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Mike Nova's starred items U.S. pins Annan's resignation to Syria diplomacy failures via Yahoo! News - Top Stories on 8/2/12 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House said Kofi Annan's resignation as mediator in Syria highlighted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's refusal to abide by a U.N.-backed peace plan and the failure of Russia and China to hold Assad accountable at the U.N. Security Council. "President Assad, despite his promise to abide by the Kofi Annan plan, continues to brutally murder his own people," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday. ... Drought worsens in U.S. farm states-climatologists via Yahoo! News - Top Stories on 8/2/12 (Reuters) - The worst U.S. drought in 56 years intensified over the past week as above-normal temperatures and scant rainfall parched corn and soybean crops across the Midwest and central Plains, a report from climate experts s

Mike Nova's starred items Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy to Syria via Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Top Stories on 8/2/12 Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has quit as the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Annan had decided not to seek an extension to the mandate first handed to him in February. North Korea’s Kim Jong Eun joined on fairground ride by British official via World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post by Simon Mundy on 8/2/12 SEOUL — A junior official from the British Embassy in North Korea accompanied leader Kim Jong Eun on a rollercoaster ride last week, British officials have confirmed, highlighting the tentative rapprochement between the two countries in recent years. Read full article >> US Military Involvement in Uganda Yields Mixed Results via Voice of America by Hillary Heuler on 8/2/12 KAMPALA — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary

Mike Nova's starred items VIDEO: Footballer Shevchenko turns politician via BBC News - World on 8/2/12 Retired football star Andriy Shevchenko joins Ukraine's opposition party Forward Ukraine. News Channels via NEWS by Mike Nova on 8/2/12 News Channels World Mike Nova's starred items Current News Playlist ______________________________________________________________  Psychological Distress Linked to Higher Death Risk - ABC News via Health - Google News on 8/2/12 CBC.ca Psychological Distress Linked to Higher Death Risk ABC News Feeling anxious, depressed or lonely may boost the risk of early death, a new study found. The British study of more than 68000 people found those who reported symptoms of psychological distress were more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, ... Mild mental illness 'raises risk of premature death' BBC News Even Mild Anxiety May Shorten