart Neil Doncaster at the Scottish Premier League issued immediate responses to the ugly touchline scenes. “The SPL deplores the actions of the individual involved,” said Doncaster. “This type of behaviour has no place in Scottish football. “The SPL will undertake a full investigation and will be reviewing reports from the SPL match delegate, match officials, the police and the clubs.” Regan said: “Clearly this behaviour from supporters is wholly unacceptable. “The safety of players, club officials and match officials is paramount on or around the field of play, and this clear breach of security is a matter I will be discussing with SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster tomorrow.” As after the Old Firm game in March, Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, felt obliged to express concern: “This sort of behaviour is utterly unacceptable.” A Lothian and Borders police spokesman said: “A number of incidents took place during this match including some violent disorder. “Lothian and Borders Police will fully investigate all of the incidents that occurred at the match this evening and will work closely with both football clubs and the SPL.” Neil Lennon Celtic Hearts Ewan Murray guardian.co.uk
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