Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Egypt, Mubarak in custody for 15 days The former president suffered a new myocardial

In addition to his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, by order of the magistrate is also the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been placed in custody for at least two weeks, pending the investigation against the three for their possible responsibility in the repression of the motions of the square began on January 25 and February 11, culminating in the fall of the regime.

The announcement of the restrictive measure has been given from sources in the Ministry of Justice, cited the state broadcaster 'Nile Television'. In fact, Mubarak to be taken out in hospital since yesterday was admitted to Sharm el-Sheikh, where he currently resides, after a heart attack that had struck him while he was undergoing interrogation al-Tor, or Tur Sina ' , the capital of the governorate of South Sinai, by the local prosecutor Abdullah al-Shazli.

Côte d'Ivoire: "The arrest of Laurent Gbagbo does not necessarily mean the end of the conflict"

By late morning on Monday, Mr. Gbagbo and his entourage had attempted a release of their residence was on fire, hit by a missile French the previous night. The supporters of Laurent Gbagbo had responded and put the pro-Ouattara assailants fled. Laurent Gbagbo had then tried to flee through a star beside the lagoon.

He seems to have been deterred by the French helicopter. Licorne, 1700 men strong, acted under a mandate from the Security Council UN voted unanimously. This unanimity including three African countries that currently sit. This mandate implies the protection of civilians against the firing with heavy weapons.

Yemeni forces clash left five dead

Yemen military rivals clashed in the capital Sana'a with two deaths, while the opposition looks to the Persian Gulf mediators clarify the term of a proposal to transfer the powers of the president. Three other people died in violence in the country, including two shot in the southern city of Aden when security forces tried to disperse a demonstration calling for the end of the term of 32 years of Ali Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said.

New radiation in Japan, no damage to health

The health risks of nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima in Japan are higher "today than yesterday," but the Japanese authorities have raised the alert level to seven, the maximum estimated the World Health Organization (WHO .) "The assessment of health risks has not changed for the area beyond 40 miles" around the plant, said a WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl.

"What happens is that they have new estimates on the total level of radiation" because it "combined reactor radiation one, two and three." He repeated that the health hazard in the area that goes beyond the 40 kilometers, "were probably minimal," and estimated that the measures taken by the Japanese authorities "seemed sufficient at the moment." But you have to follow the situation closely because it can change at any time.

The army swears allegiance to the new Ivorian President

Several military leaders who fought for the former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo pledged loyalty to President-elect Alassane Ouattara, increasing the chances of ending the conflict. Last Monday Ouattara forces and surrounded the French and thereby Gbabo ended four months of a power struggle had degenerated into open warfare.

But Ouattara, internationally recognized as the nation's president, now faces the daunting task of reuniting a divided country. In a boost to their legitimacy, Ouattara has the support of Philippe Mangou, the former top military chief rival. The television channel said TCI Mangou, like all the generals of the forces of Earth, Air and Navy, had sworn allegiance to the president.

Argentina/México.- Fernandez de Kirchner will travel to Mexico with a delegation of 200 businessmen

BUENOS AIRES, April 13. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will travel to Mexico on Wednesday with a group of 200 businessmen to meet a tight agenda with which seek closer trade ties with that nation, one of the main destinations for Argentine exports. Fernandez de Kirchner, who remain in Mexico until next Friday, will be accompanied by national officials, governors and an important delegation composed of 200 businessmen, mostly from auto companies, because 36 percent of exports to that country lie in this sector, according to government sources have told the official news agency Telam.

Mexico digs up 120 corpses of several graves in Tamaulipas

A total of 120 bodies have been exhumed from several mass of the state of Tamaulipas on the Gulf of Mexico coast and border with the U.S.. The first bodies were found last week and since then the figure has not stopped growing, according to the agency Efe. The discovery was made in the municipality of San Fernando, the same last August which showed the bodies of 72 migrants centromericanos and South America.