Newt Gingrich weeps, Mitt Romney attacks Ron Paul

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich walks back to his bus following a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich walks back to his bus following a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife Ann and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, speaks during a campaign appearance at a Hy-Vee grocery store, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, center, waits with staff as he is introduced at a campaign stop, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Le Mars, Iowa. Republican presidential candidates are largely shifting from persuading voters to mobilizing them for Tuesday's caucuses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wept Friday as he recalled his late mother's end-of-life illnesses, a moment of poignancy in a notably negative Republican presidential Iowa caucus campaign with four unpredictable days yet to run.

"I do policy much easier than I do personal," Gingrich told an audience of women as he tried to regain his composure. The tears flowed as the former speaker was responding to questions about his mother from a pollster and longtime political ally.

Gingrich's emotional moment came as his rivals engaged in traditional campaign tactics, and as polls suggested large numbers of Iowa Republicans could change their minds before caucuses Tuesday night provide the first test of the 2012 campaign.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sought to marginalize his closest pursuer in most polls, saying, "I don't think Ron Paul represents the mainstream of Republican thought with regards to issues, particularly in foreign policy."

Paul gave no ground. "I really can't conceive" of intervening militarily to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, he said, unequivocally restating his position on an issue on which he differs with Romney and his other rivals.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, claiming momentum based on recent polls, told reporters he recently had the best fundraising day of his candidacy. Yet he also drew criticism from Texas Gov. Rick Perry for advocating earmarks during two terms in the Senate.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann became the latest presidential hopeful to hold a campaign event with Iowa Rep. Steve King ? and the latest to hear him say he wasn't ready to give his endorsement.

Whatever the impact of Gingrich's tears on the race for the White House, the episode seemed destined to be replayed endlessly on televisions, personal computers and hand-held devices.

That was the case nearly four years ago, when Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared to choke back tears while campaigning in New Hampshire a few days before the state's Democratic presidential primary. The episode also became the subject of intense political analysis. Clinton won the primary in an upset a few days later.

Gingrich was surging in the polls a little more than a week ago, but was hit by a barrage of negative ads and has been struggling in recent days. Normally a combative politician, he shed tears as he appeared before a group of mothers and responded to a question from Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster and longtime ally of the former speaker.

Asked about his mother and an event in his life that influenced his policies and views, Gingrich recalled her as happy and having friends before she ended up in a long-term care facility suffering from bipolar disease, depression and physical ailments.

"My whole emphasis on brain science comes in directly from dealing with the real problems of real people," he said, his face distorting as he began to cry. "And so it's not a theory. It's, in fact, my mother," he said. Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich died in 2003. She was 77.

The event drew notice in New Hampshire, where Romney was campaigning a few hours later. As he mentioned his own parents, now deceased, a member of the audience interrupted, "Don't cry."

"I won't cry. But I do, I do. Nothing to be ashamed of in that regard," Romney said.

Romney, who leads in most polls in Iowa, criticized Paul in an interview with Fox News Channel.

"I don't think Ron Paul represents the mainstream of Republican thought with regards to issues, particularly in foreign policy," he said, referring to the Texan's statement that he would oppose military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

At the same time he said Paul was outside the GOP mainstream, Romney pledged to support whoever wins the party's nomination to oppose President Barack Obama in the fall.

Campaigning later in western Iowa, Paul said he would probably have difficulty voting for any of the other Republicans in the race if they win the party nomination. "They all are part of the status quo," he said.

After months of campaigning and millions of dollars in television commercials, the polls depicted a race as unsettled and unpredictable as any in the four decades since Iowa's caucuses became the kickoff event in presidential campaigns.

A pair of surveys in the last five days suggested upwards of a third of all potential caucus-goers had not firmly settled on a candidate of choice.

The same polls made Romney the front-runner, and his decision to leave for a quick trip to New Hampshire and then return to Iowa and stay through caucus night projected optimism.

Paul views on Iran have been called into question this week by numerous other contenders, and Gingrich went so far as to say he would not vote for the Texan.

To some extent, Paul stands alone in the field because of his libertarian-leaning views. He does not want the government to have the power to ban abortions, for example, and has called for the legalization of some drugs that are now outlawed.

That has left Santorum, Gingrich, Perry and Bachmann to vie for standing as Romney's chief opponent in the competition for evangelical voters and other conservatives.

Even before the caucuses, Romney and the rest of the field were looking ahead to New Hampshire's primary on Jan. 10 and the first two Southern contests later in the month, in South Carolina and Florida.

But there was maneuvering yet to come in the state that precedes them all.

Allies of Gingrich announced they were airing a 30-minute program in Iowa produced by Newsmax, a conservative media outlet. It features Michael Reagan, son of the former president, who calls the former speaker "a person who we believe will help continue my father's legacy."

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Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont and Kasie Hunt in Des Moines, Brian Bakst in Early and Mike Glover in Ames contributed to this report.

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Women 2.0: Success Secrets For Women

By Carla Rover (Writer, The Advertising Technology Review)

There's a disturbing trend in technology right now. Bright, highly-qualified women, regardless of where they start climbing the ladder at technology companies, rarely end up at the top. Few women found technology startups, or at least, few women who found them get funded. It isn't a matter of an orchestrated push to keep women out of the boardroom by some misogynist club of investors and company heads. Qualified women aren't rising to the top because they are advancing the hard way -- without mentors, the right meeting skills, and, often, without the right mindset.

The Mindset: Thinking Outside the Sorority

A friend of mine has an almost laughable number of technical degrees from Ivy League universities. She's debating moving back in to the corporate world, but is tentative. Because of the on-going hiring frenzy in ad technology, I suggested that she apply for a job with a well-known technology company.

Despite the fact that she is a software engineer, and the COO asked me personally if I knew any qualified engineers, she countered with, "I don't know if I'm really qualified -- I mean, I don't know some of these areas in technology very well, it's been a few years."

After a few more minutes of attempting to disqualify herself, making light of her Ph.D. in mathematics, I hung up and began chatting online with a 20-year old head of a startup who successfully won a seven-figure investment for his social networking company. He assures me that he will soon be dealing with some of the largest brands in the country, but "won't sell to Google for years." He is certain that he will be the next Steve Jobs and offers me publicist work when he "goes public."

Is the difference between my friend and the Silicon Valley 20-year old merely confidence? My female friend, despite her education and decade of work experience, has been socialized into psychological submission by a culture that teaches women that confidence, assertiveness, and demanding to be heard translate as unattractiveness, arrogance, and the dreaded "bitchiness." And those adjectives add up to the "unlikeable."

The Mirror: Learning to Love the Hate

Women, from childhood, are most often socialized to be liked, men are socialized to be respected. Women who are unlikeable in this vein are often deemed socially not to be "team players," and you can't be a leader if you don't start out as a team player. Strength, articulation and ambition aren't used as words synonymous with femininity, so adopting those as the hallmarks of your personality may look unnatural to a world that still equates the phrase "like a girl" with weakness.

Unfortunately, in the corporate world, and in particular technology, the capacity to be direct, react quickly, and compete -- sometimes viciously -- for your ideas to be heard are requisite for anyone to get out of the typing pool. But if essential skills, like consistently and somewhat loudly promoting your efforts, qualifications and ideas, stamps you with the "bitchy" or "aggressive" label, and thereby makes you less likely to become a leader, who would "act out" of the norm? The answer is, of course, a very few.

Acting out of stereotype means that some people may feel uncomfortable around you -- and that's ok. You have to battle through this. You have to allow your ambition and your intelligence to rub some people the wrong way. Be polite, be reasonable, but don't back down.

A half dozen women at the highest levels in technology and media circles have told me that we women, as a gender, have to allow ourselves to be smarter than the competition, and we have to be willing to talk about it. We have to take the risk of being called "assertive" and "brash."

The Moves: You Have to Start Now

The mindset of a leader begins with the acknowledgement not only of the challenges ahead but your fitness to address them, and your unique ability to create needed changer better and more efficiently than your competitors. For this privilege, you have to compete, fiercely, but by the rules. Most women aren't taught these lessons. They learn business strategy, they learn negotiation, but they don't learn how to look at themselves.

We are so frequently judged on our appearance that we import these toxic messages about unattainable perfection to our work lives. We want to be told that we have beautiful minds, just like we want a compliment on our new haircut.The great secret of this mentality is that women are taught that they must actually be the best before trying, men, from a very young age are taught simply to attempt to be the best while trying.

In order to advance, women have to get past their socialization-handicap and be willing to be considered self-serving, even "bitchy" to be able to allow their ideas and qualifications to be pushed into view. It doesn't matter how many times you fail as you improve. It doesn't matter how hard you have to study before you get close to the answers. The struggle is a part of the education. Don't flee from the tension of venturing into a new level of influence or responsibility.

You have to put what you have on the table before you can begin to show and tell. Learning how to not be ignored or side-lined is a delicate art that begins with brute force. If you get cut off mid-sentence in a meeting, tell the interruptor that you aren't done talking and don't get drowned out. Begin to release your ability to win by refusing to be treated like a little girl at a table of grownups. As much as the limitations and the roadblocks may happen to women externally, we also do it to ourselves, permitting other's pomposity to outlast our will to succeed.

The miracle is, that once in the spotlight, better ideas and better qualifications win out, even if there are grumbles, because no company can afford to lose brilliance and ambition, even if it is wrapped up in someone that is considered by some to be a bit of a "witch".

Mentors: Stop Being BFFs

Men are taught to make strategic alliances, even in friendships. They have close friends with whom they may discuss how nervous they feel about becoming a new dad, and then they have business friends that they play golf with every weekend in order to advance socially or in their careers.

Women are taught that the latter type of friendships are "phony", insincere, even immoral. Women have friends, co-workers, but not alliances. At least, most women don't seem to. It isn't insincere to meet with a co-worker to go shopping if you really need to pick her brain on what you need to do to move up at work.

It just needs to be open, and honest. Men give introductions to other men in order to create strategic business alliances that look a lot like friendships, but they really aren't. Mentorships are like this -- you are entering the life of someone who has something to offer you in terms of wisdom, business connections or job opportunities.

In exchange, they get to feel like a wise professor, molding the next generation of leaders. It isn't love, it doesn't need to be. If that makes you feel like a geisha, leadership may not be right for you because it involves working with and for people who are using you in some way. Make alliances that work for you. Learn from them, connect with those that they suggest, but always give back in return. If someone brings you to meet an investor who might like to fund a startup like yours -- thank them and make a flawless presentation.

It's OK to actively and aggressively build a coterie of people who are interested in bringing you the things that you need to advance -- like learning experiences and the opportunity to publicly shine. Men have been doing this long before women where even allowed to enter the corporate world, and it doesn't make you weak to get help, it simply puts you on a more even playing field.

Meeting: Get Out of the Bar

You need quality time with decision-makers and core investors, not time talking to their assistants at the local watering hole. It can be tempting, as the only woman in the room, to use the "look I'm female" tactic to get attention, but really, its your ideas and qualifications that should shine. Get into organizations and groups that are actively working on issues that you care about and that offer face time with people that matter in your industry. Don't let them flirt or pat you on the head and move on to their best friend's grandson who has this great idea to share.

Make it a point to stand out -- gracefully, but without flinching at the spotlight. Don't work behind the scenes shyly -- do your good work and then connect with those who (ought to) reward goodwill and hard work. Whether its a charity or a industry networking group, you need to be your own publicist and your own matchmaker. In this case, its best to have many relationships and outlets that help build your case as someone to watch.

It's time to stop being ladylike. Act like college recruits in front of an NFL scout. Show those that have their eyes on new talent that you are capable of achievement and confidence. Both elements are required to be considered CEO material.

The Message: You Won't Run Home and Cry

Women aren't leading major companies in America for a variety of reasons, none of which can be solved with a single action. What we can do is build a national infrastructure of mentorship programs that gives women a social refuge and a host of listening ears and a place to learn the dance of achievement.

We can actively promote educational programming to teach girls that feminine does not necessarily mean "soft" and it certainly doesn't mean weak. We can create a system of funding for new startups that moves beyond judging potential leaders based on the demographic mirrors of past CEOs, and looks at the idea and the team behind it based on their qualifications and passion, not similarity to Mark Zuckerberg.

Most importantly, we have to create these paradigm shifts ourselves. There has never been a successful social movement -- from the Suffrage Movement to the Civil Rights Movement -- that was successfully sustained exclusively by those who were not at the heart of the matter.

We have to create a level playing field by manning the heavy machinery ourselves. And above all, we have to make it clear that we are here to stay. Too many female CEOs leave after a few years because of the pressure. Too many young women drop out of science and engineering fields in college. We have to stay in the race order to move forward.

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At least 13 killed in Venezuela tanker truck fire

CARACAS, Venezuela?? A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into flames on Thursday in Venezuela, engulfing several cars and a bus and killing at least 13 people.

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The tanker truck tipped over and spilled gasoline, which ignited and burned seven vehicles, Caracas fire chief William Martinez said.

Rescue workers pulled victims' bodies from the blackened vehicles.

Martinez said the tanker truck driver apparently lost control on the highway in Caracas but the cause of the accident was unclear.

At least 16 people were injured in the accident, national police chief Luis Fernandez said.

The 30-year-old truck driver, Tulio Estenique, was unhurt and was arrested, prosecutors said in a statement. He is to be arraigned and is under investigation for his responsibility in causing the accident.

Prosecutors said that according to witnesses the truck was speeding.

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NCAA Basketball: Purdue Wins, Indiana Falls In Big Ten Openers

After a solid non-conference season that saw the Hoosiers return to the top 25, Indiana starts Big Ten play tonight with its toughest road trip to date. The No. 15 rated Hoosiers travel to East Lansing tonight for a Big Ten test against No. 17 Michigan State. The Spartans have played their usual difficult schedule in non-conference play, while Indiana's ranking is based mostly on their upset of Kentucky. The Hoosiers are still one of the final unbeaten teams in college basketball, however, and will be without Will Sheehey and Verdell Jones III. Those factors make this a very difficult challenge for IU:

The Spartans steal the ball on 12 percent of possessions and block 15 percent of shot attempts. While Kentucky is a very good defensive team, this game, on the road, will be by far the toughest test for the Hoosiers' high-powered offense so far.

Purdue also begins Big Ten play tonight with a road trip to the place where last season came apart at the seams. When the Boilermakers visited Iowa last season for the final game of the regular season Purdue was in the top 6 and had an outside shot at a No. 1 seed int he NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes upset Purdue 67-65, and the Boilermakers were never the same, losing their Big Ten Tournament game against the Spartans and int he NCAA Tournament against VCU.

This season's Purdue team comes in at 10-3, but only a handful of possessions away from being 12-1. After late blown leads against Xavier and Butler Purdue is need of a confidence building win on the road. their last three games away from Mackey Arena have resulted in a loss, but Robbie Hummel continues to pace them at 17.5 points per game.

Indiana's tipoff comes at 7:30pm on the Big Ten network, with Purdue following at 9:30.

Source: http://indiana.sbnation.com/2011/12/28/2667156/ncaa-basketball-indiana-purdue-begin-big-ten-play-tonight

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Back in dock: Mubarak trial resumes in Egypt

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Ousted president Hosni Mubarak being wheeled on a hospital stretcher into court for the resumption of his trial in Cairo on Wednesday.

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The trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with the killing of protesters and abuse of power, resumed on Wednesday following a delay of almost two months while lawyers demanded a new judge.

Mubarak, his two sons, the former interior minister and senior police officers face a range of charges including involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters and corruption during his three decades in office.

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Mubarak, who is being held under arrest in a hospital where doctors say he has a heart condition, was wheeled into the court on a hospital bed covering his eyes with his arm and surrounded by police.

Previous sessions were marred by clashes outside the Cairo court building between Mubarak supporters and Egyptians demanding the death penalty for their former leader, but there were no scuffles as Mubarak arrived on Wednesday.

Unlike previous court sessions, television cameras will not be allowed inside the courtroom during Wednesday's hearing, the English language news website Daily News Egypt reported.

Around 850 people were killed in the 18-day uprising that overthrew Mubarak in February.

The trial has gripped the Arab world, ruled mostly by autocrats who seemed unassailable until this year when Mubarak and the leaders of Tunisia and Libya were toppled in popular revolts.

Lawyers representing families of those killed had filed a suit calling for presiding judge Ahmed Refaat and the two other judges to be replaced. The request was rejected.

They had complained that the judges had failed to give them adequate time to question Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who heads the army council now ruling Egypt, during his court appearance.

Former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli and six senior police officers are also standing trial. Businessman Hussein Salem, a close associate of Mubarak, is being tried in absentia.

Reuters and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.

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Chelsea: Chinese trio line-up for Drogba

Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande are plotting an ambitious bid for Didier Drogba which would make him the world's highest-paid player.

The Chelsea striker is out of contract at the end of the season and hasn't been impressed by the club's offer of a new one-year deal as he wants more security.
Tottenham and AC Milan have been waiting in the wings for some time but the 33-year-old could opt instead for a lucrative switch to the Far-East.
The Super League champions Evergande aren't the only Chinese team interested in signing him, with Shanghai Shenhua also expressing a desire to reunite the Ivory Coast international with Nicolas Anelka.
Dalian Aerbin are very keen as well and have reportedly offered the player a three-year deal worth ?30m or put another way, ?200,000 a week.
However, Evergrande are ready to top even that by paying him in excess of the ?350,000 a week that Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala shell out for Samuel Eto'o.

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Call for Papers: ABA J. of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

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December 21, 2011

Call for Papers: ABA J. of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

As the new Editor-in-Chief of the ABA's Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, I am taking full advantage of my Land Use Prof Blog posting privileges to let you all know about our submission cycles for the Journal.? Here's the call:

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the legal publication of the American Bar Association?s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, is currently seeking submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues.

The Journal has extended the deadlines for the Fall 2011 issue (Vol. 21:1) until January 9, 2012 and the Winter 2012 issue (Vol. 21:2) until March 5, 2012.? Double-spaced manuscripts should be e-mailed to Jim Kelly, Editor-in-Chief, at J.Kelly@nd.edu and Wendy Smith, Managing Editor, at wjsmith@staff.abanet.org.

N.B.? The writers' guidelines for the Journal can be found here.

Jim K.

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Mexico police arrested over torture video (Reuters)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) ? Mexican authorities arrested five policemen on Monday on suspicion of torture after a video was made public showing police officers submerging a detainee's head in a bucket of water.

An official at the attorney general's office said five Mexico City police officers were taken into custody over the alleged torture, which took place in the capital's tough inner city neighborhood of Tepito last month.

Soon after the incident, a video was posted on the Internet showing a man with his shirt pulled over his head being dunked in a bucket of water while in the custody of a unit of well-armed policemen. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spQi5-e4ft4 )

President Felipe Calderon's term in office has been dominated by an army-led crackdown on drug trafficking cartels, which sparked a wave of criminal violence that has claimed more than 45,000 lives in the past five years.

Human rights groups have accused the police and army of abuses, including torture and killings, though very few officials have been convicted. Last month activists asked the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate Calderon and top officials over the allegations.

(Reporting by Patrick Rucker and Dave Graham; editing by Anthony Boadle)

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Asteroid named for 'disappeared' Argentine student (AP)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? For 35 years, Zaida Franz has not been able to find her daughter, a girl who dreamed of becoming an astronomer and then disappeared without a trace. Now she at least has an address she can think about ? out in space.

"My dearest daughter, at last I can write to you, now that I have a place to find you: Asteroid 11441, between Mars and Jupiter," she wrote in an open letter this month.

"Anadiego," honoring Ana Teresa Diego, is the first asteroid to bear the name of a victim of Argentina's 1976-1983 military regime, which eliminated thousands of dissidents in its crackdown on political dissent. Most were kidnapped, tortured and summarily executed, their bodies disposed of in anonymous graves. Others were drugged and thrown alive from planes miles off the coast.

Argentina's renowned forensic anthropology team has been able to recover and identify only 510 bodies, a small percentage of the thousands of disappeared. In all, 13,000 people were killed, according to the official tally, although human rights groups say the total is closer to 30,000.

Naming the asteroid after her daughter, Franz said, helps "fill an emptiness" she has felt ever since the abduction.

"I never found out where Ana's body was," she said. "Now I know that she is in an asteroid with her name. Not only her, but all of the disappeared."

Ana was 22 when she was abducted while studying at the National University of La Plata.

"It struck me as a good idea to name an asteroid after a student who wanted to become an astronomer and had fought for her ideals," said Adrian Brunini, the university's dean of astronomy. He was the one who proposed baptizing as "Anadiego" an asteroid discovered in 1975 by Argentine astronomer Mario Cesco.

President Cristina Fernandez, who studied law in La Plata in the early 1970s, honored Ana in her address to Congress as she began her second term this month.

"That young woman could have been sitting where I am seated now," Fernandez said, urging the justice system to speed up human rights trials and "definitively turn a tragic page in our history."

"Anadiego" lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, orbiting the sun every 4.1 years. Asteroids are remnants from the birth of the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago.

The International Astronomical Union's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature agreed that Diego "was an excellent student at La Plata Astronomical Observatory in the 1970s who also had a strong social commitment and gave her life in defense of freedom."

The naming committee, with representatives from a dozen countries, usually prohibits naming asteroids for modern figures or events with political connotations. But exceptions have been made for cases relating to human rights. Asteroids have been named after German anti-Nazi dissidents, and one even bears the name "Madresplazamayo," referring to the Argentine human rights group.

"This wasn't an arbitrary selection from among the tens of thousands of disappeared. It seemed natural that astronomers would pay homage to a member of the scientific community," said Uruguayan astronomer Julio Angel Fernandez, Latin America's only representative on the committee.

Friends and colleagues say Diego divided her time between studying and political advocacy with the Communist Party. She had won a scholarship to study astronomy in Europe, but decided to stay in the university city, a center of student protest and idealism in the early 1970s.

Diego took part in assemblies, distributed pamphlets and often painted slogans on walls, but the party did not advocate violence and her family and friends say she never took part in armed actions or terrorist activities.

"We both liked mathematics and physics, but we didn't talk much about astronomy. When we weren't talking about politics or the difficult situation of the killings and disappearances of our friends and colleagues, we talked about our families. Ana greatly admired her father, a mathematician who died in 1975," recalled Carmen Nunez, a friend and fellow activist.

On Sept. 30, 1976, Diego was kidnapped at the university's library.

"The day she was abducted we had left the observatory together. ... Ana remembered that she had forgot to hand in a practical exercise to a professor and decided to go back. I went to a meeting ... and not more than half and hour had passed when someone came running to say that Ana had been taken away in a car without plates. We never saw her again," Nunez said.

Other detainees later said the young woman was taken to a clandestine detention center and tortured for information on fellow militants.

Nunez said she doubts her friend would have talked. "She had very defined ideas and defended them convincingly," she said.

Many detainees were buried anonymously in public cemeteries or in clandestine graves on military or police bases. Some were sedated and thrown alive from military planes into the wide Rio de la Plata river that runs between Argentina and Uruguay.

Evidence of these "Death Flights" was recently provided to Argentina's justice system by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The long-secret archives included more than 100 photos of bodies that washed up on the Uruguayan coast bearing signs of torture.

While some South American democracies have hardly begun to come to terms with the legacy of their dictatorships, Argentina is trying hundreds of former military and police officials for crimes against humanity.

"The justice system is putting on trial those responsible for the genocide. Who would have believed that? I'm telling you that in the last few years there have been many changes," Franz wrote in the letter, listing her address as Villa Ventana, Planet Earth.

"I close my eyes and I see you as a little light in the asteroid, together with all the disappeared who look down on us and greet us with smiles. I feel as though you're OK, happily waiting for us and confident that this humanity will find a way to live in peace, solidarity and harmony."

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Iran says arrests another CIA spy (Reuters)

TEHRAN (Reuters) ? Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested an Iranian caught spying for the United States, the Islamic Republic's latest claim of success in a spying war with Washington.

State TV quoted the Intelligence Ministry as saying the arrested person had received training at U.S. bases in neighboring Afghanistan and Iraq and was meant to feed false information to Iranian intelligence.

"This CIA agent of Iranian nationality began his mission after receiving training in weapons use," the ministry said in a statement quoted on television.

"But he was identified by Iranian intelligence agents and his espionage missions were revealed."

He was supposed to launch his mission from Bagram base in Afghanistan, the intelligence ministry report said, but Iranian intelligence agents helped him enter Iran and later arrested him.

Current and former U.S. officials told Reuters in November that Iran had succeeded in uncovering the identities of several CIA informants.

Iran said in May it had arrested 30 people on suspicion of spying for the United States and last Tuesday 15 people were indicted for spying for Washington and Israel. Spying in Iran can be punishable by death.

On December 4, Iran announced it had downed a U.S. spy plane in the eastern part of the country, near Afghanistan. It has since shown the plane on television and said it is close to cracking its technological secrets.

The United States is leading diplomatic efforts to tighten sanctions on Iran which it accuses of seeking nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies. Washington and Israel say they do not rule out making strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.

(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari; Writing by Robin Pomeroy)

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Video: ?I have to be mom and dad?

Tim Blake is a stay a military spouse and a stay at home father of four. He explains the challenges of marriage, family life and deployment.

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It?s one thing for guys like Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby or a pastor to opine that God is working through Tim Tebow.? It?s quite another for Tebow to say it.

And it?s quite another for Tebow to say that God is actually speaking to him.

And while Tebow has yet to say it publicly, he?s saying it to his teammates.

?Tebow came to me and said, ?Don?t worry about a thing,? because God has spoken to him,? linebacker Wesley Woodyard said after Sunday?s win over the Bears, according to Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post.? Woodyard then forced the Marion Barber fumble in overtime, when the Bears were in field goal position.

Even though the story itself is a couple days old (which makes it nearly as old as the New Testament in Internet time), the concept is timeless.? Regardless of whether Tebow actually has a burning bush in his backyard, Tebow?s faith has fueled a level of confidence that could be unprecedented in professional sports.? He truly believes his team is going to win, so his teammates believe it.

And, perhaps most importantly, his opponents believe it, too.

For the teams who play the Broncos, it?s like continuing to try to beat an older brother in ping pong.? No matter what happens, that feeling of doubt inevitably emerges, and it all falls apart.

Many believe that this entire dynamic ? Tebow?s confidence, his teammates? confidence, and the ensuing lack of confidence on the part of the opponents ? faces its biggest test yet on Sunday, when the Patriots come to town.? Win or lose, however, the Tebow/Broncos confidence won?t be going away any time soon.

?It?s not necessarily prophesying,? Tebow has said.? ?But sometimes you can feel God has a big plan.?

If/when the Broncos lose or fail to make the playoffs or lose in the playoffs, Tebow will regard the outcome as part of God?s plan.? And then Tebow will prepare himself for the 2012 season, with the same week-in, week-out confidence that has made his team far better than the sum of the individual pieces.

It?s become fashionable to point out that Tebow has received too much credit for the accomplishments of his teammates.? But those same teammates who are 7-1 under Tebow?s leadership were 1-4 under Kyle Orton.

So regardless of how Tebow is getting his confidence, it?s that confidence that has made him one of the best players in the NFL.? And the Broncos would be crazy not to embrace this guy for the next decade or longer.? Plenty of guys can throw a football, but very few can inspire grown men wearing the same uniform to believe that together they can achieve great things.? Even fewer can cause the grown men wearing a different uniform to sense that, no matter what they do, it?s simply not their day.

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More Like Reagan?

Gingrich represents a much more serious challenge to Romney than Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, or Rick Perry ever did. When other candidates challenged Romney, his advisers could say that he still held the two trump cards. He was the candidate voters thought could handle economic issues?their No. 1 concern?and he was the candidate they considered most likely to beat Barack Obama. Not so much anymore. When asked which candidate can better turn around the economy, Gingrich wins 22 percent of the support and Romney 20 percent. The electability question is less clear, but still not a clean win for Romney. In the Des Moines Register poll, when people were asked which candidate was more electable, Romney got 38 percent to Gingrich?s weak 22 percent.? But in the Marist poll, 38 percent of those whose key concern was beating President Obama picked Gingrich, compared with 25 percent who supported Romney. (UPDATE: The latest Washington Post poll in Iowa shows Gingrich beating Romney on the question of which candidate can beat president Obama and which one they trust to handle the problems facing the economy.)

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Promising multiple sclerosis treatment targets immune cells to increase neuroprotection, study shows

ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2011) ? Laquinimod is an orally available synthetic compound that has been successfully evaluated in phase II/III clinical studies for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The mechanism of action of laquinimod has not been fully elucidated, but a study published in the January 2012 issue of The American Journal of Pathology suggests that laquinimod triggers immune cells within the central nervous system to produce and release brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), contributing to the repair or survival of neurons and thus limiting brain damage.

"Our data are indicative of a direct and sustained effect of laquinimod on the up-regulation of bioactive BDNF in patients with RRMS. Additionally, we demonstrate that laquinimod targets monocytes and skews the phagocyte population towards a regulatory phenotype, which in turn mediates immune modulation in vivo," explained Jan Th?ne, MD, of the Department of Neurology at St. Josef-Hospital Bochum and Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Neurotrophins, such as BDNF, are essential for the development and maintenance of neurons and axons in the central nervous system. Although BDNF is mainly produced by neurons, several types of immune cells also secrete BDNF, suggesting a role in neuroprotection.

To elucidate the mechanism of action of laquinimod, and to explore its potential neuroprotective capacity, the researchers evaluated levels of BDNF in the serum of RRMS patients treated with laquinimod in phase II clinical trials. A significant and robust BDNF increase occurred in 76% of the laquinimod-treated patients, with up to an 11-fold increase in BDNF serum levels observed in individual patients. BDNF elevation in individual patients was independent of relapse rate, and there was no correlation between BDNF levels and age, gender, or baseline disability. Yet, the source of serum BDNF subsequent to treatment remained questionable.

Experiments with animal models corroborated the findings in human patients. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE; a model of MS) was induced in mice with a conditional BDNF deficiency in immune cells (LLF mice) and in wild-type (WT) control mice. Treatment with laquinimod resulted in a significant reduction in EAE incidence and disease severity in the WT mice. The effect of laquinimod was significantly reduced in the LLF-mice.

Further studies showed that WT mice treated with a suboptimal dose of laquinimod demonstrated a significant reduction in the inflammatory area and level of demyelination. These mice also displayed a reduction of macrophage infiltration and a significant preservation of axonal densities in comparison with laquinimod-treated LLF mice and controls. The data suggest a BDNF-dependent mechanism of action for laquinimod in autoimmune demyelination.

To investigate whether laquinimod-treated monocytes mediate immune modulation in vivo, laquinimod-stimulated monocytes were injected into WT mice at an early EAE disease stage. The mice showed less severe disease course than controls. Transfer of laquinimod-treated cells derived from LLF mice into WT mice with ongoing EAE did not influence disease course. The cells also secrete significantly less IL-10, an immunomodulatory cytokine that is associated with the generation of regulatory monocytes.

"Consistent with immunomodulatory properties, laquinimod skewed monocytes towards a regulatory phenotype and also acted via modulation of BDNF, which may contribute to neuroprotection in MS patients," said Dr. Th?ne. "To date, selective targeting of monocytes has not been described for any other MS pipeline drug, highlighting an innovative mechanism of action of laquinimod."

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APNewsBreak: Fine accuser admits to molesting boy

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ? A Maine man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him is admitting to The Associated Press that he molested a boy in Maine.

Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston said Monday that he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy he met at a camp where he was serving as a counselor. The boy is now 14.

Tomaselli has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges but told the AP he anticipates that he'll plead guilty. He said he's "sick of hiding behind" his attorney.

He said he abused the boy in the same way he claims he was abused by Fine and by his own father.

Both men deny those claims.

Tomaselli said the Maine teen has suffered from the way he abused and controlled him.

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Romney, Gingrich focus of GOP race with Cain exit (AP)

MANCHESTER, N.H. ? With the implosion of Herman Cain's campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

GOP voters have one month before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Gingrich is showing strength in the latest Iowa poll, while Romney is strong in New Hampshire, site of the first primary.

Romney has maintained a political network since his failed 2008 presidential bid, especially in New Hampshire. Gingrich, whose campaign nearly collapsed several months ago, is relying on his debate performances and the good will he built up with some conservatives as a congressional leader in the 1980s and 1990s.

Gingrich's efforts appear to be paying off in Iowa. A Des Moines Register poll released late Saturday found the former House speaker leading the GOP field with 25 percent support, ahead of Ron Paul at 18 percent and Romney at 16.

Cain's suspension of his campaign Saturday, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's continued struggles to make headway with voters, have focused the party's attention on Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, and Gingrich, a one-time congressman from Georgia. They offer striking contrasts in personality, government experience and campaign organization.

Their political philosophies and differences are a bit harder to discern. Both men have changed their positions on issues such as climate change. And Gingrich, in particular, is known to veer into unusual territories, such as child labor practices.

Romney has said he differs with Gingrich on child labor laws. Gingrich recently suggested that children as young as nine should work as assistant school janitors, to earn money and learn work ethics.

Leading the pack means drawing criticism from those in the rear, such as Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum. Consistently lagging in the polls, Santorum took swipes at both leaders Sunday on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour".

Gingrich, he said, isn't a strong champion of conservative social values and puts them in "the back of the bus."

"He has never really been an advocate of pushing those issues. Newt is someone who likes to get issues that are 80 to 90 percent in the polls, and 80 percent in the polls are generally not necessarily conservative -- strong conservative issues. But that's how Newt is -- has always tried to govern. And I respect that."

Santorum acknowledged that Romney had become more conservative on issues, but questioned "whether he can be trusted."

"The best indication of what someone is going to do in the future is what they've done in the past," he said.

Cain's announcement in Atlanta offered a possible opening for Romney or Gingrich to make a dramatic move in hopes of seizing momentum for the sprint to the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus. Neither man did. They appear willing to play things carefully and low-key for now.

At a town hall meeting in New York sponsored by tea party supporters, Gingrich declined to characterize the race as a direct contest between himself and Romney. Any of the remaining GOP contenders could stage a comeback before the Iowa caucuses, he said. "I'm not going to say that any of my friends can't suddenly surprise us," Gingrich said.

Paul may be one of those candidates. He said Sunday his discussions of the war and the country's financial condition are resonating with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. He points to the Iowa poll numbers as a measure of his success and says he also stands to gain from Cain dropping out of the race, and his organization is paying attention to where Cain's supporters might go.

"There are a lot of people who call themselves Tea Party people that did like the independent mindedness of Herman Cain. So I'm optimistic that we'll pick up some votes from there," he said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union".

But once high-flying contenders such as Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota have not managed to bounce back so far, despite weeks of trying.

Bachmann said Sunday she was the "consistent conservative" in the race and her campaign would benefit most from Cain's departure.

"A lot of Herman Cain supporters have been calling our office and they've been coming over to our side," she said, also on CNN. "They saw Herman Cain as an outsider and I think they see that my voice would be the one that would be most reflective of his."

Cain's once-prospering campaign was undone by numerous allegations of sexual wrongdoing.

Gingrich, twice divorced and now married to a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair, has been the most obvious beneficiary of Cain's precipitous slide.

But Perry, Bachmann and possibly others are likely to make a play for Cain's anti-establishment tea party backing. Time is running short for them to establish themselves as the top alternative to Romney, who has long been viewed with suspicion by many conservatives.

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Fouhy reported from New York.

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Pakistani model's nude photo causes fury

EDS NOTE: PARTIAL NUDITY - Pakistanis look at a website displaying Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, at an Internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Malik, a Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for the magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm, has triggered fury across Pakistan. Malik's photo on the FHM India website, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network sites since earlier this week. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

EDS NOTE: PARTIAL NUDITY - Pakistanis look at a website displaying Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, at an Internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Malik, a Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for the magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm, has triggered fury across Pakistan. Malik's photo on the FHM India website, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network sites since earlier this week. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, Veena Malik, Pakistani actress and former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who is allegedly under investigation over the match fixing charges, poses in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter since earlier this week.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, Veena Malik, Pakistani actress and former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who is allegedly under investigation over the match fixing charges, poses in Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation. Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network website Facebook and Twitter since earlier this week.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary, File)

ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.

Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network websites since earlier this week.

Many here anticipate a backlash, as nationalists and Islamists regularly stage rallies against anything they deem an insult to Islam or to the national honor. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency or ISI has been accused of sponsoring terrorist attacks inside India.

Malik has broken Pakistani religious and national taboos in the past. She is a target for conservative ire and a heroine to some Pakistani liberals.

Conservative cleric Maulana Abdul Qawi declared on Aaj TV on Saturday that her latest venture into controversy was a "shame for all Muslims."

In an interview with Pakistani Geo television broadcast Saturday, however, Malik said the nude photo was published in violation of her agreement with FHM India and she was considering legal action against the magazine.

Malik acknowledged having been photographed for a "bold but not nude shot." She said the editor of the magazine had promised that he would cover most of the photo with the ISI initials.

The photo was intended to poke fun at the Indian fear of Pakistani spies, she said, adding "whatever happens (in India), people say ISI is behind that."

Magazine editor Kabeer Sharma said Malik had given full consent for the shoot and the picture.

"We have all the record(s)," he told the Pakistani television station. "Veena was very excited about that ISI idea."

Zubair Khan, a 40-year-old shopkeeper in the northwestern city of Peshawar, agreed, saying the photo had given rival India another opportunity to insult Pakistan.

"She has earned a bad name for the entire Pakistan nation," he said.

Others questioned the authenticity of the photo.

"It seems to be an Indian attempt to malign Pakistan by faking her nude pics, or she might have done it to get a cheap publicity," said Lubna Khalid, 38, a housewife in the southern port city of Karachi.

Twitter commentator Umair Javed however called on Pakistanis to "make copies of the picture and bury it in your backyard. This way, our grandkids will know there were some amongst us who lived free!"

Asked by reporters whether Pakistan would "pursue the matter" legally, the country's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday, "First, let us see whether it is real or fake."

Malik does most of her work in India. The entertainment sector there is booming, while Pakistan's is moribund. Her ties to Pakistan's archrival have landed her in controversy in the past.

During a much-publicized talk show appearance early this year, she lashed out her nemesis Abdul Qawi, who criticized her for having a scripted love affair with an Indian actor on an Indian reality show.

"What is your problem with me?" an angry Malik demanded of the scholar, who had accused her of insulting Islam.

Associated Press

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