United Nations: The number of civilian deaths in Syria, "much higher than 7500"

The United Nations said on Tuesday that the number of deaths during

Syrian government's campaign against pro-democracy protests, "much higher than the7500 people" to raise
Previous estimates of the death toll at about a third.
He informed the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs LynnPascoe, the UN Security Council that the force
Weapons of the opposition seem small compared with heavy weapons used by the Syrian army.
Pascoe said "At a time when we can not give specific numbers of dead and woundedreports worthy of
Confidence that the death toll now exceeding always 100 civilians a day, including many women
And children. To be sure, the death toll so far is much higher than 7500 people. "
And the outside world proved unable to stop the killings in Syria, where he led the suppression of the protests that were peaceful
Completely at first to the emergence of an insurgency. And used the right of Russia and China veto twice
To block any move by the Security Council.
The statements made by Pascoe, while France announced on the third attempt in the Security Council to adopt a resolution on
Regard to Syria, this time to address the humanitarian crisis.

Source: Reuters

Bad iPhone launch Asus officially

ASUS has announced the beginning of last year preparing for your special combinessmartphone and tablet computer, but not in the same way adopted by both Samsung and LG maximize the screen size of mobile phone, but to collect the two devices together towork together.

Today the device is now available and was announced officially to enter the market in the month of April next, and computer tablet contains enclave dedicated can put smartphonewhich to work as a way to connect with internet through technology rich G (3G), also has asocket to connect it with the keyboard, additional, and can acquire a pen private andexternal speakers to make your two devices do not, but also three, smart phone, a computer and a tablet, and a laptop running on Android 4.

Phone has a screen measuring 3.4 inch AMOLED enabled Super (Super AMOLED) to increase the clarity, resolution 960 X 540 pixels, and works on the basis of the processorat 1.5 GHz Bnoutyin.

The Asus has a new camera background accurately 8 megapixels, and the front camera to chat through outreach programs.


Source: Russia Today

Report: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased twice during 2011

RIA NOVOSTI

Increased production of illegal opium in Afghanistan last year from 3.6 tons to 5.8 tons, while the expanded areas of land planted with opium poppy with a 7% to 131 000 hectares. The figures contained in the report of the Committee of the UN drug control in 2011 was published in Vienna on February 28.
Two-thirds of the cultivated area under poppy in the world is on the territory of Afghanistan.Last year, half the states exercised this raw Afghan agriculture. Due to the sharp rise in prices of opium after the bad harvest in 2010 became poppy cultivation more attractive to local farmers.
It should be noted that he was destroying poppy crops in Afghanistan during the past half year, on an area of ​​3810 hectares, far above the level of the corresponding period of 2010.
This being the smuggling of Afghan drugs to the overseas market on three routes: via Pakistan (about 44% of the overall size) and Iran (32%) and Central Asian countries (about 25%). The increased amount of opium that has been setting out in the region in the period between 2000 and 2009, from 199 to 645 tons of heroin and 23 to 50 tons of cannabis and paste from 170 to 311 tons of cocaine from 68 to 289 kg.
Concludes the report's authors to the conclusion that opium poppy cultivation is illegal in Afghanistan linked to the security situation as before in the country, especially in their mandates and South Bank.

Source: Russia Today

Reuters: the smuggling of British and French journalists from Homs to Lebanon

AFP

A diplomatic source said on February 28th that the British journalist Paul Conroy patient,who works in the newspaper "Sunday Times" has been smuggled out of the Syrian city of Homs to Lebanon and that "a sound and Exempted."

In a related Reuters news agency quoted sources as saying that the Syrian oppositionhave been smuggled French press Buffett performed from infected Syrian city of Homs to Lebanon as well.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, February 27 that Moscow invites allthose who have requested the possibilities to influence the Syrian armed opposition in order to enable the International Committee of the Red Cross from entering the city of Homs. The Foreign Ministry said that "talking is going well for the observance of the trucethat would allow to ensure evacuation of the wounded, women and children and a number of foreign journalists from the district of Baba Amr."

Russian Foreign Ministry said that "the available information indicates that the twojournalists Mtoajdon Homs areas controlled by insurgents."

Source: Reuters+Russia Today