France to open cooperation office in N. Korea

France will open a cooperation bureau in North Korea, Le Monde newspaper said Tuesday, but underscored that Paris was not launching diplomatic relations with the reclusive Stalinist state.
A senior French diplomat is currently in Pyongyang where he "will present to the North Koreans" the future French representative, the daily said, identifying him as Olivier Vaysset, a diplomat who has worked in Singapore.
"The opening of this office does not signify that France is opening as such diplomatic relations with this totalitarian country," it said but added that it could serve as a "diplomatic intermediary."
The proposed office will handle cultural cooperation, it said.
The French move comes as ties between North and South Korea are at their lowest ebb after Seoul accused Pyongyang of torpedoing a warship in March 2010, killing 46 sailors.
North Korea angrily denied the charge but went on to shell a border island last November, killing four South Koreans including two civilians.
Denuclearisation talks with Pyongyang, which has tested two nuclear bombs, have also been stalled since 2009.
The six-party talks, grouping the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States, are aimed at persuading Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons for energy aid and security and diplomatic benefits.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy had sent former minister Jack Lang to North Korea in 2009 for talks and Lang had on his return recommended that a cooperation office be set up, Le Monde reported.

Argentina swamp Costa Rica in Copa America

A reborn Argentina swamped Costa Rica 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa America in style courtesy of a brace from Sergio Aguero and another from Angel Di Maria.
Aguero, on from the start with Carlos Tevez benched in a revamped forward line, netted seconds from half-time after the hosts had dominated the opening stages.
With Lionel Messi magnificently pulling the strings just behind the main strikers, Atletico Madrid star Aguero made the points safe with a second goal seven minutes after the restart to take his tally at the event to a tournament-high three.
Di Maria then finished off the outclassed Ticos with the third just after the hour mark as Argentina joined Group A winners Colombia, Chile, Peru and Venezuela in the quarters.
"This was a real tonic - just what we needed," said Aguero.
"We played very well and got the goals - but the main thing was we gelled as a team. Now we have to keep it up."
Javier Pastore, a late substitute for the profligate Gonzalo Higuain, who could have at least doubled the margin, agreed.
"That was a really important win and a good team performance - our attitude was spot on," he said.
Coach Sergio Batista was under huge pressure to deliver a win and secure passage to the next round with the hosts seeking their first major trophy since 1993.
And after their slow start he rang the changes with Tevez and Ezequiel Lavezzi benched and Higuain brought in as a classic centre forward allowing Messi to concentrate more on his string pulling out of the immediate firing line.
Where Messi in particular was concerned, the plan worked like a dream, as the Barcelona man was involved in almost every move, tearing Costa Rica's defence to shreds with his incisive passing and weaving in and out.
Argentina's revamped forward line lay siege to Leonel Moreira's goalmouth from the outset, with Real Madrid's Higuain firing a snap shot well wide on the turn before Messi, having hit the woodwork with a freekick, drove just over.
Aguero then drilled a low effort just past the post as the one-way traffic continued before Messi went off on a run down the right, only for Aguero to blast off target after taking his through pass.
Again, world player of the year Messi, facing huge popular criticism for his country's poor start following draws with Bolivia and Colombia, ran at the Costa Rican defence, finding Higuain, who drove wildly over from barely ten yards out.
But the dam had to burst and it finally did seconds before the interval.
Fernando Gago fired a drive goalwards which Moreira couldn't hold and Aguero, following up, dinked the ball home.
The second half continued in the same vein and it was 2-0 on 53 minutes as Messi teed up another neat finish for Aguero.
Higuain had an effort ruled out for offside, then should have had a penalty when he appeared to been held back inside the box and fired over once more after yet another pass from Messi, who was carving apart the Costa Rican defence almost at will.
And it was Messi again who set up the killer blow, sliding a perfectly-weighted pass through for Di Maria to blast home left-footed for a 3-0 lead without even breaking stride.
A 54,000 crowd -- which included 1978 World Cup hero Mario Kempes, visiting a stadium named after him -- gave Messi a huge ovation at the end as the Barca man and the team renewed their covenant with the delirious fans.

Summer 2011: Hot Red Hair

From Gossip Girl’s Serena van der Woodson to The Other Boleyn Girl, Scarlett Johansson, movie stars are leaving their blond days behind to be redheads instead. Katy Perry is also temporarily sporting the redhead look for the next three weeks, but does that mean you should too? Here are some things you should consider before going fiery red.

Choose the color according to your skin tone and eye color. Don’t just copy your favorite actress. If you're pale, Rihanna’s vibrant red would make you paler, so before dyeing your hair consult your hair stylist and try on different shades of red hair pieces (if available).

Carry a photograph of the color you want. Do not explain to your stylist the color you want, instead show them that way you’ll avoid the mix up.

Know the difference between Level and Tone. Color level is the intensity of the color (i.e.: lightness/ darkness) while the tone is what is reflected in the color (strawberry, copper, auburn…).



Make sure you’ll be able to maintain your red locks. Red hair always fades faster than any other shade therefore requires special treatment. Using a shampoo and conditioner especially formulated for red hair will allow the color to last longer.

Taking care of your hair should start from day one, you might even need to change your make-up palette to match your new look so be careful there’s a price to pay to be a redhead.

Never go solid. Solid red hair can appear flat and boring. Playing with high and low lights (all in different shades of red) will give your hair depth and make it seem more alive.

So, will you be visiting the salon for a little bit of Red?

10 steps to get rid of hair loss

Causes of climate variability and change from season to season to hair loss dramatically, and in order to get rid of this problem and preserve the beauty of your hair Follow the following tips:
- In the beginning, not committed any common mistakes in dealing with hair, some believe that the best ways to take care of it is washed every day, while testing says the opposite is true, because the scalp produces its own oils nourish hair. If this is not your hair is oily,'m the wash once a week with warm water, not cold.
1) Cut the limbs every 3 months at most, even if half a centimeter, because the weakness of the parties leads to the weakness of the whole hair and then to brittleness.
2) scalp massage with warm oil, once or twice a week, and to obtain a better result on your hair leave overnight before washing.
3) Use coconut oil, it helps to grow hair quickly.
4) Be careful about the type of food you eat, and focus on healthy foods like eggs and balanced chicken liver and vitamin «d», fish, carrots, milk and vegetables, and a lot of acts of drinking fluids, with a move away from extreme diets that are reflected on your hair. Avoid cold drinks also because they impede the process of digestion and construction in the body.
5) Get enough sleep, the equivalent of 8 hours per day.
6) Use natural products for hair care and protection from weather conditions such as heat and humidity, it is ok to prepare recipes in the home of the components are available in your kitchen, such as eggs, honey and avocado to feed and wet and add luster to it.
7) Stay away from stress and anxiety, because they lead to the secretion of hormones affecting the health of the hair.
8) smoking does not only harm the overall health, but also damaged the large hair and cause hair loss.
9) Do not offer him a lot of use hairspray and contented himself in the events if possible, choose a hair brush so that they are appropriate without edges or corners, metal, plastic, because that would lead to the bombing of hair. For the distribution of your moisturizer or conditioner to facilitate the demobilization process, use a wide wooden comb teeth.
10) Do not use a hat or collar felt tight, as they may cause brittleness in, and prefer to remain free until the hair breathe and grow freely.
To signify the importance of hair for women and its impact on her psychologically and mood, a weekly magazine «Shop Smart» U.S. survey by telephone participated in more than a thousand women, stating that about half of the women who were surveyed opinions their psychological be in the gutter in the days where the state of their hair is bad and difficult for them to control it.
Focused most of their complaints of being too weak or overly soft or pale in color, or it curly or very dry, or a bad condition. He also admitted to about a quarter of women surveyed that they have suffered, at least once in their lives, from the story of hair are unsuccessful, while said about 12 per cent of whom they have changed the way of styling their hair, or color when they were taken radical decisions, and a mission to change their own lives or the process.

Google temporarily disables realtime search

Google has temporarily disabled its Realtime Search feature following the expiration of a deal with Twitter.
"Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results through a special feed, and that agreement expired on July 2," a Google spokesman said in a statement.
"Twitter has been a valuable partner for nearly two years, and we remain open to exploring other collaborations in the future," the spokesman added.
Google said that while it no longer has access to a special feed of tweets from Twitter, "information on Twitter that's publicly available to our crawlers will still be searchable and discoverable on Google."
The Mountain View, California-based Internet search giant announced it was temporarily halting real-time search results in a Monday message on its @googlerealtime Twitter feed.
"We've temporarily disabled google.com/realtime," it said. "We're exploring how to incorporate Google+ into this functionality, so stay tuned."
The Google spokesman said Google's "vision is to have google.com/realtime include Google+ information along with other real-time data from a variety of sources."
Google launched Google+, its long-awaited social networking initiative, last week. Google+ is currently available by invitation only.
Google+ allows users to separate online friends and family into different "Circles" and to share information only with members of a particular circle.
According to technology blog SearchEngineLand.com, which first reported the disappearance of Google Realtime Search, Google used a number of other sources for real-time updates besides Twitter messages.
They included Google News links, MySpace updates, Facebook fan page updates and results from user-generated question and answer site Quora.
Twitter continues to provide its real-time stream of tweets to Bing, Microsoft's rival search engine.

Gervinho arrives at Arsenal for medical ahead of €12m transfer from Lille

Gervinho has arrived at Arsenal to complete a medical ahead of his €12 million move from Lille.

Goal.com exclusively revealed last month the Ivory Coast international has already agreed a four-year contract with Arsene Wenger's side ahead of his switch from the Ligue 1 club.

The forward played a vital role in Lille's title-winning side last term as he scored 15 goals, whilst making 10 assists.

The 24-year-old's versatility will be a major boost to Arsenal's hunt for silverware next season as he is adept at playing in a supporting role, wide of the striker on either flank, as well as spearheading an attack.

Gervinho, who previously stated his intention to help Wenger's side end their seven-year trophy drought, will become Arsenal's second signing this summer after the arrival of Carl Jenkinson from Charlton in June.
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Venezuela, ailing Chavez celebrate independence

Venezuela marked its independence bicentennial Tuesday with President Hugo Chavez's supporters buoyed by his return but sobered by his cancer battle ahead.
Sequestered for nearly four weeks in Cuba where he underwent treatment for a cancerous tumor, Chavez returned to Caracas a day earlier in a show of strength, rallying a crowd of thousands with his trademark gusto.
While he said his illness would prevent him from taking part in the full complement of celebrations, the anti-American firebrand has a gift for theatrics and lengthy public speeches, and his appearance at the heart of the commemorations -- including a lavish military parade -- could not be ruled out.
State broadcaster VTV showed Chavez on Tuesday greeting several foreign ministers and representatives from some 17 Latin American nations as the day's events got under way, while Uruguayan President Jose Mujica made a surprise visit to join the festivities.
Chavez sent out warm messages via Twitter, telling followers on the micro-blogging service: "Oh, Venezuela, happy birthday my dear homeland! Happiness today and forever, my brothers! Viva Venezuela!!!!"
The nation is among several in South and Central America to have shaken off the yoke of European colonialism in the early 19th Century, but while he commemorated his country's independence he warned of an intense personal health challenge on the horizon.
In his Monday speech the 56-year-old former paratrooper admitted he had been through some "very difficult hours" during treatment, cautioned that he had only gone through the "first stage" of the battle, and urged patience and strength on the march toward a "final victory."
"I am sure you completely understand the challenges of this battle. Don't let anyone believe that my presence here on this 4th of July means we have won the battle," he said.
It was almost four weeks ago, on June 8, that the Venezuelan leader arrived in Cuba on a routine official visit to his longtime leftist allies in Havana, who are heavily dependent on oil exports from Latin America's main producer.
Two days later he was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment on what Cuban and Venezuelan officials said was a pelvic abscess. Conflicting reports and mounting speculation about his condition followed.
As days ran into weeks, the absence of a man ordinary Venezuelans were used to seeing on television, hearing on radio, or reading on Twitter every day led to naval-gazing about political life without the omnipresent leader.
Last week eyebrows were raised further when Venezuela postponed the inaugural summit of a new Americas bloc -- Chavez had been due to host the regional gathering, a pet project that excludes Canada and the United States.
Then on Thursday, Chavez made a dramatic announcement on state television via video from Havana, telling his nation that doctors had found and removed a cancerous growth.
With the country reeling, officials have since confirmed the tumor was in his pelvic area but that all the president's organs are fine. They have not said what type of cancer it was or what the longer-term prognosis is.
Chavez, who has been elected three times since 1999 and survived an aborted coup in April 2002, has already announced his intention to run for another six-year term in 2012.
His populist anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist rhetoric, handouts to the poor, and image as a regional powerbroker have helped him retain strong support, which hovers around 50 percent in most surveys.
The Venezuelan military, which briefly overthrew Chavez in 2002, has pledged its full allegiance.