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Saturday, February 2, 2013

A gold shirt $ 240,000


It took 15 artisans and 16 working days to make this shirt Phuge Datta, 42. Weighing 3.3 kg, the price of this garment Ascende to 12.7 million rupees. "Gold is my passion since I was little. always took it as jewelry, bracelets, rings and chains, " he told AFP this Indian who lives in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra (west). Phuge developed this plan last year with a jeweler friend. "We wondered: 'Is there something else we can do with gold? What has not been done yet? '. The responsibility of a financial group gets this shirt only on special occasions and at other times the conserved locked away. In a country where poverty is endemic and where over 40% of children under five suffer from malnutrition, their passion for gold does not seem strange. India is the largest consumer of gold in the world (30% of demand). Many Indians, especially in rural areas where there are no banks, buy gold in the form of jewelry or bullion as insurance against inflation. The Indians bought 933.4 tons of gold in 2011, the last year for which figures are available , according to the World Gold Council 

Samsung bets on the return of the pencil

A few years ago the PDA had come to market with an innovation that differed from electronic organizers: incorporating a pen to enter data. PDAs shortly lived splendor, because cell phones started integrating benefits agenda, calendar reminders, scorers.The PDA stylus accompanying the force lost. With the advent of tablets like the iPad, touch screens and QWERTY keyboards  integrated, few imagined that the pencil or pointer return. Samsung joined the S Pen in its Galaxy Note, a tablet is an innovative large smartphone or a small tablet . Samsung announced that it will invest nearly $ 59 million to expand its stake in the company Wacom, maker of these pointers that have returned to the market. The investment is interpreted as a greater bet , as the company that came to fight him leadership to  iPhone your model Galaxy SIII is preparing its new phone , and many people believe it will come with a pointer . Users are satisfied with the use of pencil and think "back to basics" of writing in a digital scorer's what coming.

Underwear Cristiano Ronaldo


A statement from the Danish textile company Cristiano Ronaldo will design a line of products. Thus, the Portuguese star fans can wear his collection of underwear and socks. "For JBS is important that the people we work represents our values," why  "we are very proud to present the collaboration with Cristiano Ronaldo, because who better to represent the quality that one of the best players in the world? " said the owner of the company, Bjerg Claus Sorensen. Meanwhile, the Real Madrid player said: "The companies that decide to work must be oriented fashion and have the best possible quality for my fans will get a superior product "

TURKEY | Several injured Two killed in suicide attack near the U.S. embassy in Ankara


At least two people were killed and several injured in a suicide bombingon the streets of Ankara where the U.S. embassy, ​​reported the Turkish news channel NTV. According to the images of NTV, the explosion caused a hole in the wall of a building that houses a social club jury guards , while the Embassy has not suffered any damage. AFP adds that the deaths are a security officer and the terrorist . Itbelongs to a group of leftist illegal , as declared Turkish Interior Minister, Muammer Güler, at a press conference. Güler did not disclose the name of the group that owns the bomber although some Turkish media have pointed out that it is the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (DHKP / C) . The dead would be the terrorist himself Ecevit Sanli, 30 years old , and the security guard Akarsu Mustafa, 36, according to the newspaper "Hurriyet" on its website. Didem journalist Tuncay, 38, had been seriously injured. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul has asked American citizens not to visit the diplomatic until further notice . "The State Department advises Americans traveling or residing in Turkey to be alert for possible violence and to avoid areas where there have been riots and demonstrations and mass meetings, "said the consulate said in a statement. For its part, the White House has condemned "vigorously" the attack and has pledged to cooperate with the Turkish authorities to find those responsible. "We strongly condemn the suicide attack on our embassy in Ankara" , said the spokesman for President Obama , Jay Carney. "We will work closely with the Turkish authorities to investigate this case and that the perpetrators are held accountable to justice," added Carney.

At least 27 killed in a bombing at a mosque in Pakistan


At least 27 people have died in an attack off of Friday prayers at a mosque in the town of Hangu in northwest Pakistan, according to a police source. The attack, by a device located at the gate of the temple took place in the central area of Patt Bazar at 14:00 local time (09:00 GMT), as worshipers were leaving the traditional Friday prayers , holy day Muslims. The explosion injured at least fifty people , according to Nasir Ali, an official of the local police headquarters. "Seven or eight of the injured were in critical condition," he said. The attack occurred on a street that houses a Shiite mosque and a Sunni. Officials said the anti-Taliban Supreme Council sometimes held there and that could be the target of the attack. But the district police chief, Muhammad Saeed, said he was directed against the Shiites and Sunnis were also victims, Reuters collects. Hangu is located in the district of Kohat and is very close to the Orakzai tribal region, which together with other neighboring areas has undergone a major escalation of violence in the last week. An Air Force bombing, the second this week, ended yesterday with the lives of eight suspected insurgents who join another hundred who have died since last weekend in the areas of Orakzai and Khyber , the scene of heavy fighting. The actions of the Army have joined intense fighting between threeinsurgent groups vying for control of the Tirah Valley , a strategic because it provides access to both Afghanistan and Taliban strongholds further south.