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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Turkey veil at school, first ok Erdogan

First turkish green light by the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Islamic nationalist Erdpogan the Islamic veil in schools starting from elementary school. A new regulation published today in the Official Journal of the State turkish lifting the ban on wearing it so far in force for the girls who attend religious schools and all other institutions during the hours of religion. Continue to be prohibited in public schools and private non-religious during other lessons.

The more friends on Facebook, more stress


For many users of Facebook have a lot of friends can be synonymous with fun or popularity.  However, not everything is rosy. Warns a study by University of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland, too many friends in the social network means more stressThe explanation is: the greater the number of friends, more heterogeneous are the profiles of each . This means that the user must adapt content-generating as videos, photographs, comments or more global audiences. Consequently, the activity will demand more work, which means more stress"Stress happens when the Facebook user must present a version of himself that may not please all his friends, such as a post showing that insults, drinking or smoking too, "said a statement from the university, reproduced by the website CNET"The larger circles to which it is linked online , the greater the stress caused by social networks ", determines the study, of 300 people, mostly students of 21 years. The analysis further states that people usually have seven different types of social circles in Internet platforms, as best friends, childhood friends, office mates or family. "The most common is the group of friends known offline (97 percent said they added them to their online profiles), followed by the extended family (81%), siblings (80%), friends of friends (69 %) and colleagues (65%) "defines the work of the university. Furthermore, the report notes that more users send friend requests to their former partners, rather than the current, another source of pressure for attempting "impress". Only a third of respondents said also use Facebook to customize lists in detail who share informationThe report's author Ben Marder concluded: " Facebook used to be a party in which all your friends could dance, drink and flirt. Now with parents and leaders, the party became an event that generates anxiety and it is full of potential social bomb ". 

Dies a Mexican beauty queen in a clash with the army

Prosecutors in the northern state of Sinaloa investigating whether the young model and beauty queenMaria Susana Flores, died on Saturday in a clash with the Mexican army, belonged to an organized crime gang. "The evidence we have is who was in the group of criminals who clashed with the Army," said state prosecutor Marco Antonio Higuera Gomez. The crash occurred on Saturday morning in the town of Mocorito, when a group of soldiers conducting tours and met people who started shooting, so repelled the attack. Flores, 22, was reportedly accompanied by her boyfriend , who also died in the shooting and that authorities would be one of the perpetrators of the military. In the confrontation also killed two members of the Army and, according Higuera Gomez, four suspects were arrested and are in the hands of federal prosecutors. "In the place where he found the body of the young girl, very close to her was an AK-47 , so it will be the Attorney General who determines how far was his participation in this criminal act, "said attorney.

Linkages with the traffickers

The body of the young winner of a local contest called Beauty Woman Sinaloa is being guarded by dozens of members of the Mexican Army, who watch the funeral home where his remains are blurred. The organization of Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa contest that Flores participated but did not win, expressed his condolences to family and friends of the model with a message posted on social networks. This is not the first time that a beauty queen in this state was found possible links to drug trafficking groups. In 2008, the then winning the contest Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa , Laura Elena Zúñiga , was arrested along with seven men with guns and thousands of dollars in cash in the city of Guadalajara. Weeks after she was released because no sufficient evidence could be found that relate to organized crime. His story was made ​​into a film by director Gerardo Naranjo last year with his film Miss Bala, Mexico's candidate for the Oscar this year. In this state in northwestern Mexico dominates the Sinaloa cartel , led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, but the presence of other groups that will fight for control of territory as Los Zetas and the Beltran Leyva

Chavez returns to Cuba for medical treatment

The re-elected president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, is preparing to return to Cuba to resume medical treatment. In particular, it should be subjected to a new treatment of hyperbaric oxygen therapy''''. This was reported by a member of parliament. Chavez 'was operated three times on the island, starting in June 2011, of cancer.

Former Minister Livni announces his candidacy for a surprise win Netanyahu


Seven months after being defeated by Shaul Mofaz in the Kadima primaries , the former Israeli foreign minister, Livni Tizpi Tuesday announced his return in what looks like an impossible mission: Defeat in the January elections and the heavily favored incumbent Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu"I came to fight for Israel, security and peace. There can be no election without a personal or ideological alternative to the prime minister," said Livni launching a first strike to the many center-left parties that have no leaders capable of snatching headquarters right government led by Netanyahu. After seeing that the Labour Party leader, Shelly Yajimovich and the new party Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid , did not give her first place in the electoral list, Livni has decided to return with a new party. 'Hatnua' (Movement) is the name of a movement that will host Kadima politicians and signings that have not been revealedIn the elections of 2009 and as leader of Kadima, Livni won one more seat than Netanyahu pore failed to form a government with the numerical superiority of the right block . Four years later, the picture is even worse for Livni. Netanyahu form with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman , a strong rightist electoral list while the center-left is fragmented and full of internal squabbles. Unlike Netanyahu, Livni has excellent relations with the Palestinian president , Abu Mazen , with whom he spoke intensely for a peace deal during the tenure of Ehud OlmertPrecisely those that have criticized Livni around are potential partners for a win. Labour, Yesh and the leftist Meretz Atid agree that the former minister committed "an error and further dividing the block against Netanyahu." "Instead of that today we focus on the list extremist Likud and Israel Beiteinu, we deal with another party in the center," says the Labour Party. I will answer to those who have no one to vote . Voting should be to hope and not despair, "said Livni that level of experience and international name is the main alternative to Netanyahu. The polls do not give many options of time to surprise even in Israeli politics anything is possible.

Mursi castling and Egyptians defy their 'decretazo' with protests in Tahrir


The meeting between Mohamed Mursi and judges concluded last night with no progress. The obstinacy of the Egyptian president to maintain a' decretazo' which puts its resolutions and the Constituent Assembly over law encourages Tuesday marches that go to the central Cairo's Tahrir Square, the former heart of the riots that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Late yesterday, presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said that while maintaining the constitutional declaration Mursi and ruled out any modification , limited their immunity from prosecution to the "sovereign affairs", a very vague term which, according to some experts, would exclude the Constituent Assembly and the Shura Council (Upper House).Both bodies could not be dissolved by a court currently examining its legality. However, members of the Supreme Judicial Council who spoke yesterday with Mursi stressed that the crisis is not over the refusal to back down from the Presidency. Thus, the deputy chief judge and the Court of Cassation Abdelrramán Ahmed said the independent Egyptian daily 'Al Masri to Yum' the 'impasse has not been resolved. The November 4th Administrative Court will consider the legality of the declaration Mursi constitutional.

Declaration 'fascist'

Meanwhile, the liberal and leftist opposition insists that the protests will not cease until Mursi backtrack and remove a statement "fascist" that becomes a "new king". One of its leaders, former presidential candidate Nasserist Hamdi Sabah i, insists that the demonstrations in Tahrir continue until "the statement be thrown down." "Egypt will not accept a new dictator, toppled because before," said Sabahi, which came third in the presidential elections of May. In Tahrir, the rebellious liturgy began at noon when tens of thousands of souls called for 'a manifestation of a million' by opponents, were reaching the perimeter revolutionary . Participating in the protest on Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei and former Liberal MP Amr Hamzawi , among other critics of Mursi. Among their requests, in addition to the withdrawal of the decree include the remodeling of a constituent assembly dominated by Islamists to make it more representative. The cry has also been extended to the south and north of the country, shouting "Down with the regime Brotherhood Guide" (guild leader) or'Take the beard [a Mursi] and find under Mubarak Face " and slogans of the revolution as "bread, freedom and social justice" or "Go, go." Last night, the Salafists (Muslim sticklers) and the Muslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist organization belonging to the Egyptian president canceled a march in support of 'rais' in Cairo to avoid "bloodshed", but according to his spokesman Mahmoud Ghuzlan, the call remains in the rest of the country. On Sunday a teenager Brotherhood member died in a crash in the northern city of Damanhur.

'Robo' of democracy

In the capital, lawyers and journalists have joined the marches that start from different neighborhoods with zero kilometer towards the uprising in February 2011 forced the departure of Mubarak. "Freedom is only achieved after fighting for it. The martyrs of the revolution gave their lives so that we are stealing Mursi democracy , "he told Afifi ELMUNDO.es Islam, the first journalist was tried in the Mursi and ex editor of the independent daily Al Dustur. Meanwhile, clashes between several hundred protesters and security forces remain installed in the Plaza Simon Bolivar , on the outskirts of Tahrir. Hundreds of people have been injured since the unrest began on 19 November, coinciding with the first anniversary of clashes that left 45 dead. According to the state news agency Mena, 218 policemen have been injured. The Health Ministry, meanwhile, said yesterday that the protests have left Mursi statement and 440 injured and one died.