Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Deployed over 580 soldiers to help

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 Dilma Rousseff Government has deployed 586 soldiers to help rescue efforts in the cities hardest hit by the storm that has struck in recent days to the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The troops are part of the Army, Navy and Air Force has stated on the Ministry of Social Communication of the Brazilian Government.

They all work in the cities of Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis Teresópolis and where they have more than 652 people died as a result of floods and landslides. The uniforms are designed to meet cleanup of roads, debris removal, distribution of donations, medical support and transportation of victims.

Tunisia: the provisional government formally constituted

Mohamed Ghannouchi, Prime Minister last of ousted President Ben Ali, announced Monday, Jan. 17, he had formed a government of national unity three days after the precipitate flight of the president, ousted in a month of street protests. Including three opposition leaders, he will prepare for presidential and legislative elections in the near future.

The Prime Minister, speaking to reporters at the government palace, gave a list of nineteen ministers. Mr Ghannouchi also indicated that the Ministry of Information, accused of censoring the freedom of the press and expression in the country, had been deleted. The Prime Minister has finally announced the upcoming release of all political prisoners and "total freedom of information" in the country.

Canada moves to staff its embassy in Tunisia

The Canadian Government said today that the staff considered nonessential embassy in Tunisia has been transferred temporarily to the violence of the protests in Morocco. The Canadian Foreign Ministry said it had "authorized the transfer of non-essential employees" of the Embassy of Tunisia, although no specific place where they have been displaced.

All services related to trade, "the embassy have been suspended until a further notice" while continuing to provide emergency consular assistance, the ministry also said the Canadian. The Canadian authorities have recommended that their citizens not to travel to Tunisia unless it is essential to the instability that prevails in the country.

.- Brazil of 580 deployed more soldiers to help in rescue work in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 Dilma Rousseff Government has deployed 586 soldiers to help rescue efforts in the cities hardest hit by the storm that has struck in recent days to the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The troops are part of the Army, Navy and Air Force has stated on the Ministry of Social Communication of the Brazilian Government.

They all work in the cities of Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis Teresópolis and where they have more than 652 people died as a result of floods and landslides. The uniforms are designed to meet cleanup of roads, debris removal, distribution of donations, medical support and transportation of victims.

Manual revolution tweed

Little Red Book is a new kind. The hammer and sickle have been replaced by a briar pipe and a razor-cut cabbage, more effective, according to its authors, to overcome capitalism and its accompanying vulgarity. The Chap Manifesto, etiquette revolutionary modern gentleman (Editions of the Equator, 20 euros) calls "the revolution from tweed.

The advent of new times where "everyone shall have the right to own a handkerchief scented and bask for hours on couches Persian laudanum absorbing force in the navel of a young Bedouin. It is certainly the natural order of things ". English only - pen name Vic Darkwood Gustav Temple - could dare.

Brazil .- The Red Cross accuses the authorities of Teresópolis help prevent victims of rains

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 Red Cross has accused authorities Monday of Teresópolis help prevent and assist thousands of affected people in that city, one of the most affected by heavy rainfall in recent days have hit the state of Rio de Janeiro. Several municipal police arrived Monday at the Red Cross headquarters in this town "and took all those inside and locked the doors," the doctor has reported Martius de Oliveira was quoted by the newspaper O Globo.

France has "underestimated the frustration of the Tunisian people"

Under the pressure of events in Tunisia, France has made a diplomatic shift late, which reflects the difficulty of French diplomacy to understand the revolt. The defense minister, Alain Juppe, admitted Monday, January 17, that France "has underestimated the frustration of the Tunisian people face a police and a crackdown." But as several officials of the majority, he hammered that "France's position, which is to say today: it is for the Tunisians to choose their future, a democratic future in free elections' , seems relevant.