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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The burning of a train in southern India because many victims


At least 15 people have died and 25 were injured by the fire that was declared on Monday in a wagon train that connects the cities of New Delhi and Chennai as he drove through a town in southeastern India. Apparently the fire was declared at 4.30 am on Monday (1.00 hours in Spain) when the train was traveling at the height of the Nellore district, located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast. According to railway employees polled by news agency PTI, emergency crews have recovered 15 bodies from the wreckage and 25 people have been moved to a nearby hospital for injuries sustained. Meanwhile, a train collectors reported the newspaper The Times of India that at least 42 people have died and 26 were injured, two of them seriously. It has also suggested that the cause of the fire is a short circuit has occurred in one of the baths. "All the passengers were asleep, so could not immediately flee the flames," he explained. Upon receiving notice of fire, local authorities have ordered the train stopped and sent to the Fire Department, which has managed to extinguish the fire. The car number eleven has been completely burned.

Islamists stoned unmarried couple in Mali


Islamists have stoned to death in northern Mali according to the descriptions of eye witnesses an unmarried couple. Two representatives of the region, especially did not want to be named said on Monday that the couple had been killed in the city Aguelhok before the eyes of some 200 people. They left behind two children together, therefore, one of which was only six months old. The couple was out on Sunday from the suburbs of the city Aguelhok into the town center and there were killed, said the two representatives. "I was there," said one of them. "They were put into two large holes and pelted with stones until they were dead."According to him, the woman fell at the beginning of the stoning in a swoon, the man was still screaming at first.

Allied with al Qaeda
The second official said that the couple leave two children, one of which was only six months old. "People have come to see that there were witnesses," he said of the approximately 200 attendees. It is the first reported case of stoning had fallen since the region several months ago in the hands of armed Islamist groups. The city Aguelhok is controlled by the group Ansar Dine, which is allied with Al Qaeda.

Government outraged
The Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal Government, Markus Loening (FDP) was outraged and demanded an end to "serious" violations of human rights in Mali. "We strongly condemn the violence against the people of northern Mali in order to establish a radical interpretation of Sharia," said Loening, Berlin. If the "terrible report" on the stoning of coming true, if it were an act that was also in Mali, and the punishment "can never be justified" is.

The bombings caused 200,000 displaced in Aleppo


The bloody army offensive Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo city led the United Nations says 200,000 displaced. In a statement, Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Coordinator for Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, said he was "extremely concerned" about the impact they are having on the civilian bombing and the use of heavy weapons, in Aleppo as in Damascus and the neighboring towns. Fighting in the commercial capital regarded as Syria continued on Monday while the regime suffered more defections, the more relevant the director of business affairs of the embassy in London. "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent Syrian Arab estimate that some 200,000 people have fled fighting in Aleppo and surrounding areas over the past two days. It is not known how many people still trapped in places where fighting continues, "said Amos.The high UN official said that "many people have sought temporary shelter in schools and other public buildings in safer areas," adding that these civilians "in urgent need of food, mattresses, blankets, medical supplies and water." Amos called on army and rebels both "allow humanitarian organizations safe access to carry emergency aid to help save the lives of people trapped by the fighting." Amos said it is "very difficult" for humanitarian agencies to reach civilians in Aleppo, Hama and elsewhere, and said that despite the danger of the situation, the Red Crescent and UN agencies assist. Last Friday, the Red Crescent announced the suspension of "certain operations" in Aleppo by the fighting.

Salahedin bombing

According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, at least 40 people including 30 civilians, were killed across the country. The fighting was particularly intense in Aleppo and focused Salahedin neighborhood, where according to the regime have been killed "a large number of terrorists of various nationalities," reports Reuters. However, the rebels are confident that the economic capital of Syria is the tomb of Al Asad, "Damascus is the capital, but here's a quarter of the population and all the country's economic potential. Here bury forces Bashar" said one of the rebels told Reuters.  The regime had given neighborhood Salahedin recovered yesterday. In a statement on state television, a uniformed officer said that "armed mercenaries have been completely expelled from Salahedin. Within a few days the security and order back to Aleppo." The Army used the same tactic in this city that he had used in Damascus this month, where he spent his entire artillery force to get the rebels to recede.

New defections

Meanwhile, on Monday met new defections within the regime. The most important was the director of business affairs of the Syrian embassy in London, Khaled al Ayubi. His resignation was announced by the Government of David Cameron, who in a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that "is a new blow to the Assad regime and illustrates the disgust and despair that their actions cause between the Syrians from all sources, inside and outside the country. " According to the Office Foregign, Khalad asked to respect their privacy, will not grant interviews and decided to defect because"does not continue to represent a regime that has committed so violent and repressive acts against his own people." Al Ayubi joined the Syrian diplomatic service in 2001 and his first post was as consul in Greece from 2003 to 2008 . Became responsible for the embassy in London after the May 29 the UK to expel the former business manager, Ghassan Dalla, in a protest along with other countries for the killing of civilians in the Syrian city of Hula. Today also met the deputy desertion Police Latakia and 11 Syrian officers . Everyone fled to Turkey during the last morning, as confirmed by the government in Ankara which stood at 600 people who crossed the border within 24 hours, which increases the number of Syrian refugees to 43,500. The new defections join that of General Mohamed Tlass , Deputy Husameddin Abdo , and the Syrian ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Al Fares .

China: walking 150 miles to visit her grandmother

A 11 year old boy has walked alone for 11 days on a highway with only 24 surviving Chinese yuan (less than three euros). The Chinese press reports. As did the police know the kid would have traveled about 150 km from the town of Shishi, Fujian Province to return Jiangxi Province where he was born and where his grandmother lives. The child said having bought over the 11-day walk 5 bottles of water and two loaves of bread. Once the water, not having more money, the baby was quenched by drinking from the taps at service stations. At night he fell asleep in the parking areas along the road. The eleven year old is originally from the province of Jiangxi where he lived with his grandmother because his parents, migrant workers, had moved into the province of Fujian. Recently, however, the parents had taken him away from his grandmother's house. On July 14, however, the child, tired of staying with her ​​parents in Fujian (as he said his father was studying there, too) 4 yuan he stole from a drawer and fled. Along the way a man gave him another 20 yuan. His adventure ended on the morning of July 24 when some workmen who were working on the road they found the boy thin and dehydrated, and handed him over to police who then contacted the family.

Mega blackouts: In India 300 million people without electricity

300 million people remained without power due to a massive blackout that hit northern India, a problem that involved nine regions, shorting especially urban transport paralyzed the subway in the capital New Delhi, rail transport and the operation of ospedali.Si is the worst "black-out" in India for 11 years, according to the authorities. The electrical network is completely gone haywire at 2:40 on Sunday and stayed out for six hours. "After six hours of power cuts for 60% of the network was restored. A similar thing happened only in 2001 and 2002", said Energy Secretary indiano.A be hit was the northern region, home to 28% of the population. And for the many residents without power has also meant problems with the water, because the pumps in the big city to go energia.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Syrian rebel colonel warns of massacre in Aleppo


The military chief of the rebels in the embattled Aleppo, Abdel Jabbar al-Okaidi, has accused the government forces, a "huge massacres" in the metropolis of the north-west Syria, want to serve. "We call upon the international community to intervene to prevent these crimes," the officer had defected to the opposition, the news agency AFP said in the interview conducted around Aleppo. Despite a major military offensive, the Syrian government troops, the first commercial center in Aleppo are not able to bring back under its control. The army seized the town in northwestern Syria was the second consecutive day with tanks, artillery and helicopters on, but to say the insurgents fought in several areas, such as an AFP reporter reported from Aleppo. "Aleppo is the grave of the tanks of the regime," said al-Okaidi, which now belongs to a Syrian army commander of the rebel Free (FSA)."We are ready to overthrow the regime." He called on the West to set up a no-fly zone. With the help of such area, the FSA will bring the government of President Bashar al-Assad soon to fall. Give the armed rebels and deserters formed from FSA in the fight to Aleppo no "strategic retreat," said al-Okaidi. "We are waiting for the attack." The number of rebels fighting in the city he did not specify. This was a "military secret". The government army could "be used only from a distance, bombing cities and destroying houses," their aircraft and artillery. She was not able to penetrate into the center of Aleppo. "We are all over the city, and we have weapons to defend ourselves against the helicopter attacks," said al-Okaidi. According to a rebel who gave his name to Abu Alaa, the army began shelling the area continued Salaheddin, where the rebels had repulsed the day before a ground offensive. Salaheddin is one of the strongholds of the insurgents in Aleppo. In addition, there was fighting in the neighborhoods of Bab al-Nasr, Bab al-Jadid and historic old town. In the narrow alleys and covered markets other than the listed world heritage area, the army could not use their tanks, said Abu Alaa. The remaining inhabitants of Aleppo sought shelter from the shelling in cellars from tanks and helicopters, as the AFP reporter said. The insurgents in Salaheddin tried to take a strategically located police station to connect to rebels in the neighboring district Sachur. In view of the fighting in Aleppo Syria, said the international Kofi Annan's special representative government troops and rebels to adhere to international humanitarian law. He would urge all parties to avoid any further bloodshed, Annan said in Geneva. The President of the Syrian opposition National Council (SNC), Abdel Basset Sajda, urged friendly countries to supply the FSA with weapons. "We want weapons, which would stop the tanks and combat aircraft," said Sajda. President Assad must be held accountable for the "massacre" of Syrians in court of responsibility. The pro-government newspaper "Al-Watan" wrote that the government had "a very difficult operation," begun in Aleppo, to liberate "the people from the hands of the delegates from different parts of the world's terrorists." According to the AFP reporter fought on the side of the rebels formed from so-called foreign fighters brigade of United Mujahideen. According to the rebels affiliated Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in London alone were killed on Saturday 168 people nationwide, including 94 civilians, 41 soldiers and 33 rebels. On Sunday, therefore, four people died in the fighting. In addition to Aleppo, there was also the organization that fights for the headquarters of the police in the rebel stronghold of Homs.

Romney, seeking international prestige, Israel talks on Iran

"Like you, we are very concerned about the development of Iran's nuclear capabilities, and find it unacceptable that Iran becomes a nuclear weapon bearing the nation," he told reporters before a meeting with President Shimon Peres. "The threat that this could pose to Israel, the region and the world is unacceptable," said Romney, who arrived on Saturday night Israel. Republican candidate of outgoing President rival Barack Obama in the elections next month November, spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran's nuclear program, accused by Israel and the West, despite its denials, of wanting to produce nuclear weapons. Romney said he had discussed with the head of the Israeli government "measures additional "can be taken to convince Iran to cease" its nuclear madness "in his statements made ​​by Israeli public radio. Netanyahu said it was important to have "a strong and credible military threat, coupled with sanctions, for a chance to change the situation. " He insisted that sanctions and diplomacy "have not stopped at all the Iranian program." Romney should make a statement of foreign policy and meet with Israeli opposition leaders and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Republican candidate, that has continued to criticize the policy "weak and wrong" in the Middle East of outgoing Democratic president Barack Obama had declared in June that if elected will do "the opposite" of his rival. In January, Obama said that "Israel had thrown under the bus "to raise the 1967 borders as a starting point for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Barack Obama, meanwhile, said Friday its support for Israel. solemn Under the Oval Office, surrounded by representatives of pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and U.S. lawmakers, Obama signed a bill that strengthens cooperation on security and defense with the Jewish state and reaffirmed its support "unchanged" to the country. At 100 days of the great U.S. election day President Barack Obama holds a fragile lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney, while still at the mercy of volatile economic events, which may be crucial for his reelection.

Background: The Kurds

The Kurds are a nation of 25 million people without their own state. Their settlement area is around 500 000 square kilometers, roughly the size of France. Most Kurds live in Turkey (at least 12 million), Iraq (nearly 5 million, Iran (5.5 million) and Syria (move up to 1.3 million). Other Kurds in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey is fighting the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, PKK) since 1984, with bloody attacks and bombings for their own state or at least autonomy. Died in the conflict so far up to 40 000 people. The European Union classify the PKK as a terrorist group and successor organizations. In the wake of EU accession talks in Ankara gave the Kurds more cultural rights, concessions were made for greater autonomy, however. There have been repeated attacks on Kurdish extremists on Turkish security forces. Northern Iraq is considered PKK safe haven. Multiple attacked the Turkish army will be presumed to Kurdish positions.Since the end of the reign of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Kurds manage their affairs in a largely autonomous region itself. Their settlement area contains rich oil deposits. Economic advances have improved the situation of the Kurds in the bloody power struggle between Sunnis and Shiites state clearly shaken. Thousands of Syrian Kurds were fleeing the fighting in their homeland in northern Iraq. The Syrian Kurds live mainly in the north of the country along the border with Turkey. Parts of the Kurds joined the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, others hold him. Of a new leadership in Damascus, Assad's opponents promise more autonomy and cultural rights. The Kurd living in exile in Sweden since June Abdel Baset Saida leads the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC). According to the Syrian Kurdish Future movement, the PKK, now controlled parts of northern Syria. Many leaders of the PKK are Syrian Kurds. Since 1999 in Turkey, a life sentence verbĂŒĂŸende former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan lived undisturbed for years in Damascus.

Nearly 90 deaths and extensive damage by flooding in North Korea

At least 90 dead and 134 injured so far stopped the flooding caused by heavy rains that hit North Korea last week. Meanwhile, some 63,000 people lost their homes during the Typhoon Khanun, which hit the week passed to the southwest. Material losses were enormous: more than 17,000 buildings destroyed or flooded ended, while 30,000 acres of farmland washed away. In addition, 60 factories were damaged and many roads are impassable. The disaster not only accentuates the drama of thousands of people in North Korea, one of the poorest countries. According to the UN, 16 million people, two thirds of the population are malnourished or have guaranteed access to food. It is also one of the world's most isolated nations, following the international dispute over its missile program and nuclear weapons.

University of Oxford change dress codes


Men may wear skirts and women dress in examinations of the British University of Oxford, after modifying the academic institution their dress codes for students not to discriminate against transsexuals. According to records the agency DPA, citing the British media, the new rules allow students to attend examination or formal acts are not subject to wear formal clothing specified by sex. The old dress code stipulated that students should wear a dark suit and socks, black shoes and white shirt under a black cloak. For women dictated a dark skirt or trousers, socks and black shoes, white blouse and a black tie around the neck. The new law will take effect next week. Jess Pumphrey, the group representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, told the British press that "the decision means less stress for many students when going to a test." "A transgender students exams no longer have to go in disguise to avoid being punished"

U.S. drone kills 11 in Pakistan caused

The drone bombing left 11 Americans dead and an undetermined number of wounded in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan. According to local television, a home, allegedly by insurgents, was totally destroyed and the victims are civilians. Another air strike near the site, the information added, destroyed a vehicle and killed four people. The drone bombings have caused protests even in Pakistani official circles, since most of the victims are civilians and run in regions near the Afghan border.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Shock: I cut the newborn throat and threw in the trash

Newborn baby girl found in a garbage can, wrapped in a plastic bag and cut her throat. Shocked residents in the city of Anshan, Liaoning province of China. Found in a dustbin and even wrapped in a plastic bag newborn baby girl. Unknown to the infant's throat had been cut. The incident happened in the city of Anshan, Liaoning province of China. The newborn, which still bore the placenta and umbilical cord, found a man who was searching the trash for recyclable materials. He was called the police and rushed the newborn was transferred to hospital where he remains hospitalized in critical condition. "Breathed even have a pulse. The blood from the wound in her neck had covered all the somataki" said an eyewitness. The doctors closed the wound in her neck, which was 1.5 cm opening and reached up to the trachea. "If the cut was a few millimeters deeper would have died instantly," said one of the doctors. They estimate that fell victim to the policy of "just getting a child" and the country seems to confirm the belief that parents prefer boys.

Surpassed the 20,000 dead in Syria

More than 20,000 people of whom 14,000 were civilians, were killed in Syria since the start of the uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in March 2011. As stated by the Syrian Human Rights Watch, of the 20,028 deaths that have record this non-governmental organization, on 13,978 people. have also lost their lives in 5082 soldiers and members of security services and 968 deserters, as Rummy said Abdel Rahman, the chairman of the organization based in Britain and supports the references in information received from activists, lawyers and doctors all over Syria. Please note that the Centre include the number of citizens and armed fighting the regime of Assad, but not ex-soldiers. This Report can not be confirmed from independent sources and The UN stopped doing counting victims in late 2011. 

Hundreds of militants united? Irish Republican Army (IRA)


According to reports the British "Guardian" have in Northern Ireland paramilitary anti-British factions to a successor organization of the 2005 resolution Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) joined forces. The group reportedly experienced the influx of existing smaller terrorist groups. The self-proclaimed successor to the formerly active terrorist organization in Northern Ireland, the report says are planning to intensify their attacks on security forces and other symbols of British presence in Northern Ireland.

"People sold for false peace"

The maneuver is apparently a reaction disappointed hardliners on the peace course of the Irish Republican Sinn Fein - the party was formerly the political wing of the IRA, but is rejected by the splinter groups collectively decided. "The Irish people were sold a false peace, approved by parliament at Stormont a symbolic", it says, referring to the headquarters of the Northern Irish Parliament.

Factions united

The mechanism is this anyway in the tradition of the IRA: Three of the four major terrorist groups operating currently in Northern Ireland added, made up according to the "Guardian" report - two of which are splinter groups of the Provisional IRA (PIRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army , n), which emerged from the split in the IRA in December 1969 and is responsible for decades of bombings and attacks were. Now the newly formed terrorist group is part of the formation, according to Real IRA, the group also Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD).The Real IRA was after the split from the PIRA was formed in 1997, they recorded in 1998 responsible for a major bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland, where 29 people were killed and injured over 300. At no time they got in on the officially agreed ceasefire. She is an illegal organization in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom and the United States led a terrorist organization. The EU also leads the organization on its list of terrorist organizations.

Against drug dealers

The RAAD in turn, has a different intention. Founded in 2008, it has officially made the group aims to tackle drug dealers. Here some pipe bombs are used, but also fire and shootings are perpetrated. In addition, joined the new coalition with a number of independent armed groups. Only one faction boycotted the new coalition: the Continuity IRA.Their supporters see them as the national army of 32 counties comprising Irish Republic, one of Irish nationalists from 1919 to 1922 unilaterally proclaimed state of. The Continuity IRA is completely independent. The new paramilitaries should also be connected hundreds dissidents, including former members of the Provisional IRA disbanded in 2005, since which were not set up organized. The RAAD and the Real IRA would be dissolved and go completely in the new formation, it said.

The first major merger since 1998

The merger would be the first time since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, in which the Provisional IRA announced a laying down of arms, joined several fractions anti-British forces. The agreement Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland conflict had ended, in which more than 3,000 people were killed. But the violence was no time to get completely under control: There were repeated incidents of violence and bomb threats that were directed against the membership of Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

Unified management structure

According to a statement from the new umbrella organization, the Guardian is present, we have created a unified management structure.The sets of leaders of nationalist forces would create a "free and independent Ireland" has neglected, it would have been some setbacks.The new organization is committed in their own words the goals of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The group had a "uniform structure under a single leadership," where it said in a statement received by the newspaper. The group submits to "the Constitution of the Irish Republican Army". Hundreds of paramilitaries were on the side of militant republicans currently battle-ready. The ongoing peace process that could face setbacks. The new organization plans, the report says attacks on security forces and other targets, which are regarded as symbols of Britain. Particular focus was on the branches of the Ulster Bank, the Capital of Culture next year, Londonderry see, contrary to a specific threat.

Incident at the Olympics torch relay

It was not until early June in Londonderry, the center of anti-British resistance movement - there was a incident with the Olympic Torch Committee. The present police force was attacked by a 200-strong group of IRA supporters. The torch relay had to be canceled, the goal was originally to be the town hall. The declared aim of the militants were the police, was reported from the factions.

The Syrian regime forces continue to bomb Aleppo at nightfall


Houses on fire helicopters overhead Aleppo-Syria's second city and a key player in the transformation of Syrian conflict in search of enemy positions to attack, civilians flee ... From the morning last, a deluge of fire falls on the rebel districts, where Syrian and foreign insurgents faced during the day to attack the army of Bashar Assad .The intermittent shelling continued throughout the afternoon, according to Javier Espinosa reports from Aleppo. After nightfall, continued bombing and artillery fire, but fighting between the rebels and detained Syrian soldiers , as the rebels and an NGO. The regime forces early this morning launched the assault on the metropolis of the north to blood and fire crush the rebels entrenched in the southwest of the city. The biggest clashes since the beginning of the revolution now taking place in a number of quarters of Aleppo, "explained the Local Coordination Committees opponents of Syria, quoted by CNN. The violent bombardment began at 4 am (the 3 in mainland Spain), according to an AFP correspondent in the neighborhood rebel site of Saladin.

Saladin Assault

"The assault against Saladin has stopped and we managed to repel the regular army to the neighborhood of HamdaniyĂ© ", further west, said the head of the military council of Aleppo, Colonel Abdel Jabbar al Oqaidi.
The rebels claim to have captured Aleppo tank Asad
During the day, four helicopters launched rockets and strafed the stronghold while the heavy artillery and tanks went into action. The whole neighborhood is surrounded. According to a senior rebel Abdel Jaber al-Oqaidi, a hundred tanks have been deployed around the neighborhood. The rebels managed to resist the first offensive of the army against this bastion, where they claimed that the regime forces had made ​​progress and had lost tanks. In addition to the bombing of Saladin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is taking place " violent clashes at the entrance Sakhour district. " However, forces loyal to the regime considerably exceed , in number and armament, the rebels, according to the BBC. Many rebel fighters have been injured or died during the skirmishes, as your correspondent. "The fact that the soldiers did not move more in Saladin does not necessarily mean a retreat, because the strategy of the regular forces bomb is to cause an exodus and then launch an assault even more fierce, "explained the president of Sirius Obserbatorio Rights Human Rami Abdel Rahamane.

Crucial battle

The opponents rely, however, in his victory. The rebel army Free Sirius (ELS) claimed on Saturday that has changed its strategy in Aleppo "from defense to attack" and that the defeat of government troops in this city will "fall in the middle of the regime," Efe reported. "Aleppo is considered half of Syria's economic, financial and population. It is the veins of the economy. His fall means falling half of the regime , "said the secretary of the ELS, Captain Emar to Guawi From the second Syrian city. The battle for the city, 2.5 million inhabitants, is considered a crucial test for the government that has spent its main military resources to maintain control of its two main centers of power: Aleppo and Damascus. However, it is less clear the rebel victory. Reuters quoted military experts consider that, although-Asad's forces far more powerful-will defeat the rebels in Aleppo and other cities, they risk losing control in the field, because it begins to be questioned the loyalty of large sections of the army. Asad's forces achieve a tactical victory probably involving a retreat for the opposition and allow the regime to demonstrate its military superiority, "says the analyst Ayham Kamel, the Eurasia Group. However, he adds, the rebels are getting stronger while the military decline. About one hundred people were killed Saturday in Syria for the bombing of the troops of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and fighting between them and the rebels, according to opposition groups. The largest number of victims was recorded in Aleppo that killed thirty people.

Increased to eight dead after Brazil plane crash

The eight occupants of a twin-engine plane that took off today from the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte were killed when the aircraft crashed into the earth at a time when the pilot tried to land at the airport in Juiz de Fora (Southeastern Brazil), reported today firefighters. The Fire Department of the State of Minas Gerais initially found seven bodies mutilated in the accident site, a forested area of difficult access, and had to extend their search for nearly two hours to find the charred remains of the eighth victim . The accident occurred around 7.30 am local time (10.30 GMT) in a room near the airport Serrinha of Juiz de Fora at a time when environmental conditionswere not favorable due to poor visibility in dense fog. According to the bulletin of the Body Fire, the stricken aircraft was a twin-engine King Air B Model GT-200 and BY-51 code, up to ten passengers on a flight between Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, and Juiz de Fora, the second largest city the state. The aircraft, owned by Vilma Food, collided with a building of an inn and several trees before crashing and exploding in a forest reserve on a farm near the airport.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

2012 Olympics: Theater ceremony

The London Games gave the green light with a very cinematic ceremony. The Olympic Stadium was a stage where 10,000 volunteers performed different representations with a clear nod to British culture. The opening ceremony of the Games in London did not disappoint what is expected of her. Film director Danny Boyle was responsible for directing a show with clear references to British culture. About 10,000 volunteers participated in a stage where music was the theme of a colorful spectacle. The event began with the winner of the Tour de France Bradley Wiggins taking the bell. The stadium became a countryside with animals such as ducks, horses or sheep. The meaning evoked the emergence of the four nations that make up Great Britain: England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Immediately afterwards, the left went green smoke from the chimneys of the time of the industrial revolution. A great cast of actors reprensentaron this important historical era built on British soil. Boyle, director of the Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', made ​​clear references to the movies with the issuance of a short film starring Daniel Craig. The actor in the role of James Bond , went to Buckingham Palace to visit Queen Elizabeth II and take a helicopter to the stadium. Another actor as Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr. Bean , enjoyed his coat of prominence with an appearance in other fiction like 'Chariots of Fire'. Atkinson played a role in a scene running down the beach with the usual notes of humor. There were also references to children's literature with characters like Peter Pan or Mary Poppins . These scenes gave way to one of the highlights of the ceremony cĂșlmenes with a carousel of songs that were heard all British musical icons: The Queen, David Bowie, Mike Oldfield, Beatles, Rolling Stones ... Musical notes marked the start of the parade of all delegations. Boyle's talent made ​​his mark in a ceremony with an audience of 4,000 million worldwide. The ceremony continued with the traditional parade of the 205 delegations at the Olympic Games in London.Greece, as originating in the Games, was the first to leave the stadium. To view the Spanish delegation, with Pau Gasol in the head as a champion , it was not until almost the end. No country could boast of the height at which the flag carried the Spanish team. Reach for the sky is what our athletes will try to get these weeks that London will be the Olympic capital.

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Samsung achieved record operating profit of 4,800 million euros


Samsung Electronics reported Friday a record operating profit of 4,800 million euros for the last quarter ended in June due to high sales of mobile phones Galaxy S helped to stretch its lead over its main competitor, Apple. For the September quarter results South Korea expects to launch its next model of the Galaxy family before Apple releases its next model of iPhone , expected for October. Samsung profits reach about 8 trillion won (5,700 million) . The mobile phone business contributes about 60% of the profits from Samsung. Proceeds from the mobile phone division has more than doubled over the previous year and the flat screen business increases profits, as LCD prices have stabilized. Shares in Samsung, which also made ​​televisionsand other appliances , flat screens and chips, rose as much as 4.7% to a maximum of five weeks after the results, outperforming the broader market. "The strong performance of the television division show their resilience to the crisis in the euro area, while the mobile division has become a sack of cash deposit on sales of Galaxy," said an analyst at Korea Investment Won-seok & Securities. "The weakness in the prices of memory chips is still the main concern of Samsung in the third quarter, but again does better than some rivals such as Apple, which tends to squeeze suppliers a bit. It's a small problem compared to the likes of Hynix and Toshiba. going to have less pressure. " The director of Samsung Telecommunication Business, JK Shin, told Reuters on Sunday that sales of the Galaxy S III, the most aggressive competitor of the iPhone, had been better than expected, after its launch in late May. Is also preparing a new model of the popular "smartphone" - "tablet" Note Galaxy later this year to cope with the new Apple product launches. Earlier this year finalizaban 14 year reign of Nokia as the world's largest maker of mobile phones, but Samsung has increased shipments of smartphones to an estimated 50.5 million in the June quarter, almost double the 26 million iPhones sold. Shipments of Apple in the June quarter fell 26% sequentially, while the European economy sank and consumers expect the launch of the iPhone 5. "Regardless of the results of Apple, Samsung will be strong in the third quarter," said analyst Investment & Securities KB Byun Han-joon. "Actually, Samsung, Apple is the stumbling block of a chance." Analysts estimate that Samsung, which now controls more than a third of the world market of "smartphones" will sell for 15 to 20 million units of the Galaxy S III in the September quarter.