Saturday, July 4, 2009
Beginning of the UN investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
As previously announced, the investigation will last six months. In July, a commission of three people to arrive in Pakistan, and the outcome of the investigation will submit a report to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. The commission is chaired by the representative of Chile to the UN Geraldo Mundos. In addition Mundosa to include former Attorney General Marzuki Darusman of Indonesia and the Irishman Peter Fitzgerald, former head of a commission of inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, done in 2005.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Rem Malik said that the UN considers necessary to establish not only the perpetrators attack that killed Benazir Bhutto, but the organizers and those who financed the murder. Malik suggested that the assassination of Bhutto was Pakistan's attempt to collapse.
The attacks, which killed Benazir Bhutto, was committed by 27 December 2007 during a rally in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. This happened two weeks before the general election. The opposition accused the Pakistani secret services in the assassination attempt. Were subsequently arrested five suspects in the case, and in October 2008 was announced the death of the alleged organizer of the assassination of heads of the extremist organization "Terik-e-Taliban Baytolly Mehsuda.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Found the body of Yemeni passengers Airbus.
SyuzhetyKatastrofa Airbus A310-300 from the Indian Ocean Comoros ostrovov30.06.2009V body found pogibshihNa ground collapse Airbus A310-300 airline Yemenia Airways discovered the bodies, reports AFP referring to the representative of the Yemeni civil aviation. The number of bodies found not specified. Rescue services have already begun to evacuate the dead from the disaster. Earlier, rescuers reported the discovery of the wreckage samoleta.Na board a ship coming from Yemen, the Comoros, had 11 crew and 142 passengers, among them - three children. For passenger aircraft, as reported by news agencies, were mostly citizens of the Union of the Comoros, as well as French, as well as Airbus followed connecting flight from Paris. In the area of the archipelago, where the crash occurred, were sent to two French military aircraft and one ship.
Aircraft accident occurred early in the morning of June 30. Representatives of the airline reported that weather conditions in the vicinity of the collapse were harsh: in particular, the strength of the wind reached 17 meters per second. The plane fell into the Indian Ocean in about one hour before the scheduled landing in Moroni, capital of the Comoros.
In the fall of the lift in Krakow killed three people.
Three men - two officers and a representative of the technical inspections - were on the platform of the lift at a height of 10 meters and drop to the ground were killed.
As the press-secretary of the regional rescue service Sekanka Andrzej (Andrzej Siekanka), currently the most likely cause of the accident is considered to be technical failure of the lift.
Europe returned to the shelves "ugly" fruit and vegetables.
The curve of carrot, cucumber formations, knobby potatoes and more than 20 kinds of vegetables and fruits, the only drawback being the discrepancy standard form, once again took their places on the shelves of European supermarkets.
At the same time, for ten species of fruit and vegetables, which occupy about 75 percent of the market, stringent requirements of the standards maintained. Exemplary form of an obligation to preserve apples, citrus, kiwi, lettuce, peaches and nectarines, strawberries, sweet peppers, grapes and tomatoes.
However, under the new arrangements, the implementation in this top ten "wrong" with the appropriate fruit can notice the buyer. For example, marking their plate for further processing. "
Earlier, about 20 percent of agricultural products do not reach on the shelves of European supermarkets because of inconsistencies forms fruit standards. Representatives of trade networks said the new rules will provide greater choice of products for those who wish to save the Europeans.
Al-Qaeda threatened to take revenge on Sarkozy for a ban on the veil.
Statement by Al-Qaeda following the speech, Nicolas Sarkozy on 22 June before the parliamentarians in Versailles, during which French President has called the wearing of the veil "a manifestation of slavery" and called for the adoption of a law banning the veil in the country.
In 2004, the French Government passed a law banning Muslim head scarf to wear - the hijab - in public schools. The Government's decision has caused outrage among the Muslim community. At that time, a number of Islamic extremist organizations threatened the French attacks.
With the explosion in Iraq's Kirkuk killed 26 people.
A few days earlier in Kirkuk there is another major terrorist attack: the bombing of mined truck killed 70 people and around 200 injured.
The attacks take place against the backdrop of the operation is complete for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities and the transfer of control of the Iraqi army and police.
In accordance with the terms of the US-Iraq agreement U.S. troops were to withdraw from Iraqi cities until June 30. The agreement also stipulates the time frame of American troops complete withdrawal from the country - the end of 2011.
However, even after the withdrawal of troops in Iraq will remain between 35 and 50 thousand American soldiers who, according to representatives of the United States will continue to engage in the fight against terrorism, but will also assist in training Iraqi security forces.
Entered into force visa-free regime between Russia and Hong Kong.
In the Hong Kong Tourism Board explained that the Russians and the Hong Kong residents who do not plan to work, study or reside in the territory of another country are exempted from the requirement to obtain a visa if the stay does not exceed 14 days.
As the executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Anthony Lau, Hong Kong in 2008, attended by nearly 14 percent more Russian citizens than in 2007. The authorities intend to stimulate the region's inbound tourism from Russia, so in addition to simplifying the rules for border crossing, a lot of work on introduction of Russian language in the service of tourists.
Remember, a visa-free regime with different restrictions for Russian tourists already in place in Serbia, Montenegro, Thailand, Israel, Venezuela, Argentina, as well as in some CIS countries.
The Iraqi city passed under the protection of local troops.
In Baghdad and other cities, additional security measures that should prevent the activation of fighters: for example, on the streets of Baghdad there are extra police patrols and introduced a temporary ban on the movement of motorcycles, because over the past few months, suicide bombers have arrived at the place of terrorist attacks on two transportation.
The Civil Defense in Baghdad Takhsin al-Sheyhli said that the Iraqi people welcome the opportunity to defend himself. Evening on Monday in Baghdad have been celebrating the withdrawal of American troops. The former building of the Ministry of Defense was once again transferred to the Iraqi government.
Note that in the last month at the hands of terrorists killed hundreds of Iraqis. As a result of a truck explosion mined in Kirkuk on 20 June killed 72 people and wounding 200 more.
The total number of Iraqi troops and police is 175 thousand people. By mid-June in Iraq remained 131 thousand American soldiers: the withdrawal of troops must be fully completed before the end of 2011.
Captain crashed Airbus Yemeni found alive.
To clarify this edition Yemen Post, in a plane crash as a child survived a five-year (previously, it was reported that his age - 2-3 years).
Airplane Company Yemenia Airways crashed during a flight from the capital Sanaa in Yemen, Comoros. On board were 11 crew and 142 passengers, including three children. According to the Yemen Post, on the plane were citizens of Yemen, France, Palestine, Canada, Morocco, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ethiopia and Great Comore.
Causes of the crash is not yet known. According to preliminary data, they could be adverse weather conditions or technical issues.
So far, rescue teams working in the area of the fall, found the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of three dead. The search led rescuers from Yemen. From France to the place of accident sent two military ships and aircraft with divers and doctor on board.
Germany has suspended the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.
Meanwhile, the so-called accompanying the law regulating the participation of the National Parliament of Germany in the adoption of pan-European solutions, was deemed inconsistent with the Basic Law of the court.
The judges ruled that under the Lisbon treaty to replace the single European constitution, the German parliament - the Bundestag and the Bundesrat - should be given more rights.
As the Financial Times Deutschland, the Constitutional Court concluded that the EU is short of democracy and the powers of national parliaments should be strengthened.
For the amendment expands the rights of parliament, the Bundestag deputies would be forced to interrupt the summer leave and meet in extraordinary session. In the first reading amendments to be considered at the end of August, and finally accepted until 27 September.
Recall that, for the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty must be ratified by all 27 EU members. To date, the contract has not yet been ratified by four countries: Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Ireland. In doing so, the Irish had previously been the failure of the referendum on the Lisbon Agreement and the fall of 2009, will vote again.
Italian rescuers found the victim fourteenth gas explosion.
The morning on Tuesday reported ten dead. During the day, three died in hospital from his injuries, a fourteenth victim was found by rescuers when parsing the rubble of a house destroyed by an explosion.
On the spot visits of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He said that should hold the evacuation of all buildings in the area and promised to restore "one hundred percent of the destroyed houses."
The explosion, according to latest figures, 36 people injured. Most of them are heavy burns to 80 percent of body surface. In Viareggio declared a state of emergency, the authorities promise to finish the review of debris by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
Remember, with the gas tank exploded after some cars off the rails. According to Berlusconi, the incident occurred "because of a passing scooter, but he was not told the details of this release. Investigation of the circumstances of an accident in progress, added the agency.