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Monday, September 10, 2012

27,000 dead in Syria since March 2011

The bombing of an apartment building has dozens of dead and wounded in Aleppo, Syria's second city and economic capital of the country. We deplore at least four dead in attack against a bus near Homs in the center of the country, according to the official Syrian television and the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH). Clashes between soldiers and rebels are still raging in several cities Sunday. In total , the violence done so far killed 21 people across the country Sunday, including 13 civilians. In Aleppo, the second largest city located 355 km north of Damascus, the army struck several neighborhoods such as Suq al -Hal, Tariq al-Bab and Hanano through deadly airstrikes. An apartment building was destroyed by a missile. At least four civilians were killed, two in the shelling of the building and two were killed by a sniper on the bridge al-Naïrab. Localities in the province of Idleb (northwest) have not been not spared by the bombing and rocket shells announced the OSDH, an NGO that relies on a network of activists on the spot. A rebel was killed Sarja. In the east, Deir Ezzor, six civilians were killed, two in the bombing of the al-Hamidiyeh three shots under Baajine and the bullets of a sniper Al-Joura, according to the same source. A Homs, further south, the army bombed the al-Khalidiyé and battles took place in the Bab al-Hud. In addition, television has accused "terrorist group" to have placed a bomb in a bus connecting the city of Homs locality Massyaf, causing the  of four passengers. Saturday, the army, supported by tanks and helicopters, had repulsed after about twenty hours of fighting a rebel attack against a military barracks in the neighborhood of Aleppo Hanano. 135 people were killed in the fighting.

U.S. Open Men semifinal: Djokovic joins Murray in the final

Novak Djokovic will attempt to defend his title at the U.S. Open final on Monday to face Andy Murray hopes to finally win a final Grand Slam tournament after four attempts. gentlemen play the final on a Monday for the fifth consecutive because of bad weather that forced organizers to postpone saturday the end of the semifinal between Djokovic (N. 2) and David Ferrer (N.4). Ferrer was used for the gain of the first set (5-2) when the game was interrupted to allow the evacuation of the site of Flushing Meadows because of thunderstorms rapidly approaching and threatening to form tornadoes. Returning the short Sunday under bright sunshine, Serbian 25s was another player and easily supplanted the Spanish, who at 30 years, may be seen to spend his last chance reach the final of a Grand Slam. Revenge of Melbourne If Murray had beaten Djokovic in London in the semifinals of the Olympic Games, tennis aficionados will especially remember their last meeting in Grand Slam semi-finals end Dante January at the Australian Open, won in five sets and nearly five hours the Serbian. "There will not be a clear favorite," says Djokovic, who has a favorable balance of 8 wins against 6 losses on Scot. "Andy is looking for his first Grand Slam title, I'm sure he will be very motivated and I hope that we will produce great tennis." Murray (N.3) was able to watch it all on TV SINCE he qualified on Saturday for his second U.S. Open final in dominant Czech Tomas Berdych (N.6), despite a strong swirling wind announcing the bad weather. But the day of rest should not weigh Murray very heavily in the balance in the final given the easy route of Serbia during the fortnight. Djokovic spent less than eleven hours on court in total, conceding a single set in the tournament, while Murray was forced to play a little more 17 hours of play and go through three wins in four sets. Serbia's could therefore not be more tired of the two. Murray remembers that in 2008, when his first final at the U.S. Open and the first Grand Slam, it was he who had to finish his semi-final on Sunday and the day after the final chain while his opponent - Federer had won his ticket, on Saturday, before the passage of a tropical storm. Murray was the beautiful "That I was perhaps a little penalized remembers he his defeat in three sets. But Novak is very experienced, I'm sure he will handle it better than I had done at the time (when he was 21 years, ed.) " Another disturbing fact for Murray: in his career, Djokovic n ' has never lost against a player ranked lower than him at the U.S. Open. Since 2006, it has in fact inclined to face seeded No.1 or No.2. This year, he is himself N.1 and N.2, Roger Federer, has disappeared in the quarterfinals ... The Scottish Dunblane nevertheless hopes to punctuate his beauty beautiful summer that saw reach - and losing to Federer, the Wimbledon final and then take revenge on the Swiss on the same turf in London a few weeks after winning home the gold medal of the Olympics.

Fugitive Iraqi vice president sentenced to death


The Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi is in absentia to death was convicted. Judge in the capital, Baghdad, were al-Hashimi was responsible for the death of a lawyer and a general. The private secretary and son of Sunni politician, Kahtan Ahmed, was also sentenced to death. The ongoing process since May exacerbated the domestic power struggle between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq shortly after the withdrawal of U.S. troops . Al-Hashimi is a suspicion of "leadership and funding of terrorist attacks" sought by an international arrest warrant. He was the end of 2011 fled to the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq after the Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had caused his prosecution . According to a statement on its website on 10 August holds al-Hashimi on in Qatar. Al-Maliki accused the Vice President to have bodyguards financial support, who were involved in attacks. The politician and his lawyers had always denied the charges. The procedure was in her eyes controlled by the Prime Minister, who would in this way admit a political opponent out of the way.Al-Maliki governs Iraq at the head of a Shiite-Kurdish coalition. Observers accuse him of an increasingly authoritarian style of government. The volatile al-Hashimi, who comes from the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), is next to the Shia al-Chudair Chusai Deputy Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is a Kurd. The relationship between the Shiite majority (60 percent) and the Sunni minority (about 20 percent) is still very tense. Sunni extremists commit repeated acts of terrorism in the country.

At least 78 dead and 217 wounded in a string of attacks in Iraq


At least 78 people were killed and 217 injured in a string of bombings and armed attacks in the last hours in Iraq , as reported by the police source. The deadliest incident occurred in the city of Al Emara, 370 kilometers south of Baghdad, where at least 15 people have died and 50 were injured by the explosion of two car bombs, the source said. Also in Kirkuk, at least seven people were killed and 50 others were injured by the explosion of another vehicle loaded with explosives near the university, which was followed by the detonation of another artifact. These explosions adds an armed attack early this morning that claimed the lives of 11 people, including two army officers, and wounded eight soldiers against a military checkpoint near Balad, 80 kilometers north of Baghdad. The source said the attackers used guns with silencers and put in place a number of artifacts that erupted when military reinforcements arrived to the area.

Spike of violence in Iraq

In addition, at least four civilians were killed and six others were injured by the explosion of two bombs in a row near the French consulate in Baghdad Street in the center of the city of Nasiriyah, 350 miles south of the capital. The source added that other two people were killed and seven wounded by the detonation of a car bomb parked near the Iraqi Turkmen Front in Tel Afar, 70 miles west of Mosul, in northern Iraq. A similar attack at a popular market in the Al Quiba, in the city of Basra, 560 miles south of the capital, killed three people and injured ten others. In addition to these attacks 11 other devices exploded in different parts of the country and killed five people, mostly members of the security forces, and wounded dozens in Kirkuk, Diyala (east) and Salahedin (center). Among these victims was a colonel of the Police who was killed along with one of his bodyguards by the detonation of a car bomb by his convoy, while on his way to a place where another device was disabled in the Al Ishaqui, 90 kilometers north of Baghdad. Iraq has witnessed in recent months a spike in violence with frequent attacks targeting security forces, since the withdrawal of U.S. troops last December.