Millions of AIDS patients could die if India restricts the production of generic drugs

Millions of AIDS patients "very poor" would die if India restricts the production of generic drugs against this sickness under the trade agreement with the European Union is currently negotiating , warned on Tuesday as the Joint United Nations Program for HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS).

In an interview with Reuters, the executive director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, has warned that "millions will die if India can not produce" such cheap drugs and pointed to Africa "as the most affected" by this decision. The fact that about 86 percent of individuals treated for receiving AIDS drugs manufactured in India, says, makes this issue "in a matter of life or death." Therefore, Sidibé has explained, "India must resist to eliminate any flexibility, since any trade agreement that could lead to India" to limit their production capacity, will have "dire" consequences "for the rest of the world." India and EU are trading at today, a free trade agreement.

Obama responds to Twitter users from the White House

The U.S. president, Barack Obama responded Wednesday to questions from Twitter users. Obama has done from the East Room of the White House, under the watchful eyes of some users choose to attend as an audience. The event has been called Townhall Inspired by encounters between politicians and citizens in municipalities, and has eased one of the founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.

Users of the social network of 140 characters have previously been able to ask the U.S. president using the hashtag # askobama. The White House (@ whitehouse) announced the news on Twitter a few weeks ago and suggested users to send their questions about the economy and employment.

Italy arrested three Anonymous relevant members

The Italian Police has reported on its website the arrest of three people who are supposed to relevant members of the "cell" of Anonymous in Italy. The police reported that the operation was conducted in collaboration with the Swiss authorities and has resulted in the intervention and record 32 homes and the arrest of three people, including a minor.

After the records, the Italian police have carried out the arrest of three people who define themselves as "leading figures in the cell Anonymous in Italy." The operation was performed after the judicial police specialized in computer crimes in Italy identified the objectives of registration.

Israel calls Apple to remove from iTunes an application invoking intifada

Jerusalem .- An Israeli minister has asked Apple to remove from its iTunes store an application in Arabic calling for the Palestinian people to an uprising. In a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein said that the 'Third Intifada- a reference to a future Palestinian uprising - conveys information about the protests, some violent, planned against Israel.

Chile investigate the death of Pablo Neruda

Santiago de Chile .- The Chilean Justice admitted the complaint filed by the Communist Party (PC) to investigate if the poet Pablo Neruda, who died on September 23, 1973, was killed or died due to his cancer, reported Thursday judicial sources. The trial judge, Mario Chariot, who also heads the inquiry into the death of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973), ordered to carry out all the measures requested on Tuesday by the PC, among others, that is cited declare the driver of the poet, Manuel Araya Osorio.

At least ten dead and 50 injured in a protest against NATO in Afghanistan

Kabul. .- Eleven people were killed by Afghan police firing to quell popular protests against a raid by NATO troops that ended last night with the lives of two men and two women in northern Afghanistan, according to various sources. The incident occurred in Taluqan, capital of Takhar province, where 2,000 protesters this morning took to the streets carrying the bodies of four people killed yesterday, told Efe the provincial governor, Abdul Taqwa Jawar.

The Strauss-Kahn's lawyer says his client will plead not guilty on all charges

New York .- The defense attorney for the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has said that his client will plead not guilty to all charges. Strauss-Kahn has been arrested at JFK International Airport after it reported for allegedly assaulting a hotel worker who was staying in the U.S.

city, located in Times Square. The Police Department of New York is anticipated that Strauss-Kahn, is accused of sexual abuse, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. "We anticipate it will be formally arrested and charged within an hour," said department spokesman Paul Browne on at 11.15 hours (15.4 hours in mainland Spain).

The FBI alert alleged virus hidden in images of Bin Laden death

Barcelona (Editorial / Agencies) .- The FBI warning to Internet users that any number of viruses are circulating the net under the lure of offering pictures and videos of alleged death of Osama Bin Laden. The virus would have reached far wider dissemination would be a malicious program hidden in an email that promises the user images of the terrorist's death.

According to the Complaint Center Internet Crime (IC3) of the FBI, the "content may be a virus that could damage your computer, it contains malicious software - 'malware', which can enter the terminal through contact lists, can be extended to friends and family systems, and infect their computers.

Bin Laden's death hits record on social networking

MADRID (Portaltic / EP) .- The death of Osama Bin Laden to American hands has been one of the biggest phenomena experienced in the recent history of social networking. Twitter posted a major peak messages per second and many were those who heard the news on social networks. Also jerked or Instagram FourSquare business.

According to research conducted by Mashable among 20,000 of its readers, Twitter (31%) and Facebook (20%) accounted for more than half of the channels of information from which nurtured its users to learn the death of terrorist. The speed with which news and comments were issued and the volume of these involved the death of Bin Laden became one of the most followed on Twitter history.

The Accidental Autocrat

Eleven years ago, shortly before the death of President Hafez al-Assad, the Syrians were distracted by a joke in which God sent the angel of death so that the autocrat answer for their actions. But the angel returned to heaven beaten by the Syrian secret police. "Oh, no, God said terrified. Would not you've said who sent you? ".

Bashar al-Assad, Hafez's son, seems determined to leave little in terms of repression Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian president, who fled to Saudi Arabia, and Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President overthrown on 11 February. The son Asad probably never thought would happen to his father.

Libyan transformation (2)

When Italy was defeated in World War II, the victorious allies met to decide what to do with Libya. United States wanted to leave the matter to the United Nations and the Soviet Union called for a solution to opt for a trust, while France was inclined to return Libya to the Italians, who in turn wished to be returned.

The Russians, who harbored the hope that the Communists took power in Italy, they changed their stance and signed the Italian choice. When the Cold War began to weigh on the minds of the Western powers and the thrust of the Italian Communists showed signs of abating, the British moved to the French plan to return Libya to Italy.

Mexico pays posthumous tribute to Joaquim Ibarz

Mexico. .- The Spanish journalist Joaquim Ibarz Melet, correspondent of the newspaper La Vanguardia in Mexico, today received a posthumous tribute representatives of journalism, politics and culture of this country in a ceremony held at the Cultural Center of Spain. A month before his death Ibarz (1943-2011), was recalled by the historian Enrique Krauze as "the best witness of contemporary life in Mexico during the past three decades.

Assange complaint to two journalists for the Guardian for libel

Sydney. WikiLeaks .- founder, Julian Assange said today the Australian television has accused of defamation for journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding, the British newspaper The Guardian. In an interview from the UK to the "7:30 Report" on ABC television in Australia, Assange said that the statements attributed to him both in his recent book "are completely false." Leigh Harding, research editor and correspondent in Moscow, respectively, attributed to 'WikiLeaks and Assange' the Australian computer's comment that if the informants mentioned in the documents about the war in Iraq are murdered, as part of its action and not should surprise.

Riddle the Israeli-Palestinian theater director Juliano Mer Khamis

Jerusalem. .- The well-known theater director Palestinian with Israeli citizenship Juliano Mer Khamis was killed today in the West Bank town of Jenin by a group of armed men opened fire on their vehicle, local media reported. The son of a Jewish militant and a Palestinian Communist leader, Mer Khamis ran the Liberty Theater, which he founded in the Jenin refugee camp to provide a peaceful alternative to combat Israeli occupation.

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The UN figure at between 700,000 and one million displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire

Geneva .- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that the number of IDPs in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, and is between 700,000 and one million people, fleeing violence and that amount to nearly 500 dead. According to the UN agency since the beginning of the political crisis and fighting in that country after the elections last November, "at least 462 civilians have died in Abidjan." For its part, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said they have "unconfirmed reports that some 200 civilians" in other African countries have also been killed in Ivory Coast as a result of violence.

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U.S. limit the traffic on some sites to give priority to Japan

MADRID (Portaltic / EP) .- The United States Army is restricting traffic to commercial web pages up to deliver high bandwidth and making it available to the needs of Japan. Some of the sites recorded limitations are YouTube, eBay or Amazon. The earthquake disaster in Japan is making governments around the world, companies and organizations seek ways to assist the country.

Communications companies have made available their knowledge of the Japanese government to maintain communication networks in the country. The latest initiative in this direction comes from the U.S. military. The idea is to prioritize internet traffic related to Japan, as the current crisis following the tsunami has caused the demand for information and communications in the country Japan is very high.

The situation of the reactors at the Fukushima plant

Barcelona (Editorial) .- Fukushima nuclear plant concentrates all the concerns in Japan and also in the rest of the world. Of developments in reactors, which suffered severe damage following the magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, depends the future of the region. For now, the reactor of more concern is the number 3.

Closed after the earthquake, refrigeration systems fail and fears a partial core melt. Yesterday registratron high levels of radiation in the building, seriously injured after a hydrogen explosion. As for units 1 and 2, which also closed automatically after the earthquake, its evolution is not disappointing.

U.S. prevents UN condemns Israeli settlements

United Nations. .- The United States today blocked a controversial veto the Security Council the UN adopt a resolution against the Jewish settlements, with which it sought to condemn Israel's refusal to stop work on settlements in occupied territory. The U.S. veto, the first since the arrival of Barack Obama to the White House, also served to reaffirm the readiness of Washington to protect the international body to its main ally in the Middle East, even in a field in which they disagree.

Facebook is distinguished from the role of social networks in the Arab riots

BARCELONA .- Facebook has decided to run a veil over the platform role playing in the unrest in various countries of the Maghreb and the Middle East. The direction of the company intends to keep the acquired prominence in the recent demonstrations will attach the label subversive tool for governments to curb the rapid commercial deployment until now has been in the area.

According to sources in the direction of Facebook cited by The New York Times, the network is not willing to yield to the demands of various entities in defense of human rights for the company to provide greater protection for their users to persecution Some government against activists used Facebook to organize.