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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Euro 2012: 4-2 Germany moves to a new world record in semifinals

Germany stormed into the semifinals of the European Championships and a world record. On the way to the fourth title the selection of rotation artist Joachim Loew played the Greek master builder, and is sometimes dizzy after a 4-2 (1-0) for the seventh time in a European Championship finals in the last four. After the record of 15 competitive match wins in series, which was not compromised in the eyes of the cheering Chancellor Angela Merkel also by the 1-1 draw of the Greeks waiting as the next hurdle is a classic: This Thursday it's in Warsaw against England or Italy. The German team was superior in all respects, and had only short periods of tension before Khedira (61), Miroslav Klose (68) and Marco Reus (74) for the glorious victory ensured. Philipp Lahm had previously (39) of the Loew brought on four positions umformierte German assault on the selection of the Greek wall in front. Even before Georgios Samaras scored the 1-1 (55th), the one-sided game could have been decided. Greece, European champions in 2004, was under constant pressure and was the expulsion from the Euro-zone is still well served.The second goal through a penalty for handball by Dimitrios Salpingidis (89) was only cosmetic.

Why Twitter stopped working for a few hours


After years in which Twitter users were accustomed to see the now famous whale confirming that their servers were down, the microblogging social network had managed to overcome the constant crashes, and offer a fairly stable. So, yesterday fell for one hour (and then return to fall several times) became news. The firm had announced hours before his plans to conquer new markets 50 and get 1,000 million dollars in advertising revenue in 2013, so the day was even still less conducive to withhold his services. As expected, many took to speculate on the reasons that Twitter had been dropped. The company did not suffer a hack , as it was pointing, but was affected by a cascading failure . "It was due to hacking, or our new office, or Euro, or GIF avatars are, as some were saying today," he explained in an official blog post on the Engineering Vice President, Mazen Rawashdeh. The reason, explains Rawashdeh, was in a ruling that triggered a domino effect. "A fault whose effect is not limited to a particular software element, but affects cascaded to other elements." When an error of this kind, all users were affected, so that Twitter decided to return to a previous version "stable" , prior to the victim, to get back to providing service. According to the latest figures provided by the company in the last six months Twitter has maintained higher percentages of stability, between 99.96% and 99.99%.

Pakistan has a new prime minister


The Pakistani parliament has Raja Pervez Ashraf elected prime minister. In Islamabad, the majority of Members voted for the candidate of the House of the ruling Pakistan People's Party. After days of political turmoil, Pakistan has a new prime minister. Raja Pervez Ashraf has been nominated at the last minute as a replacement candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin Minister for Textiles, whose candidacy had to be withdrawn because of an arrest warrant against him. The ball rolling was the story on Tuesday (6/19/2012): On the day the Supreme Court had Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani surprisingly relieved of his duties and thus brought down the government.The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) then had to find a new prime minister.
Justice found against Ashraf
Pakistani police officer before the parliament in Islamabad (Photo: AP)
Parliament in Islamabad
Ashraf is no stranger: The 61-year-old was among other things as water and power minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Gilani dismissed. As long as the veteran PPP politician can remain in office, is uncertain. Because the courts are against him. The Supreme Court accused the politicians, collected bribes for the leasing of power plants and to buy property in London to have. The scandal Raja Ashraf in Pakistan has been nicknamed "Raja Rental" is entered. The politician from Sindh province, had been due to allegations of corruption vacate his ministerial post. Many Pakistanis blamed him for the disastrous energy crisis in Pakistan up to more than 20-hour blackouts in charge.
Power struggle in Pakistan
Angry demonstrators in Lahore (Photo: EPA / Rahat DAR)
Protest in Pakistan
In Pakistan for months, rages a struggle for power between the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Government: The judges were former Prime Minister Gilani called upon to ask the Swiss authorities to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari again. Gilani had opposed the. The Supreme Court subsequently sentenced him for contempt of the judiciary in a symbolic sentence. He was convicted under the Constitution and must not exercise his office. This fate is now threatening even the new prime minister.

U.S.: raise $ 500,000 for school aide insulted auto bus


An online collection in the United States in favor of a school bus aide who was insulted by students in a village northwest of New York on Friday reached $ 500,000. Internet had launched days ago a request to raise $ 5,000 and allow Karen Klein, 68, from vacation after the incident he suffered last Monday. The incident took place in Greece, near Rochester (northern U.S.). A video posted on YouTube shows Klein trying not to respond to students between 12 and 13 years that constantly try to "fat" and "elephant." Students make fun of their physical appearance, your hearing, your hair and one of them says even want to go to "piss on your door." The scenes filmed on a mobile phone caused outrage in the U.S. and on Friday some 23,000 people had contributed to the collection. The woman, who has eight grandchildren, did not report the incident and later admitted to NBC was not the first time I was mistreated.

Kabul, the hotel siege, twenty deaths

Taliban command of a fierce almost certainly members of the Haqqani Network violent, attacked last night for a hotel-restaurant on the edge of a lake not far from Kabul, taking hostage 40 people and engaging with the Afghan security forces and an international battle lasting over 12 hours, ended with a massacre of civilians and at least 23 deaths. Although not perfectly match, the budgets of the Kabul police and Interior Ministry have indicated that the victims are 14 or 15 civilians, is not to mention the restaurant's three private security guards, a police officer and five (but c ' you even say seven) Taliban. The insurgents went into action before the 24, by investing with heavy weapons and hand grenades Spozhmai Hotel, a half hour's drive from the capital in the open countryside on Lake Qargha - considered one of the most popular walking and picnic middle-class town - where he was being a crowded and noisy party. Despite the attempt to contrast the reduced security services at the scene, the Taliban have managed to penetrate into the restaurant and trincerarvisi, taking hostage hundreds of clients, including many children and women, ridottisi then about 40 after the first intervention of ' Afghan army and police. Commenting on the massacre, General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF, under NATO command), said that "the Afghan National Forces and Coalition military sources agree that this attack ports the signature of the Haqqani Network, which continues to target and kill innocent Afghans and blatantly violating the sovereignty of Afghanistan, (by attacking bases) safe in Pakistan. " This was echoed by President Hamid Karzai for which the insurgents are desperate."The attack on a picnic - he said - is really a sign of defeat of the enemies of Afghanistan". Entire families terrorized, while bullets flew in every direction, they tried to escape the tragedy taking refuge under tables or running to the garden. Eyewitnesses reported that many have not hesitated to break with the body by jumping out the windows, while others dived into the lake to reach a far bank. Afghan media said it was the largest seizure of persons made ​​by the Taliban since Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. In claim their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that the attack was decided because "there are things immoral place." In a statement on their website on the Internet said that the insurgents have stormed the hotel and another neighbor ' are centers of obscenity and vulgarity, attended by officers lustful foreigners and Afghans "who" will also organize meetings anti-Islamic. " TV and radio have followed minute by minute events, describing scenes of panic and discovered the terrible scene at the end of the attack with young people, often in Western clothes, butchered, and murdered people in cold blood while they were drinking or eating. The darkness of the night made ​​harder work of the Afghan security forces, ISAF spokesman said, however, have assumed responsibility for the operation, backed by helicopters and elite units of the International Coalition. 'Paralyzed for several hours, the situation has brightened up again after sunrise, when the gunfire and explosions resumed. It is at this stage that has had the largest number of civilian casualties. Then, before 12, the police chief of Kabul, Ayoub Salangi, has announced that all was over and that security forces had regained full control of the hotel-restaurant.

Rio +20. The final declaration of the summit

The final declaration of the Rio +20 Summit which will now be submitted to ratification by the Heads of State and Government of the United Nations, is a document of 49 pages and 283 articles for sustainable development. - "Policies for green economy": defined as "an important tool" for sustainable development should not impose "strict rules" but "respect the national sovereignty" of each country without becoming a "form of discrimination" or "trade restrictions International ". - Global governance for sustainable development: the text calls for "strengthening the institutional framework" and the existing ad hoc committee will be replaced by a "high-level intergovernmental forum" is a reaffirmation of the role of the United Nations Program for Environment, reinforced through the financial resources "safe" (to date are on a voluntary basis) and with representatives of all UN member states (currently only 58). - "Framework of Action" in 25 pages (half of the document) shows the text of the areas where there are "opportunities" and where there is need for urgent action, in particular the fight against poverty, food security, water, energy, transport, health, employment, climate change. - Objectives of sustainable development: the model of the UN Millennium goals (expiring 2015) insists on the vertex set goals "limited in number, and concise action-oriented", applicable to all countries, but taking into account the "particular national circumstances", the proposals will be examined by a working group and presented by 2013, for an application from 2015. - Methods for the implementation of sustainable development: "It 's extremely important to strengthen the financial support, particularly for developing countries", with "new partnerships and innovative sources of financing", the declaration stresses the need for a "joint application development assistance and private investment "and the transfer of technology to developing countries.

Bombs kill 13 people and wound 100 in Baghdad market


At least 13 people died and over 100 were injured Friday when two bombs exploded at a market in Baghdad, said Iraqi police and hospital sources, the latest attack against Shiite Muslims. A wave of attacks this month, mostly against Shiite pilgrims and shrines, has killed more than 130 people and raised fears Iraq could plunge back into a sectarian bloodshed, the same type peaked in 2006 and 2007. Tensions are high after the U.S. troops left the country in December, with Shiite and Sunni political factions vying for power. The first explosion hit Husseiniya, a market in a mainly Shiite area on the outskirts of Baghdad where people were buying groceries and other goods, the sources said. The second blast occurred shortly thereafter when the security forces and the people were gathered on site to treat victims of the first attack. - Fruits and vegetables were thrown everywhere. Some children were injured - Mudhaffar said Khalaf, a police officer on the spot - We started to evacuate the wounded. Also Friday, gunmen using silenced weapons in a speeding car fired on a police checkpoint in the neighborhood of Bayaa in southwestern Baghdad, killing three policemen, according to local police and hospital officials. Three civilians were also wounded when a bomb exploded near a military checkpoint in Mosul, according to a local police source.