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Chicago Blackhawks celebrate after right wing Patrick Kane scored a goal during the third period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Kings, Saturday, June 8, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) celebrates his team's 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, in Boston on Friday, June 7, 2013. The Bruins advanced to the Stanley Cup finals. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Chicago Blackhawks players pose with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and the Western Conference Championship trophy as they win over Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in the second overtime period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference finals, Saturday, June 8, 2013, in Chicago. The Blackhawks advance to the Stanley Cup finals. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Boston Bruins pose with the trophy after beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, in Boston on Friday, June 7, 2013. The Bruins advanced to the Stanley Cup finals. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand, left, and Tyler Seguin celebrate after the Bruins defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, in Boston on Friday, June 7, 2013. The Bruins advanced to the Stanley Cup finals. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

CHICAGO (AP) ? Two franchises, rich in history, talent and star power. Two winning teams that know what it takes to bring home the Stanley Cup. Intrigue, in the form of a schedule that kept them away from each other for an entire season.

Oh, there's plenty to love about this series.

The Stanley Cup finals kick off Wednesday night when the Chicago Blackhawks host the Boston Bruins in the first finals matchup of Original Six franchises since Montreal beat the New York Rangers in five games way back in 1979.

The mighty Blackhawks, winners of seven of the last eight games, have a deep roster that really found its identity when pushed to the limit by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round. Then there are the playoff-tested Bruins, who rolled over favored Pittsburgh during an impressive sweep that gave them a chance for a second NHL title in three seasons.

It's a gift wrapped in a bow for a league still trying to recover from a bitter lockout that wiped out 510 games and pushed the start of the season back to Jan. 19.

"It's a special couple places, the tradition of the Bruins and the Hawks is special," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "I'm sure, you know, the rivalry could return instantly come Game 1. I think it's good for the league. It's good for hockey. Two great hockey markets. We're very excited to be a part of it."

Chicago advanced with a 4-3 double-overtime victory over Los Angeles on Saturday night, using a hat trick from Patrick Kane to eliminate the defending champion Kings in five games in the Western Conference finals. Back in the Stanley Cup series for the first time since 2010, the Blackhawks are in search of another title to pair with their six-game victory over the Philadelphia Flyers three years ago.

"Everyone has that drive to win the Cup," Chicago forward Andrew Shaw said. "It's going to be a long road ahead here. It's surreal. I've wanted this since I was a kid. I'm excited to get started."

Boston is rolling again after losing its spot atop the Northeast Division in the final days of the regular season. The Bruins have won five in a row and nine of 10, boosted by a familiar group of stars who led the way when they won it all in 2011. David Krejci scored four times in the Pittsburgh sweep and leads Boston with nine goals and 12 assists in the playoffs.

"The excitement is there," Bruins coach Claude Julien said Sunday. "You've heard people say, 'Once you've been there, you want to go back.' It's true, we really want to go back; we made it happen. We're excited about it and we also know what kind of challenge lies ahead for us. It's about acknowledging that and being ready for it."

While Boston and Chicago have kept an eye on each other for a while now, there's no way for either team to grab a real hold on what to expect at the very beginning of the series. That's because the abbreviated 48-game schedule due to the lockout included no games against teams from the other conference.

That's right, the Bruins and Blackhawks haven't played since Oct. 15, 2011, when Boston won 3-2 in a shootout in Chicago. There are no mutual opponents this year, not even an All-Star game to compare the players from each conference.

"I think all the information is out there for both teams to understand how we both play," Julien said. "There's no secrets there. Again, like I said, it's only the head to head, how the two teams are kind of going to clash, what's going to happen when we do. It's as simple as that.

"It's about having confidence in what you plan on doing and going out there and executing it, that's all you can do."

The Bruins were on the brink of elimination when they trailed Toronto 4-1 with less than 11 minutes left in the third period of Game 7 in the first round. But they managed to beat the Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime.

The Blackhawks had their own great escape in the second round, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the rival Red Wings in seven games. The comeback included a three-goal flurry in Game 6 that erased a 2-1 deficit heading into the final period.

The twin comebacks for Boston and Chicago increase the potential for a compelling series for the title. Now mix in a couple of the NHL's best all-around forwards in Patrice Bergeron of the Bruins and Jonathan Toews of the Blackhawks, plus a slew of talented players on each side, and there are convincing arguments to be made for either team to win the title.

"Here we are again," Toews said. "We got a great chance to go back to where we want to be. We know there's going to be some more tough moments that we'll have to battle through. We're confident we can do that as a team."

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Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap

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Only days after the initial leaks and explanations by the US government about the National Security Agency's data surveillance program PRISM, Edward Snowden has revealed himself as the whistleblower. He's employed by defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and also worked at the NSA as a "technical assistant." In speaking to The Guardian, he explained his reasons for disclosing the intelligence program: he wanted to "to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them," hoping that they'll use the information to debate the issue.

While the NSA's data-mining tool is reportedly known as Boundless Informant, Snowden has been keeping himself bound to a hotel in Hong Kong during this whole drama. Major internet companies have insisted that the government doesn't receive direct access to their servers and President Obama has stated that "nobody is listening to your phone calls, but the issue remains far from black and white. Snowden claims a "massive surveillance machine" is in the making under the radar -- at this point he's now waiting to see what happens next, assured he's made the the decision that feels right to him. Catch the full interview at the source link.

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L. Glynn Riddle, Jr.Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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The Company cannot predict the likelihood, scope or outcome of any such investigations on its facilities. On August 5, 2002, the Company was served in a lawsuit filed by the State of Arkansas styled Arkansas v. Diversicare Leasing Corp. d/b/a Eureka Springs Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, et. al., case number 02-6822 in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The allegations against the Company include violations of the Arkansas Abuse of Adults Act and violation of the Arkansas Medicaid False Claims Act with respect to a resident of the Eureka Springs facility. This action is scheduled for trial on September 13, 2004. On February 18, 2004, the Company was served in six additional lawsuits filed by the State of Arkansas in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The six lawsuits involve fifteen patients at five nursing homes operated by the Company in Arkansas and also allege violations of the Arkansas Abuse of Adults Act and the Arkansas Medicaid False Claims Act. The six complaints, in the aggregate, seek actual damages totaling approximately $250,000 and fines and penalties in excess of $45 million. No trial date has been set in these six actions. However, the Company cannot currently predict with certainty the ultimate impact of the above cases on the Company?s financial condition, cash flows or results of operations. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself against the allegations in all of these lawsuits.

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(Reuters) - Video recorder pioneer TiVo Inc said it would receive $490 million after settling a patent lawsuit with Google Inc's Motorola Mobility, Cisco Systems Inc and Time Warner Cable Inc, days before the case was to go to trial.

But TiVo shares fell 20 percent in premarket trading as the settlement disappointed shareholders expecting a bigger payout.

The shares rose 8 percent on Thursday after Motorola Mobility said it reached an out-of-court settlement with TiVo. Motorola did not disclose details of the agreement.

Motorola had accused TiVo in February 2011 of infringing its patents for digital video recorders. TiVo filed a counterclaim in March last year.

TiVo will enter into patent licensing arrangements with Arris Group Inc, Cisco and Google as part of the settlement, TiVo said.

TiVo, which will recognize a portion of the payment as past damages during the current quarter and the remainder over time, said all pending litigation would be dismissed.

The company also said it would double its stock buyback plan to $200 million and extend it for two years until August 29, 2015.

The patent trial was scheduled to begin on Monday.

TiVo has turned to litigation to generate revenue from licensing fees as it struggles with competition from low-cost rivals.

It settled a patent litigation with Verizon Communications Inc for $250.4 million in September.

The case is in re Motorola Mobility Inc et al vs. TiVo Inc, case number 11-00053, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.

(Reporting by Neha Alawadhi and Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Stephen Coates, Maju Samuel)

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IOTO, Japan (AP) ? Iwo Jima is a training site like no other. The rugged volcanic crag was one of the most iconic battlegrounds of World War II, and is so isolated and barren it has almost never been inhabited by anyone other than military troops. But from the perspective of U.S. Navy fighter pilots who regularly train on the island's one functioning airstrip, it is unique in another way.

If a plane finds itself in serious trouble and for some reason that lone airstrip on the island isn't viable, the only alternative is to eject and ditch in the Pacific. It's a problem that the U.S. Navy, which is now conducting training on the island to prepare pilots for deployment to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, has been trying to fix for nearly 25 years.

But, so far, Japan has failed to find a more suitable site.

Briefing reporters on the tiny island Friday, Capt. Dennis Mikeska, the assistant chief of staff for operations, planning and operations for the U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, said Iwo Jima is the only place in the world where the Navy conducts crucial carrier landing practice without an emergency "divert" ? an alternate location where a plane can go in an emergency.

He said the Navy hasn't lost a plane on Iwo Jima yet, but added, "That's not to say there haven't been any close calls."

Mikeska was quick to note that although the site is not so critically dangerous as to be unusable, it does not meet Navy safety standards and must be replaced as soon as possible.

Japan is responsible for providing locations for all U.S. bases within Japanese territory that both countries agree are necessary. The Navy's plea has run up against the classic dilemma that faces all U.S. forces in Japan. Though the Japanese government is one of Washington's staunchest and most reliable allies, it is virtually impossible to find a city, town or village that will quietly accept having U.S. troops based near it.

The not-in-my-backyard problem is most intense on the island of Okinawa, where about half of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are based. Plans to simply deploy the Marine Corps' new transport aircraft, the MV-22 Osprey, have sent tens of thousands of Okinawans to the streets in protest.

This week, the mere suggestion by the mayor of Japan's second-largest city that the U.S. should use a small suburban airfield there was met with an immediate outcry, and has become a national debate.

For the Japanese leadership ? who are rarely willing to risk such controversy ? Iwo Jima is the perfect place to put the noisy U.S. fighters.

Now officially called Ioto in Japan, the island is inhabited full time only by a few hundred Japanese troops. It is about 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) south of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, the base on Japan's main island where the George Washington aircraft carrier's air wing ? the units that train on Iwo Jima ? is stationed when not at sea.

Local anger over the noise and dangers of a crash are what drove the wing to Iwo Jima to begin with.

With little other choice, the Navy has been using the Iwo Jima facility for carrier landing practice since 1989, when the two governments agreed to move such operations there "on an interim basis" in response to the noise complaints, and costly lawsuits, from Atsugi residents.

Carrier-based fighter pilots need to train intensely and are required to take qualification tests before deploying to sea. The strip on Iwo Jima has a mock-up of an aircraft carrier's deck. Veteran pilots stand nearby as the fighters approach, both to guide them in and to grade each landing.

Iwo Jima has its advantages. Because there is no local population to worry about, fighters can fly at low altitudes and at all hours of the night. But according to the Navy, the nearest place a pilot can "divert," or make an emergency landing, is 600 miles (960 kilometers) away, or about six times farther than the 100 miles (160 kilometers) that is considered safe.

"We need a special waiver every time we train out there," said Jon Nylander, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy in Japan. "Moving it is a high priority for us."

Tokyo has acknowledged Iwo Jima is only a temporary solution.

Japan has suggested the Iwo Jima flight training be conducted on Mageshima, an island in Japan's southwest where Tokyo plans to build a military base to bolster its southern defenses and its preparedness for natural disasters. Mageshima was officially named a candidate in 2004 in a meeting between the U.S. and Japanese foreign and defense ministers.

Mageshima would provide access to alternative landing sites, and would also be closer to the home base of the air wing when it moves to Iwakuni, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) away. That move was scheduled for 2014, but has also stalled.

No progress has been announced on moving to that island, however.

Mikeska said Mageshima is still officially a candidate site, but no firm plans have been agreed upon.

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The National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been tapping into the servers of major Internet companies to collect audio, video, photographs, e-mails and other documents, according to a Washington Post report on a program code-named PRISM.

However, an Obama administration official said the data collection only targets non-Americans outside the United States, and companies reportedly tied to PRISM told ABC News they did not routinely give the government direct access to private data.

"We have never heard of PRISM," read an emailed statement from Apple. "We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order."

According to the Post, intelligence analysts use PRISM to collect information on the movement and contacts of "targets" that they have at least 51 percent confidence are foreign, but it "accidentally" collects U.S. content.

"An internal presentation on the Silicon Valley operation, intended for senior analysts in the NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate, described the new tool as the most prolific contributor to the President's Daily Brief, which cited PRISM data in 1,477 articles last year," according to the report. "According to the briefing slides, obtained by The Washington Post, 'NSA reporting increasingly relies on PRISM' as its leading source of raw material, accounting for nearly 1 in 7 intelligence reports."

The Post's report came after another report in The Guardian, a British newspaper, detailed a court order that gave the NSA the ability to collect telephone records from Verizon customers, a program that lawmakers suggested has been ongoing since 2006.

According to the Post's story, a career intelligence officer provided the newspaper with Powerpoint slides about the PRISM program to expose "what he believes to be a gross intrusion on privacy."

However, a senior administration official defended the "collection of communication" referred to in the Washington Post and Guardian reports.

"The Guardian and Washington Post articles refer to collection of communications pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This law does not allow the targeting of any U.S. citizen or of any person located within the United States," the official said. "The program is subject to oversight by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Executive Branch, and Congress. It involves extensive procedures, specifically approved by the court, to ensure that only non-U.S. persons outside the U.S. are targeted, and that minimize the acquisition, retention and dissemination of incidentally acquired information about U.S. persons."

The official added that the information is used to protect the nation from "a wide variety of threats," and said that the data collected under the program "is among the most important and valuable intelligence information.

"The government may only use Section 702 to acquire foreign intelligence information, which is specifically, and narrowly, defined in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act," the official said. "This requirement applies across the board, regardless of the nationality of the target."

Besides Apple, according to the Post, PRISM also sweeps up data from companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PalTalk, Skype, YouTube and AOL.

In addition to any data that flows through any of those Internet service providers, the Post reported, the government can monitor "notifications of target activity" such as log-ins, file transfers and stored data.

A Google spokesman said the company does not have "a 'back door'" for the government to access user data.

"Google cares deeply about the security of our users' data. We disclose user data to government in accordance with the law, and we review all such requests carefully," a spokesman said in a statement. "From time to time, people allege that we have created a government 'back door' into our systems, but Google does not have a 'back door' for the government to access private user data."

Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo also denied participating in a broad program to collect data.

"We provide customer data only when we receive a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis," Microsoft said. "In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers. If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don't participate in it."

"Protecting the privacy of our users and their data is a top priority for Facebook," the social network said in a statement. "We do not provide any government organization with direct access to Facebook servers. When Facebook is asked for data or information about specific individuals, we carefully scrutinize any such request for compliance with all applicable laws, and provide information only to the extent required by law."

"Yahoo takes users' privacy very seriously," Yahoo said. "We do not provide the government with direct access to our servers, systems, or network."

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Dominion Diamond Corp , formerly known as Harry Winston Diamond Corp, posted a sharp increase in first-quarter profit on the sale of its branded retail business to Switzerland's Swatch Group .

Net profit attributable to shareholders was $500.2 million, or $5.82 per share, in the quarter ended April 30, the company said late Wednesday. The luxury group sale accounted for $497.6 million of that profit.

Excluding the sale and other one-time items, earnings were 3 cents a share, below analysts' average forecast of 9 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company earned $11.6 million, or 14 cents a share, a year earlier.

Sales rose 22 percent to $108.8 million with the addition of rough diamonds from the Ekati mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.

Dominion struck a deal to buy Ekati from BHP Billiton in November, betting that rising rough diamond prices could extend the life of the mine. The deal closed on April 10.

The diamond miner said it was reviewing the Ekati mine plan and operating budget. It foresees production of some 1 million carats at the mine through the end of the calendar year.

Separately, in January the company agreed to sell its branded luxury jewelry business to Switzerland's Swatch and focus on mining diamonds. It changed its name to Dominion Diamond.

The Toronto-based company also owns a 40 percent stake in the Diavik diamond mine, also in the Northwest Territories, which is operated by Rio Tinto .

(Reporting by Julie Gordon and Allison Martell; editing by John Wallace)

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BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets fell Wednesday as signs the U.S. Federal Reserve might scale back its super-loose monetary policy caused investors to trim equity investments.

Comments from Fed official Esther George, who said Tuesday she supported slowing the pace of Fed bond purchases "as an appropriate next step," raised expectations that the central bank might start winding down its aggressive purchases of government bonds.

The Fed's program is a big plus for stock markets: Some $85 billion a month in purchases have helped keep interest rates low and caused investors to shift out of bonds and into stocks.

"People are afraid that the Fed will start to withdraw from the market soon," said Francis Lun, chief economist at GE Oriental Financial Group in Hong Kong. "The flood of liquidity will start to dry up. Then the money will start to flow out of Asia. That is the fear."

Japan's Nikkei 225 index tumbled 1.8 percent to 13,295.89, registering disappointment with a lack of detail in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's unveiling of the third plank of his so-called Abenomics program intended to rouse a long-stagnant economy.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 1 percent 22,048.84. South Korea's Kospi fell 1.1 percent to 1,968.52. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1 percent. Benchmarks in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines fell. Mainland Chinese shares were mixed.

Australian banking shares fell amid a sell-off spurred by profit-taking, analysts said. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group fell 1.6 percent. Westpac Banking Corp. lost 2.3 percent. Japanese vehicle exporters withered under a strengthening yen, which raises the prices of products sold overseas. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. sank 4.5 percent. Yamaha Motor Co. was 4.7 percent down.

Analysts were preaching caution ahead of May data on U.S. service industries, which are the largest component of the economy by far.

DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore said an improvement in the Institute for Supply Management's service sector index would be surprising, especially in light of this week's manufacturing report that showed U.S. factory output contracting in May.

"The manufacturing measure has fallen three months in a row. The service sector version is steadier and slower moving but it doesn't typically buck the trend," DBS analysts said in a market commentary.

Most important will be Friday's jobs report for May. The figures are usually the U.S. economic release with the greatest market impact.

It's also a big week in Europe, with the European Central Bank meeting to discuss the region's ailing economy and whether anything more needs to be done to get it growing again. The latest expectation in the markets is that the ECB will refrain from announcing any big new measures Thursday.

Benchmark oil for July delivery was up 41 cents to $93.72 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 14 cents to $93.31 a barrel on Tuesday.

In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3087 from $1.3082 late Tuesday in New York. The dollar fell to 99.67 yen from 100.05 yen.

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? Uganda's president came to power in 1986 as an idealistic former Marxist rebel who denounced power-hungry African leaders. Nearly three decades later, President Yoweri Museveni is now accused by some in the opposition ? and others who served prominently under him ? of becoming the type of politician he once despised.

Museveni travels the world in a private jet paid for by taxpayers and recently added two new Mercedes Benz limousines to his convoy. Some say he wants to rule for life, while others worry that Museveni, in the style of some other African strongmen, is trying to groom his son as the country's future leader. That charge was given credence by the defection last month of an army general who urged an investigation into reports of an alleged plot for the first son to succeed his father.

Gen. David Sejusa, who is in London and faces arrest if he returns to Uganda, says he is fighting the use of state institutions such as the military to keep Museveni in power. Sejusa is a member of the army's high command and a decorated hero of the bush war that brought Museveni to power. His case has focused attention on the political evolution of a president who promised many years ago that his government would bring what he called "fundamental change" to Uganda.

"The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular," Museveni said in a speech in 1986, "is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power."

In "What is Africa's Problem?" ? a collection of Museveni's early speeches as president ? he warns against official corruption, saying: "How can we hope to convince anyone of the rightness of our cause if our own people are violating our stated goals, thereby undermining our program? Corruption is a problem which, if not checked, will hinder progress in all sectors of society."

Museveni said at the time that he despised African leaders who wasted taxpayer money on things like luxury cars and he urged public officials to "realize that social property is, in many ways, even more important than private property."

In 1996, a year after the promulgation of Uganda's constitution, the country held national elections widely praised as free and fair, boosting Museveni's growing reputation with Western donors as a reform-minded progressive leader. In 1998, while traveling in Africa, former U.S. President Bill Clinton put Museveni in the club of what he said was a "new breed" of African leader.

But some critics now say it's tough to imagine Museveni giving a passionate speech on corruption.

"I think Museveni's determined to stay in power at all costs," said Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a professor of political history at Uganda's Makerere University. "He genuinely believes that he's the only one with the vision to run this county. Is this project sustainable? My answer is no. If he doesn't change this position he's taking this country to the cliff."

Museveni, who is in his late 60s, has now held power in Uganda for 27 years, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders. In 2005 he had lawmakers remove term limits so could run again. He has won two elections marred by irregularities or violence since then.

Frank Tumwebaze, a government minister who speaks for the president, said Museveni's early criticism of long-serving leaders had been taken out of context by activists who fail to acknowledge that elections are held regularly in Uganda.

"For us as (the ruling party), we are convinced that if we front Museveni in 2016 he will give us better winning chances than any other person," he said. "Museveni has been winning elections. We know where he is popular and why he is popular."

Museveni, who was last re-elected in 2011, is praised by many here for presiding over a growing economy and restoring political stability after years of dictatorial rule. That view, however, is being disputed by some who say he has slowly transformed Uganda into a quasi-military state.

Human Rights Watch, which says the government increasingly harasses civic groups, accused Uganda's security forces of "using lethal force" to quell anti-corruption riots on the streets of Kampala in April 2011. At least nine people were killed.

"Uganda has had militarism for quite a bit of time," said Frederick Jjuuko, a political activist and law professor at Uganda's Makerere University. "But it is this regime that has perfected it. It handles matters political using military means."

As an example, Jjuuko cited the seizure last month of Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper by security officials looking for evidence against Sejusa, whose concerns about an alleged plot to assassinate officials opposed to the rise Museveni's son had been published by the newspaper. The daily's printing press was disabled for 10 days.

A government minister said the authorities allowed the newspaper to resume operations after its bosses agreed that security stories are "a no-go area" for its reporters.

Uganda is set to become a major oil producer by 2016, when elections are due. Many here believe Museveni will seek another five-year term in office. Some analysts say the country's unpredictable political transition threatens the oil sector even before the first drops of oil flow, with Museveni exercising tight control of it.

Sejusa charges that Museveni is plotting to keep power within his family ? the same allegations made over the years by opposition leader Kizza Besigye, a retired army colonel who fell out with Museveni over what he said was the president's rejection of the ideals for which they fought a guerrilla war.

"Typical African story," Sejusa said in an email to The Associated Press.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ugandas-long-time-ruler-changes-tune-longevity-112306360.html

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The Kremlin-funded English-language network RT, formerly known as Russia Today, announced today that it has agreed to air Mr. King's four-times-weekly online public affairs program "Larry King Now," starting in June. The station will also stage a "mold-breaking" new show, "Politics with Larry King," all to be shown on its US affiliate, RT-America.

According to the RT statement, King will mainly focus on US politics, and King will interview leading political personalities, ranging from officials to critics of American foreign and domestic policies.

"Whether a president or an activist or a rock star was sitting across from him, Larry King never shied away from asking the tough questions, which makes him a terrific fit for our network," RT?s Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan is quoted as saying.

King, who has spent 56 years in broadcast journalism and conducted over 50,000 interviews, is the biggest name yet to join the extremely well-funded RT network, which claims to reach over 630 million viewers worldwide through its various English, Spanish, and Arabic language channels.

"I have always been passionate about government and issues that impact the public, and I?m thrilled at the opportunity to talk politics with some of the most influential people in Washington and around the country," the RT statement quoted King as saying.

Ms. Simonyan refused Wednesday to discuss with journalists the terms of King's RT contract, saying that it's standard practice not to reveal financial details without the agreement of both parties.

Last year the network signed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to do a series of political talk shows with major world newsmakers, which included interviews with Hezbollah leader Sayyid Nasrallah, US radical thinker Noam Chomsky, and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa.

Since it was founded by the Kremlin in 2005, RT has expanded far beyond its original mandate to correct "misconceptions" about Russia around the world and moved to more aggressive "alternative" coverage of politics in the US, Britain, and other Western countries, where it has gained a wide following. The station claims to have 2 million viewers in Britain, and to have become one of the most widely watched foreign stations in several parts of the US, where it is carried by cable networks.

The network's changing focus, from explaining Russia to the world to mainly hosting critical content about the US and other Western countries, is the subject of a recent in-depth profile of RT by British journalist Oliver Bullough. "Deep into his 14th year in power, [President Vladimir Putin] appears to have given up on improving Russia. Instead, he funds RT to persuade everyone else that their own countries are no better," Mr. Bullough concludes.

There is little transparency about the financing of RT, which comes mainly through the Russian federal budget. But some Russian media have reported that RT's annual funding comes to around $300 million, and that last year Mr. Putin personally ordered his government not to slash financing for the station.

King left CNN in 2010 after 25 years of hosting his signature talk show, "Larry King Live." He's since broadcast about 150 episodes of his online program, produced by Ora.TV, which will now be taken up and broadcast 4 times weekly by RT. It's not clear how the all-new RT program "Politics with Larry King" will differ, but most experts believe it will be well-funded and calculated to showcase RT's growing clout on the global media landscape.

"Russia Today [RT] is making a concerted effort to raise its profile, and it's going about it in a pretty smart way," says Nikolai Svanidze, a famous Russian TV anchorman, journalist and historian.

"Larry King may not be a spring chicken, but he's still a famous name who will add luster to RT's content and attract viewers in the West. Of course, we all know that RT has the money to do this," he adds.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/csmonitor/globalnews/~3/gx_lEluJx6k/Meet-Russian-television-s-newest-personality-Larry-King-video

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Piz Zadora mugshot photo Singer and actress Pia Zadora was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and coercion after a incident at her Las Vegas home. The 61-year-old star was taken into custody into the Clark County Detention Center on Saturday and was released after posting $4,000 bail. Pia was arrested around 11 a.m. on Saturday, six hours after ...

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Michael Douglas has revealed that the throat cancer that almost killed him was the result of oral sex!

Asked by The Guardian newspaper if he?d regretted his years of smoking and drinking, assuming they were the cause of his cancer, Douglas responded,

?No. Because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which actually comes about from cunnilingus.

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?I did worry if the stress caused by my son?s incarceration didn?t help trigger it. But yeah, it?s a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer. And if you have it, cunnilingus is also the best cure for it.?

Douglas, who is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, didn?t specify how many years ago he might have been exposed to HPV.

He was in the UK promoting his Liberace bio pic, Behind the Candelabra when he made his candid comments.

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The 68-year-old actor also spoke about his eight weeks of chemotherapy and radiation, and losing 45 pounds because he was restricted to a liquid diet.

He?s now two years clear of the disease and feeling extremely optimistic about his future.

?With this kind of cancer, 95 percent of the time it doesn?t come back,? he said.

?It has been established beyond reasonable doubt that the HPV type 16 is the causative agent in oropharyngeal cancer,? Dr. Mahesh Kumar told The Guardian.

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However the head and neck specialist took issue with Douglas? belief that more oral sex will help prevent the disease from returning.

?Maybe he thinks that more exposure to the virus will boost his immune system. But medically, that just doesn?t make sense,? Dr. Kumar said.

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For those of you who expected ASUS to only announce Ultrabooks here at Computex, the following news might seem a little out of left field. The company just unveiled the G10, a desktop with a portable battery that doubles as a built-in UPS (uninterrupted power source) -- a product for those who refuse to take any chances on data safety. According to ASUS, the battery is designed to last at least 20 seconds, which is a fairly typical recovery period for power outages. When setting up the demo machine today here at Computex, though, the company managed about two minutes, which is quite impressive indeed. On the inside, you've got your choice of Haswell processors, along with NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 graphics, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB HDD paired with a 128GB SSD. Taking a quick tour of the hardware, you'll find a 16-in-1 memory card reader, a DVD burner, six USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 connections, HDMI-out, DVI-D and VGA. It's slated for a Q3 or Q4 launch, we're told, but we still don't have a price or precise on-sale date. Naturally, we'll update this post as we learn more on that front but for now, enjoy the hands-on shots below.

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MUMBAI, India (AP) ? A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.

Doctors reported the results Sunday at a cancer conference in Chicago. Experts called the outcome "amazing" and said this quick, cheap test could save tens of thousands of lives each year in developing countries by spotting early signs of cancer, allowing treatment before it's too late.

Usha Devi, one of the women in the study, says it saved her life.

"Many women refused to get screened. Some of them died of cancer later," Devi said. "Now I feel everyone should get tested. I got my life back because of these tests."

Pap smears and tests for HPV, a virus that causes most cervical cancers, have slashed cases and deaths in the United States. But poor countries can't afford those screening tools.

This study tried a test that costs very little and can be done by local people with just two weeks of training and no fancy lab equipment. They swab the cervix with diluted vinegar, which can make abnormal cells briefly change color.

This low-tech visual exam cut the cervical cancer death rate by 31 percent, the study found. It could prevent 22,000 deaths in India and 72,600 worldwide each year, researchers estimate.

"That's amazing. That's remarkable. It's a very exciting result," said Dr. Ted Trimble of the National Cancer Institute in the U.S., the main sponsor of the study.

The story of research participant Usha Devi is not an unusual one. Despite having given birth to four children, she had never had a gynecological exam. She had been bleeding heavily for several years, hoping patience and prayers would fix things.

"Everyone said it would go away, and every time I thought about going to the doctor there was either no money or something else would come up," she said, sitting in a tiny room that serves as bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living room for her entire family.

One day she found a card from health workers trying to convince women to join the study. Devi is in her late 40s and like many poor Indians doesn't know her date of birth. She learned she had advanced cervical cancer. The study paid for surgery to remove her uterus and cervix.

The research effort was led by Dr. Surendra Shastri of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. India has nearly one-third of the world's cases of cervical cancer ? more than 140,000 each year.

"It's just not possible to provide Pap smear screening in developing countries. We don't have that kind of money" or the staff or equipment, so a simpler method had to be found, Shastri said.

Starting in 1998, researchers enrolled 75,360 women to be screened every two years with the vinegar test. Another 76,178 women were chosen for a control, or comparison group that just got cancer education at the start of the study and vouchers for a free Pap test ? if they could get to the hospital to have one. Women in either group found to have cancer were offered free treatment at the hospital.

Still, this quick and free cancer screening was a hard sell in a deeply conservative country where women are subservient and need permission from husbands, fathers or others for even routine decisions. Social workers were sent into the slums to win people over.

"We went to every single house in the neighborhood assigned to us introducing ourselves and asking them to come to our health talks. They used to come out of curiosity, listen to the talk but when we asked them to get screened they would totally refuse," said one social worker, Vaishnavi Bhagat. "The women were both scared and shy."

One woman who did agree to testing jumped up from the table when she was examined with a speculum. "She started screaming that we had stolen her kidney," Bhagat said. Another health worker was beaten by people in the neighborhood when women realized they would have to disrobe to be screened.

"There was a sense of shame about taking their clothes off. A lot of them had their babies at home and had never been to a doctor," said one health worker, Urmila Hadkar. "Sometimes just the idea of getting tested for cancer scared them. They would start crying even before being tested."

But screening worked. The quality of screening by health workers was comparable to that of an expert gynecologist, researchers reported. The study was planned for 16 years, but results at 12 years showed lives were saved with the screening. So independent monitors advised offering it to the women in the comparison group.

An ethics controversy developed during the study. The U.S. Office for Human Research Protections faulted researchers for not adequately informing participants in the comparison group about Pap tests for screening. A letter from the agency in March indicated officials seemed to accept many of the remedies study leaders had implemented.

Others defended the study.

"We looked at the ethics very carefully" and felt them to be sound, and visited the project in India, said Trimble of the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Sandra Swain, a cancer specialist at Medstar Washington Hospital Center, also defended the research. She is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the research results were presented at that group's meeting in Chicago on Sunday.

"There really was no wrongdoing there," she said. "They have no screening anyway," so there is no standard of care now.

Officials in India already are making plans to expand the vinegar testing to a wider population.

Many poor countries can't afford mammograms for breast cancer screening either. The India study also has been testing breast exams by health workers as an alternative. Preliminary results suggest breast cancers are being found at an earlier stage, but it's too soon to know if that will save lives because not enough women have died yet to compare the groups, said Trimble of the National Cancer Institute.

More progress against cervical cancer may come from last month's announcement that two companies will drastically lower prices on HPV vaccines for poor countries. Pilot projects will begin in Asia and Africa; the campaign aims to vaccinate more than 30 million girls in more than 40 countries by 2020.

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Associated Press Chief Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione reported from Chicago.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vinegar-cancer-test-saves-lives-india-study-finds-113800022.html

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