Thursday, May 19, 2011

Argentina .- A SOL Airlines plane crashes with 22 people on board in the province of Black River

BUENOS AIRES, 19 May. An airliner en route SOL Comodoro Rivadavia-Nequen has fallen into a void in the province of Argentina, Black River (center) with 22 people aboard - 18 passengers and four crew members - whose status unknown. The plane, a Saab 340, has fallen into place for Prahuaniyeu, about 250 kilometers from the city of General Roca.

Police and Fire Staff have already started rescue operations, which provide complicated by the lack of light and passable roads. The news portal 'Black River' has been advanced that there would be no survivors, although this point has not yet been confirmed by the authorities, as recorded by the official news agency, Telam.

Fight in parliament by Guantnamo kuwait

Sunni and Shiite deputies of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Kuwait yesterday were engaged in a fist fight clean when discussing the fate of four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay. One of the MPs had to be treated in the clinic of the Assembly for a cut eye, reported the online edition of the newspaper Al Rai.

The melee began when a pro-government Shiite deputy, Hussein al Qalaf said that the four Kuwaiti prisoners in the military criminal belonged to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. Sunni deputies in the opposition, attacked Al Qalaf and, when several rows of this fellow came to defend, the fight broke out.

IMF Strauss-Kahn resigned: "I am innocent, but I must protect the institution"

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned from the post of chief operating officer of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), six days after the dramatic arrest on charges of rape, molestation and kidnapping. The resignation came just hours before the hearing where lawyers for DSK will submit a new request for bail after the first Monday had been rejected by the courts.

Today's hearing will be before another judge than the one who ordered his imprisonment. This was confirmed by the official spokesman of the Office of Prosecutors in New York, Erin Duggan. CNN reported that the new hearing against Strauss-Kahn should be convened for 14:15 on Thursday (the 20:15 in Italy).

DSK affair: the relatives of the complainant defend its reputation

His only appearance since the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Saturday, May 14, for "attempted rape", "sexual assault" and "sequestration", dates back to Sunday. Landed an unmarked police van, the maid of the Sofitel New York on the basis of the complaint against the IMF chief, entered the police station in Harlem, his face hidden by a blanket.

Placed under the protection of the NYPD, the complainant is from a secret location. While his identity was not released by U.S. authorities, the name of Ophelia is soon to appear in the international media. This is the name used by the complainant on her work. Thus, the deputy of Paris, Bernard Debre, interviewed by L'Express.

Obama presented a plan of economic aid to Arab world

.- President Barack Obama will present on Thursday a financial aid plan several billion dollars to encourage democratization in the Arab world, based on the model of Eastern Europe after the Cold War, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The plan, initially intended to Egypt and Tunisia, wants to encourage other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, scenes of popular revolts since early this year, to undertake democratic reforms, according to these officials who required anonymity.

Iran could play role in post Al-Qaeda bin Laden

.- The death of Osama bin Laden has focused attention on what role they might play in the future, and intelligence agencies around the world analyze reports according to which Saif al-Adel had assumed temporary command of the terrorist network. The last thing you knew about al-Adel was that he was under house arrest in the outskirts of Tehran.

The record of terrorist al-Adel, one of the founders, including helping plan bomb attacks in 1998 against U.S. embassies in Africa. But the Egyptian had severe disagreements with bin Laden and opposed to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Correctly predicted that anger cause harm U.S. international efforts to Al-Qaeda.

The Obama administration criticizes Republican budget plans

Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary, said the draft budget of the Republican opposition would lower the United States to the rank of developing countries. "The draft budget of the Republicans in the House of Representatives provides for cuts in expenditure but allocates a significant portion of the savings generated to maintain low tax rates for the richest, not only for the middle class" he said in a speech in New York.