Syrian government says the soldiers killed in fighting with the "terrorists"

Seven of the Syrian soldiers and policemen were killed in the operation against "terrorists" in the city center Rastan, where armed resistance emerged after months of mostly peaceful protests, according to the state agency reported.
Fatalities have been reported in the first official comment on the three-day government offensive to capture the area of ​​army deserters.
"Similar units have inflicted heavy casualties, armed terrorist groups," the agency said, quoting a military spokesman. "The confrontation led to the deaths of seven employees, including two policemen and wounding 32, including seven officers, the army and security police."
The Syrian army and security forces have remained largely loyal to the regime of Bashar al-Assad during six months of protests demanding his overthrow in which the UN says that 2700 people were killed.
But the army deserters, many of whom defected because they refused to fire on the demonstrators, have formed rebel units, mainly in agricultural areas around Rastan, a city of 40,000 people, located 110 miles ( 180 km) north of Damascus.
A deserter from the army operating in the province of Idlib, in the northwest of Rastan, said the defectors from the city were using guerrilla tactics against the heavily armed loyalist forces.
"Rastan beat army officers for decades, and there are plenty of experiences among the soldiers deserted. Assad is mistaken if he thinks he can finish a fast break," he said, adding that agricultural land, it was difficult for the army to seal the area.
Rastan area is a Sunni recruitment of conscripts who provide the majority of staff in the army, which is dominated by members of the Alawite minority sect of Assad.
Residents say at least 1,000 peasants armed deserters and have fought the Loyalist forces, which are supported by tanks and helicopters.
Syria says more than 700 soldiers and policemen were killed in the insurgency, which he blamed on armed groups supported by foreign powers.
In Rastan, and protection of the police force 'still hunting down members of these terrorist groups to restore security and stability Rastan and its citizens, "he told the news agency.
Thursday ', Assad's supporters threw stones and tomatoes in the United States, Ambassador Robert Ford convoy when he visited the opposition figure in Damascus.
Ford and his party were not injured, the U.S. Department of State, he said, but the Embassy of several vehicles were damaged, and the ambassador had to lock himself in an office waiting for the help of Syrian security.
Syria has upset Ford's meetings with the opposition accusing Washington of inciting violence and meddling in its affairs. Washington has called on Syria to take measures to protect U.S. diplomats.
"We condemn this unjustified attack in the strongest terms. Ambassador Ford and colleagues reported the Embassy of the normal and the intimidation of our diplomats, through violence is totally unjustified," the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"We will soon address the issue with the Syrian government and demand to take all possible measures to protect diplomats in their obligations under international law."
Crackdown on democracy protests Assad has poisoned relations between the United States, which is a series of new sanctions, and raised the pressure on Syria in the world

Seventeen Indian officials found guilty of raping the villagers

NEW DELHI: Seventeen Indian police and officials of the forest were convicted of gang rape of a group of tribal villagers in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in 1992.
Press Trust of India said that another 100 officers were convicted Thursday of dozens of people severely beaten in the village of Dalits. Also known as the untouchables, the Dalits are considered the bottom of the caste system in India.
The incident took place as officials raid the village to find Vachathi sandalwood smuggling. The two-day strike ended with 18 women were raped and 100 people severely beaten.
Indian court issues sentences next week, although some of the accused have died in the time it took the case to make its way through India's notoriously slow justice

Speculation causes scabs record low vs U.S. dollar

Panic buying and speculation in Islamabad Pak rupee Artificial forced to beat a record at Rs 90.60 against the U.S. dollar on the open market during the last week in the week.
The spokesman for the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said Syed Wasimuddin journalist that you would give the U.S. dollar as required by the free market SBP. He said there was no shortage of U.S. dollars, although demand was up 60 percent from 10 million to $ 15 million a day in the open market.
Thanks to the efforts of the PAS, the rupee has hit back at 88.50 rupees against the dollar this week, last week. The currency experts, Zaheer Ahmed, said last week the dollar demand has increased because banks have bought U.S. $ 2.5 million on the open market to pay the bill for the credit card on behalf of their clients.
He said the panic was mainly due to the deterioration of relations with the United States, indicating that Pakistan may witness declining supply of dollars in the future. "But were some reasons such as substantial declines in the euro and British pound against the dollar, the depreciation of Indian currency 10 percent against the dollar and profit of gold also considered good reasons to walk in the price of the dollar, "he added.
Specialist in foreign currency, Faheem Akhtar said that one of the significant impact on the dollar was hoarding was to expand the difference between the dollar and the rest of the bank's open market. He said the higher dollar prices of imports would increase even more, especially crude oil and shake investor confidence

Facebook in Ireland

LONDON: Facebook faces regulatory control in Ireland rather than its European headquarters on its handling of personal information, the Financial Times.
He told the Irish newspaper of data protection is to make the control of the privacy of Facebook outside the United States and Canada, after complaints by privacy groups, European and American defense, the Irish Commissioner for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission.
The groups expressed concern about Facebook "seamless sharing" to read, hear and see the activity and the use of cookies to track user navigation.
FT reported that Gary Davis, Supervisor of Ireland, said that his office could do a thorough inspection team outside of the United States and Canada next month.
"This audit will examine the subject of the complaint, but will be bigger and will attempt to examine the compatibility of Facebook, more generally, the law of data protection in Ireland."
European headquarters in Dublin with Facebook, which makes transactions outside the United States and Canada, subject to Irish and European Data Protection

India will want to take revenge

LONDON: England beat India in all three formats of play the last series at home, but one day captain Alastair Cook says the player MS Dhoni ODI men in court next month series would be a task much more difficult.
Stating that the India team would be "itching" to get revenge, Cook said: "Of course, there will be very difficult. They have something to prove and that the conditions obviously suits them. I do not think we'll see a lot of grass in the windows of play.
"They are world champions at home and itching for revenge. It is up to us and how we deal with conditions and how we play. The best players to adapt to it. We have players who have never played in India, England shirt.
"The learning curve is very steep, but they manage it well," said Cook, the Daily Telegraph.
India suffered a humiliating 0-3 defeat in a dayers in England in a match of the series for the last five months, with a laundry and other game ending in a draw. England also has reduced India 4-0 in a series of tests that led to losing his number one.
Although Cook is aware that a number of key players of the Indian team - Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh - have been excluded from the first two ODIs due to injuries, but admitted that in their backyard, the 'India have a hard side to beat.
Tour of India will be a touchstone for Cook, both the captain and player, because England has not beaten India one-day series in India since 1985 and the last two series ends 5-1 and 5-0 keystrokes.
However, Cook was the development of the confidence of a good summer in one dayers, where he averaged 58 and scored runs at a rate of exercise 95.
"You could not go much better for me," said Cook.
"When a batsman I've always said that I could play one day cricket in England. I was back in action soon, and the captain and player you want to start. It adds a sense of authority. Kind of ends and doubts, and help Captain.
"It takes time for you to get used to being team captain and the coach and players to get used to you. Really, I did it in six weeks. It takes more than that, but people who work out of how I do things and what I expect of players, "he added

Taylor Swift does not want to Google

Taylor Swift is refusing to Google himself - because he is worried about what others say about him.
Love Story hitmaker, 21, hates to read the negative comments.
"I do not have thick skin," he said. "If someone says something mean, it hurts my feelings. There is nothing wrong, that I've read, I'm just like ... [sobs false]."
Taylor said he feels frustrated when the stories are written by him that are not 100% accurate.
"No, you can not search Google or your self-esteem are well," he said, waving his hand down.
"You read something that is not true or is read as fact as a little out of place and will be," Nobody knows what is really happening! Like, what happens? "
Taylor recently admitted she is obsessed with cooking.
"Right now I'm obsessed with cooking, so I was doing all kinds of cookbooks," he said. "Everyone knows, all my friends know that I love to cook, so this shelf full of cookbooks in my place.
"I really like reading the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.
"And you know when you go into stores and it is [pounds]" How to make sandwiches Grande "and you're [thinking]," Who buys them? "I buy them, I see a book '100 ways to cupcakes. "I bought it.
"Basically, everything that I get the cookbook, and then ad-lib, I have the cookbook recipe and have the basic idea and then I [think], 'Oh, I wonder what would happen if I added to this

Lata Mangeshkar in the eighty-second Birthday Party

It was a night when even the best singers have admitted he was nervous but eager to take the microphone.
The occasion was the 82nd anniversary of Lata Mangeshkar talented musicians that come under one roof on Wednesday night to the wishes of the legendary singer. While the brothers and sisters Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath were seen in the hearing, the niece Radha was to ensure that the guests were served.
Lata said she was pleased to celebrate his birthday with his three brothers - Hridaynath, Amitabh Bachchan and Yash Chopra. Singers Bela Shende, Sadhna Sargam, Kavita Krishnamurthy and Sundh Janta Chauhan had under their spell. Among men, Sudesh Bhosle and Suresh dedicated songs to Lata Wadkar, Sonu Niigaam while singing his songs

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NTC seeks help from UN injured in Sirte

GENEVA - The interim government of Libya has asked the UN fuel for ambulances to evacuate the wounded from the besieged city of Sirte, a UN source in Libya said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, desperate civilians fleeing the coastal town held by fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi deposed before dawn, when the pro-Gaddafi began to save the checkpoints, the source told Reuters.
The United Nations is sending trucks of drinking water for the growing stream of civilians crammed into the vehicles on the road Sirte to Benghazi in the direction or west or east Misrata said

plane crashes in Indonesia

Medan, Indonesia - A small plane on a local flight in western Indonesia crashed in a mountainous area on Thursday and 18 people on board were presumed dead, officials said. Difficult terrain and rain hampered researchers are trying to reach the wreck.
The Spanish-designed CASA C-212 was about half of its 30-minute flight from northern Sumatra and Aceh, where he lost contact with air traffic control, said the spokesman Ministry of Transport Bambang Ervan.
A few minutes later, the power turboprop sent a distress signal, and then deposited the radar, Hutagaol Bonar, a Marshal of the Air Force, TVOne said.
"I saw something strange," Agus, a witness told the station. "A plane circling low smoke before it disappeared from my view."
The ruins of the air - spotted during aerial photography near the mountain village of Bahorok - seemed to be largely intact, the wings still time to frame, Ervan said. There was no evidence of 14 passengers and four crew members, he said.
Supra Sinaga, head of the local search and rescue team, said it could take hours to arrive because of torrential rains and steep, rocky terrain.
The plane, manufactured in Indonesia in 1989, was last inspected on 22 September, said Robur Rizallianto, an official with the owner, PT Buana Nusantara Air. He was in good condition, he said, and a check on Thursday ahead of the launch was also discussed clean.
Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago nation of 240 million people, has been plagued by transport accidents in recent years, from aircraft accidents and train wrecks of the ferry. Many are assigned to safety standards overcrowding and poor.

Apple announces new iPhone 4 variants?

Amid rumors about the Apple iPhone launch on October 5, an Apple fan site reported that the company may release a new version of the iPhone in April and a new iPod Touch.
Both devices have been described in the inventory of internal 9to5mac.com Apple said in a message.
"Three new iPod touch models have appeared in the system with the code name N81A. N81 is the code name for the key fourth-generation black iPod, so the risk is the chain of three new white" he said.
But he added that since there are only three new models of iPod touch at this time, it is likely that black models will not be updated.
Also, he says it probably means the storage capacity will remain at their capacity of 8GB, 32GB and 64GB today.
On the other hand, the website states that the two new stock-keeping unit (SKU), two new iPhone has appeared in the inventory system, but the new SKU is labeled "4s optimized for iPhone."
"The new device is code-named N90A, which is very small variations of the iPhone 4 -. Who is the N90 In fact, this may be an iPhone -. 4 8 GB version, as previously rumored, it is very possible that the two SKU "means models are black and white, but it is not confirmed," he said.
He also said that there is no risk of Apple's next-generation iPhone could be marked N90A because it contains a large internal hardware upgrades that can form a new code name.
He also said iPhone called N94 have started in iOS SDK many times

Pakistan, India to double the market value of $ 6b, ease of business visas

New Delhi, India and Pakistan committed to further liberalize trade with the major movements such as opening a customs office and the second largest number of visas, seen as strengthening a fragile peace process between the two countries.
India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to jointly seek to double bilateral trade to $ 6000000000 a year from the current $ 2.7 billion by 2014. They also decided to introduce a liberalized visa regime for business in November 2011 by both nations.
In a joint statement issued after official level talks between the EU bilateral trade minister, Anand Sharma visited Pakistan and Trade and Commerce Minister Mohammad Amin Fahim Makhdoom here, both sides said that India and Pakistan in a new phase in the full normalization of bilateral trade relations bodes well for the strengthening of mutual trust and understanding. It was also decided that the secretaries of commerce of both nations will meet in November to promote what was agreed during negotiations.
Stating that India and Pakistan were committed to ensure a liberalized visa regime, the statement said the two ministers said they expected that this issue will soon be finished before November.
The visa of new business is intended to allow multiple entries and can be for up to one year. The Ministers expressed the hope that such a new visa regime would quickly expand vistas of bilateral trade.
They stressed that regional security environment will gradually be able to help both countries to maintain the liberalization of visas for business people.
The two Ministers agreed that India and Pakistan should work together to more than double bilateral trade in 2014 to its current level of $ 2.7 billion to 6 billion. The two countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India Trade Promotion Organisation and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan to promote trade and investment. The MoU will promote a better promotion of business for enterprises of both countries.
Both Mr. Sharma and Mr. Fahim reaffirmed its commitment to the normalization of trade relations between the two countries strengthen bilateral relations and strengthen ties of friendship, trust and understanding for the mutual benefit of their peoples and the promotion of prosperity in South Asia.
Both ministers gave their commerce secretaries of Commerce to go ahead with determination to fully normalize bilateral trade relations. Both countries agreed to cooperate with the high ambition of preferential trade relations in the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). They agreed that all mutual obligations SAFTA fully implemented in good faith.
The statement was found, when the commercial secretaries of the two countries meet, they should set specific deadlines for normalizing trade relations with everyone, including the demolition of all non-tariff barriers. The full implementation of SAFTA was also mandated obligations.
The two ministers agreed to continue to promote greater intra-regional connectivity through road, rail, sea and air. He said the two countries to cooperate and coordinate closely in multilateral forums like the WTO and SAARC, who support each other to strengthen their economies

Maria Sharapova forced to retire at Pan Pacific quarts

Maria Sharapova was forced to retire in an accident during the first half of his semi-final against Petra Kvitova at the Pan Pacific Open Thursday.
With his Czech opponent leading 4-3 in the first set, Sharapova sprained left ankle before serving in the eighth Thurs limped to his chair and went out after talking with his coach.
It was a rematch of this year's Wimbledon final, where Kvitova beat Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 for his first major title.
Kvitova face now the fourth of Russia Vera Zvonareva, who beat compatriot Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3 in another quarterfinal.
Zvonareva had five aces in the match, which lasted 1 hour, 14 minutes Ariake Colosseum, and rose to 6-0 head to head matches against top-seeded Kirilenko.
"I am very pleased that my department has helped me today,''Zvonareva said." The first service was good and my second serve, even caused him some problems, and has made a big difference.''
KO Kirilenko Open champion United States beat Samantha Stosur and Tuesday 12-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday, but struggled with his serve against Zvonareva, breaking three times.
"Maria is a great player and a great fighter and he proved by beating two tough opponents on his way to the quarterfinals,''said Zvonareva." There is no secret to beating her. I just tried to take some pictures which caused him some discomfort and was able to do.''
In addition, third-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat seventh-seeded Marion Bartoli, France 7-5, 6-0 to reach the final four. Next faces either Estonia or Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska Kaia Kanepi, who play later Thursday

Anna Faris wants Eight children

Anna Faris wants to eight children and her husband, Chris Pratt.
What is your number in the actress says she and her husband are eager to start a family together and I would love to children, although it would be hard work.
"I have eight children, I do not think I can handle yourself. I've never done before, but I want many children, "she said.
"We want to populate the world!"
Anna, 32, recently revealed how she knew that Chris was the man for her, when they met on the set of Take Me Home Tonight in 2007.
"The sparks fly as soon as I saw him - he was so manly, he took care of things, was not small," he said.
"I love being married to him. That reassures me. In Los Angeles, where it is difficult find a guy is a guy. We discovered that both grew up in small towns next to each other north of Seattle, and there is something very comforting about it . It's nice to be with someone who reminds you of home

Veena Malik shoot for Bollywood film

MUMBAI: Pakistani actress Veena Malik was seen shooting his maiden Bollywood project 'Daal Me Kala Kuch Hai' in Pune. Malik, who will share screen space with actors Shakti Kapoor and Jackie Shroff in the film, will be in a dual role in the film.
Veena, which diverted the attention for her ex-boyfriend accused Pakistani cricket and Muhammad Asif be an array of games, also caught the eye when she appeared on the reality show Bigg Boss Season 4.
It will now be seen in a Bollywood film with a point in the film, soon to be released in cinemas

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Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel attacked

The pipe that carries gas from Egypt, Israel invaded the sixth time in less than a year.
Three men shot at the pumping station going north of Sinai on Tuesday morning, according to reports. The tube then exploded.
The tube also serves as Jordan. At present it is unknown what the impact of the explosion is a gas deliveries to Israel and Jordan.
Egypt provides Israel with over 40 percent of its natural gas needed to generate electricity.
The first attack came on the tube in February during the revolts against the deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The final blow came in July, when the men passed the guards with machine guns and blew the Sinai resort.
Gas sales to Israel has been unpopular in the Egyptian street since the opening of the pipeline in 2008. Mubarak has been accused of giving Israel a gas deal darling, when Egypt lost more than 714 million U.S. dollars on the face

ZTE has three smartphones and a tablet of England bound

Chinese phone maker ZTE is launching three smartphones and a tablet in the United Kingdom before the end of the year.
Su Wu, director of operations of the mobile terminal ZTE spoke with The Inquirer this morning in the company's future products. ZTE said market three new smart phones and tablets in the UK in 2012.
Its confirmed that along with the Spirit based smartphone Mango, who wrote early today, ZTE launched two phones with Android. They will be part of the goal of launching 30 ZTE smartphones in 2011, most of which have already been announced, according to Sa
These devices could tip rebranding with some mobile operators, as with previous devices ZTE, and the same applies to the next tablet.
Its confirmed that the pill will be available from a UK operator, but could not tell which. It will be a 10-inch device operating system that runs Google's Android Honeycomb.
If the tablet is the same one we heard way back in February as it is called "light" and is a 1.2GHz processor.
We asked if we could expect more tablets of next year, to which he replied: "Certainly, we are investing heavily in the Tablet PC market. We believe the strategic value of the sector, either for consumers or for business."
He also confirmed that Windows 8 is "certainly on the horizon, it is in the pipeline, it is part of the roadmap." μ