.- Rebels fighting for a second day Sunday against the troops loyal to the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in the city of Zawiyah, in fighting that came the revolt against the Government a few kilometers from the capital. A government spokesman in Tripoli said the rebels had tried to penetrate Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers from the capital but had been detained by government troops loyal to Gadhafi.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Turkey's Erdogan election win simple majority
.- The party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, won parliamentary elections Sunday to get nearly 50 percent of the vote, implying that failed to muster enough seats to hold a referendum to change the constitution. Muslim Democracy candidate to enter the has become an important economic actor on the world stage since the AKP came to power in 2002.
The AKP will be forced to seek alliances with other parties to promote their plans to replace the existing constitution, written almost 30 years during a period of military rule. "People gave us his message of building a new constitution through consensus and negotiation," said Erdogan in his victory speech delivered from the balcony of the headquarters of AK in Ankara.
The AKP will be forced to seek alliances with other parties to promote their plans to replace the existing constitution, written almost 30 years during a period of military rule. "People gave us his message of building a new constitution through consensus and negotiation," said Erdogan in his victory speech delivered from the balcony of the headquarters of AK in Ankara.
China rains cause flooding and at least 100 deaths
Heavy rains unleashed flooding and landslides in central and southern China, killing over 100 people and leaving large muddy areas which prevailed until a week ago a severe drought, local media reported Sunday. Forecasters warned that heavy rain lashing some areas will likely continue until Monday. In Yueyang, in the southern province of Hunan, weather stations recorded more than 200 millimeters of rain in six hours, the type of precipitation that occurs once every 300 years, reported China News Service, citing local sources.
Clinton announced that U.S. aid increases fourfold child malnutrition
.- The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced today during his official visit to Tanzania, where he arrived yesterday, that the U.S. will quadruple your help to fight child malnutrition in the African country to reach seven million per year. According to Clinton, the administration of the current U.S.
president, Barack Obama has changed perceptions about child nutrition and has acted on the basis of scientific evidence indicates that good nutrition of a child in its first thousand days is essential, since that determines the rest of his life. Clinton, who met in Dar es Salaam Tanzanian Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, and Deputy Minister of Ireland, Eamon Gilmore, spoke to the diplomats about the project that developed in Tanzania since last September, "A Thousand Days Nutrition.
president, Barack Obama has changed perceptions about child nutrition and has acted on the basis of scientific evidence indicates that good nutrition of a child in its first thousand days is essential, since that determines the rest of his life. Clinton, who met in Dar es Salaam Tanzanian Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, and Deputy Minister of Ireland, Eamon Gilmore, spoke to the diplomats about the project that developed in Tanzania since last September, "A Thousand Days Nutrition.
Erdogan en route to a third victory in parliamentary elections in Turkey
Polls opened Sunday in Turkey for the parliamentary elections. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to power the favorite. All polls predict that the AKP, backed by the popular classes, will win the elections with a victory of magnitude reduced compared to the 2007 legislative elections, winning a third straight win since 2002.
The popularity of Mr. Erdogan, 57, relies heavily on the country's economic prowess: 17th world economy, Turkey is experiencing strong growth, with 8.9% in 2010. Over 50 million voters out of a population of some 73 million, are asked to vote in more than 200,000 polling stations to renew the 550-seat Parliament.
The popularity of Mr. Erdogan, 57, relies heavily on the country's economic prowess: 17th world economy, Turkey is experiencing strong growth, with 8.9% in 2010. Over 50 million voters out of a population of some 73 million, are asked to vote in more than 200,000 polling stations to renew the 550-seat Parliament.
Syria, tanks come in Jisr al-Shughur Thousands of refugees to the border turkish
- The Syrian army entered today in the town of Jisr al-Shughur in Idleb governorate in the north-west of the country, to "expel the armed groups" that would be present on site: the Syrian public television said. The entry of tanks into the city, near the border with Turkey at this time crossed by thousands of refugees, was preceded by heavy bombardments and attacks with firearms.
Jisr al-Shughur, has been described in recent days by local sources as a "ghost town" after the flight of thousands of residents to neighboring Turkey. "1300 victims of repression." The National Coordinating Committee, the main Syrian organization that organizes the protests, said that the bloody repression by the regime has so far caused the death of 1,300 civilians and ordered to President Bashar al-Assad to leave the power to transform Syria a democracy.
Jisr al-Shughur, has been described in recent days by local sources as a "ghost town" after the flight of thousands of residents to neighboring Turkey. "1300 victims of repression." The National Coordinating Committee, the main Syrian organization that organizes the protests, said that the bloody repression by the regime has so far caused the death of 1,300 civilians and ordered to President Bashar al-Assad to leave the power to transform Syria a democracy.
Dead in Somalia the head of al Qaeda in East Africa
The main suspect of organizing the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, the Comorian Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 39, died Wednesday at a checkpoint by police in Mogadishu, sources said yesterday Kenyan and Somali . Mohamed had dual nationality, Comoros and Kenya. "It's the right ending for a terrorist who has brought so much death and grief," said Secretary of State of the United States, Hillary Clinton, at the news.
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