Facebook hits 100 million India users, largest after US

Facebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, making it only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social network company has said.

The mobile phone market was driving growth in India along with better Internet coverage across the country of 1.2 billion people, said Kevin D'Souza, Facebook India's head of growth and mobile partnerships.

"Today, we have more than 100 million people who access Facebook actively in India each month," D'Souza was quoted in local media on Wednesday as saying.

"Now, we look forward to one billion in India -- that's a different focus and challenge," Javier Olivan, who looks after global growth in Facebook, told the Economic Times newspaper.

India is expected later this year to overtake the United States as the country with the most Facebook users, with the figure forecast to pass 150 million, analysts have said.

Facebook, with more than 1.23 billion users globally, is turning to emerging markets including those in Asia to drive expansion after growth in the West tapers off.

It leads social network services in all but six countries -- notably Russia, where local rivals are preferred, and China, where it has been largely banned since 2009.

Facebook announced in February a takeover of free mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in a deal that marries its social network users with Whatsapp's 450 million users.

Facebook has seen a meteoric rise in India since setting up its first office in the southern city of Hyderabad four years ago, when the country had about eight million users.

India has 164.81 million Internet subscribers, with more than half logging in from their mobile phones, the telecoms regulator said last year.

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Chile orders evacuation as 8.2-magnitude quake kills 5

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile's Pacific coast, killing at least five people as tsunami waves of more than two meters lashed the shore.

Panicked residents poured into the streets after the authorities ordered them to flee to higher ground, while President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of northern Chile hit by the offshore quake to be disaster zones.

"The street lights were busted, people ran terrified. After the earthquake there were several aftershocks," Veronica Castillo told AFP from Arica, 1,000 miles north of the Chilean capital Santiago.

Military officials will be sent the areas to prevent looting and disorder, she said.
In the northern city of Iquique, closest to the epicenter, some 300 prisoners escaped from a jail amid the chaos triggered by the big tremor, which lasted two minutes.

The quake struck at 8:46 pm local time (2346 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles), 83 kilometers from Iquique on Chile's northern coast, the United States Geological Survey said.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert for residents living along more than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) of coastline in South and Central America.

It said waves of more than six feet (two meters) had been generated.

Chilean Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo said at least five people were killed and three seriously injured. He said late Tuesday the tsunami alert would last at least another six hours.

Disaster relief agency ONEMI's director Ricardo Toro said the quake had not caused major damage.
Still, the control tower at Iquique airport was hit, as were roads out of the city. Power cuts in the city of Arica left 80 percent of it in the dark.

Amid Chile's evacuation order, its Ecuadoran and Peruvian counterparts also issued warnings.
Ecuador later reduced its alert from red to amber but maintained the higher level of vigilance on the exposed Galapagos Islands out in the Pacific.

Tremors were felt as far inland as Bolivia, and the quake was followed by a weaker 6.2 magnitude aftershock.

- Power cuts, buildings burn -
In Chile, Toro said the first waves of the tsunami had reached Pisagua, on the northern coast, and were expected to travel south over five hours.

CNN showed footage of streets full of panicked people and some buildings burning brightly against the night sky.

The rush to evacuate to safe areas caused traffic jams, but no cuts in telephone service or drinking water were reported. There were power outages in some areas.

Chile's Deputy Interior Minister Mahmud Aleuy reported that in Iquique the sea had withdrawn 2.5 meters from the coast, a prelude to the arrival of a dangerous surge.

"Everyone along our coast should be alert and ready," Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said on Twitter.

In Peru, the southern coastal area was also put on alert while roads along the coast were closed, said the mayor of the capital, Susana Villaran.

"This is a warning for the population to take all precautionary measures," Peruvian naval commander Colbert Ruiz told AFP.

"An alert means being on watch but does not confirm the arrival of a tsunami," he said. "So far, there is nothing."

Honduras in Central America also declared a tsunami alert, but Nicaragua called off one it had declared earlier.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for Colombia and Panama, and "watches" for at least six other countries.

Chile is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, and a large earthquake has long been expected in the north of the country.

In February 2010, central and southern Chile were hit by a powerful earthquake of 8.8-magnitude followed by a tsunami that devastated dozens of towns.

The quake left more than 500 dead and $30 billion in damage to infrastructure.
The same coastal area has been the scene of numerous quakes in recent days.
On Sunday, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck, followed by at least two moderate aftershocks.

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Search is Over in Indian Ocean

For How many days of searching the missing plane Flight 370, Now it's ended in Indian Ocean  Malaysia's prime minister Monday night there were shrieks and intense heartbreak: The missing Malaysian Airlines flight whose fate was a mystery that consumed the world had crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean.

The news, based on fresh evidence gleaned from an unprecedented analysis of satellite data, meant it was all but impossible that any of the 239 passengers and crew on board the jetliner could have survived.

That realization may help bring some closure to families 17 days after their nightmare began when the Boeing 777 inexplicably disappeared from Asian skies during what was supposed to be a routine overnight flight from Malaysia's capital to Beijing on March 8. But the latest clue is also only a small step toward solving one of the greatest puzzles in aviation history.

With the location of Flight 370 itself still unknown — most likely somewhere at the bottom of the sea in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean — profound questions remain unanswered about what brought down the aircraft and why.

And the grueling search for the wreckage and the plane's black boxes could take years. The task, involving a multinational force sweeping a vast region of ocean whose dark floor is up to 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) deep, has been daunting. So much so, that it is also possible that what is left of the plane may never be found.

In Beijing, family members who have followed every twist and turn in the search shrieked and sobbed uncontrollably when they heard the news. One woman collapsed and fell on her knees, crying "My son! My son!"

Dressed in a black suit, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak somberly announced the news in an unexpected late night statement to reporters in Kuala Lumpur. The information, he said, was based on a study of data from a satellite that had received the final known signals from the plane as it tracked southward.

The data indicated that the jetliner flew "to a remote location, far from any possible landing sites," Najib said.

"It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."

In China's capital, family members had been called to a hotel near the airport to hear the announcement. Afterward, they filed out of a conference room in heart-wrenching grief.

Medical teams arrived with several stretchers and at least one elderly man was carried out of the conference room on one of them, his faced covered by a jacket. Minutes later a middle-aged woman was taken out on another, her face ashen and her eyes blank and expressionless.

Nan Jinyan, whose brother-in-law Yan Ling was aboard the flight, said she had been prepared for the worst but the announcement was still "a blow to us, and it is beyond description."
In Kuala Lumpur, family members also broke down in sobs.

Selamat Omar, the father of a 29-year-old aviation engineer who was on the flight, said: "We accept the news of the tragedy. It is fate."

In a statement to the families, Malaysia Airlines said: "We know there are no words that we or anyone else can say which can ease your pain."

The airline said it would transport families to the western Australian city of Perth if parts of the plane are found and brought to a military base there now being used by search planes. It said the "ongoing multinational search operation will continue as we seek answers to the questions which remain."


The plane's disappearance has baffled investigators, who have yet to rule out mechanical or electrical failure, hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots or someone else on board.

Malaysian authorities have said that evidence so far suggests the plane was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next.

Earlier Monday, Malaysia's police chief, Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar, reiterated that all the passengers had been cleared of suspicion. But he said the pilots and crew were still being investigated and declined to comment on whether officials had recovered files that were deleted a month earlier from the home flight simulator of the chief pilot.

Officials have said the plane automatically sent a brief signal — a "ping" — every hour to a satellite belonging to Inmarsat, a British company, even after other communication systems on the jetliner shut down.

The pings did not include any location information, but an initial analysis showed that the location of the last ping was probably along one of two vast arcs running north and south.

Najib said Inmarsat did further calculations "using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort," and had concluded that the plane's last position was "in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth."

He gave no indication of exactly where in the Indian Ocean the plane was last heard from, but searchers have sighted possible debris in an area about 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) southwest of Perth, and Najib said more details would be released Tuesday.

Search teams from 26 nations have pored over radar data and scoured a wide swath of Asia for weeks with advanced aircraft and ships, but no confirmed wreckage has been found.

The hunt is now considered a race against time because of the battery life of the "pinger" in the black box is running out and may have less than two weeks left.

On Monday, an Australian navy support vessel, the Ocean Shield, headed toward the search zone and was expected to arrive in three or four days, a defense official said. The ship is equipped with acoustic detection equipment that can search for the black box.

The U.S. Pacific Command said it is also sending a black box locator in case a debris field is located, one that can be pulled behind a vessel at slow speeds and could hear the pinger down to a depth of about 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), Cmdr. Chris Budde, a U.S. 7th Fleet operations officer, said in a statement.

The deployment is part of "a prudent effort to pre-position equipment and trained personnel closer to the search area," he said.

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes on Monday stopped short of saying the U.S. had independent confirmation of the status of the missing airliner. He noted the conclusion of Malaysian authorities that the Boeing 777 had plunged into the Indian Ocean and said the U.S., which has been assisting the search effort, was focused on that southern corridor of the ocean.

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Velazquez cuts five pounds in two hours for fight against Farenas

Michael “Hammer Fist” Farenas (37-4-4, 29 knockouts) of the Philippines and Hector Velazquez (56-20-3, 38 KOs) of Mexico both made the 130 pounds limit for their super featherweight clash at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena in San Juan. The two combatants took two different routes to get there but the fight for the vacant WBC ABCO title will go on as planned on March 21. The fight card will start at 5 pm.

Farenas was the first fighter to weigh in during the event held at the Lancaster Hotel in Shaw Boulevard. He tipped the scales at 130.5 pounds, and then dropped his boxers to get inside the 130 pounds limit.

Velazquez on the other hand weighed in at 135 pounds, which was already in the lightweight division. Before the proceedings, his handler was already telling people that the fighter will not make weight as he weighed differently with the Games and Amusements Board’s scale.

The Mexican also stripped completely naked, only covered by the Mexican flag, but the scale refused to be his friend.

Velazquez, who once fought Manny Pacquiao, quickly left the area and proceeded directly to the hotel’s sauna in an attempt to drop pounds fast. If not, he would have been penalized 10% of his purse and required to wear 10 ounce gloves while the power punching Farenas would wear 8 ounce gloves.

Velazquez made his way back to the weighing area after an hour, his brow dripping with sweat. He weighed in again but it still was not enough as he tipped the scales at 132 pounds. Dejected, he once against packed his bag to sweat out some more.

On his third try, two hours after the initial weigh in, Velazquez finally made the 130 pound limit.

While his opponent was struggling to make weight, Farenas was already inside his room, taking in fluids and resting for their upcoming fight. Velazquez took the bout against Farenas in short notice so it would have been understandable if he weighed in one or two pounds overweight. However, five pounds over the limit simply meant that Velazquez did not cut back on food or water intake prior to the weigh in.

Shedding five pounds that quick means that he had a lot of fluids inside his body.

Even if the Mexican spent extra two hours to drop the weight, Velazquez said he’s going to give Farenas a tough fight.

“I still want to continue fighting,” Velazquez said through a translator. “My dream is to have one more shot at a world title before I retire from boxing and to do that, I have to beat Farenas.”
The fight card presented by MAG PACMAN Boxing International Promotions will be aired on GMA 7 on March 22 right after Eat Bulaga.

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Pacquiao vs Bradley II: Freddie Roach says camp mantra is 'close the show, no mercy'

Trainer Freddie Roach is talking his usual pre-Pacquiao fight game, promising a return to form for the 35-year-old Filipino superstar as he hits his final weeks of training camp leading up to his April 12 rematch with Timothy Bradley on HBO pay-per-view:

"Manny started the week a little slow due to jetlag but finished off strong on Saturday. He was just brilliant in his sparring on Saturday. His footwork was effortless, his hand speed was blazing and his power is as good as it's ever been.

"We are training for big game in this fight. Manny knows he is going to have to hunt Bradley down and close the show this time. The first fight with Bradley was so easy for Manny that after six rounds he just took it easy on him. Not this time. Our Mantra is ‘Close the show. No mercy.' You don't have don't have to be a groundhog to know that Bradley's days as welterweight champ are numbered. It's Last Call for Bradley on April 12.

"Manny is really motivated for this fight. We decided no matter how many fights we have remaining, we are determined to run the table and win every one. And when it is over it is going to be as world champion. And that can only happen with a total and absolute victory over Bradley.

"Bradley says he fought Manny last time with two bad feet. I don't remember him coming into the ring in a wheelchair. He hurt his feet when Manny connected his power punches on him. Manny hit Bradley so hard it broke his ankles.

"For Bradley to say ‘Manny doesn't have the hunger anymore and it's never coming back' and ‘Manny no longer has his killer instinct,' that tells me that Bradley is still suffering from the concussion Provodnikov laid on him."

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MH370 Still Missing

Malaysian Flight MH370 Still Missing. Update for the Missing Malaysian Flight MH370? Yes we have an update for the missing plane.

After more than 10 days and numerous theories as to the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, the Business Insider has reported of an alternative theory proposed by a former pilot, which has emerged as a very plausible cause for the disappearance of the aircraft.

A few days ago, American Chris Goodfellow had written his simple case on his Google+ page on what he believed happened to the missing aircraft.

Goodfellow had based his theory on the key information of the turn back move shortly after the aircraft had left Malaysian airspace off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
His theory suggests that all relevant officials, investigators and the international media are overthinking the incident behind the disappearance of flight MH370.
Based on Goodfellow's theory, the following is what could have transpired on board the aircraft, and more specifically in the cockpit:

• Shortly after takeoff, as MAS flight MH370 was flying out over the South China Sea, smoke began filling the cockpit, perhaps from a tyre on the front landing gear that had ignited on take-off.

• The captain immediately did exactly what he had been trained to do, that is to find the closest airport and turn the plane toward it so he could land.
• The closest appropriate airport was in Pulau Langkawi, as it had a massive 13,000-foot runway that could cater for the Boeing 777-200. The pilot was likely to have known that beforehand, as any experienced pilot with more than 18,000 flying hours under his belt would.
• The captain programmed the destination into the flight computer. The auto-pilot turned the plane west and put it on a course right for the runway.
• The pilot did not consider returning to Kuala Lumpur International Airport because the plane would have to cross over a mountain range in between. He knew the terrain to Langkawi would be friendlier and also a shorter distance to cover.
• The captain and co-pilot tried to find the source of the smoke and fire, but it soon filled the cockpit and overwhelmed them (a tyre fire would do this).
• Such a fire could also short-circuit the cockpit systems one by one, including the transponder. Quite possibly, both pilots had passed out or died by then.
• With no one awake to instruct the auto-pilot to land, the plane kept flying on its last programmed course... right over Pulau Langkawi and out over the Indian Ocean.
• Eventually, six or seven hours after the incident, it ran out of fuel and crashed.

• This pilot was a hero struggling with an impossible situation trying to get that plane to Langkawi. No doubt in my mind. That's the reason for the turn and direct route.
  

  Goodfellow further elaborated that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah did all the right things.
  "He was confronted by some major event onboard that made him make that immediate turn back to the closest safe airport.
  
  "For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense if in the event of a fire, and especially an electrical fire. The first response is to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one.
  
  "However, if they pulled the busses, the plane indeed would go silent. It was probably a serious event and they simply were occupied with controlling the plane and trying to fight the fire.
  "Aviate, navigate and lastly communicate," Goodfellow wrote on the priority that is set for pilots to follow in the event of any emergency.
  
  According to Goodfellow's theory, one possibility, given the timeline on how the fire started and then spread is that perhaps there was an overheat on one of the front landing gear tires and it blew on takeoff and started slowly burning. This could happen with under-inflated tires.
  He added: "This pilot was a hero struggling with an impossible situation trying to get that plane to Langkawi. No doubt in my mind. That's the reason for the turn and direct route.
  
  "A hijack would not have made that deliberate left turn with a direct heading for Langkawi. It would probably have weaved around a bit until the hijackers decided on where they were taking it.
  
  "Surprisingly none of the reporters, officials and other pilots interviewed have looked at this from the pilot's viewpoint. If something went wrong where would he go? Thanks to Google Earth, I spotted Langkawi in about 30 seconds, zoomed in and saw how long the runway was and I just instinctively knew this pilot knew this airport.
  
  "He had probably flown there many times. Also, another good clue would be the age and number of cycles on those nose tyres."
  
  According to Business Insider this theory fits the facts and makes sense, most especially because it explains the manual course change as well as the "pings" that a satellite kept hearing from the plane hours after the communications systems went down. – March 18, 2014.
   

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The Mystery Behind the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

What is the Mystery Behind the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370? Last night I Watch TV and I see the Report about the missing plane of Malaysia. a lot of Different report other Say the MH370 is hijack or crash in bermuda triangle and another report that the plane is dropped 5,000 feet (1,500m) to evade commercial radar detection. What is the True Behind this Missing plane?

The true is the plane is still missing and no one answer what happen to  this Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Pray for the Passenger, pilot and the crew of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. I hope that this mystery is Solve. The family of the Passenger, pilot and the crew is still Waiting for their come back.

All the nation help to solve this case so that this mystery will solve. God Bless and lets all pray for the safe of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

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Malaysia Airlines Found

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Development. There are a lot of post in Facebook that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was already found but the true is that the Government official and other Rescue team still searching MH3S70. The plane still missing until now. Report in facebook is not true. That is the post of Scammed to earn in their facebook account do not click any link in facebook.

An international search operation, involving personnel and equipment from at least 12 countries, is working to unravel these mysteries. 

The search has been fruitless to date, plagued by false leads and contradictory information. Frustrations are mounting as days pass without a trace of the plane, and investigators are not ruling out any theories.

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San Mig Super Coffee debuts, keeps GlobalPort winless

San Mig Super Coffee, except for its slow start, seemed to be in perfect blend and that should keep its rivals doubly wary.

Banking on a murderous surge in the second canto, the Super Coffee Mixers compounded the woes of the reeling GlobalPort Batang Pier Wednesday night with a convincing 91-75 victory to set in style their title bid in the PBA Commissioners Cup at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Exactly two weeks since notching the Philippine Cup title–its second consecutive crown–at the expense of Rain or Shine in six games, San Mig Super Coffee struggled against GlobalPort in the early goings but unleashed its full might in the decisive second quarter, exploding for 31 big points while limiting its rivals to just 12 that set up the stage for the emphatic win.

In that telling canto, the Mixers unloaded a merciless 25-7 run behind their crisp ball movement and unrelenting defense from their shock troopers, led by power forward Ian Sangalang, that enabled them to overhaul a 16-20 deficit and threw the Batang Pier off-balance.

The 6-foot-6 Sangalang, the second overall pick in last year’s draft, fired 11 of his 16 points in that game-turning quarter on a perfect 5-of-5 shooting from the field as the Mixers seized full control and held off the late-charge of the Batang Pier with ease.

GlobalPort, which suffered its third straight setback under new head coach Pido Jarencio, tried hard and fought back mainly behind the exploits of import Evan Brock and power forward Jay Washignton, razing what once a 19-point deficit to just eight markers, the last at 72-80, midway in the payoff period.

However, San Mig Super Coffee mustered another big run courtesy of an 11-3 windup anchored on its sustained pressure defense.

Despite a so-so 15-point, six-rebound outing from import James Mays who was plagued by foul trouble, five players, led by Sangalang, scored at least 10 markers for the Mixers, who shot a solid 44.9 percent (35-of-78) from the field overall–spiked by a remarkable 12-of-16 outing in the second canto–anchored on 21 assists.

Going down the drain with the Batang Pier’s defeat was the monstrous 27-point, 28-rebound performance from Brock.
 
The Main Man: Ian Sangalang remains as one silent yet deadly assassin for the Mixers.
Coming off the bench anew, the former NCAA MVP sparked the team’s decisive push in the second canto, pumping in 11 big points while making all of his five attempts from the field.
In their 31-point output in the second, 21 of those came from the second unit that also includes guards Mark Barroca, Justine Melton, wingman Alex Mallari and center Rafi Reavis.

Honorable Mention: With import James Mays groping for form, Marc Pingris continued to provide the inside presence for the Mixers as he banged in a double-double outing of 13 markers and 12 boards plus five assists, two steals and a block in 32 minutes of play.

Game Turning Point: With the entry of its second unit, things started to go in favor of San Mig Super Coffee, which scored 25 of the first 32 points in the second canto that quickly wiped out a four-point deficit and helped them build a 41-27 cushion en route to the cruising win.
 
He Said It:
San Mig Super Coffee coach Tim Cone: “I think we're a little different this time around. The hangover was last conference because of the injuries we had. The key right now is really our second group. We want our first group to be ready, keep them fresh and get them ready at the right time. Our second group allows us to limit the minutes of Ping (Marc Pingirs), James (Yap), Joe (Devance) and PJ (Simon). Hopefully, we can get to the playoffs with our second group. Our second group is out there who are really eager to play.”

The scores:
SAN MIG SUPER COFFEE 91 - Sangalang 16, Mays 15, Pingris 13, Barroca 11, Simon 10, Yap 10, Melton 7, Mallari 5, Devance 4, Cawaling 0, Reavis 0.
GLOBALPORT 75 - Brock 27, Washington 14, Garcia 9, Ponferrada 8, Chua 6, Cabagnot 5, Nabong 2, Romeo 2, Macapagal 2, Yee 0, Salvador 0, Custodio 0.

Quarter: 16-20, 47-32, 70-58, 91-75.

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