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`North Korea put a satellite into orbit last month, it declared that the launch was an exercise 
of its “right to use space for peaceful purposes” and denounced criticism by the U.S. and others that it was carrying out a ballistic-missile test meant to threaten its neighbors.  North Korea responded angrily to the Security Council’s move, declaring that it 
may soon carry out another nuclear test the isolated totalitarian state’s 
third a move its National Defense Commission said was aimed at the U.S.

    This could be a really big step for the U.S. or North Korea it just depends on how you look at it.  If you say the launch another test and America doesn't respond to it, it may improve the situation between the two countries.  It will also give a trust factor to North Korea, but at the same time if North Korea would be able to gain info from the U.S. and we don't do anything to stop it well there could be a lot of damage done.
 


Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/01/24/after-successful-missile-launch-north-korea-threatens-new-nuclear-test/#ixzz2IxXDY9C7

 
    In British Columbia, towering red cedars live a thousand years, and black bears are born with white fur.White fur occurs in only one of every 40 to 100 black bears on the British
Columbia mainland coast, but the trait is especially pronounced on certain
islands in the Great Bear Rainforest. 
    On Princess Royal Island, one in ten black
bears is white. On Gribbell Island, directly north of Princess Royal, it's one
in three. Biologist Wayne McCrory of the Valhalla Wilderness Society calls
Gribbell "the mother island of the white bears."
    The Spirit Bear also known as the Kermode bear are endangerd.  Today, there are less than 200 spirit bears left in the world.Researchers have recently proved that the spirit bear's white coat gives it an advantage when fishing. Although white and black bears tend to have the same
success rate after dark—when bears do a lot of their fishing—scientists Reimchen
and Dan Klinka from the University of Victoria noticed a difference during the
daytime.
     White bears catch salmon in one-third of their attempts. Black
individuals are successful only one-quarter of the time. "The salmon are less
concerned about a white object as seen from below the surface
 
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or
award on Monday as an expected and deserved reward for his astonishing 91-goal
year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.
    Just 25 years old, Messi has now been voted the world's 
best player for an unprecedented fourth straight year as the outstanding talent 
of his generation.  
    Messi beat his great rival
Cristiano Ronaldo of
Spanish champion Real Madrid and Barcelona teammate
Andres Iniesta, who starred
as Spain won the 2012 European Championship.
This is a really important award.  He actually broke the record for
most consecutive FIFA awards won.  
    
Messi's fourth award lifted him above
three-time FIFA
winners Zinedine Zidane of France and Brazil's Ronaldo. The
old Ballon d'Or trophy for players in Europe was won three times by France
great Michel Platini, and Netherlands forwards Johan Cruyff and Marco van
Basten.