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Friday, January 11, 2013

CONTROVERSY | The woman was convicted of murder Sri Lanka withdraws its ambassador to Saudi Arabia after the execution of an employee


Sri Lanka has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia after the execution by beheading of a maid of nationality by the death of a child who was in charge in 2005, according to the government. Rizana Nafeek was beheaded in Dawadmy city near the capital Riyadh after being sentenced to death in 2007. He was accused by her Saudi employer killing his newborn daughter while she was giving him a bottle. "We want to show our displeasure by not listening to the government's appeal to save Rizana Nafeek" said Karunatilake Amunugama, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Sri Lankan government appealed against the conviction, but the Supreme Court upheld the ruling Saudi Arabia in 2010. The child's mother rejected the request to forgive the employee, which is the most important criterion when considering the release of a murderer in Saudi Arabia, said a senior official of the government of Sri Lanka, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Saudi Interior Ministry said the baby was strangled after a dispute between the maid and the baby's mother. Hundreds of women in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, protested against the execution of Nafeek and criticized the government should have done more to demand her release. He expects more protests on Friday. The mother of the employee has asked the government to help you bring your body back to Sri Lanka, according to local media. However, government officials said they had been buried in Saudi Arabia. Usually households are highly dependent on Saudi domestic workers from countries in Africa and South Asia. There have been reported cases of domestic abuse in families that abuse their employees and then they attacked the children of their employers. The NGO Human Rights Watch has condemned the execution and said Nafeek was a victim of the deficiencies in the judicial system in Saudi Arabia. In the country, a U.S. ally, an absolute monarchy ruled that follows the strict Wahhabi school of Islam. Judges decisions based on their own interpretation of sharia, or Islamic law, rather than a written legal code.

Samsung announced new version of the Galaxy S II


South Korea's Samsung  announced on Thursday, a new Galaxy smartphone family.This is the  Samsung Galaxy S II Plus. The new model has a 4.3'' screen, one rear camera of 8 megapixels and a front of 2 megapixels . It has the Android 4.1 JellyBean system  and a processor of 1.2 GHz dual core, like his older brother. It offers a capacity of 8 GB , expandable to 64 GB via MicroSD card. In this new phone, find the Direct Call,  which allows users to automatically dial a contact by placing the device in the ear;  Stay Smart,  recognizes if the user is looking at the screen or not, and  Smart Alert , which allows users publicize events or status updates with just picking up the phone. Incorporates PopUp Video, which gives the possibility to  play multimedia contentanywhere on the screen with a pop-up, and the voice command S Voice . The function Buddy Photo Share  enables the photos are shared with contacts easily,  directly from the camera or from the photo gallery.

ASIA | The soldier stood guard at a checkpoint The death of another soldier in Kashmir tests in India and Pakistan


New litmus test for relations between India and Pakistan after news that another soldier had died by gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region. According to military sources from Islamabad, Indian soldiers ended the life of a Pakistani military had not caused or open fire, but that was only on duty at a post Battal sector (mentioned in Kashmir). This is the fourth soldier killed in the region in recent days, along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir. And the third serious incident between the two armies in just five days. On Tuesday, two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani soldiers (one of them beheaded). While Sunday the deceased was a PakistaniThe Indian Foreign Minister insisted yesterday that both countries should do everything possible to avoid an "escalation".

Attempt

Coinciding with this new death occurred in Pakistan today an attack, which killed 11 people , mostly civilians. The bombing occurred near a checkpoint of the security forces in the Pakistani city of Quetta The attack, which also caused an unknown number of wounded, took place in the Plaza de Bachcha Khan city, capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan. Among the dead were two soldiers in the border guard and the rest are civilians, including women and children , according to reports, which stated that the bomb was triggered by remote control.

They force officials in northern China to undergo pregnancy tests quarterly


The Chinese officials in the area of Shangluo, in the northeastern province of Shaanxi, China, will have to undergo tests pregnancy quarterly, by order of the local authorities in family planning , said Thursday the government newspaper Global TimesThe Commission on Population and Family Planning of Shangluo said the officials who refuse to be tested will be "punished" and that having children should use an intrauterine device, or IUD, the most widely used contraceptive method in China, the paper said . The Commission explained that the frequent pregnancy tests allow perform abortions "on time" if women who become pregnant are not allowed to raise a baby. "The local committee has to take steps to fulfill their family fee , "said a former agency mentioned expert and researcher at the Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, Liang Zhongtang.

Requirements common

According to Liang, but Chinese law does not specify the frequency, the requirements of pregnancy tests are very common in the cities and towns of China. The measure, but was enacted in August 2012, only became public this Saturday. The decision has been widely criticized microblogs country. In May 2007, the local press reported the case of a student of a technical institute in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to which education authorities forced them to undergo annual health checks , including detection of possible pregnancy . If a student was pregnant, was expelled from school. Last June it was reported that a woman was forced to abort a fetus of more than seven months of gestation in Ankang City (Shaanxi), prompting the dismissal of three officials. in China couples can only have one child unless both parents are only children (a situation in which they are allowed to have two children). In rural areas also allowed a second child if the first child is a girl. The one-child policy, very unpopular in the country, was established in late 1970 to curb overpopulation in China and, according to government statistics, has managed to stop the annual population growth from 1.35 million new people per year in 1980 to the current 630,000 .

Fines including several years of wages

Couples who do not comply with the laws of the scheme can be fined several years' wages , the cancellation of access to social services or even their members can be imprisoned . The penalty for each child over can be up to 60,000 yuan (about 6,000 euros). The 'black children' (born in illegality) have no legal recognition.

Obama appointed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

The U.S. president Barack Obama has appointed Jack Lew Treasury Secretary. Lew replaces Timothy Geithner and will be 76mo U.S. Treasury Secretary."Output from Lew White House chief of staff is a loss for me, but gains the country," said Obama, noting that he had consulted Lew for every economic decision and not the last few years. "He has my complete confidence. I hope that the Senate confirm it quickly."