Daily World Buzz

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Israel closes four diplomatic missions after threats of attack

Israel has temporarily closed four of its diplomatic missions in response to threats of attack, announced Tuesday, February 15 an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The official, who spoke under condition of anonymity, declined to clarify the status of diplomatic missions and the countries concerned.

Previously, the Foreign Ministry announced the strengthening of security of many of its embassies following the recent "unusual events". According to Israeli public radio, these incidents have occurred since Sunday. The office of the fight against terrorism, under the Office of the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, recently warned Israeli citizens against the risks to their safety in seven countries: Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Venezuela, Mali, Ivory Coast and Mauritania.

TAM Brazil .- 0.6 reduces the international load factor in January, up 81.3%

SAO PAULO (BRAZIL), 16 Feb. TAM Airlines fell 0.6 percentage point load factor through its international flights in January to 81.3%, the Brazilian airline, which achieved a 11.2% increase its offerings in this market and saw a 10.4% increase demand. TAM said that the demand of passengers between Brazil and abroad remained "strong and consistent," motivated by the appreciation of the Brazilian real and the strengthening of the country's economy, boosting the business travel segment.

Breastfeeding in a cafe in London

If you call a Facebook page "The leaking roof" (The Leaky @ B @ b) you can not expect to go unnoticed. Jessica Martin-Weber, in fact, if the view is shut in a jiffy by censorship of the social network for breach of the rules. Yet the intentions of the new mother could only be speaking of lactation, a subject that creates a few more in England line-up fronts.

On the one hand there is a reality: a third of British children cease to be fed breast milk after a week of life. Only a fifth of mothers still breastfeeding after six weeks and 7% of children are breastfed until the fourth month of life. These numbers bring into the UK in line with developed countries.

Florence Case Break: If you missed an episode

"France will be at the side of the Bulgarian nurses imprisoned for eight years, France will not abandon Ingrid Betancourt, France will not abandon women who are condemned to the burqa, France will not abandon women who don ' have no freedom. France will be the oppressed of the world. " By the evening of his victory, May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy promised to take care of the French hostages in the world.

Brazil .- Telefonica bid for 11.09% of the shares held by minority Vivo

SAO PAULO (BRAZIL), 16 Feb. Telefónica has launched a tender offer for 15.21 million shares outstanding of the Brazilian mobile operator Vivo in the hands of minority shareholders representing 11.09% of Titles Brazilian company, said in a statement to the Stock Exchange of Sao Paulo. In particular, Telefónica will offer the March 18 50.15 euros for each of the 15,217,217 outstanding shares, representing 80% of the value set in its bid for Portugal Telecom held securities of EUR 62.68 .

Diplomacy, eppursi moves

In the rarefied European diplomacy and apparently still small - but significant - sometimes steps are performed. Today, Wednesday, February 16, the chairman of the Extraordinary Commission for Human Rights of the Senate, Pietro Marcenaro (Pd), presented Elaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament ssteri - visiting Italy - a list of 280 names of dissidents the regime, as the lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and director Jafar Panahi (here the link of the appeal Done) and asked them hoping the news release.

South Africans open to sex

In a country where more than two-thirds of the inhabitants are Christians, the taboo on sex is crumbling. Especially among the urban population has better access to information on the Internet.