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Brazil - Country Profile

Full name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Population: 193.7 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Brasilia
Largest city: Sao Paulo
Area: 8.55 million sq km (3.3 million sq miles)
Major language: Portuguese
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 69 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 real = 100 centavos
Main exports: Manufactured goods, iron ore, coffee, oranges, other agricultural produce
GNI per capita: US $7,350 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .br
International dialling code: +55 

Brazil is the most influential country in South America, an economic giant and one of the world's largest democracy. But some South American neighbors, has been a boom and bust and its development is hampered by high inflation and external debt. Deforestation in the Amazon, much of it is in Brazil, has become a jungle of great concern. Drive to move settlers to the Amazon region, the military regime in 1970 caused major damage to large areas of conflict. Deforestation loggers and ranchers remains controversial, but the migration program is sponsored by the government were arrested. 2005 authorities reported that the Amazon forest of the fifth has been removed from deforestation. 

 

Since then, he has sought to control illegal logging and introduce better certification of land title, as well as environmental reports suggest the reforms have little difference. Brazil's natural resources, particularly iron ore, is very valuable to the major industrial countries, including China. With the development of offshore fields, the nation has become self-sufficient in oil until the decade's dependence on foreign producers of the crisis. Brazil had brought economic times, but the 1990 reforms, including privatization of some financial stability. There is an enormous gap between rich and poor. Much of the arable land was controlled by some wealthy families, a situation where the landless workers (MST) services designed to prevent the redistribution of land by the applicant. It uses direct protest action and land occupation in its quest for social assistance. 

 

Conditions may be blunted in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in cities where a third of the population lives in slums, or favela in Brazil AIDS. The program was a model for other developing countries. HIV infection has stabilized and death rates associated with HIV / AIDS has decreased. Brazil has avoided the big drug companies to produce cheaper generic AIDS drugs. Brazil is revered its football prowess. Cultural contributions include the classical composer Heitor-Lobos and Bossa Nova icon Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Botswana - Country Profile

Full name: The Republic of Botswana
Population: 1.9 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Gaborone
Area: 581,730 sq km (224,607 sq miles)
Major languages: English (official), Setswana
Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Life expectancy: 55 years (men), 55 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Pula = 100 thebe
Main exports: Diamonds, copper, nickel, beef
GNI per capita: US $6,470 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bw
International dialling code: +267 

 Botswana, one of the most stable countries in Africa, the continent's longest continuous multi-party democracy. It is relatively free from corruption, human rights and good. It is also the largest manufacturer of diamonds and the trade became a middle income country. Botswana defends some of the largest protected areas in Africa. It is sparsely populated, because it is very dry. Kalahari desert, home of the reduced bond Bushmen hunter-gatherers, much of the territory and most areas are too dry to keep it apart from all cattle. The government wants to spend the rest of the population Bushman Kalahari Game Reserve in neighboring cities. He denied reports that some Bushmen evicted from their home country. 

 

At the end of 1800 Britain was a protectorate of Bechuanaland, to prevent infringement of the territory against the Boer Transvaal or German expansion from South West Africa. Bechuanaland in 1966 were independent, in Botswana. Botswana is a haven for refugees and activists against apartheid in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, but was cautious because the economic dependence on white ruled South Africa and neighboring military. Later, in the country, an increase of illegal immigrants to be recovered from the economic crisis in Zimbabwe next increase is seen. 

 

Botswana, which once had the highest HIV / AIDS treatment program with the most advanced in Africa. Anti-drug available. But he says the United Nations more than a third of adults in Botswana with HIV or AIDS. The disease has orphaned thousands, and reducing life expectancy .. Botswana seeks to reduce economic dependence on public offers diamonds to the local economy and increase employment through higher value diamonds should be initiated at the local level. It is a diamond trading company - Diamond Trading Company Botswana - a joint venture with diamond giant De Beers. "What we have to pay on the grounds that it is not one of the largest knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship can be seen in Africa," said De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer is the center of the diamond industry to focus its efforts and tonight we will see changes - .. Safari tourism control and often luxurious - an important source of income.

George W Bush Disgusting Moment : Kanye West Call Him Racist

Former President George W. Bush said one of the "awkward moments" during his presidency was when Kanye West said he would not "take care of black people." In his first one-on-one interview since his departure from. ". George Bush does not care about black": White House, Bush NBC Matt Lauer said that he still feels in the West for their comments during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 telethon West left the script and said it "That's — 'he's a racist.' And I didn't appreciate it then. I don't appreciate it now," Bush said. "It's one thing to say, 'I don't appreciate the way he's handled his business.' It's another thing to say, 'This man's a racist.' I resent it, it's not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."

Bush also wrote about the incident in the new book, the decision, saying that under the criticism he has as president," the proposal that I racist because, given the response to Hurricane Katrina was the lowest point. "Lauer said Bush, who can not take place to say the heat. You do not say that the worst moment of his presidency, was looking for trouble.They say that if someone is offended by this,". said Lauer, "Bush said," It is - and it is also clear that the disaster in Louisiana has touched me deeply, and there are many difficult moments in the book ..It was a sickening moment, plain and simple. "

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Country Profile

Full name: Bosnia and Hercegovina
Population: 3.8 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Sarajevo
Area: 51,129 sq km (19,741 sq miles)
Major languages: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian
Major religions: Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 convertible marka = 100 convertible pfenniga
Main exports: Wood and paper, metal products
GNI per capita: US $4,510 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .ba
International dialling code: +387

 

 

 

 Bosnia-Herzegovina is in a period of three years of devastating war, recovered accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s .. 1992-1995 focuses on the conflict in Bosnia, if it is to remain in the Yugoslav Federation, or whether they should be independent, now an independent state but under international administration. 

 

The three main ethnic groups are Bosniaks (Muslims), Croats and Serbs. The war left Bosnia's infrastructure and economy in ruins. About two million people - nearly half the population - were uprooted International Group. Administrative support, first discovered by NATO troops and has led later by the smaller European peacekeeping force by the European Union helped to consolidate the country stability. But in early 2007, warned an International Crisis Group, "Bosnia is not yet ready to take responsibility for their own future - ethnic nationalism still too strong." 

 

The 1995 agreement in Dayton, that the war in Bosnia ended with two separate entities, a Bosnian-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Serb Republic in Bosnia, the Republika Srpska, or created each with its own president, government, Parliament, police and other organs. In general, this means a central Bosnian government and the presidency. In addition, Brcko District, which is an autonomous administrative unit, as a neutral zone under joint Serb, Croat and Bosniak authority established. 

 

Dayton was the Office of the High Representative (OHR). The representative office is the highest authority responsible for implementation of Dayton and the power of the authorities been a''obliga to the conditions of peace si''constitutia said the latest. Critics of the Dayton-created institutions to the countries that are in themselves and that the agreement strengthens close separatism and nationalism at the expense of integration. Negotiations to amend the existing Constitution of Dayton established to strengthen the state institutions and transform the country into a parliamentary democracy, not ethnic, have not made much progress.

Google Reward Offers for Hackers!

Google has decided to reward hackers found security weaknesses instead of trying to punish. In a blog titled "rewarding web application, security research, the company announced that anyone who reports a security vulnerability in a Google-owned site will be given as a prize, hard cash year. Previously, Google has been a similar program that offers cash rewards for discovering problems with the code that runs Chrome web browser Chrome. Google has commemorated those who have found errors of chromium in a Hall of Fame, which also lists the awards he has received money received to the amount of $ 1,337. Now Google is expanding the range of programs and raising the stakes.

Hackers are encouraged to find violations in any area, including the sites of Google Gmail, YouTube and Blogger - any site that has rewards by faulty information can range from $ 500 to $ 3.1337 for the "extremely sensitive recorded data or accounts. "A particularly serious error. For now, the program extends to client applications like Picasa or Google Android. Google also hopes the program will help maintain security flaws to be published before they can be treated." We that the responsible management of the vulnerabilities is a two way street, "says the company." It's our job to solve the serious problems within a reasonable period of notice and demand in turn, the private notice any problems are discovered .

Google, however, allows hackers to spread their achievements after the problem was fixed. There are also some guidelines established by the piracy of the company. Obviously, Google discourages bug hunters looking for vulnerabilities in other user accounts and asks hackers to test the limits of their accounts. The program also provides for a hacker to charity, with the promise that they will match any award that has just been donated to charity. Happy hacking!

Kim Kardashian Injured

U.S. TV personality Kim Kardashian is limping in pain after having his foot crushed in a fall. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was limping after a fall in a suitcase in New York and break the digit. In a message on Twitter.com site, writes: "I knew that my stupidity did not catch me at some point in their feet, I tripped over a suitcase on the floor and broke" The brunette beauty has a history of reckless injury - . Cut his foot open on a pair of pointy heels before celebrating its thirtieth birthday in Las Vegas in July (Oct10) and has been admitted after cutting her toe on a glass coffee table in 2008 hospital.

Bolivia - Country Profile

Full name: Plurinational State of Bolivia
Population: 9.9 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
Largest city: Santa Cruz
Area: 1.1 million sq km (424,164 sq miles)
Major languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 68 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 boliviano = 100 centavos
Main exports: Soyabeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, silver, lead, tin, antimony, wood, sugar
GNI per capita: US$1,460 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bo
International dialling code: +591

A land of extreme statistics, landlocked Bolivia is the most remote and highest in South America. Has the highest proportion of indigenous population, about two-thirds of the population. Although rich in mineral and energy resources, Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in South America. The urban elites who are mostly of Spanish origin have traditionally dominated the political and economic life as are the majority of Bolivians to pay for the livelihood of farmers, miners, small traders or craftsmen. The country has the second largest gas reserves in South America, but it had long been tensions over the exploitation and export of resources. The Indians say the country should not give up control of the reserves and Bolivia are the only remaining natural resources.

Before President Evo Morales came to power in the political consequences of the problem had helped topple two presidents and has led to calls for regional autonomy, including wealth, oil-producing Santa Cruz. In May 2006 President Morales delighted his supporters but sent shockwaves through the world of energy if it was the energy industry under state control. Bolivia has undergone dramatic changes, in January 2009, when voters President Morales' draft a new constitution should have more rights for the indigenous population supported giving majority. In the 1980s, Bolivia experienced a deep economic recession.

The tin market collapsed with the loss of 21,000 jobs, inflation was rampant and the national currency was in a serious crisis. While the austerity measures, the introduction of a new currency and tax reform aimed at containing inflation and restoring foreign confidence successful, this policy also gap, creating enormous wealth and great social unrest. Bolivia is one of the largest producers of coca, the raw material for cocaine. A program of crop eradication, while facilitating the exchange of air-conditioned U.S. aid, has angered many of the poorest farmers in Bolivia that coca is often the only source of income.

Google Sues U.S by e-mail Contract

Google Inc., insist their work e-mail and expand cloud computing, took government to court in a process of tender for the battery cover for Microsoft rival Google Inc., which had been told to modify working with Microsoft in the country to to make a dent in the desktop software market of $ 20 billion, sued the U.S. Department of the Interior of the alleged exclusion of the offer from Google, its mail system for 88,000 employees of the agency tender. According to the complaint, the department said it would only systems that use Microsoft software, called for the management of e-mail a Google limit considered "unduly restrictive of competition." "On the basis of risk assessments and studies the market," wrote the specifications within the Microsoft software is "the only commercial product that all conditions are met by the department."

The complaint, filed Friday in the Court of Federal Claims United States, interior minister said injured a federal law that mandates to use the competition authorities and in open contracts. Google tries to stop the process before the department is satisfied with this law. "Google is an advocate of competition in the Internet and technology in general," said spokesman Andrew Kovacs Google. "Here, a fair and open process could save taxpayers tens of millions of U.S. dollars and better service." Barkoff, a spokesman for the Federal Agency Kendra said the department could not comment on pending litigation. For several years, Google is fighting to win in the global market for office software and e-mail, a sector dominated by Microsoft for some time with your Outlook and Office. The division that sells Microsoft Office software, the main unit is received on 19000000000 $ turnover this year. To differentiate its offering, Google has always promoted its Internet cloud, an approach that customers run the business e-mail and documents in remote data centers, not a Google server by the companies themselves.

The approach allows customers to save big clouds to make money by outsourcing your own internal e-mail systems. Difficulties, but Google has in their attempt to loosen the noose tight face Redmond, Washington software giant Microsoft in the market for e-mail that includes decades of relationships with some of the biggest companies and international organizations in government. In October 2009, Google surpassed Microsoft to a profile of 7.2 million U.S. dollars contract for High-mail address of the employee of the City of Los Angeles to receive 30 000 supply. But today almost half of the plan is still bogged down in the bureaucratic swamp, while Google is working on safety barriers in the Los Angeles Police Department, which has 13,000 employees removed.

Last summer, Google has in its efforts to its Google Apps for e-mail product to California, which Microsoft ultimately decided for the 200,000 state employees have been thwarted. Google, who were involved in lengthy discussions with the government on contracts for security and ease of use, ultimately decided not to make an offer and complained about what he saw as biased in favor of Microsoft in the tender. The State complains that Google does not place a bid. The Interior Ministry also objected to the safety of Google, according to the complaint. The Ministry requires that any new system cloud their messages on a server that only e-mails from other agencies included.

Bhutan - Country Profile

Full name: Kingdom of Bhutan
Population: 697,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital and largest city: Thimphu
Area: 38,364 sq km (14,812 sq miles)
Major language: Dzongkha (official)
Major religions: Buddhism (official), Hinduism
Life expectancy: 64 years (men), 68 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 ngultrum = 100 chetrum
Main exports: Electricity, timber, cement, agricultural products, handicrafts
GNI per capita: US $1,900 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bt
International dialing code: +975

 

Bhutan is a small, remote and impoverished Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between its powerful neighbors, India and China. Almost completely isolated for centuries, tried in several respects from the outside world while fiercely their old traditions. The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" and has begun to open to foreigners in 1970. 

 

Wangchuk hereditary monarchy in power since 1907. However, Bhutan has been a two-party parliamentary democracy after the elections of March 2008. This led to a landslide victory for the monarchy Bhutan Harmony Party of former Prime Minister Jigme Thinley. The opposition Democratic Party also supports the old Buddhist monarchy limited. Bhutan's culture and beautiful landscape make it a natural tourist attraction. Tourism is the visitor has previously agreed as part of a package tour or travel. Backpackers and independent travelers who are discouraged. - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the father of the current monarch - was all he could to preserve the indigenous culture of the majority Drukpa Buddhist people. ethnic group has a common culture with the Tibetans and other Himalayan. 

 

The Peoples National dress is compulsory - the knee-length wrap-around "gho" for men and famous ankle-length dress as "Kira" for the monarchy women. Bhutan has also tried the philosophy of "Gross National Happiness (GNH), which encouraged attempts a balance between the spiritual and material strike. But the 1990s emphasize that the majority of the Buddhist culture and lack of political representation to deep resentment boiled over between ... the ethnic communities in southern Nepal out the outbreak of the violence and tens of thousands of people in Nepal refuge have fled to refugee camps in Nepal Some 100,000 refugees live accompanied in storage by the UN in Nepal In these refugees have a number of insurgent groups has been - Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist), Bhutan Group and Tiger Bhutan RUF believe. 

 

Bhutanese security forces that behind the wave of bomb attacks that the kingdom shaken at the prospect of parliamentary elections in 2008. The leaders of Nepal and Bhutan had promised to try to repatriate the refugees before the elections. However, there was little progress on this front. India is no refugees on its territory, which lies between Bhutan and Nepal, and although the United States and other countries agreed to tens of thousands of refugees, the status certain officers accept refugees say that the only acceptable path is complete repatriation to Bhutan.

 

Head of state: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Benin - Country Profile

Benin, formerly Dahomey, is one of the most stable democracies in Africa vividly. Proliferation of political parties and a strong civil society. From an economic point of view but the picture is less Benin is very underdeveloped, and corruption thrives Bank in Benin. understands what is known as the Slave Coast, from where captives were shipped across the Atlantic. out elements of culture and religion, the slaves in the region are still in America are, including voodoo. Once banned in Benin, the religion is celebrated every year in the country Voodoo Day, which attracts thousands of clergy.

Before the France in the late 1800's, the area that several independent states, including the Kingdom of Dahomey, which a standing army was well trained and focused settled on the export of slaves and later palm oil. Instability marked the first years after independence from France, found in 1960 and the first part of the state Kérékou, Lord of the Marxism-Leninism as the official ideology. But in 1980 Mr Kérékou from the army to a civilian head of state and economic liberalization has become.

While Benin has seen a steady growth in recent years seen and one of the largest cotton producers in Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy is heavily dependent on trade with its eastern neighbor, Nigeria. In the north, sporadic clashes along the border with Benin, Burkina Faso have been. The problem was due to land disputes between rival communities on either side of the border. Thousands of Togolese refugees fled to Benin in 2005 following political unrest in their homeland. Benin called for international assistance to help house and feed the exiles.

Facebook Developers Sold User IDs to Data Brokers

After the controversy over the safety of the user identity of Facebook, the social networking site, acknowledged on Friday that some of his company sells data brokers UID. "After considering the circumstances UID accidental transfers, we have several cases in which the data broker UID developers to have found" Facebook engineer, wrote Mike Spring blog. Private users can not be sold, with the spring. Facebook developers for six months suspended. To return to the Facebook developer community, "present their work methods to verify the data in the future, to confirm that they comply with our policies" which he writes.

Facebook has not disclosed the names of the developers involved, except to say they were "a dozen, mostly smaller" for developers who are not among the 10 applications page on the site. Facebook also agreed with the row of data that are the company Rapleaf all user ID and remove Facebook, and stop to perform an activity on the Facebook platform in the future. "Through these steps, we believe, take appropriate measures to ensure that people retain control over their information, while the developer the tools they need to create social experiences," writes the spring. Facebook UID header problem a few weeks, when the Wall Street Journal published an article that the applications for Facebook users, personal information with other advertising networks and Internet tracking company said shares published.

This apparently includes the 10 applications on Facebook, and Rapleaf. Facebook said late UID encrypted future. On Friday, Facebook, said the Data Protection Directive "confirm that the UID can not leave its application, or any other infrastructure, code and services to create and run the application" for Spring wrote. Services such as Akamai, Amazon Web Services, and other options allow analysis "provided these services are confidential, UID of its application." This week, Facebook will also start an anonymous manner to third parties, such as content partners, customers and other service providers to identify. The developers are required to the mechanism by January 1.

Lil Wayne redefines stardom behind bars

NEW YORK - 1 November 2010 - was a best-selling album in the country earlier this month. It's iPod president. It charts third with two singles partnership. He was followed by Facebook with updates from over 14 million people after him. Is in any way out Lil Wayne in jail. But his public image is not locked. The rapper, who released Thursday after eight months in the case of a pistol was the first artist in 15 years to a number 1 album on the Billboard 200 starts at run time in prison. His "I am not a person" for a week in the slot at the top who have over 323 000 copies sold since its release 27 September, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It is only the coveted award. But it is a reflection of the popularity of Lil Wayne - He went to prison for multi-platinum selling Grammy -. The result of skillful maneuvers, which are now trying the media landscape around the pop celebrity get real "everywhere"?. The challenge was to make you feel like you never left, "said Bryan" Birdman "Williams, Cash Money Records founder, the career of the rapper Lil Wayne helped young people. "We came with a good strategy and it worked." Management team members released, the rapper a carefully planned music to be respected, that their responses was a wave of fan mail to the complexity of the Rikers jail Iceland written in the city and published online.

It was approved visiting hours "and music played Rikers by telephone from prison, Lil Wayne -. campaign also comes with its own face" and the slogan "Free Weezy" One of his nicknames - flows through the channels from shirts to Twitter hashtags for the rapper His punishment was exile hard in the studio, which typically like to spend time together. Night to say his teammates. "If you remove someone's desire to be frustrating," Williams said in an interview. But for fans who not only provide a constant stream of new music, but unusual for a direct connection to a musical star. Blog he created for the fans, who offered his ideas to work day and the answers to some of the letters of listeners, he says, anchor in the day. "I never thought I could be such an influence on the lives of people," he wrote in July on the site, Weezythanxyou.com.

Known for its production of the executioner, a clever pun sold more strange, Lil Wayne over the top album of 2008 and won the Grammy for best rap album for "Tha Carter III". Time magazine considers him of his most influential people on the list last year, Barack Obama recently told Rolling Stone Lil Wayne music to your iPod. President of the rapper, born Dwayne Carter Jr., in October 2009 was convicted on the gun charge in his tour bus after a concert in Manhattan in 2007, he began his last year serving in a court hearing in March .

It is expected to leave early for good behavior in spite of it landed in electronic smuggling alone in the last months in office, headphones and charger for digital camera mobile music player, said prison officials. (Approved missteps of his blog.) In Rikers, also pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession in Arizona, was sentenced to three years probation and wine. The night came with a list of rappers successfully spent time behind bars, a list that blurs the line between art and life went into the genre through the city.

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Belize - Country Profile

Full name: Belize
Population: 307,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital: Belmopan
Area: 22,965 sq km (8,867 sq miles)
Major languages: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Belizean dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Sugar, bananas, citrus fruits, oil, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
GNI per capita: US$3,820 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bz
International dialling code: +501

 

 

 

Belize common with the Caribbean island with its Central American neighbors. This is reflected in its major languages, English and Creole, Anglo-Caribbean architecture and especially the relatively peaceful political culture. It has also found the peoples and cultures elsewhere in the Americas - Spanish-speaking mestizos, a combination of Maya Indian Union, Creoles, who speak the local dialect of English, and often of African and Afro-Europe Garifuna are descendants of the Caribs and Africans.

A change in the ethnic composition and use of the Spanish rising, driven by an amnesty for immigrants from neighboring countries of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Belize, formerly British Honduras was the last colony of the United Kingdom in America. The independence until 1981 by long-term tension with neighboring Guatemala, which delays a large part of its territory claims. Guatemala recognized Belize's independence in 1991, but neighbors still have their border conflict, which fix their roots in the colonial period. Belize has always been closely linked to Britain and US had intensified in recent times relations with Latin American countries like Mexico and Venezuela.

In common with many Caribbean countries, increased service sector, agriculture and fisheries and forestry. Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange. Attractions include wildlife of Belize, the Mayan ruins of the longest coral reef in the world. More than 200 islands nestle in the reef. Cruise ship arrivals increased dramatically in recent years. But tourism has its price, the challenges of Belize the threat of the habitats of birds, mammals in the United States. In addition, Belize always has a problem with violent crime, particularly drug crime and drug trafficking in the archive. In 2006, the U.S. State Department of Belize has declared a list of countries that they were not enough to fight against human trafficking.

Apple Vs Motorola ( Apple Claiming Their Rights Via Lawsuit)

Apple launched its countersuit against Motorola which is to protect what is arguably among the most important rights of the technologies Apple: Apple Costumes multitouch patents specifically mentioned, the company violated the nine units were sold by Motorola. The first two clearly asserts Apple, Apple, Motorola that compared six different patents. The complaint filed before the courts for the Western District of Wisconsin, read a sentence that prevent further violations and seeks damages, legal fees reimbursement levels. Droid affected phones, Druid 2 Druid X CLIQ CLIQ XT, Backflip, A555 Shuffle, Shuffle i1, and magic.

A variety of applications, again mainly between Apple and Android thrown handset manufacturers seem almost ridiculous. However, they can have profound effects on future losers. In fact, we are surprised that Apple calls multitouch rights of the study. Who uses the first generation iPhone users know that a model of smart phones today are very similar, if not identical. It will be interesting to see if Apple can defend its patents to convince a judge thereof, to confirm the violation of one or more patents. Current claims processing for several years, given the current revenue massive get smart.

It is very important to win for Apple that the iPhone is already bearing activity 39%, 8% IPAD and iPod touch in the range of 3% to 8% of the total turnover of the company, whichever is later Apple 10 - to present a K Multi-Touch is a key technology products that responsibility for more than 50% of Apple's revenue - $ 30,000,000 over the past 12 months. Moreover, it is unlikely that the company is about to let him go. According to IDC, Apple has become the fourth largest mobile operator with 14.1 million units sold in the third quarter. Nokia is the market with 110.4 million units, followed by Samsung and LG dominate with 71.4 million with 28.4 million euros. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is the fifth with 12.4 million handsets shipped.

Explosion in Turkey - 22 injured

Istanbul, Turkey - At least 22 people in an apparent suicide bomb attack in central Istanbul on Sunday were injured, police said. In a dozen police officers were wounded and 12 civilians in the attack on Taksim Square, police said the police. Two policemen were injured in a critical condition, said police chief Huseyin Capkin Istanbul. The course is a busy shopping area's largest network of transport, including buses, subways and taxis. Visitors flock guards in the area which is usually a bunch of bureaucrats. 

The bomber blew himself up when the city was the national holiday celebrating the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. The parade was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed due to bad weather. Capkin said a suicide bomber apparently caused the explosion of a man. A bomb exploded in the second near the body of the attacker. Suspected terrorists tried to park a bus in the police rather than board, but the explosion occurred before he was in power, said Capkin. 

Analysts was familiar with the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, said the PKK is likely behind the attack. However, party spokesman told CNN that he knew nothing of the explosion. "It's blowing up or blowing have rituals, I have no idea," the spokesman said that the PKK's Kandil Ruth. Kandil said: "unilateral ceasefire" to the PKK on Sunday, end, but said the party's leader, Murat Karayilan, a Turkish journalist, said a few days ago that "we are not an action against civilians."

Belgium - Country Profile

Full name: Kingdom of Belgium
Population: 10.6 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Brussels
Area: 30,528 sq km (11,787 sq miles)
Major languages: Dutch, French, German
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 77 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
Main exports: Machinery and electrical equipment, chemicals, vehicles, metals, diamonds
GNI per capita: US $44,330 (World Bank, 2008)
 

Internet domain: .be
International dialling code: +32

Belgium has a major European battleground over the centuries. occupied by Germany during both world wars and II, which has experienced an economic boom in the last 50 years to become a model Western European liberal democracy has become. However, it has also a growing gap between the North and especially the Dutch-French language, especially in the south, with some even speculating that the country could break. Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

 

Therefore, it is the polyglot home of an army of diplomats and international officials. The country stretches from the dunes on the coast north through the plains of the flamenco and the wooded hills of the Ardennes in the south. Belgium reconciles regional and cultural role. Identities federal structure The structure consists of three communities - Flemish, French and German - and three regions: Flanders in the north where the official language is Dutch, Wallonia in the south where French is the official language in Brussels, the capital, where the status of French and Dutch share official language. Wallonia has a strong German-speaking minority of 70,000. The tensions between the two main language communities sometimes high, and the problem has brought a number of governments, so that the current political instability. 

 

Polls suggest that most Belgians want to keep the federal government, but often a good result separatist party in Flanders. Notice of Belgium as a colonial legacy in Africa: Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo - Zaire time. He drew international attention after the U.S. war against Iraq in 2003 because of a controversial law allowing Belgian courts to foreigners for war crimes and human rights abuses are trying, regardless of where they committed the crime. The law has led to numerous lawsuits against the high-profile international figures before major overhaul. Belgium is known for its strong culinary traditions known and is particularly known for its fine chocolates and a variety of beers.

King: Albert II
Outgoing prime minister: Yves Leterme

 

Lady Gaga duplicate dress "FOR SALE"

Lady Gaga Dress is the meat that led to the MTV Video Music Awards in September, one of the owners of Old Homestead Steak House in New York kind.The offer fans of Lady Gaga opportunity to tour or treat tonight, drawn up in its meat Butcher costume in the restaurant a dress made of real meat, made eye steak and pork chops -. and they are for sale at $ 100,000 Marc Sherry, owner of Old Homestead, said the New York Daily News "I wanted (the dress) is a notch above. Use it for an hour, have fun with it .... Then can you have enough meat for the freezer for six months. "

Fox struck a deal with cable provider on the East Coast

A fight between two media groups, supports millions of subscribers to cable television to see in the New York area, the Major League Baseball and NFL football ended Thursday night, just in time for Game 3 of the World Series. News Corp., Fox Broadcasting and Cablevision Systems Corp. agreed in principle to Fox Television Stations back to households in Cablevision than two weeks after Fox pulled the plug. It is about fees, who have to pay Fox Cable Vision to the network signal and power cable channels Fox Business Network, a Spanish sports channel Fox Sports and National Geographic wanted.

Although the two sides reach an agreement that does not mean he was satisfied with the result. In a statement, Cablevision criticized the Federal Communications Commission not to interfere in the conflict and criticized Fox for a heavy hand. "In the absence of significant action by the FCC, has Fox Cablevision agreed to an unfair price for multiple channels of programming, including many in which our customers have little or no interest to pay," added Cablevision, the company Fox was "do not think their customers should be programs that they want to see more Fox denied."

The evil of some of these conflicts, which are increasingly used as broadcasters increasingly offset transportation costs for cable operators to the erosion of advertising, has a bitter taste in the mouth of the left cable customers and legislators. The failure of two weeks, the longest in the industry, has Fox and Cablevision spent millions in advertising and lobbying in the attacks. Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) proposed legislation to give more weight to the FCC in these disputes and to ensure that the signals are not removed from the subscriber until it is clear that both parties have exhausted all possibilities for settlement. Cablevision and Fox came a day after Fox hit front on a similar agreement with Dish Network satellite TV, also in the bitter negotiations, the customer was left with no more than a dozen cable channels Fox.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Fox wanted a long-term agreement that Cablevision to about 50 cents per subscriber for its TV station Fox in a year that will gradually increase to a dollar per subscriber have to pay per month. Cablevision serves 3 million customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Cablevison said: "Our customers will pay more than necessary for programming at Fox." Fox said: "These comments should not surprise anyone, and also confirms that this difference is wrong only to the efforts of Cablevision to a change of rules in their favor." Tagged Cablevision hard for the FCC argued effect of Fox force in vain to foreign agents. Several politicians also accept pressure on Fox, but the network does not move, arguing there was no need for government involvement in trade disputes. When Fox reached an agreement Friday with the courts, it seems that Fox had to leverage increased

Belarus - Country Profile

Population: 9.6 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Minsk
Area: 207,595 sq km (80,153 sq miles)
Major language: Russian, Belarussian (both official)
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 75 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Belarussian rouble = 100 kopeks
Main exports: Machinery, chemical and petroleum products
GNI per capita: US $5,380 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .by
International dialling code: +375 

The present borders of Belarus were established during the crisis of World War II. The former republic was by the Nazis in 1941-1944 than 2.2 million people, including occupied most of its Jewish population lost. There are about 400,000 ethnic Poles in the West. He ruled with an iron fist since 1994, increasing by President Alexander Lukashenko. Opposition figures are subject to strict penalties for the organization of events. Beginning of 2005 Belarus was approved by the U.S. as Europe remained the only listed "outposts of tyranny." 

 

Since late 2008, there were signs of a slight easing of tensions with the West - the first development with some concern to Russia, which has since begun to distance themselves Lukashenko considered rule. The staff of the country was independent in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. About a decade later, the sense of national identity is weak, remains the international isolation and the nature of political relations with Russia remains a key issue. 

 

Within a year after the war and the Soviet Union, Belarus has become one of the most prosperous regions of the USSR, but with independence came economic decline. President Lukashenko has much the privatization of state enterprises over. Private companies are virtually nonexistent. Foreign investors stay away. For much of his career, Mr. Lukashenko has sought to develop closer relations with Russia. On the political front, there was talk of union, but suggested little tangible evidence of progress, and certainly not the same as the union of President Lukashenko. 

 

Belarus remains heavily dependent on Russia's own energy needs and meet a considerable part of Russian oil and gas exports to Europe passes through. The role of Russia as an important supplier of energy for the rest of the position of Belarus and Europe were a key transit country both honor several times since 2006, when the tension broke out between Moscow and Minsk, the Russian gas prices and privileged access of the Belarusian oil-free service. Relations with Russia have deteriorated in the summer of 2010 to settle disputes over energy prices, the customs union of Belarus and the terms of the presence of ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, following which speculation is that Moscow changed Lukashenko support another candidate for the leadership.
  

President: Alexander Lukashenko

 

 

 

People turn into wireless hub - Scientists

Scientists at the Institute of the Queen of electronics, communications and information technology working on a new project to make people in the base stations of mobile communications. The study, based on the science of technology-centered communication in the body, involves the development of advanced sensors that can be used by individuals.

The sensors can convert the body into an Internet-platform wireless broadband, ultra-high. Scientists believe that technology is a huge social impact on individuals with whom you have games to enjoy for mobile health monitoring and real-time training for the sport. Research team dipping into the implications of linking the sensors to create in each person's body is too large wireless networks.

Simon Cotton, a scientist involved in the research, said in a statement to The Hindu, "The availability of mixed networks, great benefits, including significant health improvements through the use of sensors for use in controlling body could bring to the systematic and treatment of diseases outside medical equipment. "

Explosive packages claim to found for Jewish institutions

Two packages containing explosives in Chicago Jewish institutions have alarmed at what has Obama been arrested as a "credible threat of terrorism against our country.''Obama on Thursday evening in the act that sent the involved packages planes cargo to Yemen. The Committee notes that U.S. officials "follow all the facts" yet, "Obama said, U.S. officials know that al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula, a terrorist group based in Yemen," to plan attacks against our next home, our citizens and our friends and allies. "

A source said the federal government Chicago Sun-Times at least one synagogue in Chicago and a Jewish community center were targeted -. The CCM-107-year service organization dedicated to ensuring a has vibrant Jewish and strong community''seven community centers in the region, including Rogers Park, overlooking Lake and Hyde Park, according to its website. It also runs 15 kindergartens. person with the CMC could not be reached for comment Friday. KKL / United Jewish Federation of Chicago Metropolitan was alerted about the possible threat from the authorities on the morning of Friday, said Linda Haase, Associate Vice President. "We meet  all necessary precautions, and we recommend that local synagogues to do the same thing," said Haase. "Unfortunately this is not the first time that the Jewish community has a security problem faced. "Although it is not immediately known that the synagogue was the target, said federal officials that neither the package at KAM Isaiah Israel Synagogue, is the opposite the home of Obama Kenwood aligned was.

Michelle Obama was in town Friday for a memorial service for Bishop Arthur M. Brazier. The President should be in town today for a meeting before the election. Governor Quinn said he was in contact with Jewish community in the country -. " I have a lot of resources of the State of Illinois, in cooperation with federal and local level. - ensure the safety and the safety of all in our country,''said Quinn, "My thoughts are with the Jewish community in Illinois and urge all to the device during this time to join.

FBI spokesman Ross Rice said in Chicago that the two packages sent in the same direction in Yemen. Dubai authorities caught a bomb. The second package was investigated in an aircraft at East Midlands, North London, and authorities said it contained a toner cartridge with printer cable and dust. White House on terrorism, said John Brennan, Counsel to the devices were in packages the size of a bread box. Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Anshe Shalom B'nai Israel Congregation in view of the lake, said on Friday evening that started the Jewish Sabbath, and it was important that things be as usual. "We must not allow others to stop terrorists ourselves," said Lopatin, adding: ". We must be cautious and vigilant, but do not panic, we" do not know why they choose Chicago, but awakened from its complacency and hopefully we will be safe and vigilant in the future, "said Lopatin.

Several cargo planes along the east coast were searched but no explosives found. A plane carrying goods Emirates was deported from Canada to New York by two military aircraft, American officials. They said it was a precautionary measure . The Department of Homeland Security said it has taken steps to improve security at airports across the country to improve, including the investigation of the charge.

Barbados - Country Profile

Full name: Barbados
Population: 256,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital: Bridgetown
Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
Major language: English (Bajan, an English-African dialect, is widely used)
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Barbadian dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing
GNI per capita: US$9,260 (World Bank, 2005)
Internet domain: .bb
International dialling code: +1246

 

 Barbados has seen tourism to exports of sugar as the main source of income. Known for its beaches and cricket - its national sport - the former British colony has a dual heritage of the English language - apparently built in the Anglican churches of race and Saturday - and in Africa, reflected in his music, dance Islands. Barbados is one of the most populous and prosperous Caribbean. 

 

The political and social stability of the economy is one of the highest living standards in developing countries. It is a center of financial services and has offshore reserves of petroleum and natural gas. taken in recent years a construction boom has to keep up with new hotels and condominiums. 

 

The trend accelerated this island and some of the major parties in the Cricket World Cup 2007 hosts -. However, the lack of jobs has led many Barbados most often known as Bajans - to find work abroad. The money they send home is an important source of income. 

 

Most are descendants of African slaves, Barbados, the island since the 17th Century were brought to work in sugar cane plantations. Limestone caves, coral reefs and a warm climate tempered by trade winds are part of the natural resources of the island. The terrain is relatively flat, with mountains in the interior.

YouTube CEO's , Chad Hurley Out

Chad Hurley, one of the three founders of YouTube, the innovative website that has radically changed the media landscape, is stepping down as CEO of the San Bruno, Calif. Hurley, 33, had the press on Thursday evening at a conference of technology at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. When asked what he did, he said he renounced his title as CEO and assume an advisory role.

Kamangar which bought the area for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006. He and a small team of engineers came in AdWords revenue engine that most of the benefits of Google drives. Kamangar said to be responsible for finding ways to make money from YouTube to the billions of user-generated online videos every day.

Google said Youtube on the profit, thanks to the efforts of Kamangar to the kind of premium content that foster higher advertising rates are ordered. Once the scourge of traditional media by the use of pirated content has already become a YouTube platform for the promotion of content.

Bangladesh - Country Profile

Full name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Population: 162.2 million (UN, 2009)
Capital and largest city: Dhaka
Area: 143,998 sq km (55,598 sq miles)
Major language: Bengali
Major religions: Islam, Hinduism
Life expectancy: 65 years (men), 67 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 taka = 100 paisa
Main exports: Garments, fish, jute goods, leather products
GNI per capita: US $520 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .bd
International dialling code: +880

 

 

Bangladesh is a densely populated country in the world as well, with its people crammed into a delta of rivers, opens into the Bay of Bengal. Poverty is widespread and deep, almost half the population lives on less than a dollar a day. However, Bangladesh's population growth and improving health and education has decreased. The largest employer is agriculture, but not in a position to meet the demand for jobs. 

 

So many Bangladeshis - in common with citizens of other countries in the region - seek work abroad, sometimes illegally. The country sought to diversify its economy, with industrial development a priority. Foreign investors have pumped money into manufacturing and energy. Land and offshore gas fields an opportunity for future prosperity. There was debate about whether reserves should be kept for domestic use or exported. Some international energy companies are involved in the gas industry. 

 

Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh came into force only in 1971, when the two sides of the partition of Pakistan after a bloody war in which neighboring India. Bangladesh spent 15 years under military rule and, although democracy was restored in 1990, the political scene remains volatile. Analysts say the antagonism between the Awami League, which governed until July 2001 and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party reflects personal animosity between their leaders rather than substantial ideological differences. 

 

Political tensions have spread violence have killed hundreds of people in recent years. Attacks have targeted opposition rallies and public meetings. major opposition figures have also been targeted. has concerns about religious extremism in the traditionally moderate and tolerant country, which found itself in the form of a series of attacks in August 2005. The government, long the existence of a problem with the militants has denied banned two Islamic organizations, social. Bangladesh has been criticized for its human rights abuses, particularly concerned about attacks on women and accusations against the police torturing detainees. The low is vulnerable to floods and hurricanes and is affected by the expected rise in sea level.

President: Zillur Rahman
Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina Wajed

3G Coverage at The Peak of Mount Everest.

Only if to welcome you to Grandma video call when they are finally to the summit of Mount Everest, you are lucky! .Now the 3G mobile phone service has reached the peak of mount everest. Yes, we can hear today, even from up there.

A group of telecommunications nThis Nepal, a subsidiary of Swedish TeliaSonera giant, said that people can have video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones through a base station will broadband telephony to an altitude of 17,000 feet Gorakshep near the village in the Everest region. NThis video made the announcement Friday at 17 388 feet.

Previously, the climbers had to rely on the satellite phone, to show his doctorate. About 1,400 climbers reach the summit each year. Nearly 800,000 people use the metro daily DC. I have never, ever 3G coverage as it passes through the center of DC to the red line.

Bahrain - Country Profile

Full name: Kingdom of Bahrain
Population: 791,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital: Manama
Area: 717 sq km (277 sq miles)
Major language: Arabic
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 77 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Bahraini dinar = 1,000 fils
Main exports: Petroleum and petroleum products, aluminium
GNI per capita: US $19,350 (World Bank, 2007)
Internet domain: .bh
International dialling code: +973

 

 

 

 Bahrain - whose name means "two seas" - was a time when the Sumerians as an island paradise where a wise and brave, to be taken to demonstrate that enjoy eternal life. It 'was one of the first states in the Persian Gulf to discover oil and build refineries and as such has benefited from oil wealth before most of its neighbours. 

 

Bahrain never reached the level of production from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia enjoyed and was forced to diversify its economy Khalifa. In the country from 1783 to the family of Bani Utbah that were sold with the Persians. Since 1861, when he signed with Britain, which was signed until independence in 1971 Bahrain was virtually a British protectorate. The king is the supreme authority, and family members of the main Sunni Muslim political and military positions. 

 

There have long been tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslim majority in Bahrain. Sometimes the disorder was extended -. In 2001, the emir of Bahrain has strongly supported the time King - the country into a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament and, in turn, an independent judiciary. The elections are due in 2002, 40 members of the European Parliament, the Council of Delegates held. The survey was the first time in nearly 30 years. 

 

The new body, including dozens of Shiite members. The country has more freedom of expression and monitor with experience say that the human rights situation has improved. However, continued opposition groups and activists, political reforms, including greater powers of an elected assembly, press -. Bahrain, an archipelago of over 30 - a paradise for tourists in the region, taking advantage of its relaxed social environment. Closely allied with the United States is home to the U.S. Navy 's Fifth Fleet.

 

King: Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah 

Travel Plan Triggered FBI Terror Sting

WASHINGTON-Pakistani-American in a conspiracy against the FBI subway in the capital, has attracted the attention of researchers was arrested in January to try to go for jihad abroad, authorities said. Farooque Ahmed, an engineer at age, 34, Ashburn, Virginia. And attempts to contact a member of a terrorist group to help them, Afghanistan or Pakistan travel to face the U.S. armed forces there, the Federal Research Station fight on Thursday.

The FBI did not specify how you heard about the alleged efforts of the group. Researchers will soon see, Mr. Ahmed potentially dangerous and orchestrated a terrorist act surprised allegedly false, last undercover terrorist operation by the FBI developed. Long used or corruption in drug research, stings are struggling to become a staple of the efforts of the judiciary, against domestic terrorism since the attacks of September 2001 November some cases, particularly in the years immediately after 9 / 11, have a rocky reception skeptical Jurors had. But in recent years, juries have returned verdicts against the accused long if bitten.

Peter Ahearn, a former FBI special agent and now a management consultant, said to help the teeth "are in a minefield on foot" and convey fear among jihadist followers that someone could be in contact with an undercover government agent. In an attempted attack on New York, Times Square this year, would be bomber Shahzad Faisal told investigators, he has avoided most powerful explosives and other steps to remain out of sight of law enforcement. Mr. Shahzad pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in June and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In an affidavit submitted by the FBI to permit the registration of Friends of the House of the Lord says that in 2008 and 2009, weapons and training, bought a shooting range. Its ultimate goal, according to the affidavit, he "went to Afghanistan to fight and kill Americans."

In April, FBI, a meeting between Mr Ahmed and a person who claims to be a means to a terrorist group to be organized, said prosecutors. The person, worked undercover for the FBI and asked to help the suspects, collect information for planned attacks Metrorail stations in suburban Virginia, Washington, said prosecutors. The statement does not identify the friends of Mr. partner or say if the person has cooperated with investigators. Compliance Officer, said the alleged plot was completely under the control of the FBI and there was no danger to the public. A public defender to represent Mr. Ahmed not respond to requests for comment.

In some cases, the bite has been criticized by defense lawyers for the defendants seemed taken. In 2006, the FBI, seven members of a religious group Liberty City neighborhood of Miami was arrested and charged with conspiracy to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago and federal buildings. Defense lawyers said an informant and two juries exceeded government against the agreement declared invalid. It took a third try five defendants were sentenced for crimes associated with terrorism. Albert Levin, a lawyer for the suspects in the case of Miami, said the fear of terrorism caused the police were trying to attack at any price "to prevent, even at the expense of the possible opening of innocent people." Earlier this month, a Jordanian man to 24 years in a case in which an FBI informant, who, as a means of terrorism.

Bahamas - Country Profile

Full name: Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Population: 342,000 (UN, 2009)
Capital and largest city: Nassau
Area: 13,939 sq km (5,382 sq miles)
Major language: English
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Bahamian dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish, refined petroleum products
GNI per capita: US$14,920 (World Bank, 2005)
Internet domain: .bs
International dialling code: +1242

 

 

Archipelago of 700 islands islands, Bahamas draws millions of tourists every year. Visitors come to enjoy its pleasant atmosphere, beautiful beaches, beautiful forests. 

 

Former British colony and now the Commonwealth, the state is an important center for offshore financial one has the largest fleets of ships to the world seemed to open. Bahamas enjoys high per capita income. Enormous growth in the service sector of the economy has led people to fishing villages and farming without malls on the island of New Providence, Grand Bahama Great Abaco. 

 

This trend has increased the dependence of tourism, islands and banks. As with other countries in the Caribbean, the Bahamas is faced with the challenge of combating illicit drug trafficking illegal immigration. 

 

It has taken steps to "clean up their banking systems at offshore, the Bahamas is a destination for immigrants from the bustle of nearby torn Caribbean, Haiti. Tens of thousands of Haitians are living illegally in the country. Bahamian culture is very colorful," Junkanoo street parties, the rate music, dance costumes and masks.

Firefox 4 Delayed

Mozilla has delayed the release of Firefox 4 until early next year, saying development of the popular open source browser has taken longer than expected.

Mozilla engineers and contributors to the open source browser had been scrambling to get it ready for a November release. However, despite "strong progress" in development, delays in completing the feature-complete beta 7 version of Firefox, along with the amount of work remaining to prepare the software for release, made it impossible to meet the release date, Mozilla announced Wednesday.

"Completing this work is taking longer than initial estimates indicated as we track down regressions and sources of instability," Mike Beltzner, product manager for Firefox, said in a blog post on Mozilla's developer site. "As part of our commitment to beta users, we will not ship software before it is ready."

Beltzner said Mozilla would continue to release "beta milestones" through the end of December, with a release candidate shipping in early 2011 and the final release close behind.

However, Beltzner said even the latest timetable could change. "Please note that, as always, this schedule is subject to change based on feedback from users and community members."

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Azerbaijan - Country Profile

Full name: Republic of Azerbaijan
Population: 8.8 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Baku
Area: 86,600 sq km (33,400 sq miles)
Major language: Azeri, Russian
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 68 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 manat = 100 qapik
Main exports: Oil, oil products
GNI per capita: US $3,830 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .az
International dialling code: +994

Oil-rich Azerbaijan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 amid political turmoil and against a backdrop of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh.
It has been famed for its oil springs and natural gas sources since ancient times, when Zoroastrians, for whom fire is an important symbol, erected temples around burning gas vents in the ground.

Azerbaijan combines the heritage of two venerable civilizations--the Seljuk Turks of the 11th century and the ancient Persians. Its name is thought to be derived from the Persian phrase "Land of Fire," referring both to its petroleum deposits, known since ancient times, and to its status as a former center of the Zoroastrian faith. The Azerbaijani Republic borders the Iranian provinces of East and West Azerbaijan, although they have not been united into a single state in modern times.

Little is known about Azerbaijan's history until its conquest and conversion to Islam by the Arabs in 642 AD. Centuries of prosperity as a province of the Muslim caliphate followed. After the decline of the Arab Empire, Azerbaijan was ravaged during the Mongol invasions but regained prosperity in the 13th-15th centuries under the Mongol II-Khans, the native Shirvan Shahs, and under Persia's Safavid Dynasty.

 Due to its location astride the trade routes connecting Europe to Central Asia and the Near East and on the shore of the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan was fought over by Russia, Persia, and the Ottomans for several centuries. Finally, the Russians split Azerbaijan's territory with Persia in 1828 by the Treaty of Turkmenchay, establishing the present frontiers and extinguishing the last native dynasties of local Azerbaijani khans. The beginning of modern exploitation of the oil fields in the 1870s led to a period of unprecedented prosperity and growth in the years before World War I.

At the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, an independent republic was proclaimed in 1918 following an abortive attempt to establish a Transcaucasian Republic with Armenia and Georgia. Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April. Incorporated into the Transcaucasian Federated Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922, Azerbaijan became a union republic of the U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) in 1936. The late 1980s were characterized by increasing unrest, eventually leading to a violent confrontation when Soviet troops killed 190 nationalist demonstrators in Baku in January 1990. Azerbaijan declared its independence from the U.S.S.R. on August 30, 1991.

Azerbaijan became a member of the Council of Europe in 2001. Often accused of rampant corruption and election-rigging, ruling circles walk a tightrope between Russian and Western regional geo-strategic interests. As the Soviet Union collapsed, the predominantly Armenian population of the Nagorno-Karabakh region stated their intention to secede from Azerbaijan. War broke out. Backed by troops and resources from Armenia proper, the Armenians of Karabakh took control of the region and surrounding territory.

In 1994 a ceasefire was signed. About one-seventh of Azerbaijan's territory remains occupied, while 800,000 refugees and internally displaced persons are scattered around the country.

Azerbaijan was in the media spotlight in June 2007 when Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the US the use of the Gabala radar station for missile defence as an alternative to using bases in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Fake bomb plot against D.C. subway

A Pakistani-born Virginia man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to help people posing as al Qaeda operatives plot to bomb Washington-area subway stations.

The bombing plot was a ruse over the past six months, the FBI said, but 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed readily handed over video of northern Virginia subway stations, suggested using rolling suitcases rather than backpacks to kill as many people as possible and offered to donate money to al Qaeda's cause overseas.

The public never was in danger because FBI agents were aware of Ahmed's activities and monitored him throughout, the agency said. And the people that Ahmed thought were al Qaeda operatives were actually individuals who worked on behalf of the government, according to a federal law enforcement official who requested anonymity to discuss details of the case.

Ahmed was indicted under seal by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday, and the charges were made public Wednesday. He is accused of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility, and attempting to provide material support to carry out multiple bombings to cause mass casualties. Ahmed, a naturalized citizen, lives in Ashburn, Va., outside Washington.

During a brief court appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Ahmed did not enter a plea and was ordered held without bond.

U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said in a statement that it was "chilling that a man from Ashburn is accused of casing rail stations with the goal of killing as many Metro riders as possible through simultaneous bomb attacks."

Andrew Ames, a spokesman for the FBI Washington field office, declined to comment on how authorities learned about Ahmed. He faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted.




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Austria - Country Profile

Full name: Republic of Austria
Population: 8.4 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Vienna
Area: 83,871 sq km (32,383 sq miles)
Major language: German
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 77 years (men), 83 years(women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
Main exports: Machinery, metals, paper, textiles, food, livestock
GNI per capita:US $46,260(World Bank, 2008)   

Internet domain: .at 
International dialling code: +43

Famous for its spectacular mountain scenery, Austria is no longer the dominant political force it was in Central Europe under the Habsburg dynasty which ruled until the first world war.
However, its position at the geographical heart of Europe on the key Danube trade route enhances its strategic importance.
 After being joined to Nazi Germany from 1938-1945, Austria was occupied by the Allies, who divided up the country and the capital Vienna into separate sectors.

However, the 1955 State Treaty - signed by the Allies - guaranteed Austria's unity, ensuring it did not suffer Germany's fate of being split between the Soviets and the Western Cold War blocs.

In return, Austria declared permanent neutrality, to which it still adheres.
There were some questions surrounding this when two thirds of voters supported EU membership in a referendum in 1994 and entry followed in 1995.

The entry into Austria's coalition government of the far-right Freedom Party in February 2000 sent shockwaves across Europe. Austria's relations with the EU were severely strained after some states imposed sanctions in protest. These were lifted some months later.

The capital, Vienna, is home to key international organisations, including the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Opec, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Austria has a very rich cultural heritage. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart occupies a place of his own as composer of some of the best loved European classical music while the works of Franz Schubert enjoy great popularity too.

In the world of philosophy and ideas, Sigmund Freud still provokes controversy while Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the major influences in 20th century thinking. In fine art, the paintings of Gustav Klimt are widely admired.