Division of the Security Council on Palestine

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Showed a draft report distributed Tuesday at the UN Security Council that the 15 member States which are divided on the request for full membership of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, which is expected to vote by the Council before the end of this year.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has submitted a request for full membership of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on September 23 / September last, and referred the request later to a committee of experts for examination.

The United States was quick to express strong opposition to the request of the Palestinian, and has repeatedly threatened to use its right of veto in the event introduced the request to vote in the Security Council.

No consensus
A draft report of the four pages of the Commission to accept new members of the Security Council, comprising representatives of the 15 member states, "the Committee failed toreach a unanimous recommendation to the Security Council."
It was also in the draft that the Council members are divided into three categories, including first is the countries that support the Palestinian demand, Second, countries that can not support the application at the moment and plans to abstain from voting on it, and the third is where it believes it does not meet the criteria for membership of the United Nations and intended thus opposing According to diplomats in New York.
The same sources said that the representative of Portugal to the United Nations Felipe Morais Cabral, whose country holds the Security Council this month sent a report today to the Commission to accept that Council members will discuss the report next Friday.
Is supposed to submit a formal report at this meeting for final processing to the session for a vote before the end of the year.
The diplomatic sources and reports said a few days ago that France, Britain, Colombia and Bosnia - all members of the Security Council - will abstain from voting in the Council membership of Palestine full of the United Nations, which may prevent the request of the Palestinian nine votes necessary to pass in the Council, and absolve the U.S. rolling Thus the use of the veto to reject it.
The QuartetIn the meantime, the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that the envoys of the Quartet will meet Israeli and Palestinian sides separately next Monday in Jerusalem in an effort to resume negotiations.
The spokeswoman said the Victoria Nuland The meetings will be held in Jerusalem, will work to encourage the parties to submit specific proposals on the ground and security concerns.
The United States is pressing the Palestinians to get them to resume negotiations with the Israelis. Washington says - sent in the last term envoys to Ramallah to meet Palestinian President - Membership of Palestine can only be achieved through bilateral negotiations.

Source: Agencies

Conviction of Michael Jackson's doctor

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Murray gave Jackson a dose of sedatives and excess anesthetic propofol to help him sleep (French - Archive)
Convicted by the jury in the United States on Monday, the private physician to the song pop star Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray of manslaughter in the death of Jackson, and crossed the family of the last gratified with the decision and considered it a victory.
When reading the verdict cried Katherine Jackson's mother and his elder sister and RNA as they left the courtroom was asked by reporters about whether Catherine was unhappy with the verdict? Replied in the affirmative.
Said brother Jermaine Jackson told reporters, "justice was served Michael with us."
And rushed other members of the family, including father Joe Jackson and sisters LaToya and Randy to leave the court building in cars without speaking to the media.
But in the Twitter social networking written for LaToya "victory" and then wrote "I love you, Michael and I will continue to fight until everyone is brought to justice."
He said the prosecutor Steve Cooley Ingles they were satisfied with the result, adding: "Finally we want to offer our condolences to the family of Jackson and to his children Prince, Paris and Blunkett has lost their beloved father, nothing can compensate for this loss."
It is expected that the verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray on 29 this month.
Murray faces a prison sentence of up to four years, as well as the withdrawal of his license to practice occupational medicine.
Later in the day, defense attorney Ed Chernoff The verdict was a disappointment, and will be an appeal.
Jackson died in June 2009 at the age of fifty years as a result of an overdose of a mixture of sedatives and anesthetic propofol, which is used in surgery Murray gave him to help him sleep.

Source: Reuters + Associated Press

America is ready to accept the rule of Islamists

Clinton: the idea that Muslims can not work in a democracy the idea of ​​degrading and wrong (French)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the United States is willing to cooperate with the Islamists who won in the Tunisian elections, saying that "Islamists are not all equal."
She said in a speech to the Center for Democracy, said that "those responsible for the Renaissance Party to convince the secular parties to work with them," adding that "America will work with them too."
Clinton said that the Renaissance Party promised to respect religious freedom and the rights of women, noting that many of the Islamist parties in the world are engaged naturally in the game of democracy. "She explained that" the idea that Muslims can not flourish in a democracy it is the idea of ​​degrading and wrong. "
Clinton and listed the criteria that must be respected by each party respects democracy is the rejection of violence and adherence to the rule of law and respect for freedoms and respect for the rights of women, minorities, and accept the principle of electoral defeat and refused to stir religious tensions.
Support the Arab springThe minister emphasized that her country is the U.S. continues to support Arab spring in spite of "ambiguity" on the ongoing transition processes. She said "We recognize today that the real choice is between reform and unrest" and expressed its awareness of "doubt" the Arab peoples to America.
"Over the years, said tyrants to their people that they should accept them in order to avoidthe extremists. And often, we accept this logic, we are ourselves."

And repeated Hillary Clinton to say that the developments that took place from 2011makes the salt more to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. She noted that the suspension of the peace efforts by the parties during the Arab spring is "shortsighted."

The French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Monday that his country is ready to workand cooperate with the Party of Islamic Renaissance Movement of Tunisia, which has claimed about 40% of the seats in the National Constituent Assembly.
 

Source: Agencies

Sarkozy qualified Netanyahu a "liar"

Bilateral meeting between Sarkozy and Netanyahu last September in New York (French)



Describing the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" during an interview individually with U.S. President Barack Obama in the November 3 on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit Cannes French.


The Web site, "I see Wall imag" - a specialist in the analysis of the media, which reported the news - that Sarkozy was speaking to Obama Netanyahu, saying "I no longer bear to see him, he a liar," then the president's response the U.S. by saying "You are tired of it, but I am to deal with every day. "


It said that the talk that took place between Sarkozy and Obama separately was supposed to remain secret, but he arrived, by chance, without a hearing, told reporters that shows whether it has an audio recording.


The Web site said that journalists were handed interpretation equipment for the joint press conference between Sarkozy and Obama, in advance, was that some of the speakers arrived promptly and was able to hear some of what took place between the two men in an exclusive interview.


The site "I see Wall imag" that the two presidents also discussed in the talk itself to the Israeli-Palestinian file resource that Obama blamed French President because of failing to report the structure of France to vote for the accession of Palestine to UNESCO, which was strongly opposed by Washington.


As mentioned the site that the U.S. President asked his French counterpart, wait a bit to convince the Palestinians in Palestine request accession to the United Nations.

Source: Agencies

American voter cares Bmatkd President

Two-thirds of Americans believe it is important to have a presidential candidate strong religious convictions (Reuters - Archive)
An opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Public Research religious and published today that two thirds of Americans believe it is important to have a presidential candidate strong religious convictions, even if they differ from their beliefs.
The poll showed that only one in five Americans would object to a candidate's beliefs are different.
When asked respondents about particular religious beliefs and the presidency, 29% answered that they would not be comfortable with the presence of evangelical Christian in the chair.
While 53% said they would not relax for a Mormon in office, 64% indicated that they would not be comfortable with a Muslim president, while over 67% for lack of satisfaction with the presence of President of the atheist.
Mitt Romney has nominated former Massachusetts governor, John Huntsman, former governor of Utah - two Murmonyan - themselves for the presidency, while the rest of the Republican candidates understand the Christians adopt some strong beliefs.
And make Romney and businessman Herman Cain - a Baptist minister - the polls for a national Republican candidates.
Jobs and the economyThe survey also showed that eight out of ten Americans believe that job creation is the most important priorities of the country, while six out of ten said that reducing the budget deficit the government is vital. The survey highlighted the uncertainty about the majority of the solutions proposed by Washington.

He said 44% of those surveyed said that the Democratic President Barack Obama hasgood ideas on how to provide jobs compared with 35% supported the way Republican leaders in Congress.

Showed that Obama's views on the 28% "satisfied" and 5% "excited" to his presidency, while 26% feel they are "worried" and 10% "while angry generated in one of three almost"disappointment "in his presidency.

In another item in the survey of the "occupied the Wall Street", it was agreed six of every ten Americans that the country would be better if the same was more just distribution of wealth, while 39% disagreed with this opinion.

And won the suggestions to increase taxes on Americans who have income above one million dollars to support 70% of Americans, compared with 27% opposed it.

The poll of alpha and 505 adults during the period between September 22 / Septemberand the second from October / November and the margin of error is 2.5 percentage points.

Source: Reuters

Problems facing the donor liver

German study found that people who donate parts of their livers could suffer from psychological and physical complications years after the operation.
The study, published in the journal "Ennals Of Sergeera that" about half the donors the 83 surveyed they had complaints ranging from pain and problems with digestion, depression, after three years or more on the process but all of them said they may donate again.
The average age of the donors in the study, 36, and the average time since surgery was six years, and complained about 31% of the donors of diarrhea or allergies from foods saturated fats in doubt 10% of reflux in the esophagus, and a small number of donors felt uneasy in the wound or of involvement.
And three people were wounded heart severe depression and I need two of them to care within the hospital, and intensified the patient's injury was suffered psoriasis which are already before surgery.
And donors, the 83 personnel pool study scored 39 they do not get any symptoms or problems long term, but three of the men, young healthy people have said that the companies life insurance declined life insurance as it is not available, only few data that indicate long-term effects of donation liver of the living.
A professor of surgery and Agriculture in University Hospital Essen in Germany Georgios Sotiropoulos said that there is a risk of complaints in the long run could be under control to a large extent by improving the follow-up surgery and surgical techniques and improve the overall follow-up of the donors in organ transplant centers.
In the process of liver transplantation from living donors a team of surgeons remove the lobe of the liver donor for cultivation in the body of the future and return the remaining part of the donor's liver to grow back a full-size in two months.
And liver transplant surgeons say they prefer not to risk a person is sound, but there is not enough members to meet the needs of patients who need liver transplants.
Were made about 4500 the process to donate parts of the liver from districts in the United States since the first surgery in 1989, according to a national database of agriculture operations, and conducted the first operation of this kind to a child if he needs a small lobe of the liver.

 And organ transplants from living donors have some advantages for some reasons, including that the process can be done at the most opportune time for the future.


Source: Reuters

German exports rise in the euro despite crisis

German exports rose unexpectedly in September / September last, in spite of the sovereign debt crisis plaguing the euro zone and indicators of global economic slowdown.

The data showed released today by the Census Bureau that the German exports of Europe's biggest economy rose by 0.9% in September / September last surpassing expectations.

For imports, the data showed that they fell by 0.8%, was attributed to fears of loss of growth of the German economy out of steam, and observers expected a slight increase in imports by 0.4%.

The data issued by the Ministry of Economy for the month of September / September showed a slowdown in both the German industrial orders and industrial production, leading to fears that exports could be affected.

The industrial orders fell by 4.3% mainly because of the contraction rate of 12.1% in the request for the euro area, which includes 17 countries and the largest trading partner for Germany. The total foreign orders fell by 5.4% on a monthly basis in September / September.
The decline in orders would be likely to forecast a slowdown in exports. The German economy depends heavily on exports as the largest exporter in the world after China.
Warning Recently, an economic expert has warned Commerzbank Ulrike Rondorf that a recession in the euro area will not go to Germany without a trace.

Although the study centers were expected to decline in German exports, they jumped on an annual basis by 10.5% in September / September last, bringing the total to $ 95 billion euros (131 billion dollars), as imports rose by 11.8% to up to 77.6 billion euros ($ 107 billion .)

The Census Bureau's trade surplus increased to 17.4 billion euros (24 billion dollars) in September / September compared to 11.8 billion (16.3 billion dollars) in August / August.

And increased current account surplus more than doubled to 15.7 billion euros (21.7 billion dollars) in September / September, compared with a surplus of 6.5 billion euros (nine billion dollars) in August / August in a revised decline.

 
  Source: Agencies