Increase to 8,649 dead and 13,262 missing in Japan

The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on 11 in Japan has increased up to 8,649 people, while 13,262 others were missing, according to the latest report released by the Japanese police. The police have identified about 4,080 deaths, nearly half of those found in a total of 12 prefectures. The remains of 2,990 have been returned to their families, according to Kyodo.

Meanwhile, the number of people whose families have been reported missing has risen to 13,262 in six prefectures, although it is expected that some of them are in some 2,000 temporary shelters enabled. However, it is feared that fatalities increase because only in one province, Miyagi, local police spoke of 15,000 dead.

Tragedy and operetta

Have thought that Sarkozy, what must have thought the European leaders meeting in Paris when he arrived Silvio Berlusconi? They were shaking hands with the premier of a great country whose presence is crucial in the coalition seeking to oust Qaddafi? Or in their minds the image of the polished gentleman with a smile fake remains difficult to separate from the room, ridiculous expression that follows him for months and follows us around the world: bunga bunga? It is not a question to mock those who have already did everything to become a laughingstock.

Thousands of Moroccans demonstrate for social justice

Thousands of Moroccans protesting Sunday, March 20, Rabat and Casablanca in particular, to demand greater democracy and social justice, despite the recent announcement by King Mohammed VI of radical political reform. Some 4,000 people including many Islamists and veiled women, gathered in Rabat before starting a march.

"The Moroccan people demand change," chanted protesters demanding the "resignation of the government." In Casablanca, several thousand people - over 10,000 according to organizers - also marched, chanting "no to corruption and cronyism." Some slogans calling for "a king who reigns but does not govern." Marches and rallies were also planned in other Moroccan cities, the call of "movement of 20 February," a movement initiated by young Moroccans on the social network Facebook in the aftermath of Tunisia and Egypt.

The party of the rebels in the city But the raid did not erase the fear

Tobruk - They say the Shabab, the young fighters, often adolescents, which last night democracy comes from the sky. Libya falls on the scale from "Rafale" and "Mirage", which is not always seen flying in the clouds Mediterranean, firing missiles per hour near Benghazi, threatened by the forces of evil.

The first message came from just before sunset, a French bullet hit a vehicle of Gaddafi who threatened the capital of Cyrenaica. The missile was a biblical sword of our millennium. Not only the Shabab, but everyone on the ground, insurgents and witnesses rely on air that action backed by Western and Arab, to finally drive out the dictator, who was imprisoned in the bunker of Tripoli.

Shoot protesters in Bahrain

Bahraini forces fired at a group of Shiites who ignored the ban to state as six leaders of the radical wing of the opposition were arrested, two days after the bloody suppression of protests in Manama. United Nations denounced the assault, by the Bahrain Police, hospitals and medical centers, in "flagrant violation" of international law.

The situation was tense in Manama and in Shiite villages around the capital. The movement was disrupted by a massive deployment of forces. One hundred people tried to demonstrate in the town of Deih, west of Manama, but police fired guns and threw tear gas against protesters. Bahraini opposition vowed to continue their demonstrations "peaceful" for democracy, saying that the military will suffocate the protest movement launched in mid-February.

Gadhafi air defense into action

An air raid on Tripoli took place at dawn on Sunday and deployed air defense in the Libyan capital went into action. A plane flew over the area of residence-leader Muammar Gadhafi headquarters in Bab al Aziziya. The anti-aircraft guns installed in the residence and the environment as well as in other areas of Tripoli, opened fire just after 2:20 local (00:20 GMT) red lines marking the sky.

No indication of the targets of attack could be achieved immediately. On the other hand, a Libyan official source said at least 48 people were killed in air raids and missile launches by the coalition against several cities. A "48 people died, of which 26 in Tripoli," said the source, who requested anonymity said that "the balance was tentative." Libyan armed forces confirmed the death toll first and added the figure of 150 wounded in a statement released by the Libyan news agency Jana.

Ukraine's nuclear gamble continues despite Chernbil and Fukushima

Interest in ecological tours tours of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has soared on the eve of the 25 th anniversary of the greatest catastrophe in the history of civil atom. A curiosity for this ghostly scene of the accident contributed Fukushima, saying the travel agency that organizes years trips from Kiev.

A day in Chernobyl exclusion zone and a radius of 30 miles costs $ 180 (127 euros). For this sum you can see how nature, left to itself, splits, feral and engulfs an urban environment and Pripyat. In this town, whose 50,000 inhabitants were evacuated in a day, you may still be portrayed next to the shield of the Soviet Union and also to find "private objects" as "kitchen utensils and toys," says advertising of extreme tourism.