U.S. officer accused of leaking information

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Revealed the U.S. Justice Department about the arrest of a former officer in the CIA's John Kyriakou and charged with the disclosure of confidential information illegally to journalists, including a secret identity of the officer and details of the arrest of a suspect on charges of terrorist Abu Zubaydah.
He said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that the protection of confidential information, including the identities of the officers and the CIA who are involved in sensitive operations, is vital for the protection of intelligence officers and national security.
He considered that the disclosure of the issue and reinforce the commitment of the Ministry of Justice held accountable any person who violates the limits of his official duty to disclose sensitive information of this kind.
Kyriakou, faces a charge detection for journalists in 2008 for the officer's identity a secret Central Intelligence Agency participated in the program of the agency to arrest suspects on charges of "terrorism" and transferred to secret detention centers run by the United States and questioning.
Kyriakou and also faces charges for the detection of three journalists the identity of another officer acting participated in the arrest and interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, believed to be al Qaeda field commander, who was arrested in March / March 2002 in Pakistan.
He developed the case after opening the files closed by the defense lawyers in cases involving charges of terrorism suspects held in U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the criminal proceedings.
Did not publish the name of the secret, but the New York Times published the name of the other in 2008, and U.S. authorities said they did not provide any information to defense counsel.
It is noteworthy that Kyriakou, 47-year career in the CIA from 1990 to 2004, an intelligence officer and later worked in the Foreign Relations Committee Senate from 2009 until May / May 2011.
And could face the death Kyriakou 20 years in prison if convicted of all charges in question.

Source: Agencies

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The success of stem cells improve eyesight

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Enable U.S. scientists to improve the sight of two people who were semi-blind and that injecting stem cells from embryos, in their eyes.
The two women managed to View Besrehma improvement within a few weeks of the pilot exercise. The progress of this great hope for the future treatment of what is known as macular deterioration associated with aging - the deterioration of central vision due to retinal cell death - which currently affects about 50 thousand people in Britain.
These results provide an important impetus in the field of stem cell research. Which made Mr. Daniel Bresson, of the Center for Northwest to embryonic stem cells in Manchester, describes the progress that historic moment in the embryonic stem cell therapies.
This is the first scientific report shows that the cells derived from human embryonic stem cells can be implanted safely in patients without reference to complications.
It is noteworthy that a British man became the first European to address the embryonic stem cells in the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London who is also in trials for the two women.
The First Lady, which in the seventies, suffers from dry macular deterioration, which is the main cause of blindness in the West. Thanks to the process and was able to read 21 characters in the table of an optical component test of 28 characters.
And the second woman - in the fifties - was suffering from what is Stargard disease, most common forms of macular deterioration in younger patients. And moved after the operation than just the ability to detect movements of the hands to be able to see the movements of the fingers and better. Both received a stem cell treatment last July.
It is noteworthy that the accompanying study performed on 24 patients designed to test the safety and with this technique, which could change the lives of many people achieve their dreams to restore some sight.
Supporters argue stem cell research, human embryonic that this experience gives great hope for the treatment of a range of conditions including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and paralysis.
Opponents Vhjtahm that the use of embryonic stem cells, which can develop into any cell type, requires the destruction of human embryos and that this is a violation of the sanctity of life.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Separation of supermodel Heidi Klum

Separation of supermodel Heidi Klum for the singer Seal marriage after seven years

Separation of supermodel Heidi Klum for the singer Seal marriage after seven years

(Reuters) - plans to Heidi Klum Supermodel and TV presenter of the program (ProjectRanwaa) and her husband, British singer Seal separation after marriage lasted seven years and described the couple split in a statement issued Sunday night that friendly.

The pair said in a statement: "While we enjoyed seven years of marriage immersed love, loyalty, and happiness, we are after much research we decided to break into our souls."

They added, "We took over our deepest respect for each other and we still love each other very much but our disunity."

The German-born Klum and Seal four children aged between two and seven years andmarried in 2005. The couple said that the interest of his sons at the top of their priorities.

Thank you friends and family for their support for them.

There were signs of exposure to the problems of Segthma earlier this week in the journalssites on the news of celebrities on the Internet, surprising fans of the couple who wereapparently stable relationship.

9 films in the short list for nomination for an Academy Award for best foreign film

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(Reuters) - Iranian film named "separation" A Separation - award-winning film recently - within the short list of nine films in preparation for the nomination of five of them to compete for the Oscar for best film in a foreign language.
And won the "separation", which tells the story of a couple Issaraan abandoned the idea of​​home with a number of year's awards for best film in a foreign language, including a Golden Globe and the Association of Film Critics in New York and the National Society of Film Critics.
And reached films from Germany, Denmark, Canada and Morocco also to the shortcut menu selected by two committees of the committees of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Film Festival, which awards the Oscars, the highest awards and film offer in February of each year.
And will work for special committees in New York and Los Angeles to reduce the shortcut menu - which also includes films from Taiwan, Poland, Israel and Belgium - to the five filmswill be nominated for the award.
And will announce the films nominated for an Oscar on 24 January. And received awards in Hollywood on Feb. 26.

A visit to the tomb of Saddam Hussein

A security source in Salahuddin province, told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued an order banning the tomb of the late President Saddam Hussein.He added that the police surrounded the tomb and reported his own tribe guarding the ballroom, which was buried where Saddam and his two sons Uday and Qusay and grandson Mustapha and a number of his aides, that the visit is prohibited by order of the Prime Minister.Saddam was hanged on December 30 / December 2006 after being found guilty of crimes against humanity, and was buried in his hometown of Tikrit Awja Salahuddin province, nearly three years after the fall of his rule following the invasion led by the United States.Police killedOn the other hand was two police officers and two gunmen were killed Sunday in clashes between police and insurgents north of the city of Baquba (57 km northeast of Baghdad).Security sources said - told the German Press - The armed clashes broke out today between gunmen and police forces in one of the areas north of the city of Baquba, killing two policemen and two militants.In Falluja, police said gunmen opened fire on a checkpointAn army yesterday and killed two soldiers in the city, located fifty kilometers south of Baghdad.State securityIn a related subject, said Human Rights Watch, human rights defender, in a report today that Iraq return to tyranny in the way to become a security state, despite Washington's assurances that it helped in the building of democracy in this country.The FAO report by New York-based, after less than a year out of thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to criticize their government for poor services.Said a statement accompanying the annual report of the Organization "violently suppress Iraq in 2011 freedom of expression and assembly through intimidation, beatings and detention of activists and demonstrators and journalists."He pointed out that "Iraq is still one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, and women continue to suffer harassment, civilians have paid a heavy price due to the bombings" in reference to the attacks and acts of violence.The statement quoted the director of the Organization for the Middle East, Sarah Leah Whitson that "Iraq is rapidly sliding into authoritarian rule as the security forces crackdown on the demonstrators and harassment of journalists and torture of detainees."She noted that being "Despite assurances from the U.S. government that it helped to build a stable democracy, E, and the fact that they left behind a security system."But the Iraqi government strongly rejected Rights Watch report, believing that it is not based on facts and that he had prepared based on the testimony of one side.He ruled out Ali al-Moussawi, media advisor to the owners that the report was the result of a field visit to the reality of Iraq, "We do not deny the existence of violations, but individual and work to end it as soon as possible," saying that "the government does not need to use violence against the demonstrators because they do not represent anything For her, a group of tens and began their numbers gradually decreased. "He denied categorically the existence of torture. "We have orders to clear and explicit follow-up of such acts that harm to Iraq."

Source: Al-Jazeera

Yemen: Saleh heading to Washington for treatment and "seek a pardon from his people"

President Ali Abdullah Saleh, heading to the United States for treatment, and asked pardon of Yemenis for any "failure" during his presidency that Tjaot three decades.The Yemeni president left later on a private jet to Amman.The State Department announced that the U.S. agreed to grant the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a U.S. visa.She said in a statement it expects to remain valid "for a limited period of treatment in the United States.She added: "As we have noted, the only purpose for traveling is medical treatment and we expect to remain for a limited period commensurate with the duration of treatment."Saleh said in an interview with representatives of a number of channels that the Yemeni judiciary will go to the United States for treatment, and that he will return to Sana'a to continue his General People's Congress.However, it did not specify the time of travel to the United States, which has yet to grant him a visa.And, according to Yemen news agency Saba, the Saleh said he would focus Abd Rabo Mansour Hadi, head of the state after February 21 in the House next presidency.He added that after the inauguration will take his bag and then go to say goodbye to his home.He pointed out that "This is the protocol in force."Saleh added that the responsibility now assigned to the Mansour Hadi. Saleh had issued a decree to upgrade to the rank of Field Marshal Hadi.With regard to the law of immunity, which raises the mass protests in Yemen, Saleh said that the beneficiary of the law of immunity is not the president and his relatives, but all of the work with the president over the past 33 years.He says: "I ask pardon of all my compatriots, men and women for any failure occurred during my tenure of the 33 year, and ask forgiveness and offer apologies for all Yemenis and Yemeni citizens, and we now have to take care of our wounded and Bashhdaúna."Yemen is witnessing demonstrations and protest against the parliament on Saturday approved a law granting immunity to the President and his top aides from prosecution.


Source: BBC Arabic

Some US legislators abandon anti-piracy bills

At least six members of the US Congress have switched sides to oppose anti-piracy legislation as protests blanketed the internet, turning Wikipedia dark and putting black slashes on Google and other sites as if they had been censored.

The legislators, including Senators Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt and John Boozman, said they were withdrawing their support, and blamed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for not heeding criticisms of the Senate version of the bills.

Friends of the bills, meanwhile, stepped up their efforts on Wednesday.

Creative America, a studio- and union-supported group that fights piracy, launched a television advertising campaign that it said would air in the districts of key legislators. In Times Square, it turned on a digital pro-SOPA and PIPA billboard for the day, in space provided by News Corp, which owns Fox Studios.

The group also said it is sending a team of 20 organisers to big events around the country, including the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, to try to get voters to see the situation their way.

Some volunteer editors of Wikipedia said the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work.

"My main concern is that it puts the organisation in the role of advocacy, and that's a slippery slope," said Robert Lawton, a computer consultant and site editor who would prefer that the encyclopaedia stick to being a neutral repository of knowledge.

"Before we know it, we're blacked out because we want to save the whales."

During the 24-hour blackout, Wikipedia visitors can only see a black-and-white page which says, "Imagine a world without free knowledge", with a link to information about the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

The site urges Wikipedia readers in the US to contact their local congressman to vote against the bills. "This is a quite clumsily drafted legislation which is dangerous for an open internet," Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, said.

Google and others used the black censorship bars to draw attention to what had until recently been an obscure and technical legislative proposal to curb access to overseas websites that traffic in stolen content or counterfeit goods.

'Don't censor the web'

Ben Huh, the founder of the popular Cheezburger humour network, said on his Twitter feed that his 58 sites would also observe a blackout on Wednesday.

Search engine Google added a link to a petition against the bills on its site, reading, "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!".

Social media-sharing Reddit launched a 12-hour blackout, starting at 13:00 GMT.

But Dick Costollo, the chief executive of Twitter, said that while he opposed the SOPA legislation, shutting down the service was out of the question.

"Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish," Costollo tweeted. The bills pit technology companies such as Google and Facebook against the bill's supporters, including Hollywood studios and music labels, which say the legislation is needed to protect intellectual property and jobs. The proposed SOPA legislation aims to crack down on online sales of pirated US movies, music or other goods by forcing internet companies to block access to foreign sites offering material that violates US copyright laws. US advertising networks could also be required to stop online ads, and search engines would be barred from directly linking to websites found to be distributing pirated goods. However, supporters argue the bill is unlikely to have an impact on US-based websites. Google has repeatedly said the bill goes too far and could hurt investment. Along with other internet companies, it has run advertisements in major newspapers urging Washington legislators to rethink its approach. The founders of Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yahoo! and other internet giants said in an open letter last month the legislation would give the US government "power to censor the web using techniques similar to those used by China, Malaysia and Iran". "We oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the internet," a Google spokesman said on Tuesday.

Source:Al Jazeera and agencies

Founder of file-sharing site denies piracy

MegaUpload.com founder Kim Dotcom, right, was arrested on Friday in a New Zealand raid[Reuters]

The founder of popular file-sharing website MegaUpload.com has denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering, three days after his arrest in the New Zealand city of Auckland.

Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, appeared in court on Monday, demanding his release from prison on bail and stating his innocence.

His lawyer, Paul Davison, told the bail hearing that Dotcom, who has New Zealand and Hong Kong residency, had not been involved in any criminal activity.

"This is not a case where there will be any concession by Mr Dotcom," Davison told the North Shore District Court in Auckland. Davison added that Dotcom's company was only offering online storage.

However, prosecutor Anne Toohey described Dotcom as an "extreme" flight risk and explained that he had fled to Thailand when he was previously wanted on charges in Germany.

She said electronic bail was also opposed as it would give Dotcom likely access to phones and the internet.

The judge, David McNaughton, declined to make an immediate decision on whether or not grant him bail.

McNaughton said the bail application was too complicated for an immediate ruling, adding he would issue a
written decision no later than Wednesday.

"Given the breadth of issues covered in this bail application and the seriousness of the issues, I am going to reserve my decision," the judge said.

Facing extradition

Working with US authorities, police in New Zealand arrested Dotcom with three other people during a raid on his home on Friday. He faces extradition to the United States to answer charges related to one of the largest ever cases of copyright theft.

He is among seven people indicted by the US justice department and FBI, which said he was "responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works, through MegaUpload.com and other related sites".

Dotcom generated more than $175m in proceeds and caused more than $500m in harm to copyright owners by offering pirated copies of movies, TV programmes and other content, according to a statement.

Meanwhile, a report in the New Zealand Herald newspaper has detailed claims about Dotcom's alleged lavish lifestyle.

It reported that Dotcom ordered around $3.2m of renovations to the sprawling mansion that he leased near Auckland, with manicured lawns, fountains, pools, palm-lined paths and extensive security.

New Zealand police seized luxury cars worth US$4.8 million, including a 1959 pink Cadillac and a Rolls Royce Phantom, during Friday's raid on Dotcom's Auckland mansion.

The case comes with the issue of online piracy under discussion in Washington, where the US congress is trying to craft tougher legislation, prompting protests by those who argue that restrictions on the internet threaten free speech.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

Basketball in court

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Basketball is pretty much the only sport "invented" in America that has easily crossed international borders.
 
Unlike Gridiron, the US version of football, and baseball, the game is played the world over.
 
But now, here in the US, professional basketball players have announced a surprise play.

At a meeting in New York they rejected the latest pay offer from their league, the National Basketball Association (NBA), and they're saying, "See you in a law court guys."

The National Basketball Players' Association is also winding-up its own union.
The decision throws into doubt the entire 2011/2012 basketball season.

Derek Fisher is a former NBA star who is now president of the association of NBA players (NBPA):

"After two years of making a genuine and concerted effort to try and close a collective bargaining agreement with our teams and with the league we've come to the conclusion today that that process has not worked for us."

The players bold move to disband the union and sue the employers means the current basketball season seems very unlikely to go ahead.

The NBA long ago cancelled games through to December 15, and league Commissioner David Stern is calling the decision to reject the latest deal a tragedy. He says the threat to sue the NBA is a tactic that won't work.

Grant Wahl, is a journalist for Sports Illustrated magazine. He told Al Jazeera English that a 50-50 split between the employers and the players was on the table over 72 games starting in December, but the players objected to what they saw as too many restrictions on their earning power under the terms of the deal.

"These players only have a certain amount of time in the league and they would like to be earning money right now ... it's a possibility that David Stern and the NBA owners could decide to void contracts and then it could be a complete free for all."
 
The NBA says last season wasn't profitable enough for most of the league's thirty owners. All but the top clubs are so-called "loss leaders" for their owners, giving them a sense of pride but little in the way of hard cash.

In a sports bar in Washington DC, just a basketball's throw from the White House, fans had mixed reactions.

Robbie Zabel: "Neither side has really handled themselves particularly well throughout the whole process so I'm not really that surprised"

Amrut Pati: "The last few years have been some of the best seasons in NBA I mean the NBA is back to where it was really competitive again and now its ... you know they have the lockout it kind of freezes up the momentum and the game"

Dennis Broderick: "All I've got to say is when's baseball season start? - who cares about basketball"
 
True die-hard fans do!

Now though, apart from friendly exhibition games, they may have to wait until the 2012 Olympics in London before they get to see their favourite big-time players on court - rather than in court - again.

David Stern
National Basketball Association

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