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El patr?n de la F?rmula Uno, Bernie Ecclestone, confirm? hoy que la India no albergar? un Gran Premio en 2014, aunque abri? la puerta a que el gigante asi?tico vuelva a acoger la competici?n durante el primer semestre de 2015.
"Cuando firmamos el contrato de cinco a?os con Jaypee (Sports, empresa organizadora), ?ramos partidarios de ir a la India en la primera mitad (del a?o), pero Jaypee lo quer?a en octubre. Accedimos entonces, pero ahora parece que la carrera se celebrar? a principios de 2015", dijo Ecclestone en declaraciones a la agencia india IANS.
"Tendremos que acomodar a la India entre las primeras cuatro citas en la regi?n de Asia Pac?fico", subray? el magnate brit?nico.
El circuito de Buddh, en la ciudad de Noida, a unos 50 kil?metros de Nueva Delhi, se estren? en 2011 en el Mundial de F?rmula Uno.
Tuvo un gran debut con 95.000 espectadores y una notable expectaci?n medi?tica, pese a que la India no es un pa?s con tradici?n automovil?stica, pero el a?o pasado, en su segunda comparecencia, baj? notablemente la afluencia de p?blico (60.000).
"El segundo a?o siempre es complicado para los organizadores. Espero que haya una mayor asistencia en la tercera edici?n", afirm? Ecclestone, en referencia a la cita que tendr? lugar el pr?ximo 27 de octubre.
El brit?nico evit? precisar los motivos para quitar a la prueba india del calendario en 2014, aunque la inclusi?n de nuevas sedes como Sochi (Rusia) y Nueva Jersey (EEUU), o el retorno de Austria, ya apuntaban a que alg?n Gran Premio quedar?a excluido.
Tampoco precis? si detr?s de la decisi?n se encuentra tambi?n una disputa con las autoridades indias por un asunto de fiscalidad, algo que desliz? ayer en declaraciones a una agencia internacional al decir que hab?a una raz?n "muy pol?tica".
La empresa organizadora, Jaypee Sports, dijo hoy a trav?s de su director general, Samir Gaur, no tener "problema" en el cambio de fecha pese a preferir "octubre o noviembre" por "el tiempo" y porque es una "estaci?n festiva" en la India.
La construcci?n del circuito de Buddh cost? unos 400 millones de d?lares y Jaypee firm? un acuerdo por cinco a?os en virtud del cual debe pagar 40 millones por la organizaci?n de cada evento.
Las dos pruebas del Mundial disputadas hasta ahora en el gigante asi?tico se han saldado con sendas victorias del piloto alem?n de Red Bull Sebastian Vettel. EFE
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.
President Moncef Marzouki called the ambush on Mount Chaambi, near the Algerian border, a "terrorist attack" and announced three days of mourning. Tunisian troops have been trying to track down Islamist militants in the remote region since December.
Tunisians fear they may be sliding into one of the worst crises in their political transition since autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee during a 2011 uprising that set off revolts across the Arab world.
"We have entered the period of terrorism. We are going to pass through a difficult period but we shall overcome it," Marzouki said in a televised address. "I call on all politicians at this historic moment to stand for the nation and unite."
State television cut off normal programming to show pictures of the dead soldiers and wounded comrades, broadcasting Quranic verses and patriotic anthems in the background.
Thousands took to the streets in the town of al-Qasreen, near the site of the attack on the army, many of them demanding the government's ouster, residents in the area said.
Instability has been rising during the political chaos. Last week, the capital, Tunis, was hit by its first-ever car bomb, though no one was hurt.
After clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters on Monday, the army sealed off the main Bardo square in the capital with barbed wire and declared it a "closed military zone." Demonstrators on both sides vowed to return in the evening.
The secular Ettakatol party, a junior coalition partner, called on the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads the government, to step down, saying a new administration representing a wider consensus was necessary. "If Ennahda rejects this proposal, we will withdraw from the government," Lobni Jribi, a party leader, told Reuters.
Prime Minister Ali Larayedh ignored the calls to create a new unity government and said he would carry on leading the country.
Protests aimed at ousting the government intensified last week after the second assassination of a politician from the secular opposition in six months. The government blamed hardline Salafist militants for both attacks, but the opposition holds Ennahda responsible, arguing that its leadership has not done enough to investigate and crack down on militant attacks.
PRESSURE MOUNTS TO DISSOLVE GOVERNMENT
Despite previous unrest, Tunisia had been a model for democratic transition among the "Arab Spring" states. But divisions are growing between the opposition - emboldened by the Egyptian army's ousting of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi - and Ennahda supporters, who are determined to avoid a similar fate.
"In all countries of the world, when the state faces a terrorist attack the people come together. But I don't see anything like that happening now in Tunisia," Marzouki said. "All we see is divisions and chaos."
The opposition may be able to mobilize Tunisians further against the government after Monday's ambush, which shocked the country and increased anti-government sentiment on social media.
This week the opposition rejected all concessions and efforts at reconciliation by Ennahda, arguing that its leaders bumbled for too long and that their time was up. It is planning to create its own rival "salvation government."
Tunisia's powerful General Union of Tunisian Workers was in talks with the opposition on Monday, and has said it may discuss a strike. Last Friday, its strike called to mourn the assassinated leftist politician, Mohamed Brahmi, paralyzed much of the country.
Larayedh struck a note of defiance in a speech on Monday, calling the opposition protesters "coupists." He also challenged his critics to act constructively.
"We are open to all kinds of dialogue with all sides. We want specific proposals," he said. "Any precise suggestions regarding increasing the effectiveness of the government, bring them forward."
A Constituent Assembly is only weeks away from completing a long-delayed draft constitution to be put to a referendum.
The secular opposition has called for the 217-member Assembly to be dissolved. In the last few days, 70 lawmakers have left the body and set up a sit-in protest outside its headquarters.
In the city of Sidi Bouzid, angry protesters tried to storm municipal offices to stop employees from going to work, residents said, provoking clashes with Ennahda supporters.
The army intervened to protect the offices and police fired teargas, but residents said thousands of demonstrators were gathering in the southern city, the cradle of Tunisia's revolt.
Many people joining the growing street protests have expressed anger at Tunisia's instability and economic stagnation.
Others are frustrated that the constitution, originally promised one year after the 2011 uprising, has yet to be completed and are suspicious of the transitional government.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara and Erika Solomon; Additional reporting by Brian Love in Paris; Writing by Erika Solomon; Editing by David Stamp and Eric Beech)
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Because of a lack of research, no new chemicals for killing malaria-infected mosquitoes have emerged in more than 40 years. Image: Flickr/Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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KARATU, Tanzania ? Dr. Frank Artress is loath to get into an arms race with mosquitoes. ?You hate to drag out all the heavy poisons,? he says, standing in front of the medical clinic he and his wife built in this rural town. But to fend off the voracious insects and their payload of malaria parasites, he knows there are few other choices.
Artress, a physician from California, frowns as he looks out over the tiny earthen houses straggled across the flank of the Ngorongoro Crater. Their screenless windows and doors, open to damp forest and red, puddle-pocked fields, are bullseyes for mosquitoes. Like many communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Karatu is reliant on house nets laced with insecticides called pyrethroids to keep malaria at bay.
But a decade of blanketing Africa with pyrethroids has fueled resistance to this front-line chemical weapon. Now pyrethroid-immune mosquitoes are spreading quickly throughout the continent.
?At some level, to really control the mosquitoes,? Artress says, ?they?re going to have to do more.?
What that ?more? is, however, is uncertain. Because of a lack of research, no new chemicals for killing malaria-infected mosquitoes have emerged in more than 40 years.
Now pesticide companies and public health agencies are trying to develop low-toxic and inexpensive ? yet powerful and long-lasting ? new insecticides. Other researchers are working on novel approaches such as genetically modifying mosquitoes so they can?t harbor parasites.
It's likely to be years before new tools are widely available. In the meantime, health officials say, pyrethroid failure could trigger a malaria resurgence that kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
To fill the void, some are turning to ?green? methods, such as botanical oils or other plants that keep mosquitoes away. Others are practicing mosquito birth control by draining ditches where they breed and stocking ponds with larvae-eating fish or larvae-killing bacteria.
However, for a growing number of communities battling malaria, the controversial pesticide DDT, banned in most of the world, may become a more frequent weapon of choice.
A disease of poverty, environment and race
The need for new safe and sustainable malaria-fighting tools is resounding throughout the world?s neediest regions, where the disease sickens an estimated 219 million people and threatens more than 3 billion.
Mosquitoes that are invulnerable to one or more approved indoor insecticides are already active in two-thirds of malaria-ridden countries, according to the World Health Organization. And that figure is probably a ?gross underestimate,? said Abraham Mnzava, coordinator of malaria vector control for the World Health Organization?s Global Malaria Programme.
Sub-Saharan Africa and India are hit hardest, but resistant mosquitoes have turned up as far away as Bolivia, Turkey and China. The problem is compounded by the recent emergence of malaria parasites that are immune to the leading medication, artemisinin.
Roughly half the world is at risk for malaria exposure.
Map: US Centers for Disease Control
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A woman is transported to a helicopter for transport to a hospital after a bus crash, Saturday, July 27, 2013 in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Fire Department says three people were killed when a bus carrying teens from a church camp crashed on a busy thoroughfare near Interstate 465. The bus was carrying 40 passengers who are members of Colonial Hill Baptist Church and were returning from camp when the crash happened Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Michelle Pemberton) NO SALES
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INDIANAPOLIS ? A bus carrying teenagers returning to Indiana from a church camp in Michigan crashed Saturday afternoon just minutes from home, killing three people and sending 26 others to hospitals.
The bus came speeding off of Interstate 465 in northern Indianapolis, about a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church that passengers attended, struck a retaining wall as it rounded a curve and overturned. The campers were returning from Camp CoBeAc in northern Michigan, about six hours away.
The church?s youth pastor had sent a tweet a couple of hours before the crash saying the group was expected to arrive at the church about 4:15 p.m., around the time the accident happened.
?They were not that far from home. That only adds to the tragedy,? said Indianapolis Public Safety Director Troy Riggs.
The dead included a man and his wife, Riggs said. Authorities did not provide information about the third victim.
Riggs and Mayor Greg Ballard visited the crash scene, where clothing, pillows and seat cushions from the bus were scattered along with at least two shattered windows, before they headed to the church. Riggs said there was no indication that the driver had a medical emergency and called the accident ?a great tragedy.?
Ballard said investigators were taking measurements and examining the bus to determine the cause of the crash.
WTHR-TV reported the bus driver told witnesses his brakes failed. Indianapolis Fire Department Lt. Ato McTush said police and fire officials had not determined whether the church-owned bus, which was carrying 37 passengers plus the driver, had mechanical issues.
Duane Lloyd told WTHR that he heard a loud noise behind him as he was traveling near the intersection and saw the crash around 4:15 p.m.
?I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus,? Lloyd said. ?I could have gone my whole life without seeing that.?
Karen Woodard, a member of Colonial Hills Baptist Church, cried as she stared at the wrecked bus.
?It?s so terrible. I can?t believe it,? she said.
Indianapolis Fire Department said crews had to free five people who were trapped inside after the crash. Several people stopped to help before first responders could arrive, including one man who helped pull the driver out of the bus, the department said.
?People were stopping their cars. People were literally trying to lift the bus,? Lloyd said. ?You just try to do what you can do.?
Fire officials said the injured included children and adults.
Nine teenagers were taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital, including one in critical condition. Three of those were treated and released, hospital spokeswoman Sally Winter said. She said 10 others, including nine teenagers and a toddler, were taken to Riley Hospital for Children. Seven of those teenagers were treated and released, Winter said.
Many of the patients were suffering head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.
Roads near the scene were closed, and authorities urged people to use caution in the area. A hazardous materials crew was cleaning up diesel fuel that spilled in the crash.
Outside the church, a yellow school bus with the church school?s name was parked outside with piles of sleeping bags and suitcases nearby. Families hugged outside and talked quietly before going inside, where they met with Ballard and Riggs Saturday evening.
Ballard described the families as ?remarkably positive? despite their sorrow.
?Some of the teenagers are hurting pretty bad and you can see that in their faces,? he said.
Church member Jeff Leffew, 44, of Fishers, who had three daughters on the bus that crashed and a fourth on a second bus, said he was waiting to pick them up in the church parking lot when the second bus arrived. He said he knew immediately that something was wrong because the kids on the bus were screaming.
He went to the crash scene and found his three daughters with only bumps and bruises.
He called the crash scene ?surreal.?
?You?re just praying that it?s not as bad as it looks,? he said. Roads near the scene were closed, and authorities were urging people to use caution in the area. A hazardous materials crew was in the area cleaning up diesel fuel that spilled in the crash.
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I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but the U.S. seems to have become a nation obsessed with pills. If something doesn't work right, no worries, there's a pill for that.
So when we have trouble sleeping, naturally, we go see the doctor for a prescription. Who cares that we might try to sleepwalk?our way behind the wheel of a car? At least we're sleeping, right? Wrong!
If you ask me, prescriptions, especially those with severe and dangerous side effects, should always be a last resort.
There could be many reasons for not sleeping well, and stress often plays a role, but quite a few studies have shown that getting the right nutrients can help you get a good night's rest. Why not try eating right, before popping an Ambien?
Here's a look at three common sleep problems that have been linked to vitamin or mineral deficiencies:
Trouble getting to sleep: Magnesium plays a key role in the bodily function that regulates sleep. Insomnia is one of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency, and in fact, a 2006 analysis in the journal Medical Hypothesis suggests that such a deficiency may even be the cause of most major depression and mental health problems.
Bottom line: magnesium is an extremely important mineral. You'll find it in dark leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and Brazil nuts, beans and lentils and some types of fish. ?
Trouble staying asleep: Potassium supplements may be helpful to those who have trouble sleeping through the night, according to a 1991 study in the journal Sleep. Of course, although potassium is available in pill form, I prefer to get most of my nutrients directly from their sources by eating a healthy diet.
When most people think about potassium, they think bananas. Bananas do contain a fair amount of this mineral (about 10% of the daily value), but they aren't the best source. Beans, leafy greens and baked potatoes are the best sources. Avocados are a great source too ? good news for the guacamole lovers!
Tired during the day: There is a strong correlation between excessive daytime sleepiness and vitamin D deficiency, a 2012 study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found. The sun's rays are the best source for this vitamin, but not everyone can get the necessary sun exposure due to climate or skin cancer concerns.
There are a few food sources of vitamin D, such as swordfish, salmon, tuna and fortified foods, but this is one case where I would suggest supplementation. It's not likely that you would get enough of the sunshine vitamin from food alone.?
Healthy Bites appears on LiveScience on Wednesdays. Deborah Herlax Enos is a certified nutritionist and a health coach and weight loss expert in the Seattle area with more than 20 years of experience. Read more tips on her blog,?Health in a Hurry!
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UNCASVILLE ? Lin Dunn had already made history Saturday by being a part of the first female tandem to coach an All-Star Game in WNBA history with Cheryl Reeve.
But her day was even more special than that.
Dunn, the coach of the Eastern Conference and defending champion Indiana Fever, was named to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2014.
"This is my 43rd year coaching basketball," Dunn said. "I've coached college and professional and even before Title IX [was enacted]. It's a moment in my career to reflect and look back. I'm humbled to be going into a Hall of Fame that many of my friends already belong."
The class was announced Saturday during halftime of the WNBA All-Star Game. Joining Dunn is former WNBA star Yolanda Griffith. Former collegiate All-Americans Michelle Edwards and Jasmina Perazic also will be inductees.
The other honorees are former TV analyst Mimi Griffin and former coach/athletic director Charlotte West.
Status Quo
During a 15-minute pregame media session, WNBA President Laurel Richie said the league is more interested in building the health of its 12 teams than worrying about expansion.
"We want to make sure those teams are as strong as they can be," Ritchie said. "I would say expansion is in the future, but we have not assigned a number [of teams] or date on [the process]."
"We're no different than any other league. Our goal is to bring more fans to the arenas. We look at our attendance figures, which are heading in the right direction. We look at our [corporate] sponsorships, which are heading in the right trajectory. We want to keep heading in that direction."
Ritchie would not comment about the future of player compensation, currently capped at $107,000 a year. That's because the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Players' Association is up for renegotiation after the season.
Female World
Dunn and Cheryl Reeve became the first female tandem to coach the All-Star Game in league history. ? ABC hooked up official Lamont Simpson with "Ref Cam," which was attached to his right temple on an intricate headband. ? The players wore their team warmup jerseys in an effort to personalize the franchises they represented. ... By playing in Saturday's game, Seattle's Tina Thompson set a WNBA record with her ninth All-Star Game appearance. She is retiring after the season. Tamika Catchings played in her eighth game Saturday, tying her with the retired Lisa Leslie for second place. ? Former UConn star Maria Conlon-Rinaldi had a prime front-row seat across from the East bench. She is one of Diana Taurasi's close friends dating to their championship careers with the Huskies. Conlon-Rinaldi is one of the 11 dignitaries being inducted into the inaugural Seymour Sports Hall of Fame in November. ? Seattle's Sue Bird, not playing this season while recovering from hip surgery, was also in the stands. ? Candace Parker's MVP marked the fifth time in 11 All-Star games that a Los Angeles player won the award. Lisa Leslie won three and Nikki Teasley won one.
Taurasi Issues Challenge
Diana Taurasi made news a few years ago by posing nude for ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue," which features athletes in various stages of undress. This year's issue featured her former UConn and Olympic teammate, Swin Cash.
Taurasi was asked who won the contest.
"I mean, we can go full frontal if [Cash] wants," Taurasi said, laughing.
'Four Of Five'
Dunn, coach of the defending WNBA champion Fever, had to hold herself back at the end of the game as the West was pulling away for the win. She said she forgot for a moment that she was coaching an all-star game.
"One thing about me, I like to win," Dunn said. "We had five goals going into the game ? showcase it, give everyone quality minutes, have fun, no injuries and win. We got four of five. But it was tremendously hard at the end of the game and my assistant had to remind me this was an all-star game. I had blocked it out."
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U.S. President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush attend a memorial Tuesday for the victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam.
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News
President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush met in an African capital Tuesday to honor the victims of Osama bin Laden?s opening salvo in his war against America.
The near-simultaneous bombings at two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 claimed the lives of 224 people, including 12 Americans.
In the words of then President Bill Clinton, the U.S. had lost ?12 proud sons and daughters who perished half a world away, but never left America behind, who carried with them ? the ideals for which America stands.?
A few months before the attacks in August 1998, bin Laden had warned his war would "inevitably move ... to American soil." U.S. embassies are American territory according to international law.
Nearly 15 years later, the attacks brought together Obama and Bush on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
President Obama was warmly greeted by throngs in Tanzania, but his message of trade was overshadowed by other events around the world.
In a brief ceremony, Obama and Bush walked over to a memorial on a large piece of rock near the embassy?s entrance under a big tree. A new embassy was built in 2003.
A U.S. Marine laid the wreath as the two presidents stood for a moment of silence. They did not make any public remarks, but then spoke to survivors and relatives of those who died.
The stone is inscribed with the names of the 10 Tanzanians who died. More than 85 Americans and Tanzanians were also injured in the attack.
A memorial by the embassy community is also held every August 7, the anniversary of the attacks. Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have previously visited the embassy and laid wreaths at the memorial stone.
Despite the devastation caused by the bombing, 15 Tanzanian embassy staff who survived still work there today.
And the number of American staff there has grown by 57 percent since 2009.
The attack prompted Clinton to attempt to kill bin Laden with a missile strike, Bush continued efforts to find bin Laden, who was finally slain in 2011 while Obama was in office.
Bush was in Dar es Salaam with his wife Laura for The Bush Center?s two-day African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania.
At a meeting earlier Tuesday, Laura Bush shared a platform with Michelle Obama and spoke of the overriding need for freedom ? freedom not only from tyranny but also in education, economics and other areas.
Michelle Obama stressed the importance of education in empowering women.
?I am sitting here now, as First Lady of the United States of America, because of education,? she told the summit, according to The Bush Center's Twitter account.
The Obamas are on the final day of a week-long tour of the continent, visiting Senegal and South Africa.
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