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SINGAPORE, KOMPAS.com – Apple’s iPhone will likely dominate the high-end smartphone market in the next five years but faces strong competition from handsets using Google’s Android platform, a research firm said Tuesday.

By 2015, total mobile application downloads in the Asia-Pacific are forecast to reach 5.30 billion, of which 597.15 million, or about 11 percent, will be for the iPhone, technology industry consultancy Ovum said.

Downloads of iPhone applications are estimated at 62.16 million dollars in 2010, Ovum said in an analysis released four days before the launch of the new-generation iPhone 4 in another 17 countries and cities worldwide on Friday. The iPhone 4 is expected “to face much stiffer competition than its predecessors”, Ovum principal analyst Adam Leach said in a statement.

“The rise of Google Android over the last two years has been phenomenal and is allowing manufacturers to create appealing alternatives to the iPhone, critically at cheaper prices,” Leach said.

Handsets using the Android operating platform are more than just clones of the iconic iPhone, he said.

“The risk to Apple is that these devices offer greater freedom with available content and may prove more appealing, if it offers the right user and developer experience, than a device with Apple-approved content only,” said Leach.

“This may ultimately be what puts the brakes on unlimited iPhone growth.” From July 30, customers can purchase the iPhone 4 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. It will be available for purchase through Apple’s online store.

Tehran An earthquake measuring 6.3 Richter scale rocked the port in the province Moqam Hormozgān, Iran, on Wednesday night.

According to the State Seismografi Network affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the earthquake was in the position of 27.06 degrees longitude and 53.63 degrees Latitude.

Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, said, there are no reports on possible casualties or property caused by the quake.

The quake occurred at 22:48 local time Thursday (22/07/2010) at 10:18 pm.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe declared, approved or not by the World Diamond Supervisory Agency, the country will still be selling the world’s largest diamond reserves are located in the east of the country.

Tuesday (13/07/2010), Mugabe has contacted the parties making rules about the sale of diamonds that the diamonds reserves will boost the country’s economy is now ruined.

According to Mugabe, the country is a major supplier of diamonds in the world or about a quarter of world supply, discovered in 2006.

To note, the World Diamond Supervisory Board does not permit selling Zimbabwe’s largest diamond mine fields. This is related to the alleged mass killings, human rights abuses and violence, and corruption.

In fact, areas of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, are known to be rich in reserves of diamonds and other natural resources.

WASHINGTON,  U.S. President Barack Obama, Saturday (07/03/2010), poured funds amounting to nearly two billion dollars to the two energy company committed to build solar power plants in the U.S.. This commitment is expected to create thousands of employment opportunities in the country.

“We will continue to strive for improvement,” Obama said when giving a speech on the radio weekly. “We will continue to fight aggressively to ensure the future of work and the industry is rooted here in America,” Obama said.

Abengoa Solar, one of the company, agreed to build the largest solar power plant in Arizona, which will create 1600 jobs in construction. When completed later, this plant is able to create clean energy for 70 000 homes.

Meanwhile, other companies, abound Solar Manufacturing, agreed to build two power plants, each in Colorado and Indiana. Both these plants can absorb the estimated 2000 workers, and 1,500 permanent jobs. Because, this plant will produce millions of solar panels each year, said White House officials.

“This is what some of the things we’re doing,” Obama said. But Obama realizes that this step has not been able to absorb all the existing workforce. Former Illinois senator said he would continue to fight for it.

The announcement was made following a report about U.S. unemployment rate reached 9.5 percent due to the impact of economic recession which was sweeping the country. Obama says America still needs time to get out of economic recession.

The UN rejected the claim that North Korea accused South Korean rivals and U.S. troops took heavy weapons into the Panmunjom neutral area. As with Yonhap News on Tuesday (6/29/2010), North Korea’s military warned of the dangers of increasing military power in the region truce.
The UN statement, a written “no transfer of heavy weapons to Panmunjom.”
Meanwhile, North Korea’s claim could be lamented by members of the Military Commission of the United Nations from the United States Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells. “North Korea does not invite discussion of the parties who oversee the demilitarization of the region,” said Wells.
The relationship the two Koreas are still heating up because of differences about the shooting corvette cross Cheonan. Warships, according to an international investigation, the bullet penetrated the North Koreans. There are 46 South Korean navy soldiers who were killed in the incident. Meanwhile, North Korean party denied the allegation.

Earthquake with the strength of the Ottawa and Montreal is thrilling, Wednesday, rare events which makes office workers running into streets in the capital of Canada.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported strength of 5.0 Richter earthquake shook the Ontario-Quebec border area at 17:41 PM or Thursday (06/24/2010) 00:41 pm and vibrant downtown Ottawa shortly after noon.

USGS, which originally reported the quake measuring 5.5 Richter before it down, said the epicenter was 53 kilometers north of Ottawa.

The earthquake also rocked the most populous city in Canada, Toronto, where global leaders scheduled to meet this weekend to attend the G20 summit of major economies and developing countries in the world.

Vibration can also be felt in New York and midwestern states, Ohio in the U.S..

AFP correspondent in Canada witnessed the walls of buildings in downtown vibrate for several seconds. Cracks appeared in the Press Gallery at Parliament buildings in Ottawa, and some people outside the building looks shaky, but no injuries.

The quake was also disrupt the meeting a lawmaker from the opposition in the press gallery. In TV footage shown he calmly gathered his notes before exiting. While journalists scramble to run for the door to escape and report what is happening.

“It feels like someone detonated dynamite beneath us. Photos from the walls and the lights were falling off from its support,” said Genevieve Blais, who lives in Hawk Lake, near the epicenter, told CBC electronic media.

Most buildings in downtown Ottawa, including the parliament building, seems to have been vacated when the alarm rang out and the car brigade rushed to the area.

The workers are allowed back to their offices after safety officials inspect the integrity of the building. Many state employees are also sent home early in the afternoon.

Local media reported minor damage to some houses and buildings. “Window on Ottawa City Hall shaken. However, there were no casualties,” said the CBC.

James Bowden, a former Alaska resident who has several times experienced the earthquake in the northern U.S. states, while queuing in a fast-food restaurant in Sparks Street, Ottawa.

“I heard the earthquake will occur within a few seconds before the shock actually occurs. Sounds like the sound of freight trains that rumbled toward us,” he said.

Bowden, people who like reading about an earthquake science, said Ottawa had an earthquake about every four or five years. “This one is strong enough,” he said.

Several hundred earthquakes occur much more weakly associated with Logan fracture along the sea route Quebece Saint Lawrence in the province every year.

The last great earthquake, with a strength 6.0 on the Richter scale, shook the region in 1988 in Saguenay, about 500 kilometers north of Montreal.

Port Blair, A is the magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the Richter scale shook the sea near Andaman Islands, India, Saturday (19 / 6) morning.
According to data from the U.S. geological survey agencies (U.S. Geological Survey / USGS) and local officials, the quake did not trigger the release of a tsunami warning but the inhabitants fled in panic from the house with the vibration of shaking the houses of people in Diglipur Island, 340 kilometers north city of Port Blair. So far, no casualties dilaprokan.

“We were asleep, but felt the earthquake is strong enough and we ran out of the house,” said Ashok Yadav, a villager. “But first we could not move out of bed because of the earthquake was shaking so hard.”

Government officials said the buildings in a number of islands in the area was cracked. “There are also cracks in the streets of Diglipur. In fact, in every house and store there was property damage,” said Sudeep Saha, a local official, told Reuters.

According to the USGS, the earthquake was centered 180 kilometers north of Port Blair, at a depth of 27.2 kilometers.

Often occurs in the Andaman earthquake, a seismic area. A 7.5-scale earthquake struck berkuatan that area last Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning but later withdrawn. The islands were devastated by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, which triggered large-scale earthquake which occurred at 9.15 off the coast of Sumatra.

CHILPANCINGO,  Violence in Mexico linked to drug cartels are still happening. In the last six days, clashes, both among fellow drug cartels and government troops, has killed 160 people.

This week was the bloodiest week of this month in the battle against groups of drug dealers.
On Tuesday (06/15/2010) Mexican troops clashed with gunmen who expected a group of drug smugglers in a cemetery. “The battle resulted in 15 attackers were killed,” the statement from the office of National Defence.
A military unit dispatched to the city since the riots were reported there. However, they were greeted by gunfire when he arrived at a house. Soldiers fought around 40 minutes before ending the shootout.
The fighting occurred in the tourist town of Taxco and extend the list of bloody clashes that occurred during this weekend.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the violence is part of the cartel is regrouping after a crushing hit by the government.
“We will continue to destroy the cartel was no exception. Government steps to quell the cartel has caused divisions in these groups. Traditionally they have been involved in competition and war among themselves, all this led to the recent episodes of violence, “said Calderon.
Groups involved a dispute with a group of soldiers loyal to the chief of narcotics cartel leaders named Edgar Valdez. He is also known as La Barbie, the El Universal daily writes quoting sources in the police.
Valdez, who was born in the U.S., since late last year involved a bloody war to gain influence and control over the Beltran Leyva cartel.
In separate places, on Monday, 40 people were killed in separate attacks, including a riot in a prison among competing groups in the city of Mazatlan. Riot in the jail causing 28 people dead.
Cartel La Familia
The Mexican government has accused the famous La Familia cartel is responsible for another attack on Monday which makes 12 policemen were killed in a clash in the State of Michoacan.
A convoy of police were showered with bullets when they were going to Mexico City. Police said the attackers was also killed in the clash.
In another attack, a drug cartel hostage 12 police, killed, and threw their bodies into a highway which is very busy.
Mexico has been frequently rocked by a wave of violence as drug cartels are always competing to win a big wet route to smuggle drugs and narcotics into the United States.
At least 23,000 people have been killed in the country since the start of the eradication of the drug cartel in 2006.
Financial measures
The Mexican government also restricts movement of the cartel to enforce financial rules. Mexico imposed a cash transaction the most stringent U.S. dollars to prevent money laundering.
Tourists and residents of Mexico is limited to U.S. dollar maximum of 7000 dollars per month. Meanwhile, to purchase U.S. dollars with no restrictions to use pesos.
The last time Mexico issued rules on the limitation of the U.S. dollar during the financial crisis of 1982. When the government imposed a fixed exchange rate, restrictions on transactions and freeze several accounts of U.S. dollars.
Corderoi Finance Minister said the government was designing a few more steps so that people more and more difficult to transact with cash in large numbers even in pesos.
“Steps were implemented to limit and manage large transaction,” he said.
Authorities restrict the maximum amount of deposit paid 7000 U.S. dollars for the citizens of Mexico who want to make business in U.S. dollars. This is all aimed at blocking the transaction on the results of a drug.

U.S. President Barack Obama still preoccupied by issues of oil spills. During his visit to Alabama, as preached AP on Monday (6/14/2010), Obama promised to residents in Alabama Gulf Coast region still can get the area as before contamination of BP’s oil spill occurs.
“We will work hard to ensure the same conditions as in the past as well as restoring the economy,” Obama said.
According to records, oil spills into the history of the worst pollution in the U.S..

Tehran, an Iranian Red Crescent official, Sunday (06/13/2010) states that the two ships which handled the humanitarian organizations that are ready heading to Gaza to bring aid. Now, the two ships just waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“We are ready but still waiting for the permission of the foreign ministry for political, military and security in the region,” said Mojtaba Majd, a senior Red Crescent officials quoted by the Mehr news. The two ships, each of which will carry food and medicine, is expected to contrast this weekend. In addition, humanitarian organizations also said it would send a plane carrying 30 tons of medical equipment sent to Egypt to Gaza.

Majd says more than 100,000 Iranians have signed up to go to Gaza as a volunteer on the ship. However, the Red Crescent will only allow for volunteers who have expertise only to be sent to the Palestinian territories.

Iranian Red Crescent had previously sent a ship carrying food aid and medicine to Gaza in December 2008 but banned from entering the area by the Israeli navy. Iran’s decision to send the new assistance was made after Israeli commandos attacked the ship carrying aid Mavi Marmara and pro-Palestinian activists last month.