The Republican opponents of Barack Obama have taken, Wednesday, Jan. 5, the control of the House of Representatives committed to backtrack on reforms of the President, in the crosshairs with the resumption of the White House next year. Unsurprisingly, they elected their leader John Boehner, the new chairman of the meeting, following their victory in parliamentary elections on 2 November.At 61, Republican and will embody the opposition to Barack Obama at least until the 2012 presidential election. Elected on Wednesday by 241 votes out of 432 voters before being cheered by MPs from both sides, he succeeded Democrat Nancy Pelosi, to roost since 2007. John Boehner said that what the people wanted, "is an honest government that is accountable and who is sensitive to his needs." "Our goal is to make government the people," he added, setting the tone of the new majority that has garnered over 63 new seats in parliamentary elections on 2 November.
After the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young fruit and vegetable vendor who gave himself a wife and three children climbed an electricity pylon threatening to kill themselves for employment and housing, according to witnesses. This scene took place in Sidi Bouzid, home of social protest. "A mother, her two daughters and her son aged 12 years or are mounted on a tower high voltage near a government building, they demanded to meet with government officials to find a solution to their precarious condition," Slimane Rouissi told, "They are seeking employment and housing," said the teacher union, who said he witnessed the scene.
Thousands of Pakistanis have gathered today in Lahore to attend the funeral of Salman Taseer, Governor of the province of Punjab shot yesterday. This political crime, the worst since the attack that killed Benazir Bhutto to three years, highlights once again the political divide in a country gripped by Islamist extremism.
A man threw an explosive outside the Embassy of France in Bamako, Wednesday, January 5, wounding two people of Malian nationality, before being arrested by security sources. "A man threw an explosive outside the embassy of France. Two Malians were injured. The man was arrested, he was interrogated," he simply stated the source.
Alassane Ouattara, the winner of the elections on November 28 and recognized by the international community as president of Ivory Coast, has downplayed the possibility that there is a civil war in the country, amid the clash for power with the outgoing president, Laurent Gbagbo. "Military intervention should not necessarily trigger a civil war," said Ouattara to the French channel France 24, in the first interview he offers from his confinement in a hotel in Abidjan.
The CEO of peacekeeping UN, Alain Le Roy said Wednesday, Jan. 5 he would ask the shipment of 1 000 to 2 000 additional peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire in the throes of a severe political crisis. He explained that the UN mission in the country was faced with increasing hostility of the population, because of misinformation disseminated by public television, controlled by President Laurent Gbagbo.
China is investing millions in image advertising - you do not want to rely solely on its political and economic power. The superpower is on hospital ships, grants and public relations campaigns of world stars. It is white and gorgeous, and she went across the sea to bring healing. It is also called "Peace Ark," the State "China Daily" tenderly.
The Hungarian civilian employee of the mission of UN-African Union peace kidnapped in October in the Darfur region of western Sudan, was released Wednesday, Jan. 5 "Healthy", according to peacekeepers. Istvan Papp, 56, a civilian employee of the peace mission, was kidnapped in early October in el-Fasher, the historic capital of Darfur, in his home by armed men just hours after the start of the visit of a delegation Ambassadors of the Security Council of the UN in this area.
"The Communists are, if you go there, and I want to do away with the help of prosecutors." It said today Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister in a telephone interview with a television program that has served as the beginning of the political. Berlusconi has used a tone between lively and fierce, that seems to predict that the hypothesis of an early election is closer than it has admitted publicly in recent days.
He is both revered and reviled Shiite disadvantaged American authorities. After four years spent abroad, the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr returned home, Wednesday, Jan. 5, to the cheers of hundreds of his supporters gathered in his stronghold of Najaf. "This is not just a visit. It will remain at Najaf, 150 kilometers south of the capital, said an official of his powerful political movement, the Sadrist current, recalling that his boss had left Iraq the end of 2006.
As of this afternoon the Republicans will control of the House of Representatives and already predict that the work will focus on the economy and the growing federal deficit. "At 112 Congress be required hard work and tough decisions," said John Boehner, the replacement for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, according to excerpts of the speech offered to begin the new legislative period.
KABUL - arrived in Herat for a visit to the Italian troops committed in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa reconstructs the death of the Alpine Matteo Miotto, which took place last December 31 in the valley of Gulistan. "It 'was killed by an insurgent group in a real gunfight and not isolated by a sniper," said the minister told reporters.
General Vincent Desportes, former head of the French War College, who spoke often over the past two years on strategic issues, was tapped by the Central Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DCRI) on the orders of the Elysee, Le Canard Enchaine revealed, Wednesday, Jan. 5. For giving an interview to Le Monde, July 2, 2010, a few weeks of his retirement, he was summoned by his superiors.
LONDON - "A pint." There was never need to say more in an English pub, ordering a drink: it was clear to us what he meant. At best, the bartender behind the counter asked to specify the type of beer you want: light, dark, bitter, frothy. But now things change: the British government decided to put an end to 300 years of history and tradition, which authorizes the public places to reduce the size of the jars, which served the most popular alcoholic drink, and drank more, the subjects of His Majesty.
Global food prices have hit a new record in December, announced Wednesday, January 5 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), surpassing the highs reached in 2008 when their outbreak had caused riots in several countries. Food prices in December 2010 recorded their sixth consecutive month, boosted by higher prices for sugar, cereals and oilseeds.
The Islamists, from the website 'Mujahideen', today launched a new warning to the head of the Coptic Church, Shenouda III and his faithful: "The next explosion will take place very soon." He added: "We have already warned, God is my witness." The site had already published a list of churches to be hit, including the Saints of Alexandria, which later became the scene of the massacre of Christians on January 31 last year.
Monday afternoon, in Petare, popular district of Caracas, Venezuela. In the church of Sacre-Coeur de Jesus, before the 18-hour Mass, Father Erick Tovar reads a prayer for the deceased of the parish. Jose Antonio Rodriguez Alegria, 23, and his fiancee spend in front of the church when three unknown men on a motorcycle approached the couple: "It's him!", Launches one of them.
ROME - The Islamic website 'Mujahideen' today launched a new warning to the head of the Coptic Church, Shenouda III, and his faithful: "The next explosion will be very soon," announcing a new attack, they write on their website. He adds: "I have already informed and Allah is my witness." The site had previously published a list of churches including one hit by the Saints in Alexandria.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, announced Wednesday, January 5 a series of measures, including a wage increase of 20% in "police, military, health and education," to cushion a sharp rise in prices fuels, a source of social mobilization since Monday in the Andean country. In a televised speech on the eve of new events and transport strikes, planned in major cities across the country, Morales said it had already signed the decree establishing the 20% wage increase for 2011 for these four professions.
The Italian Mafia is stretching its tentacles upon the UK economy, especially in the financial sector, using the City of London as a strategic base for operations of money laundering. The alarm is launched by Professor Vincenzo Ruggiero, co-director of the Centre of Crime and Conflict Middlesex University, and Robert Fort, director of FLARE (Freedom, Legality and Rights in Europe), the European NGO that fights against organized crime.
Alassane Ouattara, recognized by the international community as the elected president of the Ivory Coast, said Wednesday, Jan. 5 prefer a peaceful solution to the crisis in his country. In an interview with France 24 television channel, he denied any risk of fire or civil war after more than a month of deadlock caused by the refusal of the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, left office.
The image of the first Brazilian woman and former guerrilla, Dilma Rousseff, President of the Republic, reviewing the army the night of his inauguration is still in the eyes of the people as a sign that the country has broken a new taboo. With a reputation of strong woman, Dilma often accuse politicians of being too weak and often also say that when a man is hard to say about him, positively, that has character, and that when a woman is accused of being a man .
Berlin Match - The announcement cut the desire to sing to thousands of educators, while the concert season of toddlers in full swing in Germany. In late December, GEMA, the German equivalent of the SACEM, summoned by letter 36,000 nurseries and kindergartens to meet quickly the copyright on the songs and rhymes reproduced or performed in public without permission.
Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of China, has built his career over a political career that has come in much contact with the current president, Hu Jintao. The leader is ranked number seven in the Chinese hierarchy in the Politburo Standing Committee, the highest organ of power of China, composed of nine members, "and if the script is fulfilled, will become the first March 2013 Minister's second largest economy in the world, replacing Wen Jiabao.
Difficulty in sight for the American Republicans. The U.S. Congress reopens, and the old Grand Old Party is grappling with the many promises and hopes scattered to the midterm elections last November. Now the Republicans control the House and will have a stronger presence in the Senate. But they will honor commitments made: the federal deficit reduction, reduction of the U.S.
A group of smugglers who were kidnapped disabled then sold as slave labor to a company of construction materials. E 'occurred in the northern Chinese province of Xinjiang, a Chinese media report the news that, yesterday, denounced the latest case of slavery and labor camps in the territory of the Asian giant.
Has expired since the ultimatum set by the Gbagbo camp - Charles Ble Goude (Young Patriots leader, pro-Gbagbo) had threatened to resume the Hotel du Golf, where the government has cut Ouattara - the situation seems have calmed down in Abidjan. But "fear of an explosion of violence is latent. Abidjan is the capital of the rumors," said a French UN employee (who wishes to remain anonymous) returned in late December as a result of the many anti-UN statements Laurent Gbagbo.
The letter more difficult, ticklish, Bernard-Henri Lévy would not write it due to President Lula, but inquire about the history of the Italian President Napolitano. I am not aware he did it. The gesture would have been more difficult and thorny to visit, as well as Cesare Battisti, its victims. I am not aware has done that either.
Bouazizi Mohamed, the young fruit and vegetable vendor who tried to immolate himself on December 17 in Sidi Bouzid, city in west central Tunisia, died of his injuries Tuesday, January 4 to 19 hours, according to his family. Aged 26 years, unemployed graduates had poured gasoline outside the prefecture after his goods confiscated by local police because he lacked the necessary permits.
The second round of presidential elections in Haiti can take place until February at the earliest, experts of the Organization of American States on the contested results of the first round had failed to submit their findings, announced Tuesday an official provisional electoral council (CEP). "It is physically impossible to hold the second round on 16 January," said Pierre-Louis Opont, CEO of CEP.
More than a hundred students joined social protest yesterday in Tunisia by the economic crisis and rising unemployment. The demonstrations that began in the village of Sidi Bouzid few weeks ago when a young man blew himself up in front of City Hall after police confiscated his peddler of fruits and vegetables, have intensified and spread to several cities in the North African country.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not known to rectify. However, on this occasion has used the last cabinet meeting to announce that, listening to the positions and criticisms from various sectors, has decided to veto the Universities Act and not to increase VAT. "I have decided to veto the law has come here (...) I've been talking to former rectors, presidents, ministers (...) and the law has its strengths, I am among those who think you have your weaknesses" , the president said at a council broadcast by Venezolana de Television.
The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which two years ago suffered the assassination of its leader Benazir Bhutto, yesterday received another blow when shot dead one of his most influential men: the governor of Punjab, Salman Tasir. One of the bodyguards Tasir fired nine shots at close range when the governor of Pakistan's most populous province of 82 million inhabitants, more than half the population was approaching his car in a downtown market in the capital.
The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives in the coming days will open an investigation into the secret documents from the State Department revealed by Wikileaks, as announced by California Congressman Darrell Issa, who on Wednesday sworn in as president of the Committee Control and Government Reform of the House, within the group of opposition lawmakers who come to occupy more important positions in Congress.
Tehran - The leadership in Tehran is susceptible to an appeal from Germany on the release of two detained in Iran German reporter: "Our judicial system is totally independent and take their decisions under pressure," said the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast. "Our German friends should know that the application of pressure to change the opinion of the court, will backfire." Mehmanparast warned against "politicizing" a legal question.
Washington - Which countries have offered the Iranian regime to inspect its nuclear facilities? The regime claims to have sent just before new negotiations on its nuclear program invitations. But apparently not important to all States. According to Iranian representatives information from "some of the six major powers" were written, would negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.