My Scroll ... January 2012

“History, whether bad or good, should not be forgotten.”

January 2

PM 2012 New Year message with [video] and more hope and [optimism]

January 4

Impossible crystals are 'from space' [click] ******* Academic performance at school linked to exercise [click] ... Midwife uses make-up mirror to deliver her own baby [video] ******* Asmaa tackles HIV stigma in Egypt [video]


January 6

Nursing standards: PM aims to tackle 'care problem' [click] ... David Cameron may wield second veto over dispute [click] ******* Obama unveils new strategy for 'leaner' US military [click] ******* Mubarak must die! [click]-: ... Women of Tahrir: Frustration at revolution's failures [click]


January 7

Business boosting measure announced [click] and [video] ... David Cameron takes aim at Britain's 'health and safety culture' [click] ... Cameron: industry is returning to Britain [click] ******* Have politicians ‘gelded’ the medical profession? [click] ... Scans 'show mindfulness meditation brain boost' [video] ******* The books that shaped history [video] ******* Are supplements the secret to better health [video] *******


January 8

David Cameron won’t let the socialists have fairness all to themselves [click] ... David Cameron: my vision for a fair Britain [click] ... David Cameron: I will block EU financial transaction tax [click] ******* Health Workers Reject Pensions Final Offer [video] ... Medics surveyed on pensions action [click] and [more] ******* Brain function can start declining 'as early as age 45' [click] ******* Egypt's foreign reserves drop to $18.12 billlion [click] ... Campaign calls for canceling Egypt's debts amid credit rating downgrade [click] ******* Bizarre hotels show a new trend in travel [click]


January 10

Cabinet meeting in Stratford [No 10] ... Cameron calls first Cabinet meeting of year on Olympic handball court 200 days before Games begin [click] and BBC [video] and [more] ******* Obama: the US can no longer fight the world's battles [click] ... Germany sells six-month bonds at negative yields [click] ******* Dark matter images reveal widest view of dark mystery [click] ... Scientists discover soldier bees [click]


January 11

David Cameron: 'Nursing needs to improve' [video] ... Nurses 'are losing their sense of compassion’ [click] ... Aspirin benefits are 'overstated', researchers warn [click] ******* Leveson outlines thinking on PCC alternative [click] *******
Anger over appearance of ex-Egyptian finance minister at LSE lecture [click] ...
US ambassador: We fully support the Egyptian economy [click] ... US to offer more Egyptian companies duty-free access to American market [click] ... The veil, the chair and the virtue police [click] ... Thomas Friedman draws jeers as he talks Islamism, democracy at AUC [click] ... Free Egyptians party announces boycott of upper house elections [click] ... Muslim Brotherhood met with Mubarak after his ouster [click] *******


January 12

Join us for a Red tape web Challenge chat [No 10] ******* No more 'arty' British movies: Cameron restricts funding to mainstream
[click] and [more] ... Foreign Ministry not sparing efforts to extradite ex-finance minister [click] ******* Jimmy Carter doubts military will fully submit to civilian rule [click] ... Ganzouri meets with US deputy secretary of state in Cairo [click] ******* Astronomers weigh in on Milky Way's true colours [click]


January 13

Cameron flies to meet Saudi Arabian rulers [click] and [more] ******* Azhar rallies Islamists and liberals behind 'democratic' vision for Egypt [click] ... Islamist 'Morality Police' to train volunteers in using electric batons [click :] ... Naked images of Pharoahs are heresy, says Salafist leader [click] ... Salafist dig at Naguib Mahfouz is 'worrying,' says ElBaradei [click] ... Revolutionary activists take fight into cyberspace [click] ... US increases outreach to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood [click]


January 14

David Cameron signals rethink on child benefit cuts [click] and [more] ******* David Cameron on first trip to Saudi Arabia [video] ... Cameron visits Saudi king on first trip to country [click] and [click] and [more] ******* Saudi king dismisses religious police head [click] and [here] ******* One in eight UK scientists has witnessed research fraud [click] ... Misconduct pervades UK research [click]


January 15

Mohamed ElBaradei drops Egyptian presidential bid [click] ... Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race [click] and [more] ... ElBaradei withdrawal from presidential race stirs confusion among activists [click] ******* Egypt's radical Salafists approach secular rivals [click :] ... Former US President Carter describes Egyptian women’s parliamentary share a 'disappointment' [click] ... Egypt’s morality police: Islamic fanaticism or elaborate hoax? [click] and [more]


January 16

ElBaradei’s withdrawal from presidential race raises hopes for revolutionary change
[click] ... ******* ... ElBaradei: Military council tried to dissuade me from withdrawal [click] ******* Doctors Syndicate condemns treatment of Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia [click] ******* UN chief urges end to Israeli 'occupation' [click]


January 17

David Cameron: Samantha and I have weekly date night [click] and [Hello] and, he's not podgy! [click] and [more] ... David Cameron Calls Katy Perry's Music 'Appalling' [click] and [here] and [more] ... ******* U.K. says 'time is running out' for Middle East peace [click] and [more] ******* John Lewis and a new vision for capitalism [click] ******* Ban Ki-moon: Mubarak should not face death penalty [click] ... Brotherhood secretary's remarks on women spark controversy [click] ... ElBaradei supporters reject 'fake' revolution celebrations [click]

January 19

Cameron steps up efforts to heal EU rifts [click] ... The wishes and worries of a parenthetic revolutionary [click] and more [click] ... Coasting schools a "hidden crisis" with pupils failing to reach their full potential [No 10] *******
GP: Professional uncertainty [click] ******* Piano prodigy passes Grade 8 music exam at age eight [click]


January 20

Co-operative Bill will' build a fairer economy' [No 10] ... David Cameron says UK must build 'a better economy' [with video] ... Sketch: David Cameron's vision for a cuddlier capitalism [click] and [more] *******
London's health plans: why the need for an overhaul is urgent [click] ... Foetus parties: Womb with a view? [click] ******* Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton - review [click] ... The 42 commandments of Ma'at [click] and [here] ******* Star factories snapped by infrared telescopes [click] *******


January 21

For Britain to flourish, so must capitalism [click] ... David Cameron pledges era of 'popular capitalism' [video] ******* The rise of the overclass [click] ******* Will the health bill increase private activity in the NHS? [click] ... T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners [click] ******* A first, with honours, for the student who rejected Oxbridge [click] ******* A place where women rule over men [click] ******* Brotherhood leader asks media to support democracy [click] ... Egypt: Hosni Mubarak a 'man with clean hands' [click]


January 22

Singing Obama [video] ******* NHS changes: Clegg says plans must go ahead [click] ******* Turning weed into gold [video] ... Animals [pictures] *******


January 23

Live updates: Egypt's first post-Mubarak People's Assembly convenes [click] ******* What's the business in you [No 10] ... Set up your companies in one of my Government departments, David Cameron tells Britain's entrepreneurs [click] and [more]


January 25

PM speaks Chinese! [video] and Happy Chinese New Year from [No 10] ... David Cameron shrugs off welfare battles to soar in poll [click] and [The Mail] and [more] ... David Cameron calls for reform of European court of human rights [click] and [more] ******* Diplomats spell out 'January revolution' in lights on FM building [click] ... Military head ends state of emergency, except in 'thug-related cases' [click] ... Blow by blow: The People's Assembly's first day [click] ... FJP committee nominations produce first parliamentary crisis [click] ... Hundreds gather in Tahrir Square ahead of revolution anniversary [click]


January 26

PM speech on the European Court of Human Rights [No 10] and [more] ...
Cameron will use Davos platform to lobby Brussels on burden of regulation [click] and [more] and, he's NOT arrogant! [@@] ******* US praises lifting of Emergency Law, seeks clarification of 'thuggery' [click] and Egyptians [too] ... Egypt's anti-SCAF protests eclipse Tahrir Square anniversary festivities [click] and [pictures] and [video] ... Mixed emotions on Tahrir Square for Egypt anniversary [click] and [more] ******* The Muslim Brotherhood is not the Taliban [click] ... Artists march on new parliament for freedom of expression [click] ******* Genetic testing: NHS 'must back revolution' [click] ... Magic mushrooms’ effects illuminated in brain imaging studies [click] ********


January 27

Davos 2012 PM's speech [N0 10] and [Video] and [more] ******* Andrew Lansley calls BMA 'politically poisoned' for opposing NHS shakeup [click] and [more] ******* Iranian leader: Egypt’s new parliament a step toward Islamic regime [click] Grand mufti: Parliament should decide about Sharia law [click] *******


January 29


Baradei proposes Egypt transition roadmap [click] ******* Anti-matter atoms to address anti-gravity question [click] ******* American NGO workers prevented from leaving Egypt [click] and [Egypt] and [more] ... AUC denies El-Adly lawyer's claims that it killed protesters [click] ... Brotherhood figure meets US officials at US ambassador’s residence [click] ... Palestinian leader: Talks with Israel over [click] ... Brotherhood vows to shun Israeli officials [click] ******* Twitter to begin censoring Tweets in certain countries [click] and [reaction] and more from [Egypt]


January 30

We too should ban the burka [click] ******* Low turnout, glitches in Shura Council elections [click] and [more] ... and, there is No 'dignity' in begging minister! [click] and [more] ... EU ambassador: Brotherhood and Salafis against restricting freedom of belief [click:] ... Obama reads Tantawi the Riot Act [click]


January 31


EU treaty will not 'place obligations' on UK, says PM [click] ... EU and the euro: Where they stand [click] ... David Cameron ready for fresh Spanish rumblings on Rock of Gibraltar [click] and [more] ... PM urges restraint on future RBS bonuses[click] and [more] ******* Check your facts, Sarkozy! [click] ******* Gorillas grin 'to reassure pals [click] ******* 'Rift btwn Egypt’s revolutionaries, Brotherhood widens in anniversary aftermath [click] *******


"We have differentiation from other communities. Our history is the critical differentiation. We should be out shouting it from the roof tops - we are an historic community. We are a real town.”