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UN Should Weigh In on Iran

Brazil's top diplomat said he has asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to consider weighing in on the legality of a possible preemptive strike on Iran.

"No doubt adding an additional flashpoint of military action in a volatile region will greatly exacerbate tensions," Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota told Yahoo News in an interview in New York Tuesday. The international community should proceed "with the utmost caution." "There is a role for him in this," Patriota said he had proposed to the UN chief. "One sometimes hears the expression, 'all options are on the table.' But some actions are contrary to international law."

Patriota's comments come as the United States, United Kingdom and Russia have asked Israel both privately and publicly not to carry out a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Patriota has played a key role as architect of Brazil's foreign policy amid the country's rapid rise into a major global power. Last month, Brazil surpassed the United Kingdom as the sixth largest economy in the world. In another sign of the dizzying pace of the country's rise on the global scene, Brazil has roughly doubled the number of its embassies and consulates around the world in just the past ten years.

Earlier this month, Brazil joined Washington and 11 other nations at the UN Security Council in voting in favor of a resolution that would have condemned Syria's Bashar al-Assad for his brutal crackdown. But Russia and China vetoed the measure, putting into disarray diplomatic efforts to try to stem the spiraling violence in Syria where more than 6,000 people have been killed in the eleven month uprising.

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Economic Developments Around The Globe

By The Associated Press

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:
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BRUSSELS — Half the economies in the 17-nation eurozone are forecast to shrink this year, raising concerns that government austerity programs introduced to combat unsustainable debt levels are holding back growth.
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BERLIN — German business confidence has risen for the fourth consecutive month as Europe's biggest economy continues to outperform much of the rest of the debt-hobbled continent, a closely watched survey showed.
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BRUSSELS — The European Union is preparing regulations that will shut out Iran's banks from a major financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country in the world, a senior official said.
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LONDON — Markets were subdued as Greece pressed ahead with reforms demanded by its creditors in exchange for crucial bailout cash and as tensions rose in the Persian Gulf over Iran's nuclear program. Germany's DAX fell 0.5 percent while the CAC-40 in France was flat. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares recovered from earlier losses to end 0.4 percent higher.
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TOKYO — In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.8 percent and South Korea's Kospi lost 1 percent. But Japan's 225 Nikkei added 0.4 percent, its highest finish since Aug. 4, as the dollar traded near a seven-month high against the yen. That's a positive sign for Japan's powerhouse exporters, which have struggled amid a prolonged period of strength in the yen. In mainland China, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.3 percent, its highest close in three months. The Shenzhen Composite Index advanced 0.5 percent.
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ATHENS, Greece — The Greek Parliament approved a massive bond swap that would wipe $142 billion off the country's privately-held debt, as new projections showed the economy will suffer the worst contraction in Europe this year.
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WARSAW, Poland — Poland's jobless rate rose to 13.2 percent in January from 12.5 percent the previous month, according to government statistics.

Santorum suggests Romney and Paul conspiring against him

Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney (Jae C. Hong/AP) By Chris Moody
MESA, Ariz. -- Have Ron Paul and Mitt Romney made some kind of secret alliance to boost Romney to the nomination? Rick Santorum is starting to think so.

After months on the campaign trail, Paul has largely chosen to focus his attacks on candidates not named Mitt Romney, most recently going after Santorum, the latest candidate to pose a challenge to Romney's candidacy. The idea that Ron Paul would spare Romney--while attacking candidates with arguably stronger conservative records than the former Massachusetts governor--has Santorum wondering.

"You'll have to ask Congressman Paul and Governor Romney what they've got going together," Santorum told reporters after the Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Arizona on Wednesday. "Their commercials look a lot alike and so do their attacks." The idea might not be so far fetched. The Washington Post earlier this month reported that the Romney and Paul camps--as different as they are--have forged a behind-the-scenes alliance. "Romney's aides are 'quietly in touch with Ron Paul,' according to a Republican adviser who is in contact with the Romney campaign," the Post's Amy Gardner reported.

Although Paul has certainly landed a few punches on Romney over the course of the campaign, his efforts against him pale in comparison to the ads and comments he has made about the other candidates.

How Stupid Some People Can Be

Honestly, where does one find an ego that far out of touch with humanity, that they cry because someone moved something and or borrowed it and put it back exactly where it was. They are so caught up in their own world, they have forgotten who really Runs this shit. Step up and see what happens, I know exactly where I stand, and that is in The Right.

I mean my own brother, seriously he has not come to terms with the fact that very soon, nobody is going to own any type of materialistic goods. There will no longer be a need to outshine, or out-spend 'The Johnsons.' There will not be a cry for someone's ego trips, because nobody will care if that hurt your feelings or not. Just because you tell me not to take anything out of your room without permission, means I can't borrow something real quick and return it in the same condition it was in when I found it. You really need to blow off some steam, if that alone is causing you to flip your top.

You are not a Dictator, nor am I a servant. I am not gonna have my own Family treating me like an un-educated Animal anymore, it is very disheartening when they don't listen to you, they don't believe you, and they want you to do better, but aren't willing to go that extra step, to help you get back on the right track. It's easy to tell someone they are on the wrong track, but helping them get going in the right direction again is their problem, Right? Granted I have made a few mistakes along the way, but nobody is perfect. Needless to say, I feel unwelcome on this Planet, and it's only because I am too good for it!

Devlin-Blind Faith BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

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"Blind Faith"
(with Ed Sheeran, originally by Chase & Status)

I am a man with a heavy heart,
And I dare not tear the pages
Fighting with automatic self destruction
I...

It's a blind faith
A cruel waste
One bitter taste
So I know why I
can't fight this sweet
sen-sa-tion.

Listen, music that we play somehow gets glued to your brain
I'm the future when I'm in the booth done like I'm living in 3008
This music gave me a lane to ride in, but there ain't cars in the sky yet, so hold tight
Because I'm in flight like a plane with a lift of a light
You know why? Because I got cold bars hard like crowbars
You can't gamble with no cards
What d'you wanna call it then you get stung like a phone charge
Music mentally uses me like a sailor might use sonar
To find where the flows are, upon an ocean floor that's so dark

Sweet sensation
The music that we play
Will ease your mind
Sweet sensation
Listen, listen, the music that we play
Will ease your mind

My heart falls heavy, like a bankers belly
But when I'm writing songs, I'm happy like chunk when you got away from the Portellies
And there's a musical vibe that usually moves inside of my mind
Therefore I've got a fortune already, and I ain't even talking in pennies
So ride on, my faith is blind like a man who requires a guide dog
And life's wrong, but I stride on regardless of anything I am strong
I got all that I need in a mic and a beat to see how alive I can be
And I got sweet sensation inside of me, because my mind's at ease

I am a man with a heavy heart,
And I dare not tear the pages
Fighting with automatic self destruction
I...
It's a blind faith
A cruel waste
One bitter taste
So I know why I can't fight this sweet sensation

Listen, I wanna say rest in peace, for children murdered on U.K. streets
While the country wages a war, there's a war going on in our very own streets
And I say that life's too short to end up in a morgue or a court
So why not give music a thought and use it to glide like a hawk
Listen, we all get down in the dumps
But when they hear the melody and base line pump
I feel my heart rate jump through the roof and then I run loose on my tongue
Confer with Morpheus if you need proof I'm the one
Or I'll put my heart on the scales to prove that my cardiac muscle weighs more than a ton

Sweet sensation
The music that we play
Will ease your mind
Sweet sensation
Listen, listen, the music that we play
Will ease your mind

I am a man with a heavy heart,
And I dare not tear the pages
Fighting with automatic self destruction
It's a blind faith
A cruel waste
One bitter taste
So I know why I can't fight this sweet sensation.