Thursday, March 31, 2011

The slap sound most of the last 150 years

E 'reverberated even among the rough desert of Eastern wadi reminiscent of the diplomatic slap trimmed blatantly, by European leaders that count, the Italian prime minister, the signs will be printed on both cheeks metaphorically lift for years to come. It never happened that the serious decisions about a war should be excluded from the government of the country whose territory is conducted major military operations.

Bashar Al-Assad denounced a conspiracy against Syria

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, spoke Wednesday, March 30 for the first time since the protests began March 15. He has said that the fight against corruption and unemployment was a "priority" of his next government, but has not announced an end to emergency rule or give any details on possible reforms.

His speech to MPs, came a day after the resignation of the government of Mohammad Naji Otri, in place since 2003. "It's an exciting time, which appears as a test of our unity," he said, beginning his speech, broadcast on television. "I know the Syrians are waiting for the speech last week, but I wanted to wait to have a complete picture of the situation ...

Unable to relieve the Dalai Lama: probable successor

Lobsang Sangay born in a small Tibetan refugee camp in northern India. His father sold one of her two cows to study in a larger city in the Himalayas and New Delhi. Won a scholarship to study at Harvard University, a doctorate in legal studies from East Asia, and is a researcher and teacher. On March 20, Tibetans in exile voted for three candidates for prime minister, who will all earthly powers to the Dalai Lama has resigned, although he will remain the spiritual leader.

The rebels and NATO are shaking the city of Sirte

The revolution was intensified yesterday in Sirte in the birthplace of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, because the forces of the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-who yesterday took full control of the operation-bombed for the first time the metropolis, while the regime's opponents came closer to taking control.

Libyan state television reported that NATO bombed Sirte, while a resident said that since Saturday night the bombing began. "The city became a fireball." The journalists confirmed that there was strong bursts and reported that fighter jets flew over the city. The inhabitants fled in the direction of Tripoli, the capital, for fear of coalition air attacks and the arrival of the rebels.

President-elect forces surround Abiyn Ouattara

Violent clashes in Ivory Coast in recent days are rapidly changing political and military balances in the field. Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (Frei) support President-elect Alassane Ouattara are "the doors" of Abidjan. It is the former capital and most populous city, with more than 4 million inhabitants, who until yesterday's pro-Laurent Gbagbo exmandatario-who refuses to relinquish power after losing the November election, deemed "impregnable" .

In the square for a new Mediterranean

The EU and its Mediterranean countries most affected area, especially as France, but also Spain and Italy, have transferred until recently the control of North Africa to a series of dictators, different from each other but united by the repression in respect of their peoples and the authoritarian control over their civil societies.

Another aspect is not secondary utility of these anti-democratic regimes in terms of European leaders in the control of migration flows. Sarkozy, Zapatero and Berlusconi turned a blind eye to human rights violations, torture and police systems, for long decades. This resulted, inter alia, the failure of any plans for euro-Mediterranean dialogue.

In Hainan, Mao fell from its pedestal

Shanghai Correspondence - An icon has fallen. The founder of Communist China gave way under the blows of the developers. A Wenchang on the resort island of Hainan, south China, the construction company Yilong needed space to build a luxury resort. It therefore provided a moving forty kilometers a statue of Mao Zedong built on 1 October 2008 to mark the anniversary of the Republic.

Sacrilege! On 19 February, the day scheduled for the start of marble, an error handling layer to the earth high white statue of almost ten meters. The six bands who break up. Mao eventually into a thousand pieces, a broken nose. Aware of the seriousness of their act, not knowing what to do, the workers leave the statue for six days.