The figure skating world champion crowned Canada CHAN

When he turned his last rotation, blocked a pick emphatic toe in ice and the music stopped, hopefully Patrick Chan wanted for the rafters.

He did not need were concerned.

The 20-year native Toronto claimed his first title skating artistic world Thursday in Moscow and booklet of the sport in the process of rewriting. His margin of victory was so great that a skating official compared to win the 100 meters by more than a second.

"I think that I was just a little more shocked than anything," said Chan, a large bouquet of flowers dangling from a hand. "I knew that if I skated well enough I would be able to take the lead, so I am really happy that it is well proven." "It is surreal, frankly surreal."

Chan wrote his name in all records of the three world, marking the 187.96 points, for his long program for 280.98 points throughout a day after he broke the world mark for the short program which gave him a nearly insurmountable lead.

"I was hoping that I can get 300," joked Chan. "Maybe next time."

Dressed in a smart paisley jacket under a black tuxedo jacket and skating to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber of the Opera Ghost, Chan refused to play safe. He executed two quadruple jumps in the opening of the program 40 seconds for the four-and-half-minute.

"I did not change my program, which is very important to me," said Chan, who had been second twice at the World Championships. "I have some doubts in my mind if I should, but I said 'no, no, no,' because I was the program of training throughout the season." "I am very proud of me to be able to do two quads in the opening of the program".

Takahiko Kozuka of Japan has 258.41 points to take the money, while 17 years crowd that preferred Artur Gachinski, the Russia won the Medal of bronze with 241.86 points, in a first exciting event of a Championship which has been in danger even happening just a month ago.

Megasport Arena in Moscow is a surrogate host of last minute for the event, which was further delayed for a month and reinstalled after the earthquake on March 11 and the tsunami in the Japan.

Expressive long program Chan, which is based in the middle of the raging cymbals and obvious horns in the course of the last-minute drama, was not as picture perfect that the program runs. He was forced to fight to hold on the landing on the first quadruple jump and then pitched a triple Axel.

But his elegant skating and exquisite spins - coupled with two quads, a jump he masters just forward this season--easily made Chan the class of the field.

"It's like Tiger Woods at Augusta, the years that he was miles before the field", said the Director of high-performance Skate Canada Mike Slipchuk. "He controlled its destiny and if he comes out and does what he can do to maintain, it will be difficult to beat, left alone with an advance."

World title of Chan was no. 12 for Canadian men in the history of the Championship of the world, he jump in the company of noble with groups like Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko and more recently, Jeffrey Buttle in 2008.

The young skater makes a bold statement topic in these World Championships, that he wants to be that Roger Federer has been tennis or golf wood - he wants to dominate the event for the years to come.

"I think it is a stepping stone to a future better, we hope," said Chan.

What is the next?

"Win a world title, and if I stay healthy, and I still love the sport, I hope to do the same thing in the Olympic Games," said Chan "but" one thing at a time.

Chan did not commit to the Sochi 2014 Olympics, but said Thursday that "things have worked this week, is promising for me to go."

Chan was a disappointing fifth in the Olympic Games in Vancouver, but his coach Christy Krall said that it was at about 60 per cent of what it was capable of doing.

"He must have had one year of experience, unless you are very prepared and you did it again and again, things will just fall into your lap", said Krall.

Performance under pressure, maintaining its landing on the quad that threatened to flee, was whether far he came.

"I thought in my second quad, ranging all the time, how that I did this [first quad]?" "I felt really off," he said. "Christy now called me"Bob", I am like a bob in the water, you will always find how to stay straight in the air.

"I am very proud of me, which was a major objective this year for me to find my feet no matter what."

Daisuke Takahashi, Japan, who held the previous record in the world for overall score (264.41) and program for a long time together (175.84) at the four Continents 2008 Championships, finished fifth Thursday. The 2010 World champion and Olympic bronze medallist had problems with a loose screw in his skating which requires him to get out of his first jump. Takahashi was to head to commissions for a quick repair before you restart the computer.

His was not the only mishap. Former world champion Brian Joubert slashed open his hand along the way to finishing eighth, leaving the drops of blood the size of a loon splashed across the centre of the rink.

Kozuka, meanwhile, was delighted to finish medals saying that he hoped that its performance can bring some joy to the Japan at Bay. The young 22-year-old man said that he was transferred by the opening ceremonies of the event, which featured a tribute to the Japanese people with dark lighting and bright pink cherry blossoms.

"I saw how feelings and warm thoughts of the Russian people have adopted the Japanese," said Kozuka. "I have been overwhelmed by this wonderful home that you have provided to us."

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Rajaratnam attorneys living "hypocrisy" world, Dowd, said

April 22, 2011, 12: 04 am EDT by David Glovin, Patricia Hurtado, and Bob Van Voris

April 22 (Bloomberg) - the lawyer of the co-founder of Galleon Group LLC Raj Rajaratnam accused prosecutors U.S. life to a "hypocrisy" and "imaginary world"of the publicly available information on pending deals "do not exist." ""

John Dowd, in the second day of closing arguments in the trial of Rajaratnam Insider-trade, taken yesterday jurors in the Federal Court Manhattan through weeks of evidence to show that his client was not guilty of fraud conspiracy or securities. His recurring theme was that the information has argued the Government was secret was public knowledge really. "It was public, Dowd said repeatedly through a summons almost 5 1/2 hours. "You must acquit."Dowd, for example, said that Rajaratnam traded on information about a takeover pending of ATI Technologies Inc. by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. because Hector Ruiz, the chief executive officer of AMD at the time, said analysts on Wall Street on this subject. Prosecutors say Rajaratnam was tipped by Anil Kumar, a former partner at McKinsey & Co., where Sunnyvale, California - based AMD was a client".Word had already obtained, "said Dowd. "Hector was talking about it."Summation of Dowd entered the seventh week of a trial that could send Rajaratnam, 53, in prison for 20 years in the largest U.S. repression initiated Fund hedge. Rajaratnam is accused of $ 63.8 million of Councils disclosed by insiders and traders from hedge funds on a dozen stocks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Intel Corp., Clearwire Corp., and Akamai Technologies Inc. 'Ride' free Unlike the summons 20 April by Assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodskywhich occasionally crept in the hearing room while arguing in an enthusiastic tone, Dowd is more deliberate as it stood at a podium, a script reading. It is not less zealous.From the, he attacked the Government claim on listening to conversations between Kumar and Rajaratnam showed Kumar tipped Rajaratnam on upcoming EBay Inc. Dowd cups work say that the news had been widely reported before in the media. "" This is a perfect example of why you cannot listen to wiretap, in a vacuum "Dowd said. "Kumar could not find the size of the layoff, he had not read the newspaper."Dowd assailed Kumar and ex-galion trader Adam Smith thieving who received a "free ride" of prosecutors in return for testimony incriminating Rajaratnam. "Liar' worst Kumar lied to conceal its crimes of tax and Smith manufactured evidence, so it would not be sent to prison for 25 years, Dowd said. Former Intel Executive Rajiv Goel, another witness of the Government who pleaded guilty and cooperated, Dowd said he was "the worst liar forever take the position in a courtroom in this building."At the end of its argument, Dowd took jurors by allegations that Rajaratnam obtained advice on stocks of about 20 of eight insiders, retailers or other. He said that the information was either public or non-material research Galleon sustained the Rajaratnam trades or that jurors should not condemn because the Government witnesses recall what they have said Rajaratnam.That Rajaratnam lost millions of dollars trading on AMD in 2008 mined the application he had in renseignementsDowd said. "It is probably the first case of trafficking of insiders in history where the Government said the defendant lost $ 67 million,"he says.Faithful DirectorDowd examined a record in July 2008 member of the then-Goldman Sachs Rajat Gupta Rajaratnam telling deliberations of the Council of the Bank. Rajaratnam, who was should meet Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn in the coming days, did not trade on the information. Dowd said that the registration is nothing more than Gupta help Rajaratnam prepare for an important meeting. "It shows Gupta is a loyal Director and head of Goldman Sachs," said Dowd.Dowd reminded the jury that counsel has not call as witnesses Gupta or other sources alleged of boards, including the ex-commer?ants Danielle Chiesi and spacious Khan. " Rajaratnam is deemed to have conspired with the two women, who pleaded guilty to insider trading.Dowd repeatedly attacked the Government's case, calling him a "sham", an "Act of faith" and "desperate." He described as intercepted calls that the jurors heard speak of Chiesi and Rajaratnam as two portfolio managers speak. ' Nothing Wrong' "Nothing wrong with it", said. "Which comes every day on Wall Street."On rebuttal, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Streeter told jurors that Rajaratnam was a multi-billion dollar hedge fund manager and a graduate of a U.S. business school top of the page, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. "Naturally" Streeter Rajaratnam knew that it was illegal to trade on the word ahead to win business, said.The judge is likely to instruct the jury on the law on April 25, and the jury will then begin to deliberate.Rajaratnam is charged with five counts of conspiracy and nine counts of securities fraud. The counts of conspiracy carry a maximum penalty of imprisonment of five years and the counts of fraud carry a maximum of 20 years.The case is U.S. v. Rajaratnam, 1: 09-cr-01184, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).

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Canadians are the second most happy in the world: survey

Canadians share second place among the most satisfied of the planet, a world poll that asked respondents to assess their own lives.

Overall well-being of Gallup survey found that 69% of Canadians surveyed, falls into a category called Gallup "prosperous."

Canada on par with the Sweden, three percentage points below Denmark, whose citizens are apparently the more satisfied with their current situation and prospects for the future.

People in the category "prosperous" rate of their current life at seven or more high on a 10 point scale and assessed their future lives eight or more, Gallup said.

Only two per cent of Canadians was considered to be "suffering." People in this category rated their current lives and future four or below.

Another 30 per cent of Canadians have been regarded as "evil" - somewhere between these two extremes, the survey said.

Gallup has found the majority of respondents "prosperous" only 19 countries - most in Europe and America.

The story has been much less pink 67 other countries where less than one quarter of the inhabitants were booming. In sub-Saharan Africa, the median percentage of flourishing was only eight per cent, with Chad coming down with only one per cent of its respondents deemed be booming.

Gallup said its investigation of welfare suggests that little progress was made at the previous year.

"Overall well-being of Gallup data highlight the diversity of development challenges around the world," the survey company said on its Web site.

"As the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt has shown earlier this year, leaders should not rely on only GDP as an indicator of how well their countries and their citizens."

The welfare survey results are based on interviews with about 1,000 adults conducted between February and December 2010 in each of the 124 countries.

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Keep the recovery of the world on the trail of China: IMF

The world economy will increase from 4.5% in 2011 and 2012, despite uncertainty about recovery mounds, International Monetary Fund said in its latest forecasts released Monday.

The consumer demand has kept in growth of the Canadian economy. (Jeff Semple/CBC)

The IMF, the international economic stabilization Agency, said emerging, such as the India and China, will continue to act as the engine of global growth and will exceed the concerns, such as Japanese high oil prices and the impact of earthquake.

"In many market economies emerging, demand is robust and overheating is a growing concern of politics." "The developing economies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, have also resumed a rapid and sustainable growth", the Agency said in its latest World Economic Outlook.

The IMF said global growth should be stable even though the Organization has pointed out, in another study, that crude oil prices would be approaching US $110 per barrel by 2012.

Latest forecasts of the IMF, representing a drop of half a percentage point by the growth rate of five per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) the organization expects to be the final count for 2010.

However, the prediction of April is slightly better than expected 2011 of the IMF, released in October 2010. At the time, the Fund believed global GDP would expand 4.2% in 2011.

Advance economies, such as those in Europe, Canada and United States, see only tepid growth of GDP in 2011, topping an ounce less than three percent of GDP in the current year.

Large deficits Government, relatively low moribund export and real estate sales markets conspire to set a cap on growth in advanced economies.

However, developing economies should show growth to seven percent in 2011.

In fact, the IMF stated that traditional constraints to growth, such as the increase in global food prices, disorders of youth unemployment and inflationary pressures, may conspire to crimp the growth of the GDP of these economies.

"The challenge for the many emerging and developing economies is to ensure that the current boom-like conditions develop not in overheating in the coming year", said the IMF report.

As an unknown factor, the price of oil could average of US $108 per barrel by 2012, primarily by the increase in demand and the oil reserves that disappear.

In fact, the IMF now predicts that supplies of crude oil will fall per cent per annum, pushing up the price of oil still further.

But the changes are not likely to damage the organization said the global economic recovery.

"Our analysis by simulation shows that gradual and a moderate increase of oil shortages can be a minor stress on overall growth in the medium and long term", the IMF said in its report of oil.

"Our analysis by simulation shows that gradual and a moderate increase of oil shortages, in accordance with projections of supply by others, can only be a minor stress on overall growth in the medium and long term," said the IMF report.

The Organization moved to its point of view of growth in Canadian but kept the 2010-2012 essentially mean the same, at 2.8 per cent. Decent consumer sales and a housing market that has retained some buoyancy are key factors, the IMF said.

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Amnesty International: World must respond to the Yemen - CNN International

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Thousands of Yemenis protest in a fresh call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign in Taiz on Wednesday, April 6.Amnesty International releases report, "Moment of Truth for Yemen" In it, the rights group calls on the world to help investigate the deaths of protestersThe report puts the death toll at 94; the U.N. has said it's over 100Amnesty: Yemen's government "has an abysmal record" of investigating "unlawful killings"

(CNN) - The international community needs to step up and "play a more active role" in investigating the deaths of protesters in Yemen, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Protests against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have left 94 dead over the past two months, most of them during "bloody friday" protests on March 18, the human rights organization said. The United Nations has put the toll at more than 100.

Amnesty International cited an eyewitness who said most of the protesters killed on March 18 were shot in the head, chest and neck, and left to die at the scene.

"The Yemeni government has an abysmal record of failing to investigate or prosecute those responsible for unlawful killings and torture or other ill-treatment," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa.

In its report, "Moment of Truth for Yemen," Amnesty International criticized Yemen's government for failing to release details about its investigation into the "scores" of protest deaths from the live ammunition used to break up demonstrations.

Amnesty calls on the government to accept help from the international community to carry out independent investigations into those deaths. There was no immediate response to the Amnesty report from the Yemen government.

Clashes between protesters and pro-government gangs continued Tuesday, with at least six killed and hundreds more injured, according to eyewitnesses and medical teams, as the future of President Ali Abdullah Saleh remained uncertain.

The United States has no intention of stopping its military aid to Yemen, despite the unrest, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday. The aid, in support of Yemeni counterterrorism efforts, continues to be essential because of the "real threat" from al Qaeda in the country, he said.

Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in neighboring Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations with King Abdullah, although the unrest in Yemen is likely to be a topic of discussion.

In Sanaa, Yemen's capital, eyewitnesses and field medical teams told CNN that security forces and anti-riot police used batons to attack protesters among 40,000 people marching on Zubairy Street Tuesday evening. In addition, pro-government gangs attacked protesters on Tuesday near a military base.

"The government forces are killing us," said Abdullah Salem, a youth activist who was at the protest. "Saleh and his militia will not succeed and every blood spilt will be accounted for in short international."

In the city of Taiz, Perú, at least two anti-government protesters were killed when security forces and Republican Guards fired on protesters, according to medical teams. Hundreds of people were injured, 55 of them from gunshot wounds.

The security chief in Taiz denied his forces fired on demonstrators.

The violence comes as the United States is helping to mediate a transition out of office for Saleh, who has been facing popular protests for weeks, according to two Yemeni officials.

The timing is delicate, officials said, because they want to avoid any steps that could further destabilize Yemen or interrupt counterterrorism efforts in a country that U.S. officials believe is home to some of the world's most active al Qaeda co-operatives.

The White House said in a statement Tuesday it "strongly condemns the use of violence by Yemeni government forces against demonstrators in Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeida in the past several days." "The Yemeni people have a right to demonstrate peacefully, and we remind President Ali Abdullah Saleh of his responsibility to ensure the safety and security of Yemenis who are exercising their universal right to engage in political expression."

The statement called upon Yemen's government to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.

"The United States strongly supports the Yemeni people in their quest for greater opportunity and their pursuit of political and economic reform that will fulfill their aspirations," the statement said. "President Saleh needs to resolve the political impasse with the opposition so that meaningful political change can take place in the near term in an orderly and peaceful manner."

The U.N. human rights agency Tuesday called on Yemen to halt the use of force against protesters. And British Foreign Secretary William Hague also said he was appalled by the reports of further deaths this week.

"In early March, President Saleh promised to maintain maximum restraint in the use of the Yemeni security forces in controlling peaceful demonstrations." "we strongly urge him to keep that promise," he said.

Earlier, an Obama administration official told CNN that the U.S. has been working behind the scenes, trying to determine the best way forward.

"whatever timeline they develop, we can accept - but it needs to be worked out." "That's the problem that's making people anxious," he said. "There has to be a path forward, it can't be a situation where he (Saleh) thinks that, week to week, he can sort of continues to hold it without making some kind of accommodation."

Saleh offered to step down by the end of the year after constitutional reforms and new elections, but the opposition, led by the Joint Meeting Parties block, is demanding he leave immediately. A plan unveiled by the block Saturday called for Saleh to hand over all authority to Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi in the interim. But Saleh is not offering any further concessions, and protests by the opposition continues.

U.S. officials said various groups, including al Qaeda and secessionist elements, are exploiting the political turbulence and splits within the military and security services for their own gain.

The rapidly deteriorating situation presents a major problem for the Obama administration.

Saleh has been in power since 1978 and has been a staunch U.S. ally in the fight against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Saleh argues he should remain in office because he is the only one who can effectively continue that fight against terrorism.

One U.S. official said Yemen presents a serious challenge for the administration, as the government is "preoccupied with political unrest" and little is being done on the counterterrorism front.

A counterterrorism official said there is concern over Yemen's pursuit of terrorists. "The ability of what's left of the government to manage internal security which includes (al Qaeda) is in question," said the official. A weakened security system in the country "provides an opportunity to be exploited" by al Qaeda, the official said.CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom, Jill Dougherty, Pam Benson and Elise Labott contributed to this report.

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