Prestigious Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene journals join Oxford University Press

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Contact: Lizzie Shannon-Little lizzie.shannonlittle@oup.com 44-018-653-53043 Oxford University Press

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's two prestigious journals will join the Oxford University Press (OUP) collection in a new partnership announced between the organizations.

The journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and International Health, seek to promote and advance the study, control, and prevention of diseases in humans and other animals in the tropics and sub-tropics. The Society plays a leading role in increasing awareness of tropical medicine and international health issues throughout the world.

Gerri McHugh, CEO of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, said: "We are delighted to announce this new partnership with OUP which comes at a critical and hugely exciting time in our growth; we look forward to working with OUP to strategically develop our journals to their fullest potential in terms of their relevance, scope, reach and impact."

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is a well-established journal, founded in 1907, and is currently ranked sixth in impact factor for the Tropical Medicine category. It is a monthly journal which focuses on clinical tropical medicine and public health research, and presents the results of research that is broadly intelligible to readers from a range of disciplines.

The younger of the Society's journals, International Health, concentrates on health care delivery and analysis in the fields of global medicine and international health. It is committed to advancing health for all people around the world and is an indispensable resource for all those with an interest in international health issues.

These titles offer a comprehensive range of multidisciplinary research and review papers, covering topics ranging from public health and infectious diseases, to health economics and healthcare systems.

Michael Brown, Editorial Director at Oxford University Press said: "We are delighted to be partnering with the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for the publication of their two journals. The society plays a leading role in increasing awareness throughout the world of tropical medicine and international health issues. We are looking forward to working with the Society in developing the profile of the journals, with the aim of Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene becoming the leader in the field and further growing International Health into a well-known and respected journal in all global regions."

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Research and Markets: Companion Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Market Report 2012

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2czp9f/companion_diagnost) has announced the addition of the "Companion Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Market Report 2012" report to their offering.

This is the latest and most up-to-date Market Report from Select Biosciences addressing the companion diagnostics (CDx) and personalized medicine marketplace. Personalized medicine is a broad field with several stakeholders all of which must be aligned in order to capture the immense potential value in targeting therapeutics to the correct patient populationthe field of stratified medicine.

Companion Diagnostics has been rapidly expanding over the past 3 years and in this market report we describe the current state of the marketplace from the following perspectives:

- All the Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers with Potential Clinical Utility are describeda few have already been developed into CDx and we expect growth in this space

- Targeted Therapeutics, Associated Biomarkers, Therapeutic Indications, and Testing Mandates are Described

- Companion Diagnostics Partnerships and Collaborations from 2009 to 2012 are PresentedProvides an Up-to-Date State of the Industry Describing the Disease Areas being Addressed and Types of Biomarkers Being Deployed

- Quantitative Market Metrics

Quantitative Market Forecast: Market Sizing and Growth Rate

Revenue Breakout: Rx versus Dx

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See why future doctors are stocking pantry shelves and tying knots in balloon strings

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Five days before they don white coats and officially begin their medical school education, the future doctors in Michigan State Universitys College of Human Medicine put in a day of volunteer work Tuesday.

In Grand Rapids and Lansing, the 200 first-year medical students stocked food pantries, helped with childrens and senior activities, sanitized toys and did outdoor maintenance at community service organizations.

Its a great way to kick off the year because it helps keep the focus on why students are in medical school, even as they begin a period of intense academic study, said student Ricky Rodriguez.

Its good to try to come out here and try to make a difference, said Rodriguez, who was stocking food for the pantry at Salvation Armys Booth Family Services in Grand Rapids. Getting involved in the community is important to a medical school education, said the Miami resident, who is new to West Michigan

I think its a good way to get out there and be part of the Grand Rapids community and see what kinds of volunteer opportunities are out there, said Matthew Thomas, of Bloomfield Hills.

Its a good way to embody what our school represents, added Jeffrey Sweers, of Jenison.

Community service is an integral part of the medical school. Dean Marsha Rappley has said it is critical to know the community and its needs to effectively deliver health care.

While some students stocked the Salvation Army pantry, a group in a nearby room tied slipknots in strings that will be used for balloons in an ArtPrize campaign by the Manessah Project. The organization, part of Wedgewood Christian Services, works to end human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The students officially kick off the school year Sunday with the White Coat and Matriculation Ceremony.

Other Grand Rapids agencies served by the student are: Mel Trotter Ministries, Catherines Health Care, Porter Hills Village, Heartland Health Care, American Cancer Society, Clark Retirement, Baxter Community Center and Spectrum Health Care.

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Liberty Mines Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment on its Hart Nickel Project

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TORONTO , Aug. 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Liberty Mines Inc. (LBE.TO) ("Liberty" or the "Company") today announced that a positive preliminary economic assessment has been completed for its Hart Project, a nickel deposit located in Timmins Ontario, and approximately five kilometers from the Company's Redstone mill. The preliminary economic assessment was prepared by Stantec Consulting. All dollar amounts are in Canadian currency. A final version of the Preliminary Economic Assessment will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days as required.

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"We are very encouraged by the positive results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment and our prospects for the Hart Project," said Chris Stewart , President and CEO of Liberty Mines Inc. "The PEA suggests that the Hart Project has the potential to become economically viable, generate positive cash flow, and take advantage of the available capacity at our Redstone Mill. Recent drill results, although preliminary at this time, also suggest that the deposit has the potential for mineralization expansion at depth and stronger economics."

Mr. Stewart added, "With the only operating mill in the Shaw Dome Region, a large land package that includes the Hart East Deposit whose initial drill results demonstrated the potential for a significant mineralized zone, as well as the opportunity for property consolidation in the region, we believe that Liberty's prospects are extremely strong over the long term, particularly as the price of nickel recovers."

Hart Project Description The Hart Project will be a stand-alone underground mine used for the extraction of nickel ore, and will share synergies with Liberty's existing assets and facilities. Underground production will be done primarily via long-hole mining and transported to surface using diesel trucks. The Hart Mine is expected to produce an average of 750 tonnes of nickel ore per day throughout its 8 year life of mine.

The Preliminary Economic Assessment assumes that construction of the mine will begin in 2013 and will reach a steady rate of production by 2017.

To see an image of the Hart & Hart East projects, click the following link: http://files.newswire.ca/1063/Hart_Hart_East.pdf

Summary of the Hart Project Mineral Resource Estimate The Preliminary Economic Assessment was based on resource estimates prepared by SRK Consulting ( Canada ) Inc. according to NI43-101 standards and filed as a technical report on the property on March 4, 2010 summarized as follows:

Table 1: Hart 2010 Resource Estimate Summary:

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Greece May Sell Islands as Juncker Urges Asset Sales Drive

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By Maria Petrakis - 2012-08-23T13:13:30Z

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who will take his plea for more time for the Greek economy to Paris and Berlin this week, suggested his government could sell or lease some of the countrys islands to help revive a state-asset sales plan central to receiving international funds.

He told Le Monde newspaper in an interview published today that uninhabited Greek islands could be used to generate revenue, responding to a question on whether Greece would sell some of its islands.

On condition that it doesnt pose a national security problem, some of the isles could be used commercially, Samaras said as quoted by the newspaper. It would not be a case of getting rid of the isles, but of transforming unused terrain into capital that can generate revenue, for a fair price.

Samaras vowed to speed up asset sales and structural revamping such as changes to labor markets after meeting yesterday with Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the group of euro-area finance ministers. Greece is behind on money-raising targets tied to 240 billion euros ($301 billion) of rescue packages in the past two years. Samaras will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel tomorrow in Berlin and French President Francois Hollande a day later in Paris.

Samaras yesterday told Germanys Bild newspaper that his nation needs more time -- a little more air to breathe -- to carry out policy changes to address its debt woes.

The state asset sales process must be re-launched, Juncker told reporters. I do not ignore that this privatization process is swimming in difficult waters given the fact that the rumors of the exit of Greece from the euro area are spread around day after day.

Selling public land is a politically sensitive issue in Greece. A proposal by members of the troika, who represent the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, to increase revenue from asset sales including property drew opposition from then-premier George Papandreou, who said in 2011 hed legislate to prohibit such sales. In 1996, Greece and Turkey almost went to war over who owned the uninhabited islet of Imia in the Aegean.

The Greek state is seeking 50 billion euros from state- asset sales by 2020 to meet the conditions of its bailout, half from company-stakes sales and half from real estate. So far it has only brought in about 1.8 billion euros.

To contact the reporter on this story: Maria Petrakis in Athens at mpetrakis@bloomberg.net

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Uninhabited Senkaku Islands gaining worldwide attention

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First the Chinese activists from Hong Kong boarded boats and illegally landed on one of the five uninhabited Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and then Japanese swept down to the southern Okinawa islands for a landing of their own, and then the diplomatic version of all hell broke loose.

Fourteen activists battled heavy seas to land on Uotsuri, the largest of the islands, on Sunday, where they were promptly arrested. Five were taken into custody by Okinawa Prefectural Police and the other nine by Japans Coast Guard. All are in Naha now, being prepared for deportation tomorrow.

Rightwing Japanese nationalists violated the rules that prohibit anyone from setting foot on the islands under Japans control but administered by Ishigaki City. About a dozen members of Ganbare Nippon, meaning Hang in there Japan, swam ashore from a 20-boat flotilla, raising the ire of Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese officials. The small island chain is governed by Japan, but also claimed by China and Taiwan, who call the islands Diaoyu.

Tokyo politician Eiji Kosuka was a leader of the Japanese nationalist group, raising the Japanese flag to prove the islands are part of Japan. Kosaka, from Tokyos Arakawa Ward, was excited, declaring this is undoubtedly Japanese territory, as on the mountain we found Japanese style houses that had places for drying fish. He noted the humiliation Japanese felt about the Chinese landings on August 15th, the 67th anniversary of Japans World War II surrender.

Two Japanese Coast Guard ships broadcast demands they leave the island, but they had no authority to make arrests on land. These islands are ours, said Kanagawan politician Kenichi Kojima. Japans future is at stake. After five hours, the group vacated the island, with Kosaka declaring this trip was a great success.

China was furious. Beijings Foreign Ministry declared China has made solemn representations to Japan, demanding that it immediately cease actions harming Chinas territorial sovereignty. The 14 Chinese who set foot on the islands last week were the first non-Japanese since 2004 to land on any of the Senkaku islands.

Waves of anti-Japan rallies swept across China, with more than 5,000 turning out in Shenzhen. Others in Hangzhou also turned violent as protesters vandalized Japanese stores, restaurants and vehicles, as well as burned Japanese flags. The protests were the first anti-Japan events since 2010. Others held occasional demonstrations in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.

Taiwans annoyance over the Senkaku landings led Foreign Minister Timothy Yang to summon Japans ambassador to lodge a protest over the Japanese landing on a Senkaku island. Yang told Ambassador Sumio Tarui the 10 Japanese landing on the island was a provocative act and said the move significantly heightened tensions in the East China Sea. He asked Japan to refrain from any further actions that infringe upon Taiwans territorial sovereignty, repeating that the islands belong to the Republic China, Taiwans official name.

Chinese say theyll file claims for damages from Japan. The activists deported say they were forced by Japanese Police to sign papers admitting to various charges, and that their video and cameras were confiscated by Japanese. They were all charged of violating Japanese immigration control laws, but they call the arrests illegal since they maintain the islands are Chinese.

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Poll: Economy, health care top issues in 3 battleground states

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(CBS News) A majority of voters in the crucial battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin and Ohio say the economy and health care are "extremely important" issues with regard to how they will cast their votes this fall, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll.

The survey, conducted from August 15-21, suggests that voters in all three states consider the economy the most important issue in this election: 60 percent of likely voters characterized that issue as "extremely important" in Florida, while 59 percent in Ohio and 54 percent in Wisconsin said the same.

Health care had the second-highest proportion of voters who ranked the issue "extremely important": 56 percent of Florida voters characterized the issue that way, as did 52 percent of Ohio voters and 50 percent of Wisconsin voters.

On these four issues, voters had more confidence in Mr. Obama than Romney on health care and Medicare, but they thought Romney would do a better job fixing the budget deficit.

Voters were more divided as to whether Mr. Obama or Romney is more equipped to handle the economy: Romney had an edge in Florida and Wisconsin, while the two are tied among Ohio voters.

In Florida, voters generally disapprove of the 2010 health care law enacted under the Obama administration, while voters in Ohio and Wisconsin are divided. But even in Ohio and Wisconsin, those who disapprove tend to feel more strongly on the subject: Four in 10 strongly disapprove. Obama voters overwhelmingly approve of the law in all three states, while Romney voters disapprove.

In the three states, meanwhile, just over one in five voters think the law will help them personally. More than one third of those voters think it will hurt them.

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Editorial: Florida's community health centers deserve additional funding, higher profile

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According to the Florida Association of Community Health Centers:

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Treasure Coast Community Health Inc.

1555 U.S. 1, Suite 105

Vero Beach

772-257-8224

Treasure Coast Community Health Inc.

44 N. Pine St.

Fellsmere

772-257-8224

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Henry Schein's Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities Program Promotes Prevention And Wellness In 12 Cities Across …

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MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, announced today that the 2012 Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities program will provide free medical and dental services to more than 8,000 children and their caregivers. Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities events are being held in cities throughout the United States through the end of the year. The 2012 season kicked off with events held recently at the Doris Ison Clinic in Miami, Fl. and the Marlboro County High School in Bennettsville, SC.

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A flagship program for Henry Schein Cares, the Company's global corporate social responsibility program, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities promotes access to health care, prevention, and wellness for underserved communities by providing free medical and dental screenings at events that are fun and engaging for the community. Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities is annually co-sponsored by state and local community health organizations and supported by Henry Schein's supplier partners. The Henry Schein Cares Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that supports and promotes dental, medical, and animal health by helping to increase access to care globally, provided financial support for the program as well.

"Henry Schein is deeply grateful for the commitment of our partner community health organizations and for the generosity of our valued supplier partners in working together with us to enhance access to care for the underserved in cities across the United States," said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein, Inc. "The success of the Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities program underscores the importance of preventive care in the fight against chronic diseases, and the powerful impact that securing a 'Health Home' can have in the improvement of the overall health of patients."

At each Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities event, local physicians, nurses, dentists, and community volunteers screen for five diseases and associated risk factors that commonly affect children and caregivers: hypertension, asthma, diabetes, obesity, and poor oral health. In addition, participating children and their caregivers receive educational materials about ways to prevent and treat these problems, information about returning for a flu vaccination later in the season, and assistance in finding a local community health center where they may receive health care on a regular basis. The program seeks to create a "Health Home" for participating children and their caregivers, so that they have a place to receive ongoing care throughout the year.

The 2012 program's first events were held in Miami, Fl. at the Doris Ison Clinic and in Bennettsville, SC at Marlboro County High School. At these first two events, more than 1,500 children and their caregivers were screened. The third 2012 Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities event will be held in Bridgeport, CT on August 25th at the Park City Center.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases account for approximately 80 percent of deaths in the United States and 75 percent of health care costs. The CDC also notes that heart disease, cancer and stroke account for more than 50 percent of all deaths each year among Americans. According to the World Health Organization, chronic diseases account for more than 60 percent of deaths globally.

The Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities program underscores the integral link between oral health and total health by providing free medical and dental services during one visit for participants. Increasingly, studies including those by the CDC, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the American Dental Association have demonstrated the link between oral health conditions to overall health among adults, such as links between periodontal disease and diabetes, coronary heart disease, preterm birth, and low birth weight.

Henry Schein's Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Communities Supplier Partners:

American Diagnostics Corporation Ansell Limited Aso, LLC Becton, Dickinson and Company Colgate-Palmolive Company Covidien plc DUKAL Corporation HealthLink, Inc. LifeScan, Inc. Metrex Research Corporation Microflex Corporation Midmark Corp. Omron Healthcare, Inc. Professional Disposables International, Inc. Safetec of America, Inc. Seca Corp. Welch Allyn Inc. Terumo Medical Corporation TIDI Products LLC

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New Book from ACPE Helps Physicians Improve Health Care Quality, Patient Safety

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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As Congress continues to debate health care reform, a new book published by the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) gives physicians the tools they need to improve health care quality and patient safety without a government mandate.

Health Care Quality: The Clinician's Primer is edited by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, the dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health and a longtime ACPE faculty member. The 412-page book is written by experts from Jefferson, who offer insight on the challenges faced by health care leaders striving to provide high quality, patient-centered care in a safe and cost-effective way.

The easy-to-read book is designed to be a one-stop shop for physicians interested in health care quality. Physicians will learn how to apply quality measures, how to evaluate quality, perspectives on value and value-based purchasing, and look at the national agenda for improving quality and safety. The writers also look to the future and predict where the quality movement is headed next.

Nash, who was named as one of Modern Healthcare's 50 most influential physician executives in 2012, said he's been overwhelmed by the positive response generated by Health Care Quality: The Clinician's Primer. This shows the drive for health care reform is real, and physicians are already taking the steps they need to deal with this new reality, he added.

"I'm thrilled about the book's broad and positive reception," Nash said. "This proves once again that doctors really are hungry for information about quality and safety."

Health Care Quality: The Clinician's Primer is available through the ACPE's website (www.acpe.org/publications). It is also available in e-book format from Barnes and Noble and for the Kindle through Amazon.com. Cost is $65 for non-ACPE members; $45 for members.

Contact: Carrie Johnson, ACPE Director of Public Relations cjohnson@acpe.org 800-562-8088

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Hoy to get freedom of Edinburgh

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23 August 2012 Last updated at 06:03 ET

Councillors have voted unanimously to award cyclist Sir Chris Hoy the freedom of Edinburgh.

The Edinburgh-born athlete became Britain's most successful Olympian this month when he took his tally of medals to six golds and one silver.

Lord Provost Donald Wilson said it was the most prestigious honour the city could bestow.

The council also has plans to honour the city's other London 2012 competitors with a parade.

Other people who have been given the freedom of the city include: the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Sean Connery, Nelson Mandela and Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi.

The council is also considering plans to celebrate other Olympian and Paralympians with connections to Edinburgh.

The proposal is for a civic reception and an open-top bus parade for local competitors.

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Seneca Valley administrator heads to Freedom Area

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The Freedom Area School District will start the new school year with a new superintendent, Jeffrey A. Fuller. He comes to the Beaver County district from the Seneca Valley School District, where he was assistant superintendent for elementary education.

After 19 years in Freedom Area, Ron Sofo resigned as superintendent, a position he filled for nearly 10 years. He is now CEO and principal of City Charter High School in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Other administrative changes are taking place in Freedom Area, which has about 1,500 students from Freedom, Conway and New Sewickley.

Timothy J. Dadich is the new high school principal, replacing Robert "Rusty" Staub, who retired. Mr. Dadich had worked in the Mercer Area School District.

Darlene Corris is now the middle school principal. She had been assistant high school principal.

Richard Edder, who had been middle school principal, is now principal at Big Knob and Conway elementary schools. Deborah Baycura retired as principal at Conway Elementary School and director of elementary education.

Freedom Area will continue to move toward offering more cyber course options to students in grades 7-12, Mr. Fuller said.

At Seneca Valley, more than 1,000 students take some courses online, he said. In Freedom Area, the number has been small but growing.

"We are contracting with Seneca Valley" on cyber courses, he said.

Students can choose to take cyber courses so that they spend less time at the school building, Mr. Fuller said. They could want to do that because of extracurricular activities or because they have jobs.

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Egypt Press Freedom Under Mursi Spotlighted at Editor Trial

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By Tarek El-Tablawy - 2012-08-23T13:08:05Z

An Egyptian court ordered the editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper critical of the Muslim Brotherhood to be detained pending trial, in a case seen as a benchmark for press freedom under President Mohamed Mursi.

Egyptian journalists and rights groups have described the prosecution of Al-Dostours Islam Afifi as the latest and most aggressive push by Islamists against what they say is biased media coverage. Afifi was ordered held in custody pending the resumption of his trial on Sept. 16 in Giza, the court said in a faxed statement. The decision prompted protests in the courtroom, the state-run Ahram Gate reported.

Following the appointment of a Brotherhood member as information minister and the prosecution of a television anchor, the case has sparked concern that Mursis administration will replicate curbs on press freedom that were common under ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

The courts decision is a huge surprise, Afifi said in a phone interview from detention. Its unprecedented. I didnt commit any crime and there was no risk of my fleeing. Where was I going to go? Im already barred from traveling.

Im worried about everything now -- my freedom as a journalist and my freedom as a citizen, he said. This is an old scenario that has been rehearsed before many times under Mubarak. Whats happening now is an attempt to silence the voice of freedom again.

Mursi, the Brotherhoods candidate for president, and Information Minister Salah Abdel-Maqsoud have promised to protect media freedom while stressing that journalists must be accurate and unbiased in their reporting.

Afifi was charged with publishing false information deemed insulting to Mursi, an offense that can carry a jail sentence of several years.

This is a troubling and backward step that Egypts newly elected president should not be taking, Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, said in an Aug. 16 statement. We urge President Mursi to reverse this course immediately and demonstrate his commitment to press freedom.

Another journalist, Tawfiq Okasha, who heads the Al-Faraeen satellite channel, faces charges of inciting violence against Mursi, and his station has been pulled from the air. Okasha was seen as close to the military council that ruled Egypt before handing over power to Mursi at the end of June.

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Freedom of Movement in a World of Invisible Borders

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Reckoning today from Porto, Portugal...

"Shall we drive up to Braga tomorrow?" asked our wanderlusting travel companion (and fianc), Anya.

Liberty cannot exist unless certain preconditions are present...and others absent. Freedom of movement is a rather obvious one...the opposite of captivity. Freedom demands an absence of bars and jail cells.

Indeed, it would be a strange brand of freedom where one had to ask permission to go (or to "be") here or there. Likewise, it would be a strange prison where inmates were free to "come and go as they please."

Along with freedom of association and freedom of speech, freedom of movement seems rather central to the idea of liberty.

But let's imagine for a second that, instead of driving to Braga, Anya had suggested flying to, say, Beirut...or Bucharest...or even Brasilia? (These are not infrequent suggestions, by the way.)

Your Australian-born editor needs a visa to visit these places...and many, many more locales besides. Our freedom of movement is, therefore, compromised. It is seen by The State as something "to be granted," as opposed to unalienable.

Even for Hong Kong, a destination which makes a habit of ranking among the "freest places on earth" on lists that monitor such things (here's one), individuals who happened to have been born on Terra Australis, through no fault of their own, are required to obtain a visa if they wish to "work, study, get trained, establish or join in any business or to take up residence." So say the agencies that oversee such things.

In fact, your antipodean editor would have considerable difficulty just leaving this tiny country were his papers not "in order." Likewise if he stayed too long. We need a valid passport to sit in a cafe in France or to sip a port in Porto...a permission book to move over imagined lines in the sand.

Odd, isn't it, what passes for freedom these days.

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Algae spotted off some N.J. beaches

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Updated: Thursday, August 23 2012 9:10 AM EDT2012-08-23 13:10:46 GMT

Sharks were caught on video in a feeding frenzy only 50 feet off the Jersey Shore. The footage was captured by a videographer last week at Island Beach State Park.

Sharks were caught on video in a feeding frenzy only 50 feet off the Jersey Shore. The footage was captured by a videographer last week at Island Beach State Park.

Updated: Thursday, August 23 2012 7:27 AM EDT2012-08-23 11:27:34 GMT

State environmental officials are monitoring reports of discolored water because of algae off some New Jersey beaches.

State environmental officials are monitoring reports of discolored water because of algae off some New Jersey beaches.

Updated: Wednesday, August 22 2012 11:08 PM EDT2012-08-23 03:08:22 GMT

A hot line meant as a resource for the elderly in New Jersey has become a little too hot to handle. A phone number that used to belong to a service agency for the elderly is now a phone sex line. The number

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Officials looking into algae found in waters off N.J. beaches

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MONMOUTH COUNTY State environmental officials are monitoring reports of discolored water because of algae off some New Jersey beaches.

Phytoplankton samples are being collected at beaches in Monmouth County after the microscopic plants were spotted around Asbury Park, Avon and Bradley Beach.

The Environmental Protection Department says the plants generally are not harmful to humans. However, heavy concentrations that remove oxygen from the water may be deadly to fish and shellfish.

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Target Celebrates the End of Summer with "Target Bullseye Beaches" Across Canada

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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23, 2012 /CNW/ -

About Target

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (TGT) serves guests at 1,772 stores across the United States and at Target.com. The company plans to open its first stores in Canada in 2013. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/hereforgood.

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Stunning images entered for 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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An airliner flies across the Sun, a Perseid meteor streaks across the sky and the dazzling green and red lights of the aurora borealis light up a mountain.

These are some of the awe-inspiring entries in the 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.

Now in its fourth year, the competition, run by The Royal Observatory, showcases the work of amateur astro-photographers from around the world.

A long exposure was needed to get the Perseid meteor over the light-painted double arch in Americas Arches National Park in Utah.

The Perseids peak every August when the Earth passes through the remains of the comet Swift-Tutt.

Another picture looks like one of the pillars of creation. The column of dust and emerging stars known as the Elephants Trunk can be found in the constellation of Cepheus.

Trunk doesnt quite capture its magnitude. This natural creation is 20 light years long and 3,000 light years away from us.

The true scale and complexity of the Orion Nebula is seen in all its detailed glory by another entrant. To the naked eye, this constellation appears only as a small patch of hazy light among the stars of Orions sword.

The aurora was seen in its iridescent glory above the Hgtuva mountain in northern Norway. It occurs 80km (50 miles) above the Earths surface as charged particles hit our atmosphere.

Winners will be announced on September 19 with a free exhibition at the observatory opening to the public the next day. It runs until February.

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