LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Now it's time to say goodbye to "Epic Mickey."
The interactive division of the Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it is closing Junction Point Studios, its Austin, Texas-based developer that created 2010's "Disney Epic Mickey" and its 2012 sequel "Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two."
Disney said the closure is part of its "effort to address the fast-evolving gaming platforms and marketplace" and to align its resources with its key priorities.
"We're extremely grateful to Warren Spector and the Junction Point team for their creative contributions to Disney with 'Disney Epic Mickey' and 'Disney Epic Mickey 2,'" the studio said in a statement.
Disney acquired Junction Point in 2007. The studio was led by "Deus Ex" and "Thief" creator Warren Spector.
Both "Epic Mickey" games were set in a twisted version of Disneyland called Wasteland and featured Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as protagonists.
"I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the 'Epic Mickey' journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history,'" Spector posted Monday on Facebook. "Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that. With Mickey Mouse as our hero, we introduced a mainstream audience to some cool 'core game' concepts ? and, most especially, we restored Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to a place of prominence."
The first "Epic Mickey," which was released only for the Nintendo Wii, was the sixth best-selling game the month it was released in 2010. "Epic Mickey 2," which was available for the Wii, as well as the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360, didn't crack the top 10 when it was released last November, according to gaming industry tracker NPD Group.
Disney unveiled plans earlier this month for a new franchise combining a toy line and a game called "Disney Infinity," similar to "Skylanders" from Activision-Blizzard Inc. "Infinity" is being developed by Disney's Salt Lake City, Utah-based developer Avalanche Software and is set to debut in June alongside "Monsters University," the 3-D prequel to the 2001 Disney-Pixar film "Monsters Inc."
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Authorities say actor Jason London has been arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an Arizona bar fight.
Scottsdale police say London allegedly sneezed on a man who then asked him to apologize, but London refused and instead hit the man in the face.
The Arizona Republic ( http://bit.ly/VoULau ) says the two men were escorted out of the bar, but London began pushing and cursing at firefighters trying to treat him and appeared extremely drunk. He was arrested early Monday.
London's Twitter account says "some guy thought I was hitting on his girl" and that several large bouncers beat him, breaking bones in his face. London added, "the truth will win" and "I hate Arizona."
London is best known for the 1993 movie "Dazed and Confused."
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Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
Cancer News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ Get the latest cancer news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking cancer news, including analysis and opinion on top cancer stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedWed, 30 Jan 2013 11:25:25 -05005Cancer News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifStudy supports lumpectomy in early breast cancerNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new look at real-world outcomes for women with early-stage breast cancer finds that breast-conserving surgery may offer survival odds that are as good, or even better, than breast removal. "It was kind of an exciting and hopeful message that women don't have to go off to get a mastectomy to do better," said Dr. E. Shelley Hwang, the study's lead author from the Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, North Carolina. ...http://news.yahoo.com/study-supports-lumpectomy-early-breast-cancer-162525802.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 11:25:25 -0500Reutersstudy-supports-lumpectomy-early-breast-cancer-162525802Cancer drugs give Roche a 2012 profit boostGENEVA (AP) ? Growing demand for its cancer medicines and diagnostic tests used by clinical laboratories helped Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG post a modest 2.4 percent increase in full-year profits.http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-drugs-roche-2012-profit-boost-082725513--finance.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 03:27:25 -0500Associated Presscancer-drugs-roche-2012-profit-boost-082725513--financeLongtime Tokyo-based Star and Stripes reporter Hal Drake dies in Australia at age 83CANBERRA, Australia - Harold A. Drake, whose diverse reporting career included the Vietnam War and interviews with global entertainers for Pacific Stars and Stripes, has died in Australia. He was 83 and had cancer.http://news.yahoo.com/longtime-tokyo-based-star-stripes-reporter-hal-drake-012211121.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 02:08:06 -0500Associated Presslongtime-tokyo-based-star-stripes-reporter-hal-drake-012211121Roche posts modest profit gain for 2012Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG posted a 2.4 percent increase in its full-year profits as demand grew for its cancer medicines and diagnostic tests used by clinical laboratories.The Basel-based company ...http://news.yahoo.com/roche-posts-modest-profit-gain-063308346.htmlWed, 30 Jan 2013 02:03:37 -0500Associated Pressroche-posts-modest-profit-gain-063308346$25M Texas cancer trial network shuts downA fledgling Texas cancer trials network announced Tuesday that it had shut down after auditors found more than $300,000 in expenses deemed inappropriate in the latest blow to the state's troubled $3 billion ...http://news.yahoo.com/25m-texas-cancer-trial-network-000420351.htmlTue, 29 Jan 2013 19:04:20 -0500Associated Press25m-texas-cancer-trial-network-000420351Cancer gene mutation linked to earlier menopauseNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women carrying BRCA mutations tied to breast and ovarian cancer may hit menopause a few years earlier than other women, according to a new study. Doctors already discuss with those women whether they want immediate surgery to remove their ovaries and breasts, or if they want to start a family first and hold off on ovary removal. "Now they have an additional issue to deal with," said Dr. Mitchell Rosen, who worked on the new study at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. 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"He told us with great strength: 'I am very optimistic, I trust completely in the treatments I am undergoing, I will beat this again. I'm holding onto Christ and life,'" Vice President Nicolas Maduro said of Chavez's words to him on a recent visit. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelan-vice-president-says-chavez-very-optimistic-recovery-183444218.htmlTue, 29 Jan 2013 13:34:44 -0500Reutersvenezuelan-vice-president-says-chavez-very-optimistic-recovery-183444218<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelan-vice-president-says-chavez-very-optimistic-recovery-183444218.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xWRwXby77t_gTafD7HnIHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T183444Z_1_CBRE90S1FM100_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro reads a letter from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a general meeting at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago" align="left" title="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro reads a letter from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a general meeting at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez is upbeat about recovering from cancer and confident in his medical team, his No. 2 said on Tuesday in the latest message from the Venezuelan leader's sickbed in Cuba. "He told us with great strength: 'I am very optimistic, I trust completely in the treatments I am undergoing, I will beat this again. I'm holding onto Christ and life,'" Vice President Nicolas Maduro said of Chavez's words to him on a recent visit. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Green Tea and Viagra: A Recipe for Fighting Cancer?Discovered: Erectile dysfunction meds and green tea team up to fight cancer; cell phone towers are responsible for many bird deaths; look at this tractor beam in action; shooting your belly full of botox won't make you skinny.http://news.yahoo.com/green-tea-viagra-recipe-fighting-cancer-001509475.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 19:15:09 -0500The Atlantic Wiregreen-tea-viagra-recipe-fighting-cancer-001509475ImmunoGen slides as analyst cuts ratingImmunoGen slipped 3 percent in Monday trading as Oppenheimer lowered its rating on the cancer drug developer, noting rapid gains in the company's share price over the last few months.THE SPARK: Oppenheimer ...http://news.yahoo.com/immunogen-slides-analyst-cuts-rating-195229454.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 14:52:29 -0500Associated Pressimmunogen-slides-analyst-cuts-rating-195229454New Study Disputes Idea That High Amounts of Folic Acid Lead to CancerA new study published Friday in The Lancet has cast doubt on the idea that taking folic acid supplements regularly can lead to cancer. The study found that the difference in the overall incidence of cancer among those who consume high amounts of folic acid regularly and those who do not is not statistically significant.http://news.yahoo.com/study-disputes-idea-high-amounts-folic-acid-lead-163300364.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 11:33:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkstudy-disputes-idea-high-amounts-folic-acid-lead-163300364Vitamin D Levels Link to Higher Premenopausal Breast Cancer RiskFIRST PERSON | The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine published the results of a recent study that shows a link between low vitamin D serum levels and premenopausal breast cancer. Women with low vitamin D serum levels are at a greatly increased risk for breast cancer. The study looked at 1,200 blood samples before coming to this conclusion. I wish that this information was known several years ago. My vitamin D serum levels were extremely low at the time of my breast cancer diagnosis. It appears that Sharif B. Mohr, Ph. D et al, are onto something.http://news.yahoo.com/vitamin-d-levels-higher-premenopausal-breast-cancer-risk-162400428.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 11:24:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkvitamin-d-levels-higher-premenopausal-breast-cancer-risk-162400428Oncolytics details broader use for ReolysinShares of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. climbed Monday after the drug developer said its lead product Reolysin may have a broader use as a potential cancer treatment.The Canadian company released results from ...http://news.yahoo.com/oncolytics-details-broader-reolysin-155412640.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 10:54:12 -0500Associated Pressoncolytics-details-broader-reolysin-155412640Venezuela invokes old enemies during Chavez's absenceCARACAS (Reuters) - From would-be assassins to capitalist hoarders, Venezuela's government is jumping on any perceived threats from old enemies in what opponents see as a tactic to shore up support during socialist President Hugo Chavez's absence after cancer surgery. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, once widely viewed as an easy-going, more moderate figure, has been arguably as hard line and explosive as the boss while running the government since Chavez went to Cuba for surgery in December. ...http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-invokes-old-enemies-during-chavezs-absence-153436703.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 10:34:36 -0500Reutersvenezuela-invokes-old-enemies-during-chavezs-absence-153436703In flowery letter from sickbed, Venezuela's Chavez calls for regional unity<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flowery-letter-sickbed-venezuelas-chavez-calls-regional-unity-153251231.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3SCwiKCx670sGVWVG1.gbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-28T153251Z_1_CBRE90R176W00_RTROPTP_2_EU-LATINAMERICA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Aman looks at a screen as Venezuela's Vice President Maduro reads a letter from Chavez in Santiago" align="left" title="Aman looks at a screen as Venezuela's Vice President Maduro reads a letter from Chavez in Santiago" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, made his presence felt at a regional summit on Monday with a flowery letter from his sickbed in Cuba that was laced with literary references and calls for Latin American unity. Chavez has not been seen in public since cancer surgery in Cuba in mid-December, missing his own inauguration for a new six-year term this month and fueling uncertainty over the illness jeopardizing his 14-year rule. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/flowery-letter-sickbed-venezuelas-chavez-calls-regional-unity-153251231.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 10:32:51 -0500Reutersflowery-letter-sickbed-venezuelas-chavez-calls-regional-unity-153251231<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/flowery-letter-sickbed-venezuelas-chavez-calls-regional-unity-153251231.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3SCwiKCx670sGVWVG1.gbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-28T153251Z_1_CBRE90R176W00_RTROPTP_2_EU-LATINAMERICA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Aman looks at a screen as Venezuela's Vice President Maduro reads a letter from Chavez in Santiago" align="left" title="Aman looks at a screen as Venezuela's Vice President Maduro reads a letter from Chavez in Santiago" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, made his presence felt at a regional summit on Monday with a flowery letter from his sickbed in Cuba that was laced with literary references and calls for Latin American unity. Chavez has not been seen in public since cancer surgery in Cuba in mid-December, missing his own inauguration for a new six-year term this month and fueling uncertainty over the illness jeopardizing his 14-year rule. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Breast Cancer Surgery: Is Less Better than More?Women with early stage breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery do just as well, and perhaps better, in terms of survival, than those who have their breasts removed, a new study suggests.http://news.yahoo.com/breast-cancer-surgery-less-better-more-134044438.htmlMon, 28 Jan 2013 08:40:44 -0500LiveScience.combreast-cancer-surgery-less-better-more-134044438High doses of folic acid don't raise cancer risk: study(Reuters) - People taking high doses of the B vitamin folic acid are not at an increased risk of cancer, according to an international analysis - easing some concern about the possible side effects of national programs aimed to raise intake of the vitamin. The United States and Canada have required flour to be fortified with folic acid since 1998, after deficiencies of it in pregnant women were tied to brain and spinal cord birth defects in their babies. ...http://news.yahoo.com/high-doses-folic-acid-dont-raise-cancer-risk-020342989.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 21:03:42 -0500Reutershigh-doses-folic-acid-dont-raise-cancer-risk-020342989Beijing rowing silver medalist Nethercott, 35, dies<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-rowing-silver-medalist-nethercott-35-dies-222114104--oly.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6E6_ydfijCEfqjRfHeKSfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-27T222114Z_1_CBRE90Q1Q3H00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-ROWING-NETHERCOTT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain's Men's Eight rowing coxman Acer Nethercott carries oars to the water for a training session at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park" align="left" title="Britain's Men's Eight rowing coxman Acer Nethercott carries oars to the water for a training session at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Acer Nethercott, who coxed the British men's eight team to an Olympic silver medal in Beijing in 2008, has died at the age of 35. "It is very sad news," performance director David Tanner told British Rowing's official website http://www.britishrowing.org on Sunday. "Acer was the top British cox of his time. He had an exceptional period with the GB rowing team." The cause of death was not disclosed but media reports said Nethercott had been fighting brain cancer. (Writing by Tony Jimenez; Editing by Sonia Oxley)</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-rowing-silver-medalist-nethercott-35-dies-222114104--oly.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 17:21:14 -0500Reutersbeijing-rowing-silver-medalist-nethercott-35-dies-222114104--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-rowing-silver-medalist-nethercott-35-dies-222114104--oly.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6E6_ydfijCEfqjRfHeKSfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-27T222114Z_1_CBRE90Q1Q3H00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-ROWING-NETHERCOTT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain's Men's Eight rowing coxman Acer Nethercott carries oars to the water for a training session at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park" align="left" title="Britain's Men's Eight rowing coxman Acer Nethercott carries oars to the water for a training session at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Acer Nethercott, who coxed the British men's eight team to an Olympic silver medal in Beijing in 2008, has died at the age of 35. "It is very sad news," performance director David Tanner told British Rowing's official website http://www.britishrowing.org on Sunday. "Acer was the top British cox of his time. He had an exceptional period with the GB rowing team." The cause of death was not disclosed but media reports said Nethercott had been fighting brain cancer. (Writing by Tony Jimenez; Editing by Sonia Oxley)</p><br clear="all"/>Olympics-Beijing rowing silver medallist Nethercott, 35, diesLONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Acer Nethercott, who coxed the British men's eight team to an Olympic silver medal in Beijing in 2008, has died at the age of 35. "It is very sad news," performance director David Tanner told British Rowing's official website (www.britishrowing.org) on Sunday. "Acer was the top British cox of his time. He had an exceptional period with the GB rowing team." The cause of death was not disclosed but media reports said Nethercott had been fighting brain cancer. (Writing by Tony Jimenez; Editing by Sonia Oxley)http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-beijing-rowing-silver-medallist-nethercott-35-dies-221354152--spt.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 17:13:54 -0500Reutersolympics-beijing-rowing-silver-medallist-nethercott-35-dies-221354152--sptDid This 15-Year-Old Kid Just Change the Course of Medicine?When you were 15, chances are, revolutionizing medicine wasn't among your after-school activities. But for 15-year-old Jack Andraka, it's par for the course. The high school sophomore recently developed a revolutionary new test for early-stage pancreatic cancer. This, before he could legally drive a car.http://news.yahoo.com/15-old-kid-might-just-revolutionized-medicine-know-195151847.htmlSun, 27 Jan 2013 14:51:51 -0500Takepart.com15-old-kid-might-just-revolutionized-medicine-know-195151847Chavez starting more medical treatment in Cuba<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-medical-treatment-cuba-001038574.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-medical-treatment-cuba-001038574.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 19:10:38 -0500Associated Presschavez-starting-more-medical-treatment-cuba-001038574<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-medical-treatment-cuba-001038574.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>Venezuela's Chavez overcomes infection, still having treatment<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcomes-infection-still-having-treatment-000252021.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b925qmHdglSHlPqENbdGXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-27T000252Z_3_CBRE90P1PNW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-INFECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery in Cuba last month, a government minister said on Saturday. Official statements have sounded upbeat about the socialist president's condition in recent weeks, following rumors he was gravely ill in a hospital in Havana and might be unable to keep governing after being re-elected in October to a third term. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcomes-infection-still-having-treatment-000252021.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 19:02:52 -0500Reutersvenezuelas-chavez-overcomes-infection-still-having-treatment-000252021<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcomes-infection-still-having-treatment-000252021.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b925qmHdglSHlPqENbdGXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-27T000252Z_3_CBRE90P1PNW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ-INFECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery in Cuba last month, a government minister said on Saturday. Official statements have sounded upbeat about the socialist president's condition in recent weeks, following rumors he was gravely ill in a hospital in Havana and might be unable to keep governing after being re-elected in October to a third term. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Chavez starting more cancer treatment in Cuba<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-cancer-treatment-cuba-231848932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-cancer-treatment-cuba-231848932.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 18:18:48 -0500Associated Presschavez-starting-more-cancer-treatment-cuba-231848932<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-starting-more-cancer-treatment-cuba-231848932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>Venezuela's Chavez overcomes infection, treatment continues<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcome-respiratory-infection-minister-221153610.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nSUyi7I1VcXir0z4SlqGyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-26T224556Z_2_CBRE90P1PNW00_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery last month, a government minister said on Saturday. Official statements have sounded upbeat about the socialist president's condition in recent weeks following rumors he was gravely ill in a hospital in Cuba. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcome-respiratory-infection-minister-221153610.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 17:45:56 -0500Reutersvenezuelas-chavez-overcome-respiratory-infection-minister-221153610<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-overcome-respiratory-infection-minister-221153610.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nSUyi7I1VcXir0z4SlqGyQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-26T224556Z_2_CBRE90P1PNW00_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Chavez attend a rally to commemorate 55th anniversary of last Venezuelan dictatorship collapse, in Caracas" border="0" /></a>SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery last month, a government minister said on Saturday. Official statements have sounded upbeat about the socialist president's condition in recent weeks following rumors he was gravely ill in a hospital in Cuba. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Venezuela VP: ailing Chavez in 'best moment'<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-vp-ailing-chavez-best-moment-072401926.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-vp-ailing-chavez-best-moment-072401926.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 12:25:37 -0500Associated Pressvenezuela-vp-ailing-chavez-best-moment-072401926<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-vp-ailing-chavez-best-moment-072401926.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eZFbkliFbSXb79QBjIvrJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a9afb4b826e9b803270f6a706700652f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" align="left" title="Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shout slogans during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)" border="0" /></a>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved and he is now optimistic as he faces more treatment following cancer surgery, his vice president said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>Venezuela's Chavez in "best moment" since surgery: VP Maduro<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-best-moment-since-surgery-vp-maduro-060434274.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WgdqmNGRSdYINwX8zta88A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-26T071028Z_1_CBRE90P0JXI00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to state TV after arriving from Cuba in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to state TV after arriving from Cuba in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his "best moment" since undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba 45 days ago, the vice president said on Saturday, adding Chavez has made important economic decisions to strengthen exports. "He's got a smile that's filled with light, his thoughts are illuminated," said Nicolas Maduro in televised comments just after midnight after returning from a visit with Chavez. The normally garrulous president has not been heard from since a complex operation on December 11. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-best-moment-since-surgery-vp-maduro-060434274.htmlSat, 26 Jan 2013 01:04:34 -0500Reutersvenezuelas-chavez-best-moment-since-surgery-vp-maduro-060434274<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-best-moment-since-surgery-vp-maduro-060434274.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WgdqmNGRSdYINwX8zta88A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-26T071028Z_1_CBRE90P0JXI00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to state TV after arriving from Cuba in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to state TV after arriving from Cuba in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his "best moment" since undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba 45 days ago, the vice president said on Saturday, adding Chavez has made important economic decisions to strengthen exports. "He's got a smile that's filled with light, his thoughts are illuminated," said Nicolas Maduro in televised comments just after midnight after returning from a visit with Chavez. The normally garrulous president has not been heard from since a complex operation on December 11. ...</p><br clear="all"/>For Chavez impersonator, cancer no laughing matter<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-impersonator-cancer-no-laughing-matter-213309928.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yXStl2oubJnpn2MiOOGTZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c0a1ea108ada303270f6a706700bf4a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 video frame grab, Gustavo Rios has makeup applied at the Mega TV studios in Miami. Rios, a native of Venezuela, parodies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a weekly show on Mega TV. It's a parody he once did in Venezuela, a joke that made Chavez loyalists mad. He fled the country and was granted asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 video frame grab, Gustavo Rios has makeup applied at the Mega TV studios in Miami. Rios, a native of Venezuela, parodies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a weekly show on Mega TV. It's a parody he once did in Venezuela, a joke that made Chavez loyalists mad. He fled the country and was granted asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)" border="0" /></a>MIAMI (AP) ? It's an hour before showtime, and Gustavo Rios is transforming himself into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-impersonator-cancer-no-laughing-matter-213309928.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 17:40:16 -0500Associated Presschavez-impersonator-cancer-no-laughing-matter-213309928<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-impersonator-cancer-no-laughing-matter-213309928.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yXStl2oubJnpn2MiOOGTZQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c0a1ea108ada303270f6a706700bf4a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 video frame grab, Gustavo Rios has makeup applied at the Mega TV studios in Miami. Rios, a native of Venezuela, parodies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a weekly show on Mega TV. It's a parody he once did in Venezuela, a joke that made Chavez loyalists mad. He fled the country and was granted asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 video frame grab, Gustavo Rios has makeup applied at the Mega TV studios in Miami. Rios, a native of Venezuela, parodies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a weekly show on Mega TV. It's a parody he once did in Venezuela, a joke that made Chavez loyalists mad. He fled the country and was granted asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)" border="0" /></a>MIAMI (AP) ? It's an hour before showtime, and Gustavo Rios is transforming himself into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.</p><br clear="all"/>Tasmanian Devil Cancer Decimating the Agressive Endangered SpeciesTo many, the Tasmanian devil is a just a rowdy, screeching Looney Tunes character. But to those in Australia, the devil is a national symbol and was once a common sight in its wildlife landscape. However, now this beloved creature is being severely threatened by the strange,?contagious tasmanian devil cancer.?http://news.yahoo.com/little-devil-won-t-change-ways-still-worth-214024198.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 16:40:24 -0500Takepart.comlittle-devil-won-t-change-ways-still-worth-214024198High doses of folic acid not tied to cancer riskNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - According to a new analysis, people taking high doses of the B vitamin folic acid are not at an increased risk of cancer - easing some concern about possible side effects of national fortification programs. The U.S. and Canada have required flour to be fortified with folic acid since 1998, after deficiencies in pregnant women were tied to brain and spinal cord birth defects in their babies. ...http://news.yahoo.com/high-doses-folic-acid-not-tied-cancer-risk-195115635.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 14:51:15 -0500Reutershigh-doses-folic-acid-not-tied-cancer-risk-195115635Cancer-Stricken Dog Gets Epic Last MealOne of the hardest experiences that anyone can endure is the loss of a pet. The sometimes prolonged illness leading up to the pet's passing can be even more gut-wrenching. Lennox, a boxer breed, was plagued with cancer and arthritis, and he had survived multiple surgeries, but a recent tumor growth on his left shoulder [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/cancer-stricken-dog-gets-epic-last-meal-193349711.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 14:33:49 -0500blogs/trending-now/cancer-stricken-dog-gets-epic-last-meal-193349711Cancer drug developer ImmunoGen takes bigger lossDrug developer ImmunoGen Inc. said Friday its fiscal second quarter nearly doubled, as it continued developing treatments for cancer.ImmunoGen does not have any approved drugs. Its most advanced experimental ...http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-drug-developer-immunogen-takes-164954235.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 11:49:54 -0500Associated Presscancer-drug-developer-immunogen-takes-164954235Tuxedo Stan, cat who ran for mayor of Halifax battling kidney cancerHALIFAX - A cat who gained world-wide fame when he ran for mayor of Halifax is battling a serious illness.http://news.yahoo.com/tuxedo-stan-cat-ran-mayor-halifax-battling-kidney-145244186.htmlFri, 25 Jan 2013 09:52:44 -0500Associated Presstuxedo-stan-cat-ran-mayor-halifax-battling-kidney-145244186Spanish newspaper sorry for "false photo" of Venezuela's Chavez<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-venezulas-chavez-021829277.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C8pwqx0AmQmAeIerM6njSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-25T031013Z_3_CBRE90O06EY00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SPAIN-CHAVEZ-ELPAIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" align="left" title="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID/CARACAS (Reuters) - Spain's influential El Pais newspaper apologized on Thursday for splashing a "false photo" of Venezuela's cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez on its front page, prompting a furious response from the government in Caracas, which vowed to take legal action. Within minutes of posting the image online as a global exclusive, El Pais said it had discovered from social media that the photo was not of Chavez. It removed it from its website and withdrew its print edition. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-venezulas-chavez-021829277.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 22:34:23 -0500Reutersspanish-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-venezulas-chavez-021829277<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-venezulas-chavez-021829277.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C8pwqx0AmQmAeIerM6njSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-25T031013Z_3_CBRE90O06EY00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SPAIN-CHAVEZ-ELPAIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" align="left" title="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID/CARACAS (Reuters) - Spain's influential El Pais newspaper apologized on Thursday for splashing a "false photo" of Venezuela's cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez on its front page, prompting a furious response from the government in Caracas, which vowed to take legal action. Within minutes of posting the image online as a global exclusive, El Pais said it had discovered from social media that the photo was not of Chavez. It removed it from its website and withdrew its print edition. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Reader sue Armstrong over drug-use denial in booksSAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? An aide to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so taken by Lance Armstrong's first memoir of battling back from cancer to win the Tour de France multiple times that he immediately read it "cover to cover" and recommended it to several friends.http://news.yahoo.com/reader-sue-armstrong-over-drug-denial-books-212628224--finance.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 16:27:32 -0500Associated Pressreader-sue-armstrong-over-drug-denial-books-212628224--financeGilda Radner's name will remain with Cancer Support centerLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Gilda Radner's name will remain in the title of a Gilda's Club Madison, the Wisconsin branch of the worldwide Cancer Support Community announced on Wednesday. "We are happy and humbled to announce that our name will continue to be Gilda's Club," the organization's executive director, Lannia Stenz, said in a statement. "Gilda Radner's iconic image will continue to help us welcome and support people affected by cancer. ...http://news.yahoo.com/gilda-radners-name-remain-cancer-support-center-195401096.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 14:54:01 -0500Reutersgilda-radners-name-remain-cancer-support-center-195401096Spain newspaper sorry for "false photo" of ChavezMADRID/CARACAS (Reuters) - Spain's influential El Pais newspaper apologized on Thursday for publishing a "false photo" of cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, removed the image from its website and withdrew its print edition. The Venezuelan government and the president of Argentina, Chavez ally Cristina Fernandez, condemned the publication of the photo. "As grotesque as it is false," Venezuela's information minister said on Twitter. ...http://news.yahoo.com/spain-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-chavez-194756401.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 14:47:56 -0500Reutersspain-newspaper-sorry-false-photo-chavez-194756401Exercise tied to better colon cancer survival oddsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with colon cancer who spend more time walking and fewer hours on the couch are less likely to die over the seven to eight years after being diagnosed, a new study suggests. The findings don't prove exercise itself boosts a person's survival chances, researchers said. But the pattern held even after the study team took into account how advanced patients' cancers were, their age and other aspects of their diet, lifestyle and health. ...http://news.yahoo.com/exercise-tied-better-colon-cancer-survival-odds-192228962.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 14:22:28 -0500Reutersexercise-tied-better-colon-cancer-survival-odds-192228962Spanish Paper Duped by Fake Hugo Chavez Hospital PhotoThe world and Venezuela are anxiously awaiting for Hugo Chavez's first public appearance since fleeing to Cuba for cancer treatment last year. That's why the Spanish paper?El Pais?decided to run a picture of what they thought was an intubated Chavez. There was on problem was: it wasn't him.http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-paper-duped-fake-hugo-chavez-hospital-photo-120756731.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 07:07:56 -0500The Atlantic Wirespanish-paper-duped-fake-hugo-chavez-hospital-photo-120756731Spanish newspaper withdraws "false photo" of Venezuela's Chavez<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-withdraws-false-photo-venezuelas-chavez-094658962--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IJuvK1IiOzW.VBM72ScwLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-24T122959Z_1883955637_GM1E91O1KXG01_RTRMADP_3_SPAIN-CHAVEZ-ELPAIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" align="left" title="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's influential El Pais newspaper withdrew what it said was "false photo of Hugo Chavez" that it had published in its on-line and print editions on Thursday. Venezuelan President Chavez has cancer and has been under medical treatment in Cuba where he underwent surgery in December. He has not been seen publicly for six weeks. The grainy photo that El Pais originally splashed on its front page, billed as a global exclusive, portrayed the head of a man lying down with a breathing tube in his mouth. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-withdraws-false-photo-venezuelas-chavez-094658962--finance.htmlThu, 24 Jan 2013 04:46:58 -0500Reutersspanish-newspaper-withdraws-false-photo-venezuelas-chavez-094658962--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-newspaper-withdraws-false-photo-venezuelas-chavez-094658962--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IJuvK1IiOzW.VBM72ScwLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-24T122959Z_1883955637_GM1E91O1KXG01_RTRMADP_3_SPAIN-CHAVEZ-ELPAIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" align="left" title="A woman poses with a first edition copy of Spanish newspaper El Pais in central Madrid" border="0" /></a>MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's influential El Pais newspaper withdrew what it said was "false photo of Hugo Chavez" that it had published in its on-line and print editions on Thursday. Venezuelan President Chavez has cancer and has been under medical treatment in Cuba where he underwent surgery in December. He has not been seen publicly for six weeks. The grainy photo that El Pais originally splashed on its front page, billed as a global exclusive, portrayed the head of a man lying down with a breathing tube in his mouth. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Venezuela's vice president says he's target of assassination plot<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-vice-president-says-hes-target-assassination-plot-011624807.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tAM7k0YvHuse.JmOUX6NEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-23T203457Z_1_CBRE90M1L6H00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's Vice President Maduro and Venezuela's National Assembly President Cabello greet supporters during a rally to commemorate the collapse of the last Venezuelan dictatorship in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuela's Vice President Maduro and Venezuela's National Assembly President Cabello greet supporters during a rally to commemorate the collapse of the last Venezuelan dictatorship in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said unidentified groups had entered the country with the aim of assassinating him and the head of the National Assembly as President Hugo Chavez recovers from cancer in Cuba. Maduro provided no proof of the claim, made at a rally on Wednesday to mark the end of a dictatorship in the OPEC nation 55 years ago, but he said action would be taken shortly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-vice-president-says-hes-target-assassination-plot-011624807.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2013 20:16:24 -0500Reutersvenezuelas-vice-president-says-hes-target-assassination-plot-011624807<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-vice-president-says-hes-target-assassination-plot-011624807.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tAM7k0YvHuse.JmOUX6NEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-23T203457Z_1_CBRE90M1L6H00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela's Vice President Maduro and Venezuela's National Assembly President Cabello greet supporters during a rally to commemorate the collapse of the last Venezuelan dictatorship in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuela's Vice President Maduro and Venezuela's National Assembly President Cabello greet supporters during a rally to commemorate the collapse of the last Venezuelan dictatorship in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said unidentified groups had entered the country with the aim of assassinating him and the head of the National Assembly as President Hugo Chavez recovers from cancer in Cuba. Maduro provided no proof of the claim, made at a rally on Wednesday to mark the end of a dictatorship in the OPEC nation 55 years ago, but he said action would be taken shortly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>FDA approves new use for Roche's Avastin in colon cancer treatment(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of Roche's Avastin for patients whose colorectal cancer has worsened despite previous treatment with the drug. The new use will allow patients first treated with Avastin plus chemotherapy to be treated again with the biotechnology drug in combination with a different chemotherapy regimen. A pivotal clinical trial showed that such a treatment strategy improved survival. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fda-approves-roches-avastin-colon-cancer-treatment-232906822--finance.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2013 18:29:06 -0500Reutersfda-approves-roches-avastin-colon-cancer-treatment-232906822--finance
An interior view of the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, after it was destroyed by a fire on Jan. 27.
By Alastair Jamieson, Staff Writer, NBC News
Shoes, bottles and slices of lime lay scattered around the blackened remains of a dancefloor in Brazil on Monday ? signs of how quickly a Saturday night student party turned into one of the world?s worst nightclub fires.
End-of-summer celebrations were in full swing at the Kiss club in the university town of Santa Maria when a band?s pyrotechnic display set fire to the sound-proofed ceiling and started a fire that choked dozens to death and saw dozens more trampled in the ensuing panic.
The image of the burned, empty building was in stark contrast to the town?s packed gymnasium where relatives of the victims gathered late on Sunday to mourn after the mortuary became overwhelmed with bodies.
One woman fell to her knees in grief at the coffin of a relative, while others waited to identify their loved ones.
In total, at least 233 died - 120 men and 113 women - while 92 people are still being treated in hospitals, Reuters reported.
About 50 funerals were expected to take place at the municipal cemetery in Santa Maria on Monday, according to Brazilian television news broadcast Zero Hora.
The cemetery opened early, at 7:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET), and was planning to conduct burials at half-hour intervals, O Globo reported, saying the army had helped dig graves.
A Brazilian nightclub owner and two members of a band have been arrested by civil police investigating the blaze,?newspaper Diario de Santa Maria reported Monday. A fourth person is also being sought, the newspaper said.
It said businessman Elissandro Spohr, also known as ?Kiko? ? one of the owners of the Kiss nightclub in the city of Santa Maria ? was detained ?on a temporary basis.?
Marcelo Arigony, a police inspector, said the arrests were "provisional" and that there was not yet ant criminal accusation. He declined to confirm the identities of those arrested, saying the investigation "is still quite precarious."
Sphor's lawyer, Jader Marques, told the Diario de Santa Maria that his client was present in the club with his pregnant wife at the moment that a spark from the pyrotechnic flare or fuse handled by the band lit the soundproofing on the ceiling.
One of the worst nightclub fires in history has claimed a terrible toll in the southern Brazil city of Santa Maria, with at least 233 dead by the most recent count. Authorities and witnesses are saying the fire may have been sparked by a pyrotechnics show. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
The main door of the nightclub was locked at the time, fire chief Guido Pedroso de Melo told O Globo.
He added that firefighters responding to the blaze initially had trouble getting inside the nightclub because "there was a barrier of bodies blocking the entrance.?
Survivors and the police inspector Marcelo Arigony said security guards briefly tried to block people from exiting the club, according to the AP, perhaps fearing that patrons would leave without paying their tab.
But Arigony said the guards didn't appear to block fleeing patrons for long. "It was chaotic and it doesn't seem to have been done in bad faith because several security guards also died," he told the AP.
In a radio interview, the band?s guitarist Rodrigo Martins said the fire began shortly after the band took to the stage at 2.15 a.m. local time Sunday.
"When the fire started, a guard passed us a fire extinguisher, the singer tried to use it but it wasn't working," he said, adding that the accordion player Danilo Jacques, 28, died, while the five other members made it out safely.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Lawyers for a man who says the CIA held him in a secret prison in a Polish forest asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Monday to rule on his case because they say a criminal investigation run by Poland is going nowhere.
The decision by lawyers for Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah to go to the court in Strasbourg raises fresh questions about how serious Poland is about investigating allegations that the CIA, as part of a global operation to detain suspected al Qaeda militants a decade ago, used facilities on Polish territory.
Poland is the only country in the world known to have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged CIA jails, but it is now in its fifth year and there is no sign that anyone is close to being put on trial.
"Polish authorities ... have failed to conduct a thorough, effective and timely criminal investigation," said a letter that lawyers for Abu Zubaydah, now held in the U.S. military jail at Guantanamo Bay, said they had faxed to the ECHR on Monday.
"In 2008, a criminal investigation was opened, but it was limited in scope, shrouded in secrecy, and it has made little or no progress in practice," said the letter. "It has become apparent to the applicant that there is no meaningful prospect of a remedy being available to him in Poland."
The letter notified the ECHR that Abu Zubaydah's lawyers would be filing a formal application for a hearing. They want the court to rule on whether Polish officials violated his human rights by helping U.S. intelligence agents to detain him.
The ECHR has already taken up the case of another Saudi man who says he was held in a CIA-run jail in Poland - Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
SLOW INVESTIGATION
If the Polish criminal investigation founders, human rights campaigners say it will greatly reduce the chances that the full picture about the methods used by the CIA in the U.S. "war on terror" will ever emerge.
Polish officials deny that the CIA operated jails on Polish soil. They say they want a full and fair investigation, and that there is no political pressure on the prosecutors.
The prosecutors say they are doing their best to investigate the allegations, but that it is a slow process, not helped by the fact that U.S. authorities have not responded to requests for information.
However, lawyers for Abu Zubaydah and al-Nashiri say they suspect the investigation is being deliberately stalled because a trial would be politically embarrassing for the Polish state, and its allies in the United States.
According to documents filed by their lawyers, Abu Zubaydah, al-Nashiri and several other people believed by the CIA to be militants were flown in secret to a remote Polish airport.
They were then allegedly held, without a hearing before a judge or access to a lawyer, at a Polish intelligence academy at Stare Kiejkuty, a thickly forested area about 180 km (110 miles) north of the Polish capital. Their lawyers and rights activists say they were subjected to treatment that amounted to torture.
If Polish officials knew about the CIA operation, or provided support to it, that could be deemed a crime under Polish law and international human rights conventions.
U.S. officials have acknowledged that the CIA held al Qaeda suspects outside the United States, but have never publicly disclosed where or in what circumstances.
The U.S. government says Abu Zubaydah ran a camp in Afghanistan that trained some of those who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. cities. It accuses al-Nashiri of directing an attack on the U.S. warship Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden in 2000 that killed 17 sailors.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank lowered its key policy rate for the first time in nine months on Tuesday, but struck a cautious note on further easing as it waits to see how the government's upcoming budget aims to bring a bloated fiscal deficit under control.
The Reserve Bank of India cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 7.75 percent to help support an economy set to post its slowest annual growth rate in a decade.
The size of the cut was in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll of analysts earlier this month. The central bank gave guidance back in October that it could reduce rates during the January-March quarter, and Indian bond and stock markets were largely unmoved as dealers had already priced in the move.
But the RBI unexpectedly also reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the share of deposits that banks must keep with the central bank, by 25 bps to 4.00 percent, which will infuse an extra 180 billion rupees ($3.4 billion) into the banking system.
The central bank stressed that halting a slide in growth had become critical, but it went on to list constraints, notably worryingly high current account and fiscal deficits, and the risk that inflation could flare again.
"Monetary policy stance has sought to balance the growth-inflation dynamic through calibrated easing," the RBI said in its quarterly monetary policy review.
"It is now critical to arrest the loss of growth momentum without endangering external stability."
INFLATION SEEN SETTLING FOR NOW
India's headline inflation rate moderated to a three-year low of 7.18 percent in December, and the central bank said there was likelihood that inflation would remain range-bound around current levels entering the 2013/14 fiscal year starting April.
"This provides space, albeit limited, for monetary policy to give greater emphasis to growth risks," the central bank said.
Having grown at near-double-digit pace before the Lehman Brothers crisis, the economy has suffered a rapid deceleration.
The RBI cut its GDP growth forecast for Asia's third-largest economy to 5.5 percent for the current fiscal year, from 5.8 percent previously, and lowered its projection for headline inflation in March to 6.8 percent from 7.5 percent earlier.
Though respectable by other standards, the growth rate is too slow for a country trying to support hundreds of millions of poor people, and is a worry for the ruling Congress party as it heads towards an election next year.
Eyes will now fall on Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's annual budget statement due in late February, to see how the government plans to put its finances in order.
While measures taken by the government to bring the fiscal deficit within a targeted 5.3 percent of GDP have reduced near term risks, cuts in politically sensitive subsidies were needed for sustainable fiscal consolidation, the RBI said in an economic report issued a day before the policy review.
Shakti Satapathy, a fixed income strategist with AK Capital in Mumbai, was hopeful that the budget would pave the way for another RBI rae cut in March.
"We expect another 25 bps rate cut at the March policy meet," Satapathy said. "The qualitative fiscal management measures (taken) during the upcoming budget session would be the guiding factor in deciding the quantum and timing of future rate cuts in the next fiscal (year)."
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission, regarded the RBI's easing as an endorsement of steps taken by the government to tackle its deficit.
"I think what it signals is the RBI feels that the government has taken a number of steps which gives the fiscal space needed for monetary policy to support growth," Ahluwalia said, adding that the economy was beginning bottom out.
Last September, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fractious coalition ended a debilitating phase of policy inaction to make urgently needed reforms to reduce the fiscal deficit and attract foreign investment to help the current account deficit and growth.
The measures, which included giving foreign players more access to its retail and aviation sectors, helped India forestall the threat of a sovereign debt credit rating downgrade to junk status.
Recently, as part of an ongoing drive to trim spending, the government gave oil companies more room to set regulated diesel prices.
The current account deficit (CAD) touched a record high of 5.4 percent in July-September and is likely to rise further in the December quarter, according to the central bank's economic report.
"Financing the CAD with increasingly risky and volatile flows increases the economy's vulnerability to sudden shifts in risk appetite and liquidity preference, potentially threatening macroeconomic and exchange rate stability," the RBI said.
For now though, India markets appeared content with the RBI's measured easing. Benchmark government 10-year yields were largely unchanged at 7.87 percent, while the National Stock Exchange index <.nsei> was up 0.3 percent, with the bank sub-index <.nsebank> up 1.3 percent.
The Indian rupee strengthened to 53.62 per dollar from around 53.84 before the decision.
(Additional reporting by India treasury team; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of emergency in three cities on the Suez Canal, where dozens of people have been killed in protests that have swept the nation and deepened a political crisis facing the Islamist leader.
Hundreds of demonstrators in Port Said, Suez and Ismailia turned out against the decision within moments of Mursi's announcement late on Sunday that came after the death toll from protests and violence that erupted last week hit 49 people.
Most deaths were in Port Said, where 40 people were killed in just two days. Riots were sparked on Saturday when a court sentenced to death several people from the city in a case of deadly soccer violence last year. Mourners at Sunday's funerals in the port, where guns are common, turned their rage on Mursi.
The violence in Egyptian cities has now extended to a fifth day. Police again fired volleys of teargas at dozens of youths hurling stones early on Monday near Cairo's Tahrir Square, where opponents have camped for weeks to protest against Mursi, who they say betrayed the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak two years ago.
"We want to bring down the regime and end the state that is run by the Muslim Brotherhood," said Ibrahim Eissa, a 26-year-old cook, protecting his face from teargas wafting towards him from police lines near Tahrir, the cauldron of the 2011 revolt.
Propelled to power in a June election by the Brotherhood, Mursi's presidency has lurched through a series of political crises and violent demonstrations, compounding his task of shoring up a teetering economy and preparing for a parliamentary election to cement the new democracy in a few months.
"The protection of the nation is the responsibility of everyone. We will confront any threat to its security with force and firmness within the remit of the law," Mursi said, offering condolences to families of victims in the canal zone cities.
Appealing to his opponents, the president called for a national dialogue on Monday at 6 p.m. (1600 GMT), inviting a range of Islamist allies as well as liberal, leftist and other opposition groups and individuals to discuss the crisis.
"WASTE OF TIME"
The main opposition National Salvation Front coalition said it would meet on Monday to discuss the offer. But some opponents have already suggested they do not expect much from the gathering, raising the prospect of poor attendance.
"Unless the president takes responsibility for the bloody events and pledges to form a government of national salvation and a balanced committee to amend the constitution, any dialogue will be a waste of time," Mohamed ElBaradei, a prominent politician who founded the Constitution Party, wrote on Twitter.
Hamdeen Sabahy, a firebrand leftist politician and presidential candidate who is another leading member of the Front, said he would not attend Monday's meeting "unless the bloodshed stops and the people's demands are met."
The response highlights Egypt's deeply polarized politics. Although Islamists have swept to victory in a parliamentary poll and presidential vote, the disparate opposition has been united by Mursi's bid late last year to expand is powers and fast-track a constitution with an Islamist hue through a referendum.
Mursi's opponents accuse him of listening only to his Islamist friends and reneging on a pledge to be a president for all Egyptians. Islamists say their rivals want to overthrow by undemocratic means Egypt's first freely elected leader.
The Front has distanced itself from the latest flare-ups but said Mursi should have acted far sooner to impose extra security measures that would have ended the violence and laid the blame for the escalation squarely on Mursi's shoulders.
"Of course we feel the president is missing the real problem on the ground, which is his own polices," spokesman Khaled Dawoud said. "His call to implement emergency law was an expected move given what is going on, namely thuggery and criminal actions."
ANGER
Even in Tahrir Square, some protesters said the violence and the death toll in Port Said and other cities along the strategic international waterway meant there was little choice but to impose emergency law, though they, too, said the violence was Mursi's fault.
"They needed the state of emergency there because there is so much anger," said Mohamed Ahmed, 27, a protester walking briskly from a cloud of teargas spreading into Tahrir Square.
But activists in the three cities affected have pledged to defy the curfew that will start at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) each evening and will last until 6 a.m. (0400 GMT).
Some opposition groups have also called for more protests on Monday, which marks the second anniversary of one of the bloodiest days in the revolution that erupted on January 25, 2011, and brought an end to Mubarak's iron rule 18 days later.
Rights activists also said Mursi's declaration was a backward step for Egypt, which was under emergency law for Mubarak's entire 30-year rule. His police used the sweeping arrest provisions to muzzle dissent and round up opponents, including members of the Brotherhood and even Mursi himself.
Heba Morayef of Human Rights Watch in Cairo said the police, still hated by many Egyptians for their heavy-handed tactics under Mubarak, would once again have the right to arrest people "purely because they look suspicious", undermining efforts to create a more efficient and respected police force.
"It is a classic knee-jerk reaction to think the emergency law will help bring security," she said. "It gives so much discretion to the Ministry of Interior that it ends up causing more abuse, which in turn causes more anger."
(This story has been corrected to change day in paragraph four to Monday)
(Additional reporting by Shaimaa Fayed in Cairo and Yusri Mohamed in Ismailia; Editing by Will Waterman)
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Contact: Yivsam Azgad news@weizmann.ac.il 972-893-43856 Weizmann Institute of Science
The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects. The new project will federate European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain.
The goal of the Human Brain Project: Pull together all our existing knowledge about the human brain and reconstruct the brain, piece by piece, in supercomputer-based models and simulations. Such models offer the prospect of a new understanding of the human brain and the diseases that affect it, as well as advancing completely new computing and robotic technologies. The European Commission supported this vision, announcing that it has selected the HBP as one of two projects to be funded through the new FET Flagship Program, which supports highly innovative technology.
Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain Project are slated to continue for ten years (2013-2023). The total cost is estimated at 1.19 billion, to be supplied from various sources. The project will be coordinated at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, by neuroscientist Prof. Henry Markram and co-directors Profs. Karlheinz Meier of Heidelberg University, Germany, and Richard Frackowiak of Clinique Hospitaliere Universitaire Vaudoise (CHUV) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL).
Israeli scientists have been involved in the Project from its inception; their significant role is testament to the high position Israeli science holds at the forefront of international brain research. Indeed, Markram, the Project leader, is an alumnus of the Weizmann Institute's Feinberg Graduate School who completed his Ph.D. research in the Institute's Neurobiology Department and later served on its faculty before moving to Lausanne.
Additional research groups may join as the HBP initiates an open call for further research projects. The scientific coordinators of the Israeli section of the HBP are Prof. Idan Segev of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Prof. Yadin Dudai of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Mira Marcus-Kalish of Tel-Aviv University will coordinate medical data mining.
The selection of the Human Brain Project as a FET Flagship is the result of more than three years of preparation and a rigorous, multi-stage evaluation by an independent panel chosen by the European Commission. In the coming months, the partners will negotiate a detailed agreement with the Community for the initial first two-and-a-half-year ramp-up phase ("testing" that will go until mid-2016). The project will begin working in the closing months of 2013.
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Israeli researchers to participate in European Commission flagshipPublic release date: 28-Jan-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Yivsam Azgad news@weizmann.ac.il 972-893-43856 Weizmann Institute of Science
The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects. The new project will federate European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain.
The goal of the Human Brain Project: Pull together all our existing knowledge about the human brain and reconstruct the brain, piece by piece, in supercomputer-based models and simulations. Such models offer the prospect of a new understanding of the human brain and the diseases that affect it, as well as advancing completely new computing and robotic technologies. The European Commission supported this vision, announcing that it has selected the HBP as one of two projects to be funded through the new FET Flagship Program, which supports highly innovative technology.
Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain Project are slated to continue for ten years (2013-2023). The total cost is estimated at 1.19 billion, to be supplied from various sources. The project will be coordinated at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, by neuroscientist Prof. Henry Markram and co-directors Profs. Karlheinz Meier of Heidelberg University, Germany, and Richard Frackowiak of Clinique Hospitaliere Universitaire Vaudoise (CHUV) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL).
Israeli scientists have been involved in the Project from its inception; their significant role is testament to the high position Israeli science holds at the forefront of international brain research. Indeed, Markram, the Project leader, is an alumnus of the Weizmann Institute's Feinberg Graduate School who completed his Ph.D. research in the Institute's Neurobiology Department and later served on its faculty before moving to Lausanne.
Additional research groups may join as the HBP initiates an open call for further research projects. The scientific coordinators of the Israeli section of the HBP are Prof. Idan Segev of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Prof. Yadin Dudai of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Mira Marcus-Kalish of Tel-Aviv University will coordinate medical data mining.
The selection of the Human Brain Project as a FET Flagship is the result of more than three years of preparation and a rigorous, multi-stage evaluation by an independent panel chosen by the European Commission. In the coming months, the partners will negotiate a detailed agreement with the Community for the initial first two-and-a-half-year ramp-up phase ("testing" that will go until mid-2016). The project will begin working in the closing months of 2013.
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The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions. Noted for its wide-ranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences, the Institute is home to 2,700 scientists, students, technicians and supporting staff. Institute research efforts include the search for new ways of fighting disease and hunger, examining leading questions in mathematics and computer science, probing the physics of matter and the universe, creating novel materials and developing new strategies for protecting the environment.
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