Source: Missing Manhattan Mother Presumed Dead

Police are questioning a person of interest in the case of a Manhattan mother of three who went missing Tuesday, and they're now treating the case as a homicide, sources tell WCBSTV.com. Eridania Rodriguez, 46, of 107 Ellwood Street, was last seen around 7 p.m. Tuesday at an office building on Rector Street where she works as a custodian. Sources say that police are now focusing their investigation on the office building. It's not clear who is currently being questioned.

Karadzic immunity claim rejected

 

The Hague tribunal has rejected the argument by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that he should not be prosecuted because of an immunity deal.

Mr Karadzic said the former US peace envoy Richard Holbrooke had promised him immunity from prosecution if he relinquished power.

Mr Holbrooke has repeatedly denied there was any such deal.

The court said even if there was, it did not have legal standing, and that Mr Karadzic's trial should continue.

New layout for YouTube to be launched next week

By Getting Updated Blog[marketing.getupdated.co.uk]

In spite of the numerous requests from YouTube users to keep the previous layout, the company plans to transfer all its members to a remodel of its channel pages next week which has been in testing for many months now. Google, who is the owner of the video sharing website, thinks that the new design will give both YouTube members and visitors a better user experience.

The launch of the new layout for the video sharing site comes with the revelation of the number of videos online that are being viewed in the UK by comScore’s Video Metrix service. The figure states the number is up by 47 percent as compared to the figure last year and is quickly reaching 5 billion.

Google emerged victorious out of the increased online viewing habits as YouTube’s display advertising reached about 18 million people in that particular month. 99 % of all the videos viewed on Google are from YouTube. The video sharing site is also first when it comes to multimedia display advertising reach. In April it accounted for 18.5 million viewers who viewed 621 million display ads in total.

The news of the switch over to the newly designed channel pages on the 15th July has resulted in YouTube members leaving 316 pages with thousands of comments, the majority of which are negative.

Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System

 In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to
announce on Wednesday that it is developing an operating
system for a personal computer based on its Chrome browser,
according to two people briefed on Google's plans.

The move would sharpen the already intense competition
between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system
controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal
computers.

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Obama wants Russia to respect human rights

Barack Obama has called on Russia to help forge a new global partnership to overcome Cold War mistrust.

In a wide ranging keynote speech to Moscow’s New Economic School, the US President also said that freedom of speech and assembly are among universal rights that must be protected and encouraged.

“Freedom of speech and assembly has allowed women, minorities, and workers to protest for full and equal rights at a time when we were denied the rule of law and equal administration of justice has busted monopolies, shut down political machines, and ended abuses of power,” he said.

“If our democracy did not advance those rights, than I, as a person of African ancestry, wouldn’t be able to address you as an American citizen, much less a President,” he added.

Obama was careful not to criticise the Kremlin directly but his comments are likely to be welcomed by Russia’s pro-Western opposition

China moves to quell Uighur protests

China has now imposed a curfew in the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang.

The announcement was made by the city’s communist boss Li Zhi in a televised speech.

In a sign of government alarm over the outpouring of anger, Li Zhi rode through the streets on the top of a police vehicle, using a bullhorn to beg protesters to calm down and go home.

Xinjiang has long been a hotbed of ethnic tensions, fostered by a yawning economic gap between Uighurs and Han Chinese, government policies on religion and culture, and an influx of Han Chinese migrants, who now are in the majority in most key cities.