The number two in the Royal Air Force (RAF) is sounding the alarm. Sir Simon Bryant just told British parliamentarians that if operation in Libya was to last beyond the month of September, the ability of the Air Force to meet, in the future, new emergencies will be compromised.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Arrested in Pakistan a girl with an explosive vest
Pakistani police arrested a small girl, eight years old, at a checkpoint in Balambat in Dir, a zone in the northwest border with Afghanistan. She wore a vest with explosives to carry out an attack.
Wednesdays Obama announce the details of the withdrawal from Afghanistan
The U.S. president, Barack Obama, will announce on Wednesday the details of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
At least 44 dead in plane crash in Russia
At least 44 people died, Monday, June 20 evening, the crash landing on a highway from a Russian aircraft near the airport in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, north-west Russia. "The latest information, 52 people were aboard the plane, 44 died and eight were injured," said a ministry official emergency situations.
The EU conditions to aid Greece
Greece is "determined" to carry out the reforms needed to clean up its debt and expects the European Union that it shows solidarity, said, Monday, June 20, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 strikes northern Chile
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale was felt on Monday in northern Chile, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS). The Chilean authorities do not report any casualties or damage. The quake occurred at 12 h 35 local time. The epicenter was located at a depth of 111.3 kilometers, about 90 km northeast of Calama, a city of more than 100 000 inhabitants, situated in the heart of the Atacama Desert.
Former President Ben Ali and his wife sentenced to 35 years in prison
Former Tunisian President Ben Ali and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, were sentenced in absentia Monday, June 20, thirty-five years in prison each, in a trial where he was prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds. A verdict called "joke" by counsel for Mr. Ben Ali.
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