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El efectivo de la Comisaría 50ª había recibido un balazo en la cabeza. Fue intervenido en el Hospital Churruca pero no pudieron salvar su vida. Había intentado frustrar un robo en un edificio tras un llamado de los vecinos al 911.
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Un grupo de científicos ha descubierto los dos agujeros negros más grandes conocidos hasta la fecha, con una masa casi 10.000 millones de veces superior a la del Sol, según publica hoy la revista Nature.
Estos agujeros negros, localizados en dos enormes galaxias elípticas a unos 270 millones de años luz de la Tierra, son mucho más grandes de lo que se había predicho mediante extrapolaciones de los atributos de las galaxias anfitrionas.
Afectan a las galaxias. Según los expertos, encabezados por Chung-Pei Ma, de la universidad de California (Estados Unidos), el hallazgo sugiere que los procesos que influyen en el crecimiento de las galaxias grandes y sus agujeros negros difieren de los que afectan a las galaxias pequeñas.
Se cree que todas las galaxias masivas con componente esferoidal albergan en sus centros agujeros negros gigantescos (ver el artículo de Nature en inglés en PDF).
Además, las fluctuaciones de luminosidad y brillantez identificadas en los quásares del universo temprano sugieren que algunos de ellos habrían estado alimentados por agujeros negros con masas 10.000 millones de veces superiores a la del sol.
Sin embargo, hasta ahora el agujero negro más grande que se conocía, ubicado en la gigantesca galaxia elíptica Messier 87, tenía una masa de solo 6.300 millones de masas solares.
Gravedad voraz. Los agujeros negros son difíciles de detectar porque su poderosa gravedad lo absorbe todo, incluida la luz u otras radiaciones que podrían revelar su presencia.
Los científicos evaluaron los datos de dos galaxias vecinas a la mencionada, NGC 3842 y NGC 4889, y concluyeron que había allí agujeros negros supermasivos.
Se sirvieron del telescopio Gemini de Hawai, adaptado con lentes especiales que permiten detectar el movimiento anómalo de estrellas que se mueven cerca de los agujeros negros y que son absorbidas por estos.
Ni siquiera la luz. Los investigadores constataron que NGC 3842 alberga en su centro un agujero negro con una masa equivalente a 9,7 millones de masas solares, mientras que en NGC 4889 hay otro con una masa igual o superior, aseguran en «Nature».
Estos agujeros negros tendrían un horizonte de sucesos -la región en la cual nada, ni siquiera la luz, puede escapar a su atracción- unas siete veces mayor que todo nuestro sistema solar.
Según los expertos, el enorme tamaño de los agujeros se debería a su habilidad para devorar no solo planetas y estrellas sino también pequeñas galaxias, un proceso que se habría producido a lo largo de millones de años.
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El tenista tandilense reconoció la buena labor del equipo europeo en la final de la Copa Davis disputada en Sevilla. “Muchas gracias por el respeto y el cariño que me brindaron”, manifestó mediante la red social.
El tandilense Juan Martín del Potro felicitó hoy a los integrantes del equipo de España de Copa Davis, que se consagró campeón por quinta vez en la historia tras vencer a la Argentina por 3 a 1 en la final desarrollada entre el viernes y ayer en el estadio de La Cartuja, Sevilla.
«Felicitaciones al equipo español y muchas gracias España por el respeto y el cariño que me brindaron», escribió Del Potro en su cuenta oficial en la red social Twitter.
El tandilense perdió el viernes en cinco sets con David Ferrer y ayer en cuatro sets ante Rafael Nadal, número dos del mundo, tras lo que estalló en un llanto desconsolado.
En su misma cuenta de twitter «Delpo» había expresado horas antes: «Dejé en Sevilla hasta la última gota de sudor. Es un orgullo ser argentino y recibir todo el cariño de ustedes que me llena el corazón».
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MASACRE DE LA PLATA. Los primeros resultados de la autopsia revelaron que Bárbara Santos, la ex novia de Osvaldo Martínez, principal sospechoso del cuádruple crimen, fue la que más saña y violencia sufrió, al ser atacada con el palo para amasar y ser degollada.
Este viernes (02/12) se conocieron los primeros resultados de la autopsia realizada sobre las cuatro mujeres que fueron asesinadas en La Plata.
El estudio reveló que Bárbara Santos, la ex novia de Osvaldo Martínez y principal sospechoso, recibió más de 40 golpes y fue la que más saña y violencia sufrió, al ser atacada con el palo para amasar y ser degollada.
De igual forma, los estudios revelaron que su hija, Micaela Galle (11), y su madre, Susana de Bárttole, fueron apaleadas y apuñaladas. Por su parte, Marisol Pereyra murió luego de ser degollada.
Cabe recordar que por el cuádruple asesinato se encuentra detenido el ex novio de Santos.
En declaraciones a Radio 10, el abogado de la familia de Marisol, Fernando Burlando, afirmó que, de acuerdo con los indicios, «el asesino estaba en sus cabales» cuando cometió el crimen.
Señaló «cuando llegó (a la casa en la que se cometieron los asesinatos), ya había tres víctimas, lo que de alguna manera le dio tiempo de recapacitar. Lejos de eso, tomó cartas en el asunto y la asesino”.
En el marco de la investigación, el imputado fue sometido ayer a pericias psiquiátricas y psicológicas. De acuerdo con el letrado, no se descarta ninguna hipótesis, mientras que la familia de Martínez, asegura que su hijo «es un perejil, completamente inocente».
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La firma dijo desconocer que su ‘software’ guarda datos privados de los usuarios de celulares en EU; un desarrollador de Android dio a conocer el lunes pasado en un video la exposición de información.
NUEVA YORK — La compañía detrás del hoy célebre software Carrier IQ, una aplicación que según se descubrió registra cada pulsación de tecla, cada sitio web visitado, cada mensaje de texto enviado por 150 millones de usuarios de teléfonos celulares, dijo el viernes pasado que estaba consternada al enterarse que su software hacía todo eso.
«Como a todos, nos sorprendió ver toda esa información fluyendo. Plantea muchas preguntas para la industria, no sólo para Carrier IQ», dijo en entrevista a CNNMoney Andrew Coward, director de marketing de Carrier IQ.
La información «fluyendo» a la que Coward se refería fue expuesta el lunes anterior en un vídeo de 17 minutos publicado en YouTube por el desarrollador de Android, Travis Eckhart. El vídeo mostraba cómo Carrier IQ grababa todo lo que Eckhart introducía en su teléfono, almacenando los datos en lo que se conoce como un archivo ‘debug log’.
El propósito de un registro debug es ayudar a los desarrolladores de software a depurar problemas en una aplicación. Guarda esa información en la memoria del teléfono, que se mantiene almacenada hasta que el dispositivo se apaga. Sin embargo, es inusual (y malo, según los expertos en seguridad) que una aplicación almacene tanta información en un registro debug.
«No se considera una buena práctica de seguridad insertar cualquier información sensible en un registro como ese», advierte Dan Rosenberg, asesor de la firma Virtual Security Research.
Lo que no está claro todavía es si la culpa es enteramente de Carrier IQ. Coward insistió en que el software no era responsable de registrar las pulsaciones de teclas y otros datos de los usuarios. Dijo que el programa no necesita registrar ese tipo de información para servir a su propósito de transmitir datos de diagnóstico a la compañía operadora del teléfono. Coward dijo que, en lugar de eso, el registro se daba a nivel de sistema operativo, muy probablemente como resultado de un software adicional instalado por un puñado de fabricantes de teléfonos. Pero no podía asegurarlo con certeza.
Expertos en seguridad indicaron que esa explicación preliminar ofrecida por Carrier IQ tenía sentido, y es al menos concebible que la compañía se mostrara «sorprendida» al saber que su aplicación estaba registrando tantos datos. Con todo, Carrier IQ no es totalmente inocente.
«Si la compañía dice estar sorprendida, indica que los fabricantes de teléfonos insertaron algún código de depuración que están activando cuando no deberían hacerlo», señala Rosenberg. «Pero eso significa también que Carrier IQ tiene algún tipo de modo de depuración incorporado a su software que es capaz de registrarlo todo. No estoy seguro de quién escribió el código, pero fue una mala decisión», añade.
El hecho de que la propia Carrier IQ no sepa qué es lo que sucede con su propia aplicación demuestra cuán turbia, complicada y enredada ha sido la debacle. El resultado son muchos dedos acusadores: portavoces de HTC y de Samsung le dijeron a CNNMoney que las operadoras de telefonía celular los obligaron a instalar el programa.
Por su parte, las operadoras de telefonía celular que han admitido usar Carrier IQ (AT&T, Sprint y T-Mobile) están desviando a Carrier IQ todas las preguntas sobre cómo opera el software. Carrier IQ, a su vez, remite a las implementaciones que los fabricantes hacen de su software y dice que allí es dónde está el problema. Nadie se hace responsable.
Los fabricantes, que no se separan de sus declaraciones escritas, aún intentan descubrir cuál es su papel en todo el desconcierto. Un portavoz de Samsung dijo que su compañía estaba investigando el tema y comentaría más tarde el asunto. Mientras, HTC arrojó la papa caliente a otros: «Los dispositivos de varias operadoras estadounidenses requieren Carrier IQ, por tanto, si los consumidores o los medios de comunicación tienen cualquier pregunta sobre las prácticas asociadas a, o los datos recogidos por Carrier IQ, les recomendamos que contacten a sus operadoras», declaró un vocero de HTC.
Bien, ¿pero qué pasa si la implementación que hace la propia HTC del software Carrier IQ es la causante del problema con el archivo debug log?
¿Cuántos fabricantes están afectados? Los investigadores todavía no lo saben, con una estimación de 150 millones de dispositivos que corren la aplicación Carrier IQ, se asume que «casi todos».
Por ejemplo, Research in Motion emitió una cuidada declaración en la que dice que «no preinstala la aplicación Carrier IQ en smartphones BlackBerry ni autoriza a sus socios operadores instalar la aplicación Carrier IQ antes de vender o distribuir (sus dispositivos)». No dice categóricamente que la aplicación no está en sus equipos, tal vez agregada por alguien más en el proceso de distribución.
Incluso Apple, que controla obsesivamente todos los aspectos del hardware y software de sus dispositivos, reconoció haber instalado la herramienta en sus iPhones. La tecnológica dijo que dejó «de dar soporte a Carrier IQ para iOS 5 en casi todos nuestros productos», y la eliminará completamente en las futuras actualizaciones de software.
Sin importar quién resulte el responsable final, la aplicación continúa despertando preocupaciones en cuanto a la privacidad. Un teléfono robado que no ha sido apagado (algo que ocurre con frecuencia) podría ser una mina de oro para los hackers, que tendrían acceso a virtualmente todo lo que el usuario ha hecho o dicho en su dispositivo desde la última vez que lo encendió.
Debido a ese enorme riesgo, Carrier IQ está intentado planear lo que hará ahora. «Necesitamos ver la implementación de nuestra aplicación y qué se almacena en el registro. Estamos examinando cuidadosamente mucha información ahora», dijo Coward.
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Según el administrador delegado del club italiano, Adriano Galliani, la llegada del delantero argentino podría darse en enero próximo. Por otra parte, el entrenador Massimiliano Allegri prolongará su actual contrato hasta 2014.
El entrenador Massimiliano Allegri prolongará su actual contrato hasta 2014, mientras que la llegada del argentino Carlos Tevez, del Manchester City al AC Milan, podría concretarse en el mercato de invierno (boreal), según el administrador delegado del club, Adriano Galliani.
«El club nos autorizó a hablar con su agente (Kia Joorabchian), pero prefiero no hablar mucho de Tevez, sino el precio va a aumentar y no se haría (la transferencia)», explicó este lunes.
La prensa italiana menciona con insistencia la llegada del «Apache» al Milan a mitad de la temporada para reemplazar a Antonio Cassano, operado del corazón por lo que estará cuatro meses de baja.
En cuanto a lo de Allegri, según Galliani «no hay problemas».
El responsable también dijo que Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina) podría llegar al club en junio próximo.
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El Ciclón venció a Tigre, por la mínima diferencia, y le permitió a Godoy Cruz estirar la ventaja sobre el Matador pensando en la clasificación a la Copa Libertadores. No te perdás el gol de Nicolás Bianchi Arce.
Se hizo esperar, pero después muchísimas especulaciones, contradicciones y manoseo, el Nuevo Gasómetro fue escenario para la victoria que San Lorenzo obtuvo ante Tigre por la mínima diferencia.
Después de ser reprogramado dos veces, el cotejo, correspondiente a la decimoséptima fecha del torneo Apertura, le terminó dejando una muy buena noticia a Godoy Cruz, que con este resultado estiró a tres unidades la ventaja que tiene sobre el Matador, en la tabla de equipos que tienen chances de ingresar a la Copa Libertadores.
En la previa al partido, el Ciclón venía de igualar con Newell´s; en tanto que los conducidos por Rodolfo Arruabarrena llegaban después de vencer, con goleada incluida, a Atlético Rafaela.
Confirmando su necesidad de cosechar un triunfo, el Cuervo se puso arriba en el marcador al minuto y medio de juego. Un tiro libre cayó en el área rival y, en una jugada viciada de polémicas, Nicolás Bianchi Arce anotó el gol.
Todo se simplificó para los dueños de casa. Leo Madelón organizó a su equipo de manera equilibrada y manejó los tiempos del partido contragolpeando sin desprotegerse en el fondo.
En el complemento el panorama fue similar. La visita careció de ideas claras para poder inquietar el arco que defendió Nereo Champagne.
Resguardándose, San Lorenzo tuvo las mejores situaciones, usufructuando los espacios libres que dejaba en la última línea la escuadra de Victoria.
Siguiendo con el calendario y por la decimoctava jornada del campeonato, el Cuervo jugará con Independiente; mientras que los de Victoria recibirán a Vélez.
A la Copa Libertadores:
Lanús 60
Godoy Cruz 55
Tigre 52
Racing 51
Independiente 50
Formaciones:
San Lorenzo: Nereo Champagne; Adrián Martínez, Nicolás Bianchi Arce, Fernando Meza, José Luis Palomino; Fernando Gutiérrez, Néstor Ortigoza, Enzo Kalinski, Emiliano Tellechea; Juan Manuel Salgueiro y Emmanuel Gigliotti. DT: Leonardo Madelón.
Tigre: Javier García; Carlos Casteglione, Mariano Echeverría, Juan Carlos Blengio; Gastón Díaz, Diego Castaño, Román Martínez, Ramiro Leone; Diego Morales; Ezequiel Maggiolo y Carlos Luna. DT: Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Árbitro: Carlos Maglio
Cancha: Pedro Bidegain (San Lorenzo)
Goles: PT: 1′ Nicolás Bianchi Arce (SL)
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Según lo dispuesto mediante un decreto: «se prohíbe la tenencia, comercialización, depósito, venta minorista al público de todo elemento de pirotecnia o cohetería, sea este de venta libre o no, y/o fabricación autorizada».
La disposición que se viene efectuando desde 2005, rige en este año, desde el miércoles 23 de noviembre del corriente, por el término de 180 días, y “con el fin de extremar las medidas de seguridad y proteger así la integridad física de la población y de los bienes de las personas de la comunidad”, tal lo expresado por el funcionario sobre uno de los artículos de la normativa.
Además, destaca que “los comercios que no cumplan serán sancionados con multas, clausuras temporarias o definitivas del local, aplicándose el decomiso de los artificios y/o artículos pirotécnicos”.
Vale señalar el RENAR tiene jurisdicción sobre la pirotecnia desde 30 cajones de 15 kilos cada uno en adelante (venta mayorista), mientras que el Municipio es quien regula cantidades inferiores a ese total (venta minorista).
“La disposición del Ejecutivo Municipal no implica un perjuicio a comercios del distrito, porque en Florencio Varela no se registra producción y/o venta mayorista de fuegos de artificio”, informó el secretario de Gobierno del Municipio, Andrés Watson.
Por lo explicado anteriormente, y como una medida de prevención de accidentes que busca salvaguardar vidas, el intendente Julio Pereyra decreta su prohibición, viendo los resultados de esta legislación cuando en los últimos dos años no se registraron heridos por pirotecnia.
“Lo que tiene que quedar claro es que el municipio no va a ir contra la persona que esté tirando pirotecnia. Cada uno elige si hace uso o no y cada padre será responsable de permitir a su hijo utilizarla. Lo que no van a poder hacer es comprarla en comercios de Florencio Varela”, manifestó el responsable del área de Gobierno municipal.
Cabe destacar, que se consideran fuegos de artificio a “cualquier composición pírica explosiva o dispositivos que la contengan, preparados con el propósito de producir un efecto visible, audible y/o mecánico”.
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Un testigo aseguró que el expadrastro le pidió que retirara a Tomás de la escuela el mismo día que desapareció. Refuerza la teoría de que el hombre actuó con premeditación.
La coartada de Adalberto Cuello parece caerse. Luego de la que era su actual pareja desmintiera que había estado con él ahora un nuevo testigo debilitó los argumentos de su defensa.
Una persona aseguró que el expadrastro le pidió que retirara a Tomás Dameno Santillán, el nene asesinado en Lincoln, de la escuela el mismo día que desapareció.
De acuerdo con el testigo de identidad reservada, cumplió con el pedido de Cuello y señaló que se lo entregó sin sospechar que algo semejante podría sucederle al nene luego.
Con este nuevo testimonio, el juez José Lucchini, refuerza la teoría de que el hombre actuó con premeditación.
Así als cosas, este no es un dato menor, especialmente si se tiene en cuenta que, según los familiares de la madre de Tomás, el niño le tenía miedo a Cuello.
La declaración de este testigo habría echado algo de luz sobre uno de los interrogantes del caso: ¿cómo fue posible que Tomás subiera al vehículo de Cuello si le tenía tanto miedo?
En tanto, Cuello fue llevado a la oficina de la Asesoría Pericial del Departamento Judicial local para ser sometido a la primera de una serie de entrevistas con un grupo de psicólogos.
Esas entrevistas constituyen una de las últimas medidas ordenadas por el fiscal Ochoaizpuro antes de definir si solicita o no el procesamiento con prisión preventiva del imputado. Los estudios, que continuarán esta semana, deberán establecer el estado mental del acusado y si se trata de un psicópata o un psicótico.
Si los peritos sostuvieran que el acusado sufre un trastorno social de la personalidad, o sea que se trata de un psicópata, la situación del imputado se complicará todavía más, debido a que sería declarado imputable.
El cuerpo de Tomás, de 9 años, apareció en una estancia ubicada a 7 kilómetros del casco urbano de Lincoln, a metros de la ruta 50. El cuerpo tenía dos golpes en la cabeza y a los pocos días encontraron su mochila ropa y su guardapolvo a metros del lugar.
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England manager Fabio Capello will decide whether to include Wayne Rooney in his Euro 2012 squad after UEFA’s decision over Thursday’s appeal against his three-match suspension, the Italian said.
The Manchester United striker was sent off for kicking out at defender Miodrag Dzudovic in England’s final qualifier against Montenegro in Podgorica on October7.
Rooney was then suspended for three matches by UEFA, effectively ruling him out of all of England’s Group D matches in June against France, Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine.
The England manager is hoping UEFA show some leniency to Rooney.
«I need to wait and see how the appeal goes this week,» he told reporters after arriving back from the draw for the finals in Kiev.
«I hope Rooney will be there. The sentence, three games, was too much for me and I hope the appeal will help us reduce the sentence.
«I hope he’ll be available for the third game. I hope they understand our lawyer, what Rooney says and what I will say at the committee.»
Capello will be in Basel Wednesday to watch United’s Champions League match against the Swiss champions and will then accompany Rooney to Nyon for the hearing the following day.
Capello had previously indicated he would select Rooney regardless of the outcome of the appeal because he would be eligible from the quarter-finals onwards if England reached the last eight.
Rooney has played 73 times for England, and has scored 28 goals.
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African leaders must ensure that programmes to fight HIV/AIDS on the ravaged continent are successfully carried out, former US president George W. Bush said Sunday.
Bush said at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs (ICASA) in Africa that funding from foreign donors such as the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) alone was not enough.
«PEPFAR also relies on African leaders to take responsibility for the success of programs,» he said.
«The developing world must set priorities and there is no greater priority than saving a human life,» he added.
PEPFAR has contributed $1.4 billion to HIV/AIDS programs in Ethiopia since it was launched by Bush in 2003.
Bush also encouraged the US to remain committed to saving lives in the developing world by promoting fighting disease. «Isolationism is always shortsighted,» he said.
HIV/AIDS funding has diminished in recent years due to the global economic recession.
Last week, the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, the leading funding agency for the diseases, said it would not renew funding this year.
«It’s the wrong thing to do from my personal view, it will create a serious problem in terms of putting people on treatment,» the executive director of the UN agency for AIDS Michel Sidibe told AFP.
An estimated 22.9 million people are infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, with the majority of cases in eastern and southern Africa, according to the UN.
The ICASA conference is being held in the Ethiopian capital until December 8 and is expected to attract some 10,000 delegates.
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PS chairman Elio di Rupo was designated Prime Minister.
Belgium finally secured a government on Monday after record-long talks to form a coalition that promises the most profound state reform in decades and a commitment to restore the country’s finances.
Financial markets have rewarded debt-heavy Belgium by reducing its cost of borrowing sharply since a budget deal sealed a week ago. The government has a mammoth 180-page agreement to put into action, having already lost a year and a half of its four-year term.
The new government must satisfy demands of the Dutch-speaking Flemish majority for devolution of further powers to Belgium’s regions, and may be forced to redraw a budget that economists say is based on too optimistic a growth forecast.
That will be no easy matter. Budget talks themselves dragged on for six weeks and only concluded at the end of an 18-hour session after Standard & Poor’s had cut Belgium’s credit rating to AA from AA+.
The new government retained many of the ministers from the caretaker government of acting prime minister Yves Leterme, albeit in different roles.
Flemish Christian Democrat Steven Vanackere becomes finance minister and francophone Liberal Didier Reynders foreign ministers, a straight job switch.
Di Rupo will be the first native French-speaking prime minister of Belgium since 1979 and the first from the region of Wallonia since 1974, as well as the first son of immigrants and the first openly gay person to be premier of the country.
The more right-leaning Flemish electorate has already expressed concerns about being led by a French-speaking Socialist — and what is more one whose command of Dutch is limited.
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Russian policemen detain an opposition supporter during a rally.
Several thousand protesters took to the streets on Monday to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule after voters cut his party’s parliamentary majority in an election that was condemned as unfair by European monitors.
Police said they detained 300 people in Moscow, where they confronted a crowd of 3,000 to 5,000 chanting «Revolution!» and «Russia without Putin» in one of the biggest opposition protests in the capital in years.
Police scuffled with some protesters and formed a line to hem them in and prevent them marching towards the Kremlin. Some managed to break away and head towards the seat of power, but at least 30 were seized before they got there.
The Central Election Commission said the prime minister’s United Russia party was set to have 238 deputies in the 450-seat State Duma after Sunday’s vote, compared with 315 seats in the current lower house.
The result was Putin’s worst election setback since he came to power 12 years ago and signalled growing weariness with his domination of Russian politics as he prepares to reclaim the presidency in an election next March.
President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday’s election was «fair, honest and democratic,» but European monitors said the field was slanted in favour of United Russia and the vote was marred by apparent manipulations.
The United States has «serious concerns» about the conduct of the election, a White House spokesman said.
The observers said there had been «serious indications of ballot box stuffing» in a harsh verdict on the election that suggested United Russia could have suffered an even bigger decline in support if the voting had been completely fair.
They also said the election preparations «were marked by a convergence of the state and the governing party, limited political competition and a lack of fairness.»
«The country has never seen such a dirty election,» said Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, who dismissed the official results as «theft on an especially grand scale.»
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have refused to confirm media reports that former FIFA President Joao Havelange has resigned days before an ethics hearing into his conduct.
The head of soccer’s world governing body from 1974-98, Havelange was under an IOC investigation for his links with FIFA’s former marketing agency International Sport and Leisure (ISL).
«We intend to let the procedure take its correct course,» IOC Director of Communications Mark Adams told Reuters on Monday.
Adams refused to confirm whether or not the 95-year-old Brazilian, the IOC’s longest-serving member, had stepped down as the BBC reported Sunday.
The BBC said the IOC case to deem whether or not Havelange had violated IOC ethics rules was likely to be dropped.
ISL went bankrupt in 2001 with debts of around $300 million. A BBC Panorama television program alleged in 2010 that Havelange had accepted money from ISL for granting lucrative World Cup contracts.
Havelange, who joined the IOC in 1963, still enjoys considerable respect within the organization.
He was part of Rio de Janeiro’s successful bid to host the 2016 Olympics, urging his fellow IOC members in an emotional final address before the vote to come and celebrate his 100th birthday in Brazil.
Havelange is one of three IOC members, including world athletics boss Lamine Diack and Issa Hayatou of Cameroon, to have been linked with the ISL affair.
The IOC’s executive board is due to meet later this week to discuss the ethics commission’s findings into the three members and announce sanctions if deemed necessary.
These could range from a temporary suspension to expulsion from the Olympic body.
The last IOC member to resign instead of facing expulsion was one-time presidential candidate Kim Un-yong, who stepped down in 2005.
The IOC has sought to crack down on corruption following the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics bribery scandal that led to four members being expelled and several others sanctioned.
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US President Barack Obama speaks on payroll tax cuts.
US President Barack Obama cranked up pressure on congressional Republicans on Monday to extend a payroll tax cut, and his fellow Democrats proposed to fund it with spending cuts and a «tiny surtax» on the rich.
Speaking at the White House, Obama said the popular tax break needs to be renewed for the sake of millions of Americans and the weak US economy.
«Although the unemployment rate went down last month, our recovery is still fragile,» Obama said in calling for renewal of the payroll tax cut set to expire at the end of this month.
At same time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a new modified proposal that covers the cost of an extension with a «mixture of spending cuts» and a «tiny, tiny surtax» on the wealthiest citizens.
Though Reid did not immediately provide details, he said, «This is a serious proposal and Republicans should take it seriously.»
Citing public support, Reid said, «Republicans in Congress dismiss it at their peril.»
There was no immediate response from Republicans in the Senate or the House of Representatives, who have been struggling to find a unified position.
Earlier this month, Republicans were reluctant to embrace Obama’s call to extend the payroll tax cut, voicing concerns about the cost and whether it would stimulate the economy.
But with fears of a political backlash in the run-up to the November 2012 presidential and congressional elections, at least some of their leaders decided to push for an extension – provided an agreement can be reached on how to pay for it.
Without congressional action by Dec. 31, the payroll tax that workers pay to help fund the Social Security retirement program would revert to 6.2 percent, up from the current 4.2 percent tax. On average, it would cost American families about $1,000 a year.
A simple extension of current payroll tax cut for workers would cost about $110 billion next year.
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Lionel Messi is on course for a record-equalling third consecutive Ballon d’Or, soccer’s highest individual award, after the Argentine forward was among the three shortlisted nominees named.
Messi’s Barcelona team mate Xavi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo were also shortlisted.
Messi, who won the Ballon d’Or in 2009 and 2010, will be the favourite to complete a hat-trick of titles after his man-of-the-match performance helped the Spanish side beat Manchester United in the Champions League final in May.
Former France international and current UEFA President Michel Platini won the Ballon d’Or for three consecutive years from 1983.
Last year, the FIFA Player of the Year and the Ballon d’Or awards merged into the FIFA Ballon d’Or and votes now come from the coaches and captains of international teams as well as from journalists.
The winner will be announced on January 9 in Zurich with 1987 Ballon d’Or winner Ruud Gullit of Netherlands presiding over the ceremony.
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Global stocks and the euro cut gains on Monday as a report that euro zone countries faced a warning over a possible downgrade offset optimism that policymakers could reach a credible solution to the sovereign debt crisis.
Standard & Poor’s has warned Germany, France and four other AAA-rated euro zone countries that they might get downgraded in the next 90 days, the Financial Times reported.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 57.97 points, or 0.48 percent, at 12,077.39. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 10.91 points, or 0.88 percent, to 1,255.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 26.55 points, or 1.01 percent, to 2,653.48.
European stocks rose to a five-week closing high, after French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on a range of measures to help resolve the euro zone debt crisis.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares rose 0.8 percent to 993.27 points, the highest close since Oct. 31 and following last week’s 8.5 percent jump, on growing optimism that action will be taken to stem the crisis.
In Asia, the Nikkei stock average edged higher today to build on last week’s hefty gains, helped by improved sentiment towards the European debt crisis although uncertainty about how markets will assess Italy’s new austerity plan capped the upside.
The Nikkei rose 0.6% to 8,695.98, adding to its 6% gain last week and jumping above its 25-day moving average of 8,573. The broader Topix also added 0.6% to 748.61.
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Vast improvements in human rights and access to treatment are needed to protect gay men against HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday.
«If you want to achieve zero new infections, you have to address the human rights issues,» WHO official Ying-Ru Lo said after a meeting about infection rates among gay men at the International Conference for AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in Africa (ICASA).
She said stigmatisation and high levels of discrimination blocked access to AIDS treatment, boosting infection rates among gay men in developing countries.
«We must ensure the well-being of the most marginalised groups,» she added.
Men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to contract HIV/AIDS in lower income countries, according to a 2011 WHO report.
Africa is the region hardest hit by epidemic.
Homosexuality is illegal in more than 75 countries of the world, and is widely considered taboo in Africa.
The director general of the African Medical and Research Foundation, Teguest Guerma, said it would take time to create laws protecting gay rights, but speaking openly about homosexuality was a crucial first step.
«In the past they were really underground, at least now they are coming to the surface,» she said.
The ICASA conference in the Ethiopian capital has scheduled three sessions concerning the rights of homosexuals affected by HIV/AIDS, before closing on Thursday.
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Santos forward Neymar has publicly stated that he wants Barcelona FC to beat Real Madrid in next Saturday’s Spanish derby due to the Brazilian players within tha Catalonian side.
The 19-year-old has been perennially linked with both Spanish sides, but says that he would prefer Josep Guardiola’s team because of his countryfellows Dani Alves and Adriano.
“I am very fond of Dani Alves and I always support him. I’m going with Daniel and Adriano,” the 19-year-old told reporters.
«Barca are the best team in the world. They all play the ball. Xavi, Iniesta and Messi are crucial and I hope to play with them live.»
The Brazilian starlet also looked forward to the Club World Cup in Japan, where his Santos side could meet Guardiola’s European champions.
“I’m already looking forward to the Club World Cup. We are working to get well-prepared so we can make history again.”
Despite winning the Copa Libertadores earlier this year, Santos only managed to finish in10th place in the Brasileirao, tournament that was clinched yesterday by San Pablo’s rivals Corinthians on Sunday after a poor goaless draw against Palmeiras.
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Tiger Woods ended a frustrating victory drought of just over two years when he clinched the Chevron World Challenge which he hosts by one shot, holing a six-foot birdie putt at the last.
A stroke behind fellow American Zach Johnson overnight, Woods fired a three-under-par 69 at Sherwood Country Club to claim the 95th tournament win of his career — but his first since the 2009 Australian Masters.
Woods, whose world ranking plummeted from number one to 52nd while he struggled for fitness and form over the last two years with his private life in tatters, came from one shot behind with two holes to play to post a 10-under total of 278.
He drained a 15-footer at the par-three 17th before coolly knocking in a six-footer on the 18th green and then celebrating with a roundhouse sweep through the air with his right arm.
«It feels great to go basically head-to-head against Zach all day,» a jubilant Woods told reporters after his spectacular birdie-birdie finish ended a run of 26 tournaments around the world without victory.
«Zach put a lot of pressure on me. He turned the tide (on 16), next thing I am one down playing the last couple of holes. Then I made two good putts.»
Asked to describe his feelings after ending his lengthy title drought, 14-times major champion Woods replied: «It feels awesome, whatever that is.
«I know it’s been a while, but also for some reason it feels like it hasn’t (been a while) because when I was coming down the stretch there I felt so comfortable.
«Was I nervous? Absolutely. I’m always nervous in that position but it’s a comfortable feeling, and I enjoy being in that position,» added Woods, who will rise to 21st when the new world rankings are issued on Monday.
Johnson, seeking his first victory since last year’s Colonial Invitational, had to settle for second place in his effective head-to-head with Woods after closing with a 71.
Britain’s Paul Casey, who opened with a 79 in Thursday’s wind-buffeted opening round, signed off with a 69 to secure third place at five under.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It’s a bit too big.
The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to find place that’s not too hot, not too cold, where water, which is essential for life, doesn’t freeze or boil. And it has a shopping mall-like surface temperature of near 72 degrees, scientists say.
The planet’s confirmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009.
That’s the first planet confirmed in the habitable zone for Kepler, which had already found Earth-like rocky planets elsewhere. Twice before astronomers have announced a planet found in that zone, but neither have been as promising.
«This is a phenomenal discovery in the course of human history,» Geoff Marcy of University of California, Berkeley, one of the pioneers of planet-hunting outside our solar system, said in an email. «This discovery shows that we Homo sapiens are straining our reach into the universe to find planets that remind us of home. We are almost there.»
The new planet — named Kepler-22b — has key aspects it shares with Earth. It circles a star that could be the twin of our sun and at just about the same distance. The planet’s year of 290 days is even close to ours. It likely has water and rock.
The only trouble is the planet’s a bit big for life to exist on the surface. The planet is about 2.4 times the size of Earth. It could be more like the gas-and-liquid Neptune with only a rocky core and mostly ocean.
«It’s so exciting to imagine the possibilities,» said Natalie Batalha, the Kepler deputy science chief.
Floating on that «world completely covered in water» could be like being on an Earth ocean and «it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that life could exist in such an ocean,» Batalha said in a phone interview.
Kepler can’t find life itself, just where the conditions might be right for it to thrive. And when astronomers look for life elsewhere they’re talking about everything ranging from microbes to advanced intelligence that can be looking back at us.
So far the Kepler telescope has spotted 2,326 candidate planets outside our solar system with 139 of them potentially habitable ones. Even though the confirmed Kepler-22b is a bit big, it is still smaller than most of the other candidates. It is closest to Earth in size, temperature and star than either of the two previously announced planets in the zone.
The confirmation of one of two, though, has been disputed. The latest discovery has been confirmed several ways, including by two other telescopes.
Earlier this year, a European team of astronomers said they had confirmed another planet in the habitable zone, but that one was hot and barely on the inside edge of the habitable zone.
For Marcy, who is on the Kepler team, the newest planet is a smidgen too large. But, «that smidgen makes all the difference,» he said.
Because its size implies that it’s closer to Neptune in composition than Earth, «I would bet my telescope that there is no hard, rocky surface to walk on,» Marcy said.
Chief Kepler scientist William Borucki said he thinks the planet is somewhere between Earth and gas-and-liquid Neptune, but that it has a lot of rocky material. It’s in a size range that scientists don’t really know anything about. Measurements next summer may help astronomers have a better idea of its makeup, he said.
The planet is 600 light years away. Each light year is 5.9 trillion miles. It would take a space shuttle about 22 million years to get there.
Kepler spots a planet when it passes in front of its star. NASA requires three of those sightings before it begins to confirm it as a planet. Borucki said the third sighting for 22b happened a year ago, just before the telescope shut down for a while. It took several months to finish the confirmation.
«It’s a great gift,» Borucki said. «We consider this sort of our Christmas planet.»
San Lorenzo defeated Tigre 1-0 in its Nuevo Gasómetro stadium in the last match of the seventeenth round of the Apertura Tournament.
San Lorenzo’s Nicolás Bianchi Arce opened the score only a minute after the beginning of the first half.
Line-ups:
San Lorenzo: Nereo Champagne; Adrián Martínez, Fernando Meza, Nicolás Bianchi Arce and José Luis Palomino; Fernando Gutiérrez, Enzo Kalinski, Néstor Ortigoza and Emiliano Tellechea; Juan Manuel Salgueiro and Emmanuel Gigliotti. Coach: Leonardo Madelón.
Tigre: Javier García; Carlos Casteglione, Mariano Echeverría and Juan Carlos Blengio; Gastón Díaz, Diego Castaño, Román Martínez and Ramiro Leone; Diego Morales; Carlos Luna and Ezequiel Maggiolo. Coach: Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Stadium: San Lorenzo.
Referee: Carlos Maglio
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The head of the Argentine Industrial Argentina (UIA in Spanish), José de Mendiguren, referred to the ongoing discussion between businessmen and workers over the profit share bill project and said that “the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner never filed the project or said no to the initiative.”
Likewise the lobbyst remarked that “All she (Fernández de Kirchner) said is that it must be debated between our sectors (businessmen and workers).”
On radio conversations, Mendiguren evaluated “I don’t think for any reason the President, knowing her and her personal history, will be in favour of the business sector and against the workers. I just see her trying to bring some order the house”, and then aimed his canons to the national government and remarked, “What concerns us is the income distribution. Sharing company profits is just another tool, but if the income distribution improves then we (businessmen) will have more market to land on. But if salaries are no good, then we can’t sell anything.”
In that sense, de Mendiguren wondered: “Where is the greatest delay in terms of income distribution in Argentina? Is that within the formal sector? No, it’s not. It is all in the informal sectors. If that’s the biggest propblem, let’s work all together –State, workers and businessmen– to put an end to unregistered work.”
To end, the lobbyst remarked: “The companies that are legal have to deal with a totally unfair competition coming from the unregistered sector in which employers only register a quarter of what they pay to workers. I don’t see the CGT Labour Confederation worried about that.”
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The International Monetary Fund said today its board had approved a 2.2. billion euro loan disbursement to Greece, part of a three-year IMF-EU bailout package to help the country from going bankrupt .
«The executive board of the International Monetary Fund today completed the fifth review of Greece’s economic performance under a program supported by a three-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Greece,» the IMF said in a brief statement.
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A police officer died after being shot in the head during a shootout that started after he tried to stop three robbers that were trying to escape in a vehicle in the City neighbourhood of Flores.
Even though he was survived surgery at the Churruca Hospital, the wound to the head proved to be fatal and he eventually passed away.
The incident took place at the intersection of Páez St. and Nazca Av., where the officer on duty noticed that three men had broken into an apartment building.
Upon their exit, the robbers ran into the police and started firing at them while the officers fired back. The officer was hit in the head and was immediately taken to a hospital via helicopter.
Despite efforts to keep him alive, the policeman died a few hours after surgery.
One of the robbers was injured while the other two escaped.
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La Plata’s Prosecutor, Alvaro Garganta, told reporters that everything aims to arrested suspect Osvaldo Martínez, former boyfriend of one of the victims, as by the time te crime was commited «his personal cell phone was apparently taken by the antenna that covers the area of the victims’ house.»
In addition, Garganta said he expects for today the final results of the autopsies led on the bodies of the four women massacred last week.
Last Friday, the preliminary report of the forensic experts determined that Barbara Santos (29), mother of Micaela (11) and friend of Marisol Pereyra (35), suffered head traumas after receiving at least 40 hard hits, then the murderer slit her throat. Likewise, her young daughter and her mother, Susana de Barttole (63), were beaten and stabbed, while Marisol had a strong blow to the skull and was beheaded with a knife seized at the crime scene.
Furthermore, Garganta also expects to have in the next few hours the final results of the analysis of cross-linking of calls, especially on the telephone line of Osvaldo Martínez (27), former boyfriend of Bárbaro Santos, who remains in custody as he is so far the only suspect for the massacre.
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Vicepresident Julio Cobos confirmed today that he’ll be part of the swearing-in ceremony of relected president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and that he is “ready to face any uncomfortable situation that may happen.”
Cobos’ statement came after many Kirchnerites militants had suggested that the Vice President, who they considered a traitor after having voted against a government’s grains export tax law in 2008, could experience a living hell if he dares to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Besides any critiques thrown against my person, I hope maturity will reign that day, but I’m ready to face any uncomfortable moment.”
Likewise, Cobos referred o the late rumour indicating that he might end swearing in elect Vice President Amado Boudou so the current Economy Minister could then swear in Fernández de Kirchner, thus avoiding any interaction between him and the Head of State, “I have no idea if that’s what’s going to happen, but to my concern it will be greatto have such a collaboration.”
To end, the former governor of Mendoza province asked for God to “enlighten the new elect presidential couple”, and indicated that that the President is “as happy for having won the presidential election as he is for having kept his promise of going until the end of his mandate even though the clear discrepancies with the President and her cabinet.”
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British racing driver Peter Gethin, winner of Formula One’s closest race at Monza in 1971, has died at the age of 71.
The official formula1.com website said Gethin had passed away after a long illness.
The 1971 Italian Grand Prix was Gethin’s sole triumph in Formula One and, in only his second race for BRM, he won it from Sweden’s Ronnie Peterson by just 0.01 of a second in a four-car dash to the line with the top five all finishing within 0.61.
At the time, the race was also the fastest ever with Gethin winning with an average speed of 150.755 mph.
Gethin made his Formula One debut with McLaren in 1970 at the age of 30 and weeks after the death of the team’s founder Bruce McLaren.
He switched to BRM during the 1971 season after that team’s Mexican driver Pedro Rodriguez was killed in a sportscar race in Germany.
Gethin scored just one more championship point after the 1971 win and ended his Formula One career with a one-off drive at his home grand prix in 1974.
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Buenos Aires stocks were higher, with the Merval benchmark stock index edging up by 0.4 percent, to 2,640.09 points.
Meanwhile, Argentina’s country-risk fell by 1.1 percent to 922 basis points in the JP Morgan EMBI index.
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