Tips and Tricks to Invest in Precious Metals

Gold has reached at its peak prices and due to this out metals are gaining popularity such as Platinum and palladium.Listed below are the tips and tricks that will tell you how to invest in precious metals

Lesser-known precious metals, such as palladium and platinum, may be just the ticket. They are rare metals that have soared in value the past few years. They are also the new metals on the block compared to ancient gold and silver. They began being refined in the 1800s.

Platinum and palladium get an extra pop when gold soars, though. All precious metals move together, says David Morgan, founder of Silver-Investor.com. Platinum, which follows the price of gold, can even sell at a premium to its fellow precious metal.

These metals, increasingly coveted for high-tech uses such as catalytic converters in cars, can help diversify your portfolio and hedge against financial uncertainty.
Before investing in platinum or palladium, ground your portfolio by investing in gold and silver first, Morgan says. "Everyone needs gold and silver," he says."Platinum and palladium aren't for everyone because markets are smaller. They're nicer to have rather than need."
Why? Both metals' prices can be highly volatile. They're bought and sold via precious metals brokers.
Hold them for at least three years, says Paul Mladjenovic, author of "Precious Metals Investing for Dummies." Platinum and palladium should represent no more than 5% of your investment portfolio compared to 10% for gold and silver. That's because markets for these metals are smaller, and trading is more limited than for gold and silver.
Don't let swan-diving metal prices drive your investment strategy. "Speak to a financial adviser about setting a target price when selling," he says.

Platinum Regains its Luster

Platinum is 10 times rarer than gold, and the tight supply can mean wildly fluctuating prices. For example, platinum hit a high of $2,252 per ounce in March 2008 only to plummet to $794 in October that year. Supply issues in South Africa, where most of the metal is mined, were to blame, Mladjenovic says. "As soon as the problem was fixed, the metal's price dropped," he says.
The metal hasn't again reached that all-time high.
The best way to invest is to buy bullion coins, or coins minted but not used in day-to-day transactions. "You're less likely to worry about the ups and downs in the market," Morgan says. "So you'll hold onto the coins."
U.S. Mint-issued American Eagle platinum coins are one possibility. They're easily bought at banks, brokerage firms or directly from the U.S. Mint. They also can be purchased at major coin dealers such as Monex Precious Metals in Newport Beach, Calif. Go to the U.S. Mint website, USmint.gov, for a list of authorized dealers.
But a less liquid market than gold can mean they're harder to cash in. "Before you buy bullion coins, ask about the dealer's buyback policy," Mladjenovic says.
This shiny metal, which mimics silver, sold for almost the same price as gold in late September -- about $1,571 per ounce for platinum and about $1,649 per ounce for gold.

Dengue Fever - Symptoms and Precautions

Now a days Dengue fever is spreading in the whole the world especially in third world and in Asian countries like Pakistan.Dengue attacks on Punjab (Pakistan) and now its increase death toll in Sindh and other provinces of Pakistan.

What is dengue fever?

Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums, severe pain behind the eyes, and red palms and soles.

Dengue (pronounced DENG-gay) can affect anyone but tends to be more severe in people with compromised immune systems. Because it is caused by one of four serotypes of virus, it is possible to get dengue fever multiple times. However, an attack of dengue produces immunity for a lifetime to that particular serotype to which the patient was exposed.

Dengue goes by other names, including "breakbone" or "dandy fever." Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain, hence the name breakbone fever. Slaves in the West Indies who contracted dengue were said to have dandy fever because of their postures and gait.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more severe form of the viral illness. Symptoms include headache, fever, rash, and evidence of hemorrhage in the body. Petechiae (small red or purple splotches or blisters under the skin), bleeding in the nose or gums, black stools, or easy bruising are all possible signs of hemorrhage. This form of dengue fever can be life-threatening and can progress to the most severe form of the illness, dengue shock syndrome.

Dengue fever facts

• Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes.
• Symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue fever.
• Dengue is prevalent throughout the tropics and subtropics. Outbreaks have occurred recently in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, and in Paraguay in South America, and Costa Rica in Central America.
• Because dengue fever is caused by a virus, there is no specific medicine or antibiotic to treat it. For typical dengue fever, the treatment is purely concerned with relief of the symptoms (symptomatic).
• The acute phase of the illness with fever and myalgias lasts about one to two weeks.
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a specific syndrome that tends to affect children under 10 years of age. It causes abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding), and circulatory collapse (shock).
• The prevention of dengue fever requires control or eradication of the mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes dengue.
• There is currently no vaccine available for dengue fever.

Dengue Fever Prevention

Neither vaccine nor drugs for preventing infection are available. The bite of one infected mosquito can result in infection. The risk of being bitten is highest during the early morning, several hours after daybreak, and in the late afternoon before sunset. However, mosquitoes may feed at any time during the day. Aedes mosquitoes typically live indoors and are often found in dark, cool places such as in closets, under beds, behind curtains, and in bathrooms. Travelers should be advised to use insecticides to get rid of mosquitoes in these areas and to select accommodations with well-screened windows or air conditioning when possible. Additionally, travelers should take measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. Long-term travelers and expatriates can take extra precautions to reduce mosquito-breeding sites around their accommodations by emptying and cleaning or covering any standing water (such as in water storage tanks and flowerpot trays).

Al-Qaeda and 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks

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Today is the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks and the world is still in terror.Almost all the countries of the world is still in fear of terrorism since 9/11 Attacks.All the best and real efforts made to secure this world but the terror is increasing day by day.There must be solid and sincere efforts should made this world fear free.

Heavily armed police were on alert in and around New York City Friday after US officials warned of a “credible” but unconfirmed bomb threat around the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

US media reported that the suspected plot was hatched overseas by Al-Qaeda, perhaps to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden earlier this year, and officials told Agence France-Presse it could involve car bombs against a major city.

“There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information,” the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, as President Barack Obama ordered boosted counterterrorism efforts.

“We have taken, and will continue to take all steps necessary to mitigate any threats that arise,” the department added in a statement.

A White House official confirmed that Obama had “directed the counterterrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information.”

Federal officials in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a potential terrorism threat involving bomb-laden vehicles against either the capital or New York.

Few details were given, but one US official told AFP a car bomb was “at the top of what we would be looking for.”

“There’s enough information that’s specific and credible that you have to run it to ground,” the official said, adding: “I would stress that this is unconfirmed.”

ABC News cited intelligence officials as saying the potential plot involved three individuals who entered the country by air last month with the intention of carrying out a vehicle-borne attack on or around the 9/11 anniversary.

It said the plot was ordered by Al-Qaeda’s new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has vowed to avenge the killing of bin Laden in a US commando raid in Pakistan earlier this year.

Although there was no immediate change to the official US national threat level, New York authorities immediately announced sweeping extra measures, including vehicle checkpoints.

The police department “is deploying additional resources… some of which you will notice and some of which you will not,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters.

City police commissioner Raymond Kelly told the press conference that measures included police “trained in heavy weapons positioned outside of Manhattan to respond citywide.”

Extra shift hours would effectively increase by a third the size of patrols around New York, with checks on ferries, tunnels, bridges and landmarks, as well as bomb sweeps in car parks and bag checks on the subway, Kelly said.

US Senator Susan Collins, a ranking member of the homeland security committee, confirmed that she had received a classified briefing on a “specific and credible” terrorist threat Thursday morning.

“I am confident that the administration is taking the threat seriously and sharing intelligence with state and local enforcement officials in the targeted locations,” she said in a statement.

US Representative Peter King, also briefed on the intelligence, declined to discuss specifics but told CNN the threat included “very, very specific facts.”

“There’s no need to panic. We don’t know if this threat is real yet. It’s being tracked down,” he added.

Earlier, US military bases had raised their alert levels, but officials would not say whether this was related to the new threat report.

The scare came days ahead of Sunday’s anniversary ceremonies for the September 11, 2001, attacks, when Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush are due in the city, along with large crowds.

Despite frequent threats and a string of failed plots, Al-Qaeda has not succeeded in mounting a major attack on US soil since 2001, when it hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.

However, US officials have warned of a possible backlash following the killing of bin Laden in a secret compound in Pakistan in May.

US officials have said documents and computer files were seized at the compound showing bin Laden was considering strikes to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.

The United States claims to have greatly weakened the global terror network in the decade since the September 11 attacks, and earlier this week hailed Pakistan’s detention of a senior Al-Qaeda figure.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Younis al-Mauritani was seen as a powerful figure who was plotting attacks on the United States. It was not immediately clear if his arrest was linked to Thursday’s threat.

Climate War - A New Way to Conquer

With the  increase in technologies the old ways of life is defeating with new one.Now this technology is on the board and you can search and read lot of from the internet about how to control the climate of any country and use according to our own will and wish.HAC62AX662XZ Now you can suffer any countries people with lot of rains and can ruin the economy with lot of floods of any particular country.You can also control the rains and can produce dry climate to hit the economy and agriculture of any country.  

Swiss Franc Reigned Against the Euro

The euro fell broadly on Thursday, disappointing manufacturing data stoked recession fears ofglobal, the loss is more likely if the U.S.The figures paint a similar shelter picture.The dominated the Swiss franc against the euro EURCHF =, and the dollar, as investors try to test the determination of the Swiss National Bank, which recently stopped noticeablyinactive safety haven currency's strength.Data Showing contractions in industrial production in most euro zone countries for sale in all the driver of the euro
According to analysts. This weakness of the advance in Germany, the euro area's largest economy, where industry grew just fell in August and July."From Asia to Britain (PMI), the numbers marked the endless momentum,"said Jessica Hoversen, currency analyst at MF Global in New export orders fell further York.German the fastest of all EU countries for the PMI survey."The euro area can no longer count on Germany to keep the slow recovery,"he said."Beyond the details, situationin Europe remains a concern ".We believe the situation is worsening faster than in Europe in the euro reflects the"Hoversen U.S. ISM manufacturing PMI said.Ahead 1400 GMT, and the key Jobs data Friday, the single currency of the eurozone is seen as more to lose, as well as signs of weakness in Europe and the world economy, since the region is still far from a solution to the crisis debt.

The stability of the confidence in the euro area's has been rocked by signs that officials are dragging their feet is to act as ease of debt problems in Greece and other countries, createtensions in financial markets and expressed concern about the financial health of the region."The concern for the debt of Greece's in general is the most important factor weighing on the euro and is now the complexity of the euro zone economy to the information flow"said Stephen Gallo, head of Schneider's analysis, FX.

The euro broke below $ 1.4320 for technical support and $ 1.4365 area, where many of its moving averages Clustered.The Franco met all fields, and the euro fell 1.5 percent =. EURCHF 1.1416 francs The strength of the franc wide to push the dollar by 0.9 percent 0.7982 francs less than the above offers seen francs.The 0.7950 Swiss National Bank is a quiet place after mid-August when the French market was flooded, reduced close to zero, and lacked swap market to reduce the yen remained under pressure highs.The Franco buying dollars in Japanese accounts, the rise of 0.5 percent in U.S. currency around 76.98 and calming fears that the second round of interventions to the authorities in Tokyo can be a way.

How to Remove Dark Circles at Home

Dark circles gives very bad impression of face and face index the mind.People first see our face and they made thinking by looking at our face. Almost everyone knows home remedy for dark circles. That're a common complaint that the dozens of different cultures, and everyone's grandmother, has its own favorite remedy dark.How well their drug of choice is dark? Some are better than others. Nobody is 100% effective, especially against the kind of circles that will send you screaming into the mirror.

However, home remedies for dark circles can be helpful - for example,'ve run out of eye cream dark circles, and needs help immediately.

The most effective medical dark circles is also the most cliche. Thin cucumber applied to your eyes not only helps clear the skin but also soothes and cools your eyes. This can be especially comforting if you've arrived late the night before or your eyes are red and tired from allergies or staring at a laptop screen.

They are in the earth on his back (and that's easier to balance the two slices of cucumber). Fine Place the cucumber on the eyes, make sure they are in contact with the skin under the eyes. Leave it for about 5-10 minutes. It'sa good idea to set the alarm clock, if \ do this early in the morning. Be careful not to get cucumber juice in your eyes.

RevitaLume contains cucumber extract, which is less complicated and more efficient way to get the same cooling, soothing benefits of cucumber slices. Advantages of our products also last much longer, and helps strengthen the capillaries under the eyes, so that the formation of future dark circles.

Caffeine in tea bags is corrected by reducing the swelling in the dark. Caffeine in tea helps reduce the water to the tissues around the eyes (which \ will notice that many early eye circles creams contain caffeine for this very reason). In addition, tea contains antioxidants that are beneficial for the skin.

Take tea bag used (green, black or white), that's reduced them. Make sure that's cool! Leave it over your eyes for 10 minutes. You will not'll see a noticeable improvement in puffiness and circles under the eyes. Be careful not to drink tea in her eyes.

Herbal tea bags is not a useful agent in the dark, except for chamomile tea. Chamomile has anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce swelling and inflammation.

The best way to dark circles under the eyes is a product designed specifically for this purpose. RevitaLume advantage of the latest research and cutting-edge products to reduce the dark in a few minutes of application. Don't need to attack the fridge or prepare a cup of tea - just apply and see the difference RevitaLume.

Aarakshan - Film Review

While some films like Prakash Jha and before Raajneeti, In fact, used this formula for some genuine dramatic performance, while others, like My Name Is Khan probably turned out to be much better product if they do not consider it necessary to force a "revolution." Everyone seems obsessed with the director making a film at least, that somehow a tribute Rang DeAnd as the film may have been, Bollywood filmmakers have the recipe wrong. It's almost as if, without the inclusion of a media circus, you can not push a social problem effectively at all.

And this is the first major problem in Jakarta Aarakshan, A mistake of the same name, long a film that is worthy of national debate, which seems to be that they created. Just because, except for a handful of collisions, which dry up during the first hour of the film itself, Aarakshan really has nothing new to say. It begins almost as if Jha has decided to make a copy of his previous film, but with an emphasis on the word Aarakshan at this time. And yet history has turned on before the first hour or so, as walking is very clear and there is no real participation of the dramatic confrontation, Saif Ali Khan completely nails.

Aarakshan! And the stunning Deepika Padukone already has to stop his attempts at serious roles, which require no action. It is not April 1st, dear. And we're not mistaken.

So my final word honest, fan-boy tips for writers of Bollywood, who are trying to force social meaning in the love story is this: Keep it simple, folks.More latest movie reviews.........

The Life of Anna Hazare

He has contemplated suicide, once even wrote a two page essay about why he wanted to end his life. Anna Hazari did not lead to such an extent on the circumstances. He wanted to live longer, because he was disillusioned with life and wanted an answer to the purpose of human existence.

The story goes that one day in New Delhi Railway Station, which was then a book on Swami Vivekananda. Designed by image Vivekananda's, he is quoted as saying that he read the book and found the answer - that the reason your life is in service of others.

Today, Anna Hazar is the face of India's fight against corruption. She has to match the corridors of power and challenged the government at the highest level. The people, ordinary people and celebrities, is to sustain hundreds of thousands swollen.

For Anna Hazari, is another battle. And he fought hard, including some as a soldier of 15 years in Indian Army. The enlisted after 1962 Indo-China war, when the government encouraged young people to join the army.

In 1978, he took voluntary retirement from the 9th battalion of the Maratha and returned home to Ralegaon Siddhi, a village in the drought-prone suburbs Maharashtra's. He was 39.

He met farmers back home who are struggling for survival and their suffering will ask you to pioneer conservation of rainwater that put small village on the map internationally as a model village.

The people honored. Thakar Raut, Siddhi Ralegaon teacher says,"Thanks to Anna's riots, we have a school, we have electricity, we have developed programs for farmers.'\ '

Hazar Anna's fight against corruption began here. He struggled initially against corruption hamper development in rural India. Organization - the Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan (People's anti-corruption). Tool protests - hunger strikes. And the main target - politicians.

Stalwarts like Maharashtra Sharad Pawar and Bal Thackeray have been asked many times the style, nothing less than exciting"blackmail ".


The Gandhi is welded on. In a battle for another war against corruption. He fought at the front has the right to apply the information (RTI). Now it is struggling to implement in January Lokpal Bill, the anti-corruption law was drafted by the team folded.

This year, more than 30 years after cross-Anna Hazar began as a 74-year-old is planning a second hunger strike in New Delhi for the rampant corruption at the national level. Nothing has changed except the size of the battle.

Benefits of Spicy Food - Be Slim and Smart with Spicy Food

When Beyonce admitted followed cayenne pepper and maple syrup diet before filming Dreamgirls, many experts in weight loss, horrified by the extreme regime.

But new research suggests it may have been no scientific sense, the concept of using a spice to enhance the metabolic activity. According to a study by Penn State University, adding a combination of turmeric, cinnamon had, rosemary, oregano, garlic powder and paprika a significant effect on the participants the results of blood. The researchers analyzed the effect of antioxidant-rich spice blend of six men who are overweight, but healthy, aged between 30 and 65.
They found that adding a dose of 14 grams of the mixture to a 1200 calorie lunch caused an immediate reduction in insulin levels and triglycerides.
Blood samples of participants were taken every 30 minutes to four hours after a meal and a meal compared to normal control participants insulin levels fell by 21 percent and triglyceride levels in a 31 percent.
There was no effect on blood sugar, but the antioxidant activity was 13 percent higher in each sample of blood after spicy food.
The researchers wrote: "These significant effects were likely the result of the high concentration of phenolic antioxidants in spices.
They added that the levels of antioxidants in spices were similar to 5 oz of wine or 1.4 ounces of dark chocolate.
Sheila West, who led the study, told ABC News: "like spices can be important antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress and thereby reduce the risk of chronic diseases." -MOL
Dr. Ralph Abraham, a consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at the Medical Center of London, said the results are worthy of further investigation, using different combinations of smaller spice mixture to identify the aromas are important.
He told the Mail Online: "The work is reminiscent of the discovery of the beneficial effects of cinnamon on glucose tolerance, which led to many patients, ill-disposed to drug treatments, and add 1-2 tablespoons of cinnamon powder for tea or coffee.

Round-the-Clock Court Cases for UK Rioters

Portraits of those accused of violence, disorder and looting began to occur Friday after another day of round-the-clock legal proceedings in London, Birmingham and Manchester for the alleged perpetrators in the UK's worst unrest decades.
They were the suspects with a criminal record, but also a teenage ballerina, mother of a 6-week-old children, students, and a gifted athlete who has served as a youth ambassador for the London 2012 Olympics.
Meanwhile, police flooded the streets to an uneasy peace. No major incidents of disorder reported overnight Thursday.
Steve Kavanagh, deputy assistant commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police said 16,000 officers would remain in service in the capital Friday. It is their largest peacetime deployment and compares with a normal figure of around 2500.
Metropolitan Police said Friday they will pay nearly 600 people with violence, disorder and looting. The whole country has more than 1,700 people have been arrested.
Hundreds of shops were looted, buildings were torched and several people died in the midst of the chaos that broke out Saturday in London and across four nights in the UK.
Victims are three men in Birmingham by a car running when they defended their neighborhoods. Police question three suspects on suspicion of murder ..

ANTI TERRORISM COURT DECISION - Death Penalty to Rangers Personnel

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 0.2 million and Rs Shahid Zafar. 0.1 million fine to the co-defendants to be paid to the heirs of the deceased as compensation. The penalties may appeal the decision in Sindh

On June 10, the Chief Justice of Pakistan suo-Moto notice of the incident and appointed YOU Sultan Ali Khawaja West as responsible for the investigation in the case.
The entire episode took a turn only after the film was telecast by news channels.
The families of the victims expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Court in this regard.

Nelson Mandela - The Greatest Man of the World

Think this is the biggest news of the world that After 27 years of enforced silence, Nelson Mandela emerged from prison in 1990 and proceeded to speak and write, becoming one of the most quoted people in the world. He is also, according to Sello Hatang and Sahm Venter, the editors of Nelson Mandela - By Himself, one of the world’s most misquoted people too. This means the Nelson Mandela Foundation Centre of Memory is kept busy processing thousands of requests for quotations to be authenticated. So Hatang and Venter trawled through thousands of public and private papers, speeches, letters, tapes, interviews, manuscripts and diary extracts going back as far as 1948 in a bid to produce.

Biggest News of 2011

This is the world biggest  News that the withdrawal of U.S forces from Afghanistan has begun today.This is great news for all the people.One thing must remember that now it is very difficult to attack and live as invader.Even powerful army of the world has to withdraw.

Facing growing political opposition to the nearly decade-old war, Obama announced in June the withdrawal plan, which was a faster timetable than the military had recommended.
The first 10,000 troops will come home by the end of the year, but Obama left the details up to his commanders.
U.S. Lt. Col. Wayne Perry, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said about 650 troops who had completed their rotation in Afghanistan left on Wednesday as scheduled, and would not be replaced.
"As part of the drawdown the first U.S. troops have left Afghanistan," he said.
The units that left were the Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 134th Cavalry Regiment, based in Kabul, and the Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, which had been in neighbouring Parwan province.
Afghan security forces are to take over security responsibility from foreign forces in seven areas of the country this summer. Afghan forces will then take the lead in securing the entire country by the end of 2014.
Critics have said Obama's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan faster than the military recommended could jeopardize the next major push of the war, to unseat insurgents in the east.
The drawdown comes amid intense fighting in Afghanistan, where more than 1,500 U.S. forces have been killed since the war began.
Although extra U.S. troops ordered into southern Afghanistan have made security gains there, the situation in the east of the country bordering Pakistan has deteriorated.
Late last month, insurgents staged a brazen raid on the Kabul Intercontinental hotel, killing 12 people and raising fresh questions about whether Afghan forces are ready to assume responsibilities as U.S. forces pull out.

Well-Deserved Victory - The New State of South Sudan

Yes its right that New State of South Sudan has came into existence.On Saturday, South Sudan becomes a free and independent country. It is a well-deserved victory for its people. Under a 2005 American-backed political accord that ended two decades of civil war, the people of the mainly Christian territory voted overwhelmingly in January to secede from the Arab Muslim north

Still, celebrations in the capital, Juba, cannot obscure a sobering truth: building a functional new country will take decades of hard work. Responsibility falls primarily on South Sudan, but also on the United States and the international community that shepherded it.

Africa’s 54th state is at the bottom of the developing world. Most people live on less than $1 a day. More than 10 percent of children do not reach the age of 5. Some 75 percent of adults cannot read.

Meanwhile, festering disputes between north and south are stoking chaos in a land already bloodied by two million deaths in civil war. Sudan on Friday became the first state to recognize South Sudan. Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, author of the murderous war in Darfur, said he would attend the festivities in Juba. But he also said he would continue the fight that erupted last month against forces loyal to the south in South Kordofan, an oil-rich region still under Khartoum’s control. Mr. Bashir’s decision to order the United Nations to withdraw peacekeepers from South Kordofan is deeply worrisome.

Major elements of the 2005 peace agreement are unresolved — such as which side will control the oil-rich region of Abyei, where fighting has also broken out; citizenship protections for minorities; where final borders will be set; how oil earnings will be shared (the south has 70 percent of the reserves).

The two sides are dependent on each other. South Sudan needs the north’s pipeline to get its oil to market. Sudan needs oil money to help pay its bills. Both need foreign investment and the north needs debt relief. They have a better chance of winning international support if they are at peace.

As an incentive, the United States and its partners have offered to convene an international conference in September for South Sudan. That will allow South Sudan’s leaders to present their plans for encouraging desperately needed private investment. Washington gave Juba $300 million for education and housing and is promising more. International assistance should go forward only if South Sudan works constructively with Khartoum to bring stability to both countries.

The Obama administration, correctly, is not taking Sudan off its terrorism list and normalizing relations until Khartoum fulfills the peace deal and ends the conflict in Darfur. China, Sudan’s main oil investor and arms supplier, should deliver a similar message to Mr. Bashir, who is under war crimes indictment, instead of receiving him with fanfare in Beijing and promising him new oil deals. The international community must persuade the two sides to avoid war and work to build a future for both Sudans.

The Last Journey of Space Shuttle Atlantis

The last journey of Atlantis has started with great attention of the whole world.Now read  the whole story of  Atlantis.There was a time, some of us remember, when a countdown at Canaveral stopped the world in its tracks. On television or at the launching, every breath was held at liftoff and every eye followed the fiery plume of ascent, up and away. Godspeed, said someone who was everyone.

That was a half century ago, when men first squeezed into their machines and, defying gravity, rode into a new dimension of human experience. Unbound to Earth, our species could imagine that an age of spacefaring was truly under way, the Moon and Mars within reach, maybe even an asteroid where the Little Prince awaited our visit. The promised new reality legitimized fantasies.

The atmosphere here on Friday at the launching of the space shuttle Atlantis was, in some respects, reminiscent of the old days. The crowd was the largest in years, attracted by the last chance for no telling how long to see astronauts in this country leave for space.

Everything was class-reunion festive. The gray-hairs recharged memories from youth. Their grandchildren trooped along to see what had turned people on when there were just a few channels of black-and-white TV and the only telephone in the house was at the end of a cord — and the only ones twittering were sparrows. 

As rain clouds hovered ominously and the countdown began to the 135th departure in the 30-year-old shuttle program, the milling crowd grew still and anxious. There was concern for the four lives in the winged space plane, of course, and all eyes searched for the break in the clouds that finally came. But this time, more than ever, spectators and others who care about NASA worried for nothing less than the future of human spaceflight in the United States.

“We’ve come full circle since 1961, back to when we had yet to show we could launch people into space,” said Steven J. Dick, a retired NASA chief historian. “We will be hitching rides from the Russians to go to the space station that is mainly ours.”

The irony of having to send our astronauts up in Russian Soyuz capsules is as plain as cold war history. The Soviet Union’s early dominance of space, manifested by the Sputnik surprise in 1957 and subsequent feats, prompted the United States to match and then surpass the Soviets in a program topped off by the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969. Human spaceflight would have come along anyway, but not with quite the urgency of the Soviet-American competition.

Foreseeing the end of shuttle flights, the Obama administration and NASA last year proposed new plans, approved by Congress, to develop heavy-lift rockets for sending people deeper into space, to be ready perhaps after 2020. Meanwhile, NASA has begun financing research for intermediate crew-only spacecraft to be produced and launched by commercial companies, probably no sooner than 2016. Such plans, of course, are at the mercy of the budget cutting and government downsizing spreading in Washington.

Lori B. Garver, the deputy administrator of NASA, insisted this week that the future was bright for human spaceflight. “We are tapping into how we developed almost everything great in this country, through commercial enterprise and competition,” Ms. Garver said.

Other NASA officials noted that Congressional support for the new programs was bipartisan. But they acknowledged that budget cuts were possible, and would ultimately take a toll on launching capabilities.

John M. Logsdon, a space policy expert and the author of “John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon,” said there had been gaps in human flight before, especially after Apollo flights ended in 1975 and the first shuttles flew in 1981. “We can accept that as long as a replacement is in the pipeline,” Dr. Logsdon said. “But we are ending programs with no sure follow-ons.”

Dr. Dick, the historian, questioned whether the barely started new programs would be ready to boost this country’s astronauts into orbit in this decade. “We’re stuck in the short term, can’t rouse ourselves to do much that’s inspiring,” he said.

Whatever happened to the space age as imagined back in the 1950s and early ’60s, when science fiction writers and rocket scientists spun tales of travel out in the solar system and beyond? Propellants, oxygen and other good stuff never seemed limited, or radiation a risk, or Congressional budgets a curse. This alternate universe appealed to some in a society flush with confidence after winning the Second World War but feeling a bit confined in the postwar gray-flannel conformity. Americans seemed to have lost none of their can-do spirit.

Landmines in Libya

War in Libya has entered in a new phase.Forces loyal to embattled leader Moammar Gaddafi have laid land mines. Human Rights Watch has claimed the mines were placed in mountains in the far western part of Libya.

The mountains contain many revolutionaries, who first reported the mines to Human Rights Watch.

Revolution force members claimed to have removed more than 150 mines from the area while HRW verified it had also discovered mines in six locations.

Antipersonnel landmines are banned in most countries as they pose a huge threat to civilians.

Hearing Loss Among Newborns due to Virus

Its great writing for the newborn babies health.Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common viral infection that causes flu-like or no symptoms in healthy people. However, it can cause problems if the infection occurs for the first time during pregnancy.

'CMV is greatly under-diagnosed,' said Professor William Rawlinson from the University of New South Wales, reports the Australian Medical Journal.

A surveillance project between 1999 and 2009 showed that out of about 1,800 cases of CMV a year, only five to 25 were being diagnosed, according to a New South Wales statement.

Rawlinson said CMV screening would be cost-effective and an antiviral therapy was available for treatment in infants before 30 days of age.

'Most infected babies will be well. However, about half of the infants who develop disease will not show symptoms at birth and are unlikely to be identified without screening,' he said.

White House and Libya Conflict Critics

White House to answer Libya conflict critics

The House of Representatives on Friday passed a symbolic resolution chiding President Barack Obama for not seeking congressional approval for US involvement and gave him until June 17 to answer those questions and more.

“We will answer the questions in that resolution within the time-frame,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.

But Carney declined to say whether the response would be in the form of the detailed report sought in the non-binding resolution, which was crafted by Republican House Speaker John Boehner.

“I don’t have a format for you, but we will certainly endeavor to answer the questions,” said the spokesman.

Carney also sidestepped questions on whether the White House would ask for formal congressional authorization for the US military role in the UN-backed campaign now officially under control of Nato.

“We have been in extensive consultations with Congress about our mission in Libya, the goals of which, we believe, are widely shared by Republicans and Democrats and House members and senators,” he told reporters.

His comments came as Democratic Senator Jim Webb and Republican Senator Bob Corker, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution akin to the House measure that challenged Obama’s Libya policy.

Their bill calls for the Obama administration to offer a detailed justification for US operations and forbids any deployment of US ground troops in Libya, and demands a detailed report within 14 days on US goals and means to reach those objectives.

It also calls on Obama to request authorization for the continuation of US involvement in Nato activities and states that Congress should fully debate such a request expediently.

SHOCK LOVE CHILD

 Supper and Terminated star Arnold Schwarzenegger confesses to secret baby.Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed he fathered a secret love child during his marriage to Maria Shriver.

Terminator star Arnie and his wife, who have 4 children - Katherine, 21, Christina, 19, Patrick, 17, and Christopher, 13 - announced their separation through a joint statement earlier this month, but chose not to disclose the reason for the break-up.

It appears Arnie recently confessing to the existence of his 5th child broke his relatiionship with Maria, 55, apart.

'I told my wife about this event which occurred over a decade ago,' Arnie, 63, explained.

'There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused.

'I have apologised to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.'

The mother of Arnie's secret child was a member of his household staff who had worked for the family for 20 years.

'I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time,' Arnie says in a statement to the LA Times.

Most Wanted "OSAMA BIN LADEN" shot dead in PAKISTAN

One of the major master mind of 9/11 attacks OSAMA BIN LADEN has been died in Pakistan today. “Justice has been done,” President Barack Obama declared in a hastily called, late-night White House speech announcing the death of the elusive head of the militant group behind a series of deadly bombings across the world.

Bin Laden’s death is highly symbolic but it was unclear whether it would mark a turning point in the worldwide war against a highly fractured network of militants, or end any sooner the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A source familiar with the US operation said bin Laden was shot in the head. His death was confirmed separately by officials in Pakistan.

Jubilant, flag-waving celebrations erupted in Washington and New York. It was the biggest national security victory for Obama since he took office in early 2009 and could give him a political boost as he seeks re-election in 2012.

Obama may now find it easier to wind down the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan, begun after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000.

Pakistanis not told

But the operation could complicate relations with Pakistan already frayed over US drone strikes in the west of the country and the jailing of a CIA contractor accused of killing two Pakistani men.

A US official said Pakistani authorities were told the details of the raid after it had taken place.

Obama said US forces led a targeted operation that killed bin Laden in a compound in Abbotabad north of Islamabad. No Americans were killed in the operation and they took care to avoid civilian casualties, he said.

Bin Laden and three adult men, including a son of bin Laden were killed along with a woman who was used as a shield by a male combatant, officials said.

The operation took under 40 minutes. A US helicopter was lost due to a mechanical problem and its crew and assault force safely evacuated.

The operation was monitored in real-time by CIA Director Leon Panetta and other intelligence officials in a conference room at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, an official said.

Senior administration officials said they were finally led to bin Laden after more than four years tracking one of his trusted couriers, and the man’s brother, using intelligence obtained from detainees captured after Sept. 11.

They finally identified the men’s residence in August 2010, and quickly realized the $1 million; three-story property was far more than the home of two individuals with no discernible source of wealth.

Possible Reprisals

Authorities said Obama’s hideaway, built in 2005, was about eight times larger than other homes in the area, located when it was built at the end of a narrow dirt road. It had security features including 12- to 18-foot walls topped with barbed wire, internal walls for extra privacy, and access controlled through two security gates.

It had no telephone or Internet connection. Bin Laden’s death triggered a travel alert for Americans worldwide, the US State Department said, warning of the potential for anti-American violence.

Thousands of people gathered outside the White House, waving American flags, cheering and chanting “USA, USA, USA.”

Car drivers blew their horns in celebration and people streamed to Lafayette Park across from the street, as police vehicles with their lights flashing stood vigil.

“I’m down here to witness the history. My boyfriend is commissioning as a Marine next week. So I’m really proud of the troops,” Laura Vogler, a junior at American University in Washington, said outside the White House.

Similar celebrations erupted in New York’s Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Center twin towers felled by hijacked airplanes on Sept. 11.

A market perception that the death of bin Laden reduced the security risks facing the United States lifted the dollar from a three-year low and raised stock index futures.

US crude oil prices also fell. “Current oil prices are regarded by most analysts as carrying significant risk premium at current levels and good news on the geopolitical front has the potential to move prices back below $100,” said Ric Spooner, chief analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney.

However, some analysts said the market impact would be short lived.

Many Americans had given up hope of finding bin Laden after he vanished in the mountains of Afghanistan in late 2001.

Intelligence that originated last August provided the clues that eventually led to bin Laden’s trail, the president said. A US official said Obama gave the final order to pursue the operation last Friday morning.

“The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of men, women and children,” Obama said.

Quran-burning pastor Terry Jones jailed in Michigan

Terry Jones  jailed.A local judge jailed pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida and his associate Wayne Sapp after a court found their planned protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, could lead to violence.

During his court appearance, Jones argued that the Quran “promotes terrorist activities around the world.”

He also insisted that his right to protest against Islam was protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

“The First Amendment does us no good if it confines us to saying what is popular,” he pointed out.

But Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad testified that his department had received information about serious threats made against Jones from local residents, arguing that his protest could lead to violence if allowed.

Prosecutor Robert Moran argued that the protest had nothing to do with the First Amendment and at stake were security and peace in the community.

In the end, the jury sided with the prosecution and Judge Mark Somers set bond at the symbolic amount of $1 each for the two pastors, which they initially refused to pay.

Following their refusal, both were escorted to a local jail. But local media reported both men changed their minds after spending about an hour behind bars and posted the $1 bond.

Jones and Sapp made international headlines after their ceremonial “trial and execution” of the Quran by burning led to deadly protests in Afghanistan.

Last month’s Quran burning unleashed protests across Afghanistan, some of which were violent. Seven UN staff were killed during one protest in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on April 1. Overall, more than 20 people have been killed.

The Biggest Clash of World Cup 2011

 The biggest clash of world cup 2011 will be start on March 30,2011 at 2:30 PM in Mohali.All the people not only from India and Pakistan but all over the world is waiting for this semi final of cricket world cup 2011.This match also has been called "MOTHER OF CLASHES".

People of India and Pakistan are praying or their teams.All the players are practicing hard and hard.Media of all the world is showing talk shows and News starts and end with conversation about this special match.All the tickets have been sold many days before.Lets see who rule on the heart pf their people.

Pakistan court releases Raymond Davis

ISLAMABAD: An Additional Sessions judge Wednesday set free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two Pakistanis on a busy road in Lahore, after payment of blood money (Diyat) in accordance with Sharia law of Pakistan, sources said.

Talking to Geo News, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the court released Raymond Davis after the family members of the murdered men appeared in the court and pardoned the US National after an agreement was reached between the two sides. “He has been released from jail and now it is up to him to leave the country whenever he wants,” the Minister added.

The killings by Raymond Davis in Lahore in January strained relations between Pakistan and US, who repeatedly insisted Davis was an embassy employee and enjoyed diplomatic immunity, particularly after it emerged he was working for the CIA.

A spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad said he could not immediately confirm the report. Lawyers for the families of the two men shot dead in a busy Lahore street on January 27 said they had been held for four hours at the jail court where Davis was being tried on Wednesday, but had not been allowed to witness proceedings.

Blood money, or ‘Diyat’ is a provision under Islamic sharia law in which compensation can be paid to relatives of those killed to secure a pardon, and is commonly used to resolve such cases in Pakistan.

The Davis case had sparked protests in Pakistan, with religious groups angrily denouncing the American who claimed he acted in self-defence to fend off an armed robbery when he shot dead the two men.

US authorities insisted Davis was protected by full diplomatic immunity, but the Pakistan government refused to back that claim and a decision on his status was on Monday deferred by the Lahore high court for criminal judges to decide.

Revelations that Davis was a CIA contractor heaped pressure on Pakistan's embattled government and further ramped up burning public mistrust of Washington, damaging fragile relations between the two wary allies.

A third Pakistani was struck down and killed by a US diplomatic vehicle that came to Davis' assistance in the January incident. US officials denied Pakistan access to the vehicle, and the occupants are widely believed to have left the country.

Police have said they recovered a Glock pistol, four loaded magazines, a GPS navigation system and a small telescope from Davis' car after the January 27 shooting. The United States postponed a round of high-level talks with Afghanistan and Pakistan following failed attempts to free Davis, and US lawmakers threatened to cut payments to Pakistan unless he is released.

Business is striving for normality in Japan

Tokyo and other parts of Japan faced blackouts on Monday as the country tried to return to work and a sense of normality.

"It's definitely not business as usual," said Tokyo resident Mia Moore. The office of her law firm was open, but employees were told that turning up was optional.

"It didn't really feel safe going to an empty office," she said, citing the on-going tremors that continue to rattle the city every few hours.

"People want to stay with their families at this time to recover really. It's quite exhausting feeling so nervous all the time. I think people want to get back to normality as soon as they can." Some shops were open, but food supplies, like bread and instant noodles, as well as bottled water were scarce, she said. 

"We're used to tremors in Tokyo but these aftershocks are big," said Simon Lockett, another Tokyo resident. "We've had shocks that measure more than magnitude 6."

He said residents were already braced for shortages.

"In Tokyo, there's no bread, no water on the shelves," he said.

With the imperiled Fukushima nuclear plant offline, rotating power cuts were not ruled out for parts of Tokyo to ease the burden on a stretched power service.

Tokyo Electric Power said it was expecting a shortfall of around 25 percent capacity. Regions in the north and east of Tokyo were also considering blackouts.

The first blackout was scheduled to start at 5 p.m. local time, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.

The Japanese government urged people on Monday to save energy by only making essential journeys.

With the threat of sporadic power supplies and damage from the quake, the country's rail network is also struggling to resume services.

East Japan Railway, Japan's biggest rail company that connects Tokyo with the areas hardest hit by the quake and tsunami, has cancelled all of its high-speed Shinkansen trains.

In Tokyo many of the subway and commuter lines were running limited services.

As power cuts could affect water supplies, Tokyo residents were told by local authorities to prepare by filling up bathtubs and keeping a supply of boiled water.

Elsewhere in the country major manufacturers have closed many of their plants, some for compassionate reasons, others due to damage from Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake. Some companies had shut down operations in anticipation of the power cuts.

The country's three largest car makers -- Nissan, Honda and Toyota -- suspended production at most of their facilities, with Toyota announcing it would not resume manufacturing at any of its Japan-based facilities until after Wednesday.

There was one fatality at a Honda facility 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Tokyo after the earthquake hit on Friday and the company said the plant had also sustained damage. Electronics company Sony announced that the company has taken the decision to shut off power at all of its facilities on Monday.