Former Swiss Banker Gives Data to WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks' editor Julian Assange has hinted that the next information dump from his whistle-blowing site could deal with a U.S. bank. Now a former Swiss bank executive Rudold M. Elmer has claimed to have given Assange details about illegal activities of more than 2,000 high-profile individuals, the The Guardian's Observer is reporting.

Elmer oversaw the Caribbean branch of Swiss bank Julius Baer for eight years until he was dismissed in 2002. The former banker presented documents on two discs to Assange at the Frontline Club in London on Monday, before he returns to his native Switzerland to stand trial. He's accused of breaking secrecy laws of Switzerland's notoriously clandestine banks, falsifying documents, and threatening two Julius Baer officials.

"The aim of [Elmer's] activities was, and is, to discredit Julius Baer as well as clients in the eyes of the public," said a statement Julius Baer issued Friday. "With this goal in mind, Mr. Elmer spreads baseless accusations and passed on unlawfully acquired, respectively retained, documents to the media, and later also to WikiLeaks. To back up his campaign, he also used falsified documents."

In the past, Elmer leaked financial documents to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). With WikiLeaks, he said he hopes to "educate society" about a corrupt financial system.

The documents Elmer has handed over to WikiLeaks detail the activities of "high net worth individuals" and corporations, including "approximately 40 politicians." Elmer said that the people implicated in the documents hail from "the U.S., Britain, Germany, Austria, and Asia – from all over" and they hold various occupations.

"What I am objecting to is not one particular bank, but a system of structures," Elmer told theObserver. "I have worked for major banks other than Julius Baer, and the one thing on which I am absolutely clear is that the banks know, and the big boys know, that money is being secreted away for tax-evasion purposes, and other things such as money-laundering – although these cases involve tax evasion."

Assange said that WikiLeaks will verify the information that Elmer ceded to the organization, and that the leak could be released within the next two weeks. However, the names of those implicated in the documents will not be made public.

Assange is facing legal troubles of his own, stemming from rape charges filed in Sweden by two former WikiLeaks volunteers. Currently free on bail in London, he will appear in court early next month for an extradition hearing.

The U.S. government is also pursuing legal action against the 39-year-old Australian for his part in WikiLeaks' publishing of more than 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables.

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Details of RSRTC 2011 exam & results

The Rajasthan Roadways Result 2011 now can be downloaded from the official website of Rajasthan State Road Transport Commission (RSRTC). The RSRTC results of RSRTC Exam 2011, which was held on Sunday, Jan 9, has been officially declared by the board members recently.

Applicants can download and get the details from the below mentionedwebsite.

http://www.rsrtc.gov.in/ 

Candidates are advised to keep in touch with the above mentioned site, as they may face problems while getting access to the site over heavy web traffic.

RSRTC was established in 1964 and it is the largest provider of intercity bus transportation in the state. The head quarters of the corporation is in Jaipur.

Rajasthan roadway bus noticed in a road mishap (rsrtc result, rsrtc exam, rajasthan roadways result, rstc, india results rajasthan )

Around six people were notice died while; a dozen of them were notice wounded in a road mishap held in Jaipur.

The people were travelling in a car, which was moving in the opposite direction of a swiftness Rajasthan Roadways bus on the Allwar-Bhiwadi highway on Monday, police said.

This was a head to head accident and most of the victims were noticed as immigrant labourers. The injured people along with driver were carried to a near by hospital and the condition seems to be critical.

As per the Police, it was a low visibility times early in the morning on the highway this mishap taken place.

Pakistan earthquake 2011 piles on the misery

After the deadly flood, which caused the nation a huge loss, another natural calamity rocked Pakistan on Jan 19. Several houses have been collapsed in the North-West region but no casualties have been confirmed yet.

7.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Pakistan
But this is not the first time that Pakistan experienced the wrath of nature after the flood in 2010. The nation became the pathetic target of earthquake twice in 2010.

On Aug 24, the floods-hit northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was shaken by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.

After floods, 5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Pak

Once again, an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hits Pakistan's capital city Islamabad on Oct 11, 2010.

5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Pak

Now, sufferings of Pakistan, which has been entangled by terrorism, unstable political crisis and an economic loss, have been deepened by the natural calamities.

ASML Reports Surge in Profit

ASML Holding NV (ASML.AE) Wednesday ushered in the European technology earnings season with record results that beat market expectations and said it plans to double its dividend and launch a share buyback.

ASML, the world's largest maker of lithography systems that map out electronic circuits on silicon wafers, said net profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose sharply to €406.8 million from €50.5 million a year earlier, while sales rose to €1.52 billion from €581 million.

The Veldhoven, Netherlands-based company booked orders valued at €2.32 billion in the period, bringing its order backlog to an all-time high of €3.86 billion.

ASML's performance builds on the recent strong performance of the broader technology segment. Late Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its fiscal first-quarter profit surged 78% on the success of its iPhone and Mac computers. Earlier this month chip giant Intel Corp., one of ASML's most important customers, said it continued to benefit from strong demand from corporate customers and expects 2011 revenue to rise about 10% annually amid strong growth in server demand and from emerging markets.

"The fourth quarter was a strong close to a remarkable year in the history of ASML during which we achieved record sales, profit and bookings," said ASML's Chief Executive Eric Meurice.

"This record-breaking backlog and the additional expected first-quarter bookings in 2011 confirm a potential for more than €5 billion of net sales in 2011," he said.

For the current first quarter ASML expects sales of around €1.4 billion and a gross margin of between 44% and 45%. As a result, ASML said it intends to double its dividend payout to €0.40 a share and intends to buy back shares for a value up to €1 billion within two years.

Singer Swetha Mohan ties the knot with Ashwin (Swetha Mohan Marriage Photos, Stills)

Swetha Mohan, the famous South Indian singer got hitched to Ashwin on January 16. The groom had been a long time friend of the singer. Over the years ,Swetha has lend her voice to various films that ranged from Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada productions.

The Sunday wedding was a simple event without the fanfare, attended by immediate family and friends along with handful of celebrities mainly from the South Indian music industry. The exponent from the Carnatic singing world KJ Yesudas along with V Dakshinamurthy, the veteran director of South India was present to bless the newly married couple. Even the Cultural Affairs Minister of Kerala, M.A. Baby attended the auspicious ceremony.

The renowned South Indian singer Sujata Mohan and Dr. Mohan are the parents of Swetha. One of the last chart-busters delivered by Swetha was ‘Boom Boom Robo Da’ composed by the ace music director AR Rahman for Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. ‘Ini Achcham Achcham Illai’ was the hit song with which Mohan started her musical career.

Swetha has been twice awarded with the Malayalam Filmfare Award, 2008 and 2009. She has even sung in the Hindi films like Guru and Raavan. In Guru, it was ‘Bazzi Laga’ and ‘Khili Re’ for Raavan. The promising singer of the south India also has been bestowed with the Kerala State Award in 2007. Now, Swetha has got more sweet tunes to add to her life.