Thursday, August 2, 2012
Weightlifter Sa Jae-hyouk suffers gruesome injury [Video]
Apple seeks $2.5 billion from Samsung
A letter addressed to judge Lucy Koh, who is overseeing the high-profile case, explains why Samsung chose to leak the excluded documents to specific media outlets. Filed by John B. Quinn of Samsung's law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan yesterday, Apple's legal team found its explanation to be unsatisfactory.
In response, Lee wrote:
"Mr. Quinn's declaration does not adress two of the Court's questions: who drafted the statement and who released it. Samsung's multiple references to the jury in its statement make plain its intent that the jurors in our case learn of arguments the Court has excluded through the press."He continued:
"This deliberate attempt to influence the trial with inadmissible evidence is both improper and unethical."That, naturally, is not the end of the matter. Apple is planning to file "emergency motion for sanctions" as well as "other relief that may be appropriate." In other words, the technology giant doesn't plan to let Samsung get away with it.
The evidence in question? In addition to internal emails that suggested Apple's iPhone designs were based on ideas gleaned from Sony products, the South Korean company wanted to submit data on its F700 smartphone design, which predates the iPhone. In a statement released to CNET, Samsung stated that "excluded evidence would have established beyond doubt that Samsung did not copy the iPhone design."
After being excluded, the company took the issue into its own hands, releasing the evidence with an accompanying statement to the press.
Now the jury has been chosen and evidence has been debated and on occasion excluded, the trial will resume on Friday with the continued testimony of Apple SVP Phil Schiller. The patent infringement battle between the companies is based on both accusing the other of violating design and technology patents.
Apple is seeking $2.5 billion in financial damages.
Obama signed a secret order supporting Syria's rebels
Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support
for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his
government, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
Obama's
order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence finding
broadly permits the CIA and other US agencies to provide support that
could help the rebels oust Assad.
This and other developments
signal a shift toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for
Assad's armed opponents – a shift that intensified following last
month's failure of the UN security council to agree on tougher sanctions
against the Damascus government.
The White House is for now apparently stopping short of giving the rebels lethal weapons, even as some US allies do just that.
But
US and European officials have said that there have been noticeable
improvements in the coherence and effectiveness of Syrian rebel groups
in the past few weeks. That represents a significant change in
assessments of the rebels by western officials, who previously
characterised Assad's opponents as a disorganised, almost chaotic,
rabble.
Precisely when Obama signed the secret intelligence authorisation, an action not previously reported, could not be determined.
The full extent of clandestine support that agencies like the CIA might be providing also is unclear.
White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to comment.
A US government source acknowledged that under provisions of the presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret command centre operated by Turkey and its allies.
Last
week, Reuters reported that, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey
had established a secret base near the Syrian border to help direct
vital military and communications support to Assad's opponents.
This
"nerve centre" is in Adana, a city in southern Turkey about 60 miles
(100 km) from the Syrian border, which is also home to Incirlik, a US
air base where US military and intelligence agencies maintain a
substantial presence.
Turkey's moderate Islamist government has
been demanding Assad's departure with growing vehemence. Turkish
authorities are said by current and former US government officials to be
increasingly involved in providing Syrian rebels with training and
possibly equipment.
European government sources said wealthy
families in Saudi Arabia and Qatar were providing significant financing
to the rebels. Senior officials of the Saudi and Qatari governments have
publicly called for Assad's departure.
On Tuesday, NBC News
reported that the Free Syrian Army had obtained nearly two dozen
surface-to-air missiles, weapons that could be used against Assad's
helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Syrian government armed forces have
employed such air power more extensively in recent days.
NBC said the shoulder-fired missiles, also known as Manpads, had been delivered to the rebels via Turkey.
On
Wednesday, however, Bassam al-Dada, a political adviser to the Free
Syrian Army, denied the NBC report, telling the Arabic-language TV
network Al-Arabiya that the group had "not obtained any such weapons at
all." US government sources said they could not confirm the Manpads
deliveries, but could not rule them out either.
Current and former
US and European officials previously said that weapons supplies, which
were being organised and financed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, were
largely limited to guns and a limited number of anti-tank weapons, such
as bazookas.
Indications are that US agencies have not been
involved in providing weapons to Assad's opponents. In order to do so,
Obama would have to approve a supplement, known as a memorandum of
notification, to his initial broad intelligence finding.
Further
such memoranda would have to be signed by Obama to authorise other
specific clandestine operations to support Syrian rebels.
Reuters
first reported last week that the White House had crafted a directive
authorising greater US covert assistance to Syrian rebels. It was
unclear at that time whether Obama had signed it.
Separately from the president's secret order, the Obama administration has stated publicly that it is providing some backing for Assad's opponents.
The
State Department said on Wednesday the US government had set aside a
total of $25m (£16m) for "non-lethal" assistance to the Syrian
opposition. A US official said that was mostly for communications
equipment, including encrypted radios.
The State Department also
says the United States has set aside $64m in humanitarian assistance for
the Syrian people, including contributions to the World Food Program,
the International Committee of the Red Cross and other aid agencies.
Also
on Wednesday, the US treasury confirmed it had granted authorisation to
the Syrian Support Group, Washington representative of one of the most
active rebel factions, the Free Syrian Army, to conduct financial
transactions on the rebel group's behalf. The authorisation was first
reported on Friday by Al-Monitor, a Middle East news and commentary
website.
Last year, when rebels began organising themselves to
challenge the rule of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Obama also signed
an initial "finding" broadly authorising secret US backing for them. But
the president moved cautiously in authorising specific measures to
support them.
Some US lawmakers, such as Republican Senators John
McCain and Lindsey Graham, have criticised Obama for moving too slowly
to assist the rebels and have suggested the US government become
directly involved in arming Assad's opponents.
Other lawmakers have suggested caution, saying too little is known about the many rebel groups.
Recent
news reports from the region have suggested that the influence and
numbers of Islamist militants, some of them connected to al-Qaida or its
affiliates, have been growing among Assad's opponents.
US and
European officials say that, so far, intelligence agencies do not
believe the militants' role in the anti-Assad opposition is dominant.
While
US and allied government experts believe that the Syrian rebels have
been making some progress against Assad's forces lately, most believe
the conflict is nowhere near resolution, and could go on for years. The Guardian
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Chinese Gymnastics Kids: Training with Tears, Sweat, & Dreams
One movement repeated so many times, even hundreds of times. One set of movements practiced for five years. Every year, more than 30 children join the gymnastics team, but very few are able to stick with it. “Every year there are so many talented children who give up on training, which is so saddening,” says the coach. Photographed by Zhang Yuan. [click to enlarge]
The little kids practice using their tender hands to stand upside-down. Coach Xia repeats over and over again the essential elements, correcting the kids’ posture one by one. “Those who do it well can come down earlier, otherwise they have to keep standing upside-down.”. Upside-down undershorts have become a characteristic sight in the gymnasium.
Chain reaction: If one child utters a cry, it will prompt the entire group of children to cry, and the more they cry, the louder it gets. At this time Coach Xia will “tempt” them with snacks.
Four lively “little bats” hanging there resting.
“Look at my hands, this is called ‘magnesium powder’, which Coach Xia says can prevent slipping”, Man Ni says while raising up both of her hands.
In order to do toe point, the children must endure walking several laps with their toes bent under every day.
Curled toes cramping, the pain of stretching muscles causes the child to cry loudly. Coach Xia says this is what a gymnast trainer must endure.
Because 6-year-old Xuan Xuan comes from Gansu province, she can’t bear the hot humid climate of the south and has heat rashes all over her body that are both painful and itchy. Applying some floral water, the pain causes Xuan Xuan to cry out, as her mother hurries to help by blowing on her skin. Heartbroken over the suffering of her child, but wishing a bright future for her child even more, she can’t give up half way because of a moment’s weakness, especially when her child herself likes the sport and has talent. Xuan Xuan’s mother can only watch and bury her own hurt in her heart.
In her determined expression is also a kind of numbness, having become accustomed to training like this every day, as well as screaming from pain daily, persisting on.
When break time comes, the children’s innate natures burst forth, playing games, running around chasing each other, where everything in a room with only exercise everything can be a toy, even a ray of sunlight. Two children compete to see whose eagle can fly higher.
After doing a set routine, one also has to repeat a movement many times, even hundreds of times. Just one routine needs five years of practice.
Pain is present every day, but the children persevere, for their own dreams of becoming champions.
“Abs that one can brag about in front of their classmates are developed like this.” Boys don’t complain so much. Whatever the coach says to do, they do, and can complete their tasks very quickly.
Boys are more mischievous, always liking to show off whenever they see the camera.
The children’s innate natures can be seen after training.
The children’s innate natures can be seen after training.
The children’s innate natures can be seen after training.
Coach Xia says there aren’t many people learning gymnastics these days, that parents who don’t see achievements after one to two years of training will abandon it. “Every year there are many talented kids who give up training, which is really disappointing.”
A giant “gold” character is hung on the wall, bright red and hot, always searing itself into the young hearts and minds of the children. “Children with this kind of dream and who can stick [with the training] are few and far between. Most parents will feel for their children, and end up burying a good seedling [wasting a child with good potential],” says Coach Xia regrettably. “A child who can successfully take this path, most should thank their parents for persevering.”
Here, childhood is spent on balance beams, parallel bars and vaults, because in here lie their dreams. Three and a half year old Man Ni doesn’t know what this is all about, only aware that she likes walking on a balance beam, swinging on the uneven bars. Her childhood, just like that of other kids, belongs to sweat and tears.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Would you pay $2,300 for a hot dog?
A fancy rooftop bar in New York City, 230 Fifth, has created a “haute” dog with a price tag of $2,300.
What goes into such a wiener? More than mustard, we can tell you courtesy of Zagat’s:- Marbled Wagyu beef, dry aged and laced with black truffles
- Brioche bun smeared with white truffle butter
- Fancy saffron-infused catsup and French mustard
- Onions caramelized in Dom Perignon champagne and 100-year-old balsamic vinegar that costs $389 a bottle (the vinegar is pricier than the champagne, folks)
- Sauerkraut with platinum osetra caviar
- Relish made with $10 pickles
- Edible gold leaf
This dog has been created for a good cause: City Harvest, a charity group dedicated to feeding underprivileged men, women and children in the New York City area, according to msnbc.com.
To put this charity event into perspective, just one hot dog sold will help feed a whopping 9,200 people.
The haute dog will be available next week, when a photo of it will also be available, according to spokeswoman Shelley Clark. If you’re in Manhattan next week and want to order one, call 212-725-4300 and give them 48 hours notice. Or email info@230-fifth.com with “Hot Dog” in the subject line.
Houston is the ‘coolest’ city in America, according to Forbes
Move over Austin, L.A. and the Big Apple.Forget Dallas and San Antonio.
Stuffy old Houston is now the “coolest” big city in America, according to Forbes.
The business website used seven “data points” in ranking 65 of the largest metro areas in the U.S.
Those criteria include entertainment, arts and culture, restaurants and bars, median age and employment stats.
The Bayou City’s growing job market and a younger median age of 33 helped make it No. 1, beating out D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas and Seattle in the top five. No. 9 San Francisco edges out New York, followed by San Antonio as the 11th coolest city.
Austin ranks No. 19, sandwiched between Minneapolis and No. 20 Denver. The only other Texas winner in the Top 20 was Fort Worth, at 13th.
See the Top 20 list here, with photos.
Moon flags likely lost their stripes
Despite harsh conditions and the ravages of time, the U.S. flags planted on the moon in the past 43 years are still standing and casting shadows at all but one of the landing sites. This remarkable fact comes to us via images made recently by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, a robotic spacecraft orbiting the moon on a 3-D mapping mission.Scientists have long speculated that all the flags except for one planted during the Apollo missions were still there, based on their shadows, reports rawstory.com.
But the flags are probably not red, white and blue anymore, as Paul D. Spudis pointed out for symbolism in his airspacemag.com blog post about the end of the shuttle era a year ago:
Over the course of the Apollo program, our astronauts deployed six American flags on the Moon. For forty-odd years, the flags have been exposed to the full fury of the Moon’s environment – alternating 14 days of searing sunlight and 100° C heat with 14 days of numbing-cold -150° C darkness. But even more damaging is the intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the pure unfiltered sunlight on the cloth (modal) from which the Apollo flags were made. Even on Earth, the colors of a cloth flag flown in bright sunlight for many years will eventually fade and need to be replaced. So it is likely that these symbols of American achievement have been rendered blank, bleached white by the UV radiation of unfiltered sunlight on the lunar surface. Some of them may even have begun to physically disintegrate under the intense flux.
America is left with no discernible space program while the Moon above us no longer flies a visible U.S. flag. How ironic.
The only Apollo landing site with no standing flag is the first one, Apollo 11′s. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the exhaust from the ascent engine during liftoff.
In this April 1972 photo, astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site during an extravehicular activity. The Lunar Module ‘Orion’ is on the left with the Lunar Roving Vehicle parked beside. (NASA / AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT)[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5dtcdmjOaE?feature=player_embedded]
Microsoft saying good-bye to Hotmail
Microsoft's new Outlook.com address is pushing out Hotmail, Curiosity will soon meet Mars, and we look at the head-scanning technology used by EA Sports.Microsoft's new Outlook.com address is pushing out Hotmail, Curiosity will soon meet Mars, and we look at the head-scanning technology used by EA Sports.
Bridget Carey
by Bridget Carey
July 31, 2012 2:30 PM PDT
It's not often we get a shakeup in the email world, but say hello to Microsoft's new free email account, Outlook.com. It'll eventually be replacing Hotmail, but you might want to grab your name now. There's a new, clean look and it ties in your social media contacts. It's not too far off from what you may be used to already in Gmail, as you'll be able to tell from CNET's full overview of the features.
The Mars Science Laboratory rover, called Curiosity, will land on the red planet overnight Sunday to search for the building blocks of life and test if anything could live on Mars. Some say this $2.5 billion mission could be the most important event in the history of planetary exploration.
The Apple TV streaming box just added an app for Hulu Plus. Users can pay for the $8 monthly subscription through iTunes.
There's a new way to tag on Twitter. Using the dollar sign before a ticker (such as $FB) will create a cashtag. When clicked, it takes you to the search result of the financials for that company. It's a concept that's already been used by Stocktwits, but that service does more than simply link to a search results page.
And today's show ends with a look at how EA Sports scans the faces of real players for its video games. A demonstration was held in New York's Grand Central Station as the Tottenham Hotspur players were scanned for FIFA Soccer 13.
Players sit still for a couple of minutes as 18 cameras capture images of every angle of their face. In the case of a game like FIFA, players give a neutral expression to create a base model. The computers will later animate those faces with different expressions. (Because there are so many players in a game, it would be a daunting task to capture every unique emotion and expression for every player. But they have the technology to do it.)
The photos will stay with the players for the life of their career, according to Nigel Nunn, the digital imaging lead for The Capture Lab. If players change hair, EA can make an update without needing a new photo.
The Capture Lab team has been traveling the globe to get as many teams as possible for EA's suite of games, but the work is far from over. Not every team will have this capture technology by the time FIFA 13 comes out in September, but more will make the cut for the next version.
Nunn said FIFA was the first to adopt this head-scanning technology, and other sports followed. "FIFA is cutting edge, they're always willing to try the next best thing. They're usually the first to invest in new technology."
Deputy Minister of Costa Rica is suspended for an erotic video
Costa Rican Vice Minister of Youth Karina Bolaños was fired by President Laura Chinchilla, after it was leaked on the Internet a sex tape of the official.Bolaños appears in underwear sending a message to a person in front of a camera. “Here I am alone, wishing, hoping to see you on Tuesday. I swear if this pillow was you, what I wouldn’t make you,” she says very sensual.
“The separation of charge will be for her to deal with this case from the private sphere,” said government whips, who stated that the suspension was ordered directly by the president.
Bolaños, wife of a ruling congressman has not yet said anything publicly about the video.
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Scandal, Albanian sentenced in Greece
The Albanian citizen Mark Marku has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in the beginning of this year for armed robbery in a time when he has been in Ireland.
He is married to an Irish woman, July O’reilly, a teacher graduated at the Dublin University in Ireland.
The crime happened in Rrethimnos, Crete, on 3 May 2010, but according to the Sunday Times, Marku has been in Ireland on that day.
The 24 year old was charged of participating in a gang of nine armed people that has committed armed robbery, car theft, illegal arm possession and drug possession.
The three-judge panel has found Marku guilty of all charges, besides the drug possession one.
On the day of the crime, Mark has been with his wife at “Co Carlow”, Ireland, right after he had started working at the Mount Wolesley Hotel.
Mark was offered to work as a part time waiter, a job that he has started on May 3rd, as confirmed by the General Manager of the hotel, Garry Lavin. Dhe official documents of the hotel show that he has even received a bonus on that day for working extra hours.
According to the Irish wife of Mark, O’reilly, he has been to Crete, at his brother, on May 18th, which can be verified from his airplane ticket. The ticket was presented in the trial, but it was rejected as falsified.
The Irish wife of Marku claims that her husband has not had an honest trial due to the hate against Albanians in Crete.
Another Albanian in Britain was charged for a murder that he had not committed, since he was in England when the crime was committed, and he was compensated.
Organ traffic in Kosovo
Quoting an article published by the daily German “Der Spiegel”, Deutsche Welle says that the EU investigators are tracking organ traffickers of global activity. The initiative was initiated by cases like a German producer and a poor Russian emigrant, which shows how diseased rich people prolong their life by using the poor.
The authors of the article are Arndt Ginzel, Martin Kruashaar and Steffen Winter. Their article published on Der Spiegel this Monday focuses on the medical clinic “Medicus” in Kosovo. The authors have been able to discuss with a person involved in the affair, Vera Shevdko, who confessed how poverty pushed her to do what many others seem to have done in her situation: selling a part of the body for thousands of Euros.
The person who is tracking the affair is the Prosecutor Jonathan Ratel, who arrived in Kosovo in 2010 to help the EU mission of EULEX in the construction of a Constitutional system. The Canadian started investigating the illegal activity of the organ traffickers from the Medicus Clinic, according to the DW while quoting Spiegel. The Canadian was convinced that the hospital of a German owner has stolen 20-30 kidneys that have been implanted to sick people who are able to pay. The so called kidney donors come from Instambul, Kishineu in Moldavia, or people who had just emigrated in Israel.
“The system has functioned because it was covered by the Kosovo doctors and the administration workers”, declared Spiegel after following for one month all tracks of the mafia organized by the “Medicus” clinic. The searches have expanded to Israel, Turkey, Belarus and Germany.
Bujar Nishani new President of the Republic of Albania
The DP Minister of the Interiors Bujar Nishani is elected the President of Albania as the only 73 of the 140 voted in his favor as the opposition did not vote in bloc. Apart from Kastriot Islami all the other opposition members did not vote at all since the SP had constantly declared they would not vote a partisan candidate. After the negotiations which took place on Sunday, the majority had proposed Artan Hoxha, an analyst, but he pulled out early on Monday as he ‘could not bear the storm’ the process was evolving to.The leader of the Socialist Party Edi Rama did not comment immediately but his previous statements on the process and election signals that Nishani could have been what Rama categorically rejected as a unilateral candidate who represents only the Democratic Party. The SP did not propose a candidate of its own but said it was willing to back a consensual figure embodying the unity of the nation. Fatos Nano, the other candidate was not backed by the SP as Idrizi, present at the negotiation table on Sunday, said on Monday that he had proposed Nano but the SP rejected it on spot.
The troika of ambassadors had called for a consensual president and US Ambassador Arvizu and EU counterpart Ettore Sequi did not even attend the voting session at the parliament which was attended by the OSCE Ambassador Eugen Walfarth only.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Qerimaj: In the first test I resulted negative, next target winning Olympic medals
The Albanian weightlifter Erkand Qerimaj has reacted concerning the anti-doping test results as the outcome was positive. The decision of the World Federation Appeal decision should be waited calmly, because in the first test he was negative, he said.
“In the first test I was negative. In the second test I was positive surprisingly after the contest. It is the appeal which will be decisive and I wait calmly”.
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Accident in Himara, doctor Nikollari: Student to leave hospital next week
Clinician Luan Nikollari said in a press conference that the transport to Austria of the two students has been carried out successfully. According to Nikollari, Florije Peci and Eriselda Gubere will undergo first analyses in Vienna. Nikollari added that they are still in severe conditions but under the care of specialized medical staff. Students injured in the tragic accident in Himara are being treated at the Military Hospital are to leave the hospital next week. The fact was confirmed by Nikollari who revealed that the health of the girls is improved. Six of them was hospitalized in Himara and have left the hospital. Kaltra Pollozhani is in the surgery room at the Military Hospital under the supervision of the medical staff.
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Another idea for Apple's rumored TV: An 'iDevice'
By Josh Lowensohn It still may be a down economy for many, but the veritable cottage industry for jockeying when Apple will enter the TV business is booming. The latest to weigh in on the topic is Forrester analyst James McQuivey with a suggestion that Apple ought to offer a device that sounds to me like something between a giant iPad, and Microsoft's latest version of its Surface computer.Without mentioning Microsoft's table computing product, which was revamped last January to work both as a table and mounted to a wall, McQuivey suggests a TV set from Apple would be more like a giant iPad married with Microsoft Kinect, enabling both touch and gesture controls, and -- of course -- apps:
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Blatter: Penalty shoot-outs are unfair
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has stated that soccer can be a "tragedy" when a match is decided by a penalty shoot-out, goal.com reports. Blatter believes that soccer's true nature is lost when a match is decided by penalties, and hinted that other options will be explored in the future.
"Football can be a tragedy when you go to penalty kicks," Blatter said according to the BBC. "Football should not go to one on one, when it goes to penalty kicks football loses its essence.
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Tirana – Dead body found alongside the free way
A dead body was found on Friday by the Tirana Police alongside the Tirana-Durresi free way. Sources at the police say that the dead body was thrown into the canal near Vora and is supposed to have passed away in the early hours of Friday. The victim is supposed to be Rizvan Peposhi. The police first suspected that the victim died after being crashed by a car which left the spot immediately.
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Durresi – Bomb explosion near the Police Directorate
A bomb exploded some 300 meters off the Police Directorate in Durresi at the neighborhood 7 of the city. The incident occurred early morning on Friday while the explosive was set on the sidewalk, very close to commercial subjects. The blast claimed no one but there were significant material damages to the business there. The police have already taken in several persons to testify.
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Brawl in Ukraine parliament over use of Russian language
A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. The fight broke out between members of the pro-Western opposition who want to take Ukraine out of Russia's shadow and lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovych's party, which bases its support in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Shkodra – Accident claims 50 year old man
An accident at the Muriqani border crossing near the Albania – Montenegro border has claimed the life of 50 year old man from Shkodra Gjin Kakia as the latter crashed with his car against the vehicle of a construction company as it was operating in the road axis. Kakia was driving his way to Montenegro. The investigation group started the investigation to foil the incident.
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Berati – 28 year old man arrested alleged of double murder
A 28 year old man has been arrested by the Berati Police after being wanted by the Italian authorities for a double murder. Aleksander Agaci was internationally wanted by Interpole Rome and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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UK police seize record number of counterfeit coins amounting to 4 million pounds
Scotland Yard says it has seized a record number of counterfeit coins in raids on three properties outside of London. The police force says that it recovered more than 4 million pounds ($6.3 million) worth of fake coinage from a freight container during Wednesday's swoop. In a statement released Thursday, the force said that three men, ages 52, 43 and 27, had been arrested in connection with the find. It did not name the men. The statement says the seizure is thought to be the biggest-ever recovery of bogus coins in Britain. Police are still hunting for the press that made the counterfeit currency.
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Aguero: Manchester City can measure up to Real Madrid and Barcelona
Sergio Aguero has insisted that he has no plans to leave Manchester City in the summer, and stated his belief that the club will soon be on par with La Liga duo Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Argentina international enjoyed a dream debut season at City, helping the club to its first Premier League title, a first league triumph since 1968, with 23 goals. His performances have not gone unnoticed in Europe, with Madrid understood to be weighing up a move, but Aguero has committed his future to City, saying that the club will be part of the European elite.
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Tirana – False alarm: Bomb planted at Taiwan bar, informant arrested
The Vlora Police received on Thursday a phone call by a citizen informing them that a bomb was planted in the Taiwan bar in Tirana. The authorities took measures and the specialized TNT forces went to the place to evacuate the customers. After the check up control the police forces reported it was a false alarm. The police have identified and arrested the person who made the phone call.
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Dick Marty’s accusations, 15 family members of the Yellow House go on strike
The 15 members of the Katuci family of the so called Yellow House in Small Gurre, of Mat have gone on strike. They have defied the control of their house by the EULEX Task Force officers to investigate concerning the accusations of the former senator Dick Marty on alleged organ trafficking. “We oppose accusations of his report as baseless”, said they.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Kristen Stewart All For On the Road Topless Scene
She may seem shy in front of still photographers, but the same can't be said for Kristen Stewart when movie film is rolling. At least not when it comes to her latest endeavor, On the Road. The drama, based on a classic Jack Kerouac novel, finds Stewart's Marylou topless at one point (as teased in this On the Road trailer), seated between costars Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund. Was the actress nervous about such a scene? Heck no. I "wanted to do it," she said today at a Cannes Film Festival press conference.
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Kukesi - Water levels jump up, 30 families in total isolation
30 families have found themselves isolated in the village Perbreg of the Terthore commune in the district of Kukesi as a result of water level going up at the Fireza lake. The residents of Kovac neighborhood report that the water has reached a three meter level.
“A group was set up to verify the situation. Reporters say that this happens every year at the same period. As a commune, we do not have the means and ways to solve the problem to these citizens because the solution may be either the dislocation of the residents or the construction of an embankment at the dam”, said the chairman of the Terthore commune.
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Balotelli: Euro 2012 could be the chance of a lifetime for me
Goal.com quotes Manchester City and Italy striker Mario Balotelli as saying that Euro 2012 will provide him with the opportunity to show his talent, and prove he can keep his cool. The controversial forward is expected to lead the line for Italy in Poland and Ukraine as the Azzurri look to win their first Euro title since 1968.
"This could be the chance of a lifetime for me," Balotelli told reporters at a press conference. "I think my season was okay. I am young, this is when one can make mistakes.
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Supreme Court Chairwoman: Justice be not sought at fixers, but at the judiciary
The head of the Supreme Court Shpresa Becaj declared that the court encourages any citizen to address the justice bodies to find and guarantee the individual rights each time they encounter a case of fraud, respecting the work of the police and of the prosecution in carrying out the necessary acts in the identification of these elements. Becaj spoke after the arrest of Stavri Vaso accused of fraud. Vaso had served as a driver of the administration at the Supreme Court and was dismissed after the demand and insistence of chairman Becaj.
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Accident at the Muriqani-Ulqini road axis: one dies
An accident has claimed the life of Gjin Katia from Gruda, Great Highlands, while driving his Fiat to Shkodra near Vladimir Village, a Montenegrin part. The road traffic has been blocked as a result as the police is investigating to foil the cause of the incident.
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