85th Academy Honours: The nominees list

This particular year's Oscars host, Seth MacFarlane, and "Gangster Squad" presenter Emma Stone were up bright and early on Thursday to announce the nominees for your 85th Academy Awards.

Look into a partial list under, and see who is going to take home the Oscar.

Best picture 

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
• "Silver Linings Playbook"
• "Zero Dark Thirty"
• "Lincoln"
• "Les Misérables"
• "Life of Pi"
• "Amour"
• "Django Unchained"
• "Argo"

Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
• Denzel Washington, "Flight"
• Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
• Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Actress

• Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
• Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
• Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Supporting actor

• Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
• Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Alan Arkin, "Argo"
• Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Supporting actress

• Sally Field, "Lincoln"
• Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
• Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
• Amy Adams, "The Master"

Director

• David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
• Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
• Michael Haneke, "Amour"
• Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Animated feature

• "Frankenweenie"
• "The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
• "Wreck-It Ralph"
• "Brave"
• "ParaNorman"

Foreign language film

• "Amour," Austria
• "No," Chile
• "War Witch," Canada
• "A Royal Affair," Denmark
• "Kon-Tiki," Norway

Adapted screenplay

• "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• "Argo," Chris Terrio
• "Lincoln," Tony Kushner
• "Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell
• "Life of Pi," David Magee

Original screenplay

• "Flight," John Gatins
• "Zero Dark Thirty," Mark Boal
• "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino
• "Amour," Michael Haneke
• "Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Original song

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice," music and lyrics by J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted," music by Walter Murphy and lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi's Lullaby” from “Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna and lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall," music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables," music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Original score

• Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina"
• Alexandre Desplat, “Argo"
• Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi,"
• John Williams, “Lincoln”
• Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”

Visual effects

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
• “Life of Pi”
• “Marvel's The Avengers”
• “Prometheus”
• “Snow White and the Huntsman”

Makeup and hairstyling

• “Hitchcock”
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
• “Les Misérables”

Cinematography

• Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”
• Robert Richardson, “Django Unchained”
• Claudio Miranda, “Life of Pi”
• Janusz Kaminski, “Lincoln”
• Roger Deakins, “Skyfall”

Costume design

• Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”
• Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”
• Joanna Johnston, “Lincoln”
• Eiko Ishioka, “Mirror Mirror”
• Colleen Atwood, “Snow White and the Huntsman”

Documentary

• “5 Broken Cameras”
• “The Gatekeepers”
• “How to Survive a Plague”
• “The Invisible War”
• “Searching for Sugar Man”

Documentary short

• “Inocente”
• “Kings Point”
• “Mondays at Racine”
• “Open Heart”
• “Redemption”

Animated short

• “Adam and Dog”
• “Fresh Guacamole”
• “Head over Heels”
• “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
• “Paperman”

Live action short

• “Asad”
• “Buzkashi Boys”
• “Curfew”
• “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”
• “Henry”

Film editing

• William Goldenberg, "Argo"
• Tim Squyres, "Life of Pi"
• Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
• Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Britney Spears, Jerrika Trawick call off the Engagement.

Britney Spears and her former manager Jason Trawick ended their yearlong engagement, a representative for this singer said Friday.

Deciding was mutual, says the couple.

"I'll always adore him and we will remain great friends, Spears, 31, said within a statement.

In his own statement, the 41-year-old Trawick explained the split now marks a fresh chapter for the couple.

"I love and treasure her and her boys and we will be close forever, he said, referring to Spears' two sons with former husband Kevin Federline.

Spears and Trawick, who had been recently dating since 2009, grew to be engaged in December 2011. It'd have been the third trip down the aisle for Spears. In 2004, she had a quickie Vegas wedding with childhood good friend Jason Alexander (the "marriage" survived 55 hours). Later that same year, she married Federline; and got divorced in 2006.

News of the break up comes as Spears announced she will not be returning as a judge on Fox's "X Factor. "

"I had an incredible time doing the show and I really like the other judges and My business is so proud of my own teens but it's time in my opinion to get back to the studio, " she said within a statement Friday.

Spears' latest album, "Femme Fatale, " arrived in 2011.

Landslide in Southwest China: 46 dead after

Burrowing yourself and machines, Chinese soldiers and emergency crews toiled , frigid slopes seeking the few missing following a devastating landslide killed lots of villagers.

By early Thursday, word came that the actual tragedy had struck the actual mountain community in Gaopo.

The landslide killed 46 people within the southwest China village, based on state-run Xinhua news firm.

A powerful avalanche of mud and dirt had recinded 10% of village.

Twenty-seven grownups, and 19 children.

Video from state-run CCTV showed the fact that was once Gaopo, the little community in China's Yunnan Land. Some houses were crushed; others had ceased to be able to exist entirely, except intended for stray bricks that manufactured their way downhill.

Earlier, rescuers drenched in are like a magnet swarmed the scene, digging fervently with shovels, seeking signs of life.

As a substitute, they found shredded clothing, wallets and other proof those killed in the actual disaster.

"We pulled out there several people, one of whom was breathing weakly, inch said Li Yongju, 50, a resident on the neighboring community of Zengjiazhai. "But before too long, he died. "

Zhou Benju was given birth to in the landslide struck area, then married a male from Zengjiazhai and moved there. A loud sound woke her, and later she learned the toll the event had taken on the girl family.

"In this disaster,... my grandma, brother, uncle and my aunt's members of the family died, " Zhou stated, according to Xinhua.

The particular landslide struck Friday a . m ., triggered by rain along with snow that had unhealthy the largely rocky region for 10 days, Li Lianju, deputy director on the Yunnan Land and Means Department, told state media.

The Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo village had not experienced landslides before, based on Li.

But Friday a . m ., 46 people in the community of 468 people have been buried, according to a nearby civil affairs bureau.

A pair of others suffered nonlife-threatening traumas, Xinhua reported.

The disaster prompted an enormous search and rescue effort that included in excess of 20 excavators and front-end loaders.

And there was more than 1, 000 soldiers, police, firefighters and mine rescuers engaged in the effort, local authorities said.

UN welcomes tranquility deal in Central Cameras Republic.

The U. N. Security Council now welcomed the cease-fire agreement and peace deal within the Central African Republic that can allow President Francois Bozize to stay in office and let the opposition to run the government.

The council emphasized the importance for "expeditious implementation" of the agreements reached in Libreville, Gabon on Friday been the 11 of the month, and called with all parties "to carry out them in good faith. "

A rebel offensive stopped next to the capital and posed a grave threat for Bozize.

A council statement overdue Friday urged speedy usage of all people requiring humanitarian assistance and immediate release off civilians being held by armed groups.

Council members also demanded a sudden end to reported man rights violations including concentrating on ethnic minorities, recruitment and usage of child soldiers, and erotic violence.

Kate Middleton’s Primary Official Portrait Unveiled.

Duchess connected with Cambridge Kate Middleton and Prince William visited the National Portrait Gallery in London today with the unveiling of her primary official portrait.

Award-winning artist Paul Emsley painted Middleton against his trademark black background that has a slight smile, framed through her long locks.

Emsley said he wanted to capture Middleton’s natural elegance. Emsley said he was originally planning to paint the mother-to-be with no smile, but changed his mind soon there after meeting her.

“I think it was the best choice in the end to have her smiling. That’s really who she actually is, I think, ” stated Emsley, who was born in Scotland and spent my youth in South Africa.
Emsley furthermore took liberties with Middleton’s eye color, changing it slightly to complement the blouse she is wearing inside the painting.

While the painting reveals a far more mature Middleton, art critics usually are slamming Emsley’s work, saying it looks nothing like her.

“Seriously, as a concept, what is it? It’s being a giant Polaroid. Like she went in a photo booth and got that picture taken and blown up to huge size it would look about the same, wouldn’t that, ” Waldemar Januszczak, art critic with the Sunday Times, said.

Middleton, thirty-one, sat twice for the portrait – once throughout May and again throughout June. She reportedly described the job as “amazing, ” adding, “I thought it seemed to be brilliant. ”

William stated, “It’s absolutely beautiful. ”

It turned out a rare appearance with the Duchess of Cambridge, who was simply released from the medical in December, as she battles severe morning sickness referred to as hyperemesis gravidarum.

Facebook charging $100 to message message Zuckerberg.

In December Facebook announced it was experimenting with the pay to message plan. The proposed scheme would allow users to message people they did not know for $1. It appears that Facebook has taken that concept to another level as Mashable just reported that now the corporation is charging $100 to users who are not following Mark Zuckerberg to message him.

Facebook is only charging those people who are not following Mark Zuckerberg, so one must be totally unaware that they are able to message the founder along with CEO Facebook by pursuing him. This way users who pay is able to message him and the message will not reach his ‘Others’ email.

Facebook seems to be with a monetization spree. It is experimenting along with different concepts and this may be another test.

Facebook Pages Manager App For Android Is Out Now.

Facebook has launched the Pages Manager app for Android. The app joins this Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps inside the Google Play Store and is currently sitting at edition 1. 0. Also exactly like the other Facebook branded apps, the Pages Manager app can be acquired for free and with all the requirement of Android a couple of. 2 or later pertaining to use.

As for using the app, this will do just the thing the name implies — let you manage your Facebook Pages. In fact, it will help you manage multiple Facebook Pages. The app will let you post new updates in addition to images, reply to comments and view and answer private messages sent on your Page.

In addition, the app will provide notifications to help you to keep up with fresh activity in real-time. Concerning the notifications, judging from a rapid read of the comments, you may want to take note of whether or not you truly need these because right now, it looks like there is no way to turn them off. Simply put, if the notifications are not what you are looking for, you may want to be able to skip this app in the meantime.

And for the final bit, which we suspect are going to be most important to several, the Pages Manager app will help you view your latest Pages Insights (the stats). That each being said, while the Insights are nice to get, if you can dwell without seeing those on a mobile device, you can probably handle almost all of the other activities using a normal Facebook app.



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Microsoft to kill Messenger on March 15.

Microsoft will be killing off its Windows Messenger chat service on March 15, transitioning its greater than 100 million users to Skype.

The company released its plans to bring to close Messenger in November, but Microsoft sent a company timetable to its end users through e-mail on Tuesday. Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) is directing customers to register to Skype with the Windows Live login information, noting that their contact lists will automatically arrive in the Skype application.


Microsoft bought Skype with 2011 for $8. 5 million, but its integration with the Internet communications system has been a bit of a slog. Skype has some sort of Windows app, but strangely enough, it lacks a Windows Phone 8 app -- just about the most offers an app for iPhone and Android devices. A preview version of any mobile Skype app for Windows Phone is the works and will be available "soon, " good Skype team.
Microsoft has also failed to generate a Skype app for the actual Xbox, although rumors abound any particular one is coming this calendar year.

The Windows Live Messenger assistance has faded in acceptance as Skype, social systems and Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) chat service became an even more common way of communicating with friends and family. Three years ago, Microsoft said the service had greater than 300 million users, nonetheless it maintains just a third of that customer base today.

The actual service, which debuted since MSN Messenger in 1998, will continue to live on in China and taiwan.

Brazilian sex workers are going to be offered free English for the world cup 2014

From cnn we just got that the Brazilian sex workers are going to be offered free English lessons before 2014 World Cup. CNN's Shasta Darlington reviews.
Ahead of Brazil Planet Cup, free English instruction planned for prostitutes.

Now everyone is getting ready for the world cup!

Google just invests $200 million in Texas wind farm

Google announced another big environmentally friendly energy deal on Wednesday, purchasing a $200 million stake inside a wind farm in gulf Texas. The 161 megawatt Spinning Spur Wind Project throughout Oldham County, Texas, generates enough energy to power greater than 60, 000 homes, the particular search giant said. Its 70 turbines are located in a particularly windy parts of Texas Panhandle and also began spinning full-time within the last few weeks of 2012.

"We search for projects like Spinning Inspire because, in addition to making more renewable energy and strengthening the local economy, they also make for smart investments, " Kojo Ako-Asare, Google's older manager of corporate money, said in a post.

Ako-Asare added that the wind farms offer "attractive returns in accordance with the risks. "
Google's massive data hosts rack up enormous power bills. Greenpeace, the environmental activist party, estimates that Google's eight current and planned server farming could consume 476 megawatts of electricity as long as they were operating at entire capacity. That's enough to power every one of the homes in San Diego. Google has said who's doesn't use nearly very much energy, because its servers will never be operating at full capacity.

Spinning Spur is the particular 10th green energy expenditure Google has made considering that 2010. It's the second priciest investment, behind only the $280 million stake throughout SolarCity, a solar techniques company. The company features five solar investments and also five wind investments.

In every, Google has invested greater than $1 billion in environmentally friendly energy.

The company said all 10 projects are equipped for generating a combined two gigawatts of power -- plenty of to power 500, 000 homes to get a year.

Justin Timberlake's set to release new music

Now Justin Timberlake is back in business.

A rep to the newly married entertainer explained in August that Timberlake didn't have new solo music within the works, despite rumors towards contrary. But it would seem that in 2013 Timberlake is actually changing his tune.


The 31-year-old dropped hints with Twitter and on their website that new tracks are forthcoming, even starting a countdown clock hence the eagerly anticipating can watch the seconds tick through.

"Your wait will possibly be over Sunday........ " said Timberlake within a vague post on their website. Thankfully, he also offered some sort of YouTube clip that gives a little more clarity.

"To whom it may well concern... I think NOW I'M READY! " he tweeted and drop a clip.


In it, he describes being asked whether he parted ways with his music career for good.

see the clip.....

Adele set to grace Golden Globes

As much as many of us respect Adele's refreshing commitment to staying out of the spotlight, it has been some time since we've last viewed her.

Granted, she's been busy being a new mom to her baby who arrived in October, but on Sunday she'll make time on her behalf fans across the pool.

With her song "Skyfall" nominated within the best original song to get a motion picture category when it reaches this weekend's Golden Globes, Adele is reportedly preparing to make the woman first post-baby appearance with the ceremony.

According to Us Weekly, the 24-year-old artist - whose album, "21, " was the best-selling recording of both 2011 along with 2012 - hasn't stepped the carpet at a meeting since she went towards Brit Awards last March.

Samsung Technically Brings Galaxy S II Plus To The Market.

This Galaxy S II Plus is not any secret. It’s been circulating across the web for what feels as though years! Today Samsung has officially outed the unit at CES, however there’s nothing truly mind-blowing or jaw-dropping concerning this.

In terms of the particular specs, it’s more or less identical for the original Galaxy S II.
some. 3″ WVGA Super AMOLED Additionally
Dual-Core Exynos Processor
1GB MEMORY
8GB Internal Storage
Micro-SD Video slot
8MP Camera
2MP Front-Facing Video camera
1650 mAh Battery
Android 4. 1. 2

The design also very much resembles an original Galaxy S II (the initial i9000 version). The big change can be on the software side as they have brought the nature UX, that many have fallen fond of on the Galaxy Utes III and Galaxy Observe II, to the cell phone. Aside from that it’s a different Galaxy S II. There’s no word upon availability and pricing but if Samsung prices this right maybe it's an amazing seller for that mid-level market.

US Patent Office along with Department of Justice Release Statement Concerning Injunctions of a Product.

Even though patent wars seem to have quieted of late, a few months again you couldn’t escape the news of one company suing additional for infringement. Cries which the American patent system was a broken one got their start in all sides, but now the those who run the system have got released their own comment on the subject. The Department of Rights and US Patent Place of work released a joint statement today on product bans on account of patent claims and it was surprisingly light.

The statement doesn’t move too harshly on anyone or name any names. It does however offer the message that getting an injunction against something and taking it over shelves isn’t always the most effective idea. “The DOJ and USPTO are concerned about the potential influence of exclusion orders on the ‘competitive conditions in the united states. ’” The statement causes it to become clear that exclusion purchases (bans) on products are necessary sometimes, but also that “depending on the facts of individual conditions, the public interest may possibly preclude the issuance associated with an exclusion order. “

The statement lays out a number of clear situations in which often an exclusion order is the best choice of activity, but they also depart enough wiggle room from the term “public interest” for courts to give the power to make some decisions. To keep them reigned in though, nearby the end of the statement they say “these public interest factors will not be meant to be presented mere lip service, ” but rather “public health and welfare and the warranty of competitive conditions in the united states economy must be the particular overriding considerations. ” Fundamentally, judges can’t use the particular “public interest” bit to deny a ban when there aren’t serious the reason why they shouldn’t.


This seems to be a step in the correct direction, and a step from a lot of people pretty high up from the government. Do you think this will help with the patent wars which can be still raging around the nation?

Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network is available in 473 market now.

With 2013 already upon us all, Verizon isn’t shy in touting it’s 4G dominance by announcing its LTE network is now available in 473 markets that includes 273. 5 million prospects. While their network can be purchased to about 89% on the US footprint, Verizon plans on providing the support on every US market place by mid year. Verizon is also planning on making guaranteed their LTE network will be available everywhere that their particular 3G network hits from the end of the yr. An amazing accomplishment indeed if they will hit that goal.

In addition, according to Verizon “This year, the company also will continue to work with rural communications firms through LTE in Outlying America, helping them to construct and operate a 4G LTE network within their areas. ”

Glad to determine Verizon isn’t hitting the particular breaks on providing their customers while using best experience possible.

Apple maybe working on the cheaper iPhone for late-2013 launch

Apple is implementing a cheaper iPhone that might be launched by late-2013, WSJ claimed moments ago.i think that it would be incredibly unlike Apple to launch a “cheap” product but this may be one of the key transitions in philosophy beneath Tim Cook’s regime.

While the iPhone is a huge runaway success for the Cupertino-based company, its sales happen to be dwarfed by Samsung, which also became the world’s larget smartphone vendor a year ago. Samsung sold 500 telephones every minute in 2012 possesses been estimated to sell as much as 390 million smartphones this coming year and a total involving 510 million phones in most.

Apple has avoided releasing a cheaper version on the iPhone and has always cut the expense of its older generation iPhones that become the entry-level iPhone. At the minute, Apple sells the iphone 4 and iPhone 4S along with the iPhone 5. However, that strategy doesn't work in emerging markets where carriers do not subsidize phones. While you'll be able to get an iPhone for free on a two-year contract in The usa and Europe, the strategy fails in countries such as India, where a user has to pay up to Rs 26, 500 with the iPhone 4, which is really a two-year old product. Compared, users can buy the latest Galaxy S III from Samsung cheaper than Rs 32, 000 when the iPhone 4S costs up to Rs 38, 500.

Analysts happen to be talking about the importance of a cheaper iPhone regarding countries where carrier subsidies do not work and probably it offers dawned on Cook & Co when it wants to dominate the space it would have simply no option but to launch multiple variants on the iPhone. It has been rumored before that Apple might minimize the iPhone launch circuit from 12 months to six months. Other rumors have proposed that Apple could launch new iPhones with diverse screen sizes.


But things have surely changed under Cook as Apple announced the iPad mini – an inferior, affordable variant of the iPad – late a year ago that has been shown to be a success in the market industry. But this goes towards Apple under Steve Jobs that prioritized profit margins over sales volumes. As the saying goes, it is never around till the fat lady sings and however we would have to await till Tim Cook officially announces the item.

Sony Xperia Z.

Sony Mobile has spent most of the past year struggling to reach parity with all the leading Android manufacturers. Whether it absolutely was hardware or software, that seemed Sony offerings were being always one step guiding competing phones from HTC along with Samsung. In 2011, the single-core Xperia Arc was pitted up against the dual-core HTC Sensation along with Galaxy S2. A 12 months later, the story repeated itself with all the Xperia S, which at launch happened to run a year-old Snapdragon S3 processor plus a year-old version of Google android. Despite some really intriguing designs from Sony, the overall experience sometimes seemed lacking when compared to the competition Even the Xperia Capital t, by all accounts a perfectly decent bit of hardware, missed out with Android 4. 1 Jello Bean at launch last October.

But Sony’s still hanging in there. It recently became the quantity two Android OEM in england. And though it’s yet to generate much of a dent inside U. S. market, at the least it’s got devices for sale on a major nation's carrier, which is more than could be said for some of the smaller Android players.

So that’s where we have been in the lead-up on the Xperia Z announcement. Unveiled just ninety days after the Xperia Capital t launched, the Z is often a device that shows Sony isn’t relaxing on its laurels, at least in relation to hardware. It’s right up there with all the fastest, most beautiful mobile phone hardware available, and frankly, that’s a first with regard to Sony.

Firefox update brings speed increase up to 25 percent, more protected browsing.

Firefox will not be the browser of choice for several Android users out generally there, but that may adjust soon if what Mozilla claims actually is true. Mozilla claims that due to their JavaScript compiler called IonMonkey, games and apps will perform up to 25 percent faster on the Firefox Android browser. With the boost in performance, the Android version in addition brings a search suggestion which is integrated into Google Right now. This is a feature that you’ll must opt in for which can be conducted over a protected connection. Speaking of protected, Firefox will also offer you new phishing and malware function to protect users even further. Give it a shot and let us know if you notice an improvement compared to your latest browser.


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Mariah Carey boosts security over feud along with Nicki Minaj.

Carey, 42, one of three new judges to join the “American Idol” panel for the hit talent show on January 16, told Barbara Walters within an interview airing on Monday, “it felt like an unsafe work environment. ”

“Anytime anybody’s reeling dangers at somebody, you recognize, it’s not appropriate, ” Carey explained.

“I’m a professional. I’m not helpful to that type of atmosphere, ” she said, putting that she hired more security.

The diva has been alluding to widely reported tension between her in addition to Minaj, who were seen arguing collectively in a video that the show’s audition phase.

Walters provides reported that, according to Carey, last on the “Idol” set heard Minaj head out further and say, off-camera, “If I had a gun, I would shoot that bitch. ”

Minaj, a new Trinidadian-born singer and songwriter, earlier denied making any comments about firearms, but Carey told Walters that will beefing up her safety measures “was the appropriate move to make. ”

“Sitting there on the highway with two babies, I’m not about to take any chances, ” the woman said, referring to the woman's 20-month old twins along with husband Nick Cannon.

But also in a sign of advertising savvy, she noted that “for each of the drama, I hope it can help the show. ”

Walters also asked Carey about reports she actually is being paid $18 million for every single “Idol” season.

“I think we’re from the ballpark, I can’t even discuss those things, ” the singer replied.

7 killed with Peru helicopter crash, which includes Americans.

Investigators are working to determine what brought about a helicopter crash in the central Peru that killed seven people, including all 5 Americans.

The team was supporting oil exploration businesses near Pucallpa, Peru, when the helicopter they were journeying in crashed Monday mid-day, according to Columbia Helicopters, the particular Portland, Oregon-based company in which employed the victims.

Minutes as soon as the helicopter took off in the Pucallpa Airport, authorities lost communication with all the pilot, and people inside the control tower could view a heavy smoke column inside the distance.

A company official said Tuesday that it was unclear what brought about the crash.

"We've notified all of the authorities and are cooperating with everyone fully, and we'll do everything we could to learn any causes... of the accident, said Michael Fahey, Columbia Helicopters chief executive and CEO.

"It's an exceptionally sad day for us. We operate globally, but we're a household and we're very near to our employees. And I personally knew lots of the individuals who died while our other employees know many of them, " Fahey told reporters with Oregon. "We're grieving for the kids. "

Columbia Helicopters has dispatched an investigation team to do business with Peruvian authorities, Fahey mentioned.

The victims were the particular aircraft's pilots and crew. No other passengers were agreeable, Columbia Helicopters said.

Both Peruvians killed in the particular crash were Igor Castillo in addition to Luis Ramos. The Americans were referred to as Dann Immel, Edwin Cordova, Jaime Pickett, Darrel Birkes in addition to Leon Bradford.

A local police chief said three with the bodies were found away from the site of helicopter's accident and explosion, and people bodies had no burn injuries, leading authorities to think the three passengers jumped out ahead of the crash.

Syria troops repulse the rebel attack.

Government troops have repulsed a rebel attack over a police school in the actual northern city of Aleppo, eradicating and wounding opposition fighters.

The incident comes the afternoon after a rare community speech by President Bashar Assad, during which he called on Syrians to be able to fight rebels who he characterised as religious extremists.

State news agencies did not specify the number of casualties reportedly inflicted on the "terrorist group", the pro-regime media's usual term with the rebels.

The rebels get recently made significant moves, capturing air bases and military installations within the east and around Damascus, the actual seat of Assad's energy.

In his speech, Assad spelled out terms for a serenity plan but dismissed any potential for dialogue with "murderous criminals".

Assad appeared confident and relaxed in the one-hour speech - the first public address in 6 months. He struck a rebellious tone, ignoring international demands for him to step down and saying he is getting ready to hold a dialogue -- but only with those "who have not betrayed Syria. " He also vowed to remain the battle "as long as there is certainly one terrorist left. "

He offered a nationwide reconciliation conference, elections and also a new constitution but ordered to provide regional and Western international locations stop funding and arming rebels attempting to overthrow his regime 1st.

Syria's opposition swiftly declined the proposal. Those combating to topple the regimen, including rebels on the floor, have repeatedly said they'll accept nothing less compared to the president's departure, dismissing any type of settlement that leaves him within the picture.

China urges Sudan, S Sudan to maintain negotiations .

A new Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday said China embraces positive gestures recently produced by Sudan and South Sudan, urging these to maintain negotiations.

"China welcomes the positive gestures produced by Sudan and South Sudan to settle their differences, " spokesman Hong Lei said for a daily press briefing.

Hong's comments came following Sudan President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit held a gathering on Friday and Weekend in Addis Ababa,  of Ethiopia.

The two nations agreed to speed up formation of the civil institutions for the disputed area of Abyei and set timetables to the implementation of the cooperation deal signed because of the two countries in September a year ago.

China expects both sides to begin from the fundamental likes and dislikes of both nations and regional peace and stableness, carry out their signed agreements, maintain momentum in their negotiations and resolve unsettled issues at a beginning date, Hong said.

Jailbreak! Kitty caught with saws, soccer drills for kids and phone in Brazilian prison.

prison guards in Brazil's northeast Alagoas state say they have foiled a jailbreak plot which has a surprising accomplice: a grayscale cat.

The cat had a mobile phone, drills, assorted batteries and a couple of saws taped to its body when it had been spotted by guards on December 31 since it was about to enter into the prison in Arapiraca, in accordance with a statement released Weekend by Alagoas state prisons.

Prison officials states that the items attached to the cat were for being used to facilitate some sort of prison break.

The prison's over 250 inmates were almost all considered suspects as officials said they didn't immediately know who the actual cat was suppose for being aiding.

The incident is under investigation, and the cat was handed over to animal control, the actual statement said.

India rape victim's family wants hospital in the woman's village.

The family of an Indian woman who died after a savage gang rape would choose to see a new medical center, named after her, to keep her memory alive.

Her brother told CNN by simply phone from eastern India on Sunday how the family's home village, in a backward region, still doesn't always have a well-equipped health treatment center.

"It will be great if our village obtains a hospital in the woman's name. That will keep the woman's memory alive and serve a reason, " said the 20-year-old, who asked not to be named.

The young man referred to the victim as "Didi" -- Hindi pertaining to elder sister.
"Didi cherished watching movies, " he said.

"Talaash, " that means "search" in Hindi as well as Urdu, was the previous Bollywood film they discovered together, on a notebook in New Delhi.

This rape victim was the actual eldest of three littermates, with two younger siblings. A physiotherapy student, she was expecting an internship with a hospital in the indian capital in January.

"After the woman's internship, she would 've got a job. And that would have been a great help to our house, " said the brother, himself a student.

This individual described his sister as both soft and strict.

"Didi was cheerful. But she'd also scold me easily didn't score well inside exams. She would correct me if i made any mistakes inside studies, " the brother recounted.

The family was still struggling with the traumatic loss, he said.

"My mother is trying to normalize. But my dad often breaks down. The girl memories haunt us. It's more challenging at night, " he said.

The family also regrets that will help came too late when the victim was lying hurt along a street after the vicious sexual assault on her on the night of December 16.

"That's the condition in our country. People don't show up quickly to help the actual injured people or car accident victims. Mindsets have to switch, " said the victim's brother.

Nonetheless, he felt the protests how the attack sparked were validated.

"You need these protests to create about a change inside laws. And laws needs to be made so tough that will nobody should even visualize committing such crimes. Rapists deserve death sentence, " he said

Morsy backs Syrian demands al-Assad to face struggle crimes trial.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy facilitates calls by people inside Syria for President Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war criminal offenses, he told CNN on Sunday in an exclusive interview.

"The Syrian people as a result of their revolution and with the movement will -- in the event the bloodshed stops -- proceed to a new stage where they're going to have an independent parliament and a government of their picking, " Morsy, Egypt's first freely elected leader, explained to CNN's Wolf Blitzer inside Cairo. "And then they will decide what they want to do to those whom committed crimes against them. It is the Syrian individuals who decide. "

Al-Assad's effort to mash anti-government protests in 2011 has changed into a bloody civil war that United Nations estimates that over 60, 000 people happen to be killed. In his first televised address since 06, al-Assad said Sunday in which Syria was under "an exterior attack" by "extremists, whom only know the terminology of killing and criminality.

Asked about Syria, Morsy repeated his previous demands al-Assad to leave power.
Egyptian revolutionaries toppled longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak inside early 2011, and Morsy has said Egypt is wonderful for Arab and international support to replace al-Assad. Asked whether he considered the Syrian leader needs to be tried before the Overseas Criminal Court for struggle crimes, Morsy said, "It just isn't I who want this, but the Syrian individuals who want this. "

"This phase could be the phase of the persons, " Morsy said. "Similar as to the the Egyptian people needed, the Syrian people are interested. And we support the actual Syrian people, and they may win, and they have the will to win.

Morsy brokered the Late cease-fire that ended a eight-day conflict between Israel as well as the Palestinian Islamist faction Hamas, which usually controls Gaza. Now, he's invited the heads of the two major Palestinian factions to meet up with in Cairo in hopes to build unity, a task he acknowledged will not be easy.

Morsy said he invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to meet up with with Khaled Meshaal, the actual political leader of Hamas, whom lives in Cairo. Hamas regulates Gaza, while Abbas's get together, Fatah, controls the Western Bank. The two factions have clashed violently in the past.

The United States, Israel and europe list Hamas as the terrorist organization. The group has completed numerous attacks, killing results of civilians.

In the actual interview Sunday with CNN, Morsy sought to assure viewers worldwide, as well as people in their own country, that he is dedicated to promoting democracy and protecting minorities, including the state's Coptic Christians, from discrimination.

Having spent time in the states -- he received a doctorate at the University of Southern Ca -- Morsy knows the U. S. democracy and said they are committed to allowing cost-free speech.

Nelson Mandela's Healing Is Good.

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection as well as a surgical procedure to eliminate gallstones, according to a great announcement Sunday by President Jacob Zuma.

Doctors say that Mandela, 94, has made "steady progress and that clinically, he continues to improve, " according to a statement issued by Zuma's office. Mandela was hospitalized for pretty much three weeks in December.

Zuma's statement said Mandela "continues to obtain high care" at his home within the Houghton suburb of Johannesburg and that "his daily routine has gradually re-established. "

Zuma congratulated Mandela in his recovery and explained the anti-apartheid icon has "the love and support coming from all South Africans. "
Mandela may be reading newspapers, sitting up in bed and receiving visitors, based on reports in the South African media.

The news that Mandela has recovered in the recurring lung infection as well as the minor surgery will reassure many in South Africa concerned about the health of the aged leader, who has become increasingly frail through the years.

A year ago now, Mandela was admitted to some Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially referred to as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory illness. He was discharged days to weeks later. He also had surgery to have an enlarged prostate gland with 1985.

Under South Africa's white-minority apartheid regimen, Mandela served 27 many years in prison, where he contracted tuberculosis, before released in 1990. He later became the country's first democratically elected president in 1994 beneath banner of the Photography equipment National Congress. He functioned one five-year term before retiring.

He last made a public appearance using a major stage when South Africa hosted the 2010 Entire world Cup soccer tournament.

Apple sells over two. 1 million phones with China in first several days.

Apple announced that it has sold 2. 1 million phones in China merely three days after it's launch on December age 14.

“Customer response to i phone 5 in China may be incredible, setting a new record using the best first weekend revenue ever in China, ” said Apple CEO Tim Cook in a very statement. “China is a very important market for us as well as customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products. ”


By the end of the month, the iPhone 5 is going to be available in more in comparison with 100 countries. The company calls the item the fastest iPhone rollout up to now.

China's iPhone 5 includes Mandarin language options.

In line with Emirates247, that means Apple is usually selling about 463 smartphones one minute.

It appears hat China loves the i phone 5.

T-Mobile offers unlimited 4G zero contract data plan starting with January 9.

T-Mobile is now set to offer unlimited 4G no-contract data plans in the U. S., although it’s not the LTE form of 4G plans we’re referring to here. The existing $70 Endless text/talk and 5GB data plan are going to be replaced with the $70 Endless data, text and talk plan and users are able to upgrade to the new plan from January 9.

Your fourth largest U. S. mobile operator, T-Mobile made this smart move because it understands that smartphones are getting to be an essential part regarding users’ lives. They look for utiltiy in addition to entertainment on their devices to check out hi-speed data services.

The carrier promises total HSPA+ speeds all 30 days long to users to be able to enjoy streaming videos/music/movies, online video media calls and online gambling. The new unlimited plan provides the potential to offer a fantastic experience to T-Mobile subscribers who will be always using their touch screen phones for online-related activities and want their phone costs to burn a hole in their pockets.


Not to mention that it will make users waiting for Nexus 4 from the Play Store more excited and anxious to obtain their smartphones.

Samsung plans on issuing the Galaxy S 4 on May 2013.

The Facebook page of Samsung Lebanon wasn’t timid about announcing that Samsung expects to launch the Galaxy S IV. this news shouldn’t come an excessive amount of surprise for us as even as we expected the S IV to get released around May-June considering that’s the standard timeline Samsung releases the actual S series. Here’s the facebook post from Samsung’s Lebanon

“Hello guys,

What we said is only trivial since all Galaxy S series are produced between late April and Early May, yet there’s absolutely no way for anyone to know the precise release date ” – Samsung Lebanon