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Friday, July 30, 2010

Lindsay Lohan: the support of his fans

Since July 20, when American actress Lindsay Lohan is entering prison, she enjoys the full support of his mother and sister. These travel daily to the correctional center in Lynwood, California, to show him they do not give up.

And Lindsay Lohan can also count on its fans. In New York, employees of the beauty salon Beach Bum Tanning met July 27 before the trade to show their solidarity with Lindsay Lohan. Armed with placards, they campaigned for the release of the Hollywood star.

The Beach Bum Tanning is not just any beauty salon in New York. In this institute as Lindsay Lohan, her sister and mother offered moments of relaxation when visiting the Big Apple, and have been for ten years!

We imagine that the family appreciates the gesture Lindsay Lohan.

The actress, scheduled Aug. 2, was jailed after she repeatedly violated her probation following an arrest for driving while intoxicated in 2007.

Lindsay Lohan: what awaits his release from prison

La comédienne américaine Lindsay Lohan est sans doute pressée d'être le 2 août, date à laquelle elle doit sortir de prison. Pourtant, un lourd programme attend la jeune femme de 24 ans une fois qu'elle aura quitté sa cellule de 9m2 du centre de détention de Lynwood, à Los Angeles. Celle que ses fans surnomment LiLo va devoir suivre un protocole de 90 jours sur les dangers de l'alcool. Rappelons que si la starlette a atterri derrière les barreaux, c'est parce qu'elle n'a pas respecté sa période de mise à l'épreuve à la suite d'une arrestation pour conduite en état d'ivresse en 2007. "Ce programme est composé de séances de yoga, de méditation et d'un régime alimentaire très sain, a déclaré Marty Brenner à la chaîne Fox News, un spécialiste en addictologie. C'est exactement ce dont Lindsay a besoin. (...) Pour Lindsay, une cure de 30 jours est tout à fait insuffisante, le juge le sait et il ne la laissera pas sortir avant la fin des 90 jours !"

Durant cette période, Lindsay Lohan aura pour interdiction de consommer de la caféine, du riz blanc, du pain, du sucre, des pommes de terre et bien évidemment de l'alcool.

Ce sevrage inquiète quelque peu Lindsay Lohan. "Elle est perturbée, ces derniers temps et aimerait passer du temps en famille" a fait savoir son avocate Shawn Chapman Holley au magazine People. Elle a ajouté : "Je pense qu'il serait juste pour elle de passer du temps avec sa famille. Elle m'a demandé de le souligner au juge !"

Le 6 juillet, Lindsay Lohan a été condamnée à passer 90 jours en prison. Mais étant donné l'engorgement des établissements pénitenciers en Californie, sa peine a été ramenée à 14 jours.

The wedding of Chelsea Clinton and the facts (many) rumors

Chelsea Clinton, 30 years, and only daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Saturday married her lover Marc Mezvinsky, 32. That is what we know. But the dress instead of the festivities through the guest list, it is much more than we know.

A review of known facts, speculation and rumors in the days before the social event that shakes the all-New York and Washington-all.

PLACE

All indices converge Rhinebeck, a picturesque town of Hudson Valley, north of New York. The paparazzi have discovered a huge white tent erected in the gardens of the luxurious area of Astor Courts. Traders see many strangers hanging from their laptops and discussing security.

Additional index: the civil aviation authorities have banned from flying over the airspace of the town on Saturday afternoon because of "the presence of VIP.

Too bad for Chelsea's website www.gawker.com gossip can not, as he had the intention to fly the party by a plane trailing a banner of congratulations.

GUESTS

In addition to Chelsea's parents, former President Bill Clinton and the current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, no celebrity is confirmed. The local newspaper Valley News Hudson bet on the presence of star presenter Oprah Winfrey, director Steven Spielberg and, most surprisingly, former British Prime Minister John Major.

One thing is certain: Barack Obama will not. "I will not go, and I must say, it is already difficult to have a president to a marriage," said Obama during the show "The View" on ABC. "You do not want your marriage to two presidents.

THE DRESS

This Vera Wang! Or maybe not. The Journal of fashion professionals, Women's Wear Daily, photographed Chelsea and her mother as they walked into the shop of designer Tuesday in New York. This should be a subject of speculation under the salons. Except. Hillary has also made a jump to another star designer Oscar de la Renta, the same day in Manhattan, according to Women's Wear Daily.

MUSIC

This is perhaps not the subject that causes more than paris. The site TMZ, which specializes in the lives of celebrities, do not brag unless you know the playlist to be played by the orchestra during the evening: "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Wild World" by Cat Stevens and "Dancing Queen" ABBA, among others.

TOILET

Another scoop of TMZ, of paramount importance: the guests will not have to hide in the woods surrounding Astor Courts to satisfy their physical needs, they will have available portable toilets at a cost of $ 15,000, with sanitary porcelain, water and soft music played. No source is cited. A leak, no doubt.

The little queen enters self-service in the streets of London

The British capital, one of the megacities of the largest and most populous notoriously difficult to transport to the chagrin of the organizers of the 2012 Olympics in London, Friday launched its self-service bike, after more than sixty cities worldwide.

"What we create is not merely a device for self-service bike, but a new form of public transport, greener and healthier," said Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, unveiled in May the silhouette of the new small Queen Street London.

"We believe that this device will be very popular," he told Kulveer Ranger, transportation adviser for the mayor, assuming 30 to 40,000 daily trips in the saddle of such devices.

According to the mayor, currently 2% of daily commuting to London are made by bicycle. The goal is to accomplish the mayor "a giant leap" to reach 5% in an indeterminate horizon.

"It's going to change radically and forever the London landscape," says Kulveer, referring to the "cycling revolution" sought by the mayor, himself a cyclist practitioner.

More than 10,000 people have subscribed to be able to ride on Friday one of the 6,000 bikes available to the public on 400 sites in the center of the capital.

Non-subscribers, especially tourists, will have to wait a while to get around on these bikes dark blue fenders with a turquoise roof rack gray front and a lamp with a dynamo.

Self-service is not free: the rider must pay a fee for access - a book for 24 hours, 5 pounds for a week and 45 pounds per year (53 euros) - in addition to renting it itself.

Beyond the first half hour free, rental is a book for an hour of use and up to 50 pounds for 24 hours.

The mayor "believes in the potential," believes Tom Bogdanovicz, the Campaign for cycling in London, citing studies showing that "three is a Londoner interested in cycling."

To facilitate the adoption of cycling by residents and visitors to the British capital - which has introduced a congestion charge in 2003 in its super-center in an attempt to reduce congestion - the mayor plans to create ten "bicycle highways" by the end of 2015.

Two tracks of this type were opened July 19. They are materialized in the form of turquoise markings and are about 12.5 km in length. Two others are scheduled to open in summer 2011, one of which should pass near the site of the Olympic Games which will open July 27, 2012 in London.

The organizers have promised to give priority access for cyclists and pedestrians at key stages, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is concerned about the difficulty of public transport in London.

The free bicycle service has already attracted dozens of cities around the world since its launch in 1997 in Rennes (north-west of France) by the American company Clear Channel. The team including Stockholm, Washington, Oslo, Barcelona and Milan.

The French group JCDecaux has quickly become world number one after the race started in 2003 in Vienna. In late April, he provided some 42,000 bikes in 65 cities including Dublin, Sevilla, Lyon, Brussels, Toyama, Paris.

Available for three years in Paris, the Vélib 'has been a departure on a flying but seemed stalled in recent months. Bad weather, seasonality, complex pricing, high vandalism or disappointment, the explanations are multiple. And the price could soon rise.

Massa, a year after ...

Last Sunday, while Fernando Alonso blew his victory at Hockenheim at the will of his team's Felipe Massa celebrated an odd milestone of his terrible accident at the Hungaroring. A year has elapsed and the pilot of the Scuderia Ferrari is pleased to have demonstrated last week in Germany that remained competitive. With, obviously, the motivation to sell in Hungary.

It's a Grand Prix eventful Felipe Massa ahead for this weekend. The scenario of the German Grand Prix, raced last week and won by Fernando Alonso at his expense, as requested by the radio team Ferrari officials, there is nothing. What trot necessarily in the head of the Brazilian at pacing the Hungaroring on Friday, is this incredible accident last season nearly cost him his life.

In qualifying the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa took the full force of a spring Brawn escaped the GP track of his predecessor, his compatriot Rubens Barrichello. A violent shock that the Ferrari, left to itself, had finished his race in the wall. The helmet cracked, deformed, Massa had he been transported to the hospital AEK Budapest, then dipped in a coma. His future in F1 seemed so bleak. "It was very hard for me," he admits today. But somebody told me it was important that I continue on my path. "

"I can win races"

A year later, here he is again in full possession of his means, to judge his podium finish at Hockenheim and the 12th career victory - the first since 2008 - who held out his arms last Sunday. Officially, it is hard tires with which the pilot auriverde is not comfortable, that led the former lieutenant of Michael Schumacher to bow to his teammate Fernando Alonso, but nobody in the paddock is dupe. And certainly not the main person who does not fail to learn from this success abortion: "I know what I can do, I can win races. That's what matters, everyone can see now that I can still be competitive. "

Felipe Massa also intend to play leading roles this weekend in Hungary. "I've never had good results on this circuit, but because of circumstances because I love driving here. In 2008 for example, I led 60 laps before my engine let go. I So have many reasons to look forward to my return to Budapest. " Beginning with his desire to reconnect with each of his guardian angels. "I want to thank these people," he confesses, revealing to the press its intention to review the commissioners and the medical staff at the Hungaroring, and the hospital staff AEK. "They treated me well, and I want to salute them."

And the Brazilian to take stock, in retrospect, this experience could have turned into drama but it is rewarding today, "often in press conferences, journalists ask me if I'm feeling good and if I drive as well as before. My answer is always the same: nothing has changed in my life. But as an individual, the accident made me grow. That made me realize that life was more important than anything, nothing is ever ... I feel more mature as a man. " From what perspective the consequences of the famous Hockenheim instructions ...

Google announced that its services are available again in China

The Internet giant Google announced on Friday that his services were again available in China after being temporarily stopped.

Thursday evening, the American company, which has released several months of standoff with China on censorship, stated that his services were almost completely blocked in China, only Gmail seems to function without hindrance.

According to the scoreboard updated daily by Google on the accessibility of its services in China, according to the search engine was completely blocked, and access to the image bank "partially blocked", so that these Both services were available in recent days.

This new blockage could suggest that Chinese authorities were again unhappy despite recent changes made by the company that enabled him to renew his license be operating on the largest Internet market in the world with over 420 million Internet users.

But Google said Friday that the announcement of the blockade had perhaps been exaggerated.

"Because of how we measure accessibility in China, it is possible that our machines have overestimated the level of blocking," the company said in an email to AFP.

"It seems that what happened last night when we had a relatively low blocking. It now appears that our users in China access to our services normally," she added.

Google has also stressed that the scoreboard, updated daily, was not a "tool in real time."

Google announced July 9 that Beijing had renewed his license, which expired in late June, allowing it to continue to operate.

This renewal was granted after a long confrontation with the Chinese government, Google is saying exceeded by China's censorship and cyber attacks come from this country.

The launch of the iPhone turns 4 "nightmare" in New Zealand

The launch of Apple's iPhone 4 turned into a nightmare Friday in New Zealand, where hundreds of buyers come away empty handed after waiting for hours outside shops.

The "smartphone" Apple comes out Friday in 17 countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Sweden, Hong Kong or Finland or Spain.

In New Zealand, at dawn, hundreds of fan excitement Apple were posted outside the shops, before being turned away and informed that the sale will begin in the afternoon.

A few hours later, new lines formed at Indian store entrances, where buyers have been notified that only holders of a Vodafone subscription - exclusive operator of the iPhone - could buy the device because shortages.

Mustard is mounted on the nose of customers who have denounced the "nightmare" and "epic failure" of the launch.

"This is handled carelessly. Vodafone accuses Apple, which returns the ball to Vodafone. Nobody seems to know what happens," said Jacob Creech, a buyer of Wellington, on a dedicated website.

The launch of the iPad has already sparked controversy in New Zealand, Apple has refused to reveal where the device would be available.

In Australia, the buyers have walked in the rain for hours in downtown Sydney before sales start at midnight.

Long queues were held again on Friday morning before the shops under the watchful eye of security guards.

"I came because I was sure this would be the crowd," he told the Sydney Morning Herald Sat Dunster, a computer science student of 19 years.

The first iPhone, launched in 2007, has democratized multifunction phones (smartphones) and has sold over 50 million copies over the last three years.

Since the launch of the iPhone 4 last month, the American Apple has already sold over three million in the U.S. and its other priority markets, but the unit has been criticized because of problems antenna and receiver.

The new iPhone and iPad have enabled the California firm to reap record profits of 3.25 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2010, up 78%.

Immigration law in Arizona: several protesters arrested in Phoenix

A face-to-face tension between protesters and police in riot gear in Phoenix (Arizona) on Thursday led a score of arrests of protesters, several hours after the entry into force for that State of a controversial law immigration.

Several hundred demonstrators protested against this law, despite the suspension Wednesday by the federal courts of its most disputed points, found an AFP correspondent.

Groups of civil rights who called on schools, government and state police not to enforce the law, marched through the streets of Phoenix, waving American flags and banners proclaiming the Mexican and "Stop raids, more evictions "or" stop targeting immigrants.

They were greeted by a cordon of riot police outside the offices of county sheriff, Joe Arpaio, supports a robust repression of illegal immigration.

A dozen protesters chained themselves to the gates of the county jail before sheriff's deputies outside the building and do not drag them inside, found the AFP correspondent said. The city authorities said that more than two dozen people were arrested.

The sheriff warned that some 200 police and volunteers patrolling the streets of Phoenix on Thursday and promised that the troublemakers would be arrested.

"All these protesters from all over and the reviews at the local level will not change how Arizona and the sheriff intend to tackle the problem of illegal immigration," he said in a statement.

Some Hispanic advocacy groups, backed by leaders of several Latin American countries, denounced the new law in Arizona, saying it trivializes racial profiling.

The leaders of this border state of Mexico say their side of the Obama administration is unable to secure the border and prevent an influx of illegal immigrants.

The state governor, the Republican January Brewer, who enacted the law in April, announced Wednesday its intention to appeal the suspension by the federal court of its most controversial points.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Agreement Google / Yahoo! Japan: Microsoft exposes a monopoly

The Microsoft IT group said Tuesday the partnership between Yahoo! Japan and the search engine Google, saying it would end the competition in research on the internet in Japan and has questioned its legality.

"The proposed agreement would eliminate competition in research in Japan - both in the sponsored links and search results", denounced the Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft, Dave Heiner, on an official blog of the group.

The internet group Yahoo! Japan, owned 40% of the third telecom operator nippon, SoftBank and 35% of the American Yahoo!, Announced Tuesday that it would adopt the Google search engine.

Yahoo Japan! The portal is currently used by most users to make their requests Nippon online. Under the agreement, when a user will launch a search on Yahoo Japan!, The search engine will use Google technology.

The pair will thus control the bulk of research on the web in Japan, some 57% of requests (although 57% ed) from today by Yahoo! Japan and 31% by Google, while U.S. software giant Microsoft merely a little less than 3%.

While Yahoo! Japan has ensured that the agreement does not pose a problem of monopoly, Microsoft has asked about the reaction of the authorities of the Japanese competition.

"It will be interesting to see in the coming weeks if it's absolutely true" that the partnership has received a green light, is Microsoft, for which the agreement is even more anti-competitive that a partnership between Google and the U.S. group Yahoo! concluded in 2008, which Google had finally gave up for fear he will be challenged by U.S. authorities.

"If Google receives approval to this project, it will get almost complete control of the search and advertising-related research in Japan through a growth acquisition, not organic growth," says Heiner.

"Google alone decides what find or not find the Japanese surfers on the web. And Google would get a massive amount of data on historical research and the websites visited by any internet company or government agency conducting research on the Internet" in the country, warns Microsoft.

"In fact, the impact on competition could be felt worldwide, because Japan is the third country in the world in terms of queries on the internet," said Microsoft still.

Yahoo! Japan is a separate company from Yahoo! And is not directly involved in the partnership in research on the Internet concluded last year between Yahoo and Microsoft aimed precisely at strengthening competition with Google, which dominates the two-thirds world market.

Under the agreement between the two U.S. groups, search engines sites Yahoo! Many countries including the U.S., will use Microsoft's technology, dubbed "Bing", by the end of the year .

Yahoo Japan!, Which will be an exception, so far employed the specific search engine portal Yahoo.

Robert Pattinson: underpants in his image

Since he plays in the Twilight saga, the British actor Robert Pattinson creates hysteria of his fans at each of his public appearances. Now he faces the cries of her admirers who pursue him wherever he goes: to embody the character of Edward Cullen has literally changed his life. The store chain Marks & Spencer has also decided to exploit the bonanza by selling underwear bearing the likeness of the young star of 24 years.

These briefs, called R-Pants, should pay particular interest to young male fans of skinny jeans pants, reported The Guardian. For the channel assures that these underwear "invisible", unsightly marks will no longer be a distant memory. But of course, Mark & Spencer has more on the image of Robert Pattinson on the technical argument for selling R-Pants. Recall that the third component of Twilight (released July 7 in France) has attracted more than 3 million spectators in France alone. This well-oiled cash machine still has a slight hitch: Pattinson did not intend to promote this slip.

Damage, although many fans would have spotted him dancing in underwear time for a commercial.

United States: renewed criticism about the war in Afghanistan after leaks

The critics of the war in Afghanistan have grown in Washington on Tuesday after revelations of massive secret documents by the website Wikileaks, which cast further doubt on Barack Obama's strategy in this conflict unpopular.

"Wake up America. The publication of secret documents by Wikileaks gives 92,000 reasons to end the war," launched Tuesday in the House of Representatives Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich on the left, one of the fiercest opponents of the conflict Afghanistan.

Mr. Kucinich was referring to some confidential documents revealed 92.0000 Monday, some denouncing the alleged support from Pakistan to the Afghan insurgents.
Leakage on Afghanistan: nothing new, says Obama Leaks on Afghanistan: nothing new, says Obama

Also on Tuesday evening, a resolution to withdraw American troops from Pakistan presented by Mr. Kucinich, elected with Republican libertarian Ron Paul, was rejected by the House of Representatives by 38 votes against 372.

Despite this defeat, the two men were able to hear their arguments on the part of Pakistan to the Afghan conflict.

Accustomed to protest against the government, they are based on a text of 1973, enacted after the Vietnam War, which gives Congress the sole power to authorize conflicts.

These criticisms, however, did not prevent the House of Representatives to release nearly $ 60 billion to finance the Afghan conflict and the sending of 30,000 additional troops announced by President Obama in December.

But the way, the Democrats have lost the support of Dave Obey, the powerful chairman of the board responsible for allocating federal funds. "The Afghan government has not shown the determination, reliability and the ability to make judgments necessary to achieve a successful conclusion," he said.

Supporters of the war in Afghanistan call on their part to funding immediate war operations. "Cut the food in the middle of this battle is equivalent to an abandonment," said Republican Howard "Buck" McKeon.

But Mr. McKeon has been criticized Obama's strategy which provides an early U.S. withdrawal in July 2011. For him, this time "can not be arbitrarily dictated in Washington," but must follow the evolution of field operations.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, expressed concern Tuesday to the Senate that same day. Mr. Crocker is concerned that the Taliban can see this date as one "to which they should hold," before things will improve for them.

Given the media frenzy and mounting criticism, Obama said Tuesday that the confidential documents on Afghanistan revealed nothing new, but justified its decision rethinking of American strategy in that country.

The president said he was "worried" by such a leak, could "threaten people or operations" on the ground. But "these documents do not reveal problems that have not already fed our public debate on Afghanistan," he said to reporters at the White House.

For his part, Sen. John Kerry landed defender of the strategy of President Obama. "I think it is important not to overdo it and not too excited about the significance of these documents," he said during a hearing on the Afghan conflict in the Senate.

Crash in Pakistan: the remains of 80 bodies found, probably on possible survivors

The emergency teams dispatched to the crash site of airliner near Islamabad Pakistan have found the remains of 80 people, said the police chief of the city, without confirming whether there were survivors among 150 passengers.

"We're right in the search operations to recover the bodies as quickly as possible," he told AFP the head, Bani Amin, who is on the scene of the disaster.

For its part, the interior minister, Rehman Malik, had previously told the local TV Express TV comes to pass at least five people were found alive and airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Islamabad.

The Airbus A-321 of the private company Airblue, who was making the connection Karachi-Islamabad, carrying 144 passengers and six crew members, told AFP a spokesman for the company, Raheel Ahmed.

"At first glance, the cause of the accident is the wrong time. But it will be for investigators to determine that," he said.

The sky was cloudy in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and it was raining at the time of the accident.

"We handle the moment of relief and accompanying relatives of the passengers," said Raheel Ahmed.

The interior minister has called the accident a "great tragedy". "We try to have information on passengers," he told Express TV.

"Rescue teams have reached the accident site. They have the necessary equipment. They scan the entire area. Provide assistance to the wounded and survivors, and steps have been taken to transport them to hospital "he added.

According to a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Pervez George, flight 202 departed the company Airblue Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan, 7:45 (2:45 GMT) and was preparing to land in Islamabad where s' crashed.

"He was preparing to land when it crashed on the Margalla hills," he said.

A thick cloud of smoke rose from the green hills bordering Islamabad. Local television showed many vehicles of the emergency services rushing to the scene and helicopters fly over the area.

Police were informed of a loud explosion and a fire spreading on the hills overlooking Islamabad, before confirmation of a plane crash, said a police official, Sayed Subhan.

"The crash site was inaccessible. We have sent teams. It is a forest," he said.

The last plane crash in Pakistan has been that of a Fokker F27 of the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which crashed July 10, 2006, killing 45 people.

The crash of a civilian airliner the deadliest day of September 1992, an Airbus 300 crashed in the PIA's approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, killing 167 people.

Google would work with a social network with video game publishers

The internet group Google is in discussions with several video game publishers, the idea of enlisting their support for setting up a social networking service that would compete with Facebook, said the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, without citing sources.

Some game publishers approached by Google Playdom be included, a publisher whose Disney announced the acquisition Tuesday, Playfish, bought last year by Electronic Arts, and Zynga, in which Google has already invested according to "people familiar" the case that the newspaper has not named.

These three companies are specialized in popular games on sites such as Facebook, as Farmville, Treetopia, Pet Society, or "Who has the biggest brain?".

The online edition of the newspaper has only quoted the CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, who asked if he was preparing a service modeled on Facebook. "The world does not need a copy of the same thing," he replied.

Such projects, if they were confirmed, illustrate the willingness of Google to invest all areas of the Internet, and avoid the risk that valuable advertising revenue is offset from its search engine to social sites.

From the perspective of publishers, the newspaper said, Google's entry in this market would reduce their dependence on Facebook, which has just exceeded the threshold of half a billion active users.

Popular games on social networks are generally characterized by their graphics and their relatively simple scenario, and are mainly designed as a way to stay in touch with "friends" of a social network. Some are financed by the sale of fictitious money to purchase various items.

Earlier this month, the site of specialized information TechCrunch had said Google has already invested 100 million dollars in Zynga.

Google already has Orkut social network, which is struggling to become established outside of Brazil and to a lesser extent, India.

Spain: the Catalan Parliament is preparing to ban bullfights

The regional parliament of Catalonia was about Wednesday, but surprised, to approve a ban on bullfighting in 2012 in the rich north-eastern Spain, a thunderbolt to the Spanish bullfighting world.

The 135 deputies Catalan deputies opened Wednesday shortly after 10:00 local time (8:00 GMT) debate on this issue and to approve a "popular legislative initiative" (ILP), supported by 180,000 signatures, demanding an end to this spectacle "barbaric" according to the latest scores.

It should not be any "surprise" and the ILP is approved, said Wednesday morning Miquel ICET, spokesman for the Catalan Socialist Party (CSP).

Catalonia would become the second region of Spain to ban bullfighting, after the Canary Islands who did in 1991, a clear victory for opponents of bullfighting.

Several dozen protesters and anti-bullfighting gathered Wednesday morning to the Catalan parliament, claiming a side of "freedom" for fans of bullfighting and the other end of the "torture" animal, found AFP.

"Stop the cruelty to animals", asked in English placards brandished by the anti-bullfighting, while supporters of bullfighting asserted: "Bulls yes, yes freedom".

All eyes were on the 37 socialist MPs and 48 MPs from moderate nationalist party CiU who have the freedom to vote for this crucial vote.

The Nationalists are expected to decide by a majority for prohibition in the context of a claim of identity and "anti-Spanish", which should tip the scales in favor of the ILP, according to Spanish media.

Most of them were planning, like the Catalan daily El Periodico, the "End of the Fiesta" bullfighting in Catalonia, where bullfighting is in decline for several years, with a risk of contagion to the rest of the country .

Several Spanish regions, including the Madrid have announced their intention in reaction to the debate Catalan, to include bullfighting in their "cultural heritage" to protect her, but opponents also gain ground.

Supported by international animal rights, they denounced the "cruelty" of the killing of bulls in the arena, while supporters of bullfighting defend this great Spanish tradition dating from the Middle Ages and the "freedom of choice "of" aficionados ".

"We can not force anybody to go to bullfights, as nobody can forbid to go," he said before the vote Mariano Rajoy, leader of the opposition Popular Party (PP, right), whose members must vote in Catalonia against prohibition.

The PP is expected to appeal against any decision to ban in court and the constitutional court, which should extend the debate until the ban comes into force in early 2012.

This vote comes at a sluggish for the Spanish bullfighting, which generates about 40.OOO jobs, with about 1,800 bullfights a year, and has suffered two years of economic crisis in Spain.

Diego Maradona: the same fate as Domenech

Since the end of the football World Cup in South Africa which has sacred the Spanish team, time is on the balance sheet for many teams whose results were not satisfactory. In France coach Raymond Domenech has already left his place to Laurent Blanc (1998 world champion). In Argentina, Diego Maradona has also had to resign: he has not been renewed (unanimously) to the coach of the national team.

Cup winners in 1986, he was sent to South Africa with the undisguised goal of winning the title again, but this time as coach. Diego Maradona did manage to lead his team to the quarter-finals where they faced a German team in great shape. The Albiceleste bowed out 4 goals to 0 ...

Pending the appointment of a new coach Diego Maradona will be replaced by Sergio Batista, coach of less than 20 years.

Mercedes: 2010 is over?

The Nationalmannschaft, as we like to call him, disappoints. It's the least we can say. At Hockenheim, for 11th round of the F1 world championship, the team did not point at Mercedes GP sixth in terms of pure performance behind Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Renault and Williams. Worrying for a team born from the ashes of a Brawn GP world champion

At Hockenheim, the team Mercedes GP had everything for the return of the Silver Arrows combined with that of Michael Schumacher is a success. A grandstand was completely clad in gray and white colors - those of the Silver Arrows - and above all, filled with more than 3,500 people came to support the two German cars with onboard ... two German pilots. Alas, employees who have had the great privilege to be present at the edge of the track, have not had the opportunity to get excited.

Crossing the finish line a lap behind the leaders, in the 8th and 9th positions, Rosberg and Schumacher followed a path leading to the second platoon of these teams on the grid of Great Price (*). From Bahrain, performance, both in qualifying in the race continue to plummet. Regularly caught between the top teams (Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari) and intermediate teams (Renault, Sauber and Williams) to the Turkish Grand Prix, the cars from Stuttgart could still eyeing the seat of honor, see the podium. Rarely, if ever, for the victory.

Now they are struggling to stay in the second package. At this, several explanations. Hesitation techniques on F-Duct associated with the introduction of low exhaust have not made the progress expected. On the other hand, technical progress demonstrated by the Renault team combined with a Robert Kubica incisive and Vitaly Petrov with the obligation to remain in the wake of his elder brother, pushed the German team back train starting grids.

Brawn: "Deeply Truce"

If the race is contested on the track at Silverstone, that Rosberg was able to finish on the podium is seen as a breath of fresh air in the current turmoil, the poor outcome of the Grand Prix of Germany puts its finger on the real difficulties the team to develop the car. For Michael Schumacher, the problem is not structural: "It is clear that we must better understand the car. We must look into all the details and analyze our performance in order to obtain the maximum possible lessons during the week Breaks like this. So we can redress the balance, which could be possible from Hungary, "he says on the official site of Mercedes GP.

For his part, Ross Brawn, announces, in veiled terms that the Hungarian Grand Prix will be a point of no return: "The Hungaroring circuit is technically intractable and will be a good laboratory to see if our technical options are good." And the British technician chain already dreaming of the summer break as "a time to recharge the batteries before the final third of the season. A third period spent working for 2011? The question is ...

(*) In the Constructors' Championship, the Mercedes team advanced to 4th place with 132 points against 208 for Ferrari, ranked 3rd in the same classification. Best result in 2010: 4th and 5th at the Grand Prix of Turkey.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Wyclef Jean: Haiti's President?

The rapper Wyclef Jean, former leader of the group The Fugees, will be appearing there in the next presidential election to be held on the island on November 28 next? At 37 years, the committed artist who has never hidden his attachment to his Haitian origins, he was eyeing a political career? Note that it is his own family who started the rumors about it.

But Wyclef Jean does not really address the selection criteria. Indeed, the Haitian law stipulates that anyone wishing to run for presidency must be a citizen of Haiti, have a residence in the territory, stay, uninterrupted, five consecutive years and be a citizen of any other country. Now Wyclef Jean is born in Haiti but has lived since his youth in the United States. His parents arrived in New York when he was a child.

In any case, Wyclef Jean is an artist who supports Haiti. He created Yéle Haiti Foundation, an organization that helps the island for several years. Although he has no intention of succeeding Rene Preval, who decided not to run again, Wyclef Jean should soon publish a press release in which it should convey a political message.

Koh Lanta: Taig Khris is a new challenge

The triple world champion skating ramp, Taig Khris, who participated in the latest edition of Koh Lanta (former candidates cons sports), likes to take up challenges. "I'll make a new record on the Champs-Elysees June 12, 2011. I plan to other records in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Brussels" he told the magazine Tele Cable Satellite. For now, Taig Khris was careful not to reveal details of these upcoming challenges. Did he intend to achieve a feat as impressive as last May 29 in Paris?

Before an audience come en masse, he rushed the first floor of the Eiffel Tower to hurtle down a ramp on roller ten meters below ... Upon his arrival, Taig Khris was approved by a sort of giant airbag. Note that the athlete has broken the record of 8.53 meters held by American Danny Way.

800,000 viewers watched the performance of Taig Khris broadcast live on W9. Will they stay true to skating champion?

Dany Boon posed with Will Smith

Since the success of his film "Welcome to the Sticks" released in 2008, actor and director Dany Boon lives a waking dream. In fact, his comedy has the card to stall at the time the 2nd place high score at the box office in France, behind Titanic. He then was named the highest paid French actor in 2008 and a cherry on the cake, the film rights were then purchased by a major Hollywood star. Indeed, the American actor Will Smith has relied on this French comedy that wants to adapt for the U.S. market. But according to rumors, this project, which Boon has been appointed artistic director, would be difficult to mount.

On July 25, Dany Boon and Smith met in Los Angeles, and time was not depressed. Indeed, the two stars with their families attended the premiere of the movie Karate Kid where we can find Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Dany Boon was featured on the red carpet with his wife Yael and his son Mehdi, 13, and Noah, 10. This little world has shown broad smiles: everything is better on the planet Smith-Boon.

Ashton Kutcher is the secrecy to his wife

The thrills, Ashton Kutcher seems to appreciate. If he knows perfectly illustrated outfielder hero in "Kiss and Kill", his latest film, he also challenges the Australian sky. The companion cute Demi Moore was in Australia this week to introduce this feature. He co-starred with Katherine Heigl who did not travel to the land of kangaroos.

The actor, comedy legend and fan of Twitter, has lit up the red carpet in Sydney. It has not been stingy with smiles and small gestures nice. He amused himself with a rugby ball, has teased the film's director Robert Luketic and took the pose for photographers.

At 32, Ashton Kutcher took his time to make an old dream. It took its maiden parachute jump! On his Twitter, he had also published: "I will jump from a plane, do not tell Mrs. Kutcher!" If his girlfriend was not there to see it at work, his step-daughter Tallulah Belle Willis had made the trip.

Both were spotted having dinner in Sydney. The daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis wearing a little sexy purple and Ashton, a gray suit raised by a Panama. Dumbass real troublemaker and happy, the actor revealed in the series "That 70's Show" not hesitate to live life with enthusiasm. During his trip to the country of Nicole Kidman, he also took pictures with koalas.

For now, the actor has regaled the Australian public, it is to regain its beautiful and once again roam the bleachers of baseball game which he is a fan.

Lady Gaga treated''prostitute''

She dared! Lady Gaga recurrence and excels in the art of controversy. Invited to play the piano by John Lennon's son Sean, the sultry singer has provoked the ire of fans of the Beatles. How could she put his hands on the flagship instrument of the legendary singer? This is one of the indignation of the British musician fans. Especially as it was lying on it and she took the body and soul of the subject of scandal.

At the initiative of Sean Lennon Provoc the Lady has agreed to play on the Steinway piano white. Euphoric after living this moment, Sean has decided to publish a photo of the artist at work on his Twitter. One gesture that must have regretted in the light reactions. A storm of criticism was then shot.

Flying to the rescue and trying to temper the real lynching which was prone Lady Gaga, Sean Lennon responded via Twitter. "A piano is made to be used. Why are you so conservative?", He responded via Twitter before continuing bluntly: "Do not worry, there are real problems in the world, don ' is not. First, (John) has offered the piano at my mother for her birthday, he is now. Then, it was not as stuck as you! "

Will that suffice it to polish the image of the artist who has recently worked with Beyoncé on the song "Videophone"?

For now, Lady Gaga leaves no one indifferent, as evidenced by the latest attack Nina Hagen signed. The German new wave punk singer went there for his scathing little note in the newspaper Bild: "Lady Gaga is a prostitute in the pop, a Satanic ***** s, with its fascist overtones and demonic! His Music prostitute is more like a commercial for bikinis that something sincere. " His comments have caused uproar in the ranks of fans of the pop diva. I bet that all this fuss did not have much upside. She, whose stock in trade is the challenge.

The Lady looks increasingly silly in continuing his tour Monster Ball Tour 2010 in North America. Waiting for the next album of the singer in early 2011.

Setback for Apple: unlock cell phones allowed in the U.S.

The U.S. law on copyright has been revised on Monday to legalize the release of mobile phones, despite the opposition of computer maker Apple, whose iPhone is tied exclusively to AT & T.

The Copyright Office said it had authorized this amendment as part of its triennial review of procedures for implementing the law on digital rights.

He recognizes "that the primary purpose of blocking mobile phones is more to link consumers to their network than to protect copyright," said Jennifer Granick, the Internet advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) , who pushed for tighter regulation.

Apple had opposed such a revision, arguing that allowing risk "hack" the phones would open a breach in computer viruses and affect the quality of the device itself.

In a letter to the Office of Copyrights, Apple had said that allowing the release of iPhones would break a "trust chain" linking the group to its customers.

The Act Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was also amended to allow the installation of a voice reading software on electronic books.

In addition, it is now legally possible to disable the copy protection schemes on DVDs, provided that the documentary, works non-commercial or educational videos.

"Providing access to all applications of the FFS, the Office of Copyrights (...) has taken three important steps to alleviate some of the damage caused by the DMCA," said Ms. Granick.

The way Apple has declined from 0.25% on Monday to the NYSE in a rising market, while that of telephone operator Sprint Nextel, AT & T competitor, gained 7.68%. ATT has managed to scrounge 1.64%.

Bernard Kouchner in Mauritania: "Our joint efforts will continue"

The "joint efforts" of France and Mauritania "will continue" in the fight against "terrorists," he said Monday in Nouakchott, the French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

"Our joint efforts will continue, the fight might be long but we will continue," Mr. Kouchner has affimé he left a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

"There are pressures and words of dictatorship and terrorists is not acceptable," said the French Minister, arrived shortly before in the Mauritanian capital.

French and Mauritanian military conducted 22 July a joint operation against a camp of Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali, which France thought it housed a French hostage Michel Germaneau, 78, executed Saturday by AQIM.

Seven members of AQIM were killed during this operation, while four were able to flee, according to the Mauritanian government.

"This is a difficult struggle that your country has undertaken. Mauritania can count on France's support in its fight against extremism," assured Bernard Kouchner, adding: "Moreover, the agreements between us" and "The agreements require such a commitment on our part."

"The band Sahel-Saharan Africa will not be left to terrorist groups, arms traffickers and drugs," he said.

Bernard Kouchner said his government did not prohibit the French to go to Mauritania "but they must take precautions."

Before leaving Nouakchott to Bamako where he will meet Tuesday with President Amadou Toumani Toure, Bernard Kouchner would travel to the Embassy of France to meet members of the French community in Mauritania.

After Mali, the French foreign minister will travel to Niger before returning to Paris in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. Her tour was announced Monday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

AQIM operates in a vast desert area on the borders of Mauritania, Algeria, Mali and Niger.

David Cameron "angry" face obstacles to Turkey's accession to the EU

British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his "anger" face obstacles to Turkey's accession to the European Union, accusing veiled France and Germany opposed to full membership, during an official visit Tuesday in Ankara.

"When I think of what Turkey has done to defend Europe as an ally of NATO and that Turkey is now in Afghanistan with European allies, it makes me angry to see that your progress towards joining the European Union can be discouraged with the way it was, "he said in a speech to businessmen.

"I think it's a mistake to say that Turkey can stand guard at the camp, but without being allowed to enter the tent. So I remain your most determined advocate for membership in the European Union and for greater influence at the table of European diplomacy, "said Cameron.

The negotiations for Turkish accession to the EU, started in 2005, progressing slowly, mainly because of opposition from France and Germany. These countries fear the arrival in the European club a country of 73 million inhabitants, almost all Muslims.

"Do you know who said this: + This is a country that is not European ... history, geography, economy, agriculture, and the character of its people - an admirable people that matter - everything goes a different direction. They are people who can not become a full member, despite his claims and beliefs can be + "?," he said.

"It looks like some Europeans describe Turkey. But in reality it was General de Gaulle who said that, describing the United Kingdom before veto our accession to the EU. We know what it ' that is to be excluded from the club. But we also know that these things can change, "he said.

London has long been a strong supporter of Turkish accession to the European Union and the new government of David Cameron, installed in May, has promised to strengthen ties with Turkey.

Ahmadinejad: Iran condemns EU sanctions, but "resume" negotiations

Iran on Tuesday condemned the new sanctions adopted by the European Union (EU), saying they would complicate discussions on the nuclear issue, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave assurances that Iran would resume the dialogue in September.

The EU adopted sanctions on Monday on an unprecedented scale against Iran and its energy sector to push Tehran to resume talks on its controversial nuclear program.

The Islamic Republic "deeply regrets and condemns" these new sanctions, reacted Tuesday the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ramin Mehmanparast, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

"These sanctions do not help advance the discussions (on nuclear power with the great powers) and do not affect Iran's determination to defend its legitimate right to pursue its peaceful program," said Mehmanparast.

"While Iran has always insisted on the cooperation and understanding (on this program) the decision of the EU will complicate things," he said.

He further said that Iran considered such sanctions as "a new step in the hostile policy of the European Union regarding the Iranian nation (...) which will have negative consequences" for the EU.

The European decision was finalized Monday at a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

It prohibits starting Tuesday on new investment, technical assistance or technology transfers to Iran, including the refining of crude oil and liquefied gas. Aside from energy, industry Iranian cargo by sea or air, will be hit hard, the controls in European ports or offshore will be strengthened.

These sanctions are aimed particularly the Revolutionary Guards, the regime's ideological army.

In the wake of the EU, Canada announced measures to a similar range. The United States and Australia had preceded Brussels and Ottawa.

The West suspects Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian program, which Tehran denies.

Tuesday in a statement, Russia, whose relations with the Islamic Republic have yet cooled significantly, said it was "unacceptable" the sanctions adopted outside the UN framework.

On June 9, the UN had adopted a fourth package of sanctions against Iran.

In retaliation, at the end of that month, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had announced a freeze of two months of talks with Group 5 +1 (Germany, China, USA, France, UK and Russia).

But, despite recent developments, the Iranian president said his country would resume in September negotiations with major powers.

"Iran will resume nuclear talks with the West in September," said Ahmadinejad during an interview on Monday evening at the Iranian channel Press-TV in English.

But he noted that Iran wanted to "participation of Turkey and Brazil."

On Monday, Tehran sent a response to questions from the Vienna group (USA, Russia, France) concerning the proposed exchange of nuclear fuel made by Iran in May alongside Brazil and Turkey. This offer had been judged insufficient by the time the great powers.

In Istanbul, where he was Sunday, the foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced that Iran was ready to immediately start negotiations with the West on the subject.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Alicia Keys separates!

His stomach shows the curves of a woman five months pregnant and its mine that of a woman more qu'épanouie. Alicia Keys exudes happiness wherever she goes. She no longer hesitates to appear in public with his fellow rapper producer Swizz Beatz. But an event disrupts the Sound of Music.

The singer who has starred with Jay-Z on the track "New York" has announced it was separating from her manager Jeff Robinson. Their contract has been broken. That said, everything has been made by mutual agreement. Alicia Keys wants now managing one's career and its attendant financial. However, it cherish the contact of her ex-manager to glean from time to time for advice.

Alicia Keys has just completed his last tour in which she presented the album "The Element of Freedom."

She also sang at the opening concert of the FIFA World Cup 2010 alongside John Legend, Shakira, Black Eyed Peas or revelation African K'Naan.

Today the female artist, huge fan of Stevie Wonder, wants to invest in humanitarian work and carried out his mother's life and music star. What a program!

Advertising investing and high tech social networks to create buzz

Video games on mobile phones, webseries, interactive movies on Facebook: advertising flows in all directions on new technologies to entertain and create a buzz on the Internet.

"It is now clear the market. There is a potential crazy but that is still under-exploited," said Florence Trouche, president of Isobar agency, including a campaign for the drink Fanta to download - on the internet and mobile - a program that distorts voice when phone has attracted a million young people.

Viewed 8000000 times on Dailymotion, the first series on the Web was invented in France BNP Paribas advertising: in ten short episodes schoolboy humor, "My roommates," directed by cartoonist Sattouf Riad, tells the galleys and delusions of four young roommate in Paris.

The bank, of which 30% of retail is less than 29 years, wanted to "speak to young people around the theme of the roommate, which is important for them, with a mode of communication in which they recognize," says a spokesman.

"It has given carte blanche. It is a real creation, the brand is not within the series, and that's why it works!", She says, while admitting: "this success, we do not expect it at all!".

However, a short text - "Sponsored by BNP Paribas - appears a few seconds before the start of each episode. And the characters in the series, which has 17,000 fans on Facebook, are the protagonists of real commercials and brochures from the bank, which will fund a new broadcast season late September.

Interactive, the world of video games also attracts many advertisers. Coca Cola, for example, created a portal with the French publisher Ubisoft for testing games preview.

This "gaming zone", which targets men 16-24 years old, can associate the mark in the minds of consumers to "experience", says Olivier Marcheteau, Microsoft Advertising, the first Internet Governance in France.

Less interactive, "the traditional banners and inserts are not fully exploiting the technological capabilities of the Internet, which now allow for more innovative advertising products, says Marcheteau.

Volkswagen offers him, racing games to test his models ... on the iPhone. An application can thus be put in place, virtual, driver of a 4x4 brand Touareg on different courses, but also identify, by geolocation, the nearest dealer for a test ride, well real one.

"Everything is an excuse to increase the buzz, to extend the time spent watching or playing with content," said Vincent Letang, a specialist in Internet advertising firm Screendigest. Interactivity allows to "soak" the Internet of "brand values".

The beer Stella Artois has managed a nice shot in Great Britain. His spot in the mood shifted pastel of "French Riviera (Côte d'Azur) 60 years, first aired on television, were the rage on Facebook, the user can bring up pictures of her in profile the decor of the commercial.

Although the effectiveness of such campaigns is difficult to measure, "returns on investment can be fantastic" for those who manage to stand out, says Mr. Letang.

Vettel resists to Alonso

Dominated by Fernando Alonso at the previous two sessions free, Sebastian Vettel has turned things around in qualifying for the German Grand Prix on Saturday after his last flying lap, leaving Ferrari its first pole this season for two thousandths. Starting from pole for the sixth time this year, the Red Bull driver will start Sunday before both F10 and RB6 teammate Mark Webber. The McLarens are content with the third line.

Each qualifying session that passes makes it more remarkable performance by Lewis Hamilton in Canada. On the Montreal circuit, the McLaren driver was able to stand up to Red Bull last month, converting 24 hours later his pole into victory. Before and since, only the red bull raced ahead of schedule, under the guise of Mark Webber on four occasions, but especially through this Saturday that Sebastian Vettel won his sixth pole of the year - eleventh of his young career.

That day, signed a few tens of kilometers from his birthplace - Heppenheim - obviously did not taste the same as those obtained previously in Bahrain, Australia, China, in Valencia and in Great Britain. Sebastian Vettel announced: "This pressure to run home only increases my motivation and it will probably save me one tenth of a second runway." A tenth has weighed into the balance on time to establish its position on the grid.

Except for an initial pre-qualifying session played Friday in the rain and dominated by Adrian Sutil looking like a tightrope walker at the wheel of his Force India, Fernando Alonso had hitherto been the most incisive on the Hockenheim circuit, granting itself the authority with references lap of the second and third acts free. A constant that he had naturally kept in qualifying, leaving the head of Q1 and Q2 then firmly holding the pole until the final seconds of the session. Until Sebastian Vettel in his last flying lap, only to come deprive a vibrant first Ferrari in 2010.

Schumacher does not pass Q2

Beaten only two thousandths - 1'13 "791 cons 1'13" 793 - Taurus of Asturias had never been near the top this season, he who has taken over the pole since the Hungarian Grand Prix 2009 . Felipe Massa who finished the session with him the third time - just ahead of Mark Webber, but nearly all of five-tenths of his Spanish team-mate - the Scuderia has not lost everything that day, and will probably have a say in race Sunday.

For McLaren, firmly set on the third row with the 5th and 6th lap Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will be primarily to preserve the maximum capital acquired in the overall standings. On its land, Mercedes will however work hard to shine. Nico Rosberg was merely the ninth qualifying lap on Saturday, nearly two seconds off Vettel, while Michael Schumacher has not passed the threshold of Q2, expelled over the top 10 by the Williams of Nico Hulkenberg. Underperformance already wiped in Canada and on the eve of the European Grand Prix this year.

The holiday of President Nicolas Sarkozy

While some still had concerns about July or aoûtien, the head of the French state has made its choice ...

Nicolas Sarkozy will be on vacation from Aug. 3, just after the last Council of Ministers of the year, we learn the daily Le Parisien.

Without surprise, it was around Cape Negro, in the Var, he will fly with his wife, Carla Bruni. The presidential couple will spend the summer holidays in the family home of the first lady, Bruni-Tedeschi field.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni had already been to Cape Negro in 2008 and 2009. This suggests that the site becomes their "pied-à-terre" official during the long summer holidays.

Nicolas Sarkozy will be back in Paris on August 25.

Angelina Jolie: Mom World

Not a name has also been worn! Angelina Jolie, the sublime actress and mother of six children, ensures that time promoting his latest film "Salt". In this regard, she gave an interview to AFP. She returns to characters she embodies action on the screen. She said it is "unusual that a woman becomes a star of action movies. And the actress appreciate being one of the few to shine in this genre. Alternately "Lara Croft", special agent in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" or in "60 Seconds", it has demonstrated his physical prowess.

Today in "Salt", she played a CIA agent, Evelyn Salt, betrayed by a deserter and subject of a false rumor presenting it as a "mole" Russian. The frame then fits around his attempts to clear himself and escape the hunt launched by his superiors. The adrenaline rush merely Angelina Jolie on a movie set, but it tempers and knows she could not have been such an agent in his life "simply because it would be impossible for me and my family to lead a double life . For all the young 35 year old woman leads to his career as a mother and her life accomplished. Moreover, on this plan, she said she now put a point to emphasize his merry brood and her man she loved more than anything. As for his career, "is no longer the most important thing." She said: "(...) I work only for a few months, and after I take a lot of free time. Before "Salt" I had been on leave for a year and a half, during which I ' I traveled and had my children. Now, I'll stop for five or six months and that Brad will work. "

And his kids have plenty to get him a wonderful range of emotions alone Maddox, the eldest will be 9 years old on Aug. 5, is 5 years old Zahara, Pax Thien, 6 ½ years, Shiloh, her first biological daughter, 4 years, followed her twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, aged 2 years since July 12. If it chose to adopt the first three in different countries (Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam), she acknowledges feed a passion for travel and especially China or Latin America. "I like visiting places that I do not know" said one who "does not belong to any particular country. He continued: "I want to discover everything, but I am always keen supporter of the country where my kids."

Recall that Shiloh was born in Namibia and that the twins were born in France after a highly publicized pregnancy. For this mother in the world, the continents are a veritable playground it intends to explore with her children. Besides Angelina has never been afraid of traveling the most remote countries, and even less secure, such as Afghanistan or Iraq for his humanitarian work.

Today bomb Tomb Rider focuses energy around his family and is even considering turning the rest of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with the love of her life, Brad Pitt. "Of course!" With him, I would like to be with him is everything I love. I do not think it is risky for us, they entertain themselves to be together all the time, "she advanced. What's best for this couple who met on the filming of the movie to international success in 2005.

Finally, the actress also reveals a fan of other big names in cinema. If she is conscious of its reputation and regret not being "very funny" in everyday life, it is nevertheless mindful of the work of her sisters. So it reveals an admiration for Meryl Streep crazy "I do not know if I'll ever be as good an actress she is. I do not know if I can be extraordinary." She feared not being able to sign a work as large and diverse as the actress of "Devil Wears Prada.

Meanwhile the brunette in luscious mouth can boast combined bold and intelligent films. Besides the coming out soon, "Salt" on August 25 and "The Tourist" with Johnny Depp December 15, 2010.

Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman: the meeting!

Leonardo DiCaprio has been described as an outstanding actress and a concert of praise at the mention of his name knows no respite. Marion Cotillard has conquered the worlds of film on both sides of the Atlantic. This week she is showing at the last film by Christopher Nolan, "Inception". However, it keeps both feet on the ground and does not lose sight of the priorities it was his own younger. So she recently participated in a mission of Greenpeace in the Congo. She has campaigned for a work that is dear to him: to preserve the environment. Like Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion put her reputation at the service of great causes.

It gives this regard, an interview with Interview magazine and answered questions from Nicole Kidman, with whom she starred in "Nine". Marion Cotillard proves to talk much about his African trip: "I have met many people who try to preserve trees and lands in the industry. I really felt a connection with these people. It was an intense trip beautiful (...) I'm really happy today, preserving the environment gradually become the fight of all. Ten years ago, people thought I was crazy when I talked about this subject that was close to my heart He thought I was a hippie, I want to make my own cheese, live with my animals in a house without electricity! " And avant-garde at that. Marion Cotillard has never ceased to astonish and to unanimously.

At 35, she takes her career briskly: "It is paradoxical to be an actress, live in town, to travel by plane every two days while trying to find a balance and preserve the environment." If the exercise seems dangerous, the star who played alongside Johnny Depp is doing well and knows no drop in speed. She is currently shooting in the capital, "Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen. We also know that Gad Elmaleh has also joined the cast of the legendary filmmaker. With such stars, we can shout crowing!

Afghanistan: A U.S. soldier captured and one killed, assumed command Taliban

A U.S. soldier was captured by the Taliban, another killed in Afghanistan, said Sunday at the AFP spokesman regular Taliban command while research continues to find the two soldiers missing since Friday.

"The two American soldiers came yesterday (Saturday, ed) in the district Sharkh in Logar province. Our fighters attacked them. One was killed in an exchange of gunfire and the second was captured alive, "said Zabihullah Muhahid, a spokesman for the Taliban.

"We took the body (of the soldier killed) and the captured soldier and they were taken to a safe place," said Mujahid, speaking from an undisclosed location.

"We will release more details later and identity. We have not decided their fate and what we want in exchange for their release," he said.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Paris Hilton: champagne shower in St. Tropez!

Unquestionably, the jet-setter Paris Hilton is in vacation mode. The starlet has landed in southern France on July 22 and she looks forward to the atmosphere.

Arrival in Saint-Tropez on a yacht, she has quickly entered the port to reach the mainland and partying. It was on the beach at Red Sail she danced during the afternoon with friends while drinking a few drinks. The temperate south has quickly intoxicated the merry band that has offered a champagne shower. Paris Hilton has fun splashes his friends did not let them do it. The heritage of 29 years has also given a shower of balloons. One of his relatives, who had hands a magnum of champagne, took pleasure in reversing some of the contents of the bottle on it.

Before arriving at St. Tropez, Paris Hilton has not knocked bad. She has been shopping in the French capital and then she took a private jet at Le Bourget airport to travel to Corsica, Figari. Besides, she spent a little time with the customs has arrested for possession of marijuana. After this minor incident, she continued her journey luxury. Indeed, after Figari, she headed to Porto Cervo where awaited the yacht on which she arrived in St. Tropez.

Thierry Henry won over Americans?

If the footballer Thierry Henry has announced he would no longer bear the jersey of the France team, he has absolutely no intention of hanging up the cleats. Recently, he joined the U.S. championship in integrating the club Red Bulls New York, a city he particularly enjoys. The July 22 evening, he should also wear the jersey of his new team during a friendly match against England Tottenham.

But before proving what he can on the ground and satisfy his new fans, Thierry Henry has stepped up TV shows in the United States, to be better known to the American public. After going on NBC with Jimmy Fallon, the French sports went on Fox News Channel conservative par excellence. Accompanied by Rosana Scotto and Greg Kelly, the presenters of the show Good Day New York, he discussed various themes and varied as racism in the stadiums of Europe, the vuvuzela in South Africa or the U.S. Championship calendar.

He still had a blunder in this interview slips. And contrary to what one might think, the author of the latter was not Thierry Henry, who help to qualify the World Cup in France with his hand. Indeed, it Rosana Scotto to whom we owe a big mistake. She just welcomed Thierry Henry have won the last World Cup. Malaise, unease you said? The journalist, who apparently had not read his files (and was ill prepared was issued), was quickly overtaken by making the fastest transition in the history of television.

As good Americans, it should probably prefer American football to European soccer.

Remember, if necessary, that France was eliminated in the first round of the 2010 World Cup.

Afghanistan: four American soldiers killed in bomb attack

Four U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, said NATO, while the number of foreign soldiers killed since the war began in late 2001 approached the threshold of 2,000 .

The four soldiers were killed in the explosion of a roadside bomb, the weapon of choice for the Taliban, said the force of international security assistance in Afghanistan (ISAF) said in a statement.

Reached by telephone, a spokesman for ISAF confirmed that four soldiers were American. The incident took place in southern Sudan, where war is most rabies.

396 foreign troops have died in military operations in Afghanistan since the start of the year, according to a report from AFP drawn from the independent website icasualties.org, against 520 in 2009.

102 soldiers died in June, record month since the start of the international intervention in Afghanistan in late 2001.

1964 foreign troops, including 1,204 Americans have died in Afghanistan since late 2001.

The rebellion led by the Taliban has grown in intensity over the past four years, broadening its scope to almost all the countries, despite the steady strengthening of international troops, including Americans.

And roadside bombs, cheap and easy to conceal, are by far the leading cause of death in the ranks of Afghan and international forces and Afghan civilians. The NATO command is concerned about the adaptability of the insurgents who are asking more and more bombs, particularly in the south, to target the military.

They now use explosives more powerful and sometimes made of wood and therefore more difficult to be spotted by metal detectors.

At an international conference Tuesday in Kabul, the international community has supported the strategy of President Hamid Karzai for years to come. In addition to a plan for reconciliation with the Taliban for the "foot soldiers" of the insurgency fighting more by necessity than ideology, the Afghan head of state said he was determined to achieve by the end of 2014 with his own efforts Security in Afghanistan.

The Chief of Joint Staff of the United States, Admiral Michael Mullen, said Thursday was "reasonable" goal of President Karzai.

Regarding the policy of openness to President Karzai Taliban, Mullen had been cautious.

He said such a strategy can succeed only when the international forces and the Afghan army will prevail over the military field.

"I think we should be in a position of strength. We're not there yet," he has said.

For his part, President Barack Obama had raised an early withdrawal of U.S. forces in July 2011.

Tour de France stage Saturday, "chrono" Medoc

The 19th stage of the Tour visits the Medoc along a cons-trial whose names are dreaming about 52 km from Bordeaux to Pauillac.

Cantenac, Issan, Margaux, Beychevelle, St. Julien, as many castles or names that honor the vineyards of Bordeaux, are traversed by the flat course, without harshness. The highest point reached by the race "rises" up to 18 meters, crossing in Margaux, a village of 1,300 people world-famous.

Pauillac (5,400 inhabitants), three chateaux (Lafite, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild) are believed to rank first in 1855, welcomes the arrival on the docks along the Gironde, the largest estuary in Europe.

This is the port in 1777, Lafayette sailed to the New World aboard a brig named symbolically Victory to help future U.S. in their quest for independence.

Two points are located at intermediate timing map-Médoc (Km 18) and Arcins-en-Médoc (Km 36.5).

Germany's Bert Grabsch, the first runner to rush to the start of the 19th stage of Tour de France on Saturday in Bordeaux, was to leave at 10:15.

The yellow jersey, the Spaniard Alberto Contador, will be the last to leave at 4:02 p.m., in this cons-the-clock 52 km to Pauillac.

The starting order (two in two minutes, except for the first 11 separated by a minute and for the last 19 runners from De Weert separated by an interval of 3 minutes):

10:15 Grabsch, Malorie, Roux, Klier, Lorenzetto, McEwen, Hunt, Quinziato Champion, D. Lloyd Millar (10:25), Lancaster (10:27), Burghardt, N. Sorensen, Dean, Eisel, Cavendish, Auge, Cummings, O'Grady, Sulzberger, Petacchi, Muravyev, Bookwalter, Roy, Devenyns, T. Martin, Geslin

11:01: Benitez, Breschel, Maaskant, Freire, Tjallingii, Kroon, Hondo, Grivko, Hernandez, Konovalovas, Cancellara, Seeldrayers, Iglinskiy, Ciolek, A. Perez, Oss, Boom, Vandborg, Voigt, Bole, Roelandts, Bellotti, Da Dalto, Wegmann, Turgot, Wynants, Isasi, Rast, Mondory Boasson Hagen

24:01: Arashiro, Hushovd, Pliuschin, de la Fuente, Bouet, Gavazzi, Brutt, Zabriskie, S. Ivanov, Pauwels, Roberts, Noval, Sprick, Barry Kern, Nocentini, Vaugrenard, R. Perez, Ladagnous, Koren, Knees, Minard, Fröhlinger, Flecha, Vogondy, Ballan, Popovych, Kuchynski, Gerdemann, Capecchi

1:01 p.m.: Lang, A. Perez, Duran, Vorganov, Erviti, Di Gregorio, Elmiger, Voeckler, Rohregger, De Greef, Costa, Monier, C. Sörensen, Moinard, Thomas Rojas, Pineau, Kolobnev, Van de Walle, Kiryienka, Perget, Monfort, Hincapie, Niermann, Fédrigo, Szmyd, Velasco, Rolland, Moerenhout, Tiralongo

2:01 p.m.: Valls, Morabito, Fuglsang, Gutierrez, Navarro, M. Lloyd, Paulinho Brajkovic Gautier, Barredo, Charteau, Le Mevel, E. Martinez, Siutsou, Garate, Rogers, Pauriol, Gustov, Verdugo, Aerts, Chavanel, Basso, Van Summeren Cunego Riblon El Fares, Evans, Casar, Wiggins, Armstrong

3:01 p.m.: Moreau, Sastre, Moreno (15.05), De Weert (3:08 p.m.), Lövkvist, Gadret, Vinokourov, Roche, Klöden, Plaza, Leipheimer, L. L. Sanchez, Horner, Kreuziger, Hesjedal, J. Rodriguez, Gesink, Van den Broeck

3:53 p.m.: Menchov

3:56 p.m.: S. Sanchez

3:59 p.m.: A. Schleck

4:02 p.m.: Contador

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