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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Burka Avenger l Pakistan's new superhero

The Avenger of the Burka is a martial arts teacher uses the black veil that covers your entire body to conceal his identityFight with pencils and books against local thugs looking to close the school for girls where she works, according to an article in the HuffPost MaghrebBased on true events, reporting how the Taliban  destroyed hundreds of schools and their supporters attacked on numerous occasions northwestern areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan because they oppose education for girls. This new animated series will begin airing in the chain Tez Pakistani Geo TV in early August. Set in the imaginary city of Halwapur, where three children will be helped by the heroine to fight evil Bandook Baba and his henchmen, who want to close the school for girls. A famous Pakistani pop singer, Aaron Haroon Rashid, is part of the creative team that raises "entertain, educate and promote positive values ​​that encourage correct social behavior." In addition to women's education, the series tackles issues such as respect for the environment and discrimination , as well as political corruption, exemplified in the figure of the mayor, a tyrant allied with the evil that seeks only power and wealth. In an interview with AP, Haroon said that the burka Local adds style to the series, the first produced in Pakistan"This is not a sign of oppression. It makes use of the burqa to hide their identity, as well as other superheroes wear other clothes", he argued.

Blog l The global surveillance will double by 2017

Day by day the monitoring is perfect and extending thanks to the technology . For the year 2017 the global market for security cameras applied to urban surveillance will double relative to 2012. This was stated global electronics company and means IHS (formerly IMS Research), who said through a statement that they expect to in four years the wireless infrastructure and global video equipment totaling more than 3.2 billion dollarsAccording to various analyzes, in the not too distant future will be difficult to escape surveillance devices . From the moment you leave your home may be captured by thecameras placed in the streets , then by the meterLater will be recorded by thecameras of the company where you work, but also in the mall, in the mosques, churches and monasteries, in bars, in airports and in the lobby of the building where you live. The privacy and exclusively be reserved for inside the home, although according to some opinions drones could threaten even there.  The aim of the installation and development of video surveillance is almost exclusively the control and reduction of crime by the police. In addition to common crime, the demonstrations that took place during the last time-in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt, for example-and the latent threat of terrorism, credited the surveillance systems need increasingly advanced in major urban centers. "Urban surveillance systems must provide clear and usable images for police departments can effectively conduct investigations when necessary, "said Paul Bremner, market analyst for Safe Cities and IHS Security Services. The video surveillance through had an explosive growth in China , where seven million security cameras and control the streets, and hopefully there will be other 15 million units by 2014Human rights organizations claim that the main objective is thesocial control for political purposesThe researcher of Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong, Nicholas Bequelin , declared that " in China there safeguarding privacy , which gives the state complete freedom to mobilize monitoring structure for political purposes." Brenmer explains that the needs of surveillance systems have also been transformed in recent times. Fixed cameras placed at strategic points to shopping, parks, etc.., Is passed to the idea of "mobile surveillance". "New technologies can send videos to the officers on the street, directly to smartphones or laptops in their patrol. This mobile technology will act as a force multiplier for agents in the field, "he said. In this sense, the drones, or unmanned aircraft, landed in the middle of the debate on the monitoring devices adding new doubts and fears in the population . Developed for military purposes in several countries and allowed uses "civilians" for surveillance by companies or the state itself. The latest demonstrations in Brazil , for example, have been captured by these sophisticated devices. According to an article published in the newspaper El Pais , the drones would be able to perform tasks very effectively early fire detection, monitoring and treatment of agricultural land inspection infrastructure security, border control, scientific missions, transportation coverage of goods or newsworthy issues. However, the use that generates more concern is the monitoring . These devices can be very small, generating high quality images and achieved at low cost , the Mexican company's 3D Robotics retails from U.S. $ 600 -. The voluntary submission of personal information through social networks, is the crowning of the "information society" . A surveillance devices that multiply and develop are added then the millions and millions of users across the web offer on a platter the last remnants of their privacy.

The Muslim Brotherhood stoop to 66 dead among the supporters of Mursi

Another bloody sunrise in Cairo At least 66 people died and 700 were injured in clashes between police and supporters of former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi that have continued during the early hours of Saturday near the camp for a month to keep the Islamists in the Medinat Cairo neighborhood of Nasser. According to their data, another 61 people are clinically deadAlthough the Muslim Brotherhood initially spoke of 200 dead and 4,000 wounded, finally Brotherhood spokesman, Ahmed Aref, reduced the figure. The Ministry of Health has acknowledged the deaths of 65 protesters and wounded 239. The incident erupted when security forces tried to break the Mursi acolytes sitting blocking the October 6th Bridge , a road that crosses the center of the Egyptian capita, and disperse the crowd who gathered near the memorial of the Unknown Soldier , a few meters from the camp that the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi allies (sticklers) have on the Adauiya Rabea mosque. According to the Brotherhood, around the camp were attacked by 'baltagueya' (goons) and police shortly before dawn prayers .Tear gas and live ammunition. However, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior has defended, meanwhile, the performance of the police in clashes and ensured that officers used tear gas only. Said department spokesman, Hany Abdellatif, said in a video released by the ministry that "all the forces responsible for maintaining order in demonstrations or riots do not use other weapons than tear gas."  In a press conference, Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim , said that both the Islamists remain camped in Cairo soon be lifted "within the law" . The government has denied any role in the death of dozens of supporters of the former president. "Police have used tear gas more", he explained a spokesman for Interior. Violence originated just a few hours after the minister announced that the Islamists would be dispersed camping "soon and legally" . On television, Mansur Adli interim president also urged related to Mursi to abandon the protest and return home. The bloodbath was prolonged for hours and hospital collapsed the Islamist demonstration. "By the way, it has not stopped yet. Police even shoot the peaceful protesters as some die appear from the camp" , warned this morning Brotherhood spokesman Gehad Haddad while spreading the images of bloodied bodies and nervous crowd that filled the field hospital of the sitting. "They're not shooting to wound.'re Shooting to kill," added the spokesman. "Gunshot wounds are head and chest." According to hospital staff, the center is enabled in the overflow camping and urgently needs doctors, medicines and medical equipment.Witnesses reported that police used tear gas and live ammunition against protesters. Yesterday, tens of thousands of people gathered in several cities of Egypt in rival protests called by the army and the Islamists. The commander in chief of the armed forces to Sisi Abdelfattah called for a "popular mandate" so that police and military to confront "terrorism and violence" . In addition, the court ordered custody for 15 days against former President Mohamed Mursi for conspiring with Islamist movement Hamas, perpetrating "hostile actions against the country", murder and kidnapping policemen and prisoners and engineering the prison assault of Wadi al Nat. Violence also hit Alexandria , where clashes between supporters and opponents of Mursi left at least six dead and over a hundred injured . The armed forces launched a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamists that expires this Saturday. requires Army coup contrary to join in "the ranks of the nation" and supporting the transition process . The military establishment had warned that harden their strategy after protests on Friday. The rival demonstrations are leaving a trail of violence plaguing the country since the military coup that overthrew July 3 Islamist Mohamed Mursi, held since then and in custody for his escape during the first days of the riots in 2011 forced the departure of Hosni Mubarak.