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es | La compañía anunció que planea ofrecer su sistema de mensajería instantánea a dispositivos sus competidores
Martes 14 de mayo de 2013
Redacción | El Universal
14:45 | es | Research in Motion planea lanzar el Q5 en los mercados en donde posee una presencia notable, como Latinoamérica y algunos países europeos.
La compañía norteamericana de tecnología presentó el pasado 14 de mayo el nuevo Blackberry Q5, considerado de gama media y enfocado a los países en donde la presencia de la marca Blackberry es más notable. El teléfono inteligente estará disponible en algunos países europeos, Latinoamérica, Asia, Oriente Medio y África.
El Blackberry Q5 incluye el sistema operativo , junto a un teclado y una pantalla táctil de 3,1 pulgadas. El dispositivo, que incorpora un de dos núcleos a una velocidad de 1,2 GHz y 8 GB de memoria interna, estará disponible en rosa, rojo y blanco. También dispondrá de una cámara de 5 , aunque su batería no es sustituible.
Además, la compañía también anunció el lanzamiento de una versión de su programa de mensajería instantanea para dispositivos con sistema operativo y . El servicio se ofrecerá sin costo a los usuarios de dichos sistemas operativos. |
es | Posee teclado físico QWERTY y pantalla táctil de 3,1 pulgadas
Blackberry ha presentado este martes el móvil «Q5», un nuevo smartphone «joven y divertido» con sistema operativo Blackberry 10. La empresa canadiense ha publicado un comunicado en su página web en el que hace oficial la existencia del móvil.
Destaca su teclado QWERTY físico «que da confianza, es divertido y atrevido». «Cada función, cada parte de BlackBerry Q5 ha sido fabricada para dar una experiencia rápida y sin esfuerzo que te permita moverte y explorar, crear y compartir», apunta el comunicado.
Comparte las mismas dimensiones que el Q10 pero está diseñado para ser vendido a un precio menor y está dirigido a un mercado más joven y viene en tres colores: blanco, rojo, y negro.
«Blackberry se emociona al presentar este nuevo Blackberry QWERTY, el Q5, dirigido a nuestros consumidores de selectos mercados alrededor del mundo», ha dicho Thorsten Heins, director ejecutivo de Blackberry.
«El Q5 da lo mejor de todo con su tecnología de Blackberry 10 y el teclado QWERTY físico. Es para los aficionados jóvenes que son apasionados, confiados y audaces, y hace que sea fácil para ellos que se diviertan, creen, compartan y estén conectados», ha señalado Heins.
El Blackberry Q5 tiene el teclado físico QWERTY, una pantalla táctil de 3,1 pulgadas. Hace unos días se había filtrado la existencia de un nuevo móvil de Blackberry que parece coincidir con el Q5.
En el comunicado oficial no mencionan otras características como la cámara o memoria RAM, pero según la información filtrada tendrá un cámara de 5MP (a diferencia del Q10 que tiene 8 MP), memoria interna de 8GB y memoria RAM de 2GB.
Se espera que el nuevo BlackBerry Q5 esté disponible desde comienzos de Julio de este año, en «selectos mercados» en Europa, Oriente Medio, África, Asia y América Latina. Aún no se conocen los precios pero se espera que sean más económicos que el Z10 y el Q10. | es | Research in Motion planea lanzar el Q5 en los mercados en donde posee una presencia notable, como Latinoamérica y algunos países europeos.
La compañía norteamericana de tecnología presentó el pasado 14 de mayo el nuevo Blackberry Q5, considerado de gama media y enfocado a los países en donde la presencia de la marca Blackberry es más notable. El teléfono inteligente estará disponible en algunos países europeos, Latinoamérica, Asia, Oriente Medio y África.
El Blackberry Q5 incluye el sistema operativo , junto a un teclado y una pantalla táctil de 3,1 pulgadas. El dispositivo, que incorpora un de dos núcleos a una velocidad de 1,2 GHz y 8 GB de memoria interna, estará disponible en rosa, rojo y blanco. También dispondrá de una cámara de 5 , aunque su batería no es sustituible.
Además, la compañía también anunció el lanzamiento de una versión de su programa de mensajería instantanea para dispositivos con sistema operativo y . El servicio se ofrecerá sin costo a los usuarios de dichos sistemas operativos. |
pl | Broń w domu każdego Polaka?
Targi broni w Houston, USA
Obywatelska karta broni – to jeden z pomysłów Andrzeja Czumy. Poseł przekonuje kolegów z PO do zgłoszenia ustawy w tej sprawie – dowiaduje się „Rz”
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W Platformie pojawił się pomysł rozszerzenia dostępu do broni palnej – dowiedziała się „Rz”. Wczoraj dyskutowali o tym członkowie prezydium Klubu PO. – Pojawiła się taka propozycja, ale nie znam szczegółów. Jesteśmy na etapie wstępnego zapoznawania się z projektem. W najbliższych dniach spotkam się z pomysłodawcą – mówi „Rz” Grzegorz Dolniak, wiceszef Klubu PO. Autorem pomysłu jest poseł Andrzej Czuma, szef komisji śledczej ds. ewentualnych nacisków na służby. Według naszych informacji wczoraj przedstawiał uzasadnienie do gotowego już projektu ustawy. – Miała miejsce taka dyskusja, jednak na razie uznaliśmy, że to byłaby rewolucja – mówi nieoficjalnie polityk PO obecny na posiedzeniu. – W tak ważnej kwestii to nie powinien być projekt poselski, lecz, jeśli już w ogóle, to rządowy – dodaje Waldy Dzikowski, wiceszef Klubu PO. Czuma chciałby, aby w Polsce, podobnie jak w USA, dostęp do broni był jak najszerszy. – Poseł Czuma mieszkał parę lat w Chicago. Byłbym bardzo ostrożny z realizacją tak ryzykownego pomysłu – komentuje poseł Janusz Zemke, szef sejmowej speckomisji. – Nie chodzi tylko o rozszerzenie, ale też o zwiększenie rygoru dostępu – tłumaczy Czuma. – Trzeba dać ludziom możliwość obrony przed bandytami. To może zapobiec przestępczości. W kraju takim jak Polska bandyta i tak kupi każdy rodzaj broni, a uczciwy obywatel nie może. Obecnie przepisy dotyczące posiadania broni reguluje ustawa z 1999 r. Czuma twierdzi, że prawo to jest niezgodne z regulacjami unijnymi, a Polska ma na dostosowanie swoich przepisów w tym zakresie 24 miesiące. Poseł chciałby przekonać kolegów z PO także do innych rozwiązań. Proponuje, żeby zamiast policji pozwolenia na broń wydawały organy administracji samorządowej – prezydenci miast, wójtowie, burmistrzowie. Jednak najważniejsza zmiana miałaby dotyczyć właśnie powszechnego dostępu do broni – każdy, z wyjątkiem przestępców czy osób chorych psychicznie, mógłby się starać o tzw. obywatelską kartę broni. W samej PO te pomysły wywołują kontrowersje. – Wydają mi się karkołomne – komentuje Jarosław Gowin, wiceszef partii. A co o nich sądzą eksperci? Generał Mirosław Gawor, były szef BOR, jest sceptyczny. – Nie mamy infrastruktury, dzięki której można by przeszkolić obywateli w posługiwaniu się bronią. Nie jest w stanie tego zrobić ani policja, ani wojsko – mówi „Rz”. Jego zdaniem nie ma potrzeby rozszerzania zakresu pozwoleń na broń: – Obecnie prawo dopuszcza ubieganie się o pozwolenie przez każdego obywatela. Jeszcze bardziej krytyczny jest generał Roman Polko. – Rozszerzanie dostępu do broni to głupi pomysł. Taka zmiana przepisów mogłaby spowodować, że pozwolenia trafią w ręce ludzi przypadkowych – mówi wiceszef BBN. – Pozwolenia powinna wydawać policja, bo ma doświadczenie w posługiwaniu się bronią. [ramka] W Stanach Zjednoczonych konstytucja zapewnia obywatelom prawo do noszenia broni. Według oficjalnych statystyk znajduje się ona w 35 proc. amerykańskich domów. W Europie najbardziej liberalne w tej sprawie są Finlandia i Szwajcaria. Zezwolenie na noszenie broni może uzyskać każdy obywatel powyżej 15 lat, ma ją 56 proc. Finów. W pozostałych krajach jej noszenie jest nielegalne, z wyjątkiem myśliwych i strzelców sportowych. Zanim w 1997 r. władze brytyjskie zakazały posiadania broni, ok. 57 tys. obywateli miało w domu co najmniej jeden pistolet. W Brazylii, jak w większości krajów Ameryki Południowej, posiadanie broni jest legalne, ale tylko we własnym domu. Szacuje się, że w tym kraju w rękach prywatnych jest 17 mln sztuk broni. Co roku ok. 38 tys. osób ginie od kul. [i]ryb[/i][/ramka] [i]Masz pytanie, wyślij e-mail do autorki: a.gielewska@rp.pl[/i] | pl | left
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Platforma Obywatelska planuje rozszerzyć dostęp do broni palnej. Informację o tym ujawnił dziennik „Rzeczpospolita”. Autorem i głównym orędownikiem idei broni w każdym domu jest poseł Andrzej Czuma. Ma on już gotowe uzasadnienie projektu, które przedstawił na wczorajszym prezydium klubu parlamentarnego swojej partii.
"Miała miejsce taka dyskusja, jednak na razie uznaliśmy, że to byłaby rewolucja" – poinformował nieoficjalnie jeden z polityków PO obecny na spotkaniu.
Czuma proponuje wprowadzenie „obywatelskiej karty broni”, dokumentu o który mógłby starać się każdy dorosły Polak. Jedynym wymaganiem przed otrzymaniem "karty" miałoby być potwierdzenie, że starający się o dokument nie miał problemów z prawem lub zdrowiem psychicznym.
"Pojawiła się taka propozycja, ale nie znam szczegółów. Jesteśmy na etapie wstępnego zapoznawania się z projektem. W najbliższych dniach spotkam się z pomysłodawcą" – stwierdził Grzegorz Dolniak, wiceszef Klubu PO.
Z nieoficjalnych informacji wynika, ze pomysł posła Czumy nie cieszy się całkowitym poparciem w klubie. W ocenie wiceszefa klubu parlamentarnego PO Waldy Dzikowskiego, projekt ustawy rozszerzającej dostęp do broni powinien być inicjatywą rządowa, a nie klubową.
"Poseł Czuma mieszkał parę lat w Chicago. Byłbym bardzo ostrożny z realizacją tak ryzykownego pomysłu" – powiedział Janusz Zemke.
"Nie chodzi tylko o rozszerzenie, ale też o zwiększenie rygoru dostępu. Trzeba dać ludziom możliwość obrony przed bandytami. To może zapobiec przestępczości. W kraju takim jak Polska bandyta i tak kupi każdy rodzaj broni, a uczciwy obywatel nie może" – tłumaczył Andrzej Czuma.
"Nie mamy infrastruktury, dzięki której można by przeszkolić obywateli w posługiwaniu się bronią. Nie jest w stanie tego zrobić ani policja, ani wojsko. Obecnie prawo dopuszcza ubieganie się o pozwolenie przez każdego obywatela" – stwierdził gen. Mirosław Gawor, były szef BOR.
"Rozszerzanie dostępu do broni to głupi pomysł. Taka zmiana przepisów mogłaby spowodować, że pozwolenia trafią w ręce ludzi przypadkowych. Pozwolenia powinna wydawać policja, bo ma doświadczenie w posługiwaniu się bronią" - komentował gen. Roman Polko. |
en | Flu viruses are constantly evolving
US scientists have found the 1918 virus shares genetic mutations with the bird flu virus now circulating in Asia.
Writing in Nature, they say their work underlines the threat the current strain poses to humans worldwide.
A second paper in Science reveals another US team has successfully recreated the 1918 virus in mice.
We are revealing some of the secrets that will help us predict and prepare for the next pandemic
Julie Gerberding
Seventh Indonesian bird flu death
The virus is contained at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under stringent safety conditions.
It is hoped to carry out experiments to further understand the biological properties that made the virus so virulent.
The virus was recreated from data produced by painstaking research by a team from the US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Lung tissue samples
Working on virus samples from the remains of victims of the 1918 pandemic, the researchers were able to piece together the entire genetic sequence of the virus.
They found the virus contained elements that were new to humans of the time - making it highly virulent.
And analysis of the final three pieces of the virus' genetic code has revealed mutations that have striking similarities to those found in flu viruses found only in birds, such as the H5N1 strain currently found in south east Asia.
This strain has so far killed at least 65 people.
Many experts believe it is only a matter of time before H5N1, or a similar strain, causes many deaths in humans - possibly after combining with a human flu strain.
Crucially, the mutations identified by the US researchers were found in genes which control the virus' ability to replicate in host cells.
The researchers say these mutations may have helped the 1918 virus replicate more efficiently.
At this stage, they say the H5N1 strain shares only some, and not all, of these mutations.
Increased virulence
But these mutations may be enough to increase the virus' virulence - and give it the potential to cause serious human infection without first combining with a known human flu strain.
The researchers believe the two other major flu pandemics of the 20th century - in 1957 and 1968 - were caused by human flu viruses which acquired two or three key genes from bird flu virus strains.
But they believe the 1918 strain was probably entirely a bird flu virus that adapted to function in humans.
Julie Gerberding, director of the US Centers for Disease Control, said: "By unmasking the 1918 virus we are revealing some of the secrets that will help us predict and prepare for the next pandemic."
And Dr Jeffery Taubenberger, lead researcher of the Nature study, said: "Determining whether pandemic influenza virus strains can emerge via different pathways will affect the scope and focus of surveillance and prevention efforts."
Warning
Professor John Oxford, an expert in virology at Queen Mary College, London, said the suggestion that the virus had the potential to jump between humans without first combining with a human virus made it even more of a threat.
"This study gives us an extra warning that H5N1 needs to be taken even more seriously than it has been up to now," he said.
Dr Terrence Tumpey, of the US CDC, defended the decision to recreate the 1918 flu virus.
He said: "We felt we had to recreate the virus and run these experiments to understand the biological properties that made the 1918 virus so exceptionally deadly.
"We wanted to identify the specific genes responsible for its virulence, with the hope of designing antivirals or other interventions that would work against virulent pandemic or epidemic influenza viruses." | fr | Des scientifiques étatsuniens ont recréé le virus de la grippe espagnole de 1918 grâce à la génétique inversée : ils ont prélevé des tissus de poumon de personnes décédées de cette maladie. Le virus est revenu à la vie et injecté dans des souris, il pourrait permettre aux scientifiques du ''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'' de comprendre pourquoi cette épidémie fut si mortelle en 1918.
Fâcheusement, ces scientifiques ont trouvé des mutations et des marqueurs génétiques semblables à ceux des virus de grippe aviaire. Ceci prouverait que le virus de la grippe aviaire peut muter pour se transmettre à l'homme, ce qui pourrait entraîner une pandémie mondiale basée sur la grippe aviaire asiatique. |
en | Security and conflicts
• In 2004 it became obvious that maintaining control over Iraqi territory would require capabilities other than high-intensity warfare and more manpower than in the technology-intensive phase of the war.
• Many of the conflicts that continue to produce the greatest number of deaths, casualties and suffering are wars of long duration. Far from soliciting more attention, their long-standing and recurrent nature tend to make them less visible internationally. Although the current international emphasis on the prevention of violent conflict is a positive development, it is worth considering whether the emphasis of policy and research should be directed at addressing the resolution of the world’s longest-standing major armed conflicts.
• Much of the current discussion of peace-building is focused on the macro level. What current operational experiences appear to illustrate, however, is that peace-building fails most often at the micro level, in the content and delivery of specific security, rule-of-law, economic, social and political reforms.
• Nationally led ‘coalitions of the willing’ of the kind that undertook the military actions in Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003) pose special challenges for parliamentary oversight, since the interstate component of decision making is not carried out through an established, transparent multilateral institutional process.
• Military expenditure by states in the Middle East is high and shows a rising trend since 1996. Conventional arms races are unconstrained, but developments related to weapons of mass destruction are the ones that receive international attention.
• Since the 1980s, the introduction of a more open economic model in most states of the Latin American and Caribbean region has been accompanied by the growth of new regional structures, the dying out of interstate conflicts and a reduction in intra-state conflicts.
Military spending and armaments
• In the new security environment, which focuses on insecurity in the South and greater global security interdependence, there is an increasing awareness of the ineffectiveness of military means for addressing threats and challenges to security and a growing recognition of the need for global action.
• World military expenditure exceeded $1 trillion in 2004. The USA accounted for 47 per cent of this spending.
• The combined arms sales of the top 100 arms-producing companies in 2003 were 25 per cent (in current dollars) higher than in 2002.
• China is almost completely dependent on Russia for its arms imports, but its relationship is changing from a recipient of complete weapons to a recipient of components and technology to be used in Chinese weapon platforms. There are indications that China is anxious to gain access to other than Russian technology, partly because that technology is becoming outdated.
Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament
• In April 2004 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1540, an instruction to UN member states that they must legislate nationally to introduce effective controls on nuclear, biological and chemical weapon proliferation-sensitive items. The resolution was adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, leaving open the potential use of enforcement measures by the Security Council against states failing to comply with this instruction.
• The controversies over the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programmes led to renewed interest in proposals for limiting civil uranium-enrichment and plutonium-reprocessing capabilities on a worldwide basis.
• A number of official inquiries into the handling of intelligence concerning Iraq’s weapon programmes, including how it had been interpreted or presented, published reports in 2004. The inquiries found a common theme that pre-war assessments were inaccurate and unsupported by the available evidence.
• Since Libya’s policy change it has become clear that it received considerable foreign assistance to procure sensitive nuclear materials, technologies and components as well as documentation related to nuclear weapon design. However, the relatively low technical absorption capacity of its scientific–industrial base meant that these ‘short cuts’ did not bring Libya appreciably closer to achieving a nuclear weapon capability.
• The NATO–Russia stalemate over the adapted CFE Treaty has lasted for over five years, but the second wave of NATO enlargement was accomplished despite Russia’s concerns. In Europe, the focus has shifted towards ‘soft’ measures and arrangements, such as confidence- and security-building measures for stricter control of small arms, surplus ammunition and landmines.
• International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance (INDA) is becoming a significant element of the wider anti-proliferation effort. To increase the effectiveness of this assistance, the efforts made by the G8 group of industrialized states were redesigned in 2004. Traditionally undertaken as a bilateral effort between the USA and Russia, the functional and geographic scope of INDA programmes is expected to expand in future to include projects in a wider range of countries, cover new types of sensitive material and undertake projects in new countries.
• In 2004 the EU reviewed the instruments that have been used to create an effective and modern system for controlling transfers of both conventional weapons and dual-use items. As a result of these reviews. revisions will be made to both the arms and dual-use export control systems of the EU.
• Over the years, the law of the sea has been adapted to changed priorities. Today, the general rule of flag-state jurisdiction has yielded to the universal interest of combating the slave trade, piracy and drug trafficking. In future, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction may also be added to this list. | en | AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface tactical missile developed in the United States. According to the report, almost half the world's military spending is by the United States.
According to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), total world military spending was $1.35 trillion in 2004. The institute says that this is just 6% off the all time record, set in 1987 at the end of the Cold War. However this record could soon be shattered as spending jumped 5% last year alone.
In a stark example of the huge amount spent on the military by the United States, SIPRI revealed that almost half of all spending is by the US, $455bn or 47% to be exact. This figure is greater than the ''combined'' spending of the next 32 heaviest spenders. US spending on its armed forces now stands at 3.9% of its GDP, less than the 6% during the Cold War, but more than the 3% reported the previous year.
The top five spenders in 2004 were as follows:
# United States of America
# United Kingdom
# France
# Japan
# China |
en | The US "war on terror" is the main driver behind the spending boost
A study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) found that countries around the world spent $162 on weapons for each person alive.
The US alone accounted for 47% of the global total, mainly because of soaring spending on its "global war on terror".
Arms companies were benefiting from the demand, with sales at the top 100 firms up 25% in 2003 on the year before.
The pace of mega-mergers in the arms trade in recent years had slackened, Sipri said, but had left major military suppliers comparable in size and influence to top multinational corporations.
Driven by the US
According to the 2005 yearbook published by Sipri, a well-respected think-tank on war and peace studies, the total spending on weapons in 2004 grew 8% to $1.035 trillion - the highest dollar value yet.
The main explanation for the current level of... world military spending is the spending on military operations abroad by the US
Sipri 2005 yearbook
Adjusted for inflation, the figure falls just 6% below the all-time peak of spending in 1987-88, the last gasp of the Cold War.
The US was the primary driver behind the 2004 growth as the massive budget allocations on fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and rearmament elsewhere were spent.
In all, its extra spending on the "war on terror" between 2002 and 2004 - some $238bn - exceeded the combined military spending of the developing world including China.
"The main explanation for the current level of, and trend in, world military spending is the spending on military operations abroad by the US and to a lesser extent its coalition partners," the report said.
But other countries too were rearming rapidly, notably in the Middle East.
China and India were key recipients of conventional weapons in 2004, Sipri found. Both relied extensively on Russia as a supplier, but were now keen to diversify their spending.
Long-running wars
The report went beyond military spending to look at trends in military activity and warfare.
China is keen to look further afield to boost its forces
It identified 19 conflicts which had cost more than 1,000 lives in 2004. All but three - against Al-Qaeda, in Darfur and in Iraq - were more than a decade old, Sipri said.
The institute also noted the perception that unilateral action was overtaking multi-nation measures to deal with global security issues.
"Many actions of the USA and other 'northern' powers since 2001 seem rather to have polarised attitudes further" in the face of transnational threats," the report said.
But it also noted that many other states were seeking to pool sovereignty or work through systems of international regulation - and the limitations the US experienced in working in Iraq without institutional backing.
"It would be hasty to assume that the unilateral rather than the multilateral approach to wielding power will shape the globe's future," the report said. | en | AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface tactical missile developed in the United States. According to the report, almost half the world's military spending is by the United States.
According to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), total world military spending was $1.35 trillion in 2004. The institute says that this is just 6% off the all time record, set in 1987 at the end of the Cold War. However this record could soon be shattered as spending jumped 5% last year alone.
In a stark example of the huge amount spent on the military by the United States, SIPRI revealed that almost half of all spending is by the US, $455bn or 47% to be exact. This figure is greater than the ''combined'' spending of the next 32 heaviest spenders. US spending on its armed forces now stands at 3.9% of its GDP, less than the 6% during the Cold War, but more than the 3% reported the previous year.
The top five spenders in 2004 were as follows:
# United States of America
# United Kingdom
# France
# Japan
# China |
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Report: World military spending tops $1T in 2004 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Global military spending in 2004 broke the $1 trillion barrier for the first time since the Cold War, boosted by the U.S. war against terror and the growing defense budgets of India and China, a European think tank said Tuesday. Led by the United States, which accounted for almost half of all military expenditure, the world spent $1.035 trillion on defense, equal to 2.6% of global gross domestic product, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said. Besides its regular defense budget, the United States has allocated $238 billion since 2003 to fight terrorism, according to the report. "These appropriations are now assuming extraordinary proportions," said SIPRI researcher Elisabeth Skons, who co-authored the organization's annual report. Adjusted for inflation, the figure for global military spending in 2004 is only 6% lower than its Cold War peak in 1987-1988, Skons said. Total military expenditure grew 6% in 2004 over the previous year, in line with an average annual increase since 2002, the institute said. South Asia, northern Africa and North America made the largest increases. In Western Europe and Central America, military spending fell. But the report said the figures might be on the low side as countries are increasingly outsourcing services related to armed conflicts, such as military training and providing logistics in combat zones, without classifying them as military expenditures. Such outsourcing has more than doubled in the last 15 years, and was estimated to have reached $100 million during 2004, SIPRI researcher Caroline Holmqvist said. The researchers predicted it would double again from current levels by 2010. "This is a global phenomenon," Holmqvist said, adding it was difficult to provide exact figures. "This is an industry that is not largely regulated." As a region, South Asia saw the biggest rise in military expenditure, largely because India boosted its defense budget by 19% in a move that could provide a "real setback" to the country's attempts at ending a decades-long conflict with neighbor Pakistan, Skons said. "Just a few years ago, it looked like they would be able to reach a peaceful settlement," she said. "Now India has increased (military spending) again." The report is based on official national budgets in most cases, and independent studies for countries like China, where, Skons said, "it's obvious that the official figures are very wrong." The government-funded institute estimated that China increased it defense budget by about 10% in 2004, to $35.4 billion — a figure that is about 70% above the government's official figure, Skons said. Petter Stalenheim, co-author of the report, said India's large increase in military spending might be a way of challenging neighbor China as the supreme power in Asia but there was little sign of a growing arms race between the countries. "Objectively, you can see that both India and China are increasing their military expenses by a rather large percentage," Stalenheim said. "But at the same time, neither one says they're directed toward each other." The report also said China, which traditionally imported military equipment from Russia, is increasingly turning to other countries. "(China) is very much dependent on Russia, and being dependent is not something that any country would like," SIPRI researcher Siemon Wezeman said. "What their wish would be is to become an independent producer of everything they need." However, it may take as long as 50 years for China to catch up with the West in arms production, he said. The United States accounted for 47% of all military expenditure while Britain and France each made up 5% of the total. In all, 15 countries accounted for 82% of the world's total military spending. The arms trade also grew sharply, with the top 100 makers of weapons increasing their combined sales by 25% between 2002 and 2003, the report said. Those companies sold weapons and arms worth $236 billion worldwide in 2003, compared to $188 billion a year earlier. The United States accounted for 63% of all arms sales in 2003, the report said. While conflicts in the Middle East were responsible for much of military spending, the rest of the world is also laying out more on security, the report said. "It's hard to put the United States in the center, or blame everything on the U.S.," said Alyson J.K. Bailes, the think tank's director. "Despite all the ongoing problems, the state of world security is a great deal better than it was in the Cold War," Bailes said. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | en | AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface tactical missile developed in the United States. According to the report, almost half the world's military spending is by the United States.
According to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), total world military spending was $1.35 trillion in 2004. The institute says that this is just 6% off the all time record, set in 1987 at the end of the Cold War. However this record could soon be shattered as spending jumped 5% last year alone.
In a stark example of the huge amount spent on the military by the United States, SIPRI revealed that almost half of all spending is by the US, $455bn or 47% to be exact. This figure is greater than the ''combined'' spending of the next 32 heaviest spenders. US spending on its armed forces now stands at 3.9% of its GDP, less than the 6% during the Cold War, but more than the 3% reported the previous year.
The top five spenders in 2004 were as follows:
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fr | L'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), structure intergouvernementale qui regroupe toutes les instances "ayant le français en partage", fête samedi son 40e anniversaire. A cette occasion, les organisateurs ont publié des chiffres optimistes: la langue française, que l'on dit souvent en déclin, ne se porte pas si mal. Le nombre de personnes la pratiquant est estimé à 200 millions, ce qui en fait, quantitativement, la 9e langue parlée dans le monde. Sur ces 200 millions, la moitié (96,2 millions) vit en Afrique et ce continent est, de loin, le principal réservoir de progression. | fr | Drapeau de la Francophonie, représentant les 5 continents
La Francophonie fête aujourd'hui ses 40 ans. En 1970, 21 pays créaient l'ACCT, devenue l'OIF en 2005. Elle regroupe aujourd'hui 70 États et 870 millions d'habitants, soit environ 13 % de la population mondiale.
Le président français Nicolas Sarkozy a déclaré que . . |
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The summer camp featured in the documentary "Jesus Camp," which includes scenes with disgraced preacher Ted Haggard, will shut down for at least several years because of negative reaction sparked by the film, according to the camp's director.
"Right now we're just not a safe ministry," Becky Fischer, the fiery Pentecostal pastor featured in "Jesus Camp," said Tuesday.
The documentary, which hit select U.S. theaters during the summer, portrays Fischer, 55, as drill instructor to a group of young evangelical children steeling themselves for spiritual and political warfare.
Led by Fischer, the children pray in tongues, as is common in charismatic strains of Pentecostalism; tearfully beg God to end abortion; and bless President Bush at a weeklong camp in Devils Lake, N.D.
Fischer has drawn fire from some corners for "brainwashing" the children. After vandals damaged the campground last month and critics besieged Fischer with negative e-mails, phone calls and letters, the pastor said she's shutting down the camp for at least several years.
"I don't think we'll be doing it for a while," she said.
Fischer lives in Bismarck, N.D., and is chief pastor at The Fire Center, a church devoted to children's ministry there. She has run the weeklong "Kids on Fire" summer camp, which is featured in the film, since 2002, with 75 to 100 children attending each year.
The documentary also includes scenes of Haggard, the evangelical leader accused of gay sex and drug use.
In one scene, directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady visit Haggard's 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. He tells the vast audience, "We don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It's written in the Bible."
Then Haggard looks into the camera and says kiddingly: "I think I know what you did last night," drawing laughs from the crowd. "If you send me a thousand dollars, I won't tell your wife."
Later, another joke for the filmmakers: "If you use any of this, I'll sue you."
The married, 50-year-old father of five admitted in a letter read Sunday to his followers that he was "guilty of sexual immorality." He has yet to address specific claims by a male escort that Haggard paid him for sex over the past three years.
Haggard also leads the audience in praying for President Bush to select a Supreme Court nominee who supports their beliefs (it would end up being Samuel Alito) and later brags about the rapid expansion of evangelicalism.
"It's got enough growth to essentially sway every election," Haggard says with a smile. "If the evangelicals vote, they determine the election."
Haggard has acknowledged that he paid Mike Jones of Denver for a massage and for methamphetamine, but said he didn't have sex with Jones and didn't take the drug.
He resigned last week as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents 30 million people, and was removed Saturday as leader of his own church.
For the last three years, Fischer has rented a campground in Devils Lake from the Assemblies of God, one of the largest national churches in the Pentecostal movement. But Fischer said she was asked not to return after vandals broke windows and caused $1,500 in damage at the campground in October.
Fischer said she has asked the distributors of "Jesus Camp" not to release the film in Bismarck because she fears for the safety of the 70 children who attend The Fire Center.
Grady, the co-director of "Jesus Camp," said the negative reaction to the film "has weighed a little heavy on our hearts."
"Not that we had anything to do with it, but [the campground] wasn't getting vandalized before the film and it was after it, and we need to acknowledge that," Grady said. | en | The evangelical Christian summer camp "Kids on Fire " featured in the documentary ''Jesus Camp'' will shut down for several years due to negative reactions to the film, negative e-mails, phone calls and letters. Many accuse camp leader Becky Fischer of "brainwashing" the children.
The documentary showed camp leader Becky Fischer acting as a "drill instructor" for young children preparing themselves for spiritual and political warfare. Fischer makes explicit comparisons between her camp and Islamist 'jihad training camps'. It also shows children praying before a photograph of President Bush.
The film included scenes with disgraced preacher Ted Haggard, who resigned his leadership of the National Association of Evangelicals after he was accused of having sex with a male prostitute and using methamphetamine.
Haggard has criticized the film as mocking the evangelical movement and for using his statement that "If the Evangelicals vote, they determine the election." The film makers responded that "Pastor Haggard is the only person in Jesus Camp who has a problem with how he was portrayed" and stated that they had been careful to avoid his more inflammatory and divisive comments. |
fr | JERUSALEM, ENVOYE SPECIAL. Juste après 23 heures, selon les sondages de sortie d'urnes, le parti fondé par Ariel Sharon remportait entre 29 et 31 députés. Le parti travailliste se maintenait entre 20 et 22 mandats. C'est la déroute pour le Likoud qui passe de 40 à 11-12 sièges.
Jérusalem, envoyé spécial
La victoire annoncée d'Ehud Olmert, tête de liste de Kadima (En avant !) est courte. Bien plus courte que ne le laissaient présager les sondages ces derniers jours. Les sondages sorties des urnes des 3 grandes chaînes de télévision lui attribuaient entre 29 et 32 députés, qui suffisent à son chef pour former une coalition gouvernementale, pour laquelle il a été déjà mis en place une équipe de négociateurs. Son allié immédiat, Amir Peretz, qui se voit créditer de 20 à 22 mandats à réussi à redresser une situation compromise à la fois par sa propre prestation en début de campagne, la désertion de nombre de membres du parti travailliste, en raison de son origine marocaine, et du passage à Kadima de transfuges comme Shimon Pérès ou Haïm Ramon, « l'inventeur » du « big bang » politique qui a permis la formation de la liste Kadima.
Les deux autres triomphateurs de cette consultation sont l'un, attendu, Israël béténou (Israël, notre foyer), le parti d'Avigdor Lieberman, qui recrute essentiellement dans les rangs des Russes. Ses quelque 12 à 14 députés lui offrent une réelle force. Et surtout, il surpasse le Likoud. Le second, improbable, est celui de la liste des retraités, entre 6 et 7 sièges, dont le dirigeant est un ancien responsable des services de sécurité, Raphy Eytan. Il appartient à cette figure politique récurrente du suffrage proportionnel d'Israël : une catégorie marginale affirmant, haut et fort, ses intérêts, à la faveur d'une consultation. Au demeurant, de nombreux jeunes, désireux d'exprimer leur désaveu du jeu politique habituel ou une forme d'opposition ironique, ont voté pour une liste qui défend leurs grands-parents.
Le grand perdant est le Likoud, qui trébuche de 40 mandats à 11-12 sièges. Le parti qui, depuis 1977, a dirigé la vie d'Israël, l'exception des mandats d'Ytshak Rabin et d'Ehud Barak, auquel Ariel Sharon a offert deux victoires successives et qu'il a quitté, se disloque, tout comme son dirigeant, Benyalmin Nétanyahou, devra en rabattre de ses prétentions à diriger le «camp national».
Enfin, le fait majeur de ce scrutin est le faible taux de participation, le plus bas de l'histoire du pays: 63%. Toute la journée, les chefs de partis ont rameuté leurs électeurs. Kadima a envoyé des centaines de milliers de SMS pour appeler à voter. De même, des militants de ce parti se sont rendus aux urnes pour expliquer aux russophones la différence entre les homophones Ken (Oui) inscrits sur les bulletins de Kadima et le Ken (Nid) de la «Feuille verte» (pour la légalisation du cannabis).
La déclaration d'Ehud Olmert, quelques jours avant le scrutin, selon laquelle «d'ores et déjà, les résultats sont bouclés» n'a pas peu fait pour dissuader les électeurs de se déplacer pour voter en sa faveur. Devant le faible taux de participation, le président de l'Etat, Moché Katsav, comme la présidente de la Commission électorale centrale, la juge Dorit Beinish, ont appelé les électeurs à «accomplir leur devoir démocratique». Selon le professeur Avraham Diskin de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem, chargé d'organiser un sondage sortie des urnes pour la Commission électorale centrale, à partir de 406 urnes, cette abstention «témoigne d'un phénomène de distanciation et de manque de confiance à l'égard du processus électoral et de la démocratie» de la part des citoyens. | fr | Ehud Olmert
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Les Israéliens sont appelés aux urnes pour des élections législatives afin d'élire un nouveau parlement. Cette élection se déroule dans un climat incertain où Ariel Sharon le premier ministre est toujours dans le coma et son successeur Ehud Olmert (premier ministre par intérim) traine dans son ombre. Olmert est le chef du parti Kadima (En avant ) qui réunit des anciens membres du parti du Likoud et du parti Travailliste. Les analystes politiques le qualifient de pantin qui suit les directives et la ligne du parti et les idées d'Ariel Sharon sans en avoir précisément. Les sondages le donnent pourtant gagnant.
Cependant, on note qu'à la mi-journée, 21% des électeurs se sont déplacés conte 24% au scrutin précédent.
Une explosion a blessé deux personnes dans le Néguev à 14h35. |
en | Advertisement But Pensioners party chief Rafi Eitan said Wednesday that Labor had no been in touch with him on the issue, nor had he heard of the initiative. He also expressed doubts that such a move would strengthen the Pensioners' position.
Party chairman and No. 3 on the party's list, Moshe Sharoni, fiercely criticized Labor over the matter.
"Shelly Yachimovich is lying," said Sharoni. "There have not been nor will there be contacts with Rafi [Eitan], or with [Pensioners' No. 2] Yaakov Ben-Yizri. They haven't spoken to any of us. What did Shelly think, that she is running the news on television? They are making things up."
Sharoni added that the party would not merge with Kadima or Labor, but would rather maintain its independence.
"We are in no one's pocket," he said. "With seven seats we don't need to join Labor. We didn't run in the elections to do that."
Speaking a day after Labor won 20 Knesset seats, coming second to Kadima's 28, sources close to Labor Chairman Amir Peretz noted that five out of the seven prospective Pensioners' Party MKs are union professionals, and say that Peretz should have an easy time finding common ground with them on social issues. Nevertheless, the sources said, the option of bringing the Pensioners' into the Labor Party as a faction is not up for consideration.
Meanwhile, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened senior Kadima officials Wednesday afternoon to discuss the results of the elections and set up a coalition negotiation team.
Olmert, who as head of Kadima seems set to become Israel's next prime minister, said he believes he has a high chance of forming a broad coalition government not dependent on single party.
Olmert expects to form a coalition with Labor, United Torah Judaism and the Pensioners. Shas will also probably be brought into the coalition. It is as yet unclear if Meretz and Yisrael Beiteinu will be invited to sit in the government.
Kadima's planning for a future coalition seems to reflect the fact that the party won far fewer seats than it had hoped, and that Shas and the Pensioners' Party did better than expected.
Olmert said Wednesday that Kadima would not give up any of the three senior portfolios - the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry or the Finance Ministry. But Kadima Minister Meir Sheetrit speculated earlier in the day that the party would have to yield one of the three, given the limited number of seats Kadima won.
Over at Labor, Peretz met Wednesday with party director-general MK Eitan Cabel and faction whip Ephraim Sneh to discuss the party's coalition negotiating team.
Labor sources told Haaretz that either Cabel or former justice minister David Libai will probably head the team, which is likely to consist of MKs Isaac Herzog, Yuli Tamir and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
In the coalition talks between Kadima and Labor, which began in an unofficial capacity Tuesday night, Peretz is expected to demand one senior portfolio, most likely the Finance Ministry.
Even so, the Labor leader could be willing to take the defense portfolio if he receives Kadima's promise to push through socio-economic legislation, including a hike in the minimum wage and universal pensions. A veto on the next state budget is also likely to be one of his conditions.
Sheetrit said Wednesday that it would be possible to form a government without Labor, and did not rule out the possibility of incorporating Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu into the coalition. He noted, however, that right-wing governments oppose Olmert's plan for unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank, giving them a slim chance of being invited into the government.
Kadima member Haim Ramon said Wednesday morning he expects the new government to be presented immediately after the Passover holiday, in mid-April.
Speaking to Israel Radio, Ramon said Kadima would be able to implement a withdrawal from the West Bank with the support of between 70 and 80 Knesset members. He added the Labor Party would be "a possible central partner" in the coalition and emphasized "social issues would not be a hindrance in coalition negotiations."
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Les Israéliens sont appelés aux urnes pour des élections législatives afin d'élire un nouveau parlement. Cette élection se déroule dans un climat incertain où Ariel Sharon le premier ministre est toujours dans le coma et son successeur Ehud Olmert (premier ministre par intérim) traine dans son ombre. Olmert est le chef du parti Kadima (En avant ) qui réunit des anciens membres du parti du Likoud et du parti Travailliste. Les analystes politiques le qualifient de pantin qui suit les directives et la ligne du parti et les idées d'Ariel Sharon sans en avoir précisément. Les sondages le donnent pourtant gagnant.
Cependant, on note qu'à la mi-journée, 21% des électeurs se sont déplacés conte 24% au scrutin précédent.
Une explosion a blessé deux personnes dans le Néguev à 14h35. |
en | Advertisement But Pensioners party chief Rafi Eitan said Wednesday that Labor had no been in touch with him on the issue, nor had he heard of the initiative. He also expressed doubts that such a move would strengthen the Pensioners' position.
Party chairman and No. 3 on the party's list, Moshe Sharoni, fiercely criticized Labor over the matter.
"Shelly Yachimovich is lying," said Sharoni. "There have not been nor will there be contacts with Rafi [Eitan], or with [Pensioners' No. 2] Yaakov Ben-Yizri. They haven't spoken to any of us. What did Shelly think, that she is running the news on television? They are making things up."
Sharoni added that the party would not merge with Kadima or Labor, but would rather maintain its independence.
"We are in no one's pocket," he said. "With seven seats we don't need to join Labor. We didn't run in the elections to do that."
Speaking a day after Labor won 20 Knesset seats, coming second to Kadima's 28, sources close to Labor Chairman Amir Peretz noted that five out of the seven prospective Pensioners' Party MKs are union professionals, and say that Peretz should have an easy time finding common ground with them on social issues. Nevertheless, the sources said, the option of bringing the Pensioners' into the Labor Party as a faction is not up for consideration.
Meanwhile, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened senior Kadima officials Wednesday afternoon to discuss the results of the elections and set up a coalition negotiation team.
Olmert, who as head of Kadima seems set to become Israel's next prime minister, said he believes he has a high chance of forming a broad coalition government not dependent on single party.
Olmert expects to form a coalition with Labor, United Torah Judaism and the Pensioners. Shas will also probably be brought into the coalition. It is as yet unclear if Meretz and Yisrael Beiteinu will be invited to sit in the government.
Kadima's planning for a future coalition seems to reflect the fact that the party won far fewer seats than it had hoped, and that Shas and the Pensioners' Party did better than expected.
Olmert said Wednesday that Kadima would not give up any of the three senior portfolios - the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry or the Finance Ministry. But Kadima Minister Meir Sheetrit speculated earlier in the day that the party would have to yield one of the three, given the limited number of seats Kadima won.
Over at Labor, Peretz met Wednesday with party director-general MK Eitan Cabel and faction whip Ephraim Sneh to discuss the party's coalition negotiating team.
Labor sources told Haaretz that either Cabel or former justice minister David Libai will probably head the team, which is likely to consist of MKs Isaac Herzog, Yuli Tamir and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
In the coalition talks between Kadima and Labor, which began in an unofficial capacity Tuesday night, Peretz is expected to demand one senior portfolio, most likely the Finance Ministry.
Even so, the Labor leader could be willing to take the defense portfolio if he receives Kadima's promise to push through socio-economic legislation, including a hike in the minimum wage and universal pensions. A veto on the next state budget is also likely to be one of his conditions.
Sheetrit said Wednesday that it would be possible to form a government without Labor, and did not rule out the possibility of incorporating Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu into the coalition. He noted, however, that right-wing governments oppose Olmert's plan for unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank, giving them a slim chance of being invited into the government.
Kadima member Haim Ramon said Wednesday morning he expects the new government to be presented immediately after the Passover holiday, in mid-April.
Speaking to Israel Radio, Ramon said Kadima would be able to implement a withdrawal from the West Bank with the support of between 70 and 80 Knesset members. He added the Labor Party would be "a possible central partner" in the coalition and emphasized "social issues would not be a hindrance in coalition negotiations."
Related articles:
With 99% of vote counted, Kadima wins 28 seats, Labor on 20
The nuts and bolts of the election process
Q&A; - Our experts answer your election questions
Election Analysis | fr | Ehud Olmert
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Les Israéliens sont appelés aux urnes pour des élections législatives afin d'élire un nouveau parlement. Cette élection se déroule dans un climat incertain où Ariel Sharon le premier ministre est toujours dans le coma et son successeur Ehud Olmert (premier ministre par intérim) traine dans son ombre. Olmert est le chef du parti Kadima (En avant ) qui réunit des anciens membres du parti du Likoud et du parti Travailliste. Les analystes politiques le qualifient de pantin qui suit les directives et la ligne du parti et les idées d'Ariel Sharon sans en avoir précisément. Les sondages le donnent pourtant gagnant.
Cependant, on note qu'à la mi-journée, 21% des électeurs se sont déplacés conte 24% au scrutin précédent.
Une explosion a blessé deux personnes dans le Néguev à 14h35. |
pt | Reverendo Moon durante sua festa de aniversário de 91 anos em fevereiro de 2011. (Foto: Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
Morreu neste domingo (2) aos 92 anos o líder religioso Sun Myung Moon, conhecido como reverendo Moon. Nascido na Coreia do Norte, ele era fundador da Igreja da Unificação. Ele estava internado num hospital próximo à sua residência, em Seul.
De acordo com a agência de notícias AP, Sun Myung Moon estava hospitalizado em decorrência de uma pneumonia. Ele deixa viúva sua segunda esposa e, ao todo, dez filhos.
O reverendo era fundador e presidente da Federação das Famílias para a Unificação e Paz Mundial, conhecida no Brasil como a Associação das Famílias. Em 2000, ele comprou o clube de futebol Atlético Sorocaba.
A Igreja da Unificação foi fundada por Sun Myung Moon em 1954 na Coreia do Sul.
Segundo a agência AFP, o movimento, famoso pelas cerimônias de casamento que reúnem milhares de casais, afirma estar presente em quase 200 países e reivindica três milhões de adeptos.
Terras no Brasil
No Brasil, Moon era dono de terras em algumas cidades do Mato Grosso do Sul, parte concentrada em Jardim, a 239 km de Campo Grande. O patrono da Igreja da Unificação chegou a ser investigado em uma CPI na Assembleia Legislativa de Mato Grosso do Sul em 2002. Na época, a igreja já havia comprado cerca de 80 mil hectares para suas instalações.
Foram oito audiências, em que prestaram depoimento membros da comunidade e funcionários e pessoas que haviam vendido as terras. Informações da Polícia Federal encaminhadas à Assembleia durante as investigações indicavam que o patrimônio da associação alcançava os R$ 300 milhões, ainda que um dos reverendos ouvidos pelos parlamentares tenha dito que os bens somavam aproximadamente R$ 60 milhões.
Atendendo a um pedido da CPI, o Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (Incra) fez uma vistoria nas fazendas da associação. A comissão foi encerrada em dezembro de 2002.
Foto de 14 de setembro de 2002 mostra o reverendo Sun Myung Moon e sua esposa Hak Ja Han Moon caminhando por um tapete vermelho em cerimônia no Manhattan Center de Nova York (Foto: Stephen Chernin/AP)
'Império de negócios'
A agência reproduz ainda uma informação do site de Moon, que dizia ter sido torturado e mandado para um campo de trabalhos forçados quando pregava na Coreia após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ele teria sido libertado quando os guardas fugiram com o avanço das forças americanas durante a Guerra da Coreia. Após vagar pela cidade de Busan, no sul, como um refugiado de guerra, teria construído a sua primeira igreja nessa região a partir de caixas de rações militares.
Já o obituário da AP lembra que a Igreja da Unificação envolveu-se em controvérsia em razão de suas estratégias para atrair fiéis. O texto diz que pais dos seguidores da seita nos Estados Unidos e em outros país mostravam preocupação de que seus filhos estivessem sofrendo "lavagem cerebral". A igreja teria respondido que diversas outras religiões haviam enfrentado acusações semelhantes nos períodos imediatamente posteriores às suas respectivas fundações.
Recentemente, contudo, a Igreja da Unificação "concentrou-se em erguer um império no ramo dos negócios", prossegue o obituário. O conglomerado inclui o jornal "Washington Times", o New Yorker Hotel, em Manhattan, a Universidade Bridgeport em Connecticut e ainda um hotel e uma pequena montadora na Coreia do Norte.
Além disso, foram adquiridos uma estação de esqui, um time de futebol e outros negócios na Coréia do Sul, bem como uma empresa de distribuição de frutos do mar que vende sushi para restaurantes japoneses nos Estados Unidos.
Em 14 outubro de 2009 casais de todo o mundo participam de uma cerimônia de casamento em massa organizados pela igreja da Unificação do reverendo Moon ao sul de Seul, na Coreia do Sul. (Foto: Lee Jin-man/AP)
'Visão'
O site oficial da Associação das Famílias para Unificação e Paz Mundial traz um texto que conta a origem do fundador da Igreja da Unificação. "Com a idade de 16 anos teve uma visão na qual Jesus lhe apareceu, enquanto orava na montanha, numa manhã do domingo de Páscoa", descreve.
"Jesus explicou-lhe que, originalmente Deus O tinha enviado para salvar todos os homens, mas que a sua missão na Terra tinha ficado incompleta devido aos seus contemporâneos não O terem recebido. De agora em diante era a ele, Sun Myung Moon, que incumbia para completar a sua missão inacabada."
De acordo com a AP, Moon explicou, em biografia publicada em 2009, por que a ideia de casamentos coletivos era fundamental à propagação de seus propósitos. "Casamentos entre pessoas de diferentes países e culturas são a maneira mais rápida de se conseguir um mundo ideal de paz", teria dito. "As pessoas devem se casar (...) com aqueles que consideram seus inimigos."
Ao longo da vida, o reverendo Moon cultivou boas relações com os ex-presidentes americanos Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan e George W. Bush, informa a agência. A despeito disso, ele passou 13 meses numa prisão nos Estados Unidos, entre 1984 e 1985, por evasão fiscal. | pt | Sun Myung Moon e a esposa Hak Ja Han.
Morreu na madrugada de 3 de setembro (hoje no horário Ocidental) aos 92 anos de idade em Seul (capital sul-coreana), , fundador da na qual se transformou em império multi-milionário e conhecido em casamentos em massa nas décadas de 70 e 80.
Informada pelos porta-vozes do reverendo, ele morreu na madrugada de segunda-feira e o anúncio da morte foi feito pela agência sul-coreana , confirmado por outro porta-voz do reverendo à AFP, informações confirmadas por seus porta-vozes. Moon, que tinha sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia, faleceu passadas às 2 horas de local de segunda-feira.
O reverendo Moon tinha sido transferido na semana passada do hospital St. Mary de Seul, aonde deu entrada em meados de agosto em terapia intensiva, para centro médico pertencente à Igreja da Unificação, no leste da capital sul-coreana. Na sexta-feira (31 de agosto), a igreja havia informado que seu fundador sofria do problema crítico nos órgãos vitais, que determinaram seu ingresso em terapia intensiva. Mas no sábado (1º de setembro) a situação de Moon piorou: os médicos informaram que ele tinha entrado "um estado irreversível de sua condição".
Um dos porta-voz que anunciou a morte, afirmou que mesmo com problemas de saúde, manteve os trabalhos. ''"Estava esgotado nos últimos meses, pois apesar de sua idade, viajou todos os meses aos Estados Unidos"'', explicou o porta-voz da Igreja da Unificação, confirmando a notícia da morte do reverendo. |
pt | Sun Myung Moon, o milionário sul-coreano que fundou a Igreja da Unificação e a transformou em um império multimilionário, morreu na Coreia do Sul aos 92 anos, anunciou a agência sul-coreana Yonhap, uma informação confirmada por seus porta-vozes.
Moon, que tinha sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia, morreu na madrugada deste domingo, informou um porta-voz do reverendo à AFP.
Na sexta-feira, a seita havia informado que seu fundador sofria de um problema crítico nos órgãos vitais, que determinaram seu ingresso em terapia intensiva. No sábado, os médicos informaram que Moon tinha entrado "um estado irreversível de sua condição".
O reverendo Moon tinha sido transferido na semana passada do hospital St Mary de Seul, aonde deu entrada em meados de agosto em terapia intensiva, para um centro médico pertencente à seita, no leste da capital sul-coreana. "Estava esgotado nos últimos meses, pois apesar de sua idade, viajou todos os meses aos Estados Unidos", explicou o porta-voz da Igreja da Unificação, confirmando a notícia da morte do reverendo.
Sul-coreano, Moon nasceu em uma família de agricultores em uma região que atualmente faz parte do território norte-coreano. O reverendo dizia que aos 15 anos teve uma visão de Jesus pedindo que completasse a missão interrompida pela crucificação.
Segundo trechos de sua biografia publicada em seu site pessoal, ele foi torturado e mandado para um campo de trabalhos forçados enquanto pregava na Coreia após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi libertado quando os guardas fugiram com o avanço das forças americanas durante a Guerra da Coreia.
Depois de vagar pela cidade de Busan, no sul, como um refugiado de guerra, ele teria construído a sua primeira igreja nesta região, usando caixas de rações militares.
Rejeitado pelas igrejas protestantes coreanas, Moon fundaria em 1954 sua própria congregação, a Igreja da Unificação. Atualmente é uma das maiores e mais controversas comunidades religiosas do mundo, sendo considerada uma seita em vários países.
A organização reivindica pregar em 200 países para três milhões de seguidores que se referem a Moon como "o verdadeiro pai" e o consideram "o único Messias da história humana".
Seus ensinamentos são baseados na Bíblia, mas com novas interpretações, e são considerados heréticos por algumas organizações cristãs. "A visão de Deus de Moon é essencialmente coreana, combinando xamanismo e padrões familiares confucianos ao modelo cristão", escreveu Michael Breen em seu livro, "The Koreans". "Seu Deus é o pai misericordioso que sofre em uma agonia solitária em um mundo de crianças más", explicou o autor.
O movimento é conhecido pelas cerimônias de casamento que reúnem milhares de casais. Seu vasto império econômico abrange os setores da construção, da educação, da alimentação, da engenharia e da imprensa. A organização possui, entre outros, o jornal Washington Times.
Em 1991, Moon se reuniu com o então líder norte-coreano Kim Il-Sung em Pyongyang. Fez negócios com a Coreia do Norte, através de uma empresa associada à seita, Pyeonghwa (Peace) Motors, que desde 1999 se dedica à construção de automóveis no norte da península.
O reverendo deixou 14 filhos, muitos dos quais trabalham em seu império. Hyung Jin Moon, o caçula dos homens, o sucedeu em 2008, então com 28 anos, à fente do movimento. | pt | Sun Myung Moon e a esposa Hak Ja Han.
Morreu na madrugada de 3 de setembro (hoje no horário Ocidental) aos 92 anos de idade em Seul (capital sul-coreana), , fundador da na qual se transformou em império multi-milionário e conhecido em casamentos em massa nas décadas de 70 e 80.
Informada pelos porta-vozes do reverendo, ele morreu na madrugada de segunda-feira e o anúncio da morte foi feito pela agência sul-coreana , confirmado por outro porta-voz do reverendo à AFP, informações confirmadas por seus porta-vozes. Moon, que tinha sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia, faleceu passadas às 2 horas de local de segunda-feira.
O reverendo Moon tinha sido transferido na semana passada do hospital St. Mary de Seul, aonde deu entrada em meados de agosto em terapia intensiva, para centro médico pertencente à Igreja da Unificação, no leste da capital sul-coreana. Na sexta-feira (31 de agosto), a igreja havia informado que seu fundador sofria do problema crítico nos órgãos vitais, que determinaram seu ingresso em terapia intensiva. Mas no sábado (1º de setembro) a situação de Moon piorou: os médicos informaram que ele tinha entrado "um estado irreversível de sua condição".
Um dos porta-voz que anunciou a morte, afirmou que mesmo com problemas de saúde, manteve os trabalhos. ''"Estava esgotado nos últimos meses, pois apesar de sua idade, viajou todos os meses aos Estados Unidos"'', explicou o porta-voz da Igreja da Unificação, confirmando a notícia da morte do reverendo. |
pt | Memória
Reverendo Moon morre aos 92 anos em Seul
Fundador da seita Unificação pela Paz Mundial, famosa por realizar cerimônias de casamento com milhares de casais, estava hospitalizado havia um mês
O reverendo Sun Myung Moon (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
O controverso líder religioso Sun Myung Moon, conhecido como reverendo Moon, fundador da seita Unificação pela Paz Mundial, morreu neste domingo, aos 92 anos, em um hospital de Seul, na Coreia do Sul. Ele estava hospitalizado desde o mês passado, depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia. Na sexta-feira, Sun Myung Moon apresentava disfunção crítica dos órgãos vitais e sua situação era considerada "irreversível" pelos médicos. A seita fundada por Moon ficou famosa pelas cerimônias de casamento que reúnem milhares de casais.
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Preso seis vezes, uma delas em 1985, nos Estados Unidos, por sonegação fiscal, Moon respondeu por crimes como tráfico de armas e aliciamento de jovens. Mas nada o abalava: proclamava-se o escolhido por Jesus Cristo para salvar a humanidade.
Aos 16 anos, quando ainda vivia na Coreia do Norte, onde nasceu, o reverendo dizia ter tido uma revelação. Jesus deu-lhe uma missão. Só o reverendo poderia ajudá-lo a terminar seu trabalho de salvação da humanidade. Caberia a Moon criar a família ideal e, a partir dela, a nação ideal, o mundo ideal. Por isso, os casamentos arranjados são comuns entre os seguidores de Moon. O reverendo determinava quem deveria casar com quem, e os casais recebiam as bênçãos dele e de sua mulher, Hak Ja Han Moon. O líder, acreditam, sabia o que era melhor para todos.
Brasil - Nos anos 90, Moon deu início a um ambicioso projeto no Brasil: transformar a cidade de Jardim, no Pantanal do Mato Grosso do Sul, em uma “Nova Coreia” – e inundou a cidadezinha a 270 quilômetros de Campo Grande com milhares de coreanos e japoneses. A chegada em massa dos orientais à pequena cidade causou toda espécie de estranhamento. Os seguidores de Moon foram acusados de estar na região para extrair órgãos de criancinhas e mandá-los para uma rede mundial de traficantes. Também corria a história de que o vinho servido na fazenda continha sangue do próprio reverendo. Ou que não se podia chegar perto dos coreanos, porque eles praticavam lavagem cerebral.
Bispos inconformados com a presença dos seguidores do norte-coreano enviaram carta ao então ministro da Justiça, Nelson Jobim, querendo saber se Moon podia fazer sua empreitada brasileira. Se não, que fosse embora. Era natural que a hierarquia católica se incomodasse com os seguidores de Moon. Para eles, a mãe de Cristo não era virgem nem o pai era José. O reverendo disseminava a ideia de que Maria foi visitar uma prima, Isabel, e lá conheceu o marido dela, Zacarias, que a engravidou.
O movimento de Moon afirma que evangeliza em cerca de 200 países e reivindica três milhões de adeptos.
(Com AFP) | pt | Sun Myung Moon e a esposa Hak Ja Han.
Morreu na madrugada de 3 de setembro (hoje no horário Ocidental) aos 92 anos de idade em Seul (capital sul-coreana), , fundador da na qual se transformou em império multi-milionário e conhecido em casamentos em massa nas décadas de 70 e 80.
Informada pelos porta-vozes do reverendo, ele morreu na madrugada de segunda-feira e o anúncio da morte foi feito pela agência sul-coreana , confirmado por outro porta-voz do reverendo à AFP, informações confirmadas por seus porta-vozes. Moon, que tinha sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia, faleceu passadas às 2 horas de local de segunda-feira.
O reverendo Moon tinha sido transferido na semana passada do hospital St. Mary de Seul, aonde deu entrada em meados de agosto em terapia intensiva, para centro médico pertencente à Igreja da Unificação, no leste da capital sul-coreana. Na sexta-feira (31 de agosto), a igreja havia informado que seu fundador sofria do problema crítico nos órgãos vitais, que determinaram seu ingresso em terapia intensiva. Mas no sábado (1º de setembro) a situação de Moon piorou: os médicos informaram que ele tinha entrado "um estado irreversível de sua condição".
Um dos porta-voz que anunciou a morte, afirmou que mesmo com problemas de saúde, manteve os trabalhos. ''"Estava esgotado nos últimos meses, pois apesar de sua idade, viajou todos os meses aos Estados Unidos"'', explicou o porta-voz da Igreja da Unificação, confirmando a notícia da morte do reverendo. |
pt | Reverendo Moon (Foto: EFE)
O líder religioso Sun Myung Moon, conhecido como reverendo Moon, morreu neste domingo (2) aos 92 anos. Nascido na Coreia do Norte, ele era fundador da Igreja da Unificação. Moon estava internado num hospital próximo à sua residência, em Seul.
Moon havia sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia.
A Igreja da Unificação foi fundada por Moon em Seul em 1954, com uma teologia vagamente baseada no cristianismo tradicional. Segundo a crença, Moon teria se encontrado com Jesus aos 16 anos de idade e, inspirado por ele, desenvolvido uma doutrina que prega o fortalecimento da família e do casamento e o trabalho como objetivos fundamentais do homem.
A igreja De Moon é lembrada principalmente por seus casamentos coletivos. Em 2002, o reverendo Moon casou cerca de 3.500 casais no estádio Olímpico de Seul. O matrimônio em massa teve pessoas de 186 países, muitas das quais haviam acabado de se conhecer.
Milionário, Moon era dono de império empresarial e financeiro que possui jornais, universidades, indústrias e empresas em diversos ramos de atividades. O conglomerado de Moon inclui o jornal "Washington Times", o New Yorker Hotel, em Manhattan, a Universidade Bridgeport em Connecticut e ainda um hotel e uma pequena montadora na Coreia do Norte.
No Brasil, onde a igreja é de Moon está presente, o religioso ficou conhecido por comprar cerca de 50 fazendas em Mato Grosso do Sul. Em 2000, o reverendo comprou o clube de futebol Atlético Sorocaba. Moon foi acusado pelo Ministério Público Federal de lavagem de dinheiro e ameaça à soberania nacional. | pt | Sun Myung Moon e a esposa Hak Ja Han.
Morreu na madrugada de 3 de setembro (hoje no horário Ocidental) aos 92 anos de idade em Seul (capital sul-coreana), , fundador da na qual se transformou em império multi-milionário e conhecido em casamentos em massa nas décadas de 70 e 80.
Informada pelos porta-vozes do reverendo, ele morreu na madrugada de segunda-feira e o anúncio da morte foi feito pela agência sul-coreana , confirmado por outro porta-voz do reverendo à AFP, informações confirmadas por seus porta-vozes. Moon, que tinha sido hospitalizado no mês passado depois de sofrer complicações em decorrência de uma pneumonia, faleceu passadas às 2 horas de local de segunda-feira.
O reverendo Moon tinha sido transferido na semana passada do hospital St. Mary de Seul, aonde deu entrada em meados de agosto em terapia intensiva, para centro médico pertencente à Igreja da Unificação, no leste da capital sul-coreana. Na sexta-feira (31 de agosto), a igreja havia informado que seu fundador sofria do problema crítico nos órgãos vitais, que determinaram seu ingresso em terapia intensiva. Mas no sábado (1º de setembro) a situação de Moon piorou: os médicos informaram que ele tinha entrado "um estado irreversível de sua condição".
Um dos porta-voz que anunciou a morte, afirmou que mesmo com problemas de saúde, manteve os trabalhos. ''"Estava esgotado nos últimos meses, pois apesar de sua idade, viajou todos os meses aos Estados Unidos"'', explicou o porta-voz da Igreja da Unificação, confirmando a notícia da morte do reverendo. |
en | Police: Gunman kills 7 at church meeting
Suspect then shot himself to death, chief says
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(CNN) -- A gunman opened fire at a church meeting in a Wisconsin hotel Saturday afternoon, leaving seven people dead or dying before killing himself, police said.
The gunman died from a self-inflicted wound at the scene; four other people also died at the scene, and three died at a hospital.
The shooting occurred in Brookfield, a community of 6,420 people about 15 miles west of Milwaukee.
Of those who were shot, the youngest victim was about 10 years old and the oldest was around 72, Brookfield police Chief Daniel Tushaus said.
Four people remained in hospitals.
None of the victims' names were released. They were members of the Living Church of God, an international evangelical denomination based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tushaus said police responded to a call from the Sheraton Hotel at 12:51 p.m. (1:51 p.m. ET).
"We quickly determined that a multiple shooting had occurred, and the suspect involved apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," the chief said. "There are no other suspects being sought at this time.
"The suspect is the person we believe is responsible for the shooting incident."
Tushaus said the gunman's motive was unknown, and he didn't know if the shooter, who used a handgun, targeted certain people.
Nine-year-old Bridget Healy of Chicago, Illinois, said she heard the shots.
"I just heard a woman screaming 'help.' Someone call 911. Somebody's shot," said Bridget, who said she quickly went to tell her mother.
"My biggest concern was the children. I didn't want them to see anything," Janet Healy said.
She said people moved quickly, and many were visibly upset. She said she approached two men who were crying and said, "I'm sorry." | en | Seven members of a church were killed by Terry Ratzmann, age 44, in Brookfield, Wisconsin March 12. After shooting eleven people, Ratzmann fatally shot himself. Four victims died at the scene; three others died at a nearby hospital.
There is no clear motive but police say that Ratzmann, a long-time member of the Protestant Living Church of God, may have been angered by the teachings of church leader, Roderick Meredith. Apparently, Meredith's teachings differed from those Herbert Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, of which the Living Church of God is a member. Armstrong died in 1986 and Meredith formed a splinter group of the faith which Raztmann joined shortly thereafter.
Church members said that Ratzmann, described as a loner, had been depressed since he was laid off as an engineering technician in 2002. He had been working occasionally at contract jobs since then and his most recent contract as a computer technician was scheduled to end March 25, a week before the shootings.
Mourners created a make-shift memorial outside the Living Church of God building in remembrance of the seven victims. |
en | China Campaigns For October Shenzhou
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2005
China plans to launch its next manned space mission in early October with two astronauts circling the earth for five to six days, state media reported Friday.
"The manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI will ... preferably be launched in early October," Sun Weigang, director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, told the China Daily.
The flight would be China's second manned space mission after Shenzhou V's successful launch in late 2003, carrying the nation's first man in space, Yang Liwei, for 21 hours.
Sun said two astronauts, chosen from 14 air force fighter pilots, will blast off in October. China will also launch two recoverable scientific and experimental satellites by the end of the year.
China's space program is still shrouded in secrecy with little known about the flights until days before a launch. But authorities have shown signs of more transparency since the success of its first manned space flight.
Yang Jun, director of the National Satellite Meteorological Centre, said China also plans to send another two weather satellites into space before the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 to improve its weather forecast.
A geo-stationary satellite, FY-2D, will likely be launched in 2006 while a polar orbiting meteorological satellite, FY-3A, is likely to go up in 2007, he said.
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China werde auch zwei wiederverwendbare Wissenschafts- und Experimentalkapseln bis zum Ende des Jahres in den Weltraum bringen. Weiterhin teilte der Direktor des National Satellite Meteorological Centre, Yang Jun, mit, dass man zwei Wettersatelliten zur Wettervorhersage noch vor den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2008 in Peking starten will. Der geostationäre Satellit „FY-2D“ würde möglicherweise 2006 ins All gebracht werden, der polare Satellit „FY-3A“ ist für 2007 vorgesehen. |
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Als erste Frau in Islands Geschichte hat Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir das Amt der Regierungschefin übernommen. Ihr Ziel ist die Bewältigung der Finanzkrise.
Die 66-jährige Sozialdemokratin, die seit 2002 mit einer Frau verheiratet ist, bezeichnete bei ihrem Amtsantritt am Sonntag als wichtigste Aufgabe die Bewältigung der auf der Atlantikinsel besonders massiven Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise. Bis Mitte April soll ein Parlamentsausschuss ein Weißbuch über Möglichkeiten für einen EU-Beitritt vorlegen. Während die Sozialdemokraten für ein möglichst schnelles Beitrittsgesuch eintreten, haben die Rotgrünen die Mitgliedschaft bisher abgelehnt.
Die Koalition verfügt im Parlament Althing über keine eigene Mehrheit und ist auf Unterstützung durch die rechtsliberale Fortschrittspartei angewiesen. Sie bleibt zunächst nur übergangsweise bis zu vorzeitigen Neuwahlen Ende April im Amt. Das Finanzministerium übernahm der Chef der Rotgrünen, Steingrímur Sigfússon. Im Außenministerium löst der Sozialdemokrat Össur Skarphédinsson seine Parteichefin Ingibjörg Gísladóttir ab, die im Gefolge einer erfolgreichen Krebsoperation mehrere Monate Pause von der Politik machen will.
Die neue Linksregierung löst eine große Koalition unter dem konservativen Regierungschef Geir Haarde ab. Haarde trat nach massiven Protesten in der Bevölkerung gegen die Regierungspolitik angesichts der akuten Finanzkrise auf Island ab. Er begründete seinen Rücktritt auch mit einer bevorstehenden Krebsoperation. Sigurdardóttir ist die erste offen in einer homosexuellen Ehe lebende Chefin einer Regierung. Sie hat aus einer früheren Ehe zwei Söhne und ist sechsfache Großmutter. | de | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Die bisherige Außen- und ehemalige Sozialministerin Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir übernimmt als erste Frau das Amt des Regierungschefs in Island. Sie gehört der sozialdemokratischen Partei Allianz an und ist 66 Jahre alt. Sie verfügt über große politische Erfahrung, erstmals wurde sie 1978 in das isländische Parlament, das „Althing“, gewählt. Sie übernimmt die Amtsgeschäfte von dem konservativen Ministerpräsidenten Geir Haarde, der am Freitag, 23. Januar, wegen der Folgen der Finanzkrise für Island seinen Rücktritt erklärt hatte. Der politischen Führung des Landes war eine Mitverantwortung dafür gegeben worden, dass Island durch die internationale Finanzkrise an den Rand des Staatsbankrotts getrieben worden war. Die isländische Krone verlor die Hälfte ihres Wertes, wodurch die Preise für viele Waren drastisch stiegen. Viele Bürger verloren außerdem ihre Ersparnisse, und es wird mit steigender Arbeitslosigkeit durch die große Zahl von Konkursen gerechnet. Der Rücktritt Haardes war durch monatelange Massenproteste förmlich erzwungen worden.
Die neue Regierungschefin soll die Amtsgeschäfte jedoch nur bis zu den Neuwahlen führen, die nun für den 25. April dieses Jahres geplant sind. Ursprünglich sollten die Parlamentswahlen erst am 9. Mai stattfinden. |
de | Als die bisherige Sozialministerin Johanna Sigurdardottir 1994 beim Versuch scheiterte, Parteichefin der Sozialdemokraten zu werden, verhieß sie: "Meine Zeit wird kommen." Damals war noch nicht absehbar, dass sie auf dem Höhepunkt einer beispiellosen Banken- und Wirtschaftskrise Regierungschefin werden würde. Sigurdardottir hat zwei erwachsene Kinder - doch ist sie bekennende Homosexuelle und seit 2002 mit der 54-jährigen Autorin Jonina Ledsdottir verheiratet.
Die frühere Stewardess Sigurdardottir mischt schon seit vielen Jahren in der Politik mit. 1978 wurde sie erstmals als Abgeordnete gewählt. Von 1987 bis 1994 und dann wieder seit 2007 war sie Sozialministerin. Ihr Engagement für Senioren, Behinderte, ganz allgemein für Mittellose ist weithin bekannt und hat ihr den Spitznamen "Heilige Johanna" eingetragen.
Finanzkrise traf Island hart
Den Aufstieg zur Regierungschefin hat Sigurdardottir unter anderem der Vorsitzenden der Sozialdemokraten, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, zu verdanken, mit der sie befreundet ist. Gisladottir brachte die Sozialministerin am 26. Januar als Nachfolgerin des gescheiterten Ministerpräsidenten Geir Haarde ins Gespräch.
Wochenlange Proteste waren dem Rücktritt Haardes vorausgegangen. Die weltweite Finanzkrise traf Island besonders hart und schlug ganz unmittelbar auf die 320.000 Einwohner durch, die isländische Krone verlor im vergangenen Jahr die Hälfte ihres Wertes. Die immensen Probleme wird auch die neue Regierungschefin nicht im Handumdrehen lösen können. Ohnehin wird schon bald neu gewählt - den bereits angesetzten Termin am 9. Mai zog die neue Koalition sogar auf den 25. April vor. | de | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Die bisherige Außen- und ehemalige Sozialministerin Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir übernimmt als erste Frau das Amt des Regierungschefs in Island. Sie gehört der sozialdemokratischen Partei Allianz an und ist 66 Jahre alt. Sie verfügt über große politische Erfahrung, erstmals wurde sie 1978 in das isländische Parlament, das „Althing“, gewählt. Sie übernimmt die Amtsgeschäfte von dem konservativen Ministerpräsidenten Geir Haarde, der am Freitag, 23. Januar, wegen der Folgen der Finanzkrise für Island seinen Rücktritt erklärt hatte. Der politischen Führung des Landes war eine Mitverantwortung dafür gegeben worden, dass Island durch die internationale Finanzkrise an den Rand des Staatsbankrotts getrieben worden war. Die isländische Krone verlor die Hälfte ihres Wertes, wodurch die Preise für viele Waren drastisch stiegen. Viele Bürger verloren außerdem ihre Ersparnisse, und es wird mit steigender Arbeitslosigkeit durch die große Zahl von Konkursen gerechnet. Der Rücktritt Haardes war durch monatelange Massenproteste förmlich erzwungen worden.
Die neue Regierungschefin soll die Amtsgeschäfte jedoch nur bis zu den Neuwahlen führen, die nun für den 25. April dieses Jahres geplant sind. Ursprünglich sollten die Parlamentswahlen erst am 9. Mai stattfinden. |
de | "Am meisten Mühe habe ich mir mit seinem Lächeln gegeben"
Der 17-jährige Johannes Häfele imitiert Bundeskanzler Sebastian Kurz - und ist damit in ganz Österreich bekannt geworden. Er erklärt, worauf es bei seiner Parodie ankommt und warum sie sogar für ÖVP-Wähler annehmbar ist. | de | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Die bisherige Außen- und ehemalige Sozialministerin Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir übernimmt als erste Frau das Amt des Regierungschefs in Island. Sie gehört der sozialdemokratischen Partei Allianz an und ist 66 Jahre alt. Sie verfügt über große politische Erfahrung, erstmals wurde sie 1978 in das isländische Parlament, das „Althing“, gewählt. Sie übernimmt die Amtsgeschäfte von dem konservativen Ministerpräsidenten Geir Haarde, der am Freitag, 23. Januar, wegen der Folgen der Finanzkrise für Island seinen Rücktritt erklärt hatte. Der politischen Führung des Landes war eine Mitverantwortung dafür gegeben worden, dass Island durch die internationale Finanzkrise an den Rand des Staatsbankrotts getrieben worden war. Die isländische Krone verlor die Hälfte ihres Wertes, wodurch die Preise für viele Waren drastisch stiegen. Viele Bürger verloren außerdem ihre Ersparnisse, und es wird mit steigender Arbeitslosigkeit durch die große Zahl von Konkursen gerechnet. Der Rücktritt Haardes war durch monatelange Massenproteste förmlich erzwungen worden.
Die neue Regierungschefin soll die Amtsgeschäfte jedoch nur bis zu den Neuwahlen führen, die nun für den 25. April dieses Jahres geplant sind. Ursprünglich sollten die Parlamentswahlen erst am 9. Mai stattfinden. |
fr | Disparition de Cédrika
Déjà une semaine sans nouvelles
À Trois-Rivières, il y a maintenant une semaine, jour pour jour, que la jeune Cédrika Provencher a disparu.
Ce matin, un ami de la famille de la disparue a indiqué que la récompense offerte à toute personne permettant de retrouver la fillette serait portée à 50 000$.
La nouvelle sera confirmée, demain, par l'organisme Jeunesse au Soleil.
La semaine dernière, un donateur anonyme a déjà offert 10 000$ à quiconque permettrait de retrouver la petite Cédrika vivante.
Interviewé par Claude Poirier, Guy McKenzie a confirmé que des entrepreneurs de Shawinigan et de Grand-Mère s'étaient engagés à verser 30 000$. Cette somme s'ajoutera à celles déjà engagées par des particuliers.
Ce soir, les policiers mettront en place un barrage routier à l'intersection de la rue Chapais et du boulevard des Chenaux pour tenter de rencontrer des autombilistes qui auraient pu passer dans le secteur mardi dernier.
Entre-temps, des plongeurs poursuivront leurs recherches dans la rivière Saint-Maurice.
À l'heure actuelle, les policiers tentent toujours de valider les informations communiquées par des témoins potentiels. Ils concentrent leurs recherches sur un homme ayant présumément approché trois fillettes le jour de la disparition de Cédrika.
L'individu aurait accosté les enfants en leur demandant de l'aider à retrouver son petit chien. La police devrait diffuser un portrait-robot de cet homme dans les prochaines heures.
En vidéo 1, écoutez les explications de Denis Therriault.
En vidéo 2, Claude Poirier s'entretient avec Guy McKenzie, un ami de la famille Provencher. | fr | Une jeune fille de 9 ans de la ville de Trois-Rivières, Cédrika Provencher, est recherchée depuis le 31 juillet 2007, date où elle a été vue pour la dernière fois. Elle était alors sur sa bicyclette, qui a été retrouvée par des voisins, alors qu'elle se rendait de chez sa mère à chez son père.
Selon les déclaration de certains enfants ayant apparemment été en sa présence peu avant sa disparition, Cédrika aurait suivi un homme qui était soi-disant à la recherche de son ''''.
La police n'écarte pas l'hypothèse d'un pédophile. Le suspect aurait d'ailleurs abordé au moins quatre petites filles la veille ainsi que le jour de la disparition de la fillette. |
fr | Disparition de la petite Cédrika
Un outil efficace pour éviter un autre enlèvement
La disparition de Cédrika Provencher met en lumière les dangers qui guettent les enfants.
À Québec, les policiers utilisent depuis 2003 une vidéo pour sensibiliser les jeunes.
On y parle de taxage, d'abus sexuels mais aussi d'enlèvement, en montrant les scénarios utilisés par les kidnappeurs.
Le policier François Bouchard a fait de la prévention auprès des enfants pendant quatre ans.
«Idéalement, ce n'est pas de leur faire peur, mais il faut aborder le sujet comme ça en leur en parlant tout simplement», explique le policier.
Selon François Bouchard, l'enlèvement de Cédrika a suscité beaucoup de réactions chez les enfants. «Je sais que, chez moi, c'est comme ça que ça s'est produit. Mon garçon de 8 ans m'a posé des questions, puis on lui a répondu, ma conjointe et moi.»
La vidéo est justement utilisée dans les écoles par les policiers pour prévenir les agressions.
L'un des scénarios évoqués pourrait s'apparenter à l'histoire de Cédrika. On y voit une jeune fille qui est abordée par un étranger lui demandant de l'aider à chercher son chien.
La vidéo réalisée par la police est destinée aux écoliers du premier cycle, et elle donne plusieurs conseils pour éviter qu'une autre petite fille soit enlevée.
En vidéo, regardez le reportage de Jean-Raphaël Drolet. | fr | Une jeune fille de 9 ans de la ville de Trois-Rivières, Cédrika Provencher, est recherchée depuis le 31 juillet 2007, date où elle a été vue pour la dernière fois. Elle était alors sur sa bicyclette, qui a été retrouvée par des voisins, alors qu'elle se rendait de chez sa mère à chez son père.
Selon les déclaration de certains enfants ayant apparemment été en sa présence peu avant sa disparition, Cédrika aurait suivi un homme qui était soi-disant à la recherche de son ''''.
La police n'écarte pas l'hypothèse d'un pédophile. Le suspect aurait d'ailleurs abordé au moins quatre petites filles la veille ainsi que le jour de la disparition de la fillette. |
fr | Disparition de Cédrika Provencher
«Je veux retrouver ma soeur!»
La sœur de Cédrika Provencher, Mélissa, a livré aujourd'hui un témoignage émouvant.
Elle demande au ravisseur de Cédrika de la libérer au plus vite. «Je veux retrouver ma sœur», a-t-elle lancé à notre journaliste Julie Grenon.
La jeune fille de 11 ans a passé les derniers jours avec les membres de sa famille dans les locaux prêtés par un homme d'affaires. Ils y ont établi leur quartier général, et c'est de cet endroit qu'ils coordonnent toutes les opérations visant à retrouver Cédrika.
D'ailleurs, la famille Provencher prépare demain une autre battue dans des secteurs qui n’ont pas été encore fouillés.
On a aussi demandé à des livreurs de restaurants d'ajouter la photo de Cédrika aux commandes de leurs clients.
Mélissa Provencher ne perd pas espoir, et elle est convaincue qu'elle retrouvera sa sœur…
En vidéo 1, regardez les reportages de Julie Grenon et de Harold Gagné.
En vidéo 2, écoutez l'entrevue de Julie Grenon avec Mélissa Provencher. | fr | Une jeune fille de 9 ans de la ville de Trois-Rivières, Cédrika Provencher, est recherchée depuis le 31 juillet 2007, date où elle a été vue pour la dernière fois. Elle était alors sur sa bicyclette, qui a été retrouvée par des voisins, alors qu'elle se rendait de chez sa mère à chez son père.
Selon les déclaration de certains enfants ayant apparemment été en sa présence peu avant sa disparition, Cédrika aurait suivi un homme qui était soi-disant à la recherche de son ''''.
La police n'écarte pas l'hypothèse d'un pédophile. Le suspect aurait d'ailleurs abordé au moins quatre petites filles la veille ainsi que le jour de la disparition de la fillette. |
fr | a Cour constitutionnelle du Togo a confirmé, mardi 3 mai, l'élection de Faure Gnassingbé, fils de feu le général-président Eyadéma Gnassingbé, à la présidence du pays. Neuf jours après le scrutin largement contesté qui l'a porté au pouvoir, Faure Gnassingbé peut désormais, fort du soutien de l'armée et des 60,15 % des voix proclamées, se dire chef de l'Etat et agir en tant que tel. a Cour constitutionnelle du Togo a confirmé, mardi 3 mai, l'élection de Faure Gnassingbé, fils de feu le général-président Eyadéma Gnassingbé, à la présidence du pays. Neuf jours après le scrutin largement contesté qui l'a porté au pouvoir, Faure Gnassingbé peut désormais, fort du soutien de l'armée et des 60,15 % des voix proclamées, se dire chef de l'Etat et agir en tant que tel. Une première fois, il avait tenté de succéder à son père, mort le 5 février, sans passer par les urnes, mais il avait dû y renoncer à la suite de pressions internationales. Cette fois, le rejet, mardi, par la plus haute juridiction togolaise, des recours déposés tant par ses partisans alléguant de destructions d'urnes par l'opposition que par ses adversaires pour le vote de centaines de milliers d'électeurs fantômes notamment , ouvre la voie à une rapide prestation de serment qui mettra le nouveau président en position de constituer un gouvernement. Une première fois, il avait tenté de succéder à son père, mort le 5 février, sans passer par les urnes, mais il avait dû y renoncer à la suite de pressions internationales. Cette fois, le rejet, mardi, par la plus haute juridiction togolaise, des recours déposés tant par ses partisans alléguant de destructions d'urnes par l'opposition que par ses adversaires pour le vote de centaines de milliers d'électeurs fantômes notamment , ouvre la voie à une rapide prestation de serment qui mettra le nouveau président en position de constituer un gouvernement. Faisant suite aux promesses d'ouverture et "réconciliation nationale" du fils d'Eyadéma, son directeur de campagne, Komi Klassou, a appelé de ses voeux la constitution d'un "gouvernement de transition pendant six mois" . La capitale, qui avait connu trois jours d'émeutes après la publication des résultats provisoires, la semaine dernière, est restée calme mardi quadrillée par la police et l'armée. Les partis de l'opposition regroupés derrière le candidat Emmanuel Bob Akitani (crédité de 38,25 % des voix) affirment leur net refus de participer au gouvernement de "large union" promis par M. Gnassingbé. Ils ont appelé à une "résistance populaire" et promis "des insomnies" au nouveau chef de l'Etat. "Nous ne pouvons pas entrer dans le gouvernement de quelqu'un -Faure Gnassingbé- qui représente moins de 10 % des électeurs" , a, pour sa part, déclaré au Monde Gilchrist Olympio, l'opposant historique exilé au Ghana qui n'avait pas été autorisé à se présenter à la présidentielle. M. Olympio estime que le résultat proclamé mardi ne fait qu'annoncer "la continuation du règne de "Gnassingbé 1er" -le général Eyadéma-" . Persuadé que l'opposition a en réalité remporté l'élection, le président de l'UFC (Union des forces de changement) réclame de nouveaux scrutins présidentiel et législatif dans les six mois. L'"ouverture" promise pourrait mettre en scène d'autres opposants, plus modérés, ayant participé à des gouvernements sous le général Eyadéma. L'une de ces personnalités, Edem Kodjo, ancien premier ministre et ancien secrétaire général de l'Organisation de l'unité africaine, a indiqué, mardi soir au Monde, qu'il "ne refusera pas de servir -son- pays" , tout en assurant ne pas avoir été sollicité. M. Kodjo estime qu'un "large gouvernement d'union nationale" devrait organiser des élections législatives et locales afin d'obtenir "une représentation plus large" que la présidentielle, et reprendre le dialogue avec l'Union européenne pour "redresser la situation des droits de l'homme" . Désormais en effet, c'est sur la scène internationale que se joue l'avenir du Togo. L'opposition revendique l'intervention de l'Union africaine, de l'ONU et surtout de l'UE. M. Olympio annonce pour jeudi sa venue à Paris. Quant au nouveau président proclamé, il est en contact étroit avec l'UE dont le commissaire chargé du développement, Louis Michel, dit "multiplier les contacts pour éviter un dérapage majeur" . A Paris, un diplomate ayant la haute main sur la politique africaine de la France explique qu'il faut être réaliste : "en Afrique, en dehors des chefs d'Etat, il n'y a pas d'alternative en matière d'autorité" . C'est au fond le raisonnement que Paris a suivi à propos du scrutin présidentiel au Togo, faisant valoir qu'"il n'y a pas eu plus de fraude qu'en Afghanistan ou au Zimbabwe" . Dans le cas du Togo, poursuit cet interlocuteur, il faut se demander si "le moindre mal n'est pas d'entériner le scrutin, dans le but d'éviter une guerre civile" . Ensuite, il faudra "peser sur le président fraîchement élu, pour qu'il fasse des gestes d'ouverture" envers l'opposition. Faure Gnassingbé, estime-t-on de même source française, "ne partage en rien les convictions politiques de son père, mais, évidemment, il ne faut pas que les opposants jouent la politique du pire..." . Reste l'épineuse question de l'ex-ministre de l'intérieur, François Esso Boko, réfugié à l'ambassade d'Allemagne à Lomé. Paris n'est pas mécontent que l'intéressé ait choisi l'Allemagne plutôt que la France, mais, comme il faut bien l'"exfiltrer" , "cela ne nous gênerait pas qu'il soit accueilli sur le territoire français" , concède ce diplomate. Mardi soir, le quai d'Orsay se déclarait "prêt à l'accueillir" , mettant en avant la nationalité française de son épouse. M. Michel, lui, assurait avoir reçu l'accord du nouvel homme fort du Togo afin d'obtenir ce qui n'allait pas de soi : que M. Boko puisse quitter le pays sain et sauf. Philippe Bernard et Laurent Zecchini Article paru dans l'édition du 05.05.05 | fr | Faure Gnassingbé, fils du général Éyadéma Gnassingbé, a été confirmé comme président du Togo par la Cour constitutionnelle. Elle a rejetté un recours de l'opposition demandant l'invalidation de l'élection pour cause de fraudes. La Cour constitutionnelle du Togo valide ainsi l'élection présidentielle de dimanche 24 avril, que Gnassingbé aurait remporté avec 60,15% des suffrages exprimés.
Faure Gnassingbé pourra maintenant prêter serment rapidement et s'affirmer comme véritable chef de l'État. Il a déclaré vouloir former un gouvernement « de cohésion nationale » avec l'UFC (Union des Forces du Changement), le pricipal parti d'opposition, dont le candidat Emmanuel Akitani Bob est accrédité de 38,25% des voix. L'UFC a d'ores et déjà refusé d'entrer dans le gouvernement de « quelqu'un qui représente moins de 10 % des électeurs ». L'opposition appelle l'Union Européenne, l'ONU et l'Union africaine à intervenir et à affirmer l'invalidité du scrutin. De plus, elle demande l'organisation d'élections législative et présidentielle dans endéans six mois. M. Olympio, opposant historique au général Éyadéma Gnassingbé, et à qui on avait interdit de se présenter aux élections, voit la victoire de Faure Gnassingbé comme « la continuation du règne de »Gnassingbé 1er« ».
Après l'annonce mardi 26 avril des résultats provisoires et l'autoproclamation de M. Bob, le Togo avait connu des affrontements armés sanglants, en partie xénophobes, comme l'incendie du centre allemand. Il y aurait eu de entre 50 et 100 morts selon les sources.
Les puissances occidentales considèrent cette confirmation comme le début d'une période plus calme. Un diplomate français signale par exemple que l'élection togolaise n'avait pas connu plus « de fraude qu'en Afghanistan ou au Zimbabwe ». |
en | James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, always had an impeccable sense of style and occasion. How appropriate then that the man who called himself Soul Brother Number One died on Christmas Day.
He died yesterday at the age of 73, after being taken to hospital on Sunday in the US city of Atlanta with pneumonia.
Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, on May 3, 1933. Like most blacks of his era he grew up in extreme poverty and worked at menial jobs until, after a brief time in a juvenile detention centre, he formed James Brown with the Famous Flames.
The first song he recorded with this up-tempo gospel group was Please, Please, Please, which became an instant hit and sold more than a million copies in 1956. Over a career that lasted 50 years, Brown became one of the most influential popular musicians of the 20th century.
His musical contribution was simple. Brown took the gospel music of his childhood and the rhythm'n'blues he heard in the juke joints of Atlanta, Georgia, blended them together, made the gospel very secular, and helped create music we now know as soul and funk. These musical forms came to dominate dance and popular music in the latter half of the 20th century.
It was probably enough that Brown was at the centre of this vital part of the evolution of popular music. That would have ensured his place in musical history. But, in recent times, he has been lionised by contemporary rap and hip hop performers and his classic songs - Please, Please, Please; Papa's Got A Brand New Bag; I Got You (I Feel Good); and It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World - have been sampled over and again. They remain vital benchmarks in the history of soul.
There had been flat periods in Brown's career, but after the release of Live at the Apollo in 1962 - considered by many to be the greatest live recording in the history of popular music - he was recognised as one of pop music's great iconic figures.
This accolade was nurtured by Brown, who had no doubt about his own status and ability. When being interviewed he insisted on being addressed as "Mr Brown" and was known to terminate an interview if a journalist was so familiar as to refer to him as "James". Equally, he constantly, like a musical Muhammad Ali, referred to himself with outrageous hyperbole as Mr Dynamite, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, the Boss, the Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk and, most frequently, the Godfather of Soul. | en | James Brown, often referred to as ''the Godfather of Soul'', died in Atlanta due to congestive heart failure, combined with pneumonia. His death at age 73 was announced by his agent. After his dentist noticed something unusual with him, Brown was told to visit a doctor immediately. He was taken into the hospital yesterday for treatment of his pneumonia until his death at around 1:45 AM (6:45 AM GMT). It is not known whether he received a pneumonia vaccination, as recommended for people of his age.
He was born in 1933 and grew up in poverty until he formed James Brown & The Famous Flames. His influence on 20th century music, from funk to hip hop was profound.
Before he died, he scheduled a New Year's Eve concert series in New Jersey and New York that would help kick off a 2007 tour. |
en | Self-proclaimed Godfather of Soul, singer James Brown was hospitalized over the weekend to treat his severe pneumonia and died on Monday, his agent reported. The cause of death is yet unknown.
The African American entertainer was taken to the Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday to get treatment for pneumonia and died early Monday at about 1:45 a.m. His agent, Frank Copsidas, said his old friend, Charles Bobbit was by his side when it happened.
Regarding the cause of death, Copsidas said "We really don't know at this point what he died of."
"On Friday he had his toy giveaway, which is his annual toy giveaway in Augusta, Georgia.
"On Saturday, he went to his dentist up in Atlanta, and his dentist told him something was wrong, and he sent him to a doctor immediately," Copsidas explained.
Relatives of the popular funk and soul singer were being informed of the death.
In 2004, Brown underwent surgery for treatment of prostate cancer. The treatment was successful, and Brown spent his final years largely on the road, on his "Seven Decades Of Funk World Tour."
At the time, he described how he planned to carry on as a performer, saying: "Everyone's got soul, whether it's talking, hip-hop, rap, gospel.
"We've gotta just stay with whatever we do.
"I don't wanna change, because then I'd have to name myself Sam Smith or Ted Wright or somebody. I'm going to be James Brown."
According to his official website, Brown was preparing to return to the road with New Year's weekend shows in New Jersey and New York, which would have kicked off a 2007 tour itinerary booked through August of 2007 at the time of his death.
Browns friend of 15 years, Pete Allman, a radio personality in Las Vegas praised the music industrys most hardworking man for his ambition and for motivating him personally and professionally.
He was a very positive person. There was no question he was the hardest working man in show business," Allman said. "I remember Mr. Brown as someone who always motivated me, got me reading the Bible."
The star who was famous for hits including I Got You (I Feel Good), Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Living in America, is credited with bringing the word funk into mainstream musical vernacular and influencing a new generation of black music that spawned rap and hip-hop.
"He is such an influence, I learned so much from him," Mr Copsidas told the BBC World Service.
For the past 50 years, James Brown together with other artists like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, brought a major contribution to the music business and is still an inspiration for many other artists.
His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style.
"James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close.
In 1992, Brown was honored with a Grammy for lifetime achievements and in 1965 or "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers.
During his career, he had more than 119 charting singles and recorded over 50 albums and was one of the first inductees into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame honored during the Hall's opening ceremony in 1986. | en | James Brown, often referred to as ''the Godfather of Soul'', died in Atlanta due to congestive heart failure, combined with pneumonia. His death at age 73 was announced by his agent. After his dentist noticed something unusual with him, Brown was told to visit a doctor immediately. He was taken into the hospital yesterday for treatment of his pneumonia until his death at around 1:45 AM (6:45 AM GMT). It is not known whether he received a pneumonia vaccination, as recommended for people of his age.
He was born in 1933 and grew up in poverty until he formed James Brown & The Famous Flames. His influence on 20th century music, from funk to hip hop was profound.
Before he died, he scheduled a New Year's Eve concert series in New Jersey and New York that would help kick off a 2007 tour. |
en | Mr Hofmann thought LSD could have uses treating mental illnesses
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died of a heart attack at his home in Basel at the age of 102.
Mr Hofmann first produced LSD in 1938 while researching the medicinal uses of a crop fungus.
He accidentally ingested some of the drug and said later: "Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror."
He argued for decades that LSD could help treat mental illness, but in the 1960s it became a popular street drug.
'Turn on, tune in, drop out'
While working with the drug in the Sandoz pharmaceutical laboratory a few years after first producing it, Mr Hofmann ingested some of the drug through his fingertips.
He went home and experienced what he described as visions of "fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colours".
The drug was popularised by Harvard professor Timothy Leary who suggested that people "turn on, tune in, drop out".
Rock stars and the counter-culture of the 1960s picked up LSD as a wonder drug but horror stories began to emerge of users suffering permanent psychological damage.
LSD was made illegal in many countries beginning in the late 1960s. | en | Hofmann in 2006.
, a scientist who discovered and created the drug (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102.
''DRC Net'' reports that Hofmann's died of a in his house located in , Switzerland.
After discovering LSD, he set it aside for five years, until April 16, 1943, when Hofmann decided to take another look at it. While re-synthesizing the LSD, he accidentally consumed a small sample and serendipitously discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, on April 19, Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 micrograms of LSD before his bicycle ride home.
He is now known as the first person to experience a '' from taking it. Since then, LSD aficionados around the world unofficially proclaimed April 19, 1943 as ''Bicycle Day''.
The drug was made illegal in the United States in 1966, and many other countries did the same, after heavy users were suffering permanent psychological damage.
Hofmann denounced the illegal use of the drug which became popular in the 1960s, but he was said to be disappointed that further research on theraputic uses was not conducted on it at the time.
Hofmann is also credited with the discovery of psilocybin, which is the main hallucinogenic found in Psilocybin mushrooms. He also discovered the make-up of .
Hofmann was also on the committee as well as a member of the and several other organizations.
Hofmann was born on January 11, 1906. He is survived by his brother Walter, 2 daughters, and 2 sons. |
en | Internet rumors of his passing have been confirmed for us by a friend of Dr. Hofmann's. Dr. Albert Hofmann died of a heart attack this morning at his home in Basel, Switzerland. Hofmann inadvertently discovered the effects of LSD while researching the substance in 1943. He subsequently self-administered the drug deliberately and produced the first accounts of its powerful psychedelic effects.
If you think 102 is old, just imagine how long he might have lived if he never did drugs!
Update: The above line is sarcasm. Before posting it, I asked a couple smart people if they thought anyone might misunderstand and we decided it probably wouldn't be a problem. Well, it was, and a few commenters have come away with the incorrect impression that I think Dr. Hofmann would be better off if he never used drugs. This comment explains what I really meant. I won't stop cracking jokes in the blog, but I do apologize for this one. | en | Hofmann in 2006.
, a scientist who discovered and created the drug (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102.
''DRC Net'' reports that Hofmann's died of a in his house located in , Switzerland.
After discovering LSD, he set it aside for five years, until April 16, 1943, when Hofmann decided to take another look at it. While re-synthesizing the LSD, he accidentally consumed a small sample and serendipitously discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, on April 19, Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 micrograms of LSD before his bicycle ride home.
He is now known as the first person to experience a '' from taking it. Since then, LSD aficionados around the world unofficially proclaimed April 19, 1943 as ''Bicycle Day''.
The drug was made illegal in the United States in 1966, and many other countries did the same, after heavy users were suffering permanent psychological damage.
Hofmann denounced the illegal use of the drug which became popular in the 1960s, but he was said to be disappointed that further research on theraputic uses was not conducted on it at the time.
Hofmann is also credited with the discovery of psilocybin, which is the main hallucinogenic found in Psilocybin mushrooms. He also discovered the make-up of .
Hofmann was also on the committee as well as a member of the and several other organizations.
Hofmann was born on January 11, 1906. He is survived by his brother Walter, 2 daughters, and 2 sons. |
en | EPA Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann, who died on Tuesday aged 102, synthesised lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938 and became the first person in the world to experience a full-blown "acid trip" – that was on April 19 1943, which became known among aficionados as "Bicycle Day" as it was while cycling home from his laboratory that he experienced the most intense symptoms.
Hofmann was working as a research chemist at the laboratory of the Sandoz company in Basel, Switzerland, where he was involved in studying the medicinal properties of plants. This eventually led to the study of the alkaloid compounds of ergot, a fungus which forms on rye.
In the Middle Ages, ergot was implicated in periodic outbreaks of mass poisonings, producing symptoms in two characteristic forms: one gangrenous (ergotismus gangraenosus) and the other convulsive (ergotismus convulsivus). Popular names such as "mal des ardents", "ignis sacer", "heiliges feuer" and "St Anthony's fire" refer to the gangrenous form of the condition.
Hofmann's studies led to many new discoveries, such as Hydergine, a medicament for improving circulation and cerebral function, and Dihydergot, a circulation and blood pressure stabilising medicine. His interest in synthesising LSD initially derived from the hope that it might also be useful as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.
But when his molecule, known as LSD-25, was tested on animals, no interesting effects were observed, though the research notes recorded that the beasts became "restless" during narcosis. The substance was dismissed as of no interest and dropped from Sandoz's research programme.
But five years later, acting on some intuition, Hofmann decided to resynthesise LSD. In his autobiography, LSD, My Problem Child (1979), he recalled that in the final stage of the synthesis he was interrupted by some unusual sensations.
In a note to the laboratory's director, he reported "a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination.
In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed, I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colours. After some two hours this condition faded away."
Hofmann concluded that he must have accidentally breathed in or ingested some laboratory material and assumed LSD was the cause. To test the theory he waited until the next working day, Monday April 19 1943, and tried again, swallowing 0.25 of a milligram. Forty minutes later, as his laboratory journal recorded, he experienced "dizziness, feeling of anxiety, visual distortions, symptoms of paralysis, desire to laugh". Unable to write any more, he asked his assistant to take him home by bicycle.
"On the way home, my condition began to assume threatening forms. Everything in my field of vision wavered and was distorted as if seen in a curved mirror. I also had the sensation of being unable to move from the spot. Nevertheless, my assistant later told me that we had travelled very rapidly."
Back home, when a friendly neighbour brought round some milk, he perceived her as a "malevolent, insidious witch" wearing "a lurid mask". After six hours of highs and lows, the effects subsided.
Sandoz, keen to make a profit from Hofmann's discovery, gave the new substance the trade name Delysid and began sending samples to psychiatric researchers. By 1965 more than 2,000 papers had been published offering hope for a range of conditions from drug and alcohol addiction to mental illnesses of various kinds. But the fact that the chemical was cheap and easy to make left it open to abuse, and from the late 1950s onwards, promoted by Dr Timothy Leary and others, LSD became the recreational drug of choice for western youth.
An outbreak of moral panic, combined with a number of accidents involving people jumping to their deaths off high buildings in the belief that they could fly, led governments around the world to ban LSD. Research also showed that the drug, taken in high doses and in inappropriate settings, often caused panic reactions. For certain individuals, a bad trip could be the trigger for full-blown psychosis.
Hofmann was disappointed when his discovery was removed from commercial distribution. He remained convinced that the drug had the potential to counter the psychological problems induced by "materialism, alienation from nature through industrialisation and increasing urbanisation, lack of satisfaction in professional employment in a mechanised, lifeless working world, ennui and purposelessness in wealthy, saturated society, and lack of a religious, nurturing, and meaningful philosophical foundation of life".
Albert Hofmann was born at Baden, Switzerland, on January 11 1906, the eldest of four children of a factory toolmaker. Having graduated from Zürich University with a degree in Chemistry in 1929, he took a doctorate on the gastro-intestinal juice of the vineyard snail. After leaving university he went to work for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, where he researched the medicinal properties of the Mediterranean squill (Scilla maritima) before moving on to the study of Claviceps purpurea (ergot).
As a result of the use of LSD as a recreational drug, Sandoz found itself bombarded with demands for information from regulatory bodies, along with demands for statements after accidents, poisonings, criminal acts and so forth from the press.
For scientists unaccustomed to the glare of publicity, it became a headache: "I would rather you hadn't discovered LSD," Hofmann's managing director told him. In the end the decision was taken to stop all further production.
Hofmann laid some of the blame at the door of Dr Timothy Leary. In his autobiography he described meeting Leary in 1971 in the snack bar at Lausanne railway station. Hofmann began by voicing his regret that Leary's experiments had effectively killed off academic research into LSD and took Leary to task for encouraging its recreational use among young people.
Leary was unabashed. "He maintained that I was unjustified in reproaching him for the seduction of immature persons to drug consumption," Hofmann recalled. Leary further insisted that American teenagers "with regard to information and life experience, were comparable to adult Europeans" and were able to make up their own minds.
Hofmann continued to work at Sandoz until 1971, when he retired as director of research for the Department of Natural Products. In addition to his discovery of LSD, he was also the first to synthesise psilocybin (the active constituent of "magic mushrooms") in 1958; and he discovered the hallucinogenic principles of Ololiuqui (Morning Glory), lysergic acid amide and lysergic acid hydroxyethylamide.
In retirement Hofmann served as a member of the Nobel Prize Committee. He was a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, and a member of the International Society of Plant Research and of the American Society of Pharmacognosy.
In 1988 the Albert Hofmann Foundation was established "to assemble and maintain an international library and archive devoted to the study of human consciousness and related fields".
Albert Hofmann's wife, Anita, died in December. He was also predeceased by one of his four children. | en | Hofmann in 2006.
, a scientist who discovered and created the drug (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102.
''DRC Net'' reports that Hofmann's died of a in his house located in , Switzerland.
After discovering LSD, he set it aside for five years, until April 16, 1943, when Hofmann decided to take another look at it. While re-synthesizing the LSD, he accidentally consumed a small sample and serendipitously discovered its powerful effects. Three days later, on April 19, Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 micrograms of LSD before his bicycle ride home.
He is now known as the first person to experience a '' from taking it. Since then, LSD aficionados around the world unofficially proclaimed April 19, 1943 as ''Bicycle Day''.
The drug was made illegal in the United States in 1966, and many other countries did the same, after heavy users were suffering permanent psychological damage.
Hofmann denounced the illegal use of the drug which became popular in the 1960s, but he was said to be disappointed that further research on theraputic uses was not conducted on it at the time.
Hofmann is also credited with the discovery of psilocybin, which is the main hallucinogenic found in Psilocybin mushrooms. He also discovered the make-up of .
Hofmann was also on the committee as well as a member of the and several other organizations.
Hofmann was born on January 11, 1906. He is survived by his brother Walter, 2 daughters, and 2 sons. |
es | El vicepresidente de la CE y comisario de Competencia, Joaquín Almunia, ha urgido a que Europa sepa dotarse de un mercado único energético para evitar tres peligros: un gran encarecimiento de la energía, "problemas serios de seguridad energética" y la gran dependencia del gas ruso en algunos países.
Joaquín Almunia, vicepresidente de la CE y comisario de Competencia, ha abierto la última jornada de la XXX Reunión del Círculo de Economía con un debate sobre el futuro de Europa que ha compartido con el expriministro italiano Enrico Letta; la presidenta del Círculo de Empresarios, Mónica de Oriol; el consejero delegado de OHL, el exministro Josep Piqué, y el director de la Fundació Racc, Miquel Nadal.
"Tenemos 28 mercados energético, no uno", Almunia, que no ve perspectivas de avanzar hacia un mercado único de la energía, lo que, además, impediría seguir avanzando contra el cambio climático porque habría que anteponer las necesidades primarias de la oferta energética y los precios.
También el presidente de Repsol, Antoni Brufau, lamentó el viernes, en la Reunión del Círculo, que Europa no tenga un mercado único de energía: "Europa debería establecer una estrategia conjunta y asumir un coste conjunto", ha asegurado.
Almunia también ha considerado evidente que debe reforzarse la agenda de política exterior: "Ucrania está ahí para recordárnoslo. No podemos ignorar el desafío enorme que tenemos para nuestra seguridad por primera vez, al menos, desde el final de la Guerra Fría".
Almunia ha argumentado que la situación de Ucrania, por motivos históricos, pero también por las consecuencias sobre la política energética que se pueden manifestar la próxima semana si no mejora la situación, "puede haber una reacción que lleve a un 'shock' energético y que deje a países europeos en una situación muy difícil".
Crisis y oportunidades
Almunia ha constatado que la crisis continúa aunque la economía presenta signos de mejora, y ha añadido que el paro no se resolverá hasta que haya crecimiento: "Si queremos crecimiento, una vez producidos los ajustes macroeconómicos, hay que ver dónde está la inversión, la financiación de la inversión y la demanda para lo que se va a invertir".
Ha sostenido que la financiación está en vías de solución, y en cuanto a la inversión ha apuntado que hay que encontrar la manera de llenar las carteras de quienes pueden invertir, ya que hay oportunidades a nivel europeo bastante claras, como las infraestructuras físicas, energéticas y las relacionadas con las telecomunicaciones y la era digital: "Ofrecen parte importante de la solución".
"Hace falta voluntad política", según él, y ha indicado que la Zona Euro está en vías de solucionar el desajuste fiscal y el de las balanzas por cuenta corriente de países de la periferia, pero tiene un problema de superávit exterior.
Así, ha explicado que la zona euro tiene un problema de exceso de ahorro que no se está utilizando para invertir, lo que genera un gran interrogante: "No veo de dónde va a salir la capacidad de crecimiento para salir de la crisis y no estar al borde de la deflación. Éste es el desafío más urgente que van a tener las nuevas instituciones europeas".
Futuro político
Ante la próxima legislatura europea, ha lamentado que en las elecciones se confirmaron los peores presagios con el alza de la extrema derecha y el antieuropeísmo: eso comporta riesgo de la unidad europea y de la democracia, porque parte del electorado "empieza a no compartir valores fundamentales de la democracia".
Aunque ve que las cuatro grandes familias políticas de la Eurocámara seguirán decidiendo, cree que el discurso de extrema derecha y antieuropeísmo puede "ir contaminando", de manera que se pregunta hasta qué punto se van a dejar influir los grandes grupos y cómo eso puede afectar al sistema público y al sistema de libertades europeo.
Sobre la desafección ante las instituciones europeas, hay dicho que incluso muchos partidos mayoritarios proeuropeos "han cedido a la tentación de criticar a Bruselas a ver si pueden arañar por un lado o por otro", en vez de admitir ante la opinión pública que muchas de las decisiones de la Eurocámara las han tomado ellos con sus eurodiputados.
También se ha preguntado cuántos consejos europeos han tomado conclusiones que después se han transmitido a cada país "sólo en clave nacional", por lo que los ciudadanos no lo entienden bien y nadie les explica las ventajas de haber decidido algo en común desde Bruselas, de manera que la gente podría entender las ventajas de compartir soberanía.
Tras el debate, el presidente del Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, y el del Círculo de Economía, Antón Costas, cerrarán la XXX Reunión del ente catalán de empresarios, patrocinada por KPMG, La Caixa e Indra. | de | EU-Wettbewerbskommissar Joaquin Almunia fordert die Errichtung eines europäischen Energiebinnenmarktes, um die drei nach seiner Ansicht wichtigsten Probleme zu behandeln: den Anstieg des Energieverbrauchs, die Versorgungssicherheit in der EU und die hohe Abhängigkeit von russischem Gas in einigen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten. Gleichzeitig möchte er einen stärken gemeinsamen Ausbau der Telekommunikationstechnik in Europa erreichen, damit die EU nicht von der technischen Entwicklung des digitalen Zeitalters abgehängt wird. |
de | Ein großes Protestcamp von G-20-Gegnern in Hamburg darf starten - aber nur in einem durch die Behörden stark beschränkbaren Rahmen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hob nach einer Klage der Veranstalter ein generelles Verbot im Eilverfahren auf.
Von Klaus Hempel, ARD-Rechtsredaktion Karlsruhe
Das Verbot des geplanten G-20-Protestcamps im Hamburger Stadtpark ist aufgehoben. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe kassierte eine entsprechende Verfügung der Hansestadt.
Die Stadt Hamburg hatte das geplante Verbot des Protestcamps unter anderem damit begründet, dass das Übernachten in Zelten keine Meinungskundgabe sei. Deshalb könnten sich die Organisatoren auf das vom Grundgesetz geschützte Versammlungsrecht nicht berufen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat nun in der Eilentscheidung festgestellt, dass sich die Organisatoren zumindest vorläufig sehr wohl auf das Grundrecht der Versammlungsfreiheit berufen könnten. Dies müsse die Stadt berücksichtigen und deshalb neu entscheiden.
BVerfG hebt Verbot von G-20-Protestcamp auf
tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 28.06.2017, Frank Bräutigam, SWR
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Auch anderer Ort denkbar
Allerdings müsse die Stadt sicherstellen, dass es im Stadtpark nicht zu nachhaltigen Schäden komme und die Sicherheit des G-20-Gipfels gewährleistet werde. Insofern sei es auch denkbar, dass die Stadt den Organisatoren einen anderen Ort für das Camp zuweise.
Nun muss die Stadt Hamburg sehr zügig noch einmal über das geplante Protestcamp entscheiden. Je nachdem, wie die Entscheidung ausfällt, können die Organisatoren erneut in einem Eilverfahren gerichtlich dagegen vorgehen.
Von diesem Freitag an sollten unter dem Motto "Alternativen zum Kapitalismus leben und sichtbar machen" rund 10.000 Teilnehmer im Hamburger Stadtpark übernachten. Neben rund 3000 Wohnzelten sollte es auch eine Bühne und verschiedene Veranstaltungszelte geben.
Über dieses Thema berichtete die tagesschau am 28. Juni 2017 um 20:00 Uhr. | de | Die Festwiese im Hamburger Stadtpark
Aufgehoben worden ist ein Verbot gegen ein geplantes Protestcamps im Hamburger Stadtpark während des G20 Gipfels in Hamburg vom 7. bis zum 8. Juli. Eine entsprechende Verfügung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg wurde vom Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe einkassiert.
Vorerst begründete die Stadt Hamburg das geplante Verbot gegen das Protestcamp unter anderem damit, dass das Übernachten in Zelten im Stadtpark keine Meinungskundgabe sei. Dies wiederum verhindert den Organisatoren des Protestcamps die Berufung auf das geschützte Versammlungsrecht. Nun hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht in einer Eilentscheidung festgestellt, dass die Organisatoren sich zumindest vorläufig auf das Grundrecht der Versammlungsfreiheit berufen könnten. Aus diesen Gründen müsse sich Hamburg die Entscheidung berüksichtigen und neu entscheiden.
Jedoch müsse Hamburg sicherstellen, dass es im Stadtpark nicht zu nachhaltigen Schäden komme und die Sicherheit des G20-Gipfels gewährleistet werde. Dass die Stadt den Organisatoren einen anderen Ort für das Camp zuweise, sei insofern auch denkbar. Zügig muss die Stadt Hamburg noch einmal über das geplante Protestcamp entscheiden. Je nachdem, wie die Entscheidung ausfällt, sind die Organisatoren in der Lage, erneut in einem Eilverfahren gerichtlich gegen eine andere Zuweisung vorgehen.
Unter dem Motto „Alternativen zum Kapitalismus leben und sichtbar machen“ sollen ab diesem Freitag, dem 30. Juni, rund 10.000 Teilnehmer im Hamburger Stadtpark übernachten. Es soll neben den 3000 Zelten zum Wohnen noch eine Bühne und verschiedene Veranstaltungszelte geben. |
de | Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat ein großes Protestcamp von G20-Gegnern in Hamburg zumindest teilweise als Versammlung anerkannt. Nach einer Klage der Veranstalter hob das Gericht damit das generelle Verbot des im Stadtpark geplanten Camps im Eilverfahren auf, wie in Karlsruhe mitgeteilt wurde. Die Stadt Hamburg muss demnach nun noch einmal neu über die angemeldete Demonstration versammlungsrechtlich entscheiden.
Die Richter verpflichteten die Hansestadt aber nicht zur uneingeschränkten Duldung. Sie kann ausdrücklich den Umfang des Camps beschränken, Auflagen verhängen, die Veranstaltung sogar an einen anderen Ort verlegen - und ausdrücklich erlaubt ist das Camp mit der Entscheidung auch nicht:
Ein kaputter Rasen rechtfertigt kein Verbot
"Nicht Gegenstand der Entscheidung ist die Frage, ob und wie weit das Protestcamp in Blick auf die öffentliche Sicherheit beschränkt oder möglicherweise auch untersagt werden kann", teilte das Gericht mit. Zumindest in Teilen handle es sich bei der Veranstaltung aber um eine Kundgebung, die durch das Versammlungsrecht geschützt ist.
Ein Protestcamp müsse einerseits möglichst weitgehend ermöglicht werden, anderseits müssten nachhaltige Schäden des Stadtparks verhindert "und die diesbezüglichen Risiken für die öffentliche Hand möglichst gering gehalten werden", hieß es zur Begründung. Sprich: Ein kaputter Rasen rechtfertigt noch kein Verbot. Denn die Stadt hatte das Camp zunächst nach der Grünanlagenverordnung untersagt.
Zu Recht hatte das Oberverwaltungsgericht entschieden. In der Gesamtbetrachtung handle es sich bei dem Camp nicht um eine grundrechtlich geschützte Versammlung. Es gab damit einer Beschwerde der Stadt Hamburg statt.
Die Verfassungsrichter haben diese Ansicht nun gekippt. Dabei haben sie über einen Eilantrag gegen die Position des OVG entschieden - aber nicht über die zugehörige Verfassungsbeschwerde. Diese werfe "schwierige und... ungeklärte Fragen" auf, hieß es.
Das "Antikapitalistische Camp" soll vom 30. Juni bis 9. Juli stattfinden. Geplant ist bisher eine Zeltstadt für 10.000 Teilnehmer - mit Veranstaltungen vom 28. Juni bis 9. Juli. Der Protest richtet sich gegen das Gipfeltreffen der Staats- und Regierungschefs der führenden Industrie- und Schwellenländer am 7. und 8. Juli in Hamburg.
Aktenzeichen: 1 BvR 1387/17 | de | Die Festwiese im Hamburger Stadtpark
Aufgehoben worden ist ein Verbot gegen ein geplantes Protestcamps im Hamburger Stadtpark während des G20 Gipfels in Hamburg vom 7. bis zum 8. Juli. Eine entsprechende Verfügung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg wurde vom Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe einkassiert.
Vorerst begründete die Stadt Hamburg das geplante Verbot gegen das Protestcamp unter anderem damit, dass das Übernachten in Zelten im Stadtpark keine Meinungskundgabe sei. Dies wiederum verhindert den Organisatoren des Protestcamps die Berufung auf das geschützte Versammlungsrecht. Nun hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht in einer Eilentscheidung festgestellt, dass die Organisatoren sich zumindest vorläufig auf das Grundrecht der Versammlungsfreiheit berufen könnten. Aus diesen Gründen müsse sich Hamburg die Entscheidung berüksichtigen und neu entscheiden.
Jedoch müsse Hamburg sicherstellen, dass es im Stadtpark nicht zu nachhaltigen Schäden komme und die Sicherheit des G20-Gipfels gewährleistet werde. Dass die Stadt den Organisatoren einen anderen Ort für das Camp zuweise, sei insofern auch denkbar. Zügig muss die Stadt Hamburg noch einmal über das geplante Protestcamp entscheiden. Je nachdem, wie die Entscheidung ausfällt, sind die Organisatoren in der Lage, erneut in einem Eilverfahren gerichtlich gegen eine andere Zuweisung vorgehen.
Unter dem Motto „Alternativen zum Kapitalismus leben und sichtbar machen“ sollen ab diesem Freitag, dem 30. Juni, rund 10.000 Teilnehmer im Hamburger Stadtpark übernachten. Es soll neben den 3000 Zelten zum Wohnen noch eine Bühne und verschiedene Veranstaltungszelte geben. |
de | Der Rat der Europäischen Union wird am Montag, dem 28. Februar 2005, die umstrittene Richtlinie zu computerimplementierten Erfindungen in einer Sitzung der Agrarminister als A-Punkt, d.h. ohne weitere Diskussion beschließen, das zumindest geht aus einem Schreiben des Bundesverbraucherministeriums an Florian Müller von der Kampagne NoSoftwarePatents.com hervor. Andererseits ist zu hören, ein Sprecher der luxemburgischen Ratspräsidentschaft habe entsprechende Informationen dementiert.
Die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie falle nicht in das Ressort von Verbraucherschutzministerin Künast, sondern von Justizministerin Zypries. Renate Künast könne aus diesem Grund nicht eigenmächtig über eine Absetzung der Richtlinie von der A-Punkt-Liste entscheiden. Dies könne für die Bundesregierung nur das federführende Justizministerium tun, heißt es in dem Schreiben.Die Ministerin wolle sich jedoch dafür einsetzen, dass der existierende Entwurf jetzt im Sinne der vom Bundestag formulierten Bedenken und der Vorschläge des interfraktionellen Antrags 15/4403 verbessert werde. Die Bedenken könnten unter anderem in der 2. Lesung des Europäischen Parlaments Eingang finden. Allerdings hat sich das Parlament gerade dafür ausgesprochen, das gesamte Verfahren von vorn zu beginnen.Derweil protestieren Softwarpatentgegner unter dem Motto Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt! gegen das Vorgehen im Rat. Dabei sollen bundesweit Pakete mit Bananen und Protestbannern an das Bundesministerium der Justiz geschickt werden, heißt es mit Verweis auf eine Geburtstagsaktion der Deutschen Post, die heute jedem den kostenlosen Versand eine Pakets erlaubt.In Dänemark zeichnet sich zudem ein Parlamentsbeschluss ab, der die dänische Regierung zur Ablehnung der Richtlinie verpflichten soll. (ji) | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
de | for FFII editors
PRESSEERKLÄRUNG FFII -- [ Europa / Wirtschaft / EDV ]
Bananen ans BMJ
Von Softwarepatenten, Verbraucherschutz und der Europäischen Bananen-Union
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Berlin, 25. Februar 2005 -- Unter dem Motto "Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!" gehen zur Zeit bundesweit Pakete mit Bananen und Protestbannern an das Bundesministerium der Justiz. Gleichzeitig wird Verbraucherschutzministerin Renate Künast aufgefordert, der drohenden Verabschiedung eines Richtlinienentwurfs durch den Rat der EU am Montag, den 28. Februar, entgegen zu treten.
Anlass ist das Vorhaben des Ministerrates der EU, am Montag einen Standpunkt zur geplanten EU-Softwarepatent-Richtlinie zu verabschieden, der den Interessen der meisten Mitgliedsstaaten zuwider läuft und der gegen die Beschlüsse sowohl des Europäischen Parlamentes als auch gegen Resolutionen der Parlamente von fünf EU-Mitgliedsstaaten einschließlich des Deutschen Bundestages gerichtet ist. Kritiker weisen dem Ratstext nach, dass er über zahlreiche Hintertüren breite Ausschlussrechte auf reine Software nach US-amerikanischem Vorbild ermögliche und damit einer innovationsgefährdenden Durchsetzungspraxis zu Gunsten amerikanischer und japanischer Konzerne und zu Lasten kleinerer europäischer Unternehmen Vorschub leiste.
Dem in Deutschland federführenden BMJ werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere. Bereits am 15. Februar hatten Demonstranten in einer Kundgebung vor dem BMJ sich dieses Motivs bedient und die Aufnahme von Verhandlungen im Rat der EU gefordert.
(Kundgebung am 15. Februar vor dem BMJ. Quelle: FFII) - Große Version
Christian Cornelssen vom Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur (FFII) e.V., kommentiert:
"Es ist leider immer noch nötig, das BMJ daran zu erinnern, dass unser Parlament in seiner von allen Fraktionen getragenen Entschließung die Richtlinie in dieser Form ablehnt und entscheidende Verbesserungen auf Ratsebene anmahnt. Dies kann nur geschehen, wenn die Richtlinie als B-Punkt verhandelt wird. Damit es dazu überhaupt kommen kann, muss am Montag der A-Punkt von der Tagesordnung genommen werden."
Aufgrund des Widerstandes aus einer Reihe von EU-Mitgliedstaaten fehlt dem Entwurf des Rates mittlerweile die nötige qualifizierte Mehrheit, um als "Gemeinsamer Standpunkt" verabschiedet zu werden. Dennoch hat die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft mehrmals versucht, den Text vom 18. Mai als so genannten "A-Punkt" auf die Tagesordnung zu setzen, d.h. als Text, der ohne weitere Diskussion und ohne ausdrückliche Abstimmung angegenommen werden könne. Gewählt wurde dafür stets ein Treffen der Minister eines fachfremden Ressorts, etwa der Landwirtschafts- und Fischereiminister, wie es auch am Montag wieder der Fall sein soll. Bislang scheiterten die Versuche daran, dass aufmerksame Minister darauf bestanden, die Verabschiedung des nicht mehr legitimierten Entwurfs von der Tagesordnung entfernen zu lassen.
Seit dem 17. Februar 2005 liegt der Europäischen Kommission ein Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments vor mit dem Antrag, das Gesetzgebungsverfahren zur umstrittenen Richtlinie komplett neu zu starten. Damit würde auch der umstrittene Ratstext bedeutungslos werden. Am Abend des gleichen Tages hat der Deutsche Bundestag einstimmig eine interfraktionelle Entschließung verabschiedet, welche erhebliche Mängel im Ratstext feststellt und die Bundesregierung zur Korrektur dieser Mängel auffordert. Die Abgeordneten aller Fraktionen begrüßen den Neustartantrag des Europäischen Parlaments und fordern von der Bundesregierung, insbesondere vom federführenden Bundesministerium der Justiz unter Brigitte Zypries, eine Abkehr von dem bisherigen Ratstext und eine Erwirkung der nötigen Korrekturen auf Ratsebene.
Trotz des stetig gewachsenen Widerstandes aus den EU-Mitgliedsstaaten hat der Rat der EU bislang nicht zu einer Neuverhandlung des Entwurfs gefunden. Stattdessen soll nach dem Willen der luxemburgischen Ratspräsidentschaft am nächsten Montag ein erneuter Versuch gestartet werden, den Entwurf vom Mai 2004, der weniger Unterstützung genießt als je zuvor, ohne erneute Diskussion durch fachlich nicht zuständige Minister verabschieden zu lassen. Die deutsche Delegation wird von der grünen Verbraucherschutzministerin Renate Künast geleitet. Nach dem Willen der Unterstützer der Parlamentsbeschlüsse soll sie wie zuvor die Minister anderer Länder dafür sorgen, dass der A-Punkt des unlegitimierten Entwurfs von der Tagesordnung entfernt wird.
Kontakt
Jan Wildeboer, janwilde at ffii.org, +49-174-7917833
Christian Cornelssen, ccorn at ffii.org, +49-160-3831686
Stephan Uhlmann, uhlmann at ffii.org, +49-170-4225008
Über den FFII -- http://www.ffii.org
Der FFII ist ein in München eingetragener gemeinnütziger Verein für Volksbildung im Bereich der Datenverarbeitung. Der FFII unterstützt die Entwicklung öffentlicher Informationsgüter auf Grundlage des Urheberrechts, freien Wettbewerbs und offener Standards. Über 500 Mitglieder, 1200 Firmen und 70000 Unterstützer haben den FFII mit der Vertretung ihrer Interessen im Bereich der Gesetzgebung zu Software-Eigentumsrechten beauftragt. | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
de | A-Punkt-Warnung Landwirtschaft
-> [ Neues | English | Künastbrief | Bananen ans BMJ | Kontakt Künast | Parteitage am 26. Februar | Künasts Versteckspiel | Vorige A-Punkt-Versuche ]
Aktueller Stand
2005-05-25 16:15 Uhr: Es gibt einige Dementi, dass die Entscheidung doch nicht am Montag 28.Februar ansteht, also kein A-Punkt.
Möglicherweise löste die u.g. Mail einen falschen Alarm aus. Siehe Abschnitt "Erkenntnisse" unten.
Die Aktion "Bananen ans BMJ / B-Punkt jetzt!" wird jedoch unabhängig davon weitergeführt.
Original-Text
Sehr geehrte/r Unterstützer/in des FFII,
am Donnerstag abend ist einem Unterstützer eine Email einer Künast-Mitarbeiterin zugekommen, in der es heisst "Ich schreibe Ihnen im Auftrag von Renate Künast. Am 28.02. wird der 'Gemeinsame Standpunkt' zur Richtlinie über die Patentierbarkeit computerimplementierter Erfindungen auf dem Treffen der Agrar- und Fischereiminister formal bestätigt." Will man einen A-Punkt abnicken lassen, so wäre der Montagstermin geschickt gewählt: Die Europaparlamentarier sind nach einer Sitzung in Straßburg gerade wieder nach Brüssel, und - so rechnet man sich möglicherweise aus - über das Wochenende ist die Mobilisierung schwieriger.
Unverzügliches Handeln ist also geboten, deshalb verschicken wir dieses Rundschreiben schon seit der Nacht, und wir bitten Sie, über Ihre politischen Kontakte darauf hin zu wirken, dass die Softwarepatentrichtlinie kein A-Punkt am 28.02. wird. Andererseits heißt schnelles Handeln auch, dass wir diese Mail bisher nicht aus einer zweiten Quelle verifizieren konnten, wir bitten Sie deshalb um Verifikation oder Falsifizierung, neueste Ergebnisse werden unter
http://wiki.ffii.org/AItemWarning050224De [Abschnitt "Erkenntnisse"]
veröffentlicht (wir bitten Sie, dort nach dem Öffnen dieser Mail nachzuschauen und eigene Erkenntnisse dort beizutragen.)
Mehr Hintergrund unter
http://wiki.ffii.org/Kuenast050224De
Zusätzlich bietet sich die Aktion "B-Punkt jetzt! - Bananen ans BMJ" an. Alles Nötige findet man heute noch im eigenen Briefpostkasten (Stichwort: Freipaket-Freitag), im Supermarkt und auf
http://demo.ffii.org/bmjbananen050225/
Darüberhinaus gibt es am Samstag Parteitage, die sich dringend damit befassen sollten:
http://wiki.ffii.org/GruenerNrwParteitag050226De
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Erkenntnisse | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
en | B-Punkt jetzt!
B wie Banane - Bananen für das BMJ
Noch unbestätigten Informationen zufolge, soll am Montag, den 28.2.2005, die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie wieder als A-Punkt auf die Tagesordnung des Agrar- und Fischereirats gesetzt werden. Dort hat Frau Renate Künast wieder die unglückliche Aufgabe, den Richtlinienentwurf des Rates im Namen der Bundesregierung abzunicken, obwohl diesem bei einer Neuabstimmung keine qualifizierte Mehrheit mehr beschieden wäre. Denn die Bundesregierung, in Gestalt des federführenden Bundesministerium für Justiz (BMJ), hält weiterhin an der gegenwärtigen Ratsversion der Richtlinie fest. Dies erinnert an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik.
Es ist daher leider immer noch nötig, das BMJ daran zu erinnern, dass unser Parlament in seiner von allen Fraktionen getragenen Entschließung die Richtlinie in dieser Form ablehnt und entscheidende Verbesserungen anmahnt. Dies kann nur passieren, wenn die Richtlinie als B-Punkt verhandelt wird. Damit es dazu überhaupt kommen kann, muss am Montag der A-Punkt von der Tagesordnung genommen werden.
Die Deutsche Post AG feiert sich am heutigen Freitag 25.2.2005 mit einem Freipaket-Freitag. Man kann bundesweit kostenlos ein Paket bis max. 20kg verschicken.
Als Zeichen, dass die EU keine "Bananenrepublik" werden soll, nutzen wir diese Gelegenheit und senden dem BMJ ein paar leckere Bananen!
So wirds gemacht:
1. Paketmarke
Man nehme eine Freipaket-Freitags-Paketmarke ...
2. Bananen
... und ein paar Bananen ...
3. Karton
... einen Karton ...
4. Forderung
(als PDF oder OpenOffice SXW zum Ausdrucken)
... tue die Bananen zusammen mit der Botschaft hinein ...
5. Adressieren
... adressiere an das BMJ ...
... und abschicken.
Unterstützer
Bundesministerium der JustizAbteilung III B 4Mohrenstraße 3710117 Berlin
Wenn sie sich an der Aktion beteiligen, tragen sie ihre Unterstützung bitte hier ein:
BmjBananenSupport050225De | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
de | for FFII editors
Künast: Nächsten Montag geht die Richtlinie durch den Rat
-> [ english ] [ A-Punkt-Warnung | Künast-Versteckspiel | BMVEL-Zynismus | Neues ]
24. Februar 2005 -- Ein Mitarbeiterin im Bundesministeriums für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMVEL) erklärt im Auftrag der Ministering Renate Künast einem anfragenden Bürger, dass die Ministerin beabsichtigt, den Weisungen ihrer Regierung entsprechend am kommenden Montag im Landwirtschafts- und Fischreirat die "politische Vereinbarung" zu Softwarepatenten vom 18. Mai 2004 als A-Punkt abzunicken. Darauf werde eine zweite Lesung des Europäischen Parlaments folgen.
Die zentralen Aussagen
Der Gemeinsame Standpunkt wird am Montag formal bestätigt
Frau Künast handelt nur im Auftrag des federführenden Justizministeriums
A-Punkt Abstimmungen finden ohne Diskussion statt, und die Fachminister müssen sich an die interne Regierungsabstimmung halten
Frau Künast setzt sich dafür ein, dass die Position des Bundestags in die Richtlinie Eingang findet
Zuweisung der Änderungsarbeit an die Europaparlamentarier
Der Brief
Sehr geehrter Herr Klein,
Ich schreibe Ihnen im Auftrag von Renate Künast. Am 28.02. wird der "Gemeinsamen Standpunkts" zur Richtlinie über die Patentierbarkeit computerimplementierter Erfindungen auf dem Treffen der Agrar- und Fischereiminister formal bestätigt.
Sie kritisieren, dass Frau Künast nicht diesen Punkt "abnicken" wird . Die genannte Richtlinie fällt nicht in das Ressort von Verbraucherschutzministerin Künast sondern von Justizministerin Zypries. Frau Künast kann aus diesem Grund nicht eigenmächtig über eine Absetzung der Richtlinie von der A-Punkt-Liste entscheiden. Dies kann für die Bundesregierung nur das federführende Justizministerium tun. Es ist dem europäischen A-Punkt-Verfahren zu verdanken, dass dieser Punkt überhaupt auf die Tagesordnung des Agrarrates kommt. Da hier die inhaltliche Diskussion schon im Vorfeld und durch die fachlich zuständigen Gremien stattgefunden hat, kann jeder Fachministerrat, unabhängig von dessen eigener Zuständigkeit, über einen so genannten A-Punkt abstimmen. Hierbei erfolgt keine inhaltliche Diskussion mehr. Die Fachminister fungieren in diesem Fall als Stellvertreter ihrer Regierungen und müssen sich an die Ergebnisse der internen Regierungsabstimmung halten. Frau Künast setzt sich jedoch dafür ein, dass der existierende Entwurf jetzt im Sinne der vom Bundestag formulierten Bedenken und der Vorschläge des interfraktionellen Antrags 15/4403 verbessert wird. Diese Bedenken können sowohl bei der nun erforderlich gewordenen Neubefassung des Rates zum "Gemeinsamen Standpunkt", als auch im weiteren parlamentarischen Verfahren Eingang finden. Nächster Schritt nach dem "Gemeinsamen Standpunkt" ist die 2. Lesung des Europäischen Parlaments. Die konstruktiven und von der Bundesregierung begrüßten Vorschläge des interfraktionellen Antrags geben den Europa-Abgeordneten wichtige Anregungen für deren eigene Arbeiten an dem Richtlinienentwurf. Wenn die 2. Lesung in ein Vermittlungsverfahren mündet, ist dies auch bei der weiteren Positionierung der Bundesregierung im Rat zu berücksichtigen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
[Name der Mitarbeiterin]
-- MdB Renate Künast Deutscher Bundestag Platz der Republik 1 11011 Berlin
Kommentar des Briefempfängers Thomas Klein
...diese "Bedenken" können (!) Eingang finden in die Ratssitzung oder das weitere parlamentarische Verfahren
Gerade der letzte Punkt klingt nicht so, als würde Deutschland am Montag tatsächlich in unserem Sinne etwas tun. Und dann, Zitat: "Nächster Schritt nach dem 'Gemeinsamen Standpunkt' ist die 2. Lesung des Europäischen Parlaments."
Hallo, was ist mit Neustart des Verfahrens? Will der Rat das Parlament jetzt doch überrollen?
Update
von cmdecker: 25. Februar 2005 11:10 Uhr: Es gibt unbestätigte Berichte, dass die Entscheidung doch nicht am Montag 28.Februar ansteht, also kein A-Punkt. Möglicherweise löste die Mail einen falschen Alarm aus.
Wildeboer hat sich beim Rat erkundigt, ist derzeit nicht auf der Agenda. Phm verweist darauf, dass es auch kurzfristig vor der Sitzung durch Deutschland möglich ist.
Siehe auch Lageeinschätzung in http://wiki.ffii.org/AItemWarning050224De
25. Februar 2005 15:00 Uhr: Mitarbeiterin von Frau Künast verweist auf Irrtum, bitte keine weiteren Anrufe mehr ;) | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
de | Die Chaostage rund um die umstrittene EU-Richtlinie über die Patentierbarkeit "computerimplementierter Erfindungen" gehen weiter: Ein Schreiben aus dem Bundestagsbüro von Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast sorgte für Aufregung, dem zufolge der wackelige Standpunkt des EU-Rates zur Softwarepatentrichtlinie entgegen bisheriger Ansagen aus dem Ministergremium am kommenden Montag in Brüssel "auf dem Treffen der Agrar- und Fischereiminister formal bestätigt" werde. Nächster Schritt sei die 2. Lesung des Direktivenvorschlags im EU-Parlament. Anzeige
Die Ansage ließ bei Softwarepatentgegnern sämtliche Alarmglocken schrillen, da die Spitze des EU-Abgeordnetenhauses am 17. Februar von der EU-Kommission die Vorlage eines neuen Richtlinienentwurfs und damit den Neustart des gesamten Gesetzgebungsverfahrens verlangt hatte. Am gestrigen Donnerstag stellte sich das EU-Parlament als Ganzes noch einmal hinter das Begehr, indem es einen Antrag zum Wiederaufrollen der Richtlinie im Plenum durch den Zuspruch aller Fraktionen im Plenum annahm. Mit einer Absegnung des Ratsstandpunktes wären die europäischen Volksvertreter folglich komplett überfahren worden. Ihnen haben zudem auch die nationalen Parlamente hierzulande, in den Niederlanden und in Spanien den Rücken gestärkt.
Lucien Michels, Presse-Attaché der luxemburgischen Ratspräsidentschaft in Brüssel, dementierte gegenüber heise online allerdings, dass die Patentrichtlinie auf der Tagesordnung für den Agrar- und Fischereirat stünde. Es sei auch nicht geplant, den Standpunkt des Rates vom Mai auf einer Ministerrunde in absehbarer Zeit offiziell zu verabschieden. Vielmehr warte man zunächst auf die formale Reaktion der Kommission auf den Neustartantrag aus dem Parlament. Dort hält sich der federführende Binnenmarktkommissar, Charlie McCreevy, allerdings nach wie vor bedeckt, was die Ausarbeitung eines neuen Richtlinienpapiers oder aber etwa die Einstellung oder Verschiebung des Verfahrens angeht. Der Ire sieht vielmehr den Rat am Zug. So gibt es denn auch noch Gerüchte, dass sich der Wettbewerbsrat am 7. März der Richtlinie doch wieder annehmen könnte. Er hatte die umstrittene Vereinbarung der Minister zunächst getroffen.
Doch auch Parlamente der Mitgliedsstaaten lassen nicht locker. So bahnt sich in Dänemark ein Entschließungsantrag nach Vorbild des Bundestags an. Er soll die Regierung dort stärker als in Berlin binden und dazu verpflichten, in Brüssel ein Durchwinken des Ratsstandpunktes zu verhindern. "Wir denken, dass so viele Leute Probleme in dem Vorschlag ausgemacht haben, dass wir die Regierung bitten sollten, momentan in der EU keine Entscheidung über eine Softwarepatentrichtlinie zu treffen", wird Thomas Adelskov, IT-Sprecher der dänischen Sozialdemokraten, in Medienberichten zitiert. Auch das polnische Parlament will am Ball bleiben. Der Ratstext ist insbesondere in die Kritik geraten, weil er laut Experten zahlreiche Hintertüren für eine breite Patentierbarkeit reiner Software nach US-amerikanischem Vorbild öffnet und damit Wettbewerb und Innovation behindern könnte.
Der Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur (FFII) hat sich derweil eine ungewöhnliche Form des Protests ausgedacht: Er fordert seine Anhänger auf, die Werbeaktion der Deutschen Post am heutigen Freitag zum kostenlosen Versand eines Paketes zu nutzen, um dem in Deutschland federführenden Bundesjustizministerium "ein paar leckere Bananen" zu senden. Schon am Donnerstag vor einer Woche demonstrierte der Mittelstandsverband in Brüssel unter dem Motto "Keine Bananen-Republik" gegen Softwarepatente, zwei Tage zuvor in Berlin. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, "dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere".
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) / ( jk /c't) | de | Der Förderverein für eine freie Informationsinfrastruktur (FFII) ruft zur Aktion „B-Punkt jetzt“ auf, die das Bundesjustizministerium (BMJ) dazu auffordert, im EU-Rat die Softwarepatent-Richtlinie als B-Punkt zur erneuten Verhandlung einzubringen.
Ziel der Aktion ist, dem BMJ mit Hilfe der DHL-Freitags-Freipaket-Marke ein paar leckere Bananen zusammen mit einer entsprechenden Botschaft zukommen zu lassen. Dem Justizministerium werfen die Absender der Bananen vor, „dass dessen Ignoranz aller parlamentarischen Beschlüsse und das Festhalten an einem unlegitimierten Richtlinienentwurf an die Zustände in einer Bananenrepublik erinnere“.
Die Bananen symbolisieren hier die Unausgereiftheit (der Ratsversion) der Richtlinie und kritisieren die Politpraxis in diesem Zusammenhang. Die Demonstration am 25. Februar 2005 in Berlin stand bereits unter dem Motto „Keine Bananenrepublik - keine Softwarepatente - B-Punkt jetzt!“.
Laut heise und Quellen aus dem FFII gibt es ein Schreiben der Landwirtschaftsministerin Renate Künast, wonach die umstrittene Richtlinie entgegen der bisherigen Verlautbarungen aus dem BMJ, bereits am Montag zur Abstimmung gebracht werden soll. Gegenüber heise online wurde dies jedoch dementiert. Auch neuesten Erkenntnissen aus FFII-Kreisen zufolge ist dem Inhalt des Briefes nicht zu trauen.
Aktuell steht der Bananenzähler am 26. Februar 2005 um 10:00 Uhr MEZ auf 452 Bananen fürs BMJ. |
de | Frankfurt hat mit dem Goetheturm eines seiner Wahrzeichen verloren. Stadt, Anwohner und Politiker zeigen sich betroffen und sind sich einig: Der Holzturm muss wieder aufgebaut werden.
Horst Ducat kann es immer noch nicht fassen. Er steht wenige Meter von den qualmenden Überresten entfernt, die einmal der Goetheturm waren. Ein Feuer hat das über 80 Jahre alte Wahrzeichen in der Nacht zum Donnerstag zerstört. "Ich bin in Sachsenhausen geboren und aufgewachsen", erzählt der 80-Jährige mit bebender Stimme. "Ich war schon als kleiner Junge hier. Wie oft sind wir den Goetheturm hoch und runter geklettert."
Betroffen und stinksauer: Ur-Sachsenhäuser Horst Ducat. Bild © Sonja Fouraté (hr)
Als er dann selbst Kinder hatte, war der Goetheturm deren Lieblingsspielplatz: "Meine Tochter hat mich heute morgen aus Bielefeld angerufen", sagt Ducat. "Sie hatte es im Radio gehört und konnte es nicht glauben. Was für ein Verlust." Ein paar Meter weiter sagt ein kleiner Junge zu seinen Eltern: "Ich habe heute Morgen auf jeden Fall geweint."
"Frankfurter mitten ins Herz getroffen"
Trauer und Betroffenheit macht sich bei den Frankfurtern nach der Zerstörung ihres Wahrzeichens im Wald breit. Das Feuer hat "alle Frankfurter mitten ins Herz getroffen", sagt Rainer Vollweiter vom Umweltdezernat und Oberbürgermeister Peter Feldmann (SPD) stellt fest: "Die Menschen in der ganzen Stadt sind wütend."
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Wut und Fassungslosigkeit treibt auch die Stadtverordnete Birgit Ross (Grüne) um, die ebenfalls aus Sachsenhausen stammt: "Der Goetheturm steht für so viel: Hier wurde gespielt, gegessen, geküsst, geweint, es gab Liebesschwüre, Heiratsanträge - für all das stand der Goetheturm. Und jetzt ist er weg", sagt sie bei der Besichtigung der Brandstelle.
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Oberbürgermeister Peter Feldmann (SPD)
Oberbürgermeister Peter Feldmann zeigt sich betroffen: "Der Goetheturm war ein Wahrzeichen, mit dem die Kinder dieser Stadt groß werden." Der Verlust mache "die Menschen in der ganzen Stadt wütend. Ich werde Stadtrat Schneider voll dabei unterstützen, dass der Goetheturm sofort wieder aufgebaut wird. Der Goetheturm ist eines der Wahrzeichen unserer Stadt. Wir werden die Mittel dafür umgehend bereitstellen", sagte das Stadtoberhaupt bei dem Rundgang an der Brandstelle.
Baudezernent Jan Schneider (CDU)
Angesprochener Stadtrat Jan Schneider will möglichst schnell die Planungen für den Wiederaufbau aufnehmen. "Auch wenn wir zurzeit mit Schulen, Kindertagesstätten und anderen städtischen Gebäuden alle Hände voll zu tun haben - spätestens morgen sollte das Hochbauamt mit den Planungen für den Wiederaufbau beginnen. Ich hoffe, das es hierfür eine breite politische Mehrheit geben wird." Allerdings könnte ein Wiederaufbau aufgrund neuer Baurichtlinien "nicht mehr eins zu eins möglich sein". Für die bis 2014 dauernde Sanierung des bestehenden Turms hätten andere Richtlinien gegolten, sagte Schneider.
Umweltdezernentin Rosemarie Heilig (Grüne)
"Das ist ein echter Alptraum und richtig bitter. Wer steckt ein Identifikationssymbol der Frankfurter in Brand?", zeigte sich Umweltdezernentin Rosemarie Heilig fassungslos.
Feuerwehrdezernent Markus Frank (CDU)
Stadtrat Markus Frank begreift den "traurigen Anlass" auch als Chance. Jetzt könne man den Turm im Sinne der Barrierefreiheit wieder aufbauen, sagte er bei bei einer Pressekonferenz an der Brandstelle.
Städtisches Umweltdezernat
Ähnliche Signale kommen aus dem Umweltdezernat, das für den Turm zuständig ist. "Das hat alle Frankfurter mitten ins Herz getroffen", sagte Dezernats-Sprecher Rainer Vollweiter hessenschau.de. "Man ist kein richtiger Frankfurter, wenn man nicht einmal auf dem Goetheturm war."
Nicola Beer (FDP)
FDP-Generalsekretärin Nicola Beer forderte auf Twitter einen Runden Tisch mit Stadt und Bürgern. "Lasst uns den Goetheturm wieder aufbauen", schrieb die hessische Spitzenkandidatin und künftige Bundestagsabgeordnete. | de | Goetheturm
Am Donnerstag um 03.15 Uhr wurde sowohl die Feuerwehr als auch die Polizei verständigt. Gemeldet wurde der Brand des hölzernen 43,3 Meter hohen Goetheturm im Stadtteil Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. Obwohl die Feuerwehr mit zahlreichen Einsatzkräften vor Ort war gelang es lediglich die Beschädigung benachbarter Gebäude zu verhindern. Der Turm selbst brannte komplett ab. Brandermittler der Kriminalpolizei haben die Ermittlungen aufgenommen. Man vermutet Brandstiftung, da der am Turm keine Elektrik verbaut war und auch ein Blitzschlag als Ursache des Feuers ausscheidet. Da in diesem Jahr bereits zwei Holzbauten in Frankfurt den Flammen zum Opfer gefallen sind, ist es nicht auszuschließen, dass der erneute Brand die Tat eines Serientäters ist.
Der Goetheturm war ein vollständig aus Holz gebauter, 43,3 Meter hoher Aussichtsturm am nördlichen Rand des Frankfurter Stadtwaldes, der nach Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe benannt wurde. Der Turm hatte 196 Stufen und war bis 1999, als er vom Jahrtausendturm in Magdeburg abgelöst wurde, der höchste öffentlich zugängliche Holzbau Deutschlands. |
de | Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - Ein Feuer hat den mehr als 80 Jahre alten Goetheturm in Frankfurt am Main vollständig zerstört. "Der Turm ist eingestürzt und war nicht mehr zu retten", sagte ein Sprecher der Feuerwehr.
Wegen der hohen Flammen und der Einsturzgefahr des 43 Meter hohen Holzturms löschte die Feuerwehr den Brand zunächst nicht, sondern sicherte die Umgebung. Zehn Meter des beliebten Ausflugsziels standen am frühen Morgen noch in Flammen, nur die vier Stützpfeiler ragten noch in die Höhe.
"Es deutet alles auf Brandstiftung hin", sagte eine Polizeisprecherin. In dem Turm sei "keinerlei Elektronik verbaut, und es ist auch kein Gewitter in der Nacht über uns hinweggezogen". Die Ermittlungen könnten aber erst in einigen Stunden beginnen, wenn alle Glutnester gelöscht und der Brandherd abgekühlt sei.
Bereits im Frühsommer waren zwei Holzbauten in Frankfurter Parks abgebrannt, die Polizei ermittelt in beiden Fällen wegen Brandstiftung. Der koreanische Pavillon im Grüneburgpark stand Anfang Mai in Flammen, einen Monat später der chinesische Pavillon im Bethmannpark. Beide Gebäude wurden völlig zerstört. Der mehr als 80 Jahre alte Goetheturm war ebenfalls aus Holz. Konkrete Hinweise auf eine Brandserie gebe es noch nicht, sagte die Polizeisprecherin, aber: "Es ist alles möglich."
Oberbürgermeister Peter Feldmann (SPD) reagierte betroffen und forderte nach den Worten seines Sprechers einen Wiederaufbau.
"Ein elektronischer Defekt kann es nicht gewesen sein", sagte der Feuerwehrsprecher. "Zum Glück ist nicht Hochsommer." Durch Funkenflug auf trockenen Waldboden hätte das Feuer sonst einen noch erheblicheren Schaden anrichten können.
Als die Feuerwehr um 3.20 Uhr vor Ort war, stand der Turm schon voll in Flammen. Bei der Leitstelle gingen "zahlreiche Notrufe" ein. Rund 60 Feuerwehrkräfte rückten aus.
Der Turm im Stadtteil Sachsenhausen zählte nach Angaben der Stadt Frankfurt zu den höchsten hölzernen Aussichtstürmen Deutschlands. Erst im Jahr 2014 war er saniert worden. Sein Name war ihm bei der Eröffnung 1931 anlässlich des bevorstehenden 100. Todestages von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gegeben worden.
"Der Sachschaden lässt sich nicht beziffern", sagte der Feuerwehr-Sprecher. "Der ideelle Schaden ist aber riesengroß." | de | Goetheturm
Am Donnerstag um 03.15 Uhr wurde sowohl die Feuerwehr als auch die Polizei verständigt. Gemeldet wurde der Brand des hölzernen 43,3 Meter hohen Goetheturm im Stadtteil Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. Obwohl die Feuerwehr mit zahlreichen Einsatzkräften vor Ort war gelang es lediglich die Beschädigung benachbarter Gebäude zu verhindern. Der Turm selbst brannte komplett ab. Brandermittler der Kriminalpolizei haben die Ermittlungen aufgenommen. Man vermutet Brandstiftung, da der am Turm keine Elektrik verbaut war und auch ein Blitzschlag als Ursache des Feuers ausscheidet. Da in diesem Jahr bereits zwei Holzbauten in Frankfurt den Flammen zum Opfer gefallen sind, ist es nicht auszuschließen, dass der erneute Brand die Tat eines Serientäters ist.
Der Goetheturm war ein vollständig aus Holz gebauter, 43,3 Meter hoher Aussichtsturm am nördlichen Rand des Frankfurter Stadtwaldes, der nach Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe benannt wurde. Der Turm hatte 196 Stufen und war bis 1999, als er vom Jahrtausendturm in Magdeburg abgelöst wurde, der höchste öffentlich zugängliche Holzbau Deutschlands. |
de | Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main
POL-F: 171012 - 1100 Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen: Goetheturm abgebrannt
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(as) Ein Feuer hat heute in den frühen Morgenstunden den Frankfurter Goetheturm in Schutt und Asche gelegt.
Gegen 03.15 Uhr erreichten Polizei und Feuerwehr zahlreiche Notrufe, dass das Frankfurter Wahrzeichen in Flammen stünde. Wenig später trafen die ersten Einsatzkräfte am Turm ein, da stand dieser bereits vollkommen in Flammen. Auch die intensiven Bemühungen der Feuerwehr konnten den Niedergang nicht verhindern. Angrenzende Gebäude und Waldbereiche gelang es so zu sichern, dass diese nicht in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wurden.
Nach Abschluss der Löscharbeiten haben spezialisierte Brandermittler der Frankfurter Kriminalpolizei ihre Arbeit begonnen. Die umfangreiche Spurensuche wird sicher mehrere Tage in Anspruch nehmen und dauern momentan an.
Zu der Brandursache sind derzeit keine seriösen und belastbaren Aussagen machbar. Aufgrund der Gesamtumstände ist eine Brandstiftung im weitesten Sinne sehr wahrscheinlich. Zusammenhänge mit ähnlichen Brandstiftungen der Vergangenheit werden im Rahmen der Ermittlungen geprüft.
In diesem Zusammenhang bittet die Polizei um Hinweise an den Kriminaldauerdienst unter Telefon 069/755-53111.
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Original-Content von: Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main, übermittelt durch news aktuell | de | Goetheturm
Am Donnerstag um 03.15 Uhr wurde sowohl die Feuerwehr als auch die Polizei verständigt. Gemeldet wurde der Brand des hölzernen 43,3 Meter hohen Goetheturm im Stadtteil Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. Obwohl die Feuerwehr mit zahlreichen Einsatzkräften vor Ort war gelang es lediglich die Beschädigung benachbarter Gebäude zu verhindern. Der Turm selbst brannte komplett ab. Brandermittler der Kriminalpolizei haben die Ermittlungen aufgenommen. Man vermutet Brandstiftung, da der am Turm keine Elektrik verbaut war und auch ein Blitzschlag als Ursache des Feuers ausscheidet. Da in diesem Jahr bereits zwei Holzbauten in Frankfurt den Flammen zum Opfer gefallen sind, ist es nicht auszuschließen, dass der erneute Brand die Tat eines Serientäters ist.
Der Goetheturm war ein vollständig aus Holz gebauter, 43,3 Meter hoher Aussichtsturm am nördlichen Rand des Frankfurter Stadtwaldes, der nach Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe benannt wurde. Der Turm hatte 196 Stufen und war bis 1999, als er vom Jahrtausendturm in Magdeburg abgelöst wurde, der höchste öffentlich zugängliche Holzbau Deutschlands. |
pl | Gdynia 2007-09-06 15:09 Nowy dowódca
Centrum Operacji Morskich Kontradmirał Ryszard DEMCZUK objął dzisiaj (czwartek, 6 września) obowiązki dowódcy Centrum Operacji Morskich. Zastąpił na tym stanowisku dotychczasowego dowódcę COM admirała floty Marka BRĄGOSZEWSKIEGO. Kontradmirał Ryszard Szczepan DEMCZUK – ur. 03 sierpnia 1959 r. w Białej Podlaskiej. Jest absolwentem Wyższej Szkoły Marynarki Wojennej (1985). Ukończył: kurs przeszkolenia oficerów szczebla operacyjno – taktycznego (1990), międzynarodowy kurs oficerów sztabu w Akademii Obrony Holandii (1996), kurs integracji z NATO (1998), kurs „Liderzy XXI wieku” w Europejskim Centrum Studiów Bezpieczeństwa w amerykańskim Instytucie im Georga C. Marshalla w Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1998), studia podyplomowe w Akademii Marynarki Wojennej (2000) oraz podyplomowe studia dowódczo – sztabowe w Akademii Dowódczej Marynarki Wojennej w Newport (2001). Po ukończeniu studiów w Wyższej Szkole Marynarki Wojennej od 1985 roku pełnił służbę w 3 Flotylli Okrętów w 1 Dywizjonie Okrętów Rakietowych, przechodząc wszystkie szczeble dowodzenia od dowódcy działu do dowódcy okrętu. W latach 1989-1994 dowodził okrętem rakietowym ORP „Oksywie”, a w latach 1995-1997 okrętem rakietowym ORP „Grom’. Następnie zajmował stanowiska w 3 Flotylli Okrętów i w Sztabie Marynarki Wojennej. W 2002 roku powraca do Dywizjonu Okrętów Rakietowych i w tym samym roku objął nad nim dowodzenie. Począwszy od bieżącego roku pełnił obowiązki głównego specjalisty w Dowództwie Marynarki Wojennej. Kontradmirał Ryszard Demczuk jest także czołowym racjonalizatorem Marynarki Wojennej. Jego wnioski pt. „Proces dowodzenia. Metodologia pracy dowódcy i sztabu w planowaniu działań bojowych w aspekcie spełnienia wymogów interoperacyjności z procedurami obowiązującymi w NATO” oraz „Wykorzystanie planszetu OPA w walce o żywotność okrętu, wg. procedur NATO” zdobyły wyróżnienie dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej i zostały wprowadzony do stosowania w Marynarce Wojennej. W 2006 roku praca racjonalizatorska pt. „Modernizacja morskiej wyrzutni celu powietrznego ICP KOLIBER” zdobyła 1 miejsce w Marynarce Wojennej. Jest żonaty i ma dwie córki. Interesuje się literaturą, historią cywilizacji i rozwoju myśli wojskowej. Admirał floty Marek BRĄGOSZEWSKI - urodził się 6 czerwca 1949 roku w Gdyni. Po ukończeniu liceum w 1967 roku wstąpił do Marynarki Wojennej i rozpoczął edukację zawodową. Po ukończeniu Akademii Marynarki Wojennej został promowany do stopnia podporucznika i rozpoczął służbę jako oficer zwalczania okrętów podwodnych na okrętach 11 Dywizjonu Ścigaczy Okrętów Podwodnych w Helu. Ostatnim jego stanowiskiem morskim było dowodzenie okrętem zwalczania okrętów podwodnych. W latach 1978-80 studiował w Akademii Sztabu i Dowodzenia w b. Leningradzie, po czym służył jako oficer sztabowy, szef wydziału operacyjnego oraz szef sztabu 9 Flotylli Obrony Wybrzeża w Helu. W lipcu 1991 roku objął stanowisko dowódcy 9 Flotylli Obrony Wybrzeża w Helu i dowodził Flotyllą przez 6 lat. W 1997 roku objął stanowisko zastępcy Szefa Sztabu Marynarki Wojennej. W 2000 roku został szefem Szkolenia Marynarki Wojennej. Od 18 kwietnia 2005 roku był dowódcą Centrum Operacji Morskich – zastępcą Dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej RP. Ukończył kurs sztuki wojennej w Akademii Sztabu i Dowodzenia b. ZSRR (1985), operacji strategicznych w Akademii Obrony Narodowej (1988-89) i języka angielskiego w Fort Borden w Kanadzie. Zapalony żeglarz i członek Bractwa Przylądka Horn. Jest żonaty i ma dwójkę dzieci - córkę i syna (oficera MW). Wersja do druku | pl | W obecności dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej adm. floty Romana Krzyżelewskiego odbyła się uroczystość przekazania obowiązków dowódcy Centrum Operacji Morskich w Gdyni. Kontradm. Ryszard Demczuk zastąpił na tym stanowisku adm. floty Marka Brągoszewskiego. Oficjalnie admirał Demczuk został wyznaczony przez ministra obrony narodowej już 15 sierpnia 2007 roku, jednakże ze względów organizacyjnych zmiana nastąpiła w dniu 6 września 2007 roku. Do tego czasu admirał Brągoszewski pozostawał na stanowisku poza etatem jednostki wojskowej. Jednocześnie dowódca Centrum Operacji Morskich przestał być zastępcą dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej.
Centrum Operacji Morskich jest jednostką dowodzenia taktycznego podległą dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej. Powstało w 2002 roku w ramach reorganizacji systemu dowodzenia i jego dostosowania do standardów NATO. Zostało zorganizowane z połączenia Stanowiska Dowodzenia Marynarki Wojennej i wydzielonych struktur Sztabu i Logistyki Marynarki Wojennej. W 2004 roku jego struktura została rozbudowana.
Zdający obowiązki adm. floty Marek Brągoszewski urodził się 6 czerwca 1949 roku w Gdyni. Jest absolwentem Wyższej Szkoły Marynarki Wojennej, Akademii Marynarki Wojennej ZSRR, Akademii Sztabu i Dowodzenia ZSRR oraz Akademii Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego. Był dowódcą 9 Flotylli Obrony Wybrzeża (1991-1997) i szefem Szkolenia Marynarki Wojennej (2000-2005). Stanowisko dowódcy Operacji Morskich zastępcy dowódcy Marynarki Wojennej zajmował od 18 kwietnia 2005 roku.
Obejmujący kontradm. Ryszard Demczuk urodził się 3 sierpnia 1959 w Białej Podlaskiej. Ukończył Wyższą Szkołę Marynarki Wojennej, Akademię Obrony Holandii i Akademię Dowodzenia Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych. W trakcie służby wojskowej dowodził okrętami rakietowym ORP "Oksywie" i ORP "Grom" oraz dywizjonem Okrętów Rakietowych. Przed wyznaczeniem na stanowisko dowódcy Centrum Operacji Morskich był głównym specjalistą w Dowództwie Marynarki Wojennej. |
es | La antorcha olímpica de los Juegos de 2016 pasará por cerca de 250 ciudades en Brasil, dando al 90 por ciento de la población del país la posibilidad de verla antes de que termine su periplo en Río. En la imagen, el presidente del comité organizador de los juegos posa frente a una pantalla con una imagen de la antorcha olímpica en una fotografía tomada el 29 de enero de 2015 en Río de Janeiro. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
RÍO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - La antorcha olímpica de los Juegos de 2016 pasará por cerca de 250 ciudades en Brasil, dando al 90 por ciento de la población del país la posibilidad de verla antes de que termine su periplo en Río.
“La antorcha recorrerá todos los rincones de Brasil, hasta los puntos más difíciles y lejanos, para permitir al pueblo brasileño que participe”, dijo a los periodistas el presidente del comité organizador, Carlos Nuzman, en la presentación del recorrido el jueves.
El relevo pasará por las capitales de los 26 estados, además del distrito federal de Brasilia, a través de una ruta de 20.000 kilómetros y durará unos 100 días.
Nuzman dijo que se estaba trabajando para garantizar que el itinerario fuera seguro.
“El gobierno federal está trabajando en la seguridad junto a los gobiernos estatales y locales de todos los lugares por los que pasará la antorcha”, explicó antes de añadir que los planes “deberían satisfacer a todos”.
Un estudio reciente realizado por el grupo mexicano Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal desveló que en Brasil se encontraban 19 de las 50 ciudades más peligrosas del mundo, según su ratio de asesinatos del pasado año. | es | El recorrido de la antorcha olímpica de involucrará 26 , 250 ciudades, 20 mil , 10 mil portadores y 90% de la población brasileña. Entre 90 y 100 días durará el recorrido, desde el encendido de la en , Grecia, hasta el encendido del pebetero en la ceremonia de apertura el 5 de agosto de 2016 en el .
"La antorcha recorrerá todos los rincones de Brasil, hasta los puntos más difíciles y lejanos, para permitir al pueblo brasileño que participe", declaró , presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos. Por otro lado, afirmó que el "gobierno federal está trabajando en la seguridad junto a los gobiernos estatales y locales de todos los lugares por los que pasará la antorcha".
, y serán los patrocinadores oficiales del recorrido. "Estamos escribiendo otro capítulo en la historia de nuestra colaboración con el Recorrido de la Antorcha Olímpica. Desde los , en 1992, creemos en su poder de la antorcha de emocionar, de crear momentos únicos y de difundir el espíritu olímpico a todo el mundo", aseveró Flavio Camelier, vicepresidente de Coca-Cola Brasil.
El diseño de la antorcha se escogió en un concurso a nivel nacional el pasado año. Los cálidos colores hacen referencia a la llama y al calor humano de los brasileños, en alusión a lo que se espera sea el relevo, un evento donde la celebración de las personas "alimentará la llama olímpica con su fascinante energía", informa ''''. La ruta que seguirá la antorcha se revelará el próximo año. |
en | As the Organising Committee announced the first details for the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay on 29 January, it was revealed that the flame would be carried by at least 10,000 torchbearers to every corner of Brazil, on a route designed to reach approximately 90 per cent of the population.
As is traditional, the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame at the home of the ancient Olympic Games, Olympia, will mark the start of the Olympic Torch Relay. From Greece, the flame will arrive in Brazil approximately 100 days before the start of the 2016 Games and will then begin its journey around the country. The culmination of the journey will come on 5 August at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio when the flame will light the Olympic cauldron at the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony.
Carlos Nuzman, President of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, said the Torch Relay would give the opportunity for millions of Brazilians to be involved in the build-up to the Olympic Games. “Upon being awarded the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games, we promised to involve the entire country, thereby ensuring it would be an event made by Brazilians, for Brazilians and with a Brazilian spirit for the world to enjoy. To stage the Olympic Torch Relay across the whole country is to fulfil that promise and give millions the chance to participate in an unforgettable celebration.”
Continuing its longstanding support of the Olympic Torch Relay, Coca-Cola, together with Nissan and Bradesco, will be a Presenting Partner in Brazil. Flavio Camelier, Vice President of Coca-Cola Brazil for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, said: “We are writing yet another chapter in the history of our partnership with the Olympic Torch Relay. Since the Barcelona Olympic Games, in 1992, we believe in its power to thrill, to provide unique moments and to spread the Olympic spirit throughout the whole world.”
The nomination process for the torchbearers will be held throughout 2015 and will be conducted in collaboration with the Presenting Partners, while the design of the torch and more details about the route will be announced later in the year.
Find out more about the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay at www.rio2016.com | es | El recorrido de la antorcha olímpica de involucrará 26 , 250 ciudades, 20 mil , 10 mil portadores y 90% de la población brasileña. Entre 90 y 100 días durará el recorrido, desde el encendido de la en , Grecia, hasta el encendido del pebetero en la ceremonia de apertura el 5 de agosto de 2016 en el .
"La antorcha recorrerá todos los rincones de Brasil, hasta los puntos más difíciles y lejanos, para permitir al pueblo brasileño que participe", declaró , presidente del Comité Organizador de los Juegos. Por otro lado, afirmó que el "gobierno federal está trabajando en la seguridad junto a los gobiernos estatales y locales de todos los lugares por los que pasará la antorcha".
, y serán los patrocinadores oficiales del recorrido. "Estamos escribiendo otro capítulo en la historia de nuestra colaboración con el Recorrido de la Antorcha Olímpica. Desde los , en 1992, creemos en su poder de la antorcha de emocionar, de crear momentos únicos y de difundir el espíritu olímpico a todo el mundo", aseveró Flavio Camelier, vicepresidente de Coca-Cola Brasil.
El diseño de la antorcha se escogió en un concurso a nivel nacional el pasado año. Los cálidos colores hacen referencia a la llama y al calor humano de los brasileños, en alusión a lo que se espera sea el relevo, un evento donde la celebración de las personas "alimentará la llama olímpica con su fascinante energía", informa ''''. La ruta que seguirá la antorcha se revelará el próximo año. |
en | Plus de 11 000 enfants ont été tués dans le conflit syrien, dont 128 par armes chimiques et 389 abattus par des tireurs embusqués, selon un rapport publié dimanche par le centre de réflexion britannique Oxford Research Group.
Selon ces données, 11 420 enfants syriens, âgés de 17 ans ou moins, ont été tués entre le déclenchement du conflit en mars 2011 et la fin août 2013, parmi les 113 735 morts civils et combattants recensés.
Sur les 10 586 enfants dont la cause de la mort a été précisée, 7 557 soit 71% ont été tués par des «armes explosives» (bombardements aériens, tirs d'artillerie, attentats à la bombe, voitures piégées), soit l'armement «le plus meurtrier pour les enfants de Syrie», note le rapport qui se fonde sur les données de plusieurs organisations syriennes.
«Les tirs d'armes légères sont responsables de la mort d'un enfant sur quatre, 2 806 enfants, 26,5% du total, et parmi eux figurent 764 enfants exécutés sommairement et 389 abattus par des tireurs embusqués», précise l'étude.
Parmi les 764 mineurs tués sommairement, il a été rapporté que «112 avaient été torturés», dont cinq âgés de sept ans ou moins et onze entre 8 et 12 ans, selon la même source.
Le rapport rapporte également que «128 enfants ont été enregistrés comme ayant été tués par des armes chimiques à Ghouta le 21 août 2013», dans une attaque attribuée par l'opposition syrienne et les pays occidentaux au régime du président Assad.
Cette attaque, qui a fait plusieurs centaines de morts, a donné lieu à une escalade des tensions et au démantèlement des armes chimiques du régime syrien.
Le rapport montre également que «les garçons âgés entre 13 et 17 ans ont été les victimes les plus fréquentes des meurtres ciblés, que ce soit les tirs de snipers, les exécutions ou les tortures».
Les adolescents ont été globalement plus visés que les enfants plus jeunes et deux fois plus de garçons que de filles ont été tués.
«Le plus inquiétant dans les conclusions de ce rapport n'est pas seulement le nombre considérable d'enfants tués dans ce conflit, mais la façon dont ils le sont», a estimé Hana Salama, coauteur du rapport.
«Tous les acteurs du conflit doivent assumer la responsabilité de la protection des enfants», a-t-elle martelé, son coauteur, Hamit Dardagan estimant que seule «une paix durable et non davantage de bombes et de balles» peut «garantir la sécurité des enfants». | fr | Alep.
Selon un rapport publié par le centre de réflexion britannique Oxford Research Group, enfants syriens, âgés de 17 ans ou moins, ont été tués entre le déclenchement du conflit en mars 2011 et la fin août 2013, parmi les morts civils et combattants recensés.
Parmis eux, 128 seraient morts par armes chimiques, 389 abattus par des tireurs embusqués et 112 ont été torturés. 71%, soit des enfants ont été tués par des armes explosives (bombardements aériens, tirs d'artillerie, attentats à la bombe, voitures piégées). Il s'agit donc de l'armement le plus meurtrier pour les enfants de Syrie, note le rapport qui se fonde sur les données de plusieurs organisations syriennes.
Le rapport montre également que les adolescents ont été généralement plus visés que les enfants plus jeunes et deux fois plus de garçons que de filles ont été tués.
D’ailleurs, les garçons âgés entre 13 et 17 ans ont été les victimes les plus fréquentes des meurtres ciblés, que ce soit les tirs de snipers, les exécutions ou les tortures. |
en | A Mozambique Airlines plane has crashed in a game park in northeast Namibi, killing all 34 people on board, Namibian police have said.
The plane, en route from Mozambique to Angola, went down in remote terrain in the Bwabwata National Park, where Namibia turns into a narrow strip of land sandwiched between Botswana and Angola.
"My team on the ground have found the wreckage. No survivors. The plane is totally burned," Willie Bampton, a regional police coordinator in the Kavango region, said on Saturday.
Flight TM470 from Maputo, the Mozambican capital, did not land as scheduled in Luanda, the Angolan capital, on Friday afternoon, and the airline initially said the plane might have landed in Rundu, in northern Namibia.
It said it coordinated with aviation authorities in Namibia, Botswana and Angola to locate the missing plane.
A Namibian police helicopter joined officers on the ground in the search.
The plane was carrying 28 passengers, including 10 Mozambicans, nine Angolans, five Portuguese, and one citizen each from France, Brazil and China, said the airline. Six crew members were on board, it said.
The area is vast and there are no roads, making it difficult to locate the plane, Bampton was quoted by the Namibian Press Agency as saying.
The search was conducted in the Bwabwata National Park in northeastern Namibia. Several thousand people as well as elephants, buffalo and other animals live in the park, which covers 6,100 square kilometres. | en | The wreckage of a crashed plane carrying by various reports 33 or 34 occupants has been found in Namibia but none of its passengers or crew survived, police in the country said yesterday. took off from the Mozambique 's at 11:26 (0926 ) Friday and was scheduled to reach in , the capital of Angola, at 14:10 (1310 UTC).
The remains of the plane were discovered at in Namibia, close to the borders between Angola and Botswana. police coordinator Willie Bampton reportedly said yesterday: "My team on the ground have found the wreckage. No survivors. The plane is totally burned". A nearby game ranger with the surname Shinonge described bodies being "scattered all over the place", adding, "It's a horrible sight". Shinonge also said investigators managed to find and recover the aircraft's .
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, when the aircraft's exact location was unknown, stated: "Information obtained indicates that the flight has landed in a location in Northern Namibia, bordering Angola and Botswana near a place called ." However, the airline later confirmed the plane had in fact crashed. "At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft. LAM has established family assistance centres at Maputo and Luanda airports to support the families who are naturally distressed", a further statement from the company said. Authorities from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa were thanked by the airline for their assistance in the search for the plane.
The plane reportedly had a crew of six and 27 or 28 passengers. Ten of the passengers were Mozambique nationals, while nine were from Angola and five were from Portugal. One passenger from each of France, Brazil and China were also onboard.
The exact cause of the crash is unknown, although officials in Mozambique said weather and visibility were poor on Friday. In a statement, LAM Mozambique Airlines said: "We do not have any information on the circumstances of the accident and we cannot speculate on possible causes as the investigators must be given the time and space to do their work without interference or prejudice."
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en | WINDHOEK (Reuters) - A Mozambique Airlines plane en route to Angola crashed in a game park in northeast Namibia killing all 34 people on board, Namibian police said on Saturday.
Flight TM 470 left Maputo on Friday for the Angolan capital of Luanda with 28 passengers and six crew members on board when it lost contact with air traffic controllers, the national carrier said in a statement.
Namibian Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton said rescue workers had found burned-out wreckage of the aircraft in the dense bush of Bwabwata National Park, near the borders with Angola and Botswana.
"The plane has been completely burned to ashes and there are no survivors," Bampton said.
A Bwabwata game ranger at the scene said the plane's black boxes, including the voice recorder, had been located and taken by investigators.
"The bodies are scattered all over the place. It's a horrible sight," said the ranger, who identified himself only by his surname, Shinonge.
Namibia's aircraft investigation unit launched a helicopter search for the plane on Friday but called it off because of heavy rain, an investigator said, adding the search had resumed on Saturday.
The remote, 6,100 sq km (2,300 sq mile) park is home to wildlife including elephants, lions and wild dogs.
Mozambican officials said the plane, an Embraer SA 190, went missing on Friday in bad weather and poor visibility.
In a statement on its website, Mozambique Airlines listed the nationalities of the passengers on Flight TM470 as 10 Mozambicans, nine Angolans, 5 Portuguese, one French, one Brazilian and one Chinese.
The flight left the Mozambican capital of Maputo at 1126 (0426 ET) on Friday and had been due to arrive in Luanda at 1400.
(Additional reporting by Pascal Fletcher in Johannesburg and Manuel Mucari in Maputo; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Janet Lawrence) | en | The wreckage of a crashed plane carrying by various reports 33 or 34 occupants has been found in Namibia but none of its passengers or crew survived, police in the country said yesterday. took off from the Mozambique 's at 11:26 (0926 ) Friday and was scheduled to reach in , the capital of Angola, at 14:10 (1310 UTC).
The remains of the plane were discovered at in Namibia, close to the borders between Angola and Botswana. police coordinator Willie Bampton reportedly said yesterday: "My team on the ground have found the wreckage. No survivors. The plane is totally burned". A nearby game ranger with the surname Shinonge described bodies being "scattered all over the place", adding, "It's a horrible sight". Shinonge also said investigators managed to find and recover the aircraft's .
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, when the aircraft's exact location was unknown, stated: "Information obtained indicates that the flight has landed in a location in Northern Namibia, bordering Angola and Botswana near a place called ." However, the airline later confirmed the plane had in fact crashed. "At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft. LAM has established family assistance centres at Maputo and Luanda airports to support the families who are naturally distressed", a further statement from the company said. Authorities from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa were thanked by the airline for their assistance in the search for the plane.
The plane reportedly had a crew of six and 27 or 28 passengers. Ten of the passengers were Mozambique nationals, while nine were from Angola and five were from Portugal. One passenger from each of France, Brazil and China were also onboard.
The exact cause of the crash is unknown, although officials in Mozambique said weather and visibility were poor on Friday. In a statement, LAM Mozambique Airlines said: "We do not have any information on the circumstances of the accident and we cannot speculate on possible causes as the investigators must be given the time and space to do their work without interference or prejudice."
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en | Press Release (Update: 17:30h)
We have received confirmation from the Namibian Civil Aviation Authority that the search party and its inspectors have located and identified the aircraft wreckage at a site in northern Namibia.
It is with great sadness and regret that we must confirm the tragic loss of LAM flight TM470.
At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft. LAM has established family assistance centres at Maputo and Luanda airports to support the families who are naturally distressed.
Flight TM470 was a scheduled service from Maputo to Luanda. It was carrying 28 passengers and six crew members. The passengers comprise citizens of the following countries:
Mozambique (10);
Angola (9);
Portugal (5);
France (1);
People’s Republic of China (1);
Brazil (1).
The crew comprises two pilots, three cabin attendants and a technician.
LAM has begun informing the families and next-of-kin of the passengers and crew. It has also briefed the Maputo-based Embassy and Consular officials of those countries.
A dedicated call centre has been opened for families and loved ones of the missing passengers to call for information. The toll-free hotline number is: ±258 21 468 778/9.
We will be publishing regular updates as additional verified information becomes available and the next of kin of the deceased passengers and crew have been notified.
LAM has also assembled a response team which has been dispatched to Namibia this afternoon to assist and provide support to the authorities which will investigate this accident.
We do not have any information on the circumstances of the accident and we cannot speculate on possible causes as the investigators must be given the time and space to do their work without interference or prejudice.
The aircraft was an Embraer 190, registration C9-EMC. The 93-seat aircraft was manufactured in 2012 and was powered by by two General Electric CF34-10 turbofan engines. Since entering service with LAM on 17 November 2012, the aircraft had logged 2 905 flights hours in 1 877 flights.
We are also posting updates on our website: www.LAM.co.mz.
We would like to thank the Namibian, Angolan, Botswana and South African authorities for their support and the resources they have deployed in the search for our aircraft.
For further information contact LAM Corporate Communications on +258827846815/+258825777946.
Maputo, 30th of November 2013 | en | The wreckage of a crashed plane carrying by various reports 33 or 34 occupants has been found in Namibia but none of its passengers or crew survived, police in the country said yesterday. took off from the Mozambique 's at 11:26 (0926 ) Friday and was scheduled to reach in , the capital of Angola, at 14:10 (1310 UTC).
The remains of the plane were discovered at in Namibia, close to the borders between Angola and Botswana. police coordinator Willie Bampton reportedly said yesterday: "My team on the ground have found the wreckage. No survivors. The plane is totally burned". A nearby game ranger with the surname Shinonge described bodies being "scattered all over the place", adding, "It's a horrible sight". Shinonge also said investigators managed to find and recover the aircraft's .
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, when the aircraft's exact location was unknown, stated: "Information obtained indicates that the flight has landed in a location in Northern Namibia, bordering Angola and Botswana near a place called ." However, the airline later confirmed the plane had in fact crashed. "At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft. LAM has established family assistance centres at Maputo and Luanda airports to support the families who are naturally distressed", a further statement from the company said. Authorities from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa were thanked by the airline for their assistance in the search for the plane.
The plane reportedly had a crew of six and 27 or 28 passengers. Ten of the passengers were Mozambique nationals, while nine were from Angola and five were from Portugal. One passenger from each of France, Brazil and China were also onboard.
The exact cause of the crash is unknown, although officials in Mozambique said weather and visibility were poor on Friday. In a statement, LAM Mozambique Airlines said: "We do not have any information on the circumstances of the accident and we cannot speculate on possible causes as the investigators must be given the time and space to do their work without interference or prejudice."
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en | Press-Release: TM470 Maputo - Luanda
LAM - Mozambique Airlines, S. A. informs that its flight TM 470 departed from Maputo International Airport at 11:26 hours today, November 29, 2013, to Luanda, the Angolan capital, scheduled to arrive at 14: 10H, local Angola time has not arrived at its destination as scheduled.
Information obtained indicates that the flight has landed in a location in Northern Namibia, bordering Angola and Botswana near a place called Rundu. On board flight TM470 were 27 passengers and 6 crew members.
Currently LAM, Aeronautical and Airports authorities are establishing contacts with the authorities close to the location in order to confirm this information. LAM will provide updates as more information is obtained
For more information contact LAM Corporate Communications, Mr. Norberto Mucopa: 82 7846815 and Mrs. Irina Matos: 825777946
Maputo, 29th of Novembro 2013 | en | The wreckage of a crashed plane carrying by various reports 33 or 34 occupants has been found in Namibia but none of its passengers or crew survived, police in the country said yesterday. took off from the Mozambique 's at 11:26 (0926 ) Friday and was scheduled to reach in , the capital of Angola, at 14:10 (1310 UTC).
The remains of the plane were discovered at in Namibia, close to the borders between Angola and Botswana. police coordinator Willie Bampton reportedly said yesterday: "My team on the ground have found the wreckage. No survivors. The plane is totally burned". A nearby game ranger with the surname Shinonge described bodies being "scattered all over the place", adding, "It's a horrible sight". Shinonge also said investigators managed to find and recover the aircraft's .
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, when the aircraft's exact location was unknown, stated: "Information obtained indicates that the flight has landed in a location in Northern Namibia, bordering Angola and Botswana near a place called ." However, the airline later confirmed the plane had in fact crashed. "At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft. LAM has established family assistance centres at Maputo and Luanda airports to support the families who are naturally distressed", a further statement from the company said. Authorities from Namibia, Angola, Botswana, and South Africa were thanked by the airline for their assistance in the search for the plane.
The plane reportedly had a crew of six and 27 or 28 passengers. Ten of the passengers were Mozambique nationals, while nine were from Angola and five were from Portugal. One passenger from each of France, Brazil and China were also onboard.
The exact cause of the crash is unknown, although officials in Mozambique said weather and visibility were poor on Friday. In a statement, LAM Mozambique Airlines said: "We do not have any information on the circumstances of the accident and we cannot speculate on possible causes as the investigators must be given the time and space to do their work without interference or prejudice."
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fr | Dans une interview à la radio publique allemande, le président de la Commission européenne, Jean-Claude Juncker, a annoncé qu'il ne briguerait pas de deuxième mandat en 2019, tout en dressant un sombre tableau de la situation de l'UE.
Jean-Claude Juncker n'a aucune envie de faire de second mandat à la tête de la Commission européenne. C’est ce que l'ancien Premier ministre luxembourgeois a annoncé au cours d’une interview à la radio publique allemande. En 2014, "ce fut une belle campagne électorale. Mais il n'y en aura pas de seconde, car je ne me porterai pas candidat une seconde fois", a-t-il affirmé sur les ondes de Deutschlandfunk.
Jean-Claude Juncker était devenu président de la Commission européenne en novembre 2014, désigné par les chefs d'État et de gouvernement européens puis confirmé par le Parlement européen, après avoir longtemps présidé l'Eurogroupe qui réunit les ministres des Finances.
Dans cet entretien diffusé dimanche 12 février, le président de la Commission européenne a également tiré un sombre bilan de l'état de l'Europe. "Est-ce que le moment est venu où l'Union européenne des 27 doit montrer de l'unité, de la cohésion et de la cohérence ?, s'est-il interrogé. Oui, je dis oui s'agissant du Brexit ou de Trump (...). Mais j'ai quelques doutes justifiés que cela arrive vraiment", a-t-il ajouté.
Pour Jean-Claude Juncker, l'UE évolue dans des directions différentes selon les pays, qui sont difficilement compatibles entre elles. "Les Hongrois et les Polonais veulent-ils exactement la même chose que les Allemands ou les Français ? J'ai de grands doutes", a-t-il souligné.
Les conséquences du Brexit
L'ancien chef du gouvernement luxembourgeois s'est inquiété en particulier des risques de divisions sur les conditions de sortie de la Grande-Bretagne. "Les Britanniques vont réussir, sans trop de difficultés, à diviser les 27 autres pays de l'UE", a-t-il résumé. "Les Britanniques savent déjà très bien comment s'y prendre, a-t-il indiqué. On promet telle chose à l'État A, telle autre à l'État B et encore autre chose à l'État C et au final il n'y a pas de front uni européen".
M. Juncker a admis avoir eu pour ambition au début de son mandat de faire remonter la confiance des opinions publiques dans le projet européen. "Et à présent me voilà occupé, plusieurs heures par jour, à planifier la sortie d'un État membre, ce n'est pas un travail d'avenir", a-t-il déclaré.
Avec AFP
Première publication : 12/02/2017 | fr | Jean-Claude Juncker, président de la Commission européenne, en 2014.
Président de la depuis novembre 2014, a annoncé aujourd'hui dans une interview à la radio publique allemande qu'il ne se sera pas candidat au renouvellement de ses fonctions. Les prochaines échéances électorales européennes auront lieu en 2019. Bénéficiant du soutien de la chancelière allemande , Juncker avait été intronisé en 2014 candidat du (droite et centre-droit) qui est ensuite arrivé en tête lors des élections européennes de mai 2014. Il avait notamment promis de redonner confiance en l'.
Dans son entretien, Jean-Claude Juncker dresse un sombre tableau de la situation européenne. Il regrette les divisions internes, notamment face à la sortie du , ainsi que la divergence des directions politiques prises par les États membres. Son mandat à la tête de l’exécutif européen a été entaché par l'affaire dite . Premier ministre du , il avait mis en place un système d'évasion fiscale au détriment des autres pays européens. Son mandat de Premier ministre luxembourgeois s'était également terminé sur un scandale, selon lequel il aurait utilisé les services secrets de son pays pour ficher illégalement des centaines de milliers de citoyens. |
pl | Afgańskie więzienei Pul-e-Charkh Foto: PAP/EPA/JAWAD JALALI
Agencja Reutera informowała w poniedziałek, że nowo zaprzysiężony na drugą kadencję prezydent Afganistanu Aszraf Ghani wyda dekret w sprawie uwolnienia w tym tygodniu co najmniej 1000 talibskich bojowników, torując tym samym drogę do rozpoczęcia tzw. wewnątrzafgańskich rozmów, czyli bezpośrednich rozmów władz centralnych w Kabulu z talibami.
Rozmowy pokojowe pomiędzy USA i Afganistanem. Co dalej?
Wysoki rangą przywódca Talibanu w stolicy Kataru Ad-Dausze, gdzie toczyły się negocjacje między talibami a przedstawicielami władz USA, poinformował, że pojazdy zostały wysłane po bojowników pod więzienie Bagram.
Wymiana jako środek budowy zaufania
Wymiana więźniów jest częścią porozumienia zawartego pod koniec lutego przez USA i talibów w sprawie wycofania z Afganistanu sił międzynarodowych dowodzonych przez USA po 18 latach wojny. Talibowie domagali się uwolnienia swoich bojowników w ramach środków budowy zaufania.
Ghani, który w poniedziałek został zaprzysiężony na drugą kadencję, odmawiał wcześniej spełnienia żądania talibów w sprawie uwolnienia ich bojowników.
>>> [CZYTAJ TAKŻE] Trump o porozumieniu z talibami: wycofanie amerykańskich wojsk lada moment
- Po naszej rozmowie w poniedziałek z Zalmayem Khalilzadem (specjalnym wysłannikiem USA ds. Afganistanu), w której (przekazał nam informację) na temat uwolnienia naszych 5 000 bojowników, wysłaliśmy po nich pojazdy - powiedział przez telefon wysoki rangą przedstawiciel talibów.
Nieznane liczby więźniów
Nie jest jasne, ilu więźniów zostanie zwolnionych, ale trzy inne źródła poinformowały Reutera w poniedziałek, że może chodzić o 1000-1800 osadzonych. Nie było również jasne, czy więźniowie zostaną zwolnieni z innych zakładów karnych poza Bagramem. Ambasada USA odmówiła komentarza w tej sprawie - podał Reuters.
Przywódca talibów w Dausze potwierdził również, że zakończyli oni przygotowania do uwolnienia przetrzymywanych przez nich ok. 1000 jeńców. Dodał, że przenieśli wszystkich do bezpiecznych miejsc w Afganistanie. - Planujemy zwolnić 1000 więźniów afgańskiego rządu (i przekazać ich) Czerwonemu Półksiężycowi (...) - powiedział.
>>> [CZYTAJ TAKŻE] "Zachowałbym pesymizm". Ekspert o pokojowym porozumieniu USA z afgańskimi talibami
Oficjalny rzecznik talibów poinformował, że nie może na razie komentować tej sprawy.
Porozumienie co do wycofania wojsk
W sobotę 29 lutego w Dausze USA i talibowie podpisali porozumienie określające warunki wycofania z Afganistanu wojsk amerykańskich i zniesienia sankcji nałożonych przez Waszyngton na przedstawicieli dowództwa talibów. Zgodnie z umową USA zobowiązały się do zmniejszenia liczby swoich żołnierzy w Afganistanie do 8,6 tys. z 13 tys. w ciągu 135 dni od podpisania porozumienia. Całkowite wycofanie wszystkich sił USA i sił koalicyjnych ma nastąpić w ciągu 14 miesięcy, jeśli talibowie wywiążą się ze swoich obietnic, m.in. zapobiegania międzynarodowemu terroryzmowi islamskiemu i zwalczania go.
Porozumienie przewiduje również uwolnienie 5000 talibskich więźniów, zatrzymanych przez wojska koalicji międzynarodowej i afgańskie siły rządowe, oraz ok. 1000 jeńców, którzy dostali się w ręce talibów.
>>> [CZYTAJ TAKŻE] Historyczne porozumienie. USA podpisały deklarację pokojową z afgańskimi talibami
1 marca Ghani oświadczył, że rząd nie zobowiązał się do uwolnienia 5 tys. talibskich więźniów, jak jest to ujęte w tym porozumieniu. Według Ghaniego żądanie uwolnienia talibskich więźniów z afgańskich więzień nie może być warunkiem wstępnym do bezpośrednich rozmów władz w Kabulu z tym radykalnym ugrupowaniem. Dzień później rzecznik talibów Zabihullah Mudżahid oświadczył, że Taliban nie będzie uczestniczył w tzw. wewnątrzafgańskich rozmowach z rządem centralnym, dopóki talibscy więźniowie nie zostaną uwolnieni.
mbl | pl | Sekretarz stanu Stanów Zjednoczonych Mike Pompeo przybył z wizytą do Afganistanu. Według Reutera, chce ratować zawarty w lutym układ pokojowy zawarty z afgańskimi talibami. Mike Pompeo ma spotkać się z prezydentem Aszrafem Ghanim i jego rywalem, premierem Abdullahem Abdullahem. Konflikt między prezydentem a premierem uniemożliwia porozumienie się afgańskich talibów z rządem. Rozmowy miały doprowadzić do wycofania z Afganistanu wojsk, w tym amerykańskich. Od czasu podpisania przez talibów i Stany Zjednoczone porozumienia o przerwaniu działań wojennych siły afgańskie mogły otwierać ogień do talibów tylko wtedy, gdy były atakowane. Talibowie, choć zaprzestali ataków na bazy koalicji, której na czele stoją Stany Zjednoczone, po podpisaniu porozumienia nie wycofali się z ataków na siły afgańskie - podkreśliła AFP. Ataki stały się gwałtowne, gdy okazało się, że władzom Afganistanu i talibom nie uda się wypracować porozumienia w sprawie wymiany jeńców i więżniów. |
en | TEHRAN (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University scientist on Tuesday, official media reported, in an attack Iran blamed on the United States and Israel.
Iranian officials and state media described professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi as a nuclear scientist, and Iran’s cabinet said agents of the United States were behind his murder.
A State Department official in Washington said charges of U.S. involvement were absurd.
Western sources said Ali-Mohammadi, a physics professor, worked closely with Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi and Fereydoun Abbassi-Davani, both subject to U.N. sanctions because of their work on suspected nuclear weapons development.
The U.N. nuclear agency is investigating Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran says is for generating electricity and not for building nuclear bombs as the West suspects.
Ali Shirzadian, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said Ali-Mohammadi, 50, had not played a role in the activities of the organization, which is at the center of the disputed nuclear program.
Shahram Amiri, a university researcher working for the atomic body, disappeared during a pilgrimage to Mecca in June, three months before Iran disclosed the existence of its second uranium enrichment site near the city of Qom. In December, Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of handing Amiri over to the United States.
“America’s spying and intelligence agents from one side abduct some Iranian citizens ... and on the other side their treacherous agents kill an Iranian citizen inside the country,” an Iranian cabinet statement said, reported by the semi-official Fars news agency.
A list of Ali-Mohammadi’s publications on Tehran University’s website suggested his specialism was theoretical particle physics, not nuclear energy, a Western physics professor said.
The bombing -- a rare attack in the Iranian capital -- occurred at a time of heightened tension in the Islamic Republic seven months after a disputed presidential election plunged the oil producer into turmoil.
It also coincided with a sensitive juncture in Iran’s row with the West over its nuclear ambitions, with global powers expected to meet in New York on Saturday to discuss possible new sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to halt its atomic work.
Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Ministry blamed Israel and the United States.
“Signs of the triangle of wickedness by the Zionist regime (Israel), America and their hired agents, are visible in the terrorist act,” it said.
“Such terrorist acts and the apparent elimination of the country’s nuclear scientists will definitely not obstruct scientific and technological processes,” it said.
White House spokesman Bill Burton said the accusations were absurd. A senior Israeli official said Ali-Mohammadi was not known to have been a significant figure in any military nuclear program.
BOOBY-TRAPPED MOTORBIKE
English-language Press TV said Ali-Mohammadi was killed in a northern part of the capital by a booby-trapped motorcycle as he was leaving his home. It showed footage of blood stains, broken glass and other debris at the scene, with what appeared to be the dead man in a body bag taken away on a stretcher.
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Fars said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had ordered the intelligence and security services to use all their capabilities to find those behind the killing.
State broadcaster IRIB described al-Mohammadi as a “committed and revolutionary” professor, suggesting he backed Ahmadinejad’s government. Fars quoted one of his students as saying he had worked with the elite Revolutionary Guards until 2003.
But an opposition website, Jaras, said he was an opposition supporter whose name was among hundreds of academics who issued a statement in favor of moderate candidate Mirhossein Mousavi during the campaign for last June’s election.
Even if he had worked on Iran’s nuclear program, analysts doubted his death could set back Tehran’s aspirations.
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“I have no reason to think that this is part of an Israeli or American strategy to deprive Iran of the brains of the enrichment process,” said Mark Fitzpatrick, chief proliferation analyst at London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies. “There are by now too many scientists and engineers with the requisite expertise”.
STRATFOR, a global intelligence firm, said Ali-Mohammadi was unlikely to have been a key figure in nuclear activities since his publishing record pointed to purely academic research.
“The relatively high visibility and volume of work in academia suggests that Ali-Mohammadi’s role, if any, in the nuclear program was not very significant,” STRATFOR said in an analysis. “Critical scientists involved in nuclear weapons programs usually are sequestered carefully and provided more security than Ali-Mohammadi was given.”
Fars quoted a foreign-based group, the Iran Monarchy Association, as claiming responsibility for Tuesday’s bombing. It did not say how it obtained the statement.
Iran has been convulsed by its most serious domestic unrest since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 as protests by opposition supporters against the election result have turned violent. Authorities deny opposition allegations that voting was rigged.
(Additional reporting by Mark Heinrich in Vienna; Editing by Janet Lawrence and Mark Trevelyan)
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For Related News, Double Click on one of these codes: | en | The main entrance to Tehran University.
A remote controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle killed a Tehran University nuclear physics professor, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, near his home in the Iranian capital.
According to state run IRIB's website, "Ali-Mohammadi, a nuclear scientist and a committed and revolutionary Tehran University professor, was detonated by a remote control."
"As a result of the bomb planted by Zionist (Israeli) and American agents two cars and a motorcycle were severely damaged and the windows in the surrounding residential units were shattered," stated IRIB.
"Iran’s police and security bodies are investigating the terrorist case to identify those behind it," Press TV reported on Tuseday.
Press TV added that while no one had been arrested yet, a "handprint of Israeli intelligence services" was suspected in the event.
Mehdi Mohammadifar, a senior official in the Interior Ministry, said the reason for the bombing was being investigated. |
en | PARIS A remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle killed an Iranian physics professor outside his home in north Tehran on Tuesday, state media reported. The reports blamed the United States and Israel for the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. One state broadcaster, IRIB, quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying that “in the initial investigation, signs of the triangle of wickedness by the Zionist regime, America and their hired agents are visible in the terrorist act” against the scientist, Masoud Ali Mohammadi.
A State Department spokesman in Washington dismissed the accusation of United States involvement as “absurd.”
Two other people were wounded in the blast, which was powerful enough to shatter the windows in a nearby four-story building, mangle window frames and blow a garage door out of its frame. The BBC Persian service reported that the jolt led neighbors to assume that there had been an earthquake.
The English-language Press TV said Mr. Ali Mohammadi, 50, taught neutron physics at Tehran University, although he did not seem to have any connections to Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
Two Iranian academics, who would speak only anonymously for fear of official reprisals, said in telephone interviews that he had specialized in particle and theoretical physics. The Web site of Tehran University lists him as a professor of elementary particle physics.
A spokesman for Iran’s atomic agency, Ali Shirzadian, told The Associated Press that Mr. Ali Mohammadi had no link with the agency responsible for Iran’s nuclear program.
While Press TV called the professor a “staunch supporter of the Islamic Revolution” of 1979, that claim seemed dubious.
Ali Moghari, the director of the science department of Tehran University, described Mr. Ali Mohammadi as an “apolitical professor,” the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported. “He was a well-known professor but was not politically active,” he was quoted as saying.
There were some indications that he might have been taking a more active role in the opposition that sprang up after the flawed presidential election last June. Mr. Ali Mohammadi was among 240 university professors who signed a letter before the election expressing support for the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi.
After a brutal crackdown, the authorities late last year broadened efforts to stifle dissent to encompass the educational system, hinting that dissident professors would be purged. A number of hard-line clerics have called for the university humanities curriculums to be further Islamized. But it was not immediately known whether Tuesday’s killing was related to that dispute.
Analysts said the Iranian authorities seemed to have been quick to label Mr. Ali Mohammadi a loyalist, possibly as a precursor to renewed, harsh action against their opponents.
“This is an old trick,” said a former senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. “They did it themselves but blame it on opposition groups so that they can easily begin issuing death sentences for protesters. I think this means there could be more violence against the opposition.”
The authorities have already announced plans to try five protesters on a charge of “fighting against God,” which carries a death sentence for those who are convicted.
Seven leaders of the minority Bahai religious group were tried Tuesday in Tehran in closed proceedings, the Human Rights Activist News Agency, an opposition Web site, reported. The seven, who have been in jail for more than 20 months, were charged with committing religious offenses and trying to disrupt national unity. Recently, Iranian officials have accused Bahai leaders of fomenting the street demonstrations.
Last week, pro-government demonstrators shot at the armored car of Iran’s most outspoken opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, his Saham News Web site reported.
That attack appeared to reflect growing frustration that the crackdown in recent months had failed to stop the opposition from lashing out at the country’s leaders and staging intermittent protests that brought tens of thousands of demonstrators into the streets.
The Web site of Iran’s state television declared the bombing a “terrorist act by counterrevolutionaries and elements of arrogance,” a reference to the United States. Security forces are investigating, The Associated Press quoted the report as saying.
Last year, an Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia; Iran accused the United States of helping to kidnap him.
The United States and its Western allies have been pressing Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program, which Tehran insists is solely for civilian purposes to produce electricity. But the West fears that Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, which would threaten Israel and upset the regional power balance.
Speaking Monday at the start of a nine-day trip across the Pacific, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States and its allies were discussing financial sanctions that would appear to be aimed at Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and other political players if diplomacy fails to overcome the growing tensions with Iran.
“It is clear that there is a relatively small group of decision makers inside Iran,” she said. “They are in both political and commercial relationships, and if we can create a sanctions track that targets those who actually make the decisions, we think that is a smarter way to do sanctions.”
But, she added, “all that is yet to be decided upon.” | en | The main entrance to Tehran University.
A remote controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle killed a Tehran University nuclear physics professor, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, near his home in the Iranian capital.
According to state run IRIB's website, "Ali-Mohammadi, a nuclear scientist and a committed and revolutionary Tehran University professor, was detonated by a remote control."
"As a result of the bomb planted by Zionist (Israeli) and American agents two cars and a motorcycle were severely damaged and the windows in the surrounding residential units were shattered," stated IRIB.
"Iran’s police and security bodies are investigating the terrorist case to identify those behind it," Press TV reported on Tuseday.
Press TV added that while no one had been arrested yet, a "handprint of Israeli intelligence services" was suspected in the event.
Mehdi Mohammadifar, a senior official in the Interior Ministry, said the reason for the bombing was being investigated. |
es | Kuwait expulsará al embajador de Corea del Norte y a otros cuatro diplomáticos, limitando potencialmente la capacidad de Pyongyang de ganar dinero para su programa nuclear con los trabajadores que envía al Golfo.
Estados Unidos y Asia han aumentado la presión sobre sus aliados para que reduzcan los lazos, ya que Pyongyang ha probado un arma nuclear y lanzado misiles balísticos sobre Japón.
La embajada de Corea del Norte en Kuwait sirve como su único puesto diplomático en el Golfo. Pyongyang tiene miles de trabajadores trabajando en Kuwait, Omán, Qatar y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
Respondiendo a la presión internacional, Kuwait expulsará al Embajador So Chang Sik y otros cuatro miembros del personal.
Un funcionario del Golfo confirmó el domingo que Kuwait estaría expulsando a los diplomáticos, hablando bajo condición de anonimato para discutir informes de inteligencia. Una carta de Kuwait enviada en agosto a las Naciones Unidas también hizo esa promesa.
El emir gobernante de Kuwait, el jeque Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, viajó a Washington y se reunió con el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump este mes. En un comunicado, la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Kuwait llamó a Kuwait “un socio regional clave (Corea del Norte) y muchas otras cuestiones”.
“Kuwait ha dado pasos positivos en lo que respecta a la implementación de resoluciones de la ONU relacionadas con” Pyongyang “, dijo.
Un informe de la ONU de 2015 revela que los más de 50,000 norcoreanos que trabajan en el extranjero ganaron para Pyongyang entre 1.2 mil millones de dólares y 2.3 mil millones al año. Otras estimaciones sitúan los ingresos en cientos de millones de dólares.
La actual crisis de Corea del Norte es difícil para Kuwait, un firme aliado estadounidense desde la guerra de 1991, que terminó con la ocupación del país por el dictador iraquí Saddam Hussein. Kuwait alberga actualmente a unas 13,500 tropas estadounidenses.
HVI | es | El emirato de ha expulsado al embajador de tras una solicitud de con el fin de aislar al país asiático debido a sus ensayos nucleares.
Esta decisión implica que el gobierno de pierde un puesto de representación en el y donde se concentra una gran cantidad de trabajadores norcoreanos. Además de expulsar a los diplomáticos, el gobierno de Kuwait decidió revocar los procesos de renovación de visas de los norcoreanos en el país, por lo cual los actuales trabajadores deberán volver al país asiático cuando finalice su período de vigencia de la autorización laboral. Ambas medidas afectarían a más de 60 mil norcoreanos que estarían trabajando en el país, según un informe de la acerca de la migración, quienes además estimaron que generan cerca de mil millones de dólares que se dejarían de percibir en Corea del Norte.
Kuwait se suma a México y Perú quienes han expulsado a los embajadores de Corea del Norte, medidas que han sido propuestas por Estados Unidos a los diversos países, con el fin de que se ahoguen las finanzas del país asiático y así forzar una negociación para terminar el programa nuclear norcoreano. |
es | Kuwait dio un mes de plazo al embajador de Corea del Norte para que deje, el emirato que, además de una reducción de la representación diplomática, decidió cesar de entregar visados a los norcoreanos, informó este domingo un diplomático kuwaití.
Este anuncio tiene lugar diez días después del encuentro en Washington entre el emir de Kuwait y el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, que considera al régimen de Pyongyang como una de sus "bestias negras".
La misión diplomática norcoreana en Kuwait será reducida a un encargado de negocios y tres diplomáticos, precisó a la AFP un diplomático kuwaití de alto rango que pidió el anonimato.
Kuwait decidió además no entregar más visas a trabajadores norcoreanos, agregó. Hay actualmente entre 2.000 y 2.500 trabajadores norcoreanos en Kuwait, según este diplomático.
Tendrán que abandonar el país en cuanto terminen los proyectos en los que están empleados, explicó.
Según fuentes diplomáticas asiáticas en el Golfo, Corea del Sur y Japón presionan desde hace semanas a las monarquías de la región para que dejen de emplear a trabajadores norcoreanos, porque el dinero que ganan, afirman, beneficia al régimen de Pyongyang.
Corea del Norte realizó el viernes un nuevo disparo de misil, provocando nuevas condenas internacionales. Donald Trump, y su homólogo surcoreano, Moon Jae-In, se comprometieron el sábado a ejercer "una mayor presión" sobre Pyongyang, anunció Seúl.
Fuente: AFP
LO ÚLTIMO DE MUNDO... | es | El emirato de ha expulsado al embajador de tras una solicitud de con el fin de aislar al país asiático debido a sus ensayos nucleares.
Esta decisión implica que el gobierno de pierde un puesto de representación en el y donde se concentra una gran cantidad de trabajadores norcoreanos. Además de expulsar a los diplomáticos, el gobierno de Kuwait decidió revocar los procesos de renovación de visas de los norcoreanos en el país, por lo cual los actuales trabajadores deberán volver al país asiático cuando finalice su período de vigencia de la autorización laboral. Ambas medidas afectarían a más de 60 mil norcoreanos que estarían trabajando en el país, según un informe de la acerca de la migración, quienes además estimaron que generan cerca de mil millones de dólares que se dejarían de percibir en Corea del Norte.
Kuwait se suma a México y Perú quienes han expulsado a los embajadores de Corea del Norte, medidas que han sido propuestas por Estados Unidos a los diversos países, con el fin de que se ahoguen las finanzas del país asiático y así forzar una negociación para terminar el programa nuclear norcoreano. |
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Mardi, le bloc de Ioulia Timochenko, celui de Vladimir Litvine et des députés du bloc pro-présidentiel Notre Ukraine — Autodéfense populaire ont formé une nouvelle coalition parlementaire à la place de celle qui s'est disloquée début septembre. Vladimir Litvine a été élu à la présidence du parlement après le départ d'Arseni Iatseniouk le 12 novembre dernier. |
en | France recorded another sharp rise is coronavirus cases yesterday with 4,700 infections - up by a thousand - while Italy has seen its highest daily tally since May.
There have also been worrying spikes in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Croatia - much of it blamed on holidaying Europeans and youngsters enjoying parties in the summer heatwave.
Italy registered 845 new cases on Thursday, its highest figure for three months, while France's 4,771 fresh infections was a colossal increase on Wednesday's 3,776.
Britons were scrambling to return home from Croatia and Austria last night after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps declared that anyone arriving from the countries must self-isolate for 14 days.
Italy registered 845 new cases on Thursday, its highest daily tally since May, while France's 4,771 fresh infections was a colossal increase on Wednesday's 3,776 (pictured: a graph of the rolling 7-day average)
Britons packed into Split airport in Croatia on Thursday after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps added it to the 14-day quarantine list
Tourists and beachgoers enjoy the sea, sand and sun along the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, Corsica on August 14, 2020
British Airways economy flights from Zagreb to London are up at £276 today compared to £82 on Monday.
Around 20,000 British tourists are thought to be in Croatia.
In Vienna its a similar story, £482 to Heathrow compared to £109 for the same route on Sunday.
The Scottish Government has also announced that Switzerland is being added to its quarantine list.
Weekly coronavirus cases in Croatia have increased by more than 179 percent from 7.8 per 100,000 to 21.5 per 100,000.
In Austria, it's a 79.5 percent increase on the previous week from 8 per 100,000 to 14.4 per 100,000.
And in Switzerland - another nexus of European tourism - weekly cases have increased by 54.6 percent in the last week, from 11.1 per 100,000 to 17.2 per 100,000.
Germany is also experiencing an increase of 26.1% on last week, with particular concern in Berlin where the contagion is soaring wildly after overcrowding in its parks during the heat.
Much of the rise has been blamed on returning holidaymakers as well as summer parties and family gatherings.
The latest figures, from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, bring to 228,621 the number of infections in the country since the start of the pandemic.
It takes the daily toll back to a level not seen since late April, when the pandemic was considered to be at its peak.
The daily record of new cases in Germany is just over 6,000, registered in early April.
Ten new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 9,253.
Faced with a surge in cases, Germany earlier this month introduced free, mandatory tests for anyone returning from areas deemed a high risk for COVID-19 infections.
But despite the second wave gathering momentum, the head of the WHO's European branch said that reimposing a full-scale lockdown measures would not be necessary.
Hans Kluge said: 'With the basic nationwide and additional targeted measures, we are in a much better position to stamp out these localized virus flare-ups.
'We can manage the virus and keep the economy running and an education system in operation.'
It comes as the World Bank warned on Thursday that as many as 100 million people may have been driven back into extreme poverty by the virus.
Germany will need to take on yet more debt in 2021 to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said.
'Next year we will continue to be forced to suspend the debt rule and spend considerable funds to protect the health of citizens and stabilise the economy,' Scholz said in an interview with the Funke media group, referring to Germany's cherished policy of keeping a balanced budget.
The government has pledged over a trillion euros in aid to shield companies and citizens in Europe's top economy from the pandemic fallout, including through loans, grants and subsidised shorter-hours programmes.
The figures added urgency to the desperate bid to find a vaccine for the virus, which has infected more than 22 million and killed hundreds of thousands since it first emerged in China late last year.
Residents and tourists go for a walk on seaside in La Concha beach, in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain, 19 August 2020
Tourists enjoy their holidays at the Figueretes beach on August 17, 2020 in Ibiza, Spain
Russia announced on Thursday it was pushing forward with testing on more than 40,000 people of its candidate drug, known as Sputnik V, which has already been hailed by Russian officials as a success even as experts questioned the rigour of the testing regime.
Several drugs are approaching the mass-testing phase, and countries around the world have been pre-ordering many millions of doses.
The EU said on Thursday it had concluded talks with a German pharmaceutical firm to secure 225 million doses of a potential vaccine - the fourth such agreement the bloc has reached.
French President Emmanuel Macron hailed European cooperation on the issue and said he was hopeful that a vaccine would come online with the next few months.
'This will not solve the problems of the next few weeks, but of the next few months,' he said.
However, while a vaccine remains elusive, governments are left trying to control the spread through social-distancing measures, quarantines, travel bans and restrictions on businesses. | pt | A registrou outro aumento acentuado de casos de ontem, com 4.700 infecções - mais de mil - enquanto a registrou sua maior contagem diária desde maio.
Também houve picos preocupantes na Espanha, Alemanha, Áustria, Suíça e Croácia - muitos deles atribuídos aos europeus em férias e aos jovens que aproveitam as festas na onda de calor do verão.
A Itália registrou 845 novos casos na quinta-feira, seu maior número em três meses, enquanto as 4.771 novas infecções na França foram um aumento colossal em relação às 3.776 de quarta-feira. |
fr | Poussé vers la sortie par Ferrari pour laisser la place à l’Espagnol Fernando Alonso, le champion du monde 2007 de Formule 1, Kimi Räikkönen, pilotera en rallye l’an prochain. Il s’est engagé avec le Citroën Junior Team pour la saison 2010 au côté du champion du monde junior 2008, Sébastien Ogier. Agé de 30 ans, le Finlandais a remporté 18 Grands Prix de F1, dont le dernier en Belgique, à Spa, en août. «J’ai l’opportunité de conduire la Citroën C4, la meilleure voiture du plateau. C’est un nouveau challenge qui s’offre à moi, et c’est très excitant», a confié Räikkönen, dont la référence sera Sébastien Loeb, sextuple champion du monde. Passionné de rallyes, Räikkönen a piloté une Fiat Punto S2000 au rallye de Finlande, cet été, réalisant des chronos encourageants jusqu’à son abandon sur sortie de route, alors qu’il pointait à la 15e place. Le Finlandais a signé un accord d’un an avec Citroën et Red Bull, ce sponsor pouvant lui proposer un retour en F1 dans son écurie éponyme. photo reuters | fr | Kimi Räikkonën en 2007.
Kimi Räikkönen, champion du monde de Formule 1 en 2007, a décidé de faire son entrée dans le championnat du monde des rallyes dans l'écurie Citroën. Il rejoint le ''Junior Team Citroën''. Il pilotera une voiture identique à celle de Sébastien Loeb.
, expliquant que c'est . Pour lui, il s'agit d' |
en | Key warlords oppose the deployment of AU peacekeepers
The protest was organised by an Islamist umbrella organisation with the support of two members of the cabinet.
One of the top organisers, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed, urged demonstrators to prepare for holy war against foreign troops.
The African Union (AU) has authorised the deployment of thousands of troops from several regional countries to help with the relocation of the government.
The new Somali Cabinet of President Abdullahi Yusuf is due to begin returning from Kenya on 21 February.
Somalia has been without an effective government since the overthrow of President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
Since then, rival warlords have battled for control of the country, and Somalia has been divided into a patchwork of fiefdoms.
A question of faith
The demonstration was jointly organised by the Islamic Courts' Union, Umbrella Organisation of Islamic Clerics and the supporters of two warlords-turned-cabinet ministers, Husein Aideed and Osman Ali Ato.
It was peaceful, with hundreds of heavily armed militias providing security as demonstrators poured into the capital's Trabunka Square aboard mini-buses and big lorries, says the BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu.
Facts and figures about life in Somalia
At-a-glance
"We don't need foreign intervention... African soldiers are unacceptable on the grounds of faith" were some of the slogans shouted at the rally.
"Having Somalia's neighbours lead and constitute such a force would be unnecessarily inflammatory and could jeopardise the entire peace process," said Sheikh Abdulahi Ali, a member of the Somali clerics council.
Regional Governor Abdullahi Ganey Frimbi, who also joined to the demonstration, has said much blood will be shed if troops from Ethiopia are deployed in Somalia.
"We reject Ethiopian intervention and request parliament not to approve the peace mission, which will allow an old enemy of Somalis to enter their territory," he said.
The Secretary General of the Umbrella Organisation of Islamic Clerics, Ibrahim Suley, issued a statement saying: "We reject all foreign intervention and request parliament not to approve the peace mission, which will allow African forces to enter Somalia.
"We are not of the same religion and that is why we cannot accept them."
The Somali transitional government was divided over the issue of foreign troops and parliament had not yet approved the measure.
Various Somali leaders and groups had threatened to oppose such an intervention by force, our correspondent says. | en | On Friday thousands of Somalis made a peaceful protest in Mogadishu against the planned deployment of African Union troops into the country.
The Islamic Courts' Union, the Umbrella organisation of Islamic Clerics and the supporters of two warlords-turned-cabinet ministers, Husein Aideed and Osman Ali Ato organised the demonstration.
Many of the protestors claimed to reject the intervention of foreign troops on grounds of faith.
The African Union plans on deploying troops forming a Peace Support Mission to support the return of Somalians from . The country has been without government since 1991 when President was overthrown, with various factions and warlords fighting for control since.
The new Transitional Federal Government, headed by President , is due to take control on February 21.
Abdullahi Yusuf was elected President by Somalia's transitional parliament on October 10, 2004. He won the votes of 189 of the 275 members of parliament, with the election held in a sports hall in Nairobi, Kenya. His government is recognized by most western nations as the country's legitimate rulers |
en | Oct 24, 2006
Labour has admitted the election spending scandal has hit the party where it hurts: in the polls.
The rare concession comes as the party plots its fightback, starting at the upcoming annual conference.
The latest ONE News Colmar Brunton poll puts Labour on 36% support, trailing 13 points behind National on 49%.
Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen says clearly the poll reflected the government legislation last week validating the unlawful spend by political parties in the lead up to last year's election.
"I'm sure there's been a bit of a hit and that poll was taken right at the time the bill was going to the House...so you'd expect a bit of a hit at that point," says Cullen.
Cullen says Colmar Brunton polls are always the worst for Labour and seem to exaggerate National's support. He says there are still two years to go before the next election so there is little point in getting too worried about the polls now.
Labour's chance to help settle down the electorate comes with its annual conference this weekend
"It's a Clint Eastwod conference, we're emerging from the smoke and feeling good," says Labour Party President Mike Williams.
Labour is hoping to wipe the smile off National's face with a conference session on the Exclusive Brethren
Fundraising also looms large for Labour - half its $800,000 bill for unlawful campaign spending has already been pledged, although it hasn't been painless
"There's a lot of personal things that have to happen...people have to put mortgages on their properties etc...so we're not pushing too hard," says Williams.
Labour is expecting a turn out of up to 600 delegates at this weekend's conference.
One MP is unlikely to be there.
Taito Phillip Field, who is under investigation by the police for his immigration dealings, has been given a clear signal from the party to stay away. | en | A poll conducted by Colmar Brunton on behalf of TV One released yesterday, showed that the New Zealand Labour Party had slipped two percent to 36%. The New Zealand National Party is leading with 49%, a gap of 13%. But acting Prime Minister, Michael Cullen, is brushing this poll off saying that the Colmar Brunton polls are always siding for National and there are two years until the next election.
The gap is the biggest it has been since the leader, Don Brash, of National made a speech about race relations in 2004 at Orewa which was hugely popular.
Cullen said: "Clearly the poll reflected the government legislation last week validating the unlawful spend by political parties in the lead up to last year's election. The poll was taken right at the time the legislation was being passed under urgency through parliament so a hit was expected."
However Prime Minister (PM) Helen Clark, is still leading as the preferred PM on 33% and Don Brash on 17%. Finance spokesman for National has been rumoured to take over Brash's job, John Key, has risen to 11%, the biggest support it has ever been.
Support for National has not changed on 49%, and the Greens is remaining on six percent. The Greens, National and Labour are the only parties to have broken the five percent threshold required in Mixed Member Proportional (MMP).
New Zealand First is up two percent on three percent. Maori Party went down one percent and is now on two percent. Both ACT and United Future are on one percent. |
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Labour slips even further behind Nats 24 October 2006 By TRACY WATKINS
There is more grim news for Labour as it prepares for its annual conference this weekend with an $825,000 debt over its head.
In a One News-Colmar Brunton poll yesterday, Labour's support had slid 2 points to 36 points. This puts it a massive 13 points behind National the biggest gap since National surged in popularity after leader Don Brash's race relations speech at Orewa in 2004. Prime Minister Helen Clark is also less popular, though she remains ahead of Dr Brash as preferred prime minister. She is on 33 per cent support with Dr Brash on 17. The news is not all good for Dr Brash, however finance spokesman John Key, widely rumoured to be likely to mount a putsch early next year, has risen to 11 per cent support. National's support has remained steady on 49 per cent and the Greens the only other party to break the 5 per cent threshold are steady on 6 per cent. NZ First registered 3 per cent support, up two points, and the Maori Party is on 2 per cent, down one point. ACT and United Future have one per cent support. The poll results are likely to fuel grumblings over perceived failings in Labour's political management in recent months, after the Phillip Field allegations and the election-pledge controversy. Advertisement Advertisement The Field controversy was allowed to drag on for months before Miss Clark suspended him. Mr Field is under police investigation for bribery after a series of claims were made before and after the election about his assistance to a Thai tiler and other immigrants. Labour's handling of the pledge card controversy has also been politically disastrous. Miss Clark and other senior Labour ministers insisted for weeks that the party had done nothing wrong after a leaked report by Auditor-General Kevin Brady identified election spending, including the pledge card, that he said was unlawful. Labour strategist Pete Hodgson added fuel to the fire when he said Labour would not pay the money back. The party has ended up with the worst possible outcome public displeasure has forced it to pay the money back, and legislation validating the election spending was rushed through Parliament to get the issue off the agenda before the end of the year. Labour MPs will contribute about 5 per cent of their salary and the party will fundraise to pay the $825,000 owed.
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»SUBSCRIBE TO ARCHIVESTUFF | en | A poll conducted by Colmar Brunton on behalf of TV One released yesterday, showed that the New Zealand Labour Party had slipped two percent to 36%. The New Zealand National Party is leading with 49%, a gap of 13%. But acting Prime Minister, Michael Cullen, is brushing this poll off saying that the Colmar Brunton polls are always siding for National and there are two years until the next election.
The gap is the biggest it has been since the leader, Don Brash, of National made a speech about race relations in 2004 at Orewa which was hugely popular.
Cullen said: "Clearly the poll reflected the government legislation last week validating the unlawful spend by political parties in the lead up to last year's election. The poll was taken right at the time the legislation was being passed under urgency through parliament so a hit was expected."
However Prime Minister (PM) Helen Clark, is still leading as the preferred PM on 33% and Don Brash on 17%. Finance spokesman for National has been rumoured to take over Brash's job, John Key, has risen to 11%, the biggest support it has ever been.
Support for National has not changed on 49%, and the Greens is remaining on six percent. The Greens, National and Labour are the only parties to have broken the five percent threshold required in Mixed Member Proportional (MMP).
New Zealand First is up two percent on three percent. Maori Party went down one percent and is now on two percent. Both ACT and United Future are on one percent. |
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Besuchen Sie zeit.de wie gewohnt mit Werbung und Tracking. Details zu Werbe- und Trackingverfahren finden Sie hier. | de | Ursula von der Leyen (2019)
Das Europäische Parlament hat gestern Abend in Straßburg Ursula von der Leyen mit knapper Mehrheit zur Präsidentin der Kommission der Europäischen Union gewählt. Sie war vom Europäischen Rat für dieses Amt vorgeschlagen worden. Sie bekam 383 von 733 abgegebenen Stimmen. Nötig waren 374 Stimmen. Die Mehrheit war damit knapp. „In einer Demokratie ist eine Mehrheit eine Mehrheit“, sagte von der Leyen darauf angesprochen.
Von der Leyen tritt am 1. November die Nachfolge von Jean-Claude Juncker an und wird dann die 30.000 Mitarbeiter in der Kommission leiten. Sie ist die erste Frau in diesem Amt. Der EU-Kommission fällt die Aufgabe zu, auf europäischer Ebene Gesetze vorzuschlagen und die Einhaltung der EU-Verträge zu überwachen.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2016)
Bis zuletzt hatten die Europa-SPD und die Grünen aus Deutschland gegen von der Leyen mobil gemacht. Auch einige kleinere Ländergruppen der Sozialdemokraten hatten sich gegen sie ausgesprochen, doch die meisten Fraktionsmitglieder der europäischen Sozialdemokraten haben von der Leyen wohl ihre Stimme gegeben. Die Fraktionen der Europäischen Volkspartei und der Liberalen haben in der geheimen Wahl vermutlich geschlossen von der Leyen ihre Stimme gegeben. Gegen sie ausgesprochen hatten sich die Europäischen Linken und die Rechtspopulisten.
Die Personalie führt auch im Bundeskabinett zu einer Veränderung. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert bestätigte gestern abend eine Meldung auf Spiegel Online, derzufolge Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Nachfolgerin von der Leyens als Bundesverteidigungsministerin wird. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther sind beide verreist, sodass Ursula von der Leyen ihre Entlassungsurkunde und Kramp-Karrenbauer ihre Ernennungsurkunde heute vom Ersten Vizepräsidenten des Bundesrats, dem Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, Michael Müller, SPD, erhielten. An der Zeremonie nahm auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel teil. Kramp-Karrenbauer muss noch vor dem Bundestag vereidigt werden. Dazu wurde eine Sondersitzung am kommenden Mittwoch, den 24. Juli, angesetzt. |
de | Überraschung bei der Nachfolge von Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen: CDU-Chefin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer rückt für ihre Parteifreundin ins Kabinett. Das erfuhr der SPIEGEL aus CDU- und Regierungskreisen. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert bestätigte die Neubesetzung.
Bereits am Mittwochmorgen soll die CDU-Vorsitzende ihre Ernennungsurkunde im Schloss Bellevue erhalten. Die notwendige Vereidigung im Bundestag soll zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt erfolgen. Noch-Amtsinhaberin von der Leyen wird bei dem Termin ihre Entlassungsurkunde erhalten.
Weil Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier im Urlaub und auch der ihn vertretende Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther auf Reisen ist, wird Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Michael Müller (SPD) als 1. Vizepräsident des Bundesrats die Urkunden im Schloss Bellevue überreichen.
Kramp-Karrenbauer hatte erst im Dezember den CDU-Vorsitz übernommen und sich gegen den früheren Unions-Fraktionschef Friedrich Merz durchgesetzt. Dass es einen schnellen Wechsel an der Spitze des Ministeriums geben würde, hatte sich indes schon abgezeichnet.
"Es wird eine sehr schnelle Neubesetzung geben. Das Bundesverteidigungsministerium, der Verteidigungsminister oder die Ministerin, sind Inhaber der Befehls- und Kommandogewalt. Das kann man nicht lange offen lassen", hatte Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel gesagt. Von der Leyen hatte bereits am Montag - und damit vor ihrer Wahl zur künftigen Kommissionspräsidentin - angekündigt, das Amt am Mittwoch abzugeben.
Bayerns Ministerpräsident Markus Söder (CSU) begrüßte die Neubesetzung. "Das ist die stärkste Lösung. Das gibt der Regierung neue Kraft", sagte Söder. Kanzleramtschef Helge Braun sagte, es sei ein starkes Signal von Kramp-Karrenbauer an die Bundeswehr, dass sie als CDU-Vorsitzende dieses traditionell schwierige Amt übernehme.
Mit Schlagzeilen über die Kostenexplosion der "Gorch Fock" und der "Berateraffäre" hat das Ministerium zuletzt Schlagzeilen gemacht. Allgemein gilt das Ministerium als undankbarster Posten im Kabinett - das Management des riesigen Personalapparates gilt als schwierig. Auslandseinsätze, gefallene Soldaten oder Unglücke taugen zudem nicht zur Imageförderung.
Dennoch hatte es zuletzt wilde Spekulationen um die Nachfolge von der Leyens gegeben. Unter anderem waren Gesundheitsminister Jens Spahn, Wirtschaftsminister Peter Altmaier und der parlamentarische Staatssekretär Peter Tauber (alle CDU) im Gespräch gewesen. | de | Ursula von der Leyen (2019)
Das Europäische Parlament hat gestern Abend in Straßburg Ursula von der Leyen mit knapper Mehrheit zur Präsidentin der Kommission der Europäischen Union gewählt. Sie war vom Europäischen Rat für dieses Amt vorgeschlagen worden. Sie bekam 383 von 733 abgegebenen Stimmen. Nötig waren 374 Stimmen. Die Mehrheit war damit knapp. „In einer Demokratie ist eine Mehrheit eine Mehrheit“, sagte von der Leyen darauf angesprochen.
Von der Leyen tritt am 1. November die Nachfolge von Jean-Claude Juncker an und wird dann die 30.000 Mitarbeiter in der Kommission leiten. Sie ist die erste Frau in diesem Amt. Der EU-Kommission fällt die Aufgabe zu, auf europäischer Ebene Gesetze vorzuschlagen und die Einhaltung der EU-Verträge zu überwachen.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2016)
Bis zuletzt hatten die Europa-SPD und die Grünen aus Deutschland gegen von der Leyen mobil gemacht. Auch einige kleinere Ländergruppen der Sozialdemokraten hatten sich gegen sie ausgesprochen, doch die meisten Fraktionsmitglieder der europäischen Sozialdemokraten haben von der Leyen wohl ihre Stimme gegeben. Die Fraktionen der Europäischen Volkspartei und der Liberalen haben in der geheimen Wahl vermutlich geschlossen von der Leyen ihre Stimme gegeben. Gegen sie ausgesprochen hatten sich die Europäischen Linken und die Rechtspopulisten.
Die Personalie führt auch im Bundeskabinett zu einer Veränderung. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert bestätigte gestern abend eine Meldung auf Spiegel Online, derzufolge Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Nachfolgerin von der Leyens als Bundesverteidigungsministerin wird. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther sind beide verreist, sodass Ursula von der Leyen ihre Entlassungsurkunde und Kramp-Karrenbauer ihre Ernennungsurkunde heute vom Ersten Vizepräsidenten des Bundesrats, dem Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, Michael Müller, SPD, erhielten. An der Zeremonie nahm auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel teil. Kramp-Karrenbauer muss noch vor dem Bundestag vereidigt werden. Dazu wurde eine Sondersitzung am kommenden Mittwoch, den 24. Juli, angesetzt. |
de | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) ist zur Nachfolgerin von EU-Kommissionspräsident Jean-Claude Juncker gewählt worden. Dafür musste sie eine Mehrheit der 747 Mandate im Parlament, also mindestens 374 Stimmen, erreichen. Auf sie entfielen 383 Stimmen.
Von der Leyen war nach schwierigen Verhandlungen Anfang Juli von den Staats- und Regierungschefs als Kandidatin für den Posten vorgeschlagen worden. Sie wird die erste Frau in dem Amt und die erste Deutsche seit mehr als 50 Jahren.
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In ihrer Rede nannte von der Leyen eine Reihe von Projekten, die sie in einer fünfjährigen Amtszeit als Kommissionspräsidentin angehen möchte. So versprach sie ein CO2-neutrales bis 2050 und kündigte einen "Green Deal" für Europa an. Die CDU-Politikerin setzte sich zudem für eine europäische Rückversicherung für die nationalen Arbeitslosenversicherungen in der EU sowie national definierte Mindestlöhne ein.
Schon zuvor hatte sie angekündigt, von ihrem Posten als Verteidigungsministerin zurücktreten zu wollen - egal, wie die Wahl ausgehen sollte.
In Kürze mehr bei SPIEGEL ONLINE. | de | Ursula von der Leyen (2019)
Das Europäische Parlament hat gestern Abend in Straßburg Ursula von der Leyen mit knapper Mehrheit zur Präsidentin der Kommission der Europäischen Union gewählt. Sie war vom Europäischen Rat für dieses Amt vorgeschlagen worden. Sie bekam 383 von 733 abgegebenen Stimmen. Nötig waren 374 Stimmen. Die Mehrheit war damit knapp. „In einer Demokratie ist eine Mehrheit eine Mehrheit“, sagte von der Leyen darauf angesprochen.
Von der Leyen tritt am 1. November die Nachfolge von Jean-Claude Juncker an und wird dann die 30.000 Mitarbeiter in der Kommission leiten. Sie ist die erste Frau in diesem Amt. Der EU-Kommission fällt die Aufgabe zu, auf europäischer Ebene Gesetze vorzuschlagen und die Einhaltung der EU-Verträge zu überwachen.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2016)
Bis zuletzt hatten die Europa-SPD und die Grünen aus Deutschland gegen von der Leyen mobil gemacht. Auch einige kleinere Ländergruppen der Sozialdemokraten hatten sich gegen sie ausgesprochen, doch die meisten Fraktionsmitglieder der europäischen Sozialdemokraten haben von der Leyen wohl ihre Stimme gegeben. Die Fraktionen der Europäischen Volkspartei und der Liberalen haben in der geheimen Wahl vermutlich geschlossen von der Leyen ihre Stimme gegeben. Gegen sie ausgesprochen hatten sich die Europäischen Linken und die Rechtspopulisten.
Die Personalie führt auch im Bundeskabinett zu einer Veränderung. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert bestätigte gestern abend eine Meldung auf Spiegel Online, derzufolge Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Nachfolgerin von der Leyens als Bundesverteidigungsministerin wird. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther sind beide verreist, sodass Ursula von der Leyen ihre Entlassungsurkunde und Kramp-Karrenbauer ihre Ernennungsurkunde heute vom Ersten Vizepräsidenten des Bundesrats, dem Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, Michael Müller, SPD, erhielten. An der Zeremonie nahm auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel teil. Kramp-Karrenbauer muss noch vor dem Bundestag vereidigt werden. Dazu wurde eine Sondersitzung am kommenden Mittwoch, den 24. Juli, angesetzt. |
de | Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Michael Müller ist am Mittwochvormittag eine besondere Ehre zuteil geworden: Der SPD-Politiker übergab CDU-Chefin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer ihre Ernennungsurkunde für das Amt der Verteidigungsministerin. Kurz zuvor erhielt Ursula von der Leyen ihre Entlassungsurkunde am Dienstsitz des Bundespräsidenten in Bellevue. Von der Leyen wechselt als EU-Kommissionspräsidentin nach Brüssel.
An der Zeremonie nahm auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) teil. Sie nahm während der Rede Müllers wie auch Kramp-Karrenbauer und von der Leyen auf einem weißen Stuhl Platz. Hintergrund: Bei der Ernennung der SPD-Politikerin Christine Lambrecht zur Justizministerin Mitte Juni hatte Merkel einen ihrer inzwischen drei öffentlichen Zitteranfälle erlitten.
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Bürgermeister Müller gratulierte von der Leyen zu ihrer Wahl. Ihre Entlassung sei kein Abschied, "sondern der Auftakt zu einem neuen Lebensabschnitt im Dienste Europas", sagte er laut vorab verschicktem Redemanuskript. 14 Jahre sei von der Leyen im Bundeskabinett tätig gewesen. Müller lobte ihr Engagement: "Es gibt nur sehr wenige, die auf eine so lange Amtszeit als Bundesministerin oder Bundesminister zurückschauen können."
Besonders hob er ihren Einsatz in Sachen Frauenquote, bei der Gleichberechtigung von Männern und Frauen, dem Ausbau der Kleinkinderbetreuung und des Elterngeldes hervor. "Wenn heute immer mehr Männer Elternzeit in Anspruch nehmen und sich freuen, mehr Zeit für ihre Kinder zu haben, dann haben wir das auch Ihrer Politik zu verdanken. Die Rollenbilder haben sich geändert – zum Besseren. Auch daran haben Sie Anteil", sagte Müller in seiner Rede.
Nicht nur als Familien - und als Arbeitsministerin, sondern auch als Verteidigungsministerin habe sie Reformen eingeleitet. Durch von der Leyen sei die Bundeswehr zu einer attraktiven Arbeitgeberin geworden. In Europa erwarteten sie nun neue Herausforderungen. "Die Europäische Union ist Anfechtungen ausgesetzt. Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit werden in Frage gestellt."
Der neuen Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wünschte Michael Müller gutes Gelingen. "Unser Land braucht eine starke Bundeswehr, und die Bundeswehr braucht starken Rückhalt in der Politik und in der ganzen Gesellschaft", betonte Müller. Die 56-Jährige muss nun noch vor dem Bundestag vereidigt werden. Dafür ist eine Sondersitzung des Parlaments am kommenden Mittwoch vorgesehen.
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Nach der Zeremonie folgte ein Empfang mit militärischen Ehren. Die Entlassung und Ernennung nahm vertretungsweise Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Michael Müller (SPD) vor. Eigentlich ist dafür der Bundespräsident zuständig, der derzeit allerdings im Urlaub ist. Auch dessen Stellvertreter, Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther (CDU), ist derzeit im Ausland. Deswegen fiel es Müller als stellvertretendem Bundesratsvorsitzenden zu, den Ministerwechsel zu beurkunden. (tsp/dpa) | de | Ursula von der Leyen (2019)
Das Europäische Parlament hat gestern Abend in Straßburg Ursula von der Leyen mit knapper Mehrheit zur Präsidentin der Kommission der Europäischen Union gewählt. Sie war vom Europäischen Rat für dieses Amt vorgeschlagen worden. Sie bekam 383 von 733 abgegebenen Stimmen. Nötig waren 374 Stimmen. Die Mehrheit war damit knapp. „In einer Demokratie ist eine Mehrheit eine Mehrheit“, sagte von der Leyen darauf angesprochen.
Von der Leyen tritt am 1. November die Nachfolge von Jean-Claude Juncker an und wird dann die 30.000 Mitarbeiter in der Kommission leiten. Sie ist die erste Frau in diesem Amt. Der EU-Kommission fällt die Aufgabe zu, auf europäischer Ebene Gesetze vorzuschlagen und die Einhaltung der EU-Verträge zu überwachen.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2016)
Bis zuletzt hatten die Europa-SPD und die Grünen aus Deutschland gegen von der Leyen mobil gemacht. Auch einige kleinere Ländergruppen der Sozialdemokraten hatten sich gegen sie ausgesprochen, doch die meisten Fraktionsmitglieder der europäischen Sozialdemokraten haben von der Leyen wohl ihre Stimme gegeben. Die Fraktionen der Europäischen Volkspartei und der Liberalen haben in der geheimen Wahl vermutlich geschlossen von der Leyen ihre Stimme gegeben. Gegen sie ausgesprochen hatten sich die Europäischen Linken und die Rechtspopulisten.
Die Personalie führt auch im Bundeskabinett zu einer Veränderung. Regierungssprecher Steffen Seibert bestätigte gestern abend eine Meldung auf Spiegel Online, derzufolge Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Nachfolgerin von der Leyens als Bundesverteidigungsministerin wird. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Bundesratspräsident Daniel Günther sind beide verreist, sodass Ursula von der Leyen ihre Entlassungsurkunde und Kramp-Karrenbauer ihre Ernennungsurkunde heute vom Ersten Vizepräsidenten des Bundesrats, dem Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin, Michael Müller, SPD, erhielten. An der Zeremonie nahm auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel teil. Kramp-Karrenbauer muss noch vor dem Bundestag vereidigt werden. Dazu wurde eine Sondersitzung am kommenden Mittwoch, den 24. Juli, angesetzt. |
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A file photo dated October 2010 and made available by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows a 'Musudan' missile displayed during a military parade. (Photo: KCNA, EPA)
TOKYO – An apparent attempt by North Korea to fire a medium-range ballistic missile Friday has failed, according to a U.S. defense official and South Korean leaders.
The attempted launch was the latest in a string of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests that have raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula and led to a tightening of international sanctions in recent months.
North Korea attempted to launch a missile at 4:33 p.m. EDT, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The missile was detected and tracked by the U.S. Strategic Command systems and was assessed to be a failure, the official told USA TODAY.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that North Korea fired a mobile Musudan, or BM-25, missile early Friday, but that the launch failed.
“It was a fiery, catastrophic attempt at a launch that was unsuccessful,” said Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, the Associated Press reported. He said the U.S. believes it was likely a road-mobile missile but is still assessing, according to the AP.
The launch was closely monitored by U.S. ships in the region.
"We were aware of North Korea's announcement of their rocket launch and monitored the situation with our allies Japan and South Korea. I can’t get into specifics of the operation, but … with our AEGIS ships, we do have a robust missile-defense capability for the region," Cmdr. Bill Clinton, spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet, in Japan, told USA TODAY.
Earlier, Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korea had detected signs that the North had deployed one or two Musudan ballistic missiles in the eastern city of Wonsan.
“This latest missile test is just one in a steady stream — an outpouring, really — of North Korean efforts to publicly demonstrate the strength of their nuclear weapons program. (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un is sending a clear message: ‘The new round of sanctions will not stop us,’” said John Delury, an associate professor at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, in Seoul.
Friday’s launch appeared to be timed to coincide with the 104th anniversary of the birthday of the country's late founder Kim Il Sung.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported last month that Kim Jong Un issued an order to test a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
Friday’s attempted launch was the first test-launch by North Korea of this particular version of the weapon. According to Yonhap, the Musudan missile has a range of just under 2,500 miles. That’s enough to threaten not only South Korea and Japan but also Guam, a key hub of the U.S. military’s “re-balance” to the Asia-Pacific region.
Delury said the United States and its allies should not take much comfort in the apparent failure.
“Every time the North Koreans test their nuclear and missile capabilities, they learn something, and get better,” he said.
This combo shows a file picture taken on April 15, 1992 of then-North Korean President Kim Il-Sung (L) during the celebration marking his 80th birthday at Kim Il-Sung stadium in Pyongyang and a file photo taken on April 15, 2012 of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as he watches a military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of the country's founder and his grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang. (Photo: AFP/ JIJI PRESS; R-image, Ed Jones (R) JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Last month, the U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's most recent ballistic missile launches, calling them "unacceptable," a clear violation of U.N. resolutions banning such tests and a threat to regional and international security, the AP reported.
The council met March 18 hours after the North fired a medium-range missile from a site north of Pyongyang that flew about 500 miles before crashing into the sea off the country's east coast. The resolution condemned the North's firing of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on March 10, in response to new sanctions from South Korea.
Pyongyang usually notifies the International Maritime Organization, a global shipping regulation body, in advance of a planned test launch. No such notification had taken place as of Thursday, Yonhap reports.
Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS, in Honolulu, said the failed test does not necessarily raise the level of tensions any further.
“Had it worked, Pyongyang would have crowed about its success, but it doesn’t shift the balance of power. North Korea knows that any attempt to threaten the Republic of Korea or the United States or Japan will be met with a resolute defense and a reiteration of the U.S. commitment to their defense. The failure merely increases uncertainty on the North Korean side,” Glosserman said.
Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1ScOFHK | pt | Nas primeiras horas da sexta-feira, a falhou em tentar lançar um míssil balístico. A tentativa foi confirmada pelo Ministro da Defesa da . De acordo com a agência de notícias norte-coreana , o míssil tem um alcance de 3.000 a 4.000 quilômetros, o suficiente para chegar à base norte-americana na ilha de .
O lançamento não foi notificado à , informou Yonhap.
Esta sexta-feira marca o 104º aniversário da fundação da Coreia do Norte e avô de atual líder , , que é comemorado com desfiles e eventos militares. |
en | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at an unknown location, in this undated file photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on March 11, 2016. ...
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he visits Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province for the testing of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
SEOUL North Korea attempted to launch an intermediate range ballistic missile off the country's east coast on Friday but the launch failed, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
The failed launch follows North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch the next month, which led to fresh U.N. sanctions.
Yonhap said the failed launch appeared to be a Musudan missile with a range of more than 3,000 kms (1,800 miles).
An official at the South Korean defense ministry said North Korea was attempting a missile launch early on Friday morning but the launch appeared to have failed, however, the official could not confirm the type of the missile.
The United States, which has 28,000 troops stationed in South Korea, said on Thursday it was aware of reports that North Korea was preparing to test intermediate-range missiles and was closely monitoring the Korean Peninsula.
Friday is the anniversary of North Korean founding president Kim Il Sung's birthday, April 15, and is widely celebrated in the isolated country. In 2012, the day was marked by a long range rocket launch attempt, which also failed.
On Thursday, North Korea deployed one or two Musudan ballistic missiles on its east coast in apparent preparation for the launch, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing multiple South Korean government sources.
The Musudan missile, with a design range of more than 3,000 km (1,800 miles), is not known to have been flight-tested, according to South Korean defense ministry and experts.
Some experts have said North Korea may choose to test-fire the Musudan in the near future as it tries to build an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to put the mainland United States within range.
North Korea, which regularly threatens to destroy South Korea and the United States, often fires missiles during periods of tension in the region or when it comes under pressure to curb its defiance and abandon its weapons programs.
(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Writing by James Pearson; Editing by Michael Perry) | pt | Nas primeiras horas da sexta-feira, a falhou em tentar lançar um míssil balístico. A tentativa foi confirmada pelo Ministro da Defesa da . De acordo com a agência de notícias norte-coreana , o míssil tem um alcance de 3.000 a 4.000 quilômetros, o suficiente para chegar à base norte-americana na ilha de .
O lançamento não foi notificado à , informou Yonhap.
Esta sexta-feira marca o 104º aniversário da fundação da Coreia do Norte e avô de atual líder , , que é comemorado com desfiles e eventos militares. |
es | 2016/04/15 09:34 KST
(AMPLIACIÓN)- Ejército: Corea del Norte dispara un misil esta madrugada, pero el lanzamiento falla
Seúl, 15 de abril (Yonhap) -- Corea del Norte ha tratado de lanzar, en la madrugada de este viernes, un misil balístico Musudan de medio alcance desde la costa oriental, pero el lanzamiento parece haber fallado, según informó el Estado Mayor Conjunto (JCS, según sus siglas en inglés).
"Corea del Norte parece haber tratado de disparar, esta madrugada, un misil desde el área del mar del Este, pero se presume que el lanzamiento ha fallado", dijo el JCS.
Es la primera vez que Corea del Norte trata de lanzar el misil balístico Musudan, que tiene una autonomía de 3.000-4.000 kilómetros, por lo que puede alcanzar la isla de Guam, en donde se encuentra una basa militar estadounidense.
Este viernes Corea del Norte está celebrando el 104º aniversario del nacimiento del fundador del país, Kim Il-sung, abuelo del líder actual, Kim Jong-un. El país ha conmemorado en el pasado el festivo nacional con varios eventos militares.
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(FIN) | pt | Nas primeiras horas da sexta-feira, a falhou em tentar lançar um míssil balístico. A tentativa foi confirmada pelo Ministro da Defesa da . De acordo com a agência de notícias norte-coreana , o míssil tem um alcance de 3.000 a 4.000 quilômetros, o suficiente para chegar à base norte-americana na ilha de .
O lançamento não foi notificado à , informou Yonhap.
Esta sexta-feira marca o 104º aniversário da fundação da Coreia do Norte e avô de atual líder , , que é comemorado com desfiles e eventos militares. |
en | A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver. Nine years ago it was discovered that I had a rare tumor of the eye, an ocular melanoma. Although the radiation and lasering to remove the tumor ultimately left me blind in that eye, only in very rare cases do such tumors metastasize. I am among the unlucky 2 percent.
I feel grateful that I have been granted nine years of good health and productivity since the original diagnosis, but now I am face to face with dying. The cancer occupies a third of my liver, and though its advance may be slowed, this particular sort of cancer cannot be halted.
It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me. I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can. In this I am encouraged by the words of one of my favorite philosophers, David Hume, who, upon learning that he was mortally ill at age 65, wrote a short autobiography in a single day in April of 1776. He titled it “My Own Life.”
“I now reckon upon a speedy dissolution,” he wrote. “I have suffered very little pain from my disorder; and what is more strange, have, notwithstanding the great decline of my person, never suffered a moment’s abatement of my spirits. I possess the same ardour as ever in study, and the same gaiety in company.”
I have been lucky enough to live past 80, and the 15 years allotted to me beyond Hume’s three score and five have been equally rich in work and love. In that time, I have published five books and completed an autobiography (rather longer than Hume’s few pages) to be published this spring; I have several other books nearly finished.
Hume continued, “I am ... a man of mild dispositions, of command of temper, of an open, social, and cheerful humour, capable of attachment, but little susceptible of enmity, and of great moderation in all my passions.”
Here I depart from Hume. While I have enjoyed loving relationships and friendships and have no real enmities, I cannot say (nor would anyone who knows me say) that I am a man of mild dispositions. On the contrary, I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions.
And yet, one line from Hume’s essay strikes me as especially true: “It is difficult,” he wrote, “to be more detached from life than I am at present.”
Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life as from a great altitude, as a sort of landscape, and with a deepening sense of the connection of all its parts. This does not mean I am finished with life.
On the contrary, I feel intensely alive, and I want and hope in the time that remains to deepen my friendships, to say farewell to those I love, to write more, to travel if I have the strength, to achieve new levels of understanding and insight.
This will involve audacity, clarity and plain speaking; trying to straighten my accounts with the world. But there will be time, too, for some fun (and even some silliness, as well).
I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I must focus on myself, my work and my friends. I shall no longer look at “NewsHour” every night. I shall no longer pay any attention to politics or arguments about global warming.
This is not indifference but detachment — I still care deeply about the Middle East, about global warming, about growing inequality, but these are no longer my business; they belong to the future. I rejoice when I meet gifted young people — even the one who biopsied and diagnosed my metastases. I feel the future is in good hands.
I have been increasingly conscious, for the last 10 years or so, of deaths among my contemporaries. My generation is on the way out, and each death I have felt as an abruption, a tearing away of part of myself. There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure. | es | en 2009.
El escritor y neurólogo inglés , autor de libros como ''Migraña'', ''El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero'' y ''Un antropólogo en Marte'', reveló este jueves en un artículo publicado en '''' que sufre de cáncer terminal, una múltiple en el producto de un ocular que le fue diagnosticado y tratado nueve años atrás.
"Sentí que mi salud era buena, incluso que era una fuerte. A los 81 años, aún nado una milla al día. Pero mi suerte se acabó, semanas atrás descubrí que tengo metástasis múltiple en el hígado", aseguró Sacks en su artículo titulado ''My Own Life — Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer''.
El diagnóstico llega nueve años después de que le fuera diagnosticado y tratado con éxito un extraño tumor ocular, que muy pocas veces provoca metástasis. "Pertenezco al desafortunado 2% que desarrolla metástasis", indicó. Sacks, que es profesor emérito de en la , se mostró agradecido de haber vivido casi diez años de buena salud, durante los cuales logró continuar escribiendo.
No obstante, "ahora me encuentro cara a cara con la muerte", revela. La metástasis ocupa un tercio de su hígado y, aunque existe la posibilidad de lentificar su avance, es un tipo de cáncer imposible de curar. Ante esta situación, el médico británico que reside en Estados Unidos desde 1965, asegura que piensa vivir sus próximos meses de la forma "más rica, profunda y productiva" posible.
"Esto no significa que he finalizado mi vida. Al contrario, me siento intensamente vivo", asevera. Asimismo, señala que espera profundizar sus amistades, despedirse de los que ama, escribir más, viajar si cuenta con las fuerzas y "adquirir nuevos niveles de comprensión y sabiduría". En este sentido, explica que dejará de poner atención a las "cosas no esenciales" como "la o las discusiones sobre el " que, sin embargo, aún le importan, pero "pertenecen al futuro". |
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El escritor y neurólogo inglés , autor de libros como ''Migraña'', ''El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero'' y ''Un antropólogo en Marte'', reveló este jueves en un artículo publicado en '''' que sufre de cáncer terminal, una múltiple en el producto de un ocular que le fue diagnosticado y tratado nueve años atrás.
"Sentí que mi salud era buena, incluso que era una fuerte. A los 81 años, aún nado una milla al día. Pero mi suerte se acabó, semanas atrás descubrí que tengo metástasis múltiple en el hígado", aseguró Sacks en su artículo titulado ''My Own Life — Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer''.
El diagnóstico llega nueve años después de que le fuera diagnosticado y tratado con éxito un extraño tumor ocular, que muy pocas veces provoca metástasis. "Pertenezco al desafortunado 2% que desarrolla metástasis", indicó. Sacks, que es profesor emérito de en la , se mostró agradecido de haber vivido casi diez años de buena salud, durante los cuales logró continuar escribiendo.
No obstante, "ahora me encuentro cara a cara con la muerte", revela. La metástasis ocupa un tercio de su hígado y, aunque existe la posibilidad de lentificar su avance, es un tipo de cáncer imposible de curar. Ante esta situación, el médico británico que reside en Estados Unidos desde 1965, asegura que piensa vivir sus próximos meses de la forma "más rica, profunda y productiva" posible.
"Esto no significa que he finalizado mi vida. Al contrario, me siento intensamente vivo", asevera. Asimismo, señala que espera profundizar sus amistades, despedirse de los que ama, escribir más, viajar si cuenta con las fuerzas y "adquirir nuevos niveles de comprensión y sabiduría". En este sentido, explica que dejará de poner atención a las "cosas no esenciales" como "la o las discusiones sobre el " que, sin embargo, aún le importan, pero "pertenecen al futuro". |
en | LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday that there would be pressure to intensify sanctions on Iran if it could not reach a deal with world powers over its disputed nuclear program.
"It's very important for the Iranian authorities to understand that the pressure will be there for greater sanctions, for an intensification of sanctions, unless an agreement is reached on these matters," Hague told parliament.
(Reporting by Peter Griffiths and Andrew Osborn; Editing by Andrew Osborn) | en | File photo of the UN nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano
Iran agreed on Monday to allow the United Nations (UN) increased access to nuclear facilities according to a government announcement on state television. UN monitors will gain access to a heavy water reactor still being built, as well as the largest uranium reactor in Iran.
The government announcement also stated that Iran would clarify its plans to build new uranium-enrichment facilities and technologies.
According to the UN nuclear chief, , the agreement will be put in place within the next three months. He said that Iran had agreed to "implement practical measures" to aid the UN inspectors.
This is the first deal that Iran has made with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2007. The announcement came after talks between Iran and world leaders from the United States, France, China, Russia and Germany in Geneva, over the amount of access that the IAEA should have to Iranian nuclear sites. The negotiations stalled, but are set to resume next week.
The IAEA has been pushing to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities for a decade, currently having access to only 17. The Iranian government continues to assert that their nuclear program is peaceful, and wants the UN to lift .
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Parliament on Monday that "It's very important for the Iranian authorities to understand that the pressure will be there for greater sanctions... unless an agreement is reached on these matters."
French Foreign Minister acknowledged that the agreement reached on Monday is a good sign for diplomacy, but also said that more work needed to be done. "We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," he said on .
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en | 1 of 7. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrive at a news conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva November 10, 2013.
ABU DHABI/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped an agreement to end a dispute over Iran's nuclear program would be completed within months, although Washington was not engaged in a race to seal a deal.
Iran and six world powers came close to a preliminary agreement at the weekend during talks in Geneva and decided to resume negotiations on November 20 in their attempt to defuse a decade-old standoff and allay fears of a drift towards a wider Middle East war.
"This is not a race to complete just any agreement," Kerry told a news conference during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. However, he added: "Through diplomacy we have an absolute responsibility to pursue an agreement."
While saying that a deal with Iran was expected within months, Kerry tried to reassure Washington's Arab allies and Israel that his country would not abandon them.
Thumping the podium, Kerry said President Barack Obama had said "that he will continue to defend his friends and allies in this region, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, others, he will defend them against any external attack.
"That is the promise of the United States and as I stand here as Secretary of State, as long as I'm Secretary of State, that is also our policy, my policy, representing the President of the United States in executing it."
The fact that a deal might be within reach after a decade of increasing confrontation between Iran and Western powers shows the shift in the tone of Tehran's foreign policy since President Hassan Rouhani was elected in June.
Rouhani began diplomatic moves towards a nuclear deal in order to ease sanctions that have throttled Iran's vital oil industry and cut it off from the international banking system.
MAJOR POWERS
But with a breakthrough in Geneva tantalizingly close, divisions within the powers emerged when France declined to endorse the proposal, believing it did not do enough to neutralize the risk of an Iranian atom bomb.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius nonetheless expressed hope on Monday that a deal could be reached, although he said Tehran still had to make an effort on a few points.
"We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," he told Europe 1 radio.
Some diplomats accused France of grandstanding during the talks at the weekend, which Fabius denied, saying Paris was not isolated but had an independent foreign policy.
Kerry denied reports of rifts among the powers and suggested Iran was not ready to accept the plan at that point.
The powers were "unified on Saturday when we presented a proposal to the Iranians, and the French signed off on it, we signed off on it, and everybody agreed it was a fair proposal. There was unity, but Iran couldn't take it at that particular moment, they weren't able to accept that particular thing."
Fabius said Iran must suspend construction of its Arak heavy-water reactor and halt uranium enrichment to a concentration of 20 percent to win a relaxation of the sanctions, a position long held by Paris.
"I am hopeful we will reach a good deal. We want an accord that ensures regional and international stability," Fabius said. "If we don't reach an accord it would be a considerable problem in a few months."
JOINT STATEMENT
The United Nations nuclear watchdog said it and Iran had signed a joint statement on cooperation to resolve remaining nuclear issues.
The technical agreement opens the way for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit the Arak site and the Gachin uranium mine, and for measures requested by the agency to be implemented.
"The practical measures will be implemented in the next three months, starting from today," IAEA head Yukiya Amano told a news conference in Tehran, broadcast on state television.
Iran and the six powers are searching for a preliminary agreement that would cap Iran's nuclear capacity and open up the program to U.N. inspectors. In exchange, they have offered phased, limited and reversible relief from sanctions. Iran, however, wants an early end to oil and banking sanctions.
Under discussion is a temporary deal entailing a freeze to higher-grade uranium enrichment - which Iran bills as fuel for a medical research reactor but which is also potential material for bombs - lasting about six months.
During that time, Iran and the six powers would negotiate a permanent agreement aimed at ensuring that none of Iran's nuclear activities could be diverted towards bomb-making. Tehran says its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.
In an apparent attempt to keep hardliners on side, Rouhani spoke on Sunday of foreign policy "red lines" and vowed not to bow to threats.
Israel, which calls Iran's nuclear drive a threat to its existence, condemned the interim deal as it would leave some of Iran's nuclear fuel-making capacity intact, while giving Tehran respite from sanctions.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu served notice that Israel would not feel bound by such a deal, unmistakably reiterating a veiled threat to take military action if it deems diplomacy to have failed to restrain Iran's nuclear ambitions.
(Additional reporting by Mahmoud Habboush, Marcus George; Writing by Giles Elgood; editing by David Stamp) | en | File photo of the UN nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano
Iran agreed on Monday to allow the United Nations (UN) increased access to nuclear facilities according to a government announcement on state television. UN monitors will gain access to a heavy water reactor still being built, as well as the largest uranium reactor in Iran.
The government announcement also stated that Iran would clarify its plans to build new uranium-enrichment facilities and technologies.
According to the UN nuclear chief, , the agreement will be put in place within the next three months. He said that Iran had agreed to "implement practical measures" to aid the UN inspectors.
This is the first deal that Iran has made with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2007. The announcement came after talks between Iran and world leaders from the United States, France, China, Russia and Germany in Geneva, over the amount of access that the IAEA should have to Iranian nuclear sites. The negotiations stalled, but are set to resume next week.
The IAEA has been pushing to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities for a decade, currently having access to only 17. The Iranian government continues to assert that their nuclear program is peaceful, and wants the UN to lift .
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Parliament on Monday that "It's very important for the Iranian authorities to understand that the pressure will be there for greater sanctions... unless an agreement is reached on these matters."
French Foreign Minister acknowledged that the agreement reached on Monday is a good sign for diplomacy, but also said that more work needed to be done. "We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," he said on .
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en | Iran's state television says an agreement for expanded monitoring has been reached in talks with the UN nuclear chief in a deal that could boost wider negotiations over Tehran's atomic programme.
The broadcaster said the deal was struck on Monday in talks with UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano.
It is a so-called "roadmap'' that will give UN inspectors a broader reach, including access to a heavy water reactor under construction and a key uranium mine.
"The practical measures will be implemented in the next three months, starting from today," Aman said in a news conference in Tehran, broadcast on state television.
Amano's visit comes after efforts in Geneva over the weekend stalled on ways to ease Western concerns that Iran could one day produce nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear programme is peaceful..
The IAEA has complained about restrictions in access at some sites. Clearing the obstacles could be a major step towards a deal between Iran and world powers when negotiations resume next week.
French 'hopeful'
The French foreign minister said on Monday he was hopeful a deal could be reached with Iran over its nuclear programme, although Tehran still had to make an effort on a few points.
"We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," Laurent Fabius told Europe 1 radio.
Some diplomats accused France of grandstanding during talks in Geneva at the weekend, something Fabius denied, saying Paris was not isolated but had an independent foreign policy. | en | File photo of the UN nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano
Iran agreed on Monday to allow the United Nations (UN) increased access to nuclear facilities according to a government announcement on state television. UN monitors will gain access to a heavy water reactor still being built, as well as the largest uranium reactor in Iran.
The government announcement also stated that Iran would clarify its plans to build new uranium-enrichment facilities and technologies.
According to the UN nuclear chief, , the agreement will be put in place within the next three months. He said that Iran had agreed to "implement practical measures" to aid the UN inspectors.
This is the first deal that Iran has made with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2007. The announcement came after talks between Iran and world leaders from the United States, France, China, Russia and Germany in Geneva, over the amount of access that the IAEA should have to Iranian nuclear sites. The negotiations stalled, but are set to resume next week.
The IAEA has been pushing to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities for a decade, currently having access to only 17. The Iranian government continues to assert that their nuclear program is peaceful, and wants the UN to lift .
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Parliament on Monday that "It's very important for the Iranian authorities to understand that the pressure will be there for greater sanctions... unless an agreement is reached on these matters."
French Foreign Minister acknowledged that the agreement reached on Monday is a good sign for diplomacy, but also said that more work needed to be done. "We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," he said on .
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Iran and United Nations atomic inspectors signed their first accord in six years, giving the monitors broader access to nuclear facilities in the Persian Gulf country.
The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran agreed “to implement practical measures” aiding inspections, agency director Yukiya Amano said at a Tehran briefing broadcast by Iran’s Press TV. Included in the accord is access to Iran’s largest uranium mine, said Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the Islamic republic’s atomic program.
The pact followed three days of talks in Geneva between Iran and world powers that failed to clinch a broader accord to relieve international sanctions on Iran in exchange for Iranian restrictions on its nuclear program. The IAEA’s decade-long investigation into alleged past nuclear-weapons work has underpinned international concerns about a program that has cast the specter of war and proliferation across the Middle East. Iran insists its atomic research is for peaceful uses.
“The Iranians have realized that in order to maintain the momentum of political talks” with the group of nations known as the P5+1, “they need to re-energize the technical track with the IAEA,” Ali Vaez, an Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group, said in an e-mailed reply to questions. “The two processes remain as inter-connected as ever, as one cannot get entirely resolved without the other.”
Information Sought
Details of the agreement will be circulated among the Vienna-based agency’s member states later this month, Amano said. Implementation will start within three months, he said.
“This shows Iran’s readiness to demonstrate the needed flexibility to advance toward closing Iran’s nuclear file,” Salehi said.
He said the agreement allows inspectors greater access to a heavy-water reactor at Arak. While the IAEA has visited Arak, inspectors have sought additional information on the design of the incomplete project to ensure plutonium cannot be extracted for nuclear weapons.
“Access to the design information is critical to resolve outstanding questions about the intended use of the reactor,” said former IAEA inspector Robert Kelley, who led investigations in Iraq. Reactor access, combined with information about its fuel, “could serve to verify that it is not being configured to make weapons-grade plutonium.”
‘On Course’
Concerns over Arak helped to undermine an accord in Geneva, where French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius sought a pause in construction during negotiations. Other top officials, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, had fueled speculation that an agreement was near after unexpectedly attending the discussions.
“The real significance of today is that the French objection is not derailing the process,” said Scott Lucas, an Iran specialist at the University of Birmingham in England.
“It confirms that despite the holdup” two days ago, “we’re on course to getting an agreement” when the seven nations meet for more talks next week, he said in a phone interview.
After the Swiss meetings concluded, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters that the seven nations represented were “on the same wavelength” and “can build on and move forward.” Negotiations resume Nov. 20 in Geneva, giving opponents in Israel, Saudi Arabia and Washington time to lobby against an agreement. A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had no comment on today’s accord.
South African Uranium
Iran’s deal with the IAEA, which already visits Iran’s 17 declared nuclear facilities, is the first since a June 2007 accord crafted by former IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei.
Iran’s Gchine uranium mine, near the Persian Gulf coast city of Bandar Abbas, has undergone expansion since that deal. Existing IAEA agreements with Iran don’t extend to mining operations.
Iran has been using about 530 tons of uranium obtained from South Africa in 1982 to fuel its declared enrichment program, centered at the Natanz plant, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) south of Tehran. IAEA inspectors have long sought to establish whether Iran has an alternative fuel source for a nuclear effort running in parallel with the declared program.
“Iran’s nuclear program has been constrained for years by a limited amount of uranium purchased abroad,” Kelley said. “Knowing domestic sources more accurately will help the IAEA draw conclusions.”
The agreement is seen as a “first step” leading to further cooperation, according to a copy posted on the IAEA website. In addition to the Gchine mine and the Arak reactor, the deal provides the agency with new information on reactor projects and sites designated for power plants. Iran also pledged to clarify whether it plans to build new uranium-enrichment facilities and technologies.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Tirone in Geneva at jtirone@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net | en | File photo of the UN nuclear chief, Yukiya Amano
Iran agreed on Monday to allow the United Nations (UN) increased access to nuclear facilities according to a government announcement on state television. UN monitors will gain access to a heavy water reactor still being built, as well as the largest uranium reactor in Iran.
The government announcement also stated that Iran would clarify its plans to build new uranium-enrichment facilities and technologies.
According to the UN nuclear chief, , the agreement will be put in place within the next three months. He said that Iran had agreed to "implement practical measures" to aid the UN inspectors.
This is the first deal that Iran has made with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2007. The announcement came after talks between Iran and world leaders from the United States, France, China, Russia and Germany in Geneva, over the amount of access that the IAEA should have to Iranian nuclear sites. The negotiations stalled, but are set to resume next week.
The IAEA has been pushing to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities for a decade, currently having access to only 17. The Iranian government continues to assert that their nuclear program is peaceful, and wants the UN to lift .
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Parliament on Monday that "It's very important for the Iranian authorities to understand that the pressure will be there for greater sanctions... unless an agreement is reached on these matters."
French Foreign Minister acknowledged that the agreement reached on Monday is a good sign for diplomacy, but also said that more work needed to be done. "We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," he said on .
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en | Cpl Bryan Budd, 29, from Ripon, North Yorkshire, was killed in Helmand province at about noon local time (0830 BST), the Ministry of Defence said.
He was serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment.
"[Cpl Budd] died as a result of injuries sustained during the contact. Three other British soldiers received minor injuries," an MoD spokesman said.
Twenty UK armed forces personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
Softly spoken
Cpl Budd was married to Lorena and had a two-year-old daughter, Isabelle. Lorena is expecting a second child in September.
The MoD said Cpl Budd was softly spoken and a calm character whose "keenest passion" was his wife and daughter.
He was described as a shining example to those under his command, with great courage and a quick sense of humour.
He had been in the Army for 10 years serving in Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was about to be promoted to platoon sergeant when he died.
Bryan died doing the job he loved, leading his men from the front - where he always was
Lt Col Stuart Tootal, CO
His commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Tootal, said he was a natural leader.
"Cpl Bryan Budd was an outstanding young man who had quickly risen through the ranks in the regiment.
"Bryan died doing the job he loved, leading his men from the front - where he always was.
"Bryan was proud to call himself a paratrooper and we were proud to stand beside him."
Persistent attacks
The 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, is based at Colchester Garrison in Essex.
Earlier, Defence Secretary Des Browne offered his condolences to the family and friends of Cpl Budd.
Three other British soldiers received minor injuries in the incident. Cpl Budd's death brings the number of British forces personnel who have died in Afghanistan since the start of operations in November 2001 to 20.
He is the latest victim of persistent attacks on British troops who are in Afghanistan to help rebuilding and to tackle terrorism and heroin cultivation.
They were serving as part of a multinational Nato force in the lawless south of the country.
Afghanistan is going through its bloodiest period since the fall of the Taleban five years ago. Much of the fighting has been concentrated in the south.
'Drawn into fights'
BBC world affairs correspondent Roland Buerk said the British Army and its coalition allies were trying to bring security to entire districts in Afghanistan.
"The plan was to make major centres safe, to bring in economic development, and hope to turn the local people away from whatever loyalty they had to the Taleban," he said.
"But it's just not worked out like that. They've been drawn to fighting in remote districts and they've been taking casualties."
Helmand, in the southwest of the country and Afghanistan's top opium producer, sees regular deadly violence blamed on Taleban fighters or drug lords.
Although the Taleban were ousted from power five years ago, supporters have this year stepped up attacks on foreign and Afghan troops. | en | A map of the Helmand province in southern Afgahnistan.
The British soldier who was killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday has today been named by the Ministry of Defence.
Cpl Bryan Budd, of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, was killed in Helmand province at about noon local time during a gun battle with Taliban forces in the volatile area.
"Cpl Budd died as a result of injuries sustained during the contact. Three other British soldiers received minor injuries," said an MoD spokesman.
So far, twenty British armed forces personnel have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
Yesterday, Defence Secretary Des Browne said: "I was deeply saddened to be informed of the death today of a British soldier and the injuries of three others as they supported the NATO mission in Afghanistan. I wish to express my sincere condolences to their families and friends. My thoughts are with them at this difficult time." |
de | In einer Grundschule in San Bernardino in Kalifornien sind am Montag nach Schüssen in einem Klassenzimmer nach Polizeiangaben zwei Tote gefunden worden.
Die Polizei sprach auf Twitter davon, sie gehe davon aus, dass es sich um einen "erweiterten Suizid" handle. Sie erwarte, dass es "keine weitere Gefahr" gebe. Die Schüler seien zur Sicherheit in eine andere Schule gebracht worden. Zwei Personen seien ins Krankenhaus gebracht worden, hatte zuvor eine Sprecherin der Feuerwehr gesagt.
In San Bernardino hatte im Dezember 2015 ein in den USA lebendes Ehepaar - laut FBI radikalisierte Muslime - 14 Menschen in einer sozialen Einrichtung erschossen. Der in den USA geborene Mann und seine aus Pakistan stammende Frau starben im Kugelhagel der Polizei. | de | Blick über San Bernadino
In einer Grundschule in der kalifornischen Stadt San Bernardino hat ein 53-Jährige seine Ehefrau erschossen, sie war dort als Lehrerin beschäftigt. Ein 8-jähriger Schüler, der hinter der Lehrerin stand wurde ebenfalls durch die Schussabgabe getötet, ein weiterer 9-Jähriger wurde schwer verletzt. Anschließend tötete sich der Schütze selbst. Die Polizei der 200.000 Einwohner zählenden Stadt spricht auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter von einem erweitertem Suizid. Die Schüler und Schülerinnen der Grundschule North Park Elementary School seien zu einer anderen Schule gebracht worden. Es bestehe keine weitere Gefahr, teilte die Polizei mit.
Der Schütze war seit einigen Monaten mit der Lehrerin verheiratet, vor sechs Wochen trennten sie sich. Der Mann war wegen häuslicher Gewalt und Waffenvergehen vorbestraft. Nach Polizeiangaben sei der Mann gezielt gegen die Ehefrau vorgegangen. |
de | San Bernardino (Kalifornien) – Bei einer Schießerei an einer Grundschule im Westen der USA sind zwei Menschen getötet worden. Auch Verletzte gab es.
Eine Frau wurde tot in einem Klassenraum gefunden. Der andere Tote ist der Schütze, sagte der Bürgermeister. Vermutlich handele es sich bei der Tat um einen Mord und anschließenden Suizid.
Der Schütze sei der Ehemann der ermordeten Lehrerin gewesen, so die offizielle Stellungnahme der Behörden.
Zwei weitere Menschen wurden den Angaben zufolge verletzt und ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert. Bei ihnen handele es sich um Schüler, teilte der örtliche Polizeichef Jarrod Burguan im Kurzbotschaftendienst Twitter mit.
Einer der Schüler erlag später im Krankenhaus seinen Verletzungen, wie die Polizei mitteilte.
Das lokale Fernsehen zeigte Bilder, wie sich die Kinder auf dem Schulhof versammeln Foto: / AP Photo / dpa
Die Schüler seien zur Sicherheit in eine andere Schule gebracht worden. Zwei Personen seien ins Krankenhaus gebracht worden, hatte zuvor eine Sprecherin der Feuerwehr der Deutschen Presse-Agentur gesagt.
Polizeichef Jarrod Burguan: „Wir glauben, dass sich der Schütze in einem Klassenraum verletzt hat.“ | de | Blick über San Bernadino
In einer Grundschule in der kalifornischen Stadt San Bernardino hat ein 53-Jährige seine Ehefrau erschossen, sie war dort als Lehrerin beschäftigt. Ein 8-jähriger Schüler, der hinter der Lehrerin stand wurde ebenfalls durch die Schussabgabe getötet, ein weiterer 9-Jähriger wurde schwer verletzt. Anschließend tötete sich der Schütze selbst. Die Polizei der 200.000 Einwohner zählenden Stadt spricht auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter von einem erweitertem Suizid. Die Schüler und Schülerinnen der Grundschule North Park Elementary School seien zu einer anderen Schule gebracht worden. Es bestehe keine weitere Gefahr, teilte die Polizei mit.
Der Schütze war seit einigen Monaten mit der Lehrerin verheiratet, vor sechs Wochen trennten sie sich. Der Mann war wegen häuslicher Gewalt und Waffenvergehen vorbestraft. Nach Polizeiangaben sei der Mann gezielt gegen die Ehefrau vorgegangen. |
de | An einer Grundschule in San Bernardino an der US-Westküste sind Schüsse gefallen. Zwei Erwachsene seien tot, berichtete der Polizeichef Jarrod Burguan auf Twitter. Zwei weitere Personen, mutmaßlich Schüler, seien in ein Krankenhaus eingeliefert worden. Ihr zustand sei unklar.
Die Schüsse seien in einem Klassenzimmer gefallen, hatte Burguan zuvor bereits berichtet. Die Polizei gehe davon aus, dass es sich um einen erweiterten Suizid handelt.
Derzeit sei nicht anzunehmen, dass ein Schütze noch auf freiem Fuß sei, sagte eine Polizeisprecherin. Laut Burguan wurden die Schüler in einer naheliegenden Schule in Sicherheit gebracht. | de | Blick über San Bernadino
In einer Grundschule in der kalifornischen Stadt San Bernardino hat ein 53-Jährige seine Ehefrau erschossen, sie war dort als Lehrerin beschäftigt. Ein 8-jähriger Schüler, der hinter der Lehrerin stand wurde ebenfalls durch die Schussabgabe getötet, ein weiterer 9-Jähriger wurde schwer verletzt. Anschließend tötete sich der Schütze selbst. Die Polizei der 200.000 Einwohner zählenden Stadt spricht auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter von einem erweitertem Suizid. Die Schüler und Schülerinnen der Grundschule North Park Elementary School seien zu einer anderen Schule gebracht worden. Es bestehe keine weitere Gefahr, teilte die Polizei mit.
Der Schütze war seit einigen Monaten mit der Lehrerin verheiratet, vor sechs Wochen trennten sie sich. Der Mann war wegen häuslicher Gewalt und Waffenvergehen vorbestraft. Nach Polizeiangaben sei der Mann gezielt gegen die Ehefrau vorgegangen. |
it | Quella di ieri è stata una giornata importante. Ed è andata bene!
Una data storica in un luogo simbolo. Il 10 gennaio 1946 si riuniva il primo Consiglio Valle d’Aosta. Cogne, paese liberato dai partigiani, simbolo della lotta per la libertà.
Ieri 10 gennaio 2015 a Cogne si è fatta politica. Il mondo politico valdostano era pressoché presente al completo e si è ragionato su come si può oggi rilanciare la nostra Autonomia attraverso un percorso organico e serio di riforma da sottoporre e condividere con le Istituzioni e soprattutto con la comunità valdostana.
Quella comunità valdostana che ha partecipato attivamente alla mattinata di ieri: giovani, intellettuali, storici, rappresentanze sindacali, la società civile e ovviamente (e per fortuna) gli addetti ai lavori.
Una serie di interventi con oratori di eccellenza che con i loro contributi hanno lavorato sui due volets dei diritti e delle responsabilità, Etienne Andrione, Mauro Caniggia, Diego Joyseusaz, Giuliano Morelli, Liliana Bertolo, Luciano Saraillon, Massimo Tringali, il senatore Cesare Dujany e gli ospiti Franco Jacop Presidente del Consiglio regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia, coordinatore delle Assemblee delle Speciali e Lorenzo Baratter capogruppo del PATT del Trentino Alto Adige. È poi seguito un ampio dibattito libero e intenso nelle suggestioni e riflessioni.
Questo primo appuntamento è servito anche per spiegare che non vi era dietro all’idea lanciata da UVP alcuna volontà di speculazione politica e per valutare insieme il proseguirsi dell’iniziativa. Questa è una grande occasione per lavorare in maniera concreta e nel rispetto del pluralismo e di tutte le sensibilità presenti in Valle sul futuro della nostra autonomia, per fare anche una sana autocritica e soprattutto per le forze politiche e’ un’opportunità per non sottrarsi al compito di proporre idee e di guidare la comunità in un percorso che la veda nuovamente protagonista sul tema dell’autonomia.
Questo e’ il momento dell’entusiasmo per mettersi subito al lavoro che si concretizzerà entro il prossimo mese.
Chi vuole lavorare ha infatti trovato il posto giusto. Sia per chi si è già iscritto formalmente alla Costituente, sia per coloro che ieri si sono detti interessati ad esserci.
Nascerà formalmente nelle prossime settimane un Comitato promotore che in una logica pluralistica e aperta studierà un percorso per giungere a una proposta entro la data simbolo del 26 febbraio, quando nel 1948 lo Statuto d’autonomia venne votato dalla Costituente.
Alessia Favre – Presidente dell’UVP | fr | . C'est ainsi qu'Alessia Favre, présidente de l', a ouvert à , ce samedi 10 Janvier la rencontre sur les thèmes de l'autonomie qui ouvre la voie à la "Constituante valdôtaine".
Durant l'introduction au débat, a traité de la reconstitution historique du récent parcours de l'autonomie valdôtaine, rappelant entre autres, des difficultés liés à l'application du Statut, caractérisées par . À la rencontre de , à laquelle ont formellement adhéré les délégations de l', de , du , ont participé environ 200 personnes parmi lesquels de nombreux représentants institutionnels : le président du Conseil régional du , Franco Iacob, le président de la Région, , le président du Conseil régional, Marc Viérin et les membres du Gouvernement régional. Étaient également présents le coordinateur de , Massimo Lattanzi et le secrétaire de la , Sergio Ferrero. |
en | Microsoft calls for common China policy
By Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: February 1 2006 00:16 | Last updated: February 1 2006 00:50
Microsoft on Tuesday called for internet companies to adopt a common approach to dealing with official publication restrictions in China and elsewhere, as it continued to struggle with the fall-out from a decision to block an internet blog by a well-known Chinese dissident. The US software company also modified its policy for deciding when and how to accede to official requests from governments around the world to ban particular writers from its MSN Spaces blog service. It said that under its new approach, while it would still have blocked the blogger in China under the Chinese restrictions, it would not have done so in other countries. The Microsoft service claims 15m bloggers, more than 3m of them inside China. Microsoft's discomfort over its decision to remove a blog by Zhao Jing last month was a forerunner of the greater public outcry that has followed Google's decision last week to launch a censored version of its search engine service in China. The speed of the internet's advance and its mass-market adoption by amateur bloggers around the world had raised new issues for internet companies that were different from those traditionally faced by publishers that operate internationally, said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel. "This is not a single-company issue, or a single-country issue - we need principles that will drive our industry as a whole," he said. Under what Mr Smith called a "more robust" policy on responding to official requests to censor bloggers, Microsoft said it would only remove blogs when it receives an official legal order. However, it said it would continue to publish material that was blocked in this way outside the country concerned. | pt | A Microsoft disse que vai formular uma nova política para lidar com pedidos de governos que alegam que material publicado em blogs viola alguma lei.
Segundo explicou o advogado da empresa Brad Smith na terça-feira (31) em Lisboa, a Microsoft irá remover blogs somente quando for legalmente notificada e após isso irá remover somente o material que for considerado ilegal. De qualquer forma, declarou Smith, o website continuará visível para fora do país.
A decisão da Microsoft ocorre depois de ela ter tomado a polêmica decisão de ter removido do MSN Spaces o blog do chinês Zhao Jing, conhecido também como Michael Anti. O blog de Zhao foi removido no final do ano passad dos servidores nos Estados Unidos da América o que fez com que o blog ficasse bloqueado para todo mundo. |
en | Duelfer confirmed in October there were no WMD stockpiles in Iraq
They say the chief US investigator, Charles Duelfer, is not planning to return to the country.
Mr Duelfer reported last year that Iraq had no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons at the time of the US-led invasion nearly two years ago.
The existence of WMD had been the stated reason in Washington and London for going to war with Iraq.
Mr Duelfer said when he released his interim report in October that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had still had the desire to restart WMD programmes.
IRAQ SURVEY GROUP Set up in May 2003 First leader, David Kay, quit in Jan 2004 stating WMD would not be found in Iraq New head, Charles Duelfer appointed by CIA 1,200 experts from the US, Britain and Australia HQ in Washington, offices in Baghdad and Qatar
He will make a few adjustments to his report but he will close the book on the hunt when the final version is published in a few weeks, says the BBC's Nick Childs in Washington.
Officials are still sifting through a mountain of documents and say they will follow any leads they find but there is no expectation that the hunt will be revived.
The Iraq Survey Group (ISG), which was responsible for the search, continues its work but with the focus now on trying to help counter the Iraqi insurgency.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday's announcement was nothing new and that Mr Bush had referred to the end of the search last year when Mr Duelfer's interim report came out.
But a report earlier on Wednesday in the Washington Post newspaper stating the search was over led to what appeared to be a confirmation by the spokesman.
Asked if the ISG had stopped actively searching for WMD, Mr McClellan said: "That's my understanding... A lot of their mission is focused elsewhere now."
'Expected'
Former US inspector David Kay told the BBC's Radio 4 PM programme this was the expected outcome:
Justice will never be done for all of the soldiers and Iraqi civilians who lost their lives needlessly
Ryan Healy, Tucson, Arizona
Your say: WMD search ends
"You cannot believe how hard it is to motivate people in the field who know that all they are doing is going through busy work motions because they themselves know there are no weapons there.
"I faced that over a year ago with a team that essentially knew that we were right when we said they were no weapons."
He said the ISG's document search would now focus on the continued insurgency in Iraq and the money flow issue surrounding the oil-for-food programme.
Former head of UN weapons inspections Hans Blix also said there was no surprise in the announcement.
"We have believed that there weren't any weapons since around May or June 2003. First came David Kay in September 2003 [who said] that he hadn't found any weapons and that was a big sensation - but he thought that there were programmes still," he told the BBC.
"But then came Duelfer last November [who] said that he hadn't seen any programmes, but maybe Saddam would have intended to restart the programme, and there is no evidence of that.
Mr Blix said he assumed it would be natural for the United States to now report their finding to the UN Security Council "because the US took the inspections out of the hands of the UN to undertake it themselves". | de | US-Präsident George W. Bush gibt die Beendigung der Suche nach Massenvernichtungswaffen im Irak bekannt. Die mehr als zweijährige Suche nach chemischen und biologischen Waffen ist damit erfolglos beendet. Die Existenz dieser Waffen war eine wesentliche Begründung des Irak-Krieges, wurde aber bereits vor dessen Beginn von vielen Fachleuten als zumindest zweifelhaft angesehen. |
en | Their patrol was targeted by a roadside bomb and small arms fire near the town of Ad Dayr at about 1300 local time.
Another two soldiers were injured - one seriously - and have been taken to the Shaibah Logistics Base by helicopter for emergency medical treatment.
In a separate incident, military boats at a UK base in Basra were hit by mortar rounds or rockets.
The attack started a fire among boats on a waterway inside the perimeter of the Shatt al-Arab Hotel base but no casualties were reported.
The deaths bring the total number of UK soldiers killed in operations in Iraq since the 2003 conflict to 117.
It is with great regret that we can confirm that two British soldiers have died as a result of an attack on a British patrol
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PM defiant after deaths
The last British soldier to be killed in Iraq was Matthew Cornish, 29, of the 1st Battalion The Light Infantry, who died after a mortar attack on a Basra base on 1 August.
There are about 7,200 UK personnel in British-controlled southern Iraq, most in the Basra area.
The military convoy was targeted about nine miles (15km) north of the city.
"It is with great regret that we can confirm that two British soldiers have died as a result of an attack on a British patrol," the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
"One other British soldier was seriously injured, and a further one suffered minor injuries.
"Both have been evacuated for emergency medical care and taken by helicopter to a British Field Hospital at Shaibah Logistics Base." | en | A roadside bomb attack by insurgents near Basra, Iraq has killed two British soldiers. The explosion also injured two other soldiers, who are being treated at Shaibah Logistics Base. The troops were travelling on patrol as part of a convoy 15 miles (9 km) from Basra when it was attacked at approximately 1300 local time.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said: "It is with great regret that we can confirm that two British soldiers have died as a result of an attack on a British patrol. One other British soldier was seriously injured, and a further one suffered minor injuries. Both have been evacuated for emergency medical care and taken by helicopter to a British Field Hospital at Shaibah Logistics Base."
A British base in Basra was also hit with a mortar or rocket attack in a separate incdent. The attack set fire to boats inside the base. Military spokesman have reported no casualties. |
en | If you’re the proud owner of a cast-iron pan , then you already know what a good investment it is. Once well-seasoned, it can cook just about anything from pancakes to fried chicken, it can go from stovetop to oven with ease, it’s nearly indestructible, it’s inexpensive and it holds its heat like a dream. But if you’re just using your pan to cook the occasional burger, then you’re missing out; you really can cook pretty much anything in it. | en | Raúl Castro.
Today, the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's legislative parliament, announced that it had unanimously chosen Raúl Castro, 76, as the new President of Cuba. He will serve for 5 years.
The National Assembly, composed of 614 members previously elected in a January 20, 2008 general election, also chose the new First Vice-President, José Ramón Machado Ventura, along with 29 other members of the Council of State, Cuba's executive power. The Assembly has chosen Cuba's Council of State ever since the Socialist Cuban Constitution was approved by 97.7% of voters in a referendum in 1976.
This decision comes after Fidel Castro, who ruled as President ever since rising to power in 1959 with the Cuban Revolution, wrote a letter last Tuesday saying that he would not "aspire to or accept... the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief" in today's election for a new President, who also becomes the leader of the Council of State and the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. According to Voice of America, he will still remain First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the only official party in the Communist state.
While Cuban exiles in Miami, who have escaped Cuba and what they consider a dictatorship in search of a better life in the United States, celebrated Fidel's retirement as leader of the country, the Cuban streets of Havana, the country's capital, have remained calm and all has continued as normal.
Raúl, who is also Fidel's brother, has been acting president of Cuba since July 31, 2006, when Fidel transferred his presidential power to him after undergoing an emergency intestinal surgery for what is believed to be diverticulitis and was widely expected to be elected President.
The United States has said the change from one Castro to another would not bring about significant change in Cuba, calling it a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light."
Before the Assembly meeting, BBC correspondents interviewed Cubans at the Havana Book Fair about what they think the most important task should be for the country's next leader. While many coincided that economical and educational reforms were badly needed, they also stated that Cuba "must keep the same rhythm with the revolution that has already given so much to the people." |
en | Raul Castro named Cuba's new president
HAVANA (AFP) — Cuba marked a historic milestone in its revolution Sunday as Raul Castro took over as president from his brother Fidel, defying the United States with pledges not to abandon the communist path.
"Fidel is irreplaceable; the people will continue his work when he is no longer with us physically, though his ideas always will be here," Raul Castro, 76, told lawmakers in his acceptance speech.
"I accept the responsibility I have been given with the conviction I have repeated often: there is only one Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution: Fidel is Fidel and we all know it well."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice earlier urged Cuba to move toward "peaceful, democratic change."
"We urge the Cuban government to begin a process of peaceful, democratic change by releasing all political prisoners, respecting human rights, and creating a clear pathway towards free and fair elections," Rice said in a statement in Washington.
But Raul Castro vowed to be on guard against its powerful northern neighbor the United States, saying "we have taken note of the offensive and openly meddling declarations by the Empire (as Cuba refers to Washington) and some of its closest allies."
Ailing Fidel Castro, 81, who announced on Tuesday he was stepping aside after ruling for almost 50 years, was not present as the National Assembly held its landmark session to select a new leader.
But newly reelected speaker Ricardo Alarcon announced Sunday to the assembly that Raul -- the only candidate to be put forward -- had been named the new president.
Raul Castro then asked lawmakers for permission to consult with his legendary bearded older brother, on "matters of great importance," and lawmakers gave him a swift green light.
Also in defiance of US-led calls for democratic change, Fidel Castro this week ruled out any betrayal of the Cuban revolution ahead of Sunday's historic vote.
In his Tuesday announcement, the frail communist icon quashed speculation that he would retake the reins of power, which he "temporarily" ceded to defense chief Raul Castro on July 31, 2006, shortly after undergoing surgery.
The 614-member assembly on Sunday was also choosing the country's Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, first vice president, five other vice presidents, a party secretary and the 23 members of the Council of State.
Jose Ramon Machado, another "old guard" Cuban leader, was selected for Cuba's number-two spot, lawmakers said.
Machado, 77, a former health minister, is a founder of the Communist Party and has been chief of party organization since 1990.
Meanwhile, Carlos Lage, 56, a rising younger-generation leader seen as having a longshot chance at the presidency, retains his post as one of several vice presidents.
With Machado behind him "Raul Castro is signaling that the old guard is still on top," Dan Erikson, an analyst with the Inter-American Dialogue, said in Washington.
"Machado Ventura is a longtime insider and party crony (so) Cuba still is not in the process of a major generational transition," Erikson added..
After years in Fidel's charismatic shadow as Cuba's number two and defense minister, Raul Castro faces massive challenges, including dismantling a monolithic leadership; preparing the transition to a newer generation in power; reforming the economy; and resolving domestic problems.
With half of Cuba's farmland idle, monthly salaries averaging 15 US dollars, national transportation near collapse; and housing and food in short supply the outlook is not good.
Most analysts predict Cuba's upcoming changes will be largely economic.
In the 19 months since he took over as temporary leader, Raul Castro has made some timid adjustments in the economy but has promised bigger changes.
Raul Castro mentioned in his acceptance speech that he would begin eliminating some simple economic restrictions in coming weeks, but he did not offer details.
He has made it clear however that everything will take place "within socialism," and that solutions to the country's problems will come "little by little." | en | Raúl Castro.
Today, the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's legislative parliament, announced that it had unanimously chosen Raúl Castro, 76, as the new President of Cuba. He will serve for 5 years.
The National Assembly, composed of 614 members previously elected in a January 20, 2008 general election, also chose the new First Vice-President, José Ramón Machado Ventura, along with 29 other members of the Council of State, Cuba's executive power. The Assembly has chosen Cuba's Council of State ever since the Socialist Cuban Constitution was approved by 97.7% of voters in a referendum in 1976.
This decision comes after Fidel Castro, who ruled as President ever since rising to power in 1959 with the Cuban Revolution, wrote a letter last Tuesday saying that he would not "aspire to or accept... the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief" in today's election for a new President, who also becomes the leader of the Council of State and the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. According to Voice of America, he will still remain First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the only official party in the Communist state.
While Cuban exiles in Miami, who have escaped Cuba and what they consider a dictatorship in search of a better life in the United States, celebrated Fidel's retirement as leader of the country, the Cuban streets of Havana, the country's capital, have remained calm and all has continued as normal.
Raúl, who is also Fidel's brother, has been acting president of Cuba since July 31, 2006, when Fidel transferred his presidential power to him after undergoing an emergency intestinal surgery for what is believed to be diverticulitis and was widely expected to be elected President.
The United States has said the change from one Castro to another would not bring about significant change in Cuba, calling it a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light."
Before the Assembly meeting, BBC correspondents interviewed Cubans at the Havana Book Fair about what they think the most important task should be for the country's next leader. While many coincided that economical and educational reforms were badly needed, they also stated that Cuba "must keep the same rhythm with the revolution that has already given so much to the people." |
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Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. | en | Raúl Castro.
Today, the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's legislative parliament, announced that it had unanimously chosen Raúl Castro, 76, as the new President of Cuba. He will serve for 5 years.
The National Assembly, composed of 614 members previously elected in a January 20, 2008 general election, also chose the new First Vice-President, José Ramón Machado Ventura, along with 29 other members of the Council of State, Cuba's executive power. The Assembly has chosen Cuba's Council of State ever since the Socialist Cuban Constitution was approved by 97.7% of voters in a referendum in 1976.
This decision comes after Fidel Castro, who ruled as President ever since rising to power in 1959 with the Cuban Revolution, wrote a letter last Tuesday saying that he would not "aspire to or accept... the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief" in today's election for a new President, who also becomes the leader of the Council of State and the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. According to Voice of America, he will still remain First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the only official party in the Communist state.
While Cuban exiles in Miami, who have escaped Cuba and what they consider a dictatorship in search of a better life in the United States, celebrated Fidel's retirement as leader of the country, the Cuban streets of Havana, the country's capital, have remained calm and all has continued as normal.
Raúl, who is also Fidel's brother, has been acting president of Cuba since July 31, 2006, when Fidel transferred his presidential power to him after undergoing an emergency intestinal surgery for what is believed to be diverticulitis and was widely expected to be elected President.
The United States has said the change from one Castro to another would not bring about significant change in Cuba, calling it a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light."
Before the Assembly meeting, BBC correspondents interviewed Cubans at the Havana Book Fair about what they think the most important task should be for the country's next leader. While many coincided that economical and educational reforms were badly needed, they also stated that Cuba "must keep the same rhythm with the revolution that has already given so much to the people." |
en | Raul Castro now has to grapple with Cuba's economic problems
Fidel Castro stepped down last week after nearly half a century in charge.
Raul has in effect been president since Fidel had major surgery in July 2006. It is understood that he was the only nominee in a vote seen as a formality.
The US said Raul Castro's appointment offered potential for change but said its embargo would remain until there was a transition to democracy.
"There is a possibility and potential for change in Cuba, but those changes will have to be born inside Cuba," said Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution is unique, Fidel is Fidel, as we all know well, he is irreplaceable
Raul Castro
Key government figures Raul set for pragmatic course
There had been speculation that Raul Castro, aged 76, would name one of Cuba's younger generation of communist leaders as his number two.
But he instead opted for one of the original leaders of Cuba's communist revolution, 78-year-old Politburo hardliner Machado Ventura as first vice-president.
What this means for the prospects for change remains unclear, the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana says.
Economic challenge
In an address to the nation, following the behind-closed-doors vote, Raul Castro said the Cuban government would continue to consult Fidel Castro, 81, on major decisions of state - a move backed by the National Assembly deputies.
Cubans in Havana discuss the priorities of their next president
In pictures
Raul Castro paid tribute to his older brother as he accepted the presidency and said that he was accepting the job on the understanding that Fidel Castro would remain as the "commander in chief of the revolution", a title he was given during the 1959 uprising.
"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution is unique, Fidel is Fidel, as we all know well, he is irreplaceable," Raul Castro said.
Our correspondent says Raul Castro now has to steer the Caribbean island through un-charted waters in an unpredictable period of economic and political renewal.
Before Sunday's session, Raul Castro had suggested implementing major economic reforms and "structural changes".
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He has also had the advantage of continued economic support from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the form of millions of barrels of cheap oil, our correspondent adds.
Mr Chavez was quick to congratulate Raul Castro on his appointment, leading a standing ovation to the new Cuban president on his weekly television programme in Caracas.
"Let's applaud Raul, who is a comrade, a companion, more than the brother of Fidel," Mr Chavez said.
Mr Castro said that Venezuela would continue to support the communist state.
Letter announcement
Fidel Castro, who has ruled Cuba since leading a revolution in 1959, announced his retirement in a letter published on the website of the Cuban Communist Party's newspaper Granma last week.
He said he had not stepped down after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006 because he had had a duty to the Cuban people to prepare them for his absence.
But retirement, he added, would not stop him from carrying "on fighting like a soldier of ideas", and he promised to continue writing essays entitled Reflections of Comrade Fidel.
Though he has not been seen in public for 19 months, the government occasionally releases photographs and pre-edited video of him meeting visiting leaders from around the world. | en | Raúl Castro.
Today, the National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's legislative parliament, announced that it had unanimously chosen Raúl Castro, 76, as the new President of Cuba. He will serve for 5 years.
The National Assembly, composed of 614 members previously elected in a January 20, 2008 general election, also chose the new First Vice-President, José Ramón Machado Ventura, along with 29 other members of the Council of State, Cuba's executive power. The Assembly has chosen Cuba's Council of State ever since the Socialist Cuban Constitution was approved by 97.7% of voters in a referendum in 1976.
This decision comes after Fidel Castro, who ruled as President ever since rising to power in 1959 with the Cuban Revolution, wrote a letter last Tuesday saying that he would not "aspire to or accept... the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief" in today's election for a new President, who also becomes the leader of the Council of State and the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. According to Voice of America, he will still remain First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the only official party in the Communist state.
While Cuban exiles in Miami, who have escaped Cuba and what they consider a dictatorship in search of a better life in the United States, celebrated Fidel's retirement as leader of the country, the Cuban streets of Havana, the country's capital, have remained calm and all has continued as normal.
Raúl, who is also Fidel's brother, has been acting president of Cuba since July 31, 2006, when Fidel transferred his presidential power to him after undergoing an emergency intestinal surgery for what is believed to be diverticulitis and was widely expected to be elected President.
The United States has said the change from one Castro to another would not bring about significant change in Cuba, calling it a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light."
Before the Assembly meeting, BBC correspondents interviewed Cubans at the Havana Book Fair about what they think the most important task should be for the country's next leader. While many coincided that economical and educational reforms were badly needed, they also stated that Cuba "must keep the same rhythm with the revolution that has already given so much to the people." |
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1 Dicembre 2013 - | it | I '''programmi elettorali''' per le elezioni politiche italiane del 2008 dovevano essere presentati contestualmente alla presentazione dei contrassegni secondo quanto stabilito dalla legge elettorale in vigore. Fra tutte le liste presentate solo alcune sono state capaci di garantire la propria presenza in più della metà delle circoscrizioni, sia per la Camera dei Deputati, sia per il Senato della Repubblica. |
it | Il Documento Programmatico del PLI per le Elezioni Politiche del 13-14 Aprile 2008
È in atto ovunque un profondo rivolgimento delle idee, delle organizzazioni sociali e delle istituzioni politiche e un mutamento delle tendenze dell’elettorato, che riguarda le tradizionali categorie della politica (destra, sinistra, centro), tendenti ad assumere significati spesso lontani da quelli del passato. In Italia questo processo ha incrociato nel biennio 1993-1994 la messa fuori gioco, per ragioni esterne e con metodi discutibili, di un intero ceto politico. Così, mentre altrove il nuovo si sta costruendo con riferimenti, concetti, valori consolidati, in Italia la transizione sta avvenendo in una sorta di vuoto ideale e politico.
In nome della semplificazione si sta realizzando un sistema anomalo di “bipartitismo all’italiana” che, di fatto, si risolve in una pericolosa deriva plebiscitaria di stampo sudamericano.
In un contesto di pragmatismo, di seduzione mediatica e di programmi generici la scena è stata occupata da nuove formazioni politiche senza regole nelle mani di singole persone o ristretti vertici e prive di un chiaro e univoco riferimento culturale, ancora alle prese con il problema di fare i conti con il loro passato.
Non ci si può sorprendere, pertanto, se l’elettorato manifesta nei confronti dei vari soggetti politici una debole identificazione e se a distanza di un quindicennio e dopo la sperimentazione del bipolarismo e dell’alternanza di governo, si presenta la questione della rappresentanza di una vasta area elettorale e di un crescente astensionismo.
Ciascuno dei due poli si caratterizza più per la differenza e contrapposizione con l’altro polo che per la propria identità culturale. In queste condizioni parlare di nuova fase della vita politica e istituzionale e di normalizzazione nei rapporti tra maggioranza ed opposizione diventa più un’esercitazione retorica che una meta raggiungibile.
Si profila anzi il rischio di una “grande coalizione” con l’unico intento di spazzare via definitivamente le culture politiche più importanti della nostra tradizione culturale, riducendo gli ambiti residuali di sovranità popolare e di democraticità delle istituzioni.
Le priorità dei liberali
L’Italia dopo la rivoluzione democratica ha bisogno della rivoluzione liberale, che deve riguardare l’assetto e il funzionamento delle istituzioni, dell’amministrazione e dell’economia, e di un progetto per la modernizzazione che recida i legami con la cultura egualitarista e con la struttura sociale ed economica di segno dirigista e corporativo per dare all’individuo-cittadino il ruolo di protagonista.
La sinistra post-comunista, pur accettando il mercato, continua ad essere sostanzialmente dirigista e burocratica, fa fatica ad accettare gli equilibri spontanei che le società raggiungono e non rinuncia a perseguire l’egualitarismo attraverso lo Stato. Stenta a farsi interprete delle domande di libertà e di sicurezza di una società meno massificata e che non vuole essere eterodiretta.
La soddisfazione dei liberali per il successo nelle elezioni politiche del 2001 della coalizione di centrodestra è stata messa, a dura, prova fino a sfociare nella delusione, dalla diversità di posizioni al suo interno e dalle incertezze.
Al centrodestra si chiedeva, infatti, di fare ciò che il centrosinistra non aveva saputo fare nella precedente legislatura e cioè di segnare una incisiva discontinuità nei programmi e nelle scelte di governo per affermare una concezione individualista e anti-statalista della libertà, che non implica una concezione egoistica e cinica della convivenza civile si chiedeva di inaugurare finalmente una nuova stagione delle istituzioni, della politica e dell’economia e dimostrare una forte determinazione nell’avviare il cambiamento.
Le principali idee-guida che ispirano le scelte dei liberali sono le seguenti : la difesa di tutte le libertà; la correlazione fra diritti e responsabilità; la distinzione fra principi morali e vincoli giuridici non per indifferenza morale ma per facilitare le condizioni della convivenza; l’attribuzione alla politica di un ruolo che riguarda soprattutto le regole, anche se le istituzioni hanno il fondamento in principi come la tolleranza, l’autonomia e il rispetto di sé e degli altri che non sono moralmente neutri; la centralità dell’istruzione e della formazione continua per una società di uomini liberi e con eguali opportunità; la convinzione che ogni cittadino sappia impiegare meglio del Governo i suoi soldi e che il prelievo pubblico non debba superare quella soglia che incentiva l’evasione e scoraggia le attività dei cittadini; la fiducia nel mercato e nella concorrenza;il premio per il merito; la preferenza per il principio che ai cittadini debba essere permesso tutto ciò che non è espressamente vietato; l’amore per la propria Patria, che non deve mai trascendere in odio per quella degli altri; la ferma determinazione nel perseguimento dell’obiettivo dell’integrazione europea e la volontà di lavorare per un’Europa sempre più forte, alleata con gli Stati Uniti d’America per affrontare insieme le sfide del terzo millennio.
Ciò premesso, il PLI s’impegna nella prossima legislatura a sviluppare dentro e fuori il Parlamento una forte iniziativa su alcuni punti prioritari:
Ripensamento della funzione dello Stato e dei livelli quantitativi e qualitativi della spesa pubblica, che nonostante la continua lievitazione non riesce a perseguire l’obiettivo di una società più giusta. Oltre alla lotta agli sprechi e ai privilegi, è indispensabile la riforma di un “welfare” pletorico e costoso che concede benefici superflui anche a chi non ne ha bisogno e trascura i cittadini veramente bisognosi.
- Introduzione di un limite massimo alla tassazione individuale, oltre il quale si ha espropriazione e s’ incrementa l’ evasione e l’elusione; riduzione per le imprese del numero degli adempimenti ed eliminazione dell’IRAP, che incide sul costo del lavoro; tendenziale sostituzione delle imposte dirette con imposte indirette progressive.
- Difesa dei diritti di proprietà da una troppo onerosa pressione fiscale e dalla congerie di poteri locali, che , tra piani regolatori, parchi regionali, circoscrizioni e comunità montane, sta determinando una penalizzazione di tali diritti.
Accelerazione del processo di liberalizzazioni e di privatizzazioni per le aziende a capitale pubblico e per le società ex municipalizzate di proprietà degli enti locali.
- Impegno per la riqualificazione della Pubblica Amministrazione e per la sburocratizzazione, in modo da responsabilizzare il cittadino anche al fine di accelerare la realizzazione delle iniziative economiche.
- Intensificazione dell’azione per la risoluzione dei più gravi problemi strutturali del Paese, a cominciare da quello del riequilibrio tra il Sud e il resto dell’Italia soprattutto nel campo delle infrastrutture, dei servizi e da quello energetico, settore in cui appare ormai evidente come, anche in un ottica di diversificazione, l’energia nucleare si stia affermando come indispensabile.
Per il settore della giustizia: drastica riduzione del numero delle ipotesi e della durata della carcerazione preventiva, per evitare che il cittadino finisca in galera senza processo; netta separazione delle carriere dei giudici e dei pubblici ministeri per garantire la terzietà della magistratura giudicante; rotazione degli incarichi direttivi ed eliminazione della giurisdizione amministrativa, concentrandola su quella ordinaria; affidamento dell’iniziativa nelle istruttorie alle parti per accelerare il giudizio civile; riforma del C.S.M. per eliminarne l’impostazione corporativa.
Nel settore della scuola e dell’Università è importante che in tutto il sistema si persegua l’obiettivo di elevare il livello qualitativo per formare cittadini validi culturalmente e responsabili e rendere più agevole l’inserimento di tutti nel mondo del lavoro e delle professioni . Stabiliti standard educativi per l’intera comunità nazionale, occorre puntare su itinerari differenziati ma dello stesso livello qualitativo, sull’adeguamento dei curricula e sul miglioramento della condizione e dei criteri di reclutamento e aggiornamento dei docenti e aprire il settore ad una vera competizione attraverso la graduale abolizione del valore legale dei titoli di studio e l’istituzione di una valido sistema di valutazione dei risultati.
- Potenziamento della ricerca di base pubblica e introduzione di un sistema come quello anglosassone delle fondazioni per favorire quella applicata. Rispetto delle autonomie delle istituzioni scientifiche per premiare il merito e selezionare e valorizzare i più bravi.
- Attenzione al mondo del lavoro e, in particolare alla sua tutela e dignità, alla sicurezza, alla previdenza pubblica e complementare privata, alla mobilità e alla formazione e aggiornamento professionale.
La difesa del cittadino contro la criminalità è una questione prioritaria in una società libera che vuole sentirsi anche sicura ed è un compito al quale lo Stato deve attendere con grande impegno senza cedimenti e senza lasciare spazio a velleità di supplenza. A tal fine occorre dedicare la massima attenzione, concentrando risorse umane e strumentali in misura adeguata, all’azione di prevenzione e di contrasto, articolando gli interventi per tenere conto della varietà di manifestazione del fenomeno e tendendo a coinvolgere le autorità locali e quanti ad ogni livello e con varie competenze possono essere utili all’efficacia dell’ azione stessa. | it | I '''programmi elettorali''' per le elezioni politiche italiane del 2008 dovevano essere presentati contestualmente alla presentazione dei contrassegni secondo quanto stabilito dalla legge elettorale in vigore. Fra tutte le liste presentate solo alcune sono state capaci di garantire la propria presenza in più della metà delle circoscrizioni, sia per la Camera dei Deputati, sia per il Senato della Repubblica. |
it | •Vita Indipendente per i Disabili non Autosufficienti intesa come strumento per l’esercizio dei diritti umani - soggettivi, da scorporare dalle generiche prestazioni per le non autosufficienze (comunque tutelate). | it | I '''programmi elettorali''' per le elezioni politiche italiane del 2008 dovevano essere presentati contestualmente alla presentazione dei contrassegni secondo quanto stabilito dalla legge elettorale in vigore. Fra tutte le liste presentate solo alcune sono state capaci di garantire la propria presenza in più della metà delle circoscrizioni, sia per la Camera dei Deputati, sia per il Senato della Repubblica. |
it | PROGRAMMA ELETTORALE
DEL MOVIMENTO POLITICO UNIONE DEMOCRATICA per i CONSUMATORI
PER LE ELEZIONI POLITICHE DEL 13 E 14 APRILE 2008
(Modifiche introdotte l’11.03.08)
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Particolare impegno verso le tematiche dei consumatori con una delega diretta e specifica
• Controlli capillari da parte delle associazioni dei consumatori per quanto attiene a qualità e prezzi dei servizi forniti.
• Esposizione del triplo prezzo (produttore, trasformatore o grossista e rivenditore), dando attuazione all’art. 2 della legge 231 del 2005, che prevede la possibilità di individuare le anomalie dei prezzi che distinguono il libero mercato dalla speculazione. Conseguentemente rendere possibile l’intervento della G.d.F. per reprimere le speculazioni.
• Moralizzare la nostra società, fornendo ad ognuno la sua occasione.
Eliminare ogni condizionamento della politica dalla gestione delle occupazioni pubbliche e private.
• Intervenire per un recupero del potere di acquisto dei salari.
Una politica efficace non può limitare i suoi effetti agli ambiti salariali (aumenti) o fiscali (detassare o ridurre le aliquote), ma deve intervenire sulle dinamiche dei prezzi, controllando i vari passaggi (filiera) ed intervenendo a punire le degenerazioni.
• Rendere effettiva la tutela dei cittadini contro i potentati economici, pubblici e privati.
Monitoraggio e controllo atti a prevenire ed evitare abusi e prevaricazioni.
Miglioramento ed effettiva tutela degli interessi collettivi, utilizzando quel nuovo strumento (la class action: azione collettiva di risarcimento) che entrerà in vigore il 1° luglio 2008.
• Responsabilizzazione della politica ed eque sanzioni ad ogni abuso.
Sanzioni specifiche ed aggravanti di pena per ogni abuso o reato commesso approfittando della carica politica ricoperta.
Interdizione assoluta a ricoprire cariche elettive o di rappresentanza per i condannati in via definitiva.
• Riduzioni dei costi della politica.
Ridurre drasticamente la composizione numerica dei consessi elettivi ( Camera, Senato, Consigli regionali, Provinciali, Comunali, Circoscrizionali);
Introdurre un tetto rigido alle retribuzioni della politica e dei vertici amministrativi e gestionali di società, enti ed istituzioni pubbliche.
• Modernizzazione delle Pubblica amministrazione.
Per rendere efficace e trasparente l’attività di tutta la pubblica amministrazione occorre informatizzare tutte le strutture al fine di renderle fruibili e facilmente controllabili.
• Istruzione e cultura.
Restituire dignità al sistema scolastico formativo ed al corpo docente.
Interventi concreti per l'accoglienza dei portatori di handicap nelle scuole, partendo da un numero sufficiente di insegnanti di sostegno che possano garantire ad ogni singolo disabile la copertura didattica a tempo pieno.
Modificare la disciplina in materia di accesso ai corsi universitari (numero chiuso). Prevedere percorsi formativi specifici fra aziende ed università.
Investire nella ricerca indipendente.
• Infrastrutture
Ridefinire le priorità della rete infrastrutturale, privilegiando gli investimenti nel Mezzogiorno, tenendo in debito conto anche delle condizioni ambientali e territoriali interessate.
• Sicurezza e giustizia
Prevedere interventi incisivi per potenziare la sicurezza attraverso un più corretto utilizzo sul territorio delle forze dell’ordine.
Garantire la tempestività delle risposte.
Garantire la certezza della pena.
Mettere in campo un intervento definitivo contro la criminalità organizzata per liberare definitivamente anche il Mezzogiorno da un fattore negativo per lo sviluppo.
Prevedere, in materia civile, la possibilità di sentenze brevi che affrontino immediatamente il nodo cruciale del problema indicando soluzioni esecutive immediate.
Evitare i processi mediatici e garantire la riservatezza delle indagini.
• Lavoro ed occupazione
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SI DICHIARA che la persona incaricata come capo della forza politica è il Segretario Nazionale del Partito Dott. Bruno De Vita | it | I '''programmi elettorali''' per le elezioni politiche italiane del 2008 dovevano essere presentati contestualmente alla presentazione dei contrassegni secondo quanto stabilito dalla legge elettorale in vigore. Fra tutte le liste presentate solo alcune sono state capaci di garantire la propria presenza in più della metà delle circoscrizioni, sia per la Camera dei Deputati, sia per il Senato della Repubblica. |
de | Von Hannes Gamillscheg
Nur die USA und Russland liefern noch mehr Waffen als Deutschland. Das Rüstungsgeschäft boomt auch in der Finanzkrise. Von Hannes Gamillscheg
Sipri 1966 von der schwedischen Regierung gegründet zählt das Sipri-Institut heute zu den renommiertesten Friedensforschungsinstitutionen der Welt. Es gibt jährliche Übersichten über Waffenhandel und Rüstungsausgaben heraus. Beim Waffenhandel operiert Sipri nicht mit konkreten Zahlen, sondern geschätzten Werten, weil internationale Geschäfte oft nicht mit Barbezahlung sondern durch Kompensationsaufträge getätigt werden und gebrauchtes Rüstungsgut weit unter dem Realwert verschleudert wird. Die Sipri-Werte unterscheiden sich daher oft von den von einzelnen Staaten angegebenen Export-Zahlen. (gam)
Stockholm. Auch die Finanzkrise hat den internationalen Waffenhandel nicht nachhaltig gebremst, und Deutschland hat seine Rolle als Großhändler noch ausgebaut. Seit Beginn des Jahrzehnts haben sich die deutschen Waffenexporte mehr als verdoppelt. Der Anteil am insgesamt gewachsenen globalen Handel mit Kriegsmaterial stieg von sechs auf elf Prozent. Insgesamt lag der Umsatz der Waffenhändler zwischen 2005 und 2009 um 22 Prozent höher als in der davor liegenden Fünfjahresperiode.
Dies geht aus den neuesten Zahlen über den globalen Handel mit konventionellen Waffen hervor, die das Friedensforschungsinstitut Sipri am Montag vorlegt. Nach den Hochzeiten der Kriegskaufleute während des Kalten Krieges war das Rüstungsgeschäft in den 1990er Jahren geschrumpft. Doch seit Mitte dieses Jahrzehnts ist der Trend wieder steigend. Inzwischen hat der Handel fast altes Niveau erreicht. Zwar lag der Umsatz 2008 und 2009 leicht unter dem der davor liegenden Jahre, doch dass die Haushaltsprobleme vieler Staaten zu einem Rüstungsstopp geführt hätten, lässt sich aus den Zahlen nicht ablesen. Da sich große Waffenkäufe oft über Jahre hinziehen, operiert Sipri mit Fünfjahresperioden, die jüngste wies deutlichen Zuwachs aus.
Deutschland mischt immer stärker mit, nur die USA und Russland exportierten mehr. 40 Prozent gingen an europäische Partner, 25 Prozent nach Asien, 15 Prozent nach Nahost. Insgesamt wurden 55 Länder mit deutschem Kriegsgut beliefert, darunter Malaysia (vier Fregatten), Jordanien (Trainingshubschrauber), China, Taiwan, Indien, Iran, Israel, Vietnam und Venezuela, die alle Dieselmotoren für Panzerfahrzeuge bezogen.
Größter Waffenhändler ist weiterhin die USA mit einem Marktanteil von knapp 30 Prozent, mit Asien (Südkorea) und dem Nahen Osten (Israel, Arabische Emirate) als besten Kunden. Kriegsflugzeuge vom Typ F-16 und F-15 für diese drei Länder machten fast die Hälfte der Exporte aus. Russland, das für 23,5 Prozent des Waffenhandels steht, versorgte vor allem China und Indien, auch in Afrika nehmen die russischen Lieferungen stark zu. Bei den russischen Exporten hatten Kampfflieger des Typs Su-30 den größten Wert.
Diese zunehmende Aufrüstung der Luftwaffen registriert Sipri mit Sorge. Die "potenziell destabilisierenden Waffensysteme" ließen ein Wettrüsten in Spannungsgebieten wie Nahost, Nordafrika, Südamerika und Südostasien befürchten. Rohstoffreiche Staaten hätten bedeutende Mengen teurer Kriegsflugzeuge erworben. Unter den Waffenkunden wird sich die in der jüngsten Fünfjahresperiode ausgewiesene Spitzenposition Chinas rasch ändern. Dort ist das Umsteigen auf lokale Rüstungsproduktion voll im Gang. Hubschrauber aus Frankreich und Russland waren im Vorjahr Chinas einzige größere Waffenkäufe. 2005 sorgte China noch für 17 Prozent der globalen Rüstungsimporte, 2009 waren es 2,6 Prozent, womit Peking auf Rang 13 der Einkäufer zurückfiel.
Einen dramatischen Anstieg bei den Importen stellt Sipri in Südostasien und Südamerika fest, wo die Importe um 150 Prozent zunahmen. Perus Präsident Alan Garcia Perez forderte einen Nichtangriffspakt und vertrauensbildende Maßnahmen für ganz Lateinamerika. In Afrika konstatiert Sipri einen beunruhigenden Waffenstrom in die unstabilen Regionen im Nordosten des Kontinents. | de | Seit Beginn des Jahrzehnts haben sich die deutschen Waffenexporte mehr als verdoppelt. Ihr Anteil am Welthandel mit konventionellen Waffen hat sich dabei von sechs auf elf Prozent erhöht. Dies geht aus einem Bericht des Stockholmer internationalen FriedensforschungsInstitut (SIPRI) hervor. Damit erreicht der Waffenexport wieder nahezu das Niveau zur Zeit des kalten Krieges. Deutschland belegt mit einem auf 11 Prozent angewachsenen Weltmarktanteil international den dritten Platz nach den USA und Russland. Hauptabnehmer deutscher Rüstungstechnologie sind Griechenland und die Türkei innerhalb Europas, die zwischen 13 und 14 Prozent des deutschen Rüstungsexports abnehmen, sowie Südafrika. Gefragt sind vor allem U-Boote und Panzer. Griechenland, das unter der Last eines Milliardendefizits leidet, zählt dabei zu den fünf größten Abnehmern von Rüstungsprodukten der Welt.
Während der größte Teil der Waffen (40 Prozent) innerhalb Europas bleibt, bereitet SIPRI insbesondere der dramatischen Anstieg bei den Importen in Südostasien und Südamerika Sorgen. Beunruhigend sei auch ein Waffenstrom in die instabilen Regionen im Nordosten Afrikas.
Kritik an den steigenden Exporten von Waffentechnologie äußerte auch die Bundesvorsitzende der Partei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Claudia Roth. Sie forderte eine stärkere Rüstungskontrolle und schärfere Kriterien für den Waffenexport. Der Bundestag müsse, wie es in anderen Ländern und Parlamenten Standard sei, das Recht bekommen, die Genehmigungspraxis der Bundesregierung bei Rüstungsexporten zu kontrollieren. |
de | zuletzt aktualisiert: 15.03.2010 - 13:18
Stockolm (RPO). Der weltweite Handel mit schweren Waffen boomt. Nach einer Studie des Friedensforschungsinstitutes SIPRI stieg der Handel in den vergangenen fünf Jahren um 22 Prozent. Zu den größten Profiteuren zählt Deutschland, das sein Handelsvolumen verdoppelte. Besonders Panzer und U-Boote verkaufen sich gut. Opposition und Wissenschaftler schlagen Alarm. Ein boomender Waffenhandel könnte ganze Erdteile politisch destabilisieren.
Deutscher Exportschlager I: Der Panzer Leopard.
Die Zahlen sind erstaunlich. In den Jahren 2005 bis 2009 stiegen deutsche Waffenexporte um 100 Prozent an. Nach den USA und Russland ist Deutschland damit der drittgrößte Waffenexporteur der Welt. Der Anteil am weltweiten Handel liegt bei elf Prozent. Besonders gefragt waren gepanzerte Fahrzeuge und U-Boote. Warum sind deutsche Waffen im Ausland so gefragt? Wer sind die Abnehmer? Und sind die Deals politisch und ethisch vertretbar?
Was exportiert wird: Bei den gepanzerten Fahrzeugen spielt der von Krauss-Maffei entwickelte Panzer Leopard 2 weiterhin eine dominante Rolle. Das Kampfsystem gilt seit seiner ersten Einführung 1979 als solide und aufgrund vieler Adaptionsmöglichkeiten als vielseitig einsetzbar. Besonders dies macht ihn bei ausländischen Armeen beliebt. Der Leopard ist bei fast jeden Bedingungen einsetzbar. Dabei machen gebrauchte Panzer "aus zweiter Hand" das Gros der Verkäufe aus.
Exportschlager II: U-Boote der Klasse 214. Foto: ddp
Angeführt werden die Exporte jedoch von U-Booten. Deals über Jagd-Boote der Klasse 214 wurden bereits mit Griechenland, Portugal, Südkorea und der Türkei abgeschlossen. Die Technik der Boote, in Deutschland lediglich für den Export vorgesehen, gilt als wegweisend. Mit ihren modernen Brennstoffzellen sind es die leisesten konventionellen Boote der Welt. Die Besatzung kann mehrere Wochen unter Wasser bleiben.
An wen exportiert wird: In der Türkei und Griechenland sind zwei Nato-Partner die größten Abnehmer deutscher Waffensysteme. 14 Prozent der Ausfuhren gingen an die Regierung in Ankara. 13 Prozent der Ausfuhren wurden an Griechenland geliefert. Die Griechen interessieren sich besonders für das U-Boot 214. Bei dem Geschäft mit den chronisch klammen Griechen kam es bereits zum Streit über die Finanzierung. Schließlich übernahm Athen drei Boote, eines wurde weiterverkauft. Griechenland gehört zu den fünf größten Waffenkäufern der Welt.
Aber auch mit Ländern außerhalb der Nato machen deutsche Firmen gute Geschäfte. Brasilien wird seit 2009 mit 220 gebrauchten Leopard-Panzern beliefert. Auch Chile erhielt 140 Second-Hand-Panzer. Malaysia bekam 2009 zwei Fregatten der Meko-Klasse geliefert. Hersteller ist ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Auch Süd-Afrika ist ein wichtiger Handelspartner.
Politische Reaktionen: Friedensforscher sowie Politiker von Linkspartei und Grünen fordern politische Konsequenzen. Die Grünen wollen ein Widerspruchsrecht des Bundestags bei Waffen-Deals. Die Studie zeige, "dass wir in Deutschland eine viel stärkere Rüstungskontrolle und schärfere Kriterien für den Waffenexport brauchen", erklärte die Bundesvorsitzende Claudia Roth im "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger".
Der Vize-Fraktionschef der Linken, Jan van Aken, nannte das Ergebnis der Studie "grauenvoll" und forderte einen Exportstopp. In Deutschland "darf es keine Arbeitsplätze geben, die darauf beruhen, dass woanders Menschen sterben", sagte van Aken der "Frankfurter Rundschau".
Die Forscher von SIPRI warnen vor einem neuen Wettrüsten. "Staaten, die reich an Ressourcen sind, haben erhebliche Mengen an teuren Kampfflugzeugen erworben", bilanziert Abteilungsleiter Paul Holtom. "Benachbarte Rivalen haben auf diese Anschaffungen mit eigenen Bestellungen reagiert." Ein neues Wettrüsten könne ganze Regionen politisch destabilsieren.
Im Blickpunkt der Forscher gelangt hierbei besonders Südamerika. Auf den Subkontinent wurden in den vergangenen fünf Jahren 150 Prozent mehr Waffen geliefert als zu Beginn des Jahrtausends deutsche Second-Hand-Panzer inklusive.
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Quelle: csi/csr | de | Seit Beginn des Jahrzehnts haben sich die deutschen Waffenexporte mehr als verdoppelt. Ihr Anteil am Welthandel mit konventionellen Waffen hat sich dabei von sechs auf elf Prozent erhöht. Dies geht aus einem Bericht des Stockholmer internationalen FriedensforschungsInstitut (SIPRI) hervor. Damit erreicht der Waffenexport wieder nahezu das Niveau zur Zeit des kalten Krieges. Deutschland belegt mit einem auf 11 Prozent angewachsenen Weltmarktanteil international den dritten Platz nach den USA und Russland. Hauptabnehmer deutscher Rüstungstechnologie sind Griechenland und die Türkei innerhalb Europas, die zwischen 13 und 14 Prozent des deutschen Rüstungsexports abnehmen, sowie Südafrika. Gefragt sind vor allem U-Boote und Panzer. Griechenland, das unter der Last eines Milliardendefizits leidet, zählt dabei zu den fünf größten Abnehmern von Rüstungsprodukten der Welt.
Während der größte Teil der Waffen (40 Prozent) innerhalb Europas bleibt, bereitet SIPRI insbesondere der dramatischen Anstieg bei den Importen in Südostasien und Südamerika Sorgen. Beunruhigend sei auch ein Waffenstrom in die instabilen Regionen im Nordosten Afrikas.
Kritik an den steigenden Exporten von Waffentechnologie äußerte auch die Bundesvorsitzende der Partei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Claudia Roth. Sie forderte eine stärkere Rüstungskontrolle und schärfere Kriterien für den Waffenexport. Der Bundestag müsse, wie es in anderen Ländern und Parlamenten Standard sei, das Recht bekommen, die Genehmigungspraxis der Bundesregierung bei Rüstungsexporten zu kontrollieren. |
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pt | ABL elege o romancista Antônio Torres para a sucessão do jornalista e musicólogo Luiz Paulo Horta
A Academia Brasileira de Letras elegeu hoje, quinta-feira, dia 07 de novembro, o novo ocupante da Cadeira nº 23 - fundada pelo primeiro Presidente da ABL, Machado de Assis, que escolheu como patrono José de Alencar –, na sucessão do jornalista e musicólogo Luiz Paulo Horta, falecido dia 3 de agosto deste ano. O vencedor foi o romancista baiano Antônio Torres, que obteve 34 dos 39 votos possíveis. Votaram 20 Acadêmicos presentes, e 16, por cartas. Três se abstiveram. Os ocupantes anteriores da cadeira foram: Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira, Alfredo Pujol, Otávio Mangabeira, Jorge Amado e Zélia Gattai.
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Antônio Torres nasceu na Bahia em 1940 e estreou na literatura em 1972 com o romance Um cão uivando para a Lua, considerado pela crítica a revelação daquele ano. Hoje, entre os seus 17 títulos publicados, destaca-se a trilogia formada por Essa terra (1976), O cachorro e o lobo (1997) e Pelo fundo da agulha (2006).
Em 1998, foi condecorado pelo governo francês como Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres por seus livros traduzidos na França. Dois anos depois, teve o reconhecimento nacional definitivo ao receber o Prêmio Machado de Assis, da Academia Brasileira de Letras, pelo conjunto da sua obra. No ano seguinte, ganhou o Prêmio Zaffari & Bourbon, da 9ª Jornada Nacional de Literatura, da Universidade de Passo Fundo (RS), pelo romance Meu querido canibal.
O novo Acadêmico foi um dos ganhadores do Prêmio Jabuti de 2007, com o romance Pelo fundo da agulha. Seus livros focam cenários rurais, urbanos e da História e têm tido várias edições no Brasil e traduções em muitos países (Argentina, Cuba, Estados Unidos, França, Espanha, Alemanha, Itália, Holanda, Inglaterra e Israel). O romance Essa terra está em vias de tradução na Bulgária, Albânia e Vietnam.
De 1999 a 2005, foi Escritor Visitante da UERJ – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – quando ministrava oficinas literárias, realizava aulas inaugurais e proferia palestras nos campus do Maracanã, da Faculdade de Formação de Professores – UERJ de São Gonçalo –, e da Faculdade de Educação da Baixada Fluminense – UERJ de Duque de Caxias.
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7/11/2013 | pt | O romancista baiano Antônio Torres foi eleito no dia 07 de novembro de 2013 para ocupar a cadeira número 23 da Academia Brasileira de Letras. O primeiro ocupante da cadeira foi o fundador da ABL, Machado de Assis e tem como patrono José de Alencar. Já ocuparam a mesma cadeira Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira, Alfredo Pujol, Otávio Mangabeira, Jorge Amado, Zélia Gattai e Luiz Paulo Horta. É a primeira vez em dez anos que a ABL elege um romancista. |
en | R.I.P. Paul Hester Related Content:
Buy CD: Crowded House Recurring Dream by Paul Cashmere Former Split Enz/Crowded House drummer Paul Hester has taken his own life. Peter Green, President of the Split Enz and Crowded House fanclubs broke the news to fans. "Everyone, sitting here in the office trying to figure out what to write, we are a bit messed up at the moment" his letter reads. "Last night, our mate, and Crowded House drummer Paul Hester took his own life." "Over the years Paul has swung the extremes of happiness and sadness, but none of us ever thought this would happen. He loved life too much, and it really seems like a bad dream that we hope we'll wake up from tomorrow." "At the moment we are trying to look after Paul's family, he leaves behind two beautiful girls, so if people could not email us that would be appreciated during this incredibly sad time." "It doesn't seem real, but (sadly) it is." "I'll post more on this later on, we are all just getting our heads around this loss of one of our family." Paul Newell Hester was born in Melbourne on January 8, 1959. His mother Ann was a jazz drummer. Hester joined Split Enz in 1983 fresh from Deckchairs Overboard. He was recruited into the band with a reference from Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst. His first album with The Enz was 'Conflicting Emotions'. He played on the hits 'Message To My Girl' and 'Strait Old Line. When Split Enz broke up one album later after 'See Ya Round', Hester stayed with singer/songwriter Neil Finn and together with bass player Nick Seymour, was a founding member of Crowded House. Crowded House was an international success. 'Don't Dream It's Over' became a major hit in the USA. Hester recently played with Tarmac Adam, a band featuring his Crowded House band-mate Nick Seymour. He also hosted The Music Max Sessions for Australia's cable music news channel Music Max. | en | , drummer for the popular 1980s band , was found dead in a Melbourne park Saturday.
An ambulance service spokeswoman told the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' that ambulance officers arrived at Park on Saturday afternoon. They reported Hester had "attempted suicide" and suffered "strangulation". The 46-year-old-father-of-two was last seen walking his two dogs in the popular suburban park near his home on Friday evening.
Hester had a history with bouts of , but seemed to be coping well following eight years of . Friends told the '''', however, that he suffered a recent turmoil in his love life. Firstly, there was the end of his romance with long-time partner and mother of his two daughters, and then a parting last December with New Zealand singer Kashan, whom he planned to wed in May. There appeared to be no indication he was distressed when he left the house to walk his dogs.
Hester, from Melbourne, Australia, was a founding member of the internationally popular group Crowded House. Previously, he was in the band with Crowded House leader during the early 1980s. He quit Crowded House in 1994, two years before the band broke up, and became a television personality in Australia with his own prime-time show, then working mostly as a freelance drummer e.g. for Tarmac Adam. He had his own music chat show, ''Hessie's Shed'', on in the late 1990s, and also had a recurring role as Paul the Cook on the children's program ''.'' He also hosted the successful Australian music channel '''''s '''' series. |
en | DEAR ABBY: I recently realized I have a fair-weather family. My husband got in trouble with the law and is now in a drug treatment facility. This had been hard on me, but I love him. His crime was being in possession of illegal drugs that were intended only for himself. His family has turned their… | en | , drummer for the popular 1980s band , was found dead in a Melbourne park Saturday.
An ambulance service spokeswoman told the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' that ambulance officers arrived at Park on Saturday afternoon. They reported Hester had "attempted suicide" and suffered "strangulation". The 46-year-old-father-of-two was last seen walking his two dogs in the popular suburban park near his home on Friday evening.
Hester had a history with bouts of , but seemed to be coping well following eight years of . Friends told the '''', however, that he suffered a recent turmoil in his love life. Firstly, there was the end of his romance with long-time partner and mother of his two daughters, and then a parting last December with New Zealand singer Kashan, whom he planned to wed in May. There appeared to be no indication he was distressed when he left the house to walk his dogs.
Hester, from Melbourne, Australia, was a founding member of the internationally popular group Crowded House. Previously, he was in the band with Crowded House leader during the early 1980s. He quit Crowded House in 1994, two years before the band broke up, and became a television personality in Australia with his own prime-time show, then working mostly as a freelance drummer e.g. for Tarmac Adam. He had his own music chat show, ''Hessie's Shed'', on in the late 1990s, and also had a recurring role as Paul the Cook on the children's program ''.'' He also hosted the successful Australian music channel '''''s '''' series. |
en | Australia's entertainment industry was in mourning today for former Crowded House drummer Paul Hester who hanged himself in a Melbourne park.
The 46-year-old father-of-two was found dead at Elsternwick Park in Brighton on Saturday afternoon, after last being seen walking his two dogs on Friday evening.
Neil Finn, who formed Crowded House with Hester after they played together in Split Enz, today spoke of his grief at losing one of his best friends. | en | , drummer for the popular 1980s band , was found dead in a Melbourne park Saturday.
An ambulance service spokeswoman told the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' that ambulance officers arrived at Park on Saturday afternoon. They reported Hester had "attempted suicide" and suffered "strangulation". The 46-year-old-father-of-two was last seen walking his two dogs in the popular suburban park near his home on Friday evening.
Hester had a history with bouts of , but seemed to be coping well following eight years of . Friends told the '''', however, that he suffered a recent turmoil in his love life. Firstly, there was the end of his romance with long-time partner and mother of his two daughters, and then a parting last December with New Zealand singer Kashan, whom he planned to wed in May. There appeared to be no indication he was distressed when he left the house to walk his dogs.
Hester, from Melbourne, Australia, was a founding member of the internationally popular group Crowded House. Previously, he was in the band with Crowded House leader during the early 1980s. He quit Crowded House in 1994, two years before the band broke up, and became a television personality in Australia with his own prime-time show, then working mostly as a freelance drummer e.g. for Tarmac Adam. He had his own music chat show, ''Hessie's Shed'', on in the late 1990s, and also had a recurring role as Paul the Cook on the children's program ''.'' He also hosted the successful Australian music channel '''''s '''' series. |
es | El derrocado presidente de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, que regresó por sorpresa este lunes a Tegucigalpa, donde se encuentra acogido en la Embajada brasileña, advierte de que nadie le volverá a sacar de su país y que la consigna seguirá siendo "patria, restitución o muerte". Así lo expresó ante cientos de sus seguidores congregados frente a la legación diplomática, mientras el Gobierno de facto, encabezado por Roberto Micheletti, pedía a Brasil que le entregara a Zelaya y responsabilizaba a ese país "de los actos violentos que se puedan suscitar".
"Hago un llamado al Gobierno de Brasil a que respete la orden judicial dictada contra el señor Zelaya entregándolo a las autoridades competentes de Honduras", dijo Micheletti en un mensaje que leyó en la Casa Presidencial emitido por televisión. "El Estado de Honduras está comprometido a respetar los derechos del señor Zelaya al debido proceso", agregó, insistiendo en que el ex mandatario pretende "continuar obstaculizando la celebración de las elecciones el próximo 29 de noviembre, como lo han venido haciendo él y sus seguidores desde hace varias semanas".
El Ejecutivo de Micheletti ha decretado el toque de queda en todo el territorio nacional para "conservar la calma" desde las 16 hora local (medianoche en la península española) hasta las 7 de la madrugada del martes. Además, ha anunciado el cierre de los cuatro aeropuertos internacionales que tiene el país a partir de este martes, que quedarán bajo control del Ejército.
Zelaya, derrocado por un golpe de Estado el pasado 28 de junio, asegura que ha vuelto para encontrar una salida pacífica a la crisis política desencadenada tras su derrocamiento. "Estoy aquí en Tegucigalpa. Estoy aquí para la restauración de la democracia, para llamar al diálogo", dijo en declaraciones recogidas por medios locales. El ex dirigente, que ha agradecido públicamente al presidente Lula su apoyo al darle refugio en la Embajada, ha revelado que llegó a Honduras desde Nicaragua, país donde ha pasado la mayor parte del tiempo desde que fue derrocado en junio. Según ha relatado, su travesía duró más de 15 horas y tuvo que utilizar "diferentes transportes" para poder llegar a su país. "Tuve colaboración pero no puedo decirlo para que no molesten a nadie", ha explicado.
El Gobierno de facto, que ha advertido en varias oportunidades de que si regresa a Honduras, Zelaya será detenido bajo cargos de traición a la patria, entre otros, desmintió en un principio la presencia del ex mandatario en Tegucigalpa, incluso después de que tanto Brasil como el Departamento de Estado de EE UU confirmaran que se encontraba en la Embajada brasileña. Previamente, el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, aseguraba haber hablado con Zelaya por teléfono desde Tegucigalpa. "Estamos sorprendidos gratamente de que Mel esté en Tegucigalpa y y exigimos a los golpistas que respeten la vida y la diginidad de Zelaya, que le devuelvan el poder", dijo Chávez, quien se encontraba en un acto en una escuela de Caracas que transmitía la televisora oficial VTV. Según el presidente venezolano, Zelaya viajó "durante dos días por tierra, cruzando montañas, ríos, arriesgando su vida, y logró llegar a la capital de Honduras".
El secretario general de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Jose Miguel Insulza, ha hecho un "llamamiento a la calma a los actores involucrados en este proceso" para evitar que se produzcan incidentes violentos y exige que las "autoridades del Gobierno de facto se hagan responsables de la seguridad del mandatario derrocado. En declaraciones al canal Telesur, Zelaya dijo que había hablado con Insulza y que éste le había comunicado que se desplazará a Honduras este martes, extremo que no ha sido confirmado por la OEA.
Zelaya ya había intentado retornar en dos ocasiones a Honduras. En la primera, el 5 de julio, quiso aterrizar en Tegucigalpa en un avión del Gobierno venezolano procedente de Washington, pero se lo impidieron los militares, que obstaculizaron la pista de aterrizaje en medio de una gran manifestación en favor de Zelaya. En la segunda, el 24 de julio, por tierra desde Nicaragua a través del puesto fronterizo de Las Manos, tras permanecer dos horas en la zona neutral, regresó ante la presencia de contingentes militares en el lado hondureño con la orden de detenerle.
Cientos de seguidores del presidente depuesto Manuel Zelaya se reúnen frente a la sede de Naciones Unidas en Tegucigalpa AFP | es | Honduras amenaza con no recibir embajadores de España, México, Argentina y Venezuela después de que el gobierno hondureño de Roberto Micheletti diera un plazo no mayor de diez días a la embajada de Brasil para que defina el estatus del derrocado presidente de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, ya que Micheletti aseguraba de que Manuel Zelaya instigaba la violencia entre los hondureños desde la embajada de Brasil, en donde Zelaya había advertido de que nadie lo volvería a sacar del país.
A causa de ello el presidente hondureño Roberto Micheletti anuncia la restricción para entrar al país centroaméricano a los embajadores de España, México, Argentina y Venezuela, además de no recibir a los agentes diplomáticos de tales países.
Diversos países latinoaméricanos y la Unión Europea decidieron romper sus relaciones diplomáticas con Honduras como medida de castigo por el derrocamiento de Manuel Zelaya de la presidencia de Honduras, negándose a reconocer aquel gobierno de facto, Roberto Micheletti además señala que en el caso de que España, México, Argentina y Venezuela optarán por reconocer al gobierno de facto de Honduras y volver a mantener las relaciones a nivel de misiones concurrentes, estos mismos deberian solicitar la acreditación de los nuevos jefes hondureños en sus respectivos países.
Por otra parte, el actual mandatario también dispone restricciones a los agentes diplomáticos de dichas embajadas con una retirada urgente de los establecimientos que ocupen sus actuales embajadas con sus distintivos y sus banderas. |