They arrived almost a week before the appointment for fear of not seeing the prince, wife and royal procession. Just because provident, camped just outside the entrance of the Gothic abbey of Westminster tomorrow to host the event of events (at least for them). The friendly campers who can not wait to enjoy the Royal Wedding, the royal marriage between William and Kate, are very young, since apart from a couple of kids with their parents, many of them well over seventy.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
At least five dead in clashes in Yemen
In Aden in the south, clashes have also pitted the security forces in armed demonstrators who had proclaimed a day of "civil disobedience". Police fired on demonstrators opposed to President Saleh, who blocked roads with boulders, killing one protester and wounding three others. The response of the demonstrators left two people dead among the police, sources said police and medical.
Begun in late January, when the first uprisings in the Arab world, protests demanding the departure of the Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh, in power for thirty-two years, have killed over 150 people. On Monday, the spokesman for the Yemeni opposition announced it had agreed to the plan proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which provides a starting within weeks of President Saleh.
Begun in late January, when the first uprisings in the Arab world, protests demanding the departure of the Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh, in power for thirty-two years, have killed over 150 people. On Monday, the spokesman for the Yemeni opposition announced it had agreed to the plan proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which provides a starting within weeks of President Saleh.
Regrets UN deaths in Yemen protests
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon regretted the 12 deaths and hundreds of injuries that occurred in the recent demonstrations against the regime of President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ban, said in a statement his press office, called on the warring parties in Yemen to "exercise maximum restraint and desist from acts of provocation." The UN secretary general, however, welcomed the peaceful transition that the country will start and said he hoped it was "acceptable to all", in addition to stress that only dialogue and mutual understanding will help overcome the current crisis and preserve its unity and integrity.
Two hundred deaths and the specter of Katrina tornadoes terrify the U.S. (and Obama)
At least 200 dead since the beginning of the wave of bad weather (but the number is expected to rise in all likelihood). Five states-Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia - forced to count the dead and declare a state of emergency. It 'a disaster of vast proportions that has engulfed the southern United States.
"The death toll is expected to grow," says Robert Bentley, governor of Alabama, the state hardest hit. The television images reminiscent of roofless houses, shops gutted, people trapped under the rubble, prepared makeshift shelters in churches and gymnasiums. The Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, on the banks of the Tennessee River, remained without electricity and working with emergency generators.
"The death toll is expected to grow," says Robert Bentley, governor of Alabama, the state hardest hit. The television images reminiscent of roofless houses, shops gutted, people trapped under the rubble, prepared makeshift shelters in churches and gymnasiums. The Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, on the banks of the Tennessee River, remained without electricity and working with emergency generators.
Hamas does not seek to prevent Fatah to negotiate with Israel
Hamas does not seek to prevent Fatah to conduct peace negotiations with Israel, assured a senior leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Thursday, April 28, following an agreement between the two rivals on the formation of Palestinian government . Mahmoud Zahar, a leader of the Islamist group in Gaza said that Hamas remained on the same line: "no recognition (of Israel), no negotiation." But he added that the movement would not try to prevent Fatah of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to seek a peace agreement with Israel.
Suicide bomber detonates bomb in Iraq
At least eleven people were killed and over twenty injured in a suicide attack against a "huseiniya" Shiite mosque in a village near Baquba, 60 km northeast of Baghdad. The source said a suicide bomber detonated a belt of explosives attached to his body inside the Al Hussein in the town of Balad Ruz, 30 miles east of Baquba, capital of Diyala province.
The number of fatalities could rise, since among the wounded there are some in serious condition. The source added that the church suffered major damage from the explosion. Following the attack security forces surrounded the area and strengthened its forces to prevent further attacks. Half way between Baghdad and the Iranian border, Balad Ruz was once a bastion of insurgency against the Iraqi authorities and was the scene of numerous attacks that killed hundreds.
The number of fatalities could rise, since among the wounded there are some in serious condition. The source added that the church suffered major damage from the explosion. Following the attack security forces surrounded the area and strengthened its forces to prevent further attacks. Half way between Baghdad and the Iranian border, Balad Ruz was once a bastion of insurgency against the Iraqi authorities and was the scene of numerous attacks that killed hundreds.
About 250 killed by tornadoes in southern U.S.
Experts say that when the aftermath of a tornado can not see the walls of what was once a house is at the maximum devastation, Category 5. The walls do not appear in the images coming from the southern United States. The houses have been reduced to rubble and crushed to the ground in the wake of violent tornadoes that have killed nearly 250 people in six different states.
"I do not know how anyone could survive this destruction," says a witness. Trees uprooted, automobiles and high defying gravity the roof of a garage neighbor knocked shorting lines and water supplies disrupted the balance of the series of deadly tornadoes and storms of the past four decades, only in Alabama have taken the lives of more than 160 people.
"I do not know how anyone could survive this destruction," says a witness. Trees uprooted, automobiles and high defying gravity the roof of a garage neighbor knocked shorting lines and water supplies disrupted the balance of the series of deadly tornadoes and storms of the past four decades, only in Alabama have taken the lives of more than 160 people.
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