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Saturday, December 8, 2012

America remembers Pearl Harbor attack

Flags at half-mast in the United States have reminded 71/mo anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. Even President Barack Obama, said the more than 2,400 victims who died in 1941, at 7:55 local time when the Japanese air and naval forces began "Operation Z" with which attacked the fleet and the U.S. military facilities in the town on the outskirts Honolulu.

Facebook with 'Followers', like Twitter

The social network with over 1,000 million "friends" will now have "followers" instead of "subscribers", as in the microblog  Twitter.  "We are updating the term 'Subscribe' to become 'Follow' via the site, as we found that it is a term that sounds better for people. Nothing changes about how the feature "according to a company statement released by The Verge.  The "Subscribe" button-implemented in 2011 by the social network can see the public updates of other users without them having to accept a  friend request. Facebook found that one of the reasons why this feature was not massively adopted had to do with his name. Some users in the U.S. already have the button, but the region still can not see. This will be extended to all profiles.  To have the possibility of being followed by other Facebook users, you must enable this option by entering "Account Settings" .

MIDDLE EAST | 25th anniversary of the movement Hamas leader abroad first visited the Gaza Strip


Despite his personal rivalry and power struggle fundamentalist group Hamas, the leader of this movement and prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, met today to form the most representative warm outside, Khaled MeshalUpon arrival cross the Egyptian border crossing of Rafah, Meshal has kissed the soil of Gaza . After greeted leaders and agents who were waiting in the Palestinian area of the border. The official reason Meshal's first visit to Gaza is the 25th anniversary of the creation of Hamas at the hands of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was trying to emulate the Palestinian territories in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement. 25 years later, Hamas rules Gaza and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. "It is a historic day for me. 's the first time and the first floor Gaza in 35 years that floor Palestinian land since leaving the West Bank as a kid "Meshal has proclaimed that praised leaders of armed and political Hamas. "No words can express the greatness of the martyrs and the people of Gaza," Meshal said Haniya before that, meanwhile, added: "It is a historic day for the Palestinian people and a victory for Gaza". No one escapes, however, Meshal's visit is due to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza and subsequent truce. The ceasefire agreement, achieved through Egyptian mediation and American-returned the lost prominence after leaving the Hamas headquarters in Damascus and separated from its old guard, Bashar Assad. Role for the man who had announced his resignation from the leadership and political consolidation of Hamas , embraced by several Arab countries like Qatar and Egypt. Before participating in acts this Saturday the 25th anniversary of Hamas, Meshal Muslims attend Friday prayers and visits the home of Yassin and the head of the military wing, Ahmed Jabari , killed in Israeli air strikes. The first on March 22, 2004 during the Al Aqsa Intifada and the second on November 14 in what was the beginning of the massive Israeli air offensive. Meshal has reached Gaza in a device organized by Hamas and the Egyptian security services . Since his arrival, is accompanied and protected by a large retinue of aides, bodyguards and especially leaders and members of the armed wing of Hamas government. Although the options that Israel tries to kill Meshal today appear slim because the truce and the consequences that would result, not risk Meshal before landing yesterday in Cairo. He has received assurances from Egypt and Arab countries will not be killed , "said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri . adds, "The visit is the result of the victory of the resistance against the occupation." Not the first time the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , ordered an operation to destroy him. During his first term and after several Hamas suicide bombings in Israel, greenlit Mossad action that ended in 1997 with a defeat in the streets of Amman. Netanyahu had no choice but to deliver the antidote to Jordan to Meshal did not die of poisoninjected by the agents. To free these also freed Yassin. With this attack, Meshal accelerated arrival at the top of Hamas today I received as a hero on the 25th anniversary of its founding.