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Iran has reduced its imports of gasoline of 204 thousand barrels per day to ten thousand (French - Archive)
Official data showed decline in Iran's imports of gasoline by 95% during the past four years, where he helped to increase refining capacity and reduce fuel subsidies to ease the impact of U.S. sanctions and European intended to deprive Tehran of fuel for its adherence to its nuclear program.
In previous years, resulting in insufficient refining capacity in Iran and increasing domestic demand for the adoption of Iran heavily on gasoline imports to the year 2007, an issue exploited by the United States and its European allies to ban the supply of fuel in the context of sanctions on Tehran.
However, the situation has changed today, with data showing that the official Iranian gasoline imports fell from 204 thousand barrels per day in June 2007 to ten thousand barrels per day in June 2011, the lowest level in at least ten years.
And decreased imports of Iranian gasoline in the seasonal peak of about 70% in January 2011 of 244 thousand barrels per day in January 2007.
With the rationalization of fuel consumption and raise the prices of gasoline to four-fold and enhance the country's ability to refine oil, the proportion of imports in total supply of gasoline Iran of about 40% a few years ago to less than 5%, which reduces the usefulness of international economic sanctions on Iran and led by America and Europe .
Source: Reuters
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Conditions in Iraqi jails has been criticized human rights (French - Archive)
Detection of the Secretary-General of the Algerian League for Human Rights Khalil believes the presence of 14 Algerians imprisoned in Baghdad for at least seven years, after trials had been done "hastily."
Said Khalil told the French press that the 14 Algerians were arrested in 2003 and 2004 in Iraq, pointing to the lack of information about their status since then in prison in Baghdad.
He said the "Contact Us detainees from the prison do not have additional information" without mentioning the name of the prison. He also said "there may be other Algerian nationals in other Iraqi prisons, but we do not know anything now."
For his part, President of the Association Mustafa Bochache that he spoke with the Iraqi prisoner who was not identified, explaining that he said, citing his assurances that they "did not commit any acts of violence" during their stay in Iraq and they were arrested in Baghdad and accused of "belonging to terrorist groups."
He pointed out that as a result, were tried by the "extraordinary courts without access to defense, and imposed prison sentences of between ten years and 15 years." He also said that the detainees "wrong" and asking "pardon, even though they are innocent, like other Iraqi prisoners sentenced for the same reasons."
For his part, the Algerian Foreign Ministry source confirmed that Algeria is following the file of prisoners Algerians "accused of belonging to al-Qaeda" in Iraq, does not question "the integrity of the Iraqi judiciary."
He also said that Algeria "surprised" at the invitation through the Iraqi media to send the Algerian Delegation to Baghdad for the status of prisoners "without going through the normal diplomatic channels."
On the other hand, said the Iraqi ambassador in Algeria, Uday goodness of God that renews the "Iraqi government's call sent by the last year of security delegation my rights Algeria to visit Baghdad and see the status of detainees Algerians, who are subject to the provisions of the lawsuit issued against them for security offenses, and make sure to secure their legal rights and humanity." .
The goodness of God, told the French press that the Algerian detainees "have exercised their rights determined by the full Judiciary Act guaranteed the right to just and legal defense."
The ambassador denied "categorically" the intervention of U.S. forces in the affairs or the affairs of the Iraqi judiciary and penal institutions, prisoners who are being subjected to "provide for the Ministry of Justice to protect them." Also refuted the goodness of God "is broadcast from the allegations fired at random or baseless interpretations on the situation of Algerian detainees in Iraq."
For his part, Abdul Rahman al-Kanani, media advisor to the Iraqi ambassador to the official number of Algerian prisoners in Iraq is 12. The judicial agreement between the two countries are still in the process of "draft" until it was signed, according to Kanani.
Source: French
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Revealed the President Executive Office of the Transitional National Assembly in Libya, DrMahmoud Jibril, a plot of Colonel Libyan fugitive Muammar Gaddafi to return to power, taking advantage of differences raging between the rebels, and coincided with warningsBritish is home to the former regime and the concern of Americans because of the possible smuggling of weapons from Libya to countries of the other.
Warned Gabriel - in remarks to the newspaper "Middle East" of London published its issue on Tuesday - that "Gaddafi is still in Libya, and seeks to exploit the political differences between the rebels in an attempt to prove the existence and back again to power lost after the invasion of the rebel stronghold of the hippocampus at the barracks ofBab Azizia in Tripoli before the end of the month past. "
"The Gaddafi is working on several options, including the promotion of the instability of any new regime in Libya or to declare a separate state in the south call it any name .. (Tuareg), (South), (Africa, the Great)."
"The Fugitive Colonel (Gaddafi) has a node does not accept defeat, revenge, and can do anything impossible for the demolition of any new regime in Libya."
In describing the internal situation in Libya, Jibril said that there was a case a political vacuum, warning of the attempt of some foreign powers to fill this void in the absence ofnational forces.
Gabriel stressed that he would not back down on his resignation from his post after the declared complete the liberation of the city of Sirte, the birthplace of Colonel fugitive and the last strongholds of the pro him, considering that there is no longer any room for the return of this resignation.
He explained that his resignation comes against the backdrop of fears of turning political differences between the rebels, as well as fears of an armed clash between the rebelsbecause of their willingness to share power after the victory over al-Qadhafi.
In a related subject, warned the British Foreign Secretary William Hague, the neighboring countries of Libya on Monday of the consequences of harboring Gaddafi or members ofhis entourage, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
Said Haig, who was speaking during a visit to Tripoli yesterday, "We've made great efforts to remind other countries of Africa in its responsibilities to arrest and hand over toLibya, the International Criminal Court or any of these people if they enter their territory."
U.S. concern
In regard to another Libyan, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta grave concern atreports of possible transmission of the weapons coming from Libya to countries of the other.
He said in a press statement, "We sent a group to the U.S. weapons experts there to see the situation, yet we did not receive a report on the situation .. but I'm still worried about the reports of the existence of these weapons there."
This came in response to the minister a question on a U.S. weapons experts who were sent to Libya on a mission to track down the missing missiles or weapons in Libya.
And visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Malta on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi on the situation in Libya.
Malta was played during the Libyan crisis as a logistics for the evacuation of workers andhumanitarian aid, but also played a role in monitoring air traffic over Libya.
They noted that the rebels would enable them to tighten their control over the town of BeniWalid, after a siege of six weeks, but they have not yet been able to control even the proponents of Sirte, Gaddafi had repelled the rebels in some places in the city and forced them to retreat.
Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies
Americans like the idea that the United States has a unique and exceptional between the two worlds, but, unfortunately, false.
Stephen Walt *
* Professor of Political Science at the University of Harvard
The second myth
Allegations of "American exceptionalism" stems from the belief that the U.S. isexceptionally virtuous nation, a nation which loves peace and freedom and foster respectfor human rights and enshrine the rule of law. The Americans like to believe that their country to behave better than other countries, and not necessarily better than the other great powers.
If that were true, what came to rest in the United States Touhchha with the worst in the history of mankind. Valmtaml in history classes found him lying most of these allegations of moral superiority of the United States.
And those who do not know or remember, the United States and one of the most powerexpansion in modern history, began with 13 small colony on the east coast of the Atlantic, but they are stretched at the end of the day in the length of the American continent, was taken over by the states of Texas and Arizona and New Mexico and California from Mexico in 1846.
During this journey, wiped out most of the indigenous people, survivors and confined them in the reserves are poor. By the mid-19 th century, Britain expelled from the Pacific Northwest, and tightened its grip on the western half of the globe.
Since then, the United States fought many wars, and she was leading in many of them, and their behavior in this war is far from being a model of ethical behavior disorder.
During the invasion of the Philippines between 1899 and 1902, killing between 200 thousand and 400 thousand Filipinos, mostly civilians. It also did not hesitate to the United States and its allies in the displacement of 305 thousand German civilians, and 330 thousand Japanese civilians, by aerial bombardment in World War II, has been most of the campaigns in the framework of the cities targeted enemy. So it is not surprising that Gen. Curtis LeMay - who oversaw the bombing campaign against Japan - to help "if the United States did not win the war, Hokmna as war criminals."
During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped more than six million tons of bombs, including tons of bombs, napalm and chemicals destructive to trees and forests "Kaml orange", which is directly responsible for the death of a large number of million civilians died in that war.
In the latest of these wars, was killed in the war-backed Contra rebels from the United States, about 30 thousand in Nicaragua, a number equivalent to two million Americans dead, for the population of the United States.
Led military campaigns the U.S. directly or indirectly to the death of 250 thousand Muslims over the past three decades (and this lowest estimate and do not include deaths caused by sanctions imposed on Iraq in the nineties), including the deaths of more than 100 thousand people died after invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003.
Today, still unmanned U.S. aircraft and special forces hunting suspected terrorists in at least five countries, killing an unknown number of innocent civilians as a result of these operations. It may be some of these processes is necessary to make the lives of Americans more prosperous and secure. While the Americans were without a doubt will be considered such acts criminal and unjustifiable, if committed by other nations against them, we almost do not find one American official who condemned these policies, but they - paradoxically - are still wondering, "Why do they hate us?"
Know how the United States "for the game of human rights and international law", but she refuses to even today the signing of the most human rights treaties, which is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court, and was always ready to get closer toauthoritarian regimes, despite its record shameful in the field of human rights!, Do you remember our friend Hosni Mubarak?
If that was not enough, the Abu Ghraib scandal and the practice of the administration of President George W. Bush for torture, ill Kalaiham drowning, and U.S. prisons abroad,and preventive detention, enough examples to undermine the belief that America act according to ethical standards. The Obama's decision to retain many of these policiesproved to be not just a temporary excesses or deviations.
U.S. record is clear, we have the leaders of the United States, including that they thoughtshould be done when faced with external threats, and did not pay much attention to the principles of ethics during their careers. Americans like to believe that the United Statesuniquely virtuous nation, but, unfortunately, was false.
Source: Foreign Policy
Saw the Washington Times, America's right-leaning Pavtaatahitha that the disclosure of an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Adel al-Jubeir has provided many reasons to talk about the U.S. war against Iran.
Turning to the proposals of Obama early in his presidency to extend a hand of friendship to Iran if the latter when the real desire, but the paper considers that containment of Iran requires more than just speeches to the American president.
The Washington Times goes on to explain its point of view, and says that he soon proved that the state of Iran's refusal to provide it Walid friendship that Obama has proved that it is not, as portrayed by some as an Iranian anger of former U.S. President George W. Bush.Also showed suppression of the Iranian regime to the summer of 2009 the popular protests that the current Iranian regime is illegal.
As evidenced by the rejection of "the mullahs' regime" in Tehran for cooperation in the case of the Iranian nuclear issue they are not indifferent to the option of disarmament in the world, announced by Obama.
In the view of the newspaper that Iran represents a strategic challenge difficult. Iran is a country located in the heart of the Middle East, and is estimated to possess a global third largest oil reserves. But governed by an authoritarian regime that seeks to extend its dominance at the regional level and international level. This system also is one of the most powerful regimes that sponsor terrorism.
Then review the activities of Iran against the U.S. forces operating abroad such as Iraq and Afghanistan and aid to militias are killing American soldiers, and says that it is painful to see the reaction of Obama's alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to come stronger than the reaction to the killing of Iran to American soldiers, and stamped Balthecm Obama says: If the alleged plot failed is the price movement of Obama towards Iran seriously, so be it!
Source: The Washington Times
Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for the deployment of all the events of 1961documents rational
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Hundreds of people demonstrated in Paris on Monday, demanding the French authoritiesto recognize what they called the crimes committed against dozens of Algerians during thepeaceful demonstrations in the French capital in October / November 1961 to demand the independence of their country from French colonialism.
The demonstrators carried banners calling for the publication of all official Frenchdocuments relating to those events, considering that "recognition of the truth and will help to show what they turn the page on the colonial past between France and the Algerians."
The march began in front of the cinema "Rex" in Paris, the second circuit, and roamed the streets in the city before they reach the bridge Saint Michel, who police it from a number of supporters of the FLN in the Seine River, causing the death by drowning at the time. Theissue of the protest leaders and leading figures of the French left trade unionists and activists prominent local human rights organizations.
Deliberate denial
The MP Eva Jolie candidate for a coalition of parties, the environment for the upcoming presidential elections that he "no longer acceptable that the government continues to insiston the denial of what happened on October 17 / October 1961".
She pointed out that "172 bodies had been recovered from the River Seine after that day's bloody." Adding that the French state to "recognize its responsibility for the crime, anddeliberately to publish all documents relating thereto, and the bodies of victims to their families." Arguing that it is "the only way to overcome the hatred and bitterness left by that time odious."
For his part, considered the leader of the Left Front Jean-Luc Malanchon that "what happened on October 17 / October 1961 was an expression of state violence against therights of human beings," stressing that "the Algerian workers who were demonstratingdemand for freedom, they were closer to, such as France and the values that betrayed bythe police repression. "
The leftist leader stressed the need to "draw lessons from these events so as not to be repeated in the future." "When we see these days from time of the last acts of violencecommitted on racial grounds, we know how important the evoke these painful events for the future of co-existence in France."
A real massacreA member socialist in the French Senate, David Assouline stressed that France should "go beyond the author the official inventory of the time the proceeds of repression in the three dead and several wounded," stressing the need to "listen to researchers and historians who agree that what happened was a real massacre, which killed tens ofAlgerians say the least. "
Assouline and considered that the recognition of the crime will help "heal the wounds of the colonial past of the French of Algerian origin, and help open a new page in relations between France and Algeria."
And supported the same proposal coordinator of the "coalition of the 17th of October / November 1961", Mehdi Allawi, who felt that the adoption of the authorities of Paris, including committed against Algerians "It would be a gesture of respect for France all Algerians here and on the south bank of the Mediterranean."
He said human rights activist that the responsibility of the French state for the massacre "can not be denied," noting that "the Paris police chief Maurice Papon, who ordered the killing of demonstrators got the green light from the Minister of the Interior Roger Frey, and perhaps of the Prime Minister Michel Dupre and then-President General Charles de Gaulle ".
Source: Al Jazeera
Warned the medical community in Yemen from the strategic stock-outs of medicines the next two months, saying that the reserve is sufficient to cover the medical and pharmaceutical needs until the end of this year, the highest rating.
Officials said the companies import medicines and pharmacists that drugs pressure, diabetes, mental illness, cancer and GERD (heartburn) and some antibiotics,disappeared from the Yemeni markets completely, bringing the size of the risks to patients with these serious illnesses who depend entirely on the abuse on an ongoing basis.
According to Abdul Aziz, Emir of pharmaceutical drugs, the stress and mental illness, cancer, acidity, such as Emilio and Norvsk and Diovann and Haldol and Topamax andNovanorm and Ozak, is not now available in all pharmacies.
He accused Abdul Aziz - in the interview of the island - some medicines agencies to refrain from the sale of medicines which "import monopoly" under the pretext of risingprices in hard currency without paying attention to the devastating consequences on patients who may lose their lives due to lack of medicines for them.
Decline in importThe Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Sana'a had uncovered a recent statistic has been dropped on Monday for the import of medicines by 30% during the past nine months compared to the same period in 2010.
The Director-General of the Chamber of Mohammed Almhla of the island that foreign companies producing drugs declined for the supply of drugs to agents in Yemen because of the security situation.
He pointed out that these companies ceased to follow the previous regime which was which sell them on credit, and has become require immediate payment in advance, which enter a lot of dealers in drugs in a difficult situation, especially as commercial banks do not allow the opening credits for business at the moment.
The companies face import drugs currently several problems, including scarcity of petroleum products, and power outages, and lack of security on the main roads linking the provinces, which raise the cost of the drug at a time when the dollar rose to more than 30% against the Yemeni riyal.
For his part, General Manager of "Aljacqui to import medicines and medical supplies," Ghalib Aljacqui that stopped the importation of drugs in full since the protests began last February.
The Aljacqui of the island revealed that the current conditions affecting 70% of the activity of the pharmaceutical sector, which has forced many companies not to expand in the import of medicines of all kinds.
Dangerous situation
In light of the retreat from the strategic stockpile of medicines and stop the import, facesthe sick and wounded in Yemen and features a dramatic situation will become clearer with the beginning of the new year, may turn into a disaster in the absence of a political solutionand the explosion of a military situation and to engage in the midst of civil war.
Scarcity has also led to higher drug prices crazily inconsistent with official pricing set by the Ministry of Public Health and Population.
Indicates pharmacist Amir Abdul-Aziz to drugs many rose tremendous in their prices, citing the drug Jrevik the price of a pack of 200 thousand riyals (909 dollars), andResprdal jumped its price to 20 thousand, the prices are not commensurate with the purchasing power of the majority of patients in Yemen .
In turn, crossed the sources of the Supreme medication for fear of falling drug lords to import essential medicines and vital and important result of the current economic crisis, which could cause a crisis of drug during the next few months.
Source: Al Jazeera
Chinese vote in local elections (French - Archive)
Author Eric said to me that the world is changing revolutions, elections, and other ways, but the most peaceful two changes found on the most important countries in the world, namely China and the United States.
He explained to me - in an article in The New York Times - that next year will see the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, and China will witness the emergence of a new leadership of her party, the Communist Party.
The author said that one question imposes itself in these circumstances is: "What is the best way to judge?"
The writer to the book written by the American thinker Francis Fukuyama entitled "Origins of the political system", where he said that the success of one-party system in China does not solve the problem of bad ruling, namely: How is the bad, and when the ruling is isolated in this case. He also pointed to an article written by columnist explaining the idea from another angle, namely, that the Chinese Communist Party, despite his popularity does not give up power when losing popularity.
The author said that one-Communist Party of China established in the Chinese Constitution democracy taking hold in the Chinese Constitution, and explain the popularity of the Communist Party of China said that it stems from the support the Constitution, and the U.S. support of the two parties Republican and Democrat is necessarily not linked to the electoral system democratic, and here lies the difference.
The author said that some see the need to go the Chinese Communist Party once he loses popular support, and said that this assumption is misplaced because it also means that the United States to repeal the Bill of Rights if the electoral system where the people's support, and looking for a new form of governance may be authoritarian .
The author said that since the founding of the PRC in 1949, under the leadership of one political party, including changes in government policies as widely as possible. Starting with the so-called "coalition of the new democracy" at the beginning of the process of land reform exciting early fifties of the last century, and the Great Leap to the semi-privatization of agricultural land in the sixties, and the Cultural Revolution to market reform in the era of Deng Jiao Ping, and the redefinition of Jiang Zemin, the party through " the theory of Three Represents ", the result is difficult to differentiate between the stages of Chinese domestic policy from time to time.
In terms of foreign policy, says writer that China has moved from the close alliance with the former Soviet Union in the fifties, to the Alliance default with America in the seventies and eighties, but today they are moving independently and seek a multipolar world, and this despite taking a number of leaders, leadership.
The author said that the records of electoral systems around the world indicate that the rotation of the party through elections may not provide the necessary flexibility or self-correction, in the United States may result in the election for new heads and a new majority in Congress, but it does not seem to have much to address the problems of America the long term.
In Europe governments go and come regularly through elections, but did not produce the minimum of the patch is needed to address their problems huge, and the same thing in Japan, where Prime Minister each year, as the failed elections and rotation in the country out of the ongoing recession in 20 years. Perhaps this explains the reason for governments produced by elections less than 50% of the level of support in their countries, while the retained one-party government in China's approval ratings exceeding 80% over the decades.
The writer concluded to the conclusion that the electoral rotation will not necessarily get the necessary legitimacy and flexibility, and the one-party rule does not necessarily mean that he does not enjoy solid public support.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Leader of the Socialists, who will compete Sarkozy (Reuters - Archive)
Said the Los Angeles Times that the French Socialists finally succeeded in choosing their candidate to return to the Elysee after 17 years.
The newspaper said that the selection of Francois Hollande (57 years) - nicknamed "Monsieur Normal" or "Mr. Normal" - I mean, the success of the Socialists in the appointment of a competitor's beleaguered President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The paper quoted Holland as saying that he understands the gravity of the task and his quest to unite the French left to return to power after about 17 years. "I want to revive the dream of the French."
The newspaper pointed out that President Sarkozy was suffering from low approval ratings according to the latest opinion polls, as only 30% of the respondents criticized the performance of 63%.
Analysts and explains the slight rise in the popularity of Sarkozy to its role in the overthrow Gaddafi.
The newspaper quoted Martine Aubry (61 years) as saying after losing to Holland to compete for the presidency of the Socialist Party, "Francois Hollande is our candidate and is now a dream of the socialists and the left."
To May / May, the eve of the scandal, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was not one expected the arrival of Aubrey or Holland to compete at the top of the Socialist Party.
The newspaper said that Holland also known as the "quiet man" was not seen as a contestant in the presidential party.
She added that despite the return of Strauss-Kahn of New York after his acquittal, his political reputation in the gutter, which paved the way for other candidates to race for leadership of the Socialist Party.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Chairman of the Committee in charge of judicial recovery of looted funds abroad Egypt on Monday that the wealth of Alaa and Gamal's two sons deposed President Hosni Mubarak, Swiss banks are estimated at $ 340 million, equivalent to two billion pounds, an Egyptian.
The Assistant Minister of Justice for a graft, "Judiciary Committee reached a confirmed information indicating that Ala and the beauty of the two sons of former President Hosni Mubarak have deposits of Swiss banks is estimated at about $ 340 million, equivalent to two billion pounds."
The Chancellor Asim essential in a statement that "Alaa Mubarak has its own three hundred million dollars, which indicates that his brother and two owners of most of the money frozen by Switzerland, which amount to 410 million Swiss francs."
Mubarak's sons and tried Almatqlan in a Cairo prison - in addition to their father - several charges, including corruption.
Judiciary Committee, said that the wealth of Salem abroad than 24 billion pounds
Hussein SalemAlso revealed the essential in his statement that the Judiciary Committee, and placed their hands on important documents confirms possession of a businessman, fugitive, Salem and his two sons Khalid and Magda a fortune in several countries abroad than 24 billion Egyptian pounds, reached by wire transfer of his many Salem and his two sons, several banks abroad .
He pointed out that the Commission and put her hand also documents confirm possession of a number of former regime's fortunes in many countries where the mostly to a ruse to hide their wealth through the creation of companies (offshore), which are not subject to State authorities established with a view to the adoption of those companies as a cover to hide their money so difficult to track.
The essential that the Commission recover the money come to that information through a plan in place to track the wealth of the former regime abroad, which worked by the Committee with a number of intelligence services of financial and major law firms in foreign countries, did not travel any of the members of the Committee to the outside only once in order to save expenses and to ward off suspicions on the work of the Committee in a critical stage with the country.
The director of Al Jazeera's bureau in Cairo, Abdel-Fattah Fayed said this statement is the first official government statement talks about the wealth of the former regime, a statement that the difference probably indicates a sincere desire on the need to recoverthe looted money.
He added that the statement spoke - and very unusual - what he called the neuroticformation of an international money laundering and liquidated and smuggled abroad.
The Swiss foreign ministry announced Wednesday that it wants to speed up the judicial mechanism with Tunisia and Egypt to refund former Presidents Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The head of the Department of Public International Law Valentin Zellweger told the Swiss news (ie, TS) "Switzerland is ranked seventh in the financial world. It ranked first in thearea of reconstruction funds stolen by dictators."
The Berne had frozen the beginning of the year sixty million Swiss francs (48.7 million euros) from deposit of Tunisia, and 410 million Swiss francs of deposits of Egypt, and 650million francs of deposits Libyan, and 45 million francs of deposits of Syria.
Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies
