Indigenous protesters in Brazil for the construction of a dam

BRASILIA, 9 Feb. Hundreds of Brazilian Indians have protested in the capital, Brasilia, against the construction of what could be the third largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The tribal leaders delivered a petition to that effect signed by over 600,000 people. Environmentalists warn that the Belo Monte dam in the Amazon basin, the largest tropical forest damage on the ground.

The energy minister, Edison Lobao, anticipates that construction will begin soon, and promises that the people affected will be compensated and resettled. The price of the works is estimated at the equivalent of about 7,300 million euros. Raoni tribal leader is convinced that the project will bring bad things to the villagers.

Sex strike until the Government has Belgium

No government, because no sex. Flemish Socialist Senator Marleen Temmerman has proposed a "sex strike" to put pressure on negotiators to be forming a new government in Belgium, with 241 days without reaching the expected agreement, about Iraq's record of 289 days (about nine months) heading. The proposed Temmerman, reminiscent of Lysistrata, the classic play by Aristophanes in which the protagonist convinces the women of Greece to practice chastity to force men to end the war between Athens and Sparta, is actually inspired in a Kenyan initiative.

Oman, new seizure at sea pirates attack supertanker

SINGAPORE - Following the seizure of the tanker in the Indian Ocean Italian 'Caylin Savina', Somali pirates have seized another freighter, an even more coveted prey: it is the Greek super-tanker 'Irene Sl' , even boarded by pirates off the coast of the Sultanate of Oman, then to an even greater distance from the Horn of Africa from the Yemeni island of Soqotra, where he was attacked 'Caylin Savina'.

The country brothel

State and Whoreocracy brothel, which would translate to "the government of whores," are probably the two better than other expressions that characterize the image of the United States. The first comes from an article by James Walston, in Foreign Policy of 14 September 2010, the second by a comment about a book written by Alexander Stille on the New York Review of Books' s April 8, 2010, titled The Reign of Emperor Corrupt Silvio.

You are in Algeria, you participate in the march of 12 February?

You are Algerian or living in Algeria. Despite the ban of the authorities, the opposition has decided to maintain the planned protest march on February 12 in Algiers. Do you plan to attend? What impact the popular movements that erupted in Tunisia and Egypt have had on your life in Algeria? Do you feel that the liberalization measures announced by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is enough? A selection of stories will be published on cnn.

Russia proposed that the Security Council send a mission to Middle East

Russia proposed to the Security Council of the UN to send its first mission to the Middle East since 1979 to try to revive the stalled peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, said the Russian ambassador to the world body, Vitaly Churkin. The diplomat noted that members of the highest international security agreed to discuss a Russian proposal in the coming days, but added that some countries have expressed doubts about its appropriateness at this time.

Chechens attack attributed at Moscow airport

The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing last month in one of the airports in Moscow and threatened further similar actions, part of a campaign of growing Islamic insurgency in southern Russia. Uamarov's statement in a video posted on Monday night will likely increase the fear that grips the Muscovites.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whose popularity depends on how hard that addresses the insurgents, recently admitted that Russia should learn from foreign experience in combating terrorsimo. The attack on 24 January in Domodedovo airport killed 36 people and wounded 180. Russian investigators said the bomber was a 20 year old resident of the Caucasus, where Chechnya is settled, but declined to provide his identity or other details.