We is the postponement of the Millions of Pakistani military assistance - New York Times

Coupled with a statement of the Agency of spying military officer of the army top American last week linking Pakistan to the murder of Pakistani journalist, the stop or the withdrawal of military equipment and other aid to Pakistan illustrates the depth of the debate within the administration of Obama on how to modify the behavior of one of its key partners fight against terrorism.

In total, about 800 million dollars in military aid and equipment, or more than a third of more than $ 2 billion in annual aid of us security in Pakistan, could be affected, said three senior officials of the United States.

This assistance includes about $ 300 million to reimburse Pakistan for some of the cost in excess of 100,000 soldiers along the Afghan border to combat terrorism, and hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to education and the military materiel, half a dozen of deployment of the Congress, Pentagon and other administration officials who received the anonymity to discuss the politically sensitive issue.

Some of the shortened aid is material that the United States wants to send but now Pakistan refuses to accept, as guns, ammunition, armor gear and bomb-disposal body that have been removed or blocked after Pakistan ordered more than 100 trainers Army Special Forces leave the country in recent weeks.

Some devices, such as radios, night vision goggles and parts of the helicopter, which can be implemented, certified or used for training, because Pakistan has refused visas to American personnel necessary to operate equipment, two senior Pentagon officials said.

And sometimes help as reimbursements for troop costs, which is currently considered in light of questions about the commitment of Pakistan to conduct operations to fight against terrorism. For example, the United States recently in Pakistan with information about suspected bomb-making plants, only to have the insurgents disappear before the coming of the Pakistani security forces a few days later.

"When it comes to our military assistance," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Senate Committee last month "we are not prepared to continue to him that at the pace that we were providing less than and up to what we see some action." "".

US officials say that they probably resume deliveries of equipment and assistance if relations improve and Pakistan continues aggressive terrorists. The thresholds do not affect any immediate shipments of military sales to Pakistan, such as aircraft, F-16 fighter, or nonmilitary aid officials said.

Pakistan specific military budget is not known, and while the decision of the US aid would probably have a low impact on the overall military budget, it would more directly affect the counterinsurgency campaign. The Pakistani army spent nearly a quarter of annual expenditures of the nation, according to k. Alan Kronstadt of Congressional Research Service.

While some officials have concluded that Pakistan will never type of partner, the administration has hoped for when President Obama entered the Office, others point out that the United States is a complete rupture of relations or a complete break of similar to what aid arrived in the 1990s, when Pakistan was caught developing nuclear weapons.

But much of recent reductions in aid are clearly intended to force the Pakistani army to make a difficult choice between the choirs in the country which finances most of its operations and its equipment, or continue to provide a secret support for the Taliban and other militants fighting US troops in Afghanistan.

"We have to continue to emphasize with Pakistanis, in the end, it is in their interest to be able to go after these goals as well," Secretary of Defense Leon e. Panetta told journalists Friday en route in Afghanistan.

Some US officials say that Pakistan has only itself to blame, citing the decision of the Pakistani army to distance itself from us in response to humiliation aid suffered RAID commando American in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed Osama bin Laden, and increase the anger officials Pakistan intermediate and Pakistan as senior military publicincluding the General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the powerful army Chief of staff, are too conciliatory to the Americans.

Eric Schmitt reported from Washington and Jane Perlez Islamabad, Pakistan. David e. Sanger contributed reporting from Washington and Ismail Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan.

7.1 earthquake strikes Japan. tsunami issued notice - CNN International

Powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of JapanNEW: The JMA cancels all notice of tsunami Kyodo said no immediate anomalies have been reported near nuclear plantsThe earthquake struck Sunday morningTremors are felt as far as Tokyo

(CNN) - a major earthquake struck off the coast of the northeastern coast of the Sunday Japan, prompting tsunami view cancelled later, said the Meteorological Agency (JMA) Japan.

Small tsunamis were observed along the coast, measuring between 10 and 20 centimetres, said the JMA.

There was no immediate report of injuries or damage, the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake at 10: 57 a.m. at the epicenter, about 130 km from Sendai.

The earthquake has more than 20 miles and had a magnitude of 7.0, the USGS said.

The JMA measured the magnitude of the earthquake to 7.1.

Tsunami advisories have been issued - and then cancelled - for the coastal regions of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. The domains were among the hardest hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of this year.

Officials in Ofunato, a city of Iwate, advised residents to evacuate.

The JMA, immediately after the earthquake, prediction of that the height of the tsunami could reach half a metre (20 inches).

No immediate anomalies have been reported in the vicinity of nuclear facilities, according to Kyodo.

Three reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant failures suffered after the March 11 earthquake and the tsunami that devastated the North of the Japan. The tsunami overwhelmed the plant and eliminated cooling systems which prevented three reactors operation of overheating, leading to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

Sunday earthquake tremors are felt as far as Tokyo.

"It's just a continuous replicas of this devastating 9.0," said Dale Grant, a Geophysicist with the USGS, referring to the shock of March. "These kinds of aftershocks are likely to occur for some time."Yoko Wakatsuki of CNN have contributed to this report.

Independence of the Gains of southern Sudan under the shadow of poverty, conflict - San Francisco Chronicle

Article: South Sudan gains independence under shadow of Poverty,:/g/a/2011/07/10/bloomberg1376-LO2QK40D9L3501-6209VG7IOLIUESPE4KHMDO2DG3.DTL on 10 July (Bloomberg) — the Republic of South Sudan becomes the 193 rd of the world yesterday, nation with its President, saying that after 50 years of rebellion against the Muslim north, it is time to fight poverty, corruption and internal struggles. "From today, we will have no excuse or a scapegoat to blame," President Salva Kiir said in a speech before tens of thousands of people in the capital of southern Sudan, Juba, cheering after he swore oath for a term of four years. " "Official corruption has been one of our serious challenges."The new independent State will be a benefit of oil wealth, which provides for 98 per cent of its budget of $ 2 billion. Controls of now of southern Sudan to about 75 per cent of the Sudan of 490,000 barrels of oil daily production, pumped mainly by China National Petroleum Corp., Petroliam Nasional Bhd the Malaysia, and oil & gas Corp.Almost the India the size of the State of Texas with 100 miles of paved, roads South Sudan's oil-rich has a 85% adult illiteracy rate, and half of its 8 million people live on less than $1 per jourSelon the Organization of the United Nations. "" All indicators of human well-being put us to the bottom of humanity, "Kiir said in front of an audience which included the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, 30 African heads of State and former US Secretary of State Colin Powell.While South Sudan has suffered during the war, he must repair relations with the North, he said. "We have been bombarded, mutilated, reduced to slavery, treated worse that a refugee in our own country, but we have to forgive, but that we will not forget,"he says.Last BitternessSudanese President Omar el-Bashir, whose Government fought in more 15 contain the rebellion in the South, called the two nations "overcome the bitterness of the past" and build a "positive and special neighbourly relations."The US President Barack Obama, in a statement from the White House, said he was "proud" to recognize Southern Sudan, calling for independence "recalled that after the darkness of war, the light of a new dawn is possible."Eclipsing celebrations increase anti-Government in border militia raids and tension along its border with the country of al-Bashir, responsible for South accuse of supporting the rebels in the South - Sudan .the United Nations Security Council voted 15 - le 15-0 0 June 8 to send 7,000 soldiers and 900 police officers in southern Sudan to ensure the safety of the new nation.Year of WorsensThis of the violence was the most violent in South Sudan since the end of the civil war in 2005, with 2.368 civilians die in rebel attacks and ethnic violence, including cattle raids, compared with 940 last year, according to the UN. Nine militia groups operate mainly on the border with the near northern oil fields.Kiir offered an amnesty for rebels who lay down their arms. "" They say that our conception of freedom and democracy is flawed, ", he said. "It is to us to prove their bad."After months of negotiations, a final settlement of the North-South on how to share oil revenues has yet to be resolved. The two parties have agreed in principle that South will pay the North for the use of pipelines and facilities at Port Sudan on the Red Sea to export its crude. Since the end of the civil war, the North and the South have divided the gains from the production in the oil fields of the Sud.Les military tensions with the North have strengthened in recent weeks. Clashes in the northern border of Kordofan State southern between the army and troops loyal to the army of the South Sudan Sudan have forced more than 73 000 people to flee their homes since June 5, according to the army of the border Nations.Disputed United AreasSudan seized the main town in the disputed border region of Abyei, May 21, driving more 100 000 members of the Ngok Dinka ethnic group, who consider those South of their home. Negotiators from North and South agreed month last to withdraw their forces and to allow the Ethiopian peacekeepers to deploy in the area.The Security Council voted on June 27 to deploy 4 200 Ethiopian soldiers in Abyei.Kiir said that southern Sudan would help restore peace in the border areas. "When you cry, we cry when bleed you, we also have bleed," he said. "" " I promise you today that we will find peace for all. "- Editors: Karl Maier, Willy Morris

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Announced details of the funeral of Betty Ford - UPI.com

PALM DESERT, California, July 10 UPI)-the family of the U.S. former First Lady Betty Ford said that its California Tuesday memorial service would be private, although the public was welcome later.

The wife of 93 years of former President Gerald Ford died Friday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage of natural causes with the members of the family, at his side, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Family spokesman Greg Willard, long-time Ford Attorney, stated that a private Episcopal Church of St. Margaret in Palm Desert Memorial will begin at 11: 20 p.m. Tuesday. Eulogies will be given by the former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Cokie Roberts affairs commentator and the Director of Betty Ford Center for addictions, Geoffrey Mason.

Public visits to the Church was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., said Willard.

The remains of Ford will be embedded in Grand Rapids, Michigan for burial next to her husband, who died in 2006.

The wife of the 38th President used his status of awareness of women health and drug treatment. She underwent a mastectomy and to overcoming addictions to alcohol and pain, leading to the foundation of the clinic named for her at Rancho Mirage, California.

William and Catherine are set to visit with young artists on Skid Row - CNN International

William and Catherine are set to visit with young artists on Skid RowThey will also meet military veteransPrince William and his team win a British matchAspiring polo players mingle with the royal couple

Los Angeles (CNN) - Prince William Britain and his wife, Catherine, will begin their last day in Los Angeles on Sunday with a visit to Skid Row the city, where they will see a program of art for children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

Later, the royal couple will mingle with veterans gathered at the Sony Studios for a job fair. William and Catherine's last public event "aims to strengthen" the links between the British and American military, according to a press release.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge trade and charity combined work during their three days in Southern California after a visit to the Canada.

Weekend events included participation in a contest of polo of the prince of Carpinteria, California, on Saturday afternoon.

Prince William and his team won the match after he scored four goals in the final. His reward? A sterling silver and gold, with a kiss from his wife award.

Proceeds from the match go to a Foundation supported by the prince and his brother to help disadvantaged youth, sustainable development and the military families.

The royal couple made a stay busy, which included a meeting with thespians and the Hollywood elite at an event by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Saturday night.

Beverly Hills is home to the famous, the visit by the married couple recently caused a major stir.

Spago, Wolfgang Puck restaurant offers a British menu during the term, including the dishes served during the royal wedding festivities. The restaurant in Beverly Hills added Yorkshire pudding on the menu for the weekend.

Not to be outdone, aggressive famous paparazzi of the city attempted to continue the youth married in a private home, part of the British general consul Hollywood.

Neighbours surrounding the residence, where the royals has also spend the night, gave permission to the police to arrest photographers taken on private property.CNN Alan Duke and Michael Martinez contributed to this report.

21 dead, 100 injured as train derails in India - Associated Press

21 100 dead, injured as train derails in IndiaBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE, Associated Press - 4 hours ago

LUCKNOW, India (PA) - officials rescuers searched the wreckage of an express train packed for persons trapped inside after it was derailed in India North, on Sunday, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 100 others, said.

Kalka Mail train was in a good route from Kalka in the foothills of the Himalayas, Howrah, a station near Calcutta in India Eastern, when 12 coaches and the engine jumped the track near the town of Fatehpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh, senior railway A.K. Jain official said.

The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear, but it appeared that the pilot applied the emergency brakes, said Jain.

At least 21 people were killed and rescuers withdrew at least 100 injured passengers from the wreckage, said Brij Lal, an official State policy.

The site of the accident was a heap of twisted metal. At least coach flies above the roof of another person before him and was dangling precarious, showed images of television. Another coach was thrown out of the rest of the train.

The toll was probably increase as rescuers made their way through coaches and used gas cutters to cut the deformed metal, said Lal.

"We are trying to cut the coaches and rescue those still trapped inside," said Lal.

Medical staff rushed into the area, about 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Television stations showed local residents helping injured passengers from the train and breaking Windows coaches to help those who are trapped inside.

The number of passengers on the Kalka mail - named for its use in the postal service - was not known. Normally, express trains carry about 1,000 people and move at a speed of 60 to 80 miles (100-130 kilometres) per hour.

The derailment delayed several other trains, said responsible.

The India railway network is one of the largest in the world and carries approximately 14 million passengers per day. Accidents are common, with most blamed lack of maintenance and human error.

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Rupert Murdoch arrives at the offices of tabloid UK - Associated Press

Rupert Murdoch arrives in the UK tabloid offices (PA) - 2 hours ago

London (AP)--with the latest edition of Britain's tabloid news, Rupert Murdoch global turnkey arrived at the offices of its journal U.K. Sunday to confront the growing scandal of phone hacking that led to the ban on the newspaper.

Sequences TV showed the News Corp. CEO hunted in the offices of London's News International. The 80-year Murdoch was sitting in the front passenger seat red Range Rover with a copy of the latest edition of best-selling tabloid Sunday between his hands.

Breton, too, were aligned to the latest edition of the news of the world, after the 168-year-old ending scandal paper brought in a phone-hacking scandal.

The 8, 674th Edition apologizes to let readers towards the bottom of the log, but not recognizing the recent allegations that its journalists paid police officers for more information.

"We praised the high standards, we have demanded high standards, but, as we are now only too painfully aware, for a period of a few years until 2006, some who works for us or on our behalf, fell shamefully short of these standards," read an editorial full page in the document. "Quite simply, we lost our way." Phones have been pirated, and that this journal is truly sorry. »

Allegations journalists of the newspaper paid police officers for information and pirated the voice messages of young murder victims and the bereaved families of the fallen prompted Murdoch News International to close the tabloid.

Developments up the heat on the media of Britain in a police investigation industry won't stop it with the news of the world of the concerns and cast new review on the intimate relationship between British politicians and the press.

Murdoch, who has long been regarded as a maker of Kings in the creation of British media, is facing a maelstrom of criticism and outrage on the new allegations of impropriety in his tabloid, but also the decision to ban the newspaper and to 200 journalists in their work.

Closure of the news of the world, which was launched on 1 October 1843, was seen by some as a desperate attempt by the negative impacts of the stem media conglomerate and thus save 12 billion pounds ($19 billion) agreement to support the British Sky Broadcasting satellite broadcaster.

The British Government reported that the agreement will be delayed because of the crisis and scandal continued to unfold at dizzying pace in the media, prompting more general questions about corruption to regulate the newspaper and media in the United Kingdom.

Introspection was extended to the highest level of Government, with Prime Minister David Cameron admitting politicians developed too cosy a relationship with the press. Former communications Chief Cameron Andy Coulson, is a former editor-in-Chief of the news of the world and was one of the three men arrested this week in a police investigation into allegations of hacking of phone and corruption.

Cameron has called for a new system of regulation of the media and is committed by a public inquiry into what went wrong; the head of the U.K. Murdoch newspaper operations made reference more revelations are still to come.

Last issue news of the world goes to press, the Assistant Police Commissioner John Yates expressed his regret "extreme" that it did not reopen the investigation into phone hacking two years ago. He said in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, "it is clear that I could do more."

On Sunday, Ed Miliband labour party opposition leader warned that a resumption of Murdoch's BSkyB should not be allowed, while a telephone survey of piracy is in progress.

"When the public saw revelations disgusting that we have seen this week, the idea that this organization, who are engaged in these terrible practices, should be allowed to take for this game 100 percent, without the criminal investigation having been completed... frankly just not wash with the public, BSkyB," he told the BBC.

Buy the news of the world in 1969, gave the Australian Murdoch his first foot in the media in Britain. To align up to several other titles, gaining influence almost unprecedented in British politics with the considerable power of all the titles of his papers.

Murdoch chose to silence much in benefits, issuing an official statement describing the allegations "deplorable and unacceptable."

Many observers of journalists and the media have expressed their surprise that Rebekah Brooks, who was editor of the news of the world when some piracy would have occurred, was to keep his job as head of U.K. News Corp. s operations log while the newspaper employees were laid off.

Murdoch Saturday told journalists at Sun Valley, Idaho, that Brooks had his support "total."

The scandal exploded this week after it has been reported that the news of the world had hacked the mobile phone of 13 victim Milly Dowler in 2002 while his family and police sought desperately for it. News of cooperatives in the world would have removed some phone voicemail messages, giving the parents of the girl false hope that she was still alive.

Brooks told legislators that it had "no knowledge whatsoever of piracy of Milly Dowler" or any other case while she was editor in Chief, according to a letter published by the Committee on the internal affairs of Britain Saturday.

The news of the latest edition of the world contained a section of abstraction of memory of 48 pages highlighting scoops of the newspaper and its coverage of great moments in history. Despite the recent scandal, many believe that paper as a positive force, outlining the many political scandals, sports and celebrity.

The paper was congratulated for his role in obtaining a sexual offender statute passed in Great Britain. "Law of Sarah" was baptized 8-year-old girl British Sarah Payne, murdered in 2000 by a pedophile. It is modeled on the "right of Megan," the legislation us, the name of Megan Kanka, a New Jersey child, murdered by a repeat sex offender.

Last page of the last edition had 1946 quotes from British author George Orwell, an admirer of the paper.

"You put your feet on the couch, adjust your glasses on his nose and open the news of the world", said Orwell.

The last page was also quotes from next to Orwell Jeannie Hobson, a faithful reader of Lymington, England, which reads as an epitaph.

"I cannot imagine Sundays without you," said the Hobson of 68 years. "I always remember the news of the world for the good things you have brought to light." I am sad to say goodbye to my favorite Sunday. »

Cassandra Vinograd can be contacted at http://twitter.com/CassVinograd

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Atlantis closes in on the International Space Station - CBS News

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Providing more than five tons of supplies and equipment, the space shuttle Atlantis closed on Sunday International Space Station at the beginning, the course for the 37th shuttle program and final berth for the Assembly of the laboratory began in 1998.

To 6 p.m. et, one of the four general-purpose computers Atlantis - GPC-3 - inadvertently closed himself in a process of "Awakening" and flight controllers told the crew to go ahead without it. As it turns, GPC - 3 experienced a similar judgment during a flight in 2008.

"It turns out that we have seen something like that quite recently on (shuttle mission) STS-122," astronaut Steve Robinson by radio to Mission control. "" "". I don't know what you want to do the common factors, but it was the orbiter, the same CPM and the same MS-2. "He was referring to the mission specialist No. 2, Rex Walheim, one of the four current crew members Atlantis.

"Yeah, Rex told me the story," Commander Christopher Ferguson replied.

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Commentator Rob Navias mission NASA's control, said that the loss of a general-purpose computer would have no impact on rendezvous and docking.

"GPC - 3A said himself to disable itself, at the bottom, at the time wherever we go in what is called an expansion set for the appointment," he said. "This is when all the computers are grandis... in support of the appointment activity." The screen to switch the GPC runs under thought he went into a rest stop and closes. It will not be delivered in all of the PDC until after dock of the International Space Station and will probably not be recovered until Monday morning. »

The Terminal phase of the two-day visit was to begin at 8: 29 am EDT with a rocket shooting to begin final eight nautical miles from the laboratory of the closing complex.

Approaching from behind and below, Ferguson plans to stop briefly about 600 feet directly in the space station, Atlantis guiding with a manoeuvre of back flip computer to expose the heat shield tiles on the underside of the orbiter camera on the station. The crew of laboratory, with 1 000 mm, 800 mm and 400 mm telephoto lenses, will be the thermal shield in exquisite detail of the photo, then digital images to, team NASA to assessment of damage to the Johnson Space Center in Houston in downlink.

The spectacular field of manoeuvre or RPM, is a standard procedure post-Columbia to help analysts to ensure that the shuttle's thermal shield came through launch in good shape and is up to the rigours of the re-entry. The RPM imagery is combined with the photograph of ascension and radar data, with readings of sensors of the impact and results of the analyses the laser nose Atlantis and advanced wings that were collected Saturday to provide a detailed assessment of heat shield before Atlantis is disabled for the entry.

With the full RPM, Ferguson will guide Endeavour until a point approximately 300 feet directly opposite the station with the nose cone of the shuttle to deep space and module docking port to the front of the laboratory payload bay.

"And then Commander Chris Ferguson guide Atlantis for his final approach and docking with the international space station," Shuttle Flight Director said Kwatsi Alibaruho. "Once more, with a crew reduced (four), the deployment of the crew in the cockpit will be a little different, but they were able to get a good flow and we have repeated the scenario of an appointment with the crew and we are pleased to participate in this last appointment with the International Space Station." This will be a great day, and I think that we will achieve some great images of the shuttle on its final approach. »

Pending allow Ferguson, Walheim, pilot Douglas Hurley and Sandra Magnus is on expedition 28 Commander Andre Borisenko, Alexander Samokutyaev, Sergei Volkov, Ronald Garan, Michael Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa.

"It is the 37th flight of the shuttle to the space station, and the first flight was in 1998 when Endeavour delivered the first element of the U.S. and it attaches to the first Russian element which had been launched," said the post of Flight Director Chris Edelen. "This is therefore we are 13 years later, the space station is now more than 900,000 books, it is great that a football field of a club across, it houses a multinational team of six are research in biology and medicine, astronomy, physics, fluid and materials science.".

He said "space station much was thrown into orbit by the space shuttle". "It is assembled by teams of spacewalks from the shuttle and its been replenished by the space shuttle over the years.". The space station literally would not have been possible without the contribution of the space shuttle. »

Photos: The final NASA shuttle launch
Photos: The rich career of Atlantis

But keeping the station provided after the retirement of the shuttle fleet will be a major challenge for NASA and its international partners. Two companies, SpaceX and Orbital Sciences, build ships without crew to support logistics U.S. shipments after a series of flight testing end of this year and early 2012.

Atlantis mission has been added to the manifest shuttle earlier this year to deliver a final supplies and equipment load as a bulwark against the problems that could delay commercial cargo vessels. The supplies and equipment delivered by Atlantis, as well as provisions delivered by cargo ships without a pilot European, Japanese and Russian, will support operations normal station by 2012.

"The main objective of the mission STS-135 is logistics, raising supplies available to the space station by 2012," said Edelen. "It is a key because that our suppliers of commercial cargo will come on line in 2012 at the beginning and in providing supplies, we need to go through all of next year which will provide a little place that these companies enter the difficult flight test phase."

After a brief security of information, the combined crews will get to the work of transfer of equipment from the shuttle to the station and using laboratory robotic arm to remove perches inspection of Atlantis heat shield of the payload bay, so it can be handed over to offshore to the Shuttle arm. The boom is moved to provide clearance additional in the payload main Atlantis, an Italian-built cargo module, is extracted from the Bay Monday and attached to the port of Earth of the Harmony module to unload forward-facing.

Prince William, heads of Catherine in California - CNN International

Couple Lancian royal, Canada tourWilliam and Catherine will start the Calgary stampedeWilliam and Catherine will end their tour in Calgary before towards the royal couple United offer later in the head in California for three days

(CNN) - Prince William and his wife, Catherine, will land in Los Angeles on Friday night for the last stage of their North American tour vortex that began in the Canada, the last week.

Governor Jerry Brown and his wife host the royal couple.

Before their departure for the United States, William and Catherine begins Calgary stampede, the Canada, where the parade of fans will be a glimpse of the royal couple at the public event.

The Government of Alberta later will host a reception for the royal couple at the Calgary Zoo.

William and Catherine will leave the Canada visit to head to Los Angeles for three days of California.

After his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, the couple will make their way to their first event at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills Hotel.

The Conference is based on American and British capitalists and the leaders of the technology industry, the search for new investment opportunities and ways to create jobs in both countries.

The Duke and Duchess begin their Canadian tour week last in Ottawa, Ontario.Max Foster of CNN has contributed to this report.

Plane crashes near the hospital; 2 dead - wood-TV.

WATSONVILLE, California (AP) - Moments after takeoff, a small plane crashed in a parking lot near the Hospital of California and burst into flames as it skidded into an Office unoccupied building, killing two people on board, authorities said.

The single-engine plane skidded about 50 to 75 yards through the lot next to Watsonville community hospital before hitting the facade of the building, said Watsonville Police Chief Deputy Rudy Escalante.

On the ground, no one was hurt in the accident Thursday night and the aircraft has not reached the hospital.

The couple had just off from near the city airport when their plane went down at around 7: 30 am spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration that Lynn Lunsford said. There no was no immediate word on the cause of the accident.

Photos showed the charred end of tail of the aircraft keep to the construction of history, of which a part had been blackened by the smoke. Damages are contained in a region at the end of the construction.

Escalante said the building appeared to be structurally sound despite the crash.

Witness Thomas Arnold was in the parking lot when he heard the overload of the aircraft. He said Santa Cruz Sentinel that the plane had refit laterally across the parking lot about 15 feet above his head.

"I saw two faces and two large sets of eyes," the 34 year old Arnold said occupants.

Hospital spokeswoman Cindy Weigelt said the building mainly housed offices of physicians and a street of the hospital.

"None of our patients was hit," she told Associated Press. "It had not reached the hospital."

She found that the medical office building was approximately 100 metres from the runway of the airport.

Witness George Benson told the Sentinel that he watched the aircraft take-off and the pilot saw appear to try to identify a line of fog.

"Heading towards the coast and tried to," Benson said. "The moment when he took off that he was too steep, too slow."

The names of the two people killed were not released. No evacuations have received the order of the hospital.

The aircraft was a 1974 single-engine Mooney M20, Escalante said.

Watsonville is located near the Monterey Bay, 90 km south of San Francisco.

Debt ceiling deal: five fragile pieces of the puzzle - Politico

If a path exists to raise the debt ceiling, it has been terribly difficult to see in the middle of the rancor in Washington.

Democrats are worlds apart from the Republicans on taxes and spending. President Barack Obama said leaders of the Congress Thursday that he would veto a deal of deficit in the short term, eliminating an option flottée by the Republicans of the Senate to extend the limit of debt for a few months only, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

Continue reading decision and Obama this week to expand a potential deal for $ 2 billion to as much as 4 billion over 10 years or more - while throwing the third rail of welfare in the talks if later in the game - could get a more difficult market.

But a mixture of political imperatives, the economic realities and personal Dynamics conclude an agreement before the date limit more probable than the rhetoric August 2 strong negotiators. The potential for a settlement will become clearer after a crucial Sunday meeting at the White House between the President and the leaders of the Congress.

If it happens, here are five factors that explain why the Congress and the White House could avoid a freeze on the nation borrowing power and a possible default on its debt first.

For Obama, failure is not an option.

Quite simply, the President has the most to lose if Congress does not raise the debt limit.

His main collaborators have already recognized that il "owns" the lagging economy. Since the economy will play a more important role in whether if he wins a second term, Obama a huge incentive to do anything to prevent its collapse, even if it means taking a smaller and less acceptable agreement.

At the same time, a prolonged standoff also would a commodity more protected from the White House: Mark Obama.

He ran in 2008 as the adult who would like to order an unruly Washington, a mediator who could move mortal enemies to cower on something. After two years discontent that has damaged the image, Obama tried mightily after the 2010 mid-term election losses to revive what works well in the past, attractive to the independent as a President above the partisan fray, and the power of the Congress is fighting.

President plays a practical role in negotiations as crunch time approaches. Thursday, it examined three scenarios with the leaders of the Congress: a measure in the short term of only a few months, he was opposed to. an agreement is worth about $ 2.5 trillion; and an agreement that exceed $ 4 trillion.

Leaders seem willing to try for the world's largest package, sources said. However, Senator Jon Kyl (R - Arizona) and House Leader of the majority Eric Cantor (R - VA.) asked how the parties would be estimated at 1 trillion dollars in tax revenues for a package of deficit of 4 trillion dollars, the sources said.

There is always a chance, if thin, that Obama could pull a Clinton, draw a hard line against Republicans as Bill Clinton did in 1995-96 budget confrontation. Obama could invoke the fourteenth amendment, order of the Treasury to continue to pay the debt, painting the Republicans as insoluble and allow voters to decide.

Until now, the White House however seems unwilling to go that route.

Police: Suspect in shooting Michigan suicide - Palm Beach Post

By TOM COYNE

The Associated Press

Last updated: 7: 11 a.m. Friday, July 8, 2011

Posted: 3 pm, Friday, July 8, 2011

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - hours after the shooting stopped, ended by a car chase and a gunman wanted for having killed seven people took three hostages, authorities in Michigan always hoped that the suspect could abandon without another death.

Grand Rapids police attempted to speak of a restless Rodrick Shonte Dantzler giving until late Thursday. They said that his thoughts seemed to switch between the assignment and asking officers to shoot him.

"He was talking about coming out, giving himself," said the head of the Police Kevin Belk. "He decided at the last moment to fire the gun."

The ex-forçats of 34 years of Grand Rapids killed himself with a single blow on the head, putting an end to the standoff with its hostages safe and sound. But the authorities say Dantzler left behind a pair of bloody crime scenes - the result of an unexplained rampage in which he killed his daughter, a friend and five other people, including a second child which the police could not immediately identify.

"It is absurd to try to rationalize what were the intentions," said Belk. "You just cannot come up with a logical explanation, why a person takes the lives of seven people."

The names of the dead are not released immediately. Autopsies were planned for Friday.

The archives show that Dantzler is out of State prison in 2005, after serving time for assault less than murder. A spokesman for the prison system said that dantzler had not been under the supervision of the State since then.

Police began by a 911 call early Thursday afternoon from someone saying that a man had admitted killing three people, said Belk. Police went to the home of Dantzler, but it was step here and officials he could not find.

It was not long before that the authorities received a call from a woman who said that his family had been shot. Just then a call on someone found four victims shot to another House.

Agents are soon three bodies in a House on Plainfield Avenue. An hour later, they discovered four others across the city in a style ranch on a cul-de-sac called the Brynell Court House.

Two of the dead were children.

Kyle Gietzen lives with his wife a few blocks from the House where the three bodies were found. He was nearby and five to six officers tried to break in the front door, while others went to the door from behind. He said that he did not know what happened later.

"I had no idea of the person had been shot," he said. "I just thought that it was a sting to drug or something." It's awful. »

Another neighbour, Sandra Powney, lives in front of one of the houses and stated that she saw Dantzler in the ranch house, where a couple has lived for more than 20 years with two adult daughters. Powney has said that she had been at home all day and had not realized that someone had been killed until the arrival of the police to the dead end in the afternoon.

"For some time we could not come outside," she said. "They do not know if there was someone still inside of the House".

Lisa Schenden lives with her husband and their children two blocks of the House where four people were killed. It said that the owners were a couple whose daughter had a daughter with the suspect. She has not heard the shooting, but she saw the suspect and his daughter to the home player earlier in the day.

"Just last night, my kids went to swim there, and I went with them," she said.

While police were investigating seven homicide, Belk said police received a report of a "rage in the" shooting.

Dantzler had apparently shot a man through the rear window of the vehicle he was driving. Police spotted him and began a pursuit which included Dantzler crashing on a vehicle patrol in the city and Exchange fire with officers, during which female bystander was shot in the shoulder.

Danztler led a sport utility vehicle North of downtown and Interstate 96, across a grassy median and position on the wrong side of the road, then more than a dozen cars squad continued. Belk said it crashed the vehicle while driving down an embankment in a wooded road, which is remained closed area hours later.

"I look in my rearview mirror and see this big SUV white coming up behind me," said Carrie Colacchio, who lives a little more of a mile away where Dantzler takes no later than its three hostages. "The only way out was to push the Accelerator".

Colacchio said that it could not step turn off the road or slow or go in any other way, and it reached about 85 mph.

"I almost me am struck," she said. "I had to ride on the sidewalk."

Former Cameron assistant arrested in piracy scandal - Wall Street Journal

London-u.k. Prime Minister David Cameron called for a radical reboot of the intimate relationship between British politicians, police and media scandal mounting on tactical reports news from News Corp. of the tabloid world, even if it against questions about his own former judgment in hiring of editors of the journal as the top aid.

Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Prime Minister David Cameron at the press conference in which he announced a judge will conduct a public inquiry into the scandal of phone hacking.

In signe of how close to home for Mr Cameron scandal hits, this former assistant - Andy Coulson, a former moderator of the editor of world who served later as a strategist, communications Chief of the Prime Minister - was arrested in the case of hacking of phone about an hour after the appearance of Mr. Cameron.

Mr. Cameron also suggested that Rebecca Brooks - the CEO of the newspaper for the U.K. by News Corp. Unit and a personal friend of the Prime Minister - should resign.

Speaking at a Conference of media from its offices in Downing Street, Mr Cameron announced an independent inquiry headed by a judge, to investigate the telephone hacking world news of the tabloid newspaper allegations, to begin after a current police investigation ends.

He said also would be an investigation in culture media in the United Kingdom, which said, would ideally begin this summer and has proposed that all parties - including politicians from the country - have a lot to answer for. "The truth is that we were all in this together," said Mr. Cameron. "Yes, including me."

Mr. Cameron's comments followed a dramatic week in which News Corp. decided to shutter the 168 years of the world news to put an end to the controversy that has engulfed the tabloid. The saga involves the use of the journal of private detectives to obtain personal information about celebrities, politicians and other public figures, including through failure in the mailbox of the voice of mobile phone, a practice called hacking phone several years ago.

Getty Images former host of the world editor Andy Coulson

Mr. Cameron personally was attracted in the scandal through Mr. Coulson, his advisor of former media Chief who has been editor in Chief of the news of the world between 2003 and 2007. Mr. Coulson resigned from his role of Advisor Mr. Cameron in January in the growing pressure of prosecution and investigation on the tactical reports deployed to the tabloid he was editor in Chief.

Despite two actions a few years ago, police were forced to reopen the inquiry earlier this year as more information surfaced area, mainly through civil proceedings by those alleging were victims of phone hacking.

Friday, Mr. Cameron has said that he takes full responsibility for his decision to hire Mr. Coulson, but defends the decision, saying he believed that it was only fair to judge on the work that he has in his Office. "The decision to hire him was mine and mine alone, and I take full responsibility for it,", said Mr. Cameron. He stopped short of saying that it was a mistake and described Mr. Coulson as a friend.

An hour later, the friend was in custody. Police British Friday said they arrested a 43 - year man, with regard to allegations of corruption and illegally intercepted voice messages. According to a person familiar with the issue, the arrested man is Andy Coulson, editor for the paper from 2003 to 2007 and resigned in communication from the Prime Minister head earlier this year.

It is the sixth person arrested since the case was reopened this year and the highest executive paper or business to be arrested. None of the arrested persons were charged. Mr. Coulson could not be reached for comment Friday.

The scandal has led to calls for the resignation of Ms. Brooks, Executive Director of the unit of the company U.K. newspaper, News International, which was News Editor in Chief of the world until 2003, during the time of the hacking of telephone of the murdered girl. Ms. Brooks, which since then has become one of top lieutenants to the newspaper for the UK by News Corp. Unit, has until this received the support of News Corp., Director Executive of Rupert Murdoch and his son.

Mr Cameron, who is a friend of Ms. Brooks, at the press conference Friday referred to reports that Ms. Brooks recently offered his resignation. "I would have taken it," said Mr. Cameron.

Mr. Cameron also said the relationship between the British media and politicians have become too comfortable and politicians, were also responsible for insufficient control of the media industry. "Party leaders were so keen to win the support of newspapers we have closed their eyes,"he says. ".

Owners of newspapers and journalists of leading since long a close relationship with the politicians in power of Great Britain that are always take advantage of their peers in other countries. Marriage of 2009 Ms. Brooks was then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron and other British law key decision makers. Publicly released records show Mr Brown entertain a steady stream of journalists in the country of the premier retreat of chequers as his predecessors had.

This close relationship sometimes gives journalists an angle to hit politicians, while the partisan coverage can fuel resentment among the legislators themselves. Labour say regulators that tabloids News Corp were particularly biased against them in the race until the elections of last may, with the Sun of switching allegiance on the eve of the discourse of main Conference of Mr. Brown.

Phone scandal piracy back in late 2005, when Prince William personnel alerted the possibility that the news of the world had hacked phone prince, triggering a police investigation, the authorities. Which led to the conviction of the Royal family of the corresponding journal Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire, a private detective hired by the tabloid, who received sentences of four to six months ' imprisonment, respectively, for the phone of piracy.

Mr. Coulson resigned as editor-in-Chief of the newspaper after these statements of guilt saying: he took the responsibility of piracy that occurred on his watch that he did not know about it.

Mr. Coulson later became Director of communications of Mr. Cameron. But earlier this year, Mr. Coulson must resign again, saying advertising continues around the case made its difficult position.

On Tuesday he becomes a player when it appeared that News International had spent on the e-mails suggesting that Mr. Coulson, in the edition of this newspaper, may know the tabloid paid police officers for more information.

-Vitorovich lilly contributed to this article.

NASA would be on the axe? -CBS News

By Robert Hendin themes economy, issues of national as NASA prepares for the final launch of the space shuttle, it is a troubling potentially spot. As Washington works to reduce expenses, without a space vehicle staged, might ask: is the space program worth it?

NASA has an annual budget of approximately $ 18 billion. Expenditures include the 4.5 billion on "science." 3.7 billion on "exploration". 3 billion dollars on the "cross-agency of support" and "space operations." $ 6.1 billion

The Agency has no replacement for the shuttle, so continue the operation of the inhabited area, including travel to the International Space Station, NASA will build on its partnership with the Russia to transport astronauts in space, possibly on commercial spacecraft. NASA predicts that it will save over $ 2 billion by not operating the space shuttle, although money is attributed to other programs, including in collaboration with the private sector to the development of a replacement for the shuttle.

After the launch of Atlantis, which is the next for NASA?
Crew of the shuttle elevator ponders uncertain future

At a time when the Government is faced with annual deficits over a thousand billion and a debt of $ 14 billion and rising, almost 20 billion dollars NASA is on the axe? No, said Tea Party supported by first year students Senator Marco Rubio, who was home in Florida is Cape Canaveral and Centre Kennedy, the place of birth and start point of the space shuttle.

"The impact of our space program is a global phenomenon," said Rubio now speak on the floor of the Senate. "Our space program inspired generations of Americans to pursue a career in industry aerospace and related fields." Technology satellite developed and improved by NASA now connect the world in unprecedented ways and support our military reconnaissance missions and facilitate travel by GPS equipment. For others, he obtained the hanging on mathematics and science and leaving them in other areas which innovations make our lives better every day. »

(Credit: NASA) Florida de Rubio has experienced an enormous economic boom of the space program. According to the Congressional Research Service, shuttle program employs more than 2,000 civil servants with more than 15,000 people employed by the contractors. The program has at least 4 000 providers located throughout the country.

According to a study conducted earlier this year by the Florida State University, there are 147 000 jobs in the aerospace industry alone in Florida, 51 000 direct jobs and are 95 000 are indirect or induced jobs because of the industry. These jobs provide 8.3 billion in revenue.

If Rubio and many others ran to the Congress on its commitment to cut public spending, even without the space shuttle, which has defined the program us space for more than 30 years, said Senator that NASA is an important investment, even if it has too many live within its means.

"See you, while America once opened the way to the Moon, we now face the unacceptable prospect options limited for simply a man into orbit," said Rubio. "We know that our local partners are trying to fill some of the capabilities of manned space flight gap and it is a promising development that we should encourage."

"But we need to lead NASA," he added. "That said, I fully recognize that our country faces a debt crisis because, frankly, politicians in both parties spent recklessly for decades, and will require that Washington finally live within its means and for the leaders to make difficult choices on what are the priorities of our country." NASA is no exception. It will not be to spend more. It will be spent wisely. »

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Storms still shadow cast on the last launch of the shuttle - Associated Press

Storms still shadow casting on the last shuttle launchBy MARCIA DUNN AP aerospace writer - 37 minutes ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - thunderstorms threaten always last delay NASA's space shuttle launch, set for Friday.

On the eve of the historic takeoff, a Senior Executive said Thursday that NASA will try anyway for a launch on the time of Atlantis. This is despite a percentage of 70 chance weather would stop the take-off.

The launch time is 11: 26 pm

Atlantis and four astronauts are a load of supplies to the International Space Station. Also aboard are hundreds of patches of the crew and brooches, and thousands of bookmarks of shuttle for children, to commemorate the 30 year program.

At least 750,000 people are expected to jam Cape Canaveral and surrounding towns for the launch. Dozens of astronauts are already in the city, the first shuttle pilot Robert Crippen. Columbia flew in 1981.

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Casey Anthony sentenced to four years, could be the week - CBS News

By Camille subject Mann daily blotter Casey Anthony, left, speaks of his attorney, Dorothy Clay Sims, prior to the determination of the sentence (credit: AP Photo)

Update: Casey Anthony to be released from prison on Wednesday

(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Florida - Casey Anthony was sentenced Thursday by judge Belvin Perry to four years in prison for having lied to the police, but with the credit for the period of time and good behaviour, it is likely to be released late July or early August.

Photos: Casey and Caylee Anthony, personal Photos

She received one year in prison to be served consecutively, on each of the four counts of providing false information to the application of the Act. As a fine of $1,000 for each count, plus court costs.

"We are gonna figure the credit for the period of time." It will take us about an hour to sort out because the sentences earlier it has been given, "said Perry. "But the good times and save time, according to preliminary figures, some time in early August." Maybe late July. But I can't say that until I first determine served time. And then the prison if apply, according to their figures, their time and time they have won in this sense, "Perry stated on the release of Anthony, reports CBS affiliate WKMG."

Casey Anthony is in prison since October 2008.

Perry, said that the defence has 30 days to file an appeal. A hearing was scheduled for the end of July.

The sentence was announced, real estate broker Orlando Flora Reece was outside the courthouse with a sign that read "stop to the Jury."

After the sentencing, name of the Caylee chanted demonstrators outside the courthouse and "Justice for Caylee", reports of the station.

"At least she Won't get to pop the Cork of champagne this evening," Reece said of the decision of the judge to keep Anthony in prison.

The crowd of a few dozen protesters charged emotional was outside the handful of supporters of Casey Anthony, which included a man with a sign asking Anthony to marry him, WKMG reports.

On Tuesday, Anthony was acquitted the first degree murder, child abuse and charges of homicide aggravated by the death of her daughter, Caylee.

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Woman stands at the top of the page in the male Culture of tabloid - New York Times

Requested A if it had never paid the police for more information, Ms. Wade, a supremely confident and striking figure with his wild shock of red hair, seemed unfazed and undisturbed. She said: "We have paid the police for more information in the past,".

It was, in fact, admitting to breaking the law, which pointed out, shortly after him. But Ms. Wade backtracked also commonly that it had come, stating that she could not remember all the examples and procedures, it seemed, to the brush off the whole thing as an another cheeky, walk-the-line incident in a career full of them.

Now 43 and known as his new married Rebecca Brooks, she used a winning combination of luxury, effrontery, boldness and tenacity to thrive in the brutal world, dominated by British men in the tabloids. It has risen to become the CEO of the News International, subsidiary of British newspaper of Rupert Murdoch.

Its proximity with Mr Murdoch, which is to be considered something of a favorite daughter (although it has four actual daughters), has protected her during the recent scandal sinking of the company, then even that parliamentarians called on her to resign.

The saga of long reached new heights this week when British reports revealed that the telephone of Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old daughter, murdered in 2002, was disrupted by the news of the world after she disappeared, but before his body was found, hindering the police investigation and adding to the distress of his parents. Ms. Brooks was editor of the news of the world at the time. It has condemned the hacking and said that she knew nothing about it. She refused a request to be interviewed for this article.

In extraordinary scenes in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the legislature after the legislature - the majority of the Labour Party - have increased and demanded that Ms. Brooks, one of the most powerful characters in the British media and a woman much feared up to now, should go. Ms. Brooks should "take responsibility and to withdraw, said Ed Miliband, the leader of the labour party."

But Mr. Murdoch issued a resounding Ms. Brooks, saying that his company is committed to conduct a full investigation of the recent allegations, under the direction of Ms. Brooks.

A part of his approach is strategic, said Clare Enders media analyst, founder of Enders Analysis. Ms. Enders suggested that Ms. Brooks was functioning as something of a firewall for Mr. Murdoch - a buffer against the allegations. "If she resigns, is an admission of guilt," she said.

And a part is emotional. "Rupert Murdoch loves her - he is just very, very attached to it," said a person who knows both socially. "" "". To be honest, the thing most sensible that News Corp. may make is to get rid of Rebekah Brooks, but it does. »

Birth of Ms. Brooks has been constant and rapid. She began his career in the media of stable Murdoch as Secretary to the news of the world, rising to become editor of the paper only 11 years later. In 2003, she became editor of the tabloid the Sun, Britain's best-selling daily newspaper, before being promoted to his current position, two years ago.

Since then, it was known for his creativity in obtaining articles and its lack of qualms about the way in which she has. In 1994, she prepared for the News of the interview of the world with James Hewitt, a lover of Princess Diana, when booking a hotel suite and hire a team of "kit it with secret band units in various pots of flowers and cabinets", Piers Morgan, her former boss and now a host of talk show CNN, wrote in his memoirs"Leaders."

Once started, furious that the document was about to be dug by serialization of the Sunday Times of a biography of Prince Charles, Ms. Brooks herself disguised as a woman of both household and hid for two hours in the bathroom of the newspaper, according to Mr. Morgan. When the press began to roll, she ran, grabbed a copy newly the Sunday Times and he brought back to the news of the world - who proceeded to use the equipment, Word for Word, in his own paper the next day.

Founder of MySpace: We had Video Chat in 2004 - PC Magazine

In a long Google + post entitled "of Mark Zuckerberg first public response to Google +" founder of MySpace Tom Anderson shared some insights on the approach of the rivalry between reigning social network currently in the world, Facebook and the upstart by the search giant.

Anderson was primarily responding to the announcement of Facebook video conversations fueled by Skype and noted, without a sour grapes suspicion that MySpace had a video chat in 2004 and has even had video calling powered by Skype in 2007.

Speaking of Facebook-Skype agreement, Anderson wrote: "some experts complain that the technology is not new, but which is Canada…".The point is that people not really ready for it at the time - now is the time and FB at the base of users. »

MySpace video on the social network Pioneer may surprise those who judge a dinosaur which is only poverty that investors recently visited to buy News Corp. The social network leader is probably even a better place for acts of music showcase their goods, with customizable page design and a rich audio player. But Anderson seems to have moved, apparently considering MySpace social networking war. His last post was on 1 March, while he was very active on Google +.

On his Facebook page, he responded to questions of based on his old baby last week, saying "I get many questions about MySpace." For the record: I started MySpace in 2003, he sold in 2005 to NewsCorp for $ 580 million, and I stayed there to run it until April 2009. For the last years of its 2.5 was managed by another team and now a new owner bought MySpace's NewsCorp. As most of you, I am not a fan of the new MySpace, but was at the heart of the team in the right place. "Maybe the new owner has some good ideas."

In the most recent Google + post, Anderson continued to discuss Facebook lists and groups against Google + circles and summarizes the final set of social networking as follows: "the two are in reality very similar, but each is probably some things better than the other." Think about what each model is better is probably the key to unlocking what 'model' will "win". »

For more information about the upcoming social network between Google and Facebook war, see any practical PCMag Google + and our slide show practice with Facebook Video Chat below. See also 6 things Google + is Facebook do not and confrontation of Social Networking: Facebook Google features 8 + not (yet). On privacy, see Google + Privacy: Google has learned his lesson?

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Sources: Dems Pick Member David Weprin to succeed Weiner - NY1

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State Member David Weprin has been chosen as the Democratic candidate in the race to fill the seat of the former member of Congress Anthony Weiner, sources say NY1.

The special election is scheduled for September 13.

Sources say Weprin will introduce paperwork tomorrow and was exploited because it is said be the "most loyal" Democrats Queen.

Weprin is a new Member of the Assembly of the State and the former President of the municipal finance.

He also ran in the Democratic primary for controller of the city in 2009 where he proved to be a funding activity.

There is no agreement that Weprin will not work in 2012, even if the district is supposed to be dismembered.

The 9th Congressional District includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens.

The Democratic leaders of two boroughs are responsible for choosing the candidate of the party in a special election.

Sources say moving in Congress could to profile the Weprin for potential 2013 for the controller of the city.

Bob Turner, a Republican who challenged Weiner in 2010, should obtain the support of GOP leaders and the conservative party to run as well.

Weiner has resigned the month after admitting it sending inappropriate messages and photos of women online.

GOP stands firmly committed to meeting debt WH - CBS News

By Stephanie Condon themes economy, Congress, Obama Administration (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Obama has indicated, that it is ready to make cuts in popular programs like social security in its negotiations on the national debt with the Republicans, the GOP would consider increasing the income of the Government. The GOP, however, is not moving.

"All on the table except the increase of taxes on the American people," home Chairman John Boehner said this morning, in advance of a meeting between the Democrats and Republicans in the White House.

Meanwhile, Congressional Democrats, insisted that they defend you the social security and Medicare. They complain that Republicans are not put "all on the table" if tax revenues is not a review.

Mr. Obama now meeting with the leaders of the Congress after the talks were blocked on a plan to reduce the budget deficit ballooning. Republicans have insisted on the creation of a deficit reduction plan and the debt as a condition of voting to raise the debt ceiling - the amount of money that the Congress is technically allowed to borrow.

President and his economic team have repeatedly warned of the catastrophic consequences for the United States and the world economy if Congress does not increase the ceiling of the debt of 14.3 billion by August 2.

House majority leader Eric Cantor said this morning that Republicans are seeking budgetary expenditures that exceed the amount of the increase of the ceiling for debt that Congress will pass.

When they meet today, Mr. Obama will seek an agreement to reduce as much as $ 4 trillion in spending during the next decade, familiar with the talks democratic sources tell CBS News. In the framework of this agreement, Democrats want Republicans to agree to some fiscal gaps and increase taxes on the most productive Americans.

In response to a question on whether if the GOP will agree to fill the gaps in tax, Boehner has said, "we believe in reform of the tax system."

Tax reform, he said, would make America more competitive and help create jobs, and "is something under discussion." However, he added: "we are not interested in increasing taxes on the American people."

Boehner said that law as social security programs are important, but that spending on programs should be reduced. He said "If they are not reformed they do exist in the future".

Attached press White House Jay Carney has released a statement this morning pushing on the reports of the will of Mr. Obama to cut social security.

"The President always said that social security is not the main drivers of the deficit, we need to strengthen the program," he said. "The President said in the State of the Union that he wanted to work with both parties to do so in a balanced manner that preserves the promise of the program and no slash benefits."

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Army North Sudan demobilized southern members - voice of America

The soldiers of the Sudanese people's Liberation Army walk during a rehearsal for the independence celebrations on Saturday for the new Republic of South Sudan, in the South of the capital of Juba, July 5, 2011

The army of the North Sudan is demobilize some 15,000 southerners in its ranks, as the South prepares to declare independence.

The Sudanese Media Center pro-Government reports there will be a ceremony of dismissal Thursday in Khartoum, be resolved by the Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussain.

The new Republic of southern Sudan is due to declare independence on Saturday. The North and the South are trying to untangle themselves, but the parties have not yet resolve issues on the borders and oil revenues.

Army of the North is currently fighting pro-Sud elements in the North of the southern Kordofan State.

During this time, rehearsals are underway for celebrations Saturday in the capital of the South, Juba. The authorities have closed off the streets so organizers can prepare for the main ceremony of the independence and other festivities.

Some 30 African leaders are expected, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.

North and South Sudan fought 21-year civil war which ended in 2005. Southern Sudan overwhelmingly to separate from the North in a referendum in January.

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In Iowa, Pawlenty scans its rivals, Gaga - Los Angeles Times

The former Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty speaks during a town hall meeting on 6 July in the ballroom of surfing in Clear Lake, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall, AP)

Tim Pawlenty had some scans veiled Wednesday his GOP competitors for the presidential election, arguing that voters in Iowa should review achievements of the field, not only their rhetoric and that his term as Governor of Minnesota has proven its worth.

"Candidates will come to Iowa and they will say many same things," he said, speaking at a fundraiser for GOP county of Story Dining Hall of Hickory. Republican candidates call to cut spending, tax reduction, based on the market of the reform of health care, determining public and similar payments, he said.

"The interesting question, I think that for you, Iowa Republicans and conservatives, is not the candidates say several or all the same things.". "I think that the question to you is have they actually did it", he said. "It is a person who possesses the leadership and the experience of being a CEO of a large public company in a difficult environment in difficult circumstances not only in light of the speech and offer has no changes, but have they it resulted in findings that get results"?

It is not known what amendment failed Pawlenty was referring, but after the Supreme Court of Massachusetts decided in 2003 that the same-sex couples can marry, Michele Bachmann, and then a statehouse Minnesota legislator, suggested a State constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to a man and a woman. The measure failed.

Bachmann, a member of Congress from Minnesota, recently participated in the GOP presidential contest and exploded past Pawlenty to be considered a favorite in Iowa. When asked if there was specific reference to Bachmann, Pawlenty said that his comments were on the strengths he brings to the race.

Pawlenty noted his years of experience as Governor of Minnesota, a democratic State ideologically, as evidence of its means and he did the "right way" health reform, without a warrant, said. Many GOP voters are angry by the Federal mandate that most people buy insurance of health care in the regime of President Obama health care, which many see as modelled on the plan of the State by the presidential candidate GOP and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney.

Pawlenty also urged voters to ask whether a candidate is eligible for the general election.

He said "you want to ensure that the person who that relies on Iowa in this race is not just a person who is interesting at that moment, but someone can become the candidate who can beat Barack Obama".

Pawlenty, who was the first day of a swing for three days by the bias of Iowa, is regarded as the game on the ground more sophisticated in the State and has campaigned hard here for several months. A strong showing is essential in the next straw poll in Ames, but it failed to gain ground in the polls in preference. It is advertising on television and sending of shippers to households GOP requesting their support in the straw poll.

About 100 voters participated in the fundraising Hall of Hickory, a local barbecue renamed, where they dined on breast, bean sandwiches and baked potatoes salad.

Though Pawlenty did not mention his GOP rival by name, he repeatedly and forcefully called Obama, saying that the President has failed to find solutions to critical issues, such as social security and Medicare.

"When we elect someone a President who is an organizer of the old community, who was in the Senate just long enough to have a cup of coffee and never, never ran something and we him in the Oval Office and wonder why it doesn't work: it does not work because it has misled the country into thinking"., it is a reasonable candidate, "Pawlenty said." Is it dangerous liberal who has no real experience anything running. No mystery why it isn't working, it is not an index. »

After talking for nearly an hour, Pawlenty, speaking with journalists outside, distanced from comments made by one of the co-chairs of the campaign. Vin Weber, speaking of the Hill, just said "sex appeal" is one of the strengths of the Bachmann. (Weber has since apologized).

"I do not believe that he or anyone who must use a reference to a person sex appeal to judge their fitness for Office," said Pawlenty.

He also had a small pleasure, talking with journalists blog pop and politics of his penchant for Lady Gaga. First he asked them what Gaga songs were among their favorites, and then he listed "bad Romance" and "Born This Way" as his own.

He described Gaga as "interesting, talented, kinda weird. Noting how the pop star sang "Born This Way" a cappella in a HBO special, Pawlenty noted, "she can sing."

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Advance of rebels, but always strong Gaddafi - The Australian

Rebel fighters to break through the lines advanced and Libyan Government on fronts twin yesterday, seizing key positions and threatening the main route of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Tripoli in the greater thrust to the ground for weeks.

The attack, which included stolen rebels in Benghazi, to the West of the Libya with the Tunisia, began shortly after dawn. Rockets and mortars were fired from rebel positions to the village of al-Qawalish in the foothills of the Western Cordillera of the Nafusa.

Six hours later, after an attack from three sides who sent the forces of the Government retreat in the desert, hundreds of rebels on trucks yelled "allah akbar" (God is greatest) as they loudly in the village.

For weeks, Government forces have used al-Qawalish as a position from which to bombard the rebels in the mountains of Western. Stimulated by French deliveries of weapons and the bombing of NATO, the rebels can use his capture as a platform to advance to Tripoli.

Thrust brings the rebels near the town of Garian, about 40 km to the Northeast, which controls the main road leading to the Libyan capital. "It will become much more interesting if the rebels in Garian", said one Western diplomat. "Not only allowing them to consolidate their grip in the mountains, it would cut more likely Gaddafi road if he wants to get out of Tripoli."

Hundreds of rebel reinforcements were sent in the West of the Benghazi Libya since may for the latest attack, using an air route that leads to the Tunisia, where they infiltrate across the Libyan border in the Nafusa mountains. Many were recruited from Tripoli and formed a unit called the Tripoli Khattiba rebel liaison with cells and guide the forces from the area in the city.

The coast Mediterranean Libya, rebel commanders said they had pushed 20 km west of Misratah, bringing within 130 km of Tripoli, with their larger advanced single since Gaddafi forces forced the city in May.

But a bombing of Government artillery and Grad rockets tested the rebels, killing three fighters and injuring more than 50. In the stronghold of the rebels of Benghazi, of thousands of people from eastern Libya through in a show of support for the opposition.

Representatives of the National transition Council warned that Gaddafi overthrow could take several months, reports of the divisions of the Directorate of rebels and failures in military planning.

"The NTC had no idea of how to advance from here," said a rebel leader. "It became bitterly divided." There are huge, fuel, medical problems of finance and armaments to unravel.

"The NTC are having enough problems trying to agree on how to provide themselves Benghazi, let alone organize the takeover of Tripoli." The notion that they are ready for a move on the capital to coincide with the uprising of the city, or even to plan properly, it is ridiculous. »

Foreign diplomats and the rebel leaders have spoken of a deadline August 1 aim to overthrow Gaddafi, but rebel commanders warn that unless Qaddafi is removed by a coup of State or a political agreement, conflict slip fall in the North.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn rejects talks about plea Deal - ABC News

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn say that the former Fund International Monetary Chief did not accept a plea agreement.

Prosecutors want to would have been Strauss-Kahn to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

"The investigation process is continuing, and no decisions have been taken," a spokesman for Attorney of District of Manhattan Cy Vance said Wednesday, according to the New York ABC affiliate News WABC.

Strauss-Kahn has been accused of attempting to rape a woman in household and forcing them to perform oral sex in a hotel in the city of New York in May. The next scheduled appearance is July 18.

"There is ample to suggest that this case is going nowhere and nowhere to go quickly", said lawyer Robin Sax. "But I think that because the public perception is essential here, we will see at least district prosecutor's Office closed the case properly and make sure that they have a complete package before they do the official dump."

The Office of the Attorney, said last week that questions about the credibility of the victim had paralyzed case of the Manhattan district attorney, which led to his release from house arrest.

Prosecutors described his lies and inconsistencies on the case in a three page letter. It includes details of an appeal of the servant of the hotel with her boyfriend in an immigration jail in Arizona, where she told him, "don't you worry." This guy has a lot of money. I know what I'm doing. »

Cheating on his taxes and lie on his income, the hotel maid also falsely claimed on his application for political asylum to the United States that she had been raped in her home country of Guinea. But, even after that she admitted to change his account of what happened after the meeting with Strauss-Kahn, prosecutors maintained there was still evidence suggesting a sexual assault took place.

But, Sax, a former Attorney with no connection to this case, is not convinced that the case is strong enough to proceed to trial. "A Prosecutor has the duty to bring charges that they may believe that they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt, Sax said."And at the end of the day, if you do not believe that your control, you do not have a case.

Strauss-Kahn defence team said last week that unless prosecutors presented strong evidence the former favorite to become the next President of the France be prepared to plead guilty to a crime.

If this is true, the only options for the district attorney would drop charges or take in the trial.

Casey Anthony vowed: "sick to our stomachs" to his conviction non - ABC News

Juror Casey Anthony Jennifer Ford said today that she and the other jurors were crying and were "sick to our stomachs" after having voted for Casey Anthony charges that she killed her 2 daughter Caylee.

"I did not say that she was innocent," said Ford, who had already been identified only as juror 3 number. "I said that it was not enough evidence." "If you can prove what was the crime, you cannot determine what should be the penalty".

Jaw of the jury, leaving the guilty verdict not shocked observers of the Court, but it is also a difficult time for the Group of experts, Ford said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. The assessment of the jury, no one was ready to go out and talk to the media in the hours after the verdict.

"Everyone wonders why was us talking to the media immediately," Ford said. "" "". It was because we were sick to our stomach to get this verdict. We were crying and not only women. It was responsible for emotions and we were not ready. "We wanted to do with integrity and do not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial".

Instead of murder, Casey Anthony, 25, was found guilty of four counts of lying to the application of the Act and could be released from prison Thursday.

Ford praised the jurors.

"They chose a large group of people, such high integrity." "And he had high morale", she said. "We're all joked." "We are a large group of cousins".

Casey Anthony Attorney: "everything is down due to the death".

Earlier today, Attorney and another juror agree on why the jury refused to condemn Anthony: they could not prove how little Caylee Anthony is dead.

"All came down to the evidence," said Florida state attorney Jeff Ashton on "opinion". "I think that ultimately it came down to-at least that the alternate said - he got to the cause of death.".

Russell Huekler, one of the five alternate jurors who were present for all the evidence and sequestered with 12 other jurors, said today that he would be delivered the same verdict and that he was shocked by the indignation of the people on the outcome of the trial.

"The prosecution failed to prove their case and there is reasonable doubt." Once more, they do show how Caylee is dead. They do show a motive. I'm sorry to think that way. ... It was total jurors 17. They were really listening to this matter and keep an open mind, Huekler has.

Prosecution has been hampered by the fact that the body of Caylee Anthony was not discovered until six months after that she has disappeared. It was found in a marshy area, forested. His body has been so decomposed that the autopsy could not determine the cause of death and said that she was the victim of a homicide by undetermined means.

"I do not think that it was the lack of DNA" from Casey Anthony to the death of his daughter which undermined the case, Ashton said. "It was the cause of death."

Ashton said that he and his team they put on a good deal.

"We were quite shocked" at the verdict, he said. "We have all produced a survey, a really thorough investigation into three years." This is how it goes. I think that 'wow' nose runs five times. »

One of the most powerful pieces of evidence, he said, was the photo of the decomposed skull of Caylee with pieces of tape where his mouth and nose would have been.

"What I have said all along, if a jury considers this photo and it is not the way to and does not know how she died, while," said Ashton. "I would not have been involved in this case if I didn't think it did.".

Huekler said that he believed dead in the Caylee was just a horrible accident, and that Casey Anthony was a good mother.

"The first number of witnesses was a friend of Casey and whenever they said Casey with Caylee, they saw, it is a romantic relationship, and no one provided evidence to the contrary", said Huekler.

Huekler said the lack of physical evidence that Caylee was murdered submerged indirect evidence of lies lots of Casey Anthony and his hard day in the 31 days when she knew that her daughter was dead, but does say authorities.

"Yes, the behavior was bizarre, but that I have are that the family was very dysfunctional." Because they were so dysfunctional, which was the standard for them. Casey did not just start lying for 31 days after the disappearance of Caylee]. She had been lying for the last two years...I feel that it is the standard for it, "said Huekler.

Huekler also said that it doesn't bother him that Casey Anthony did not testify in his own defence.

Mark Lippman, a lawyer for the parents of Anthony, said "good morning America" today that George and Cindy Anthony were shocked by the verdict, not because they believe Casey Anthony is guilty, but because they believed that the State did a fantastic job presenting their case.

George and Cindy Anthony were not satisfied with their daughter since his trial began, but they hope to achieve with it and one day the truth about what happened to Caylee.

"There was a slim chance that we had hoped to get a few slivers of truth in this test and that would have been by the testimony of Casey…hopefully one day she tell you its story, but who knows what to believe", said Lippman.

US warns of terrorist bombs implanted in humans - NPR

A new concern for air travellers in the heart of the holiday season summer: the Government warned airlines that terrorists are considering surgically hiding bombs within human beings humans escape to the safety of the airport. And, as a result, travellers may find themselves subject to review more when flying, especially at the United States abroad.

Bombs-in-the body is not a new idea, but recent intelligence indicates a fresh interest in using this method, machines for people in airports scanning are not able to detect explosives hidden inside human beings human. However, there is no current information that points to a specific conspiracy involving surgically implanted explosives, a security official U.S. said, on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues.

As the airport security has increased since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has thus creativity of terrorists in the development of methods to get around it. Aviation continues to be a particular target and Osama bin Laden's compound evidence has shown that the al-Qaeda Chief has retained its fascination to attack aircraft until his death in May.

Last year, it was reported that British officials discovered intelligence that al-Qaeda was seeking to surgically implant bombs within the people, a move some thought that it was caused by the use of full body imaging devices in major airports around the world.

"It is one thing, we have been concerned for some time," said j. Bennet Waters, consultant in security with the Chertoff group based in Washington, D.C. and a former official of the Transportation Security Administration of the Bush administration.

The Government of the United States has worked with Governments and foreign air carriers to find ways to discover explosives, including bombs potentially hidden within human beings human. Officials would not discuss specific security measures review to avoid cut terrorists who might seek ways to get around them.

Once a terrorist finds a kamikaze willing and secures the explosives, carrying off the coast of this tactic is not that difficult, said Chris Ronay, former head of the FBI explosives unit.

"It is rather easy and any damage that might be rather severe", said Ronay.

However, Leo West, a former FBI bomb expert, said concealing the bomb inside the body would significantly increase the difficulties in getting the device to work properly.

"Then as possible, it is much less likely to work les other scenarios," he said. "There are more practical ways to do so."

Explosive implant surgery could be a few days before an attack, said James Crippin, an expert in explosives in Colorado. To make this work, it must be a detonation device and it is conceivable that if the explosive was implanted in the breast of the woman, the detonator would be under the chest so that all the cooperative would have to do, it is down, press said Pépin.

The offshoot of al-Qaeda to the Yemen has emerged as the most inventive terror organization these days and was behind two parcels that almost brought down the aircraft on the United States. The group, known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was behind the Christmas day attack in 2009, when a Nigerian hides a bomb in his underwear and virtually shot down an airliner over Detroit.

Cooperative AQAP also concealed bombs in printer cartridges last October, shipment to addresses of Chicago. The attack was postponed because of specific information on the plot. And at the end of December, the United States received intelligence by the Yemen group hiding explosives in the coating insulation of containers and transport aircraft. No there was no information pointing to a specific parcel with beverage containers isolated, but, as the recent intelligence on the tactics of the bomb implanted, the Transportation Security Administration has warned the national carriers and foreign nationals to be on the lookout.

"Due to significant advances in the safety of the world aviation in recent years, terrorist groups have repeatedly taken and publicly indicated interest to pursue ways to conceal more explosives," TSA spokesperson Nick Kimball said, adding that passengers flying in the United States may notice additional security. "Measures can include interaction with passengers, in addition to the use of other methods of testing as Pat-downs and the use of technology and improved tools."

Officials not specify what terrorist organizations seem to consider this surgical tactics.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said efforts to combat terrorism U.S. must evolve in terrorist groups publicly indicate their interest to find ways to conceal explosives.

"The idea that terrorists are looking for other ways to circumvent the security measures for aircraft target is not at all surprising", said Carney.

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Accuser seeks a special prosecutor for Strauss-Kahn - Reuters

Former Monetary International (IMF) Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair funds leave their temporary residence in Manhattan in New York on July 6, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Shannon StapletonBy Noeleen Walder

NEW YORK | Wednesday, July 6, 2011 6: 14 am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - lawyers representing the woman who accused former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault have asked the Chief Prosecutor of New York to withdraw from the case and to appoint a special prosecutor.

In a letter to the Attorney of District of Cyrus Vance, the lawyers accused a Prosecutor at the Office of Vance of leak damaging information on Strauss-Kahn accuser.

A spokesman for Vance had no immediate comment.

"District Attorney Vance, seriously consider that your Office voluntarily recuse herself in the case of Strauss-Kahn and named a special prosecutor," Kenneth Thompson, counsel for the servant of 32 years Guinea hotel, wrote in a letter dated Wednesday.

Challenges are rare, and it was not likely to succeed, said legal experts.

Reuters obtained a copy of the letter after counsel for the defence of Strauss-Kahn met with counsel for the Office of Vance for almost two hours on Wednesday that the case against him appeared in serious danger.

Both parties declined to give details of the meeting. The New York Times had reported that they would discuss whether charges could be resolved by a dismissal or a plea agreement.

The case was thrown in danger last week when prosecutors discovered that the accuser had lied be raped in his country of origin in its U.S. asylum and modified details in its history on what she did after his meeting with Strauss-Kahn in a luxury suite.

Thompson said the woman had made mistakes in the past, but stresses the fact that she was sexually assaulted by Strauss-Kahn, and that there was evidence to prove it.

"DAMAGING LEAKS."

Thompson accused Chief Deputy of Vance, Daniel Alonso, planting "damaging leaks" in the media undermined the nature of his client and the charges against Strauss-Kahn.

He accused prosecutors of never surrender him an audio recording of a telephone call, the client made her boyfriend in a prison in Arizona fleeing a description of a part of the appeal to the New York Times.

Thompson returned to a specific quote in which an unnamed law enforcement official spoke to the times of this conversation.

"She said words to the effect of,"don't worry, this guy has a lot of money."." I know what I do,'"reports the Times."

Thompson said that alonso used virtually "les same words" relating to the appeal to him hours before il appears in les time.

The letter also complained the Office refusing to completely refuse to a story by the New York Post that his client may be a prostitute. Thompson filed a trial for defamation against the position on this subject.

"The apparent leaks by members of your Office is undoubtedly a repeal of the functions and responsibilities of a Prosecutor," said the letter.

The letter complained also about one of the attorneys who "yelled at and respected or the victim while she met with them."

Law experts believe that the request was unlikely to succeed.

"This is a silly request," said Daniel Richman Columbia Law Professor, who said he believes that the letter of Thompson has more to do with public relations with a legitimate request. "It is for a bite of his beautiful."

Challenges are rare and usually occur when there is a personal interest in the result for the members of the Office of the Prosecutor.

"Challenges are unusual but not unprecedented," said Paul Shechtman, a defence lawyer and former Prosecutor. "This is not an opportunity of a.."

Shechtman said allegations of leaks to the media, even if it is true, are probably not enough to result in a disqualification.

"Everything you think about leaks, if they were reasons for the challenge, we would have a large number of motions for disqualification," he said.

Benjamin Brafman, Strauss-Kahn defence counsel, did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

(Written by Daniel Trotta, Ax of Joseph additional reports and Christine Kearney;) (Editing by Sandra Maler)

New Zealand civil defence alert tsunami - Reuters

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(WELLINGTON 7 Jul Reuters) - the New Zealand civil defence authorities said they expected stronger than normal ocean currents and an increase in the size of the waves on the coast is, but no wall of water after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean east of the country.

A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas east of the island of the North, including the main town of the Auckland country, with the first scheduled just wave before 9 local time (2100 GMT).

However, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center has issued the warning original after the earthquake, later cancelled its warning, but reported waves were 2 2-2, 7 feet high on Raoul Island, the main island in the Kermadec (68-84 cm).

The civil defence of New Zealand has maintained a warning that people should stay out of the water and beaches in the areas of the target.

"We could get enough extreme currents, so it is a threat to the ships, but we do not anticipate the damage to the Earth," Clive Manly controller of civil defence in the Auckland region, told radio New Zealand.

He said, that it is possible that waves of up to a metre above normal heights can occur.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake at 7: 03 p.m. Thursday (1903 GMT Wednesday) at the epicentre, 131 miles (211 km) of Raoul Island, part of the Kermadec Islands, and was only 30 miles (48 km) deep, the USGS said.

The Kermadec Islands are uninhabited except for science and conservation teams and sit to 1180 kilometres north of the New Zealand.

They sit in a geologically active region of the South Pacific where the plates tectonic Pacific and Indo-Australian meet, and large earthquakes are not unusual.

The New Zealand is more alert to earthquake since the city of Christchurch in the South Island, was struck by two earthquakes devastating last September and February this year. The latter has killed 181 people and caused a NZ about 15 billion dollars in damage.

(Gyles Beckford)