The international community welcomes the surrender of Laurent Gbagbo

Many countries and institutions have welcomed the fall of the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and hoped that it allows a fresh start for Côte d'Ivoire and emphasizing reconciliation that will lead Alassane Ouattara, President internationally recognized. Barack Obama welcomed the arrest of Mr. Gbagbo, which he denounced "the illegitimate claims to power," and urged "all militia groups" to disarm.

Carl Lewis now runs for the Democratic candidate for Senate in New Jersey

He had to get off track in the Son of the wind to drive away the storm right after the November elections has run down the United States. For 49 years Carl Lewis has decided to once again put into play and for the first time in politics. "I've never lost a race," swears the "old" Carl. Who launched the challenge for a place where Senator in New Jersey for years - he blackest of Alabama - now resides.

In Paris, a pro-Gbagbo degenerates into brawl

A demonstration in Paris on Monday, supporters of Ivorian President outgoing, Laurent Gbagbo, has degenerated into a scuffle with police. Seven policemen were injured and nine people arrested.

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Ouattara calls on Ivorians to "calm and restraint"

Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, called on Monday evening April 11, Ivorians to "refrain from any act of reprisal or violence" in his first speech after the arrest of his rival , former President Laurent Gbagbo. "I invite you to calm and restraint," he said. After he said the country was "at the dawn of a new era of hope," Mr.

Ouatttara announced on his television, launching a "proceeding against Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and al. "All arrangements are made" for their "physical," he added. Laurent Gbagbo was arrested Monday after an attack against his residence in Abidjan forces of his rival Alassane Ouattara, with the decisive support of the powerful air power and armored French and UN forces.

Thousands of students march in Algiers Bouteflika Palace

Thousands of Algerian students on Tuesday got what the opposition traditionally a secular party, human rights defenders and independent trade unions, the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has failed to do in the nine times that called for protests since the February 12 : manifest in Algiers. Students even began a march to La Mouradia, the presidential palace, but an impressive display police stopped him.

The accident Fukushima ranked on a par with Chernobyl

The Japanese Nuclear Safety Agency has high Tuesday, April 12, accident nuclear power plant in Fukushima-1 at the maximum level of 7 on the scale of nuclear and radiological events (INES), placing the same degree of seriousness the Chernobyl disaster. However, she warned that the level of radioactive emissions since the beginning of the nuclear accident achieve only 10% of that measured in 1986 after the disaster at the plant located in Ukraine.

Paraguay .- The Government accepts that they are suffering the worst dengue epidemic in history

ASUNCION, Oct 12. (Reuters) - The Minister of Health of Paraguay, Esperanza Martinez, acknowledged Tuesday that the country is suffering its worst dengue epidemic in its history because, in so far this year have already died out of 23 people and infected 7,000 have been counted. "It's the worst of all," said Martinez has said in an interview on radio station 'Primero de Marzo', adding that it is more severe than the collapsed health system in the country in 2007, when the disease caused 17 deaths.