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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Youtube app released for iPad and iPhone 5


The platform already has Google Videos app for iPad and iPhone 5 , according to the company computer through an Internet statementThe new version is fully conditioned to the dimensions of both devices. It also incorporates improvements related to the function AirPlay and the voice controlIn August, Apple announced that future versions of its iOS mobile operating system   would not include default Youtube application, as it had since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007. The apple company argued that its license to include the Google application was over.Previously, Apple had also detached from the search company increasingly rival in thefield of the mapsAfter months of absence, Google came back with a more complete app , including improvements in the portal navigation and options to share content on social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Google +, as well as e-mail and text message. The company's Mountain View, Calif., has indicated that a quarter of consumption occurs Youtube videos on mobile devices. Hence, the need to adjust and adapt the application. Downloading Youtube to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is free from iTunes.

The most corrupt countries in the world


Somalia North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are the most corrupt countries in the world and New Zealand, Denmark and Finland the least, according to a report released today by the German organizationTransparency International (TI). In the 2011 edition of its traditional Perceptions Index Corruption (CPI), TI warns that only 49 of the 183 countries surveyed in Transparency perceived approve its public sector this year, even though the citizen outcry against these practices has gained momentum worldwide. According to the NGO, global reference in matter of transparency,"corruption continues to affect too many countries around the world" . "This year we have seen corruption allegations against manifestations of rich and poor. Both the European debt crisis and in the Arab world, leaders must address the demands for better government," he said in a statement IT Chair, Huguette Labelle. In this sense, the regional director for the Americas IT, Alejandro Salas, adding that "in all protests attended the issue of corruption to a greater or lesser extent." "That is the factor that makes the index this year," said Salas, who highlighted the corruption allegations against protests by pro-democracy protesters in the Arab world, the "indignant" in Spain and the U.S. movement "Occupy Wall Street ".

Spain, a less corrupt

On a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very transparent), whererepeated Somalia as the worst rated (1.0) and New Zealand reached the lead (9.5), Spain fell one position from 2010, until thirty-first position, but gets a 6.2, a tenth of the score reached last year. The report argues that eurozone countries with major financial problems, "in part by the failure of public authorities by addressing bribery and tax evasion," are the worst score in Europe. Ireland (7.5) was placed in the ranking in 19th place, up from 32nd place in Portugal (6.1), 69 occupied Italy (3.9) immediately below-Ghana-Greece and 80 (3 , 4), along with Morocco and Thailand.

'Nepotism and cronyism' in the Arab world

In addition, the 2011 ICC values ​​calls for transparency made in the Arab Spring and warns against "nepotism, bribery and patronage" problems "deeply rooted" in the region. Tunisia , with 3.8 at No. 73, is the most transparent among those in the Arab world that have grabbed headlines this year, followed by Egypt (2.9) at 112, Syria (2.6) in the 129, Yemen (2.1) in 164, and Libya (2.0) at 168. TI says in his report that the protests around the world, "urged on by corruption and political instability", "clearly show that citizens feel their leaders and public institutions are not sufficiently transparent and accountable." Among the major powers, China emphasizes that (3.6) is in the position 75 and the U.S. (7.1) his worst harvest in 16 years and fell to 24th, while Germany (8.0) and Japan (8.0), share the fourteenth position. Iraq (1.8) and Afghanistan (1.5), unstructured in separate wars for years, remain in the queue positions -175 and 180, respectively, although minimally improved compared to last year. The CPI is produced each year since 1995 from different studies and surveys on perceived levels of public sector corruption in different countries.

Manchester City l British media unleashed

The exit from Europe seemed inevitable for some time, but the defeat yesterday in Dortmund sparked the British press against Manchester City and Mancini, who on Sunday will face the United in the league. Three points in the group stage of the Citizens'' are the worst English club ever in the history of the Champions'' ('Daily Star'). Yesterday and 'done'' real'' humiliation, establishes the' Times. ' While the 'Mirror' shows'' embarrassment'' for star beaten by Borussia reinforcements.

Woman confirmed dead world's highest


The world's largest woman born in China, measured 2.33 meters when it was recorded by the Guinness. now the authorities of the region where he lived said he died, but gave no details on the reasons. Yao Defen died in mid-November, " a spokesman said by telephone from Shucheng (or Sucha), eastern province of Anhui , where he lived. The gigantism of women was due to a tumor affecting his pituitary gland and caused an excess of growth hormone. At the time of his death, Yao Defen measured 2.36 meters , a journal of Anhui said, recalling that the 15 years and was over two meters. She was the daughter of two farmerspoor and from small to Liuan noted its tendency to grow more than usual. needed more than three times the amount of food from other children of his age. His life might have changed if at age 15 had undergone surgery, but his family did not have enough money (4,000 yuan, currently $ 640 ). Due to their physical weakness could never develop sports and because of lack of training, was illiterate, could not work. He spent some time traveling with his father to lecture and exhibit his gigantism as lifestyle. Finally, in 2006 he was removed and the tumor stopped growing, but bad reappeared and medical aid could not only alleviate their pain without avoiding the outcome. Your acromegaly made ​​her suffer from hypertension, heart failure, malnutrition and osteoporosis.  was born on July 15, 1972 and the official date of his death was the November 13, 2012. In the following video posted by DiscoveryTV on YouTube (in English) can be seen meeting with another giant China, Zhang Juncai during his convalescence in 2008. 

Al Assad could take refuge in Latin America


Deputy Foreign Minister sent letters of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to countries such as Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador to seek asylum for himself, his family and a close circle of collaborators . The Israeli daily Haaretz says that the Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Miqdad, held talks with officials from Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador to deliver the letters of Al Assad. According to the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal , the Ministry of the country has confirmed the delivery of a letter to President Bashar Al Assad Hugo Chavez beforetraveling to Cuba to continue his cancer treatmentBut Caracas sources contacted by Haaretz not explain what has been the responseof the Venezuelan president and only have claimed they were "personal issues between the two presidents." In recent days, violence has intensified Syria and the UN has decided to recall some of its staff "nonessential" and restrict movement of other personnel.  Violence has intensified in Syria  amid paralysis of mediation efforts, which have failed to end a conflict that began in  March 2011  and has resulted in a  civil war .

China will not ask visa to Brazil, Mexico and Argentina


The Chinese government announced Wednesday that travelers from 45 countries , among which includes Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, may enter the country and stay for 72 hours without a visa. The measure will come into effect on 1 January 2013 and only for flights arriving at the international airport of Beijing . According to the newspaper China Daily, people arriving in the capital can not move to other cities. Want to do or, rather, to stay for more than 72 hours in the country, the traveler must follow normal procedures to apply for visa. Otherwise, the situation will be considered as illegalChina's announcement may be useful for tourists, but it seems to aim mainlybusinessmen , whose travels have increased the country's economic growth. On Wednesday, the new general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping , promised in his first foreign policy speech, "further opening" of the country.

Violent clashes continue in Egypt


According to news agency AFP the supporters of Mohamed Mursi protesters succeeded in driving, since Tuesday, the draft Constitution and the new powers of the head of state. Later there were clashes with petrol bombs and stones while cars were torched and shots were heard. The opposition, mainly secular and leftist, who on Tuesday mobilized tens of thousands of people in front of the presidential palace in the Heliopolis district , had called on Wednesday new manifestations. Local shops closed their doors while the Mursi supporters began to erase the graffiti against President painted on the walls of the palace by opponents. "The people will clean the square ! "protesters chanted. The testimonies of the protesters show a deeply divided society, less than two years after the revolt that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. I'm here to defend democracy , the president was elected by the polls. Others fled because they can not resist our force, "said Wael Ali, a man in his forties friendly Mursi. On the contrary, according to al-Masry Nahed, a 32-year opposition, " the Muslim Brotherhood are challenging the nation , want to prove that their president has many supporters but are liars." Both the opposition and the ruling party called for new concentrations in downtown Cairo, so there could be new and more serious crashes. Meanwhile, despite the tension, the Egyptian vice president,  Mahmoud Mekki,announced Wednesday that it will keep the constitutional referendum scheduled for December 15.

ASIA | The sixteenth and stronger this year The Typhoon Bopha 'leaves more than 200 dead and hundreds missing in Philippines


Typhoon "Bopha" has caused 238 deaths in the Philippines due to floods, storms and landslides in central and southern regions , as reported by the Army. The floods caused the death of 143 people only in Compostela Valley in Mindanao , the southern island that was hit by the storm on Tuesday, said Lt. Col. Lyndon PanizaA total of 70 of these casualties occurred in the town of New Bataan, where there are also 200 missing . Other 81 people were killed and 21 are missing in the neighboring province of Davao Oriental, Paniza added. The typhoon, the strongest to hit the country this year , came ashore in the town of Baganga, on the east coast of the island of Mindanao, before 05:00 pm on Tuesday (21:00 GMT Monday). After the tropical storm that last year claimed the lives of 1,200 peoplein Mindanao, authorities on this occasion took preventive measures .Such were suspended classes in schools and more than a hundred flights were canceled. The Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons year , some of them highly destructive. The "Bopha" is number 16 this year.

India l banned mobile phones in women

A Muslim village of the state of Bihar in northern India, has banned the use of mobile phones to women for fear of premarital or extramarital sex. This is a measure already 'taken from other rural centers compared to 'Taliban villages'. The authorities' in the district of Kishanganj (Muslim majority), have also imposed fines for women who are caught using your mobile phone out of the house: 10 000 rupees (183 euro) for single women and 2,000 (36 Euros) for the married.