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Monday, May 20, 2013

North Korea raises tension and launches a short-range missile for a third day

The regime of North Korea launched on Monday for a third day short-range missile into waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) from its eastern coast, according to the defense ministry. On this Monday is the fifth of its kind missile North Korea shoots from the same area in the past three days, after three shells launched on Saturday and another yesterday. These maneuvers have been considered as the first gestures belligerents by the Pyongyang regime after a period of several weeks in which significantly lowered the tone of his last campaign war threats against South Korea , Japan and the United States. "North Korea launched again what appears to be a missile KN-02 short-range , "said a spokesman for the defense ministry was quoted by Yonhap news agency. Monday's launch was between 11.00 and 12.00 local time (between 2.00 and 3.00 GMT). "We are closely monitoring the movements of the Army North Korea if they occur more pitches, "Defence spokesman added. The KN-02 is a short-range ballistic missile developed from the Soviet era technology with a range of around 150 kilometers. The launch was reported immediately to the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, whose office has urged the North to not following aggravating the current situation with these releases. "Whether or test launches show of force, North Korea would carry out acts which increase tension , "said Kim Jang-soo, director of the National Security Office, which reports directly to the South Korean presidency. The tests performed during these three days should not violate, in principle, international arrangement to be a short-range missile. Several UN resolutions adopted after Pyongyang conducted underground nuclear tests and ballistic missile launch projectiles prohibit the regime with greater range and payload , considering that they are part of a program for the development of intercontinental nuclear weapons. A North Korean vessel hijacked a ship with 16 Chinese fishermen on board and asked for 600,000 yuan ($ 97,740) reward, in the second such incident in a year, as reported by Chinese media on Monday. The ship Liaoning Generic N. 25222 was kidnapped on day 5 of their country waters and taken to North Korean waters, where the criminals contacted the owner of the boat , Yu Xuejun, and asked the reward. Xu says his boat was equipped with GPS and Beidou systems (GPS Chinese) so he was sure the exact location of your boat at the time of the kidnapping, which he attributed to members of the North Korean military. The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang knew of the kidnapping on Friday by Xu, who had received eight calls threatening. The Chinese consul Chinese embassy in North Korea, Yaxian Jiang said his Embassy was informed by representatives of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Pyongyang to demand the release of the ship"The Embassy has urged that protects the safety and legitimate interests and rights of all the crew and has notified the owner of the boat conversations and relevant contact numbers, "said Jiang, who emphasized that" continue efforts to the matter is properly resolved as soon as possible. In May April 29, several fishermen of northern China's Liaoning province were also kidnapped and later released after mediation by the Chinese government.

Bashar Assad l 'Quitting would flee. The people will decide, not USA '


"Quitting would flee I do not know if Kerry or another have received a power of the Syrian people to speak on their behalf about who should go and who should stay. This will be determined by the Syrian people in the presidential elections of 2014." So sharp is shown of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in an exclusive interview with the Argentine newspaper 'Clarin'In the interview, which took place in the library of the Presidential Palace in Damascus and e stuvo flanked and controlled by five cameras and photographers of the regime , Assad is particularly belligerent U.S. interference in the conflict in Syria. Blame the grave situation in his country to the emergence of what he calls "international terrorists supported by the Western powers" and also from the region through Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. "Multiple internal and external elements have contributed to the crisis, the most important is foreign intervention," he says. "We have a policy initiative that includes dialogue ... But for terrorists nobody wants to talk with a terrorist. Terrorism hit U.S. and Europe, though no government spoke with the terrorists. A dialogue with political forces, but not a terrorist beheads, kills and toxic gases are used chemical weapons, "he said during the interview with the head of the international section of the newspaper Argentine Marcelo Cantelmi. The Syrian president defended the tough military offensive troops across the country and denied that the UN data on the number of deaths since the outbreak of the revolt (over 70,000) were true. "We have to ask about the credibility of these sources. Perhaps we can ignore the fact that many of the dead are speaking of foreigners who came to kill the Syrian people ... Nor can we forget that there are many Syrians missing.'s figure changes constantly because terrorists kill people and sometimes buried in mass graves." Assad also denied categorically that have been his regime forces which have exceeded the use of force. "How to define excessive force How to determine whether there has been a use of excessive force or not? What is the formula? The debate here is not about the amount of force used or the type of weapons ... The first parameter is the shape and volume of terrorism we suffer with the consequent duty to respond." The Syrian leader also rejected almost with irony, as recorded by the journalist, reports of Israel or the United States on the use of chemical weapons in the war and came to attribute their use to the rebels. "Chemical Weapons statements change every day. Chemical weapons are weapons of mass destruction. Use say the residential areas. If I say that a nuclear bomb was dropped on a suburb and the balance of casualties is ten or twenty people, how perhaps believe me?'s use of chemical weapons in residential areas means killing thousands or tens of thousands of people in minutes. Who could hide such a thing? "justifies.

Facebook and Twitter come to Google Glass


The company Google has announced six applications specially designed to work on your Google GlassesThey will be the precursor of the next release . The social networks Facebook and Twitter top the list. The CNN, the fashion magazine Elle and Tumblr and Evernote, were among the half dozen new applications for Google Glass, presented at the annual developer conference Google in San Francisco. Google Glass has an electronic screen the size of a seal mounted on the left sideof the eyeglass frames that can record video, send and receive emails or access the web pagesThe company's Mountain View began distributing the first devices last month for alimited number of developers, but so far has not disclosed when it will be available end-user version nor what will be its price. Google executives gave little prominence to Glass during the keynote, just mentioning that Google Glass is among the new products and services mentioned on stage. Gradually come to light more facets of this new appearance . For now, already know some of the applications that will be available.

Iran hangs two men behind accuse them of working for Israel and the U.S.


According to local Iranian news agency Fars the first of them, Heidary Mohamad,was convicted of having gathered information on secret and security issues in the country that allegedly sold Mossad agents traveling abroad. The other man, Kurosh Ahmadi,  have maintained relations with the CIA members and gave them information on Iran, according to the local agency. The source did not give further details about these people, who were sentenced to deathby the Iranian judicial system consider "mohareb" (enemies of God) or on where they were executed. In  Iran a Shi'ite Muslim theocratic state, ruled a version of Islamic law or Sharia why they can be sentenced to death, among others, the murderers, rapists, drug dealers and "those who violate God's law and the Islamic Republic". Iran has one of the  highest figures in the world in terms of executions per year, according to Amnesty International, which has urged the Islamic Republic to commute death sentences.

Nadal overpowered Federer in the final in Rome


The Spanish  Rafael Nadal  played a perfect game against the Swiss  Roger Federer got another title in a superb return from injury. He won the  1000 Rome Masters  toprevail 6-1, 6-3 in the final. He reached the decider by winning against Czech Tomas Berdych . For his part, Federer had to defeat the French Paire, and so got the ticket to the definition. In the Foro Italico , the Swiss sought to win for the first time in the Italian capital . A scenario in which he had two finals , but could never prevail. In 2003 , with only 21 years, fell to the Spanish Felix MantillaThe other time that Roger came close to enshrine in Rome was in 2006 . Just before"Rafa"That day Nadal won 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in five hours and five minutes . A battle that seemed endless. Very far from that marathon match , Nadal today with height dispatched Federer. He did it in 1 hour and 9 minutes (39 minutes the first set, the second set 30 minutes). The Spaniard started down. ripped 0-1, and everything indicated a rough match between two heavyweights . Not at all. After the start to stumble, "Rafa" won nine straight and turned that into a 6-1 0-1 3-0 .A sample of aggressiveness and precision at its finest . As if his opponent was a rookie. A erratic Federer saw him (we forced 15 errors in the first set) , but a product of the high-level Spanish tennis that unfolded in the late Roman. The two games that caught Federer in the second round will be anecdotal . Nadal overpowered for a palmar more. It is the sixth on a perfect 2013 , where he played eight finals in eight presentations