Lay hands on the money Gaddafi Britain

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Prosecutors arrived in the International Criminal Court to London to lay hands on the assets of Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, late in the UK. The Council requested theTransitional National Assembly in Libya from the financial experts to assist in identifyinginvestments that are said to hit one billion pounds sterling.

 

The Evening Standard newspaper said Monday that the late Colonel Libyan have property in Britain, including a series of luxury apartments in prime locations in central London, could be worth up to one billion pounds sterling.

Financial district
She added that the Transitional National Assembly Libyan request from financial expertsand real estate agents in London to assist in identifying investments Colonel late in Britain, including the architecture offices in the financial district in London for 150 million poundssterling, and architecture of other offices in the Oxford Street commercial center of the British capital worth 155 million pounds sterling.

 

The newspaper pointed out that the family of the late Colonel also owns apartments in the neighborhood of South Kensington in west London worth £ 18 million, and real estateworth 33 million pounds sterling in the neighborhood of St. John's Wood, north-west of the British capital.

 

The British government has frozen the assets of many of the Colonel in the United Kingdom, but the International Criminal Court could put her hand on any of the property thatit considers the proceeds of crime.
 

 
Source: UPI

"Bill Gates Palestine" as ambassador to Google

Google's ambassador in Gaza, Mohammed Madhoun (from his page on Facebook)

Did not prevent the isolation imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip, limited Palestinian youth was not over the age of 14 years to penetrate the world of the Internet and computer programming, and excellence, which enabled him to acquire the title of Ambassador of the search engine on the World Wide Web, "Google" in the sector.


It culminated in the gift of Mohammed Madhoun - known passion for the world ofcomputers and the Internet - the launch of the title "Bill Gates Palestine" after he proved the merits are enormous.


Has painted more than fifty engineers and a programmer who participated in a competition against a team that's "Google", which recently visited Gaza, while solvingcomplex programming contest in record time, and solve the problem facing the "YouTube"Global mobile.



Opportunity
Had the opportunity for this boy to prove his abilities when Google's team visited Gaza to train engineers and specialists, where he attended the lectures help of one of them.


When presented with the team competition on new technology related to language (HTML 5) in four minutes, enabling Mohammed and another engineer of the solution Vibhrpresent, and attract the attention of the team that give him the title "Ambassador of Googlein the sector," and attached to the membership of the company as the younger.


And strengthened painted - which was honored in the formal sector - impressive team to provide the company's global work in the field of computer programming.
Inspiration
Mohammed says that his brother ten years his senior, who was a source of inspiration, it was imitate spends long hours on the computer modest possibilities in his small house in Gaza City.


Perhaps the proximity of his peers talented engineers in the world of Internet and computer programming enabled painted - despite his young age - from the design of several websites, including the site "shopping" that is frequented by more than five thousand browser.


Says his mother - that have expressed great pleasure - that her son, he was mimicking his brother Thaer, without knowing specifically what he was doing, even when he went to school the first day in class the first primary was carrying in his hand laptop.


And refers to his father take his son for the love that the computer has grown with him since his childhood, which encouraged him to acquire a laptop, which has not attained the age of eight.


He adds that Muhammad began to receive training courses in the computer field since he was eight years old, has today completed the majority of study programs related to computer programming.

Muhammad did not stop at the end the success of self-serving, but also extended to serve the community, to succeed in penetrating many of the websites of Israel, because of what he says he deliberately distort the image of the Palestinians and their position, and his eagerness to defend the cause of his people.

The image of Mohammed completed a banner for residents of the Gaza Strip, which suffers from a tight Israeli blockade five years ago led to the almost total isolation from the outside world, and the weakness to his keep pace with the technological development of different horizons.


Source: DBA

Rice genetically modified to produce human blood

New rice can be used in the treatment of burns (Reuters)
Enable scientists to modify the grains of rice and genetically so that it produces an important component of human blood in an attempt to provide an alternative to blood donations.
And protein extracted from the rice plant, which contains the human genes can be used in hospitals to treat burn victims and to help patients who have lost large amounts of blood.
The owners of these scientists argue that this study will provide protein abundance and safe alternative to products from human blood donations scarce due to declining numbers of donors and avoid the need to conduct tests to detect diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis.
It is noteworthy that the UK needs now to about one million liters of blood each year but only 4% of the eligible population who donate.
It is worth mentioning that the donated blood is separated into three components - red blood cells and platelets, which are used in helping clot blood, plasma major component of a protein called human serum albumin - given to patients who suffer great loss in the blood.
The protein human serum albumin the most abundant protein in human blood and the important functions including the transfer of hormones and minerals to all parts of the body and eradicate toxins (poisons) harmful from the bloodstream and help regulate blood pressure.
Dr Daichang Yang, who led the research team at the University of Wuhan in central China, the protein human serum albumin is important even if demand is estimated at more than 500 tons per year worldwide. And commercial production from the current depends primarily on the pooled human plasma, which are limited in quantity, but medically required in large quantities.
Yang added that there is also a growing concern to public health of human serum albumin derived from the plasma because of the potential risk for transfer of infectious pathogens such as hepatitis and AIDS. And use what is known as bio-device interaction for grain rice can provide safe and economic approach for the production of compounds derived from animals.
Was developed by Dr. Yang and his colleagues based on the method of inserting human genes in bacteria by using Asian rice, which prevents the plant to biological factories capable of producing proteins identical to those found in humans. This study has shown success in the insertion of the DNA of human serum albumin and protein product was chemically and physically identical to that found in the blood.
And Dr. Yang also hopes to use the rice plants genetically modified to produce other proteins present in human blood, including hemoglobin which gives blood its color with distinctive red and carries oxygen to all parts of the body and are important proteins of the immune system such as Algluben immune system.
The research team also is working on the test strain of rice genetically modified produce proteins similar to insulin for use in the treatment of diabetes.
He considered a specialist consultants in the field at the University of Bristol, this study constitutes significant progress and could revolutionize the provision of blood products for use in hospitals, and the production of blood proteins in large quantities to compensate for the current shortage.

 Source: The Daily Telegraph

Separation of the iceberg the size of New York

Cracks the ice is part of a natural cycle known (Reuters)
Revealed by scientists from the U.S. National Research Department of Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the presence of a large crack in the ice sheet for the Antarctic getting wider and can be separated by a problem in the coming months a mountain ice the size of New York City.
And extends the rift in the west of Pine Island to the South Pole at least 30 km and a depth of 50 meters.
The World Ice Bridge project in the "NASA" Michael Stoddingr that this fault accommodates a rate of two meters per day.
Stoddingr said that if the ice broke, it would be a mountain of ice some 880 square kilometers. But Carter said the process is not caused by global warming.
He added that they expect a huge iceberg in later this year or early next year as part of a natural cycle known to scientists.
These periodic events occur every few years. The last major incident of the separation occurred in 2001, and then there were expectations of something like this very soon.
For scientists, the views of this event when it happens is something very exciting.
It is noteworthy that this fault has been detected the first time at the end of September / September last while monitoring the scientists of the changes in ice sheet floating stuck on the island mentioned by flights of air to fill the gaps left between images of two satellites have been published to investigate the event and ended their mission in 2009. It is expected to launch another satellite in 2016 to follow up on these natural phenomena.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

The restoration of relations between America and Bolivia

Bolivian President is a fierce critic of Washington's policies in Latin America (Reuters - Archive)
Agreed Bolivia and the United States on Monday to settle their differences and resume full diplomatic relations after three years of the Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador.
A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia The agreement was signed in Washington calls for "a quick return of the ambassadors to Washington and La Paz," but he did not specify a date.
He did not touch the two sides specifically to cooperation to combat smuggling and drug production in Bolivia's third largest producer of cocaine in the world after Colombia and Peru, but the statement said that "the objectives of the Agreement include the strengthening and deepening bilateral relations and support for effective cooperation to combat drug production and trafficking."
Washington has accused Bolivia in the past of not doing enough to combat the drug trade.
Ties and improved gradually since then, the two countries began talks last year to normalize relations.
Mr Morales - a former coca farmer and outspoken critic of Washington's policies in Latin America - had been expelled the U.S. ambassador and officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008, accusing them of conspiring with right-wing opponents.
Morales nationalized - a close ally of the critics of the United States in Latin America such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro - oil and gas sector in 2006, and is often strongly attacking what he calls U.S. imperialism.
The Department of U.S. President Barack Obama to improve ties with Latin America in the hope of strengthening working relations with regional powers such as Brazil and the promotion of trade and diplomatic ties, while gaining new players such as China and Iran influence in the region rich in natural resources.

Source: Reuters

America's major corporations do not pay taxes

America is known in the recent protests against the greed of corporations and banks (Reuters)


Revealed a U.S. study released Thursday that thirty of the U.S. companies big and most profitable did not pay any duties of tax from 2008 to 2010, at a time when the U.S. Congress increasing demands to reform the system of taxes, and insists the U.S. President Barack Obama to increase taxes on the wealthy.


The ratio of corporate income tax in America 35%, one of the highest in the world, but few of the companies covered in the study paid this rate, estimated the actual proportion of the profit tax paid by those companies in the period to 18.5%, according to the study carried out by the group "Citizens for Fiscal justice" and the Institute of tax and economic policy.


The study indicates that the major companies as General Electric, Boeing and Procter & Gamble chromatic SourceForge within thirty companies that have not paid any taxes, according to the same study, these companies will respond to this result as exploiting legal loopholes to enable them to reduce their taxes or not paid at all.


Companies challenged
However, the companies said in a report challenging the findings of the study, where a company spokesman said Bibeko it paid all the taxes.


A spokesman for Boeing aircraft industry giant that it paid all tax and duties between 2008 and 2010, adding that the tax rate applicable to the company's profit was 26.5% and 22.9% and 33.6% respectively in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.


The owners said the study that the companies in question got a tax cut nearly 223 billion euros (308 billion dollars) between 2008 and 2010, and considered Robert Mack Ontair - a participant in the completion of the study - that "this money is lost to the State, could have been used to support the insurance funds government and to provide jobs and reduce the budget deficit. "

 
Source: Agencies

Electronic attack targeting Israeli sites

Penetration sites after an Israeli objection Tel Aviv two ships tried to break Gaza siege (French)

Israeli army announced that the websites belonging to him and the GSS and the Mossad have been on the Internet yesterday to electronic attack led to the disabled, and two days after the threat of an unknown group to Israel after the last two ships tried to intercept break the siege on Gaza.
Military sources said that the staff failed to enter the sites mentioned, and indicated that it does not exclude that the defect is due to what he described the process of penetrating hostile. But Israeli sources did not specify the source of the penetration process.
The Office of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, he denied that the problem is caused by an act of piracy, and returned to a technical malfunction.
The present imbalance in the Israeli websites, two days after a group of hackers "Onunimas" (a group unknown) to broadcast a video on YouTube threatening to the Israeli government to respond to intercept vessels heading to the Gaza Strip.
The group accused the Israeli government "piracy on the high seas," and threatened to retaliate if Israel continues to withhold humanitarian aid ships to Gaza.
The Israeli navy intercepted on Friday in international waters two ships carrying 27 operatives before Takrka blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.
This is not the first time that Israel objects to the ship bound for Gaza, in the May / May 2010 launched an attack on the flotilla cereal offering a Turkish ship, and killed nine Turks.
It is noteworthy that a group Onunimas carried out several attacks on the Internet, including site survey of the Ministry of Defence Syrian protest against what it called a campaign of bloody repression of the regime against the protesters.


Source: Al Jazeera + French

Freddie Mac's huge loss-

Freddie Mac lost $ 4.4 billion in the third quarter of the year (Reuters - Archive)

Company Freddie Mac suffered a second major mortgage companies in the United States a loss of $ 4.4 billion in the third quarter of the year, the worst quarterly loss in morethan a year on government-owned company.


These results and the company is the latest sign of continued weak housing market in America and the sector to continue to drain company funds saved by the governmentduring the global financial crisis three years ago.


Freddie Mac said it will seek to gain the six billion dollars from the U.S. Treasury to coverlosses of the latest addition to the payment of proceeds of loans worth $ 1.6 billion.


The company warned of more weakness for the housing market with the rapid pace ofdefaults in the payment of mortgage loans.


It should be noted that Freddie Mac had received 72.2 billion of U.S. taxpayers' money,and the U.S. government seized control of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's major rival at the height of the financial crisis with the accumulation of real estate loan losses, whichthreatened to Bsagothma in bankruptcy.


The government justified the time the action as intended to save the institutions of the risk of bankruptcy, amid increasing cases of borrowers unable to pay the installments due on them.

      
Source: Agencies

Messi saves Barcelona from loss

Messi (front) in conflict with the ball player Marcus de Bilbao (French)

Saved Lionel Messi Barcelona team from his first loss this season when he realized a 2-2 draw away to Athletic Bilbao in the Basque stoppage time on Sunday night in the stage 12 of La Liga.Stay away and Real Madrid, who thrashed earlier on Sunday, Osasuna 7-1, 3 points behind arch-rivals Barcelona at the top of the standings.
Athletic Bilbao was just around the corner from the first defeat in Barcelona this season and the first since 23 has not lost a match in which the Catalans, but Messi scored a goal late in injury time to give his team a single point.
The game was played under heavy rain affected the performance of the two teams, especially in the second half. The surprise was the exclusion of Barcelona coach Pepe Guardiola striker David Villa and the involvement of Brazilian Adriano in his place.
Barcelona controlled the game, but the hosts opened the register via the rarest Herrera (20). Then realized the Barcelona tie after four minutes through Cesc Fabregas.
The pitch shift in the second half to a pool of water, it was unable to provide Barcelona the smooth ball as usual, and took advantage of Bilbao dispersion of the ball inside the area to move again when Gerard Pique on the wrong ball into his own goal (80).
Barcelona and threw its weight in the last ten minutes and Bilbao keeper of consecutive attempts to David Villa, who stayed in the last hour, before sealing Messi scored the equalizer after the Bilbao defense failed to clear the ball away.
The rest of the resultsZaragoza drew with Sporting Gijon goals by Alberto Bhutia (in the 28th minute own goal) and Portugal's Helder Postiga (90 +3), compared with two goals by David Barral (30, 44), and Granada with Racing Santander negative.
In matches on Saturday, drew with Real Mallorca negative Seville, and with the same result is equivalent to Real Betis and Malaga, while defeated Levante at home to Valencia 2-0.
Rayo Vallecano and crush his ice cool Real Sociedad, Espanyol and Villarreal draw negative. In conclusion, stage victory at Getafe on Atletico Madrid 3-2.
STANDINGS:1 - Real Madrid 28 of 11 matches.2 - Barcelona 25 of 11.3 - Valencia 24 of 11.4 - Levante 23 of 11.5 - Seville 18 of 11.

Source: Agencies

Strike in Israel tomorrow

Said the General Federation of Trade Unions Israel (Histadrut) It will start on Monday a general strike if the open is not reached at the last minute agreement with the Ministry of Finance on the workers' demands.
Union accuses the Israeli government to encourage increased contracts for temporary workers who receive only the rights of a few do not have the protection system provided for in the agreements governing the civil service in Israel.
A spokesman for the "Histadrut" Eyal Malma The strike aims to open protest against the Basic Law to conduct a second-class matter which hundreds of thousands of Israeli workers who work in the public sector and some private institutions.
Malma added that "the exploitation of these workers who receive lower wages and do not have social rights like the rest of the workers has become the scourge calls for urgent intervention to stop it," noting that the spread of this phenomenon makes it difficult to develop estimates of the number of such workers.
The Union called on trade unions is part of the integration of these workers in the public sector and Temtaahm the same rights and privileges of their fellow Almsmn, but the government refuses to take measures it considers affect the Israeli economy, and suggests the increase in the minimum wage and granting more rights for this category of workers.
The failed negotiations that took place during the last few days between the President of the Federation of Trade Unions Ofer Eini and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz to reach agreement on the matter.
Governmental requestIn its response to the declaration of the strike called on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Federation of trade unions to cancel the strike, and said it could reach "a just and responsible" to the case.
The statement from Netanyahu's office after the cabinet meeting on Sunday that "the conduct must be the responsibility of the Israeli economy at a time of economic crisis, a real European countries."
The strike, if implemented, Seychelles, a significant number of institutions in various sectors including ministries, departments and universities, hospitals, public transport, roads, railways and ports and Ben Gurion International Airport, banks, stock exchange and the courts and the electricity and telecommunications.

Source: French

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