Susan G. Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding

Susan G. Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding: (New York)-family planning Wednesday said that he had received more than $ 400,000 from 6000 donors for 12:0 am after news that broke its affiliates will loss grants for breast screenings from Susan G. Komen for the cure, Breast Cancer Foundation.

G. Komen, meanwhile, suffered heated criticism from some members of Congress, many liberal advocacy groups and some newspaper editorial writers. But it was applauded by many conservative religious and anti-abortion groups who hate family planning for its role as a leading provider of abortions in the United States.

Family planning funding, says circumcision was the result of G. Komen succumbing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. G. Komen, in a statement released Wednesday evening, denies that politics played a role and confirmed that his decision was based on new criteria for grant.

Criteria bar grants for any organization, which under local, State or federal investigation. Family planning is under investigation for alleged financial impropriety at Congressman-Republican, acting with the encouragement of anti-abortion groups.

"We regret that these new policies have affected some long-standing grants, such as family planning, but you want to be absolutely clear that our policy decision not to grant," statement by G. Komen said.

He promised to ensure that women, who are in need of breast health services may still have access to them.

Dr. Eric Weiner, a breast cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston who is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board G. Komen, expressed confidence that the breast screening there would not be jeopardized.

"The last thing in the world that someone at G. Komen wants to make ... is to reduce the resources that are available to women, "he said.

However, some members of the national network of G. Komen were unresolved.

G. Komen Affiliate in Connecticut posted a notice on his website stating that it is "a great partnership with planned parenthood of southern New England, and noting that the financing decision was taken at the national headquarters in G. Komen.

"We understand and share in the disappointment around this situation," said the notice. "We hope that any investigation prohibiting family planning grant from getting resolved promptly G. Komen".

Grant G. Komen said family planning was about $ 680 thousand last year and $ 580 thousand last year, going up to 19 of its affiliates to breast screening for breast cancer and other medical services. According to family composition, its health centres are more than 4 million survey mammary glands during the past five years, including almost 170 thousand as a result of G. Komen grants.

Andrea Hagelgans planned family spokesman, said that the Organization was grateful for the outpouring of support on the evening of Tuesday, when the agency Associated Press first reported in G. Komen.

"People respond more strongly when they see a policy of intervention in the health of women," she said."These donations will continue to contribute to the expansion of the family was important medical care throughout the country, especially the impact of the reduction in G. Komen Affiliates.

Several members of Congress who support abortion rights, expressed alarm at the circumcision of a grant.

"I was puzzled and concerned to see Susan G. Komen g. decision for Treatment to stop funding for life-saving screenings for breast cancer through family planning because of a political witch-hunt House Republicans," said Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California. "I sincerely hope that they will reconsider this decision and place the needs of women in the first place."

Progressive group MoveOn.org has launched an online petition calling for G. Komen to support their grant for family planning. He said 60.000 people were signed in a matter of hours.

G. Komen won against abortion activists, such as Michel Yoest, President of Americans United for life.

"The work of G. Komen has a potential and should not be linked with industry, dealing with death," said Yoest, breast cancer survivors.

She said that have stopped running in the race G. Komen for the cure because of his ties to family planning, but "in the future, I will be participating in races with them to support this courageous decision".

G. Komen, based in Dallas, Texas, and founded in 1982, has invested more than $ 1.9 billion. Since then, scientific research, health care and promotion, becoming the largest breast cancer charity in the country.The race for the Cure events raising funds has become a global phenomenon.

Editorials about the decision by several newspapers were published by G. Komen.

"It's hard to see who the winners are in this mess," it wrote. "As so often happens when their bodies become a political battleground, women ultimately lose."

Egypt In National Mourning After Football Violence Kills 74

Egypt In National Mourning After Football Violence Kills 74:  Egypt began three days of mourning Thursday after 74 people died in an outbreak of violence at a football match, which caused anger against the new military rulers for failing to ensure security.

Egypt's ruling military council has announced three days of national mourning following the deaths of at least 74 people in clashes between rival football fans in the city of Port Said. 

The February 1 violence is being described as the worst case of soccer violence ever in Egypt, and the deadliest worldwide since 1996.

The Government has moved quickly to dismiss port-said head of security while Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzuri summoned his Cabinet for an emergency session later Thursday.

The clashes began as soon as the referee blew the final whistle in the match, which saw the hosts Al-Masri beat Cairo Al-ahly 3-1.

Al-Masri fans flooded the field threw stones, bottles and Fireworks at Al-Ahli backers, causing chaos and panic, as players and fans ran in all directions, trying to escape, witnesses said.

Photos of bleeding players circulated on the Internet.

Shooting was also reported on the main road leading to Port Said from Cairo, and troops have been deployed to prevent further clashes.

State television ran footage of RIOT POLICE tightly stand number as pandemonium erupted around them.

Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said that most of the deaths were caused by doctors, but crush said that some people are slaughtered.

The Ministry of Health said 74 people were killed, including a policeman. Hundreds of people were also reported injured. Police said 47 people were arrested.

The ruling military announced three days of national mourning and Ibrahim dismissed Chief of security of Essam Samak due to violence.

Shares in Cairo fell by 4.6 per cent at the end of morning trade, with the EGX-30 index of leading shares dropped with the opening points 4.688 4.471 item.

Collision, blaming Muslim brothers on supporters of the fallen President Hosni Mubarak came as the country struggles with a wave of incidents related to the low level of security.

Policy, fans and players walked out on social media to express their fury over the clashes Cap a year of political turmoil and unrest after the uprising, dropped Mubarak.

"There are dead people lying on the ground! There are dead people in the locker room, "Al-Ahli striker Emad Meteab told the satellite channel command.

"I will not anymore to play football until these people to justice," furious Meteab said.

Hated the Egyptian police force that recently came under fire for his heavy-handed tactics have been instructed to carefully deal with demonstrators to sources.

State television said military ruler field marshal Hussein Tantawi of Egypt, who came to power when He ousted 11 February last year sent two military planes to fly the players and injuries from port said on Wednesday evening.

He stressed that the security of the country "okay" when he waited at Cairo airport to greet the players and fans.

In Geneva, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was shocked by the incident.

"This is a black day for football. Such a disastrous situation it is impossible to conceive of and should not happen, "he said.

Policy in Cairo expressed anger at the loss, with the newly elected Liberal Deputy Amr Hamzawy calling for the dismissal of the Minister of the Interior and the Governor of Port Said.

Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest political force, Mubarak accused of inciting supporters to soccer violence.

Events in port said planned and message of old regime, "said MP Essam Al-Erian said in a statement on freedom of Islamist groups and site of Justice Party.

"This tragedy is the result of negligence and lack of army and police, and the responsibility to govern the country," added Erian.

"There are those who consciously want to sow chaos in the country and place obstacles to the peaceful transfer of power."

Since the resignation of Mubarak, Egypt has seen sporadic and sometimes deadly unrest, combined with soaring crimes related to lack of unpopular police that were heavily criticized for their crackdown on protesters during the uprising.

In September, Egyptian soccer fans clashed with police in Cairo Stadium, injuring about 80 people as they chanted slogans against Mubarak and his Interior Minister and now is under investigation for the murder of protesters during the uprising.

Three Friday the 13ths, 13 weeks apart, a rarity

Three Friday the 13ths, 13 weeks apart, a rarity: It's a bad year for people who suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th.

Why? There are three this year, instead of the usual two. There was one in 2011.

That's not all. For the first time since 1984, these three Friday 13ths - today, April 13 and July 13 - exactly 13 weeks.

Three Friday 13ths to happen every few let.Posledny was in 2009, and further, to 2015. What is special in 2012 - and what does not happen again until 2040 - is that it occurs during a leap year, says Tom Fernsler, University of Delaware professor of mathematics, who sometimes goes by the name of the doctor 13.

It's hard not to feel something on Friday 13th, Fernsler said. "I believe that 95% of people in the world, something superstitious, and the other 5% are liars," he said.

Number 13 and Friday recurring presences in the mythological, spiritual and religious traditions. In Christianity, 13 people attended the Last Supper to "betrayal of Judas and Jesus death on the Norwegian pyatnitsu.Mif warns of adverse consequences for the dining room in groups of up to 13 years. Friday the 13th was the date of the medieval Knights Templar was imprisoned. And although and not as a historical, rapper Tupac Shakur died Friday, September 13, 1996, after a shot on September 7.

For many pagans, 13 is a lucky number because it represents the number of full moons each year, says Ivo Dominguez Jr., owner of Bell, Book and Candle, pagan and occult books and gift store in Dover, Delaware

Although Friday the 13th can feel special, it's not. In the 400-year period, the 13th falls on a Friday than on any other day: 688 times, Fernsler said.

Fernsler made a hobby to find dates and events related to the number 13 and Friday 13 go.Den held several well-known genera, such as Fidel Castro and Butch Cassidy.

Dominguez argues, Friday 13th fears "self-fulfilling prophecy," adding that "there are strong power of the people, convincing himself that something unlucky happens."

New Hampshire debate

At New Hampshire Debate: CONCORD, NH - Mitt Romney, the Republican candidates made last-ditch effort to relieve their favorite Republican Party on Sunday morning in the main debate, attacking Romney's conservative credentials and his self-description as a political outsider.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, Romney's two most formidable opponents on the right, accused the former governor of Massachusetts from the beginning.

Two conservative upstarts set the tag team attack on Romney. Santorum accused Romney of "salvation" from a difficult 2006 reelection campaign, when Romney cast as the others of his time outside the office as a selfless choice, Gingrich attacked.

"Can we throw some pious nonsense?" Gingrich asked Romney. "You were running for president, while you were governor ... You then quickly returned to politics. You have lost to McCain, you lost [Ted] Kennedy [in 1994."

Gingrich continued to go: "Only on one level with the American people. You're running with at least the 1990s."

Romney, facing sustained attack on the debate stage for the first time in this cycle, stuck to his version of events.

"I never thought that I was involved in politics," he said, speaking of his race against Kennedy: "I accidentally was wise enough to realize that I had not the slightest chance of beating him."

Three other candidates on the same stage in Concord at the candidate forum hosted by NBC News and Facebook: Rick Perry, Ron Paul and John Hunter.

The tone is markedly different from the debate Saturday night, the candidates seemed to understand that there is no direct confrontation with Romney - who is far ahead in the polls for the primary on Tuesday - it will be well on his way to claiming the Republican presidential nomination.

Even mild-mannered hunter went out of his way to seek time unlike Romney, Romney's comment on education earlier discussions, swatting Hunter that he served in the Obama administration.

"I was criticized yesterday Governor Romney for my country first," Hunter said. "I want to be very clear with the people in this country. I always put my country."

Romney was reacted to the line of attack, reminding the audience that the Republican hunter was once described by President Barack Obama as "a remarkable leader."

"I think that we are serving our country, first by standing for the people who stand for conservative principles," said Romney.

5 great iPad 2 cases that

5 great iPad 2 cases that make it look great: Here we list 5 great IPad 2 cases, which make your precious IPad look great, but its protection

IPad 2 from Apple is still hot on the radar of people like to be the gadget. It is so much fun and excitement to your own gadget, like IPad, which represent the sudden transformation of technology and improved algorithms. Although many critics term IPad and similar pills as an unnecessary burden on the people and useless consumerism, which is by no means necessary, however, his passion for coming up with every day.

This is as much important to your IPad safe as it is to keep IPad look fashionable. Many people sacrifice their style for the sake of protecting their gadgets from the Cupertino based two IPad, selecting an ugly case, simply to protect and nothing more. The cases of all shades are available and there is no shortage of good quality IPad covers available in the market. What we need to do to do proper research to find out the best of them all, which is also reasonably priced. And believe me, there are plenty of smart covers available for smart pills.

Smart Cover
There is a large cover IPad that looks as great as her name. this is called a smart cover.Smart Cover and IPad 2 were made for each other. In a literal sense. Built-in magnets to draw a Smart Cover Statkevich-perfect that not only protects, but also wakes up, gets up, and brightens your IPad. This is not just smart. This is genius. Smart coating is made of polyurethane and leather, which acts as a damper on IPad 2 and T protects the screen. It sticks to a magnet and IPad cover allows for automatic alignment on the screen. This is a good protector, which provides security at the screen from any scratches and damages.Smart covers quite a reasonable price in 2 plates $ 69 and $ 39.

Sena Folio for IPad
This is a great cover, which gives your IPad very trendy look. He is one of the main portfolio quality leather that provides a soft layer to gently protect your IPad in elegant designer. It also includes an integrated built-in folding stand aside, allowing you to watch video while your IPad in the case.

This not only makes your IPad look fashionable, but also provides vital protection to your precious IPad, which can be damaged if not taken properly. This is a hand from the highest quality genuine leather. Sena Folio for IPad comes with a leather book-style side-folding design with a secure snap closure strap with integrated built-in folding stand aside and allow the user to use IPad or watch a video while she was in this case. It also has several credit cards with transparent pockets ID pocket checkbook slot except slot pocket.

But it may be somewhat heavy on the pockets, because it costs $ 79.95.

Splash PAIR Slim-Fit Flex Case
this is a very reasonably priced case not only protects your IPad, but also to make it look great. Splash PAIR Slim-Fit Flex It will help you save precious gadget safe. Splash PAIR Slim-Fit Flex Case has a unique design that makes installation and removal of user-friendly, and also provides protection against damage to the drop. It provides a cool and sleek looks for IPad 2 and protects your mobile phone without sacrificing your style for only $ 24.99. A very competitive price makes it an excellent choice for those who want to go for it.

IPad 2 Teksure skin

is another great option that is not only very useful but also very reasonable prices. This allows the user maintains the style and class IPad users. IPad brushed metal back, curly maple or parudao tree always looks good and adds style to the individual. IPad 2 Teksure leather case costs $ 19.99.

Apple IPAD Case
Priced at $ 39, it is a great cover for your favorite gadget. With a soft microfiber interior and reinforced panels provide structure, IPad Case is the perfect way to carry your IPad (1st generation). And it does double duty. It folds to the right place to act as a stand that holds at IPad ideal angle for viewing videos and slide shows or for typing on the onscreen keyboard.

A reviewer at the time wrote about the case said: "This is a big deal. If you go shopping IPad you will not find anything close to it. I do not want my IPad unprotected while I waited in this case, the ship, so I bought a rubber case from Incase ..., which was a real disappointment (very heavy and it gets dirty, like a madman). Today, I got a case of Apple, and was very happy to see how thin and protective it is. I also do not understand why the review saying it was a struggle to insert the IPad. It is very easy to put it in and ... no struggle at all. IPad well protected, and to stand firm and great for displaying photos or application iQuarium ".

After Christmas Sales 2011

After Christmas Sales 2011: Smart consumers have realized that the best time to buy Christmas gifts are within the "After Christmas Sale" period, which usually follows the pre-Christmas sales.

Many people fall into the trap of Advent and Christmas gifts to buy at inflated prices, just to know that "After Christmas sales" prices are much lower for the same item as a pre-Christmas period.

At this year's 3D car shows that we were planning our Christmas presents on the basis of "After Christmas sales" period. We decided instead of expensive Christmas gifts for friends and family, we're going to keep our budget of less than $ 100.00 for Christmas, and instead give the normal $ 250 - $ 1000.00 per gift, we're going to give expensive New Year gifts and to give our families and loved ones the things they really want in a New Year's Day.

We use after a period of Christmas sales to buy things that will cost us much more time during the pre-Christmas than on the day after Christmas.

We also learned from the previous Christmas, it's a good idea to have a store in this Christmas to Christmas next year by buying wisely when just after Christmas, when almost all the goods on sale, and you can easily find the best buys everything.

After Christmas sales begin on the day after Christmas:

Although prices will still be better in the days just after Christmas, we learned that on the day after Christmas the best day to buy popular items. Immediately after Christmas the day after Christmas sales start, and can go up to January. However, if you're after high quality products and top sellers is the best time to buy these things on the day after Christmas. If you wait too long, these products may disappear from the shelves, and you'll have to pay the normal price for these products when stores get stock again.

Internets Strategy after Christmas Sales

This year, retailers has done a lot to their Web sites also feature hot after Christmas sales items. If you do not want to spend the day after Christmas in the stores, you can go online and look for the best route products online. If you want to compare prices is also a good idea to use the Internet, where you can go to Walmart to by Apple and Best Buy, Kohls and Target for a few seconds, rather than from store to store, which may take a couple of hours to make, if you had to ride through the snow to the stores!

To maximize the best aftermarket Christmas, we still recommend that you go to the store itself, where you can find individual shops offering management after the event New Year sale.

After Christmas sales 2011

many companies, the media began reporting on after Christmas sales and it is expected that in 2011, after Christmas sales to reach record levels this year!

Heavy rain hits Sabarimala pilgrims

SABARIMALA: Thousands of pilgrims from Sabarimala suffered the rain that hit the region on Sunday.

Although the intensity of rainfall was low in the morning, he was moderately heavy rain in the evening, causing serious difficulties for the pilgrims at Sannidhanam and hiking paths.

Pilgrims were hard to climb the hill, like hiking path between Pampa and Marakkoottam become slippery. Pilgrims who suffer worst were those who took the stage route between Marakkoottam Saramkuthi and the road surface was not lined up to date.

In addition, the ongoing construction of the queue complex in the area to Saramkuthi, Travancore Devaswom Board made affected the flow of pilgrims because of poor form on the subsequent disposal of road construction materials.

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Although the TDB has built a roof for three-quarters of the way between the site tour and Pampa Marakkoottam, she was unable to pilgrims who stand in long queues, not taking steps to build a roof for the entire row. Thus, the pilgrims have to suffer difficulties caused by the rain.

Swami Ayyappan Road

Swami Ayyappan repaired road between Pampa and Marakkoottam was closed to traffic because of the tractor slushy road surface. If the rain continues, the closure of roads for tractors traffic impact on the supply of raw materials for prasadam items for free food, especially vegetables Sannidhanam.

Demolition of the majority of more than 50 shelters for pilgrims pilgrims Pandithavalam put in deep trouble because of lack of recreational facilities. Pilgrims who reach the second half of the day, forced to stay back another day for "neyyabhishekam 'proposals.

Thus, they are forced to stand in Valiya Nadappandal and Nadappandal on Malikappuram. Contractors remaining shelters pilgrims take advantage of the situation and charge twice the rate of the pilgrims.

E-Pass approval shelved until spring

E-Pass approval shelved until spring:  E-Pass is not just start yesterday.

Halifax Regional Council approved a proposal to sign an agreement with employers to offer a one-year Metro Transit passes at a reduced price, but the council has not yet agreed to spend the money on the project. It is planned to be included in next year's budget, and the program will begin when the budget is hammered out in the spring.

Smart Drive E-Pass will cost $ 630 officers is involved, for savings of $ 210.Rabotodatelthen pay the difference in HRM.Proekt will run a pilot with 750 runs initially available.

One of the organizations are extremely interested in the program of Dalhousie University.

In fact, the University Council recently sent a letter asking about the project, which could cost around $ HRM 75000, at least, to begin in January.

"Seventy-five thousand, somewhere there is a minor adjustment or a small mistake," saidcountries. Sue Uteck last night.

But the staff explained the project should be included in the budget for next year, and mostcouncil members agreed.

Occupy Philly ignores eviction order

Dozens of protesters were Occupy Philly in the park outside Philadelphia City Hall on Monday after ignoring a period Sunday night to leave, confident that police enforcement of the eviction and vowed to stand firm if they did.

Mayor Michael Nutter told the protesters on Friday that they have until 5 pm Sunday to collect tents and other creature comforts that they have used during your stay at Dilworth Plaza in early October, two weeks after Borrow Wall Street in New York, prompting supporters to erect camps in urban centers across the country. Borrow Wall Street was moved in mid-November, as well as others take the camp faced similar fates.

Borrow Philly maintained warm relations with Nutter, until about 10 days ago, when the mayor announced that the group was to block $ 50 million renovation project scheduled for Dilworth Plaza on the march in a public park. At a press conference, Nutter accused of reneging on promises to the group at the beginning of the occupation to comply with city regulations and does not violate the repairs.

He also mentioned about the rape in the camp as proof that the crime was a serious problem for the protesters, as well as for other people in the area.

Relations soured after further Occupy Philadelphia rejected the offer of the city that the protesters to move to nearby Thomas Paine Plaza. Offer would not spend the night, limiting protests at 9 am to 7 pm

The number of tourists dropped by two thirds from last week, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, with approximately 100 tents remaining Sunday night, along with the protesters who vowed to stay. Philadelphia Daily News saw 87 tents.

"We expect people to pack up and leave," Mark MacDonald, a spokesman Nutter said that, according to the Inquirer. "I'm not going to argue that the city can do at any time on the road since that time."

Both reports quoted police saying that he never had plans to raid the park and forcibly dismantle the camp, as happened in New York recently. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the police were in opposition to Occupy Los Angeles, whose tourists were to resist the deadline to get out of the park in front of City Hall in early Monday.

From their camp on Wall Street in Manhattan Zuccotti Park was demolished, the protesters in New York tried to keep the momentum, gathering every day in the park and holding rallies and protests.

Gwen Snyder, Borrow Philly protesters, said the protesters in Philadelphia to meet later Monday to discuss their next steps, according to Daily News. She suggested that those could include moving to a new place, taking in an abandoned building, or statement of a sudden "flash" trades.

Powerful storm damages roofs in Nome, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska - Police in Nome report roof damage to homes, but other than a small town in Alaska, seems to be doing it through a huge storm sweeping the west coast of the state.

The Liaison Officer Zane Brown says the height of snow and strong winds blow at about 2 am, he said Nome continues to prepare for a possible wave of the Bering Sea at high tide later in the morning, but until that damage is minimal.

Brown said a voluntary evacuation of residents moved from the coast of businesses and homes to a shelter in the center of the community and the church.

Head of Planning, Mark Roberts of the state emergency operations center tells KTUU-TV that the west coast of the community reporting isolated power and communications interruptions.

But he says it's too early for a full picture of damage.

Michael Jackson doctor Convicted in Star's drug Death

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of manslaughter in the death of pop star for the supply of insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating room anesthetic to help him sleep, as he rehearsed his big comeback.

Dr. Conrad Murray Sat with a straight face, his chin held high as he heard the verdict that could send him to prison for up to four years and cost him his license to practice medicine. He was handcuffed and taken immediately to jail without bail pending sentencing Nov. 29.

The verdict marked the latest chapter in one of the most shocking tragedies of popular culture - 2009 drug overdose death of the king of pop music at the age of 50 years, when he was about to mount a series of heavily promoted concerts in London that he hopes will turn his career around after a slide caused by the child molestation charges and years of odd behavior.

Cry broke the silence in the packed courtroom when the jury's decision was read out and the crowd outside the courthouse began in cheers. Jubilant fans sang Jackson «Beat It» and held banners reading "Guilty" and "Killer". Drivers honked their horns.

Jackson's family members wept, and his mother, Katherine Jackson, said: "I feel better." His sister La Toya said she was overjoyed and said:. "Michael looked at us"

Jurors were escorted from the building and not available for comment.

Lawyer Ed Chernoff said later in the day the verdict was disappointing and will be appealed. On the question, as Murray took the verdict, Chernoff said: "He's a very strong guy."

As for the future of Murray, he said: "The keys to the handcuffs belong to the judge. Of course, we want to do anything we can to keep him from going to jail."

The jury discussed at least nine hours after a six-week trial, which is portrayed as a tortured genius Jackson on the verge of what could be his greatest triumph is not one obstacle - an extreme insomnia.

Jackson's death marked the end of an incredible growth for the glory of his humble beginnings in Gary, Indiana, a tiny power singer and dancer with a magnetic smile enchanted the audience and improving Jackson Five to the top of the pop music world.

As a solo act adult, self-anointed King of Pop sold concerts and recordings led the cards with albums such as 1982 "Thriller", which remains the best-selling album of all time, with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide.

His public life, but eventually became a surreal depiction of paid celebrities. He went on wild spending sprees, married and divorced from Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe, and had three children, who were disguised in a mask, because he was afraid they were kidnapped.

When he was tried and acquitted of child molestation in 2005, Jackson appeared to fall apart, moving to the Middle East and other countries in search of new life.

Return of concerts in London his chance for redemption. Given the physical demands, he hired Murray as his personal physician.

Prosecutors portrayed the 58-year-old Murray, as an incompetent doctor who enter propofol - an extremely powerful anesthetic commonly used during the operation - in the bedroom of Jackson without adequate safeguards and failing to care when everything went wrong.

Murray, who did not testify, told police that he carried only a small dose of the day Jackson died. And his lawyers blamed Jackson for his own death, saying the singer gave himself an additional lethal dose while Murray was not looking.

According to prosecutors, that was a crazy theory, and in any case, in their opinion, Murray did not have to leave Jackson alone.

The jury was not asked to identify the Murray actually gave Jackson a lethal dose, but whether he was primarily responsible for the death of the singer.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren expressed his condolences to the Jackson family, who "lost not pop icon, but a son and father."

In Las Vegas, a former patient and current Murray friend, Donna DiGiacomo, sobbed and told the jury under the "overwhelming pressure to convict."

"This man did not deserve this. They needed a scapegoat," said DiGiacomo, a former Long Island, NY, assistant teacher, who said he did not believe Murray did his best to intentionally harm Jackson.

Testimony came from medical experts, domestic employees and Murray's former friends, among others. The most shocking moments, however, came when prosecutors showed a great picture of a skinny, Jackson's lifeless body on a hospital gurney and played his drugs, slurred voice, as recorded Murray a few weeks before the singer's death.

Jackson spoke of his hopes of cementing the legacy of more than Elvis or the Beatles.

"We have to be phenomenal," he said of his "This Is It" concerts in London. "When people leave this show, when people leave my show, I want to say:" I've never seen anything like this in my life. Go. Go. I've never seen anything like it. Go. It's amazing. He is the greatest artist in the world. "

The thirst for sleep, Jackson sought a doctor who will give him intravenous propofol, which Jackson called it "milk" and it is believed that his salvation. Other doctors had refused him, according to testimony.

According to prosecutors, Murray gave up his medical report for a fee. According to testimony, Jackson planned to pay $ 150,000 to a cardiologist in a month long tour of Europe.

Murray gave up his practice in Houston and Las Vegas and agreed to go to Jackson and to become his personal physician for an indefinite period. Within six weeks, as Jackson had tense rehearsals, Murray gives him propofol every night, the doctor told police. He said he later tried to wean Jackson on drugs because he was afraid he would become addicted.

In the end, the doctor never paid a penny since Jackson died before signing a contract with Murray.

The circumstances of Jackson's death June 25, 2009, there were strange, like a chapter in the sensational story of life superstar.

In the last 24 hours of his life, Jackson sang and danced to a vigorous rehearsal, reveling in the adulation of fans who greeted him on the street. Evidence showed Murray gave Jackson intravenous doses of sedative lorazepam overnight and midazolam. Jackson also took valium tablets. But nothing seemed to bring a dream.

Finally, Murray told police he gave the singer a small dose of propofol - 25 milligrams - that seemed to put him to sleep. The doctor said that he felt it was safe to leave his bedside for a few minutes, but Jackson was not breathing when he returned. According to witnesses, he is likely to be dead at this point.

What happened next was disputed at trial. Security and maintenance personnel described as Murray in a panic, never calling 911, but Jackson is trying to give CPR to his bed, and not on a hard floor. The guard said Murray was engaged in packing and hiding the medicine bottle and IV equipment, before telling him to call 911.

There is no law prohibiting the manager of propofol and other sedatives. But expert witnesses for the prosecution stated that the use of propofol in the home without rescue equipment on hand was a flagrant deviation from the standard of care. Prosecutors called it gross negligence, the legal basis for involuntary homicide charge.

Tappan Zee Bridge sees laid off employee dangle

Officials dismissed a protest sign hung out for a few hours from Tappan Zee in New York City bridge on Monday, backing up traffic for miles before falling into the Hudson River and to be hauled on board a police boat.

Michael Davitt, of Garnerville, New York, was unhappy with dismissal in 2008 from his consulting work with the Rockland County Mental Health Department and was well known to law enforcement agencies, County Sheriff James Kralik said.

On Monday morning, Davitt was driving the van on the bridge, down a rope ladder, which was tied to the van and tears, then sat in a harness for more than three hours by about 65 feet above the river.

He swayed in the wind, and sometimes even swigged from a bottle.

The annex to his office was a banner accusing the Rockland officials "front" and "revenge."

"It's weird," County Representative Ron Levin said. "It's a very strange way to make a point."

He said, Davitt submitted applications and received a disability pension, retirement.

At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a police state on the deck of the bridge is attached to the rope ladder and lowered Davitt almost to the water, hoping to get him in a police boat, said Capt. Evelyn Mallard State Police.

Then he jumped from a height of about 10 feet and swam away, apparently injured. After a few minutes in the water, he grabbed a life preserver on the boat and towed Yonkers police and handcuffed.

Boats brought him to the dock in Tarrytown, where he was taken to Westchester Medical Center for evaluation, Mallard said. She said no charges would be filed before the evaluation.

Tappan Zee Bridge is a major shift to the north of New York, which carries Interstate 87 between suburban Westchester and Rockland counties. Rescue crews are forced to stop moving in an easterly direction, back up vehicles for miles.

Davitt was loudly protested at the meetings of Rockland County legislature and sent letters, "which some people considered to be threatening," Kralik said. Deputies were sent to the meeting to follow him, but he was never arrested, the sheriff said.

Davitt also sometimes picketed outside a building in the county of New City and tried to argue his case to the county officials, Kralik said.

"We decided to follow him, to make sure that it does not cross the line, and he never did," Kralik said. "Today, he not only went to the line, he jumped over him."

Dr. Conrad Murray's 'Confident' About Appeal

Los Angeles - Dr. Conrad Murray found guilty Monday of causing death of Michael Jackson begins his new life as a prisoner in the part of the Los Angeles County jail, where high-profile detainees, the prison official said.

While the "medical field", which houses inmates on suicide watch, Murray only there because it has a high ratio of guards, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Drucker said Harry.

Murray defense team vowed to appeal against his conviction of involuntary manslaughter, but first they have to deal with his sentencing set for Nov. 29.

While Murray was "devastated" by the conviction, he was "sure" that he will win the appeal, the lawyer Nareg Gourjian said.

"The main thing now is trying to keep Dr. Murray's departure to a prison cell in this community," lead attorney Ed Chernoff said. "This is what we see now, and we will be dealing with an appeal after that."

Murray served as the personal physician of Jackson, as Jackson was preparing for his concert comeback, with Murray gives him the anesthetic propofol to help him fall asleep almost every night for the last two months of his life, according to testimony.

Jackson's death June 25, 2009, was caused by "acute intoxication of propofol" in combination with two sedatives, Los Angeles County coroner rules.

The verdict followed nearly nine hours of jury deliberations, which began Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

Murray could be sentenced to four years in state prison, but his lawyers will ask the conditional and "maybe a little bit" of time in county jail, Gourjian said.

California's new law aimed at reducing prison overcrowding state and federal court decision county jail overcrowding could combine to significantly reduce the time of Murray's behind bars.

If you believe Murray is regarded as non-violent offense, he could have in the county jail, where he could be re-elected most of their time at home under the control of house arrest.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, who decides to offer Murray made it clear when he denied bail on Monday that he believes the doctor a threat to public safety.

"This is not a crime involving a mistake of the court," the pastor said. "It was a crime, where the end result was the death of a person."

Both Chernoff and Gourjian said the defense was not surprised by the conviction.

"I think what went wrong was a lot of prior decisions that were made in court with reference to some of the evidence that we had planned to invite the jury to consider", Gourjian told CNN, Piers Morgan. "I think in fact what Dr. Murray has denied a fair trial in this case."

The result may be otherwise able to enter the defense additional data - for example, the last drug Jackson and the "financial condition", Gourjian said.

Pastor order to limit the defense case may be grounds for appeal, he said.

Murray appeared to show no emotion as the verdict was read out by court clerk Sammy Benson Monday afternoon, or even as deputies handcuffed him and led him away.

The loud celebration among fans of Jackson began outside the courthouse, where emotions ran so high that at least one woman fainted. Passing cars honked their horns as people close embraced, wept and cried for joy.

Jackson family, including his parents and several brothers and sisters, and smiled as they left the courthouse.

La Toya Jackson emotional on Monday thanked all those involved in the lawsuit, calling the decision a "victory."

"Everything was wonderful," La Toya Jackson told HLN Jane Velez-Mitchell in, as she left the courthouse in Los Angeles.

Statement released by the estate of Jackson Monday said that "justice was served."

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren personally expressed his condolences to the Jackson family, which he lost, "not pop icon, but a son and brother."

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley thanked the jury "for their hard work and thoughtful discussion" and expressed gratitude that they recognize the "overwhelming" evidence against Murray in finding him guilty.

Seven men and five women on the jury heard 49 witnesses over 23 days, including Murray and friends of patients, Jackson former employees, investigators and medical experts for each side.

The lawyers argued the case of negligence, if instead, should be heard by the state medical board.

"If someone else but Michael Jackson, would this doctor be here today?" Chernoff said it was closed.

The jurors left to decide if an overdose of propofol was infused into the blood Jackson steady intravenous drip, and the prosecution claimed, or if Jackson introduced himself with a syringe left near the Murray, as the defense.

"He was just a little fish in a big, muddy pond," Chernoff said, pointing to other physicians who treated Jackson, and Jackson himself.

The prosecutor attacked Walgren defense is trying to blame "everyone but Conrad Murray, poor Conrad Murray."

Walgren Murray painted as selfish doctor, who agreed to accept $ 150,000 a month to give Jackson propofol infusion night in his house, prosecutors alleged ethical doctor would never do because of the danger.

"It was a very strong and powerful message that this kind of behavior does not rise to the level of criminal negligence, and to the extent that someone dies as a result they played the role of Dr. Feel Good, they will be brought to justice," Cooley said after the issuance of the sentence.

Murray license to practice medicine is currently suspended, according to the Medical Board of California, which decides if the doctor can legally work in the state.

In light of the conviction, the board will now begin an investigation to determine whether to completely revoke Murray to practice medicine in the state, spokeswoman Jennifer Simoes said.

The main criteria when deciding whether to revoke, suspend or take other action against any physician assesses how significant crimes related to medical practice. There are no dates of when charges may apply to Murray, said Simoes.

Snowstorm cuts Power to Millions

More than three million homes and businesses do not have power after the storm swept unusually early along the U.S. east coast.

Connecticut Governor Dannel P Malloy said 750,000 customers in our state have no power, 650000 are without it in Massachusetts, 617 000 in New Jersey and 200,000 in New York.

The storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some places, and officials warn that could be days before many see their power restored.

The combination of heavy, wet snow leaves and trees laden with wind gusts knocked down many power lines. At least three people were killed was assigned to the weather, and emergency was declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.

The storm worsened, she moved to the north, and the communities in western Massachusetts were among the most affected. A snowfall amount exceeded 27in in Plainfield, near Windsor and was 26in to the top on Sunday.

Along the coast and in cities such as Boston, relatively warm water temperatures helped keep snow is much lower. Washington received a trace of snow, tying the record for 1925 to date.

But in New York, Central Park set a record for the date and October, with 1.3in. Some inner city received more than the feet of snow. West Milford, New Jersey, saw 19IN.

The unofficial arrival of winter has been a boon for some. Two ski resorts in Vermont, Killington and Mount Snow, the ski season started early, revealing a trace of every last weekend, and Sunday River in Maine ski resort is also open on weekends.

The largest electric and gas utility in New Jersey, PSE & G, has warned customers to prepare for "potentially lengthy outages," and advised the government cannot be fully restored until Wednesday.

The severity of the storm caught many by surprise. "It's absolutely a lot more snow than I expected. I cannot believe that it's not even Halloween and already it's snowing," Carol Shepherd, Washington Township, New Jersey, said after shoveling the road.

daylight savings time 2011

If you have trouble remembering to turn back your clocks today, think about Pauline West.
60-year-old housewife has more than 4,000 crammed into her apartment.
And while the rest of the country was as much as possible an extra hour in bed, she starts a three-day mission to lose them all.

The collection, considered the largest in the world, covering all the walls in a two-bedroom apartment and costs £ 15,000. It started 24 years ago.

Pauline's husband Roy, 67, even had to put more than 60 hours in the bathroom of his home in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
The only room to escape her bedroom is a 22-year-old son Kevin. It has an alarm clock.
Roy is retired, so in tune with the collection he can hear, if the clock is not ticking.

He said: "Kevin really hates them. He cursed hours, if they happen to call when he tries to watch TV.
The pair also spends up to an hour every night tending to wind-up clock. They buy batteries in bulk every month to-date.
The most valuable is £ 1,000 a 150-year-old grandmother clock. It cost 20 pounds sterling from the sale of the vehicle load.
Pauline said: "Everyone knows me as a local clock woman, and they came to me during the week has reminded me to put them back one hour.

"They make one hell of a racket when they chime - it's like someone drops pennies into a tin can. All the rest of the time it's fine - we're all familiar ticking.
Pauline added: "I have a watch, but I did not bother to wear it.
Roy, a former driver of the delivery was on hand to poke the adoption hours apart and fix them, despite receiving additional training.

Police tear gas Occupy Oakland Protesters

Police tear gas Occupy Oakland Protesters: Auckland - Police fired tear gas at least five times Tuesday night to a crowd of several hundred protesters supporting the Movement, which tried unsuccessfully to return to camp outside Oakland City Hall, that the officers were removed more than 12 hours earlier.

Police gave repeated warnings to disperse the protesters from entering Frank Ogawa Plaza at 14th Street and Broadway before firing several tear gas canisters into the crowd at about 7:45 pm police announced over the loudspeaker that those who refused to leave may be aimed at “chemicals ".

The protesters scattered in both directions on Broadway, as a tear gas canister and a few flash-bang grenade exploded. Regrouping, the protesters tried to help each other and offer each other eye drops.

One wounded woman, which others said was injured from the canister, carried away two of the protesters.

One protester, 35-year-old Jerry Smith, said the tear gas rolled up and sprayed in the face.

"I felt they meant business, but people will not be intimidated," Smith said. "We can do this peacefully, but still not back down."

Police forcibly dispersed the crowd with tear gas again about 9:30 pm when protesters began throwing objects at them. As the protesters dispersed, police shut down Broadway between 13th and 16th Streets.

A few minutes later the protesters regrouped at the 15th street entrance to the square. The protesters began throwing objects again. Police responded by firing tear more canisters of gas.

The protesters were trying to make good on a vow to return the camp, which occupy Oakland activists have lived for 15 days until police evicted them Tuesday morning.

In the evening the protest began about 5:00 pm when about 400 people began marching from the main library at 14th Street and Madison in the direction of the area, which police had barricaded them and the city authorities have announced will be closed for at least several days.

"We're going to go out and get back what is ours, what we call Oscar Grant Plaza and what they call the mayor's office," said protester Kristof Lopaur, referring to an unarmed man shot by BART police officer in January 2009.

At the beginning of the scene outside City Hall largely peaceful, but it was a different story a few blocks west of Washington Street.

Employees in riot gear hemmed in protesters at about 6 pm and tried to arrest one man, as about 50 more, surrounded them, shouting, "Let him go, let him go."

The protesters threw red paint and turquoise with riot officers. Some brought the crowd to chant: "That's why we call you pigs."

Others asked the agitators to be peaceful and get back on the march, and some protesters tried to fight with the police and had batons and kicking back.

Interim Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said that his staff had no choice but to respond with tear gas. The crowd at its peak had grown to more than 1000 at about 8:30 pm, and two were injured by chemicals and paint thrown at them.

"We felt that the deployment of gas was necessary to protect our employees," he said at a news conference.

Although police do not provide a number of arrests in the demonstration on Tuesday night, he said five people involved with the Movement, were arrested earlier, after a morning raid.

Some of the protesters, who avoided conflict and wanted to show their support for the Movement of Wall Street was unhappy with violent turn.

"They did not have to police in this situation," said Helen Walker, 46, a nurse from Albany. “It was quite provoked, and if I could, I would stop these idiots from throwing paint."

270 killed in Powerful Turkish Quake

Turkey - A survivor of the earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude has killed at least 239 people in eastern Turkey, was pulled from the rubble with three others on Monday after he managed to ask help on his cell phone. Dozens of people were trapped in the mountains of debris, but authorities offered the hope that the death toll cannot climb as high as initially feared.

Rescue teams searched throughout the night between the buildings crushed like family members waited outside, some crying. Cranes and other heavy equipment up the concrete slabs and residents searched for missing persons with shovels. Support groups were quick to set up tents, field hospitals and kitchens to help thousands left homeless or who were afraid to go back into their homes.

Yalcin Survivor Akay was unearthed in a collapse of 6 floors with a leg injury after he called a hotline phone the police and described its location, the state news agency Anatolia reported. Three others, including two children, were also rescued the same building in the city of Erciş about 20 hours after the quake, officials said.

Authorities said hundreds of mud houses in the villages and concrete buildings in two cities fell in the earthquake that struck near the border with Iran, on Sunday. Hardest hit was the city of Erciş, an eastern city of 75,000 near the border with Iran and Turkey, one of the most seismically active areas, where about 80 multistory buildings collapsed.

The bustling city, most of Van, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of ECRIS, also suffered considerable damage, but Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said search efforts were not over.

Sahin said he expected the death toll to rise Erciş, but not as substantially as initially feared.

"As rescue work progresses, there is the possibility of increasing Erciş death toll, but the figures are not likely that the number of fear," he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said that 239 people died in the quake, more than a thousand injured.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who inspected the area on Sunday night, said "nearly all" of mud brick houses in surrounding villages had collapsed in the earthquake that also rattle parts of Iran and Armenia.

In Erciş, a team that specializes in disaster recovery of the mine, worked through the rubble of a building that housed students.

"Four or five (apartments) have been stabilized" said team member Mustafa Bilgin. "College students are said to be living here. We do not know how many are still inside; we arrived at their computers, clothes, but did not see anyone inside. They can get caught in another department, as they sought to escape. "

Dozens of people crowded around the building and quietly watched the rescue efforts.

Women carried buckets to collect food from a soup kitchen, as frequent aftershocks rattled the city.

"We stayed all night in the open, I could not sleep at all, my children, especially small, I was terrified," said Serpil Bilici of his six-year-old daughter, Rabia. "He grabbed me and ran when the earthquake hit, we were all screaming."

Bilici, mother of five children aged between six and 16 years, said his house had only cracks but his family was too afraid to re-enter. She lost a relative in the earthquake.

A woman who lost her parents, sat on the floor feet from another building crumpled, sobbing as relatives tried to comfort her.

The powerful quake terrifying moments still haunted many.

"I was in the street and saw the buildings of influence," said Hasan Ceylan, 48, and squatted in front of the remains of their three businesses, including a supermarket and a veterinary clinic.

Abubeker Acar, 42, said he was taking tea with your friends over a coffee, which was leveled.

"I do not understand what was going on, the buildings around us, the coffee all down so quickly," Acar said, sitting in the rubble of a building. "For a while, I could not see anything - the whole world was covered with dust Then we heard screams and got anyone who could reach.".

The government said it would offer favorable long-term loans to help rebuild small businesses in the region.

Some prisoners escaped from a prison van after one of its walls collapsed. TRT television said about 150 prisoners had escaped, but a prison official said the number was much smaller and many returned later.

U.S. scientists More than 100 aftershocks recorded in eastern Turkey within 10 hours of the earthquake, one with a magnitude of 6.0.

The authorities advised people to stay away from damaged homes, warning that could collapse in aftershocks.

Many residents spent the night outdoors and bonfires lit, while the Red Crescent began setting up tents at a stadium. Others sought refuge with relatives in nearby villages.

Around 1275 rescue teams were sent to 38 provinces in the region, officials said, and troops were also helping search and rescue efforts.

Several countries offered help, but Erdogan said Turkey was able to cope at the moment. Azerbaijan, Iran and Bulgaria, however, sent aid, he said.

Among those who offered aid to Israel and Greece. Israel's offer came despite a rift in relations after 2010 the Israeli Navy raid against a flotilla of aid to Gaza that left nine dead Turks. Greece, which has a deep dispute with Turkey over the divided island of Cyprus, also offered to send a special rescue team to the earthquake.

Leaders from around the world expressed their condolences and offered assistance.

"We're shoulder to shoulder with our ally Turkey in these difficult times, and are willing to help," said U.S. President Barack Obama.

Israeli President Shimon Peres phoned Turkish President Abdullah Gul, to offer help.

"The actions of Israel in their pain," Peres said in a statement. "Israel stands ready to provide any assistance that may be required anywhere in Turkey, at any time."

Turkey is one of the world’s most active seismic and is crossed by numerous faults. In 1999, two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7 struck northwestern Turkey, killing about 18,000 people.

More recently, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 March 2010 killed 51 people in eastern Turkey, while in 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 killed 177 people in the southeastern city of Bingol.

Istanbul, the largest city with over 12 million people, is located in northwestern Turkey, near a major fault. Experts have warned that the construction of overcrowding and poor quality in Istanbul could kill tens of thousands, if a major earthquake struck there.

Moammar Gadhafi is Gone, but other U.S. Foes Remain

WASHINGTON - Moammar Gadhafi joined the ranks of powerful foreign leaders who fought the U.S. just too bad.

But even with the death of Libyan dictator and Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic's Serbia, there are still autocrats around the world are hostile to the United States, in particular, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran.

America the most determined enemies were bucking a sole surviving only in a world superpower, which spends on its military as all other countries combined. All are facing social and technological trends that have made their work more difficult by opening more borders for trade and travel, to promote ethnic and religious tolerance and connection to the world of high speed Internet.

But while the U.S. maintains its leadership role in world affairs, it would be a tempting target. Among the despots and authoritarian regimes hostile to U.S

• Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who survived CIA plots assassination, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the U.S. economic embargo, to graze and to oppose the U.S. for more than half a century. Castro, 85, officially stepped down as president in February 2008 because of illness, but handed over the reins to his brother Raul, and the revolutionary regime survives. Cuban-US trade is minimal and there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries. The U.S. accuses the Cuban government violates human rights and to silence dissent, and Havana portrays a victim of bullying the United States.

• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a left activist and former military officer who came to power in 1999 and instituted sweeping changes in the economic and social policies, including the expansion of state control over the oil industry. Chavez has accused Washington of plotting to invade Venezuela, called for the containment of the United States, rose in Cuba and has signed major deals with weapons by Russia, Venezuela to build a regional power. U.S. likes to portray Venezuela as more annoying than the opponent, but this could change if Chavez takes on a more aggressive policy.

• Kim Jong Il in North Korea, Stanlinist style nation with 1 million-strong army, which was a thorn in the side of the United States after the Korean War. In recent years, the U.S. tried to persuade Kim to give up its small nuclear weapons program by offering economic aid and diplomatic acts as a trump card. But the U.S. accuses Kim repeatedly refuse disarmament promises while selling weapons abroad experience. The U.S. and other countries accuse Pyongyang last year of failure of South Korean navy ship and fire the South Korean island.On the North Korean leader believed to seriously ill, the key to Washington's future relations with North Korea may be the son of Kim Jong Il and heir, Kim Jong Un.

• Iran hierarchy. Theocratic regime in Tehran has shown little tolerance for dissent and a deep and abiding hostility toward Washington after the overthrow of the US-backed regime of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Sides of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against U.S. and Israeli regular meetings of the UN General Assembly, but it is only one voice among many in the Iranian government, which Western analysts say consists of a mosaic of anti-Western groups. The current conflict with Washington grows out of concerns about Iran's support for terrorist groups in the Middle East and attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but mainly focuses on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. U.S. says Iran is laying the groundwork for a nuclear weapons program that could threaten the Middle East, the U.S. and Europe. Iran says it is interested only in peaceful nuclear technology.

• Not all dictators are considered enemies of the United States during the Cold War and beyond, many of them were regarded as stalwart allies. Today, the number of dictators tolerates criticism from the U.S., but as posing little threat to Washington's strategic interests, including President Alexander Lukashenko, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

From the U.S. perspective, the survival of openly hostile dictatorial regimes may be less important than the growth of rival political and economic powerhouses like China, India, Brazil and Russia, a trend that some experts say could one day create a world in which the United States America is becoming a major power among many competing for influence and markets.

Decline and fall of Gaddafi, Saddam and others, does not mean age of hostile dictatorship to an end. As well as enemies can become allies, the allies could become rivals.

U.S. considered Saddam check on the power of the clerical regime in Iran until his invasion of Kuwait led to the deadly US-led war in 1991. In 2003, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam became ace of spades in the deck of the U.S. military maps of its most wanted list. Eventually he was caught by American troops in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit and running the new Iraqi government in 2006.


Today the U.S. faces the challenge of helping to prevent the developing countries from slipping into authoritarianism. Although the Taliban leader Mullah Omar was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001, it made an impressive return of movement and can once again become a major force in Afghanistan, in politics, as the U.S. leaves.

Gaddafi's death Thursday is just the beginning of the critical new phase in the history of Libya, said Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The leaders of the Libyan uprising inherit divide the population and destroyed the economy and barely functioning state - all the decades of erratic rule paralyzed Gaddafi.

"He left Libya with a unique set of challenges," said Cordesman. "You would have to go back to Nero or Caligula to find someone who could impose his personal eccentricities of the state to the extent that Gaddafi has done."

Moammar Gadhafi is Gone, but other U.S. Foes Remain

Moammar Gadhafi is Gone, but other U.S. Foes Remain: WASHINGTON - Moammar Gadhafi joined the ranks of powerful foreign leaders who fought the U.S. just too bad.

But even with the death of Libyan dictator and Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic's Serbia, there are still autocrats around the world are hostile to the United States, in particular, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran.

America the most determined enemies were bucking a sole surviving only in a world superpower, which spends on its military as all other countries combined. All are facing social and technological trends that have made their work more difficult by opening more borders for trade and travel, to promote ethnic and religious tolerance and connection to the world of high speed Internet.

But while the U.S. maintains its leadership role in world affairs, it would be a tempting target. Among the despots and authoritarian regimes hostile to U.S

• Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who survived CIA plots assassination, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the U.S. economic embargo, to graze and to oppose the U.S. for more than half a century. Castro, 85, officially stepped down as president in February 2008 because of illness, but handed over the reins to his brother Raul, and the revolutionary regime survives. Cuban-US trade is minimal and there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries. The U.S. accuses the Cuban government violates human rights and to silence dissent, and Havana portrays a victim of bullying the United States.

• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a left activist and former military officer who came to power in 1999 and instituted sweeping changes in the economic and social policies, including the expansion of state control over the oil industry. Chavez has accused Washington of plotting to invade Venezuela, called for the containment of the United States, rose in Cuba and has signed major deals with weapons by Russia, Venezuela to build a regional power. U.S. likes to portray Venezuela as more annoying than the opponent, but this could change if Chavez takes on a more aggressive policy.

• Kim Jong Il in North Korea, Stanlinist style nation with 1 million-strong army, which was a thorn in the side of the United States after the Korean War. In recent years, the U.S. tried to persuade Kim to give up its small nuclear weapons program by offering economic aid and diplomatic acts as a trump card. But the U.S. accuses Kim repeatedly refuse disarmament promises while selling weapons abroad experience. The U.S. and other countries accuse Pyongyang last year of failure of South Korean navy ship and fire the South Korean island.On the North Korean leader believed to seriously ill, the key to Washington's future relations with North Korea may be the son of Kim Jong Il and heir, Kim Jong Un.

• Iran hierarchy. Theocratic regime in Tehran has shown little tolerance for dissent and a deep and abiding hostility toward Washington after the overthrow of the US-backed regime of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Sides of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against U.S. and Israeli regular meetings of the UN General Assembly, but it is only one voice among many in the Iranian government, which Western analysts say consists of a mosaic of anti-Western groups. The current conflict with Washington grows out of concerns about Iran's support for terrorist groups in the Middle East and attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but mainly focuses on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. U.S. says Iran is laying the groundwork for a nuclear weapons program that could threaten the Middle East, the U.S. and Europe. Iran says it is interested only in peaceful nuclear technology.

• Not all dictators are considered enemies of the United States during the Cold War and beyond, many of them were regarded as stalwart allies. Today, the number of dictators tolerates criticism from the U.S., but as posing little threat to Washington's strategic interests, including President Alexander Lukashenko, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

From the U.S. perspective, the survival of openly hostile dictatorial regimes may be less important than the growth of rival political and economic powerhouses like China, India, Brazil and Russia, a trend that some experts say could one day create a world in which the United States America is becoming a major power among many competing for influence and markets.

Decline and fall of Gaddafi, Saddam and others, does not mean age of hostile dictatorship to an end. As well as enemies can become allies, the allies could become rivals.

U.S. considered Saddam check on the power of the clerical regime in Iran until his invasion of Kuwait led to the deadly US-led war in 1991. In 2003, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam became ace of spades in the deck of the U.S. military maps of its most wanted list. Eventually he was caught by American troops in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit and running the new Iraqi government in 2006.


Today the U.S. faces the challenge of helping to prevent the developing countries from slipping into authoritarianism. Although the Taliban leader Mullah Omar was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001, it made an impressive return of movement and can once again become a major force in Afghanistan, in politics, as the U.S. leaves.

Gaddafi's death Thursday is just the beginning of the critical new phase in the history of Libya, said Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The leaders of the Libyan uprising inherit divide the population and destroyed the economy and barely functioning state - all the decades of erratic rule paralyzed Gaddafi.

"He left Libya with a unique set of challenges," said Cordesman. "You would have to go back to Nero or Caligula to find someone who could impose his personal eccentricities of the state to the extent that Gaddafi has done."