quarta-feira, 20 de julho de 2016

Germany: Lower passenger train attack Afghan with axe

According to a research carried out by the Ministry of the Interior (Interior) of the State of Bavaria and broadcast by local media, the young will be coming to Germany alone, without any family member or adult who accompany him. Lived with a foster family not far from where the attack took place.

"We don't know for how long lived in Germany. Lived with a family who took care of him. We've been in contact with the family and we're looking for a reason to understand what happened. We sought something that could help us in the House where he lived, "said Gerhard Eck, Bavarian Minister of the Interior, to reporters.

The authorities did not want to make any comments about the possibility of an attack by Islamist character. The attacker would've yelled, according to witnesses quoted by the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, the words Allahu Akbar (God is great in Arabic). The young man would have acted alone, without other people have been identified so far.

The commuter train was the path between by ice and Wuerzburg at the time of the attack. In addition to the injured, the German news agency DPA says at least 14 people had to receive medical attention because of the strike, finding themselves in a State of shock.

BREAKING: Several people seriously injured in stabbing attack on German train pic.twitter.com/C4h7FTFx7d

The boy would have tried to flee, but was pursued by a special intervention unit of the police, who shoot him, after which, according to the author ities, this has tried to attack them.

The Germany didn't suffer, so far, any kind of attack from Islamic character, unlike neighbors France and Belgium, although federal authorities have confirmed to have intercetado more than one attempt in recent years. The Germany hosted about one million refugees in 2015, including thousands of minors who arrived alone in the country. Many fleeing from countries lashed by bloody conflicts, such as Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

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terça-feira, 19 de julho de 2016

Nice: Prime Minister Manuel Valls reacts to booing during tribute

"You are not worthy because it was a tribute to the victims and because there are still victims fighting for their lives"

The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (Socialist Party) reacted to protests during the tribute to the victims of the attack with a truck on the night of 14 July, which resulted in 84 dead. Valls has been the object of criticism, whistles, insults and calls for resignation.

The French Prime Minister said that "the whistles" and "insults" were not "worthy of a ceremony."

"You are not worthy," said Valls, "because it was a tribute to the victims, and when there are still victims fighting for their lives."

Many of those who watched the ceremony protested the Prime Minister even during the moment of silence by 84 dead of the attack with a truck on the promenade des Anglais, the marginal Mediterranean city route.

Manuel Valls booed by a hundred people during his visit to Bastia (Corsica) ➡️ https://t.co/wWkc7vEUBb pic.twitter.com/yzEQCMtOu0

Nice resident, Antony Fernandez criticized the Government's response after the attacks in Paris November 2015.

"I don't think you have the correct answer to this kind of situations. What have they done so far to keep us safe? And you expect us to do now? We cry for the dead every six months? Now it was in Nice, earlier had been in Paris an d I think we're going to continue with this, "said Fernandez.

Another resident in the city of Nice, Francesco, an Italian citizen said to understand the people's revolt, compared the reactions of today's French and Italian Governments in the face of attacks such as the Nice and said that Paris and Rome were not so different, because an attack as the day July 14 was not easy to control:

"I'm not sure where people are thinking right now. The Government seems to have lost control of things. It seems impossible, but the same thing happens in Italy. It was a mad man and that's not so easy to stop. Is uncontrollable. "

Moreover, the role of the French Government has been widely criticized by the center-right opposition to Nicol as Sarkozy. The likely candidate for the presidential elections to 2017 and former President of the Republic said the Government hasn't done-Valls Hollande enough to protect the French. The Government and some members of the Socialist majority in the National Assembly (Parliament, lower house) criticized the position of Sarkozy and some prominent figures of the centre-right, appealing to "decency," since France was "still grieving".

A truck has advanced for two kilometres on a crowd at the promenade des Anglais in Nice, to watch the Fireworks to celebar the storming of the Bastille.

84 people were killed and 202 were injured, among them a Portuguese citizen. One of the dead is a brazilian citizen. Two other Brazilians still missing.

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Kazakhstan: armed attack ends with four dead

According to the Minister of the Interior several exchanges of gunfire ended with those deaths. The same source said that two men were detained in the context of a vast "antiterrorist operation".

One of the detainees, a young man with a criminal record, will be responsible for a murder that took place a few days ago, according to the same Minister.

The men have allegedly stolen a police car, killing its driver, and after shooting a COP.

These attacks, in a country that was relatively calm, happens a month after another, against a military base and weapons stores, who finished with seven dead.

In Kazakhstan the population is mostly Sunni. In recent months there has been the growth in the country, of radical Islam.

The country, which was already in terrorist alert, this State for over a month.

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Doping in Russia even has support from the State

The World Anti-Doping Agency published Monday a report that confirms what has long been suspected: the systematic use of doping among athletes in Russia had the complicity and support of the State.

The document, headed by an independent Commission and presented by Canadian Richard McLaren in Toronto, revealed that the Moscow laboratory responsible for the testing performed during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, protected the country's sportsmen:

"The responsible laboratory in Sochi changed often samples to allow Russian athletes who used doping could compete. The Russian Minister of sport directed, controlled and oversaw the manipulation of test results. "

The Russia eventually stand up naturally as the great sports power at the games, finishing with a total of 33 medals, 13 of them gold.

According to the report, the systematic use of doping is a practice with several years in the country and extends to several sports.

Grow the voices for that Russia be barred from going to the games in Rio de Janeiro, and not just his track team. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, to express their indignation against this unprecedented attack the integrity of the sport, assuring that will not hesitate to apply harsh penalties to any individual or organisation involved.

A measure that will surely punish innocent sportsmen, but after this report, there is no way of knowing who is clean or not in Russian sport.

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Shooting USA: Alleged author of shots published several videos in which oppression of African-Americans

The man identified as the author of the attack Sunday in Baton Rouge, in the United States had already published some videos on Youtube where complains of the behavior of the authorities in relation to the African-American community. Gavin Long, a former Marine and who came to take part in missions in Iraq, calls for a tough response and ensures that does not belong to any organized group or extremist.

A day after the killing of five policemen in a demonstration in Dallas, July 7, Long published a video on YouTube where he praised the action of the shooters â€" "this is justice."

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Baton Rouge: Obama calls for national unity "against the inflamed rhetoric"

The President said that even if it is unknown why a sniper killed three police officers in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (South), the latest in a series of incidents involving police officers, as the massacre occurred on 7 July in the Texas City of Dallas, or the deaths of two unarmed black citizens police also in the city of Baton Rouge and in the region of the city of Saint-Paul, State of Minnesota.

"We must say clearly, as a nation, that nothing justifies these attacks against law enforcement officers," said Obama.

Watch POTUS give remarks on the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge: <a href="https://t.co/5I4OiRLJtI">https://t.co/5I4OiRLJtI</a><p>â€" The White House (WhiteHouse) July 17, 2016

The President addressed the Americans when lack little to the National Convention of the Republican party, where the controversial Donald Trump officially should be chosen as a candidate of the conservative formation. Trump has spared no criticism of the way in which the authorities and the President have been managing the attacks against the police officers.

Obama also said, in this sense, which, now that begin big parties ' national conventions, the candidates should focus on a speech that connect the country, instead of causing further divisions.

"We don't need rhetoric inflamed. We don't need accusations without any kind of consideration and made only in order to gain politically or to benefit a political agenda. We have to moderate our words and open our hearts, all of us, "said Obama.

“We need to temper our words, and open our hearts” â€"POTUS after the attack in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BatonRouge?src=hash">#BatonRouge</a>: <a href="https://t.co/rczTFpblUa">https://t.co/rczTFpblUa</a> <a href="https://t.co/dQhjwPsgQd">pic.twitter.com/dQhjwPsgQd</a><p>â€" The White House (WhiteHouse) July 17, 2016

Obama didn't forget to express its full support to the police officers, although some organizations have expressed doubts about the President's support. The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO, by its acronym in English) said, after the massacre of Dallas, who lived a war against the agents and asked for more support for federal policies and authorities "more resources to p rotect cops and civilians."

"The attacks against the police are attacks against us all, and against laws which make possible our society," said the President.

“It is up to all of us to make sure we are part of the solution, and not part of the problem.” â€"POTUS speaks on the attack in Baton Rouge.<p>â€" The White House (WhiteHouse) July 17, 2016

Obama warned that, like I said after the massacre of Dallas, killers like this would not be the last to try to destroy the unity of the Americans and that would be a task of all to prevent such from happening.

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segunda-feira, 18 de julho de 2016

Us: Shooting in Baton Rouge kills at least three cops

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, several policemen were shot. Police source said that three or four have died but that, out of respect for the families will not be advanced for further information. Because they are not clear.

A gunman was, however, shot fatally, by police, which is now seeking to ensure that this wasn't carrying explosives can't. On site are agents of various police forces of the UNITED STATES who believe there are other shooters.

Could have handled an ambush, according to the North American average, information confirmed by the police who have received a phone call from someone who said a man "walked through the highway with a gun". When the police arrived at the scene a man opened fire on them. The shooting happened not fa r from the police station.

This city was the scene at the beginning of the month, a drama that ended with the death of Alton Sterling, an African-American of 37 years, killed by two white cops. Another case that shocked America. Two police officers witnessed what might be called an execution. Sterling, married and father of five children, who was lying on the floor in handcuffs and was shot by one of the agents. Baton Rouge police seized, however, the video of this murder, recorded by the Chambers of a convenience store, which is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice.

But this is one of many cases, and talk of the latest. Philando Castile, also African-American, was gunned down by a white COP in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

As a result of these demonstrations and street violence increased again in recent days in the country.

Earlier this month, after these incidents, a man shot in Dallas, five cops. Another police officer was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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