China and Nepal are tightening their grip on Tibet after the Tenzin Gyatso

China tightens its grip on the Tibetan people after the resignation of the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso as their political leader. For those who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region, which is part of China, it promises a better future than today. No autonomy and no independence. No rights, their language has been removed from schools and their culture is increasingly being eradicated.

But the fate of Tibetan exiles in Nepal is not much better. Some 3,000 Tibetans flee China every year from the province. Of these, about 20,000 live permanently in scattered communities in the Himalayan country. They and their children born in Nepal live in a kind of legal limbo and do not have the status of refugees, although in effect they are.

Two Gaddafi's son proposed to lead the transition

Two of the son of Libyan leader would offer a transition to a constitutional democracy that would include the removal of the power of their father, reported, Sunday, April 3, the New York Times. Quoting a diplomat on condition of anonymity and a Libyan official informed the project, the U.S. daily said that the transition would be driven by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.

The NYT does not say whether Colonel Gaddafi, aged 68, agrees with this proposal. But a person close to his two children said he seemed to agree, the paper said. Both son "want to move to change the country" without their father, notes the daily, quoting a speaker close to Saif and Saadi.

Fukushima, the nuclear debate does not end

The nuclear crisis in Japan's Fukushima plant after the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March in the Asian nation, and sowed fear throughout the world raised the old debate on whether nuclear energy. In Latin America, the controversy has been revived in a region where Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have nuclear plants, and the first two are under construction of new plants.

In the case of Argentina, experts are divided. Some raised concerns about the seismicity of the country and the age of the plants, but some people downplay the importance of these factors. In 1968 construction began on the country's first nuclear power plant, Atucha I, on the banks of the Parana River, began operation in 1974.

General Mangou, after leaving South African embassy, meeting with Gbagbo

.- The Chief of Staff of the Ivorian army, General Philippe Mangou, met with the outgoing president at his residence in Abidjan, after leaving the South African embassy where he sought refuge on Wednesday, said government spokesman Laurent Gbagbo. "General Mangou was presented to his military colleagues in the field.

We do not know if it is to take direction. I do not have enough information," said Ahoua Don Mello. "Today (Sunday) I saw him at the residence of President Gbagbo with colleagues. He will make statements, maybe tomorrow (Monday)," he added. Images of a meeting with General Mangou Gbagbo and other senior officers were released Sunday night on state television, RTI, but it was not possible to know when dating.

Trump to the White House. Or for his ego

If everything goes wrong, in 2012 Berlusconi may not be the only billionaire in charge of a nation in the G7. Respecting that American journalists now see it as a custom barbosa, tycoon Donald Trump John has recently returned to wave the opportunity to run for the White House for the next presidential election.

"I talk very seriously," said the magnate of luxury at the New York Times, "I am seriously considering run for some time. I love what I'm doing an incredible income and enjoyment in driving a great company. My company is great, but the leadership of the nation is not extraordinary, is doing very badly indeed.

Clogging of reactor No. 2 of Fukushima fails

Despite all efforts by the engineers of the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima Dai-Ichi, contaminated water continued, Monday, April 4, to spread into the Pacific Ocean due to a leak of reactor No. 2 as demonstrated by leak tests performed on site using dyes. The announcement comes after several attempts, during the weekend to seal the crack discovered Saturday in a concrete pit of the reactor, using mixtures of sawdust, newspapers, polymers and cement.

Give the fighting in Ivory Coast

.- Fighters loyal to rival presidential Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, remained in their positions on Sunday near the main city of Abidjan, in a day less than the previous three fights. After three days of pitched battles, correspondents and witnesses said the main city of world's largest producer of cocoa was calm, with sporadic gunfire and explosions that were heard in some neighborhoods.