MONTEVIDEO .- The former president of Uruguay, Julio Maria Sanguinetti, said that the president of Venezuela, is urging action to Zelaya of resistance, to generate a civil conflict, ending in a civil war in Central America. It is what we prevent, he said in reference to actions of the international community. On the recent Mercosur summit, the current Uruguayan senator said that integration is in crisis by protectionist measures affecting trade partners in the bloc, but also by the impact of other regional projects, such as UNASUR. At the trial means that it has given up to Latin America, and being in a South American construction, that his trial does not mean anything, either politically or culturally and that their motivation is to push Mexico. The UNASUR seems a nonsense concept, an error, a reversal of the Latin American idea that we have built up over one hundred years, cultural and political decline, first, said Sanguinetti during an interview at Uruguayan television, in Key Policy of NuevoSiglo TV. Sanguinetti was head of state in this country for two periods (1985-90 and 1995-2000); was the first president of Uruguay after the dictatorship (1973-85) and then won the 1994 election of leftist leader Tabare Vazquez, who achieved ten years after the victory that led to the current government. » More: Sanguinetti harsh criticism of Chavez
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Sanguinetti harsh criticism of Chavez
July 31st, 2009Nigeria: Army chief killed by Islamists, fighting left 600 dead
July 31st, 2009On Thursday night, an AFP correspondent who visited the police headquarters in Maiduguri (north west), where the Islamist leader was captured, he could see his body. The naked body of Mohamed Yusuf, 39, had numerous bullet wounds. The requested and begged forgiveness, but was killed by bullet wounds, he told AFP a police Maiduguri , Borno State capital and stronghold of the Taliban. Shortly before the announcement of his death, police and government sources had indicated that Mohamed Yusuf had been captured. The spiritual leader has been captured by the army launched a raid on the house where he was hiding in Maiduguri, said a military source who asked not to be identified. Law enforcement had killed the number two of the Taliban, Shekau Abubakar, on Thursday morning along with 200 supporters as they tried to escape from Maiduguri, told AFP a police officer who requested anonymity. The fighting between security forces and radical Islamists in Nigeria, which left at least 600 killed since Sunday in four northern states (Borno, whose capital is Maiduguri, Bauchi,Kano and Yobe) Thursday stopped in the middle of the day in Maiduguri, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. troops bombed the stronghold for the night, and then fired with heavy weapons and light by Morning radical insurgents while trying to flee, witnesses and police sources said. We have taken their feud. they fled, but we are pursuing, said Col. » More: Nigeria: Army chief killed by Islamists, fighting left 600 dead
Secretary for Security discusses U.S. plans
July 30th, 2009NEW YORK (Reuters) – Secretary of National Security of United States, Janet Napolitano on Wednesday called for greater public participation in preventing terrorist attacks as part of a government strategy for Barack Obama to keep the country safe. The strategy involves a partnership with the local law enforcement agencies, the federal government and the allies of the country alongside the Americans in a common struggle, said in a speech to the Council of Foreign Relations. The anti-terrorism approach must be more complex, interconnected and tough to make more intelligent and adaptable, he said. Neapolitan requested civic consciousness and participation. For too long we have treated the public as a responsibility that must be protected instead of a value for the collective security of our nation, he said. You are aware that if something is wrong in their communities, as a suspicious package, an unusual activity, he said. We have a much greater chance of success if we strengthen our own networks by adding the talents and energies of all Americans, he said. » More: Secretary for Security discusses U.S. plans
European stock markets rise, Wall Street lower
July 30th, 2009In contrast, Wall Street fell after the figures of the industrial performance fueled fears that the U.S. economy not recover as quickly as many investors predicted. Prices of materials premiums dropped for fear that consumption is insufficient, the orders for manufactured goods fell more than expected and there was little demand in an auction of government debt instruments. The decrease in action was, however modest, and left virtually untouched by cattle as the main indicators of Wall Street in the good run that started in mid-July. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 26 points , 0.3%, to 9070.72 left. The Standard Poor #39; s 500 lost 4.47 units degrees, 0.5% to close at 975.15 and the Nasdaq composite index fell 7.75 points or 0.4% to 1967.76. The dollar ended mixed in other currencies and gold prices fell. The light crude with low sulfur concentration fell $ 3.88 to 63 , $ 35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading companies funded by United Kingdom gained 18.69 points (0.41%) , to close at 4547.53. The indicator of the DAX stock exchange in Frankfurt rose 95.58 points (1.9%) and ended at 5270.32, while the CAC-40 index on the Paris Stock Exchange advanced 34.65 points (1%) to 3365.62 . » More: European stock markets rise, Wall Street lower
Robert Gates discusses the U.S. military role in Iraq
July 29th, 2009The government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said al-Maliki and Gates talked about the weapons that would be paid more and weapons. It was a positive meeting, said al-Dabbagh . Gates said that the Americans thinking seriously about how to arm the Iraqi army and providing weapons and equipment. The Iraqi spokesman expressed hope that United States to facilitate the payment in installments in process of buying weapons. The (North) Americans will leave many weapons and equipment, he said. Gates did not talk about the issue of the weapons.
Last week in Washington, al-Maliki suggested that Iraq needs more support for their safety, request an extension of the military presence.
What happens beyond 2011 is an issue that should be left for late 2010 or 2011, Gates said at the news warrants. Gates congratulated the Iraqi security forces take over security tasks from the month past, a landmark U.S. plan for withdrawal to be completed in 2012. The two countries agreed on a time series of long and arduous negotiations last year. » More: Robert Gates discusses the U.S. military role in Iraq
United Kingdom forces withdraw oil Iraq, Kuwait will
July 29th, 2009Unfortunately, because of a delay in the proceedings, the Iraqi parliament has not ratified our agreement, said Jawwad Syed, a spokesman for the British embassy in Baghdad. Because the existing licenses expire on July 31, we are withdrawing from the Royal Navy coaches to Kuwait while discussing the position with the Iraqi authorities, he said. On Monday, the Iraqi parliament session adjourned until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, around September 20, leaving behind a mountain of legislation not passed, including the pact between Iraq and United Kingdom that allowed about 100 British soldiers remain in Iraq after a withdrawal date agreed in advance. Under the agreement, British troops would focus on helping the Iraqi naval forces to protect oil platforms valuable. According to another pact negotiated last year, Britain should withdraw its troops by June 30. United Kingdom, which sent 46,000 troops to the Persian Gulf to support the 2003 invasion led by the United States , had led his soldiers to the airport in the southern city of Basra, the Iraqi oil center, in 2007. » More: United Kingdom forces withdraw oil Iraq, Kuwait will
The Americans planned to kill Bush, toughened the sentence and sent into the chamber until the end of life
July 28th, 2009Arabsalim of Virginia Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in 2003 in preparation for the assassination of President George W. Bush, ITAR-TASS news agency.
judge of the city Alexandria (Virginia), Gerald Bruce Lee One has already announced its verdict in this case, sending Abu Ali in a prison cell for 30 years. However, in June 2008 Court of Appeals in Richmond, in response to a protest from the prosecutor's office, found the sentence too lenient.
Li, reading a new decision, that took into account the reluctance of Abu Ali repent and condemn terrorist activities by Al Qaeda, in which he came. He also rejected the statements of counsel, that the confessions of Abu Ali was broken by Saudi investigators. According to Lee, during the trial, held in Virginia, members of the jury, and then a judge of the Court of Appeal considered this issue and concluded that there is no reason to consider the recognition of Abu Ali, a confession involuntary. » More: The Americans planned to kill Bush, toughened the sentence and sent into the chamber until the end of life
Dead zone in the U.S. is smaller and severe this year: Government
July 28th, 2009WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, an area of low oxygen levels that threaten marine life, is smaller than expected this year, but more lethal, the government reported on Monday. The zone, caused by agricultural chemicals from farms along the Mississippi River, measures about 7,800 kilometers or about 1.5 times the size of the state of Delaware, area less than the estimates on the 13,680 miles, scientists said. Clearly the flow of excess nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural fields in the drainage basin continues to cause havoc to life in the Gulf, he told reporters Jane Lubchenco in a teleconference, in charge of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of United States. unusually strong winds and currents stir the water, giving oxygen and reducing the area to a smaller size of advance. However, Nancy Rabalais, scientific Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, said the area is more severe because the low oxygen levels are closer to the surface than in years Recent. The dead zone threat to Gulf fishing industries equivalent to about 3,000 million dollars a year. Now marine animals that normally feed near the seabed, including eels and certain types of shrimp and crabs are closer to the surface. The dead zone is caused by fertilizer and nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus used in land around the Mississippi, which in turn lead to the overproduction of small organisms such as algae in the Gulf of Mexico. » More: Dead zone in the U.S. is smaller and severe this year: Government
The EU has imposed additional sanctions on North Korea
July 27th, 2009EU extended sanctions against the DPRK. The decision was taken at the ministerial meeting of 27 community.
As ITAR-TASS news agency , according to the text of the final declaration, the EU Council confirmed the readiness for the introduction of the EU additional sanctions against North Korea, the possibility of a resolution by the Security Council United Nations, adopted after the nuclear test Pyongyang in May this year. » More: The EU has imposed additional sanctions on North Korea
Nigeria: 40 killed in riots between police and sect protaliban
July 27th, 2009These clashes erupted in the morning when police in the city of Bauchi (North), eponym of the state capital, prevented a planned attack by the sect the Taliban against a police post, a police source said. Awwal Isa, a nurse from the hospital in Bauchi, contacted by telephone, had told AFP that in total we received 42 bodies. At first received nine corpses. A few hours later we received another 33, said the nurse, stating that 32 of the 33 dead were members of the sect. He said that they were victims of Fighting between security forces and members of the #39, #39 Taliban, a sect that emerged in Nigeria in 2004. A local journalist interviewed by AFP spoke of a thirty killed. Men in the sect tried to attack a police stationon the outskirts of Bauchi and were repelled by police, told AFP a local police spokesman, Mohammed Barau. local journalists contacted by telephone by AFP said that there were 30 deaths, while a police spokesman Mohammed Barau, had shortly before that five members of the sect were killed. About 35 members of the radical movement, which emerged in 2004 in Nigeria and also known under the name Muhajirun wanted to take by assault on Sunday morning the police post Dutsen Tenshin, near Bauchi , Barau said to AFP. Our men were able to reject this attack on the Taliban and killed five members of the group during a firefight, he had told AFP, adding that the police looking for other members of the group who had absconded. » More: Nigeria: 40 killed in riots between police and sect protaliban