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Friday, July 26, 2013

More than 2,000 people die in the Syrian conflict since the beginning of Ramadan

More than 2,000 people have died in Syria since the start of the month of Ramadan, on July 10. Data are Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH), which has ensured that the majority of casualties have occurred on both sides, rebels and regime forces"Since the start of Ramadan, there have been 2,014 deaths , among them there is a particularly high number of combatants on both sides, "said OSDH director Rami Abdel Rahman. The number is 1,323 dead soldiers. Among the 545 listed 816 civilians dead insurgents who joined the fight rebel deserters and 30 241 foreign fighters. The number of casualties among members of the regime forces Bashar Asad is 507, including 438 soldiers and 69 are auxiliary Defence Forces. From the July 10, in less than a month, has officially confirmed the death of 639 civilians, including 99 women and 105 children . In addition, there are 52 bodies still unidentified, according to Director of OSDH. "The actual number of deaths is actually higher, since both sides underestimate their losses , "he stresses. This new data raise the final total of deaths in the African country since the conflict began OSDH estimated that more than 100,000 since March 2011.

The CIA shows bin Laden Machine Gun

The gun found beside the body of Osama Bin Laden after Navy Seals entered her residence and ended with him is the newest acquisition of amazing hidden CIA museum. In the corridors of the headquarters of the Central Agency of Intelligence of the United States, in Langley, hide thousands of objects that testify over 70 years of espionage , which in many cases marked the history of the twentieth century and so far XXI. While it is closed to the public and is reserved exclusively for agency officials and their special guests, the chain NBC virtual toured summarized in the video. Among the amazing pieces that keep this museum highlights the most sophisticated -for-age artifacts and devices used by spies . None of them have nothing to envy to those who carried the agent of Q in the James Bond sagaAn example is the  insectothopter a tiny dragonfly shaped robot designed in the 70 to gather information without anyone noticing. Gas-powered and while flying in calm weather smooth, wind had serious difficulties. Another case is that of the dove camcorder . A specially trained bird carrying a tiny camera to take aerial images of key targets with amazing accuracy. The museum also displays historical documents of great value, as a letter written in 1945 by the actor Richard Helms, who later became CIA director, on a sheet of Adolf Hitler's personal notebook , hours after his suicide.

Google introduced its new tablet Nexus 7

Sundar Pichai director of  Google  in charge of  Chrome  and  Android , opened the event in San Francisco today explaining that "we are living in a pivotal moment" in the history of the devices, which is leading multiscreen live in a world in where they live and interact smartphones, tablets, TV and PC. Pichai said: "Our aim is to provide a consistent experience across different screens", and in that regard, he stressed the centrality of Android and Chrome, as platforms to operate in these different screens, creating different experiences. He referred also to the growth of tablets, and said it was activated 70 million Android tablets. The  Nexus 7 , in its first version, represented 10% of those tablets and  Google hopes to replicate its success with its second generation, for which the association remained Taiwan's  Asus , next to which was the first generation.