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Monday, October 15, 2012

EU hopes to give in Iran under economic pressure


In the nuclear conflict with Iran obtained from the European Union on a wide blow to the already tottering economy of the Islamic Republic and wants to force the government in Tehran to back down. The EU foreign ministers decided on Monday in Luxembourg comprehensive sanctions on the financial sector, the oil industry and the shipbuilding industry of the country, even to the transportation of foreign currency-making raw material, severely limiting. The sanctions are the toughest package that the community has been tied up in the ongoing conflict for many years. The United States welcomed the sanctions.They strengthened international efforts to put pressure on the Iranian government and to insulate them, said a spokesman for the U.S. President. The EU foreign ministers justified the step with the unwillingness of Iran to make out in the strong European participation in negotiations over its nuclear program concessions. "Iran continues to play on time," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Luxembourg. "We see no sufficient willingness to date to meaningful talks on the nuclear program."The new round of sanctions should therefore emphasize the international calls. The previous measures were effective, "and that the sanctions begin to work, shows that a political diplomatic solution is possible," he said. "Negotiations without sanctions were unsuccessful. So negotiations are sanctions the best strategy that is currently available to us," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague also. After a ban on export of oil, the EU now also prohibited the purchase of Iranian gas and the provision of loans for trade with companies from the Islamic Republic. The failure of the oil business with Europe since July has significant consequences for the Iranian economy. Because no more foreign money coming into the country and the circuit is interrupted with foreign banks, the domestic currency is in free fall for weeks. The population gets the feel of a galloping inflation: Many everyday products are now more expensive by far, and protests against proposed earlier this month by violent. Recently the government in Tehran has asked the citizens to purchase goods from domestic production and to abandon cars or clothes from abroad, to stop the outflow of foreign exchange.

ASHTON IS CONTINUING THE ATOM CONVERSATIONS IN PROSPECT

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton presented a speedy continuation of talks with Iran in view. "I am firmly convinced that there is room for negotiation," she said in Luxembourg. "And I hope that it will soon be possible to make progress in our discussions with Iran." Ashton leads the negotiations on the part of the five veto powers of the UN Security Council - the U.S., China, Russia, Britain and France - and Germany. The international community wants to ensure that the government in Tehran fully disclose its nuclear program, thus ensuring not to work on nuclear weapons. In addition, Iranian policy is an obstacle on the way to a solution of the conflict in Syria, because they the most important supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war against his own people is one. Iran insists although always to pursue purely civilian purposes to nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna has, however, presented a few months ago a number of documents that confirmed the suspicions of the international community. Especially the progress of Iran's enrichment of uranium, which is necessary for development of nuclear explosive devices can, in the west alarm bells: Israel, which according to experts, is the only country in the Middle East nuclear threat, with a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. The consequences of such an escalation would be incalculable.

Malala Yousafzai: Sent to Britain for medical treatment


The 14-year Pakistani Yousufzai Malala who was shot by Taliban fighters on Tuesday to defend the education of girls in the Swat valley, has been sent to Britain for medical treatment, as reported on Monday, a military spokesman . He added in a statement that the minor attack before whose voices were raised in protest worldwide , require prolonged treatment to recover physically and psychologically. "Pakistan has organized with UAE moving medicalized Malala on a plane to Britain," says the statement. The girl is seriously injured after being shot in the neck and another in the head. The attack occurred when the child came home from school, located in the main town of Mingora Swat Valley, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Now now Malala was in intensive care , unconscious and in critical condition in a military hospital specializing in the city of Rawalpindi, south of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. So far four people have been arrested for the attack. The police commissioner Gul Afzal Khan has revealed that it has identified the alleged mastermind of the attack on the young activist, that would be a resident of the town known as Ataula Sangota. Not yet stopped. The Pakistani Taliban try to justify the attack on Malala Yousafzai prohibit ensuring that girls' education systems but to lay .

Giant Eye of Florida: The riddle is solved, zoologist brings light into darkness

People around the world were puzzled in recent days about which animal would come the giant eye of Florida, the Covacci Gino had discovered at an early morning walk in Pompano Beach (Florida). In this regard, it has now the Swedish zoologist Dan-E. Nilsson reported to the colleagues of the world to speak. Accordingly he and some of his colleagues believe that the mysterious eyeball definitely not, as suspected by some researchers, is from a giant squid or whale, but by a swordfish.  This is the opinion of the Swedish zoologist Dan E. Nilsson. "There are very few animals that have eyes of this size - giant squid, swordfish and whales," Nilsson said in an interview with the newspaper "Die Welt". Giant squid he could exclude and whales, "because these animals do not have such blue iris". Which is very specific to the swordfish.

Two thousand police and military occupied two violent favelas of Rio


It was after 6 am when a powerful uniformed contingent, composed of soldiers and Navy military police surrounded the Manguinhos favela in northern Rio de Janeiro. Fifteen minutes later, the 2,000 men of the force were scattered by neighboring Jacarezinho. The operation had a surgical precision, without firing a single shot .The advance set of agents and marine taking strategic areas of these two complexes marginal, was continued with the installation of containers that will, over the next days, to temporarily accommodate the Battalion Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), must restore calm and security to the two communities. There were those who heard sounds of bullets. But, according to the commissioner Marcos Vinicius Braga, "may have been shot by the criminals who shot into the air at the time of the flight. Keep in mind that if we do these is because they are pockets of dangerous criminals. " The region is a set of Manguinhos favelas began to degrade economic emptying. From the 80 industries that spanned the region such as milk, or even an army barracks, were abandoned and informal occupations gained ground, with precarious constructions. The neighborhoods were transformed into drug territory, which increased violence and clashes with police, and between the disputed territories bands. Entering both complexes, with 24 tanks and helicopters , the military and police had removed barricades that drug traffickers had set before leaving the place. They met with walls painted with slogans against the occupation police. They saw littered streets, public lighting lamps hanging from old wires and, worse, houses adjacent to open sewers.Despite being an ancient settlement, in lack Manguinhos asphalt and sanitation. Colonel Frederico Caldas, Military Police, summarized: "They are 30 years of neglect of this town, where all kinds of criminals proliferated and the population was forced to live with this." The Secretary of Public Security of the state of Rio de Janeiro, José Mariano Beltrame, gave no relevance to the few arrests executed, only three drug traffickers arrested were made during the occupation. "We're not concerned with that: we do not want a criminal police as a trophy.The most important thing is to return the territory to more than 70,000 people living in it, without firing shots. " Beltrame, the official appointed by the governor Sergio Cabral to "clean" the drug trade in the favelas of Rio, is determined to leave a city free of the scourge for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, but with less "damage side "possible. "The remarkable thing about this operation was, in fact, the police intelligence that preceded it." Both he and the security forces know they occupy is just the first step towards the eradication of the sheaves. "We know there are many weapons and drugs. But we are already in the field and look forward to the participation of society, "said Fernando Veloso, Civil Police. The first response of the inhabitants of these slums was cautious. A few hours after the start of the operation, traders were encouraged to raise the blinds. Some mentioned that the uniformed presence can change the scenario of the favela. For one thing, a hundred paco addicts were sent to temporary shelters. And the children, to hospitals. The governor reiterated that this action is ephemeral: "Here we occupy the same way as we did in other communities such as City of God. After entering inaugurated Police Pacification Units, which have resulted in a process leading to stable communities. " Rio has already 28 of these UPP since late 2008.

A Syrian airplane leaves Turkey after being intercepted for inspection


The plane an Airbus 320 left Moscow at around 13.26 pm on Wednesday to Damascus, however, was intercepted by an F16 fighter group of the Turkish Air Force, he was forced to land at the international airport of Ankara. The Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has explained that, based on intelligence information, which has not detailed, the Turkish authorities suspected the plane, despite being dedicated to civilian purposes, transporting military goods. So I have inspected for several hours, after which they had discovered a shipment "uncivil" and therefore prohibited by the rules of civil air navigation, but has not specified what Davutoglu found. In the Syrian plane traveling 37 people, including passengers and crew, which, as indicated by the Turkish Foreign Minister, have been treated with "hospitality", and even provided them with dinner, during registration. Finally, the plane Syria has been able to undertake their way back to Damascus from Ankara, but, apparently, without all their cargo, as the material "uncivil" has been seized by Turkish authorities, according to 'Today's Zaman' . The Turkish foreign minister recalled that international standards allow civilian aircraft to examine suspected of carrying military equipment, while stressed that his government will not allow the shipment of arms to the Syrian regime through the Eurasian country's airspace. Turkey and Syria are engaged in an escalation of tension by cross-border attacks last week. Turkish forces have increased their presence along the 900 miles of the boundary line and bombed several targets in northern Syria, scene of heavy fighting between troops loyal to Bashar al Assad and opposition rebels.

Gunmen killed at least 21 people in a mosque in Nigeria


At least 21 people were killed when a shot by gunmen outside a mosque in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, in the north of the country, the Nigerian Police. The attack was carried out in the village of Dogo Dawa, about 120 kilometers from Kaduna, the state capital of the same name, at about 0430 GMT, when Muslim worshipers on their way to morning prayer. The provincial police commissioner, Olufemi Adenaike, confirmed to reporters that so many people were injured during the attack, so it is possible that climbs the death toll. Still unknown number of assailants and how committed the attack. The northern state of Kaduna, a Muslim majority, has been the scene of numerous attacks by the Islamist sect Boko Haram, although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the action. However, some local resident, told Efe that the attack may be directed against a citizen watchdog group that recently foiled a robbery in the town. Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sin", fighting for the establishment of an Islamic state in the north of the country, and has committed numerous attacks in the region and in the center of Nigeria against Christian communities and moderate Muslim leaders. With about 170 million people in more than 200 integrated tribal, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, suffers multiple voltages for its profound political, religious and territorial.

The world record skydiving nearly 39,000 meters! crossed the sound barrier


The Austrian Felix Baumgartner broke the world record skydiving nearly 39,000 meters! According to a spokesman for Red Bull, he even crossed the sound barrier, which is a first. He did it! Felix Baumgartner entered history by being the first man to make a skydive over 39,000 meters and cross the sound barrier. At this distance, the Austrian lunged to conquer his extraordinary human challenge. A bet that is a dream of all astronauts world and realized that the parachutist Sunday in New Mexico. After a rise in altitude during 2:10 to reach 36 km, Baumgartner has stabilized for about ten minutes before finally leaving his capsule after 2:37 minutes for a descent that lasted nine minutes and three seconds, 4 minutes 44 seconds after the Austrian opened his parachute above the desert of New Mexico. During this descent, the adventurer reaches a top speed of 1,100 km / h from a spokesman for Red Bull, Sarah Anderson, he crossed the sound barrier after a few tens of seconds and was then open his parachute after a total of 4 minutes 19 seconds of freefall. It reached a maximum speed of 1137 km / h, which is a first. Baumgartner's feat was followed by seven million users. Reached the programmed altitude after a long checklist, he jumped into the empty head forward and reached its maximum speed fairly quickly after a few tens of seconds. He then opened his parachute and landed safely, quickly joined by members of his team by helicopter. During its descent, Felix Baumgartner also broke two other world records: the highest altitude reached by a man in a balloon, and the record for the highest skydive, held since 1960 by a former colonel in the Air Force American Joe Kittinger (which jumped from 31,333 m). Let your guardian angel taking care of you , "he said before the jump Kittinger, who was part of the Red Bull Stratos. The Austrian, trained for five years for jump risky. The greatest danger for him to lose control and start rotating on itself, resulting in a loss of knowledge that could be fatal. The strength of his pressure suit was also essential. Red Bull Stratos mission, with a staff of 100 people, also hoped with this jump, contribute to medical research in aeronautics, for possible future astronauts and space tourists.