A war criminal received as a hero on his return to Bosnia. Momcilo Krajišnik was convicted in 2006, by the International Criminal Court to 27 years in prison for war crimes. Former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Krajišnik was released after serving two-thirds of the sentence however reduced to 20 years
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The fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army prossegem, on the outskirts of Damascus, in the same area where the regime had carried out last week, an attack with chemical weapons. The images, broadcast by the opposition, show that the air force would bombard the region, this Friday, to prevent the advancement of the combatants. In Ariha, in the province of Idlib, fighting also continued around a highway linking the interior of the country to the borders of Iraq and Turkey, controlled until now by the rebels.In the same province, dozens of demonstrators concentrated in the town of Kafr Nabl to ask the United States to launch a military strike to end the regime of Bashar Al-Assad.Several members of the opposition have criticised, however, this Friday, Washington for not having prevented or warned of chemical attack from last week, when u.s. intelligence were aware of the action, even before this have been released by the regime.
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The head of American diplomacy defended today, in Washington, a military action against Syria, ensuring that the United States "will not turn a blind eye" to the chemical attack last week that have killed 1429 people on the outskirts of Damascus.John Kerry pledged that Washington will not stand waiting for the report of the UN inspectors to act."The UN investigation will not reveal who used these chemical weapons, since it is not part of the mandate of the inspectors. They will just reveal whether these guns were used. And because of Russian obstructionism in the UN Security Council we cannot lead the world to act the right way ".Hours after a Security Committee meeting with Barack Obama, John Kerry revealed the evidence of the secret services of the regime's implication in the attack, he said, intended to neutralize the opposition on the outskirts of the capital.Without advancing a timetable for a possible military response, Kerry asserted that Washington will not repeat the mistakes of the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan in ensuring that, in the event of an attack, there will be a ground intervention, nor will it be a long-term operation. A speech to ensure that "military action against Assad is important for the u.s. and for the security of the world".Kerry stressed the importance to pursue, in parallel, the dialogue with the regime and the opposition for a political transition in the country.
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The lowering of temperatures and wind strength in California, this Friday, plays in favor of the firefighters fighting the blaze in Yosemite National Park. The fire that began on August 17 has burned more than 80 thousand hectares of forest.The peacekeepers have made some progress to prevent the flames from reaching the heart of the Park. The use of unmanned aircraft has contributed decisively in the fight against fire, as explita Commander Jeremy Salizzoni: "it's a very big fire in a remote area. So it's almost impossible to show all fronts. With this platform we have managed to have eyes on the perimeter of fairly accurate shape, with very little effort. "This forest fire is already the fifth largest in California history. This morning about one third was circumscribed. Combating fire involved, so far, close to 4,300 men and cost 47 million dollars.
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The fires in Portugal made another mortal victim. A firefighter for 21 years died in fighting a fire at San Marco/Muna, in the municipality of Tondela and four others were injured.This is the fifth victim mortal in a space of two months.The firefighter in question belonged to the Corporation of Carregal do Sal.Residents complain that this is the worst situation ever seen in the last eighty years.A total of 1,470 firefighters and others supported by operational 417 vehicles fought this morning the nine major fires that started in the country.The fire of Tondela, Viseu, continues to mobilize the largest number of means of combat.The Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho considers to be difficult to answer so many fires simultaneously since "much of this situation is due to the criminal hand".The France will send another plane to Portugal to help in fighting the fire in the Serra do Caramulo, while Spain has accepted the request to send three more canadair planes..
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Deprived with the Queen of England and painted a picture of Isabel II, in 2005, enchanted generations over 50 years in British public television, but in his spare time, looks like Rolf Harris devoted the abuse of minors. Detained in March and released on bail, Australian presenter of 83 years was on Thursday accused of 13 murders, nine sexual assault of underage girls in the years 80 and four by the production of indecent images of children who have been made last year, according to British justice. Harris denies all claims that arise as a result of the investigations launched after the revelation of the case of Jimmy Saville, the late British public television presenter who raped hundreds of children over five decades.
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The imminence of an attack on Syria back taking thousands trying to escape the country. Since yesterday, the border with Lebanon registering a new influx of refugees, at a time when Beirut has imposed new rules to limit the entry of Syrians, as the payment of a fee of 200 dollars, when hosts more than 700 thousand fugitives of the conflict.A Lebanese official explains why new measures:"We don't have much space, we're overbooked with the amount of refugees. First we welcome the who feared chemical weapons and now those who want to escape to a possible attack. Everybody wants to run the country. "A situation that led the high UN Commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, the appeal:"We're being witnesses in Syria or immediate destruction of the country, the collapse of State institutions and an enormous suffering for the population â€" those who died and those who fled in all directions â€" and in these circumstances, the most important contribution of any State to lighten this drama is to keep the borders open for those in need of protection".Since the beginning of the conflict that almost two million Syrians fled the country to neighboring Nations, where the fields are overcrowded. Several European countries have already about 30 thousand Syrian refugees ...The spokesman for the International Red Cross, Dibeh Fakhr, equally alert to the humanitarian situation within the country: "Humanitarian needs are immense. There is a lack of vital medicines, water, food, especially in areas that have been closed for months and where authorities are preventing the access of our teams ". According to the latest data, the Syrian conflict in recent relocated two and a half years more than 4 million people within the country, causing more than 100 thousand dead.
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A firefighter was killed today in fighting the flames in, Tondela, raising to five the fatalities in fighting forest fires recorded this year throughout the country.The most worrying fire occurs in the Serra do Caramulo, in the municipality of Tondela, tilling multipronged and mobilizes 665 firefighters.Nearly 2,000 the largest 14 fires fought operating assets to 18:00 on Thursday.The President of the Republic addressed "a word of thanks" to the firemen, civil protection officers and populations by "remarkable performance" in-fighting, underlining that the death of firefighters cannot turn into reality.
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The North Korean regime ran the former girlfriend of the "great leader", Kim Jong-Un as well as 11 musicians and dancers from two musical groups, accused of writing and selling pornography. Hyon Song-wol, who was also a singer, have been performed in public with other members of their group, three days after his arrest, according to a South Korean newspaper reports. The executed were also accused of being political dissidents by having multiple copies of the Bible, a book banned by the Communist regime. The South Korean newspaper, quoting Chinese sources, said also that the execution had been carried out against other members of musical groups and their families and that the latter would have been sent to labor camps after the execution.
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François Hollande received this morning at the Elysée, the Chairman of the opposition coalition, Syria Ahmad Jarba.At the end of the meeting, the two talked briefly to reporters. A to publicly thank the support of Paris; the other to strengthen support for opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.In the speeches, nothing new."Everything must be done for a political solution, but it will come only if the Coalition is able to present itself as an alternative," said Hollande, avoiding the allusion to the military intervention in preparation.Ahmad Jarba speaks clearly of the request from make: "we say that this crime should not go unpunished and there must be a strong international deterrence on the part of the allies of the Syrian people, with the French first Republic. And we would like to thank all the other allies.International deterrence is counting down. UN inspectors leave Syria on Saturday.
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Barack Obama, hailed the legacy of Martin Luther King, 50 years after the famous speech "I Have a Dream". Exactly in the same place where the preacher and political activist from Atlanta delivered the oratory, the August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, the first Black President of the United States stated that "her words are timeless, have a power and a prophetic character without equal in our time".Barack Obama also paid tribute to the strangers who fought with persistence by civil rights for years."With the March of America became freer and fairer. Not only for African Americans, but also for women, latinos, Asians and native Americans. For Catholics, Jews and Muslims, for gays, for the disabled Americans.America has changed for you and me.Everyone gained momentum with that example. They were young people on the other side of the iron curtain, which would tear down the wall, or the youth in South Africa that would put an end to the scourge of apartheid, "said the President of the United States.At the ceremony called "Let Freedom Ring", participated in numerous individuals, among which stand out the former Presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, as well as Congressman John Lewis and the son and the daughter of Martin Luther King and the sister.
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The Moscow from Damascus, 59 adults and 30 children. The Russia is evacuating civilians from Syria before any Allied attacks. It's a sign that, despite the opposition to military action and efforts to stop it, Moscow may have lost the match.On Monday, the head of diplomacy reiterated the country's position and didn't hide the discontent with the United States and its allies: "officially Announced in Washington, London and Paris that have information and irrefutable evidence of the guilt of the Syrian authorities. Cannot provide evidence, but insist on saying that the red line was crossed and cannot wait any longer, "said Mr Lavrov.So far, nothing has changed the position of Moscow, which resists for several months to preserve Syrian ally of an intervention and encourage the political solution. For Russia, an intervention without UN green light is a violation of international law. The constants of Moscow vetoes in the Security Council, are seen as a lock for the other powers and were thwarted in various situations, notably in Kosovo and in Iraq.Already in relation to Libya, Moscow abstained, but the way the resolution was used left a bitter taste in the mouths of Russians.In this game, Moscow increasingly erases the image of a strong power vis-Ã -vis Europe and the United States. But the inflexibility is also a way to State positions.The affinities between Russia and Syria come from the time of the cold war, when Syria was a powerful ally of Soviet diplomacy in the region.This friendship continues to have a great importance for trade. Several Russian companies are present in Damascus. At stake is, of course, oil. But Damascus is also a frequent customer of Russian weapons, including missile defence.The port of Tartous is the central part of the military cooperation between Moscow and Damascus. Russian-Syria strategic partnership implied the development of various structures. This is the only access point from Russia to the Mediterranean. It is also here that landing the Russian guns to Syria. Is something that Moscow does not want to lose.The u.s. military say they are ready to attack Syria and are just awaiting the order from President Obama. At the same time, some Middle East leaders turn to Moscow. The head of Lebanese diplomacy, Adnan Mansour, who says that Russia has several options to stop a military operation in Syria. This is how, in Moscow, since the situation started. Vyacheslav Matouzov: do not drive the American State Department nor the armed forces of the country. It would be a purely American decision. What Russia can do is assist the Syrian regular army.The expected attacks from the four ships near the coast of Syria and Jordan and on bases in Turkey could damage the military or civilian infrastructure, but they won't solve the problem, they won't ward off the regime and President Bashar el-Assad will continue in Office.Even today, several members of the opposition said that Syria, in case of aggression against the country, despite all the hatred that have the Bashar el-Assad, rise in defence of the regime. Syria's opposition will be divided.euronews: If, as you say, it is impossible to stop the attacks, what have you got to lose Russia, in geopolitical terms?Matouzov: has little to lose. It is possible that advertising takes advantage and say that Russia is a weak country and doesn't know how to defend our allies in the Middle East. I think the Americans will be no more negative consequences.If the current regime and the current political system remain, the Americans have failed all goals, because their aim is to change the internal balance, put more weight on armed opposition groups. I don't think you're ever going to achieve this goal.euronews: Russia, what can she win, if there is a military operation by the Americans?Matouzov: If the Syrian regime holds out and Russia is reasonable, to not enter into direct confrontation with Britain, France and United States, I believe that the prestige and esteem of the Arab countries towards Russia can only increase.The Russia can give technical assistance to the Syrian Government, help you stay on your feet. I think a lot will depend on the media context, as this operation and its aftermath will be described by the media.I hope that Russia has sufficient means to explain the approach to the crisis.
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The Russian police seized a picture in which President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are both clothed only with underwear. The work entitled "Travesty" was exhibited at the "Museum of power" in St Petersburg and was taken away by police on Monday night, with the argument that "violates the legislation", having been classified as extremist propaganda.Three other works were seized: a frame with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church with the back full of tattoos and two others that depict, Vitaly Milonov, one of the mentors of the legislation against the alleged gay propaganda in Russia.
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The coast guard and the Navy of Italy rescued about 350 people, mostly from Syria, this Wednesday off the coast of Sicily. According to local authorities, individuals were found in two boats. One of them travelled 200 people who claim the Syrians, but as they had no documents is more difficult to confirm nationalities. In this group were 48 children, one of them with just 4 days and that will be born during the voyage. The second vessel was carrying around 150 migrants whose nationalities have not yet confirmed form. But because of the conflict in Syria, the number of refugees trying to flee the country towards Europe through Italy has increased in recent weeks.Illegal immigrants intercepted by Italian authorities are taken to State immigration centers.
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Saif Al Islam will be judged in Tripoli from September 19. The son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is accused of murdering opponents and incitement to rape and pillage. The Libyan authorities repeatedly refused the request of the International Criminal Court to judge Saif Al Islam for crimes against humanity.
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Detention in Belarus of Vladislav Baumgertner, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian company Uralkali, the world's largest producer of potash, provoked a diplomatic incident between the two countries.Baumgertner was detained in Minsk, where he visited at the invitation of the Belarusian Prime Minister to discuss the dispute originated at the end of "joint-venture" Belarusian trade Belaruskali, created in 2005, which controlled 40% of world trade of potassium."The Embassy urges the immediate release of Mr Baumgertner and want explanations about everything that happened. He came at the invitation of Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus with whom he should have had a meeting, "said Russia's Ambassador Alexander Surikov.Vladislav Baumgertner is accused of abuse of power and incurs a penalty of up to ten years in prison.At the same time that the scandalous detention considers Uralkali Minsk evokes losses of nearly 100 million dollars.
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In June, a report in Germany would meet living and working conditions be unfit for certain employees in the country of the European economic model.Essentially workers from Eastern Europe who have been promised more than dormitories areas are excessively densely populated, schedules in accordance with the needs and the extremely low salaries.In Lower Saxony, the Prime Minister Stephan Weil decided to take action to end these abuses. "This has to end. People who work in German companies have to be treated humanely and have to be represented in work councils. "In Germany there is no minimum wage, which is an open door to all kinds of abuses. Between three and six euros per hour of work, monthly salaries between 300 and 500 euros. A recurrent situation in certain sectors that allows the country extremely attractive prices.These abuses are not just reserved for immigrants. In Germany it is estimated that there are two million "working poor". The European Commission estimates that there are about one and a half million workers called "low cost" that are sent by the employer to another provisional state of the Union.The exploitation of these workers has a name: modern slavery. And a cost: the destabilization of entire sectors of the economy. Europe cannot solve the problem because the harmonization of labour legislation are complex. The reaction of Ernst Michael Andritzky, food industry association of Lower Saxony, speaks for itself. "If a company manufactures its own products, buy goods or purchase certain services that is part of the entrepreneurial freedom is enshrined in the Constitution. A lawmaker can do to change that. Now there is much talk of this theme because we're in the middle of pre-election campaign. "The story of the German television ARD reported working conditions imposed by the German distribution giant online Amazon workers with fixed-term contracts. Workers watched at all times by bodyguards dressed in uniforms similar to those used by neo-Nazis.
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The military intervention in Syria can be decided in the next few days. The assurance was given by François Hollande at the annual Conference of French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The French President argued that the country is prepared to "punish" the authors of the ranked as "chemical massacre", in an allusion to the attack with chemical weapons of 21 August, who made hundreds of dead and was assigned to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. "The chemical massacre of Damascus cannot go unanswered. France is prepared to punish those who took the infamous decision of "gas" innocent. On the other hand, we are determined to increase our military support for the opposition, Syria in the context of our European commitments, "said Hollande.The British Prime Minister shortened vacations and returned to Downing Street. David Cameron declared that military action against the regime of Bashar al-Assad should have concrete targets to prevent the spread of conflict in the region. On the other hand, stressed the urgency of halting the use of chemical weapons. "I understand the concerns of people about getting involved in wars in the Middle East and be dragged into the situation in Syria. Just that it's not just about wars in the Middle East or the Syrian conflict. These are chemical weapons and make sure that we prevent its use and terrible scenes like the ones we've all seen on television, "he said.David Cameron has announced that it will convene a session of Parliament for Thursday for a vote "on the United Kingdom's response to attacks with chemical weapons" in Syria.
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A "failure," is how Amnesty International classifies the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), which investigated the kidnapping and murder of Kosovar Serbs after the war that occurred between 1998 and 99.The human rights organization released this Tuesday, a report critical of the role of the United Nations, on the eve of the meeting of the UN Security Council on Kosovo scheduled for Thursday, August 29.In the document, Amnesty International calls on the UN to "solve" the legacy left by the conflict.The Association of relatives of people kidnapped and murdered in Kosovo was pleased that "the international community begin slowly to recognize that the Kosovo Albanians were not the only victims" of the war.The Organization considers that the "failure" of the UN mission "has contributed to the climate of impunity that prevails in Kosovo". "The years passed and we still don't know what happened to the missing people in two fields," said the report.The fate of more than 1700 people missing during the war remains unknown. The Kosovo conflict led to the deaths of about 13 thousand people.
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About 300 women argentinas, hobbled by faulty breast implants, initiated a collective process to require 41 million euros in compensation.Some of the complaining is part of the 7400 group women who has a complaint similar to be judged in France and whose verdict will be announced in December.In the dock are the French company that produced defective implants, the German certification agency TUV and the German insurer Allianz.The lawyer of the complainant in Argentina, herself a victim of faulty implants, explains that the complaint "starts with 300 women" but that "we are in the presence of a class action lawsuit for all Argentinean women, who were or are victims of PIP's implants, can be compensated for the harm they have suffered."Trial in France, the President of PIP, Jean-Claude But admitted in court have filled the implants with a homemade recipe, uncertified, industrial silicone.The value of compensation required in argentina could be multiplied several times, if all of the more than 15 thousand women who have implants removed join the complaint.
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The 19 seconds into the launch, the system failed. The Japan postponed, for the second time this month, the launch of Epsilon-1, the rocket that would put into orbit the first space telescope remote planetary observation. The device should have been released at 1:45 pm local time, shortly before 6 a.m. hour from Lisbon, the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima. But according to Japan's Aerospace Agency, the system automatically stopped because of a problem with the inclination of the projectile. The body will investigate what was at the root of this failure and does not advance to any date for a new release.On the first attempt held on August 22, the Epsilon-1 never left the ground because the Japanese Agency detected a malfunction in the electrical circuit of the communications equipment. These consecutive failures pose a serious blow on Japanese aerospace industry which has invested many millions on this project since 2003.
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The Brazil's Foreign Minister resigned Monday following a diplomatic crisis with Bolivia. The expulsion of Antonio Patriota happens after the escape of the Bolivian opponent Roger Pinto Molina, with the help of Brazilian diplomats, the Embassy of Brazil in La Paz, where he was a refugee.
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The first drive-in sex Switzerland opened the doors this Monday in an industrial neighborhood of Zurich. The location, with a capacity to accommodate fifty prostitutes and their clients, aims to provide protection and assistance to women and better control the sex trade in the city.
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Ten days after it started, the huge forest fire that raging in Northern California is one of the most extensive in the history of the u.s. State.The flames have devastated more than 60 thousand hectares, an area equivalent to the city of Chicago.The fire threatens the Natural Park of Yosemite, as well as the supplies of electricity and water of San Francisco.The Governor of California, Edmund Brown Jr., says that one of the concerns is that "as the months passed and the arrival of the coming winter, with rains and possible floods, ash and debris contaminate the water. The firefighters are doing everything possible to avoid it ".More than 3600 fire department participating in fighting the flames, while the aerial focus now in an attempt to halt the advance of the fire to the West. According to the u.s. forest service, only 15 percent of the fire is under control.The fire is currently a few kilometres from the main water reservoir in San Francisco.
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The Croatia could face sanctions from Brussels for not applying the extradition laws of the European Union.The Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, accuses the newest Member State to limit the scope of the European arrest warrant, to delete particularly the crimes committed during the war in the former Yugoslavia.The spokesman for the Vice-President of the Commission, Mina Andreeva said that "this failure to comply with the Community legislation reaches the heart of European judicial cooperation" and that, therefore, Reding will raise the issue tomorrow, at the first meeting of Commissioners after the summer break.Brussels can make cuts in financial aid and putting Croatia under a mechanism of six-monthly monitoring of compliance with European law.Zagreb has already reacted, stating that Croatia is not the only country to limit the European arrest warrant, pointing the finger at Member States such as Austria or France.Three days prior to entry into the European Union, on July 1, the Croatian Parliament adopted a derogation of the law that excludes crimes committed before August 2002.
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The United States consider that there is no evidence "incontestable" of using chemical weapons in Syria. The statement was made by the Secretary of State, John Kerry, who accused the Syrian regime of trying to hide the incident from last week on the outskirts of Damascus.A hard tone, the head of American diplomacy stated that "the indiscriminate massacre of civilians, women, children and innocent people, using chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. Is inexcusable and, despite the excuses and misconceptions that some fabricated, is undeniable ".Kerry's statements may be a way to prepare the ground for a military action of the United States, challenged by Russia, an ally of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.Russian Foreign Minister accuses Washington of wanting to act without proof, bypassing the UN Security Council.Mr Lavrov said that "even putting aside the legal and moral aspect, an external intervention, not approved by the international community, will have as a consequence the concrete risk of worsening the situation in the country".In an interview with a Russian newspaper, the Syrian President returned to deny the use of chemical weapons and said that an eventual American military intervention will be a failure.On the ground, the team of United Nations inspectors concluded the first day of investigations at the scene of the alleged attack with chemical weapons. The UN mission was targeted by snipers, in an action that did not hurt and that the scheme has, no surprise, the rebels Syrians.
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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to strengthen the security in the city of Sochi, during the next winter Olympic Games.The document imposes restrictions on freedom of movement and Assembly, which is seen by critics as a violation of human rights. "It's an obvious violation of citizens ' rights, especially those covered by the known article 31 of the Russian Constitution which guarantees the right to peaceful demonstrations, meetings, etc. Also violates another article of the Constitution which guarantees freedom of movement, "Sergei Nikitin, head of Amnesty International in Russia.The Decree creates "prohibited areas" where one can circulate with special permission and prohibits meetings and events not related to the games, including those of human rights organizations and gay movements. "People feel enojadas with gay demonstrations. For what? What is this? What do they want with the demonstrations? Want to talk about? "he asked a city dweller.The Decree shall enter into force on January 7, 2014, one month before the opening ceremony, and expires on March 21, a month after the end of the Olympics.
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However, Bojana explains that sees people in a normal way, they are standing and not with your head upside down. The biggest problem is the spatial orientation and therefore could not get his driver's license. In addition, account that had problems at school and could not get the education you want. Despite having a unique vision of the world, Bojana says be a happy woman and doctors warn that has an above average IQ.
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The 20 UN inspectors that are in Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons ensure that first day on the job was very productive, even after column followed have been hit the shot by snipers. According to the information of the United Nations first group's vehicle was hit continuously by "unidentified snipers".No one was injured in this attack. The caravan of cars from the UN was being escorted by Syrian security services. The inspectors were taken to a safe space until they replaced vehicles, having followed later to the place of investigation, in Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus.The Syrian regime has already guaranteed that the shots were fired by the rebels. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, in statements made in South Korea, already reacted to this attack. Ban Ki-moon gave instructions to the UN High Representative for disarmament, Angela Kane, who is in Damascus to "lodge a complaint to the Syrian Government and the leaders of the opposition for a situation like that doesn't happen again and to guarantee the safety of the inspectors." The UN Secretary-General also said that "team will have enhanced security starting tomorrow and that expects a full report."Even after the attack the team met with victims of the Wednesday attack, allegedly carried out by the Syrian army, using chemical weapons. The international community expects the conclusions of this inspection to decide whether advances or not with a military action in Syria.
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In Egypt the tourism industry is experiencing a deep recession due to the situation that the country is experiencing. Many tour operators cancelled trips and there are many countries who advise their citizens not to travel to Egypt. Yet some people risk and take advantage of more attractive prices now proposed. "It seems to be quite nice. It's all very good. The hotel, the beach. The Red Sea is beautiful. I love being here, "said a German tourist.The Ministry of tourism tries to overcome the crisis acting along with foreign ambassadors to ensure that there are tourist areas totally secure.Tourism represents for the economy of Egypt about 11% of gross domestic product."Travel in this region, Hurghada, Red Sea and South Sinai. Is in Cairo, many hundreds of miles from here, where are located all "hot spots". Tourists can see with their own eyes that there's no danger, they're safe, and that the Government is very committed to provide complete safety to tourists who come to Egypt, "Hesham Zaazoi, Egyptian Minister of tourism.In the city of Hurghada, on the Red Sea, is visible the presence of a small group of foreigners, and of course the closure of hotels for lack of tourists. Of the few visitors, most are Egyptians coming from Cairo on the run of the violence there. "On Egypt tourism zones across a notorious decline in the influx of foreign tourists due to the political situation and the lack of security. It is through the domestic tourism which the Egyptians try to compensate and retrieve the attraction of these areas with the return of calm to the streets of the country, "said Mohammed Shaikhibrahim, Euronews, in the city of Hurghada.
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The column followed the 20 UN inspectors that are in Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons was hit the shot by snipers. The information was confirmed by a spokesman of the United Nations. Martin Nesirky goes on to explain that the first vehicle of the Group has been hit continuously by "unidentified snipers".No one was injured in this attack. The column of five UN cars was being escorted by Syrian security services. The inspectors were taken to a safe space until they replaced vehicles, having followed later to the place of investigation, in Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus.The Syrian regime has already guaranteed that the shots were fired by the rebels. The UN team met with victims of the Wednesday attack, allegedly carried out with sarin gas. Opposition to the Assad regime ensures that this was an attack using chemical weapons of the army of the President ... that caused at least 1300 dead.The international community expects the conclusions of this inspection to decide whether advances or not with a military action in Syria.
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The Japanese Government will involve itself directly in the management of problems created by the water leak highly radioactive nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Faced with accusations of incompetence, the TEPCO will now ask advice abroad.Last week about 300 thousand gallons escaped from the reservoirs and ended up in the Pacific Ocean. It was the fifth flight and the most serious since the accident caused by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. This Monday the Minister of industry, Commerce and energy visited central. Motegi Toshimutu criticized the way the TEPCO has managed the issue of contaminated water and stated that from now on the Government will take control.The fishermen of the area lost all hope to return to work soon after satisfactory analyses that had been collected over the past two years. The latest analyses show that 40 percent of the samples are contaminated. A fisherman accuses the company that runs the nuclear power plant to be always running behind the prejudice, rather than anticipate the problems and to fix things once and for all, so, he says, it's impossible to trust managers of TEPCO.The head of Japanese diplomacy, Fumio Kishida, visited the Ukrainian Chernobyl plant on Sunday and found as the battle to control the accident continues 27 years after the catastrophe.
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Four rockets were fired from southern Lebanon against Northern Israel, on Thursday. The Tel Aviv Government says that Al-Qaeda is at the origin of the shots.Israeli military sources, quoted by Reuters, claim that one of the shells was intercetado by the "Iron Dome" defense system to Israel, another crashed into the sea and the other two between the two coastal towns of Acre and Nahariya. The Israeli authorities announced that there are no victims to register and the damage was not significant.The Beirut Government has condemned the firing of rockets, dismissed any responsibilities of the Act and promised a serious investigation in order to bring to justice the perpetrators. Southern Lebanon is one of the bastions of Hezbollah which, in 2006, started a war against Israel.
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Russian diplomacy accuses the West of be evaluating the use of chemical weapons in Syria without evidence. After having asked the United States not to repeat what he calls "the Iraq adventure", the Russian Foreign Minister, in a bitterly ironic, argued that alleged attack may not pass a diversion. Sergei Lavrov, at a press conference, urged journalists to "pay attention to information on the chemical attack in the region of Gutha, which comes at a time when the Russian and American experts were preparing for the meeting in Geneva. There is no doubt that the hysteria around this attack disrupts the meeting. "This meeting which would serve to negotiate peace in Syria and is being prepared for several months. However, Germany, which has remained on the fringes of this diplomatic struggle, now says it can't wait much longer. The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, defended in Berlin that "the use of chemical weapons is a crime against humanity. If you prove that it's true, the international community has to act and Germany will be next to these actions. We are in contact with the United Nations and our allies. "On the side of the Syrian regime, President Bashar Al-Assad returned to deny the use of such weapons. In an interview with a Russian newspaper, Assad warned the United States that a military intervention would be "a failure, as in all previous wars unleashed, starting with Vietnam."
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UN inspectors are to Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons were targeted by gunfire, in Damascus. According to a spokesman of the United Nations no injuries. The inspectors have been forced to change his vehicle and returned to the place of investigation. The work had started this Monday morning. The Syrian regime has blamed the rebels for the attack to inspectors.The UN Secretary General said this Monday that cannot be allowed to further delays in the investigation. Speaking to reporters in Seoul, South Korea, Ban Ki-moon agirmou that "every hour counts. We cannot afford further delays. "However, this weekend, the humanitarian organization Doctors without borders confirmed the death of 355 people with neurotoxic symptoms in three Syrian hospitals."Patients arrived en masse, 3600 in a few hours, with symptoms of a massive contamination at a precise location. The patients had signs of respiratory complications, convulsions, loss of consciousness. Some died with symptoms that allow us to say that this was a poisoning by a chemical agent. "The opposition groups to the Damascus regime ensures that the attack using sarin gas that occurred last Wednesday on the outskirts of the capital, Syria was done by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and caused the deaths of more than a thousand people.
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The celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the pro-Nazi Domobranci militia triggered the controversy in Slovenia. The National Guard has supported Hitler's troops in the fight against communist guerrillas in World War II. The controversial element of this celebration was the participation of conservative former Prime Minister, Janez Jansa, at the ceremony on Sunday.In his speech, the opposition leader said that "resistance to any kind of historical evil of the last century, in Europe and in Slovenia, was and is legitimate. That's why they must respect who struggled with sincerity against fascism, national socialism and communism. All those who died in the name of this resistance deserves a grave. " Janez Jansa recalled that the National Guard has been destroyed by the Communists and that its elements have not had a proper burial.The President of the Social Democrats, Igor Luksic, accused then former Prime Minister and the right of the Slovenian anti-communism to pró-fascismo.
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The prosecution asked for severe punishment for Bo Xilai. On the last day of the trial of former top leader of the Chinese Communist Party, prosecutors complained an exemplary sentence. The former leader of the metropolitan area of Chongqing, in Southwest China, is accused of corruption, mismanagement of funds and abuse of power. The defendant refutes the accusations though I do admit taking wrong decisions. The trial began five days and takes place in the city of Jinan in the East of the country."I think it is a fair trial for Bo Xilai" â€" says a resident of Jinan."Bo Xilai is one of the Princes. He is the son of a former high dignitary. Was supposed to come to assume a central role in the direction of the country, in the next generation. If I hadn't made those mistakes would occupy a place in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. It's a great shame "-exclaims an inhabitant of the city.Bo Xilai fell into disgrace after woman, Gu Kailai, have murdered a British entrepreneur, Neil Heywood, and your man, Wang Lijun, former police Chief of Chongqing, have helped cover up the murder.
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United Nations inspectors should begin to examine today the area on the outskirts of Damascus, where Syria's opposition denounced last week, a massacre with recourse to chemical weapons that have made more than a thousand dead.But the "green light" from the regime of Bashar al-Assad, a day after the arrival in Syria of the United Nations High Representative for disarmament, Angela Kane, arrives too late, according to the Western countries. British diplomacy believes that "the evidence may have been destroyed" by the continuous bombing of the Syrian army in the places of the polemical attack.Damascus tries, without much success, to point the finger to the rebels, who accuse him of using chemical weapons in Linda region.A strategy, according to the opposition, to divert attention from that which confirmed, will be the worst attack with chemical weapons over the past 25 years.According to the UN, more than 100,000 people have died since the beginning of the revolt against the Syrian regime, in March 2011.
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About 50 people lost their lives in a new series of attacks in Baghdad and in several cities in northern Iraq.In the Iraqi capital Sunday were three bombings, the bloodiest attack of the day took place in the Centre of Bakouba, 65 km northeast of Baghdad, with the explosion of a booby-trapped vehicle next to a residential complex.The Iraq currently lives the deadliest wave of violence of the past five years. According to an advanced balance by Agence France Press, which is based on numbers of medical services and Iraqi security forces, more than 3600 people died in violent incidents since the beginning of 2013.
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