Arab League to vote on Syria sanctions

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, Syrian army officers carry the coffin of one of the 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday during their funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, Syrian army officers carry the coffin of one of the 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday during their funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, relatives of William Al-Saleh one of the six elite pilots who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday, hold his portrait as they mourn during his funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media, an injured Syrian army soldier lies on his bed at a hospital, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for an ambush which killed 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers on Thursday and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

ADDS NAME OF CHILD AND UPDATES THAT THE WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND - In this undated family photo made available Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, Mona al-Gharib, left, poses for a photo with her 18-month-old son, Forat in Alexandria, Egypt. An Egypt-based Syrian dissident says his 25-year-old pregnant wife has been found in Cairo more than 24 hours after she was abducted. Thaer al-Nashef says his wife, Mona al-Gharib, was kidnapped Friday afternoon as she walked to her parents house in the Egyptian capital. Al-Nashef said she was found unconscious, but alive, by an elderly woman on a Cairo street Saturday afternoon. He had no immediate details on her condition.(AP Photo/Courtesy Thaer al-Nashef)

BEIRUT (AP) ? The Arab League was to vote Sunday on sweeping sanctions against Syria to pressure the regime to end its deadly, eight-month crackdown on dissent. Damascus slammed the move as a betrayal of Arab solidarity.

Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end its violent suppression of protests against President Bashar Assad, which the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people since March. The European Union and the United States have imposed several rounds of sanctions against Assad and his regime, including a ban on the import of Syrian oil.

The 22-nation Arab League will vote Sunday in Cairo on whether to impose its own sanctions, which could include halting cooperation with Syria's central bank and stopping flights to the country. If the Arab League goes ahead with the sanctions, it will be a huge blow for a regime that considers itself a powerhouse of Arab nationalism.

The state-owned Al-Thawra newspaper ran a front-page headline Sunday saying the Arab League is calling for "economic and commercial sanctions targeting the Syrian people." Is said the measure is "unprecedented and contradicts the rules of Arab cooperation."

Since the revolt began, the regime has blamed armed gangs acting out a foreign conspiracy for the bloodshed.

It is not clear whether Arab sanctions would succeed in pressuring the Syrian regime into putting an end to the violence that has killed dozens of Syrians, week after week. Many fear the violence is pushing the country toward civil war.

Until recently, most of the bloodshed was caused by security forces firing on mainly peaceful protests. But there have been growing reports of army defectors and armed civilians fighting Assad's forces ? a development that some say plays into the regime's hands by giving government troops a pretext to crack down with overwhelming force.

On Sunday, activists reported fierce clashes in the flashpoint city of Homs, in central Syria, pitting soldiers against army defectors.

Violence in Homs and elsewhere across the country killed at least eight people Sunday, according to the Local Coordinating Committees, a coalition of Syrian activist groups.

Many of the attacks against Syrian security forces are believed to be carried out by a group of army defectors known as the Free Syrian Army.

The Arab League's recommendations for sanctions specified that the Arab bloc will assist Syria with emergency aid through the help of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, working with local civilian groups to deliver goods.

Syrian neighbors Iraq and Lebanon already have expressed reservations about the sanctions.

On Sunday, an Arab League official said at least two Arab countries warned against adopting these sanctions, saying they would hurt the Syrian people rather than the regime. The official asked that his name not be published because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Syria is a geographical and political keystone in the heart of the Middle East, bordering five countries with whom it shares religious and ethnic minorities and, in Israel's case, a fragile truce. Its web of allegiances extends to Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement and Iran's Shiite theocracy.

Also Sunday, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh acknowledged that 100 Syrian military and police deserters have taken refuge in the kingdom throughout the uprising. It was the first official public confirmation that Jordan hosts Syrian defectors.

In September, officials said privately that Jordan had received 60 Syrian army and police deserters, who ranged in rank from corporal to colonel.

Judeh told The Associated Press that the Syrian soldiers and policemen, whom he claimed were conscripts rather than officers, had arrived in batches over the last eight months.

Many Syrians fleeing Assad's crackdown have also sought refuge in neighboring Turkey.

The Gulf nations of Qatar and Bahrain on Sunday warned their citizens to avoid travel to Syria and called on those already there to leave immediately. The foreign affairs ministries of both countries cited concerns about the security situation in issuing the travel alerts. They did not mention the planned Arab League vote.

The calls come two days after the United Arab Emirates issued a similar warning to its citizens.

The embassies of the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia were targeted by pro-Assad regime demonstrators in Damascus earlier this month.

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Associated Press writers Maamoun Youssef in Cairo and Adam Schreck in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

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DNA Experts and Forensic Genealogists Team Up to Solve Alaskan Mystery (preview)

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New fingerprint- and DNA-identification techniques solve a mystery from a 60-year-old plane crash

By Colleen Fitzpatrick ?| November 25, 2011

TRAGEDY: It took nine years to identify the arm recovered from the wreckage of Northwest Flight 4422. No one knows what caused the crash. The plane was off course before it slammed into the mountain. Image: Lines History Department (airplane); Courtesy of Kevin A. McGregor, ? 1999 (man with camera); Courtesy of Roy Wittock (arm); Alaska State Troopers/AP Photo (van Zandt); Courtesy of Mike Grimm, Jr. (fingerprint)

In Brief

• More than 50 years after the 1948 crash of a Northwest Airlines plane killed all onboard, a desiccated arm and hand were retrieved from the scene.
• Initial fingerprint examination and DNA analysis of the arm and hand were unable to determine the identity of the remains.
• Researchers finally identified the remains after developing new techniques that may one day be used for disaster victims and unknown soldiers.

On March 12, 1948, at 9:14 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 crashed into Mount Sanford, a peak in the remote Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska. All 24 passengers?merchant mariners returning to the U.S. from Shanghai, China?along with six Northwest crew members, probably died on impact. The debris, too difficult to reach, was quickly covered by snow and eventually entombed by ice.

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Encampments Now Legal: But Only Outside Big Box Stores Where ...

Submitted by yankhadenuf on Sat, 2011-11-26 12:13.

This is just another clear example of the two-tiered US justice system, profits trump people.

If the people are exercising their ?First Amendment rights, they are beaten,?pepper-sprayed, and arrested.

But if Box Store has a sale, retail?encampments can thrive uninhibited?in?blatant violation of a variety of ordinances & laws that

regulate businesses and customers' actions.

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Occupiers could set-up encampments in front of every Box Store in America now, they are apparently zoned to be free of police brutality!

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Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ review

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Each year, several dozen smartphones land on our collective desks. They come in different shapes and sizes, boast different features and sell at different price points. We take each of them for a spin and review most of them, but only a handful really stand out. This is especially true with Android handsets, where incremental updates appear to be the modus operandi. Every now and then a device comes along that we really look forward to getting our hands on. Google's line of Nexus smartphones falls into this category, setting the new standard for Android each year.

In early 2010, the Nexus One became the yardstick for all future Android handsets and, later that year, the launch vehicle for FroYo. A year ago, the Nexus S introduced us to Gingerbread on the popular Galaxy S platform. Now, a few weeks after being unveiled with much fanfare, we're finally able to sink our teeth into Ice Cream Sandwich with the Galaxy Nexus, arguably the latest addition to Samsung's critically acclaimed Galaxy S II family. So, does this highly anticipated device live up to our expectations? Is the Galaxy Nexus the smartphone to beat? Most importantly, is Ice Cream Sandwich ready to take Android to the next level? In a word, yes. Read on for our full review.

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FBI arrests 7 in Amish haircut attacks in Ohio

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet stands in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio. The FBI and local sheriff's deputies arrested seven men, including Mullet, reputed leader of a breakaway Amish sect, on federal hate crime charges early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet stands in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio. The FBI and local sheriff's deputies arrested seven men, including Mullet, reputed leader of a breakaway Amish sect, on federal hate crime charges early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet leans on the mailbox at his home in Bergholz, Ohio. The FBI and local sheriff's deputies arrested seven men, including Mullet, reputed leader of a breakaway Amish sect, on federal hate crime charges early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

MILLERSBURG, Ohio (AP) ? The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to "cleanse them," federal authorities said as they charged him and six others with hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks against other Amish.

Authorities raided the group's compound in eastern Ohio on Wednesday morning and arrested seven men, including group leader Sam Mullet and three of his sons.

Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September, October and November by forcefully cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and then taking photos of them, authorities said.

Cutting the hair is a highly offensive act to the Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry. One victim told the FBI he would rather have been "beaten black and blue than to suffer the disfigurement and humiliation of having his hair removed," according to court papers.

The attacks struck at the core of the Amish identity and tested their principles. They are pacifists and strongly believe that they must be forgiving in order for God to forgive them, which often means handing out their own punishment and not reporting crimes to law enforcement.

The attacks had terrorized Amish communities, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said at a news conference Wednesday.

"You've got Amish all over the state of Ohio and Pennsylvania and Indiana that are concerned. We've received hundreds and hundreds of calls from people living in fear," he said. "They are buying Mace, some are sitting with shotguns, getting locks on their doors because of Sam Mullet."

The sheriff added, "Sam Mullet is evil."

Mullet told The Associated Press in October that he didn't order the hair-cutting but didn't stop his sons and others from carrying it out. He said the goal was to send a message to other Amish that they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they were treating Mullet and his community.

"They changed the rulings of our church here, and they're trying to force their way down our throat, make us do like they want us to do, and we're not going to do that," Mullet said.

U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said Wednesday that religious differences should be a matter of theological debate, not disputes "resolved by late night visits to people's homes with weapons and violent attacks." He said he did not know how often hate crimes involve intradenominational disputes.

The seven men were in custody and expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Youngstown. They include Mullet; his sons Johnny, Lester and Daniel; Levi Miller; Eli Miller; and Emanuel Schrock. The charges carry a penalty of up 10 years in prison.

Holmes County Prosecutor Steve Knowling, who filed state charges against five of the same defendants last month, said he would dismiss those counts and let federal prosecutors take the lead in the case.

In the state case, an Amish bishop and his son said they were held down while men used scissors and a clipper to cut their beards.

A defense attorney in the state case, Andy Hyde, said Sam Mullet would fight the federal charges. Hyde said he didn't know if he would represent Mullet in federal court.

The seven men were sleeping when the FBI and local police showed up at their homes before dawn Wednesday, Abdalla said. Three men initially refused to come out of their rooms, but all seven were arrested without incident, he said.

Abdalla, the sheriff, said he didn't know the specifics of the religious disagreements that prompted Mullet to form his own community in 1995.

But the heart of his recent dispute with Amish bishops stemmed from his desire to excommunicate several members, the FBI said. Other bishops concluded the excommunications weren't consistent with Amish teachings and scripture and decided not to recognize the penalties, the FBI said.

One of Mullet's daughters-in-law and a former brother-in-law told investigators that Mullet controls everything that happens within the community outside Bergholz and that he allowed others to beat members of the group who disobeyed him, according to an affidavit filed in federal court Wednesday.

Mullet punished some by making them sleep in a chicken coop for days and was sexually intimate with married women in the community so that he could "cleanse them of the devil," the two said in the affidavit.

Both said they left the community because they did not want to live under Mullet's control.

An FBI affidavit detailed four hair-cutting attacks. The attacks occurred against a couple in Trumbull County on Sept. 6; on Oct. 4 against a man and his son in Holmes County; later on Oct. 4 against a man in Carroll County; and on Nov. 9 against a man allegedly lured to the Mullet complex in Jefferson County.

Authorities said previously that some Amish refused to press charges, following their practice of avoiding involvement the courts.

Dettelbach alluded to the issue, saying: "It is not the victim's job to decide or to bring charges. I think that's a message I would like people to understand. These charges in this case are the result of our independent determination that crimes occurred."

Stephen Anthony, head of the FBI in northern Ohio, said hate crimes are a priority for the agency.

"The message we'd like to send should be clear that the FBI and all of our law enforcement partners represented here today take civil rights violations very, very seriously," he said.

Ohio has an estimated Amish population of just under 61,000 ? second only to Pennsylvania ? with most living in rural counties south and east of Cleveland.

They have a modest lifestyle and are deeply religious. Their traditions of traveling by horse and buggy and forgoing most modern conveniences distance themselves from the outside world and symbolize a yielding to a collective order.

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Seewer reported from Toledo.

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More than 20 bodies dumped in Mexico's Guadalajara (Reuters)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) ? Suspected drug gang hitmen murdered more than 20 people and dumped their bodies in the center of Mexico's second city of Guadalajara on Thursday.

Local media reported the bodies were found in several vans abandoned around the western city's iconic Millennium Arches monument, together with a message from drug cartels. The state attorney-general's office said there could be up to 23 dead.

Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco, home to mariachi music and tequila, and was long spared the beheadings and drive-by shootings that have marked Mexico's war against drugs in other regions.

Known as a stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel, headed by Mexico's most-wanted trafficker Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, Guadalajara saw a spike in killings as other gangs, including the Zetas, started to contest their dominance of the region.

Local media said the message found with the bodies, dumped less than 1 mile from the exhibition hall where the Guadalajara International Book Fair will be held from Saturday, purported to be from the Zetas and was directed at Guzman.

Officials had blamed a surge of killings in the eastern port city of Veracruz in September and October, seen as a warning to the Zetas, on a group with ties to Guzman.

The discovery of the bodies follows the dumping of 16 charred corpses in the Sinaloan capital Culiacan on Wednesday.

Among the Culiacan dead were at least seven people, three of them police officers, who had been kidnapped from a small Sinaloan town on Monday, a local official said on Thursday.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has deployed the army to crack down on powerful criminal gangs and some 45,000 people have died in the conflict since he took office.

Guadalajara, home to 4.5 million people, hosted athletes from 42 countries last month for the Pan American Games, which were not marred by security incidents. About 600,000 visitors are expected for the city's book fair, organizers said.

The U.S. consulate in Guadalajara warned on February 3 of "a marked escalation of criminal activity". It banned U.S. government officials from traveling after dark between the city and its main airport and urged U.S. visitors to follow suit.

Drugs violence has already engulfed the northern business hub of Monterrey, a city of similar size to Guadalajara, prompting some companies to freeze investment.

(Writing by Patrick Rucker; editing by Anthony Boadle)

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Lawsuit over 'Jew or not Jew' iPhone app dropped

PARIS (AP) ? A lawyer for French anti-racism groups says they have dropped a lawsuit against Apple Inc. over an iPhone app called "Jew or not Jew?" after it was removed worldwide.

Lawyer Stephane Lilti says the decision "is motivated by the removal of the application in all countries of the world."

Lilti said at a hearing in a Paris court Thursday that the app's designer, Johann Levy, decided to remove the app. Lilti says the lawsuit "had beneficial effects."

Representatives of Apple in France would not immediately comment on the decision. Apple removed the app from its online store in France in September after critics complained.

The app let users consult a database of celebrities and public figures to see if they are Jewish or not.

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Quora Gains A Twitter/Facebook Growth Expert, Loses Top Engineer to Pinterest

Good news people who are really curious about Quora growth! You might one day be reading an article like this about Quora ... Because Quora has hired a former Twitter and Facebook guy, Andy Johns, to focus on user growth and engagement. Johns, who tweets under the apropos username @ibringtraffic, spent a year and four months at Twitter, two years at Facebook and is now taking his speciality to the fancy Q&A startup.

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Dancing With the Stars Winner J.R. Martinez Speaks on a Dream Come True

J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff took home the title on last night's Dancing With the Stars season finale, besting Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke in a nail-biter.

Ricki Lake and Derek Hough came in third after what was a very evenly matched final round. In the end, though, the fan favorite and top dancer took the crown.

"I joked about gluing it on the hood of my car and just driving around L.A.," J.R. said of the Mirror Ball trophy. "Or be like rappers, make a chain out of it and just wear it around! I'm going to cherish this thing every single day!"

Mirror Ball jokes aside, J.R. took a moment to thank his fans, saying, "We just want to thank everyone who voted for us for 10 weeks and believed in us week in and week out! I had no idea what it would feel like and it feels amazing."

Though she says all the finalists were "a team of friends who compete and enjoy the process," Karina admits it was nice to win the competition - her first in 10 seasons.

"To come out on top at the end and to hold [the trophy], it's so beautiful."

J.R., the 28-year-old Iraq War veteran, motivational speaker and soap opera star, partly credits his fellow competitors Rob and Ricki for his big victory.

"Both of them did so well and were so great. It was great that we all progressed because they actually pushed us to be better," said the true class act.

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Nook Tablet gets torn down, mysteries of the carabiner unlocked

After last week's Kindle Fire teardown, Barnes & Noble's new slate must have been quaking in its boots. The Nook Tablet just had its moment under the knife, courtesy of screw driver-packing site iFixit. There's really not a whole heck of a lot of surprising things happening inside the $249 device, according to the site. There's a battery that's still emblazoned with a "NOOKCOLOR" under the model number, in spite of the new tablet's better battery life. And then there's 16GB of storage made by SanDisk and that 1GHz dual-core processor. Lots of shots of tablet guts in the source link below.

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Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam captured

ZINTAN, Libya?? Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, once heir apparent to the late Libyan ruler, has been captured in the Libyan desert by fighters who vow to hold him in the mountain town of Zintan until there is a government to hand him over to.

Crowds across the country fired guns and hooted car horns Saturday to celebrate the seizure of the British-educated 39-year-old, who a year ago appeared a possible successor to rule the oil-producing desert state.

Fighters from Zintan said they stopped Seif al-Islam as he drove through the desert in a small convoy and detained him without a fight. They flew him to their western mountain home, accompanied on the plane by Reuters reporters.

Hundreds of people crowded round the plane carrying him after it landed in Zintan, trapping him inside and raising fears he might suffer a similar fate to his father, who was beaten and shot after his capture a month ago on Sunday.

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The Zintan rebels stopped people forcing their way on to the aircraft, bundled Seif al-Islam through the jostling crowd into a car and drove him away.

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Prime Minister-designate Abdurrahim El-Keib promised Gadhafi's son would face a fair trial and called his capture the "crowning" of the uprising that overthrew Muammar Gadhafi.

"We assure Libyans and the world that Seif al-Islam will receive a fair trial ... under fair legal processes which our own people had been deprived of for the last 40 years," Keib told a press conference in Zintan.

Seif al-Islam would be tried in Libya for serious crimes that carry the death penalty, Libya's interim justice minister said.

"He has instigated others to kill, has misused public funds, threatened and instigated and even took part in recruiting and bringing in mercenaries," Mohammed al-Alagy told Reuters.

Seif al-Islam, who had vowed to die fighting, was taken without a struggle, officials said.

"At the beginning he was very scared. He thought we would kill him," Ahmed Ammar, one of his captors, told Reuters.

Seif al-Islam told a Reuters reporter on his plane his bandaged hand had been wounded in a NATO air strike a month ago. Asked if he was feeling all right, Gadhafi said simply: "Yes."

The Zintan fighters, who make up one of Libya's most powerful militia factions that hold effective power in a country still without a government, said they planned to keep him in Zintan until they could hand him over to the authorities.

Keib is scheduled to form a government by Tuesday, and the fate of Seif al-Islam will be an early test of its authority.

The incoming premier said Gadhafi's son remained in the hands of "the revolutionaries in Zintan" and heaped praise on their fighters, acknowledging the authority the tribal militia continued to hold over its territory.

"They (the Zintan fighters) will keep him in peace, take care of him. He will be treated as any human being with respect. He will get his day in court," Keib said.

Zintan could now use Seif al-Islam as a bargaining chip in the contest between rival groups for power in the new Libya. Fighters from Zintan made the decisive push on to Tripoli which ended Muammar Gadhafi's rule, and they want to make sure their contribution is recognised.

Libyans want to try Seif al-Islam at home and believe he knows the location of billions of dollars of public money amassed by the Gadhafi family. His captors said they found only a few thousand dollars and a cache of rifles in seized vehicles.

The European Union urged Libyan authorities to ensure Seif al-Islam was brought to justice in cooperation with the International Criminal Court, which accuses him of crimes against humanity.

Ammar told Reuters that his unit of 15 men in three vehicles, acting on a tip-off about a possible high-profile fugitive, had intercepted two cars carrying Gadhafi and four others in the desert about 70 km (40 miles) from the small oil town of Obari at about 1:30 a.m. (2330 GMT on Friday).

'Servant of peace'
After the fighters fired in the air and forced the cars to stop, they asked the identity of the passengers. Seif al-Islam replied that he was "Abdelsalam" - a name that means "servant of peace" said the fighters who quickly recognised and seized him.

The fighters said they put him at ease and he accepted he would be taken to Zintan, a town south of Tripoli that was a stronghold of anti-Gadhafi rebels.

Seif al-Islam appeared relatively at ease and was not handcuffed as he sat on a bench at the rear of the plane.

Wearing traditional robes with a scarf pulled over his face, Seif al-Islam had a heavy black beard and wore his rimless spectacles.

His thumb, index and another finger were heavily bandaged from the wounds sustained in the NATO strike.

Moammar Gadhafi's beating, abuse and ultimate death in the custody of former rebel fighters was an embarrassment to the previous transitional government. Officials in Tripoli said they were determined to handle his son's case with more order.

"The capture presents a challenge to the NTC. If they want to try Saif then what can they do to make Zintan hand him over?" said Henry Smith, an analyst with the Control Risks group, referring to the National Transitional Council which won international recognition as Libya's new interim government.

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Memories are still fresh of the days Gadhafi's father's corpse spent rotting and on public view in the city of Misrata, another rebel stronghold, as its militia leaders trumpeted their capture of the fallen leader as part of their campaign to extract power and patronage from the new interim authority.

A fighter from an anti-Gadhafi unit, the Khaled bin al-Waleed Brigade, which said it seized Seif al-Islam in the wilderness near the oil town of Obari, told Free Libya television: "We got a tip he had been staying there for the last month.

"They couldn't get away because we had a good plan," Wisam Dughaly added, saying Seif al-Islam had been using a 4x4 vehicle: "He was not hurt and will be taken safely for trial so Libyans will be able to prosecute him and get back their money.

"We will take him to Zintan for safekeeping to keep him alive until a government is formed and then we will hand him over as soon as possible," Dughaly said.

He added that Seif al-Islam, once seen as a reformer who engineered his father's rapprochement with the West, appeared to have been hiding out in the desert since fleeing the tribal bastion of Bani Walid, near Tripoli, in October.

"I'm really surprised that Seif al-Islam has not met the same fate as his father and his brother," Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics, told BBC TV.

"The best thing that the new leadership can do is to hand Seif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court because I don't believe it really has the resources and the means to try Seif al-Islam and give him a fair trial."

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Asked of the chances of that, he said "Almost zero." He said he expected him to get the death penalty and be executed in Libya. "This is unfortunate for the new Libya," he said.

Justice Minister Alagy said he was in touch with the ICC over how to deal with Gadhafi.

"We Libyans do not oppose the presence of international monitors to monitor the trial procedures that will take place for the symbols of the former regime," he told Al Jazeera.

Other Libyan officials have said a trial in Libya should first address killings, repression and theft of public funds over the four decades of the elder Gadhafi's personal rule.

There was no word of the other official wanted by the ICC, former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.

The ICC said on Saturday it had received confirmation of the arrest of Saif al-Islam from Libya's Ministry of Justice.

"We trust that the Libyan authorities and the International Criminal Court will ensure that justice runs its course, so that the new Libya can be built on the rule of law and respect for human rights," NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said.

In June, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Moammar Gadhafi, Seif al-Islam and al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity after the U.N. Security Council referred the Libyan crisis to the court in February.

The ICC said last month that Saif al-Islam was in contact via intermediaries about possibly surrendering, but that it also had information that mercenaries were trying to take him to a friendly African nation where he could evade arrest.

France and Britain, which both pushed for a military intervention in Libya in March, welcomed the news of the detention.

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FOOD52, Easy As Pie, Fotopedia Japan, Gmail [Ipad Apps Of The Week]

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Israel-Gaza tensions: Pilot program to expand Gaza exports falters

Israel promised earlier this year to allow Gaza to export garments and furniture after a five-year blockade. But delays are damaging sales ? and hope.

The Bright Star textile company in Gaza used to sew 4 million pieces of clothing a month, most of it for export to Israel and beyond ? part of a humming manufacturing sector that accounted for nearly a third of Gaza's economy. But after Israel imposed a blockade in 2006, Gaza's factories fell silent, unable to import the raw materials they needed or send their finished products abroad for sale.

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This year, Israel began allowing cloth into the tiny coastal territory and said it would allow exports of garments and furniture ? a move that promised to help Gaza?s floundering economy get back on its feet after the five-year siege and a brief war with Israel, which devastated the territory's infrastructure.

The Bright Star factory owner fired up the machines, rehired workers, and began churning out products like children?s clothes, soccer jerseys, and men?s suits. But it has taken officials and businessmen 10 months to hash out the details of getting the products through Israeli-controlled border crossings. So the factory fell silent once again, as Ahmed Alghouti tried unsuccessfully to sell all the clothes in Gaza.

?When they allowed raw materials to come into the strip, we started opening the factory ... with hope that they will open the borders for exporting,? says Mr. Alghouti. ?But now we have lost hope.?

Israel has already allowed limited agricultural exports over the past year, including strawberries, flowers, cherry tomatoes, and other vegetables. A test run for expanding exports was set to begin yesterday, when a furniture shipment ? the first nonagricultural product to be exported since Israel?s blockade began ? was due to cross Gaza?s border.

But the factory where the furniture shipment was stored appeared to be intentionally set on fire on Monday, owner Waddah Bsaiso told the Monitor. The blaze, which destroyed the furniture, will delay the pilot program for at least a few weeks.

Many factories like Bright Star fired up this year in anticipation of more open borders. That movement, along with international development projects and a building boom fed by illegal smuggling tunnels, led to enough activity that a September World Bank report said Gaza?s economy grew by 28 percent in the first half of 2011.

Many on the ground consider that number inflated ? and unsustainable, driven in large part by a building boom, as well as international aid projects.

?We need to talk about agriculture, factories, fishing, other industries that create sustainable growth,? says Gaza economist Omar Shaban. ?We need to build a transparent economy, an accountable economy ? on the ground, not underneath it. The danger of this report is that when people in Europe read it, they say things in Gaza are OK, we don't need to lift the siege. It creates an illusion.?

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Gourmet-on-the-go Bourdain savors 'The Layover' (AP)

NEW YORK ? You're laid over in a city somewhere out there in the world with 24 hours to kill. Do you burrow into your hotel suite, fed by room service and movies-on-demand, until time to head back to the airport?

Not if you're Anthony Bourdain, globe-trotting gastronome and on-the-fly bon vivant. With no time to spare, you gorge on local cuisine, savor local sights and maximize exposure to indigenous culture. Tomorrow on the plane you can catch up on your sleep!

That, in Bourdain's words, is "the art of the layover," the finer points of which he shares on "The Layover," his new Travel Channel series premiering Monday at 9 p.m. EST.

On the debut hour, Bourdain lands in Singapore at 5 a.m., with his scheduled departure the next day at noon. The clock is ticking, and though Bourdain doesn't exhibit the franticness of Kiefer Sutherland on "24" (nor is the fate of the world at stake), "There's plenty to do," says Bourdain. And he does plenty, demonstrating the gusto fans have already come to expect on his food-adventuring travel show, "No Reservations."

On "The Layover," Bourdain tells you which bus will get you from the airport to your hotel most efficiently. But under his tutelage, you're in your room just long enough to drop your bags: There are things to see and food to eat.

"There's all sorts of good (expletive) you can have for breakfast!" he declares as he sets out for a starter feast at a multi-stalled Hawker Center.

But besides his many recommendations, Bourdain, with delicious directness, offers warnings to any traveler who wants an authentic experience: "No one in Singapore drinks Singapore Slings. It's a disgusting drink. You don't want it. Don't waste your time."

Future episodes find Bourdain visiting New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Hong Kong, London, Rome, Montreal and Amsterdam. Bourdain, staying true to the show's no-time-to-waste creed, actually performs each hit-and-run in the few hours indicated.

"The crew arrived two days before me in Singapore and started shooting B-roll," he says, explaining the breakneck routine during a recent interview. "From the second I arrive they're shooting me, every minute. Then I fly to Hong Kong, where another crew has been shooting B-roll, and we get going. We had leapfrogging crews, alternating shows as I went from place to place.

"We were looking to do another series fast, between seasons of `No Reservations,'" he says, "and we had accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years, me and my crew, while traveling around. Even if we weren't necessarily laid over, we have certainly found ourselves with a few hours between scenes, when the challenge is to go eat well and have a good time."

The recommendations he makes are his own. There are no fees, promotional considerations or solicitations from venues hoping for a plug, he says.

"On this show we include places that anyone lucky enough to travel internationally could try ? restaurants and hotels and things to see ? that I endorse. Or that I think suck and should be avoided."

In the latter category, he lumps the London Eye, the huge Ferris wheel that's become a tourist favorite: "I'm telling you up front I'm not doing it, when I could be drinking Guinness in a real English pub."

Over beer and tasty lamb burgers in a Manhattan bistro that Bourdain hand-picked, he bemoans any tourist who opts for what the mass of other tourists do, rather than investigate places frequented by locals.

Consider the time-strapped New York visitor who opts for the Statue of Liberty rather than bingeing at a world-class local deli such as Katz's or Barney Greengrass: "You've made a really terrible error, maybe one you won't regret for the rest of your life ? but if you knew better, you would!"

It should be clear by now that food (and drink) is a driving force in how Bourdain, an unrepentant sensualist, greets the world. At 55, he is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a decades-long veteran of professional kitchens, from dishwasher to chef. In 2000 he published a best-selling tell-all memoir of his experiences behind those swinging kitchen doors, "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," which rocked the foodie world. Other food-centric books ? not just nonfiction but even crime novels ? followed.

In 2005, his rollicking culinary travelogue, "No Reservations," premiered on Travel Channel. (The first episode: "Why the French Don't Suck.")

Rumpled and rangy at 6 feet and 4 inches, often deadpan and more often outspoken, Bourdain gained a reputation early on as a bad boy chef, an angry guy of the gourmet set.

"I'm sure I benefited from those descriptions, but I didn't take it seriously in the beginning, and I certainly don't now," says Bourdain, who, in person, is a personable sort and no more edgy than a few million others in New York, which Bourdain, with his wife and 4 1/2-year-old daughter, calls home when not dining at the far corners of the world.

"I enjoy the travel," he says, listing his job's selling points, "and I like taking you on a trip, trying to make you feel about a place the way I feel about it."

But he is not a grandstander, he insists.

"Do I get any satisfaction seeing myself on television? Zero. In a perfect world, my physical presence in front of the camera would be dispensable."

He still cooks occasionally (he'll be whipping up Thanksgiving dinner for the family) and values his years as a pro in the kitchen. But escaping its relentless demands for television has only made him more appreciative of what he left behind.

"Real work is back there," he says, motioning toward this restaurant's kitchen doors. "THAT'S ... work! I know how lucky I am!"

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier

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Cancer's sweet tooth may be its weak link

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered that cancer cells tap into a natural recycling system to obtain the energy they need to keep dividing. In a study with potential implications for cancer treatments, Einstein researchers used genetic manipulation to turn off this recycling system within the walls of cells and stop both tumor growth and metastasis (cancer spread). The findings were published in today's online edition of Science Translational Medicine.

Scientists have known that cancer cells require a large amount of energy in the form of glucose (sugar) to support their abnormally rapid growth. But it wasn't clear how cancer cells met those energy needs. The study shows that cancer cells fuel their growth by revving up autophagy, a recycling process that occurs in cell compartments called lysosomes.

During autophagy, which literally means "self-eating," Pac-Man-like lysosomes digest worn-out proteins and other damaged cellular components. "But lysosomes are not merely trash containers," said Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., the paper's senior author and professor of developmental and molecular biology, of anatomy and structural biology and of medicine. "They are more like little recycling plants in which cellular debris is transformed into energy. Cancer cells seem to have learned how to optimize this system to obtain the energy they need."

Dr. Cuervo and her colleagues detected unusually high levels of chaperone-mediated autophagy, one of the types of autophagy, in cells from more than 40 types of human tumors ? but not in healthy tissue surrounding the tumors. (In chaperone-mediated autophagy, small proteins guide debris to the lysosomes for digestion.)

"When we used genetic manipulation to block the activity of this recycling process, the cancer cells stopped dividing and most of them died," Dr. Cuervo said. "We also applied this procedure to tumors in mice, resulting in dramatic tumor shrinkage and almost complete blockage of metastasis."

The researchers believe that selectively blocking this type of autophagy in cancer cells could be a useful strategy for shrinking tumors and halting metastasis. "In future research, we hope to develop drugs that can mimic what we have done using genetic manipulation," said Dr. Cuervo. "We are also exploring using genetic manipulation itself for treating different types of lung cancer."

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Target quarterly profit rises (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Target Corp posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as selling more food and offering card holders a 5 percent discount appealed to shoppers.

It earned $555 million, or 82 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter that ended October 29, up from $535 million, or 74 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding costs related to Target's plan to open stores in Canada starting in 2013, profit was 87 cents per share in the latest period.

The company forecast fourth-quarter earnings of $1.43 to $1.53 per share, excluding certain items.

Target previously said third-quarter sales at stores open at least a year, or same-store sales, rose 4.3 percent and that it expects such sales to rise in a low-to-mid single digit percentage range in November. It also already reported that third-quarter sales rose 5.4 percent to $16.05 billion.

Target shares were up 2.5 percent to $54.50 in premarket trade.

(Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago; editing by John Wallace)

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WikiLeaks mom calls for Australian intervention (AP)

CANBERRA, Australia ? Julian Assange's mother protested outside Parliament House during President Barack Obama's visit Thursday, demanding Australia lobby the United States against extraditing her son in a WikiLeaks investigation.

Scores of protesters in Australia's capital demanded the government show independence from U.S. foreign policy.

Christine Assange accused Australian government leaders of being "star struck" by Obama, who received a standing ovation after addressing Parliament on his first Australian visit as president.

"The looks on the faces of the Australian politicians were no different to teenagers at the airport waiting for Beyonce," Christine Assange told The Associated Press, referring to the U.S. singer.

U.S. prosecutors are investigating the release of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by WikiLeaks, and its founder Assange fears the United States could extradite him to face possible charges there.

This week, the 40-year-old Australian citizen filed court papers in Britain in a last-ditch effort to stave off extradition from there to Sweden in a separate sex-crime investigation.

Christine Assange, a 60-year-old professional puppeteer from rural Queensland state, has written to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, asking for the government to intervene on behalf of an Australian citizen to prevent her son's extradition to the United States.

Rudd's office told AP in a statement Thursday that extraditions were not the foreign minister's responsibility. The attorney general's office has not commented on Christine Assange's request.

The Australian government has condemned WikiLeaks' release of the U.S. documents as reckless, but a police investigation has failed to find any evidence that Julian Assange has broken any Australian law.

Christine Assange blamed U.S. "lax security" for the release of secret documents through WikiLeaks.

"The consensus of the Australian people I've spoken to ... is the credibility loss at the moment globally for the U.S. is coming more from their reaction to WikiLeaks than the leaks themselves," she said.

"I might stand by my children emotionally if they've done the wrong thing, but I don't stand by them publicly, intellectually and philosophically if they've done the wrong thing ? I never have," she said.

"It was only after a year of exploration into WikiLeaks myself, investigating whether or not this is a force for good or not, that I am proudly standing up for my son and WikiLeaks as a force for good in the world," he added.

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Netflix app offers smart redesign; now compatible with all Android tablets (Appolicious)

It?s taken a while, but the Netflix Android app is finally compatible with all Android tablets, according to the company?s website.

Many Android users will recall how, when the app was first released, it was limited to just a handful of devices, mainly HTC smartphones. It has continued to receive updates to add further compatibility with more Android makes and models, but more recently the company suffered setbacks and bad press due to its ill-fated Qwikster service and price-hikes.

Today, however, Netflix is back in the spotlight for better reasons. The update to its app sports a nifty new UI especially suited to Android tablets. It resembles the website version, with sliding/scrolling panels making it a more, well, cinematic experience. It?s also dependent on screen resolution rather than operating system, so tablets running Froyo, Gingerbread or Honeycomb can run the app properly.

In addition, the Barnes & Noble NOOK and Amazon Kindle Fire will both be able to take advantage of the updated Netflix app. This will certainly be welcome news to owners of these hot new devices, making them even more attractive targets now that holiday shopping season is among us.

Apple iPad owners can look forward to the app being updated for their device very soon.

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PurpleLight Vigil to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer ? Bangor ...

FAIRFIELD, Maine ? November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. The illness is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, a national organization, is creating hope through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure with a goal to double the pancreatic cancer survival rate, which now is five years, by 2020.

?Two years ago I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer just one year after diagnosis,? writes Jan Landry of Fairfield. ?I understand firsthand the urgent need to create hope for others and their loved ones. Six months ago, my friend Michele?s mom was diagnosed. We volunteer with the newly developed Sanford Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and will participate in one of 45 national PurpleLight Vigil for Hope events across the country to honor those who have or are fighting pancreatic cancer. Our Purplelight Vigil will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Lawrence Junior High Gym, 7 School St. Fairfield.?

For information, visit http://www.knowitfightitendit.org.

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Bahrain: Alleged terror cell had high Iran links (AP)

MANAMA, Bahrain ? An alleged Iranian-linked terror cell had contact with the Tehran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and planned attacks against high profile sites, including Saudi Embassy and a Gulf causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, authorities in Bahrain claimed Sunday.

The allegations from Bahrain's public prosecutor seek to strengthen charges of ties between the suspected underground group and Iran. Bahrain's Sunni leaders have accused Iran of encouraging Shiite-led protests that erupted in February on the island kingdom.

The report in the Bahrain News Agency, however, gave no further information on the suspects or other details to back up the allegations.

The accusations of links to the Revolutionary Guard ? which is closely tied to Iran's ruling clerics ? draws parallels with U.S. claims that an elite unit of the Guard was involved in a foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Iran has denied the American charges.

Bahrain's majority Shiites insist they have no political links to Shiite power Iran. Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and its Gulf allies claim that Iran seeks to gain another foothold in the Arab world through unrest in the tiny strategic nation, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

A Saudi-led Gulf military force was dispatched to Bahrain in March to aid the Sunni leadership.

More than 35 people have been killed since street clashes began nearly nine months ago. Protesters say they are seeking greater rights and an end to the Sunni dynasty's hold on top political decisions. Bahrain's rulers have offered some compromises, such as expanding the powers of parliament, but not enough to satisfy the opposition.

Authorities have sentenced dozens of people for anti-state crimes like trying to overthrow the ruling system. The case of the alleged terror cell is the first time officials are trying to prove a direct link to Iran and plans to carry out attacks. The suspected targets included Bahrain's Interior Ministry.

The public prosecutor's office also claimed the alleged terror group had links with anti-government figures in exile, including Ali Mushaima, whose father Hassan has been sentenced to life in prison on charges of links to the protests and violence.

The report Sunday said the five suspects have been ordered held in custody for 60 days while investigations continue.

Authorities on Saturday said four suspects were arrested in nearby Qatar. The fifth was detained in Bahrain.

The accusations come before next week's schedule release of an independent investigation into reported abuses by security forces and others during the height of the clashes.

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