16 MAKEUP TRICKS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

From the editors of Cosmo.com,
quirky beauty hacks to make getting
ready easier.
1. Turn a pencil eyeliner into a gel formula
with the help of a match or lighter.
Hold your black, green, burgundy, etc., kohl
eye pencil (which typically creates a thin,
harder to apply line), under the flame for
literally one second, let it cool for 15 seconds,
and then watch the consistency change right
before your eyes. Finally, glide on your newly
made gel liner for an instantly smudgier
formula.
2. Cover your eyelid with white liner to make
any eyeshadow shade pop.
To make a sheer or less pigmented
eyeshadow appear more colorful on your
eyelid, take a white eyeliner pencil, like Make
Up For Ever Kohl Eye Pencil in White, and run
it over your entire eyelid. The opaque
consistency of the liner will intensify any
eyeshadow shade and make it pop instantly
against your skin. (Tip via makeup artist
Lauren Cosenza, founder of Divalicious Blog.)
3. Draw your cat eye first, and then fill in the
open space for a perfect winged liner
application every single time.
It's much easier this way.


4. Use a spoon to create the perfect winged
liner.
Holding the stem of a spoon against the outer
corner of your eye, draw the straight line as
the first step for your cat eye. Then, flip the
spoon so it's hugging your eyelid, and use the
rounded outer edge to create a perfectly
curved winged effect.

5. Draw a slanted hashtag at the outer corner
of your eye, and then blend it for an instantly
smoky effect.
Left: Before; Right: After
To create a super-easy smoky eye, draw a
hashtag symbol right before the outer corner
of your eye and then blend it out with the
smudger at the other end of your eye liner.

6. Use that same spoon to avoid mascara
marks on your upper eye lid.
Hold the spoon so it's hugging your eyelid,
and then apply your mascara like you
normally would. As you sweep the mascara
wand against your lashes and back of the
spoon, watch as the residue coats the back of
the utensil rather than your skin.
7. Hit your eyelash curler with a hair dryer to
heat it up, so your lashes curl easier.
Blowing hot air on your eyelash curler will
help your lashes curl easier and stay curled
longer; it works the same way heat changes
the pattern of your hair and holds a curl with
a curling iron. To do it, hit the lash curler with
your blow dryer until it heats up, wait until it
cools slightly but it still warm (you don't want
to be sure not to burn your eyelid skin), and
then clamp down on your lashes to curl them.

8. Dust on translucent powder in between
coating on mascara to plump up your lashes.
The translucent powder helps grip the
mascara in between coats, leaving you with
fuller lashes.
9. Apply eyelash glue to false lashes with the
tip of a clean bobby pin.
Use the tip of a bobby pin to evenly disperse
the glue along the base of your falsies. Then,
wait a few seconds for the glue to get tacky
and apply!

10. For long-lasting lip color, swipe on your
shade, lay a tissue over your mouth, and then
dust translucent powder over it to set the
color.
This process may seem extensive, but the
payoff is worth it. Not only does the
translucent powder set the shade, making it
instantly long-wearing, but the tissue acts as
a shield to your lip color, protecting it from
lightening or losing it's vibrancy. (Translucent
powder, even though it's supposed to be
clear, still has a subtle white tint to it that can
alter your lip shade.) (Tip via makeup artist
Lauren Cosenza.)

11. Mix loose pigments with a salve or
petroleum jelly to make your own custom lip
gloss.
If you have loose eyeshadow pigments that
you're obsessed with and want to wear it as a
lip shade, blend it with a little bit of a salve,
like VMV Hypoallergenics Boo-Boo Balm, or
petroleum jelly in a spoon and swipe it onto
your lips. Voilà!
12. Perfect your cupid's bow by drawing an
"X" on your upper lip first as a guideline.
To make the cupid's bow part of your pout
look perfect, the easiest and quickest way is
to take a lip liner in the same shade as your
lipstick and create an "X" at your cupid's
bow. Then, apply your lipstick as you
normally would and voila!

13. Conceal dark circles and puffy eyes the
right way by creating a triangle with your
cover-up.
You might be a fan of dotting on your
concealer in the spots you need it, but the
best way is it to actually apply it in a
triangular formation with the base of the
triangle directly under your lashline and the
point toward the bottom of your cheek. This
shape helps conceal any redness at the
bottom of your eye and at the sides, and then
instantly creates the illusion that your face is
lifted, since the brightest point is the most
intense under your eye.
14. Make contouring look more natural by
using a pencil, pen, or makeup brush handle
as your guide to finding exactly where your
cheekbone is.
Not everyone's face is created equal, so
where your BFF might be applying her bronzer
might not be the best place for you to
contour. To tell where you should be dusting
on bronzer, roll a pencil, pen, or makeup brush
stem right below your cheekbone (directly in
the pocket underneath the actual bone) to find
the right angle for your face. Once you've
found the correct placement, dust some
bronzer on your face using a contouring
brush, and then diffuse the color so it looks
natural. (Tip via makeup artist Lauren
Cosenza.)

15. Map the contours of your face with a gel
eyebrow pencil, since it's easier to apply
precisely and blend in.
After you've applied your base, mark the
areas you want to contour — the hollows
under your cheekbones, your temples, along
your hairline, jawline, the sides of your nose,
the tip of the nose, and the crease of your
eyes — with a deeply-colored brow gel pencil,
like IT Cosmetics Brow Power Perfector Gel
Pencil in Auburn. Brow gel pencils are really
concentrated, yet very smudgeable and it's
easy to control the placement of their dark
pigment, making it perfect for contouring.
Next, use an all-over cream highlighter, like
Mac Cosmetics Cream Colour Base in Luna,
on the tops of your cheekbones, on the center
of your forehead, the bridge of your nose, the
center of your chin, and on your cupids bow.
(Tip via makeup artist Lauren Cosenza.)
16. Blot your face in a pinch with a clean
toilet seat cover.
Initially, yes, this sounds gross, but both
blotting papers and toilet seat covers are
made out of similar fabrics and will help sop
up excess oil on your skin. So, if you're in a
pinch and headed to the bathroom to freshen
up anyway, grab one of these covers and pat
it over your skin to decrease any excess oil on
your face.
Via Cosmo.com

Meet Ini Edo ’ s ‘ Twin Sister ’ , Look Alike , Esther Urrah From Benue State [ PHOTOS ]

Since mid 2013, this lady has been working non
stop to identify with her Nollywood diva, Ini
Edo.
Esther Urrah who hailed from Otukpo area of
Benue State Nigeria claims she is a twin sister to
Ini because of the striking resemblance.
Esther is a graduate of Benue State University.
Check out her photos and that of Ini Edo below:




Do you agree??

Wife Finds Missing Husband On Facebook 9 Years After, Adam Marx Arrested & Charged With Bigamy

Woman Finds Missing Husband On Facebook 9
Years After, Adam Marx Arrested & Charged With
Bigamy For Marrying 2 Wives In Wisconsin

Pictured above is 48-year-old woman, Karen
Marx who has been looking for her husband
since 2005.
Last month, she got hold of him on Facebook
and was shocked that her long lost hubby is now
happily married to another woman.
She informed the police and Adam was
immediately arrested and charged with Bigamy.
Police discovered that Adams married another
woman in Wisconsin when he’s still legally
married to Karen.

New wife

Photos: Tallest Man In The World Meets World ’ s Shortest Man In London ( Sultan Kosen & Dangi )

Several months after he met with the shortest
woman in the world, Sultan Kosen, the current
holder of Guinness World’s Record title “tallest
man in the world ” has met face to face with his
fellow Guinness star, Chandra Bahadur Dangi ,
World’s shortest man from Nepal.
On Thursday, Sultan and Dangi met around
London House Of Parliament and took
photographs together.
31-year-old Sultan Kosen is a farmer while 74-
year-old Dangi is also a farmer from a remote
village in Nepal.
World’s tallest man height, Sultan Kosen is 2.51
metres tall
World’s shortest man’s height , Dangi is 0.55
meters tall
Hear what Sultan Kosen told AFP this afternoon
in London:
“I was very interested how tall he was going to
be, about how far up my legs he would go, and of
course once I saw him I realised how tiny he
was. I do have problems with my
knees so if I stand too long I do get tired. Even
though he is short and I am tall, we have had
similar struggles throughout our lives and when I
look into Chandra’s eyes I can see he is a good
man.”
Sultan Kosen wears shoes size 28 and currently
weighs 302 lbs while Dangi wears shoes size 2
and weighs 14.5 lbs.
Check out photos from their reunion below:

US Refuses To Sell Cobra Attack Helicopters To Nigeria Bcos It’ ll Violate Boko Haram Human Rights

Nov 14, 2014 – US Refuses To Sell Cobra Attack
Helicopters & Lethal Weapons To Nigeria Bcos
It’ll Violate Boko Haram Human Rights – Jen
Psaki
US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki
on Wednesday responded to allegations raised
by Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States,
Adefuye that the US is not helping Nigeria to
battle Boko Haram effectively.
In response to Adefuye’s allegation, Jen Psaki
on Wednesday told journalists why America has
decided not to sell lethal weapons and powerful
Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria
In her own words:
“Nigeria has purchased helicopters that originated
in countries other than the US and nothing in our
decision prevents Nigeria from obtaining weapons
and equipment from other sources,”.
“The U.S. government has up till today refused to
grant Nigeria’s request to purchase lethal
equipment that would have brought down the
terrorists within a short time on the basis of the
allegations that Nigeria’s defence forces have
been violating human rights of Boko Haram
suspects when captured or arrested.
“We find it difficult to understand how and why, in
spite of the U.S. presence in Nigeria, with their
sophisticated military technology, Boko Haram
should be expanding and becoming more deadly.”

But Psaki said that the US refused to sell Cobra
attack helicopters to Nigeria due to concerns
about the ability of the military to use and
maintain them.
“Earlier this year, we denied the transfer of some
cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria due to
concerns about Nigeria’s ability to use and
maintain this type of helicopter in its effort
against Boko Haram and ongoing concerns about
the Nigerian military’s protection of civilians when
conducting military operations. We shared those
concerns with Nigeria before this decision and
subsequent to it.
“We’ll continue to look for ways to deepen our
cooperation with Nigeria to help it acquire the
systems and skills needed to restore peace and
security. But obviously, we’ve provided a great
deal of assistance over the past several months.”

“They Created Ebola Virus To Kill Africans & Killed Him For Bringing It To America ” – Eric Duncan’ s Sister Fumes

“America invented the Ebola virus to ‘kill Africans’
and deliberately left victim Thomas Eric Duncan to
die ‘like a dog’ in revenge for bringing the disease
into the U.S, his sister claimed yesterday.
In a brief chat with Daily Mail, Mary Pearson,
the sister of Liberian man who died of Ebola in
America, Eric Duncan claimed America created
Ebola to depopulate Africa and reduce the
number of black people in the world.
Hear what the 52-year-old trader in Monrovia
told Daily Mail:
‘What we heard is that Ebola was created by the
Americans and they sent it to kill us.
Eric suffered in exile and it really hurts me. They
didn’t feel sorry for him. They didn’t give him
drugs. They had the means to treat him but they
treated him like a dog.
‘They are wicked. They didn’t treat him because
they said he brought Ebola to America.’
Out of the 9 people treated for Ebola in the US,
only Eric Duncan died.
His Nephew Josephus Weeks said all effort by
the family to get doctors to help Duncan failed
because they’re not willing to help him.
‘We begged. We pleaded. I even offered my own
blood, even though it wouldn’t do anything for
him. We requested everything we could think of to
save Eric. They said no.’
SAD!!!

Florida to execute man who killed wife and stepdaughter in 1992

TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - A man convicted
of fatally shooting his sleeping wife, then raping
and murdering her 10-year-old daughter, was
scheduled to die by injection Thursday evening
at Florida State Prison after spending almost
half his life on death row.
Attorneys for Chadwick Banks, 43,
unsuccessfully challenged the state's lethal-
injection methods and argued that his post-
conviction legal representation was inadequate.
Banks, shot his sleeping wife, Cassandra Banks,
at their mobile home near Quincy in north
Florida in 1992. He was arrested four days later
and confessed that he then killed his
stepdaughter, Melody Cooper, after sexually
assaulting her.
Evidence and trial testimony indicated Banks
was drinking and shooting pool at a
neighborhood bar with his wife on the night of
the crimes. She went home and Banks followed
an hour later.
Banks was sentenced to death in 1994 for the
child's slaying and to life in prison for his
wife's murder. After some 20 years of appeals
in the case, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed
Banks' death warrant in September.
It would be the 20th execution of Scott's first
term in office, one fewer than former Governor
Jeb Bush presided over in two terms as
governor, according to the Florida Department
of Corrections website. Scott was re-elected
this month to his second four-year term.
It would also be the 89th execution in Florida
since the death penalty was reinstated in the
United States in 1976.
This version of the story corrects first
paragraph to show that the 10-year-old was the
daughter of Banks' wife)

Obama plan to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation: NY Times

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama plans to announce an overhaul of U.S.
immigration policy through executive action
that would shield up to 5 million undocumented
immigrants from deportation, the New York
Times reported on Thursday.
Such a move will set up a showdown with
Republicans, who have blocked Democrats'
efforts in Congress to reform immigration laws
and warned the president not to take unilateral
action on immigration.
The Times, citing unidentified administration
officials with direct knowledge of the plan, said
Obama's proposed overhaul may be announced
as soon as next week. Officials said it would
allow many parents of children who are U.S.
citizens or legal residents to obtain work
documents and stay in the United States.
The Times said Obama's plan will provide more
opportunities for immigrants with high-tech
skills and add security resources to the border
with Mexico. Undocumented immigrants with
family ties in the United States and no criminal
record also would be considered lower priority
for deportation than those with criminal
records or who are considered security risks.
Republicans, who won control of Congress in
Nov. 4 elections, have warned Obama not to
take unilateral action on immigration.
Obama told congressional leaders last Friday he
was committed to using executive powers to
ease some restrictions on undocumented
immigrants since Republicans in the House of
Representatives had refused to advance
immigration legislation.
Mitch McConnell, who will be Senate majority
leader starting in January, said if Obama took
unilateral action on immigration, it would be
like "waving a red flag in front of a bull."
When the new Congress convenes in January,
Republicans will have majorities in both
chambers.

'I Wish I had All My Kids from One Woman' - Tuface Idibia

Tuface has seven kids from three different
women – Annie Idibia (his wife), Sumbo Ajaba
(now Mrs Adeoye) and Pero Adeniyi. And in a
new chat with Black House Media, the super
star reportedly admitted his regret that they
weren't from one woman. Tubaba said:
“I didn’t plan for me to have kids from
different women. But it’s happened and I’m
just taking it the way it is. But if you ask me
what I wish, I will say ah, I for like make all of
dem (children) come from one person. Yes!"
About what he would have become if he wasn’t
a musician, Tuface continued:
“You know like I said, me and music, it
wasn’t a co-incidence. So, I have never, never
thought of doing anything else. But there was
one point in time that I was really, really into
football and na goal keeper I be dat
time. So, I been dey think am say if music no
work, I go just enter football just turn to goal
keeper peacefully (Laughs).”
On what differentiates from other celebrities,
he said:
“Hmmm! I think one of the things that stand
me out – 1. – my gorimapa (clean-shaven head),
my voice, my structure…What I’m trying to say
is you know this thing is a finger print
(Demonstrates with his finger). Two no dey
ever be the same. So, just based on that, I am
me, I am Innocent, I am 2 Face. So, na wetin
differentiate me from everybody be dat.”

LMAO!!! See What This Nigerian Photoshop King Did With Kim Kardashian's New Butt Photo

You all remember Adekunle Gold, Naija's King
of Photoshop, right? This is what he's been up
to all day today since Kim Kardashian's Paper
Magazine photos were unveiled. See the
original photo below:

Late Abiola’s Wife Sues PDP Over Presidential Elections

Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, a founding
member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
and aspirant for the 2015 presidential election,
has filed a suit before a Federal High Court in
Abuja, the country’s capital, against the party
for denying her an Expression of Interest Form
after she paid the mandatory sum for
acquisition of the form, Pm news reports.
Abiola, wife of late businessman and acclaimed
winner of the 12 June, 1993 presidential
election, Chief Moshood Olawale Abiola, said
she was denied of the form by the party after
paying N2 million and obtaining a receipt of
payment from the party’s headquarters in
Abuja.
In the suit with number FHC/ABJ/CS/836/14,
and in which she joined the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, she is
seeking a perpetual injunction barring the PDP
from holding the presidential primary election.
She is also seeking the court to bar INEC from
recognising President Goodluck Jonathan as
the party’s candidate with an argument that
the party had failed to meet electoral
requirements as stipulated in its own
constitution as well as the country’s Electoral
Act.

Revealed: TB Joshua’s Strong Prayer Room in A Mystery Lake

Although I don't agree with some of the
captions those who put up the video used, I
believe this is one that everyone should see.
Prophet TB Joshua is a man who doesn't joke
with prayer. See VIDEO Below.

Caught on camera: Pregnant beggar drives off in a Mercedes Benz

This pregnant woman and the little boy,
believed to be her son (pictured above) were
usually seen on a street in California begging
for money every weekend. After collecting
money from sympathetic passersby, the woman
and the little boy will then drive away in a
Mercedes Benz, counting their money and
laughing with another man believed to be her
husband. An outraged onlooker took pics one
day and contacted a TV channel in California
to expose the family.

Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms, Ammunition - Premium Times

As reported by Premium Times:
The terrorists arrived suddenly at 4:00 p.m.
that ill-fated Wednesday, November 5, catching
the Nigerian soldiers and their commanders
off-guard. As they invaded the headquarters of
the 174 Battalion, Abadan Local Government
Area of Borno State, located close to the
Nigerian border with Niger, the Boko Haram
insurgents, in hundreds, began to shoot
sporadically in all directions.
Nigerian soldiers on patrol in Maiduguri
Premium Times
According to witnesses, the terrorists were led
into the battalion headquarters by insurgents
bearing a number of Rocket Propelled
Grenades (a shoulder-launched anti-tank
weapon) and machine guns mounted on Hilux
vans. Other insurgents, bearing AK-47 rifles,
followed behind, shooting and chanting “Allahu
Akbar! Allahu Akbar” (May God be praised).
For minutes, the attackers were repelled by
Nigerian soldiers who returned fire, and at
some point, appeared to be gaining the upper
hand, our sources said.
But the troops capitulated shortly after more
insurgents advanced on the camp from several
directions, hurling grenades at them and
shooting non-stop, our sources said. The
soldiers fled the scene as it became
clear they were less armed and prepared for
battle.
Several Nigerian soldiers who took part in the
fighting have narrated how Boko Haram
secured yet again another victory over
government forces, a defeat they blamed on
their arms and the morale of the fighting force.
Boko Haram has seized many towns and
communities in recent months, sacking
security facilities while soldiers flee, in what
appears the worst defeat yet for the Nigerian
military since the insurgents launched a bloody
campaign in 2009.
The 174 Battalion, which was moved from its
Lagos base to the Nigerien border in Nigeria’s
bid to rev up the war against the extremist
Boko Haram sect, had over 300 soldiers. Over
a thousand insurgents attacked the troops,
witnesses said.
Before long, military insiders said, the soldiers
began to abandon the battle in droves,
throwing away their uniforms and yielding
their arms to the terrorists. The terrorists
followed in pursuit as majority of the soldiers
and officers fled across the border into
neighbouring Niger where some of them were
hospitalized.
A yet unknown number of soldiers were killed;
some declared missing while several others
were injured, our sources said.
After the Nigerian soldiers fled, military
officials said, the Boko Haram insurgents
ransacked the camp, looting the battalion
armoury and offices.
“They went away with every weapon we had,”
one of the soldiers who partook in the battle
told PREMIUM TIMES. “RPGs, armoured tanks,
rifles, ammunition, I mean everything. As we
are now, we have nothing. They have gone
away with everything.”
He added, “We were simply overpowered. They
were far more in number and the weapons they
carried were far more than what we had. They
could have finished all of us if we hadn’t fled.”
The spokesperson of the Defence
Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, did not
answer or return calls seeking comment for
this story.
But a top military commander, who asked not
to be named because he was not authorized to
speak on the matter, confirmed the incident to
PREMIUM TIMES.
“I can’t confirm to you that it happened but we
have managed to bring back the soldiers to
Nigeria,” the general said. “The matter is being
investigated.”
He blamed the incident on cowardice by
soldiers of the battalion saying, “Initially, they
were talking of weapons. But the weapons have
started arriving. The problem now is the
mentality of our soldiers. A lot of them are just
cowards and should not have been recruited
into the Army in the first place. The fact is if
you don’t have the mentality of a soldier, you
can’t fight a battle no matter the sophistication
of your arm.”
The November 5 attack on the battalion was the
second on the formation by Boko Haram. On
August 4, 2013, the insurgents attacked the
battalion, killing 15 soldiers and wounding
several others.
Before the November 5 attack, some soldiers of
the battalion had told PREMIUM TIMES their
morale was at an all-time low.
“A lot of us have been here for more than two
years without being allowed to see our family,”
one soldier said “We were to be here for six
months but we have now been abandoned here
for two years. We are missing our families and
our morale is zero. Some of us are even
considering going on AWOL (away without
official leave).”

Photo: Mikel Obi and wife to be loved up in new photo

Cute couples

Photo of the day- Sexy or Trashy

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WEARING EXTREMELY R*VEALING RIPPED
OUT DRESS (CRAZY THINGS)

Team UNIBEN wins international award for vehicle innovation

Students of Faculty of Engineering, University
of Benin, called Team UNIBEN, broke grounds
in an international competition - Shell Eco
Marathon in Europe and South Africa in Oct.
2014 and won a distinguishing award for 'most
innovative vehicle design' throughout Africa
with its made in Nigeria car called Ecocruise.
Continue...

Shell Eco Marathon is a global competition that
challanges students to build, test and drive fuel
efficient vehicles. In other words, all the cars
built are set to race and the vehicle that goes
the farthest on the least amount of fuel
automatically wins.

Man who won £6.5m Jackpot in 1995 now broke after buying cars,helicopters & more (PHOTOS)

Lotto Lag Lee Ryan , who won £6.5million in a
1995 Lotto jackpot, is now broke and lives in a
tiny flat in south London where he takes in
homeless lodgers .
Mr Ryan hit the headlines when he landed the
small fortune only weeks after the National
Lottery was established, then later that year
was sentenced to 18 months in prison for
handling stolen cars .
According to Mailonline , Before and after the
prison stint, he proceeded to spend the money
on Ferraris, a Bentley and a BMW, a £1million
Leicestershire mansion, a helicopter and a
plane.
A series of misfortunes also saw his
housekeeper jailed for stealing £40,000, while
his Porsche and caravan were set on fire in
suspicious circumstances. He later divorced
his wife Karen Taylor, with whom he had won
the fortune, and moved in with a 24-year-old
student from Kyrgzstan.

The couple then divorced and he returned to
London, where he spent two years being
homeless. He now lives in tiny south London
apartment ...He said
The money was cursed because I took the
p*** out of God when I asked him to make
me a multi-millionaire. My cellmate warned
me to be careful what I wished for.'
He now works as a cameraman, which brings
in less than £10,000 a year, but claims to be
happier than ever.
'If I had not won the lottery I would
probably now be doing life.'

Japan man dies after setting himself ablaze in defense protest: NHK

A Japanese man died after
setting himself on fire in a downtown Tokyo
park in an apparent protest against the
country's shift away from postwar pacifism
under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, NHK national
television said on Wednesday.
Abe's cabinet in July freed up constraints that
had kept the military from fighting abroad, in a
major political victory, although one widely
opposed by voters.
Media say Abe could postpone a planned tax
increase and call a general election for
December, which some political insiders view
as a way to lock in his mandate for the defense
legislation and other unpopular measures.
Police responding to an emergency call on
Tuesday night found the man on fire in Hibiya
Park, which is near parliament and government
offices. He was pronounced dead soon after
being taken to hospital.
A video camera recording was found nearby,
along with a letter to Abe and the heads of both
houses of parliament protesting the easing of
the curbs on the military, NHK said.
Police would not confirm the report of the
incident.
In June, a man set himself on fire at a busy
Tokyo intersection in front of hundreds of
bystanders to protest impending approval of the
change.
Legislation still needs to be passed to enable the
defense changes, against which thousands
protested. They are among several unpopular
issues Abe confronts next year in the face of
declining support.

New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York doctor who
has recovered from Ebola left the hospital on
Tuesday and urged support for U.S. health
workers treating patients in West Africa so
they do not face "stigma and threats" when they
return home.
The discharge of Dr. Craig Spencer, who
worked with Ebola patients in Guinea and had
been held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital
Center since he was diagnosed with the virus on
Oct. 23, means no one in the United States is
being treated for the disease.
Looking gaunt but happy, Spencer, 33, high-
fived Bellevue nurses and was hugged by New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the mayor's
wife, Chirlane McCray, and a handful of other
officials at a news conference before his
release.
"My infection represents a fraction of the more
than 13,000 reported cases in West Africa, the
center of the outbreak," said Spencer, a
physician from NewYork-Presbyterian/
Columbia University Medical Center who
worked overseas with Doctors Without
Borders.
"Please join me in turning our attention back to
West Africa and ensuring that medical
volunteers and other aid workers do not face
stigma and threats returning home," said
Spencer, who lives in an apartment in Harlem
with his fiancée, Morgan Dixon.
The city also released Dixon from a mandatory
quarantine at the apartment on Tuesday.
A handful of U.S. states have imposed
mandatory quarantines on health workers
returning from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone, where the outbreak has killed more than
4,900 people so far this year. The federal
government has warned the quarantines may
discourage volunteers.
Spencer's diagnosis followed trips on the
subway to eat out and go bowling with friends,
provoking public alarm, which public health
experts said was unfounded, about the possible
spread of the virus.
"It's a very, very good day," de Blasio said. "Dr.
Spencer is Ebola-free and New York City is
Ebola-free."
President Barack Obama spoke to Spencer from
China by phone early on Wednesday morning to
herald his recovery, the White House said in a
statement.
"The President commended Dr. Spencer for his
selflessness and compassion in fighting this
disease on the frontlines in West Africa," the
statement said, adding that he believed the best
way to protect against Ebola at home was to
keep fighting the disease at its source.
In North Carolina, health officials said on
Monday that a missionary, Dr. John
Fankhauser, 52, of Ventura, California, was
deemed to be at "some risk" for developing the
disease after returning from Liberia and had
been quarantined for 21 days.
There has been only one Ebola death in the
United States - Thomas Eric Duncan, who
contracted the disease in his native Liberia and
died during a visit to Dallas.
Medical experts say Ebola can be transmitted
only through the bodily fluids of a sick person
with symptoms.

Web pirate who stole £240m of music is jailed

An internet pirate, who cost the music
industry £240million after sharing
thousands of songs before they were
released, has been jailed.
Kane Robinson was tracked down in the
UK with the help of US Homeland Security
after tracks by stars including Adele, Jay Z
and Kanye West were uploaded to the site
he started from his bedroom as a teenager
in 2006.
The Brit wasn’t in it for the profit though
as he barely made any money from
DancingJesus.com.

He admitted he was more motivated by the
acclaim he received by uploading new
tunes first.
But after 70million visitors helped
themselves to free downloads, his
operation came to be viewed as a serious
threat.
‘Of the best-selling 50 singles in 2010/11,
46 were first leaked to Dancing Jesus,’
said prosecutor David Groome.
Robinson, of North Shields, North
Tyneside, was helped by contributors to
build up a catalogue of 250,000 songs.
One prolific poster, Richard Graham from
Leicester, was also jailed yesterday for
uploading 8,000 tracks, two-thirds of
which were unreleased.
Robinson, now 26, was jailed for 32
months and Graham, 22, got 21 months
after both admitted distributing infringing
articles.