Buffington Media

Archive for the ‘Internasional News’ Category

A dozen unemployed have been burned to the Bonze in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Mauritania. The military strength of these systems makes it very difficult to overthrow

“Mubarak, Ben Ali pretend, get out.” The young Egyptian Facebook Hela Halou the resignation calls in the octogenarian leader of this Arab country and many seconded her screams virtual Internet. “Yes, go away! [...] Metamos chartered a plane and Mubarak and other mummies inside,” Ahmed added, while another participant in the network call to action: “Brothers and sisters in Egypt, we have to fight . Do not fear the police. ” Read the rest of this entry »

The new interim president, Fuad Mebaza, announced a government of national unity, but the repression continues.

The Giant portraits of Ben Ali hitherto hung many buildings in the Tunisian capital began to disappear yesterday when barely a few hours had passed since the dictator into exile undertake. But the fall of the visible face of the dictatorship is not enough the people eager for change that has toppled their protests, and now requires those who have assumed the power to give signs that the promised change is real. Read the rest of this entry »

Tunisian President flees the country after 23 years in power forced by the persistent street protests. The prime minister takes over and declares a state of emergency

Like a thief that sneaks furtively leaving behind the scheme has been built in 23 years of despotic power, the Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, fled the country last night, after being cornered by the protests of a people tired that the last month we lost the fear that has endured for more than two decades for their cause.

After the exile of the dictator, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghanuchi, announced on television that he assumed the interim presidency of a country that last night in a state of emergency, again under a night curfew and security forces that have even a license to kill anyone who disobeys their orders. Read the rest of this entry »

“The cholera epidemic is calming down.” Paul Marco, coordinator of Doctors Without Borders, speaks with caution. So with all the positive news in Haiti, which costs believe them. “The great peaks seem out in the last ten days. In the worst of weeks recorded 20,000 cases. Now serve about 6,000. Of course, we can not predict what might happen in Port au Prince in the coming days. And, in the south, still remains uncertain. ”

The words of hope in contrast to the strong framework to figures provided by the Government of Haiti: 3651 dead and 171,304 people infected. Artibonite, the epicenter of the epidemic, continues to lead the deadly statistics, with 837 cases. In the capital have been accounted for 475. Read the rest of this entry »

The Spain Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has today sent a telegram to U.S. President, Barack Obama, in which he moves his revulsion at the attack in Tucson (Arizona) against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and have At least five people dead. Read the rest of this entry »

The company has released the following statement: “We recognize that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims.” It has also agreed to pay back customers who believe they were deceived.

The recognition of the company, however, has spread worldwide since reaching an agreement with the Consumer and Competition Commission of Australia on 22 December.

Critics lambasted the company and those who believed in the power of rubber bracelets with holograms through electronic messaging gateway Twitter

The company responded with a series of messages of their own, in which repeated use of the word “recognized.”

In one of them, said: “Power Balance recognizes that these bracelets have been used during the last World Series, the NBA Finals and the Super Bowl champions!”.

His supporters insist that the bracelets has helped them improve their performance.

“Our coaches can swear,” said Suns forward from Phoenix, Jared Dudley, in a message on Twitter.

The company began selling the bracelets in 2007 with holograms that are allegedly designed to interact with the natural flow of energy in the body of people.

Since then, the colored bracelets, which sell for $ 29.95, have become very popular to be used by NBA players like Lamar Odom, the Lakers, or as the English footballer David Beckham.

Celebrities including actors Robert De Niro and Gerard Butler also used.

The company made sales of $ 8,000 in the first year and hoped to have ended 2010 with sales exceeding 35 million dollars.

The trio of West African presidents and prime minister of Kenya, today visited Abidjan on behalf of ECOWAS and the African Union (AU), failed to convince that Laurent Gbagbo cede power peacefully to Alassane Outara, increasing the threat of war in Ivory Coast.

“This is the summary of today’s meeting: Gbagbo has refused to resign,” he told Efe, without explanation, a source from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), who asked not to reveal identity. Read the rest of this entry »

Dilma Rousseff today made history by become the first female president of Brazil, replacing the popular Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the promise of continuing his legacy, especially in the fight against poverty that eats a million people in the country.

Rousseff, an economist with 63 years affiliated with the Workers’ Party (PT), which grew in the shadow of Lula, his political godfather, was inaugurated as president for the period 2011-2014, a post he occupied until now had only 39 men in a ceremony held in the full House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »

Several inches of snow, ice sheets and temperatures of ten degrees below zero this morning surprised the inhabitants of Seoul, who had trouble getting to their jobs by long traffic jams.

A large number of roads woke frozen, like the mighty Han River, which crosses the city of Seoul and the large floating ice sheets after the storm that hit the South Korean capital early Monday to Tuesday and left about 10 cm of snow. Read the rest of this entry »

The earthquake in Haiti, which struck in January and the release of the Chilean miners trapped 700 feet deep were the ten most important news of the year, according to CNN.

The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 caused more than 250,000 dead, 300,000 wounded and untold damage in the poorest country in the Americas, to which months later joined the cholera outbreak that has caused 2,500 deaths. Read the rest of this entry »