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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain



Television celebrity Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hardliners and police throwing stun grenades on Saturday when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said. About 100 Sunni Salafists demonstrated with banners outside The Walk Bahrain, an upmarket mall in the capital Manama, after some MPs tried to block the visit over what they called her "bad reputation", according to a local newspaper. Thousands of fans, who had paid up to 500 Bahraini dinars ($1,360) a ticket, broke into hysterical screams as the 32-year-old celebrity launched the Millions of Milkshakes franchise inside the mall. Witnesses said police dispersed the demonstrators with stun grenades as the inauguration proceeded inside. There were no reports of casualties. Kardashian stirred controversy even before she arrived in Bahrain from Kuwait, where she opened another store last week. Hardline Sunni Muslim MPs presented a motion to parliament calling her "an actress with an extremely bad reputation", according to Bahrain's English language Gulf Daily News. The assembly did not vote on the motion, the newspaper said. Many Kardashian fans tweeted their displeasure, saying the "MPs should focus their time on solving key political, economic and social issues", the newspaper reported. Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, is trying to overcome nearly two years of unrest among its majority Shi'ite Muslims demanding political reforms and equality with the Sunni Muslims who rule the kingdom.

Application for dancing the "Gangnam Style"


Want to dance like PSY or see your family friends or colleagues do? Gangnam Dance Booth  is a fun free application for iPhone that lets you be the star of the famous video clip. The software is easy to use. We select the person's face and superimposed over the face of singer PsyAs soon apply the desired settings, you can see a hilarious version of " Dancing Horse "The choreography can be recorded as a video, you can share via email and sites like FacebookYouTube or TwitterThe video of  "Gangnam Style"  South Korean artist  Park Jae-Sang , alias "Psy", surpassed days ago,  803 million views on YouTube , making it the most visited since the creation of this website. He has also served as a basis to  countless Internet users who copy their dance steps and uploaded to the Web.

Baradei, as if it never toppled regime

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has called for a referendum on a constitution that'' violate the rights and freedoms'. It 'a sad day, as if the revolution had never taken place and no regime had been overthrown. But justice will win'' '. He wrote Mohamed ElBaradei in a tweet.

Liga l Barca legend, Messi near Müller: 5-1 Athletic

The set of Tito Vilanova defeated 5-1 to the Basques. The Argentinian star scored two goals and is one of the Müller record . Piqué, Adriano and Fabregas scored the same number. With 14 wins and a draw, the Catalans are the protagonists of the best start to the season in the history of La Liga, beating Real Madrid Muñoz of the season 61-62. Match number 500 as a professional for Andres Iniesta, Messi number 350 for that with two goals tonight leads to a network from the record for goals in a season of great Gerd Müller.

Premier League Today Story l The United wins the madness of Reading and leverages the pitfalls of City and Chelsea

After a vibrant fifteenth day of Premier the 'Red Devils' three-point advantages over their neighbors City and sag almost definitely the title race to Chelsea, who conceded their first defeat with Rafa Benitez on the bench and now number seven games without a victory.
The 'blues' staged the first surprise of the evening after falling 3-1 at West Ham after a first time clear dominance of Benitez, who went out in the restart and were overwhelmed by an opponent much more incisive.
The start of the game looked promising for Chelsea who took the lead after 13 minutes thanks to a Fernando Torres uncheck the Spanish who attended his compatriot Juan Mata to score the first goal of the team since the arrival of Benitez.
However, the Blues, led by Juan Mata masterful at baseline, were unable to seize the many occasions they created in the first half and paid dearly in the second half when West Ham was very superior.
England's Carlton Cole when Mohamed Diame to play and Modibo Maiga in the final minutes decried the lack of resolution of Chelsea already has seven games without a win and is just ten points from the first position.
Part of madness for the United
Very different situation lived United, which was consolidated as leader of the Premier with 36 points after a festival show attacking football in the first half against Reading, second-bottom.
After 35 minutes of play, the 'Red Devils' were placed 3-4 on the scoreboard after that came to dominate his rivals by 1-0 and 3-2 in a crazy party phase in which the defenses were conspicuously absence.
However, despite the bravery of Reading, England's Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie moved like fish in the water in that battle without trenches and managed to put his team ahead before going to rest, a result that and maintained until the final whistle.
The City lost two important points
The victory allowed United to distance in the table three points behind their neighbors in the City, who paid his lack of aggressiveness in the last minute and gave a home draw against Everton.
The Belgian Marouane Fellaini ahead of the "toffee" to the half hour mark after a cross from Leighton Baines, but ten minutes later Carlos Tevez put the final tables in the scoring by converting a penalty committed on Bosnian Edin Dzeko, who had entered the eleven instead of Sergio Aguero.
Chime of Swansea at the Emirates
He also surprised the 'Spanish' Swansea Michael Laudrup that with a 'Michu' star was placed as top scorer in the Premier, silenced the Emirates Stadium thanks to two goals from the Spaniard in the final minutes that Arsenal dismantled.
The Gunners, with Spanish Santi Cazorla less influential than usual, were hit by a Swansea who took the field ready to argue with the ball and not give up their attacking style that gave them victory in the moments end by a doublet 'Michu'.
With this new defeat, Arsène Wenger consummate their worst start to the season and are in tenth place with 21 points, just two ahead of Liverpool who won the Southampton low and gradually gets closer to the fight for European places.
For its part, the arch rival of the Gunners, Tottenham, stormed the area to the detriment of the amazing Champions West Bromwich to win by 0-3 to Fulham which is far from the level shown in recent years.

Everyone convicted of killing women in Afghanistan will be executed

The deputy prosecutor of Afghanistan Rahmatulá Nazari , has announced that all persons found guilty of murdering women and girls in the country will be executed. "in Kabul's only 1,320 cases of violence against women being investigated. Some of them have been sent to the Supreme Court , "he explained, noting an increase in cases of domestic violence, as reported by the news portal Afghan TOLO Newsremarks came a day after the arrest of two men accused of beheading a fourteen age in Kunduz province (north), after the girl's father refused a marriage proposal made ​​by one of the detainees.country's president, Hamid Karzai, also referred to these cases and stressed that "both Islam and Afghan culture are very respectful of women." "Women are mothers and have complete respect in Islam," he said, so it has asked imams and community leaders to champion this respect in his speeches. In the case of the beheading of the adolescent, Authorities have said that research shows that the killedwere people who wanted to marry her . "They were harassing the family and asking for her hand. They refused, she was killed," police sources have said. The murdered girl's father said he had refused to give it in marriage po r "being too young to be engaged" . Afghan officials have indicated that the two suspects are close relatives of the murdered girl, and one of them has been confirmed as one of her cousins, while the ratio of the second to the deceased has not yet transpired.

Popular Searches of 2012 l overwhelming dominance of the iPhone 5


Published studies begin to search engines and Web pages to determine what were the most popular topics of 2012 . In a year marked by great events as the U.S. elections, Olympics, Hurricane Sandy and death of Gaddafi, who had as main object of interest to the Internet was ... the iPhone 5! The data was first published Bing from Microsoft, which showed that its users have a particular interest in Apple and especially for the iPhone 5, "gadget" that also leads the table of the most searched on  Google NewsThe website Ask.com also introduced the ranking of the questions that have been made ​​during 2012. Coinciding with Bing, the two main questions were related to Apple and Facebook, the two generated more than 100 million questions.
The ranking of the top stories on Google sought are:
1.  iPhone 5
2.  Elections 2012 in United States
3.  2012 Olympics
4.  Hurricane Sandy
5.  Reality show The Honey Boo Boo
6.  Gangnam Dance Style
7.  KONY 2012
8. The Academy Awards
9.  Kindle Fire HD
10.  The Facebook IPO
Moreover, if we focus only on searches related to technology, the iPhone 5 also takes first place and still factory peers, iPads (4th generation and Mini). The Top 10 is completed by the Samsung Galaxy S3, the Kindle Fire HD tablet, the iPad 3, iPod touch, Xbox, Playstation 3, iPhone 4 and Windows 8. With a market share of 16%, Bing is the second most popular search engine in the U.S. behind Google (almost 67%),  according to comScore.

Premier League l Chelsea ko, choirs fans for Di Matteo

Do not just engages a whole new trend with Chelsea Rafael Benitez. After two 0-0 with the Spanish coach on the bench, now the London team European champion earned their first loss (3-1) in the home of West Ham.Mata has deceived the Blues going to score at 13 ', but in the second half Carlton Cole, Mohamed Diame Modibo Maiga and overthrew the result. The Chelsea fans did not like and the chorus for Di Matteo are echoed again.

In Australia, cigarette packets will be all the same color and have no advertising

Australia is the first country in the world that sells packs of cigaretteswithout advertising and in a uniform colorThis measure, adopted from Friday nationwide, is a pioneering strategy to combat smokingUnder the law, all the packets have the same olive green. Mark, meanwhile, written in a typeface appear homogeneous and fine print . In addition, the packages include images of diseases linked to smoking. Warnings about the risks of smoking to health occupy 75% of the front of the pack of cigarettes and 90% of the back. Applying the new format has begun to have positive or, at least, psychological, according to Australian Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek. "I have received some letters" in which smokers say cigarettes "do not know as before", said Plibersek told reporters. However, tobacco companies strongly deny that they have changed the ingredients. 

Millions in fines

Large retail stores, which sell 70% of cigarettes in Australia, have complied with the provision and expected that the "majority" of businesses make changes, but companies like Philip Morris refused to return them with advertising packages , according to the local agency manufacturers violate the new law, fines referred to exceed one hundred million dollars and the withdrawal from the market. The Government, Labour in power since 2007, has increased its pressure against smoking in recent years because it is the cause of death of about 15,000 Australians annually by related ailments. On the other hand, represents an expenditure of more than 31,000 billion health budget.

Decades antismoking

The first major step against this problem was in the 90s when the executive banned advertising of snuff in any media and support, including sponsorship of any kind of event. Then raised taxes, smoke-free laws strengthened nationally and in individual states and territories that make up the country, until in November 2011 approved the controversial bill to eliminate the last vestige of advertising on cigarette packets. Soon after the law passed, the powerful tobacco British American Tobacco (with international brands such as Lucky Strike) filed a complaint in the Australian courts on the grounds that the measure was unconstitutional and infringed intellectual property rights. Although Japan Tobacco International, Imperial Tobacco (Cohiba or Golden Virginia) and Philip Morris (Marlboro, L & M and Chesterfield) joined the litigants, the lawsuit was dismissed last August. The struggle between the Government and the tobacco, instead of being sentenced, has continued unabated since then, with tactics such as the appearance of the packages slogans like "what matters is the content." Honduras, Dominican Republic and Ukraine inquired this year to dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) the creation of a panel of experts to be manifested in relation to Australian law on cigarette packaging homogeneous. tobacco giant Philip Morris also has opened another front against the said dispute settlement bodies because, according to experts, the Australian regulation violates a bilateral investment protection with Hong Kong, where it sells its products to Australia.

Iraq l more violence, 166 died in November

166 died in November including civilians, military and police, the number of those killed in terrorist attacks in Iraq in November, compared to 144 in October. As for 'news the Baghdad government in its monthly report. 266 other people were injured. November saw an increase in terrorist attacks, with the use of car bombs, bombs and armed attacks, in conjunction with an increase in tension between the political factions in the country.

Mexico l Pena Nieto new president

Enrique Pena Nieto a lawyer 46 years old, and' the new president of Mexico. Pena Nieto has just sworn at a ceremony in City 'in Mexico which marked the transfer of power with the outgoing head of state, Felipe Calderon.

HIV is reduced but persists in the world


According to estimates the World Health Organization (WHO),  these positive data since 10 years ago new infections were over 3.2 million worldwide and in 2005 produced 600,000 deaths. The World AIDS Day is celebrated on Saturday December 1 under the theme "Getting to Zero:  Zero  new HIV infections. Zero AIDS-related deaths. Zero  discrimination'.  WHO attributes much of this progress to antiretroviral drugs and remember that, last year, in the UN General Assembly, governments agreed a target to get 15 million people infected worldwide in 2015 saved his life thanks to access to antiretroviral drugs. A little over two years of the date agreed, believe that, taking into account the latest global statistics, and  "provided that countries can maintain current efforts" , this goal is within reach. Currently, 8 million people in low and middle income countries have access to the treatment they need , compared to only 0.4 million in 2003. "The challenge now is to ensure that global progress is reflected at all levels and in all places for people, whoever they are and wherever they live, they can get when they need antiretroviral therapy, "he adds. On the other hand, claims that in some regions of the world, there are groups of people still have no access to HIV prevention and treatment. Such is the case ofchildren , as only 28% of children who need antiretrovirals can get . In similar circumstances are teenagers, prostitutes, men who have sex with men and drug addicts and marginalized, as migrants often have limited access to health services.As a result, they say,  "often have difficulty obtaining needed health services, including the provision of antiretroviral therapy ".

Vettel celebrated his third championship in family


Closed the controversy over the claim of Ferrari before the course illegal overtaking would have done in the last race, and confirmed their title by the FIA and Bernie Eclestone, the pilot is dedicated to celebrate. Sebastian Vettel became the youngest person to get three consecutive championships in the category, which brought down the Germans at his feet , though not as charismatic as his compatriot and multichampion of Formula 1, Michael SchumacherLocal media named it " God of the races "and compare it to the Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio , racing legend. Heppenheim is a small town of 25,000 inhabitants , located in the state of Hesse. There grew up idolizing Schumacher and knowing the world of karting tracks through. In 2003, with only 15, won the German Formula BMW championship . That allowed him to take the plunge and, in 2006, becoming a test driver for BMW Sauber. But his ultimate success came when went on to compete for Red Bull , which won a runner and subsequent titles that made ​​their reputation.