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Philippe Saint-André will have to revise its plans after the opening defeat Sunday against Italy (23-18). After handing the captaincy XV of France Pascal Pape, it is countered to forfeit the second game of the tournament against the Six Nations Wales (18 hours Saturday at the Stade de France). Touched to the second lumbar line Stade French to abandon his under duress. "I can tell already that Pascal Pape will be absent against Wales. He suffers from sciatica, "said Saint-André, the Toulon specifying calling Jocelino Suta to compensate for his absence in the second line. The captain was released at the hour at the Olympic Stadium, grimacing and limping. Examinations performed Sunday night revealed "acute sciatica left", ie strong pain in lumbar extending the leg. The exact duration of his incapacity is not yet known, said Saint-André. The French coach said that no election had so far been arrested for the captaincy. "We choose the end of the day" Monday, he announced. During the meeting and after the release of Pape, the third line Thierry Dusautoir had found what was his role between 2009 and 2012. but the favor of tests in Argentina in June and November in France, spared Dusautoir and wounded had been removed this responsibility in favor of Paris.

Chris Kyle, the "sniper infallible" of Americans (special forces of the Navy), author of the bestseller, was killed on Saturday afternoon with another man in a shooting in Texas. The 38 year-old former U.S. Army sniper, "the legend" by his fellow men, the "Devil of Ramadi 'to his enemies, had argued in his controversial autobiography that he had eliminated more than 250 insurgents in Iraq. At the moment it is not clear why the gesture. According to the American media the alleged murderer, a young former Marine, would already under arrest.

REASON – Theatre of the crime, reports the Dallas Morning News, is a shooting range at Rough Creek Lodge in the state of Texas. As confirmed by the sheriff of the county of Erath, for the double murder, which at the moment can not find an explanation, was arrested on 25-year old Eddie Routh 110 kilometers from the scene of the crime. Apparently the soldier suffered from post-traumatic stress. The second victim was identified in Chad Littlefield, 35, of Midlothian. However, investigators still digging on the motive.

KILLER – Chris Kyle had enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1999, then entered the elite corps of Navy SEALs (an acronym meaning "sea, air and earth"), and was trained as a sniper, a "sniper relentless" the role that would later become famous all over the world. He had fought in Iraq until 2009, after retiring from the service he founded a security company. He was married and had two children. In his autobiography released last year told the companies that led him to become the "sniper" American who has killed more enemies in war, with 160 victims certified by the Pentagon and over 250 self-certified. The first person to fall under its fire was a woman, had told in the book, called "a glimpse into the inner life of a trained killer," but also "a document on the modern war of U.S. troops." The blow most "legendary" shot him in Sadr City in 2008, hitting and killing an Iraqi armed with rocket launchers stationed along the road of a military convoy, nearly 2 km away. In the U.S., the volume has been the subject of discussion for months, some plutidecorato the soldier was considered a hero, to others a criminal. On his head insurgents in Ramadi had set a bounty of $ 20,000. Kyle had described his efforts in war zones: "The best moment of my life."

Michael Oher is on the field at the Mercedes Superdome in New Orleans and look up under the huge roof. Oher, 1.93 meters tall, 143 pounds in weight has been impressed by the imposing nature of the arena, which will be held on Sunday the final of the world's largest sports, the Super Bowl. There, take the San Francisco 49ers to the Baltimore Ravens, for both teams it comes to their place in the history of sports.

The dream of a Super Bowl, many Footballer. For the 26-year Oher but he was from the beginning, just a utopia. Because where he grew up, no way led to a glorious future, and certainly not up to America's biggest sporting stage. When Michael Jerome Oher on 28 May was born in 1986 in Memphis was mapped out his path, it led him directly into poverty and homelessness. On the night of Sunday to Monday the defender is faced with the peak of his career. He says, "I am come a long way in order to have this opportunity."

Oher had eleven brothers and sisters. His first memories are those when he and his older brothers went along a highway in Memphis, in search of a place to stay and something to eat. Oher was two years old, the drug-addicted mother had locked the children again or had simply disappeared for several days. The father was, as so often in prison. Oher has it in his 2010 published book "I beat the odds" (I have defied the odds) written. With the work, Oher said in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he would inspire children who grow up in situations similar to those he used to be. "They should know that they can achieve anything with the right attitude -. Without a wealthy adoptive family"

Oher went to nine years to eleven different schools, lived in homes or families, of which he ran away again. He skipped the class, stole food at the supermarket – "just to survive" – ​​slept in the ghetto. The oldest picture of him come "from the time when I was about ten." It shows a smiling boy in a tentative to large, pale blue T-shirt and jeans. He'd like to see baby pictures of himself, he says, but there is simply no. "We have moved so many times, there are probably lost," said Oher. It is also possible that just never which were made.

Michael Oher is that despite these circumstances made it to the University of Mississippi, 2006 Michael Lewis wrote the book "The Blind Site – Evolution of a Game" inspired. Lewis is ohers development from high school to college describes. Applied to this book was the 2009 Hollywood movie "The Blind Site". Sandra Bullock appears in the role of ohers adoptive mother Leigh Anne Tuohy and it was awarded the 2010 Academy Award for "Best Actress".

Ireland, which was the difference in the first half (23-3) beat Wales 30-22 in Cardiff on Saturday in the opening match of the Six Nations 2013. Welsh, author of Grand Slam in 2012, undergoing eighth consecutive defeat. Before the break, the Irish took off through tests Zebo (11) on a beautiful pass from O'Driscoll old (34 years), and Healy (24), which benefited from a pigeon wing of Zebo and 13 points (2 and 3 transformations Sexton penalties) to lead at the break (23-3). A pride and surplus for 20 minutes (58-67 and 69-78), the Welsh came back with three runs Cuthbert (48), Halfpenny (59) and Mitchell (75). O'Driscoll in vain since before it was even given the scope to score scoring his 46th test with Clover XV (30-3 in the 43rd minute) Since their Grand Slam Tournament in 2012, the Welsh have lost three times during their tour of Australia in June and four times in their Millennium during the autumn tour of the nations of the southern hemisphere. During the second day, the Welsh move next Saturday at the Stade de France to face Les Bleus while Ireland will seek to confirm receiving England Sunday, January 10th in Dublin.

Regarding the "Wall Street Journal" on the other hand, the purpose of intrusion would rather perform continuous monitoring of the work of journalists to know the identity of their sources, or be able to anticipate the release of potentially dangerous to the regime. In both cases, the Chinese authorities have responded to these outrageous statements, saying shocking that one can suspect of being behind Beijing such actions. "The government prohibits cyber-attacks and did what he could to combat these activities in accordance with Chinese law", stated a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Geng Shuang. Beyond the problems faced by the media, the case illustrates the tension more evident between Washington and Beijing, the first openly suspecting now conduct a second cyber strategy increasingly offensive against him.

The purchasing managers' index published by the National Bureau of Statistics released this morning in Beijing stood at 50.4 in January. Of course, it remains above the 50 mark and means that the activity is expanding. But this is a lower figure of 51 expected on average by economists, and at 50.6 in December. At the same time, however, HSBC has published, with Markit, its own purchasing managers index for China, a figure that is more focused on the activities of small and medium enterprises. Now it has reached 52.3, higher than the 51.5 in December. It had been two years that such levels were not achieved. These conflicting signals could mean that if the effects of stimulus-driven public investment, which benefited first large state companies, slow, the Chinese private sector, he is currently experiencing an upturn.

According to the Nikkei, which met with Bertrand Austruy, legal director of Danone, the French would not be preparing any bid to try to grow the size of its stake in the Japanese company Yakult, well known Asia for its probiotic drinks. Danone already has, since 2000, nearly 20% of Japanese society has hinted on several occasions that he would like to get capital to eventually hold up to 35%. In 2004, an agreement stating that Danone's commitment to maintain its market share to a maximum of 20% had been signed between the two groups, but it has since expired and executives of French giant approached their Japanese partners to try to move this Deadline. Negotiations that started last year is still ongoing but the group's leaders in Japan have already hinted that they would not participate too much of their "partner" not to compromise the independence of their management. Alongside these talks shareholding Yakult Danone and continue their co-development of new products and expansion efforts in India and Vietnam.

According to the website of the Hong Kong Phoenix New Media Group, the international film star, known for her talents Kung Fu would become a member of the National Committee of the People's Consultative Conference. The person has not commented on this information. But confirmation would be in line with recent statements by nationalist actor. In an interview with Phoenix TV, it ruled that the United States was the country "most corrupt" and had welcomed the fact that China, having been a victim of the strategy of great powers, was beginning to finally meet head.