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Syrian diplomat in London resigns

Syria's top diplomat in London resigned on Monday in protest against the "violent and oppressive" acts of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, the Foreign Office said.

The move comes after a series of defections by senior Syrian officials in recent weeks, including diplomats in several countries and top army officers.

The Foreign Office said in a statement that charge d'affaires Khaled al-Ayoubi had informed it on Monday that he had "left his post", describing it as a blow to the Syrian government.

"Mr al-Ayoubi has told us that he is no longer willing to represent a regime that has committed such violent and oppressive acts against its own people, and is therefore unable to continue in his position," it said.

Britain expelled the previous Syrian charge d'affaires, Ghassan Dalla, and two other diplomats in May. Syria had earlier withdrawn its ambassador from London.

"Mr al-Ayoubi was the most senior Syrian diplomat serving in London. His departure is another blow to the Assad regime," the Foreign Office said.

"It illustrates the revulsion and despair the regime's actions are provoking amongst Syrians from all walks of life, inside the country and abroad."

It added: "We urge others around Bashar al-Assad to follow Mr al-Ayoubi's example; to disassociate themselves from the crimes being committed against the Syrian people and to support a peaceful and free future for Syria."

The Foreign Office said Ayoubi was not speaking to the media and asked for his privacy to be respected.

It said he joined the Syrian diplomatic service in 2001, and that his first posting was in Greece as consul from 2003 to 2008.

A Foreign Office spokesman would not confirm Ayoubi's current whereabouts or say whether he was now seeking asylum in Britain.

Defections are becoming a growing problem for Assad's regime, which has launched a bloody crackdown on a revolt in which more than 20,000 people have died since March 2011, according to activists.

Syria closed its embassy in Australia on Monday amid reports that some of its staff were seeking asylum.

Mayer Dabbagh, Syria's honorary consul in Sydney, confirmed the closure but declined to say why the embassy had shut or what had become of its staff.

Also on Monday a diplomatic source said that another brigadier general had defected from Syria's army to join the ranks of opposition fighters, pushing the total number of rebel generals based in Turkey to 28.

Senior Syrian officers have been crossing over into Turkey to link up with rebel forces on a near daily basis in recent months, often accompanied by rank-and-file troops, to join the ranks of the Free Syrian Army.

There have been a number of defections by diplomats too.

Sources said last week that Syria's charge d'affairs in Cyprus, Lamia Hariri, and her husband Abdel Latif al-Dabbagh, the ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, had both defected.

Nawaf Fares, Syria's ambassador to Iraq, left for Qatar earlier in July month after publicly renouncing his post.

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Boston condos and real estate sales report for week ending July 29 ...

The following is Boston Proper condo and real estate sales data for the month ending July 29 2012, (July 22 2012), (July 31 2011), (July 24 2010), and (July 29 2009), where available. All condominium closings recorded by our local MLS during the past month.

Number of units currently on the market: 475 (492) (812) (996) (-)
Average days on market: 109 (106) (131) (134) (-)
Median list price: $765,000 ($749,500) ($667,000) ($629,000) (-)
Average list price: $1,167,636 ($1,147,646) ($1,040,865) ($1,017,231) (-)

Number of units under currently agreement: 137 (138) (-) (-) (-)

Number of units sold (past 30 days): 162 (203) (181) (167) (170)
Average days on market: 73 (80) (96) (101) (88)
Median close price: $635,000 ($662,500) ($502,500) ($520,000) ($500,000)
Average close price: $774,702 ($879,636) ($720,813) ($668,441) ($642,804)
Original list to close price: 97% (97%) (95%) (94%) (95%)
Sales velocity: $125,453,090 ($178,566,065) ($130,467,115) ($114,969,674) ($109,276,690)

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This report includes sales and inventory information for condominiums located in the following downtown Boston neighborhoods: South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End, North End, Waterfront, Seaport District, Chinatown, Leather District, Midtown, and Fenway.

Data collected from third-party sources by the Multiple Listing Service Property Information Network, Inc.

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Romney in Israel seeking foreign policy kudos

White House hopeful Mitt Romney was to meet Israeli leaders on Sunday as he seeks to burnish his foreign policy credentials and portray himself as a better friend to Israel than President Barack Obama.

Romney, who arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday night, was scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning, followed by meetings with President Shimon Peres, Israeli opposition leaders and Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad later in the day.

He was also due to make a foreign policy statement.

Romney has consistently attacked what he says is Obama's weak and misguided Middle East policy, saying in January that the Democratic incumbent "threw Israel under the bus," by defining the 1967 borders as a starting point for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

He has also charged that Obama's policy towards Iran is too weighted towards engagement with an Israeli enemy with suspected nuclear ambitions, and has vowed tougher sanctions if he is elected.

Obama made a show of support for Israel at the White House on Friday, signing a law reinforcing US security and military cooperation with Israel as representatives of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC stood next to him in the Oval Office.

Israeli journalists were invited to attend the signing along with photographers and reporters accredited to the White House. Such signing ceremonies have been uncommon in the Obama presidency.

The law, which gives Israel preferential access to US arms and munitions, "underscores our unshakable commitment to Israel's security," Obama said.

On Sunday, Israeli daily Haaretz reported that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon had briefed Netanyahu on Washington's contingency plans for a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Citing a senior US official, the paper said Donilon met Netanyahu for three hours over dinner in Jerusalem two weeks ago and shared with him details of US military capabilities for attacking Iranian bunkers.

"Donilon sought to make clear that the United States is seriously preparing for the possibility that negotiations will reach a dead end and military action will become necessary," Haaretz wrote.

Israeli officials did not formally confirm or deny the report.

"We don't comment on what is discussed in closed diplomatic meetings," one official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"But the story is full of factual errors."

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4 years Bengal Agro project as... US$39m Bangladeshi investment poured for agriculture

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On 28 July 2012 Awoko reported: Bengal Agro Limited has announced its intention to invest US$39 million in the next four years in the country's agricultural sector. Owned by a Bangladeshi National, the company has shown great interest in investing in the production of 100 per cent organic crops, processing, and marketing ginger, turmeric, rice, maize, groundnut, sesame, caster, and rubber at Lunsar, Northern Sierra Leone. Also, the company intends to install its own processing factory for the food crops and processing plants for the rubber plantations in Sierra Leone, which currently has no processing plant. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of environment, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

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Report: Google Partner ViVOtech, Maker Of NFC Hardware, Software & Services, Is Shutting Down

vivotech-pictureViVOtech,?a near field communication (NFC) software and systems company, is shutting down operations due to cash-flow problems. This, despite having raised nearly $100 million in outside funding over the past decade. The company is planning to announce the news to employees later today via conference call, according to a report emerging today from NFC Times.

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Stress may cause women's brains to age prematurely

Despite the fact that women live longer than men, their brains seems to age faster. The reason? Possibly a more stressful life.

When people age, some genes become more active while others become less so. In the human brain, these changes can be observed through the "transcriptome" ? a set of RNA molecules that indicate the activity of genes within a population of cells.

When Mehmet Somel, a computational biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues compared the transcriptome of 55 male and female brains of different ages, they were surprised to find that the pattern of gene activation and deactivation that occurs with ageing appeared to progress faster in women than in men. This was particularly apparent in an area of the pre-frontal cortex.

"This was just the opposite of what we'd originally expected," says Somel, who was at the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences in China when he did the research. He says that given the fact that females have a longer lifespan, they had expected to see slower or later ageing-related changes in their brain. "But it fits everyday observations on ageing. Not all organs within an individual age at the same rate," he says.

Somel's team compared the expression of more than 13,000 genes in four brain regions. In one region ? the superior frontal gyrus ? they found 667 genes that were expressed differently in men and women during ageing. Of those, 98 per cent were skewed towards faster ageing in women.

Some of these gene changes have previously been linked to general cognitive decline and degenerative disease.

Stressful life

However, sex differences were not uniform among all women. About half the women showed accelerated age-related changes. The researchers say that this hints towards the cause being environmental rather than simply biological.

Somel says: "A higher stress load could be driving the female brain towards faster ageing-related decline." His team found tentative support for that theory in a study of monkeys, where stress induced similar changes to their brain transcriptome.

Cyndi Shannon Weickert from Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney, says the initial results are interesting but the connection to stress is speculative. She says it would help to know whether the subjects had other medical conditions at the time of death that might have affected their brain transcriptome. She notes that stress is only one possible cause of these effects. Inflammation, for example, might lead to similar genetic changes.

Next, Somel is planning to test the effects of stress on the brain transcriptome of rodents. He would also like to compare stress and age-related neurodegenerative disease patterns across cultures, where female roles vary. "If the mechanism we hypothesise is correct, any policy that ensures equality in opportunity and empowers women could improve future health."

Journal reference: Aging Cell, DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00859.x

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If you?re not getting sufficient sleep during the night, prepare for some time snooze within the afternoon. Occasionally arthritis pain can stop you from laying inside a bed for longer than a few hours, so instead split up your seven 60 minutes sleep into workable pieces through the day to keep your body and mind in suggestion-top shape.

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Olympic Sports 2012 and TV Probability | Draft Day Suit

Of course we all know about basketball, soccer, swimming and gymnastics. They?re the darlings of the Summer Olympic Games. The Dream Team(s), the Michael Phelps, the mini girls that defy gravity, they?re all over the news, all the time, starting about 6 weeks ago. Then there?s the 23 other disciplines that get pushed to the side. What about those sports? Unless you live in or near the city where the US ?star? in that sport also lives? You?re usually SOL on ever hearing about it or knowing anything about it.

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Below, I?ve listed all of the Olympic sports. Really, who knew there were 26? And I?ve also included a guide on how difficult it will be to find them on tv. Scale of 1-5, 1= all over the damn place, 5= not likely unless you are regularly up at 3 am.

Aquatics: This category includes all diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. TV Difficulty: 0? Thanks to Michael Phelps, water sports are everywhere.

Archery: In summers past I would have given this a TV Difficulty of 5, but seeing as Katniss kicked some ass in the theaters this year I?ll bump it down to a 3. Kind of a wait and see thing but I?m guessing that watching it on TV is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

Athletics: I actually had to look up what was in this category. For the other uninformed like me, it?s Track and Field. Duh. But really? Who refers to this as Athletics? As far as I?m concerned anything that includes running, except to get the telephone, or jumping away from that big, black spider on your couch is just craziness. ?Athletics? includes the easy to find events, like running (marathon is included here) and Long Jump, (TV Difficulty: 1,) to something called the Hammer Throw that I?ve never ever heard of. (TV Difficulty: 5)

Badminton: This is a filler sport for those other sports. Need a 2 minute fill before commercial? Badminton is your sport. TV Difficulty: 5

Basketball: I don?t even watch the NBA yet I won?t be able to get away from the coverage of these overpaid whiners. TV Difficulty: 1

Boxing: Men?s events: TV Difficulty: 4? Women?s events: TV Difficulty: 4 Women?s Boxing human interest stories TV Difficulty: 1

Canoeing: Dude, this is what you do on the lake once a year with your grandpa. TV Difficulty: 5

Cycling: Road or track, ok, but Mountain biking as an Olympic sport? And isn?t BMX in the XGames? So why the crossover? TV Difficulty for road cycling 2, TV Difficulty for anything else: 5

Equestrian: Another filler sport. TV Difficulty: 3

Fencing: Unless an American ends up with a surprise win you won?t see this and then they?ll scramble to put together a piece on it. TV Difficulty: 5

Field Hockey: Snooze-fest for most Americans. TV Difficulty: 6

Football: or Futbol: or Soccer: No matter how you slice it, soccer is a huge draw world wide, and gaining popularity in the States. Some small, underdog country will win a game and it will bust wide open. It?s not the World Cup though so you?ll still have to search a little for the games you want to see. TV Difficulty: 3

Gymnastics: I?m an Olympic gymnastics junkie. Good thing too because it?s ALL they show. TV Difficulty: 0

Handball: Who? TV Difficulty: 7

Judo: They?ll throw some in. Filler. TV Difficulty: 5

Modern Pentathalon: With so many events in one they will cut back and forth on this one. Read: You can?t watch it all at once. TV Difficulty: 4

Rowing: In the US this is mainly a New England sport but it?s pretty popular in the Olympics. I?ll give it a TV Difficulty: 3 You?ll see it but not as often as swimming or gymnastics.

Sailing: Do we really still have to count this as a sport? TV Difficulty: 5

Shooting: Dollars to donuts NBC doesn?t even mention this, even in passing. TV Difficulty: 10

Table Tennis: This is a recreation here in the US so many people don?t even realize you can actually compete to win actual medals. There is a girl from the LA area competing so the TV Difficulty in LA: 4. Elsewhere: TV Difficulty 6 Dude, we?ve already had the coverage of her and the games haven?t even started yet. Which, good for her, good luck!, but it?s still going to be difficult to find.

Taekwondo: Rising in popularity but still no dice. TV Difficulty: 5

Triathlon: Again, filler. TV Difficulty: 4

Volleyball: Thanks to Misty May and Kerri Beach Volleyball will be all.over. TV Difficulty: 1 Regular volleyball TV Difficulty: 4

Weightlifting: I didn?t look at the tv schedule but guaranteed to be your insomnia viewing and filler. TV Difficulty: 5

Wrestling:? This one is a toss up. Sometimes it?s all over, sometimes you?d think it wasn?t even an event. This year? I?ll go with TV Difficulty: 4

What are you looking forward to this year? Will you even watch? Or are the Winter Olympic Games your thing?

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U.S. official: Syrian regime seems to be readying for massacre

NBC's Richard Engel reports from Syria, where government loyalists are launching a major counter-offensive to maintain control of Aleppo, the nation's largest city, which is considered to be critical to the survival of the Syrian government.

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The United States has "grave concerns" about the situation in Syria, the State?Department said Thursday,?as President Bashar Assad's forces withdrew from many towns and villages and focused?their firepower on the key city of Aleppo.

"This is the concern, that we will see a massacre in Aleppo, and that's what the regime appears to be lining up for," said spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

Citing "columns of tanks" outside the city, Nuland said the Syrian military "seem(s) to be massing for an attack." She called the use of fixed-wing aircraft in addition to helicopter gunships a "serious escalation in this conflict."


"It could be a humanitarian disaster for the people of Aleppo," NBC News' Richard Engel reported from northern Syria. "It also means the Syrian troops are forced to make trade-offs. They don't have enough loyal troops to make the offensive against Aleppo and hold these rural areas."

Nuland said Assad's regime?was "increasingly losing control of its territory, that there are swaths of the country that are no longer under the control of the regime, that his tactics are increasingly violent, increasingly desperate as that happens."

Myth vs. truth in the Syrian conflict

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Free Syria Army opposition fighters guard a group of police officers Wednesday after overrunning the Shaar district police post in Aleppo.

Military experts believe an overstretched Syrian army is pulling back to concentrate on fighting insurgents in Aleppo and Damascus, important power centers for the government, while leaving outlying areas in the hands of rebels.?Assad's forces have launched massive counterattacks in both cities.

Meanwhile, opposition activists said thousands of troops had withdrawn with their tanks and armored vehicles from Idlib province near the Turkish border and were heading toward Aleppo. Rebels attacked the rear of the troops withdrawing from the north, activist Abdelrahman Bakran told Reuters from the area.

Fierce clashes raged in the early hours in Aleppo itself, and an activist said rebels now controlled half of the city, a claim that could not be independently verified.?

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"There was shelling this morning on the Salaheddine and Mashhad districts," Aleppo activist Abu Hisham told Reuters. "Now it stopped, but helicopters are buzzing overhead."?

Activists said 24 people were killed in fighting in and around Aleppo on Wednesday, swelling a national death toll of about 18,000 since the revolt against Assad began 16 months ago.?

'Terrorists are suffering terrible losses'
State-run Syrian television painted a more favorable picture, saying government troops were imposing security and stability in and around Aleppo.

"The terrorists are suffering terrible losses. Groups of them are throwing their weapons away and giving themselves up. Others are fleeing for the Turkish border," the television report said.?

Photos: The battle for Aleppo

Engel and other journalists have repeatedly observed government troops retreating from "secondary towns" so they can fight opposition forces in the capital Damascus and now Aleppo, leaving vast swathes of the countryside under rebel control.?

The Syrian government's army is descending on the northern city of Aleppo after the city was seized by rebels. NBC's John Ray reports.

"When government forces pull out of a place they lose control and immediately rebel flags go up and rebels hold celebrations," Engel said. "Those celebrations have been attacked so now the rebels are deciding not to hold celebrations because they're noisy, they have lights and they're easy to target."

Total war: Syria sends armored column to Aleppo

Meanwhile, north of Aleppo, the town of Azaz has been almost completely destroyed by heavy fighting, Reuters reported. Burned-out armored personnel carriers sat on the roads where rebels hit them with rocket-propelled grenades. Bullet casings were scattered everywhere.?

Dozens are reported dead in Syria where opposition forces are fighting to maintain control of Syria's commercial capital Aleppo. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

In another key development, neighbor Turkey was not allowing goods or people to pass over the Bab al-Hawa?border crossing after rebels took base near Aleppo over the weekend, Engel said.?

"Maybe they're concerned about there being too many rebels or refugees crossing," he said. "There may also be concern that the Turks may be losing control of security in sourthern Turkey."

Fighting in and around Aleppo is expected to prompt an exodus across the Turkish border, where some Syrian refugees are already complaining about poor conditions and have clashed with riot police in disputes over food.?

"There is not enough food. They have broken our hearts, the Turks. Why are they doing this to us?" a sobbing woman named Umm Omar, with her four children huddled next to her in a camp near the border, told Reuters.

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Rebels also took the Bab al-Salam border crossing with Turkey over the weekend.

Artillery and rockets
Further south, Syrian forces used artillery and fired rockets on Wednesday on the northern Damascus suburb of al-Tel in an attempt to seize it from rebels, forcing hundreds of families to flee, residents and opposition activists said.?

"Military helicopters are flying now over the town. People were awakened by the sound of explosions and are running away," Rafe Alam, one of the activists, told Reuters by phone from a hill overlooking Tel. "Electricity and telephones have been cut off."?

The latest massacre began with a military bombardment of the village of Tremsi. After the heavy artillery and shelling, villagers said pro-government militia men swept in to kill at close range. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

Opposition sources also reported helicopters and machine guns were firing on the neighborhood of Hajar al-Aswad. The slum lies on the southern outskirts of the capital and has been a haven for rebels sneaking into Damascus from the suburbs.?

NBC News' Kari Huus and F. Brinley Bruton and Reuters contributed to this report.

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Stock And Profit Investments ? The Great Debate ? Real Estate ...

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Invest in the Real Estate Market or the Stock Market?

Everyone should have a well rounded financial portfolio. This means that you should at least have some investments in the stock market. Over the past years the stock market does appear to have kept up with the rate of inflation; however, investment in real estate is a far more stable investment.

The stock market has made many people wealthy. The problem with the stock market is that profits can be wiped away in the blink of an eyes. An unexpected drop in the stock market can destroy an investors portfolio. If you have a large percentage of your investments in the stock market, you must move a large portion of your investments into a more stable real estate investment.

One of the greatest benefits of investing in the real estate market is the leveraging opportunity. With real estate investing, you can leverage your investment 10 to 1. With stock market investments, you can only leverage your money 2 to 1.

What does leveraging your money mean?

When you leverage money, it means that you can use the money of someone else to raise money. Just like a lever raises something up, in real estate, you can leverage money 10 to 1. If you have $ 10,000 ,you can use this to get (or raise) a loan of $ 90,000 for a total of $ 100,000 towards a real estate investment. With stock investments, $ 10,000 would only get you $ 20,000 for stock investments. This is called buying on margin in the stock market (very risky).

Now of course, no investment is perfect. If property values fall, this leverage can work against you. The solution to this is to hold on to your real estate investments for the long term. This will begin to secure your financial future.

Blessings to Your Real Estate Investing,

Valarie Jacobs

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U.S. sees no trade sanctions violations by U.N. agency

WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - A preliminary U.S. assessment has concluded that the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) did not violate U.N. sanctions when it sent technical equipment to North Korea and Iran, the State Department said on Tuesday.

As two senior U.S. lawmakers accused the Geneva-based agency of stonewalling a U.S. probe into the transfers, the State Department indicated it was satisfied with WIPO's cooperation on the issue.

"Our own preliminary assessment - but we are still seeking more information from WIPO - is that there doesn't appear to have been a violation of U.N. sanctions," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a news briefing.

Nuland noted that the transfers had been referred to U.N. sanctions committees for a final determination and said the United States was seeking more information from WIPO as it investigated whether any U.S. laws had been violated.

Another hearing on the transfers to sanctioned countries is provisionally scheduled for August 1.

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry has said that the supplied equipment did not violate U.N. sanctions, although senior U.S. lawmakers have questioned this.

Geneva-based WIPO, a 185-member body that includes Iran and North Korea, has in the past provided member states with IT equipment including hardware and general office supplies.

The United States said earlier this month that it was reviewing WIPO's transfers after internal documents showed the organization had sent equipment worth around 50,000 Swiss francs ($52,500) to Iran and a shipment worth somewhat less to North Korea.

U.N. sanctions on Iran and North Korea are designed to curb the development of nuclear technology and prohibit the supply, sale or transfer of a range of materials and technology. Iran is also under much tougher U.S. and European Union trade embargoes.

BLOCKING TESTIMONY

On Tuesday, the ranking Republican and Democrats on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee accused Gurry of preventing two senior WIPO staff members from testifying before a planned committee hearing, forcing its cancellation.

The staff members asked to testify were James Pooley and Miranda Brown, a source familiar with the matter said.

"Director-General Gurry is obstructing this committee's investigation of WIPO's transfer of U.S.-origin technology to rogue regimes under international sanctions ? a transfer that occurred on his watch," Republican chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and ranking Democrat Howard Berman said in a statement.

A WIPO spokeswoman was not immediately available to comment on the statement. Gurry told Reuters late last week that he would allow "a properly competent person" to testify.

In the July 12 letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed by over 40 lawmakers, Ros-Lehtinen said she was "appalled" by news of the WIPO transfers and said that her committee planned to launch its own probe into the incident.

Lawmakers have suggested that the United States freeze contributions to WIPO until they are satisfied it is cooperating, although this would likely have a limited impact on the U.N. agency, which relies on member state contributions for only 10 percent of its budget.

Matthew Parish, a partner in the Geneva office of Holman Fenwick Willan, who represents staff members at WIPO who have complained of harassment, abuse and victimization said the organization had a history of senior management abuses.

"Despite staff criticism and member state disapproval, WIPO is suspended in a world of its own. Its Director General clearly thinks he is above the law," he said.

Nuland stressed that the Obama administration remained concerned about the WIPO case and had urged the agency to implement better safeguards.

But she said the State Department did not believe WIPO was stonewalling on the issue, and listed "positive steps" the agency had recently taken including agreeing to independent external project auditing to prevent similar transfers in the future.

(Editing by Philip Barbara and Michael Roddy)

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A FRIDGE FULL OF FOOD...: Last Minute Pantry Pasta Salad with ...

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One of the great things about summer cooking, of course, are all the fresh vegetables for salads of all kinds, including pasta salads.? However, in my own experience, there are times when I don't have the time to shop and chop, or I've simply run out of time and need a quick pot luck salad that tastes so good people don't necessarily notice the missing fresh cucumbers that are de riguer in summer pasta salads.

I think of this as one of my tricks or cheats and smile as I simply say "thank you" to the compliments anytime I show up with this dish.? All it takes is a few ingredients hanging out in the pantry as my "Oh crap, I forgot I needed to make something for work!" saviors.

Most of the pasta salad recipes I've seen and made call for either bottled Italian or Creamy Italian dressing or a home-made version.? My personal?quirk is to use a wonderful dressing made here in the Ozarks by Ott's, originally born as a small cafe in Carthage, Missouri on Historic Route 66.? The restaurant went out of business but the Mr. Ott began bottling his famous dressing, named appropriately?Original Dressing (a red, sweet vinaigrette unlike anything else!) and now bottle more than 34 dressings?along with?a line of BBQ sauces for Branson, Missouri's Silver Dollar City theme park.?

Last Minute Pantry Pasta Salad with Vidalia Onion Dressing

Recipe by Glenna Anderson Muse

Ingredients:

12 oz (dry)?tri-colored Rotini pasta or other pasta shape

1??? 14 oz can artichoke hearts, drained and quarterred

1?? 14.5 oz jar diced tomatoes with green chilis, drained

1???2 oz jar pimentos, drained

1?? 6 oz jar marinated mushrooms, drained and quatered

1?? 4.25 oz can sliced black olives, drained

1 tsp dried parsley

Optional:??2 oz sliced of pepperoni, cut in half (I keep this in the freezer so usually have it on hand)

1?cup? Ott's Vidalia Onion dressing or Vidalia Onion Dressing of your choice.

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Directions:

1) In large pot, boil pasta to al dente. Drain in colandar and spray with cold water to stop cooking process.? Drain well

2)? In serving bowl, combine pasta with rest of ingredients and mix well.? Chill for 2 hours prior to serving.

Makes??8?? cups.

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Nutrition per? 3/4 cup:? Calories:?233;? Protein:??7.3; Carbs:??27;? Fat:?11.4;?? Fiber:??3?;? Weight Watchers Points:????6

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'Twilight,' Taylor Swift land Teen Choice awards

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Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson at the Teen Choice Awards.

By Bruna Nessif, E! Online

Who missed out on the surfboard giveaway?

Sunday night we watched this year's hottest celebs get honored by the fans as Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale hosted the 2012 Teen Choice Awards along with the sounds of DJ Pauly D.

If you missed it, don't start freaking out, because we put together some highlights, along with the list of winners, right here for you.

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Best Opening: The entire cast of "Step Up Revolution" flipping, breakdancing and crumping on stage to get us ready for tonight's show totally worked. They even made some audience members swoon -- including Taylor Swift, who got a kiss on the hand.?

Worst Flashback: And by worst, we mean for McHale, but it was great for us. Did you know the "Glee" star was in a boy band?! Yep, we even got to see some old NLT (Not Like Them) footage and then the actor gave us his own impromptu "audition" to Lovato. He totally has the "X Factor."

GALLERY: 2012 Teen Choice Awards arrivals?

Best Entourage: Choice Comedian winner Ellen DeGeneres took the stage with the coolest (and cutest) "hype girls" -- Sophia Grace and Rosie. Their excitement was adorable and got even better when they found out they won Choice Web Stars. Of course, Sophia Grace was ecstatic and Rosie didn't seem fazed at all.?

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Worst Hairstyle: We're not sure how Demi constructed that ponytail of hers (duct tape maybe?), but it looks like she got the idea from some "Street Fighter" character. When she finally took it down, we noticed a blue ombre thing happening. Not sure how we feel about that, either.?

Best Return to the Stage: No Doubt performed their comeback hit single "Settle Down," and although it wasn't some crazy theatric performance, we liked it, because it was real. Gwen Stefani (does she age?!) actually sang and rocked the crowd. They've still got it.

Worst Disappointment: Unfortunately, Channing Tatum wasn't there to accept his award with Jonah Hill for their flick "21 Jump Street." And here we were secretly hoping that, since Magic Mike costar Adam Rodriguez helped present the award, they would bust into a dance on stage together. Wishful thinking.?

Best Undercover Weapon: Did you guys catch Flo Rida's microphone? It had a huge embellished set of wings on there that could easily be some sort of shield or self-defense aid if things got crazy.?

Worst Ending: As usual, Justin Bieber rocked his performance and offered amazing choreography to keep us focused. So what happened that made us deem this the worst ending? The fact that it ended! We could have continued watching him all night.?

Best Appearance: The "Twilight" Saga isn't over just yet. As we anxiously wait for "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" to release this fall, we got to see Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner accept the Ultimate Choice Award after an incredible movie montage that got us that much more excited for the next film. Oh, and did you know "Twilight" has won 41 Teen Choice Awards??

Worst Pants: Sorry, McHale, but those jellyfish-print pants are just not working for us. But we do like how it inspired you and Demi to start shaking your booties on each other. More of that, please.?

Best Backup: This summer's biggest hit "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen was the final performance of the night, and she was accompanied by a video of fans and celebs singing along to the song. We kinda loved that.?

Here's the complete list of winners for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards:?

MOVIES

Choice Movie: Action: "Abduction" ?

Choice Movie Actor: Action: Taylor Lautner, "Abduction"?

Choice Movie Actress: Action: Zoe Saldana, "Colombiana"?

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy: "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games" and "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" ?

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie: Drama: "The Lucky One"?

Choice Movie Actor: Drama: Zac Efron, "The Lucky One"?

Choice Movie Actress: Drama: Emma Stone, "The Help"?

Choice Movie: Comedy: "21 Jump Street"?

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy: Channing Tatum, "21 Jump Street"?

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy: Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"?

Choice Movie: Romance: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"?

Choice Movie Actor: Romance: Zac Efron, "The Lucky One"?

Choice Movie Actress: Romance: Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Choice Movie Voice: Taylor Swift as Audrey, "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax"?

Choice Movie Chemistry: Jennifer Lawrence and Amandla Stenberg, "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie Liplock: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie Hissy Fit: Charlize Theron, "Snow White and the Huntsman"

Choice Movie Villain: Alexander Ludwig, "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Male: Liam Hemsworth, "The Hunger Games"?

Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Female: Ashley Greene, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"?

Choice Movie Breakout: Rihanna, "Battleship"?

Choice Summer Movie: Action: "The Avengers"?

Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Music: "Katy Perry: Part of Me" ?

Choice Summer Movie Star: Male: Chris Hemsworth, "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "The Avengers"?

Choice Summer Movie Star: Female: Kristen Stewart, "Snow White and the Huntsman"?

TELEVISION

Choice TV Show: Drama: "Pretty Little Liars"?

Choice TV Actor: Drama: Ian Harding, "Pretty Little Liars"?

Choice TV Actress: Drama: Lucy Hale, "Pretty Little Liars" ?

Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: "The Vampire Diaries" ?

Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Ian Somerhalder, "The Vampire Diaries" ?

Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Nina Dobrev, "The Vampire Diaries" ?

Choice TV Show: Action: CSI: "Miami"?

Choice TV Actor: Action: Adam Rodriguez, "CSI: Miami"?

Choice TV Actress: Action: Linda Hunt, "NCIS: Los Angeles"?

Choice TV Show: Comedy: "Glee"?

Choice TV Actor: Comedy: Chris Colfer, "Glee"?

Choice TV Actress: Comedy: Lea Michele, "Glee" ?

Choice TV: Animated Show: "The Simpsons"?

Choice TV: Male Personality: Simon Cowell, "The X Factor"?

Choice TV: Female Personality: Jennifer Lopez, "American Idol"?

Choice TV: Reality Competition Show: "The X Factor"?

Choice TV: Reality Show: "Punk'd"?

Choice TV: Male Reality Star: Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, "Jersey Shore" and "The Pauly D Project" ?

Choice TV: Female Reality Star: The Kardashians, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians"?

Choice Summer TV Show: "Teen Wolf"?

Choice Summer TV Star: Female: Troian Bellisario, "Pretty Little Liars"?

Choice Summer TV Star: Male: Tyler Posey, "Teen Wolf"?

Choice TV Villain: Janel Parrish, "Pretty Little Liars"?

Choice TV Female Scene Stealer: Candice Accola, "The Vampire Dairies"?

Choice TV Male Scene Stealer: Michael Trevino, "The Vampire Diaries"?

Choice TV Breakout Show: "The X Factor"?

Choice TV Breakout Star: Female: Hannah Simone, "New Girl"

Choice TV Breakout Star: Male: Beau Mirchoff, "Awkward"?

MUSIC

Choice Male Artist: Justin Bieber

Choice Female Artist: Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group: Selena Gomez and The Scene

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song: "Starships," Nicki Minaj

Choice Rock Group: Fun

Choice Rock Song: "Paradise," Coldplay

Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist: David Guetta

Choice Single by a Group: "We Are Young," fun. featuring Janelle Mone

Choice Single by a Female Artist: "Eyes Open," Taylor Swift

Choice Single by a Male Artist: "Boyfriend," Justin Bieber

Choice Male Country Artist: Hunter Hayes

Choice Female Country Artist: Taylor Swift

Choice Country Song: "Sparks Fly," Taylor Swift

Choice Country Group: Lady Antebellum

Choice Summer Song: "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen

Choice Love Song: "What Makes You Beautiful," One Direction

Choice Break-Up Song: "Payphone," Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa

Choice Summer Music Star: Female: Demi Lovato

Choice Summer Music Star: Male: Justin Bieber

Choice Summer Music Star: Group: One Direction

Choice Music: Breakout Artist: Carly Rae Jepsen

Choice Music: Breakout Group: One Direction

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NASA experiment blows up in space, as intended

NASA successfully tested an inflatable heat shield Monday. The mushroom-shaped balloon inflated in orbit and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

By Associated Press / July 23, 2012

This image provided by NASA shows an Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) as it is launched by sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. in Atlantic, Va., Monday.

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An experimental?heat?shield?for future spacecraft landings successfully survived a test launch Monday that brought it through the earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 7,600 mph, NASA said.

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The demonstration launch from Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore involved a 680-pound cone of high-tech rings covered by a thermal blanket of layers of heat-resistant materials. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment, or IRVE-3, was launched from a three-stage Black Brant rocket for a suborbital flight.

IRVE-3 separated from the launch vehicle about six minutes into the flight about 280 miles in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

An inflation system pumped nitrogen into IRVE-3 until it expanded to a mushroom shape almost 10 feet in diameter. Engineers in the Wallops control room watched as four onboard cameras confirmed the inflatable?shield?held its shape despite the force and high?heat?of re-entry, NASA said.

A high-speed Navy Stiletto boat based at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story was dispatched to retrieve the capsule.

The purpose of the launch was to determine whether a space capsule can use an inflatable outer shell to slow and protect itself as it enters an atmosphere at hypersonic speed during a planetary entry and descent.

"We're pushing the boundaries with this flight," said Lesa Roe, director of NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton. "We look forward to future test launches of even bigger inflatable aeroshells."

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Campaign resumes after pause for Colorado shooting

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington for a trip to visit the families of victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the White House in Washington for a trip to visit the families of victims of the shooting in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Barack Obama, second from left, talks with Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., left, as Aurora, Colo., Police Chief Daniel Oates, right, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, second from right, watch, after Obama arrived at at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. Obama is traveling to Aurora, Colorado to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting as well as local officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama waves from the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, July 22, 2012. Obama is traveling to Aurora, Colo., to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting as well as local officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama salutes as he walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, July 22, 2012. Obama is traveling to Aurora, Colo., to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting as well as local officials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

This June 1, 2012 photo shows Romney Campaign Senior Adviser Ed Gillespie at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's,campaign headquarters in Boston, Mass. Gillespie is one of the few Romney aides with extensive presidential campaign experience. He headed the committee during President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and later joined the White House as an adviser. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

(AP) ? The acrimonious presidential campaign eases back into action Monday after a weekend pause for the nation to absorb the shock of a horrific mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater.

The massacre stalled a race for the White House that has become increasingly heated in recent weeks. President Barack Obama, Republican rival Mitt Romney and their advisers are now weighing how soon after the shootings to resume their attacks or whether to temper the tenor of the campaign.

"There's not a playbook for this," said Jen Psaki, Obama's campaign spokeswoman. "Just like everybody, we're taking this day by day."

Both campaigns were keeping their largely negative television advertisements off the air in Colorado, a key battleground state in the November election. The Obama campaign said it would not advertise in Colorado for the rest of the week; Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said the Republican's ads in the state would be down at least through Monday.

The campaigns pulled the ads Friday, part of a widespread dialing back of election year politicking after shootings that left 12 dead and dozens more injured. The candidates and their surrogates also canceled campaign events and media interviews for much of the weekend.

Romney made a low-key return to political activity Sunday night in northern California, where he courted Republican donors at three campaign fundraisers. Romney told supporters he would tone down his political rhetoric, at least for the night, in "keeping with the seriousness of the day." The former Massachusetts governor avoided attacking Obama by name.

Obama on Sunday dashed for Aurora, Colo., the site of the shooting. He spent nearly three hours in emotional private meetings with the families of the dead and also met with some of those injured in the attacks.

"I hope that over the next several days, next several months, we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence that ends up marring this country," Obama said.

Romney said Obama's trip was "the right thing for the president to be doing on this day."

From Colorado, Obama flew to San Francisco to start a previously scheduled three-day trip that includes a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev., campaign fundraisers in California, Oregon and Washington state, and a speech to the National Urban League convention in New Orleans.

But the campaign cancelled a rally planned for Portland, Ore. Officials said they felt the tone of the larger event would be inappropriate.

Romney also spent Sunday night in San Francisco following his fundraisers. Like Obama, he was to return to campaigning in earnest Monday, with a roundtable discussion with small business leaders and a fundraiser in southern California.

Much of Romney's week will be focused on America's role abroad. He'll deliver a foreign policy-focused speech at the VFW convention Tuesday. The next day he will launch his first trip abroad as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. He's expected to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in London and meet with foreign dignitaries in England, Israel and Poland.

The Colorado shooting halted the campaign in the midst of a particularly negative stretch. With the race deadlocked less than four months from Election Day, both camps have been ramping up their attacks as they seek to gain an edge.

The Obama campaign, trying to overcome the weak U.S. economy, has pummeled Romney's business record and financial secrecy. Led by Obama himself, the campaign has pushed the wealthy Romney to release more of his personal tax returns and raised questions about whether his tenure at the helm of private equity firm Bain Capital coincided with outsourcing and bankruptcies.

Romney responded with his own harsh criticism, attacking Obama as anti-private sector for saying: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." The Romney campaign used the phrase in an ad last week.

Friday's shooting also put fresh focus on the issue of gun control, which has played virtually no role in a race focused on the economy.

Last year, following the killing of six people and wounding of then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz., Obama called for a series of steps to "keep those irresponsible, law-breaking few from getting their hands on a gun in the first place." But Psaki, his campaign spokeswoman, said it was "too early to say" whether the president would propose any new gun control policies following the Colorado shootings.

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Associated Press

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