Vatican Goes Cash Only: Card Payments Stopped

Vatican tourists can only pay by cash after card payments for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services were blocked by Italy's central bank over money laundering fears.

The tiny city-state can no longer use electronic payments because the Holy See has not complied with European Union safeguards against money laundering.

As a result, Deutsche Bank Italia, which has provided the Vatican with the electronic payment services for 15 years, had its authorisation halted on December 31.

http://news.sky.com/story/1033112/vatican-goes-cash-only-card-payments-stopped

Mortgages: Millions 'Struggle With Payments'

Nearly eight million people in Britain are struggling to keep up with mortgage or rent payments each month, according to the charity Shelter.

A total of 1.4 million have already fallen behind, with almost a million people resorting to high-interest so-called 'pay day' loans to make ends meet.

"It's shocking to think that so many families will be starting the New Year with a huge weight hanging over them, trapped in a daily struggle to keep their home," said the charity's chief executive Campbell Robb.

http://news.sky.com/story/1033099/mortgages-millions-struggle-with-payments

Agonizing Boot Camp for Misbehaving Students in South Korea: Behold Actual Discipline

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake TAIWAN REGION - 4th January 2013

Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 03:29:58 UTC
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 11:29:58 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
23.996°N, 122.282°E
Depth
30.2 km (18.8 miles)
Region
TAIWAN REGION
Distances
68 km (42 miles) E of Hualian, Taiwan

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA - 4th January 2013

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 03:00:46 UTC
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 12:00:46 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
7.367°S, 128.797°E
Depth
141.3 km (87.8 miles)
Region
KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Distances
284 km (176 miles) WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia

3.7 Magnitude Earthquake OKLAHOMA - 4th January 2013

Magnitude
3.7
Date-Time
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 01:59:19 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 07:59:19 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
35.440°N, 96.529°W
Depth
10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Region
OKLAHOMA
Distances
7 km (4 miles) SW of Boley, Oklahoma

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KURIL ISLANDS - 4th January 2013

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 00:50:33 UTC
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 11:50:33 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
46.024°N, 152.750°E
Depth
34.4 km (21.4 miles)
Region
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
389 km (241 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia

4.1 Magnitude Earthquake KYRGYZSTAN - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.1
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 22:10:10 UTC
Friday, January 04, 2013 at 04:10:10 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
39.756°N, 73.785°E
Depth
17 km (10.6 miles)
Region
KYRGYZSTAN
Distances
45 km (27 miles) E of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan

The bath salts zombies: Navy's disturbing new anti-drug PSA featuring demonic sailors

The Tailly: Do we really need tails?

Schoolboy, 12, who admitted 22 offences including sexual assault, theft and criminal damage is released without sentence because he has an IQ of just 58

A boy of 12 who carried out more than 20 criminal acts was today released without charge - because the courts have no legal way to deal with him.

A judge heard the child's behaviour has 'deteriorated beyond control' but his low IQ means that he cannot properly understand the court process.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256661/Schoolboy-12-admitted-22-offences-including-sexual-assault-theft-criminal-damage-released-sentence-IQ-just-58.html

FBI knew of plot to kill OWS activists, remained silent

Fiscal Fault Line: 'No new taxes except for the new taxes'

US Coast Guard delivers emergency equipment to Kulluk drilling rig in Alaska

US Drones

Jellyfish 'plague' invades Black Sea bay

Runaway Deer In Chelmsford: Woman Injured

A woman had to be treated in hospital after being injured by a runaway deer as it tried to hurdle her in a busy high street.

The wild animal sent pedestrians flying as it bolted down Chelmsford High Street before smashing into a shop window.

A woman in her 20s suffered cuts and bruises when the deer attempted to jump over her and had to be taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries.

http://news.sky.com/story/1033044/runaway-deer-in-chelmsford-woman-injured

Revealed: first image of a new planet being formed with star dust

The world’s highest radio telescope, built on a Chilean plateau in the Andes 5,000 metres above sea level, has captured the first image of a new planet being formed as it gobbles up the cosmic dust and gas surrounding a distant star.

Astronomers have long predicted that giant “gas” planets similar to Jupiter would form by collecting the dust and debris that forms around a young star. Now they have the first visual evidence to support the phenomenon, scientists said.

The image taken by the Atacama Millimetre-submillimetre Array (ALMA) in Chile shows two streams of gas connecting the inner and outer disks of cosmic material surrounding the star HD 142527, which is about 450 light-years from Earth.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-first-image-of-a-new-planet-being-formed-with-star-dust-8435785.html

Flu cases up almost half in a fortnight

Consultation rates in England rose from 23 per 100,000 in mid-December to 33 per 100,000 in the week ending December 30, according to the Health Protection Agency.

There was even more flu over the Christmas week in Scotland and Northern Ireland, with consultation rates of 37 and 44 per 100,000.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9778866/Flu-cases-up-almost-half-in-a-fortnight.html

David Cameron rebuffs Argentina over Falklands

The future of the Falkland Islands is up to its inhabitants - not Argentina, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

It comes after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner urged the prime minister to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to "negotiate a solution" to the dispute.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20897675

Simon Huxtable and Deborah Dale Crushed By Car In Bruges, Belgium

Two British tourists have suffered terrible injuries to their legs after being struck by a car as they crossed a road in Belgium.

Simon Huxtable, 44, and Deborah Dale, 34, were strolling through the picturesque city of Bruges when they were hit by a drink-driver, police have said.

Doctors treating the holidaymakers could be forced to amputate their legs following the crash, which led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Belgian man.

http://news.sky.com/story/1033001/british-couple-crushed-by-car-in-bruges

Putin gives citizenship to tax exile Depardieu

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to Gerard Depardieu, the French movie star who is quitting his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

The "Cyrano de Bergerac" actor bought a house across the border in Belgium last year to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires in France planned by Socialist President Francois Hollande but said he could also seek tax exile elsewhere.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/us-russia-depardieu-idUSBRE90206G20130103

Syria rebels in push to capture air base

Rebels battled on Thursday to seize an air base in northern Syria, part of a campaign to fight back against the air power that has given President Bashar al-Assad's forces free rein to bomb rebel-held towns.

More than 60,000 people have been killed in the 21-month-old uprising and civil war, the United Nations said this week, sharply raising the death toll estimate in a conflict that shows no sign of ending.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8AJ1FK20130103

Falklands row: Cameron vows to defend Islanders

The news came as Buenos Aries told the Prime Minister should return the islands to Argentina 180 years to the day since they were “forcibly stripped” from the south American country.

Downing Street said that the Prime Minister would “do everything to protect the interests of the Falkland Islanders”.

The source added: “The people of the Falklands have a clear desire to remain British and the Argentine government should respect their right to self-determination.”

The commitment from Downing Street comes despite repeated warnings from ex-admirals that Britain might not have the military capability to liberate the Falklands if Argentina mounted an invasion, similar to that of 1982.

The claims, from Argentine president Cristina Kirchner, were made in an open letter to Mr Cameron published today in The Guardian.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9778153/Falklands-row-Cameron-vows-to-defend-Islanders.html

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 12:30:12 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 06:30:12 AM at epicenter
Location
16.303°N, 95.147°W
Depth
18.9 km (11.7 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances
9 km (6 miles) ESE (109°) from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 11:20:58 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 05:20:58 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
12.453°N, 88.318°W
Depth
49 km (30.4 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
87 km (54 miles) SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador

Is Fukushima A Factor In Japan’s Record Deaths In 2011-12?

The CIA’s projected Japan death rate for 2012 is shown in this chart. Instead, after the Fukushima disaster, the actual mortality rate is the same as 2011.

Contravening the Japanese government’s claim that not a single person has yet to die from Fukushima radiation, national mortality figures just released to the press by the Ministry of Health and Welfare presents undeniable data confirming a record high death rate since the 3.11 disaster.

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/01/03/is-fukushima-a-factor-in-japans-record-deaths-in-2011-12/

Russia sends more warships to Syria: Reports

Russia has reportedly sent a warship carrying a marines unit to Syria’s Mediterranean port of Tartus, where Moscow has a naval base.

Citing military sources, Russian media reported on Sunday that the Novocherkassk landing ship left the port of Novorossiisk in the Black Sea and is due to arrive at Tartus in the early days of January.

Two other warships, the Azov and Nikolai Filchenkov, have also reportedly been dispatched to Syria from Russian naval bases since Friday.

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/01/02/russia-sends-more-warships-to-syria-reports/

300 Birds Mysteriously Fall From The Sky In Seymour, Tennessee

Residents and those passing by near Dogwood Hills subdivision on Boyd Creek Highway Sunday afternoon were met with an unusual scene. Dozens of dead birds littered the highway and surrounding fields after falling from the sky. Sgt. Robert Stoffle of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department said a call about the birds came in around 1:15 p.m.

http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/12/up-to-300-birds-mysteriously-fall-from-the-sky-in-seymour-tennessee-2526024.html

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 11:14:13 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 08:14:13 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
44.905°N, 141.788°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances
52 km (32 miles) S of Makubetsu, Japan

Obama uses AUTOPEN to sign fiscal cliff deal from Hawaii vacation... after fitting in a round of golf

President Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, signed the deal using an autopen, a device that copies his signature. He's the only president in history to use the gizmo to sign a bill into law.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256428/Obama-uses-autopen-sign-fiscal-cliff-deal-law--playing-round-golf-Hawaii.html

Fiscal cliff deal sends stocks into biggest rally in a year...but U.S. is warned it may STILL lose AAA credit rating

The 'fiscal cliff' compromise, even with all its chaos, controversy and unresolved questions, was enough to ignite the stock market on Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year.

The Dow Jones industrial average careened more than 300 points higher, its biggest gain since December 2011. It's now just 5 percent below its record high close reached in October 2007. The Russell 2000, an index that tracks smaller companies, shot up to 873.42, the highest close in its history.

The reverie multiplied across the globe, with stock indexes throughout Europe and Asia leaping higher. A leading British index, the FTSE 100, closed above 6,000 for the first time since July 2011, at 6,027.37.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256173/Fiscal-cliff-deal-sends-stocks-biggest-rally-months-investors-relieved-U-S-dodged-likely-recession.html

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:24:29 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 07:24:29 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.457°N, 142.740°E
Depth
35.8 km (22.2 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
178 km (110 miles) ESE of Iwaki, Japan

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake CRETE, GREECE - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 08:39:09 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 10:39:09 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
34.086°N, 25.087°E
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region
CRETE, GREECE
Distances
101 km (62 miles) S of Pirgos, Greece

MEN ARRESTED OVER US-AUSTRALIA GUN SMUGGLING

Two Sydney men are set to be extradited to the United States for firearm and drug-related offences.

Police arrested the men, aged 31 and 44, this morning as part an investigation into an alleged illegal gun supply route between Nashville, Tennessee, and Sydney.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/15757030/men-arrested-over-us-australia-gun-smuggling/

December Gun Sales Set “All Time” Record….. and They Continue to SOAR…..

The number of FBI background checks for U.S. gun purchases set a record in December, as the Connecticut school massacre prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to new FBI data.

The FBI said it recorded 2.8 million background checks during the month, surpassing the record set in November of 2 million checks. The number was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.9 million checks.

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/01/02/december-gun-sales-set-all-time-record-and-they-continue-to-soar/

Shelves go bare at gun stores

NEW YORK – The phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing. Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho, gun shop had firearms in stock. Others clamored to find out if their orders had been shipped.
Overwhelmed, gun store manager Ryan Horsley had to do what no employee would ever think of doing just days before Christmas: He disconnected the phone lines for three whole days. "We had to shut everything off," says Horsley, whose family has owned Red's Trading Post, the state's oldest gun shop, since 1936. "We were swamped in the store and online."

http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121231/BUSINESS/312319991/0/FRONTPAGE

What global warming? Alaska heading for an ice age, judging by research

New research from the Alaska Climate Research Center shows that since the beginning of the 21st century, temperatures in the snow covered land of Alaska are actually getting colder - bucking the overall global warming trend.

In the Last Frontier, where temperatures can get as cold as 50 degrees below zero, local residents have experienced the increasing chill and scientists now confirm that the Northwest state is indeed seeing a temperature drop.

A new report from the research center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks reveals that the 49th state of the union has cooled by 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 2000.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256188/What-global-warming-Alaska-headed-ice-age-scientists-report-states-steady-temperature-decline.html

America could still go over the cliff - and take the rest of us with it

After America postponed its jump off the fiscal cliff in the small hours of Tuesday night, world stock markets soared. Anyone listening to the BBC yesterday with its headlines praising Barack Obama would think something quite profound had changed in the world’s greatest — if battered — economy. However, it has not.

Intractable problems — chief among them chronic over-spending and weak consumer demand — have still not been solved.

The tackling of those issues has merely been postponed until the end of next month, when America’s legally enforceable ‘debt ceiling’ will probably be reached.

That will be the moment that U.S. debt passes a pre-determined point — north of $16 trillion — and a raft of dramatic public spending cuts will be triggered.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256289/America-cliff--rest-it.html

Councils refuse to reveal number of homes they give to foreigners: Authorities stop giving figures amid worries over impact of immigration

Councils are trying to cover up the number of taxpayer-subsidised homes they are handing to foreigners, it was claimed yesterday.

Local authorities have stopped giving figures for how many houses and flats they have given to foreign citizens amid rising worries over the impacts of immigration, a report said.

Councils in London, where one in five publicly-financed homes are already known to be occupied by foreigners, are among those no longer supplying the figures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256366/Councils-refuse-reveal-number-homes-foreigners-Authorities-stop-giving-figures-amid-worries-impact-immigration.html

4,000 foreign murderers and rapists we can't throw out. . . and, yes, you can blame human rights again

A Parliamentary answer reveals 3,980 foreign criminals who should have been sent back to their country of origin are 'living in the community'. Convicted rapist William Danga (above) violently molested two young girls while he fought deportation on human rights grounds. The figures do not even include than handful of terror suspects like Abu Qatada (inset) whom the Government is seeking to extradite.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256285/4-000-foreign-murderers-rapists-throw--yes-blame-human-rights-again.html

Monti fires opening salvo of second-term campaign

Italy's outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti pledged to cut labor taxes to fuel growth on Wednesday as he shed his neutral technocrat stance and fired the opening salvo of his campaign for a second term.

The former European Commissioner was appointed in November 2011 to lead an unelected right-left government of experts to save Italy from financial crisis after Silvio Berlusconi quit amid a sex scandal and a crisis that threatened the euro.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/02/us-italy-vote-idUSBRE90109520130102

Blasphemous book published in France

A French satirical magazine Wednesday published a blasphemous book against the holy prophet of Islam (PBUH).

The offices of this magazine were earlier firebombed after it published blasphemous cartoons. The editor of Charlie Hebdo weekly, however, insisted that the new book, titled

“The Life of Mohammed”, is a properly researched and educational work prepared by a Franco-Tunisian sociologist. It was edited by Muslims, he said.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-19972-Blasphemous-book-published-in-France

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says UAE arrests unfounded

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday some of its members had been wrongfully arrested in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on allegations of helping to train local Islamists in subversion tactics.

"I know 11 people were detained. I know that some of them are from the Brotherhood," said Mahmoud Ghozlan, a Brotherhood spokesman in Cairo. "The claim that they are a cell seeking to destabilize the country is devoid of truth."

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=298188

TASMANIAN FIRE CREWS BATTLE MAJOR BLAZES

The Tasmanian Fire Service is trying to control three large bushfires in hot and windy conditions.

Fires are burning in the areas of Richmond and Ouse in the south, and at Four Mile Creek on the east coast.

The most recent fire is burning in bushland off Middle Tea Tree Road, near the historic town of Richmond.

A police roadblock is in place and more than 50 people have been evacuated from a local caravan park.

It is understood the Richmond Zoo has been closed and livestock from nearby farms is being moved.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/15755486/tasmanian-fire-crews-battle-major-blazes/

UFO caught on video at Cardwell in north Queensland

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake MANIPUR, INDIA REGION - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 05:47:27 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 11:17:27 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
24.886°N, 93.958°E
Depth
65.7 km (40.8 miles)
Region
MANIPUR, INDIA REGION
Distances
8 km (4 miles) N of Imphal, India

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 05:27:43 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 03:27:43 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
40.329°N, 143.007°E
Depth
24.4 km (15.2 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
118 km (73 miles) NE of Miyako, Japan

FIREFIGHTERS ON HIGH ALERT AS HEATWAVE TO HIT AUSTRALIA

Firefighters are on high alert with parts of Australia tipped to have seven days above 40C.

Roxby Downs and Oodnadatta in South Australia's outback are set to sizzle with six days in a row above 45C and the tiny town of Tarcoola is forecast to reach 47C on Monday.

Temperatures will remain above 40C for the next six or seven days in many other inland parts of Australia including the towns of Mildura and Ouyen in Victoria.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/latest/15753561/week-long-heatwave-to-hit-australia/

U.S. drone strike kills important Taliban commander

A U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban commander, his deputy and eight others in northern Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said Thursday.

Maulvi Nazir Wazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, an important commander from the Wazir tribe, was killed on Wednesday night when missiles struck a house in Angoor Adda, near the capital of Wana, South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, seven intelligence sources and two residents from his tribe said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/03/uk-pakistan-drone-idUKBRE90203I20130103

Quadrantid meteor shower to peak overnight

Dedicated stargazers are gearing up for the peak of the 2013 Quadrantid meteor shower, which will be best viewed from the Earth’s northern hemisphere in the wee hours of Jan. 3, according to NASA — but this year a bright moon may hamper the celestial show.

The U.S. space agency notes that the gibbous moon, which will be more than half illuminated, will likely wash out fainter meteors. Also, the first shower of the year will only last a few hours, meaning timing will be key for eager observers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/01/02/sci-quadrantid-meteor-shower.html

Japan’s Population Falls by Record in 2012 as Births Decrease

Japan’s population last year declined by 212,000, the biggest drop on record, according to an estimate by the nation’s health ministry.

That’s the largest reduction since the ministry started recording the data in 1947 and a sixth straight year of declines. The number of births fell by 18,000 to a record low of 1.03 million last year, the ministry said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-01/japan-s-population-falls-by-record-in-2012-as-births-decrease.html

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Alabama: 'Joyride' Plane Crash Kills Teens

The mother of a teen killed along with two friends in an Alabama plane crash says her son had his own key to the plane and had flown it many times.

Sherrie Smith says her 17-year-old son Jordan Smith was the one flying the plane that crashed in the Alabama woods. She says two other male teen friends also died in the crash.

Authorities have said they believed the plane was taken on a joy ride without the owner's permission.

http://news.sky.com/story/1032631/alabama-joyride-plane-crash-kills-teens

Gunman Shoots Three Dead In Switzerland

A gunman has killed three people and injured two others after opening fire in a village in southern Switzerland.

The man had reportedly been drinking heavily before the attack on Wednesday night and was armed with an assault rifle.

http://news.sky.com/story/1032795/gunman-shoots-three-dead-in-switzerland

Phillip Westwater: Escaped Killer Found

Police have found convicted killer Phillip Westwater who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Newcastle on Wednesday morning.

It is understood a member of the public told Northumbria Police after recognising the 44-year-old from a circulated photo.

Westwater - dubbed the "Black Dog Strangler" - has been taken back to the secure St Nicholas Hospital in Gosforth.

http://news.sky.com/story/1032744/black-dog-strangler-escaped-killer-found

Dawda Jallow Wanted over Stabbing of Dogan Ismail

Detectives have released a picture of a 15-year-old they want to question over the suspected murder of a teenager in a row over a mobile phone.

The CCTV image, filmed on a bus on Sunday just after 10.30pm, is believed to be the last sighting of Dawda Jallow from Peckham in South East London, who has been missing since the stabbing.

It shows him travelling on the number 35 bus between Camberwell Green and Newington Causeway.

http://news.sky.com/story/1032709/dawda-jallow-cctv-boy-wanted-over-stabbing

Ian McKeever Killed By Lightning On Kilimanjaro

An Irish climber has been killed after being struck by lightning while scaling Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro.

Ian McKeever, 42, died in the freak tragedy as he led a group up the mountain.

It is understood a number of other climbers with him also needed medical attention.

http://news.sky.com/story/1032780/climber-killed-by-lightning-on-kilimanjaro

4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 03:30:07 UTC
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 09:30:07 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
12.470°N, 88.327°W
Depth
41.2 km (25.6 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
85 km (52 miles) SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 01:40:17 UTC
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 07:40:17 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
12.251°N, 88.297°W
Depth
71 km (44.1 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
107 km (66 miles) WSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua

Egyptian mag affirms Brotherhood infiltration of White House

Effectively affirming the concerns of five much-maligned Republican House members and the evidence presented in an investigative book, an Egyptian magazine claims six American Muslim leaders who work with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who have significant influence on U.S. policy.

Egypt’s Rose El-Youssef magazine, in a Dec. 22 story, said the six men turned the White House “from a position hostile to Islamic groups and organizations in the world to the largest and most important supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

The Egyptian article was translated and reported by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, or IPT.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/egyptian-mag-affirms-brotherhood-infiltration-of-white-house/

5.4 Magnitude Earthquake KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA - 3rd January 2013

Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 00:02:16 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:02:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
1.577°S, 127.405°E
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 miles)
Region
KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
Distances
39 km (24 miles) SW of Laiwui, Indonesia

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 2nd January 2013

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 23:18:00 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 09:18:00 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.538°N, 143.613°E
Depth
47.8 km (29.7 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
225 km (139 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 2nd January 2013

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 21:50:49 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 07:50:49 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.441°N, 143.709°E
Depth
29.8 km (18.5 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
237 km (147 miles) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION - 2nd January 2013

Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 21:03:44 UTC
Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 06:03:44 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
30.220°N, 138.550°E
Depth
431.4 km (268.1 miles)
Region
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
338 km (210 miles) SSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan

Iranian officials tell citizens to vacate Isfahan city, located near nuke site

Iranian officials have instructed residents of Isfahan to leave the city, renewing concerns that a nearby nuclear site could be leaking radioactive material.

An edict issued Wednesday by Iranian authorities orders Isfahan’s one-and-a-half million people to leave the city “because pollution has now reached emergency levels,” the BBC reported.

However, outside observers suspect that the evacuation order may corroborate previous reports indicating that a uranium enrichment facility near Isfahan had been leaking radioactive material.

Tehran went to great lengths in December to deny these reports, telling state-run media outlets that “the rumors about leaking and contamination at Isfahan’s [Uranium Conversion Facility] are not true at all.”

http://freebeacon.com/iran-to-citizens-flee-isfahan/

Triangle UFO formation appears above New York at Midnight, Jan 1, 2013

Orb UFOs and Strange "Explosion" Caught on Film in Sacramento, California December 30, 2012