British Prime Minister Gordon Brownapologized for the fact that the British authorities sentenced died 55 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing to the treatment of homosexuality. This was reported on the official website premier.Thus, Brown has met the requirements of the petition, which was signed more than thirty thousand people. The drafters of the petition also appealed to the Queen of Great Britain with a request to posthumously dedicate Turing knighted, says The Guardian.In Turing's no more living relatives, so that the apologies are symbolic. The message Brown calls mathematics one of the most famous victims of homophobia in the UK.The famous mathematician and one of the founders of the first electronic computers, Alan Turing was convicted of homosexuality in 1952. According to the court, he was made to choose between imprisonment and tre
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Eight years ago, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, nearly 3,000 lives were lost in the deadliest attack on American soil in our history.
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The U.S. Army announced a contest for the best program for military purposes. The initiative was voiced by the head of information services of the U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson (Jeffrey Sorenson) at the summit Gov 2.0, held in Washington.Writes about this edition of InformationWeek.According to Sorenson, the soldiers and officers often write programs that help in fulfilling their tasks. But until now, such applications are used only in individual units, where he served as their creator. If by dying in battle or resigns, the development program was stopped.Now the military decided to organize a community development programs for the Army, in which they would share the source code and collaborate on the development of their applications. This proposed use launched in January 2009, the site Forge.mil, which is based on a well-known in the open-source community rep
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In Kherson in his apartment were killed by local artist Alexander Berezhnaya and his wife. The bodies were found Sept. 10, reports UNIAN, citing a source in law enforcement.The bodies were discovered numerous stab wounds, in particular, the wife Berezhnoy criminals had their throats cut. Cobesednik News agencies reported that the murder occurred around 17:00. According to a preliminary examination of the crime scene, the apartment is nothing valuable was missing, including pictures.In 1971, Berezhnaya graduated from art-graphic faculty of Odessa State Pedagogical Institute Ushinskogo. In 1984 he became a member of the USSR Union of Artists.
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Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine will be sent to Cyprus as peacekeepers. The decree, according to the "Correspondent",signed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.In accordance with the decree, to Cyprus from Ukraine will go up to ten people.They will work within the Armed Forces of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.UN peacekeeping contingent was placed on the border between the Greek and Turkish parts of the island in mid-1970's.Ukrainians participated in peacekeeping missions in several countries. As reported by the "Ukrainian Pravda", the total number of Ukrainian peacekeepers of about 500 people. The largest contingent (about 300) located in Liberia. There helicopters, piloted by Ukrainian pilots, provide air support of various delegations, for the transport of cargo and border security.A total of 17 years of participation in
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Competition between the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev in the presidential election in 2012 will not. Told himself, Vladimir Putin during a meeting with participants of the Valdai Discussion Club, "the RIA Novosti.According to director of the Russia and Eurasia Program of the Institute of World Security Nikolai Zlobin, who was present at the meeting, Putin stated the following: "We agreed because we are people of one blood and one of political views."The Prime Minister also added that when it comes time before the announcement of candidates for election, they will be thinking about who to nominate for the presidency, along with Mr. Medvedev, on the basis of the political plans of the political forces and the provisions of United Russia.According to another meeting participant, the political analyst Ariel Cohen, Putin n
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