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Climate change caused devastating floods across the world (Reuters)
Experts have warned that climate change is a "direct and substantial danger to the healthand safety of the world's population" because of drought and floods destroyed homes andlead to a lack of food.
He said scientists and health professionals - in a statement released in London - that risingtemperatures and climate disturbances will lead to increased climatic phenomena and the rise of infectious diseases and the destruction of housing, as well as the scarcity of waterand food, and may cause conflicts and mass migration movements.
The President of the International Organization of the British Medical assistance (Merlin), Michael Jay, in light of economic crisis "should not adjust for tough measures."
For his part, said Hugh Montgomery, director of the Institute of Human Health at UniversityCollege London "is not enough to look to the leaders of climate change as a theoretical concept only. Vanaghih will lead to the loss of lives and tragedies, and it will affecteveryone." He called on leaders to "play their part."
And asked experts from the EU to focus more on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, considering that the Union should set itself a target to reduce these emissions by 30% by 2020 instead of 20%, compared to emissions of 1990.
The experts said the move contributes to tackling climate change and health protection as well, noting that a solution on a moratorium on the use of power plants operating on coal to improve air quality.
Source: French
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Of a car bombing in the city of Ankara, September / September last (Reuters)
Killed six people including four policemen and a child in the age of two on Tuesday, an explosion occurred south-east Turkey, the authorities carried the PKK claimed responsibility.
According to the website of the Turkish newspaper Zaman that there are a number of injuries in addition to the six killed in the blast, which occurred in the town of BitlisGoraomak in the territory of the predominantly Kurdish.
Officials said they reckon that the explosion was caused by a land mine exploded at the passing vehicle to the police.
The PKK attacks have increased in recent months, which killed a number of security personnel and civilians, while the Turkish troops launched attacks on several sites of the party as well as raids on its positions in northern Iraq.
And entered the PKK in conflict with the authority Ankara eighties of the last century, since the pursuit of independence, which resulted in the deaths of more than 42 thousand people so far, according to data from the Turkish army.
In the view of Turkey and the United States and the European Union, the PKK a terrorist organization.
Source: Agencies
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The car bomb burn at the scene Al Jazeera
Three people were killed and 15 wounded in car bomb explosion south of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday.
Witnesses said the blast took place in "Kilo 5" and the dead driver of the bomb, andambulances rushed to the scene to transport the injured to hospitals.
The news agency "AFP" officials and witnesses say the attack occurred in an area close to Mogadishu and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the time visiting ministers Kenyancapital, Mogadishu.
Witness Ali Abdul Rahman told that the accident was caused by a car bomb explosion, "but do not know what was intended." Others said they saw two bodies, but they do not know if they were civilians.
The incident, which occurred at the 12 GMT, while visiting the Kenyan Defence MinisterYusuf Haji, Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula and the presidential palace, according to officials.
Was not immediately known who is the target of the process that has not adopted any one has claimed responsibility so far, but that the street where the bombing, which occurred to the use by the public transport African Union troops and government forces.
Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies
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Joseph Blatter (right) and Jack Warner (European)
Revealed Trinidadian Jack Warner, former vice president of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) on the new facts in the past election campaigns for President of the Federation International Football Sepp Blatter, in a letter addressed to the local newspaper.
Warner was leaving the office of the Executive Committee of FIFA in the central vice-president of the International Federation and the President of the Federation of CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), last June, after he was accused of bribery with the former president of the Asian Football Confederation Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was suspended from practicing any activity ball for life .
He accused Bin Hammam and Warner of trying to buy votes at a meeting of the Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago in May / May, through the distribution of financial envelopes containing one thousand dollars of which 40 million dollars total.
He claimed Warner, who currently serves as Minister of Labour in Trinidad, in a letter to the newspaper, "Trinidad Guardian" Blatter used the Bin Hammam to give "gifts" similar when he ran the Swiss presidency also in 1998 (against Swede Lennart Johansson) and 2002 (against Cameroon's Issa Hayatou .)
Books and Warner in the newspaper, "we (Blatter) in the campaign to shuttle around the world, Vtsulena support him, and already have won, was the first time I meet a current Vice President of the Ethics Committee of FIFA Petros Damasab who was then president of the Union of Namibia."
He spoke and Warner claim Blatter after his election to grant more nationalities, colors and functions of FIFA, and vowed to talk about "racism within the International Federation, and religious discrimination, which tried to correct it, and Zionism, which may be the most important reason to launch this campaign ferocious bin Hammam and Ali, and the plotaimed to protect the throne (Michel) Platini (the current President of the European Union) to get rid of the Muslim Mohamed Bin Hammam. "
Manual plot
Warner was confirmed last week that the diversion of a video showing him talking with officials Caribs, trying to explain how to accept gifts from bin Hammam, the former candidate to the presidency of the International Union against Blatter, not only evidence of a conspiracy against the officials of the Caribbean.
Warner said in a statement: "the publication of this video is a contempt, for it seeks to influence international public opinion clear in a plot against the representatives of the Caribbean, more than that, there are many questions should be answered by FIFA."
The "Daily Telegraph" the British published on its website Wednesday a video showingWarner talks with officials about the Caribs bin Hammam of financial gifts to them.
Warner threatened to stop after that will shake the former FIFA Hurricane "tsunami", and published an email from the Secretary-General Jerome Valcke of FIFA accused the latterof Qatar to "buy" to host the 2022 World Cup, Bin Hammam sarcastically campaign to run for the presidency of FIFA.
Source: Agencies
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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
