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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Luxembourg l poor Moroccans rent their wombs to survive


At least 600 women have offered their bellies Moroccan Holiday in recent years, in operations in Luxembourg for a price of between € 13,000 and € 17,000 , according to data released by the Moroccan Human Rights CenterAs explained on Tuesday to EFE President of this NGO, Khalid Cherkaoui , operationsand delivery fertilization were carried out in the small European duchy of Luxembourg. The case of the 600 Moroccan was released Tuesday by the daily Al Akhbar, which quotes a member of CMDH called Rachida Uriagli , former parliamentarian in Luxembourg, which conducted a study on the case in several cities in northern MoroccoIn Islam, the artificial insemination procedures are prohibited , but the translation legislation varies from one country to another. Cherkaoui added that all the work of fertilization of the "surrogacy" is conducted in secret and that this phenomenon involves several parties, in addition to the biological parents and the mother offered her womb. Specifically, the report released by Al Akhbar quoted Moroccan doctors who are responsible for "developing the medical dossier" to the " surrogate mother "to leave the country , to which are added the "middlemen" who profit from the operation. The president said the CMDH underlined that have formed a special committee to investigate this phenomenon, which failed for being "a flagrant violation of the rights of women and children" , because according to him is to use women as "production machine ". The Moroccans who have offered their wombs for rent are mostly housemaids , girls living on the street or from poor families, who have received between 150,000 and 200,000 dirhams (between € 13,484 and € 17,981) by the following . As for the beneficiaries, Cherkaoui said are mostly Westerners who have difficulty having biological children.

Waving North Korea missile threat against U.S.


"You have to blame the United States for the situation, more about unpredictable phase," said the North Korean ambassador, So It Pyong, before the plenary of the Conference on Disarmament of the United Nations in Geneva. The representative linked the North Korean underground nuclear test conducted by his country two weeks ago and the combustion tests of its new long-range missile to the"growing hostility" shown by Washington against Pyongyang. "The recent nuclear test was a bold step to self-defense against the actions of the U.S. free rape against the legitimate right of North Korea to launch a satellite with peaceful purposes, "he argued was Pyong So. "By nature, the People's Republic of North Korea did not have a plan to conduct a nuclear test and the need to do it, "said the ambassador, who accused the U.S. of wanting to avoid the economic development of North Korea and of its citizens. For the North Korean representative, these intentions were revealed "when the People's Republic of North Korea Kwangmyongsong satellite launched last December ", framed in a release that "the exercise of the legitimate right of a sovereign state under international law". The ambassador reported that Washington "turned to abuse their authority in the Security Council of the UN, " the international community to increase pressure against his government. "This is the real reason why we conducted the nuclear test," said the diplomat, who recalled that "among all members of the UN, the U.S. is that most satellite launches,including the military, and that has launched a large number of intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability." "It is a violation of international law and is the summit of double standards," the ambassador.The official's statements happen to those made ​​last week by another North Korean diplomat in the Conference on Disarmament, Jon Yong Ryong, who warned his southern neighbor that her "erratic behavior (...) just announced its final destruction "This Wednesday also met  an article published in the  propaganda website Uriminzokkiri North Korea,  was quoted by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, in which the government of  North Korea  warns the United States  that  are in the radio range of its missiles strategic nuclear weapons. The United States "should not think that they are safe for the mere fact of being across the ocean," says the agency, but not the statements attributed to any North Korean government official. He adds that if Washington continues to suffocate North Korea withhostile policies , both the Army and its citizens  "removed the country from the face of the earth."United States, along with Japan and South Korea, tried unsuccessfully to get the Security Council of the UN condemn North Korea for its nuclear test last February 12.

The year's best mobile devices


The GSMA an association that brings together mobile operators and diverse ecosystem companies, finally revealed the list of winners of the year at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona. The categories most desired by companies are the smartphones and tablets. And there Samsung ,  Google and  Asus  shone. The best smartphone of 2012 was the Samsung Galaxy S III  "due to the ability to reach different markets, achieve global adoption and leading new features such as video display while performing another task," said the jury.  Nokia  had its prize thanks to  Asha 305, voted best input cell. "This award recognizes the importance of these devices for the global market. The Asha 305  delivers the best experience of touch devices with dual SIM, pressure beyond offering low-cost smartphones. " 

Tunisian Islamists created their own version of 'Harlem Shake'

Several web pages and Salafi Islamists in Tunisia have shown their rejection of the crazed and viral Internet dance craze in Harlem Shake, spreading his own version: the Harlem Shake Muslim. This version pious proposing a group of young believers is actually an invitation to study and pray against this new style, which blew up the controversy in Tunisia after a group of high school students recently hung in the network version, but that yes, true to the canonsThe first version, which has the most believers sulfide, stars Peres Blancs Lyceum students of the Tunisian capital. In her fifty young people dancing wildly for fifteen seconds with different costumes and outfits, some dressed in traditional Arab robes, and sexual posturing, common in this dance, competing also in Gangnam Style, which became fashionable South Korea Psy. The Education Minister Abdellatif Abid, said Monday the Tunisian Radio Mosaique he had ordered an investigation into what happened after to inform him of the appearance of the video page of YouTube . Several Islamist websites, as the ruling party youths and Salafi Al Nahda, as Al Kairawán, have sharply criticized theHarlem Shake the Peres Blancs school students and have posted on their forums, and Facebook, a new critical version with dance, whose origin is unknown. In this, as in a classroom five boys carefully read several books, one of which seems a Koran, sixth, with a motorcycle helmet madly dancing to the beat of the music, which started shouting "with the terrorists."However, the call to prayer interrupts the music and students reading class are left alone and your partner to keep dancing with motorcycle helmet on his head. Once he realizes that his teammates have left, presumably to make the prayer goes running to the door and the video ends with a fade to black while listening in Arabic and English reads a verse of the Quran : "The believers are those that when you mention the name of Allah their hearts are accelerated." Since then similar videos have appeared in which the phenomenon of attacks Harlem Shake .

Real Madrid gave a great taste in Camp Nou


Cristiano Ronaldo began to unbalance from tempranon culé temple. The clock showed13 minutes when the Portuguese was introduced to speed in the area and was clearlybrought down by Gerard Pique . The referee Undiano Mallenco criminal himself sanctioned "CR7" spared not against Jose Manuel PintoThe Barcelona was nervous against the disadvantage and the weight of the Champions League defeat against Milan 2-0 last Wednesday , and Real Madrid, well planted on defense, frightened at every counter. Lionel Messi  had the most concrete situation of the original with a free kick from the doors of the area up to 90,000 seats.  In the supplement, the club went on the attack from the start and hit Diego Lopez stops and a sure defense to perfection that met the petition of Jose Mourinho. Until the 57th minute , rejected Khedira in the defensive zone, Angel Di Maria escaped in speed Carles Puyol, took the shot and after the save from Pinto, Ronaldo grabbed the rebound to set the goal and become lord and master the classic. At 68, Raphael Varane headed a corner into the heart of the area sent to order the white classification . There was only time for Jordi Alba  scored the 1-3 for Barcelona. Joy to the Madrid amid the turmoil. Barca paid dearly for their mistakes of definition in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu - the result was a 1-1 and suffered in the offensive merengue house. Sevilla and Atletico Madrid on Wednesday disputed the other semifinal of Copa del Rey . The winner will search the whole title against Jose Mourinho , who keeps his office and gave the great pleasure of thrashing culé temple.

Thousands of cities are called to the blackout of Earth Hour 2013

Thousands of cities around the world have been called the month of March to join the blackoutconvened to mark the Earth Hour, said Wednesday the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the presentation of the event in Singapore. Andy Ridley, co-founder of Earth Hour, said the initiative, which last year joined 7,000 cities in 152 countries , will take place on Saturday March 23 between 20.30 and 21.30 hours in each time zone. "The Earth Hour has always been more than just a campaign blackout lights, and now we are seeing the environmental results of our long-term work , "said Ridley, according to a WWFLast year, his joined the Earth Hour the world's major cities and the light went out on iconic landmarkslike the Eiffel Tower, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, ​​the Empire State of New York, the Great Wall, the Big Ben British , the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Obelisk of Buenos Aires or the Machu Pichu in Peru. The Earth Hour is an initiative of the WWF that began in 2007 in the Australian city of Sydney to promote the fight against climate change. In addition to the blackout, the Earth Hour is also environmental initiatives as the demonstration to be held in Argentina to support a bill aimed at protecting 3.4 million hectares in the Marine Protected Area "Burwood Namuncurá-Bank". This initiative, supported by the Earth Hour Argentina andFundación Vida Silvestre Argentina , member of WWF, increase the level of protection in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Argentina 1 to 4 percent. In Libya , two volunteers have created the first local environmental group in the country after the civil war and the fall of Gaddafi. "I wanted to join in 2011, but then was not an option because my town suffered much this year with the war and others," said Mohammed Nattah, one of the Libyan entrepreneurs. Other projects that will accompany the blackout are based initiatives to combat deforestation in Uganda, Botswana and Russia or the placement of 132,141 light bulbs in the United States, equivalent to CO2 sequestration equivalent to planting 2,948 acres of trees.

Sentenced to 100 lashes raped a teenage girl in Maldives

15 year old girl who was raped has been convicted by a court of Maldives to 100 lashes and to remain under house arrest for eight months for having premarital sex, as reported by the judicial authorities. The teenager was raped by her stepfather, who got her pregnantand after giving birth, the baby killed. Both the man and the girl's mother are waiting to be judged, in the latter case for concealment. However, she has also been tried and ultimately convicted for having premarital sex, an offense under the Criminal Code of the Maldives, as reported by the British broadcaster BBCThe juvenile court spokesman who has known this case, Zaima Nasheed, has justified the sentence, explaining that, according to the judicial authorities, the teen voluntarily committed the crime. Although you must enter immediately into a juvenile facility to comply with the house arrest, she will not receive 100 lashes until they turn 18 of age, unless requested earlier. The case unfolded after being denounced to the prosecution's murder a baby in Feydhoo Island, part of the administration of Shaviyani Atoll, located in northern China. Amnesty International (AI) has held that the sentence "is cruel, degrading and inhuman" and has claimed that it is not the only case."Last month, another girl who had been sexually abused was sentenced to the same punishment," said the researcher Ahmed Faiz. Furthermore, the humanitarian organization has urged the Government of Maldives to abolish this type of punishment. "We are surprised he has not done anything to stop this punishment," he said. In response, the government has said it does not agree with the penalty and take the steps necessary to change the current legislation on the subject.

Ikea Europe withdraws more meat products prepared by the case of horse meat

The Swedish chain of furniture and household objects Ikea said Wednesday it will withdraw its stores in Europe other meat preparations supplied by Dafgårdthe producer of the meatballs suspected to contain horse meat. "There are a few indications based horsemeat several hundred test results. Following consultation with our supplier Swedish Ikea has decided to extend the withdrawal for sale to other meat products provider, " the chain said in a statementThe announcement comes just hours after the National Agency for Food Swedish confirmed that they have found traces of horse meatin meatballs and other products Dafgård , at a rate of between one and ten percent. Among the recalled products include Vienna sausages that are sold at Ikea stores in Spain , France, Great Britain, Ireland and Portugal. In the case of Sweden momentary withdrawal affects preparationsWallenbergare (a kind of burger topping) and cabbage pudding , reported the Swedish giant decoration. The Swedish chain suspended on Monday proactively selling the popular meatballs ( Köttbullar in Swedish) of all its shops and restaurants in Europe as well as countries such as Thailand and Singapore , after news that the authorities of the Czech Republic had found horsemeat in those preparations. Dafgård produces meatballs for most of the national divisions of Ikea in Europe, except in some countries like Norway or Switzerland, which use local suppliers. Last year Ikea 1,300 million euros turnover in their restaurant s, representing 5% of their income.Since the scandal in January jumped the presence of horse meat in processed food products and burgers in United Kingdom , have been detected in almost all European countries dozens of fraudulently labeled products as only when they contained beef horsemeat.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Grand Memo, a giant screen of 5.7????


This "phablet" (hybrid phone and tablet) of ZTE has a high of 159.9 mm and a width of 82.6 mm, a gigantic body to house a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core, 2GB of RAM and 16GB for storage. 5.7'' screen has a resolution of 720 x 1280. The posterior chamber of Grand ZTE Memois 13 megapixel, 1-megapixel front. The Grand Memo operates on Android 4.1 and has a battery 3.200mAh. Add Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and gyroscope. The company did not report details of the equipment or when or at what price will be released.

Die a policeman in an attack on a post polio vaccination


A policeman has been killed in an attack by two gunmen today a vaccination against polio in the town of Mardan, in the troubled northwestern Pakistan, according to a police source reported. The incident occurred shortly after noon local time when two unidentified men on board a motorcycle shot at the officer , who watched as two vaccinators were in a house in the area Ghalla Dar, a police official said. This attack is part of a series of attacks against vaccination teams in less than two months has cost the lives of fifteen people in various parts of Pakistan, especially in northwest China. Two vaccinators died less than a month ago by a bomb in its path in the northwestern part of Khurram, and two days before a police officer died in circumstances similar to those of today in the nearby district of Swabi. Although the Taliban have not claimed the actions against the vaccination campaign, affinity groups them based in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in the summer had threatened to attack health workers . Pakistan is the only country with Afghanistan and Nigeria where polio is still endemic and local authorities together with international agencies made ​​a major effort to immunize all children under five in the country. According to the agency, which coordinates the fight against this disease, each year there are four national campaigns of several days 'duration in the vaccine recipients about 34 million children.

"Messi is a great guy, but I'm the best"

Diego Armando Maradona fueled the controversy over who is the best player ever in a news conference that offered in Naples , a city that saw him win and that came back to try to resolve their situation with the IRS . He claimed a sum of around 30 million euros. I hope to give Messi Argentina World Cup , but it will not be easy because they know him. In the last match, the Milan he built a cage. For me it is a great kid and it's great, but I think the best of all me time , "the Argentine star shot. True to feisty after causing a revolution among the fans of Napoli , the former captain and coach of Argentina also attacked Pele: "I played against players who did not move ..." . Convinced of his innocence, made ​​a special request to the Italian Justice : "I want to return to Italy with my grandson and see Naples. want him to know what he has done and his grandfather is not remembered as a tax evader. wanna believe in Justice. want to ask the Justice to walk free by Italy and Naples, "he said. 

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Huawei boasts the world's fastest smartphone


Richard Yu head of the division of consumer products end of Huawei , said the new phone can be programmed to display 100 "themes" or different appearances. This is important because the "girls like flowers, and colorful things," said Yu. Also, Yu said Huawei is learning from Apple how to make the software easy to useAndroid of Google, a statement that could attract demand whereas Apple is in a global campaign to sue phone manufacturers Android for copying the iPhoneThe new phone, the Ascend P2 , has a 4.7'' screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720. Yu added that will be available between April and June. It is the " fastest "because it can sustain download speeds faster than other phones by including LTE CAT4 : up to 150 Mbps, however, today's wireless networks can not offer those speeds. Inside, the Ascend P2 carries a quad-core processor at 1.5 GHz developed by Huawei , has 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, no expandable. Her measurements are: 136.2 x 66.7 x 8.4 mm and its weight is 122 grams. It uses Android 4.1 with Emotion interface, has a 13 megapixel camera with dual flash and a 1.2 megapixel front. The Ascend P2 of Huawei will be available in the second quarter of the year and its price will be around € 400. The firm had already struck in January at CES in Las Vegas, where he introduced the Ascend P1 S, the thinnest smartphone market: 6.6 millimeters thick. In Argentina , Huawei cellular offers many economic models. In fact, the company is one that is associated with the Foundation Mozilla to offer smartphones with OS Firefox, which are expected to be focused on emerging markets. Despite its limited presence in markets such as the U.S., Huawei Technologies was the third biggest seller of smartphones behind Samsung and Apple in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Police, in the center of allegations of sexual violence in India

When millions of people took to the streets in December in India to demand security for women after the rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi, many pointed to the police as one of the causes of the problem. Since then, the complaint has been ratified by activists, judges , and even critics within the Police, who think to curb abuses must uproot the evils afflicting the body : violence, corruption and incompetence. After three months case outraged the country, the authorities formed a working group led by former Chief Justice of the Asian giant, JS Verma, to propose measures to end violence against women. The group recently presented its recommendations, whichhighlights the need to review the laws , the interpretation of which actually grants impunity to police accused of committing acts of torture and sexual violence against women in their custody. That benevolence with the police force is seen as Indian activist Ruchira Gupta, official data showing that the 61,765 reported in 2011 by agents commit all sorts of "excesses" , only 913 were prosecuted and 47 convicted. Gupta, who heads the NGO against white slavery "Apne Aap", said the police, instead of protecting helpless women, who suffer particular situation prostitutes, what it does is "arrest them, beat them and steal their money"That is the view that since the brutal rape and torture suffered by a student on a bus in New Delhi, the Indian press promptly collected, published in the first pages new cases related to domestic violenceAmong them is that of a girl of 17 who committed suicide in a village in northwest India after being raped by several individuals, and suffer the misunderstanding of law enforcement. "The police began to pressure her to reach a financial settlement with the assailants, or married to one of them, "said a sister of the victim to local TV channel NDTVIn connection with these practices, a senior police recognized local reporters anonymously that "it is quite possible that the police, in some places, discourage victims not to file charges "(against violators). trying to know the opinion of the police spokesman in New Delhi, Rajan Bhagat, on such accusations, but he refused to answer questions related to the issue , on which there is a taboo some want to break. "It's very difficult for a child or family denounce sexual abuse and instead of treating such cases with sensitivity, authorities often degrade and re-traumatize the victim , "said the director for South Asia at Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly . The activist, who was speaking at the launch this month in the capital of the report Breaking the Silence: Child Sexual Abuse in India - he said that " the police are places that inspire fear." The study recall the events of a youth center in the northern Indian state of Haryana, where 94 children, mostly girls, were raped by members of the group by local police. The Director of the Special Unit for Women and Children of the New Delhi Police, Suman Nalwa, told HRW that great efforts are made ​​to sensitize and educate the police. However, Nalwa said it has serious doubts as to when, if ever, the situation will change, because " they have lost 60 years "(since the Independence of India), and do not know how many more years will be needed" to change the mentality of society. " A mentality that discriminate by gender if you do even more with who changes sex. A transsexual 21 years working as a prostitute in New Delhi revealed to Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity, thesystematic abuses committed by the police who have she and her companions. "If you ask me how many times I've been raped, I would not know what to say.'ve Lost count andrapists are often cruelest men in uniform ", revealed the tranny, that said if their attackers judicial complaint" could be killed ".