BBC News - Iraq suicide bomb kills 50 in Basra pilgrims attack, Jan 14, 2012

"At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on Shia pilgrims in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Iraqi police and security sources say.
The attack was aimed at pilgrims marking the festival of Arbain, one of the main holy days of the Shia calendar, reports say.
Security had been tight amid fears of insurgent attacks during the festival.
Scores of people have been killed in attacks on pilgrims in the last few weeks, reports say."
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CS Monitor - Cruise ship aground: Search for missing off coast of Italy, Jan 14, 2012

"At least three people were killed and rescuers were searching for other victims after an Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground and keeled over in shallow waters.
Dozens were injured and around 50 people remained unaccounted for after the 114,500-tonne Costa Concordia hit a sandbar near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany as passengers sat down to dinner on Friday evening.
An official involved in the rescue operation said two French tourists and a Peruvian crew member were dead. Around 40 people were injured, two seriously."
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The Guardian - Denise Darcel obituary, Jan 14, 2012

"n the 1950s, Denise Darcel, who has died aged 87, profited from Hollywood's "ooh-la-la" conception of young, shapely French womanhood, generally inviting the adjective "sultry" and playing characters called Fifi, Gigi and Lola. In fact, her entire acting career was spent in America, cheerfully exploiting that image.
She was born Denise Billecard in Paris, one of five daughters of a baker and his wife. After studying at the University of Dijon, she returned to Paris, where she won the title of "most beautiful girl in France". Making the most of the publicity, she built up a nightclub act as a dancer and singer."
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NY Times - Tom Ardolino, 56, Longtime Drummer for NRBQ, Dies, Jan 14, 2012

"Tom Ardolino, a self-taught drummer who for 30 years provided the impassioned but steady pulse for NRBQ, one of the longest-lasting and most beloved rock groups never to have a Top 40 single, died on Jan. 6 in Springfield, Mass. He was 56.
Tom Ardolino performing with NRBQ in 1978.
His death was confirmed by an NRBQ spokeswoman. She did not specify a cause, but Mr. Ardolino had been in poor health for some time."
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VOA News - Ex-Turkish Cypriot Leader Denktash Dies, Jan 14, 2012

"Former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has died after a long illness.
Denktash's family announced Friday that he had died earlier in the day, two weeks before his 88th birthday.
Denktash, who had experienced deteriorating health for some time, was admitted to a hospital in northern Cyprus on January 8. He died of multiple organ failure.
Denktash was a staunch, lifelong advocate for a separate Turkish Cypriot state on the island that has been split since 1974, when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of a union with Greece."
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Kathleen Edward, Girl Taunted Online While Battling Huntington's Disease, Dies, Jan 14, 2012

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ABC News - Circus Prodigy, 10, Dies in Acrobatic Accident, Jan 13, 2012

"A small Washington community is mourning the death of a beloved street performer who, at only 10 years old, wowed crowds and impressed professionals with magic tricks and circus performances.
Caleb "Flip" Kors, who was fatally injured in a hanging accident at his home Monday evening and died Tuesday, was famous on the streets of Bellingham, Wash.
"He was an amazing kid. Incredible," said Strangely Doesburg, Kors' circus instructor and mentor. "A kid can learn to juggle and do partner acrobatics and mime or whatever, and those are all things I was teaching him. But he brought this boundless enthusiasm for interacting with other people. Caleb at 10 could read a person or crowd and see what they needed and take them to a special place. He could say, 'Hey I'm going to juggle.Be a part of this with me.'""
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Entertainment Gather - Isabella Barrett from 'Toddlers & Tiaras' Sings, Jan 12, 2012

"What 5-year-old child has any business in a nightclub? Apparently, Isabella Barrett's parents think the toddler does. She was seen performing 'Sexy and I Know it' for a crowd at Libation NYC during a special charity event. So, maybe the performance was for a good cause, but that really doesn't matter at this point"
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Top 2 Best - Highest Paid Prime Minister in the World, Jan 12, 2012

"World’s best paid politicians are in Singapore. Although recently Singapore slashed its leaders ‘unpopular multi-million dollar’ salaries by at least third but still it remains on the top. Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong is earning $1690,000 per year which the highest salary of any elected head of government in the world. American President earns four times less than Singapore’s PM, $400,000 a year. In Singapore not only Prime Minster but President and Ministers also earn more than any of their counterpart in the world."
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Incentive Travel - Yorkshire on top of the World...AGAIN!, Jan 12, 2012

"The campaign to promote Yorkshire as a tourist destination has beaten some of the best travel brands on the planet for the second year running, winning a prestigious World Travel Award for the World’s Leading Marketing Campaign.
It means in the past two years the county’s destination management organisation has beaten a who’s who of the travel industry to put Yorkshire on the global map. "
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CALGARY Herald - CNN names Calgary one of top world destinations for 2012, Jan 12, 2012

"CALGARY — If the city had a nose, it would feel itchy.
Calgary may be floating a lull between Kate-and-Wills and the Stampede centennial, but everyone suddenly seems capable of finding the city on a map.
Earlier this week, CNN International’s website placed our fair town as one of the top places in the world to visit in 2012."
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Telegraph - Billionaire Aga Khan to fight £50 million divorce settlement, Jan 12, 2012

"Yet the 75-year old Prince Karim, the fourth Aga Khan, has posted a last-minute challenge to September's ruling, prompting lawyers for his estranged wife to accuse him of cutting and running.
The head of the 12 million-strong Ismaeli Muslim community is a British citizen and Swiss taxpayer but lives in France where the former Princess Gabriele zu Leiningen - sued for divorce."
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NYTimes - Mary Ellen Avery, Premature Babies’ Savior, Dies at 84, Jan 12, 2012

"Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, a medical researcher who helped save hundreds of thousands of premature infants with a single, crucial discovery about their ability to breathe, died on Dec. 4 in West Orange, N.J. She was 84.
Dr. Mary Ellen Avery with President George Bush in 1991, when she was awarded the National Medal of Science.
Children’s Hospital Boston made the announcement days after her death, but it was not widely disseminated.
Dr. Avery was the first woman to be appointed physician in chief at Children’s Hospital; the first woman to head a clinical department at Harvard Medical School; the first woman to be chosen president of the Society for Pediatric Research; and the first pediatrician to lead the American Association for the Advancement of Science."
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HUFFINGTON Post - Jerome Rubin, Helped Forge LexisNexis, Dies At 86, Jan 12, 2012

"NEW YORK -- Jerome Rubin, who helped bring to market the commercial online research database today known as LexisNexis and the display technology behind millions of Amazon Kindles and other e-readers, has died in New York. He was 86.
Rubin died of a stroke at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan on Monday, said his children."
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NZ Herald News - Cyclone Heidi lashes Western Australia, Jan 12, 2012

"Tropical Cyclone Heidi has crossed the coast of Western Australia, lashing Port Hedland with heavy rain and wild winds reaching up to 130km/h.
The category two cyclone made landfall about 4.30am WST (0730 AEDT) on Thursday, after a tense and sleepless night for locals.
Communities between Pardoo and Whim Creek, including Port and South Hedland, remain on red alert, although Heidi is expected to weaken as she moves inland."
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Cook Islands News - Mike Pero opens shop in Raro, Jan 12, 2012

"Prominent Cook Islander Mike Pero is in Rarotonga launching his New Zealand-based enterprise locally.
Pero, well known for his mortgage and finance company which has expanded into real estate, has lent his brand name to the Rarotonga firm Cook Islands Real Estate (CIRE).
Essentially the firm remains operating as it has done, but with the international marketing reach of Mike Pero."
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Samoa News - OVERFISHING OF WESTERN PACIFIC BIGEYE TUNA CONTINUES, Jan 12, 2012

"Overfishing of bigeye tuna continues in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery, the world’s biggest tuna fishery, according to the 2010 tuna fishery assessment report released this month by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)."
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FIJI LIVE - Public Order Act is not to threaten people: AG, Jan 12, 2012

"People will not feel threatened anymore by others if they want to speak out and the Public Order Amendment Act is there to create an environment to facilitate discussions says Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
In a media conference this afternoon Sayed-Khaiyum now people’s voices will be heard with the new act in place.
He said people will now be given the opportunity to voice their opinions and issues not usually discussed in the past can now be addressed."

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Fijilive Sports - Fiji team for Uprising 7s named tomorrow, Jan 12, 2012

"The Fiji Barbarians team for the Uprising Fiji International 7s will be known tomorrow following the fitness test for the Fiji 7s squad.
Four players are being carefully monitored, Jimilai Naikadawa, Setefano Cakau, Sekonaia Kalou and Osea kolinisau.
"They've been slowly getting back into training," team manager, Semi Rogoyawa said.
"We have a medical test tomorrow to review their condition."
Following the fitness test and the medical examination, coaches Alifereti Dere and Etuwate Waqa will name their 12-member team to field as the Fiji Barbarians side.
"There is also going to be another team, eight players that will also field a Fiji side for the Uprising 7s.""
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FIJI LIVE - Berry engaged to Kylie's ex Martinez, Jan 12, 2012

"Halle Berry is set to marry for a third time after her French actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez popped the question, People magazine reported Wednesday.
Martinez, who met 45-year-old Berry on the film "Dark Tide" in 2010, gave her a diamond-and-emerald engagement ring, the celebrity bible reported, citing a jeweler's publicist.
The French star is the former partner of Australian superstar Kylie Minogue. He and Berry were most recently spotted at Canadian dance troupe Cirque du Soleil's show "Iris" at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood."
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