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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The burning of a train in southern India because many victims


At least 15 people have died and 25 were injured by the fire that was declared on Monday in a wagon train that connects the cities of New Delhi and Chennai as he drove through a town in southeastern India. Apparently the fire was declared at 4.30 am on Monday (1.00 hours in Spain) when the train was traveling at the height of the Nellore district, located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast. According to railway employees polled by news agency PTI, emergency crews have recovered 15 bodies from the wreckage and 25 people have been moved to a nearby hospital for injuries sustained. Meanwhile, a train collectors reported the newspaper The Times of India that at least 42 people have died and 26 were injured, two of them seriously. It has also suggested that the cause of the fire is a short circuit has occurred in one of the baths. "All the passengers were asleep, so could not immediately flee the flames," he explained. Upon receiving notice of fire, local authorities have ordered the train stopped and sent to the Fire Department, which has managed to extinguish the fire. The car number eleven has been completely burned.

Islamists stoned unmarried couple in Mali


Islamists have stoned to death in northern Mali according to the descriptions of eye witnesses an unmarried couple. Two representatives of the region, especially did not want to be named said on Monday that the couple had been killed in the city Aguelhok before the eyes of some 200 people. They left behind two children together, therefore, one of which was only six months old. The couple was out on Sunday from the suburbs of the city Aguelhok into the town center and there were killed, said the two representatives. "I was there," said one of them. "They were put into two large holes and pelted with stones until they were dead."According to him, the woman fell at the beginning of the stoning in a swoon, the man was still screaming at first.

Allied with al Qaeda
The second official said that the couple leave two children, one of which was only six months old. "People have come to see that there were witnesses," he said of the approximately 200 attendees. It is the first reported case of stoning had fallen since the region several months ago in the hands of armed Islamist groups. The city Aguelhok is controlled by the group Ansar Dine, which is allied with Al Qaeda.

Government outraged
The Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal Government, Markus Loening (FDP) was outraged and demanded an end to "serious" violations of human rights in Mali. "We strongly condemn the violence against the people of northern Mali in order to establish a radical interpretation of Sharia," said Loening, Berlin. If the "terrible report" on the stoning of coming true, if it were an act that was also in Mali, and the punishment "can never be justified" is.

The bombings caused 200,000 displaced in Aleppo


The bloody army offensive Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo city led the United Nations says 200,000 displaced. In a statement, Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Coordinator for Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, said he was "extremely concerned" about the impact they are having on the civilian bombing and the use of heavy weapons, in Aleppo as in Damascus and the neighboring towns. Fighting in the commercial capital regarded as Syria continued on Monday while the regime suffered more defections, the more relevant the director of business affairs of the embassy in London. "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent Syrian Arab estimate that some 200,000 people have fled fighting in Aleppo and surrounding areas over the past two days. It is not known how many people still trapped in places where fighting continues, "said Amos.The high UN official said that "many people have sought temporary shelter in schools and other public buildings in safer areas," adding that these civilians "in urgent need of food, mattresses, blankets, medical supplies and water." Amos called on army and rebels both "allow humanitarian organizations safe access to carry emergency aid to help save the lives of people trapped by the fighting." Amos said it is "very difficult" for humanitarian agencies to reach civilians in Aleppo, Hama and elsewhere, and said that despite the danger of the situation, the Red Crescent and UN agencies assist. Last Friday, the Red Crescent announced the suspension of "certain operations" in Aleppo by the fighting.

Salahedin bombing

According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, at least 40 people including 30 civilians, were killed across the country. The fighting was particularly intense in Aleppo and focused Salahedin neighborhood, where according to the regime have been killed "a large number of terrorists of various nationalities," reports Reuters. However, the rebels are confident that the economic capital of Syria is the tomb of Al Asad, "Damascus is the capital, but here's a quarter of the population and all the country's economic potential. Here bury forces Bashar" said one of the rebels told Reuters.  The regime had given neighborhood Salahedin recovered yesterday. In a statement on state television, a uniformed officer said that "armed mercenaries have been completely expelled from Salahedin. Within a few days the security and order back to Aleppo." The Army used the same tactic in this city that he had used in Damascus this month, where he spent his entire artillery force to get the rebels to recede.

New defections

Meanwhile, on Monday met new defections within the regime. The most important was the director of business affairs of the Syrian embassy in London, Khaled al Ayubi. His resignation was announced by the Government of David Cameron, who in a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that "is a new blow to the Assad regime and illustrates the disgust and despair that their actions cause between the Syrians from all sources, inside and outside the country. " According to the Office Foregign, Khalad asked to respect their privacy, will not grant interviews and decided to defect because"does not continue to represent a regime that has committed so violent and repressive acts against his own people." Al Ayubi joined the Syrian diplomatic service in 2001 and his first post was as consul in Greece from 2003 to 2008 . Became responsible for the embassy in London after the May 29 the UK to expel the former business manager, Ghassan Dalla, in a protest along with other countries for the killing of civilians in the Syrian city of Hula. Today also met the deputy desertion Police Latakia and 11 Syrian officers . Everyone fled to Turkey during the last morning, as confirmed by the government in Ankara which stood at 600 people who crossed the border within 24 hours, which increases the number of Syrian refugees to 43,500. The new defections join that of General Mohamed Tlass , Deputy Husameddin Abdo , and the Syrian ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf Al Fares .

China: walking 150 miles to visit her grandmother

A 11 year old boy has walked alone for 11 days on a highway with only 24 surviving Chinese yuan (less than three euros). The Chinese press reports. As did the police know the kid would have traveled about 150 km from the town of Shishi, Fujian Province to return Jiangxi Province where he was born and where his grandmother lives. The child said having bought over the 11-day walk 5 bottles of water and two loaves of bread. Once the water, not having more money, the baby was quenched by drinking from the taps at service stations. At night he fell asleep in the parking areas along the road. The eleven year old is originally from the province of Jiangxi where he lived with his grandmother because his parents, migrant workers, had moved into the province of Fujian. Recently, however, the parents had taken him away from his grandmother's house. On July 14, however, the child, tired of staying with her ​​parents in Fujian (as he said his father was studying there, too) 4 yuan he stole from a drawer and fled. Along the way a man gave him another 20 yuan. His adventure ended on the morning of July 24 when some workmen who were working on the road they found the boy thin and dehydrated, and handed him over to police who then contacted the family.

Mega blackouts: In India 300 million people without electricity

300 million people remained without power due to a massive blackout that hit northern India, a problem that involved nine regions, shorting especially urban transport paralyzed the subway in the capital New Delhi, rail transport and the operation of ospedali.Si is the worst "black-out" in India for 11 years, according to the authorities. The electrical network is completely gone haywire at 2:40 on Sunday and stayed out for six hours. "After six hours of power cuts for 60% of the network was restored. A similar thing happened only in 2001 and 2002", said Energy Secretary indiano.A be hit was the northern region, home to 28% of the population. And for the many residents without power has also meant problems with the water, because the pumps in the big city to go energia.