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Friday, October 23, 2009

90% of UN Member States have not Paid Annual Dues

UNAlmost 90% of member states have not paid annual dues the United Nations. Only about 22% of the 192 member states who have paid the annual contribution for the years 2008 to 2009. This was conveyed by Angela Kane, Under-Secretary-General United Nations Affairs Management. "The organization's financial health depends on member states including the main contributor to meet their financial obligations in full and on time," said Kane.

The total debt of these countries was 3.1 billion dollars. Of this amount, 2.1 billion ought to fund the maintenance of peace. Those funds to pay 110,000 UN troops and police, who placed in 15 peacekeeping forces. The U.S. Government has the largest amount of debt, about 2 billion dollars. United States is responsible for 1 / 4 the amount of funds for peacekeeping forces. Meanwhile, members who have paid dues in full, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Congo, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeri, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and Tajikistan.

Increased Human Sacrifices in Uganda

Human SacrificesIncreased human sacrifices in Uganda. According to local police, this year as many as 23 people were killed a tumbal sacrifice. Victims, especially children and babies. Dozens of other children who were abducted had been salvaged at the last moment before sacrificed. Give shamans human body parts in his patients as a drug or good luck charms. Uganda Police are still trying to stop this practice and to date 100 people have been arrested.

Over 300 Members of Mexican Drug Cartel Arrested

Eric HolderOver 300 people were arrested in the operation that was held two days police arrested the drug cartel to Mexico La Familia by U.S. joint forces. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the agents were deployed in 3,000 operating in 14 states. Police operation was part of the Coronado Project, which had arrested as many as 1,200 members of La Familia in the last four years.

"The operation was a blow to the network in the La Familia drug trafficking, weapons and money flow between Mexico and the U.S.," said Holder.In that operation police seized the U.S. and the FBI 3.4 million in cash U.S. dollars, over 144 weapons and 100 cars, as well as a number of methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Rick Storm Passed East of the Pacific Ocean

Rick StormRick storm passed east of the Pacific Ocean toward Mexico, Monday 19 October 2009, after a turbulent sea water resulted in killing one person on the beach at the southern tip of Baja California peninsula. Hurricane Rick, who predicted hit luxury resorts around the Baja California Wednesday morning, began to weaken a Category 1 storm with maximum wind speed of 140 kilometers per hour and its strength is expected to decline a Tropical Cyclone before it reaches land.

A man from Sinaloa state, the adjacent, drowned to death on Sunday, when he was trapped by a wave and slammed into the rocks on the beach near Los Cabos, according to media reports. On Monday, business owners put plywood on their windows and residents gather sandbags during storm warnings posted for the area. Some U.S. citizens who hobby fishing tournament postponed a scheduled three days starting Wednesday and usually attract dozens of Americans.

Hurricane Rick was the seventh storm of hurricane season in the Pacific ocean tumir. Last month, the storm Jimena, with Category 4 storm, pounding the Baja California with strong winds and heavy rains, killing an elderly man whose house was filled with water. U.S. National Hurrican Center, Monday, warned that several inches of rainfall can cause flash floods and landslides that threaten life and said seawater would be bumpy for the next two days, can cause dangerous conditions for surfers.

However, many hotel guests optimistic and wait to see whether the storm will weaken in the next few hours. "They expect the storm will move away from Cabo," said Mauricio Balderrama, General Manager Cabo Surf Hotel. Until Monday night, the storm rick was 495 kilometers southwest of Cabo San Lucas travel, and moving northwest at about 11 kilometers per hour.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

30 Large Companies Dominated Internet Traffic

InternetIn the past two years, the Internet has changed drastically in the infrastructure and economy. There are only 30 large companies that dominate the virtual world. According to a study conducted Arbor Networks and the University of Michigan. Research for two years analyzing more than 256 exabytes of data traffic on the 110 cable operators, transit backbones, regional networks and content providers around the world, and get that 30 "giant hyper" responsible for 30 percent of traffic on the Internet. In 2009 the Internet Observatory Report, Arbor Networks says that five years ago the Internet traffic is spread fairly evenly in the tens of thousands of sites and servers that run large companies.

But the content is now circulating in only a handful of hosting, cloud and its content providers are very large. Craig Labovitz, chief researcher, said that half of Internet traffic in 2007, produced by 5000 to 10,000 companies. Since then, the aggregation of content caused only 150 companies are now responsible for traffic by the same amount each day. Companies that generate the most traffic are Google, Yahoo and Facebook. This decline is a result of economic changes, the collapse of IP transit and increasing overall business model is driven by advertising. Labovitz obvious.

"The Internet is about connectivity, networks connected to each other," Labovitz said. This is very hierarkial, with the money and traffic flows in the direction of (the transit provider to the first-tier). But the content is now more valuable than connectivity. Other effects of economic change is, in addition to the consolidation of content, the big content providers like Google to build direct relationships with its customers, without going through the first-tier providers. Arbor report also highlights how Internet applications basically have migrated to the Web.

If the first protocol and application specific communication stack almost as much as the number of developers, now many have switched to a small number of web and video protocols - usually Flash. The first twelve years the Internet is about connecting homes and businesses. This is about technology. Now there is connectivity everywhere, and the price decline and innovation happening there but not in content - has come closer to consumers and businesses, "Labovitz said. With the faster and better quality content, the Internet will change the face, and exciting for large companies and consumers. We are entering a second era of the Internet.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Aircraft with Passengers Missing in France

Plane with six people, that their citizenship for currently unknown, lost near the island of Corsica, France, so confirmation French Air Force. These light aircraft, a Cessna 210, reported engine problems to the control tower at Aix Provene, southeastern France, shortly after take-off from the southern island of Corsica, Monday, October 12, 2009 evening, said Air Force spokesman.

Jet-engine plane made an emergency landing in the waters in the Gulf of Porto, near Corsica, but no landings are detected by the Air Force or by the control tower after the plane lost contact with the mainland. Coordination Center and Air Force search has devoted several helicopters to locate the missing aircraft, and Navy in the coastal town of Toulon, southern France, also has sent several ships to join in the search. Search in progress, said the French Air Force. He added that passenger nationality, which is scheduled to fly to Cannes, remains unknown.

Arnold Passed a Law the Anti-Paparazzi

Arnold SchwarzeneggerCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger passed a law the anti-paparazzi. The new law makes it easier to sue the media using pictures of celebrities that violate privacy. In a statement, Monday 12 October 2009, the former star "Terminator" is pressed a number of amendments to the Act including fines governing penalties for paparazzi who illegally photographing or recording. The law also allows lawsuits for media buying and using news material and photographs obtained by not true.

FBI used Technology to Recognize Faces

Federal Bureau of InvestigationIn the search for fugitives, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began using the technology to recognize faces of millions of motorists. Way by comparing the driver's license photo with photos of the fugitives. Projects in North Carolina have helped catch at least one suspect. This project may be expanded in other states. But some activists concerned about this method would violate the privacy of people who are not guilty.

Earlier this year, FBI agents track down murder suspect two people named Rodolfo Corrales who moved from California to North Carolina. The FBI took photos Corrales made in 1991 in California and compares with 30 million driver's license photos stored on the bureau of motor vehicles in Raleigh. A few moments later, found dozens of photographs license owners like Corrales. When analyzed finally found a man who calls himself the name of Jose Solis. A week later the FBI arrested Corrales in High Point where he changed its name to Solis. Corrales will stand trial in LA this month.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

U.S. Military aid to Cyclone Victims Parma

Parma TyphoonU.S. military continues to send aid to cyclone victims who hit Parma northern Philippines since October 3 last. In addition, the U.S. military also provides helicopters and ships to evacuate the victims of violent storms that caused Parma least 600 people killed. After evacuating six survivors from the landslide site on Thursday and Friday morning, yesterday, today, many search and rescue in the search involved in cyclone-stricken locations, mainly in the north of the country. Today, Saturday 10 October 2009, the searchers found only the victims died.

The many isolated roads and bridges due to the loss hit by typhoon, the Philippine government resources are constrained recognized. Therefore, the government has requested assistance from the U.S. military. U.S. Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, which currently has completed the search and cleanup in the capital Manila are flooded by the storm beaten Ketsana some time ago is expected to help search the cyclone hit locations Parma.

As reported, the storm that hit Ketsana Manila on September 26 and killed 337 people in Manila and surrounding areas. Around one million people felt the impact of the storm, over 287,000 of them must be accommodated in evacuation sites. Parma typhoon hit the northern Philippines on October 3 last. Typhoons that lasted a week that also hit the island of Luzon. Heavy rain that accompanied the storm memicy floods and landslides that killed at least 276 people.

Civil Defense officials said Olive Luces, 152 bodies have been found in Benguet, about 200 km north of Manila. A total of 23 people found in Mountain Province, and 50 more in Baguio City. Meanwhile, another 51 deaths were recorded in eight other provinces. According to a U.S. military spokesman, Captain Jorge Escatell, it was sending tons of relief food aid from the UN Food Program office in Manila. Help sent to military camps in the province of Tarlac Philippines. On Sunday, aid is expected to be distributed directly to the victims of Typhoon Parma.

CH-46 helicopter owned by the U.S. Navy also flew over the flood affected areas to monitor the damage, as well as find the location for the health mission and distribution of food aid. The tools will also be transported west to help clear the streets. In addition, approximately 200 soldiers and Navy sailors also are on standby for humanitarian projects. "They kept a military uniform, but still enthusiastic for this humanitarian mission," said Escatell.

Miss Universe 2009 Playing Angklung

Miss Universe 2009Miss Universe 2009 from Venezuela, Stefania Vernandez, Sunday 11 October 2009, playing Angklung, a traditional musical instrument from West Java, Indonesia, during a visit to Saung Angklung Udjo Padasuka Street, the city of Bandung, West Java.

Miss Universe 2009 Arrival to Saung Angklung Udjo accompanied by Miss Indonesia 2008, Zivanna Letisha Siregar and Miss Indonesia 2009, Qori Sandioriva. Their arrival was greeted with traditional dances performed by Jabar children. In addition to children's dances, they are also greeted by a puppet show performance of Dalang. According to Stefania Fernandez, need a loving community of his own culture. Moreover, Indonesia's cultural many countries claimed by Malaysia.

"Do not let the culture of their own country taken by other countries. Therefore we need to love their own culture," said Stefania. Previously, the new Miss Universe is Miss Indonesia to attend the coronation in 2009 on the night of the Grand Final in 2009 Indonesia Election Princess in Theater Land Fatherland, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, 10 October 2009 Saturday night.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Wine Prices Reach 1 Million Euros

WineA famous restaurant in Paris will auction off 18,000 bottles of wine from the price savings of more than 1 million euros. Restaurant Le Tour d'Argent (Silver Tower) chose a variety of valuable wine warehouse guarded wine, some wine from the company such as Latour, Lafite, and Cheval Blanc.

Each precious wine ranging from hundreds to thousands of euros, so the total value exceeds 1 million euros. Auction company confirmed a bottle of champagne to be auctioned from 1788 and the results will be donated to the charity. The restaurant was declared the auction, which set in December, is to recast the dinner and wine cellar. Restaurant Le Tour d'Argent, which is located on the banks of the Seine, is said to have 400-year history and famous who have characteristics of duck blood.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

United States Forces had Seized 50 Tons of Opium

United States Forces

Joint operations and United States forces in Afghanistan had seized 50 tons of opium and killed 17 Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan. Defense Ministry spokesman in Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, said the amount of opium was seized most of the operations had been done before. Price 50 tons of opium was estimated to reach five million U.S. dollars. In a joint operation which lasted five hours, the soldiers parachuted from a helicopter into Kajaki District, Helmand province, the source of most of the world's heroin. "We confiscated and destroyed 30 tons of fertilizer, 1,000 cartridges of AK-47 rifles and machine guns and other weapons," Azimi said.

He added that a bomb-making factory-controlled bomb from a distance also destroyed. "Seventeen Taliban insurgents were killed, three people were arrested. The combined forces also destroyed a factory for making heroin," he said. He said the fertilizer that was destroyed is one type of fertilizer used to make bombs (IED), the main weapon in the arsenal of the Taliban and the cause of many deaths among the troops under the command of U.S. and NATO. This year has more than 400 foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan, that number more than in 2008.

Helmand province is one of the most vulnerable areas in Afghanistan. Heroin produced there helped fund the Taliban to supply weapons. Afghanistan produces about 90 percent of the world's opium used to make heroin sold in black markets of Europe and Central Asia. UN calls Afghan drug exports around 3.4 billion dollars per year and Afghan officials say the profits of drug sales that the Taliban have 100 million dollars per year.

Typhoon Melor Threatening Industrial Center

Typhoon Melor

Melor typhoon moved toward the main islands of Japan, and threatened industrial centers of the densely populated country with heavy rains and strong winds. According to Japan Meteorological Agency, Melor probably the most powerful typhoon that hit the main islands of the country in more than 10 years if the rain. Images on television showed waves hit the coast of a small island in southern Japan, while the storm was moving northeastward toward the northern main island of Honshu. At 07.00 am local time, the typhoon was located 250 kilometers south of Tanegashima, 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo and the rocket launch site.

Typhoon Melor going to rain in central Japan to the west of Tokyo. Rainfall is 400 mm high is expected to happen within the next 24 hours in the Tokai region, which includes industrial center of Nagoya. Meteorology agency also warned of strong winds and flooding across southern Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. Company may not be open factories in the Nagoya area because of hurricane. An official at the oil refinery Nippon Oil's Oita on the island of Kyushu, southern Japan, said the storm did not affect refinery operations or the delivery of oil. Nansei Sekiyu refinery in Okinawa KK said, causing high waves put off delivery of oil. Melor, which previously was Berkategori 5 super typhoon, now category 1, which tracks network said Tropical Storm Risk. Category 1 typhoon with winds up to 153 km per hour.

Melor Typhoon hit Japan

Melor TyphoonMelor typhoon hit Japan on Thursday, 8 October 2009, causing damage to buildings and roads, halted train services, and hundreds of canceled flights. In that event, one person was reported killed and dozens more injured by the storm this Melor. Melor reach Japan's main island, early morning Thursday, with strong winds. The rain storm that brought hurricane soaked streets and houses, uprooted trees and electric poles. The government had previously issued warnings of landslides, floods, strong winds, heavy rain and high waves.

According to Japan Meteorological Agency, after arriving near Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture, Thursday morning, the hurricane season 18 it moves to the northeast at 50 kilometers per hour at around 07.00 am local time. Dense in Tokyo, train service delay or cancel trains travel at many points. As a result, many passengers piled on the number of stations on the clock in a busy working. A total of 12 service "bullet train" Tokaido Shinkansen is also canceled. Line train hit a lot of fallen trees or inundated by water.


Toyota Motor Corp. said, the company plans to stop production at all factories in Japan this Thursday due to the hurricane. Television news showed a lot of houses damaged by landslides in the island of Okinawa and Kyushu, southern Japan."All night we were facing strong winds and heavy rains," said Vishal Jani, city officials in Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture. However, he said there were no reports of serious damage and the sky was now clear.

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