Friday, January 28, 2011

Unrest in the Middle East: of Egypt uprising fueled protests in Yemen

The protest movement in the Arab world is spreading to the Yemen. In the capital Sanaa thousands of people against the government and social injustice have demonstrated. So far, the demonstrations were peaceful - in Egypt, protests escalated again, however. Sanaa - First Tunisia, then in Egypt - and now the Yemen in the capital Sanaa have demanded on Thursday thousands of demonstrators a change of government.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 11:32 AM 0 comments

Australia will fund the reconstruction in the flood areas with a tax increase

Australia will fund the reconstruction in the flood areas with a tax increase: high earners to pay a special levy to offset the damage of the floods. Prime Minister Gillard speaks of the "most expensive natural disaster in the history of the continent. Canberra - Australia's government plans a multibillion dollar reconstruction program in the flood areas.

Part of the cost will be financed with a special tax. Citizens with annual incomes of more than 50,000 Australian dollars (the equivalent of 36,000 euros) will pay a special levy in the future of 0.5 percent, announced Prime Minister ia Gillard on Thursday. Of 100,000 Australian dollars runs at the rate one per cent.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 11:30 AM 0 comments

Unrest in Egypt: Police hunt protesters through the night

Despite a curfew, tear down the protests in Egypt on coming: In the night, police and demonstrators delivered a cat-and-mouse game in the streets of Cairo and Suez. New protests have been announced. Cairo / Suez - massive threats to the Egyptian leadership in spite of people go in Cairo, Suez and other cities next to the road.

In the Wednesday night small groups of demonstrators gathered to protest against President Hosni Mubarak, corruption and oppression. Policemen tried to disperse them. On Wednesday thousands of people in Cairo and other cities took to the streets. They demanded the resignation of Mubarak, the ruling authoritarian since 1981.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 11:29 AM 0 comments

Blog - "Sputnik Moment" Washington should no longer fund Big Oil, "said Barack Obama

"Instead of subsidizing energy yesterday, they are investing in tomorrow," Obama said in his speech on the state of the Union address Jan. 25.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 7:29 AM 0 comments

Chile: first investigation into the death of President Allende

For the first time, the Chilean courts will investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Salvador Allende. The politician, elected president in 1970, died during the coup of General Augusto Pinochet that toppled his government, September 11, 1973. It is one of the 726 cases for violations of human rights during the dictatorship (1973-1990), hitherto never treated because of complaint, that the Crown has decided to open Wednesday, January 26.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 6:57 AM 0 comments

France wants to give new impetus to the Union for the Mediterranean

France called Thursday, January 27 "all governments and peoples of Europe and the Mediterranean to give new impetus to the Union for the Mediterranean" (UFM), following the resignation Wednesday of its secretary general, Ahmad Massa'deh , which has invoked the need for "clear direction". Founded in 2008 on the initiative of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the MFU comprises 43 countries: 27 EU, Turkey, Israel and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 6:25 AM 0 comments

Retrying immolation by fire in Algeria

A 34 year old man tried to set themselves on fire in Algeria after suffering several refusals of appointment of local administrative services, said Thursday, January 27th the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights. It is the ninth attempted immolation known in Algeria since the start in January with a movement of social discontent that triggered riots in the wake of the "jasmine revolution" in Tunisia.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 5:53 AM 0 comments
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