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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Iran increases the accuracy and effectiveness of their missile weapons


Iran increases the accuracy and effectiveness of their missile weapons. This conclusion is contained in a new report by the Pentagon's missile program dedicated to IRI and passed last week in the classified and unclassified versions to the U.S. Congress. Excerpts from the unclassified version of the document were leaked to the Western press. As the study says, "Iran has increased the striking power and efficiency of existing systems by improving accuracy and a new combat elements." In this report, dated June 29, is a thesis and a former U.S. Department of Defense that Iran "with sufficient foreign assistance may be technically able to carry out flight tests" intercontinental ballistic missile in 2015, told the Bloomberg news service. She managed to get acquainted with the unclassified version of the report, which is to prepare the U.S. military obliged adopted in 2010 legislation. The authors of this study also argue, citing promulgated by the Iranian authorities the information that Tehran is developing and adopting a anti-ballistic missiles, short-range missiles equipped with warheads that can identify the target and provide in-flight maneuvering. It is possible that this technology allows you to destroy Iran's armed forces and the "ground targets," said U.S. Defense Department. In addition, it recognizes that the military apparatus of the IRI "will be a formidable force in the defense of" their territory. "With the high degree of confidence," concluded the Pentagon claims that Iran has in the past 30 years systematically formed a network of militants subordinate to him, "capable of striking U.S. and Israeli interests." "We suspect that this activity continues," - write the authors of the report.

Clinton makes historic visit to Laos

The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today made ​​a brief visit to Laos, the first by the Viet Nam a chief U.S. diplomat since 1955, Laotian state radio reported. Clinton met in Vientiane, the capital, with Prime Minister of Laos, Thongsing Thammavong, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thongloun Sisoulith, Efe said. According to the Thai press, Clinton pushed for the authorities in Laos further studies of the impact of plans to build hydro dam in a stretch of the Mekong, a project of 3,600 million dollars that have criticized the neighboring nations and across the river before it flows into the sea, Vietnam. Laos Prime Minister said the Xayaburi dam can be built only with the consent of the neighboring countries, according to U.S. officials quoted by the online edition of Thai newspaper Bangkok Post . The trip to Laos also included a view to a Buddhist temple and center COPE (Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise), a nongovernmental organization that provides and prosthetic assistance to victims of mines and bombs. United States cooperates with Laos in the task of removing the explosive legacy of the war which ended in 1975 with the victory of Communist forces and, according to the Information Centre of Artillery without Detonate, amounts to some 80 million shells and bombs of different sizes. Both countries also cooperate in the search and repatriation of remains of U.S. soldiers missing during the war. The last time a head of U.S. diplomacy visited Laos was in 1955 when John Foster Dulles made ​​a brief stop in this country to mark the establishment of a military mission in support of monarchical government Laotian Army then. After a few hours in Vientiane, Clinton left for Cambodia, where he will bilateral meetings with counterparts from several Asian countries that participate in the regional security forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to be held on Friday in Phnom Penh. The U.S. diplomat visited Vietnam on Tuesday, from Japan and Mongolia.ASEAN consists of Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The ASEAN Regional Forum, established in 1994 as a way to solve disputes through dialogue regional integration prior to the ten countries, plus Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, South Korea, North Korea, USA, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Timor Oriental and European Union (EU).

Spain: Injuries and arrests in protest of the miners

In clashes with police resulting in 76 slightly wounded, became the demonstration of tens of thousands of miners gathered in Madrid to protest the cuts in subsidies to the industry. Of those injured are 42 protesters, 33 policemen and one is a photojournalist. The protesters hurled stones at police, bottles and firecrackers, while Spanish authorities have used rubber bullets. Seven people were detained. Trade unions of miners believe that the reduction of state subsidies in 2/3, which grants to survive the industry will lead to collapse, eliminates 38 000 jobs and the devastation of cities in the north of Iberian country, which is the center of the coal mining industry.The Spanish prime minister said earlier that he will be cut by 3.5 billion budgets of the regions.

Police investigating the mysterious death of the wife of millionaire


Scotland Yard is investigating the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Eva Kemeny, the wife of a wealthy heir to the Tetra Pak packaging industry, Hans Kristian Rausing, who formed a couple known for their drug problems. On Wednesday, the heir to 49 years received medical treatment, waiting to be interrogated after being arrested by police. Scotland Yard said it will continue with the investigation into the death "still unexplained", but did not confirm the identity of the principal witness. However, the press says it is Hans Kristian Rausing. Rausing was arrested Monday for possession of drugs, and frisk the couple's luxury home in Chelsea, upscale neighborhood of London, the police discovered the body of his wife Eva, 48 years. An autopsy performed on Tuesday did not produce conclusive results, and new tests should be performed to determine the cause of his death, according to British press. Of American nationality, and the elegant blonde woman with blue eyes, mother of four teenagers, was known to struggle with drugs. In 2008, she was arrested while trying to enter the U.S. embassy in London with 10 grams of crack, heroin and 2.5 grams of an illegal stimulant used as an inhibitor of hunger. Police also found drugs in his home, including 52 grams of cocaine, which led to indictments of the couple. But the charges were dropped and the pair received only a warning. At the time, Eva Rausing regretted having committed "a grave mistake and for taking the wrong path," and thanked his family for their support. "We hope with all our hearts that Hans K and Eva can overcome their dependency. We will continue to do what we can to help them," said the Rausing family. After the announcement of his death, parents and relatives of Eva Rausing expressed "deep sorrow", praising his "courageous struggle against the longstanding problems of health" and its commitment to charitable organizations. Daughter of a senior officer of PepsiCo, Eva Kemeny met Hans Rausing in a U.S. rehab clinic, shortly before marrying him in 1980. The couple, rich and well connected, famous settled in Cadogan Place, Chelsea, in a huge five-storey Georgian mansion worth 5 million pounds (6.3 million), but spent periods in another luxury residence in Barbados. The Rausings funded several organizations to help drug users. One, Action on Addiction, said he was devastated by the announcement of his death, praising the "generous support" of Eva Rausing, who was also a member of the charity Prince Charles. Hans Kristian Rausing is one of three children of Hans Rausing, the son of the founder of the Swedish industrial giant Tetra Pak. His father's fortune is estimated at 4.3 billion pounds (5.4 billion euros), according to Rich List of the Sunday Times this year. His grandfather, Reuben, founded in 1951 to cardboard packaging company that revolutionized the conditioning mainly of beverages such as milk and fruit juices.