United States welcomes the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's second term bid

On Monday the United States welcomes the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's second bid, but he did not provide direct support it short.

 

U.S. State Department spokesman McCormack said the U.S. position is clear toner. "We welcome his announcement that he will seek re-election of the Secretary-General," he told reporters at the ministry. "Obviously, the United Nations faces a number of daunting challenges. We have with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on many constructive."

 

France and China have expressed their bid Ban Ki-moon as the new, who on Monday expressed support for "with the (UN) Member States of the support, I would be honored, for once."

 

Toner described as a person in the U.S. "constructive" in the various problems facing the United Nations for individual classes, but he said the U.S. would have "a more formal response" to his bid in the next few days.

 

Ban Ki-moon to succeed five-year term in January 2007, December 31 at the end of this year, Kofi Annan. For a successful re-election, the 66-year-old former South Korean foreign minister to wait to get all five permanent members of UN Security Council support - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

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Concerned about the rising dollar in the economy, the euro zone interest rate expectations

New York, the dollar rose against major currencies late on Monday, investors in weak economic data raised concerns about economic growth and expect the ECB to raise interest rates next month.

 

Weak economic data last week raised concerns about the outlook for the U.S. economy and lead to double-dip recession fears. Risk aversion bolstered the dollar as investors sought a safe haven preferred investment.

 

Meanwhile, Greece is expected in early July, a new international organization received financial assistance program, the market's attention turned to the upcoming European Central Bank (ECB) monthly monetary policy meeting on Thursday. Widespread speculation that the ECB will raise interest rates next month. Expected to help the euro to regain after-hours trading on Monday against the U.S. dollar losses.

The dollar index, which is regarded as the best gauge of its performance against a basket of six major currencies, rose to 73. 941 from 73.775 on Friday.

In late Monday trading, the dollar bought 80.13 Japanese yen, comparing with 80.26 yen late Friday, and the euro fell to 1.4587 dollars from 1.4624.

The British pound also fell to 1.6352 dollars from 1.6418. The dollar rose from 0.8362 Swiss francs to 0.8368, and also rose to 0. 9806 Canadian dollars from 0.9773.

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U.S. stocks ended lower Monday as investors worried that the U.S. economic slowdown and the market becomes more cautious.

U.S. stocks ended lower Monday as investors worried that the U.S. economic slowdown and the market becomes more cautious.

 

Market sentiment is still straight every Friday after heavy losses. The strength of economic recovery, investors are wary of the latest economic data pointed out that weak economic growth.

 

Major averages ended last week with sharp declines after the monthly jobs report from the Labor Department showed the economy added least jobs in eight months. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.1 percent from 9.0 percent, providing fresh evidence that the economic recovery is running out of steam.

With the absence of major economic news, investors were apparently taking sidelines. All sectors were trading lower, while energy and financial stocks were among the biggest losers.

Crude oil prices fell on Monday with U.S. benchmark losing 1.21 percent to settle at 99.01 dollars a barrel and the London Brent crude dropping 1.17 percent to close at 114.48 dollars. Lower oil prices pressured energy sector.

And bank stocks extended last week's decline mainly caused by Washington's discussion about raising capital requirements.

The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 61.30 points, or 0.50 percent, to 12,089.96. The Standard & Poor's 500 was down 13.99 points, or 1.08 percent, to 1,286.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 30.22 points, or 1.11 percent, to 2,702.56.

 

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Kurdish rebels killed in western Iran

 Iranian security forces have killed Kamyaran the western city of Kurdistan province, members of a Kurdish rebel group, the local English language satellite TV news reports Monday.

 

Dissolution of security forces a "terrorist organization" linked to Komala, banned leftist Kurdish groups and pre-planned ambush were killed on Sunday a group of police members, the report said.

 

Another three militants were injured in the attack, but managed to escape, the report said, adding that the police has launched an investigation and found that the "terrorists" whereabouts.

 

The operation was carried out after security forces were told to kill a militant cell of farmers, who were identified as Shirzad Madani, two days ago, according to the report.

 

Rebel group has not announced so far responsible for the death of the peasants.

 

Iranian Kurdistan witnessed fighting between security forces and Kurdish armed groups are often in conflict.

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Bisphenol A exposure to be underestimated, new research says

University of Missouri's new study suggests that dietary exposure through the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has been from the previous laboratory tests show that underestimated.

 

The findings, published in Monday Outlook in the environment and health.

 

In this study, the researchers compared the stability of these were given a dietary supplement for all-day bisphenol A bisphenol A concentration of mice, a single exposure of the more common laboratory method, found an increase in the blood of mice double phenol A absorption and accumulation.

 

Through continuous exposure in the feed, which is considered to be exposure to this chemical in the basic line of animals and humans to bisphenol A in mice. Previous research in the study of bisphenol A, mice exposed to BPA only through a one-time management.

 

Following the exposure through diet, in bisphenol A, the active form, is the biggest threat because it can bind to steroid hormone receptors, play a negative impact is absorbed and accumulated to form the animals were significantly greater increase.

 

"People are mainly exposed through and unconsciously, as a variety of plastic and used to store our food paper containers with bisphenol A diet formulated to bisphenol A," Rosenfeld said, and Cheryl, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and the corresponding author. "We know that bisphenol A in the active form of steroid hormone receptor binding, which means it can affect the estrogen, thyroid and testicular hormone function. It may also cause genetic mutations. Therefore, this chemical can prevent us from reproductive capacity, and may cause abnormal behavior, we are just beginning to understand. "

 

Studies have shown that more than 80 billion pounds of bisphenol A production of each year, more than ninety percent of people in the United States of bisphenol A in the body and measurable amount.

 

"When bisphenol A is through the food has taken the form may remain active for a longer period of time, in the body than when it is handled through a single, it does not reflect the continuous exposure, occurs in animal and human requirements," said Rosenfeld. "We need further studies to determine which intake of bisphenol A, and subsequently released into the blood to become concentrated in the back distributed throughout the body."

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France's Alstom has won 5 million euros in the Israeli contract

  Alstom, the French leader in railway engineering and power generation group, doing business with Israel on Monday announced agreement to build the value of five hundred million euros (729 million U.S. dollars) a power plant.

 

"Alston, today signed an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction), worth about five million euros Vandalia Power Energy Limited to build 835-megawatt gas power plant in Israel Tzafit contract, "the group said in a statement.

 

Under the agreement, which "represents Alstom's gas into the first of the Israeli market, " the French group will take "and related civil works and supply of two 417 MW gas-fired combined cycle unit of the building. " responsibility

 

Tel Aviv is located in the southeast, the plant will begin production in 2014. It is expected to increase by 835 megawatts of electricity, the Israeli national grid, accounting for 7 percent of the country's generating capacity.

 

With a 96,500 on the total number of 70 countries,  the French firm posted 23 billion euros (33.55 billion dollars) of sales in 2009-2010 fiscal year.

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MSF urges world govts step up the global fight against HIV / AIDS commitments

United Nations summit this week, ahead of AIDS, the international medical humanitarian aid association, MSF (MSF) doctors on Monday urged governments to strengthen the fight against HIV / AIDS commitments in the global struggle.

 

"We are at a crossroads, we can finally get ahead, really," Dr. Tido von Schoen Angerer, Médecins Sans Frontières' campaign for access to basic medical executive director, said in a press conference.

 

The three-day summit opening on Wednesday there will be about 20 heads of state and government meeting, and come together to review progress and chart the global AIDS in 2011, the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS in New York in charge to respond to future courses.

 

Expected that the new statement will be adopted, it would reaffirm existing commitments and pledged to take action, direction and maintenance of the global fight against AIDS.

 

"We finally see the end of the tunnel, and the right actions can actually break the epidemic back to some of the light," von Schoen Angerer said. "However, we see that in the past few months and years, many governments have put on HIV / AIDS, the global counter-attack."

 

A landmark study of HIV prevention trials network (HPTN) conducted last month, said that HIV treatment has been proven to reduce HIV transmission 96 percent.

 

In particular, governments need to work to expand its latest research point of view, all people living with HIV treatment, MSF said in a press conference.

 

MSF also said that an ambitious HIV / AIDS treatment program objectives is essential.

 

"So this is the time this week, we hope the Government on how to deal with this epidemic, we have agreed - agreed to the resources, we need to do this, we also hope that the Government clearly recognize that intellectual property is a key obstacle barriers to ensure that drugs remain affordable. "

 

MSF currently provides antiretroviral treatment for 170,000 HIV / AIDS patients in 19 countries.

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U.S. scientists predict the permanent hot summer weather

 Tropical, the majority of the northern hemisphere are likely to occur in the next 20 to 60 years of summer warming irreversible, if the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases continue to increase, according to a new climate research scientist at Stanford University. The results will be published later this month in the journal Climate Change.

 

In this study, the Stanford team concluded that, in Africa, Asia and South America can be seen in many tropical regions, in the next two decades, "the permanent unprecedented heat." Mid-latitudes of Europe, China and North America - including the United States - perhaps 60 years to accept the extreme summer temperatures, the researchers found.

 

"According to our projections, most of the world could warm up so fast, to the middle of this century, even the coolest of the summer than in the past 50 years, the hottest summer heat, said:" The study's lead author Noah Diffenbaugh as the environment and the environment of Earth System Science Fellow, Woods Institute Assistant Professor at Stanford. The study was conducted by a research assistant at Stanford University writing.

 

"When scientists talk about global warming leads to more heat waves, people often ask if this means that temperatures will become the most popular 'new normal,'" Diffenbaugh said. "This makes us think - at what time can we expect the temperature is always the coolest season record than the temperature of the hot season?"

 

To determine the global warming in the coming decades seasonal effects, Diffenbaugh and analysis of more than 50 climate models Scherer trials - including the 21st century, computer, global greenhouse gas concentrations will increase the simulation, and simulation of the 20th century and accurately " predicted that "global climate over the past 50 years. Analysis shows that the Earth may have experienced in many areas within 60 years, a permanent spike in seasonal temperature.

 

"We also analyzed data from weather stations around the world, the historical data to see whether there is an unprecedented heat has begun to forecast," Diffenbaugh said. "So, when we look back in time using temperature records, we found that this high temperature there is a place, and that climate models represent the historical model is very good."

 

Under the analysis of climate models and historical weather data, Tropical is the fastest warming. "We found that the most direct in the extreme increase in the hot season in tropical regions up to 70 per cent, of the season in the 21st century (2010-2039) more than biggest night of the 20th century," the authors write.

 

Tropics can see the most dramatic changes in the first, but North America, Europe and the Mediterranean may also be the whole of China into a large new thermal power into 2070, according to the study.

 

This seasonal temperature changes can dramatically on human health, agricultural production and productivity of ecosystems, causing serious consequences, Diffenbaugh said. As an example, he pointed out that the European record in the 2003 heat wave killed 40,000 people. He also pointed out that the study showed that summer temperatures in the Midwest is expected to increase to more than thirty percent less, the staple food such as corn and soybean harvest.

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Obama has not made the decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan to form the White House:

Obama has not made the format on the decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the White House said Monday that Obama with him in Afghanistan and Pakistan, his national security team meets monthly.

 

"At this meeting, the President received the implementation of our strategy to Pakistan and Afghanistan after the death of Osama bin Laden, the progress of the situation briefing, " The White House said in a statement.

 

Vice President Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, the CIA Leon Panetta, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen, chief directors are present at the meeting, but U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates via video Conference attended the meeting.

 

In a statement, the White House announced on Wednesday, Obama Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the video conference call.

 

The meeting comes as the U.S. is planning to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next month at a crucial moment. There were not many troops will be withdrawn and some consensus warning, rushed downsizing the army will destroy the security of foreign troops in the country, the results achieved.

 

Jay Carney Monday, White House press secretary, said the Afghan forces at the upcoming downsizing as "not a topic of discussion"and"not on the agenda. "

 

Obama has not yet received the recommendations of his commanders, the figures have not yet made the decision, he said.

 

Obama plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in July, the transfer of responsibilities in 2014, eventually leading to the goal of Afghan security forces.

 

The Bush administration said earlier this year, it plans to withdraw troops this summer, far less than many people just want the 10 million troops in Afghanistan, 5000.

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NATO reiterated that Libya did not ground forces

NATO will not send troops on the ground, although it has increased the air strikes on Libya Apache attack helicopter, its nuclear arsenal, the head of the military alliance said Monday.

 

"Let me emphasize that we have no intention on the ground boots," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an interview, told CBS television said the army would continue to work with the EU's target of its air operations "in order to fully implement the United Nations tasks and the protection of civilians in Libya. "

 

British Apache attack helicopters and France on Saturday participated in the first air raid, an effort to end the ground in Libya, where the opposition unable to make much progress in the deadlock.

 

Rasmussen reiterated that NATO's military objectives, the three Libyan - - a complete end to all attacks on civilians, army bases and barracks of their withdrawal, and "immediate and unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance" as a need.

 

"We will continue our operations until they reach those goals," he declared, and stressed the parallel political track is also underway, in which the international community has on the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi lot of pressure on him to step down.

 

"It's hard to imagine, as long as attacks against civilians, complete end, he was still in power," the NATO official said. "The fact is, we have significantly degraded his war machine. We see Libya. Gaddafi regime against the advance more and more isolated every day.

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Apple iTunes leading the race trying to cloud-based music player service

 Flares in the competition because of cloud-based music service market, Apple launched iTunes in the race on Monday, the icloud cloud storage service, which may come to those who beat the first part of music like Google and Amazon, and stand out as a leader persons.

 

For many people, Apple is taking by default, as a natural market leader, because of its dominance of music downloads. Scott Forstall, Apple's IOS software, the official said, speaking Monday in San Francisco at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, the company's iTunes Music Store has sold over 1.5 billion songs.

 

Transformed with the iTunes store was launched in 2003 the music industry, Apple, in the eyes of many industry observers may be renewed based on current trends in cloud computing sector, and take to a new level, the traditional model is to download the sign of the age .

 

First of all, Apple is on board all four major record companies (Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner). Google and Amazon, and without the blessing of the industry, Apple just need to keep each song in its copy of the cloud server, eliminating the redundancy of the user and server upload work. By working only in the song file is not in the 18 million songs in the iTunes store match.

 

Such as Amazon and Google on the competitors side, on Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that Apple provide users "as the music in minutes rather than weeks to buy from iTunes the same benefits."

 

On Friday, the New York Post reported that Apple pay 100 million to 150 million U.S. dollars, the four major record companies as an incentive to get their support in advance. Quoted that the advance has been held by the scale of the music industry a major source for Google, it will likely have to pony up the cost of higher opponent must also take action to cloud services.

 

Second, Apple offers a better free and paid plans. In contrast, Amazon to provide five years of free storage space, equivalent to about 2,000 songs and 20 gigabytes to 20 gigabytes of U.S. dollar payment plan, while Sony's music provides an infinite per $ 9.99 monthly subscription business for free.

 

Apple offers to buy five, excluding the application, music or books Gigabit free storage space. In his speech, Jobs stressed icloud is free, and a word "free" is behind him on the big screen.

 

He also noted that 24.99 each dollar paid for iTunes music game plan than the company's products more expensive Amazon, Google has not announced prices, however, said: "This is an industry-leading efforts."

 

For iTu nes match, the user's iTunes library to be scanned, they will be able to quickly get these tracks on a compatible device, rather than uploading them, photo albums, according to Apple.

 

Third, icloud providing one-stop purchasing experience, combining music, clouds delivery and flow. Negative examples, where you can Google. As the search giant and the major record companies failed to reach a licensing agreement, users can not currently purchase a trial version of its Google News music songs, so a lot of cloud service is basically a hard drive. In theory, it also needs to maintain its servers in multiple copies of the same song, it may take several days for users to upload their music library.

 

This game has been Apple's next big many industry observers see the iTunes source of income. According to reports, Apple has maintained an annual fee of thirty percent and 70 percent would go to record companies, publishers and artists.

 

"If you do not think our position on this serious, you're wrong. We are ready for customers to start using icloud, we can not wait until into their hands, said:" Jobs concluded his keynote address on Monday in the Apple of the Developer Conference.

 

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Keiko Fujimori of Peru to accept failure, Zhu Hesheng Lima La

 Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Monday, Keiko of candidates in the South American country's presidential election defeat and congratulated his former military commander Ollanta Mara victory.

 

"I admit that Ollanta Wu Mala victory. I told him the victory and wish him luck," said Fujimori, Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was detained in the 36-year-old daughter.

 

With 96 all by the State Statistical Office of the electoral process votes (ONPE) it said that Peru won the Wu Mala is to promote the Left Alliance 48.5 51.5 pairs Fujimori forces by the party by 2011.

 

She also told local media that she was ready to open a dialogue Wu Mala team to find areas of cooperation to ensure national unity, Peru prevail.

 

Now have to "build bridges and begin a dialogue, said:" Fujimori said, adding that she hoped Wu Mala will "keep the economy of the process, in order to have greater social inclusion benefits 1 00,000 Peruvians who live in poverty . "

 

Nearly 20 million registered voters participated in voting on Sunday in Peru, the term of five years, from 2011-2016 the South American country's next president.

 

Election in Peru was destroyed in the final weeks of harsh personal attacks, resulting in the serious differences between opposition and Peru about 30 million people in the political vision.

 

Fujimori said that the two Humala and former Sunday that they would respect the election's official results, efforts to establish national unity and political reconciliation in the new government.

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Two dozen injured in bus accident in Alabama, the American people

About a dozen people were injured, one seriously, when the charter bus carrying a youth tractor trailer overturned on Monday in the U.S. rig collided Alabama, local media said.

 

When the accident occurred about 12 in Alabama, where the bus from Texas to the trailer then hit the time after the overthrow of road local time. 48 young people and vehicles in the two leader, a man in serious condition, the wounded only minor cuts and bruises, the other local media quoted authorities.

 

Alabama Police said 22 people were injured.

 

Bus has been reported to the Orlando, Florida, a trip to Disney.

 

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Govt of Canada began to budget cuts, layoffs of federal employees began to

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty brought down on Monday the state budget balance 2014-2015 undertaking as a government department started firing people.

 

Flaherty promised a government-wide operating review that aims to find 4 billion Canadian dollars (about 4.08 billion U.S. dollars) in savings annually by 2014-2015. A special committee of the national cabinet will examine all of the government's programs to find savings.

 

"There will be some programs can not continue. There is no doubt it," Flaherty told the media several hours before the announcement of his House of Commons of the national budget. "We have seen this program has lost some usefulness, frankly. Governments in creating a good program. They are not so good at the end of them. Not every program is designed to continue indefinitely."

 

Flaherty promised at a news conference on the spending cuts, he proposed his budget, which is very similar to his budget on March 22 announced to the Conservative government in the no-confidence vote in the fall.

 

Government re-elected with a strong large majority on May 2.

 

"No, I will take the liberty, if I do," Flaherty said, when he was asked about the details of spending cuts.

 

But he did, to ensure that media reporters that the savings will be found. "I'm sure to complete the work," he said.

 

"In good times and difficult times, the Government has made the responsible choice. And Canada's economic action plan the next phase, we will help maintain our economic growth," Flaherty said.

 

Layoffs and cuts in public services, the labor contract began last week. Federal Fisheries Department staff were told their budget was cut by 53 billion yuan, some staff were dismissed.

 

Cuts have also taken the environmental sector and the Bank of Canada places. National Defence plans to cut at least 2,100 locations within three years, according to media reports.

 

Layoffs have begun in the country, several national museums and art galleries.

 

Unions representing federal civil servants in the country to cut out most of the opposition on Sunday. "Cuts in public services and employment is at the wrong time, wrong priorities," said John Gordon, President of the National Public Service Alliance of Canada. "In the parliamentary majority not to (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper ignored the Canadian public license."

 

However, Harper said during the campaign, the Canadian government has become bloated.

 

"Whoever said you can not find do not cut essential services to the people of Ottawa is simply living in a fantasy world of money," Harper promised during the campaign. "This is not how it work. Efficient, it is your job is to continue to find them," Harper said.

 

Conservative removal of subsidies, so that all major political parties for each vote they received in the last election, 2 Canadian dollars a year. This will be eliminated over the next four years. Political parties will have to raise from individual donors all the money, a gift from the business and trade unions continue to be banned.

 

The budget contains a new paid to the elderly. It also gives small business tax small, volunteer firefighters, people are looking for the elderly and the infirm.

 

Town government will share the gasoline tax to help them to maintain roads and other infrastructure.

 

Leader of the Opposition Linton said that his party would not support the Budget when it comes to a vote in parliament, but there is enough Conservative MPs passed the bill.

 

John Manley, the Chief Executive of the Council and the President of the Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister Jean Chretien, former Finance Minister said he supported the budget. Manley said the Conservatives will face from the impact of budget cuts by the hostility.

 

"They will find that each of the constituencies, the Government plans to complain about their pet project being cut," Manley said.

 

The budget is expected 2.9 percent economic growth.

 

In his news conference, Flaherty said Canada's economic situation is the "envy" of other countries, but "there are too many Canadians are still looking for work and the global economic recovery is still fragile."

 

"In the silence, uncertain global climate, many companies may still be reluctant to hire and expand," Flaherty said.  (1 U.S. dollars = 0.9808 Canadian dollars)

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Background: Cloud-based music services major manufacturers

Cloud-based digital music service in 2011, one of the biggest technology trends, and the digital music market is expected to take a new level. The following is a cloud-based world music competitions some of the major players.

 

6 June, Apple launched its streaming music service "icloud's." The user's iTunes library will scan the identification tag of the songs from the music files, including the four have blocked a major label deal with Apple. Then the user will get instant access to the server and not upload these tracks or albums, from a compatible device. The service will cost per year $ 24.99.

 

10 May, Google launched a cloud-based music service "Music beta." It allows users to upload to Google's cloud servers and network from any connected device Android flow of 20,000 songs. However, Google did not come with the major record companies license agreement, users can not share their music tunes from the beta version of Google or purchase new songs, the service is essentially a huge cloud hard drive. It is currently only country in the United States.

 

March 29, Amazon.com announced its cloud storage service music, "Claude Drive" launched. It provides customers the Amazon Web server the five gigabytes of free storage space, equivalent to about 2,000 songs and a variety of digital files to pay 20 dollars for 20 gigabytes of programs. Amazon's cloud services not from the major record companies license, saying that the MP3 download original license is still valid.

 

December 2010, Sony launched a music service "Music Unlimited" in the UK and Republic of Ireland brand. It provides 600 million and major record labels on board all the songs in the two monthly price list. PC users can sync on Sony's Internet-connected devices such as PS3, play their personal libraries and Music Unlimited playlists, Bravia LCD HDTVs, Blu-ray players, the service is now available in the U.S., France , Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. This is due in April worldwide moratorium on Sony's PlayStation Network hackers.

 

A Swedish company launched in October 2008 Spotify is a streaming service in the European pop music. It can instantly listen to nearly 13 million songs. Users can register offline access to and use of advertising and paid advertising mobile phones, free subscription free account. According to the British Cable, Spotify users in September 2010 reached 10 million, of which one million paying members.

 

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Studies have shown that high levels of leptin hormone and reduce depression

 Women who have higher levels of appetite control hormone leptin to reduce symptoms of depression, the apparent inverse relationship is not related to body mass index (BMI), a new study found. The study was presented Monday at the Endocrine Society 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston, USA.

 

"Animal data suggest that leptin may reduce anxiety, improve depression. Our study showed that in women, leptin may indeed have antidepressant qualities, said:" The study's lead author, Elizabeth Lawson, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

 

Leptin, the fat cells, signals satiety, or fullness of the product. This is a low-thin women and obese women with high, according to Lawson. She also said that a typical anxiety and depression in the low leptin levels increased incidence of certain conditions. These include eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, which is abnormally low body weight and body fat, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, including women has been stopped, despite the weight of normal menstruation.

 

"It is unclear whether low leptin levels contribute to depression in these women's development," Lawson said.

 

She and her colleagues studied 64 women with leptin levels and anxiety and depression relationship. Fifth of women have anorexia nervosa, 12 were of normal weight hypothalamic amenorrhea, 20 normal weight and health, 17 were overweight or obese, but still healthy.

 

All subjects were asked questions to assess their symptoms that indicate that high scores of depression and anxiety symptoms. In addition to measuring blood levels of leptin, the researchers assessed the women's body mass index, height and weight measurements.

 

Leptin and the relationship between depressive symptoms independent of body mass index. This finding suggests that leptin may be involved in symptoms of depression, and this effect is not a function of low body weight, Lawson said.

 

"Further studies of human leptin administration to see whether the hormone in the treatment of depression in the potential role of very important," she said.

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Colombia coach of Team America's Cup

Colombia national football team coach on Monday Hernan Daria Gomez  22 players will play the upcoming Copa America 2011 Argentina will begin July 2.

 

Colombia will be held on June 12 after 10 days of training in Bogota will face Mexico in the central city of Pereira, it will be following the June 25 by another friendly against Senegal's second largest city in the country for the first time Training Saimaidelin.

 

Colombia was a sub in the A group with Argentina, Bolivia and Costa Rica.

 

Gomez made ​​the team the following list:

Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Nice, France) and Luis Martinez (Once Caldas, Colombia).

Defenders: Mario Yepes (Milan, Italy), Aquivaldo Mosquera (America, Mexico), Luis Amaranto Perea (Atletico de Madrid, Spain), Cristian Zapata (Udinese, Italy), Pablo Armero (Udinese, Italy), Camilo Zuniga (Napoli, Italy), Yulian Anchico (Pachuca, Mexico) and Juan David Valencia (Junior, Colombia).

Midfielders: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Udinese, Italy), Elkin Soto (Mainz, Germany), Abel Aguilar (Hercules, Spain), Fredy Guarin (Porto, Portugal), Carlos Sanchez (Valenciennes, France) and Gustavo Bolivar (Tolima, Colombia).

Forwards: Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, England), Adrian Ramos (Hertha, Germany), Teofilo Gutierrez (Racing, Argentina), Radamel Falcao Garcia (Porto, Portugal), Jackson Martinez (Jaguares, Mexico) and Dayro Moreno (Once Caldas, Colombia).

 

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Appointed 24 judges Copa America

South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) on Monday named the America's Cup 24 Football Championship will be held on July 1 of the judges in 24 countries in South America.

 

Soccer referee in South America, including the appointment of 12 countries for each category and each race, one of the 12 assistant referees.

 

Two assistant referees are appointed instead of Argentina, CONMEBOL said.

 

The following is a referee in 2011 list of America's Cup:

Argentina: Sergio Pezzotta (referee) and Ricardo Casas (assistant), Hernan Maidana (substitute-assistant) and Diego Bonfa (substitute-assistant)

Bolivia: Raul Orosco (referee) and Efrain Castro (assistant)

Brazil: Salvio Fagundes (referee) and Marcio Santiago (assitant)

Chile: Enrique Osses (referee) and Francisco Mondria (assistant)

Colombia: Wilmar Roldan (referee) and Humberto Clavijo (assistant)

Ecuador: Carlos Vera (referee) and Luis Alvarado (assistant)

Paraguay: Carlos Torres (referee) and Nicolas Yegros (assistant)

Peru: Victor Hugo Rivera (referee) and Luis Abadie (assistant)

Uruguay: Roberto Silvera (referee) and Miguel Nievas (assitant)

Venezuela: Juan Soto (referee) and Luis Sanchez (assistant)

Costa Rica: Walter Quesada (referee) and Leonel Leal (assistant)

Mexico: Francisco Chacon (referee) and Marvin Torrentera (assistant)

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Bahrain, the court adjourned the trial of medical staff

Bahrain lower on Monday, the State Security Court postponed the hearing to next week, several doctors and nurses.

 

The group is standing in the medical personnel, including several alleged possession of weapons trial of the accused, the use of major countries for the Center Salmaniya Hospital medical building to carry out anti-government protests in illegal activities.

 

The case has been adjourned to June 13, as the defendant was given time to meet their clients and to prepare the case, lawyers, according to state-run Bahrain News Agency.

 

Information Authority Chairman Sheikh Mohammed Bin 哈利法法瓦兹 revealed last month, 46 medical personnel were seized.

 

Doctors, nurses and medical staff accused of taking responsibility and give up their anti-government protests in medical facilities. Ministry of Health is investigating further 150 medical staff, if convicted, who can revoke the license.

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Possible causes of the outbreak of E. coli sprouts

A German agriculture officials said Sunday that locally grown sprouts may be "the most convincing"reasons, so far, the deadly E. coli outbreak has killed 22 people, so that over two thousand sick in Europe.

 

German agriculture minister told the lower northern Saxony at a news conference that the company is Uelzen area has been closed to further test the expected results on Monday.

 

He said: "Yes, the increase in the last few hours for signs of Uelzen in their products made ​​from the seeds of the federal states, and provides a choice of bean sprouts, regional agriculture may be the source of E. coli infection, At least one of the main sources. test results yet, but its trade relations analysis, lead to infection from the vendor. "

 

The Ministry of Health warned people to stop eating bean sprouts, which are often used in mixed salads.

 

Health Minister Danny Nazarbayev visited the Hall who is good at a hospital in Hamburg in northern Germany for treatment of patients suffering from bacteria.

 

He said: "As the German Minister of Health, I still can not give you very clear. We also look forward to more information. We continue to recommend people not eat raw tomatoes in northern Germany, cucumber and lettuce. This is the best way to protect And the normal hygiene rules. "

 

Racing authorities have been tracking the pathogen, it has infected 12 countries, they have been traveling in northern Germany were the source.

 

A rare strain of E. coli toxins have the ability to adhere to the intestinal wall where it is pumped out, and sometimes lead to serious hemorrhagic diarrhea and kidney problems.

 

Some patients need a lot, including dialysis care.

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