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February 08 2010

Sigalonnews
09:00

Federal Government Closed on Monday (Ed O'Keefe/Federal Eye)

Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
Federal Government Closed on Monday  —  The federal government will be closed on Monday in the Washington area, according to the Office of Personnel Management, as the region continues to plow out of an historic snowstorm.  —  OPM Director John Berry decides when to close federal offices in the Washington area.

Sigalonnews
08:36

Yanukovych claims Ukraine poll win

Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat, saying vote too close to call.
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08:30

Iran to step up uranium enrichment

Processing will being in less than 24 hours, Tehran's atomic energy chief says.
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08:00

Karzai demands end to Nato raids

Afghan president criticises village hits as US-led forces gear up for Helmand offensive.
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07:59

Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry

Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw gave some incorrect answers to the UK's Iraq war inquiry, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said. Mr Blix told the BBC he was "puzzled" by some of the evidence that Mr Straw gave to the panel. He said that Mr Straw had been incorrect to suggest, in 2002, that UN weapons inspectors were not being allowed access to certain sites. Mr Straw is due to be interviewed by the inquiry again later on Monday. "I'm puzzled by some of the things Jack Straw said," Mr Blix told BBC World's Hardtalk programme. 'Not true' He said...
Sigalonnews
07:47

Sarah Palin speaks at the Goofball Convention (Raw Video)

This is, no joke, how Sarah Palin began her speech to the tea partiers: “I am so proud to be an American. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Do you love your freedom?” She then thanked the troops present for her freedom, repeated that she was proud to be an American and said “happy birthday, Ronald Reagan!”

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07:40

Palin: Obama could win reelection if he 'played the war card ... (Anill/Think Progress)

Anill / Think Progress:
Palin: Obama could win reelection if he ‘played the war card’ and declared ‘war on Iran.’  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace conducted a 25-minute interview with Sarah Palin, a paid contributor to Fox News.  Palin told Wallace that she doesn't think President Obama …

Sigalonnews
07:28

World's tallest tower lookout suddenly shuttered

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down, potentially disappointing thousands of tourists and marring the spire's image just a month after it opened.

Sigalonnews
07:20

Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.

Sigalonnews
07:20

Finish Health Care or Go Home

By E.J. Dionne

Some Senate Democratic moderates are petrified that Republicans will make terrible trouble if health care is passed through the “reconciliation process.” If Democrats are that intimidated by Republicans, they should just give up their majority.


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07:18

China pulls plug on hacker website

Three people arrested in crackdown on cyber crime network, state media reports.
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07:14

Australia tightens skilled migration rules

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia tightened its migration rules Monday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers.

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07:09

Costa Rica elects female president

Ruling party candidate declares victory, winning 49 per cent of the vote.
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07:09

NASA Fuels Space Shuttle, Weather Better

With the weather prospects looking up, astronauts boarded shuttle Endeavour for the second day in a row early Monday in hopes of blasting off on the last big space station construction mission. The six astronauts looked more optimistic than they did Sunday morning, when the launch site was socked in with clouds.

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07:05

Australia shifts immigration focus

Government seeks to secure more "high-end applicants" for residency.
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06:40

Video: Peruvian Cuisine on the Net

ceviche picture by scaredy_kat on flickr, used according to CC license

ceviche picture by scaredy_kat on flickr, used according to CC license

Peruvian food is considered one of the most diverse foods in the world, due in part to the varied geography of the region, the blending of different cultures into iconic dishes and the way in which ancient recipes are still being interpreted and adapted in modern cooking.  In this post, we bring you some online videos which may inspire you to try your hand at some of the most representative dishes of Peruvian cuisine.

On the Seven culinary wonders of Peru site, they have listed the top 7 dishes that represent Peruvian food:  cebiche, lomo saltado, aji de gallina, anticuchos, chupe de camarones, papa a la Huancaina and causa.  However, as with any contest, there are dozens of dishes which weren't included in the winning list which may have been favorites in other regions. Thus, they have expanded their search and are looking for the top seven dishes in each of the provinces of Peru.

First well start with Cebiche, the widely popular Peruvian dish made of fresh fish cooked in lime juice. There are dozens of videos around ceviche (or seviche or sebiche, all correct ways to write it) on the web, some of them showing ways in which to make it, others just showing the pleased expressions when they eat a bite of it. In this next video, you can see the steps required for making a quick and easy cebiche at home. In the video, Chef Cucho La Rosa explains that the best cebiche has only 5 ingredients: absolutely fresh fish, onions, lime juice, Peruvian chili pepper and salt. Once the cebiche is done, you can eat it with a lettuce leaf as garnish, a round of corn on the cob and a slice of sweet potato:

Another recipe is the Aji de Gallina, which can be roughly translated into Hen Chili. This simple spicy dish includes peanuts, chicken and rice, and packs a lot of flavor. This recipe is in English, brought to us by Chef Guillermo:

Not all landmark recipes made it into the list: such is the case with the millenary Andean Pachamanca. The process is quite a step from the 5 ingredient ceviche since it requires more than a day's worth of prep work, and helping hands. In fact, it is reserved for feasts and special occasions, since the lengthy process that starts with marinating the meats, digging a hole and heating up clean river rocks which will become the oven to cook a mixture of beef, pork, chicken, mutton and vegetables such as potatoes, fava beans, sweet potatoes and corn. That's the story RarezaXXX tells in his video, in his case, the process started by not only digging the hole, but actually harvesting the produce which they will eat. Check out the colorful collection of potatoes, at least 5 different varieties:

The Pachamanca has made it all the way to Mexico in this next video, where Chucheman explains and illustrates the process:

Another regional dish that didn't make it into the national list is the Juane, a rice based tamale-like concoction eaten throughout the year but of mandatory consumption during the San Juan (Saint John the Baptist) festivities in the Peruvian Amazon. There are many types of Juane, but the basic shape is respected: it is round, in the shape of St. John's decapitated head which was handed to Salome on a platter in the biblical story. In spite of the not so cheerful story behind the dish, even after diaspora, Peruvians from the amazon make this dish when Saint John's day rolls around, like elmaxin who prepared them in Spain:

What is the local cuisine like where you're from? If you would recommend one local dish that everyone should try, which one would it be? Please share your answers with us through the comments, and maybe even leave some links to videos so we can try our hand in making them!

Sigalonnews
06:23

China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder

BEIJING — China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.

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06:01
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05:59

Obama's Iran Reality Check

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans to increase his country's uranium enrichment to near weapons grade could be a wakeup call for President Obama. Michael Adler on what the Iranian president's mixed signals mean for Obama's diplomatic hopes. Upping the ante...
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05:57

China: Guilty or not guilty, that's the question

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China explains the reason behind Beijing lawyer Li Zhuang's decision to admit the crime of fabricating evidence in the China court.

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