It 's a difficult obstacle course that the administration of Barack Obama is following in those hours. The riots in the Middle East into question decades of American foreign policy and open scenarios currently not easily predictable. "The United States condemns the use of violence by governments against peaceful protesters," said Obama, while protests, accidents, deaths take to the streets of Libya, Yemen, Bahrain.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Day "of hate and anger" against the opposition in Iran
Thousands of supporters of the regime in Iran gathered at Tehran University for Friday prayers, shouting "Death to Mousavi, Karoubi death", before a big event "of hate and anger" against the two leaders reformist opposition: Mehdi Karoubi, former head of Parliament, and Mir Hossein Mousavi, former Prime Minister.
Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, who delivered the sermon before the prayer, said that justice was put under house arrest two opponents closer. "Their lives came to an end. Some say they should be hanged. But they are already hung [politically, in the eyes of the population, note], they have no more reputation.
Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, who delivered the sermon before the prayer, said that justice was put under house arrest two opponents closer. "Their lives came to an end. Some say they should be hanged. But they are already hung [politically, in the eyes of the population, note], they have no more reputation.
London, the skyscraper in the Italian Renaissance is the tallest tower in Europe
LONDON - The visible from almost every corner of the city. But for now he is naked, incomplete and not yet fully grown. When it is finished, in 2012, will become the tallest building in London and across Europe: 310 meters, 87 floors, a cone of light, entirely covered with glass panels, which will shine on the biggest metropolis of the continent.
A project was an Italian architect, Renzo Piano, whose works adorn half the world, from the Pompidou museum in Paris to the new home of the New York Times in the Big Apple, winner of the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of architecture, which now puts his also signed the top, so to speak, to the British capital.
A project was an Italian architect, Renzo Piano, whose works adorn half the world, from the Pompidou museum in Paris to the new home of the New York Times in the Big Apple, winner of the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of architecture, which now puts his also signed the top, so to speak, to the British capital.
One killed in Yemen clashes between protesters and government supporters
.- At least one person was killed and several wounded by gunfire from a group of Yemeni government supporters against opposition activists a manifestation of the regime in Sana'a University, as reported by several witnesses. A group of 300 pro-government demonstrators attacked with stones and then with firearms to a thousand people were concentrated at the gates of the University of Sana'a to demand political reform.
Morocco live tomorrow its first day of protests
Morocco waits expectantly .- morning holding the first call for protests in major cities after the outbreak of revolts in Arab countries, on a day that organizers have dubbed Day of Dignity. While political parties and the media almost unanimously sent the message that the Moroccan case is different from other Arab countries, the young organizers of the protest through Facebook, the Movement February 20, insist that their country needs now "a democratic constitution." Until now, the internet has been the main battleground between supporters of a profound constitutional reform and those advocating a monarchy executive, as the present, while alert to the risks of instability.
"Freedom, dignity and justice", the cry of the demonstrators in Morocco
Thousands of people have started to meet in Casablanca and Rabat with the intention to launch a peaceful demonstration for political reforms and a limitation on the powers of the king. In Casablanca, the demonstrators chanted "Freedom, Dignity and Justice" as well as "less power to the monarchy", "The king should reign and not rule" and "the people want a new constitution," reports AFP.
In Rabat, the capital, about four thousand people gather in the plaza Bad Alhad at the gates of the Medina. Shouted the slogans that are similar to those in Casablanca, in French and Arabic. The atmosphere is relaxed and concentration, in which symbols are not Islamists, social classes are mixed but mostly people are middle class families with children and young people.
In Rabat, the capital, about four thousand people gather in the plaza Bad Alhad at the gates of the Medina. Shouted the slogans that are similar to those in Casablanca, in French and Arabic. The atmosphere is relaxed and concentration, in which symbols are not Islamists, social classes are mixed but mostly people are middle class families with children and young people.
Gaddafi cuts Facebook and Twitter
In several Arab countries again thousands against the ruling regime have demonstrated. In Libya's Gaddafi defends rulers particularly brutal: Security forces shoot allegedly targeted in a crowd. The dictator also makes it difficult to access the Internet. In Libya, it was in the coastal city of Benghazi on Saturday again to bloody clashes between opponents of the leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, and police and military organizations.
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