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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Market Bomb in Pakistan kills 15 people, several serious

The explosion of a car bomb in a market in the northwestern town of Darra Adam Khel killed 15 people, injured at least 25 others and destroyed a dozen nearby stores. Sources told the newspaper police Dawn the blast coincided with a high turnout by white and had regional offices peace committee against the Taliban, very active in that, the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan. operating in Darra Adam Khel several Pro-government militia groups who often act against insurgents. A Taliban spokesman, however, telephoned the Express Tribune newspaper that they were not behind the sabotage. "We do not attack markets," he said. According to witnesses, the car was detonated by a person who was at the wheel, but others say it was using a remote control device. The police did not rule out that the number of fatalities increase significantly because among the injured were many with serious injuries. international agencies estimate that about 150 thousand families of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have fled their homes, fearful of becoming victims of unstoppable spiral of violence in the territory.

Pakistani actress Veena Malik 'Drama Queen' an other controversial step













Tension rises Turkey-Syria Ankara sends tanks to the border


Turkey professes not want war with Syria, but he continues to prepare as if about to do it and massing weapons and troops at the border about 250 tanks Crescent are now deployed along the border, press reports from Ankara, while 70 bombers were transferred to Diyarbakir and Malatya and at the base of Kurucek was activated radar missile shield NATO. The tension, then, remains high. It also stands up to the border with Lebanon, after ten rockets jet during an attack on Syrian rebels have fallen out target positions in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, no casualties.  In Turkey, however a turkish F16 has risen in flight from Diyarbakir (two according to some sources) to go `meeting 'to a military helicopter in the area of ​​the village of Damascus Syrian Azmarin - the scene of clashes between Sunni insurgents and government forces while the inhabitants flee to Turkey across the Orontes River - which was too close to the border and move it.  Does not reduce even the level of verbal confrontation between Turkey, Syria and Russia on the incident of the scheduled flight Moscow-Damascus Wednesday intercepted by Turkish fighter, which has created new dangerous sparks in what is now almost a `war 'between the two neighbors Middle East. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic nationalist turkish last night defended the blitz plane - an "act of piracy" for Syria - arguing that the aircraft were "ammunition" and "equipment" Russian military to Syria. Damascus has accused him of "lying" and challenged him to "show" the alleged weapons to "prove what he says." Although Moscow has denied. The Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov then stated today that there were no weapons on board the aircraft but "technical material for electric radar stations": a "dual-use equipment (civil and military, ed), but that is not prohibited '. In short, "a legal load that a Russian supplier Legal delivered to a customer in a legal office." Moscow has also accused Ankara of having endangered the lives of 37 passengers and crew members of the 'crew including 17 Russians.  According to the Turkish press, the material seized was destined for the Syrian air defense.  The likelihood of a war between Ankara, which supports anti-Assad Sunni insurgents, and Damascus is also in place a hard crash in Turkish politics. The opposition is against the war, as according to the polls, a clear majority of the population. The turkish parliament Erdogan's AKP controlled today rejected a motion of censure tabled by opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu against the chief diplomat Ahmet Davutoglu, who is accused of implementing a policy "dangerous and risky for the country." Kilicdaroglu called it "a foreign minister whose incompetence is known to the whole world." Davutoglu has sued.  Between the Western allies of Turkey, which so far have expressed clear support for Ankara, according to several analysts, the growing concern for the line `confrontation 'Erdogan and the danger of a conflict that might inflame the whole Middle East. Tomorrow is expected to hold talks with Davutoglu in Istanbul the international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi on Syria and the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.  

Malala Yousafzai is more in critical condition


The 14-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is more in critical condition.In Pakistan, the people expressed their solidarity with the shot down by the Taliban girls.It has become a symbol for the country. After the attack on the Taliban, the Pakistani child rights activist Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old floating in further danger.While preparations were made, Yousafzai fly abroad for treatment and their condition allow a transfer but not currently, it said on Wednesday from military circles.Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday in the Swat Valley shot in the troubled north-west of the country on the 14-year-old .She suffered a head shot, among other things.In a military hospital in northwestern Peshawar was also the girl a bullet removed from his shoulder.Her condition was serious, shared their doctors on Wednesday.The day before the erstbehandelnden doctors at another hospital had initially stated that Yousafzai was out of danger., the state-owned airline Pakistan International Airlines presented claims to a machine at the airport in Peshawar ready to fly to the young people abroad for treatment.Currently, it is but too weak to make the trip can, said a military source.


Solidarity in and outside Pakistan

As a sign of solidarity remained private schools in Swat closed on Wednesday for Thursday were ceremonies and prayers of school children planned.In Mingora, where he attack occurred, about 250 people took part in protests against the attack.Pakistan's lower house interrupted the normal schedule on Wednesday to condemn the attack."Malala Yousafzai is a model for all of Pakistan, and we should stand united to fight against the elements to address that attacked the 14-year-old", praised Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, the activist.Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the girl had become a symbol for the country.Army chief Ashfaq Kayani visited the youth and said that it was open for the Army values ​​that should be preserved for future generations., the EU High Representative Ashton, said the act was "both an attack on basic human values ​​and against all human rights defenders in Pakistan" .The 14-year-old was "a source of wonder to us all."Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "outraged" over the "vile and cowardly" attack and praised the "courageous efforts" of Yousafzai, promote the human rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Right to Education.... 14-year-old gunned down in Pakistan:boy Taliban critic continues in critical condition.



Two Taliban were responsible

The two gunmen who tried to assassinate this week Malala Yousufzai received specific instructions directly from one of the most feared leaders of the Pakistani Taliban movement, Maulana Fazlullah. The operation was however not a military officer, a politician or a Western diplomat, but a young girl who had drawn the wrath of the Taliban openly advocating for education in the West. The story begins in 2009, when Fazlullah, known by the nickname "Mullah Radio" for his fiery interventions on the airwaves again with his men Swat and ordered the closure of girls' schools, including that of Malala Yousufzai. Outraged, the girl then aged 11 takes the pen and writes a blog for the BBC under an assumed name, before launching a campaign for girls' education. Schoolgirl becomes the target of the Taliban, who try to intimidate by filing several bodies near the homes of family members in Mingora. "I heard my father speak of three new bodies lying at Green Chowk," she wrote in her diary then. Fazlullah of Swat is dislodged in 2009 after a Pakistani army offensive, but his men find refuge beyond the Afghan border, where they continue to operate in Pakistani territory - they claimed at the beginning of the summer the kidnapping and beheading of 17 soldiers. Despite the danger, Malala Yousufzai continues to speak. Fazlullah attempt yet to silence, dragging death threats under his door. In vain. "WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO KILL" She should have shut up: this is how the Taliban justify the assassination attempt she suffered Tuesday, although tribal code prohibits the killing of women. "We had no intention to kill but have since been forced would not stop," said Sirajuddin Ahmad, a spokesman for the Taliban in Swat, who found refuge in the Afghan province of Kunar. The decision to kill the girl was taken several months ago, at a meeting of Taliban says it. Among the hundred fighters specialized in assassinations, two men are then selected. Between 20 and 30 years, two men from the Swat Valley in the past have proven their value in the eyes of the Taliban by assassinating a member of the political opposition and attacking a hotel. On Tuesday, two men intercepted the bus in which is Malala and despite the support of his friends frightened, trying to hide it, the men shot him, hitting and seriously leaving unconscious. Two of his comrades are also affected. Malala failed to kill - the prognosis of the girl transferred from Peshawar to Rawalpindi, has always been committed - the Taliban now attack his father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, director of a school for girls, prevents Sirajuddin Ahmad. "Our position is clear: Anyone who takes advantage of the government against us must die at our hands," warned the Taliban. "You see, significant others will soon be victims."

25,000 euros for the game broadcast on radio


The German company Sport Five which owns the broadcasting rights of this Belarus-Spain tare (20.00), € 1.4 million requested for broadcasting the match on television, which led to the Spanish channels to discard the retransmission. Today was the turn of the radios. In the absence of agreement with Spanish television, Mediaset Spain and Antena 3 Group, the company has asked the five spoke Spanish who have moved to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, 25,000 euros for allowing the entrance to the stadium to its commentators and equipment accompany them to the meeting locuten. Radio stations that have moved there his teams have decided not to pay the amount demanded. Cope commentators (Manolo Lama), Onda Cero (Alfredo Martinez), Punto Radio (Javier Perez Sala), Radio Marca (Raul Valera) and Ser (Carlos Martinez) broadcast the match from Minsk hotel rooms. Commentators see the game on television, because the shock is broadcasted open in Belarus, Belarus on channel 2. For his part, and to speak with team players after the game in the mixed zone, workers carrying wireless devices will enter the stadium Dinamo Minsk with the accreditations granted to print journalists. The meeting, being the national team, falls within the group of sports events of interest. Of which must be issued in a free TV and state coverage. The chains, however, consider that, for the required amount, it would not be profitable. The last time a game is not televised for the Spanish was the May 15, 1983, when the combined faced Malta in the Mediterranean island.Today, considering the chains would not be profitable to pay the price demanded by the company selling rights by declining advertising, an internet portal, Terra, announced on its website that negotiations to open the match broadcast on the Internet.

At least 200 injured in Tahrir Square between starters and critics of the Muslim Brotherhood

At least 200 people were injured Friday, mostly by stones in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President , Mohamed Mursi , in Tahrir Square, in downtown Cairo, medical sources said. The sources said that although most victims suffer concussions, there are wounded by buckshot. Clashes occur among hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood , a group to which he belonged Mursi before becoming president, and opposition to the president and this organization, which they accuse of moving the strings of power in Egypt. This Friday, had convened two protests in the square: one organized by a score of liberal and revolutionary groups to hold accountable Mursi, the hundred days of his term , and demand that the new constitution will represent all Egyptians. The other was called by the Muslim Brotherhood to reject the judgment of the trial of several officials of the former regime of Hosni Mubarak, who were acquitted for two days after the death of protesters in the so-called "battle of the camel" , during the Egyptian revolution. A witness said the fighting erupted when a young man came to a stage set up in Tahrir to mark the day of protests shouted "down the power of spiritual guidance," referring to the leader of the Brotherhood, Mohamed Badia. At that time, the Muslim Brotherhood youths attacked the podium, while chanting the slogan " behind Mursi are brave men , "the source said. Clashes have intensified in the evening in the square, where there is no deployment of security forces .The president of the Freedom and Justice Party (JLP), Esam Al Arian, the Muslim Brotherhood, called on the youth of his group to leave Tahrir Square and the demonstration moved to the headquarters of the High Court of Justice, in a message on Twitter, To do this, asked participants of your organization in the protest in Tahrir to concentrate near the Egyptian Museum, in one side of the square, to carry out a march to the Supreme Court. A similar appeal was made before the movement "April 6 Youth". The Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood condemned the clashes in a statement on its website. He urged "everyone to use reason and bring the interest of the country to anything else ", while highlighting the importance of all parties are respected.

Football: Messi and CR7, began the challenge for the Golden Ball

Lionel or Christian the Argentine or Portuguese? The tug of war 'already' started. There are two months of the Golden Ball award and - reports 'AgenziaInforma' - before it becomes official list of 50 candidates (which includes at least six Italians with three of them - Pirlo, Buffon and one of Balotelli and De Rossi - plank in the final after the initial screening), there are questions about who will raise 'the trophy football more' prestigious for a player. The challenge and 'always the same, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo with Barcelona and Real Madrid will compete at the level dialectical sponsoring, each in its own way, the superiority' of his attacker. A take the field for the first 'was the technical of the Blancos, Jose 'Mourinho, who as always sends them to say and with the frankness which distinguishes it exposes his thinking. Simple, linear burning:'' It would be a crime if Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or.'' The crime Mou would be nice that 'more' difficult to be Ronaldo Messi, the Argentine or'' and 'grown with the team and he plays with his companions, Cristiano was in England and brought him to a team that was a winner.'' One way to incense also not too veiled himself, and as' he was to bring the title to Real. For the Special One in substance Ronaldo, in case of defeat, would pay the fact that'' not'' be quite funny and Messi, 'cause does not sell well his image'' and does not give interviews to apologize for discussing with a friend team in the field.'' Beyond 'sponsorship homemade Ronaldo - despite having won the Premier League - part one step below the Argentine again this year. The flea can 'put on the plate for this year's Copa del Rey, the European Golden Shoe and the top scorer of the Champions League. It could be enough to confirm Ballon d'Or for the fourth consecutive time, and become a legend because no one has done poker, even Platini, Maradona even at the time of his magic pay 'the price of a trophy that until a few years ago covered only European players. rivals more 'aggressive the flea did not win a lot more.' In addition to Ronaldo (the title is fine but it 's been beaten in their top scorer Messi) there is' Iniesta, Xavi and Neymar. But the prices are high for Iker Casillas, who in addition to winning the league with Real and 'confirmed sample Eurupa with Spain. The problem 'that works as a goalkeeper Zoff and Buffon, you know how difficult it is to convince the jury standing between the posts.

"The death of Fidel Castro announced within 72 hours"

The death of Fidel Castro will be announced in three days. The assumed Nelson Bocaranda, the Venezuelan journalist who became famous for having revealed to the world cancer of Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela recently re-elected. "In 72 hours we will know the death of Fidel Castro? I think so," he writes on his blog Bocarando "Runrunes" while on his Twitter account says that "we await the arrival of Juanita Castro from Miami, at the invitation of his brother Raul, an ad for" family important. "

Google launched its biggest update of Street View


The maps of Google have received much attention in recent weeks, mainly due to the fiasco of the maps of Apple and its many errors and problems. However, the Mountain View giant sought to draw attention to its mapping service on its own merits and today launched what it called "the largest update of Street View ". According described the product manager for Google Ulf Spitzer, developments include improving 400,000 miles of Street View images and increased coverage in Macao, Singapore, Sweden, the United States, Thailand, Taiwan, Italy, Britain, Denmark, Norway and Canada. Among the new places that users can go to Street View, is the Catherine Palace in Russia and Fort Canning Park in Singapore. In addition, Google added new special collections (collections of images from across the globe to navigate Street View) of South Africa, Japan, Spain, France, Brazil and Mexico, among others. In late September, Google had launched its collection of images of the seabed. Another of the novelties in the coverage of Street View is inside Kronborg Castle in Denmark, which was immortalized in the works of William Shakespeare's Hamlet as the castle of Elsinore, where the unfortunate prince must face the secret of the murder of his father part of his uncle.