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Monday, May 12, 2014

Nigeria | Boko Haram shows the kidnapped girls "converted to Islam"

Leader of Boko HaramAbubakar Shekau, speaking for 17 minutes in a video obtained by the agency AFP , which then displays some 130 teenagers wearing hijabs covering their entire body, reciting the first chapter of the Koran in a place surrounded trees. Off camera, the tape Abubakar warns that children, abducted from April 14 in Chibok, in the state of Borno (northeast), will only be released if the West, in turn, frees prisoners Islamic terrorists. At no point in the video, which lasts a total of 27 minutes appears Shekau accompanied by high school students, who seem sad and resigned , but not terrified. Two of the teens polled say they were Christian and converted to Islam, while the third states that she was already Muslim. Another says that young captives were abused. There is nothing to find out where this video was filmed, the quality is much better than the videos posted in the past by the Islamist group. At one point, a gunman on the place , carrying a video camera in hand. During his speech, Abubakar Shekau appears before a green background with military clothing and an automatic weapon. The head of Boko Haram, who speaks first in Arabic and then in Hausa, the most widely used in North Nigiera, language claims the mass kidnapping Chibok again, which had already made ​​in a previous video last Monday , and argues that he converted to Islam captive. Meanwhile, the Nigerian government announced it would not release Islamist prisoners, despite the claims of terrorists. Asked if the government rejected the proposal by Boko Haram in a video, Interior Minister Abba Moro responded to AFP: "Of course". Since April 14, when militants Boko Haram group went to a high school and captured 276 girls who performed an examination. Some escaped, but about 200 remain missing. 
Abubakar Shekau conditioned the release of students secuetradas

Testimonials tragedy
One of the children who managed to escape told the television station CNNHe counted seven trucks arrived to take them to school; Some saw them, escaped at that time alarmed. To her, a man forced her to board one of the vehicles. In a moment of distraction , I jumped and ran with all his might. "We prefer to run away to die, "he said. "We ran into the bushes. Ran and ran," he added. When the reporter asked further, trembling answered, "I feel afraid." The drama of the 276 Nigerian girls who have fallen into the hands of Islamic radical group seems endless. After being kidnapped while attending the local school district Chibok in Borno State, the testimony of another of them who escaped has realized the attacks suffered at the hands of members of the sect, which include suffer until 15 daily violations.


Israeli Help
Israel became the latter one country to offer to help Nigeria track down the kidnapped school. "Israel expresses deep shock at the crime against girls," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, as revealed by his office. "We are ready to help find girls and cruel combat terrorism have suffered," he added. The statement did not specify how Israel could join the search, which also involved British and American expertsA spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Israel said he knew of cooperative efforts yet.

Eurovision 2014: Who's Conchita Wurst, the "bearded lady"?

Eurovision 2014: Who's Conchita Wurst, the "bearded lady"?

Conchita Wurst Total victory in the Eurovision Song Contest for Austria 48 years after his last victory. Forecasts and pointed to be the queen of the night with a flawless performance, the artist spread his wings as a phoenix of her song to win the 170 million viewers who watched the show. His name is Thomas Neuwirth , but since 2011 it goes up to the stage dressed as a woman and a bushy beard. Even before presented to the world last Saturday, he had become the media phenomenon of his country , Austria. Conchita Wurst (translated, Conchita sausage) was elected internally by the ORF public television in the country to represent Austria in the famous European musical contest. Wurst and got a dream wearing chasing a long time and at last has achieved success in full binge. And, at first, Conchita Wurst was actually Thomas Neuwirth atalented twentysomething who decided to participate in 2006 in the third edition of "Starmania 'musical program, where he finished second behind Nadine Beiler (Austria's representative in 2011 at Eurovision ).This is the video of their performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEfaE-adwVU
Taking advantage of the pull of fame, founded a boy band, however, dissolved in the same year. After five years of absolute oblivion, Thomas Neuwirth, of escaparatista profession, he remained convinced that he could succeed in the world of music and gave it a 180-degree image. With red platform shoes with glitter, leather leggings and a dress all in black - in 2011 was presented to the quiz show "Die große Chance" (similar to "You really are worth" in Spain) and impressed everyone with his look and his performance of "My heart will go on" Celine Dion theme for the movie "Titanic." The jury gave the program at his feet and his name rang strongly in the Austrian media. Then tried his luck in the preselection for Eurovision 2012, but again finished second behind the duo Trackshittaz after a close vote. Austria, which until now had obtained poor results in his last three nominations at the festival (on the previous edition's representative did not reach the final) decided by the flamboyant artist to draw the attention of Europe. Something very simple since Conchita Wurst is well known in social networks where, besides an acid and sarcastic humor, boasts the struggle for the rights of sexual minorities, respect and tolerance. Now the success of last night reflected that undoubtedly bet your country has been more than successful.

Manchester City, Premier League champion

Manchester City, Premier League champion
The Manchester City today closed a existosa season to be crowned champions of the Premier League (the fourth in its history) in the last day, after beating West Ham United (2-0) , and thus win a historic double: Premier League and Carling Cup . curiosity is given also that Manuel Pellegrini, coach of the Citizens is the first non-European coach who wins the Premier. Quite a feat for the Chilean, former coach of Villarreal, Madrid and Malaga, among others. The City, which started with two points ahead of Liverpool itself depended on to clinch the league two seasons after their last title, and achieved his goal with a placid match at the French Samir Nasri ahead of the premises shortly before the break and sealed the Belgian Vincent Kompany. The Pellegrini closed the tournament with 86 points, whilethe "reds" were left with 84 after beating Newcastle (2-1) and Chelsea of Jose Mourinho, who won today at Cardiff (1-2) ended the tournament in third with 82 points. At the Etihad Stadium, Pellegrini fielded their best players available to compete in the match I had to assure them the league, including Sergio Aguero , who reappeared despite trailing muscle discomfort in recent days.Despite these physical problems, the Chilean did not want to give up their main reference in the attack, the player who secured the first title in 40 years City two seasons ago with a goal against QPR in the last minute of the match that closed the championship's 'Citizens' this afternoon only needed a point against West Ham , a team with all the work already done this season. Aware that the local be launched in a rush to attack as soon as the referee announced the match, the set of Sam Allardyce planted near your area a defensive wall from the start was the main obstacle for Pellegrini. The Most moves were initiated to the feet of David Silva or Spanish Ivorian Yaya Toure , who ruled the midfield "citizen" and trying to find space to connect with the "Kun" and Bosnian Edin Dzeko. Despite the tangle of West Ham defenses that hindered the progress of the premises, the City could overflow on the wing and tried your options with shots from distance. Dzeko forced the Spanish goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel save a good 17 minutes, while Touré launched a hit the right post moments after the ball. City's goal seemed to be a matter of time,with West Ham resisting continuous onslaught of Pellegrini , and fell under its own weight to five minutes before the break. As in so many other times this season, Toure drove the ball in the area of three quarters, looked up and saw his left to Nasri. Almost without transition, the French surprised the visitors' defense with a shot from outside the box that Adrian could only brush in one hand and the ball rebounded off the post before entering the goal.With the game on track, the "citizens" celebrated both in the corner with his fans as if they had already won the championship. The second half began as a mere formality to make way for the party at the Etihad. The City took no more than four minutes after the break to score the second, through the Belgian Vincent Kompany , who seized a loose ball in the box to finish a pleasure to just one meter from the goal line. The "Citizens' manufactured various options that could have added some more goal, but settled for a sufficient marker to make way in the northeast of Manchester on the conclusion of the English title.