Nigerians go to polls despite the chaos and violence

- Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday in parliamentary elections originally scheduled for last week but were postponed, and hoped to find a credible electoral process in the most populous nation in Africa despite the disruption and violence. At least seven people died in four separate incidents in the last hours before the start of voting.

The figure is in addition to 10 others who died in the bombing at an election office on Friday night. The violence that has killed at least 100 people during the election campaign, in addition to the logistical chaos that forced the postponement of parliamentary elections a week ago, have renewed doubts about whether democracy can work in Nigeria.

"I would like the EU to act always with the same brush"

Donald Tusk came in, smiling at the great hall of the Chancellery in Warsaw. It is an energetic man who is the love note to sports. Polish Prime Minister faces turning to its mandate. Sunday marks the first anniversary of Smolensk air disaster, which killed the then President Lech Kaczynski and numerous political figures in the front row and the country's military.

Poland, which has passed through the crisis without abandoning economic growth as some of its European partners into recession wrecked, still suffers from severe social inequalities. The liberal-conservative path Tusk believes that the road to equality with the great Europeans. With 38 million inhabitants, Poland in 2010 enjoyed a growth of 4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Cairo night of clashes between the army and demonstrators. Two dead

Tahrir Square, the symbol of the Egyptian Revolution of January 25, returns to ignite. The expulsion of Hosni Mubarak on 11 February is not served to allay the discontent of the Egyptian people in these days is urging the renewal of the military. According to hospital sources, last night two protesters died of gunshot wounds in clashes with the army.

A bus to transport troops was set on fire. Ambulances arrived on the square that has been completely sealed by the armed forces with barbed wire. According to the protesters, also, the army opened fire to disperse the crowd that remained on the large square symbol of the revolution against Mubarak after the start of the curfew at 2 am local time, after the great event yesterday in which was asked for a speedy trial to former Rais and his family.

Japan lifts ban on fresh produce from around Fukushima

Japan will lift restrictions on sales of certain products (vegetables, milk) from the vicinity of the nuclear plant in Fukushima, restrictions that were imposed because of the radioactive risks, announced Friday, April 8, the spokesman government. These bans were imposed in late March for a dozen kinds of vegetables including spinach, from four prefectures near the plant, and raw milk from Fukushima Prefecture alone, due to an abnormally high level radioactivity.

Israeli response to attacks from Gaza kills 11

Palestinian territories .- Eleven Palestinians, including four Islamist movement Hamas fighters were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, in the deadliest day for this territory in more than two years. The UN and the European Union demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities, which began on Thursday with an antitank missile shot against a school bus in Israel, which seriously injured a teenager.

Fukushima built in steel wall to prevent leakage into the sea

.- The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) today announced it began construction of a steel wall and a fence at the Fukushima nuclear plant to keep more water contaminated with radiation to reach the open sea. TEPCO, operator of the plant in Fukushima, plans to connect a seawater inlet to the reactor plant number two with a curtain-shaped valley formed by seven sheets of steel and 120 meters wide.

One dead, 71 injured in clashes between army and demonstrators in Cairo

.- The Ministry of Health of Egypt announced today that one person died and 71 were injured in the incidents this morning between the army and protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The head of the Central Department of Ministry Intensive Care, Dr. Khaled al-Khatib was quoted by state news agency MENA, said that some of the victims had gunshot wounds.

Khatib explained that other wounded were treated with symptoms of respiratory failure, fainting, and various injuries such as bruises. Most have been released, according to the doctor, who indicated that only three people remain in hospital military Qoba Cairo. After the incidents, several ambulances rushed to Tahrir Square, where they were treated 41 of the wounded, while another 30 were taken to three hospitals in the capital.