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Monday, June 25, 2012

Winds of War Syria-Turkey, NATO and EU in the field


Skyrocketing tension between Turkey and Syria because of turkish fighter shot down by Syrian and was - according to Ankara - in international airspace. While relations between the two countries are complicated and they start to blow the winds of war, diplomacy sharpening weapons: tomorrow the bank will issue to the Council of Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg, while Tuesday will discuss NATO.Turkey, a key member of the Alliance, asked for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the envoys of the 28 member states will meet Tuesday in Brussels to hear the version of Turkey.The meeting will help to understand what happened and could end - Alliance sources said - with an expression of solidarity. So far, NATO has always ruled out military intervention in Syria, and is the first time that the situation in Syria monopolize the agenda of the Nac. "Turkey has requested consultations under Article 4 of the Treaty of Washington", said NATO spokeswoman Oana lungescu. "According to Article 4, each of the allies may request consultations at the impression that its territorial integrity, political independence or its security is threatened," he explained Lungescu. "We expect that Turkey will make a presentation recently about the incident." Article 4 requires consultation, but does not imply an obligation - under Article .5 - to consider an armed attack to a member of his state as "a direct attack against the entire alliance," to compel it to respond."This is where Turkey needs is political support, we have not had any request," sources said. "It 's important that the allies show solidarity and concern". The demolition of the fighter turkish and mutual accusations between Ankara and Damascus while Teran bank tomorrow to the board of EU foreign. Agenda of the ministers there is already approved new sanctions against Damascus to clarify the prohibition on insurance companies to cover deliveries of weapons or equipment that can be used for law enforcement purposes to the Syrian regime. In addition to these restrictions, we now add a new sentencing policy. "This is another very serious and unacceptable action by the Assad regime," said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, expressing "strong indignation and condemnation of the killing". Third party also denounced the "increasingly intolerable humanitarian conditions in the Syrian population is forced by the regime in Damascus." The British minister William Hague calls "scandalous" the Syrian action and promises of support from London to a '"strong action". "I am deeply concerned by the actions of the Syrian regime" and the destruction of Damascus underlines the turkish Phantom "has been pushed beyond the limit dell'accettabile," says the proprietor of the Foreign Office. With a phone call to the turkish foreign minister, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern and said he was alarmed by the potentially serious implications of the episode in the region, while Iran has appealed for restraint both Turkey and Syria.

The storm Debbie scares U.S.


Tropical Storm Debbie formed in the central part of the Gulf of Mexico also issued warnings for extreme weather for parts of coastal Louisiana, according to the national center for early warning of U.S. hurricanes. Debbie already covers much of the eastern Gulf and its epicenter lies about 354 km south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi. It winds 81 kilometers per hour and is expected to increase gradually, reaching in effect as a hurricane Thursday. The phenomenon is moving slowly northward and is expected to turn westward Sunday. It passed near the coast of Louisiana Tuesday and moved to Texas at the end of the week. The BP Plc, which draws the largest quantities of crude from the Gulf, said it would discontinue its activities in seven platforms and accelerated the removal of employees from them. The Anadarko Petroleum Corp already suspended its production employees and removed four of the eight rigs. Debbie may cause heavy rains 8-15 cm in the Gulf of Mexico from southern Louisiana to the Florida-Panchantl in up to 25 m in places. Meteorologists are not sure of the path can be followed, and some predict that it will move east to Florida.

At least 130 dead from floods in Afghanistan

More than 130 people have died due to heavy flooding and landslides that hit in recent days in Afghanistan. At the same time, dozens of people missing. The floods swept through villages and parts of the city in the province Segtseran Gor yesterday, damaging dozens of homes, the spokesman said the authorities in the province, Ampntoulchai Chatimpi. In northeastern Afghanistan, the rain and hail caused flooding in the province of Badakhshan, resulting in at least 8 people killed and about 100 homes destroyed. The winter that was the heaviest in 15 years, in Afghanistan snow and many experts have warned of flooding in areas where rivers pass.

Chinese succeed in risky maneuver in space to dock taikonauts spacecraft by hand

China is the first time succeeded to dock a space shuttle manned by hand at a station in orbit: the spacecraft "Shenzhou" docked on Sunday to the module "Tian Gong 1". The maneuver was "running perfectly," said a manager of the Chinese space program, the broadcaster CCTV. In constant contact with the ground control center on the astronauts, Liu Wang steered the ship, therefore with a kind of joystick to the module. State television broadcast the live maneuvers. The People's Republic celebrated the success of an important stage on their way to his own space program.The manual control of the docking technique is a crucial step, a spokesman for the program. The maneuvers are a prerequisite for the construction of its own space station.China wants to build such a station in 2020. The spacecraft with the first Chinese woman in space on board was on Monday docked automatically to the test module, while the maneuver was completely controlled by the control center. Manual docking but are also important in the event of failure of the automatic systems. The taikonauts, as Chinese astronauts are called, practiced the difficult manual maneuvers on the ground in simulation 1,500 times, it is considered dangerous, as the two spacecraft orbiting at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour around the earth and destroy in a collision would . The Kampffliegerin Liu Yang is the first Chinese in space. From the Chinese media, she is already celebrated as a national heroine. During the 13-day mission in space, Liu is mainly responsible for medical experiments.

Mugly is the world's ugliest dog


"Every Snout is nice to his mother," and we are sure, also Mugly , elected with 1236 votes "world's ugliest dog" contest sponsored at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, for his human mom - Mrs. Bev Nicholson - must be a sweetheart. Suffice it to say that it participate in the competition "Mom Bev" has come to California from Peterborough , England. E. .. certainly did not do it for the money because the prize won by Mugly - as well as a cup that has a tonnage of his double - that is $ 1000, probably not enough to even pay the flight ticket. In short, the pride of Gilmore Mugly. And Mugly? It is a dog of 8 years, a cross between a Chinese crested and Chihuahua, which in our opinion, has a very nice nose. There is an Adonis, certainly, but its kind is definitely a guy.Not surprisingly, in this second edition of the contest, took over from Yoda (last year's winner) who also was a Chinese crested. Now they all speak of Mugly ( BBC included, vd video) and is a bit 'like saying: it's not nice what is beautiful, but how nice, how nice, how nice!

Earthquake in China: four dead and one hundred injured

A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region Sunday in southwestern China, killing at least four dead and over 100 injured, said the official news agency New China. According to the American Institute of Geology (USGS), which estimated 5.5 magnitude earthquake, the quake occurred at the border of Sichuan and Yunnan shortly before 4:00 am (0800 GMT) at a relatively low depth of 9.3 km.The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at 5.7 by the Chinese authorities. The earthquake was followed by a 3.3 magnitude aftershock, said the Chinese seismological services. The earthquake caused the destruction of homes and cut off communications in several areas Ninglang County in Yunnan Province, said New China. Three people were killed in Ninglang County and a fourth person in the neighboring county of Yanyuan in Sichuan, the agency said. The quake also injured 104 of which 20 were in serious condition , the agency said citing local authorities. Authorities in Yunnan Province have sent relief materials in the Ninglang, including 1,100 tents and 3,000 blankets, the source said. An official from the historic town of Lijiang, chief place Ninglang County, told AFP it was too early to assess the casualties and the extent of damage. A responsible local authority County Yanyuan quoted by New China has said his side that many homes had collapsed in rural areas. The area affected by the earthquake is populated by inhabitants of the Yi ethnic minority. Beijing estimates that some 7.8 million the number of members of this minority, in four provinces, mainly those in Yunnan and Sichuan. This mountainous region is particularly prone to earthquakes. In February 1996, a powerful earthquake had killed 200 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage site. May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8 earthquake had left thousands dead in Sichuan.

Use, mom finds son after 16 years and we have sex: sentenced to four years

Sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for Mistie Rebecca Atkinson, 32 years, the woman who has repeatedly having sex with her ​​son who had not seen for 15 years. Mistie negatol'incesto has not yet said she was innocent, claiming to be the victim of a "common genetic attraction." It happened in California, where Atkinson has tracked down last year thanks to Facebook's son, who had lived most of his sixteen years with his father, who after the divorce had been the case. contact with the child. Through the social network, has begun to send a series of mixed messages and photos of herself in the least provocative attitudes. And those pictures were just to frame her. The boy's family found them, and alerted the police. From there, the step was short. The agents raided the motel room and was surprised by the fact the boy with his mother, who was immediately arrested. At the trial, before a court in Napa, Mistie Rebecca Atkinson said: "I do not think I should be accused of incest, because I was taken by a phenomenon called genetic attraction, which affects 50 percent of people who find themselves with a relatives who have lost sight of for a long time. "