A judicial inquiry into the causes of death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will start in 2013

A judicial inquiry into the causes of death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will start in 2013

Six years after the death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London, a criminal investigation to determine the exact cause of his death will be opened early next year, announced British justice.

This type of investigation is to establish the exact circumstances where a violent or unexplained deaths. Achieved while the police investigation, it is not followed by a process and not intended to establish responsibilities in terms of criminal or civil.

Robert Owen Judge of the High Court of Justice, in charge of the investigation, lamented the delay "regrettable" between her former agent and launching this procedure. "There will be no further delay," he assured Thursday.

He said he plans to begin the "first major hearings as early as possible in 2013," soon to be completed "necessary preliminaries".

Certain parts of the police report on possible contacts of former Russian spy with British intelligence services will not be made public but, at the request of the government, he said.

Litvinenko case is a matter of dispute between London and Moscow, Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, British investigators considered as the prime suspect.

Alexander Litvinenko, a turncoat of the FSB (Russian secret services) refugee in Britain, drank tea in November 2006 with Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun by businessman at a hotel in London. Subsequently became seriously ill and died in hospital due to poisoning with polonium, a radioactive substance.

Two cinemas, burned in Pakistan in demonstrations against the film antiislam

Two cinemas, burned in Pakistan in demonstrations against the film antiislam

One protester was injured by gunshots fired by a security guard at one of the theaters, which opened fire on the crowd and fire that devastated the hall, told AFP a police official, Gohar Aliria.

The latter said that a second theater was burned by protesters.

U.S. Apache helicopters wants to sell Indonesia

U.S. Apache helicopters wants to sell Indonesia



United States announced Thursday that Indonesia plans to sell eight Apache helicopters, a sign of strengthening ties between the two countries, according to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.


Hillary Clinton 'informed Congress about the potential sale of eight AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters to the Indonesian government "after a meeting with Foreign Minister of this country, Marty Natalegawa.

"This agreement will strengthen our partnership and will contribute to improving security in the region," she said.

The Obama administration is working to strengthen its ties in the Asia-Pacific, where they try to counter Chinese influence.

Hillary Clinton traveled to Jakarta in early.

U.S. Secretary of State did not disclose transaction data on these helicopters built by Boeing. However, it stated that trade between the two countries exceeded 26 billion dollars last year.

United States and Indonesia have built "solid foundations" she said. "One of our main concerns is to promote peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region," she said, alluding to tensions in the South China Sea.

Microsoft has avoided paying taxes by at least $ 6.5 billion. What "maneuvers" used the company tax

Microsoft has avoided paying taxes by at least $ 6.5 billion. What "maneuvers" used the company tax

Microsoft has used in the past three years of "maneuvers" aggressive international tax to avoid paying taxes by at least $ 6.5 billion in the United States, according to a report by a committee of the U.S. Senate, published before a hearing in Washington.



The report states that Microsoft has used transactions with subsidiaries in Puerto Rico, Ireland, Singapore and Bermuda to escape charge at least $ 6.5 billion, Bloomberg.

  On the other hand, Hewlett-Packard has made itself a series of short-term domestic borrowing allowed the company to use internal operations offshore funds without paying taxes.

Senate investigations subcommittee chairman, Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, do not blame companies that have acted illegally.

  "These abuses generates huge costs. Such schemes transferring the tax burden for citizens and companies have armies of lawyers and accountants," said Levin.

Spokespersons Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have not commented on the information.

I was born on my grandmother. "An unusual case make a splash in the U.S.

I was born on my grandmother. "An unusual case make a splash in the U.S.

Linda Sirois, aged 49, of Madawaska - U.S., became a mother and grandmother at the same time. She was a surrogate mother for her daughter, Angel Hebert, aged 25 years, who suffered from a heart condition that would be life-threatening if pregnant, inform Huffington Post.

"From my perspective, it was very simple. Situation I looked like I had care of the child for a few months," said Linda Sirois. Thus, on august 13, she gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy, who weighed about 3.2 pounds. The child was conceived through in vitro fertilization procedure. The eggs were collected from the Angel Hebert and Hebert Brian sperm from the husband of his daughter, aged 29 years.
Grandma has brought forth four children and nephew said that pregnancy was the easiest, because there was morning sickness or other troublesome symptoms. "It was a great experience," she said.

Linda is the first woman agrees to bear his daughter's child. Many parents prefer that their babies are brought into the world by a woman in the family: mother, sister or sister-in-law.

Last year, a woman aged 61 years has become one of the oldest U.S. mothers after giving birth to own grandchild.

TOP 10 most valuable brands in the world

TOP 10 most valuable brands in the world

Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, valued at over $ 100 billion, followed away from Coca-Cola and Microsoft, according to a top made of eurobrand, that the most valuable 10 brands in the world belong to American companies.

  Cel mai valoros brand din afara Americii este China Mobile, care se plasează abia locul 11 în topul global, cu o valoare estimată la 43,98 miliarde de dolari.

LVHM (Luis Vuitton Moet Hennessy)  este compania europeană cu cele mai de valoare mărci, evaluate la 34,3 miliarde de dolari, pe locul 14 în top, căreia îi urmează Vodafone, 28,57 miliarde dolari, pe poziţia a 17-a, şi brandurile producătorului de bere ABInBev, cu 28 miliarde de dolari, pe locul 19.

Compania austriacă eurobrand, înregistrată la Viena, este specializată în servicii de consultanţă şi evaluare a mărcilor şi patentelor.

Top 10 starts with Apple, Coca-Cola ($ 59.97 billion) and Microsoft ($ 53.97 billion), followed by IBM ($ 52.63 billion), who exchanged places with Google (50.6 billion dollars).

In sixth place is found cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris ($ 48.3 billion), which rose to 10th place, followed by Procter & Gamble ($ 47.14 billion) and McDonald's ($ 45.84 billion) in down from six.

Top 10 global brands is concluded by Johnson & Johnson ($ 44.66 billion), which rose from 11th position, and U.S. telecom operator AT & T ($ 44.94 billion).

Pepsi came out of the top 10, ranked 12, with a brand value estimated at $ 41.56 billion.

Apple has registered the steepest increase in the estimated value of the brand, with 43.9%, while the average top 100 indicates an advance of 5%. The steep fall in the value of HP brand was registered minus 28.3%. Samsung rival Apple grew by 39.7%, to $ 23 billion, rising from number 44 to enter position in the top 24.

Shakira and Gerard Pique have confirmed that they have a child

Shakira and Gerard Pique have confirmed that they have a child

Singer Shakira and her boyfriend, Spanish footballer of FC Barcelona, Gerard Pique, confirmed Wednesday on their Twitter and Facebook pages, they will have a baby.
"As some of you know, me and Gerard are very happy because we expect our first child," noted Shakira in a statement in English, post Pique played the official websites of the social networks.

"We decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and to postpone all promotional activities were scheduled in the next period," said singer aged 35 years.

   Colombian artist of Lebanese origin broke up in January 2011 by Antonio de la Rua, son of former Argentine president Fernando de la Rua, after a relationship that lasted 11 years, and in March 2011 confirmed that having an affair with Gerard Pique.

Shakira thanked fans for "affection and understanding," adding that needs to cancel a trip to Las Vegas, Heart Radio music festival.

Shakira task is several months on the issues of the magazines in Latin America. Some magazines even claim that Shakira would suffer from a parasite infection which would complicate pregnancy, information was not confirmed.

In June, the singer's father said that Shakira is not pregnant. "I heard that some newspapers announce that my daughter is pregnant.'s Totally false. Hopefully that such good news will come soon, because I think we would all enjoy," said William Mebarak then.

CONFLICT China - Japan: Fourteen Chinese ships are now near Senkaku Islands

CONFLICT China - Japan: Fourteen Chinese ships are now near Senkaku Islands

Fourteen Chinese government vessels are now near the Senkaku Japanese archipelago, claimed by China as the Diaoyu, the Japanese coast guard said.

The 11 ships arrived Tuesday Wednesday were joined three other ships. This flotilla supervised îndeaproapre the Japanese coast guard boats, sailing further to limit the area which Tokyo considers as part of its territorial waters around this group of islands in the East China Sea.

Tension remains high so around the archipelago. According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Japanese Coast Guard would be sent to the area about 50 ships, but a spokesman refused to confirm this body of information, citing "security reasons".

Wednesday, Chinese authorities decided to calm intensity of demonstrations, especially in Beijing.

According to Japanese media, the police in the capital sent messages on mobile phones to deter protesters' protest activities have reached a certain point. Do not have to come to the embassy to manifest "Japanese says this message.

Japanese news agency Jiji reported that antijaponeze large demonstrations were held Wednesday morning, they were closely monitored by police in front of the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, Shenyang and Guangzhou.

Also Wednesday, Japan urged its citizens who are in Hong Kong to remain vigilant day after beating a couple of Japanese tourists, most likely related to the maritime disputes between Tokyo and Beijing.

Hong Kong police arrest alleged aggressor announced that he would be hit multiple times after the two young men asked