Earthquake of 8.9 shakes Japan

The northeast coast of Japan was rocked on Friday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 generated a tsunami of four meters (13 feet) that dragged vehicles and buildings on the coastline near the epicenter. The earthquake occurred at 14:46 hours and was followed almost half hours later by a series of aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 7.4.

Television images showed flooding in several villages along the Japanese coast, where dozens of cars, boats and buildings were washed away. According to the scenes broadcast on public television NHK, a large boat pulled by the tsunami directly impacted with an embankment in the city of Kesennuma, in the prefecture (province) of Miyagi.

Moroccan King appoints commission to reform the Constitution

King Mohammed VI presided today at the Royal Palace in the ceremony of establishment of the advisory committee will be responsible for the Moroccan constitutional reform, consisting of nineteen people and whose president is Abdelatif Menuni. Most committee members have belonged to human rights official bodies such as Driss El Yazami, president of the National Council for Human Rights (CCHR) and former member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (which investigated the so-called "years lead "in the monarchies of Mohamed V and Hassan II).

Argentina's Justice closed the case of U.S. military aircraft

BUENOS AIRES, 11 Mar. Aguinsky Judge Marcelo has closed the case opened by non-declared that a U.S. military aircraft sought to introduce in Argentine territory, considering that there is no crime, after receiving the report of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP). The magistrate has based its decision on the statement of 21 witnesses and "ordered the test measures" during the investigation.

"Tall buildings tambalendose, people crying"

Nature has beaten Japan with full force. The country has been paralyzed by the strong earthquake registered today. Dozens injured and at least 60 deaths have been recorded by the earthquake of 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. The newspaper El Pais has obtained testimony from several Spanish residents in Japan who have experienced moments of panic for several hours.

Bea is the case of Prieto, who has spent 10 years living in Japan. "I've never experienced one that big," said the Spanish who lives in Yokohama, not far from the industrial area of \u200b\u200bTokyo. "A few times I saw black smoke from my balcony. The first earthquake caught me on the street, returning home from work, and at first I thought I was getting dizzy because I could not walk straight.

Japan, 395 killed and dozens missing in the Pacific tsunami warning

Two earthquakes measuring 7.8 and 8.8, the most powerful ever recorded in Japan, they hit Japan and caused a tsunami with waves ten meters that have already wiped out a ship with 100 people on board a passenger train in service cosiera area in the north east of the country. We still do not know the number of victims is impossible to quantify, the information is fragmentary.

When talking about 395 people died (300 corpses found only on the beach in Sendai) and dozens of missing people (including 23 students), but the budget is expected to grow especially since there are many more missing. The vast area affected. In Tokyo, the quake triggered the panic. Some refineries have exploded and the stations were closed for safety.

Côte d'Ivoire: Laurent Gbagbo camp denies any power-sharing

The emissaries of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo rejected outgoing, Thursday, March 10, a proposed African Union (AU) to end the violence and political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. The AU meeting in Addis Ababa, which was present Alassane Ouattara, is considered by many observers as the "last chance" to reach a compromise between the two rivals.

The fighting left hundreds dead since November and about 450 000 Ivorians have fled the violence. Pascal Affi N'Guessan, leader of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI party of Gbagbo), confirmed that the AU proposal was based on an endorsement of the victory of Alassane Ouattara, recognized by winning the electoral commission and the Ivorian international community.

Sarkozy press the allies' Raid targeted "NATO:" Only with the UN mandate "

ROME - Diplomacy and the winds of war. On the one hand Muammar Gaddafi sends emissaries around Europe and is threatening a large-scale military counter-offensive, while his son Saif proclaims that there will be no surrender, even in the event of military intervention of the West, and that there ' is room for negotiations with the rebels.

Across France, which, by the mouth of President Nicolas Sarkozy, sided with the insurgents, recognizes the National Council of the rioters as "legitimate representative" of Libya and lets you know you want to suggest to EU partners "targeted bombing" . All the while the 27, the eve of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council and NATO, they know that the Colonel has to leave the power and only then can negotiate.