Palstinenser: entmachtetEx Fatah intelligence chief

In a dramatic step, the Fatah organization, the influential politician Mohammed Dahlan has thrown out its guiding compass. He was considered one of the leading Palestinian representatives and darling of the West. Now he has fallen out of favor. Ramallah - The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expelled its former leader in the Gaza Strip, Mohammed Dahlan, the level of management.

The Ivorian ambassador to the UN fears 'genocide'

The Young Patriots met Gbagbo in Abidjan on 29 December. SIA KAMBOUYoussouf Bamba, Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to the UN designated by Alassane Ouattara, Gbagbo recognized by the international community, Wednesday, Dec. 29 asked the organization to act to prevent a "genocide" in his country . 'We are on the verge of genocide, we must do something, "he warned.

He added that Alassane Ouattara was "very worried" attacks against his supporters. People have been killed only "because they wanted to show, to be heard, to defend the will of the people," he told reporters, explaining that in some areas houses were marked according to tribal affiliation their owners.

Visa: Algerian traders must undertake not to apply for residence permits

The interior minister must meet in February consuls to ask them more vigilant in issuing visas for short stay. DRSelon information provided Wednesday, December 29 by the Department of Immigration, the Algerian traders must now obtain a visa for, undertake not to apply for a residence permit in France or to receive social benefits or medical.

" The requirement for an affidavit is an initiative of the Consul General of France in Algiers to simplify the application procedure for short-stay visas for the particular case of Algerian traders ", said the ministry. "With this statement, the retailer attests that he did not intend to request a residence permit, or receive social benefits or medical in France," added the services of the ministry, without specifying why the merchants were the first concerned by this measure.

According to Wikileaks, Omar Bongo had misappropriated funds for French parties

Omar Bongo, in 2006, with Jacques Chirac. / PATRICK KOVARIKSelon U.S. diplomatic notes released by Wikileaks Wednesday, December 29, visible on the website of Spanish newspaper El Pais, nearly 30 million allegedly embezzled from the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) to his advantage by The late President Omar Bongo of Gabon.

A portion of these funds have also benefited the French political parties. This information was given four days after the death of Mr. Bongo, in June 2009 an officer of the BEAC to a diplomat of the American Embassy in Cameroon, the newspaper said. The same source, "the leaders of Gabon used the embezzled funds for personal enrichment, and following the instructions of Bongo, handed some money to French political parties." The money would have benefited "from both sides, but especially on the right, in particular to Chirac but Sarkozy." Malpractice even broader "Depending on the cable from July 2009, the Governor of the BEAC, the Gabonese Andzembe Philip, had secretly placed 500 million euros in a high-risk investment of the French bank Societe Generale.

Release of undocumented Haitians detained at Orly

A few weeks before the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed more than 250 000 deaths in Cuba, Haiti is beset by a cholera epidemic and a severe political instability. / PAUL JEFFREYC'est "great relief" for fifteen Haitians arrived Thursday in France without a visa and placed in a waiting area at the airport of Orly.

The Court of Appeal of Paris ordered, Wednesday, December 29, their release. A total of thirty-two Haitians who arrived the same day in Port-au-Prince, armed with simple transit visas, were all released by the courts. The appellate court upheld the released highlighting guarantees representation of all those people who have family in France.

New rocket "Dongfeng 21 D ': China's ship Killer alerted U.S. Militrs

 China upgrades causing a stir among American forces. Beijing has in accordance with U.S. data now its ballistic missile of the type "East Wind" made great progress - they should be able to sink aircraft carriers and is expected the balance of power in the Pacific region to move decisively. Washington - When it comes to the military buildup of China, the U.S.

government comes to their reports, almost invisible behind. Only in the summer, Washington had warned in a Pentagon report earlier, Beijing is modernizing its army partly in secret. Now a senior U.S. military strikes again Alarm: China had succeeded, a rocket that is directed against ships, improve, citing the "Financial Times" Admiral Robert Willard.

Denmark avoids the daily massacre of Muhammad's vignettes

Police in Denmark and Sweden have today arrested five suspected of plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which in 2005 published a dozen cartoons of Muhammad that set fire to Islamic extremism worldwide. The detainees now aspired to "kill as many people as possible", according to police, the building housing the newspaper in Copenhagen which is shared with two other newspapers.