Bin Laden threatens France "will pay dear presence in Afghanistan"

DUBAI - The leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, has returned to be heard with an audio message addressed to the French nation. In the recording, broadcast by Arabic television Al Jazeera, the Saudi terrorist was addressed to President Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people, saying: "You will pay dearly for your presence in Afghanistan." Bin Laden also said that the release of two French hostages kidnapped in Afghanistan depends on the withdrawal of French troops from the country.

Tony Blair will be reheard by the commission on the war in Iraq

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived Friday at the convention center that houses the London committee of inquiry into British involvement in the war in Iraq in 2003 for his second appearance in a year apart, that s advertisement tense. Lord Goldsmith reportedly told the inquiry they felt "uncomfortable" with the statements made by Tony Blair before the Iraq war in 2003, says the British TV.

The cold kills seven Vietnamese and 20 thousand head of cattle

.- A cold wave has killed over the past three weeks at least seven people and over 20 thousand head of cattle, including cows and buffaloes, according to an official and state media. Hoang Kim Giao, director of the Livestock Breeding Department, said that calves account for more than 70 percent of cattle died from cold in 18 northern provinces.

The Vietnam News daily said on Friday that seven people have been killed either by cold or by carbon monoxide due to coal-burning braziers and people turn to warm. Children and the elderly have overwhelmed hospitals, mostly with respiratory ailments. The cold snap will last at least another two weeks.

The UN calls unacceptable vehicle registrations in the Ivory Coast mission

.- The United Nations today called "unacceptable" that supporters of Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, stop and search vehicles for the agency's mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in another apparent attempt to force the departure of the " peacekeepers. " The UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky said that this practice is a violation of Security Council resolutions and the agreement with the Government of Abidjan, which regulates the presence of UN troops in Ivory Coast soil.

First casualty in the government of Dilma Rousseff

Within a month of his inauguration, President Dilma Rousseff has dispensed through the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, Pedro Abramovay, Secretary National Drug Policy. In a controversial interview with the newspaper O Globo, had built a nest Abramovay public opinion to defend the prison to leave the "little drug dealers," ie, those who had been convicted of retail sale, generally to meet vice itself.

Rome, the funeral of the Alpine killed Berlusconi remains at Palazzo Grazioli

ROME - The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome this morning surrounded by a gray stain. These are the currencies of the mountain waiting for the coffin, Luca Sanna, the last Italian crashed in Afghanistan, was killed last Tuesday in Bala Murghab. I'm serious, quiet, dignified. Also proud that Corporal Tolmezzo Battalion, Brigade, Julia, died in a distant country for a "peace mission" in which too many do not understand.

Motherhood and work, Italy and UK compared

We publish the letter Ilaria Marinoni, Italian reader who lives near London, and to follow the response of Catherine Soft. I now read the article by Catherine's dad on the UK fortunate that I was shot by my mother, desperate online reader of the newspaper ... Done and Italian now living in London for 10 years and a British passport from 2 I can say that perhaps maybe 'Italy is still made better.