Flame kills 7 in Bangladesh factory.

7 female workers lost their life on Saturday afternoon in yet another fire at a outfits factory in Bangladesh, police said.

"We have realized seven bodies of employees who died either in the stampede or (after) jumping through the second floor of the factory being a fire broke out, Chowdhury Monzurul Kabir, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told CNN.

Higher than a dozen other workers had been hospitalized after being injured in the incident, according to the law enforcement officials.

Police and witnesses said the fire broke away at Smart Fashions Confined at Mohammadpur, located inside inland city of Dhaka, and it quickly spread to an additional floor where several hundred people, mostly women, had been working.

As the hearth spread, panicked workers tried out to head downstairs in addition to outside to safety. But those that did get down located a door locked within the first floor, according to help workers who escaped.

"There was no fire alarm inside the factory, and everybody rushed to get out of the two-story building while some workers shouted they saw flames within the second floor, " said Rezina Begum, one of the people employees who suffered accidents.

Saturday's fire comes two months after the country's most detrimental clothing factory fire that killed 112 people on Tazreen Fashions Limited within the outskirts of Dhaka.

In addition, it coincides with a visit to the Bangladeshi capital with a U. S. congressional delegation going to assess the safety of clothing factories inside South Asian nation.

The Smart Fashions Limited factory employed over 300 workers and wouldn't have proper fire health concerns, according to a flame service and civil protection official.

"The factory is usually illegally built, and there was no fire exit, inch Mahbubur Rahman, the flame service and civil protection director, told reporters.

Police said they want to track down the factory's operator.

"We've launched an research, and certainly we'll bring the perpetrators to justice, " said Kabir.

Bangladeshi-made garments make up 80% of the place's $24 billion in annual exports.

The country features about 4, 500 item of clothing factories, where workers create clothes for brands such as Tesco, Wal-Mart, JC Penney, Kohl's in addition to Carrefour. The sector earned $19 billion within the last few financial year, which ended in June 2012.

Nightclub fire kills over 230 in Brazil.

Flames raced from a crowded nightclub in the southern part of Brazil, killing more than 230 people early on Sunday.

The fire swept through Kiss nightclub from the city of Santa Maria.

Witnesses said a sparkle or firework lit through band members started the fire, though officials said the cause was still under study.

One amateur video showed firefighters trying to save people and dragging victims away from the entrance while smoke was still pouring out of your nightclub.

Another showed emergency services beyond the club and a lot of the survivors trying to guide them.

Brazil President Dilma Rouseff travelled to Santa Maria and visited victims in clinic after cutting short her vacation to a Latin American-European peak in Chile.

Brazil Health Minister Alexandre Padilha accompanied the president throughout the hospital visit.

Padhilha said in a news conference that almost all of the 117 people treated in hospitals ended up poisoned by gases they breathed through the fire.

Only a few suffered serious burns.

Santa Maria Mayor Cezar Schirmer decreed the 30-day mourning period after what seems to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.

Santa Maria can be a major university city having a population of around a quarter of a million.

Hong Kong now takes Internet speed title.

Hong Kong was found to have the highest average peak link speed of just more than 54 megabits per second through the third quarter of 2012, in line with analysis by Akamai Engineering.

It's the first period speeds have shot prior 50 Mbps and, when the global trend continues, it's just gonna get faster. While there is a slight drop in pace in the quarter, over the 12 months average peak speeds surged 36%.
From the peak speed stakes, Hong Kong is accompanied by South Korea (48. 8 Mbps), Asia (42. 2 Mbps), Latvia (37. 5 Mbps) as well as Romania (37. 4 Mbps).

The us straggled in in fourteenth place with 29. 6 Mbps. U. S. state while using fastest connection is still Delaware which has a swift 10. 9 Mbps, even though the District of Columbia is actually catching up.

For the actual fastest average connection rates of speed in Europe, head over to Switzerland (8. 7 Mbps), which just beats the netherlands (8. 5 Mbps) for you to second, while the Czech Republic (7. 7 Mbps) is in third.
The place Not to ever be for speedy downloads available is China. Despite a 21% hop in connection speed through the quarter, the country's average peak connection reached merely 7. 1 Mbps. So that it is the slowest in Asia and gives it a lowly global rank of 123.

For consistency, South Korea was the best place to log on, boasting the best average connection speed involving 14. 2 Mbps. Asia came second at 10. 7 Mbps and Hong Kong third which has a surprisingly sluggish 8. 9 Mbps.

Their state of the Internet Report also revealed the superior sources of Internet problems, as well as the most prevalent targets.
Once again, China was found to get the single largest way to obtain attack traffic -- 33% -- through the quarter. Attacks from the nation doubled during the time, a statistic the report identified as "somewhat surprising. "

The us and Russia came next within the top three. In many, the top 10 countries were liable for almost three quarters involving global attacks.

Akamai releases its report every 1 fourth, based on information obtained from 680 million unique IP addresses linked to its cloud platform.

Dozens injured in Cairo clashes seeing that crowds mark Egypt demonstration anniversary.

The particular streets around Cairo's Tahrir Sq . were again roiled by simply violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters Friday, as crowds gathered to help mark two years since the start of the revolution that ousted president Hosni Mubarak.

At least 29 protesters have been treated in the last 12 hours for pieces, broken bones and birdshot accidents, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled El Khatib stated.
Six police officers have also been hurt near Tahrir Square, the Ministry said.

On a street a few blocks away from the square that leads to the Interior Ministry along with government buildings, police put up a barrier of concrete floor blocks.
Undeterred, young protesters threw rocks within the barrier at officers positioned there, and police told her sporadically by firing tear gas and blaring sirens.

The numbers making their way toward Tahrir Square grew throughout the morning.

On January 25, 2011, massive crowds accumulated in Tahrir Square to help protest Mubarak's regime, leading to his eventual ouster and couple of years of upheaval.

Shakira, Gerard Pique welcome baby boy

Milan Pique Mebarak was born at 9: 36 g. m. Tuesday in Barcelona, The nation, according to an story posted on Shakira's site. Mebarak is Shakira's seldom-used surname.

"The label Milan (pronounced MEE-lahn), means dear, loving and thoughtful in Slavic; in Old Roman, eager and mind-numbing; and in Sanskrit, unification, the announcement said.
NacIó el bebé de Shakira y simply Piqué

The 35-year-old Colombian performer first revealed her having a baby in September, canceling a scheduled weekend concert appearance at the music festival in Las vegas.

Last week, a black-and-white photo on her behalf website showed a expecting Shakira, wearing a bikini top, standing beside the her 25-year-old boyfriend, who plays for Spain's FC Barcelona.

The couple called with regard to donations to UNICEF in a "world baby shower" so they can raise money for gifts such as polio vaccines, therapeutic food and rehydration salts "for the advantage of babies everywhere. "

While their son isn't around the soccer field yet, in Tuesday, Shakira's website stated, "Just like his pops, baby Milan became a part of FC Barcelona from birth. "

Milan, the actual couple's first child, considered approximately 6 pounds, 6 ounces.

"Both mother and child are usually in excellent health, " the actual announcement said.

Gunman reported at Texas college

 

From cnn comes this report--

Three people, including one gunman, were wounded in shooting between two people at Lone Star College campus in Houston, Texas, school spokesman says

Second gunman is on the loose, but not believed to be on campus, school spokesman says

School being evacuated, school spokesman say

Below are the latest updates as they come to us; full story here

[Updated at 2:43 p.m. ET] Three people – one suspected shooter and two people caught in a "crossfire" – were wounded in a shooting that appears to have been between two people at the Lone Star College campus in Houston, school spokesman Jed Young said.

The wounded suspect is in custody, and the second gunman is on the loose but not believed to be on campus, Young said.
Authorities believe the school is "under control, but the school is still being evacuated," Young said.
Young said he doesn't know the conditions of the wounded. He said the shooting – apparently between two gunmen – was reported at about 12:31 p.m. CT.
Two apparently unintended targets were shot in a "crossfire," he said.
[Updated at 2:28 p.m. ET] The FBI and ATF have sent agents to assist local authorities, according to Shauna Dunlop with FBI Houston and Franceska Perot with ATF Houston.
[Updated at 2:27 p.m. ET] A witness told CNN affiliate KPRC that she hid underneath her desk while she heard five or six gunshots at Lone Star College.
[Updated at 2:26 p.m. ET] One person has been transported to Houston Northwest Medical Center, according to spokeswoman Ashley Walton.
She would not give any further details about the patient.
[Updated at 2:14 p.m. ET] Students were filing out of what CNN affiliate KHOU reports is the library on campus.
[Updated at 2:10 p.m. ET] Video from CNN affiliate KPRC shows law enforcement personnel herding people from one part of the campus to another.
[Updated at 2:02 p.m. ET] Students at a Lone Star College campus in Houston have been asked to take shelter after reports of a gunman on campus, a school spokesman said.
More than 10,000 students are at the North Harris campus of Lone Star College, spokesman Jed Young said.

[Initial post, 1:50 p.m. ET] A shooting has been reported at a Lone Star College campus in Houston, Texas, CNN affiliates KTRK and KPRC reported.
Footage from KPRC showed a large number of law enforcement personnel on campus, and at least two people being wheeled on gurneys toward ambulances.
This story is developing. We'll post more details as we get them.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/22/shooting-reported-at-texas-college/?hpt=hp_t3

Twitter's top 10 users

Twitter's top 10 users

1. Justin Bieber -- 33.333 million

2. Lady Gaga -- 33.329 million

3. Katy Perry -- 31.4 million

4. Rihanna -- 27.9 million

5. Barack Obama -- 26.1 million

 6. Britney Spears -- 23.3 million

7. Taylor Swift -- 23.1 million

8. YouTube -- 22.2 million

9. Shakira -- 19.3 million

10. Kim Kardashian -- 17.2 million