Monday, December 15, 2008

The lawyer for Saddam Hussein to protect Iraq's thrower shoes.

Byvshy Saddam Hussein's lawyer Khalil al-Dulaim would protect journalists Muntazera al-Zaydi, metnuvshego pair of shoes to U.S. President George W. Bush. According to al-Dulaim, now it creates team of lawyers that will represent the interests of journalists in court, reported AFP.
Counsel pointed out that currently has about 200 lawyers from Iraq and other countries have expressed readiness to protect al-Zaydi free. Al Duleymi also praised the defendant has made her and said: "It was the least that could make the Iraqi Bush, tyranny and the perpetrator, ubivshemu two million people in Iraq and Afghanistan."
What exactly Iraqi authorities accuse the journalist and what punishment he faces, is not yet known. In the media found only information that the al-Zaydi inkriminiruyut "barbaric prank."
The incident occurred with the boots in Baghdad on Dec. 14. During the speech George Bush, prior to arriving in Iraq with neanonsirovannym visit, an Iraqi correspondent of the Egyptian TV channel Al-Baghdadi "metnul in the U.S. presidential their shoes, one after the other. Actions are accompanied by cries: "This is a kiss goodbye, dog!". None of the rockets did not hit the Bush: he has prignutsya, shoes and banged against the wall behind him.
Immediately after the incident, the correspondent had been detained. In knotted anti wounded press secretary Dana Perino George W. Bush. Protecting the U.S. president pushed mikrofonnuyu rack, which pleased the eye of the Press Secretary.

The owners of the hotel "Taj Mahal" help the victims of the terrorist attack.

SyuzhetyRassledovanie attacks in Mumbai13.12.2008Zaderzhanny in Mumbai terrorist asked for help from PakistanaSobstvenniki hotel "Taj Mahal" in Mumbai, who in November became one of the main objects of a terrorist attack on the city, announced the creation of Charitable fund to assist victims of the attack, reported AFP.
According to the organizers of fund, material assistance will be provided to victims and families of those killed at the hands of terrorists throughout the city. In the future fund will assist victims in the terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other events that threaten life and property.
About the size of the Fund and the largest payment information is not available.
Hotel Taj Mahal, which is one of the landmarks of Mumbai, detained terrorists for approximately 60 hours and suffered from fires and water used to extinguish them.
Through a series of attacks of 26-29 November 2008 in Mumbai killed nearly 200 people, another 300 were injured. Earlier, the state government of Maharashtra, whose capital is Mumbai, had decided to pay compensation to the families of those killed in the amount of 500 thousand rupees, or 10400 dollars.

The Prime Minister of Greece is responsible for the riots.

Prime Minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis said that the riots, continued in several cities in the country for the third consecutive day, was organized by certain extremists, reported AFP. In teleobraschenii on events in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities, Karamanlis has promised to end the unrest, which, he said, the authorities will do so in memory of the teenagers, whose deaths and led to massive acts of protest.
  The students and anarchists staged pogroms after the law enforcement officers shot and killed a 15-year-old (on other data, yunosche was 16 years old) Alexandros Grigoropolusa, attacked a police patrol. Teenager shot dead an officer arrested. On questioning he stated that opened fire after he saw that Grigoropolus met flash fire-bombs at police.
The death of teenager sparked outrage among anarchists, as well as students who took to the streets of Greek cities. Some members protesters staged pogroms, engaged in skirmishes with police. In Athens alone, the rioters attacked the 13 police departments. The total number affected by the unrest in Greece more than 40 people.
  Attacks on the Consulate of Greece took place in London and Berlin.

Bush called for patience treat Pyongyang.

The outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush urged the participants to the six negotiating process on North Korea's nuclear program to the firmness and patience, tells AFP. At last week's talks once again reached an impasse because of the reluctance of the DPRK to make concessions.
"The key task - to be firm and patient, so that the next president or his successor has been able to solve the problem through diplomacy," - Bush told reporters aboard his plane on Monday. On Sunday the U.S. leader with unexpected visit to Iraq and Afghanistan. According to Bush, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il deliberately subjected to a strength of the negotiating process, which involves the DPRK, China, Japan, Russia, the U.S. and the UN.
The American President, January 20, who will relinquish his post on Barack Obama, I am confident that the six-party talks - the best way to solve the North Korean nuclear issue. However, Bush stressed that the process should be provided with the necessary verification measures: if the first negotiators tried to comply with the demands of the DPRK and hoped for a counter-retaliatory steps, it is now necessary to seek concessions from Pyongyang, and only then provide him with assistance.
On Friday it became known that the U.S. and other negotiators suspended fuel shipments to North Korea until Pyongyang does not sign the treaty on its renunciation of nuclear weapons, which provides the necessary checks. Russia, however, decided to continue deliveries.

Some Thai parliament began rioting.

SyuzhetyPolitichesky crisis Tailande15.12.2008Premer Minister of Thailand Thailand has become the leader of the opposition after the election of new Prime Minister oppozitsionera Abhizita Veydzhadzhiva (Abhisit Vejjajiva) began a protest supporters of the former government.
According to Reuters, about 200 people blocked the parliament, which held elections for a new premier and cast stone cars parliamentarians who voted for Abhizita.
According to the Thai edition of The Nation, from the actions of supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra hit the journalist and police - the stones hit his head.
The authorities have decided to strengthen the protection of Parliament, but the police hardly able to contain the protesters.
Reported that protests also started in other parts of the country.
Abhizit Veydzhadzhiva became the new prime minister after the December 2, was removed from his post as the previous head of government Sonchat Vongsavat. Until then, in September of the premiere of a court ruling left Samak Sundaravej. They are both accused of supporting policies Tanksina Chinavata, deposed in 2006 by a military coup.
Immediately after the election Abhizit said that he would not express their own future policies for the new post until prisyagnet not the King of Thailand.
However, Thaksin Shinawatra, referring to his December 13 associates, called the nation to the world. He also said that all parties must respect a new premier and allow the country to move forward.
The protracted political crisis was the result of a military coup in 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted from the post of prime minister. The unrest in the country each time starting with the election of new Prime Minister. For example, in late August 2008, the opposition demanding the resignation of the Government, the beginning of mass protests. In September in Bangkok clashes. In the capital state of emergency was declared.
With the election of Prime Minister Sonchata Vongsavata in Bangkok have been major new clash in which two people died and hundreds were injured. Since late November, opponents blocked the two airports in Bangkok, which caused a serious blow to the economy. After the court decision Sonchat Vongsavat was removed from politics, airports reopened.

Athens youths attacked journalists NTV.

   In Athens, about 50 drunken teenagers attacked a camera crew in Paris offices of Russian television channel NTV, reported on 10 December RIA Novosti.
On the night of December 10 youths tried to forcibly drag film crew members in the territory Politihnicheskogo Institute. According to local laws, the territory of the institution has no right to call the police, so journalists have teenagers resistance. As a result of mix-TV correspondent Vadim Glusker injured person, and the operator Eugenia Kovalev hit on the head.
Young journalists left alone as the only realized that they were Russians. The attackers returned the staff NTV deprivation chamber, previously located in destroying the tape with stories of street riots. In doing so, according to the agency, they shouted: "Russian - our friends and brothers forever."
Riots in Athens and other Greek cities began Dec. 6, after police attacked a patrol killed a teenager Athens (according to preliminary data, the bullet hit the boy rebound). Pogroms satisfied students and anarchists. They have been involved in clashes with police and set fire to buildings and cars. Greek opposition called on the Government to respond to disturbances retirement. The Prime Minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis, in turn, called the protesters "enemies of democracy."
So far, according to the Russian diplomatic mission in Athens, none of the citizens of Russia not affected by the riots.

Warships EU will come to the coast of Somalia for 5 days ahead of schedule.

Six warships from the countries - EU members, aiming to the coast of Somalia to combat pirates operating in the region, deployed on December 15, that is, five days ahead of schedule . They replace the 4 spacecraft previously dezhurivshih off the coast of Somalia, said <A href=http://afp.com target=_blank> AFP </ a>.
The European Union announced a military operation against the pirates, the first in the history of the EU in November 2008. The headquarters of the European Union to combat maritime piracy, started work on 4 December.
Protect civilian ships from pirates, in addition to the six warships will also be three patrol aircraft. Note that the currently off the Somali coast dezhuryat ships from various countries including USA, Russia and India, but even the military presence does not prevent the pirates to attack ships.
During 2008, pirates attacked more than 70 ships in the Gulf of Aden, several cases of seizure of ships there and away from the coast of Somalia. <A Href=http://lenta.ru/news/2008/11/17/tanker1/ target=_blank> The biggest </ a> bandits prey for all the years of attacks was the tanker "Dog Star" from Saudi Arabia, he was November 15, captured off the coast of Kenya. The vessel is capable of carrying crude oil worth 100 million dollars.