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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Chelsea: An offer of € 60m for Falcao?


More than ever the club Chelsea is determined to offer the services of striker of Atletico Madrid Radamel Falcao. According to various English sources, Chelsea would consider making an offer to Atletico Madrid this winter for the signature of Radamel Falcao. This offer would be $ 60 million. Since last summer, and his hat-trick against the Blues performed by European Super Cup, Radamel Falcao included in the papers of the London club's owner, Roman Abramovich. This time it is the Russian businessman who has taken over the file to make it work.

BURMA | Vilencia senctaria between Muslims and Buddhists Tragedy tests Rohingya

The NGO Human Rights Watch has urged the Burmese government to stop "immediately" the resurgence of sectarian violence that spans western Burma between Muslims and Buddhists which has caused at least 67 deaths in less than a week. The international organization has published satellite photos where you can see the complete destruction of a neighborhood in the city of Kyaukpyu , where the population resided in the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group . In the snapshots can be counted more than 800 buildings destroyed and houseboats. "Unless the authorities begin to address the root causes of this violenci to, only this conflict is likely to get worse, "he said in a statement Phil Robertson , deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia.

Government figures

State television reported last night that the Government had revised down the estimated death toll since unrest regrowth on Sunday to leave at 67 dead, 95 injured and nearly 3,000 homes destroyed. Spokesman Rakhine State (formerly Arakan), Win Myaing , where clashes occur, initially recorded in 112 deaths among Muslims and Buddhists. In an attempt to contain the clashes, officials kept the curfew in the village of Mrauk U and Minbya , the two places where the violence began then spread to other locations in this region located about 600 kilometers northwest Yangon , the former Burmese capital. The official spokesman said the central government had given the troops the order of the day and night patrolling six locations and dissolve through the use of force any public group consists of more than five people. The refugee agency UN said in a statement that at least 2,500 people of Rohingya have fled their homes in the region to go to the refugee camps in western Burma .

Stateless

These riots followed which broke out on May 28 in the same region and caused over several days at least 88 dead, most of the Rohingya Muslims. The trigger for that first wave of violence, during which 2230 houses were also destroyed and some 100,000 fled the villages, was the discovery of the body of a Buddhist woman raped and murdered by three Muslims. Some 800,000 Rohingya Muslims living in Burma , mostly in Rakhine, although authorities in this predominantly Buddhist country do not recognize citizenship and keep coming from neighboring Bangladesh. This community is not recognized stateless in Bangladesh , where some 300,000 Rohingyas are crammed into refugee camps.

Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez? Used for?


According to sources close to the couple the singer would be using this to further engagement on the crest of the wave, as published RadarOnline , speculating the possibility that  the relationship between Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber is a big deal and not a romance teenager. The former Disney star Canadian singer would be using because it is "good for his image," as reported by a source close to this U.S. site, while the young man could be living themselves deceived because he is in love. "The relationship Selena and Justin is not the fairy tale romance that make them believe his fans," this source said, "the heart of  Justin 's in love with  Selena  because she is his first true love, but it is only with because he knows he's good for his image. " RadarOnline  also reports that the environment  Gomez  has been pressuring the girl to keep her relationship with Bieber because it gives more opportunities for your career and both are a good brand. However, this relationship could be on the brink of the precipice, and she was thinkingwhether to continue or not with Justin Bieber after over a year of relationship.

Washington and London studying share military bases against Iran


United States is negotiating with the use of UK military bases to supply British air forces in the event of an attack on IranThese efforts, made ​​informally by U.S. diplomats, be framed within a"contingency plan" of the United States to bomb the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic. However, the British government would have preferred to slow down the negotiations , arguing that the use of three military bases, one in Cyprus, and the other two on Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean, and Diego Garcia, Indian-violate international law, revealed this Friday 'The Guardian'. "UK could be breaking international law if it makes what would be apreemptive strike against Iran ", said the British newspaper a senior official. "It is explicit, the government has been using this argument to push back to the U.S.," he added. Other sources consulted by the newspaper said that there is no formal request, and denied that they are accelerating plans to attack Iran, or that the conflict is imminent . "It is very likely that if the Israelis decide to attack Iran, or the Americans feel they have to do to support Israel, the UK would not be anything in advance , "the same source added.

Official confirmation

The prime minister's office issued a statement yesterday confirming thatDowning Street "is working closely with the U.S. on the British bases," but "the government thinks that military action is not the right decision at this time. " The Prime Minister, David Cameron , last week called on Israel moderation , and said sanctions are having an impact on the Iranian economy. Both London and Washignton are opting for diplomacy and expand economic sanctions against the regime of the ayatollahs , but fears Iran Tel Aviv underground floors used to make atomic bombs, thus preventing its nuclear facilities are destroyed in bombing selective.

Eye on the U.S. elections

After the elections in the United States, the five permanent members of theSecurity Council of the UN , plus Germany, plan to submit a bid to lift some of the sanctions that paralyze the Persian economy in exchange for Tehran limit its reserves of enriched uranium . The 'New York Times reported last week that the United States and Iran had reached agreement, but both the White House and the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic denied the possibility of any bilateral negotiation. Iran has serious problems to refine and export oil and oil sales have fallen from 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in September 2011 to the 860,000 bpd in September this year, according to estimates by the International Agency Energy. Although the official Iranian press chooses to ignore the consequences of sanctions, thousands of Iranians took to the streets in September to protest against inflation and the collapse of the rial .

Photos from the world's most violent masterpiece


After a series of photographs that were published in  the social network, the authorities of a kindergarten in the Chinese province of Zhejiang decided to dismiss the charge of abuse of students.

This is Yanhong Yan , 20, who subjected the small 3 to 4 years to the worst humiliation in front of their classmates bank.


The height of the "torture" aroused indigación of the community was when a picture showed Yanhong holding aloft the ears to one of his 'victims' children.
















Provincial officials ordered the kindergarten to fire the teacher, while legal action initiated by his behavior, as confirmed by the British newspaper The Sun.
















In total, would be more than 700 photographs that commit to teaching. In some of them you can see how gagged and tied the hands of small tape.

The information was also reproduced by  China Daily, which reports that when asked about why he caused such humiliation in children, Yanhong only merely replied: " For fun".

Malala: is it really a hero at age 15?


The young Pakistani blogger became famous worldwide. But is this a good idea? It is built into heroin. Malala Yousafzai, a young blogger 14 years that the Taliban tried to kill on Oct. 9 , has become a national icon in Pakistan but also the symbol of resistance against extremism, everywhere in the world. But is it desirable, above all, Malala wants it really?
A modern version of Joan of Arc
The father of this young 15 year old girl was pleased to see his country finally respond to the oppressor. "When she [Malala] fell, Pakistan has risen and the world too. This was a turning point," said Ziauddin Yousafzai, arrived Thursday in the United Kingdom, where Malala is neat. But this notoriety she makes service young blogger? This is the question that arises columnist Andrew Keen, on the site of CNN"If we should all be horrified because the Taliban have done, we must also ensure that they do not, in our vulnerability, make this girl a" martyr-celebrity ", a kind of Jeanne d'Arc in modern times" he warns. The editorial goes even further by blaming the BBC hosted blog Malala and the father of the girl who erected the teen heroes. "Our image of an ideal childhood is that of a childhood free from all problems of the adult world," said Andrew Keen. For the columnist and writer, it is clear that children do not have to wear the fighting major.

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Five killed and 32 injured after a car bomb in southern Damascus


At least five people have died and thirty were injured in the explosion of a car bomb of great proportions in southern Damascus, as reported by a local television station. It seems that the explosion occurred near a playground enabled to celebrate the Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al Adha. Several buildings have been damaged. Syrian state television said that "a terrorist car bomb" had exploded in Daf al-Shok and there wounded, including children, and extensive property damage. Daf al-Shok is close distriro Nisreen, inhabited mainly by members of the Alawite sect of Bashar AssadSyrian state television has indicated that the death toll is provisional, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights spoke of "tens of victims." The opposition group General Commission of the Syrian Revolution (CGRS) has released a video, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, with horrific images of the explosion, which show how the facades of the surrounding buildings have collapsed in the magnitude of the outbreak . According to this group, most of the victims of the blast were children .
Without respecting the truce
Both the Army and the rebels had agreed to a truce during the Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al Adha, which will last four days.However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the ceasefire did not last three hours. Besides the car bombing, three people died in Harasta, on the outskirts of Damascus, by army gunfire and snipers. There were also clashes in the city of Maarat to Numan, in the province of Idlib and in Homs, which left at least 10 dead, according to the Local Coordination Committees. The fighting in the town of Idlib began when fighters tried to storm a military base , it was said. Among the fighters in Idlib are members of the terrorist group Al Qaeda Front near Al Nusra, which rejects ceasefire. There was also an incident in the southern province of Daraa , where security forces fired on demonstrators, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Three people were injured.

Around 40 killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan


At least 40 people have died and more than forty injured this morning in a brutal attack on a mosque in the city of Maymana in Faryab province in northern Afghanistan, officials said. The house of worship was crowded because today we celebrate the Islamic festival of sacrifice in Afghanistan, and a large number of worshipers had come to pray. Some of the casualties are police and Afghan secret services, and among the wounded would find himself provincial police chief and Governor of Faryab, but not seriously injured. Faryab is a province which borders on the north of Badghis, where the bulk of the intended Spanish contingent in Afghanistan. In September,Norwegian troops who had been deployed in Faryab since 2005, withdrew from the province and since then security has deteriorated at top speed in a few weeks. Faryab destabilization could affect Badghis. The attack occurred at half past nine, two hours less on the Peninsula.Some witnesses explained that the suicide bomber was wearing a belt with explosives detonated at the end of the sentenceFour controls of Afghan police guarded the entrance of the mosque and it is unknown how the terrorist could circumvent the police cordon and enter the hall. The vice governor of Faryab, Abdul Satar Barez , justified himself insurgent wearing a police uniform and that this could cause confusion. The insurgency has been used on many occasions this year the strategy to infiltrate the Afghan security forces, both the army and the police, posing as soldiers or agents. In fact, now that it has become the main threat of international troops. Just yesterday, the Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar , called for his militia to "increase" their infiltration into the Afghan forces with the aim of attacking foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan.

Berlusconi: "This country becomes uncivil and barbaric"


Silvio Berlusconi broke out after the sentence of four years imprisonment dictated against Milan Criminal Court on charges of tax fraud in the acquisition of television rights for audiovisual empire Mediaset's sentence was reduced to one year under an amnesty 2006. It is a political condemnation, unbelievable and intolerable .'s undoubtedly a political sentence, as politicians are many lawsuits that have been invented on me, "said the businessman in one of the TV stations it owns. "I know you can not go on like this. Must do something. When you can not count on the fair trial in a country, this country becomes uncivil, barbaric, uninhabitable and ceases to be a democracy . Sadly, Today our country is well , "said Berlusconi, who days earlier announced he will not run in the 2013 electionsThe former prime minister said the ruling is the confirmation of a " real and true judicial persecution , the use of the courts for political purposes . " In addition, the charge defined as totally "unrealistic" and said their lawyers considered "impossible sentence in this process." In addition to the prison term, Berlusconi is prohibited for three years (once the judgment becomes final) performance fees in legal entities and enterprises and contact with the public, and for four years to carry out some and type of tax assistance for five years to hold public officials . You must also pay, provisionally,  euro 10 million Italian tax .

Violence between Buddhists and Muslims killed more than 100 in riots in Burma

For days there is violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Burma.Join more than 100 people were killed. The riots are now available for the opposition under Aung San Suu Kyi to the problem. 
The prolonged for days of violent clashes between Buddhist and Muslim ethnic groups are reported to authorities in the west of Burma since 112 people were killed.Moreover, in Rakhine State nearly 2,000 houses were burned, such as government agencies announced on Friday.  More than 70 people, including ten children, were injured in the riots that take place between the communities of Buddhist Rakhine and the Rohingya Muslim. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the government of Burma because of the "deeply disturbing" violence to "work to take urgent necessary steps to regain control of lawlessness to be." In a statement by President Thein Sein, which was published on Friday in the state-owned newspaper "Myanma Ahlin" warned against the consequences of the riots. "As the international community closely watching the process of democratization, such disturbances can tarnish the image of the country". Police and army would try to establish peace and security again, the report said. Moreover, being taken against any individual or organization, "the attempt to reignite the unrest."His foundation, the conflict in the status of the Rohingya. Although many of them have lived for several generations in Burma, they are in many places more than strangers from neighboring Bangladesh, steal the scarce land. They still live mainly along the border with Bangladesh and are not recognized as a distinct ethnic group of Burma. A multinational state, there are a total of 135 Burmese ethnic groups. Back in June at such excesses were 90 people were killed and about 3,000 houses were set on fire. Tens of thousands of people are living in refugee camps ever since. The violence broke out after the men of the Rohingya minority have been accused of raping a girl from the ethnic group of Rakhine. The riots are not only a problem for the government of Thein Sein, but also for cooperating with it in the democratization Oppositonsführerin Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel Peace laureate has been criticized for not sufficiently related to the oppression of the Rohingya position to have.

The Sakharov Prize rewards two Iranian dissidents



The filmmaker Jafar Panahi and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to heavy penalties in their country, were appointed Friday by the European Parliament. It is a nudge to free thinkers of Iran, under increased pressure from the repression of demonstrations in the summer of 2009. In awarding this Friday, the Sakharov Prize "for freedom of the mind" to Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi, the European Parliament wanted to salute the bravery of these two Iranian dissidents. "We need to support these individuals against a state that has no respect for fundamental freedoms. That price is also not very clear to the Iranian regime, "was quick to declare Parliament President Martin Schulz at the end of the announcement. After making headlines in the international press, the "green wave" Persian born disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quickly overtaken by the winds of protest Arab Spring. However, neither the mass arrests of opponents, nor the repeated threats against their families have begun identifying supporters Iranian democratic change. Timidly courageously through letters written behind bars in Evin prison or films pieced together in a private room, the lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi has become the emblem of this "silent revolution" continues to challenge the regime in Tehran.

Hunger-strike

At 47 years, Nasrin Sotoudeh is serving a sentence of six years in prison for "endangering state security." In fact, it was his determination to defend prisoners of conscience and activists of human rights that the Iranian authorities are trying to make him pay. Proof of his courage, and despite serious concerns over his health, has recently started a new hunger strike to protest against his conditions of detention and the prohibition of visits from her children. Jafar Panahi, 52, was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2010 for having shown his support for Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mousavi. Released on bail, he was struck by a banned from leaving Iranian territory and making films in his country. Many restrictions that it is discreetly accommodated by making last year, a feature within the four walls of his apartment Tehran.Entitled "This is not a movie," his films made then travel to France on a USB key hidden in a cake to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. The Sakharov Prize announcement comes on the eve of a controversial trip by a delegation of MEPs from the left, from 27 October to 2 November, with the Iranian Parliament. According to Martin Schulz, this visit is not only the agenda, but it will also allow visitors to take the letters of congratulations to the winners of the Sakharov Prize. "If the Iranian authorities prevented a meeting with the winners of the European Parliament delegates immediately interrupt their journey and leave Iran," he warned.

Israel before the election


In Israel it is part of everyday politics that new parties are built from the ground and existing split or merge with others. The "big bang in the right," as Israeli media called the foundation of a great conservative-nationalist-populist-friendly settler movement of Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman, is now but a mystery. What the prime minister, who has led since the last election four years ago almost constantly in the polls considering moved suddenly, take the vessel to the swings, instead it safe to travel to the port? Yes, the country is easier to govern if there are fewer parties.And Netanyahu is in coalition negotiations will be less vulnerable to blackmail when a partner before the elections binds to take afterwards. But it does not look as if the maneuver to bring the right wing an overall increase in votes. And if Lieberman now practically jumps to second place of the super-Likud, which is a kind of appointment to Netanyahu's successor. With an at home and abroad such controversial figure in such a prominent place, a party that wants to be supportive attitude and to win a part of the broad middle, but does not live. Netanyahu would prove to himself and his country a better service if he would reach out for the elections to the sensor center parties, rather than to chain right now.